Oklahoma Prison Break Ends With Slain Guard and Hostage Rescue
Five fugitives seized William Doakes near Pittsburg Oklahoma while guards battled escapees. A.D. Powells body with a bullet was found roadside. guard W. W. Gossett was critically wounded. ten escapees were shot or captured as the break from the prison unfolded. The new convict sterilization law is cited as a potential cause.
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Mcalester
Okla
INS
William Doakes
Pittsburg
A. D. Powell
Powell
W. W. Gossett
Williams Directs GOP Preconvention Tasks in Oregon
Ralph Williams of Oregon serves as vice chairman of the national committee and oversees preconvention duties. He handles ticket distribution housing and numerous logistical details for the party during the run up to the conventions.
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Republican Party
Ralph Williams
Oregon
National Republican Committee
Williams
Hindenburg Returns After Record North Atlantic Flight
The Hindenburg, dirigible of the Zeppelin line, landed at Frankfort on May 14 after a 49 hour 19 minute eastbound crossing from Lakehurst. Dr. Hugo Eckner was greeted by officials as the world’s largest airship reached its new base. The westbound crossing from Friedrichshaven to Lakehurst set a 61 hour 38 minute record.
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Frankfort-On-Main
Germany
Hugo Eckner
Zeppelin Company
North Atlantic
Lakehurst
Fredrichshaven
Wartburg College Adds Three for Six-Week Summer Session
Wartburg college announces the six week summer session starting June 6. New faculty include Prof. Guy Wagner from Oswego Normal School Miss Mildred E K Smith Bremer county superintendent and Hermen Wright Waverly art instructor.
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Wartburg Waverly
Guy Wagher
Oswego, N. Y. Normal School
Mildred EK. Smith
Bremer County
Hermen Wright
Waverly
Wartburg College
Baptists Challenge Pastor Over Socialist Charges
DES MOINES Iowa Baptists challenge Rev P R Chenault pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Waterloo to prove charges of socialist communist and modernist teachings before the Iowa Baptist convention The pastor withdrew his church from the convention and Cedar Valley Baptist association expelled him from the association.
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Des Moines
Iowa Baptist Convention
P. R. Chenault
Walnut Street
Waterloo
Chenault
Cedar Valley Baptist Association
Veishea Fete Opens Today on Ames Campus
Ames prepares for the fifteenth Veishea spring festival as ISU hosts the all college exposition. The event runs through Saturday drawing visitors to campus and city celebrations.
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Veishea
Ames
Waterloo Bank Robbery Suspect Karl Chapman Held
Waterloo police checked with state and federal bureaus after Karl Chapman 24 was found loitering near a bank with a notebook detailing opening and closing hours. He admitted criminal activity but gave few details and would not name four accompanying men.
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Waterloo
Karl Chapman
Chapman
Housing conditions force families into makeshift shelters
A relief director reports dire housing for the unemployed with families living in railroad cabooses and even a chicken house. The harsh conditions reflect acute need for shelter among indigent households.
Fausts await long delayed supply from local shop
In Cedar Falls Rev and Mrs A J Faust ordered a shipment of shoes for delivery to North Nigeria British West Africa. The supplier says it will take a month and a half before the shoes reach their destination.
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Cedar Falls
A. J. Faust
Nigeria
British West Africa
Senator Wilson Presses for Dirt Farmer on State Board
Winterset Senator George Wilson, Republican hopeful for governor, reiterated his demand for a dirt farmer to join the state board of assessment and review. At a local rally he charged no farmer has served on the board since its creation.
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Winterset
George Wilson
Board of Assessment and Review
Tocal
Wilson
Penny Sale Threats by Farmers Subside
Le Mars sees threats of a penny sale by farmers backing widow Mrs Annis D Cr mer ease after she agrees to pay 720 dollars back rent and 400 dollars in advance for next fall. Receivers of the closed American Trust and Savings bank return her property. first sale halted by a crowd ready to bid pennies.
Newcomers Bottcher Family Join Washington Community
New residents Mr and Mrs J W Bottcher formerly of Ventura California and Charles City Iowa arrive in Washington as the new owners of the Coast to Coast store at 116 This Street West They attend Methodist church. Mrs Bottcher is a Pythian Sister and Mr Bottcher belongs to the K P lodge after 6000 miles seeking a permanent home they say they chose Washington and are glad to be here.
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J. W. Bottcher
Ventura
California
Charles City
Iowa
Washington
Bottcher
S Street
K. P. Lodge
Mr. Botteher
Inflation Bill Defeated By House In Election Year Clash
The House rejected the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage bill by 235 to 142 amid party strategy to avert presidential action. Backers plan to turn the defeat into a major campaign issue while critics argue the bill favors farmers over urban homeowners. Representatives Kicher supported the measure. Biermann and Gwynne opposed it with Utterback paired in favor.
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Washington
Dpd
House
New York
N. Y
Louise Pottie Seeks Divorce From Wilbur D Pottie
A divorce petition has been filed with the district court clerk by Louise Pottie seeking a divorce from Wilbur D Pottie. The filing outlines a legal action for dissolution of marriage between the two spouses.
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Clerk of District Court
Louise Pottie
Wilbur D. Pottie
Absentee ballots ready for June primary election
County auditor Miss Ethel Grecian announced that primary ballots for June 1 are printed and absentee ballots may be applied for by mail or in person. Ill or homebound voters may mail for ballots and vote at home with a notary. others out of county may vote at the auditor's office and return ballots. All absentee ballots must be cast before election day. The mailed ballots are to be sent to the voter's home precinct for counting with regular ballots. Also, Mr and Mrs Sam Greenblatt of Chicago are visiting Sydney Greenblatt at their home.
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Ethel Grecian
Miss Grecian
Success of Celebration Depends on County Towns
Washington county plans a six day centennial celebration from June 29 to July 4 centered in Washington with county towns contributing. Four coordinators will announce town chairmen and final program soon to ensure a non commercial, county wide event.
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Washington County
Washington
A. L Baldridge
L. A. Jones
R. E. Dougherty
R. & Sherman
Iowa County Receives $112 600 From Reconstruction Finance Corp
Des Moines May 14 Iowa’s share of RFC funds from 1932 to 1936 totals 3 948 169 488 nationwide. In southeastern Iowa counties Jef ferson Henry Johnson Cedar and Scott show large loan amounts with Des Moines County receiving 112 600 in RFC loans. The report notes over 76 percent of the Iowa loans have been repaid to date.
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Des Moines
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
J. J. Hughes
National Emergency Council
Washington County
Keokuk
Jefferson
Henry
Louisa
Johnson
Muscatine
Cedar
Scott
Lee
Austria Cabinet Shakeup Suppresses Possible Coup
Vienna reports Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg expelled from the cabinet as 18 000 Freiheitsbund and Strumschen private armies mass in Vienna. Authorities aim to avert a coup while insisting foreign policy remains unchanged and Russia moves toward Britain and France.
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Vienna
INS
Ernst Rudiger von B Starhemberg
Austria
Freiheitsbund
Strumschen
Great Britain
France
Italy
Hungary
Robinson Begins Serving Life Term In Atlanta Prison
Thomas H. Robinson Jr. entered the federal prison in Atlanta to begin a life sentence less than three days after his arrest on the west coast for the kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Stoll of Louisville. He was sentenced in Louisville by Federal Judge Hiwood Hamilton to life in prison for the crime which included a $10,000 ransom and a years long manhunt before his arrest in Glenvale California.
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Atlanta
Alice Stoll
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Hiwood' Sjianiiiton
Aioll
Department of Justice
Gienvale
Calif
Marriage License Issued to Axel Anderson and Mrs Gus Anderson
A marriage license was issued today to Axel Anderson and Mrs Gus Anderson, both of Washington.
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Axel Anderson
Gus Anderson
Washington
Final Amateur Night at State Theater Tonight
Final competitions for eighty dollar prizes as local talent from Washington Migourney Wellman and nearby areas performs at the State Theater tonight. Two shows start at 7:30 and 9:15 with ample seating and a special program handed out.
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Washington
Migourney
Wellman
State Theater
W. D. Dwyer
U's Men's Club
Mate Theater
Industrial employment in Iowa shows steady gains in April
Iowa data from the labor bureau shows a 1.4 percent April increase in industrial employment to 49,326, the highest April level in five years. Weekly payrolls rose 2.3 percent, and the average worker salary edged up nine tenths of a percent from March. Commissioner Frank E. Wenig linked gains to strong farm prices and noted elevated demand for higher salaried workers, plus a shortage of labor in some areas despite hiring efforts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Labor Bureau
Labor Department
Wenng
Waterloo
PWA
The
Employment Service
WPA
Wenig
Census data show 2452 farms in Washington County in 1935
The Census Bureau reports 2452 farms in Washington County with 569 outside workers among 2465 persons employed the first week of 1935. Only 498 farms hired external help. 25 farms were owner operated with no hired or family labor.
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Washington County
Washington, O
Census Bureau
Iowa
Local Theater Contest Sparks Keen Competition
Contestants are on their toes as voters prepare for an expectant audience. Management states the contest will entertain and voting will be challenging due to strong rivalry and high interest among attendees.
Hoover Has 35 Officers on the Trail
Hammond Indiana May 14 INS Thirty five of J Edgar Hoover s G men descended on Hammond today with orders to track down the rump runners who this morning shot to death a federal agent near St John Ind John R Foster a United States revenue agent was shot and killed by one of two rum runners near St John Ind seven miles south of here the rum runners driving a black coupe at eighty miles an hour opened fire with a rifle when Foster and his associate Guy C Goodin in an automobile pulled alongside their car after a chase of several miles One bullet pierced his heart and two others lodge in his legs Goodin said that Foster who was driving slumped over the wheel crying They got me Goodin grabbed the wheel and narrowly prevented the car from being wrecked
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Hammond
Ind
INS
J. Edgar Hoover
St. John
Gary, Inmd
John R. Foster
United States Revenue
Here
Foster
Guy C. Goodin
Goodin
Death of Charles Critz Recalls Pioneer Family Ties
Riverside reports the death of Charles Critz born June 5 1864 in Iowa City son of Frank and Mary Critz. A former Richmond and Washington resident he died after short illness at Valley Junction. Funeral at Sacred Heart Valley Junction with burial in Glenwood Des Moines. Survived by wife Winnie and six children plus eight grandchildren.
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Riverside
Charles Critz
Washington County
Richmond
Washington
Valley Junction
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Des Moines
Iowa City
Frank and
Mary (Dunkel) Critz
Winnie Bear
F. W. Hoppman
Holy Trinity Church
Burlington
Critz
New York
the Square
Wayne
Dorothy
Mildred
Celeste Capps
Waterloo
Marie Theisinger
Cedar Falls
Paul
Washington, D. C
Mark
Alice
Helen Critz
Albert
Muscatine
Leo
Nettie Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Robert Heitzman
Estelle Critz
Mrs Will Koening Visits Richmond for Shopping
Mrs Will Koening of Richmond is in town for a day of shopping with local assortments and errands. She plans to browse stores and meet friends during her visit.
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Will Koening
Richmond
Interesting Bits About Washington County Residents
Leigh Soule of the Y M C A was a high school principal at Washta Iowa for a year. He taught school for a year to help defray college expenses.
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Washington County
Leigh Soule
Washta
Iowa
Leigh
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