Good Iowa Crop Outlook Reports Optimistic Week
The U S Department of Agriculture highlights a favorable crop outlook with corn over a foot high in some areas and oats six to ten inches, rye ripening, and streams flowing again after drought while hay crops suffer severe cuts. Thunderstorms and showers forecast for Iowa with slight temperature drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Estherville
Sioux City
Keokuk
Council Bluffs
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U S Studies Situation on Reparations
The Hoover administration resists reopening debts and reparations citing Germany's condition and world armament outlays. Britain’s Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald says debate on reparations and debts would not be helpful amid Chequers talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
J. M. Kenworthy
Laborte
Blooming American Beauty Rose Bush in Washington District
Mrs. W. K. Logan’s American Beauty rose bush on South Second Avenue bursts into full bloom with 580 blossoms counted. Neighbors admire the rich color and profusion, praising the garden’s charming sight in the residential district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. K. Logan
South Second Avenue
Funeral services for William Miller Sr
Funeral services for William Miller Sr who died yesterday afternoon are set for Thursday at 2 30 PM at L A Jones funeral home. Rev Carl W Klein will officiate with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Born July 6 1859 in Germany he came to the U S at fourteen and later settled near town. Surviving children include Albert Des Moines George Washington John Ottumwa William Jr Keota Nettie at home Mrs Stanley Beges Ottumwa Mrs Clarence Baron Waukesha Theodore and Walter. One brother Hank Miller Emden and one sister Mrs John G Mammen Delavan also survive.
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William Miler
L.A Jones Funeral Home
Carl W Klein
Elm Grove Cemetery
Miller
Germany
George
Anna (van Gerpen) Miller
America
Logan County
Til
Anna Klockenga
Washington County
John Hindahl
Washington
Albert
Des Moines
John
Ottumwa
William Jr
Keota
Milton Sanchez
Peoria
Henry
Nettie
Stanley Beges
Ottumwe
Clarence Baron
Waukesha
Wis
Theodore
Leslie
Walter
Hank Miller
Emden
John G. Mammen
Delavan
St. Paul's Evangelistic Church of
Illinois
Get Acquainted Event Promises Biographical Sketches
Washington's new personal representative gathers biographical data on city business people. A large two page feature in next Monday's Journal will publish these sketches. A prize of $10 will be awarded for the best name. contest closes Saturday evening.
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Washington
Journal
Red Cross Assists After Severe Texas Floods
Memphis Texas June 10 temporary shelter given to six families as Red Cross seeks aid from St Louis for 300 farmers hit by torrential rain. A swollen stream caused the death of three children of Mr and Mrs Fuston.
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Memphis
Texas
J. 42 Wells
Hall County
Red Cross
St. Louis
Here
Ras Fuston
Suspected Negro Beaten to Death in Mississippi Search
A white woman was attacked near Columbus Mississippi triggering a 100 man posse search. County officers arrested posse members for beating to death a black suspect and injuring two others during the night.
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Columbus
Miss
Girls of 4-H Clubs Gather for County Meet
Sixty five girls and about thirty five adds attended the county 4 H meeting in Lou city today. Rev B F Mast Wood and Wailer Eastwood gave the saving demonstration at the pool after the noon meal at city hall. Mayor Joan Appie Baie with County Agent and Mrs J H Montgomery were guests along with twelve leaguers and leaders and county 4 H committee members. Clues registered included Fern Cutt Jacksonites Northern Star Jolly Joker Country Lassies Walnut and English River Hustler. The music memory contest and business meeting were held this morning with results to be announced later. Each club will present a stunt this afternoon.
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Addits
Lue City
BF. W. Mast- Wood
Wailer Eastwood
Swithiwilig
Vocaen Ginner
Joan Appie Baie Witd
J. H. Montgomery
E.L. Stewart
A. M. Maxwell
Leslie Gates
Kay Cumbines
Fern Cutt
Jacksonites
Northern Star
Jolly Joker
Country Lassies
Walnut
Oklahoma officers failed to identify before shooting
Salvador Cortes Rubio testified at a preliminary hearing for Deputy Sheriffs William Guess and Cecil Crosby charged with murder in the killings of Emilio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Garcia Gomez, two Mexican students. Rubio said officers did not identify themselves until after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
Salvador Cortes Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Rubio
William Guess
Cecil Crosby
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Grasshopper Plague Prompts Poison Distribution
Lincoln June 10 The grasshopper invasion已 caused significant crop damage across Nebraska and South Dakota spread further today mass poison shipments arrived twelve carloads sent to the rosebud region of South Dakota while Nebraska fields are being plowed to combat the insect horde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rosebud
Road addition to primary system awaits approval
The state highway commission has not approved adding an east to west road from Muscatine to Montezuma to the primary road system. Fred White chief engineer notes the May 27 hearing by delegates from Muscatine and surrounding counties, with further investigation planned. Muscatine backers expect eventual approval after a careful survey.
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Muscatine
Montezuma
State Highway Commission
Fred White
White
Washington
Keokuk
Poweshiek
Explosion in Ohio Mystery Rocks Homes
A powerful blast shattered windows and woke residents across northwestern Ohio near Malinta on June 10. Investigators doubt a meteor, finding no molten metal or stellar remnants at a crater site after workers dug to bedrock and authorities suggest a nitro glycerin explosion, though no storage nearby is reported.
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Malinta
Ohio
Origin
Interest Grows In Scout Camp Tecumseh
Washington county announces Camp Tecumseh to be attended by scouts from around the area. A generous local business man offers to fund a deserving boy if others cannot afford the trip. Scoutmasters request those who wish to help to contact Fred Downing or Ted Brown promptly.
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Washington County
Camp Tecumseh
Fred Downing
Ted Brown
F. W. Eastwood
Glen C. Fordyce
LaRue Thurston
A. A. Spies
Bob Lowe
Mrs Adam Libe Taken by Death
Mrs Louisa Benz Libe widow of Adam Libe died after about a week of illness at 75. Funeral services from Sherman’s funeral home at 2 38 p m tomorrow. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Born March 29 156 in Muscatine she lived in Washington county most of life. Survived by several children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a Methodist church member.
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Louisa Benz Libe
Adam Libe
Sherman
Elm Grove Cemetery
Muscatine
Washington County
Washington
John William Libe
Mary Christinsmith
Frank Nashew
Charles Edgar Libe
Fred Ingham
Amarillo
Texas
Freddy Landoline Libe
Roy Adam Libe
Carrolton
Sam Knapp
Ralph Fetters
Lawrence
Kans
Libe
Methodist Church
Keokuk Teacher Heads to National Education Meet
Edith M. Reed departs Keokuk for Los Angeles to attend the National Education Association convention as a delegate. She teaches in Keokuk and plans a two month trip, with the convention lasting a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Reed
Los Angeles
Calif
National Educational Association
Keokuk
Miss Reed
Awards Announced at Washington Flower Show at United Presbyterian
The Washington county Flower and Garden show at United Presbyterian church drew many visitors from Mt Pleasant Crawfordsville Kalona Ainsworth Rubio and nearby towns. Volunteers from the Fortnightly Garden department organized the event with judges Mrs Dan Guengerich Miss Mary Hofer and Mrs A G Snider of Kalona determining numerous peony and rose prize winners and best arrangements.
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Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Ainsworth
Rubio
Washington County
United Presbyterian Church
A. E. Baldrige
Maud Hott
D. N. Anwyl
PD. J. Patterson
A. W Yard
A. H. Twinam
D Db. Davis
Olive Campbell
M. W. Bailey
George Mawell
W. W. Wilson
C M. Keck
A Anderson
C. ©. Wilson
Nelle Tripp
Dan J. Guengerich
Mary Hofer
A. G. Snider
Robert Dawson
Government floats large loan amid Capone claim
Beverly Hills reports a government loan of 800 million dollars with Al Capone taking most of it. A secretary of the treasury candidate is urged to run the country with profits shared. Soldiers’ bonus spending shows a surge in second-hand car purchases. The speaker laments not enough well off Americans to support twenty men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
al Capone
Treasury
America
Rooster Day Draws Crowds and Prices in Washington
Farmers from across the county bring fowls to Washington for Rooster Day with buyers paying nine cents a pound, higher than market. A Plymouth Rock raised by Mrs. R. S. Cunningham weighed eleven pounds and was housed separately. Totals may surpass last year as roosters continue arriving and prizes for predicting pounds are tallied by evening judges. Local stores offer special bargains linked to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. S. Cunningham
Vera Witte Charged in Slaying of Second Husband
Freeport Illinois June 10 Vera Witte 26 years old is jailed on a charge of shooting to death her second husband on courthouse steps after her suit for separate maintenance was denied. Victim is her second husband. she previously shot her first husband in Minneapolis years ago.
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Freeport
Vera Witte
Minneapolis
Rename Officers Labor Federation Reelected In Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa June 14 Three officers of the Iowa state federation of labor led by President J C Lewis were set for reelection as the state labor convention entered its second day A contest for seating on the executive board loomed Lewis nominated by Joe Morris who first put his name forward ten years ago Sherman and McAnally secretary treasurer and vice president were also nominated without opposition
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Ottumwa
Towa
Iowa State Federation of Labor
J. C. Lewis
State Labor Convention
Lewis
Joe Morris
M. E. Sherman
Des Moines
R. J. McAnally
Burlington
Flower show notes from Crawfordsville entries listed
Minnie Wolfe won wall pockets and Miss Nelle Wild Flowers Best collection named varieties featured Etha Dawson Most artistic arrangement by Mary Bailey Flowering Plant won by Mrs W W Twinam Crawfordsville entries noted by exhibitors including Crawfordsville residents.
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D. N. Anwyl
C. M. Keck
A. W. Yard
Jas. Palmer
I. T. Rehmel
A. I. Griffith
M. D. Work
R. H. Dean
Minnie Wolfe
R. A. Acheson
Mra. J. N. Eyestone
H. B. Cuddebaeck
R A. Acheson
J. N. Evestone
Cuddeback
Michels
W. K. Barber
Ollie Campbell
Carol Forgey
Dr. Anwyl
Leonard Bailey
Arthur Griffith
Vera Wolfe
Edna Palmer
Bertha Meek
Kathryn Flynn
D. Morrison
Mary Bailey
Harry Turner
Helen Wilson
Ida M. Hayes
Lee McAvoy
D. J. Patterson
Helen Bailey
T. Rehmel
Nelle Tripp
T. A. Michels
C. W. Davis
Arthur Krause
Matilda Marie
R. H Dean
Miss Nelle Tripp
Etha Dawson
W. W. Twinam
Crawfordsville
Chinese war minister wounded amid communist attacks in Nancheng
General Ho Ying-Ching war minister of the China national government was attacked and seriously wounded in Nancheng by communist bands. U S authorities moved to protect lives and property ordering the destroyer Pillsbury to Foochow as a precaution against possible communist uprisings near the treaty port with 1 000 000 residents. Missionaries in south central China prepared to evacuate if attacks spread.
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Chequers
Peter Drummond MacDonald
Great Britain
Torio
U.P
Ho Ying-Ching
China National Government
Nancheng
Peiping
China
United States
Pillsbury
Foochow
Asiatic
Fukien
Automobile Crash Kills One, Injures Son Near Cedar Rapids
A Crandic freight truck collided with a passenger sedan on highway 161 five miles south of Cedar Rapids. Phillip Berger, 50, was killed as his car moved into the highway. his son Donald, 18, was badly injured. Truck driver H. E. Vanfossen reported the impact unavoidable. he was unhurt.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway 161
Here
Phillip Berger
Berger
Donald
H. E. Vanfossen
Vanfossen
Mrs Hamilton and relatives visit in Chadron and West Chester
Mrs Miles Bradford Hamilton of Chadron Nebraska is visiting friends and expects to stay until Monday. She lived in the area for years. Mrs Ruth Leet McDowell of Frenchberg Pennsylvania, a grandniece of Mrs Hamilton, visits her father Willard Leet near West Chester.
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Miles Bradford Hamilton
Chadron
Nebr
Ruth Leet McDowell
Frenchberg
Hamilton
Willard Leet
West Chester
Iowa G A R encampment draws 122 veterans in Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa June 1 the second day of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment drew 122 Civil War veterans reflecting a diminished membership from Ottumwa last year The event featured political maneuvering for a state commander and a gathering of the fife and drum corps Governor Dan W Turner praised the veterans for their contribution to state history and noted Civil War era service The Relief Corps elected Mrs J B Troutner of Marshalltown president and Lulu Ditch of Mason City senior vice president
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Ottumwa
Dan W. Turner
Grand Army
Civl
Women’s Relief Corp
J. B. Troutner
Lulu Diteh
Mason City
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Eral
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Springfield
Ilinois
Peonies
MeAvoy
Eva Smeltzer
C. B. Yard
Baja Boller
C. B Yard
Gertrude Maxwell
E. Simpson
Celestine Marie
Mazie Stewart
C. C. Wilson
W. E. Barber
Lavendar
Earl Simpson
Chas Ragan
H. E. Cuddeback
Chas. Ragan
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Pogers
Hse
Telome
Roosters
BEX
Gunner
Rename Officers Labor Federation
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