Haugen Sets New Record for Length of Service in House
Representative Gilbert N Haugen of Iowa set a new record for continuous service in the U S House with 33 years and 264 days. He entered Congress in December 1899 and is serving his 17th term.
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Haugen
Washington
Gilbert N Haugen
Iowa
House of Representatives
Henry Harrison Bingham
Pennsylvania
Haughen
Congress
David B. Henderson
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Henderson
Ife
Reed
Joe Cannon
Roosevelt
American Pilot Killed in Ecuador Crash
Winfield Hale, a California aviator on a South American tour in a single seater, was killed when his plane crashed on a beach five miles north of Bahia Ecuador. He had previously damaged the craft in a forced landing in Colombia last week. Will Stevenson is reported in very poor health. Mr and Mrs Emil True of Los Angeles visited briefly with Mrs Chrissinger, their mother, on their way home from Denmark.
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Bahia
Ecuador
Winfield Hale
California
South America
Here
Hale
Colombia
Emil True
Los Angeles
Calif
E. W. Chrissinger
Denmark
Governor Seeks Aid for Storm Damaged Alabama Areas
The governor requested federal and state assistance as the Alabama storm left nearly 3,000 injured and about 10,000 homeless. National guardsmen helped in Northport where 29 people died, while wards at the University of Alabama buildings served as makeshift hospitals. Counted casualties rose as searchers continued through wreckage.
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National Guardsmen
Northport
College Buildings
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Warrior River
School Pupils Have Assembly at Junior High
Junior high students heard Evangelist Loren E Pecaut speak on Use Your Head and enjoyed a school orchestra performance under Miss Helen Coffey. Orchestra members included Betty Jones Miriam Palmer Audrey Peet Naomi Wilson Bertha Mae Reinert Virginia Kephart Pauline Snider Nora Blick Edward Tucker and others.
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Loren E. Pecaut
Helen Coffey
Betty Jones
Miriam Palmer
Audrey Peet
Naomi Wilson
Bertha Mae Reinert
Virginia Kephart
Pauline Snider
Nora Blick
Edward Tucker
Ruth Dupuis
Pauline Hamil
Floyd Kerr
Phillip Hendricks
Elizabeth Thorne
June Gorham
Frances Hays
Marie Waggoner
Faye Ellen Phitlips
Kathryn Vacha
Mary Westphal
Martha Ann Mace
Irene Geyer
Leona Jones
Loretta Ballew
Helen Pullen
Zeppelin Draws Near Brazil Today
The German dirigible Graft Zeppelin neared Brazil as it flew over Fernando de Noronha off the northeast coast, marking a late stage in its voyage. The report notes observed coordinates and time in local and celestial measures as the airship progresses toward its destination.
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Rio DE Janlerro
Ins
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Ten Years Ago Today at the Post Office Ailment Fades
Joe Melinski, a post office janitor, is back up town after a six weeks battle with rheumatism. The item notes a Julia King Candy Special for the weekend and lists wall paper remnants for sale. Weather shows generally fair tonight with increasing clouds on Thursday.
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Joe Melinski
Hoover Endorsed by Republicans in State Convention
Republican delegates at the Iowa state convention pledged support for Herbert Hoover for renomination and urged budget cuts to balance expenditures. They emphasized farm relief, tariff changes, and fiscal restraint while avoiding any stance on prohibition.
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Hoover
United States
Land of America
Prairies
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Republian Party
Congress
Here's how trip to Europe opens
The journal announces a popular girl contest with voting deadlines for Monday's paper. Miss Washington, winner of the Most Popular Girl, departs June 10 from Chicago for a four week Europe cruise aboard the S S Duchess of Bedford after rail and ship transfers through Detroit and Montreal. Readers may nominate candidates by Saturday and send 1000 free votes to start a winner’s campaign.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Miss Washington
Canada
Europe
Journal
Central Station
Michigan Central
Canadian Pacific
Detroit
Toronto
Montreal
Washington
S. S. Duchess of Bedford
Western Union
Dad
Jim
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Claims Spark Fury in France
A Paris newspaper published a sensational interview alleging the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped by Mexicans in revenge for the late Ambassador Morrow’s oil well dispute. The report lists numerous Washington and Keota residents as named respondents in the alleged interview.
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Nice
France
Kelair Eru du Soir
Today
Medican
Morrow
The Hapsburg Curse Says Insanity Tied To Intermarriage
A historical note asserts the Hapsburg curse is a form of insanity linked to in termarriage within the Hapsburg family. It frames mental illness as an inherited condition tied to dynastic unions.
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Hapsburg
Local visitors and a car crash near Mt Pleasant
Mrs Williams travels to Muscatine for her brother Will Greenway s death. Francis Haney handles shoe repair for Welch Moore. Mrs Wittetoe of Harper and Mrs Rinner with son Donald shop here. Dave Blumenfeld of Cincinnati and Carl Kaufman of St Louis visit on business. Kaufman s Pontiac damaged in a crash near Mt Pleasant with no injuries. Russell Parsons and family of Fairfield and Yaro Sojka from northeast of Washington also visit.
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Walter Williams
Muscatine
Will Greenway
Francis Haney
Welch Moore
J. R. Wittetoe
Harper
JL. H. Rinner
Donald
Noble
Dave Blumenfeld
Cincinnati
Carl Kaufman
St Louis
Mt. Pleasant
Kaufman
Russell Parsons
Fairfield
Yaro Sojka
Washington
Caps to be disposed if unclaimed at library auction
Auctioneer PD L Macon of Washington announces ten caps left in the library hall will be disposed of if not claimed by week end. Washington High School male quartet and junior college male quartet to perform as a double quartet at a pre Easter church service in Ainsworth with accompanist Miss Helen Coffey.
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PD. l. Macon
Washington
Iowa
Washington High School
Ainsworth
Helen Coffey
Auto Insurance
Orr & Ross
Miss Gertrude Hammer Heads to Lincoln for Visit
Miss Gertrude Hammer traveled from Iowa City on the six o clock plane to Lincoln Nebraska aiming to arrive by 9 50 for a visit with friends. She is noted as taking the flight yesterday.
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Gertrude Hammer
Iowa City
Lincoln
Nebr
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