Weather reports 101 degree heat shatters Iowa record
Des Moines and other Iowa cities endured record heat with highs around 101 degrees. Weather observer Charles Reed predicted showers and cooler air tonight or tomorrow, but may not fully relieve crops in drought conditions. Limited rainfall and a low pressure system from Canada contributed to only minor precipitation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Lb Reed
Dakotas
Reed
Inwood
Estherville
Alta
Clarinda
Forest City
Atlantic
Iowa Falls
Keokuk
Albia
Dubuque
Canada
EXPECT MORE COURT ACTION ON T B TESTS
TIPTON Iowa July 28 Additional court action was expected at any moment today in a dispute over Iowa s compulsory bovine tuberculosis costing law Farmers have resisted its enforcement in Cedar County In an injunction suit Judge F O Allison heard arguments by Farr F Wisdom for the state and J C France for the farmers and said he would take the matter under advisement Hundreds of farmers attended yesterday leaving threshing machines idle in the district courtroom
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Tipton
Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
F. O. Allison
Cedar County
Farr F. Wisdom
J. C. France
Llison
Des Moines
Dan W. Turner
Roscoe Jones
Turner
Department of Agriculture
Perry Faces Trial for Killing a Wife
Eagle River Wisconsin July 28 George W E Jiggs Perry stood trial on charges of bigamy and murder of Cora Belle Hackett Perry on the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation in July 1930. District Attorney Edmund H Drager predicted a swift jury from resort owners farmers guides and businessmen as Perry claimed he was a Bluebeard.
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Eagle River
Wis
U.P
George W. E
Jiggs” Perry
Northland
Edmund H. Drager
Bluebeard
Perry
Cora Belle Hackett Perry
Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation
Governors Conference Set on Cotton Prices and Use
Governor Ross Sterling called a conference of cotton growing state governors to meet in Austin on August 4. The talks aim to explore methods to boost cotton use and to determine actions to raise the price or improve the staple.
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Austin
Tex
Ross Sterling
Mrs. P. F. Whisler Nominated for State Fair Honor
Washington resident Mrs. P. F. Whisler has been nominated for the third annual Champion Farm Woman of Iowa award. Local supporters note her strong community service through farm groups, clubs, church and school fairs, and training others for public service. The statewide program will select one county winner and one congressional district winner, with eleven district winners invited to a August 31 ceremony at the fair.
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P. F. Whisler
Washington
Iowa
Fair Management
Farm Bureau
The
Farmers’ Union
Des Moines Register
United States Steel Cuts Dividend To Four Dollars
The United States Steel Corporation, the world’s largest industrial company, reduced its dividend on common stock from seven dollars annually to four dollars annually in New York.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
White House denies wage policy change
An official White House statement rejects any shift in the administration’s stance on wage reductions. It asserts no official holds that the policy advocating maintaining wages has been altered and confirms the position remains unchanged.
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Washington
White House
Liquor Cases Before Court In Oskaloosa Session
County Attorney George F. Morrison said charges against three county men accused in liquor law violations will be presented to Judge J. G. Patterson when he holds a brief district court session in Oskaloosa next Monday. Preliminary hearings may be needed if scheduled for the latter part of the week.
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George F. Morrison
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Campaign Sanctioned To Fight Grasshoppers In Iowa
Governor Dan W. Turner authorized action to battle grasshoppers in Iowa. Officials proposed using unused corn borer funds and possible $20,000 from retrenchment funds to finance extermination. In Nebraska, farmers used homemade “bulk ers” to collect and burn swarms of grasshoppers threatening crops.
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John Fletcher
Iowa
Executive Council
Lowa
Charles Hearst
Fletcher
Geo. D. W Turner
Dr Greer to Preach August Sermons in Covenanter Church
Rev Samuel E Greer D D of Philadelphia with Mrs Greer and daughter Martha arrives in Washington for an extended visit. He is to preach each Sabbath during August at the Covenanter church and will tour Hopkinson Morning Sun and other Iowa towns. He previously served Washington church until 1917 before moving to Denver and later Philadelphia.
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Samuel E. Greer
D. D
Philadelphia
Festival Meet Setup By 1931 Committee Heads
The executive committee of the 1931 fall festival, led by Chairman Carl W. Klein, calls an 8:30 a m meeting at the farm bureau office to advance festival plans. Chairman Harold Montgomery urges exhibits and corn show chiefs to attend this evening session to discuss preliminary plans for the farm products show.
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Carl W. Klein
Farm Bureau Office
Harold Montgomery
Farm Bureau
Forest Fire Rages In Montana With Near 1000 Firefighters
A northeasterly wind drives a vast blaze from Idaho into Montana's Kootenai forest as about 1000 men battle the fire. Firefighters struggle against high winds and inaccessible terrain 30 miles from supplies, fearing wildlife loss and spread.
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Missoula
Mont
Pend Oreill Forest
Idaho
Yoak River
Kootenai Forest
Leeds couple visit J Freshwaters before returning to California
Mr and Mrs I G W Leeds who had stayed in Watsonville California earlier in the summer and toured the east returned to the Freshwaters home for a brief stop on their way back to California.
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I. G. W. Leeds
Watsonville
Calif
East
J. A. Freshwaters
California
Planes Start Across Ocean From New York Across Ocean
Two Bellanca monoplanes lifted off from Floyd Bennett Field headed for Moscow and Istanbul as Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr led a Manila-bound flight. A third plane carrying Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh departed Washington for Maine on the long voyage toward the Orient.
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New York
Floyd Bennett Field
Moscow
Istanbul
Turkey
Washington
Maine
Orient
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Sthussell Boardman
John Polando
Massachusetts
Long Island
Atlantic
Harbor Grace Nid
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Bellanca
Russell Boardman
Cape Cod
Pangborn
Herndon
Heat blamed on warm Japanese Gulf Stream says caller
A Santa Monica recollection cites extreme heat from a warmer Japan Sea current nearly reaching California. The note adds a quip about climate and asks if ocean forces oppose the U.S. Ex President Calles backs using silver to pay debts instead of gold and comments on Mexico's silver supply.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Calles
Mexico
Nebraska Robbery Suspects Extradited from Ames
Three men Theodore Esben Harry Esben and Otto Sehreck were extradited from Ames Iowa to Nebraska for the July 2 Webster County Savings Bank robbery at Red Cloud. Nebraska authorities identified them by photos and witnesses and planned to return them to Red Cloud.
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Ames
Webster County Savings Bank
Red Cloud
Neb
Nebraska
Fred Benton
I. W. Crowell
Webster County
Harry
Theodore Ebsen
Otto Schreck
Dan W. Turner
Des Moines
Nevada
Schreck
Ebsen Brothers
O. R. Shaffer
Iowa
Theodore Esben
Harry Esben
Otto Sehreck
Round Up of Alleged Road Robbing Gang in Newport
In Newport Kentucky a running gun fight with police led to the capture and wounding of Doris Baldwin 21 daughter of Arthur Baldwin St. Louis steamboat owner and the arrest of two men and two women accused of multiple road robberies. Otto Ray Buchanan 24 was captured after his car crashed and fled on foot. He accused Doris of betraying him through jealousy of her ties to Margaret Cameron Newport. Buchanan denied marrying Cameron.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Newport
Doris Baldwin
Arthur Baldwin
St. Louis
Baldwin
Otto Ray Buchanan
Buchanan
Margaret Cameron
Doris
Miss Cameron
Emergency rates to aid farmers in drought areas
Chicago and Northwestern announces intrastate rate cuts to help South Dakota and Nebraska farmers. A one third reduction applies to corn rye oats barley and livestock and poultry feed while hay and straw shipments see a earlier 0 percent cut, effective today per vice president H W Beyers.
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Chicago
U.P
South Dakota
Nebraska
Chicago and Northwestern Railway System
H. W. Beyers
Beyers
Automobiles Collide Near Davis Farm. One Killed
Davis of Washington was killed in a rural crash five miles west of town while awaiting threshing. Six others were injured, four admitted to hospital. initial reports say injuries are not likely to be serious. Names of other involved and injured not yet available at press time.
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Davis
Washington
Davis Farm
Journal
Treasures from Kremlin Vault Unearthed by Workmen Today
In Moscow July 28, workmen repairing the Kremlin uncovered a secret vault with undisclosed treasures from the czar era. Included is a solid gold tea service for 28, weighing 80 pounds. The items join the state bank collection of Romanoff gold and jewels valued at about 250 million dollars, once shown to Shaw and Lady Astor and American reporters. Shaw touched the 5,000-diamond Romanoff crown valued at 52 million dollars. Mrs Ray McConnell and her Davenport family visit Washington this week.
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Moscow
Kremlin
State Bank
George Bernaard Shaw
Lady Astor
Russia
Shaw
Romanoff
Cotter shoppers include Jones family and daughter Mary
Mr and Mrs Walter Jones and their daughter Mary of Cotter were among today's shoppers.
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Walter Jones
Mary
Cotter
Dick McCleery Heads to Canada for Y M C A Convention
Dick McCleery leaves Iowa City for Toronto to attend an International Y M C A boys work convention. He will then go to Cleveland for the International Y's Men's club convention and World Alliance conference with Mr Milburn McKay and Foster Bickel.
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Dick McCleery
Toronto
Canada
Cleveland
Milburn McKay
McKay
Foster Bickel
Iowa
Iowa City
Chicago
Detroit
Y's Men’s Club International
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ION Farm
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Mason
Rotary Club
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Wilson
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Lyman Bunce
J. D. Dayton
E. G. Mason
de Luxe
Carris
Messrs. Dayton, Bunce and
Donovan
Messrs Dayton and
Rotarians
Gov. Turner
Gothenburg
DR. Greer
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Peconic Bay
Westhampton
L. I
Roosevelt
al Smith
Smith
Montana
Lindberghs
Japan
Ray McConnell
Davenport
L. B Ward
Dick M’cleery
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