Anxiety calls for fate of airship Norge
Reports from Alaska indicate good flying conditions north of Nome, while radio silence from the Norge persists. Scientists offer ionized air and magnetic dead spots as explanations for the lack of communications as Alaska naval stations continue to monitor the craft's possible route from Spitzbergen toward Nome.
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Radio Corporation of America
Beaufort Sea
Norge
Washington
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Nome
Aleutian Islands
Roald Amundsen
Two Men Held in McSwiggin Murder Probe
Detroit police hold Joseph Bruno and Homer Train for questioning in the slaying of Wo Hye McSwiggin, assistant prosecutor from Cook County. A clipping on Bruno referenced a Windsor Ontario arrest. officials say machine gun fire caused the deaths.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Joseph Bruno
Homer Train
Hye McSwiggin
Cook County
Chicago
Bruno
Windsor
Ontario
McSwiggin
McSwiggen
Al Ledger Travels to Winfield for Daylong Business
Al Ledger left this morning for Winfield on a routine business trip, intending a full day of meetings and site visits. The purpose and sponsors of the trip are not specified in the report.
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al Ledger
Winfield
Eleven Boys To State Teachers Meet From Washington
Washington high school will send eleven athletes to the State Teachers college invitation track meet at Cedar Falls tomorrow. Coach McKinstry leads the party including Hill McConnell Vards Bain Gallagher Stransky Tucker Quinn Weaver Palmer and others. Top honors include bronze medals for overall high point, event wins, and relay victories.
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Washington High School
Cedar Falls
McKinstry
Hill
McConnell
Vards
Bain
Gallagher
Stransky
Tcker
Quinn
Weaver
Palmer
Chacus
Alme
Whi Ieadera
Girl Reserves Close Good Year at Presbyterian Service
The Girl Reserves of the high school will hold installation services at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon May 16 at four. This closes a successful year with 223 members and a banquet for over 250 attended last fall. Six delegates are expected to Okoboji camp in June. The cabinet under the past year included Carolyn McCleery as president and Florence Brookhart as vice president with other officers listed. The new cabinet will install Florence Brookhart as president and Lucy Bruty as vice president with several other changes.
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Presbyterian Church
Hig
Little Sisters
Hi-Y
Okoboji
G. R
Carolyn McCleery
Florence Brookhart
Estelle Davidson
Mary Kerr
Isabelle Davis
Catharine Hull
Mable Livingston
Edith Carr
Social Service
Winifred Allen
Lucy Bruty
Helen Carson
Catharine Coulter
Jeanette Karel
Margaret Livingston
Margaret Alice Stewart
Two Suspects Sought in Vivian Jennings Murder Case
Geneseo New York May 14 two men are sought in the death of Mrs Vivian Thompson Jennings of Mount Morris whose nude body was found last April in Lake Ontario near Henderson Jefferson county One suspect is her estranged husband Frederick A Jennings a chemist The other a man skilled in surgery who killed the 32 year old mother of two by arterial wounds and dumped her body in the lake Carrie Thompson the victim's mother identified the body Mrs Jennings had been missing since last November after leaving Mount Morris with Charles Flaherty formerly a priest Flaherty says he bought her train ticket to Hollywood California The sister never arrived and Flaherty says he saw her to the train.
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Geneseo
N. Y
Vivian Thompson Jennings
Mount Morris
Lake Ontario
Henderson
Jefferson County
Frederick A. Jennings
Carrie Thompson
Attica
Jennings
Charles Flaherty
Hollywood
California
E. M. Titenburg
Flaherty
Mr and Mrs Wes Chance Head to Mayo Clinic for Treatments
Mr Wes Chance and his wife depart for Rochester Minnesota where he will undergo treatments at the Mayo Brothers hospital. They expect an indefinite absence as they begin the medical visit.
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Wes Chance
Rochester
Minnesota
Mr. Chance
Mayo Brothers Hospital
Pleasant Plain seniors in Washington for pictures
The Pleasant Plain graduating class traveled to Washington yesterday for senior pictures, capturing group and individual portraits for the yearbook and local coverage.
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Pleasant Plain
Washington
Peace Reached In Warsaw As Negotiations Opened
Telegram from Warsaw reports peace and order restored, government and insurgents opening talks. By noon troops hold most of Warsaw with Belvedere Palace still in government hands, and fighting continues as both sides claim no clear victory.
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London
Legation
Warsaw
Pilsudski
Poland
Joseph Pilsudski
Vistula River
Wojciechowski
Belvidere
Haller
Sikorski
Berlin
Paris
Centennial School Exhibit Delights Local Visitors
A large crowd of mothers and friends visited Centennial School yesterday afternoon from two to four to view student exhibits. In Miss Elsie Minick’s first and second grades a paper circus parade. Mrs. Joe McConnell’s second and third grades a sand table playground with a moving picture show. Miss Mary Welch’s kindergarten items including clay works and cradles. Miss Louisa Young and Miss Sara Grimes displayed fourth and fifth grade maps, writing books, arithmetic and posters. Miss Caryl Williams highlighted drawing and penmanship.
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Elsie Minick
Joe McConnell
Mary Welch
Louisa Young
Sara Grimes
Caryl Williams
Ohio State faculty vote for compulsory military training
A faculty committee at Ohio State University backed compulsory military training, weighing the merits of mandatory versus optional drills. The vote was announced in Columbus on May 14, reflecting academic support for universal service-style training amid ongoing national debates.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Commandery Honors Dead on Ascension Day Observance
Bethlehem Commandery Knights Templar held Ascension Day rites with graves decorated at Elm Grove and Woodlawn cemeteries despite a shower. Dr W W Bowers spoke at the Masonic Hall after rain interrupted the cemetery service. The day included temple work and Eastem Star serving at 6 30 and one candidate receiving the temple at 8.
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Bethlehem
Knights Templar
Elm Grove Cemetery
Order
W. W. Bowers
Masonic Hall
Elm Grove
Woodlawn
Kinner
Eastern Star
Order of the Temple
Hauber Named President of St Ambrose College
Davenport May 14 The Rev A A Hauber PhD dean of Davis Hall and biology professor for years is appointed president of St Ambrose College by Bishop James Davis. Rev Willam Manson moves to St Mathias Muscatine IA as pastor. Rev P J O Reilly becomes vice president. Hauber's appointment takes effect May 10. He is noted for biology work including Woods Hole studies and the book The Catholic Viewpoint in the Evolution Controversy.
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Treen
Davenport
A. A. Hauber
Davis Hall
St. Ambrose College
James Davis
Davenvor
Willam Lb. Manson
St. Ambrose
St. Mathias
Muscaline
FP. J. Leonard
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Patrick J. O'Reilly
Owen J. McGuire
Washington la
A. Hauber
Marineiological Station
Woods Hole
Mass
Kuber
Modern Life's Speed Hurts Heart Says Dr White
Dr Paul White of Massachusetts General Hospital told the Iowa Heart Association meeting that rapid modern life strains the heart, with heart disease now the leading death cause. He urged early childhood education on symptoms and heart health, noting higher defect rates in insurance, workers, and school children, and announced planned Iowa heart clinics linked to TB programs and Christmas seal sales.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
United States
Paul White
Massachusetts General Hospital
American Heart Association
Iowa Heart Association
White
Iowa
Gsate
Floyd Maxwell Visits Here on Brief Business Stop
Floyd Maxwell drove from Crawfordsville this morning to spend a short time in town on business.
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Floyd Maxwell
Crawfordsville
JW Morton Soldier and Pioneer Dies in Washington
John Wesley Morton renowned Washington resident and Civil War veteran dies at his daughter’s home at 1 35 am after long illness aged nearly 84. He served as county recorder, helped found local Masonry and Methodist circles, and fought in Prairie Grove and Vicksburg. He leaves nine children, seventeen grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Funeral plans await word from California.
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John Wesley Morton
Washington
Dautghter
C. A. Speer
West
Jefferson Street
Morton
California
Methodist Church
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove Cemetery
Goodin
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Prairie Grove
Vicksburg
Emma Alice Rogers
J. WH. Cunningham
C. O. Bolhauer
C. A. Speers
H. M. Stewart
Atneworth
W. A. Gardner
Lexington
Clay
Mabel Morton
Raymond
Wash
Walter Morton
Berkeley
Calif
L. J. Vanderham
St. Paul
Minn
John Wesley
Court House
House of Representatives
Des Moines
Lowa
Young People Escape Injury In Auto Wreck
A party of Washington youths escaped with minor bruises after a Dodge car crashed into a ditch a few miles north of town while returning from a Wellman dance. The vehicle was badly wrecked and one wheel came off as the group possibly traveled too fast. A girl was thrown from the car but suffered only a minor head cut.
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Washington
Wellman
Y Indoor Circus Crowd Expected For Second Show
A crowd similar to last night is expected for the Y indoor circus second performance. The first program drew nearly full houses with acts by high school girls and boys, junior high dancers and drill teams, roller skating, rope throwing, side horse, bars, tumbling, and a saxophone quartet backing the acts. Guides include Mrs Willa Freshwaters Elwood Detrick Miss Florence Cunningham Guy Carlton Dale Kiesey Ted Kisey and others.
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Willa Freshwaters
Elwood Detrick
Florence Cunningham
Guy Carlton
Dale Kiesey
Harold Tucker
Bill Kyle
Catlett
Rickey
Mrs W T Humes and baby Dorothy Mae Return Home
Mrs W T Humes and her infant Dorothy Mae returned to Rock Island last evening after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W Beliel. Wallace Darnell of Coppock is a business visitor in town today.
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W. T. Humes
Dorothy Mae
Rock Island
Mrs. W. Beliel
Wallace Darnell
Coppock
Memorial of a Washington civic leader and businessman
Longtime Washington resident Morton, a prominent Knights Templar and charter Eastern Star member, served as a Methodist church pillar and active member of I. G. White post, G. A. R. He ran a leading Pioneer Insurance Agency from the Masonic Temple, selling it in 1920, and served many years as secretary of the Washington school district.
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Pioneer Insurance
Washington County
Masonic Temple
Lemley, Root & Littlefield
Morton
Washigton
Rail strike in Britain ends with settlements announced
London May 14 official word that the railway strike has been settled affecting the London county council tram. Ernest Bevan transport workers federation secretary announced the settlement and more districts report unions and employers moving toward normal industry. Traffic to be resumed as quickly as possible with mediation proposals for coal dispute also outlined in the House of Commons.
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Associated Press
London
London County Council
Wiys
Ernest Bevan
Transport Workers Federation
Great Britain
Baldwin
House of Commons
Defeat Amendment Proposed to Haugen Measure in House
In Washington on May 14 the House rejected an amendment by Representative Black of Texas by a 40 to 65 vote. The measure would have struck out the price maintenance section of the Haugen farm relief bill, which proposed keeping the price of every basic commodity at world market quotation plus the tariff.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Today
Representative Black
Texas
John T. King Dies. Roosevelt Friend and Political Figure
John T. King of Bridgeport, long a Republican national committeeman and Theodore Roosevelt ally, died after a four day pneumonia illness. He was linked to the 1924 leasing probe and under indictment in New York with Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller over a $7,000,000 transfer from American Metals to a Swiss company. King helped Leonard Webb’s 1916 campaign and later supported Warren G. Harding’s nomination.
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Associated Press
Bridgeport
Conn
John T. King
King
Oi Leasing
New York
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
Harding
American Metals Company, Limited
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Leonard Webb
William Cooper Procter
Warren G. Hardsing
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St. Paul's Island
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Hinchinbrook
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Marshal Pilsudski
Centennial
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Hauber
Ambrose College
Dr. White
Boston
JW Morton
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Smithville
Lancaster County
T. T. Keeley
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Marshalltown
George W. Morton
Long Beach
A. L. Gilchrist
Sandwich
Lodowick
Margaret (Spence) Morton
Jackson Township
Washington Lodge
AL Gynasium
Trades Union Congress
London Underground Electric Railways Company
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