Eslich Dies During Vets Bonus Speech in House
Representative Edward Eslich of Pulaski Tennessee collapsed while appealing for passage of the soldiers bonus bill. He died moments later as doctors and colleagues, including Larrabee and Swick, worked over him. The House adjourned after a sorrowful resolution.
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Washington
Edward EK. Eslich
Pulaski
Tenn
Larrabee
Indiana
Swick
Pennsylvania
George Calver
Eslich
House
Wagner
Wagner Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Fall Festival Dates Set by Better Washington Club
The Better Washington club board fixed August 9 10 and 11 for the fall festival tying it to the county pig and calf show. The event aims to boost attractions while cutting costs and has previously cost about 6000 in expenditures and prizes. Further plans await. officials promise more details soon for the community celebration.
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Better
Washington Club
Local Rains Bring Quarter Inch Depot Readings
Rainfall last night measured a quarter inch by the official weather observer. Heavy showers and severe electrical storms were reported across several spots in southeastern Iowa yesterday afternoon and last night. The downpour appeared to be local in nature.
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Towa
Seven Bodies Recovered From Splashdam Mine Disaster
Norton Virginia June 14 seven of ten miners killed in the Splashdam mine near Norton were recovered today rescue teams from Norton and Danke could not determine the explosion cause and the number missing remains unclear.
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Norton
INS
Splashdam
Danke
Interest in Scout Camp Near Iowa City Grows
Interest in a Boy Scout camp at Camp Rotary near Iowa City grows with sessions from June 28 to July 15. About forty or more area scouts are expected to attend across three one-week periods, totaling roughly 125 attendees. Regular one-week price is seven dollars, but entries by June 15 reduce to one dollar. Glen Fordyce will visit Washington Thursday for a scout executive meeting on finances. The training school’s final session runs Friday noon to Saturday noon as an overnight hike at Chantaunua Park, with varying attendance times.
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Washington County
Iowa
Camp Rotary
Iowa City
Fred Downing
Glen Fordyce
Washington
Chantaunua Park
K C Council Elects Officers In Knights Of Columbus
Knights of Columbus in Kansas City elected officers last night with J M Kelly named grand knight for a fifth term and state warden. New officers will be installed the second Monday in July by Clem Boyle of Iowa City for the coming year. Officers include Joe Pieper as deputy grand knight Dr J A Marie as financial secretary S S J Boyd as recorder Joe Wolf as treasurer Ed Muck as advocate Charles Beliel as warden Joe Webr as inside guard Fred Shalla as outside guard CC A Neiszwan ger as trustee and Jerry Kelly Jimmy Casey as lecturers. Delegates to the state convention will be J M Kelly and George Wheelan.
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J. M. Kelly
K. C
Clem Boyle
Iowa City
Joe Pieper
J. A. Marie
S&s. J
Probe Shooting of Night Marshal at Carroll Last Night
Carroll authorities investigate the shooting of Warren Clark a 38 year old night marshal. He tried to arrest a drunkenness suspect on a busy street corner when the prisoner broke away and shot him three times wounding his leg. The assailant escaped as two companions were detained for questioning.
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Carroll
Town
INS
Warren Clark
Clarke
Clark
No Change In Totals For Sheriff
Official canvass by the county board of supervisors confirms no change in sheriff totals. George M. Struble remains the Republican nominee with 1297 votes, followed by Holmes 1196, Bush 865, and Matlock 243. Supervisors note minor adjustments in other races and an error in Washington ward giving Newport extra attorney general votes.
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County Board of Supervisors
George M. Struble
Struble
Sheriff
Holmes
Bush
Matlock
Greiner
Boyer
Washington
Newport
Auto crash in Clinton ends inquest verdict
An inquest at Clinton found Edward M. Crooke Northwestern switchman died in an unavoidable accident after his truck bodied Model T sideswiped by T R Phillips car in a subway near Northwestern tracks. Crooke died five hours later at Mercy hospital from a fractured skull and hemorrhages.
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Clinton
Edward M. Crooke
Northwestern
T. R. Phillips
Croake
Phillips
Mercy Hospital
Crooke
Northwestern Railway
Leonard O. Riggert
Court hears Pattee bond trust claim in Washington Loan case
Judge D W Hamilton heard testimony on the Pattee hotel bond trust seeking 1100 as a preferred claim in the Washington Loan and Trust company affairs now under receivership Sam T Donahey is trustee Testimony from Leslie Dunlap former secretary and A G Arra smith examiner in charge for the receiver was given The judge also granted a divorce decree to Gladys Weaver former Gladys Mace from Milo D Weaver
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D. W. Hamilton
Pattee Hotel Bond Trust
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Sam T. Donahey
Bond Trust
E. D. Morrison
C. C. Wilson
Leslie Dunlap
A. G. Arrasmith
Miss Ann Knottnerus Begins Two Week Vacation
Miss Ann Knottnerus started a two week vacation from her duties at Montgomery Ward yesterday.
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Ann Knottnerus
Montgomery Ward
Prayer at Republican Convention Opens Event
The article records a prayer delivered by Bishop James E. Freeman at the opening of the Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 14. The invocation asks for divine guidance, mercy, wisdom for leaders, and blessing on the nation amid trials and prosperity. It emphasizes justice, peace, industry, learning, and national unity under divine aid.
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Chicago
James E. Freeman
D. D
Washington, D. C
Jesus Christ
Riot in Newcastle Injures Twenty-One in Australia
June 14 report from Sydney says twenty-one people were seriously hurt in an unemployed riot at Newcastle. Injured include police and rioters as they clashed with hammers and boiling water amid the disturbance.
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Australia
Sydney
Newcastle
Republicans Rally Behind Hoover Record in Dickinson Keynote
Senator L J Dickinson of Iowa opened the national convention as temporary chair, pledging Republicans to go to the country on Herbert Hoover’s record with no apologies. He praised Hoover’s handling of the economy, blasted Democrats as obstructionist, and urged party unity for restoring normal conditions. He avoided Prohibition and did not address gang violence.
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Stadlum
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Hoover
White House
F Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
INS
Charles Curtis
Great New Stadium
Washington
Dickinson Dickinson
Hoovers Campaign Vision of Economic Rescue and Recovery
The piece extols Herbert Hoover as the steadfast wartime leader of the nation during economic crisis. It credits his actions to avert financial panic, preserve social order, and spur public works with federal and state cooperation to lift idle workers. It notes the creation of a national unemployment committee to relieve hardship and speed relief efforts.
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Hoover
Herbert Hoover
America
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
White House
Washington
Congress
Republican Convention Opens Amid Prohibition Debate
The 1932 Republican National Convention in Chicago opened amid conflicts over prohibition. A state poll showed 619 votes in favor of resubmitting the Eighteenth Amendment, 170 for repeal, and 85 for a dry plank with mixed positions. Senator L. J. Dickinson received a warm ovation after urging Hoover's re election.
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Chicago
INS
Congress
International News Service
Iowa Delegates Break Rank at Republican Convention
Iowa's delegation to the Republican convention voted to back General Charles G. Dawes for vice president and favored resubmission of the eighteenth amendment. Jay N. Darling won the resolutions committee seat, defeating Governor Dan Turner, with Turner allowed to join the committee to push farm relief. Governor Turner sought a dry plank but remained aligned with the administration on the resolutions.
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Chicago
INS
Iowa
Charles Curtis
Charles G. Dawes
Turner
Resolutions Committee
Darling
National Resolutions Committee
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