Campaign to curb fireworks in Iowa at start
DES MOINES July 14 A campaign to rid Iowa of Fourth of July fireworks was inaugurated by the Iowa state fire prevention association. A 14 member committee was named to lead the effort with support from service clubs civic groups city and town councils and state officials.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fire Prevention Association
N. P. McGovern
C. W. Barrett
J. H Bunton
Carty J. Corcoran
Kyo. McLain
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau
Linden J. Murphy
Ames
E. N. Hopkins
J. W. Jarnagin
J. W. Strohm
KE. W. Clark
A .M. Upam
C. D. Wadsworth
Fred E. Brake
W. A. Harvey
Five Pipe Line Hearings Set for July 28 in Iowa
Iowa railroad board schedules July 28 hearings on five natural gas line projects spanning hundreds of miles. The proposals involve Continental Construction of Chicago and Missouri Valley Pipe Line of Omaha, plus local extensions to Winterset and Ogden, with routes across Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Madison, Warren, Marion, Mahaska, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Muscatine, Pottawattamie, Cass, Audubon, Guthrie, Greene, Boone, Webster, Wright, Cerro Gordo, and Worth counties.
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Des Moines
Board of Railroad Commissob
Mills
Montgomery
Adams
Adair
Madison
Warren
Marion
Mahaska
Keokuk
Washington
Louisa
Muscatine
Continental Construction Company
Chicago
Iowa
Mills County
Missouri River
Pottawattanie
Cass
Audubon
Guthrie, Greene
Boone, Webster, Wright, Blancock
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Minnesota State Line
Ogden
Garner
Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of
Omaha
Couneil Bluffs Gas Company
Pottawattamie County
Couneil Bluffs
Iowa School For
Madison County
Iowa Light and Power Company of
Continental Company
Winterset
Missouri Valley Company
Boone County
Godfrey Tops Carnera as Draw in Toronto Card
George Godfrey, a 768 pound veteran, proves a bigger draw than Prio Carnera on the Toronto program. Carnera mostly speeches and handshakes, with some wrestling on the card.
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Toronto
Ont
George Godfrey
Prio Carnera
Carera
More Iowa Farmers Today Than in 1925 Census Says
Iowa's revised agricultural census shows 1,438 more farmers than 1925 and 1,485 more than 1920, with farm managers and tenants increasing as ownership shifts. Total farms decline by 12,944 since early in the century, while land under cultivation rises slightly from six years ago.
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Des Moines
Department of Commerce Regent
Iown
Parents After Long Search Find Grave of Montana Aviator
Paris reports the tale of Lieutenant Pap Saunders whose parents spent a year seeking news of their son. The War Department files hid his identity, with two papers stuck together and misfiled. The discovery sheds light on a missing A E I airman whose fate was long uncertain.
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Montana
Paris
Raymond J
Pap’ Saunders
Billings
Mont
France
Eddie Rickenbacker
Brieulles
Venuse Argon
Pap
D. ¥. Saunders
Mrs. Saunders
Captain Sparks
Meuse
Vilesnes
Dun-sur- Meuse
Berlin
Machie Elan
Hane
Saunders
War Department
Ime
Fonaines
Romagnesous-Montfaucon
Divorce Seekers at Reno Tell of Troubles and Rebirth
Reno bettors and divorce seekers arrive by train to the city famed as a break from marriage. The piece follows a newcomer’s awkward entrance, Reno’s casual acceptance, and the routines that shape life for divorcees in the city, from boarding houses to distractions that mask hardship.
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Reno
Nev
Chickasaw County Farmers Object to Testing of Cattle
In Alta Vista Iowa July 14 a farmers revolt against bovine tuberculosis testing arose as Chickasaw County farmers refused to allow veterinarians to test cattle. Dr W C McGrath reported angry farmers blocked testing of Ben Ruhoff's herd amid similar Cedar County tactics. He said he would report the incident to the state department of agriculture.
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Chickasaw County
Alta Vista
Iowa
Supreme Court
Chickaaw
Tate
W. C. McGrath
Ben Ruhoff
Dis
Cedar Counts Armers
United States Supreme Court
Tate Supreme Con
Golfrey def Amadeus Gemas in quick second round
Golfrey knocked out George Gemas of Philadelphia in 1 35 into the second round. The same night the heavyweight wrestler Stanley Stasiak from Buffalo defeated Gemas in 11 42, after Gemas was floored four times in the bout. Several thousand spectators watched the program.
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Golfrey
George Gemas
Philadelphia
Necro
Stanley Stasiak
Big Pole
Buffalo
Rough House
Gemas
Stasiak
Police Stop Capone Bar Truck Seizure Near Scarface
In Scarface Al Capone district Sergt Joni Coughlin new to the precinct seized a truckload of Capone beer after three years of numb policy. He captured two drivers and sought federal help. Government agents arrived to remove the seized truck.
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Chagago
Scarface al Capone
Seret
Joni Coughlin
Sergt. Coughlin
Tiny Volume of Sound Decibels Defined for City Noises
In analyzing city noises the study uses 13 Miown as the decibel unit. The decibel is defined as the smallest change the ear can detect in sound level.
Dayton Grove Social News Highlights Family Visits
Mrs J B Moore reports on visits from Eugene Wemple and family of Fairbault and Margaret Beardsley of Medford. Others include Mr and Mrs Roy Bain of Rock Island visiting the Moors, Miss Lois Moore's extended stay, and Mildred Leet preparing for Burlington hospital. The So and Sew club met at Mrs Embree’s, weather shortened visits, and Bruce Moore’s trip to Brighton and East Pleasant Plain accompanied by grandsons Dean and Wilbur.
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Dayton Grove
Eugene Wemple
Fairbault
Minnesota
Margaret Beardsley
Medford
Mahoney
Roy Bain
Rock Island
Lyall Moors
Lois Moore
Sam DeLong
Laura Lucille
Bruce Moore
Mildred Leet
Walter Lee
Leet
Burlington
Brighton
East Pleasant Plain
Dean
Wilbur Moore
Margaret Embree
Wm. Flynn
Ola Knotts
Wellman Labor Day Weekend Notes and Family Visits
Local notes from Wellman Iowa on July 13 detail visits by Dr and Mrs Hammer of Atlantic and others attending family reunions and weekend gatherings. The report lists multiple trips to nearby towns for visits, hospital recoveries, and a new baby, Patricia Ann, born to Mr and Mrs T Ellis Rickey with both mother and child reported well.
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Wellman
Delmar Steninger
Clear Lake
Joe Sarek
Vera
California
William Stricker
Joyce Miller
Iowa City
Robert Rice
Muscatine
Milo Sorden
Sordens
Rice
Robert
Herman Feldberg
University Hospital
Town City
Byron Wilson
A. Braden
Cordelle H. Braden
T Ellis Rickey
Virginia Lou
Cecil Gingerich
Norman Sehroek
Evelyn Gingerich
C. Gingerich
Kalona
Robert Neudigate
A. N Gardner
Ike Lindsay
Ezra Gardner
Jesse Brindley
Washington
Wade Gardner
Lexington
Lewis Gardner
Patricia Ann
T. Ellis Rickey
Westerbeck family reunion noted in Concord township
Columbus Junction July 14 The Westerbeck family reunion at J. H. Schlichting Home in Concord township had 37 attendees. Local events include society meetings, fair leadership announced, and various residents' personal happenings in the area.
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Columbus Junction
Westerbeck
J. H. Schlichting
Concord
Frank Elzen
Iere
Frank Karr
West Hill
George Wilcoxson
Omaha
W. A Dunn
Randall Hoben
Conesville
Mary Dill
South Hill
J. W. Pence
Dale Edmondson
Society of the Methodist Church
Mary Cline
Davenport
Nettiell
Sigourney
Methodist Church
Louisa County
J. 4. Jenkins
A. A. Jones
K. H Weigner
W. C. Hall
J. Hantz
Harry Fletcher
Marshall
Lawrence Estle
John Jenkins
J. Hanft
Warry Fletcher
G. W. Weber
W. T. Duncan
C. BE. Pierce
RG Lowe
B. H. Shearer
W. H Hull
R. G. Lowe
H. M. Duncan
C.K. Pierce
Reece Davis
Harold Sehabilion
W. H. Hull
Floral Hall
Mabel Baker
Joe Schoch
Arthur Mewhirter
Co. W McGrew
Fr. M Mossberry
Milo Arthur
T. KE. Johnston
W. O H. Hull
J. B. Garrett
C. B. Pierce
Fay Foster
J. J. Robertson
P. F. Benson
Inquisition Introduces Auto da Fe Ceremony
The act of faith involved public burning of heretics sanctioned by the Inquisition. The tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church was established in 1248 to root out heresy.
Record Expected for University of Iowa Degrees Thursday
Iowa City July 14 Officials anticipate a new record 220 degrees at the University of Iowa summer convocation Thursday evening, up 20 percent from last July. The list shows 40 first degrees, 130 advanced candidates in arts sciences and philosophy, with a band and WSUI radio coverage. Dr Charles H Judd will speak.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
F. G. Higwee
Higbee
Old Capitol
WSUI
Charles H. Judd
School of Education
University of Chicago
University
Tentative Legion Meeting Program Set for Davenport Iowa
Iowa Legion announces a three day convention August 3 5 in Davenport with a pre program golf tournament August 2, a Levee Park band concert, and a drum corps contest. National leaders including Ralph T O Neil James F Barton Neil Williams Hanford MacNider and Gov Dan W Turner expected to attend.
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Des Moines
Tews Department
American Legion
Davenport
Wish
Iowa Seizionnaire
Davenport Country Club
Levee Park
Becker-Chapman Post
Hf. G. Lohmiller
Iowa
Davenport Municipal
Legion
Ralph T. O'Neil
James F. Barton
Illinois veterans group names leaders and officers
Poorman Illinois commander David L. Shillinglaw leads a slate with past Illinois commander Mrs Mary Vo Maerude and past national auxiliary president Mrs Gwendolyn W Mae Dowell. National auxiliary secretary Mrs Bernhard Duthbert Iowa auxiliary president Major Reed Landis state names identified.
Maytag Celebrates 74th Birthday At Lake Geneva
Newton reports P. L. Maytag the millionaire washing machine maker turned 74 today. He marked the birthday at his summer residence Ceylon Court located at Lake Geneva Wisconsin.
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Newton
P. L. Maytag
Ceylon Court
Lake Geneva
Wis
Scout saves life with tourniquet training in corner
Scout Gilbert Bryan, 16, trained in tourniquet use, saved his uncle Clarence Bryan after an accident in Council Bluffs. He was alone at the scene, applied first aid, and controlled spurting blood before help arrived.
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Council Bluffs
Broy
Gilbert Bryan
Clarence Bryan
School District Meeting Sets Expenditure Estimates
The Independent School District of Washington Iowa will hold a directors meeting on August 6 1931 at 8 p m in the secretary’s Bailey Building office. Taxpayers may speak on the proposed expenditures totaling 1 31057 and estimated taxes per $1 000 of assessed value are 21 24. District data lists school age population 1328 taxable valuation 1 118 329 and moneys and credits 4 069 732.
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Independent School District of
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Bailey Bldg
R. W. Thompson
General
Sch. Hse
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