Twins celebrate birthdays on different days
Howard and Harold Cole are twins but will mark their birth anniversaries on separate days. Howard was born just before midnight and Harold minutes after July 9 ended. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cole, a baker who has been out of work for several months and whose family includes ten other children, the eldest at 17.
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Sioux City
Rf Howard
Harold Cole
Howard
Harold
W. A. Cole
Cole
Bird Delays Weather Reading at Boone Station
Local observer John R. Myers reports a gy meadow lark named Oscar perched on the anemometer, slowing wind velocity by about five miles per hour. Myers chases the bird away to restore normal readings.
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Bird Boone
Oscar
John R. Myers
Myers
Health workers urge typhoid inoculation for flood victims
Ottumwa and Wapello County health officials began steps to inoculate flood victims against typhoid fever to avert a potential outbreak in the flood swept area.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
Des Moines Matron Tricks Bank With Dime Buttons
A Des Moines society matron faced a C. O. D. package with no cash. She remembered a dime bank and used dime-shaped buttons to open it, paid the postman, and resolved the delivery issue.
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Society
Des Moines
Des Moines Society
Boys Escape Custodial Home After Alleged Theft
Three youths escaped from the boys' and girls' home in Sioux City after allegedly stealing bicycles and damaging cars. They overpowered Bert Miller the caretaker to flee the institution.
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Sioux City
Bert Miller
Saves Wrapping Cord for Twenty-One Years
A Mason City man Charles K Mellang saved string 21 years ago while untying parcels. The tangled ball now weighs about 40 pounds and spans nearly 29 miles in length with 12 049 pieces.
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Mason City
Charles K. Mellang
Council votes vacation for angler alderman
Iowa City council passes 5 to 2 resolution approving Earl Ww Kurtz, second ward alderman, to take a two week paid fishing trip starting Friday to Pine Cone camp in Dorset Minnesota. Dissenters Dr W F Boller and George Bouck accuse him of jealousy.
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Iowa City
Earl Ww. Kurtz
W. F. Boller
George Bouck
Kurtz
Pine Cone
Dorset
Minn
Bear mauling at Tom Mix circus injures 12 year old
Eldon Faine, 12, was clawed by a bear in the Tom Mix circus menagerie after reaching through cage bars to pat the animal. Heat aggravated the bear causing severe clawing to the boy’s hand while he sought to touch it.
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Fort Dodge
Eldon Faine
Tom Mix
Faine
Iowa farmer off relief rolls shifts to loans for self sustenance
Des Moines officials of the Iowa Emergency Relief Administration announced all direct and work relief to farmers ceased May 1. About 1,500 farm families now receive federal assistance to become self sustaining, but they are doing it through loans rather than relief.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Light Option Proposed on City Cable Power Sale Iowa City
Iowa City Light and Power Co presented a five year option to the city to buy all equipment for 900000 if the company fails to meet proposed rate reduction measures.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Light and Power Co
Fragments of Mosasaur Bone Unearthed at Fort Peck
Fragments of jaws teeth and other bones from a prehistoric skeleton found at Fort Peck Montana have been identified as belonging to the extinct marine reptile Mosasaur.
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Fort Peck
Mont
Roosevelt TVA amendment sails through House vote
President Roosevelt’s power program gains a comeback as the House approves the TVA amendment expanding the electricity rate yardstick project by 277 to 100. The bill moves to the Senate for conference as a Republican motion to recommit is rejected. A separate Senate inquiry into lobbying activities costs $50,000 in relation to the utilities bill.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
House
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Congress
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Utilities
Mrs Hillhouse Dies at 78 in Crawfordsville Area
Mrs. John A. Hillhouse, 78, passed away at six this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. W H Mitchell west of Crawfordsville where she had lived two months. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. in Sherman's funeral home with Dr S P Telford in charge. Burial Elm Grove cemetery. She was active in Christian church life for over fifty years and was part of the Journal Three Quarter Century club. She was born Martha Jane Abbott March 16 1857 in Wayland. She married John A Hillhouse Oct 20 1875. he died Nov 1 1925. She leaves a son Clyde C Hillhouse of Washington, two brothers, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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John A. Hillhouse
W. H. Mitchell
Crawfordsville
Sherman
8. P. Telford
Elm Grove
Hillhouse
The
Christian Church
Pleasant Hill
Washington Church
Journal
Martha Jane Abbott
Wayland
Aaron Abbott
Elizabeth Collins Abbott
John A Hillhouse
Havre
Washngton
Washington
East Madison Street
Clyde C. Hillhouse
James Abbott
Stapleton
Nebr
John H. Abbott
Boone
Iowa
Iowa City Records Highest U S Birth Rate
Census data show Iowa City has the nation's highest birth rate with 79.4 births per 1,000 people, far above the U S average of 17.1. The figure highlights Iowa City's position in the corn belt and underscores local demographic trends.
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Iowa City
Washington
BD. C
Corn Belt
United States
Iowa's New 50-Man Highway Patrol to Begin August 1
Des Moines officials announce Iowa will activate a 50 man highway patrol by August 1 with centralized Des Moines headquarters. Recruits train at Camp Dodge and patrol will use 30 cars and 10 motorcycles. Radio stations will blanket the state with new Des Moines Storm Lake Waterloo Sioux City links.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Alex Miller
Central
Storm Lake
Waterloo
Brown
Camp Dodge
Miller
Herring
Estate Bureau of Investigation
New Top Price for Hogs Today at Chicago Yards
Chicago buyers paid a top price of 10.26 per hundredweight for hogs at the stock yards, the highest since October 1930. The mark capped a week of steady advances driven by light receipts and rising eastern demand, as packers draw on storage and competition grows in the open market.
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Chicago
Charge Against Official Foreseen In Slot Machine Probe
Sioux City July 11 The Woodbury county grand jury preparing its final report after eight weeks of work is believed ready to report within 86 hours. The specific state official under indictment remains undisclosed due to grand jury secrecy. Also named in indictments are Attorney General Ed L. O'Connor his assistant Walter Maley and 18 others on charges of conspiracy to operate gambling houses and gambling devices.
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Sioux City
U PR
Woodbury County
Ed L. O'Connor
Walter Maley
Prize Package BLUFFTON Ind Reube Strohm Recovers
In Bluffton Indiana young Reube Strohm, 12, is recovering from an emergency operation to remove a problem from his esophagus.
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Bluffton, Ind
Reube, Strohm
Prize Inside Popcorn Package Sparks Surprise
A shopper found a prize hidden inside a package of popcorn sparking excitement as the unexpected treasure was revealed. The promotion prompted winners to claim a small cash prize and a note thanking customers for participating.
Heat Wave Continues Across Iowa and Midwest States
Heat waves sweep Iowa and eight states with temperatures near 100 degrees. Des Moines reports rising heat as highs approach 98 in Council Bluffs and Phillipsburg, Kansas hits 109. Death toll reaches 32 across Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Council Bluffs
Middle West
Phillipsburg
Kan
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Barker Speaks at Washington Chamber Dinner
Charles Barker, Minnesota College of Engineering professor, spoke at the Washington Chamber of Commerce dinner in the Y M C A community room. He outlined engineering education, noted lean years for the profession, and emphasized mathematics as vital in hydraulic engineering.
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Charles Barker
Budget revival in Santa Monica headlines old fiscal talk
In Santa Monica California the writer jokes about the return of the budget, a long-forgotten topic revived in papers. The piece notes skepticism about balancing the budget and humorously recalls the once useful fiscal tool named Budget, pronounced PYUDGET.
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Santa Monica
Calif
King Tut
Budget
Pyudget
Forecasts of Big Iowa Corn Crop for 1935 Rise
Government estimates project Iowa corn output at 291 million bushels with 30 bushels per acre yield, later unofficial figures hinting at over 300 million. Oats surge to 216 million, barley acreage up 45 percent, rye up to 114000 acres, flax up 10 percent, and soybeans expanding rapidly, with drought areas still hindering some southern counties.
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Iowa
Iown
Leslie M. Carl
Wayne Lucas
Appanoose
Monroe
Decatur
Clarke
Carl
Car
Can Place Hands on County Farms for Washington County
Washington county farmers needing help in hay and grain fields can apply at the national re employment office in the basement of the post office. Chairman Carl W Klein urges use of the re employment office to place unemployed residents in county jobs. Alfred Faulkner heads the office, contact 474, hours 8 30 to 3 30 daily except Saturday. Re register after completing a job.
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Washington County
Carl W. Klein
County Emergency Relief Committee
Alfred Faulkner
Re-Employment Service
Faulkner
Woman Pursues Prowler Falls Fracturing Leg
Mrs W J Levien searched for a prowler seen near her Davenport home and fractured her right leg below the knee in a yard fall. She was taken to Mercy hospital by city ambulance.
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Davenport
W. J. Levien
Mercy Hospital
Mrs Claude McCoy of Wyman Shopped Here
A brief note indicates Mrs Claude McCoy of Wyman visited the store yesterday, making a routine shopping stop.
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Claude McCoy of
Wyman
Policy Shifts as Italy Moves on Ethiopia Crisis
War talk sweeps Europe as Britain proposes a secret conference with France and Italy to avert war over Ethiopia. Mussolini backs expansion while Hoare signals a peace bias. Italy plans maneuvers with 509000 troops amid an embargo on arms to Ethiopia and Geneva hints arbitration remains possible.
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United Press
Europe
Ethiopia
Italy
Washington
United States
Britain
London
Samuel Hoare
Mussolini
Rome
Africa
Great Britain
Geneva
Japanese Quake Kills at Least 22 in Monshin Island
An earthquake in the southern Monshin Island region killed at least 22 people and caused heavy damage. The tremor reached Tokio 100 miles away, collapsing a roundhouse, cracking streets, demolishing seashore houses, and sparking several small fires.
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Tokio
Monshin Island
Ruebsam Injured in Motorcycle Crash at Willits
Charles Ruebsam of the Willits garage was badly cut on his right foot when a motorcycle he was testing ran away, threw him at a tree, then rode onto the sidewalk and halted near the post office steps. Rodney Kephart helped him to a doctor and he was taken to the county hospital for treatment.
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Charles Ruebsam
Willits
Rodney Kephart
Window signs brighten storefronts in town display
Paul Thomassen of I. G. A. store uses large circles of bright cardboard as a backdrop for lettering. Moore's Bootery showcases a yellow on green sale window. The park under elms is a cool outdoor spot as water lilies bloom in the fountain. Rukgaber's Hardware debuts a dark blue new truck with flashy side signs. The Iowa Ball Room dance drew a good crowd last night. DeWit store interior rework updates its look. The Chamber of Commerce discusses placing a short wave police radio station in the state, with five stations planned in Iowa.
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Paul Thomassen
Moore's
Bootery
Central Park
Rukgaber
Iowa Balllroom
Dusty Keaton
DeWit
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
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State Bureau of Investigation
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Killer
William Schweitzer
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Violet Schweitzer
Re-Employment Agency
Assis
Ruebsam
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