Lindbergh Family Clings to Hope for Baby Alive
In Trenton on March 18, Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh maintain faith their kidnapped 20 month old son is alive. Police focus on a possible driver of the abduction car and a New Jersey house lead while two missing servants linked to Franklin Park are arrested and questioned.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
New Jersey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Pocatello
Idaho
Newark
New York
Paul
Katie Thornburg
Ardmore
Franklin Park
Bryn Man
Merionious Mullin
Lower Merion Township
Snow Flurries Spark Brief Ground Cover
Several brief flurries this morning covered the ground for a time but melted away quickly. The light snowfall caused minor impacts and did not accumulate, with shoppers and commuters noting slick spots briefly.
Bank Robbery in Delevan Seizes $6,000 to $7,000
In Delevan Wisconsin bandits held cashier Walter Topping and his family overnight and robbed Citizens' Bank of between 6 000 and 7 000. Two attackers guarded Mrs Topping while the others drove Topping to the bank to force the safe open. Bank workers were bound and confined in a cloak room. The bandits fled in two cars or in a large sedan used to transport Topping. Mrs Topping was cuffed to a bathtub and warned the husband would be killed if police were notified.
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Delevan
Wis
INS
Walter Topping
Citizens’ Bank
Topping
Feb
Personal visitation helps West Third Street residents use want ads
Tomorrow West Third Street will host visits to show residents how to profit from want ads. The program highlights opportunities for first time users and notes many have benefited from prior sessions.
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West Third St
Thirsty Iowa Drouth Areas Urge Federal Aid
Secretary of Agriculture Thornburg appealed for federal relief for seven Iowa counties Floyd Chickasaw Howard Mitchell Worth Cerro Gordo and Franklin urging Hyde to declare drought status. He cites serious conditions and a need for cattle feed across the region.
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Des Moines
INS
Mark G. Thornburg
Iowa
Thornburg
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde
Floyd
Chickasaw
Howard
Mitchell
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Franklin
Critically Ill Drought Area Seeks Investigation
A drought impacted region requests immediate action and dispatch of a representative to investigate conditions. Authorities urge rapid on site assessment to address critical health and water shortages.
Cardinal Squad Guests at Dinner Honors Ahrens MVP
The Washington junior college Cardinals received praise for their modest conduct after a successful basketball season. Harold Ahrens was named player of the year in a vote conducted by teammates during a dinner hosted by Supt J H Peet and Coach George Freshwaters.
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Cardinal
Ahrens
Washington Junior College Cardinals
Cardinal Sijuad
Supt
J. H. Peet
Dean Harland Mead
George Freshwaters
Freshwaters
Harold Ahrens
Davenport Democrat
Charles Grayson
George McDaniel
Board of Education
A. Bb. Atchison
Guy Carlton
Cardinal Squad
Dale Kiesey
Walter Wells
Kenneth Cline
Dale Fuhr
Henry Little
Leslie Blick
Bill Kern
Ernest Marshall
Burdette Westermark
Ferdinand Skola
Floyd Tucker
Bill Shannon
Sherman Watson
Wayne Brown
Wendall Booth
LeRoy McGraw
Berne Enslin
Stanley Simpson
School Officials Meet to Discuss Countywide Cost Cuts
About 75 officials gathered at city hall to explore quantity buying for county schools to cut expenses. A committee led by Supt. E. R. Butterworth of Ainsworth will study bulk prices and meet next Tuesday at Washington high school. Rural and town groups split to discuss their needs and consider lowering high school tuition from rural districts.
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E. R. Butterworth
Ainsworth
Washington High School
A. E. Atchison
Washington School Board
Wells Elected Captain of 1932 High School Team
Curtis Wells, a senior, was elected captain at a meeting of the 1932 high school basketball squad. A captain was appointed by the coach for each game, with an honorary captain to be named at season's end. Wells played forward and guard and stood out as a steady performer all year.
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Curtis Wells
Wells
Miss Catherine Huill Returns Home for Spring Vacation
Miss Catherine Jane Huill, a University of Minnesota teacher in Minneapolis, came home for her spring vacation and will stay until Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Jane Huill
University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis
Volleyball game postponed at the Y between teams
A Thursday volleyball match at the Y between the Y team and the commercial club bowlers was postponed with no new time announced.
Rebels gain strength as Mongols join Manchurian uprising
A Mongol army of insurrectionists joins Chinese rebels in Manchuria with over 5,000 Mongols arriving from Tungliao north of Supingkai. Clashes occur near Talai and Fuyu as rebels advance northeast along the Sungari River toward Mukden, which Japanese authorities say is surrounded by more than 3,000 rebels.
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Mukden
Tungliao
Supingkai
Changchun
Sungari
Talai
Fuyu
Loon
Pasadena Majors to Play Local High School Venue
The Pasadena Majors will barnstorm next Tuesday at a local high school gym in an exhibition game arranged by Coach George Freshwaters. Proceeds go to unemployment relief. The team, fresh from a third place finish at the national AAU tournament in Kansas City, will tour Iowa before returning to Pasadena.
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Washington Junior College
Pasadena Majors
George Freshwaters
Kansas City
Chicago
Iowa
Pasadena
Central College
Pella
Men in Charge Sunday Evening at Metho Dist Church
The Metho dist church Men's club hosts Sunday evening services with Dr. W. C. Cleworth of Cedar Rapids delivering a talk titled The Seven Modern Wonders. A men's chorus sings and the address, aided by stereopticon slides, is expected to draw a large crowd.
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Methodist Church
W. C. Cleworth
Cedar Rapids
Cleworth
Popularity Contest Voting Starts Today for Europe Trip Prize
Nominations to date list twenty six new entrants from Washington and surrounding towns for a popularity contest. Names include Briva Burham Vera Darbyshire Josephine Hull Mabel McGuire and many others. One entrant was deemed ineligible for employment with the Journal office. The feature continues with additional names and eventual voting details.
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Europe
Briva Burham
Washington
Vera
Darbyshire
Josephine Hull
Mabel McGuire
Wayland
Dorothy Masson
Gladys Edwards
Journal
Miss Edwards
Participating Merchants List Names Local Firms
A long list of local businesses and shops appears, naming A. E. Atchison Brown's Super Service Blanche and Zelma's Beauty Nook E. M. Bridges & Co Dodder Wallpaper & Paint Store Evening Journal Family Shoe Store and many others including Klein Klothing Kompany Joe. The item catalogs merchants and partners in the community market.
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A. E. Atchison
Brown
Blanche & Zelma
E. M. Bridges & Co
T. S. Crone & Son
Dodder
Evening Journal Family Shoe
Farmer's Co-Operative Exchange
A. J. Franzen
C. H
Vets and drys in Beverly Hills talk politics and prose
Beverly Hills resident recalls a poem about prohibition and votes. He notes people are swayed by observation not argument and mentions John Hays Hammond and the author of Scouting on Two Continents. They discuss Africa and past travels with the author.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
John Hays Hammond
South Africa
Armstrong Dies at Brighton After Illness
Mrs R J Armstrong born 1845 in Ohio county Indiana died at 2 45 pm Thursday March 17 at her Brighton home after influenza. Funeral Saturday 2 30 pm Methodist church Rev C G Goltry officiating burial Hill Crest cemetery. Survived by three children Clarence Armstrong Hazleton Carrie Barkhoff Des Moines Rhua Helmick Brighton seven grandchildren two great grandchildren two brothers J W Myers Barton and Senator O P Myers Newton.
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Brighton
R. J. Armstrong
Cc. G. Goltry
Buriel
Hill Crest Cemetery
Ohio County
Indiana
John and
Mary Myers
Washington
W. C. Armstrong
Big Incomes Taxed Like War Times
The House voted war time surtax rates on high incomes, 153 to 87, adopting Rep Swing's amendment raising the maximum to 65 percent for incomes over 5 million. The Ways and Means plan proposed a 40 percent top rate. The chamber also raised the top rate on incomes over 8,000 from five to seven percent in a 121 to 81 vote, with further adjustments to tax brackets. A federal salary cut proposal was also noted.
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Washington
INS
House
California
Ways and Means
Representative la Guardia
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Crisp
Georgia
Debate decision favors Iowa City in high school event
Washington team argued for compulsory unemployment insurance but failed to present a definite plan. Judge Giles W Gray of the University of Iowa praised the close contest before about sixty five in the local high school auditorium. Iowa City debaters Carl Cone and Sam Saltzman defeated Washington speakers Donald Welsh and Eugene Thomas under coach J A Taylor.
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Iowa City
Washington Iowa City
Giles W. Gray
University of Iowa
Washington
Donald Welsh
Eusgene Thomas
J. A. Taylor
Iowa
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James A. Reed
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Rochester
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Art Anderson
Washington National Bank
City National Bank
Clinton
Martin Eckland
Arvid Flood
W. A.) Anderson
Clinton Bank
Mississippi River
Iowa State Prison
Anamosa
Harl Jeffries
Cliff Edwards
Edward Morris
Lester Stanley
Helen Schoonover
Lois Holland
Wyman
la Vera Perrin
Kalona
Verna Palmer
Mae Mangold
Isabelle Davis
Alice £. Poole
Alice Wolfe
Mildred Patterson
Mildred J. Brown
Irene Mitchell
Rawfordsville
Helen Huston
Crawfordsville
Estelle Davidson
West Chester
Ruth “Wilson
Kathleen Coffey
Esther Booth
Margaret Adrian
Keota
Elizabeth Goodlander
Wash
Alice Wead
Francis Boyd
Marguerite Reister
Joog Hiair Law
Edith Carris
Vnne Knottnerus
Mabel M. Hornung
Lemmon‘s Pharmacy
Will Roge
Me Roperte
McNaught
Ington
George Hardy
Paramount Theatre
Mercy Hospital
Fred Weber
Davenport
Washington Merchants
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