Celebration Plans Near Completion for Wayland Washington Road
Rev Klein listed on program as speaker for the Washington Wayland road completion celebration to be held in Wayland Tuesday evening. Washington Municipal band and Wayland band to perform with free dancing after the program. Fred Downing’s public address system to project the event to thousands. Mayor O P Boshart and Jake Roth to speak. Wayland contributions include local musical numbers and other items pending finalization. Oil on streets improved by recent rains, not expected to hinder Tuesday night events.
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Washington-Wayland Road
Wayland
Carl W. Klein
Washington Good Roads
Washington Municipal
Washington Committee
Boyer
Fred Downing
Wayland Park
Jake Roth
O. P. Boshart
Roth
Iowa Tops Nation in Meat Production Says Board
A column notes Iowa is the nation’s leading meat producing state per findings from the National Livestock and Meat Board annual meeting. It lists the five top states for steaks chops and roasts as Iowa Nebraska Illinois Missouri and Montana in order. The 13 central states account for 69 percent of the supply.
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Iowa
National Livestock and Meat Board
Nebraska
Illinois
Missouri
Montana
Central States
Sioux City youth escapes Iowa training school again
Tony Prechelo 16, of Sioux City Iowa, escaped from the Iowa state training school here with a butcher knife. It marks his second escape from the facility and triggered a Thursday night manhunt by authorities.
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Eldora
Tony Prechelo
Sioux City
Iowa State — Training School
Prechelo
Lamb Exhibit at Sigourney Today
A countywide lamb show and lamb exhibit were held in Sigourney today with Tex Beresford and W. McDonald from Iowa State College judging the lambs. The event featured music and speeches.
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Sigourney
Tex Beresford and
Co. W. McDonald
Iowa State College
Ames Man Dies After Fall From Freight Car
Cleo tewhs 25 of Ames Indiana died at an Iowa sanitarium from injuries after falling between moving freight cars in the Northwestern yards Wednesday afternoon. His arms were severed. Frances Ellingsworth of Corydon Illinois was elected president of the 4 H girls of Iowa at a statewide meeting held in the Iowa State College gymnasium attended by about 1700 4 H girls and leaders.
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Nevada
Cleo Tewhs
Ames
Iowa Sanitarium
Northwestern
Ames Frances Ellingsworth
Corydon
Ila
Iowa
M @ine King
Oakland
Iowa State College
Four Men Jailed After Beer Party in Davenport
Four men arrested by Davenport police charged with arranging a beer party involving four girl inmates of the Town Soldiers' Orphans home faced 30 days in jail. Police Chief John A Horntys announced the sentencing.
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Davenport
Qadzo John A. Horntys
Charles City Civil War veteran Charles Ganges turns 100
William Ganges a Charles City resident of 72 years celebrated his one hundredth birthday anniversary on Thursday. He is one of two remaining Civil War veterans in Floyd County.
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Charles City
William Ganges
Charlesity
Mr Gang
Floyd County
Desperadoes Kill Officers Near Alrion
Near June 18 Sheriff Lawrence Smowyer aged 33 and Constable Willian Wathen were shot by two desperadoes 18 miles northwest of Alrion. The sheriff died before a posse reached the scene. the constable was alive but badly wounded and later died at a hospital.
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Alrion
INS
Lawrence Smowyer
Willian Wathen
Here
County Officers Attend Convention in Davenport
Officials crowded the court house main floor as the state county officers meet in Davenport. County auditor Miers Ethel Greeian was elected secretary treasurer of the auditors section. The gathering marks the first Davenport stop in several years with next year planned for Stony City.
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Court House
Davenport
Miers Ethel Greeian
Stony City
The Poet's Drive Name Favored for Wayland Road
Howard Sitler leads celebration plans for Wayland road naming it The Poet's Drive. He cites the highway’s scenery and recent poetry as reasons for the title.
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Howard Sitler
Sitler
Centenary Service at Site of Early Methodist Church
Crawfordsville celebrates the centennial of its Methodist society with a Sunday service at the Matthew Moorhead cabin site three and a half miles south of town on Highway 146. The program features Rev W A Longnecker and Dr John Wesley Better, plus speeches by state and county officials. The event includes a dinner, devotional singing, and historical readings from descendants of the church founders.
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Crawfordsvill
Methodists of
Crawfordsville
Matthew Moorhead
Crawordsville
W. A. Longnecker
New London
Gus Scott
Airfield
Harlan Foster
Henry County
Eh. G. Popham
Iowa City
Asa D. West
Methodist Church
Methodist Society
Washington County
Benjamin Zickefoose
John Nelson Ball
Arthur Atack
D. D
Washington
Atack
Oxnam
Atl Walker
Don — Darbyshire
Clint Fletcher
Marion Huston
WG. Burr
Victor
Jed
Powter
John Wesley Better
Mt. Pleasant
Addy
Helen Iluston
Mary Lillian Moorhead
Little Old Church
Valley
Nina Moorhead McCoy
Durant
Joseph McCoy
Helen McCoy
Little Brown
The
Vale
Archtout
Rank McCoy
Clarence Mournett
Arthur Griffith
Hout
W. Cochran
Newell Chapimen
Presbyterian Church
W. Potter
John Bullers
Williamsburg
A. J. Hout
Wheaton IL
J. M. Wilson
W. M. Youngman
BE. W. Harrison
Winfield
James Long
Brighton
Frank McCoy
Joseph
Helen
A. U. Griffith
Leon
Marilyn Beatty
Ralph Shannon
Dennis Jones
Shir
Dinner Thursday at Crawfordsville Methodist Dinner
After a rainy spell the Crawfordsville Methodist congregation held a dinner on Thursday with about 150 attendees. Dinner was served at noon and poems were displayed among garden flowers including yellow poppies on the dining tables. A small table with seven...
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Crawfordsvilin
Seven Tax Evaders Published Names of Five Americans and One Brit
Treasury officials urged speedier remedial laws after revealing seven tax evaders using foreign corporations to dodge U.S. income taxes. Named were Philip Deronde, Jules Bache, Wallace Groves, Percy E. Hudson, Jacob Shick, Charles Loughton, and an unidentified American.
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Washington, BD. C
INS
Treasury
Joint Congressional Committee
Roswell McGill
Philip Deronde
Hibernia Trust Company
New York
Phoenix Securities Corporation
Jules Bache
Wallace Groves
New York Securities Corporation
United Cigar Stores
Wheelan Drug Stores
Percy E. Hudson
Jacob Shick
Charles Loughton
George B. Westinghouse, Jr
Treasury Officinalis
Bogus Check Suspect Apprehended in Fort Dodge
Sheriff H. M. Putnam took into custody a man from Fort Dodge wanted here for cashing a bad check. He allegedly signed nine $5 checks payable to Mrs Edith Beatty without funds, and confessed he had no money to cover the checks.
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H. M. Putnam
Fort Dodge
A. Oauren
Ile
Edith Beatty
Street Repairs Voted for Maintenance and New Fire Truck
The Washington city council approved street resurfacing on six miles of pavement using hot asphalt this summer and authorized about 1200 dollars for the project. The fire, water and light committee was directed to buy a new fire truck to replace the city’s first model, improving firefighting capacity with two serviceable engines.
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Washington
Lytle
Cedar Rapids
Atlas
Fire, Water and Light Committee
Insane hospital contract let for new Me Peasant building
Des Moines reports bids were unusually low for the Me Peasant insane hospital project. The state board awarded the four story building with stone facing and metal doors to C. C. Larson Co. of Council Bluffs for 288 087, with J W Darragh handling plumbing and heating and Robertson Electric securing wiring. Completion targeted by next May. An furnishing contract valued around 80 000 will be awarded next winter after the old hospital burned last August.
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Des Moines
F. Jr
State Board of Control
C. C. Larson
Council Bluffs
Community figures named in local notes
Bey Jo of Neola Iowa Mrs Walden Smith and children Marilyn and Walda of Mediapolis Mr and Mrs Frank Knutson of Mt Pleasant Rev W M Grant of Marengo Iowa appear in a local social notice listing residents and kin from several towns.
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Bey Jo
Neola
Iowa
Walden Smith
Marilyn and
Walda
Mediapolis
Frank Knutson
Mt. Pleasant
W. M. Grant
Marengo
Lowa
Atack and Soule speak at A M E Church anniversary
Dr Arthur Atack of the Methodist Church and Leigh W Soule of the Y M C A gave talks at a celebratory program in the A M E church. Mrs H R Crayton led, Presett boys from Mount Pleasant performed, and Rev W M Berry will preside tonight with the Hummingbird quartet from Ottumwa as a feature. Sunday services are canceled as Berry and other A M E ministers attend the Memphis anniversary event.
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Arthur Atack
Methodist Church
Leigh W. Soule
A. M. Kek
H. R. Crayton
Presett Boys
Mount Pleasant
W. M. Berry
Ottumwa
Special Legion Meeting Monday for Beatty Post
A special Leon Beatty post American Legion meeting is set for Monday evening to plan the membership drive. The post faces competition from Le Mars and from Farmer’s Mutual truck space at the fire station may be used if needed. Members on the fire water light and street alley committees include councilmen W B Dupuis Fred Reid and Lester Orr with Dr Reid as chairman. Cemetery Road council members hope to contract for the Elm Grove cemetery road from Iowa avenue south end, sharing costs with Washington county if federal aid lags.
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Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Beatty Post
le Mars
Farmer's Mutual
W. B. Dupuis
Fred Reid
Lester Orr
Dr. Reid
Cemetery Road
Elm Grove Cemetery
Iowa Avenue
Washington County
Washington, D
Wellman Legion Meet Draws 250 Attendees
The Wellman county Legion gathering drew about 250 people including Legion members, Auxiliary members, and families. Frank Miles of Des Moines spoke opposing Governor Kraschel, with other remarks from Lew Clark and Mrs. McGarry. The event at Oakwood pavilion featured songs, dance, and a social reception.
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Frank Miles
Des Moines
The
Iowa Legionnaire
N. G. Kraschel
Lew Clark
Iowa City
McGarry
Victor
Iowa County
Heart tags aid needy children by volunteers of America
Volunteers of America appeal for red heart tag sales to aid the state’s neediest children. Participants meet leader Miss Beth Clow at headquarters to receive tags and instructions and are urged to wear two hearts on Saturday to deter second appeals.
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Volunteers of America
Beth Clow
Flight to Be Over The Pole Ends In Record Attempt
Three Russian pilots began a historic non stop flight from Moscow toward Oakland aiming to pass over the pole. General E W Gilmore will assess fuel on arrival as the mono plane crosses the Arctic route. The crew includes pilots Kalopiot Baiduchoyv and navigator Bellakov with reception led by the Soviet ambassador.
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San Francisco
Moscow
Oakland
North Pole
Washington
E. W Gilmore
Army Air Corps
Gilmore
National Aeronautical Commission
United States
General Gilmore
C. H. Kalopi'ot
Baiduchoyv
Bellakov
Defenders of Bilbao Resist Rebel Attacks
Loyalist forces in Bilbao faced rebel assaults as Basque authorities ordered safety measures behind military lines. Fortifications remained under strain while the city prepared to counter encirclement with six thousand troops mobilized to bolster defenses.
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Santander
Spain
Bilbao
IOCWAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Toledo Ohio June 18 John Spear twenty died today from injuries received last night when his car left the pavement near here.
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Iocwan
Toledo
Towa
John Spear
Coptrea
Here
No Liquor Store Scheduled Here in Washington
Washington W C T U received a communication from the liquor commission stating no liquor store will be located in Washington "at the present." The message was shared at a local institute meeting at Mrs Elizabeth Hawthorne's home with members, guests including Mrs rb of Wellman and Rep. Eri L Stewart who discussed legislative bills. The session opened at 10:30 with devotionals, a lunch, and a "think a minute" period followed by reports of bouquets and caths for the last month.
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Washington W. C. T. U
Washington
Liquor Commission
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Wellman
Radio security talk on social security tax provisions nationwide
Charles D. Huston of the Iowa internal revenue collection announces that Commissioner Helvering will speak on social security tax provisions. The national hookup via the Columbia system airs tonight at 10:15 p m eastern standard time.
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Charles D. Huston
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Helvering
Columbia
Volunteers of America Assist Neighbor in Need
A Volunteers of America worker lends aid to a neighbor, offering support and assistance to someone facing hardship. The act highlights charity outreach and community care in local life.
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Tennessee
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Kentucky
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Thomas A. Cullen
R. L. Coughton
North Carolina
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Massachusetts
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