Contest Closes Saturday Night in Washington Contest
The ongoing contest for Miss Washington nears its close with Elsie Glassburner leading at 289 700 votes and Mildred Craig in second place with 225 050 votes. Mildred Brown slides to third as Mary Dougall climbs to fourth with 176 900 votes. An auditing committee is named for the final count and winner announcement is set for Monday afternoon after no counting on Saturday or Sunday. The ballot box will close at 11 pm and votes received thereafter will be rejected.
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Europe
Elsie Glassburner
Mildred Craig
Mildred Brown
Miss Brown
Mary Dougall
Miss Washington
John W. Applegate
Dean Harland Mead
Washington Junior College
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
F. C. Witzigman
Methodist Church
C. W Klein
Evangelical Church
J. H. O'Donnell
St. James Catholic Church
Leigh Soule
Vernon Crull
Better Washington Club
Loyd Morrison
Rotary Club
Milburn A. McKay
Washington
Journal
Washington National Bank
Mary Pauls
Mary Barnes
Craw
Mildred Patterson
Yao Hag Mae Mangold
Eva Burham
Wash
Wilma Wash_ Brinning
Dorothy Soukup
Riverside
Alice Poole
Eva Diller
Marguerite Reister
Helen ‘Carson
Dorothy Masson
Anne Knottnerus
Alice Wolfe
Marguerite Hunsaker
Verna Palmer
Virginia Mirgon
Dorothy Reubsam
Marjorie Robertson
Keota
Kathleen Coffey
Ains
Ruth Wilson
Mary FB. Anderson
Lois Holland
Wyman
High School Track Team Heads to Fairfield District
Coach Jim Shultz takes fifteen boys to Fairfield for the district high school track meet with preliminaries this afternoon and finals at 7 30. Expected strong performers include Frederick in weights and hurdles and McElhinney in high jump and pole vault. Other squad members listed include Lytle McAvoy Bill Hesseltine Minden Young Bevins Fuhr Smith Bailey Eicher Jungbluth and Leeper or Hinkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Shultz
Fairfield
Washington
Frederick
McElhinney
Lytle
McAvoy
Bill
Bob Hesseltine
Minden
Young
Bevins
Fuhr
Miller Family Visit to Ed Miller Home
Mr and Mrs Roy Miller and two children Mr and Mrs R E Miller and baby and Pressley Coley of Muscatine were visitors Sunday at the Ed Miller home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Miller
R. E. Miller
Baby
Pressley Coley
Muscatine
Ed Miller
League Kittenball Teams Organized for New Season at Berdo Field
The Kittenball League expands with six teams forming permanent clubs led by captains Kiesey Ives McKay and managers Warren Pratt Whitehead Stow Booth Wiele Logan. Monday's preliminary games at Berdo Field mark the start while the Y promotes community play with a board of managers. Interest spans Burlington Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Berdo Field
Ted Brown
Button Factory
Kiesey
First Ward
Ives McKay
Lewis Warren
The
Cavalry
Jay Brown
Ray Whitehead
Donaul
Ted Pratt
Fred Stow
Wendell Booth
Clarence Wiele
Clarence Logan
Burlington
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Farmer Leader Milo Reno Speaks Tonight at Courthouse
Milo Reno, noted farmer leader, speaks this evening at the courthouse at 8 15 on the farmers holiday. The public is invited.
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Milo Reno
Court House
Wayland State Bank Opens With Strong Deposit Gain
Attendees from Washington and nearby communities attended the opening of the Wayland State Bank yesterday. Officers reported a substantial gain in deposits by the close of business. The president is Dr. E. C. Allen and the vice president A. B. Magdefrau. Cashier is C. L. Gracher with Marie Imhoff and Melvin Roth as assistant cashiers. Directors include Joseph G. Roth Joe Witting Homer Kaufman Dr. McKurahan Otto Frey John R. Wenger Frank Eicher Pr Allen and A B Magdefrau.
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Washington
New Wayland State Bank
E. C. Allen
A. B. Magdefrau
C. L. Gracher
Marie Imhoff
Melvin Roth
Joseph G. Roth
Joe Witting
Homer Kaufmin
Dr. McKurahan
Boy Goes for a Ride Finds Way Home After Adventure
John Masson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Masson, started a sightseeing ride on a velocipede and wandered away. He registered at Wilson Coal yard as neighbors searched. He later returned home to the relief of his distracted family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Masson
Victor Masson
Wilson Coal Yard
Washington
William Jugenheimer Funeral Held at Elm Grove
Funeral services for William Jugenheimer were conducted yesterday at L A Jones Funeral Home with Dr F W Eastwood presiding. Pallbearers included Revd Twinam Bert Yard Clyde Maxwell Will Ruebsam Henry Hunt and Joe Maxwell. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
Demos Fail To Endorse Relief Plans
Washington May 13 Democrats faltered on Hoover Robinson relief plan failing to endorse the $1.5 billion fund through the Reconstruction Finance Corp. A special five senator committee including Robinson will draft a party position on federal aid to states and a new construction program. Separately Senator Smoot urged swift approval of a $1.62 billion tax bill to balance the budget and maintain public credit.
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Washington
Hoover
Joe T. Robinson
Senate
Robinson
Reconstruction Finance Corp
INS
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Poppy Poster Contest Announced by Legion Auxiliary
The Legion Auxiliary announces a poppy poster contest with prizes at junior high St James and four ward schools. Posters must feature a poppy and the meaning of the sale by May 20. School winners advance to state and national contests with top national prize of 25 dollars. local prizes are 50 and 25 cents.
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Legion Auxiliary
Walter Conner
St. James School
Washington
Ross Davis Addresses Y’s Men's Club Meeting
Ross Davis of the Washington State bank spoke to the Y’s Men’s Club. Three new members were announced Glen Eldridge P Widmer and Ives McKay. Davis shared insights from eight years as receiver across sixteen communities noting general honesty and attitudes toward receivership and bank losses. President Milburn McKay was elected Washington’s official delegate to the June regional convention in Des Moines.
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Ross Davis
Washington State Bank
Glen Eldridge
P. ©. Widmer
Ives McKay
Mr. Davis
Davis
Milburn McKay
Washington
Des Moines
Denver
St. Paul
Negro in Spotlight as Finder of Lindbergh Baby Body
HOPEWELL N J May 13 INS William J Allen a 42 year old Virginia negro found the Lindbergh baby remains less than five miles from the kidnapping site. He described the horror of discovering the infant and expressed hope the killer would be caught. Allen led police to the scene then was taken to Col Lindberghs home for questioning.
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Hopewell
N. J
INS
William J. Allen
Virginia
Allen
Jlopewell
Princeton
Trenton
Orville Wilson
Orville
Charley Williamson
Williamson
Charley
Col Lindbergh
T Lindbergh
Erwin KE. Marshall
Mercer County
New Jersey
John F
Jassie’) Consdon
Charles A. Lindbergh
Marshall
Condor
Lindbergh
Jassie
Dr. Condon
Condon
Henry L. Breckinridge
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
Colonel Lindbergh
Jersey
Baby
Baby Lindbergh
Southeast Iowa library convention draws sixty attendees
Sixty people attended the morning session of the Southeast Iowa district library convention. The event continued into the afternoon with talks and book discussions for librarians. The Y.M.C.A. hosted the afternoon session and flowers adorned luncheon tables. Mayor and Mrs. Applegate and Mrs. Latta were among the attendees.
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Southeast
Iowa
John Applegate
Kathryn Latta
Seizure of Sixteen Gallons of Booze Leads to Arrest
A man using the name Mel Carson from Davenport was arrested by Sheriff R. H. McCarty and Deputy Harold Putnam at West Chester on a liquor charge. Sixteen gallons of alleged alcohol in tin cans and a Pontiac coupe were seized. Mr and Mrs W J Steckel of Bloomfield visited the home of Mrs Marsh Bailey and Miss Mathilda Berg who spoke at the luncheon.
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Betty Mae Brannen
Willis Brannen
William Joseph Casey
Frank Casey
Jack Clark
Shirley Clark
John Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Daniel Lee Holland
Lee Holland
Eva Corleen Strum
Alvin Strum
Dorothy Tellin
Vincent Tellin
Barbara Jean Godwin
Homer Godwin
H. L. Hendricks
C. A Boice
Keith
Clarence Jacobs
Lester Orr
T. L. Brookhart
Claude Tucker
Th Wolf Floral Company
Marjorie Burgess
The
State University
Mel Carson
Davenport
R. H. McCarty
Harold Putnam
West Chester
Hoover orders federal agents to join Lindbergh case search
President Hoover directs all federal law enforcement to aid New Jersey police in the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder investigation. He calls the case live and unrelenting until the criminals are brought to justice, using Justice Department, Secret Service, prohibition unit, coast guard, and customs resources.
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Washington
INS
Hloover
Lindbergh
New Jersey
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
United States Secret Service
Prohibition
Coast Guard and Customs
Lindbergh Baby Cremation Permit Granted in Trenton
The Trenton health department approved a cremation permit for the Lindbergh baby. County Coroner Walter Swayze signed the application stating death was due to a fractured skull from external violence.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter Swayze
Norfolk group admits Lindbergh baby hoax exposed
Norfolk residents who spent two months and three days pursuing the kidnapped Lindbergh infant confessed they were victims of a monstrous hoax. Their group believed an elite was behind the affair, led by chief negotiator John Hughes Curtis, a shipbuilder, who claimed infallible proof they faced the kidnappers.
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Norfolk
INS
John Hughes Curtis
Son dies in attempt to moor Akron dirigible at Camp Kearney
In Elkhardt Indiana a letter from Robert Edsall to his mother Lottie Edsall describes hoping to help moor the Akron airship before a navy telegram confirms his death during the mooring attempt at Camp Kearney California.
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Elkhardt
Ind
INS
Akron
Lottie Edsall
Robert Edsall
Navy
Robert
Camp Kearney
Cal
Young Edsall
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National Hospital
Washington County Hospital
Margaret H. Rose
William Perry Wells Park
Lobert B. Howell
Nebraska
Kittenball
Reno
Wayland
Demos
Y’s
Lindbergh Baby
Linneheon
W. J. Steckel
Bloomfield
Marsh Bailey
Mathilda Berg
U.S
Bruta
White House
New York
Naper
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