Emergency Kitchen Closes After $12.92 Remainder Balance
Washington reports a winter spring emergency kitchen balance of 12.92 dollars after collecting 907.25 and paying 82.47 in expenses. Four thousand eight hundred ninety three quarts of milk and twenty two thousand nine hundred thirty seven bowls of stew were distributed to unemployed families and transients alike. Charles Welsh led the kitchen with Charl en McLellan and Mrs. McLellan assisting, while Mrs. Don Wood organized funds.
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Washington
Elity Hall
Charles Welsh
Charlen McLellan
McLellan
Don Wood
County Board of Supervisors
W. J. Norton
Welsh
School Exhibits Shown In Stores Across Washington County
A display of student handwork from Washington county rural schools is seen in store windows around the square. Exhibits will remain tonight and Saturday, with several already in place since Wednesday. Readings include Widmers Wellston, Dutch Creek, Pleasant Plain, Harmony, Enterprise, Marion, and many more with teachers and students named alongside.
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Washington County
Widmers
Wellston
Dutch Creek
Mary Scranton
Pleasant
Franklin
Marguerite Scranton
Teameder Graham Astore Grant
Geneva Eyestone
Atchison
Pleasant Plain
Jackson
Alice Wolfe
Nicola and
Harmon
Harmony
Isabelle Combs
Enterprise
Winnie Belter
H. J. Ward
Sureka
Marion
Lucille Davison
Thompson
Hetter Washington Club Meets at Y Tonight
The May meeting of the Het ter Washington club will be held this evening at the Y with a 6:30 dinner and a business meeting and program to follow. Ralph Shannon will give a talk on the Chicago world’s fair. The gathering should conclude around eight o'clock.
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Hetter Washington Club
Ralph Shannon
Chicago
Ed Brown Bids Souvenirs Of Dry Era With Near Beer
In Medford Oregon Ed Brown a former saloon keeper turned poolroom operator distributed bottles of near beer to his friends as keepsakes marking the end of Prohibition era in the area.
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Medford
Ore
Ed Brown
Will Roosevelt Sways Europe On War
Beverly Hills column mocks President Roosevelt and European leaders arguing over disarmament promises. The piece questions sincerity and hints at economic motives behind disarmament while noting world change and hope for turning human.
Walter Eastwood Receives Master of Theology Degree
Rev Walter Eastwood son of Dr and Mrs F W Eastwood of Washington earned a Master of Theology from Princeton Seminary this week. He preached at Providence RKLI Second Presbyterian Church and will preach again June 4 Commencement is Tuesday. He pastors Iselin New Jersey and earned a Bachelor of Divinity from Irmes ton. Dr Eastwood plans to attend the 145th General Assembly in Columbus Ohio as one of four commissioners from the Iowa City Presbytery.
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Walterastwood
F. W. Eastwood
Washington
Princeton Seminary
Second Presbyterian Church
Providence
RK L
Islin
N. J
Irmeston
F. W. Fastwood
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Columbus
Eastwood
Iowa City
Walter Eastwood
Warmest Day Yet This Year Reaches New High
Yesterday proved the warmest day of the year with temperatures climbing to 1 degrees above zero. Local observers noted unseasonably mild conditions across the area.
Dutch Creek Annual Play Day Amid Rainy Roads
Dutch Creek pupils, parents, and friends enjoyed their annual play day at Wolston school despite morning mud. The event featured a field meet with high jump, pole vault, sack race, and more, with Wellston winning 546 points, Valley 375, and New Haven 225. Mothers prepared a noon feast as the day proceeded.
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Dutch Creek
Wolston School
H. L. Hendrickss
Hilkea Jacobs
Cus
Enterprise Parent-Teacher Association
Wellston
Wellston School
New Haven
Sa “Childrens World
Agreement Reached At Madison Milk Pool Settlement
Wisconsin milk war ends after arbitration committee settles terms. Governor Schmedeman’s office guarded as officials faced threats. arrest warrants for picketers are withdrawn. A five member committee including three farmers will study striker demands, with one from the milk pool.
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State Capitol
Schmedeman
Appleton
Milk Pool
President Green backs re employment proposals
President William Green voiced strong support for the Roosevelt re employment proposals in Washington on May 19. He called the plan the most outstanding advance in recovery legislation and predicted adoption of a six hour day and five day week, with Green asserting it would put six million men back to work.
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Washington, D. C
William Green
Green
Boy gang leader sentenced for murder of 12 year old
In New York on May 19, 17-year-old Harry Murch, identified as a boy gang leader, received a sentence of two years to life for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old William Bender. Bender was bound gagged and stabbed, then left in an abandoned house after a grudge over stories told by the victim and his father.
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New York
Harry Murch
William Bender
Murch
William
Poppy symbol of patriotic spirit observed locally
Mrs. Helle Rice of the Leon Beatty Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary announced a Saturday poppy day observance. Volunteers will sell poppies throughout the day to aid disabled veterans and fund relief and rehabilitation for their families.
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America
Helle Rice
Leon Beatty
American Legion Auxiliary
Temperature Reaches 92 in State Amid Rainfall
The state recorded its first nineties of the year with Alta at 92 degrees while Inwood and Ratherville reached 91. Heavy showers fell in eastern counties with Marshalltown listing three inches of rain as straw hats returned to fashion after 48 coats were discarded.
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Des Moles
Alta
Inwood
Ratherville
Marshalltown
Shoppers from Columbus Junction Stop Here Today
Mrs. G. R. Bruce and Mrs. Anna Paxton of Columbus Junction shopped in the area today, reflecting a brief visit by local residents to the town.
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G. R. Bruce
Anna Paxton
Columbus Junction
Riverside Memorial Day Plan Details in May Ceremony
Riverside outlines the Memorial Day program for May 30 with a 9:30 am parade by school children Roy Scouts Auxiliary and American Legion to two cemeteries to place flowers. The Woman's Relief Corps will hold services for unknown veterans. Fred K. Miller will deliver the address at the unknown grave. John F. Younkin is the only Civil War veteran living in the community.
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Riverside
Roy
Auxiliary
American Legion
Womans Relief Corps
Unknown Grave
Fred K. Miller
Tocal Methodist Church
Robert Alen
John FE. Allen
R. T. Alcorn
Charlies Broadway
Benjamin Kuchwalter
Leonard Burris
Frank Critz
Hobart Carr
Joseph Cole
James Dulin
J. M. Furneau
Jacob Fesler
Peter Flynn
Benjamin Godlove
Ernest Holtz
John Heck
Wiliam Hawthorne
Oo D. Huntley
Jacob Hare
George A. Hoffman
Lyman A. Iden
M. F Kinney
William J. Lewis
G. O Lingo
Henry J. Lingo
Milton Lingo
John Lohberger
Justin F. Meeks
Aaron A. Marling
John A. Miller
J. Q. Marling
Lorenz Minge
Alexander Nicola
L. A. Owen
Charles A. Overfelt
Alonzo Owen
William
John F. Younkin
Free landscape gardening lecture at the Y gym
The first in a series of free talks on landscape gardening will be held at the Y gymnasium at 7 30 this evening. Both men and women are invited to attend. The lectures are sponsored by the YWCA and the A. Mrs. A. F. Baldrige will give the talk.
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Y, W. CC
A. F. Baldrige
Germany Accepts British Disarmament Plan at Geneva
At the Geneva arms conference on May 19 German delegate Rudolph Nadonly announced Germany's acceptance of the MacDonald disarmament plan under Hitler's instructions. President Henderson urged all nations to withdraw amendments that caused deadlock as the conference opened amid tense expectations. The crisis hangs on whether France will join the agreement and push peace efforts forward. Rev and Mrs W H Parker of Cottar were seen in Washington shopping yesterday.
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Geneva
Germany
Roosevelt
Rudolph Nadonly
Hitler
Arthur Henderson
MacDonald
Nad
Henderson
France
Rooster Price Advance for Washington Rooster Day
Old roosters will be king of the day in Washington next Wednesday May 24 when merchants with W B Reister Sons and R L Gibson produce pay a 20 percent premium above market A price of 6 5 8 cents per pound is set if market falls the price stays at 6 4 8 cents if it rises more paid according to market Roosters bought at produce houses to improve handling after last years hot weather caused losses Tracy Phillips is general chairman and about 60 prizes from 50 Washington merchants will be awarded
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Washington
Reisters
Gibson
Tracy Phillips
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