Farm Board weighs wheat market as board fills roles
Washington officials report the farm board focusing on the wheat market as the current crop moves to storage bids. The eighth member's selection may be announced, enabling the board to set a two month program while reviewing mid July crop forecasts. President Hoover has placed the rehabilitation program under the board's authority with a $500 million marketing plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Federal Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Department
Hoover
White House
Kalona Notes on Local Visits and Funeral
Dudley Allen of Washington visited his mother Mrs Eva Allen in Kalona on Sunday. Funeral services for Mrs Loren K E Grout aged 79 were held at the Grout M E church with Rev Moore and Rev Aprel officiating. Surviving husband and seven children live in nearby communities. Mrs M E Hochstetler visiting relatives in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Votruba
Sharp
Washington
O. C. Streigleder
Carwood Baker
Iowa City
Gerald Teets
Gary
Ind
Teets
W. H. Plank
Stanley
Tom Lahey
Gertrude
Loren KE. Grout
Kalona
Grout M. E. Church
W. S. Moore
Hedrick
Iowa
the Great Church
Paul
Zenas
Tingley
Amos, Lucas
Harry
Emma Madden
Fern Southwick
M. E. Hochstetler
Des Moines
Radio schedule listing multiple networks and programs
Wednesday's Five Best Radio Features presents a lineup across networks. Hank Sims mons' Show and United Symphony Orchestra lead WOR and WEAF at certain hours, followed by Variety Hour, Wagner Orchestra, and Slumber Hour on WJZ and WIZ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
WOR
Hank Simmons
Boat
United Symphony Orchestra
WEAF
WJZ
Wagner Orchestra
WIZ
Endurance Flight Near 24 Hours Over San Francisco
In San Francisco the endurance flight remains strong with no mechanical trouble as it nears 24 hours aloft by 10 14 a m today. Bartlett Stephens and Fred McKinley have completed four refuelings since departure from Mills Field yesterday. In St Louis Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine rise above Lambert Field in a Curtiss challenger test, reaching 72 hours at 7 17 a m today 1500 feet high while dodging storm clouds.
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San Francisco
U.P
San Franciscan
Bartlett Stephens
Mills Field
Fred McKinley
ST. Louis
W.P
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Red Cross Aid Reaches Hutchinson Flooded City
Hutchinson Kansas July 16 Red Cross officials arrived to aid flood stricken residents as stores opened and citizens worked to restore normal conditions after waters three to six feet deep flooded most residential and business areas.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Red Cross
Building Collapse Injures Several in Montgomery
Workmen cleared debris in Montgomery after two downtown structures collapsed. Three negroes were seriously injured and many others sustained minor cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans Street Cars Resume After Federal Order
New Orleans resumes streetcar service today after more than two weeks. Initial cars were started yesterday under protection of United States deputy marshals enforcing a federal injunction issued by Judge Wayne G. Borah.
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New Orleans
United States
Wayne G. Borah
Rainy weather slows hay and grain work in STRINGTOWN area
Local notes report persistent rain hindering farmers from putting up hay and cutting small grain. Several visits and gatherings are recorded, including relatives from Oregon and Ohio, a July birth to Clarence Boshart, and a family picnic at the J. T. Wenger home with many Widmer and Graber families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Kaiie Kennel
Oregon
Edd Widmer
Wayland
Joe Widmer
John Widmer
Glenn
Jake Graber
Harold
Verena Graber
Imma
Martha
Katie Keune
Peter Widmer
P. R. Schantz
Viola
Bennie
Washington
Clarence Boshart
Near Noble
J. T. Wenger
D. W. Widmer
D. S. Graber
J. J. Rich
Wilbur Schantz
Ruth
Victor Wenger
Jesse
Homer Wenger
Lloyd Alliman
Jake
Pete Widmer
Grandma Rich
Noah Widmer
Chris Fichelberger
Leonard Graber
Ohio
Peter Graber
Adeline Graber
Marriage license suit filed in Tulsa court
Running Clerk of Court Winfield Bartlett is sued Monday for a marriage license to Mr Thomas Raymond Begin of Sioux City Iowa and Miss Amelia Annetta Running of Pipestone County Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Flying Star
Winfield Bartlett
Thomas Raymond Begin
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Iowa
Amelia Annetta
Pipestone County
Pipestone (Minn
Airport theme on Friday night club meeting
Carl M Keck and Frank B Miller arrange a speaker for a Friday talk on flying possibilities and Washington area air port need. Festival plans to be discussed at Friday meeting with Lloyd Lytle preparing details for announcement soon. July Y M C A meeting set for Friday in the community room with tickets sold by Wise Long Loyd Morrison and A A Spies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl M. Keck
Frank B. Miller
Bietter Washington Club
Washington
Lloyd Lytle
Wise Long
Loyd Morrison
A. A. Spies
Honduras high school girls buried in tragic wreck
In Tegucigalpa Honduras 11 high school girls died when their car crashed while returning from a picnic at San Buenaventura. Twenty two others were injured and hospitalized. The incident sparked national mourning. Mr and Mrs Will Kos plan a six week to three month western U S trip starting tomorrow visiting Montevista Colorado then Salt Lake City and Yellowstone among other stops.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
San Buenaventura
Will Kos
West
Fiest
Montevista
Colo
Hardinges and second wife seen near Straw Plains
Franklin S. Hardinge the Chicago millionaire linked to a breach of promise suit by Ann Livington is with his second wife at Straw Plains Tennessee, 15 miles west of Knoxville, four weeks after their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Franklin S. Hardinge
Chicago
Ann Livington
Straw Plains
Troy Weems
Delta Chapter Rho Chi honors Swan for top grades
Fredric C. Swan of the State University Iowa City receives a $20 prize from the Delta Chapter of Rho Chi for excellent grades. Mrs. Swan was once Miss Marie Johnston of Columbus Junction. Other items note travels of local residents, a telephone line project on Walnut Street, and society picnic planned for July 23 at Chautauqua park.
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Columbus Junctions
Delta Chapter
Rho Chi
Fredric C. Swan
The
State University
Iowa City
Swan
Marie Johnston
Columbus Junction
Charles Lambert
Lois
Iowa
John Gabriel
Davenport
Columbus City
Concord Township
Harlan Foster
Harriet Lieberknecht
Martha Blankenhorn
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Company
Walnut Street
Whatsoever Society
Chautauqua Park
Rock Island
K. M. Arington
Kenneth
Minnesota
Wisconsin
W. C. Davis
Red Oak
Negroes in North Platte Face Return Dilemma After Outbreak
Two hundred Black residents displaced by a sudden outburst of white hatred await a state inquiry to decide if they will return to North Platte Nebraska. Some remain in Lincoln and Omaha while others travel by road or are escorted to the city limits amid threats.
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North Platte
Neb
U.R
Lincoln
Omaha
Louis Seeman
Fdr Greene
Central Illinois Flood Repeats Heavy Rainfall
Central Illinois again faced serious flood conditions after near torrential rains. Beardstown sustained the hardest blow with heavy showers as a July record 3.6 inches fell in seven hours. The rainfall continued for most of the day.
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Springfield
Central Illinois
Beardstown
Flood Death Toll Seen At 1000 In Trebizond District
Constantinople reports to the London Daily Express say the flood death toll may reach 1000 in the Trebizond district. More villages were engulfed and rescuers faced great difficulty reaching victims as fifty square miles of crops were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
London Daily Express
Trebizond
Vagabond Foils Jail Escape At Buenos Aires Court
A vagabond disturbed by a metal file noise at dawn finds prisoners in the basement cells of the law courts building attempting to escape. He guides police to the scene and halts the breakout with swift action.
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Buenos Aires
Law Courts
Keota Area Social and Farming Notes
Walter Romine owns a new Ford sedan. Keota residents visit and call at John Powell, Albert Dayton, and Elmer Crawford homes. Stella Powell and Elmer Crawford of Keota wed on June 29. Oren Romine helps with oats at John Henderson’s, and rain halts field work for a few days.
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Walter Romine
Oz Powell
Elmer Crawford
Keota
John Powell
Dave McCrabb
Clara
Marjorie
Albert Dayton
Stella Powell
Carl Mayer
Arthur Romine
Lloyd Miller
Chicago
Absent minded professor at Columbia on vacation
A forgetful professor from Columbia University leaves for summer break after failing to hand final exams to his students. A small boy says the teacher is ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Washington council lowers 1930 taxes by record amount
The Washington city council adopted a 1930 budget of 55 660, a reduction of 17 740 from this year’s 73 400, about 24 percent, aided by an 8 800 dividend from Farmers and Merchants Bank and city savings. Hearings set for August 5 with final adoption later. No tax for several funds and a large general fund cut. Payment window for sewer plant assessments through July 18. after that, list to county officials with six percent interest. An ordinance to ban U turns on the square and a traffic regulation ordinance were approved or prepared for next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Journal Today
W. H. Fulton
State Highway Commission
Rural letter carriers meet at Brighton lawn in 1929
A Washington county rural letter carriers association meeting occurred on Saturday evening July 13 1929 at Le land Horton's lawn Brighton. About twenty five people attended with Riverside Washington Ainsworth and Brighton represented. A short business meeting followed by a social hour and refreshments including cake and ice.
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Brighton
Washington County Rural Letter Carrier's Association
Leland Horton
Riverside
Washington
Ainsworth
Kubala Unconscious During Azores Plane Crash
Major Casimir Kubala lay unconscious in the cockpit of the Polish biplane Marsha Pilsudski when it crashed on Graciosa island in the Azores. Maj. Louis Idzikowski, the plane’s pilot, died as the craft exploded after fuel fumes, released when the engine faltered, detonated as the machine touched down.
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Horta
Azores
U.P
Casimir Kubala
Marsha Pilsudski
Graciosa
Kubala
Maj
Louis Idzikowski
Iskra
Idzikowski
Paris
New York
Young Peoples Service Led by Church Choir and Pantomime
The Christian church youth organized and performed the Sunday evening service last week. Edna Maurice Mayhew played a violin solo, Irene Roe accompanied, Mae Foss read scripture, Lorene Hillhouse sang a bell solo, and Arlene Waster presented a pantomime. Superintendent J H Peet spoke on youth opportunities. Leona Parcell sang Rock of Ages, and Rev P E Roll closed the service.
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The
Christian Church
Edna Maurice Mayhew
Irene Roe
Mae Foss
Lorene Hillhouse
Orville Foss
J. H. Peet
Arlene Waster
Leona Parcell Sant
P. E Roll
Crawfordsville Notes Highlight Local Visits And Services
Nellie Manners reports on residents returning from Iowa City and Chicago, Everette improving in hospital, and Gladys Maxwell resuming work in Cedar Rapids. Upcoming United Presbyterian service with speaker Thomas Wolfe and other brief local items include injuries, travel visits, and summer school in Mt. Pleasant.
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Crawfordsville
Aletha Holmes
Iowa City
W. G. Huston
Chicago
Everette
Sonny
Gladys Maxwell
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Maxwell
United Presbyterian
Thomas Wolfe
Ains Worth
Buxbaum
Washington
Brighton Post Office Serves Cream Orange Ice and Lemonade
The Brighton post office force served cream orange ice and lemonade to attendees, offering a simple refreshment amid duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
No Move Made By Officials In Washington
Washington reports no action by U S officials as China Russia tension grows over Manchurian eastern railway seizure. Harbin and other Manchurian areas show limited American presence while troops mass along the border and officials weigh next steps.
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Washington
United States
Manchuria
Harbin
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Nanking
China
Manchurian
Blagovieschachensk
Berlin
German Express Agency
Red Army
United Press Today
Leonid Serebriakoff
London
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Riga
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Farm Board
Isisco
Helen Rich
Hardinge
Martha Buller
Central
Illinois
Vagabond
Mabel Horning
Oren Romine
John Henderson
Nellie Manners
Emma Troxel
Monmouth
Ill
Troxel
Wonderly
Crooks
Bruce Lease
Margaret Gault
Mt. Pleasant
Sians
Shanghais
Kuo Min
C. T. Wang
Kio
Lu Jung-Kuan
Harin
Chita
Shanghai
Tientsin
Mukden
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