Night baseball lights up Des Moines arena for first game
Des Moines and Wichita clubs inaugurate Western League night baseball under giant floodlights. E. L. Keyser leads the project with 40,000,000 candlepower to illuminate the field while NBC plans a 8:30 p.m. broadcast. Mayor Crouch proclaims a city holiday as crowds expected.
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Des Moines
Wichita
E. L. Keyser
Keyser
Eastern
Keyerr
de Moin
Parker L. Crouch
Will Rogers
Dayon Grove Social Notes and Visits Report
Dayton Grove May news details visits by Harold Angstead family and Mrs Lloyd Bogartus from Fairfield. Measles cases rise briefly with some patients improving. West Chester high senior class toured Fort Madison and Keokuk. Local visits include Mr Hazel Wymore and Mrs Nola Johnson. Farl Wymore hosts Kinrose visitors. Meantime J B Moore works at Mrs Daniels tenant house in West.
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Dayton Grove
Harold Angstead
Lloyd Bogartus
Fairfield
Walter Leet
Earl Wymore
J. A. Walker
Wellman
West Chester High School
Misseg Margaret Ferguson
Letha Dayton
Mildred Leet
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Martha Walker
Bruce Moore
Hazel Wymore
Nola Johnson
Lodge
West Chester
Farl Wymore
Kinrose
Martin
J. B. Moore
Pleasant Hill Social News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Sam Baker and children visited Farl Kephart on Sunday in Pleasant Hill. Mrs Earl Kephart attended a college banquet Monday evening. Glenn Pratt is ill with mumps. Ladies attended the farm bureau women's exhibit Tuesday at the city hall and found Mrs Richardson's talk interesting. Morris Bleese is having a siege of merely. A B Carr and Roy Kephart delivered cattle to Frank Soukup Tuesday.
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Pleasant Hill
Sam Baker
Farl Kephart
Earl Kephart
Glenn Pratt
Farm Bureau
City Hall
Richardson
Morris Bleese
A. B. Carr
Roy Kephart
Frank Soukup
Woman 6'4" grows taller, seeks help to stop
In Klausenburg Romania a 28 year old woman who already stands six feet four inches tall visits the Municipal hospital begging the chief doctor to help her halt further growth.
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Klausenburg
Romania
Klangenburg
Brighton News Notes From Nearby Towns
Brighten notes include Paul Sweitzer visiting from Cornell, teachers and residents visiting relatives, and local movements. Washington visits, purchases of property, Des Moines track meet poison cases, road work plans, and a planned Oakwood pavilion dance. DeMolay groups and town gatherings are mentioned along with exams at Franklin Center and Grant school pupils.
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Lester Mac
Franklin Township
Franklin Center
Charles
Mildred Anderson
Grant School
Wellman Gossip Notes Iowa Trip Politics and Planting
Eeardley Bell Jr drove to Iowa City on Friday night taking the train to Chicago and returned Saturday. He praises the G. T. i. P. Ry for long trips and notes past auto trips. The column laments shrinking political interest with potential voter turnout under 76 percent. Local social and farming updates follow with visits from Clearman Mackey and others, crop growth, dry spells, and a tractor planting corn in Dutch Creek Township.
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Eeardley Bell, Jr
Iowa City
Chicago
Hayes
U. S
L. Cc. W. Clearman
Wellman
Clearman
E. H. Mackey
Hilda
Marengo
Prudie Rhoades
H. L. Rockwell
West Liberty
K. B. Bidwell
Cedar Rapids
Parlor City
Orland Robinson
E. J. Morrow
Howard Dorrance
Parnell
Howard
Harl McCarty
McCarty
E. C. Hambright
F. C. Schroeder
Washington
Dutch Creek Township
Eardley Bell, Jr
Local notes from Bethel and surrounding area
Bethel correspondent reports visits by Mr and Mrs Charley Brown and others, a house fire killing 175 chicks, and relatives from Havre and Manchester visiting at Dell Walker’s home. Rain returns, corn planting awaits warmth, poultry markets show bull stock prices around 135 per hundred. Attendees mention farm bureau meeting in Fairfield and Achievement Day at Washington city hall with praise for Maxwell and helpers.
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Bethel
Charley Brown
Donald Brown
Art Rathmel
Caroline Tucker
Havre
Dell Walker
Oscar v Lawson
Manchester
Walker
Donald Tucker
Rennie Dawson
Vernon Willing
Palmer Natenery
Bullon Bull Rock
Brighton
Homer Bitney
Fairfield
Farm Bureau
H. P. Wilson
Trumer Hirney
James and
Richara
John Crone
Kennie Dawson
Franklin Center Farm Social Notes and School News
Franklin Township reports Ernestine Embree, Robert Turnip cech and Robert Macon back at school after mumps. Joan Campbell remains out. Fred Lowe now lives on Lou Embree’s former place. Mrs. Jess Campbell papered three rooms for Mrs. Joe Embree. Carl Hardin papered one at the Meeks home. Achievement day by farm bureau ladies and a 4H gathering featured in the community.
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Franklin Township
Ernestine Embree
Robert Turnipcech
Robert Macon
Joan Campbell
Fred Lowe
Lou Embree
Jess Campbell
Joe Embree
Carl Hardin
Meeks
Farm Bureau
City Hall
Jack Frazier
George
Cedar Rapids
Dale Atkinson
Alice Meeks
Jesse Meeks
Ainsworth
Charlie Churchill
Meeks & Coffey
Local Family News From STRINGTOWN Area
In STRINGTOWN April 29 mss Rosalie Widmer helps with housework at the P P Graber home near Crawfordsville. Mrs L H Rinner and Mrs John Alliman visited Emer son Witting home Thursday afternoon. Peter Widmer planted five acres of corn last week. Mr and Mrs Joe Widmer and others visited Washington Tuesday. Fiex Swan’s called in Washington Saturday night. Noah Widmer and Pete W Widmer were in Mt Pleasant Saturday. Several local families shared meals and visits including the Rich, Graber, Wenger, Widmer, Yoder, and Reschley households. Washington shoppers were seen Monday morning.
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Stringtown
Rosalie Widmer
P. P. Graber
Crawfordsville
L. H. Rinner
John Alliman
Emerson Witting
Peter Widmer
Joe Widmer
Ora
Mabel Graber
Washington
Fiex Swan
Noah Wi
Installation Service For New Crawfordsville Presbyterian Pastor
April 30 report from Crawfordsville notes Rev. G W Pool visited Des Moines for hospital days while Rev S F Wenger began his pastorate after installation services hampered by rain. Constitu- tion questions were answered by Wenger as Dr F W Eastwood preached. attendees included Rev W H Parker and Rev A N Porter with choir performances and a reception following.
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Rawfordsville
G. W. Pool
Des Moines
Wfe
Nora
Lulu Brownlee
Shannon City
A. N. Porter
Mt. Pleasant
Presbyterian
Rendall
Muscatine
S. F. Wenger
W. H. Parker
Cotter
F. W. Eastwood
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Ruxbaum
Bert Orris
Eoes
Gervik
Wenger
T. H. Barnes
Louise
Ruth
Maude
Monmouth
Ill
Earle Barnes
Barnes
M's
Christine Spears
Miss Mae Winebricht
Handel
Miss Spears
Mendelssohn
Rose
Franz
Bayan
Schuhbert
MacFayden
Spears Dinotisteg
Bert Eae Ee Curran
Hamblen
Nkws
R. Cc. McCleary
W.H. Parker
Hugh J. Davis
Elizabeth
Hoover to form commission on cause and cures of depressions
President Hoover announced plans to appoint a commission to study causes and remedies of economic depressions, including the stock market crash, in a speech before the United States Chamber of Commerce. He emphasized near-stability of the crisis and urged unity for rapid recovery. The chamber had just opposed government cooperative marketing aid for farmers.
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Washington
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Candidate for Board of Supervisors Seat in 1931
The message announces J. D. Hamill as a candidate for the Board of Supervisors for the term starting January 1 1931, stating the candidate’s intent following Republican voters wishes. The note appears as a political declaration with date reference and public-spirited aim.
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Board of Supervisor
J. D. Hamil
Political Sheriff Candidate Announces Run in June Primaries
The hopeful states he is a county sheriff candidate subject to Republican voters in the June primaries. Webb Dayton 81litfeed Washington lodge No. 26 will meet at Brookharts office Friday at 8 p.m. A plan proposed by Mr. Hoover calls for broad examination of market stability and possible preventive and remedial measures, with a future move to organize a representative body of business economics labor and agriculture to undertake the task if approved.
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F. C. Schroeder
Eardley Bell, Jr
Washington
Oakwood Pavilion
Wellman
Iowa City
Carmide Crossett
Waukeshaw
Wis
Carmi
Hoover
Washington Lodge No
Brookharts
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Ellanore’ Vincent
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L. E. Helmick
Ira Schafer
Ruth Edwards and
Tetty
Edward
Mediapodics
J. F. Frain
Matt Stone
Esther Stone
Dell Kyle
Gladys
Otto Lamansky
Neal Whisler
Gasawey
Robert Edwards
Burlington
Tri T’s
Clara Kraemer
Clem Brier
Wilkins
Jessie Walters
Gladys Peters
Davenport
Is. Wilkins
Clara Brier
Broken Bony Neh
C. G. Pickins
Jeanette
Fred Wanerus
Ralph
California
Oskaloosa
Helen Rich
Nellie Manners
President Hoover
Commission
United States
Webb Dayton
Westinghouse
Humphrey
Iowa
Southern Utilities Company
Washington, Iowa
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