McKelvie Heads Wheat Board Meeting In Washington
S R McKelvie former Nebraska governor named by President Hoover to the federal farm board met with fellow board members in executive session in Washington The wheat situation was discussed though no action was planned due to the absence of key officers The board team noted plans for a 20 million dollar sale corporation to address the wheat problem and McKelvie is expected to assist in this effort.
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Washington
S. R. McKelvie
Nebraska
Hoover
Alexander Legge
C. C. Teague
Arl Williams
Ssiil
Baton Rouge
American Institute of Cooperation
Sale Corporation
Chicago
McKelvie
K O C Deputies Appointed Across Iowa
J M Kelley grand knight of the Washington council Knights of Columbus announces fifteen district deputies for the state. Leo C Wegman Carroll state deputy made the appointments. Clement A Boyle Iowa City is district nine deputy covering Iowa City Washington Harper Marengo and Victor.
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J. M. Kelley
Washington Council
Knights of Columbus
Leo C. Wegman
Carroll
Clement A. Boyle
Iowa City
Washington
Harper, Marengo
Victor
Iowa City Man Ends Life Amid Ill Health
Clarence A. Fairall, 60, longtime Iowa City resident, shot himself through the heart today in Iowa City Indiana. Despondent over ill health, he ended his life as reported by UP.
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Iowa City
Clarence A. Fairall
Zeppelin to Start for U S Tomorrow
Friedrichshafen Germany July 31 The Graf Zeppelin will start its flight to the United States at 3 a m tomorrow Commander Hugo Eckener announced today Three women will be among the passengers on the dirigible s third attempt to fly the Atlantic westward The second attempt failed.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin
United States
Tlugo Eckener
Atlantic
Beatrice Kephart Tops County 4H Health Contest
Beatrice Kephart led six 4H girls in a health contest at city hall at 10 30 am with a 97 8 score. Velma Stafford Doris Zeck Mild red Rummelhart Hazel Longer Irene Saunders are named with doctors C A Boice E I Stutsman and W J Masson judging. The morning included singing, followed by a picnic at Sunset Park with about eighty attendees.
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Beatrice Kephart
Velma Stafford
Doris Zeck
Mildred Rummelhart
Riverside
Hazel Longer
Irene Saunders
Brighton
C. A. Boice
E. I. Stutsman
W. J. Masson
Sunset Park
Lindberghs in Two Minor Accidents in Landing
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh escaped injury when their Curtiss Falcon suffered a tire blowout and damage to the left wheel and wing during a landing at Newark airport. The couple then drove to the Morrow estate Englewood New Jersey. The flights followed an earlier mishap in Columbus Ohio the same day and were managed without comment by the aviators.
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Columbus Ohio
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Morrow Estate
Englewood, N. J
Speakers planned for Dutch Creek fair program
The Valley fair committee plans two major addresses on August 29 with music and acts. Governor Theodore Christianson of Minnesota is being considered for an evening talk, while an Iowa figure may speak in the afternoon, with entertainers from Keota Valley and Washington.
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Dutch Creek
C. W. Klein
the Valley Church
Minnesota
Keota
Valley
Washington
Children Treated for Rabies After Man Dies in Illness
Four children of Anton Sedlak in Harve Illinois were treated for rabies today after their father died of the disease. Sedlak, bitten by one of his five dogs on June 15, was arrested as a demented man and held in a cell until revealing his illness Monday night.
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Harve
Ill
Anton Sedlak
Sedlak
Heat wave ending in Iowa and continuing in East
Iowa meteorologist Charles D. Reed predicted cooler weather would arrive by Thursday with generally fair skies after July’s record heat. Across Iowa temperatures reached the 90s while Cedar Rapids logged 58 degrees at night. In New York the heat wave persisted with a 90 degree high and potential thundershowers, amid western drought concerns and lingering hot temps nationwide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Estherville
Mercury
Decorah
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Alta
Inwood
Town Falls
Dubuque
H. T. Critchow
New Jersey
Funeral Services for Mrs L Simon at Riverside Church
Funeral services for Mrs Lawrence Simon were held Tuesday at St Marys church after her death Sunday at an Iowa City hospital. She was born 1912 in Lone Tree and leaves husband Lawrence and infant daughter Mary, plus parents Alvin Lantz and four brothers. Interment at Mt Olivet cemetery. Pallbearers included Ferdinand Simon, August Schmidt, David Rotenburger, Howard Fischer, Hi Thompson, Edw Muller.
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Riverside
B. Jacobsmeier
St. Mary's Church
Lawrence Simon
Iowa City
Marie Lantz
Jacob Lantz
Mary
Gail Murdock
Alvin Lantz
Lone Tree
Mt. Olivet
Ferdinand Simon
August Schmidt
David Rotenburger
Howard Fischer
Hi, Thompson
Edw. Muller
Heat hits corn yield in Iowa region this week
Des Moines reports hot weather damaged corn during silking and pollination with some firing and rolled leaves. Army worms in northwest sections cause localized loss. Harvests mostly finished in south, oats early ripening in north. Wheat and early oats above ten year average. pastures brown. potatoes unscathed. Hog cholera outbreaks noted but not epidemic due to vaccination.
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Des Moines
U.P
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Sevral
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Heat Deaths Hit Chicago as City Sweats in July
Four heat fatalities were reported to the coroner today as Chicago endured near ninety degree heat. Lake Michigan offered little relief and no breeze was felt. The Weather Bureau forecast another sultry day ahead with relief expected tomorrow. Beachgoers numbered in the hundreds of thousands yesterday and last evening.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Sunday Schools Session at Bethel Presbyterian
An announcement previews a district Sunday school convention on August 4 at 2 PM at Bethel Presbyterian Church northeast of Washington. Districts Riverside Ainsworth Haskins and Bethel Sunday schools are invited with I K Beal as district chairman. Principal speakers include Rev J H Krenmyre of Ainsworth and Rev Mr Paf er of
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Bethel Presbyterian Church
Washington
Riverside
Ainsworth
Haskins
Bethel
I. K. Beal
J. H.krenmyre
Paf ®Er
Western Ice Cream forms new management to buy CC E Watt plant
Western Ice Cream company announced the purchase of CC E Watt Ice Cream Co, formerly Hartman plant, with Lewis West named manager after buying an interest alongside Mr Watts. The Brighton plant remains part of the outfit and the team touts long industry experience and modernization.
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The
Western Ice Cream Company
CC. E. Watt Ice Cream Co
Hartman
Lewis West
Mr. Watts
Brighton
West
Brown Family Leads County Sunday School Program
Bethel and Clyde V Brown preside over the county Sunday school group. Music will include numbers by Bethel church people and vocal notes by Miss Helen White of Ainsworth.
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Bethel
Clyde V. Brown
County Sunday School Organization
Bethel Church
Cars Collide on Bridge Trapping Couple Drowned
George Hendrickson a 65 year old farmer and his wife 54 living near Gladwin Iowa were drowned when their car collided with a Cedar Rapids salesman F J Sullivan on a bridge. The Hendricksons car plunged through the guard rail into six feet of water and was raised hours later by a Muscatine wrecking car.
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Lone Tree
George Hendrickson
Gladwin
Cedar River
F. J. Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Hendrickson
Muscatine
Sullivan
Hendricksons
Washington Couple Involved In Cedar River Bridge Accident
Known in Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson frequently visited and were connected to local families. The wreck occurred about 6 15 p m yesterday on a bridge over the Cedar River four miles northeast of Conesville. An inquest was planned in Muscatine today to uncover more details.
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George Hendrickson
Gladwin
Cedar River
Washington
Hendrickson
Lester Orr
Otto Schiebel
Orr
Conesville
Muscatine
Funeral services held for Albert Leroy Allen
Albert Leroy Allen 48 died yesterday at Jake Mills home Washington. Funeral 2:30 Thursday at L A Jones funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He had suffered since last November from a heart ailment and other illnesses. He leaves his widow, his mother Mrs Walker Allen, and two sisters Mrs Minnie Beauchamp and Mrs Jennie Spangler. He joined the Washington Methodist church and lived a life of kindness.
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L. A. Jones
Albert Leroy Allen
Jake Mills
South Second Avenue
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Allen
Mrs. Chapman
Washington
Crawfordsville
Russell and
Mary (Black) Allen
Lela Mills
Haskins
Walker Allen
Minnie Beauchamp
Wyman
Jennie Spangler
Washington Methodist Church
Iris
Longest Flight in History Sets New Duration Record
In St Lovers July 381 a record flight began at 7 17 a m on July 84 and ended 420 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds later at 7 38 30 p m July 30. It surpasses Angelano by 173 hours 37 minutes 58 seconds with 3590 gallons of fuel and 77 refuels. Estimated pilot earnings total about 31250 dollars.
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ST. Lovers
Angelano
Angeleno
Jackson
O’brine
William B. Robertson
Washington Delegation Heads to Cedar Rapids Drum Corps Contest
A large Washington group travels in cars to Cedar Rapids for the American Legion drum and bugle corps event. About twenty cars carry businessmen and supporters with eight to ten more for Legion members. The group plans a 1 PM parade in Cedar Rapids and a 8 PM contest at Frontier Park with twelve corps competing for $1,500 in prizes.
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American Legion
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Legionaires
Iowa City
City Hall
Frontier Park
Fort Dodge
Webster City
State Center
Knoxville
Muscatine
Creston
Town
Austin
Minn
Moline
Monmouth
Galesburg
Aledo
Funeral rites for Mrs Paul Morris of Council Bluffs
Funeral services for Mrs Paul Morris, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lohberger of Washington, were held at St James Church conducted by Rev Father Doyle. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery. Pallbearers included Michael J Gardner John J Nichols Morris Nicholson Joseph Morris Hubert Walker and Clarence Wheelan. Nine nurses from the community attended.
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Paul Morris
Council Bluff
Joseph Lohberger
Washington
St. James Church
Father Doyle
Imogene, Iown
Elm Grove Cemetery
Michael J. Gardner
John J. Nicholson
Morris Nicholson
Joseph Morris
Council Bluffs
Hubert Walker
Clarence Wheelan
Blame for Nine Drownings At Spirit Lake Collision
A coroner's jury ruled that carelessness by the owners operators and pilots of two speed boats the Thriller and the Zipper caused nine deaths when they collided on Lake Okoboji near Spirit Lake Iowa. After seven hours of testimony the jurors reached a verdict after deliberating with Rev Herbert Marsh F R Dowden and H E Asley.
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Spirit Lake
Lake Okoboji
Herbert Marsh
Presbyterian Church
F. R. Dowden
H. E. Asley
No New Developments in Norton Morgan Accident Cases
Reports from the county hospital say there is no new development in the injuries of Roy Norton and Hubert Morgan after the Monday night automobile accident west of town. Both are reportedly doing reasonably well.
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County Hosspital
Roy Norton
Hubert Morgan
Pioneering fliers Jackson and O Brine gain fame in St Louis
Dale Red Jackson and Forest Obie O Brine achieved a record 420 hours 214 minutes in the St Louis Robin flight, earning city honors and gifts of gold watches. They declined vaudeville offers and ponder future plans while attending the Lambert funeral.
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ST. Louis
Lindbergh Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brine
O’brine
Aviation
Lamber St. Louis
Dale
Red” Jackson
Forest
Obie” O’brine
America
Thursday's Five Best Radio Features
United Press listing schedules NBC CBS and local stations. WEAF NBC 6:30 CST Victor dance hour. WJZ NBC 7:30 CST Maxwell hour. WABC CBS 7:30 CST Buffalo civic symphony. WEAF NBC 8:30 CST Concert hour. WJZ NBC 8:30 CST Around the world with Libby.
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United Press
WEAF
NBC
WJZ
WABC
CBS
Buffalo Civic Symphony
Libby
Boy Dies After Fall from Window in Davenport
Richard Kramer, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Kramer of Muscatine, died after a fall from an upstairs window in Davenport. He suffered a fractured skull in the accident at his aunt’s home where his mother was visiting.
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Davenport In
Richard
Leroy Kramer
Muscatine
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