National high school orchestras to gather at Iowa City
Iowa City set to host national championships for classes A and B with 8 to 10 orchestras from across the United States. Prof Ernest H Wilcox says preliminaries determine state winners. state and sectional contests occur in April and early May. Trophies include a large silver and bronze prize for class A, with identical medals for all participants. committee members from multiple states oversee plans for the Music Supervisors National Conference and National Association for Advancement of Music.
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University of Iowa
Ernest H. Wilcox
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Wilcox
National Bureau For the Advancement of Music
Uairy
Oklahoma
Musics
National
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Tremaine
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Severe winter may hurt corn crop in grain belt
Philadelphia March 5 Severe winter weather in the grain belt is forecast to reduce corn and 1929 wheat production pushing up prices. Agricultural economist B W Snow predicts a corn stock feeding shortage before the 1929 crop and notes earlier than usual harvest in 1928 created tight stock. He warns further cold snaps and dry falls could severely affect crops in wheat regions unless moisture returns.
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Philadelphia
Puntry
B. W. Snow
Barna Journal
Agricultural Moeting
Pythian Sisters Organized at Keota
Keota Temple No 185 Pythian Sisters organized and instituted at the fraternal hall in Keota February 27. Officers named led by Mrs Willard C and Mrs B C Gilbert with several others. Twenty-two West Chester Temple members assisted in degree work and installation. Regular meetings set for the fourth Monday monthly.
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Maren
Lita B. Carter
Fairfield
Pam Putnam
Mon i Resento
Willard C
BC. Gilbert
Foal Klein
Mer
Ls Palmer
M.R.C
T. A. Morris
Cady
Kile Marr
M Leinen
G. A. Lyles
Nettie Isaac
J. B. Young
Nick Schmitt
Willard Tutt
Westchester Temple
West Chester
Knights of Pythias
Red Cross Outlines Disaster Readiness Manual
The American National Red Cross releases a revised manual to strengthen disaster preparedness across 10 000 chapters. It urges local surveys with engineers to assess hazards rivers lakes mines and industries, and outlines disaster committees for food clothing shelter medical and transport needs to enable swift action when catastrophes strike.
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American National Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
T F. W. Eastwood
Lo An
Jeludes
Homele
Ted Cross
J C Penney Co Expands With 117 New Stores
Local notes report J C Penney Co adds 117 new stores. details are scattered but indicate expansion across multiple states and regions. The item mentions a total count and regional distribution, with no single focus beyond growth.
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J. C. Penney Co
Art Department Meeting In afternoon session Tuesday at 2 30
Announcement notes an afternoon Art Department gathering set for Tuesday at 2 30 in the library. It mentions a chapter meeting with Helen Keek on Thursday afternoon in a fragmentary form.
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Helen Keek
District Tourneys Selected Sites for Weekend Meets
Des Moines March 5 district basketball meets set by George A Brown secretary of the Town high school athletic association. Geographic spread includes Reinbeck Waterloo Newton Fairfield Ottumwa Corner Bluffs Sioux City and Butler City with 2:0 and 1a times noted. Officers plan meetings at the YWCA Thursday. Socials invite women and spouses to potluck dinners and stag events with local hosts.
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Des Moines
George A. Brown
Town High School Athletic Association
Reinbeck
Waterloo
Newton
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Corner Bluffs
Sioux City
Hoover Sons Born Abroad Questioned For Presidency
Washington dispatch notes that Herbert Hoover Jr and Allan Hoover, sons of the new President, were born in London rather than the United States. It cites a belief that a President must be born in the United States, despite their father’s achievement.
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Washington
Unitedtates
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Allan Hoover
London
United States
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