Europe reels from record storm across Central Europe
A violent storm sweeping across Czecho Slovakia Germany Austria and Hungary left multiple towns damaged many homes destroyed and crops ruined. Five to seven people were killed across affected regions with injuries reported in Moravia and Bohemia as relief efforts moved to aid victims in southern France and Vienna streetcars struggled against strong winds.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Switzerland
Ermany
Hungary
Austra
Platting
Bavaria
Vienna
Paris
France
Pyrenees
Moravia
Bohemia
Forecast showers midweek across central plains and valleys
Weather outlook for the period July to 12 shows fair conditions in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Showers are expected to begin Tuesday or Wednesday, with fair weather returning later in the week and cooler temperatures near week’s end.
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Great Plains
Endurance Flight Record Is Broken Again at Cleveland
Byron Newcomb and Mitchell, co-pilots of the Cleveland endurance ship City of Cleveland, broke the world refueling endurance record with 174 hours and 54 seconds aloft. They landed at 12 39 50 a m after leaving June 28, amid a 100000 strong crowd. The flight endured through storms and lightning with the pilots exhausted yet declaring the machine sound.
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Byron K. Newpoints
Ma Mitchell
Reg Rob
Kelly Texas
Stewart Aircraft Corporation
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Mitchell
Marky
Fort Worth
Ney
Roosevelt Address Sparks Politician Activity
Roosevelt warning against feudalism of industrial monopoly delivered at Tammany Hall independence day gathering has stirred politicians nationwide. The speech comes amid a wave of public utility and banking deals in recent months and amid a new farm program to aid large cooperative farming ventures. It is seen as a potential rallying cry for the 1930 congressional campaigns.
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Tammany Hall
Prgram
New York
Aten
Gers
Eldon Olds Hurt in Grinnell Car Crash
Grinnell July 6 A Grinnell businessman Eldon Olds was seriously injured when he lost control of his car on a highway north of Grinnell. His six year old son Robby Olds was killed in the crash.
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Grinnell
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Robby Olds
Election of Protective Benevolent board at windy annual meeting
Washington nominees were elected to the board at the Protective Benevolent association annual meeting attended by delegations from Sixourney Keota Marengo North English Iowa City and others. The meeting elected a full board to determine secretary and treasurer roles and paid tribute to the late J C Ford.
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Order of Business
Charles White
Sisourney W
Moser
Keota
Oral Smith
Robert Hibbs Marengo
Frank Hite
Marengo
Ris
Ke D. Morrison
J.B. Boween Shields
Orville Elder
Washington
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Su Ced
J.C. Bord
Chal Ford
Protective Benevolent Assoc Insurance
Lown Knights of Pythias
Hibbs
J. €. Ford
Mr. Hibbs
H. F. Wagner
Sigourney
E. D. Morrison
Ford
Missionary Women Meet Next Tuesday in Ainsworth Keokuk
Women of the United Presbyterian churches in Keokuk gather at the United Presbyterian church in Ainsworth on Tuesday July 9 for the annual Woman's Missionary society convention. A splendid program is planned with noted speaker Dr. C. A. Owen of Egypt expected to draw Washington audience. The event includes morning and noon sessions with no evening meeting. Shirley Clark drove to Davenport to handle business today.
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Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Woman's Missionary Society
C. A. Owen
Beypt
Washington
Provisions of New Iowa Game Laws Introduced by Breitenbach
Deputy game warden Breitenbach outlines changes in the new Iowa game laws effective Thursday. Key points include fishing licenses for state waters, hunting and trapping rules, exemptions for landowners, training captures for pets, license holders authority across counties, and license costs: one dollar for fishing and hunting residents, three dollars for fishing by non residents, fifteen dollars for hunting by non residents or resident aliens. Application blanks available from the county recorder. licenses issued there.
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Holbrook to Speak at Junction on Corn Products
Colu mbus Junction Iowa July 6 Royal He Holbrook a member of Ames will speak The Value of Corn Products Turned into Paper at the Columbus Community club second annual picnic Monday evening at Chautauqua park The bands of Columbus Junction and Wapello under Vern Brown will perform Members of the Four H clubs and girls clubs of Louisa county will be guests at six thirty o'clock supper Rev J W Zerbe secretary of the Community club has invited residents of nearby towns to join and bring baskets for supper More than three hundred fifty attended last year
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Royal He Holbrook
Cedar
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Ames
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Ied
Wapelto
Vern Brown
Ties and Girl's Clubs
Louisa Cou
J. W. Zerbe
Io Land
Miss Maria Scott Dies at Washington County Hospital
Miss Maria Scott 87 died at Washington County Hospital after two months with a broken hip. Funeral services will be at 4:20 pm at L. A Jones Funeral Home with Rev. D Chalmers Fulton officiating. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Born October 28 1941 in Wooster Ohio she lived with Malcolm Montgomery then Lenox and Van Buren Township before settling in Washington. She was mourned by many friends and relatives in the community.
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Washington County Hospital
L. A Jones Funeral Home
D. Chalmers Fulton
United Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
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Wooster
Ohio
Lof Matthew
Maria (Coulter) Scott
Washington
Malcolm Montgomery
Lenox
van Buren Trounty
Tow
Farm Coops Aid Farm Relief Program Growth
Washington July 6 UPI Cooperatives nationwide engage in farm products on an extensive scale with profit to farmers and themselves. More than 150 cooperatives report annual business over 1 090 000 each, with several surpassing 80 million and others near 50 million. The agriculture department notes these groups underpin the administration project as a strong proof of cooperative strength.
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Cooper
Ty Hyde
Lars
Cooperative Assoet
Petition Drives School Improvement At Washington Junior High
A petition signed by about 222 citizens and led by the Parent Teacher Association asks the school board to fix unsanitary toilets and overcrowded ill ventilated classrooms at Washington Junior High. The board plans to sanitary the toilets this year and may defer full relief on crowding to next spring, while promising to consider further measures.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Washington
Ctizens of
Board of Eduation
George S. McDaniel
Chicago Gangland Guns Blaze Again at New Year
A racketeer was wounded as gunfire erupted in a Chicago gangland area near the sites where McGovern and Willian McPadden were slain last New Year’s Eve. The shooting occurred four blocks from their deaths as Maloney seeks an appeal while jailed on a one to fourteen year Joliet sentence.
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Henton Willian
McPadden
Maloney
Joliet Pent
Rainfall Totals Over Two Inches Reported
Weather observer notes two inches of rain and last night’s showers. Washington sewers struggled with the excess moisture while small lakes formed. Rain benefited crops but damaged corn and oats in several fields. Mrs B P Bush returns to Davenport after a visit with brother F P Peters over the Fourth.
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Weather Observer
Washington
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Davenport
Fon. Peters
New Orleans Street Car Strike Clashes Leave Two Dead
A violent mob of 5000 strike sympathizers attacked canal barns and burned seven street cars, as rioters clashed with firemen and police bricks and revolvers used. City officials and Public Service Company reps met to curb rioting while workers demanded higher pay and shorter hours.
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New Orleans Public Service Company
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New Orleans
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Women teachers seek greater liberty in personal lives at convention
Chicago July 6 delegations urged broader freedoms for women teachers. They argued teachers should not fear job loss over personal choices in dress and lifestyle and called for fewer school board restrictions amid debates on morals and social norms.
Legge Emphasized by Deeds Over Words in Farm Board Role
Chicago reports profile Legge as a man of action over talk, noting his long career at International Harvester and leadership of a farm operation built in memory of his wife. Born 1866 on a farm, he rose from Harvester collector to general manager, now slated to helm the farm board.
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Aenet Carel
Crine Legee
Harvester Company
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Moradtee
Nebraska
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