Moissac Flood Death Toll of 300 in Tarn Valley
Floods in Tarn valley receded after causing at least 300 deaths and 10 000 homeless as Moissac and surrounding towns faced rising waters. Over 50 bodies recovered, fog hampered night search, and air help aided rescuers amid destroyed hamlets and missing residents.
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Moissac
France
U.P
Tarn Valley
Tarn
Montauban
Nohic
St. Eraffine
Reynies
Maissac
Lercucle
Gironde
Saint Catherin’s
Demons Face Ottumwa In sectional tourney matchup
Washington high coach Jim Shultz leads ten players to Fairfield Armory for a second round sectional game against Ottumwa. Arkens Schulty Wells McAvoy Judevine start with Kiesey Henke Westermark as reserves. Demons ride an eight game win streak after beating Ottumwa-Van Antwerp earlier.
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Jim Shultz
Washington High School
Fairfield
Washington
Fairfield Armory
Ottumwa
Farmington
Keosauqua
Eldon
Shhultz
Arkens
Schulty
Wells
McAvoy
Judevine
Kiesey
Henke
Westermark
Demons
van Antwerp
Swimming Team to Cedar Rapids Today
A seven boy swimming squad from the Washington Y.M.C.A. travels to Cedar Rapids this evening for a dual meet with Cedar Rapids boys at the Y pool. Members include Kenneth Hout Horace Allen Hubert Lohrer Donald Welch Homer Richardson Farreol Welch and James Casey. Gale Fisher leads the team with Secretary L. W. Soule Lloyd Hill and Ray Guest providing cars.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington Y. M. C. A
Kenneth Hout
Horace Allen
Hubert Lohrer
Donald Welch
Homer Richardson
Farreol Welch
James Casey
Gale Fisher
L. W. Soule
Lloyd Hill
Ray Guest
Texas Size Compared to 212 Rade Islands
A brief note states Texas is as large as 212 Rade Islands. It emphasizes the vast scale of Texas using a continental comparison for context.
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State of
Texas
Fire kills three in Boston apartment hotel blaze
Boston authorities report three confirmed deaths when a five story apartment hotel on Shawmut avenue burned today. A man and woman perished on the top floor and a three year old child suffocated after being moved to the penthouse. About 100 residents from 35 families slept through the fast spreading fire with many injured or burned.
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Boston
Mar
Shawmut Avenue
Railroads Enter Bus Field Accounts For Growth
Des Moines March 6 United Press rail roads gradually enter the bus field as competition boosts short haul bus use while long distance rail travel rises. In the last years 62 systems operated 1424 buses over 16793 miles with lines paralleling rail routes serving as feeders and some replacing unprofitable steam branches. Major systems include Santa Fe Baltimore and Ohio St Paul Chicago and Northwestern Denver and Rio Grande and Union Pacific among others. seven roads run more than 100 buses.
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Des Moines
Mar
U.P
United States
B. M. Richardson
Iowa State Board of Railroad Commissioners
United Press Today
Richardson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Paul
Chicago
Northwestern
Denver and
Rio Grande
Trent Northern
Pennsylvania
New York New Haven
Hartford
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Wabash
Firemen Re-Elect Present Officers in Washington
Claude C. Reister was re-elected chief of the Washington fire department at the annual meeting. Hal H. Reister is re-elected first assistant chief and John Westphal second assistant. Other officers including Harvey Meek secretary and treasurer and truck and ladder company foremen were re-elected. Ratification by the city council is expected at the first meeting in April.
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Claude C. Reister
Washington Fire Department
Hal H. Reister
John Westphal
Harvey Meek
R. H. McCarty
Oren Helwick
Leslie Eicher
Frank Casey
John Custer
hook and _ ladder company
Far
Washington Team Defeats Muscatine Squad 29 to 24
A basketball game last night at the Y between teams representing the Washington and Muscatine Montgomery Ward stores ended 29 to 24 in favor of Washington. The match featured local players from both stores competing in a spirited contest with close scoring.
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Washington and Muscatine
Montgomery Ward
Washington
Four Iowans Held Today in Poison Deaths
Four persons are under arrest in Iowa accused of murder by strychnine poisoning. In Decorah Walter Casten and his wife Adela face murder indictments for poisoning their 14 year old daughter Romelda to collect a $5,000 life insurance. In Anamosa Albert Hartwig and Mrs Tilda Miner also face charges in a second case involving the death of Mrs Miner’s husband Edward.
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United Press
Iowa
Decorah
Walter Casten
Adela
Romelda
Albert Hartwig
Tilda Miner
Wilbur J. Teeters
C. N. Houck
H. C. Ring
Hartwig
Sectional tournaments begin as 750 teams vie for 82 spots
Des Moines March 6. Approximately 750 high school basketball teams started on the road to the state title with 82 advancing to sectional meets. District tournaments began today to select the 82 entrants for the state finals at Drake Field House March 20-22.
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Des Moines
Mar
Drake Field House
Airport Meeting at City Hall Tonight at Eight
Community members are urged to attend a city hall meeting this evening at eight o clock to discuss airport plans. Topics include leasing a field and using the site for a pilot training school to help cover costs. A night landing near Kendrick Mill will precede the meeting with Paul Shaw of Iowa City piloting an Eagle Rock biplane.
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Washington
City Hall
Kendrick Mill
Paul Shaw
Iowa City
Supervisors Confer on Border Roads with Keokuk Board
Washington county supervisors traveled to Keota for a joint session with Keokuk county officials to discuss care and maintenance of border roads. A prior meeting covered border roads with Louisa county.
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Washington County
Prohibition Seen Benefiting Farmer and Worker
Representative Olger B. Burtness told the House Judiciary Committee that prohibition helped farmers by creating new markets despite some loss of wheat outlets. He argued prohibition did not hurt agriculture overall and even increased market options. Social leaders urged ending liquor by labeling drinking a nuisance, citing a poll of matrons and officials wives showing strong favor toward abstaining at functions.
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Washington
Mar
U.P
Olger B. Burtness
Grand Forks
N. C
House Judiciary Committee
Burtness
Wiashington
Ruth G. K. Strawbridge
Philadelphia
Mayhew Home Fire Damages Kitchen and Furniture
A morning fire at 921 East Washington street damaged the kitchen and spread smoke through the Ed Mayhew home. Firefighters used chemical extinguishers to control the blaze. loss, covered by insurance, is not yet estimated. The origin is under speculation.
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Ed Mayhew
East
Washington Street
Funeral of Mrs Robertson Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Pressly Robertson are set for 2 30 PM Friday at L A Jones Funeral Home conducted by Dr F W Eastwood with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery She died peacefully yesterday at 5 PM at her daughter Mrs E C Carris home 215 Bowsh Avenue DP She was 87 and longtime leader in the Women s Relief Corps in Washington Born January 5 1843 in Lafayette Ind she had taught school in Warren and Dutch Creek townships and lived with her daughter for 35 years
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Maggie Pressly Robertson
L. A Jones Funeral Home
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
E. C. Carris
BowSh Avenue
Robertson
Women's Relief Corps
Washington
Lafayette
Ind
David
Mary (Smith) Pressly
Iowa
Dublin
William Henry Robertson
Dutch Creek Township
Warren County
Carris
Stimson Foresees Major Naval Reductions
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson says the London naval conference will not fail and predicts at least 200000 tons cut in the American fleet and a larger reduction in Britain’s navy.
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London
Mar
Henry L. Stimson
Great Britain
Grass Fire Alarm Ashore On East Third Street Lot
Fire crews responded to a grass fire in the 700 block of East Third Street. Officials feared the blaze could spread to a pile of posts or nearby structures on an empty lot.
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East Third Street
Final Volleyball Results From YMCA Week
Final standings show Team 5 led by Harry Sizer defeating Team 4 led by Charles Davis. Team 1 under Lewis Warren beat Team 6 led by Dave Eeldr tapacni. Team 3 Ralph Gibson forfeited to Clarence Logan of Team 2. Postponed match between Teams 3 and 6. Annual volleyball feed scheduled for next Wednesday evening March 12.
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Harry Sizer
Chas. Davis
Lewis Warren
Dave Eeldr Tapac
Hil E A Elder
Ralph Gibson
Clarence Logan
Pet ‘Dean Ne
Nortya
Choi
Chilgren Chosen Vice Regent of Iowa DAR
Mrs G A Chilgren of Burlington selected as vice regent of the Iowa Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Des Moines on March 6. The report notes the position and the society’s ongoing activities and aims.
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Chilgren
Iowa
Des Moines
Mar
G. A. Chilgren
Burlington
Iowa Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mt Pleasant Man May Be Accused of Murdering a Cousin
Mt Pleasant, Ta March 6 Wariness of charges against Wilburt Messer hinged on Zion Messer a cousin saying he shot him three times yesterday The wounded farmer crawled a half mile before his son Orville found him The farmer believed fatally wounded accused the cousin who was ordered off his property Wilburt Messer was arrested held without charge pending the seriousness of the wounds
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Mount Pleasant
Wilburt Messer
Zion Messer
Wiourt
Orville
Wilburt
Admiral Tirpitz of Germany Dead
Berlin March 6 The former Lord High Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz died today of heart disease at Ebenhausen near Berlin He would have been 81 on March 11 A noted sea warrior he steered the German navy into a vast expansion and naval power preceding World War I His alliance with the Kaiser aided a decisive prewar program for a grand offensive at sea.
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Berlin
Alfred von Tirpitz
Germany
Ebenhausen
von Tirpitz
Syarld
VorTirpitz
Admiralty
Craiser
German Empire
von Tirnitz
Tirpitz
Not Awfully Lucky Ride Ends in Tragic Crash
In Worthing England 22 year old Owen Morgan who won a motorcycle ride by a coin flip was killed when the bike skidded into a telegraph pole.
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Worthing
England
Owen Morgan
Burlington Blackhawks edge Washington in tight junior college contest
Burlington defeated Washington 47 to 40 in a close finish to force a three way tie to decide state junior college meet placement. Four players Anderson Brooks Shach and Johnson scored key baskets in the final six minutes as Burlington earned a spot to accompany Albia to Maquoketa. The game drew about 400 fans on a neutral floor.
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Muscatine
Burlington Blackhawks
Albia
Maquoketa
Anderson
Brooks
Shach
Johnson
Burlington
Washington
Unemployment Protests Spark Global and U S Actions
Violent clashes erupt in Vienna with 1 500 Communists repulsed by police while 2 500 Paris workers stage a silent strike and London demonstrators clash near Mansion House. In Washington, about a dozen arrests occur as Congress moves to open hearings on unemployment relief championed by Senator Wagner.
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Vienna
Paris
London
Mansion House
Congress
Washington
Mar
U.P
White House
Senate Commerce Committee
Wagner
New York
Rioting erupts across cities as unrest shakes Europe and U.S.
Berlin reports lethal clashes near Unter Den Linden with one demonstrator killed and several wounded. In New York Union Square hosts a massive unemployed protest turned carnival. Boston police arrest communist official Jackson Wales after mass meeting disturbance. Pittsburgh sees internal strife among 6000 communists. injuries occur as police intervene. Bilbao reports street battles between communists and socialists with four wounded and 40 arrests.
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Berlin
Mar
U.P
Unter den Linden
West End
New York
Union Square
Boston
Mass
Jackson Wales
Communist Party
Boston Common
Pittsburgh
Mercy Hospital
Bilbao
Span
Stolen Chevrolet Recovered After Abandonment on West Main
A Chevrolet coupe owned by Louis Berane was stolen from in front of the Iowa restaurant on North Iowa Avenue around eleven last night. The car was found abandoned on West Main Street before noon today with no items missing. Sheriff officials say arrests may follow as suspects were seen.
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Louis Berane
Iowa
North
Iowa Avenue
West Main Street
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Mt. Pleasant
Admiral Tirpitz
Burtington
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