Des Moines University Clash Ends With Court Order
Des Moines May 1 The suspension of Des Moines University by Dr Thomas Shields of Toronto was nullified by a district court injunction ordering Dr J Wayman to resume classes and keep the university open. Students cheered as classes began. police dispersed a group blocking Miss Edith Rebman from entering the grounds.
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Des Moines
Thomas T. Shields
Toronto
Can
Béilra of Trustees
Des Moines University
J. Wayman
Oniqsity
Wayman
Elas
Shiels’ Saurday
Edith Rebman
Miss Rebman
Njumet
de. J. Wayman
Univer't
Usni
Wna
Sudo
Frank Smith
Morris Rose
John F. Dempster
Dr. Shields
Te Board
Moi Object Rt Tle
Carl Ganschow
Ed Rose
Dempster
Rose
Minor Stevens
Isvan Page
Chicago
Shields
Faith M. Redman
Few Civil War veterans linger in county communities
A list secured from Dr. J C Boice shows only nineteen Civil War veterans in the county, with seven more living in nearby towns bringing the total to twenty six. Names appear for Wa ton ALA Wa ton Brighton Ainsworth Velman and other towns as surviving members of the post, with six post members passing in the last year and ages ranging from 82 to 93.
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J.C. Boice
Ore
White Post
ALA
Waton
Ainsworth
Hrighton
Wayland
Katona
G. A. R. Post
N. L. Long
L. Myers
C. A. Overfelt
Col. D. J. Palmer
W. N. Lowash
Toepitteiner
Oklahoma Flooding Hits Banks From Rainfall Tissue
Oklahoma City May 3 Rivers in Oklahoma and southern Kansas overflowed after weekend rains. Little Neosho Verdigris Grand and Waehta rivers threaten lowlands and crops. Noble County official John was swept away by a flooded highway stream near Red Rock.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
John
Noble County
Red Rock
Bold Bank Robbery Strikes Gilmore City
In May 1, robbers seized the Van Alstine family as shields during a bank heist at Gilmore City Exchange Bank. The trio forced the family from home to the bank, retrieved money, then fled in a car toward Minnesota or Des Moines. Vigilante groups and local authorities pursued.
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Gilmore City
Gilmore City Exchange Bank
H. 8. van Alstine
Francis van Alstine
Mrs. M. Holland
Chicago
van Alstine
Minnesota
Des Moines
Jane Stewart Wins Music Memory Prize
Jane Stewart daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred L Stewart won the Music Memory contest held at the Methodist church on Saturday afternoon. She earned a pink necklace as first prize as the event continued to promote study and understanding of the program.
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Jane Stewart
Fred L. Stewart
Got Job by Fraud Not Entitled to sue Railway
The U S Supreme Court ruled that a person who secures a railroad job by fraud cannot sue the railroad under the Federal Employer's Liability Act. The decision clarified that fraud voids eligibility to pursue remedies for workplace injury.
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Washington
Feder Om Ployer
Prisoners break out of Raleigh jail
May 13 report states convicts escaped from a Johnston County road camp near Raleigh. Guards wounded during the breakout. authorities pursue the 14 escaping prisoners and investigate the incident.
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Raleigh
N.C
Johnston
Sta
Kalona Correspondent Visits and Funeral Attendees
Mrs ver and A. Swartzen visited Kalona Monday. John S. Green funeral services were held in Washington Sunday afternoon. Gerald Teets, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Randall, and Mrs. Dora Randall visited Melissa Loach’s home. A. J. Votruba family were visitors in Washington Saturday evening.
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Ver
He A. Swartzen
Air
Gerald Teets
John S. Green
Washington
Cecil Randall
Lacey, Ia
Dora Randall
Melissa Loach
A. J. Votruba
Sorrowing Parents Find Child in Casket Was Not Their Baby
In Kansas City a mix up at the city hospital led to Melvin George Anderson being listed on Chester Lyle Anderson's death certificate. The Andersons, mourning Chester, later discovered their child was alive and Melvin George, who had scarlet fever, was in the casket. The error forced reburial of Chester Lyle as authorities corrected the record.
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Kansas City, Mo
City Hospital
Melvin Ng
George Anderson
Anderson
Melvin George
Chester Lyle
Health program at high school Tuesday unfolds at auditorium
Pupils from grade schools present a special health program at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening. Two plays by Centennial, Wallac hooks and heal children, and songs by Laincot and Heights students will be performed.
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Centennial Land Wallac
Laincot and Heights
Hundreds visit county hospital Open house draws big crowd
Sunday afternoon crowds filled the Washin county hospital as locals toured the facility for National Hospital Day. Open house ran from noon to four with visitors lingering past five as Miss A Reitan, superintendent, noted attendance exceeded recent openings though no exact tally was kept. The steady turnout showed strong local interest in the hospital.
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Washinounty
Vizior
A. Reitan
Gepital
Five Best Features on the Radio Tuesday
Program listings from 1929 announce WEAF and network slots at 5 and 7 and 8 and 9 PM EST. Voters service WARC and network at 7 PM. Mar vesque court Room Sketch titled How's the Judge aired on WARC and network. Voice of Columbia on WEAF followed by Vaudeville hour.
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United Press
WEAF
Voters’ Service Warc
Ste Whiteman
Marvesque Court Room
Voice of Columbia
Reparations Conference Nearing End
Paris reports the reparations conference moves toward a conclusion as British delegate Sir Josiah Stamp and German negotiators prepare a plan. A preliminary German proposal, likely to be incorporated into Owen Young’s framework, is expected by midweek, signaling narrowing options and potential agreement.
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Paris
Josiah Stamp
Owen D. Youngs
Baptist Society Mothers Day Service at Thouat Church
The Thouat Church youth group held a mothers day service starting at six thirty with flowers arranged by Ty Houquets. Presiding was Wilma Walker, featuring Cello solo Milan Thompse Reading Mother, a talk by Nellie Wylie and a duet by Mrs le Shebeck and Mrs Lake Anderson. Afterward, the group and their mothers attended an evening service where Rev A A Vine delivered the sermon.
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Thouat
A. A. Vine
Pioneer Resident Dies in Ainsworth
Beth Stickley of Ainsworth died May 12 after a brief illness of about two and a half weeks. She was burial in Bear Lake area, survived by four children and seven grandchildren. Her husband J J Stickley preceded her in death in 1928. She was a United Brotherhood and eastern Star member, serving as chaplain in church work. Services will be held Tuesday at 2 20 pm at the Ainsworth Methodist Church with Rev J H Orenmeyer officiating.
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ORTH
Beth Stickley
Ainsworth
Ning
Sen
Biltan
Y Suntay
Pver
Jai Silastre
J. W .Stickley
Bear Lake
Allenport
Cart Stiebey
Oklahoma
Voreston
United Brotheart
Order of Eastern Star
J. Horenmeyer
Warning on House Fly Today in Des Moines
Des Moines health officials issue a bulletin warning about house flies as summer nears and urge precautions. Dr Henry Albert cites 40000 annual deaths from infections transmitted by flies. Also from New York a lockout of 75000 building trades workers approved by the employers association board of governors.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Henry Albert
New York
Building Trades Employer's Association
Pleas by Ft. Dodge Service Company Postponed Today
Indictments charging electric frauds set for district court today were postponed to Wednesday due to Judge Sherward A Clock’s travel. The probe followed a city election in which Mayor C V Findley, backed by utilities, was re elected. No individual from the corporation faces charges. the case hinges on corporate conduct and timing of pleas.
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Fort Dodge
Fortodge Gas Ndt Electric Company
Sherwand
John Mulroney
C. V. Findley
Findley
Dr Hetments
Rev J Simpson Delivers Sermon in Local Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian congregation heard Rev John Simpson of Peeburgh deliver a sermon on mercy in Christ Jesus. He visited his parents Mr and Mrs J F Simpson who celebrate their golden wedding anniversary this week. Simpson must return soon for the general assembly of the United Presbyterian church in Schwemah this month.
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John Simpson
Preburgh
Simpson
J. F. Simpson
Jesus
Christ
Mr. Simpson
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Rainfall totals over Hale Inch Boosts Local Crops
Rainfall of 60 of an inch Saturday brought beneficial moisture after weeks of drought. Gentle falls warmed by sunshine, followed by high temperatures, aided farms and gardens as soil moisture improved and crops recovered from dry conditions.
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Hale
Turday
Five Die as Bus Hits Truck Near Monroe
Five killed and six injured when a Cleveland to Detroit bus struck a parked freight truck near Monroe Michigan. The bus driver EB D Warring of Cleveland and truck driver God Itrey Frovarp of Detroit were detained. Victims include Harold Westerman Chicago F J Graft Detroit Emma Marettus Los Angeles Frank Cinderich Centerville Town and a girl identified as Mildred Proctor of Painesville.
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Monroe
Mich
Armonger
Warring
Harold Westerman
Chicago
F. J. Graft
Detroit
Emma Marettus
Los Angeles
Frank Cinderich
Centerville
Town
Mildred Proctor
Painesvill
Brookhart Defends Real Republican Tone in Senate Row
Senator Brookhart of Iowa blasted critics labeling him pseudo Republican as he accused President Hoover of engineering a pseudo special session to push a farm relief bill. He charged the new measure falls short of 1928 law, claiming it inadequately meets farmers’ needs and echoes wartime price controls.
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Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Tew
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Comin Brookhart
Jen Roosevelt Longworth
Dolly Gann
Gally
Rookhart
Theampaign
Republican National Committee
Brookhart
Borah
Work
Cool Duo
Tam
Fess
Learn to Swim Drive Draws Hundreds to Classes
Over a hundred boys enrolled in the M. C. Ay learn to swim campaign at the pool last week. Forty already-swimming youths joined those aiming to improve. Three non-swimmers earned medals for swimming the pool length, Chester HeChurch, Marion Rittenhouse, and Maurice Putman. Saturday 25 country boys near Washington attended a special learn to swim period led by Dr. F. W. Eastwood and sons, Walter and Douglass. ABILENE Tex May 11 UP bunton derby of C. C. Cash rule moved onward today without promoters personal appearance. Pyle was delayed by a broken arm and injuries from a car crash that overturned his vehicle while en route to Albany.
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Chester HeChurch
Marion Rittenhouse
Maurice Putman
Washington
F. W. Eastwood and Sons
Walter and
Douglass
Abilene
Tex
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