Memorial Day Program Outlines City Observance
Walter L. Graves announces Memorial Day plans in central park at nine with a Washington band concert and a 9 30 address by Leigh W. Soule of the Y M C A. The parade forms on Avenue B west of the square and goes to Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries in two sections led by band and drum corps.
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Washington Band
Leigh W. Soule
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Jay Brown
Avenue RB
Washington
Main Streets
Avenue B
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the Square
Avenue BR
Woodlawn
Elm Grove
Towa
Main
Marion and Puth
Woodlawn Cemetery
Iowa
Elm Grove Cemetery
J. H Peet
A. W. Henke
H. H. McCleery
J. A. Taylor
F. W. Eastwood
Frank R. Sage
Loan and Trust Company
Washington National Bank
Commercial Savings Bank
Courthouse
Blanche
Zelma
McAvoy
Milady
Mrs. Dalton
Paul
The
Journal
May employment shows slight, gradual improvement says Doak
Secretary of Labor Doak notes May data not complete but shows employment a little better, with seasonal factors considered. William Green AFL president reports union worker employment up about half a percent in early May. Officials expect late summer crops to indicate broader business improvement despite low prices.
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Washington
Doak
Secretary of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
LP High
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Northwest
Stolen Graham Paige Car Recovered Near Ottumwa
A Graham-Paige car registered to Dora Spiwak, stolen and abandoned on West Main, was recovered yesterday evening and will be returned to Ottumwa if the owners claim it. Deputies report the vehicle ran out of gas and that two young men fled the scene, leaving the car curbside for hours.
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Graham-Paige
Ottumwa
Dora Spiwak
West Main Street
Harold Putnam
City Beautiful drive under way in Washington cleanup
Washington prepares for Alley Week in the City Beautiful campaign as residents tidy lawns, plant hollyhocks, and city crews repaint parking lines. Sub-committee reports begin on ward conditions while Miss Eva Smeltzer handles plant requests.
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City Beautiful
Washington
Plant Exchange Committee
Eva Smeltzer
Friese of Kalona Dies After Long Illness
Frank P. Friese, 49, longtime Kalona hotel and restaurant proprietor and prominent community figure, died at his home after failing health. He recently returned from treatment in Haskins Arkansas and funeral plans awaited word from relatives on the Pacific coast. He leaves wife Margaret Marhoefer, daughter Catherine Viola Walker, his mother, and several brothers in Washington and Oklahoma.
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Kalona
Frank P. Friese
Haskins, Ark
Pacific Coast
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
R. Friese
Brighton
Margaret Marhoefer
Catherine Viola Walker
Khalona
August
Henry
Leo
Fred
Washington State
Frieze
Bernard
Washington
William
Prof Auguste Piccard Lands After Ten Mile Balloon Flight
Prof Auguste Piccard and companion Charles Kipfer landed on a glacier in Austria after an 18 hour ascent to about ten miles high. The pair reported successful scientific observations and instruments intact. They trekked to a Tyrolean village to retrieve data and plan further analysis.
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Insserruck
Austria
U.P
Auguste Piccard
Piccard
Charles Kipfer
Here
Yurgi
Conference Chat Turns To Wheat Policy And Fatigue
Beverly Hills reports a London conference on surplus wheat dissolved amid chaos and jokes as Russia proposed quota exports. The writer mocks excessive conferences and calls for a duty on goodwill groups while noting fatigue and distrust among delegates and hosts.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
London
Russia
W R C Urges Decorating Committees to Consult List
The W R C president asks decorating committee members to review the list published in the Journal Tuesday and be ready to serve in their designated sections at FFAL Resort cemeteries.
Three Injured In Auto Crash Near Spirit Lake
Three men were critically injured when a car overturned near Spirit Lake Iowa as they traveled from Spirit Lake to C Prouty's cottage. The victims named were C C Prouty Des Moines wealthy retired grocer Carl Lindeman and an unidentified man. They were taken to a hospital in Estherville.
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C. C. Prouty
Des Moines
Carl Lindeman
Prouty
Estherville
Move to Impeach Governor of State Heralded in Tennessee
A five member committee recommended impeachment of Gov. Henry H. Horton to the Tennessee house of representatives on May 28. The panel cited admitted and undisputed facts supporting the move. Harold Briley returns home from Iowa City for a few days.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee House of Representatives
Harold Briley
Iowa City
Diplomas Graduated Class of Honorees Named
A June 6 ceremony lists numerous graduates and honor students led by Arnold Berniece B and Leota A Allbaugh. MIT notable names include Evelyn Anderson, Pauline Bridges, Marjorie Robertson, Helen Schoonover, and James Sehmoeller among others.
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Arnold Berniece B. Adrian Leota A. Allbaugh
Leo Delbert Allbaugh
Evelyn M. Anderson Lloyd D. Augustine
Genevieve E. Bailey
Charles Winter Berdo Donald O. Bowes
Alice Jean Bratten Leonard J. Bridges
Pauline Vivian Bridges
Helen M. Caldwell
Mark Campbell
Henry M,. Carris
Jim Casey
Donna Clow
Donld M. Coats Evelyn T. Crawford Woodrow W. Crone
Eva Lucille Davison
Bernice Ethel Derby
Lawrence M. DeWitt
Marjorie Mae Dunbar Waldo Ke, Fickling
Mildred Irene
Arvilla
Louise McCall Mildred Irene McCarty
Helen McConaughy
Cherie M. McElhinney
Robert McFarlane Leroy McGraw Grant Sr. McKune Eloise M. Mallory
Mildred Maurine Martin
William J. Masson, Jr
Lester M. Messer
Mary Ellen Mickey
Virginia C. Mirgon
Raymond Mohr
Harry A. Montgomery, Jr
Harriette L. Moore
Edna Mae Moriarty
Ernestine Doris Murdock
Georgia V. Musil
Alice Lucile Nicola John C. Owen
Mary Pauls
Robert M. Petratz
Elizabeth BE. Ragan
Winifred M. Ragan Kar D. Rath
Marjorie M. Robertson Lawrence James Ryan William Marvin Sartor
James A. Sehmoeller
Helen Martha Schoonover
William J. Shannon
Alvin R. Shebeck
Martha M. Shelangoski
Stanley Kf, Simpson
Robert Woodrow Springman
Thomas W. Stewart
Robert Fe, Statsman
Lloyd A. Wagner Virginia Gail Wallace
Louise Jane Wasson Sherman
RB. Watson
William Wells, Jr
Lois Jane Wilkin
Raymond A. Witting
Doris A. Zeck
Train wrecks in Moorhead storm kill two and injure many
A tornado ripped a Great Northern passenger train near Moorhead Minnesota, killing one passenger, James Anderson of Montesano Washington, and a second man nearby. Over 20 injured as eleven coaches derailed. The storm also caused heavy rain and flash flooding while sweeping rural North Dakota and Minnesota. Desio cyclone near Milan damaged homes and felled trees.
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Minn
Great Northern
North Dakota
Minnesota
James Anderson
Montesano
Wash
Andrew Hatledal
Italy
Milan
Desio
Pope Pius XI
Lombardy
Presbyterians elect Dr Mudge moderator of General Assembly
In Pittsburgh on May 28 Dr Lewis Seymour Mudge of Philadelphia was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, succeeding Rev Hugh Thompson Kerr. The vote was 519 for Mudge and 379 for rival Rev David De Forrest Burrell of Williamsport. Birth control was excluded from discussion as the 1143rd General Assembly opened in a special executive session.
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Pittsburgh
Lewis Seymour Mudge
Philadelphia
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Hugh Thompson Kerr
Rev Mudge
David Deforrest Burrell
Williamsport
Awith
1143Rd
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Tornado like Winds Roar Through Nebraska Farmland
Storms in south central Nebraska caused extensive property damage with no reported human casualties. A statue in the town square was damaged and areas around Alma and Orleans in Harlan county sustained about 225000 dollars in losses as winds smashed farm buildings disrupted lines and wrecked orchards.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
U.P
South Centre
Alma
Orleans
Harlan County
Latham Delivers Commencement Address at Washington High
Dr. O. R. Latham, president of Town State Teachers College, spoke at the Washington high school and junior college commencement exercises yesterday evening, giving the address and addressing graduates.
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O. R. Latham
Town State Teachers College
Washington High School
Scholarship Award Honors Sherman Watson in 1931 Graduation
Sherman Watson of the 1931 Washington high school class received this year's junior college scholarship from G. W. Griffith and Mrs. Bila Griffith. The award, now funded by Mrs. Griffith's will, was presented during the commencement program interrupted briefly by a call to the platform. The faculty selected the senior recipient based on character and promise for further education.
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Sherman Watson
Washington High School
G. W. Griffith
Bila Griffith
J H. Peet
B.D. Morrison
Morrison
Griffith
Crawfordsville Resident Elizabeth Owen Dies at Home
Elizabeth Owen born July 13 1849 Vendovia Ohio died at her Crawfordsville home May 28 funeral pending burial in Cambrian cemetery Welsh neighborhood She was married to Evan J Owen September 22 1870 and moved from Ohio to Cotter then Crawfordsville In survivors include four children two grandchildren and six great grandchildren with one brother D R Jones of Cotter
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Crawfordsville
Elizabeth Owen
Cambrian Cemetery
Elizabeth L. Jones
Vendovia
Ohio
Richard
Mary Jones
Evan J. Owen
Weather Frontier Expands Across Regions
A broad weather system stretches east of Alma and across the nation toward the southwest beyond Orleans and into the Republican valley, signaling widespread impacts.
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Alma
Orleans
Republican Valley
Washington class graduates in grand city ceremony
In a formal service at the Methodist church 92 boys and girls were added to Washington high school alumni and 17 Wash ington junior college diplomas awarded. The event featured a well received commencement address by Dr. Latham of Iowa State Teachers College praising public schools and the machine age as a future challenge. Seniors Maurine Martin and Lucille Davis delivered the salutatory and valedictory after the audience enjoyed caps and gowns and a large turnout of relatives.
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Washington High School
Washington Junior College
Methodist Church
O. R. Latham
Iowa State Teachers College
Latham
Dr. Latham
Maurine Martin
Lucille Davison
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