Deficiency Bill Passed By House
The deficiency bill carrying 1 172 billion dollars for relief and recovery passed the House 309 to 45. It authorizes the president to use unobligated REC and PWA balances for relief and sets aside about 900 million for TVA and CCC programs plus 176 million for public highways and building. The measure now moves to the Senate amid expected fights to boost relief and public works funding.
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Washington, PD. C
U.P
House
Senate
TVA
CCC
Mrs Striegel of Harper Visits City
Mrs Striegel of Harper stopped in for a business visit today, meeting local officials and touring facilities.
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Mrs. Striegel of
Harper
Mass Hog Deaths From Heat Wave Reported
Pr A McLamore of the Washington rendering works says he collected 14,566 pounds of dead hogs since the heat wave began and 12 more hogs averaging 250 pounds arrived today. The heat and water shortage devastates farm livestock with hogs hardest hit.
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Pr. A. McLamore
Washington Rendering Works
Roudabush Named County Drouth Relief Director
County Agent W. J. Roudabush is designated county director of drouth relief by telegram from Senator Murphy on the recommendation of state director R. K. Bliss. Instructions will follow and duties are not yet known. Farmers seek soy bean seed due to heat and drought.
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W. J. Roudabush
United States
Louis Jsd Murphy
Drouth Relief
R. K. Bliss
Dreath Relief
Roudabush
Mrs Coffman Dies in Seymour Iowa at 87
Mrs. Alex Coffman 87 died about 5 20 Saturday evening in Seymour Iowa while visiting a daughter Mrs D P D Browning. She had been bedfast since March 1 and suffered a stroke Friday morning. Funeral 1 30 Tuesday in Washington at 1127 East Second Street with Rev A A Vinz in charge. Burial Elm Grove cemetery. Body to be brought to Washington. burial home in Sherman. She was born November 4 1846 near Staunton Virginia, came to Iowa with six families in 1851, lived in Middleburg and Washington.
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Alex Coffman
Washington County
Seymour
Iowa
Dpd
A. Browning
Washington
East Second Street
A. A Vinz
Basilist Church
Middleburg
Richmond
Mia
Nan
Sunset Park
Mreg. Coffman
Frances Elizabeth Beam
Risk Starts Culvert Job on Primary Road 22
Robert Risk of Risk Construction announces the start of culvert work on Primary Road No. 22 between Kalona and Ainsworth. A 34 culverts project spans over seven miles with 25 laborers expected by week end. Grading and culvert work also begin on the Lone Tree to Riverside section.
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Kalona
Riverside
Robert Risk
Risk Construction Company
Washington
Ainsworth
Risk
Lone Tree
Nichols Funeral at Ainsworth Thursday
Mrs. J. W. Nichols dies in Minneapolis age 75 and funeral services set for Thursday at two in the Methodist church Ainsworth with burial in the local cemetery. Mrs. Nichols was a pioneer and a charter member of the Ainsworth church.
Noted Catholic Educator Rev Charles L O’Donnell Dies
Rev Charles L O’Donnell president of Notre Dame University died early today from a lung and throat infection. He was regarded as a brilliant educator of the Catholic church in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
U.R
Charles L. Odonnell
Notre Dame University
Obituary details for Coffman family survivors published
The obituary notes that two of John Coffman's five daughters Eliza May and Rebecca are deceased. Surviving daughters are Mrs. Lou Jugenheimer Mrs. Maude Stuart of Washington and Mrs. Beula Browning of Seymour. Four grandchildren and six great grandchildren survive. One brother and two sisters of Mrs Coffman are deceased.
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Eliza May
Rebecca
Lou Jugenheimer
Maude Stuart
Washington
Beula Browning
Seymour
Coffman
Light vote expected in Washington county primary races
Des Moines reports indicate a light turnout in Washington county with early ward tallies showing modest totals while county races may gain momentum later. Polls close at eight. final county results likely after midnight with state races updated via Journal office.
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Washington County
Washington
The
Journal
County enters for farm award at 1934 Iowa State Fair
Washington county plans to compete for the farming championship at the Des Moines fair. Farmers from across the county will display a collective exhibit in the state corn and small grain show, facing judges from more than a dozen Iowa counties. The state fair board offers 1875 dollars for countywide exhibits and 1590 dollars for individual farm exhibits.
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Washington County
Des Moines
Iowa
Lowal State Fair Board
Funeral Rites Held for Thomas F. E. Jones in Welsh Community
Thomas F. E. Jones of the Welsh community in Postville and later Washington county died after heart trouble. Funeral services were at 2:30 in Salem church with burial planned in Wymore Nebraska. He leaves a daughter Mrs. Evan Evans, a brother H Edward Jones, and a sister Mary Roberts, with further infant and adult losses noted.
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Salem Church i
Thomas ¥. Jones
Evan Evans
Crawfordsville
Wymore
Nebr
J. A. Jones
Thomas FE. Jones
Wales
Edward and
Elizabeth Jones
Wymor
Mary Jones
Postville
Nebraska
Wymer
H Edward Jones
Mary Roberts
David
New York
Cowlick Proof Sparks Humble Birthday Apes Debate
A Beverly Hills item reports a Smithsonian professor’s claim that a cowlick marks human uniqueness, contrasting modern scholars with earlier ape-like myths. The note playfully urges dropping titles and showing the cowlick as a simple human trait.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Smithsonian Institution
Family expresses gratitude for kindness after mother's death
John Haifley Harry Haifley and Mrs George Taylor thank friends for support during their mother's illness and passing with special mention of the Four Square gospel group.
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John Haifley
Harry Haifley
George Taylor
Four Square Gospel Group
Grass Fire Fought Near Madison Street End
Fire department responded to a grass fire at the end of West Madison Street near the Simpson billboards. The blaze was extinguished with no damage reported prior to return from Wales in 1903.
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West Madison Street
Pilgrim to Panama Tours La Venta and Coastal Route
In a Panama Canal Zone sojourn a small group including a three year old navigates by Oldsmobile toward La Venta eighty miles up the Pacific coast. They cross Thatcher ferry into Panama proper and drive a rough macadam highway through the interior plateau as rural life and jungle scenes unfold.
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la Venta
Canal Zone
Chagres River
Gatun Lake
Panama
Lt. Ral
Pacific Coast
Santa Clara Inn
Owen
Canal
Thatcher
Panama City
Republic of Panama
Lexington scroll honors ship Lexington in New York reception
Lester B. Krabill of Lexington Iowa signs a scroll presented to Captain C. A Blakely of the USS Lexington. Frederick H. Cone arranges the ceremony during a New York Hotel Lexington reception as part of U S fleet festivities.
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New York
N.Y
Lester B. Krabill
Lexington
Iowa
United States
C. A Blakely
New York City
Frederick H. Cone
Euaipire State Society of the Sona of the American
Krabill
Cone
Washington
Milan Thompson Sings for College
Milan Thompson a William Jewel College sophomore will tour with the college quartet this summer to promote the school and perform evangelistic singing. His parents Mrs. and Mrs. James A. Thompson announced he would depart this morning with the quartet and Mr. Eubanks, the college field man, for a nine day outing.
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Milan Thompson
William Jewel College
James A. Thompson
College
Eubanks
G Nine
Light Rains Sunday Not Much Good
In Des Moines June 4 a cooling spell followed by light rains dampened topsoil but offered little relief. Temperatures hovered around 96 at 1 30, with a 7 point drop from Saturday. rainfall was sparse and limited to dusty surfaces. Nationwide heat and drought caused extensive crop losses and a death toll of at least 160 in the United States, with Iowa reporting nine deaths and more than a billion dollars in damage.
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Des Moines
Russia
Balkans
Asia
United States
Iowa
Mrs Eve Welch, longtime Ainsworth resident, dies in Omaha
Funeral services for Mrs Eve Henderson Welch of Ainsworth, born in Louisa County, will be held at United Presbyterian Church in Ainsworth. The body will arrive Tuesday night from Omaha, where she died after years of illness. She is survived by her husband George Welch and sister Miss Ora Henderson, both of Omaha. Burial in Ainsworth cemetery.
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Eve Henderson Welch
United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Fred Sharpe
Ainsworth Cemetery
Welsh
Omaha
Sherman
Welch
Louisa County
Waterloo
George Welch
Ora Henderson
Western Iowa Day Tour and Missouri Singing Engagements
A day tour of western Iowa will feature one program daily in different towns before moving to Sedalia Missouri to perform at the Baptist state convention for three days. The group then heads to Grant City Missouri for two weeks of evangelistic singing. Milan plans a home stretch of a week to ten days before Cowgill Missouri where he will lead singing for two weeks of evangelistic services. His sophomore year at William Jewell College Liberty Missouri ended Friday at noon.
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Iowa
Sedalia
Baptist State Convention
Grant City
Milan
Cowgill
William Jewes College
Liberty
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Nichols
Methodist Church
LL. A. Jones
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Perkins
Tary
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Swanson
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Cummings
Secretary of the Interior
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