New High School Contracts Awarded and May Festival Held
The Washington school board awarded contracts for the new high school building. The first May festival by Y W C A girls on the Patterson lawn featured Helen Wilson as May queen. Reports covered soldier deaths, draft board appointments, storm history, and Red Cross efforts amid wartime strain.
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Washington
Columbus City
Miss Amaralie
McCreedy
Miss Peark
Roileap
Ralla Westing
John Miller
Sheriff McCarty
Fox Theatre
Clifford Hunter
T. W. Hunter
Patterson Lawn
Helen Wilson
Iowa News Roundup Reflects War, Politics and Local Skirmishes
Col. Morton C Mumma to retire Aug 8 after 32 years in the U S Army heading the University of Iowa ROTC. Phi Beta Kappa honors go to 25 Iowa students. Foreign concerns rise as missionaries and travelers near Tientsin, China face war risks. Dr Clara OD Whitmore of Fairfield in the war zone. Iowa corn largely planted with some ground to come. Eastern Iowa dairy faces feed and pasture shortages. Oskaloosa paving dispute flares as mayor veto over bids stands. Hawarden constable John W Eatman seeks reappointment after four decades in service. Ottumwa jury seated for murder trial in Wapello county. Iowa juniors elected to A F 1 honor society. Dr Lee Wallace Dean named professor at Washington University. Iowa Associated Master Barbers meet in Cedar Rapids. Army airship visit planned for Iowa Mechabe day May 25. Frank Miles in serious but stable condition. Gary plan curbs religious instruction with church based programs. State superintendent says textbooks chosen locally. Senator Brookhart to urge Iowa schools before federal trade commission. Cedar Rapids raises 205000 for Coe College gym. goal 350000. 6000 attend ISU three day exposition at Ames. George D Nelson longtime Davenport telegraph editor dies. Plymouth Bank stockholders face million dollar liability case. A large Iowa rainfall drenches many areas. state weather director Hogue hospitalized but not seriously ill.
Glendale Notes and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Mrs Thomas Gerdeg notes visitors from the Hopping family in Glendale and nearby townships. C B Conrad of Brighton sells Miller goods in the area. Mr and Mrs Charlie Wyllie welcome a baby boy born at the county hospital. John Gerdes and Thomas Gerdes travel to Gridley Illinois to visit relatives. Glendale school closes a successful year under Miss Madeline Givans.
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Clark Hopping
Virginia
Lloyd Hopping
Haskins
C. B. Conrad
Brighton
Charlie Wyllie
Charlie
Job Anderson
John Gerdes
Thomas Gerdes
Gridty
Illinois
Madeline Givans
Red Hair and Chinatown Charlie in 1930s film lineup
The review previews Clara Bow in Red Hair with Lane Chandler and Johnny Hines in Chinatown Charlie, plus Richard Arlen and Mary Brian in Under the Tonto Rim. It notes Bow’s titian hair and comedic kung fu noodles scene, and lists the week’s showings Monday through Saturday with cast hints.
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Clara Bow
Clara
Lane Chandler
Yale
Lane
Johnny Hines
Torchy
Chinatown
Johnny
Louise Lorraine
Tonto Basin
Arizona
Richard Arlen
Arlen
Mary Brian
Jack Luden
Eagle School Announces Friday May Twenty Fifth Closure
The article notes good attendance at a picnic despite prior rain and announces Eagle School will close on Friday May 25. A community dinner at noon follows a program prepared by teacher Miss Edna Jones and the pupils.
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Eagle
Edna Jones
Pwlls
Old Newspapers Turned Into Furniture and Big Auto Bill
In New York the time marks 6 30 in Honolulu Hawaii. Chairs and furniture are now made from old newspapers pressed into rolls and varnished. The automobile bill of the American people stands at over 14 million dollars annually.
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Beon
New York
Honolulu
Hawaii
Delegates and Debates Dominate Global Politics and Elections
National and international items report U S delegates opposing European authors rights plans in Rome and a Bremen flight incident. Senate hearings on Dawes, tax cuts, and Haugen pill votes mix with Coolidge and Lowden campaign moves and overseas events from China to Europe.
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Lowden
Watson
Senate
Dawes
Washington County News Highlights May Week Events
Community events include a gifted officers’ installation at the local Presbyterian church and a Tuesday rally in Central park headlined by Senator Lars J. Skromme as a GOP governor hopeful. Drought relief arrived as rain began Tuesday night.
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Washington
Central Park
Lars J. Skromme
Republi,can
Kansas People Mostly Know About 7 Iowa This State Is East to Them
The narrator recalls Kansans who tour eastern neighbors and comment on Iowa as a back east farming land. They praise Iowa trees and farms, joke about oil, and contrast Kansas farming with Iowa’s corn, oil, and towns. An easterners view reveals how Kansans perceive Iowa and their own state.
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Towa
Wichita
Topeka
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Correctionville
Larchwood
Gillette Grove
Washington
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Western U.S. battered by severe weather with deaths and injuries
The western part of the United States faces deadly weather late this week with two killed and seven injured. Property losses approach one hundred thousand dollars as damage spreads across affected areas.
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United States
Matlagud
Nicaragua
Robt. Hunter
Hunter
Western coast aviation expands with multiple routes
The report notes rapid airline growth with twenty one passenger planes from San Francisco to San Diego, six ships from Los Angeles to Tucson, and two planes from Los Angeles to Seattle and Salt Lake City. It also mentions martial law in Peking and ongoing Manchurian actions with coastal martial progress.
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Seattle
Salt Lake City
Past Noble Grand Circle Meeting With Mrs Ella Hout
The Past Noble Grand Circle will meet Monday evening with Mrs Ella Hout. The note records a local club gathering and confirms the host and timing.
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Noble Grand Circle
Ella Hout
British women’s golf title narrows to Campbell Hurd lone American
A rain swept field leaves Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia as the sole U S contender in the British women’s championship. Glenna Collett loses at Hunstanton while Jack Dorval defeats Otto Von Porat in a boxing show at the Coliseum amid a weekend of Olympic chatter and prep.
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Philadelphia
Unites States
Jack Dorval
Pennsylvania
Otto von Porat
Y W M S Meeting Rescheduled at United Presbyterian Church
The Y W M S of United Presbyterian Church will meet Monday evening May 21 at 7 30 instead of Tuesday. Miss Moninger will speak. All members urged to attend. Annual dues appear as 3 dollars.
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Norma Reaney
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Miss Moninger
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