Curtis Gets Sentence of Year in Jail
John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk Virginia a shipbuilder was sentenced to one year in state prison and fined one thousand dollars for giving false reports that hindered the Lindbergh baby kidnaping investigation. The jury had recommended mercy.
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Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Curtis
Adam C. Robbins
Lloyd Fisher
Robbins
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Fisher
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Rain Cancels Independents at Libe's Park
Heavy rain makes the ballpark too wet forcing cancellation of the Sunday game between the Washington Independents and the Eddyville Giants at Libe's Park.
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Washington Independents
Eddyville Giants
Libe’s Park
Washington golfers win Mount Pleasant tourney
Twenty Washington golfers traveled to Mt. Pleasant yesterday and won by 108 strokes over the institute city's club wielders. Vic Westphal, local club champion, shot an 8&4 for low score, with Art Miller of Mt. Pleasant in second. The Mt. Pleasant club is invited to play on the local course two weeks from yesterday. The Washington team included Frank Miller and Leslie Richer among others.
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Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Institute City
Vic Westphal
Art Miller
Frank Miller
Leslie Richer
Harry Montgomery Jr
Bill Shannon
Preston Wolf Alby Morman
Lester Orr
Waldo Wells
Guy Knauss
Doctor Irwin
J. M. Liegd
Rob Thompson
Tol Lytle
Ed Wells
Dee Lee
Ralph Gibson
Sid Smith
Bill Harwood
A W. Clow
Missionary Rev Neal McClanahan speaks at United Presbyterian
Rev Neal McClanahan, active in Egypt mission work, spoke at the United Presbyterian church in Washington to a large audience. He noted the heavy costs of foreign missions but affirmed the positive results and sacrifices of missionaries. He and his wife and two children, Paul and Mary, are summering in Monmouth, Illinois, planning return for another visit and a New York study stint next winter. In Egypt he is connected with Assait college for men as student pastor.
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Neal McClanahan
Egypt
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Mr. McClanahan
Paul
Mary
McClanahan
W. R Sawhill
Inhalator Brings New Lifesaving Tool to Washington County
L A Jones installs an inhalator to treat drownings and asphyxiation, ready for emergency use anywhere. Endorsed by the U S Bureau of Mines and Public Health Service, it delivers a mix of oxygen and carbon dioxide for artificial respiration and has aided smoke inhalation and gas cases. Local groups including Red Cross and Y M C A endorse training and cooperation to expand community awareness.
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L. A. Jones
United States Bureau of Mines
Public Health Service
Langmotor
Washington County
Jones
Red Cross
Washington Physicians
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Continental Telephone Company
Boy Scouts
Scouts
Farmer Holiday meeting postponed by rain
D A Fenn of Salem could not reach Washington for a farmers holiday movement meeting due to heavy rain on a dirt road. W S Easter, county chairman, hopes to reschedule. Informal discussion followed. Brighton held a similar meeting last Friday with petitions circulating. Mayor A J Johnston offered the town hall for future events. An open air meeting is planned at Mt Pleasant tonight.
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D. A. Fenn
Salem
Washington
Mr. Fenn
Ss. W. Easter
Brighton
Heavy Sunday Shower Reports in Washington Weather
Rainfall measured at 4.83 inches for the first ten days of July by the official weather observer in Washington after a heavy shower early Sunday morning. The downpour began about two o clock and delivered 1.30 inches in a short span, described as one of the season’s hardest showers.
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Washington
Fire Alarm Saturday Ends With Car Fire Control
The fire department was called Saturday evening to the south side of the square where an automobile was on fire but was controlled without the services of the firemen.
J Floyd Harvey Admitted To Washington County Hospital
J Floyd Harvey was admitted yesterday to Washington County Hospital.
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J. Floyd Harvey
Washington County Hospital
Hoover vetoes Garner-Wagner relief bill amid powers to private loans
President Hoover blocks the $2 122 900 000 relief measure citing danger in empowering the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan to private corporations and individuals. He urges a bipartisan compromise and warns against administrative impracticality and public credit risk. The veto follows rapid delivery to the Capitol within minutes of desk delivery.
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Washington
Hoover
Enrollment Rise Foreseen At Local College
Dean Harland Mead reports a careful study of freshman and senior questionnaires suggests next year’s college enrollment could reach about 75 students. He notes growing interest from nearby towns and cites economic stress as a factor that may push students to work instead of attending college. The dean adds the college now aims for broad access and strong programs.
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Harland Mead
Coxey Named Standard Bearer for Reform Party Ticket
Jacob S. Coxey the Madis on Ohio mayor will head the reform party ticket for president this fall chosen by the executive committee in Omaha Nebraska. He replaces Col Frank E Webb of San Francisco who was disqualified by the committee. A running mate for Coxey was to be chosen at the meeting with Milo Reno of Agency Iowa named as a possibility and former president of the national farmers union mentioned.
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Coxey
Omaha
Nebr
Jacob S. Coxey
Madsilon
Ohio
Labor Party
Col
Frank E. Webb
San Francisco
Mayo Coxey
Sar
Milo Reno
Agency
Iowa
National Farmers Union
Boys Outnumber Girls in Washington School District
The Washington school district annual report shows 1,354 school aged children, 680 boys and 670 girls, with 429 boys and 414 girls in the seven to sixteen compulsory range. Enrollment totals 1,298 students across grades with 62 teachers and six school buildings valued at 497,500 dollars. The tax levy stands at 80,000 dollars, cut to 70,000 next year, plus a 15,000 dollar school house fund. bonded debt is 160,000 dollars.
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Washington
Ralph Thompson
Two Misses Return From Month Abroad On Duchess of York
Miss Elsie Glassburner and Miss Myrtie Macon arrived home after a month traveling through Canada and Europe. They crossed the Atlantic on the Duchess of York amid rough seas, then continued from Quebec to Toronto Niagara Falls and Gary Indiana where relatives welcomed them. Glassburner had traveled as Miss Washington in a Washington promotion.
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Elsie Glassburner
Myrtie Macon
Canada
Europe
Atlantic
Duchess of York
Strait of Belle Isle
Quebec
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Gary
Ind
Brothers Die In Plane Crash At Rickenbacker Airport
Alec Sibert sixteen died and elder brother John Sibert was critically injured when their plane crashed during a takeoff at Rickenbacker airport yesterday. The aircraft, a gift from father J G Sibert, had been used by John for several years as a pilot.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Alec Sibert
John
Rickenbacker
J. G. Sibert
Rehearsals for Pageant Led by Miss Clarice Meek in July
Miss Clarice Meek leads rehearsals for the George Washington pageant to be staged at Chautauqua Park on July 27 and 28. Dance group sessions occur at the Y M C A gym with soft soled shoes required, and other scenes rehearse at Chautauqua Park with scheduled times through Tuesday.
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Merle Hebner
Liberty Ballet
Margaret Livingston
Mrs. Dowell
Carol Forgey
Edith Carris
Mildred Craig
Mrs Lupton
Ed Griffith
Chautauqua Park
Chan
Ranch Life in Muleshoek Hal Barns Calves and Jokes
A rustic scene from Muleshoek Texas as Hal runs a ranch roundup with calves and branding. The narrator mocks politics and stage comedy while musing on congress and Aimee’s husband, then notes hog prices rose during the conventions.
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Muleshoek
Texas
Halsells Ranch
Congress
Aimee
Mrs Kinsey of Riverside Dies in Iowa
Mrs Charles Kinsey dies at home in Riverside Iowa after months of illness. Born July 1892 on a farm north of Riverside she was the youngest of eleven children. Survived by husband five children and four sisters four brothers. Funeral at St Marys Church with burial at Mt Olivet.
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Riverside
Iowa
Charles Kinsey
Michael
Eva (Streb) Waldschmidt
Dorothy Waldschmidt
St. Mary's Church
Wilbert Cletus
Marie
Kenneth
Bernard
M. Calasanetus
Pranciscan Order
la Crosse
Wisconsin
M. Nevilla
Sister of Charity
Dubuque
Margaret Duwa
Iowa City
Zetta Duwa
Vincent Waldschmidt
Mascoulah
Ilinois
Joseph, George
Louis Waldschmidt
Rev. B. Jacobameler
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Iowa City Knights Defeat Washington K C Team In Kittenball
Iowa City Knights of Columbus beat Washington K C 7 to 3 and later Iowa City won the final 4 to 1 against Richmond Foresters. Mrs C A Dewey of Des Moines arrived on business and stays with Miss Ida Harmon. Fauqua park scenes 6 7 9 and 11 14 19 20 shown at listed times. Rehearsal sales supervised by L B Lupton. groups to be announced in tomorrow's Journal with two week rehearsal plan.
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Iowa City Knights of Columbus
Washington K. C
Richmond Foresters
Washington & To
Iowa City
Richmond
C. A. Dewey
Des Moines
Ida Harmon
Fauqua Park
L. B. Lupton
America Rejects Debt Cancellation of Allied Debts
Washington officials state no plan to cancel or reduce the 11 billion dollar Allied debts and stress no link with Germany's reparations. Secretary Stimson asserts the U.S. had no official representation at Lausanne and no one authorized to speak for a gentlemen's agreement on debt relief.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Hoover
U. S
Germany
United States Treasury
Charles Evans Hughes
U.S. Treasury
Lausanne
America
Stimson
Paris
INS
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Edouard Herriot
France
Franz von Papen
Mrs Rinner of Wayland Dead
Mrs Andrew Rinner age 85 dies at Noble in poor health after a long Washington county residence since 1866. Survived by eight children including Stella at Noble, Ed Arnold Lewis near Noble, and several daughters in Brooklyn Washington and Austin. Funeral at Center chapel east of Wayland pending relatives.
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Wayland
Andrew Rinner
Noble
Stella
Arnold
Lewis Rinner
FE. B. Benson
Brooklyn N
W. A
Center Chapel
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Roger Q. Williams
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