New Iowa laws take effect over coming week
Des Moines reports about 175 new statutes from the 1930 session will become effective June 4. Highlights include a five day marriage rule, a drivers license requirement with first licenses issued Jan 1, 1982, a five cent tax on butter substitutes, reapportionment for nine congressional seats, and gas line specifications plus a three cent tax on substitutes. Other measures include history teaching in public schools, truck and bus size rules, and a larger petition signer requirement.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Newt Veek
General Assembly
Assembly
State Board of Assessment and
Educational and Board of Control
Board of Control
Fourth of July Gold Meet Planned at Washington Club
Victor Westphal Forrest Jennings and Guy Carlton lead a committee planning a July 4 golf tournament at Washington Country Club with a one dollar entry fee. Winners get their fees back and guests of losers fund a club dinner. nine holes with prizes planned. R. E. Thornton is seriously ill in Washington County Hospital.
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Victor Westphal
Forrest Jennings
Guy Carlton
Washington Country Club
Hoover Debt Moratorium Praised by Shouse and Harrison
Washington June 27 The moratorium proposal drew praise from Jouett Shouse chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. They lauded Hoover as showing statesmanship and courage, while observers note the day’s partisan and nonpartisan reactions within Congress. In Paris discussions Mellon Edge Laval and Hoesch reported cordial talks on debt moratorium adjustments and progress with Washington over telephonic briefings.
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Washington
Hoover
Jouett Shouse
Chairan
Democratic National Executive Committee
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Harrison
Senator Borah
Daniel Webster
Coolidge
Paris
Andrew Mellon
Walter E. Edge
Laval
France
America
Lava
Leopold von Hoesch
Mellon
Edge
Secretary Stimson Sets Sail for Europe Trip
Secretary of State Henry Stimson sails from New York aboard the Conte Grande for Italy on a trip that may become a diplomatic mission. He will visit Italy France Germany and England, with a possible meeting in Paris with Secretary Mellon to discuss Hoover’s debt proposal. He did not comment to reporters as the journey began.
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New York
Henry Istimon
Europe
Hoover
Washington
Italy
France
Germany
England
Treasury
Mellon
Paris
Stimson
World record in Berlin for non-stop eight day dancing
In Berlin a 2,000 girls participated as partners to establish a world record for non-stop dancing lasting eight days and eight nights. The event highlighted endurance and teamwork among young participants under official oversight.
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Berlin
Farm Bureau to Contest 15 Percent Rail Freight Hike
The American Farm Bureau Federation plans to appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny the railroads 15 per cent rate increase on freight. Q W Sandburg cites a four year study completed by the commission and says railroads want to scrap it. The federation opposes widening of the raise to agricultural products. The National Industrial Traffic League says it will not take a position.
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Chicago
American Farm “Urean Federation
Ah Interstate Commerce
Q W Sandburg
Federation
Sandburg
National Industrial Traffic League
League
J. H. Beck
Airmens Winnie Mae Reaches Blagovestschensk in Mudhole
Winnie Mae with pilots Wiley Post and Harold Gatty lands in a mudhole at Blagovestschensk after a leg from Irkutsk. They plan to continue to Khabarovsk then Nome, Alaska, aiming to complete the 15,000 mile world-girdling flight ahead of schedule.
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Blagovestschensk
Siberia
Winnie Mae
Irkutsk
Post
Gatty
New York
Urals
Khabarovsk
Far East
Nome
Alaska
Blragovestschensk
Amur
Manchuria
Kharbarovsk
Pacific
Policy suggestion to farm board on stabilizing holdings
President Hoover proposed to the federal farm board a clearer policy on sales of the stabilization corps holdings, including surplus wheat and cotton. The White House indicated the move followed Republican calls to withhold wheat from this year’s market, though the president concedes no authority over board policy.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
White House
Watson
Senate
Seven Cars Licensed at Court House Last Week
Seven new cars were licensed during the past week at the court house. Owners and makes include W. J. Masson Washington Chevrolet special sedan C. C. Keiper Ainsworth Chevrolet coach H. A. Dougall Washington Studebaker sedan Hilkea Jacobs Washington Ford standard coupe A. A. Spies Washington Chevrolet special sedan Marion Augustine Washington Chevrolet sport coupe William Streb Riverside Ford truck.
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Court House
W. J. Masson
Washington
C. C. Keiper
Ainsworth
Chevrolet
H. A. Dougall
Studebaker
Hilkea Jacobs
A. A. Spies
Marion Augustine
William Streb
Riverside
Ford Cruck
Mrs. Marion Stransky Visits Washington From Wellman
Mrs. Marion L. Stransky of near Wellman traveled to Washington today for unspecified business.
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Marion L. Stransky
Near Wellman
Washington
Capone Ring Ran Gangs Dealing Alcohol Across Four States
Federal indictments reveal Capone as head of a vast Midwest alcohol network spanning Illinois Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. Key figures include Mike Blumberg of Clinton Iowa and Richard Price of Waterloo Iowa, with alcohol bottled in Aurora and shipped along routes to Mississippi river towns and farms. The case links a $20 million beer business with rural traffic profits totaling millions and shows extensive police corruption and organized distribution.
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Capone
Iowa
Chicago
Scarface al Capone
Illinois
Indiana
Amah
Ilinois
Minnesota
South Dakota
Clinton
Waterloo
Aurora
Ill
Sioux City
United States
Daniel Anderson
Mississippi River
Dakota
Mike Blumberg
al Capone
Blumberg
Mississippi
Richard Price
Price
United States Postal System
Scout Camp to Open Tomorrow at Camp Tecumseh
Nearly thirty Boy Scouts prepare to leave for Camp Tecumseh east of Riverside for a two week session. Jed Downing county chairman announces features of the summer program and camp activities. Scoutmaster Ted Brown Bob Lowe lead week one while Fred Downing and A A Spies head week two. A large Sunday July 5 celebration will include hundreds of parents and leaders.
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Camp Tecumseh
Riverside
Iowa City
Jed Downing
Ted Brown
Bob Lowe
Fred Downing
A. A
Peg
Hoover gets Nobel buzz as Wall Street stirs
Beverly Hills June 7 Ca Will quotes Rogers praising Hoover's alleged Nobel prospects amid talk of debt cancellation and a renewed Wall Street swing. He notes unemployment and financial turmoil while joking about targeting the international banking group.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Tuick
Hoover
Wall Street
International Banking Group
Camp setup progresses with visiting groups and new quarters
Teemen and scouts will visit the camp. Those who attended the first week will leave and the second group take their new quarters. Camp chairman Henry Bailey and his lieutenants have spent hours of time and driven many miles in the past weeks lining up the camp which will be a credit to the county from every point of view.
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Henry Bailey
New Stop Signs Placed On Square In Washington Business District
Eight new rubber stop signs of two types were installed at all four corners of the square to direct traffic in Washington's business district. The signs, set mid street, are visible and vehicle friendly, supplement existing arterial signs, and will regulate downtown traffic. Motorists must stop at North Iowa Avenue on East Main Street and Iowa Avenue to the north becomes a through street.
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Washington
Iowa Avenue
East Main Street
Game Birds Released In Oregon Hit Forty Seven Thousand
In two years Oregon released 47 876 game birds with 42 767 being Chinese pheasants.
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Salm
Ore
Oregon
Torrid Wave Still Covers Middle West
Iowa and Illinois endured record heat as Washington and Des Moines reported 97 degree highs and a 74 degree low. The five day heat wave caused livestock losses, early dawn plowing, and multiple deaths from heat prostration across the Midwest with no relief expected before Monday or Tuesday.
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Middle West
Washington
Washington County
Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Federal Weather Bureau
Bruce Gardner Dies at Wellman
Nathaniel Bruce Gardner 77 died at his Wellman home after a year of failing health and six weeks of bed rest. Funeral services set for 2:30 Monday at Lexington church. Surviving children include Roy Gardner James Gardner Nettie McGugin Mayme Flynn and others with 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a Knights of Pythias member and longtime farmer and former schoolteacher known as Daddy Gardner.
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Wellman
Lexington Church
Nathaniel Bruce Gardner
Nettle McGuein
James
Phoebe Gardner
Capitola Brindley
Floyd
Phoebe Gardner Durran
Roy Gardner
West Chester
Mayme Flynn
James Gardner
Nettie McGugin
Harry Gardner
Norma Palmer
Keota
Gardner
Knights of Pythias Lodge
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Republican Party
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U. 5
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Grain Holdings
Wilkins
Wyoming
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One Big Capone
Foor
Far West Side
Will
Rogers Says
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BeNauget Dyadesta i
Game Birds
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West Liberty
William C. Huebble
Tipton
Middle-West
Mississippi Missouri
Ohio River
Bruce Gardner
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