Authorize Signing of Corn-Hog Contracts by County Committees
Patterson of the Washington county early arrangement committees received authority from Leslie M. Carl to sign county regular pay contracts based on the county committee summary. Contracts will be signed by producers in Lime Creek English River and Townships today and forwarded to Washington soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Washington County
Eary Neg Amtment
Gomerittes
Leslie M. Carl
State Board of Review
Washington
Lime Creek
English River
Town
Addy
Cedar
Seventy-six
Jackson
Mr. Patterson
AAA
Washington Band Wins First Place at Cedar Falls Festival
Washington Municipal band directed by Milburn McKay won first in Class A at Cedar Falls festival with 13 bands competing. Des Moines Second (A) placed second, with Vinton third. Class II winner Northwood, Atkins second, Eldora third. Over 6,000 spectators watched the parade and awards as two Negro choruses performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn McKay
Washington
Cedar Falls
Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Muscatine
Decorah
Vinton
Mason City
McKay
Ralph Pratt
State Theater
Northwood
Atkins
Eldora
Waterloo
Pang
Weather Heat Across East and Midwest Rumor
Aboard 8S S MaloNoL notes disbelief at heat reports from the east and middlewest, suspects California press exaggeration, and mentions Roosevelt rumored to be fishing near Japan to dodge political schemes.
County Board Receives Applications for County Home Managers
Members of the county board of supervisors report receiving several applications to fill the vacant posts of managers at the county home. The vacancies arose after Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Norton left their positions yesterday. the board will take time to review candidates before deciding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
W. J. Norton
Local Church on Communist Lists Blamed for Dynamite Plot
Dr. Oscar Autritt, a Russian-born preacher, claimed at First Congregational Church in Washington Iowa that the Methodist church there was listed to be dynamited as part of a nationwide Soviet plan. He said he saw blueprints in a St Louis cellar showing churches to be blown up to undermine American religion, warning locals to wake up before all churches are leveled.
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Washington, D. C
Intercity News Service
Methodist Church of
Washington
Iowa
Communist Party
First Congregational Church
Calvin Coolidge
Oscar Autritt
Mississippi College
Autritt
St. Louis
United States
Dr. Autritt
Russia
Amerles
Military Dictator Tightens Grip in Minneapolis
July 27 report from Minneapolis says Adjt. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh now rules Minnesota by order of Gov. Floyd B. Olson. Press, business and citizen movement restricted as federal mediators press to end a city truck drivers strike involving about 7,000 members.
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Minneapolis
Adjt
Ellard A. Walsh
Minnesota National Guard
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Ahdir
Washington youths injured in Davenport road accident
Four young people from Washington and Riverside were injured when their car wrecked near Walcott on the way to Davenport. Driver Don Stutsman, son of Dr FE Stutsman, and three other occupants sustained various injuries. They were treated at Mercy hospital Iowa City before going home.
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Thre
Washington
Mer
Riverside
Walcott
Davenport
FE FE. Stutsman
Don
Tom Meickthinney
Cloyd Smith
Frances Kephart
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Democrats Urge Liquor Issue In Iowa Governor Race
Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Democratic state convention makes liquor policy a central campaign issue between Gov Clyde Herring and Republican candidate Dan Turner. The platform endorses state liquor stores and private beer sales laws and challenges Turner to address the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Dan W. Turner
Turner
Nursing as a Profession Emerges After 1854 Nightingale Reform
The text notes nursing did not become an official profession until after 1854, highlighting Florence Nightingale's reforms of nursing services during the Crimean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Nightingale
Doctors Unite To Stop Unpaid Medical Bills In County
Members of the Washington County Medical Society form a debt exchange to tackle long standing accounts. Doctors report patients switch between physicians to evade paying, leaving many clinicians with sizable totals. They defend providing care but condemn deliberate nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Medical Society
Ans
Kerr and Monroe Added to CCC Camp Roster
The latest CCC contingent from the county shows Kerr and Monroe replacing Willard Sebulty who did not go to Burlington and Lawrence De Witt who failed the Burlington physical. Harold Kerr and Clifford Monroe were substituted in their places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Willard Sebulty
Burlington
Chicago
Lawrence de Witt
Harold Kerr
Clifford Monroe
Uncensored Putsch Photo Sparks National Outcry
A controversial image from the Austrian Nazi brief coup enrages the nation. Reports say a small dictator was killed during the escape attempt while assailants held hostages and demanded safe passage to the German border. A later court martial was promised as the suspects were jailed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolifuses
Newcomers Mr and Mrs Chas Crane Arrive in Washington
Mr and Mrs Charles Crane are new Washington residents moving from Terre Haute Indiana. He assumes management of the Iowa Continental Telephone Co replacing L F Morrison as district manager. Crane was born in Seymour Indiana and has worked in telephone service across Joplin Missouri Ft Wayne and Elizabeth Town Kentucky. Mrs Crane is from Pierce City Missouri and a former commerce teacher at Monette Missouri. They reside in the Mrs G L Cherry home on East Washington Street and express optimism about living in Washington.
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Mra. Chas
Arane
Washington
Ierre Haute
Indiana
Crane
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
L. FF. Morrison
Mr. Crane
Seymour
Joplin
Missouri
Charles
University of Missouri At Columbia
Ft.Wayne
Elizabeth Town
Kentucky
Terre Haute
Iowa
Resistance Stubborn in 2 Provinces
Vienna reports heavy fighting in Austria with Nazi resistance in Styria and Carinthia. Special martial courts to begin Monday and executions planned. Dollfuss lies in state. burial slated with state honors. German Chancellor Hitler’s ally Papen moved to ease tensions with Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Styria
Carinthia
Mussolini
Italy
Dollfuss
Mitler
Germany
Franz von Papen Ae
Chicago Livestock Market Closed by Strike
Chicago’s giant livestock market remained shut for the 48th hour as 800 handlers strike. Mediation teams worked to reach a truce while government cattle movement was restricted at the yards guarded by pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commission
Carl Steffenson
Regional Labor Board
Continued Cool Weather Seen Across Iowa
Iowa reports cooler conditions as heat wave eases with highs near 97 in Albia and 95 in Washington. Two more heat deaths bring state total to 87 while showers dot the northeast and drought lingers in the southwest. Forecaster Reed expects fair weather through Saturday with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Moines
Charles D. Reed
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Washington Band
Parkersburg
Lea Kuccinski
Monahan Post American Legion
Sioux City
O. E. van Dorn
State University of Iowa
Carlton Stewart
Mr. Roosevelt
Japan
Orean
Pepsuiins
TORS
Pagn
DPS Moines
Europe
Federal Chancellery
Engelbert Dollfuss
Emil Fey
Prince Kerna, von Sterhemberg
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Cancellor
Sreiols
Kerr and
Monroe
London
New York
Hegelbert Doll
Washington Municipal Band
Black Rose
Nile
Hrockton
South Dakota
Mass Bande
Cedar Watla
Victor Herbert
Lake
Fairfield Municipal
Sunset Park
Central Park
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