Three Girls Lead In Europe Trip Vote Contest
Heavy voting continues for a free Europe trip as Mildred Brown tops with 1,099,950 votes followed by Elsie Glassburner and Mildred Craig over one million each. Mary Pauls Mary Dougall and Mary L Barnes also large vote depositors as merchants offer triple votes in final days.
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Europe
Mildred Brown
Elsie Glassburner
Mildred Craig
Washington
Journal
Mary Dougall
Mary Pauls
Miss Dougall
Mary L. Barnes
Crawfordsville
Wash
Wass
Mildred Patterson
Ies
Mae Mangold
Eva Burham
Dorothy Soukup
Riv
Alice Poole
Eva Diller
Marguerite Reister
SBS Tee
Helen Carson
Dorothy Masson
Anne A. Knottnerus
Alice Wolfe
Marguerite Hunsaker
Iy Se
Verna Palmer
Virginia Mirgon
Wet candidates lead in Ohio primary tallies
Columbus Ohio May 11. David Ingalls led the Republican governor race by over 30 000 votes with 199 298 to Clarence J Brown 167 121 from 6143 precincts. Bettman led Tauber for senate 179 52 to 119 975, White led Ross for governor, and Harold Gray became manager of the Standard Oil station on East Washington Street.
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Columbus
INS
David
Ingalls
United States
Gilbert Bettman
Louis Taber
Bettman
Joseph Coxey
Massillon
George White
Galen Star Ross
White
Ross
Harold Gray
Standard Oil
East Washington Street
Harold
Oil and
Thousands Taking Academic Tests in State High Schools
About 60,000 Iowa pupils are taking tests for the University of Iowa academic contest on June 6 and 7 in Iowa City. Over 1,000 finalists will compete in seventeen branches of scholarship with a championship trophy for the top school by average. Eleven official events include Algebra Latin general science biology and American history among others.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Becauss
EF .F. Lindquist
Kittenball League Debuts With Monday Matches
Preliminary kittenball games will run Monday at 6 pm at the Troop F drill field with three diamonds. Second Ward meets Cavalry, Third Ward faces Fourth Ward, and First Ward plays Button Factory. A 10 cent registration funds balls and bats. league leadership includes managers, captains, and Leigh Soule of the Y. Miss Frances Thomas had an appendectomy at Washington County Hospital.
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Troop F
Cavalry
Button Factory
James
Leigh Soule
Frances Thomas
Washington County Hospital
Summer Roundup at Valley on May 13
The pre school roundup and Play Day at Valley in Dutch Creek invites parents to bring children aged two to six for a free physical examination. The county health unit will conduct the exams at Kalona school on May 16 at 2 00 PM for Kalona Richmond and English River townships, and at Jackson Center and West Chester schools on May 18 for respective townships.
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Valley In Dutch Creek
County Health Unit
Valley
Kalona
Richmond
English Rier Township
Jackson Center
Jackson Township
West Chester
Franklin Township
National Hospital Day Observed At Washington County Hospital
Washington County Hospital plans Open House from 10:00 to 17:00 with tours led by staff. A 2:15 to 2:30 musical program at the nurses home precedes Miss Marjorie Burgess lecture on Some Needs of the Young Child. Visiting babies examined at 2:30 in the nurses home basement. Public urged to attend.
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Washington County Hospital
Marjorie Burgess
Child Welfare Research Station
Town City
Ty. W. Co. A
Escape From Jail in Marengo Inmates Break Free in Stolen Car
Two prisoners escaped from the Marengo county jail using a crowbar and hacksaw then fled in a car stolen from the sheriff's garage. The escapees were Ray Castelline, 29, from Des Moines and Carl Rothenbuscher, 20, from Low a County.
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Marengo
Iowa
INS
Ray Castelline
Des Moines
Carl _Rothenbuscher
Lowa
Two-Year-Old Dies In Gasoline Fire Accident
In Marshalltown Iowa on May 11 a two year old girl died when a kitchen stove fire started by attempting to Brighten Up the blaze with gasoline spread fueled flames. Mr. and Mrs. George Mull endured severe burns as they and neighbor Jean Marie Hancock tried to extinguish the fire.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Brighton
George Mull
Jean Marie Hancock
P. E. O. Meeting Opens in Council Bluffs
The 40th annual Iowa state P. E. O. Sisterhood convention opened in Council Bluffs with about 250 delegates. After registration, the conven tion proper began last night. Mrs Wiona E B Reeves gave the principal address on New Frontiers.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iowa State
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Wiona EB. Reeves
Local Nurses Address Iowa City Nursing Students
Miss Hilkea Jacobs county health nurse and Miss Laura Einspahr city school nurse spoke to the senior class at the University hospital training school in Iowa City on Red Cross activities. Jacobs discussed Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick while Einspahr spoke on The Red Cross During War Time and shared overseas World War I experiences.
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Hilkea Jacobs
Laura Kinspahr
University Hospital Training School
Iowa City
American Red Cross
Miss Jacobs
Miss Einspahr
Red Cross
County Club Women Convene Forenoon Talks at United Presbyterian
The county federated women’s club met at the United Presbyterian church with about fifty attendees. Highlights included two added talks by Mrs Harold D Barnes on drama and Miss Mathilda Berg on The Making of Books, plus reports from Fortnightly club departments and a Salem group play to be staged.
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Federated Women’s Club
Harold D. Barnes
Burlington
State Federation
Mathilda Berg
United Presbyterian Church
L. C. Miller
W. @ Vlub
Wellman
Reaney
Sorosis Club
Ainsworth
C. Monson
Crawfordsville
Mellinger
Alpha Club
Kalona
Carl Roberts
Nineteenth Century Club
Washington
J. A. Porter
N. M. Speidel
William Graf
Leigh W. Soule
American Home Department
M. C. Delong
Carolyn Hamilton
CC. S. Williams
T. K Gillespie
Howard Crozier
A. Anderson
Salem
Henry County
Wayland
Emil Hesselschwerdt
R G. Cherry
Anna Dawson
Miss Dawson
N. M Speidel
W. J. Masson
E. I. Coffey
Dirigible Akron Rides Out Storm
Two men were killed when the Akron broke loose from its moorings at Camp Kearney California and was dragged into the air by land ropes as winds tore the mooring lines. The Navy dirigible had been passing through Carriso Gorge on its transcontinental flight from Lakehurst New Jersey and planned to land at Camp Kearney to replenish fuel.
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United States Marines
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Akron
California
Camp Kearney
San Diego
Calif
San Didgo
Cal
Carriso Gorge
Navy
Charles Rosendahl
Spanish War Vets Pick Delegate List
At a meeting of Albert M Huffcamp Spanish American War Veterans T H Barnes Harry M Crone and W L Graves were elected delegates to the state convention to be held at Sioux City June 1922 Claude Reister Lee Lamb and James Baird were chosen alternates C A Neiswanger was elected delegate to the national convention to be held at Milwaukee August 21 25 with Walter Crawford as alternate
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Albert M. Huffcamp
T. H. Barnes
Harry M. Crone
W. L. Graves
Sioux City
Claude Reister
Lee Lamb
James Baird
C. A. Neiswanger
Milwaukee
Walter Crawford
Winter Wheat Crop At 75.1 Percent May 1 Forecast
U S crop reports show winter wheat at 75.1 percent of normal on May 1 with an estimated yield of 13.7 bushels per acre from 2 277 000 acres in cultivation totaling about 440 781 000 bushels. Rye is 83.2 percent of normal with a forecast of 9 464 000 bushels. hay condition 78.3 percent. early potatoes 69.8 percent. oats 60.2 percent and peaches 34.2 percent, with production not indicated.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Gardening program speakers discuss seed time cultivation and harvest
Talks were given by Mrs. D. J. Guengerich of the Alpha club Kalona on Seed Time, by Miss Margaret Davidson of the Wednesday study club Crawfordsville on Cultivation, and by Mrs. Harold Ross of the W. Q W. club Wellman on Harvesting.
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D. J. Guengerich
Alpha Club
Kalona
Margaret Davidson
Crawfordsville
Harold Ross
Wellman
Notable comments on Darrow and Bryan from Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills a speaker recalls Charles Darrow and William Jennings Bryan as ahead of their times. He notes Darrow’s popularity in Honolulu and Chicago, and mentions lifelong admiration between the two reformers and their shared belief in the underdog.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Massie
Honolulu
Darrow
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Corn Planting In State Delayed By Wet Weather
Des Moines Iowa May 11 1940 corn planting in Iowa was delayed by heavy rainfall in the past week according to federal meteorologist Charles D Reed. Warm rains boosted vegetation and pastures improving crops for livestock though northern counties saw little planting. He notes an average weekly rainfall of 1.6 inches implying about 9.6 days delay with excessive rains in southwest and northwest counties causing erosion and further delays. Livestock and pastures show rapid improvement. sheep shearing is under way.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Northwest
Glenwood
Millis County
Postville
Allamakee
Postponed Christ ian Fundamentals Lecture At Trinity Church
The weekly lecture on Christian Fundamentals at Trinity Lutheran Church has been moved to Thursday evening at 8 15 due to an afternoon announcement by Rev Tl C Meibohm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Cutheran Church
Tl. C. Meibohm
Four Die In Interurban Crash Near Des Moines
Death toll rises to four from April 27 crash when B. J. Davis 88 of Ames dies. The other victims were Margaret Nugent 21 of Des Moines O W Larson 37 of Ames and Peryl Ann Lemay 21 of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
B. J. Davis
Ames
Davis
Sixth Avenue
Margaret Nugent
W. Larson
Peryl Ann Lemay
Dickinson of Iowa Helps on Measure
The senate economy committee and house leaders began drafting a bill to cut 230 million dollars from federal costs as part of President Hoover's program. Senators Jones Bingham Dickinson McKellar Bratton Byrnes and reps McDuffie Ramseyver Cochran Douglas met Hoover. progress remained undisclosed.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House
Hover
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Jowans
Hoover
Jones
Bingham
Dickinson
McKellar
Bratton
Byrnes
McDuffie
Alabama
Ramseyver
Iowa
Cochran
Missouri
Douglas
Arizona
Milo Reno Speech on Farmers' Holiday in City Meeting
Milo Reno will speak Friday evening at a local meeting to discuss the Farmers' Holiday. The venue will be announced tomorrow.
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Milo Reno
Officers of Washington Y M C A Elected by Board
At the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Washington Y M C A all officers from last year were re elected. Named are D D Sherman president Orville Elder vice president D J Ross secretary and Leslie Dunlap treasurer.
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Washington Y. M. C. A
D. D. Sherman
Orville Elder
D. J. Ross
Leslie Dunlap
Pasch Funeral Held Today near Keota
Brief funeral services were conducted at three o’clock this afternoon at Sherman's funeral home for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Paul Pasch of northeast of Keota. The death occurred last evening at Washington county hospital. Rev T C Meibohm and Rev G Schroeder led the rites. Interment followed at Woodlawn cemetery.
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Sherman
Paul Pasch
Keota
Washington County Hospital
T. C. Meibohm
Trinity Lutheran Church
G. Schroeder
Wellman
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harold Johnson Death Shocks Creston Community
Harold L. Johnson died suddenly at the Hotel Fontanelle in Omaha. The cause is unknown but suspected heart disease. Johnson was a Morton Salt salesman and was well known to locals who had hosted him on many visits. Mrs. Manton Hebner was called to Creston by his death.
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Manton Hebner
Creston
Harold L. Johnson
Fontanelle
Omaha
Johnson
Morton Salt Company
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Ohio
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ALRY
National Hospital
STATE
Club Women OF County
Washington Church
Dirigible Akron
U. S
MeNaught Syndicare Tae
Reed Reports
Robinson
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Congress
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Treasury
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White House
Reno
Pasch
Harold Johnson
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