IOWA COLUMN REPORTS FARM ACCIDENT AND THEFTS
A Shelby county farmer Peter Gubbels was brought to Harlan hospital after a team hitched to a mower ran away on his Panama area farm causing a fractured skull. In Sioux City 65,000 cigars worth about 600 dollars were stolen from boxcars in July possibly before arrival here. Marshalltown fire department appointment Leo Stegman faced a protest from other candidates over weight requirements according to city regulations.
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Harlan
Peter Gubbels
Shelby County
Harlan Hospital
Panama
Stoux Ve. R. J. Worthington
Milwaukee Railroad
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Leo Stegman
NYA Aid Increase At Town State College
An announced $7 415 increase in the national youth administration student aid budget at Town State college will provide employment for 55 more students monthly this year than last. More than half the total of $52,460 will be used for new students, said Dean M P D Helser. Last year 845 students obtained help through NYA at Iowa State.
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Ames
National Youth Administration
Town State College
M. PD. Helser
Helser
NYA
Iowa State
Crass hopper bite cited in farmer Charles Dittler death
Dr. Grant Augustine linked a hopper bite to the death of Charles Dittler, 54, a Shelby farmer, noting a poison affected his lungs and liver. Dittler died in a local hospital after the incident in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Dittler
Shelby
Grant Augustine
Dittler
Parsons coach Leo J Frank resigns for Puget Sound job
Fairfield reports Leo J Frank head coach at Parsons college since 1938 resigns to become head football coach at the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma Washington. Parsons teams had a 23 9 4 mark in Iowa conference play and 27 14 7 overall. The 1936 eleven won the Iowa conference championship.
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Fairfield
Leo J. Frank
Parsons College
College of Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wash
Iowa
Parsons
Beer Fighting Teacher Loses Contract Appeal in Estherville
Alvin C. White who campaigned against taverns and cafes selling beer to minors lost his appeal to keep his teaching job. Emmet county superintendent Marie Sorum said White was dismissed for missing the May 1 contract return deadline, leaving no legal contract in force with the local board.
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Estherville
Alvin C. White
Marie Sorum
Emmet County
White
Release Sucned in Extortion Note Probe
Charles Doerres Jr. was released from Johnson county jail while authorities continue extortion note inquiry. The letters to Lone Tree resident Charles Gaeta demanded 2000 dollars under threat against his 11 year old son Jimmy. State Bureau of Investigation and Polk County officials examined Doerres for nearly three hours. He maintained innocence.
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Iowa City
Charles Doerres, Jr
Johnson County
Charles Gaeta
Lone Tree
Gaeta
Jimmy
J. J. de Radd
State Bureau of Investigation
Wardy Gesell
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Doerres
Weeds On Road Spark Car Wreck Near Adel
A passing motorist saved three people from a burning car near Adel. Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby Dye and Mrs. H. K. Dye, all from Macedonia, suffered injuries and burns after the tire blew out at about 50 miles per hour, the car skidded 70 yards, and overturned into a ditch hidden by weeds.
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Adel
Willoughby Dye
H. K. Dye
Macedonia
Dye
Border clash heightens as Japan rejects Soviet protest
TOKIO July 30. Japan rejects a Soviet protest over a frontier clash with Soviet and Japanese Manchukuo border forces near Chang kufeng hill. Japan counters with a protest to Moscow while both sides claim to have repelled renewed attacks at Kashan Shatiaofeng hill.
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Tokio
Japan
Moscow
Siberian
Changkufeng Hill
Konstantin Smetanin
Kashan
Manchukuo
Shatiaofeng
Vic F P Sieverding Named Legion State Commander Candidate
Commander Grundy county announces Vic F P Sieverding attorney and former Third district commander as central Iowa candidate for state depart ment commander of the American Legion at Davenport convention in early August. Hope fades for Hawaii Clipper as oil slick and debris found 525 miles southeast of Manila confirm plane wreck with 7 lives lost. previous Samoa crash in January 1923 cited as similar.
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Grundy County
Vic F P. Sieverding
Iowa
State Department
American Legion
Davenport
Sieverding
Des Moines
Manilla
Pago-Pago
Samoa
New Zealand
Three of Six Passengers aboard Hawaii Clipper Missing
Among the Hawaii Clipper missing passengers are Dr. Earl B. McKinley of Washington D C noted leprosy researcher, E E Wyman vice president of Curtiss-Wright New York, and K A Kennedy of Piedmont California Pan American Airways traffic manager. Nine crew members also aboard the plane on the Guam to Manila flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iere
Hawaii
Earl B. McKinley
Washington, D. C
E. E. Wyman
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
New
Gravelear
Manila
Philip
Rock Streets to be Top Coated With Asphalt Oil
Street Commissioner Blaine Holmes announced Washington will apply 8000 gallons of asphalt oil to top coat and reseal rocky residence streets this year. A hot oil machine will arrive next week to lay the material and sand will finish the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine Holmes
Washington
Holmes
Postal Star Route Announces Washington Muscatine Schedule
The post office department today announced a new schedule for the star route service between Washington and Muscatine. Details specify departure and arrival times and the days of operation. The change aims to improve mail delivery speed and reliability for residents along the route.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Post Office Department
Washington and
Muscatine
Hard Luck Story Ploys Target Funeral Directors
Two men associated with L. A. Jones in the funeral directing business, Keith Sweet and Kenneth White, were approached by strangers peddling hard luck tales to gain money. Kenneth received three dollars, Keith nineteen. The same ruse led to Raymond Cooper's arrest in Denison, Iowa, after similar attempts in July and in Sheldon. Cooper claimed Iowa Funeral Directors' ties and a truck accident, then vanished with twenty dollars. Authorities say the scam occurred in other towns as well.
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Keith Sweet
Kenneth White
L. A. Jones
Kenneth
Keith
Mr. Sweet
Raymond Cooper
Denison
Iowa
Washington
Justican
Eldridge
Cooper
Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association
Secon
Sheldon
Kraschel Attacked By Short In Maytag Strike Critique
Wallace M. Short of Sioux City, the Republican governor candidate, assailed Gov. Kraschel at the state convention. He accused Kraschel of avoiding facts about the Newton Maytag strike and pressuring workers to return to work without addressing worker grievances.
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Des Moines
N. G. Kraschel
Newton
Wallace M. Short
Sioux City
Short
Hay and Barn Fire Destroys P. G. Ahrens Farm Barn
A morning blaze at the P. G. Ahrens farm five miles NW of town destroyed a 70 by 60 foot barn, its hay and farming machinery. Loran C. Ahrens resident blamed the fire on hay loft combustion. neighbors and a local Farmers Mutual truck could not stop the flames. Insurance will partly cover losses. Separate blaze at Rock Island stockyards damaged an old freight car filled with baled hay belonging to the Rankingtons.
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P. G. Ahrens
Mutual
Rock Island
Larkingtons
Journal's Three Quarter Century club picnic draws wide attendance
Over 150 members and guests gathered at the country club for the annual Three Quarter Century club picnic. Attendees ranged from local county residents to a traveler from New York and another from Florida. The eldest attendee was Rollin B. Organ, 94, of Chicago, with the oldest woman being Mrs. St. M. Hamilton of Keota. Rev. William M. Nichol delivered the afternoon address and organist Mr. Organ was slated to speak. The program opened with a group singing session.
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Telay Noon
Journal
Rollin B. Organ
Chicago
Washington
St. M. Hamilton
Keota
William M. Nichol
United Presbyterian Church
Mussolini Rebuffs Pope Over Nationism Claim
Rome July 30 Benito Mussolini answered Pope Pius the twelfth attack on exaggerated nationalism. The premier said fascism would not imitate anyone and would press on, refuting the pope's charge of Germany imitation. He spoke bluntly and with speed in replying to yesterday's remarks.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Pope Pius
Il Duce
Mussolini
Germany
Train Schedule Goes Into Effect August First
The new timetable begins August in Muscatine and nearby towns. Daily departures are listed from Muscatine to Washington to Columbus Junction and back with specific times for mail and passenger connections. Travel times show four and a half hour segments between Muscatine and Washington and shorter legs to Columbus Junction and back.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Railroad Station
Washington
Columbus Junction
Soldiers Orphans Eligible for Schooling Aid
Washington school authorities announced that any child of a parent who died in world war service or of wounds or illness in such service between April 6, 1917 and July 2, 1921 may claim $100 to $150 a year for tuition and other school expenses under federal law. The Washington junior college invites eligible applicants to present claims if they wish to attend.
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Washington
Washington Junior College
Mrs Welte Dies at 77 in Richmond Kalona
Tony Welte died of a sudden heart attack at his home in Richmond at 11 30 AM He would have turned 78 on September 4 Funeral plans were not set this afternoon He was a well known local resident and member of a prominent family Surviving are his husband and several children including Mrs W J Keifer of Washington
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Kalona
Tony Welte
Richmond
Welte
W. J. Keifer
Washington
Martial law proclaimed on Crete after disorders
A state of siege was proclaimed today at Canea Crete after deadly clashes from yesterday’s unrest. Two civilians were killed and three gendarmes wounded as the disorder, linked to the group "America" led by L A Warren at the piano and Mrs. Warren leading the singing, unfolded.
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Athens
Greece
Canea
Crete
America
L. A. Warren
Mrs. Warren
Funeral rites for Mrs Ward held at L A Jones funeral home
Funeral services for Mrs James Ward were conducted yesterday at the L A Jones funeral home with Rev Carl W Klein officiating. Pallbearers included Charles Blair Lloyd Lytle Co 8S Lemmon Fred Moore C C Wilson and B J Holmes for burial at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Ward
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
James Ward
Carl W. Klein
Charles Blair
Lloyd Lytle
Lemmon
Fred Moore
C. C. Wilson
B. J. Holmes
Elm Grove Cemetery
Legion picnic and meeting at country club fixed
Leon Beatty post of the American Legion will hold a picnic and business meeting at the country club next Tuesday evening August 2. Officers and five delegates plus five alternates to the state convention will be chosen. State and district leaders Wilbern Gee and Lou Clark expected. About 100 members anticipated with music by Mrs. Margorie Phillipe and performances by local entertainers. Dinner at seven with committee chaired by Carl Voorhees.
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Leon Beatty Post
The
American Legion
Country Club
Sunset Park
State Legion
Davenport
Wilbern Gee
Fort Madison
Lou Clark
Iowa City
Carl Voorhees
Harry Simpson
W. Easter
Ed Squire
Maynard Brown
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Farmer Hurt
Vigoro
Iowa Daily Press
VIC F. Sieverding
EK. BE. Wyman
Fin
K. A. Kennedy
Kraschel
Far
Labor Party
Ahrens Farm
Pacific
Pine Islands
Guam
Transpacific
Ice
the Country Club
New York
Florida
Island OF
Legion
Margjorie Phillipe
Ive Grady
Lucille Knox
Lee Norris
Ainsworth
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