Chairman of Park Board Dies Sunday
John F. Simpson 75 a Washington county resident for 51 years and longtime park board chairman died suddenly at 8 40 p m at his home 321 West Washington Street of a heart attack He was a building contractor for 35 years then ran billboard operations for twelve years Funeral services will be at United Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 3 p m Rev A N Porter of Crawfordsville officiating Burial in Elm Grove cemetery He was active in Republican and Dry movements and had been a church elder and community leader He became a park board member in Washington town
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John F. Simpson
Washington County
City Park Board
West
Washington Street
Simpson
Sherman
United Presbyterian Church
A. N. Porter
Crawfordsville
Elm Grove
John Simpson
Buffalo
Washington
Tie United Presbyterian Church
West Chester
Second United Presbyterian Church of Washington
Boone to Speak at Washington County Lake Meeting
Dr C W Boone of Ottumwa chairman of the Iowa film and game commission will attend the Washington County lake meeting in the city hall Tuesday evening He heads the state board guiding lake projects in several counties and will advise boosters on the Coal Creek and Dutch Creek sites with fuller pros and cons than last week's briefing.
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C. W. Boone
Ottumwa
Iowan State Film and Game Commission
Washington
Boone
I Rident
Carl W. Klein
Washington County Lake Association
Star Board
Iowa
Washington County
Coal Creek
Dutch Creek
Iowa City C C C Camp Aids Soil Work and Camp Life
Iowa Citys Civilian Conservation Corps camp houses 25 men for University Hospital grounds work and soil erosion projects. The 18 hour five day week includes noon meals, weekend passes, and daily commutes by truck to farms and back. Many enrollees follow Washington county lake project news for possible redeployment.
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Iowa City
Rolleail
Washington County
Journal Announces World’s Fair Subscriptions Contest
A popularity contest offers a grand all expense trip to the World’s Fair for three students. Votes depend on new yearly subscriptions, with 7000 votes per new sub. Printing, advertising, and account aid count as votes. Nomination blanks appear Tuesday on page one. 1600 votes go to the immediate nominee.
Retailers to Hear Roosevelt Tonight
Merchants are urged to attend a Y.M.C.A. meeting in Missouri to discuss the new industrial brewery act. The president's radio speech will be broadcast in the room so attendees can hear both events together. the program emphasizes joint handling of the speech and address.
Barn Fire Destroys Caldwell Farm Structure
A barn on John Caldwell's farm west of Havre burned Saturday evening after being spotted by a guest of the Lee Hesseltine family. The blaze, aided by southeast winds, destroyed the barn and its contents including machinery and hogs. Prompt action saved the windmill and nearby buildings. Spontaneous combustion is suspected due to recently stored hay. Loss unspecified but insured with Washington County Mutual.
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John Caldwell
Havre
Washington
Lee Hesseltine
Washington County Mutual
Salinas Notes and Local Color From California Scene
The piece mixes casual remarks on taxes and a local political edge with scenes from Salinas California. It references moonshiners in Tennessee, a one eyed Oklahoma boy holding doubles and singles titles, and Friday as Salinas big day with vivid rural imagery along the Seaboard Air Line and California ranch life.
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Tennessee
Oklahoma
Salinas
California
Seaboard Air Line
WRECK VICTIMS' BODIES CLAIMED IN IOWA TOWN
In Columbus Junction, the father of Kenneth Cheek and an undertaker collected the bodies of Kenneth Cheek 21 Joe McKibbons 19 and Daulton Bond 18 killed Friday in the Milwaukee railroad derailment and fire at Gladwin. The fourth victim remains unidentified and may be taken to Iowa City state university if not identified soon. Debris clearance and search for additional bodies continued.
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Columbus Junction
Kenneth Cheek
Dewey
Okla
Joe McKibbons
Daulton Bond
Milwaukee Railroad
Gladwin
Overland
Orval Delozier
Charles Shull
Wiley Post Wins Round the World Flight Home
Wiley Post, greeted in New York with cheers and ticker tape, finished his 15,000 mile solo round the world flight in 186 hours 494 minutes, beating the previous record by over 21 hours. He praised Balbo, discussed plans to depart for Oklahoma, and admitted some disappointment at not breaking the record by a wider margin.
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New York
Wiley Post
Post
Broadway
City Hall
Oklahoma
Wiley Oat
Tom
Harold Gatty
Horseshoe factory revival boosts Wareham workforce
In Wareham Massachusetts a local horseshoe factory has revived to full production employing about 70 workers. The plant has shifted to round the clock operation and is meeting growing demand for horseshoes.
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Wareham
Mass
18th Child Was a Boy Porters Washington Tale
In Porter Washington a family record shows the 18th child born ending a run of twelve daughters and yielding a son. Mrs CC J Ray recalls hope fulfilled with the birth of a boy.
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Porter
Wash Pi Alter
CC. J. Ray
Mrs Thomas Simpson Dies at Home Near Washington
Mrs Thomas Simpson aged a0 died at 12 15 today at her home one and one fourth miles north of Washington from a heart attack. Funeral arrangements are at Ja A Jones funeral home likely to be held Wednesday. She was born April 16 1855 in Ohio and married Thomas Billpoon in 1877. Surviving are her husband three daughters Elizabeth and Ella at home and Mrs Geo Hendrickson of Ames one son died in infancy and several siblings. She was a member of United Presbyterian Church of Washington.
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Thomas Simpson
Washington
Ja. A. Jones
Martha Elma Eckels
Ohio
James Eckels
Emma (Moss) Eckels
Fekels
Thomas Billpoon
Eliasabeth
Ella
Geo. ©. Hendrickson
Ames
Wade Myers
Zion, Ill
Mary
Nettie
Charles
Charles Cierry
John
Atlanta
Simpson
United Presbyterian Church of Washington
Robber Gang Battle Endangers Officers Near Panora
Three members of the Texas arrows gang flee into woods near Panora Iowa as police, deputies and an airplane converge. A deputy is wounded and a man named Marion Barrows is hospitalized near Perry after a battle with the posse. The gang abandons two cars and weapons before escaping northeast toward Guthrie Center.
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Panora
Iowa
Texas Arrows Gang
Here
Guthrie Center
Perry
Marion Barrows
Dexter
Barrows
Dallas
Polk City
Volk County
Boy Stolen Car Case Returns to Jail In Iowa
Harry Watkins reports a youth named Kenneth Darrell McNatt jailed in Jefferson Iowa for larceny of a car from the Chevrolet Motor Co. The same boy earlier linked to a Washington theft. McNatt formerly called McNabb. Watkins car recovered in Muscatine. Jefferson juvenile court to hear McNatt’s case next Wednesday.
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Harry Watkins
Foss Davis
Green County
Jefferson
Iowa
Kenneth Darrell McNatt
Chevrolet Motor Company
Watkins
Washington
McNatt
McNabb
Muscatine
Mr. Watkins
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Iowa City Conservation Corps
Journal
George A. Matlock
Roosevelt
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University Hospital
Watch Lake Developments
Les Ee
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Hebe
Ropere GS
Italo Balbo
Royal Italian Air Force
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Siddeny
Gang of Three
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