Iowa primary eyes set for record vote and upsets
In Des Moines and across Iowa voters prepare for the hot primary election ending tonight with hundreds of speeches and last minute rallies. A record field of 602 candidates seeks state and national offices including 11 for the U S Senate and 496 for state legislature.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Brookhart
la Follette
Dubuque
Boone
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Congress
Democratic Party
Washington Teachers Mapping Summer Plans Across Iowa
Washington teachers announce summer routes with many heading home or to summer school. Supt Peet plans to Atlantic City for NEA meeting, others stay local for studies at Iowa State University, University of Iowa, and Colorado. Several faculty members will travel, marry, or assume new posts while some remain in Washington for extension work or duties.
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Washington
J. H. Peet
National Educational Association
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Dean
Harland Mead
Harriet Barrett
J. Arthur Bennett
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Elinor Douglas
State University of Iowa
S. A. Douglas
Melvin Gingerich
Owen
Iowa City
Gingerich
The
State University
Iowa
Helen MecCleery
Waterloo
Ames
Iowa State College
Amy Christian
Milburn A. McKay
Jim Shultz
Wyaconda Mo
Keokuk
Shultz
Clare Magee
Marjorie Lee
Unionville
Taylor
Evelyn
Elaine
Wayland
C. S. Williams
Wisconsin
Guy Carlton
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
George Leeb
University of Minnesota
Lester Krabill
State University of Town
Conference Tax Report Adopted by House
The House approved the conference report on a 1.119 billion tax bill by voice vote advancing the budget balancing measure toward final passage. The report now goes to the Senate where a delay is possible. Critics accuse conferees of bad faith over a three percent tax on electricity. The Senate had favored placing the tax on power companies.
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Washington
House
Senate
INS
Howell Republican
Nebraska
Howell
Resident Near Brighton Dies at 51 in Rural Area
Mrs. Robert Hyde of five miles southeast of Brighton died yesterday morning about three o'clock at age about 51. She is survived by her husband four children Mrs. Douds of Yeo Mrs. Helly Torrance near Richland Gilbert and Raymond Morrow of Birmingham and two stepsons Wilson and Harold Hyde of Brighton. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Hopewell church north of Richland.
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Brighton
Robert Hyde
Douds
Yeo
Helly Torrance
Richland
Gilbert and
Raymond Morrow
Birmingham
Wilson
Harold Hyde
Hopewell Church
Obituary for Jacob Feitz in Brighton district
Jacob Feitz of five miles southeast of town died this morning about 6 45 after an illness that began Tuesday. He leaves a wife and five children Anna at home Rosa Klopfenstein Mt Pleasant Lena Mott Sac City Besse Shumaker Davenport Jesse Abel Oskaloosa. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete.
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Brighton
Jacob Feitz
Anna
Rosa Klopfenstein
Mt. Pleasant
Lena Mott
Sac City
Besse Shumaker
Davenport
Jesse Abel
Oskaloosa
Mrs. A Pickard of Pleasant Plain Dies at 79
Mrs. A Rhoda Pickard lifelong Jefferson County resident died at her home at 3 30 a m today aged 79 She had been ill long. Funeral Monday 2 p m at her home west of Pleasant Plain Rev Harvey Moan of Friends church to officiate Burial at Pleasant Plain Surviving husband W A Pickard two daughters Mrs Millard Jones Mrs O E Harken Mrs Homer Brinton a sister Mrs Charles Frazer seven grandchildren four great grandchildren all from Pleasant Plain area.
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Brighton
Alex Pickard
Pleasant Plain
Harvey Moan
the Friends Church
Pickard
Jefferson County
Rhoda Groves
W. A. Pickard
Millard Jones
O. £. Harken
Fairfield
Homer Brinton
West
Charles Frazer
Norwood
Washington County Primary Vote Looms in Near Future
Voters in Washington County prepare for a close set of primary contests on Monday with many Democratic candidates and several Republican races. Polls open 8 AM to 8 PM across 20 precincts including Mangold's parage North Marion Avenue Mace's garage and city hall. Voters may select only one party ballot and results may be delayed with late tallies.
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Washington County
Washington
Mangold's Parage
North
Marion Avenue
Mace’s
Iowa Avenue
City Hall
Iowa Motor Service
Journal
Recreation Club Reopens Monday After Fire
The Washington Recreation club, closed for months due to a fire, will reopen Monday in the former Harvey and Warfel restaurant space. Harvey and Warfel plan to open the New Congress in July as rebuilding continues apace.
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Recreation Club
Washington Recreation Club
Harvey & Warfel
Congress
Dictatorship Moves in Germany as Hindenburg Dissolves Reichstag
Berlin June 4. President Paul von Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag and Chancellor Fritz von Papen's government, now a de facto dictatorship, announced that Germany would demand full political equality and freedom.
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Berlin
INS
Paul von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Fritz von Papen
Germany
Talks with Herbert Fleischacker on the Pacific Coast
In Palo Alto a writer notes a “to let” sign on Mr Hoover's house and discusses Herbert Fleischacker a man linked to Morgan Young Carter Glass and Mellon He says he does not know what will happen to the country and compares his view to the U S senate remarks by a wealthy banker about optimism and uncertainty.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Mr. Hoover
Herbert
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Herbert Fleischacker
J. W. Morgan
Owen Young Carter Glass
Andy Mellon
Pacific Coast
U. S. Senate
Homes Needed for Chicago Children Summer Help
Mrs William Graf reports from the Howell Neighborhood House in Chicago that homes are sought in Washington for Chicago children this summer. Children would visit starting June 16 with a June 8 deadline for host arrangements, and Mrs Graf will write June 6. Information available from Mrs Graf or Howell Neighborhood House, 1841 South Racine Avenue. Last year fourteen Chicago children found Washington homes. this year four have homes in Washington and three nearby communities. Gertrude Ray appeals for help noting city conditions and an urgent case of a mother’s illness, needing a home for an eight year old girl and another for a younger sibling.
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William Graf
Gertrude Kay
Howell
Chicago
Graf
South
Racine Avenue
Washington
Gertrude Ray
Bonus Marchers Ordered Out Of City
Washington dispatch reports DC commissioners ordered the veterans to evacuate the encampment within days and offered transport to nearby veterans homes. Police cancellations signal end of the stay as marchers shift to routes toward Washington area. In Cleveland 600 officers drove out 900 marchers from freight yards after a drawn out standoff. Pittsburgh gears up with 350 officers to handle advancing crowds and aid veterans on the road.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Waterloo
Pittsburgh
INS
Public Safety
James M. Clark
Bandit Shot Dead as Robbery Suspect Killed in Chicago
In Chicago a $40 robbery ended with police gunfire as two bandits tried to shoot it out. Policeman John Conway shot first one man, Albert Sanders 30, who died. The other suspect Bert O'Donnell 21 was wounded in the arm.
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Chicago
INS
John Conway
F. Schoeper
Albert Sanders
Bert O'Donnell
Wessington Springs Man Visits Aunt Then Heads to West Chester
Andrew Ross of Wessington Springs SD visited today with his aunt Edith Miller and will go to West Chester this evening to visit relatives over the weekend.
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Andrew Ross
Wessington Springs
South Dakota
Edith Miller
West Chester
Hasn't Yet Arrived on Irish Coast
Reports from Dublin and Belfast indicate Bea cons searched Irish airports for Stanislaus Hausner a Polish airman attempting a non stop flight from New York to London or Warsaw. He disappeared after crossing Newfoundland at 10 p m New York time, with about 44 hours of fuel remaining and a projected Ireland arrival around 2 p m today if on course.
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London
Ireland
Stanislaus Hausner
New York
Warsaw
Hausner
Newfoundland
Change Place for Summer Round-Up
The summer round-up for physical and dental exams for children entering school next fall will be at the Y M C A on Wednesday June 8 from 9 to 11 am. Parents should come to the Y instead of city hall as previously announced. Local physicians and dentists will conduct the examinations free of charge. The event is sponsored by the Washington county health unit and P T A groups of Washington. Examinations on June 8 are for Washington and Washington township.
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City Hall
Washington County Health Unit
P. T. A. Organizations of
Washington
Washington and
Washington Township
Dental Honor Roll Standings Reported for Local Schools
Washington schools release dental honor roll percentages for the year just completed. Heights School posts 100 percent, Lincoln 90 percent, Centennial 88 percent, Wallace Tim and St James 64 percent, as announced today by Miss Laura Einsphar the school nurse.
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Washington
Heights
Lincoln
Centennial
Wallace
Tim
St. James
Laura Einsphar
Funeral of Miss Joanna Kyle Held at West Second Street
Funeral services for Miss Joanna Kyle were held this afternoon at the Kyle home on West Second Street in charge of Dr. F C Witzigman, followed by burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Donald Kyle Dewey Conrad Russell Bell Oral and Keith Sweet and Charles Palmer.
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Miss Kyle
Joanna Kyle
Kyle
West Second Street
F. C. Witzigman
Elm Grove Cemetery
Donald Kyle
Dewey Conrad
Russell Bell
Oral
Keith Sweet
Charles Palmer
Y's Men's Meet Attendees At Boone Convention
Attendees at the Midwest Regional Y's Men’s convention at Boone Y camp include Mr and Mrs Richard McCleery Mr and Mrs M A McKay Leigh W Soule J A Taylor Foster Bickel and Lewis Warren. Clubs travel from as far west as Denver and as far east as St Paul.
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Boone “Y
Boone
Town
Richard McCleery
M. A. McKay
Leigh W. Soule
J. A. Taylor
Foster Bickel
Lewis Warren
Denver
St. Paul
Curtis pleads not guilty to obstruction charge
John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk boat builder nicknamed hoax negotiator in the Lindbergh kidnapping, pleaded not guilty in Flemington New Jersey to an indictment charging him with obstructing justice.
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Flemington
N. J
INS
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk Boat
Maytag to Start Factory Monday Recall of 1100 Workers
Maytag officials in Newton Indiana announced the recall of 1,100 men to work next week as operations resume after a temporary shutdown. The move restarts production at the Maytag plant in Newton.
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Newton, In
Maytag Company
Veterans groups condemn bonus army as communist inspired
Detroit June 4 The four major veterans organizations adopt a joint resolution denouncing the so called bonus army delaying trains in Cleveland and heading for Washington from Michigan as communist inspired and unacceptable.
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Detroit
INS
Cleveland
Washington
Michigan
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James M. Curley
Boston
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Mulrooney
Elda White
University of Colorado, Boulder
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Alice Poole
Elsie Glassburner
Myrtle Macon
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Helen Coffey
University of Iowa
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Einspahr
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Moline
Kansas
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Paxton
Ill
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Sawyer
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Ft. Madison
Palma Mohlenhoff
Maquoketa
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Ruby Washburn
Derby
Myerna Jacobson
Dows
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Patman
Texas
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Berne Enslin
District Or Columbia
Irish
Dental
Curtis
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