Nine Explorers Rescued in Arctic by Russian Krassin
Rescue headquarters said the Russian icebreaker Krassin picked up aviator Chukhnovsky and four companions from the ice off Cape Platen. A separate dog sled party, including Noyes and three Italian Alpine Chasseurs, joined the rescue. The crew reported both groups were saved after a perilous search and a plane crash.
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Moscow
Krassin
Chukhnovsky
Cape Platen
Straube
Alexieff
Shelagin
Blumenstein
Noyes
Finn Malmgren
Chukhnoyvsky
Prof
Samoilovitch
Bragancza
California forest fires threaten property near Mt Wilson
Forest rangers with hundreds of volunteers fought two major fires in Southern California. More than 200 men battled blazes near Mt Wilson in Santa Anita canyon while another fire north of Los Angeles menaced the San Fernando valley watershed. Airplanes aided firefighting efforts.
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Los Angeles
Forest Rangers
California
Mt. Wilson
Santa Anita Canyon
San Fernando Valley
Won't Investigate Wadena Plane Crash
Wadena Iowa July 16. No investigation of the airplane crash that killed Bernard Laporte Merle Walters and Otto Wirth will be conducted. Laporte 35 of Newberg North Carolina piloted the plane which crashed into the main street Saturday night. Walters 38 and Wirth 30, both of Wadena, died in the incident.
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Wadena
Bernard Laporte
Newberg
N. C
Merle~ Walters
Otto Wirth
Laporte
Walters
Tuesday's Five Best Radio Features
A United Press radio feature rundown lists programs on major networks. WJZ airs Beethoven's ninth from Lewisohn Stadium, WEAF presents Everready hour, WOR features Han Simmons' show boat, and Continentals on WJZ with a voter service broadcast.
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United Press
WJZ
Lewisohn Stadium
WEAF
WOR
Han Simmons
Voters
Librarian Defies Mayor on Library Selections
Des Moines reports librarian Forrest Spaulding will follow the library board rather than Mayor John MacVicar when choosing books. Spaulding said no removal will occur based on the mayor’s view, signaling autonomy for library policy.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Forrest Spaulding
Spaulding
Four Countries Reach Agreement on War Renunciation Treaty
The United States Germany France and Italy agree on the renunciation of war treaty form and plan to sign. Britain India and five dominions to reply this week with Belgium Czecho Slovakia and Poland informal approval expected.
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Washington
United States
Germany
France
Italy
India
Japan
Tokio
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
State Department
Tax valuations remain the same in Washington county
Washington county valuations on personal property submitted by County Auditor J. T. Matthews were accepted by the state executive council without change. Secretary T. W. C. Merckens praised cooperation from county auditors, noting the board of review could finally make findings on all livestock reported, thanks to a December 29, 1927 circular.
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Washington County
J. T. Matthews
Council
Funeral Service for Antho Van Sickle Held Tomorrow
Funeral service for the late Antho Van Sickle set for Tuesday at 2 PM from Jones funeral home. The body arrives this evening from Los Angeles aboard the Island. Survived by son Fred and son-in-law Karl Lewis. interment at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Antho van Sickle
Jones Funeral Home
Los Angeles
van Sickle
John Duwa Death Services Planned in Riverside
Riverside July 18 John Duwa a 75 year old longtime Riverside resident died Saturday evening after more than a year of illness from tuberculosis Funeral services are set for Tuesday at nine o clock Rev R Jacobsmeier to conduct the rites He was born in Alsace Lorraine came to America as a child and settled in Riverside He married Sarah Iseher in 1874 who died in 1921.
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Riverside
John Duwa
R. Jacobsmeier
Dann
Alsace-Lorraine
America
Sarah Iseher
Davenport Officer Dies From Gunshot Wounds
Davenport police officer Bernard H Geers, 40, who was shot while confronting two burglars at a fuel company office Friday night, died today. The robbers escaped after Geers wounded them and returned fire.
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Davenport
Bernard H Geers
Geerts
Beenblossom dies after heart attack in Morrison
Perry Beenblossom longtime Washington resident dies at about seventy from a heart attack at the Morrison home of his daughter Mrs Jack Marshall. The body will be brought to Washington for burial in Elm Grove cemetery after services at J A Jones funeral home. He leaves one son H A Beenblossom of Des Moines and one daughter. He was a longtime member and leader in the Washington Methodist Church and Sunday School class taught by Rev W R Stryker.
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Perry Beenblossom
Iis
Jack Marshall
Morrison
Washington
J. A. Jones
Elm Grove
Mr. Beenblossom
H. A. Beenblossom
Les Moines
Beenblossom
East Washington Street
Washington Methodist Church
W. R. Stryker
Commerce Department
Palo Alto
Cal
Madison
Superior
Lenroot
W . He
Hoover
Coolidge
Pacific Coast
Fire in Helena business district causes massive damage
A Helena Montana blaze in the business district on July 16 caused more than 1.5 million dollars in damage. The fire, likely sparked by lightning, began behind a cafe and gutted structures across four city blocks before firefighters quenched it.
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Helena
Mont
Fall Festival Plans At Better Washington Club Meeting
President J W Ensley expects a large turnout at Wednesday city hall meeting as the club outlines plans for the annual fall festival. Also notes Erwin Gardner, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Gardner, is slowly improving after a critical illness.
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J. W. Ensley
The
Better Washington Club
City Hall
Erwin Gardner
Walter Gardner
Unification Effort in China Tied to Economic Move
London reports a historic shift as warlords agree to reduce the army and end separate forces. Focused on creating a central bank and enforcing tax reform, the plan calls for a 2,100,000 to 600,000 army cut and a 200,000 gendarmerie, with demobilized troops used for labor. Leaders Chiang Kai Shek Feng Yu-Hsiang Li Tsung Jen Yen Hsi Shan to oversee reorganization.
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London
Peking
Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Li Tsung-Jen
Yen Hsis Shan
Sehems Svil
Nationalist Party
Kieseys Oppose Dickson Brothers In Amateur Baseball Clash
Two batteries of brothers faced off as Washington Indies met Iowa City Independents, a 3 to 2 win for Iowa City. Stant Kiesey pitched for the Kieseys, while the Dicksons started for Iowa City and were rallied by Corbin replacing Dickson. McKay sparked Washington with a first-class triple, but errors and breaks doomed them.
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Lews City Independents
Towa City
Dickson Twins
Monmouth College
Bame
Iowa City
Kiesey
He Kiesey
Washington
Stant Kiesey
Kieseys
Dicksons
Washington Cven
Corbin
University of Iowa
Dickson
Miller
Bill Glassgow
Miss Alta Wyse Visits Relatives in Calhoun County
Miss Alta Wyse travels to Twin Lakes in Calhoun county for a vacation spent with relatives.
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Alta Wyse
Twin Lakes
Calhoun County
Will Ask Farmers to Forget Party Lines and Vote for Smith
Des Moines July 16 Farmers urged to drop party ties and back the Democratic party this fall citing relief plans as more helpful than Republicans. A resolution committee was named and to meet in executive session to draft acts. W E Suttle read farm leader telegrams from Hoover and Smith. Hoover will clarify his stance August 11. Smith would convene farm leaders in winter to draft relief for Congress.
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Smith
Des Moines
Corn Belt Committee
W. E. Suttle
Indiana Farm Bureau
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Fleming Held For Farm Home Theft
Richard Fleming, claimed to be from Missouri, appeared before Squire Barber and was bound over to the grand jury on larceny charges. He allegedly entered the Finch home in Marion township while the family was away, stole 32.96 dollars and clothing, and was arrested by Officer Aaron Bailey before using a Cedac Rapids ticket. most money recovered.
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Richard Fleming
Missouri
Grand Jury
Squire W
Barber
Fleming
George Finch
Marion Township
Finch
Finches
Aaron Bailey
Cedac Rapids
Hoover Arrives at Summer White House for Conference
President to meet with Hoover as crowds greet the aircraft at the summer White House in Washington. In related items, an earthquake struck Torbali near Constantinople injuring six including the governor and a separate quake at Smyrna injured four.
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Hoover
Constantinople
Torbali
Smyrna
Beatty Memorial Dedicated at county home ceremony in Superior
A memorial service and dedication mark the Leon Beatty tribute ten years after his death in France. The Washington county memorial includes a granite boulder with a bronze slab and a tulip tree marker, as community leaders recall his World War sacrifice and call for steadfast patriotism. The event featured Howard Baxter as host, W. E. Barber as speaker, and music from a male quartet before a brief tribute and prayer, ending with fans singing America.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Legion Post
Washington County
Woman's Relief Corps
Howard Baxter
Leon Beatty Post
W. E. Barber
A. A. Vinz
Obler
Dale Atkinson
Leon
France
Chateau Theirry
Quer
Cloyce B. Kerr
George Stewart
A. l L. Griffith
Tom Wolfe
Local residents take vacations and visit relatives
Ed Conner assistant manager at J C Penney plans a two week vacation to Wisconsin lakes. Several groups travel for visits, with trips to Fairfield Washington Minneapolis Grinnell Muscatine Chicago Omaha and Kansas City for leisure and business.
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Ed Conner
J. C. Penney
Lakes
Wisconsin
Columbus Junction
Minnesota
Everett Griffith
A. L. Griffith
Floyd Beatty
Grinnell
Lester Duke
Fred Rohrer
Florence
John
Berne Enslin
Muscatine
Reinhart
H. CC. Ward
H. I. Ward
Dorothy
Charlotte
Chicago
Harry Pattison
Allerton
Washington
C. G. Schmoeller
Kansas City
Ora Henderson
98C
Omaha
Nebraska
George Welch
Bowman Attacks Brookhart at Corn Belt Conference
Former Iowa state senator M. L. Bowman accused Senator Smith W Brookhart of ingratitude to farmers and flipping to the Hoover-Jardine-Mellon faction. Bowman, a June primary loser, criticized Brookhart after a recent address signaling support for Hoover.
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Des Moines
M. L. Bowman
Smith W Brookhart
Bowman
Brookhart
Hoover
Frances Thomas Returns to Work at Augustana Hospital
Frances Thomas resumes duties at Augustana hospital in Chicago after a monthlong vacation visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Thomas, marking her return yesterday.
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Augustana Hospital
Chicago
Charles Thomas
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