Harmony at Republican State Meet
Des Moines Iowa July 20 Presenting a complete ticket and a platform approved by the state convention the Republican party launched its quest for votes under a new state chairman and revamped central committee The convention moved swiftly and harmony reigned as the resolutions committee offered the platform supporting a net income tax and ratifying the national party’s prohibition submission Two new officers were nominated Karl W Fischer for state auditor and Thomas E Martin for railroad commissioner Both easy first ballot victors Martin defeated incumbent B M Richardson and three others Fischer won the auditorship from four candidates J W Long withdrew from the race to run for governor on an independent ticket Governor Dan W Turner spoke of integrity in state administration and was seen as attacking Long
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Iowa
Republican Party
Resolutions Committee
National Party
Karl W. Fischer
Vinton
Thomas E. Martin
Town City
Martin
B. M Richardson
Fischer
J. W Long
Dan W. Turner
Long
Norris to Campaign for Roosevelt in the West
Senator George Norris of Nebraska plans to push Roosevelt in the fall campaign. He has many invitation speeches and backs Roosevelt, signaling possible stops beyond Nebraska. Senator Brookhart of Iowa remains undecided and eyeing an independent bid, seeking more on the farm issue.
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INS
George Norris
Nebraska
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West
Norris
New York
Brookhart
Iowa
Roosevelt
Blaine
Wisconsin
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Haskins Bank Declares Additional Dividend
Attorney T A Michels yields a court order for an extra ten percent dividend at the closed Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Haskins. Total distributions reach sixty percent to depositors as Raymond Sinn, examiner, schedules payout within about ten days. Sinn oversees Haskins Cotter and Ainsworth banks with records kept at Ainsworth Savings Bank.
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T. A. Michels Yvesterday
D. W Hamilton
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of
Haskins
Raymond Sinn
Sinn
Haskins, Cotter
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Savings Bank
Four Towns Carry Washington Pageant News in Booster Tour
A motor booster trip visited Wellman Kalona Riverside and Ainsworth to spread word of the George Washington pageant set for July 27 and 28. The Washington band entertained and costumed performers introduced George and Martha Washington. Tonight the tour continues to West Chester Keota and Sigourney with concessions arranged for ample sales and rehearsals ongoing at the chautauqua grounds.
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Riverside
Ainsworth
Washington Boosters
Washington Folks
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Washington
Hal Reister
John Lemmon
Milburn McKay
George
Martha Washington
Charles Brown
John Rohrer
Horace Allen
West Chester
Keota
Sigourney
J. M. Kelley
Kelley
Chautauqua
Iowa Farm Bureau Women Set For Oratory Contest At State Fair
Iowa Farm Bureau women will compete in a public speaking contest at the Iowa State Fair. Titled The Farm Woman and Her Civic Responsibility, speeches run seven to ten minutes and will be judged on content and delivery. The winner earns a special medal on Farm Bureau Day August 29 and may enter the national contest in Chicago in December. Any farm woman may compete with enrollments coordinated by county Farm Bureau chairmen.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
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Farm Bureau Day
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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County Farm Bureau
Rumblings Against Waterway Treaty Stir Debate
Washington reports that the Canada United States treaty for the St. Lawrence ship route faces opposition challenges ahead of Senate ratification planned for December. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will probe the pact revealing long delayed dissension surrounding the project.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bonus Army Leader Arrested at White House Entrance
John Page of Detroit and two lieutenants were placed under arrest after attempting to lead their branch of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces toward the White House. They had made several futile attempts to enter the executive grounds in Washington.
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INS
John Page
Detroit
Bonus
White House
Iowa Farm Bureau to Receive Ward Entries
Women's committee will forward entries to the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation at 805 Valley National Bank Building Des Moines on or before August 20.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Valley National Bank
Des Moines
Anderson Pioneer in Washington Business Dies at 85
J. T. Anderson died at his West Washington home died at 85 after a long career in Washington business circles. He was a grocery and furniture partner and later cashier of the Washington County Savings Bank. Funeral services set for Friday at L. A. Jones funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Washington
West Washington Street
L. A. Jones
Elm Grove
Anderson
Washington Grocery and Furniture Stores
Washington County Savings Bank
No bumper corn crop indicated by Iowa report
Charlee D. Reed director of the Iowa weather and crop bureau said in his weekly crop report that there is no indication of a bumper corn crop despite good early growth. Heat hurt by last week’s dryness caused some deterioration in drier areas while most oats harvests are finished and yields remain fair.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charlee D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Factories in East Start Up Again in New England
July 20. Din ner pails rattle as mills and factories reopen across six New England states. Orders rise in textile mills shoe and hat factories velvet mills and jewelry shops signaling a gradual manufacturing revival. A Cambridge pebble factory plans a fall rush. Ashland clock shop lands a 2659 clock government contract. Two thousand textile workers return to looms in Lawrence and activity returns to Pall River Winooski Riverpoint Chicopee and Southbridge mills.
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New England
New England Council
Cambridge
Electric
Ashland
Washington
Lawrence
Pall River
Winooski
Wyoming
R. 1
Legislators Consider Special Session and Tax Cuts
A legislative committee will poll legislators on support for a special session to enact tax reduction laws. Senators at a late meeting after the Republican state convention also asked for a tax reduction program for potential consideration in such a session. Congressman Robinson-Washington urged Governor Turner to convene a special session to organize a state backed credit system aiding low interest loans to farmers, proposing state bonds on farm mortgages. Also noted is a Minneapolis family visit. Glen Davis, a science teacher, with relatives in the community.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Legislative Committee
T. J .R. Robinson - Washington
Dan W. Turner
Robinson
July Weather Compared to 1931 Record Heat
Analysis of Journal files shows this July not yet reaching the extreme heat of 1931. Through mid July the city endured occasional 96 97 degree days, with a peak 101 degrees on July 28 29, and a cooler trend after brief showers.
Congress adjourns and budgets backfire on sales tax
Beverly Hills reports a blunt verdict as Congress adjourns having appropriated themselves out of work. The sales tax is dead, and critics say the move hurts motorists and slows road building, while Mississippi benefits from the shift and Americans thumb for travel instead of driving.
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Mississippi
America
Washington Club Opens Tennis Season with 4–2 Victory
The Washington tennis club opened its season by defeating Davenport Palmer Chiropractic School 4–2. Hank Little beat Gillmor in three sets, Kanton and Owen won singles, and the Washington duo of Little and Canton won doubles. Kenny Cline was away for pageant rehearsals. A large crowd attended the eight to one a.m. match.
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Columbus Junction
Relief Measure to Provide Jobs Across Nation
Senator Wagner of New York urged speed in distributing a $2.122 billion relief bill that could employ about 2,006,000 people. The measure, on Hoover's desk for signature, would fund projects such as highways rivers harbors slum housing bridges and docks to improve conditions nationwide.
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Wagner
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Heat wave deepens across the nation with record highs
At one o'clock this afternoon Washington reported 83 degrees with 93 expected to reach 95 later as states east of the Rockies swelter in 90s. A cooling high pressure is forecast to arrive by Friday, while Iowa logged 104 at Inwood setting a yearly record amid ongoing heat. Drowning toll rose by three yesterday in hot weather.
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United States
Rockies
North Plains
Inwood
Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Factory Team Beats Fourth Ward 12 to 3 in League
In Washington kittenball action yesterday the American Pearl Button Factory team defeated Fourth Ward 12 to 3 to remain undefeated. Tonight Second Ward and Third Ward play to complete the week’s schedule.
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Fourth Ward
Washington
American Pearl Button Factory
Two Bound Over on Charge of Larceny
Frank Szayna and John Nickerson were bound over to the grand jury by Justice W Barber on a charge of larceny. Bonds fixed at $1,000 each and furnished.
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Frank Szayna
John Nickerson, Jr
Justice of the Peace
W . Barber
Clinic in Ainsworth to remove tonsils and adenoids
The County health unit plans a clinic in Ainsworth with Dr. Mahin during the first week of August to remove diseased tonsils and adenoids. Parents who inquired before should see Dr. Mahin now for further arrangements.
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Ainsworth
Dr. Mahin
Cavalry Triumph Beats Mare Shall 9 to 1 at Berdo Field
Ernie Marshall’s team suffered their first defeat as the Cavalry outfit defeated Mare Shall 9 to 1 at Berdo field. Knottnerus and Barnett formed the Cavalry batteries while Rice and Marshall played for Mare Shall.
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Berdo Field
Knottnerus and Barnett
Rice
Marshall
Mareshall
Guards Ring Marseilles Dam as Riots Tie Up Waterway
Police and deputy sheriffs protected the Marseilles dam on the finals waterway today. Work halted and the town faced martial law after rioting yesterday left one laborer dead and 17 wounded. Investigations centered at LaSalle county seat.
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LaSalle
Dictatorship in State of Prussia Sealed by Papen Ouster
Berlin July 20 An ins dispatch reports Chancellor Frang Von Papen was ousted by force as the socialist government of Prussia established itself as dictator over Berlin and the surrounding province of Brandenburg in a declared state of emergency tantamount to martial law.
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