Iowa Legislators Meet to Consider Major Highway Proposals
Des Moines June 17 Iowa lawmakers met to weigh three highway bills aimed at placing primary roads under the state highway commission, raising funds via a three cent gas tax, and issuing 100 million dollars in bonds for roads. A special session could follow if endorsed by a clear majority.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Good Roads
Bergman
Jasper County
Highway Commission
Hammill
Assembly
Iowa Good Roads Association
The
Good Roads Workers
Glen C. Haynes
Good Roads Association
State Highway Commission
Third Heiress to Du Pont Millions to Wed Poor Man
Elizabeth Frances Du Pont of Fairville Pennsylvania will marry Richard D. Morgan of Wilmington a Bell Telephone clerk. Morgan formerly lived in Washington where his father ran an insurance business. Elizabeth age 22 and Morgan age 20 have been constant companions since childhood.
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Wilmington
Del
du Pont
Phillip F. du Pont
Fairville
Elizabeth Frances
Richard D. Morgan
Bell Telephone Company
Philadelphia
Morgan
Washington
Margaret L. du Pont
Irene du Pont
FE. 1
du Pont de Nemours and Company
Crawford Hallock
Greenwalt
du Pont Company
Elizabeth du Pont
Mr. Morgan
Miss du Pont
Water Carnival Saturday Night at Y M C A
Physical Director Elwood Detrick announces two water carnival sessions at the Y M C A on Saturday evening. The seven and 8 45pm shows feature beginner swimming demonstrations, fancy diving, life saving and speed swimming stunts with about 20 adult participants. Proceeds fund pool equipment upgrades. admission 10 cents for children, 20 cents for adults.
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Elwood Detrick
Five Die in Tourist Sleeper Fire Near Crystal Siding
Las Vegas June 17 two investigations opened into a dawn blaze in a Union Pacific tourist sleeper near Crystal Siding Nevada. Five passengers died and seven were injured, one seriously, with four listed as missing and only one body identified so far.
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Phe Asenciate Prags
Las Vegas
Nevada
Union Acific
Crystal Siding
Nev
Dean William G. Raymond 68 Dies at Iowa City
Dean William G. Raymond of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa died in a local hospital at 11 45 A M due to heart trouble and pneumonia. He led the engineering school since 1910 and served as president of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education during the 1911 meeting in Iowa City.
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Phose
Iowa City
William G. Raymond
College of Engineering
University of Iowa
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
Raymond
Ile
Pay Last Honors to Joe McElhinney
Washington people by the hundreds paid their last respect to Joe McElhinney at a four o'clock funeral in the First United Presbyterian church. Approximately a thousand attended as business houses closed. Active pallbearers included George Mac Daniel and Ernest Lemmon. honorary pallbearers included bank directors and city officials. Burial was at Elm Grove.
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W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
J. R. McCrory
East
First
Carolyn Hamilton
Ina McDowell
George Maxwell
H. L. Walker
Helen Harvey
Ambrose
McElhinney
Harvey
di Capua
Mr. McElhinney
George Mac Daniel
Ernest Lemmon
Fred Neiswanger
BE. E. Stutsman
Charles
Elm Grove
Funeral rites for James A Work at home
Funeral services for James A Work were held at the home at 3 20 Tuesday afternoon conducted by Dr W W Bowers with music by a Methodist Choir quartet Carl Hedges R K Brown A L Griffith and Jesse J Miller. Pallbearers were C V Crull Don Sherman J M Bratton Frank R Sage Joe Wright and Mae De Long. Burial was at Elm Grove.
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James A. Work
W. W. Bowers
Methodist
Carl Hedges
R. K. Brown
A. L. Griffith
Jesse J. Miller
C. V. Crull
Don Sherman
J. M. Bratton
Frank R. Sage
Joe Wright
Mae de Long
Elm Grove
Nine Cardinals Arrive in Chicago for Eucharistic Congress
The Red Special bearing Cardinal Bonzano and eight other cardinals along with sixty prelates arrived in Chicago before 10 am. A crowd of several thousand greeted the train at the City Limits as it proceeded to Illinois Central station, where officials escorted the party to Holy Name Cathedral amid threatening skies.
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Chicago
Cardinal Bonzano
Ilinois Central
Holy Name Cathedral
Sioux City Postmasters Gather for Tri State Session
Postmasters from three states convene in Sioux City for their annual session as officers are slated for election at the meeting’s close.
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Sioux City
Heavy Storm Floods Washington Streets and Sewers
After last evenings downpour Washington residents report 1.67 inches of rain, totaling 7.44 inches for the week. Sewers backed up flooding walks and yards, with cellars filled and property damage possible. Weather now clears with forecast for fair warmer conditions and isolated lightning near homes on South Iowa Avenue and West Main Street.
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Washington
Dr .O. F Roller
South
Iowa Avenue
YM McConnauchy
West Main Street
County Board Renews Insurance for Road and Bridge Laborers
At yesterday's session the county supervisors renewed the cornpay policy for compensation and liability covering road and bridge laborers employed by the county.
Riots in Rawalpindi Kill Eight Moslems and Wound Many
In Simla dated June 17, intercommunal riots at Rawai Pindi left eight Moslems dead and fourteen Moslems and nine Sikhs injured over a disputed motion picture theater near a mosque. The grain market was looted and security troops were stationed. authorities say the situation was brought under control.
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Simla
British India
Rawai Pindi
Farmers denounce Tincher bill seek Haugen fee action
Polk county farm leaders at the annual farm bureau picnic denounce the Tincher administration farm relief bill as a make shift and pass a resolution urging President Coolidge and Secretary Jardine to enact the Haugen equalization fee bill. Thomas Cashman of Owatonna Minnesota says farm groups must unite before agriculture can assert itself.
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Preea
Des Moines
Tincher Administration
Polk County
Farm Farm Bureau
President Coolidge
Sec. of Agriculture
Jardine
Thomas Cashman
Owatonna Minn
Death takes Mrs. Guillemot aged 76 in Washington county
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Guillemot will be held Friday at the Goodin funeral parlors with Dr. W W Bowers officiating. Burial in Miller cemetery near Brighton. Born February 20 1835 in Germany she came to America aged five and lived in Ohio before moving to Washington County. Survived by three sons John Rock Springs Wyoming Charles Des Moines Eli Des Moines. She joined the Lutheran church at sixteen and lived a faithful Christian life in the community.
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Mary Guillemot
Goodin
W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
Miller Cemetery
Brighton
Germany
America
Ohio
Washington County
Nebraska
Fred Guillemot
Town
Washington
John
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Charles
Des Moines
Eli
Cyclone cellars save lives in Clarinda storm
A Clarinda Iowa tornado killed Dennis Usher aged 18 and J D Douglas 80 and injured at least 15 others. Two cyclone shelters saved about a dozen residents while homes were demolished. National Guardsmen policed the area as residents faced widespread damage and a $150000 loss including radio station KSO.
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Clarinda
Associated Press
Dennis Usher
J. D. Dousglas
M. J. Casey
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Russell Spencer
KSO
Hearing for Edward Angstead on Brighton collision
Edward Angstead, a Fairfield youth, faces a hearing this afternoon before Squire J. W. Patton over a Brighton street crash in which two cars were struck and he fled without stopping to check for damage.
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Edward Angstead
Fairfield
Brighton
Squire J. W. Patton
Magee Freed On Manslaughter Charge In New Mexico
Carl C. Magee, noted New Mexico political figure, is freed by directed verdict of not guilty on the manslaughter charge for the fatal shooting of John B. Lassiter in August. District Judge Armijo ruled after Leahy testified to aggressions in a hotel lobby incident. Magee had earlier faced libel and contempt convictions, later pardoned by Governor Hinkle.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
New Mexico
John B. Lassiter
Highway Department
Lassiter
David J. Leahy
Mager
Leahy
Magee
Luis EB. Armijo
Maree
San Miguel
James Hinkle
Eighteen Die in Pittsburgh Railway Wreck Near Blairsville
The Cincinnati Limited rear ended the Washington Express near Blairsville, killing fourteen passengers and four railroad workers. Five passengers and nine more aboard the two sleepers died as wreckage tore apart the cars and two locomotives left the tracks. Dozens injured as telescoped sleepers and derailed cars filled the scene.
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Associated Press
Fittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blairsville
Cincinnati Limited
Washington Express
Limited
Despondent Iowa man commits suicide at Sigler farm
Coroner reports Jacob Sigler, 58, of the Israel Davis farm three miles east of Keota, died by self inflicted gunshot about 3 am. Longstanding back injury, rain fears for crops, and despondency after a fall led to the act. He left widow, two sons Verle and Warren, and daughter Mrs Anna Thurman. No inquest planned.
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L. A. Jones
Sigler
Keota
Israel Davis
Jacob Sigler
Verle
Warren Sigler
Litchfield
Anna Thurman
Sigourney
Brookhart Returns From Capital and Schedules Talks
Col. S. W. Brookhart returned from Washington to his Cedar Rapids office where he planned speeches for farm bureau picnics at Storm Lake Denison and Pontiac Iowa. He is also set to speak at Northwood on July 2 with dates listed through July 5. His son Joe Brookhart was hospitalized after a bicycle accident and minor shoulder injury requiring surgery to prevent infection.
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Col. S. W. Brookhart
Washington, DC
Farm Bureau
Storm Lake
Denison
Pontiac
Northwood
Iowa
Joe Brookhart
Chicago Boys Released After Intercity Break-In Suspicions
Two Chicago youths arrested on suspicion of breaking into a Rock Island railway coach were released after questioning. The youths were described as hitchhiking on a vacation trip, labeled as "bumming" by witnesses.
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Chicago
Rock Island
District Court Set for July 2 Brief Session
Judge Charles A. Dewey will hold a brief district court session on Friday July 2 to finish the work of the March term and wrap up pending matters. The July session aims to conclude the term under orderly procedures.
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Charles A. Dewey
Local Veterans Auxiliary Leaders Elected Across Iowa
Mrs Zella Kimbley of Montezuma was re elected president of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary. Ray I Snodgrass of Waterloo was named president of the Sons of Veterans. Mrs Jennie Beymer of Des Moines was elected president of the IG A R auxiliary.
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Usher
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