Waterways Plan Aims Early Completion for Nine Foot Channel
Washington May 3 United Press reports General Edgar Jadwin chief of army engineers and Lee Good reviewed inland waterways and river harbors progress mapping a plan for early completion of the nine foot channel from the lakes to Cairo. They said most waterways projects will soon be under contract with $12 million of $56 million needed for the six foot Kansas City to Stony Point Missouri river stretch already appropriated. Authorities favor concentrating expenditures on one river segment rather than starting at both ends.
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Good
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Con
United Press
Nine Foot
The
Lakes
Cairo
Kansas City
Stony City
Congress
Tests of concrete on No 2 pavement reveal thinner core depth
Reports by W P Rawn show concrete laid seven inches deep per specifications but core samples from the Washington to Keokuk county stretch averaged 7.21 inches, about 103 percent of required depth. Cores were tested at intervals after paving, with notes on pour dates and uniform depth.
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Gineer W. P. Rawn
Eneineer
State Highway Commissions
Washington
Keokuk County
Mr. Rawna
Department of Materials and Tests
Arrest pair with truckload of booze seized
P Bertrand and Albert Elliott were arrested at Levey, Ja, after a truckload of alleged alcohol was seized. They posted $800 bonds and pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Minnie George, arrested with them, was not charged. Confiscation proceedings on 320 gallons of Manor restarted in district court.
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P. Bertrand
Albert Elliott
Levey
Liberty
Minnie George
City Marbles Final Games on Saturday
Final matches to determine the city marble championship and grade school winner are scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The event will pair top players from Washingers and junior high divisions as identified by the local Y M C A amid ongoing district playoff actions.
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City Marbles
Erade
Wit Acheson
Bors
Helehts
Ainsworth
Washington
Gypsies Hankering For Des Moines Stay Causes Uproar
Des Moines police chief cites spring trouble as gypsies camp near the city. Residents report missing chickens and clothes while the group shifts from fortune telling to phrenology. The tribe refuses to move, Easter ceremonies continue, and the chief wears his hat to keep his own fate hidden.
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Jants
NEW AND HEAVIER STEEL FOR BRANCH
The Keokuk Des Moines branch will receive 80 pound rail between Keokuk and Sigourney as part of a long deferred replacement project. The Rock Island line voyage, led by Superintendent A. T Dew Moines, lists staff including Abbott and Con, with inspectors and engineers noted among the traveling party. The work aims to extend rail coverage from Oskaloosa to Rock Island, Washington, once gaps are filled.
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Terese
Lele Tee Igemei
Keokuk-Des Moines
Keokuk
Fidon
Sevesars
Oskaloosa
Rome
Ite
Sigourney
Rock Island
Washington
Wee St
Dew Moines
Stooilan
P. Con
Robe Stiu
McShane Weling Freleht
F.C. Filetine
B.C Son
Pe Annea Ensinerr
D. I Scottit
D. Stone
Pat Mora
Rioters Shot in Berlin as Rioting Spreads
Berlin reports at least 16 killed and many wounded this afternoon in the Nenkoelin district as rioters clash with police. Police use aircraft to locate shooters on roofs, raid houses, and seal streets while declaring a semimilitary Red Front ration. Officials say fighting began midweek with 15 dead and about 200 wounded overall.
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Berlin
Nenkoelin
Strassen
Ann Hilock
North End
Funeral for Green Held Sunday at Methodist Church
Ainsworth area observer reports John Green accidentally killed while working on a McCarthy Improvement road project one mile west of Ainsworth. Funeral service set for 2:20 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist Church, burial at Elm Stove cemetery. Coroner and jury found death accidental due to a fractured skull from a broken handle on a lift wheel. Witnesses included Claude Voight and others. Mr Green employed by Davenport firm.
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John
Ainsworth
Elm Stove
McCarthy Improvement Company
Davenport
Claude Voight
John Sullivan
Adolph Kokel
Wayne Ray
D. Jenkins
Dr. Mahin
Wealthy Grocer Is Given Prison Term
In Chicago in May, Franko Kanowski a wealthy wholesale ra cer was sentenced to one year in Leavenworth plus a $10,000 fine for providing sugar and cans to bootleg operators. Ugo Ferous Candoni Piccoll confessed to bootlegging, each receiving $10,000 fines and prison terms of eighteen months or one year and a day. James Green of Davenport aided United States marshals in the case and drew a one year term. Federal Judge Fred Wham presided. Kanowski was found guilty by a jury.
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Chicago
Franko Kanowski
Leavenworth
Duge
la Satte
Ugo Ferous
Candoni Piccoll
James Green
Davenport
United States
Fred Wham
Unbanowski
Washington pioneer Mrs Av Stephens dies at home
Mrs Av He Stephens age unknown died at 12 35am at her daughter’s home southeast of Washington after a late decline. Funeral services will be held Saturday at three o clock at the Jones funeral home conducted by Rev A Mr Malcolm of Albia and Rev H J Orr of Allerton with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Born October 1 1844 in Ashland county Ohio she married Alexander Stephens in 1868 and lived on a farm southeast of Washington for years. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Anna Hionis Somer Vis Mrs Wilcolm Montgomery Crawfordsville and Mrs Catherine Wilson plus one son Bord Johens of southeast of town and brother A J Daweon of Washington. Burial arrangements and nieces and other relatives noted.
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Av He Stephens
Washington
Malcom Montgomery
Allerton
Barlat
Elm Grove
Matilda
Jame Dawson
Ashland County
Ohio
Matthew
Ann’ M
Adair) Dawson
Alexander
Stephens
Pak
District YS Men Convening This Weekend in Iowa
Messages from Y's Men's clubs statewide reached the local unit by wire as the sixth district convention in Iowa opens here. About a hundred attendees are expected for tomorrow's banquet with Claud Tucker presiding. A volleyball tournament follows, plus golf outings at the country club in the afternoon. Registration starts tomorrow at 1:30 with L. W. Soule in charge. Sunday after breakfast at the Y, Warren D. Healy, long-time physical director and government advisor, is the featured speaker.
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Iowa
Claud Tucker
Tomorrrow
L. W. Soule Barge
Warren D. Healy
Cold wave follows deadly tornadoes in the South
United Press reports a strengthening cold wave worsens storm damage across Virginia Florida Alabama Arkansas Tennessee. Death toll rises to nine with 16 children and a teacher killed in Rye Cove Virginia schoolhouse wreck. Weather turns bitter with temperatures 16 to 30 degrees below normal east of the Mississippi.
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United Press
Virginia
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Mason-Dixon Line
Rye Cove
North Carolina
Georgia
Rotary Meeting in Washington With Business Delegates
Visitors including bankers publishers and commercial groups gather in Washington for a Rotary session. J W Zerte will address community building topics, followed by an afternoon program with notable speakers and regional delegates from Iowa counties. Burma’s address titled Whither Burma precedes a convention forum and a joint church service at United Presbyterian. Governor Herrick oversees the business session at the Y dining room. Will Gibson travels to MaxwelTown for a short family visit.
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Washington
Rotary
Noo
J. W. Zerte
Vier Pressder
Town Association of Commercial Organization
J. J. Pollock
Star Association
Iowa Association
Burma
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Des Moines
United Prebyterian Church
Allan Herrick
Sunday School Officers Elected at State Convento Iowa
Sunday school convention in Iowa elected new officers led by Rev W R Keesey of Ottumwa as president and Rev F J Reibard of Marion Woods Des Moines as vice president The executive committee includes W G Burris Des Moines R M Wilson Sac City Gertrude Decker Mason City Clyde D Proudfoot Indianola W R Johnson Davenport and James Schramm Burlingame
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Sac City
Gertrude Decker
Mason City
Clyde D. Proudfoot
Indianola
W. R. Johnson Davit
James Schramm
Burlins
Travel by boat on Iowa River to Columbus Junction
May 2 report from Louisa describes Attorney Edwin Hicktin and his stenographer Mrs Lea Campbell traveling by motor boat from Wapello to Columbus Junction due to poor road conditions. They went up the Iowa River and Short Creek in about fifty minutes, against the current.
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Iowa
Louisa
Columbus Junction
Wapello
Edwin Hicktin
Lea Campbell
Mondey
Iowa River
Short Creek
Learn to Swim at Y Next Week Across Washington Area
The Y M C A announces free learn to swim lessons for boys aged nine to fifteen at the awaiting pool from May 6 to May 11 with sessions daily at four and a special 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Dr W F Eastwood heads the instruction with assistants and rewards include Red Cross medals for completing the length. Summer membership rates are posted: nine to eleven year olds $1.79, twelve to fifteen $2.50, fifteen to eighteen $3.50.
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Washington
Y.C. A
Out of Town
Ineteueti
Eastwood
Roya
Red Cross
Teskal
M.C. A. God
Near Freezing Again Last Night Remains evident
The report notes last night’s minimum near freezing at 25 degrees, two degrees above the prior night’s 40 degree low. Sun returned today after several cloudy days and forecasts hint at milder temperatures. April rainfall totaled 6.09 inches across eighteen days, with a low of 1st and a high of 87 on the 4th.
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Ieral
Nehes
Fon
Decreased Railroad Rate Is Secured
President Hoover pressed relief for western wheat producers with three weeks of talks. Eastern trunk lines cut wheat freight from Buffalo to Atlantic by two cents a bushel and Kansas City Southern cut seven cents per hundred pounds to boost exports. Canada may retaliate with rate cuts between Montreal and Atlantic ports, tightening the global grain market pressure as a 909 million bushel carryover looms and storage fills.
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Hoover
Eastern Trunk Line
Buffalo
Atlantic
Kansas City Southern
Liverpool
West
Canada
Toronto
Battaly
Montreal
Canadian Atlantic
Western
E W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Washington high school glee clubs fail to place at Iowa City
Supt J H Peet reports neither Washington high school glee club placed in the state music contest at Iowa City this morning. Although both clubs won sub-district and district honors earlier, neither was named for the finals. Clifford Reinert won district cornet solo but finished fourth at Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Supt
J. H. Peet
Washington High School Glee Club
Washington
Fairfield
Washingon High
Rio
Clifford Reinert
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