Huston Calls G. O. P. Body for August 7
Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee, called an executive committee meeting for August 7 and said he would submit his resignation. Indications point to Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio as a possible temporary successor, with President Hoover reportedly disinclined to make a personal selection.
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Washington
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Huston
Miemboars
Fess
Ohio
Hoover
White House
U.P
Tennessee
Simeon D. Fess
Truston
Senate Lobby Committee
United Press
Houston
White Louse
Mail
Senate
Tennesse River Improvement Association
Whoover
Congress
Dr Montgomery to Speak at U P Church Services
Dr Robert N Montgomery new president of Tarkio College will address morning and evening United Presbyterian services Sunday. At 30 he is the nation's youngest college president and son of J Knox Montgomery of Muskingum College. Evening service at 7 30 is for young people with a cordial invitation. Mrs Lola Winga travels to Keota for weekend with daughter Mrs Owen Cnossen.
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Robert N. Montgomery
Tarkio College
United Presbyterian Church
Missouri School
J. Knox Montgomery
Muskingum College
Montgomery
Lola Winga
Keota
Owen Cnossen
Fossils of Shovel-Jawed Elephants Found in Mongolia
Dr Roy Chapman Andrews announced showy fossil remains in Mongolia from an expedition. Platybelodons or shovel jawed elephants with jaws over five feet long lived in inland marshes 3,000,000 years ago. Thirty specimens found including adults and babies. expedition to stay in Mongolia until October.
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China
Roy Chapman Andrews
Mongolia
Andrews
Peking
Death claims Mrs Joseph W Krotz in Washington county
Mrs Mamie Kroetz 31 wife of Joseph W Krotz died after a long illness at Washington county hospital. Born September 2 1898 in Haglish River township she married on September 4 1919 and lived on a Highland township farm. Survived by her husband daughter Darlene Erma parents Anthony and Anna Malichky brothers Joe Will Victor of Richmond. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm in the Methodist church conducted by Rev J H Krenmyre burial Elm Grove cemetery.
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Mamie Kroetz
Joseph W. Krotz
Washington County Hospital
J. H. Krenmyre
Ainsworth
Elm Grove
Darlene Erma
Anthony Malichky
Richmond
Joe
Will
Victor
Krotz
Highland Center Sewing Circle
L.A. Jones Funeral Home
Pipeline to Carry Natural Gas Across Midwest Planned
Contracts awarded for a 1000 mile pipeline carrying natural gas from the southwest to northern markets. The main route runs north from Texas through Oklahoma and Kansas, across Nebraska and Iowa to Chicago, crossing the Missouri River at Plattsmouth and the Mississippi near Muscatine following primary road No. 2.
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Kansas City
Continental Construction Company
Exas
Oklahoma
Kansas
The
Continent? Company
Nebraska
Chicago
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Mississippi
Muscatine
Iowa
Pipeline Route Through Washington County Proposal
A projected route for a pipeline would cross Washington county running a few miles north of Washington. Benefits include access to natural gas for homes and businesses and an estimated assessment value likely exceeding $200,000 for the county.
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Washington
Washington County
Four Die As Amusement Park Roller Coaster Wreck
An amusement park roller coaster accident in Omaha Nebraska killed four picnicers and injured about twenty others. Inspectors blamed a loosened car bolt and a broken brake shoe as the train plunged through guard rails 25 feet to the ground. Names of the dead include Ruth Farrell 14 C H Stout 50 Gladys Lindgreen of Des Moines and Tony Politka 28.
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Omaha
Nebr
Ruth Farrel
Cc. H. Stout
Gladys Lundergreen
Des Moines
Tony Politka
Neb
Ruth Farrell
C. H. Stout
Gladys Lindgreen
Iowa
Honora
Littl Hope
William Roberts
Larold
Robert Lindstrom
Alvin Halman
Tom
Mary
Leona Drudney
Robert Weiner
Anton Fedwinus
Jo Zywic
William Betkos
William Czafa
Vernon Ashwood
Andrew Brazic
Livestock Marketing Group Forms Iowa Committee
An executive committee forms the Iowa livestock marketing corporation and plans regional groups with $100 shares. Members include Floyd Flijah and J. N. Horlacher. The plan links local farms to state and national marketing bodies with Iowa State College support promised.
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Des Moines
Uup
Iowa
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
Farl Flijah
Clarence
A.B. Moyhr
Thompson
Teasurer
J. N. Horlacher
Storm Lake
Nile Kinnieh
Adel
Charles ©. Wearst
Cedar Falls
Towa Livestock Marketing Corporation
National Order Buying Company
National Livestock Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Iowa State College
A. G. Black
Ray Laflin
Newton
Don
Air Meet Plans Near Encore at Local Airport
George K E Gingerich plans an August air show at the local field with 20 to 40 planes. Gliders, stunt flying, parachute drops and bomb drops are planned. Proceeds will fund hangar and field upgrades as local business leaders back the event. James M Shields of Chicago visits his uncle John Shields and Milan Shields family.
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George KE. Gingerich
Oskaloosa
Towa
Gingerich
James M. Shields
Chicago
John Shields
James Shields
Milan
Iowa Corn Faces Rain Shortage Hurting Yield
Des Moines reports drought across Iowa as federal meteorologist Charles Reed says rainfall since April has been well below normal. He notes 20 percent to under 1 percent of normal in over 25 counties, with two recent heat waves pushing temperatures above 100 degrees and depleting sub soil moisture. The corn crop is entering the critical silking stage and remains highly vulnerable without rain.
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John F. Hayden
Tulsa
Oklo
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Texas
Chicago
Des Moines
Charles PD. Reed
United Press Today
Reed
Blaze in Orpheum Theater Downtime Fire Threads Out Audience
A fire in the Orpheum Theater projection room in Fairfield Indiana forced the audience to evacuate safely. Damages were estimated at 6000 dollars and operator Carl Millane sustained injuries.
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Blaze
Fairfield
Orpheum Theater
Carl Millane
Weather note records high 90s in 1990s style
In the Nineties Again two o'clock the mercury in the Weather observer's thermometer had mounted to 92 degrees. It was 93 yesterday.
Stunt Program at W R C Picnic Delights Southeastern Iowa
The 17th district W R C held an afternoon picnic at Sunset Park with about 100 members from several southeastern Iowa corps. Officers and invited speakers including Mrs Bessie Musgrove Ottumwa and Mrs Jennie Joy Wanpello addressed work, instruction, and district plans.
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Sunset Park
Towa
Bessie Musgrove
Ottumwa
Jennie Joy
Wanpello
Orpha Turner
Fairfield
Theressa Marsh
J. ©. Bofee
F. W. Eastwood
Washington
Mt. Union
Journal
Bitter Greco Turkish treaty ends centuries of feud
Athens reports a historic Greco Turkish treaty of friendship and arbitration ending 600 years of enmity. Prime Minister Venizelos calls the accord crucial for near eastern stability and world peace and mentions plans for an official visit to Angora, possibly in October.
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Athens
United Press
Floutherios Venivilos
Greece
Near East
Venizelos
Turkey
Auion
Angora
Prizes Awarded in Washington Country Club Golf Tourney
The Washington country club closed its handicap dinner golf tournament with Ed Hammer's Clam Diggers winning by 18 strokes. Sixty men competed. prizes went to players including C. J Christenson Leland Morrison Victor Westphal T. L. Brookhart Al Baldrige and Lester Orr. The celebration featured a dinner under Orville Elder's Printers Devils and ended with a visit to Kendall Gibson's miniature course.
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Orville Elder
Printers
Devils
Ed Hammer
Washington Country Club
Marge’n
George Stewart
Kendall & Gibson
Ralph Gibson
Leslie Kieher
C. J Christenson
Leland Morrison
Victor Westphal
T. L. Brookhart
Lelande Morrison
al Baldrige
Lester Orr
King of Italy Tours Earthquake Hit Regions
Benevento Italy July 25 Rapid relief teams pour into quake stricken provinces to feed clothe and shelter survivors and to search for hundreds still buried. The king and papal envoy lead efforts as death toll nears 3700 with thousands injured and more tremors feared.
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Benevento
Italy
Rohedity San Antonio
Thomas B. Morgan
United Press
Naptes
Avellino
Benévento
Naples
Zungoli
Montecalvo
Jenevento
Important Notice To Baby Golfers In Madison Street Park
City Marshal Pollak Wallace and Maintenance Engineer Russell Fink of the State Highway commission urge motorists to park close to the curb and parallel to it along Madison Street near the miniature golf courses. They warn that blocking traffic could lead to a traffic ban on the highway, though officers prefer avoiding such action by observance of the guidance. The note notes that demand for parking is high now but may decline later.
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Pollak Wallace
Russell Fink
State Highway Commission
The
Journal
Madison Street
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