Memorial Day program in Washington outlined for 1937
Dale Atkinson announces a Saturday Memorial day program in Washington with a 9 15 am concert by the Municipal band in Central park a 10 am parade to Elm Grove and Woodlawn cemeteries and brief addresses by Dr B F Schwartz and Supt E A Ralston. James Baird named Memorial day chairman for 1937 with succession plan by year.
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Dale Atkinson
Washington
Central Park
Elm Grove
Woodlawn
B. F. Schwartz
E. A. Ralston
Tucker & Spicher
Kim Grove Cemetery
Atkinson
St. James
Heights
Centennial
Lincoln
Wallace
113Th Cavalry
Baird
James Baird
Martin Whittaker
Waverly Athletes Offered Tulane Scholarship
Waverly athletes Stanley Scully and Lawrence Guter, standout football basketball and track stars, have been offered Tulane University in New Orleans board room tuition laundry books all fees and transportation. Tulane may award athletic scholarships under its conference rules.
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Tulane
Waverly
Stanley Scully
Lawrence Guter
Tulane University of New Orleans
Drake Professor LeCoq Defends Art in Des Moines Post Offices
Drakes Romance languages professor Jean Pierre LeCoq objects to Representative Lloyd Thurston’s stance against murals in his district post offices. He argues Lowans prefer art as a civilizing pleasure over hog farming as a means to fund public buildings and the farm bureau office.
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Des Moines
Jean Pierre ‘LeCoq
Drake University
Lloyd Thurston
Iowa
Thurston
Congress
Lowans
Farm Bureau
LeCoq
Justice Arranges to Give Bridegrooms Break
Spencer official R A Fillion a justice of the peace plans to marry any couple free of charge between the upcoming primary and general elections. The Republican candidate disclosed his intention to offer free weddings to couples during the campaign period.
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Spencer
R. A. Fillion
Justice of the Peace
Fillion
City Hall Faces Collapse After Mayor Ills
CLARKSVILLE Mayor D. L. Youngs is ill in the hospital. The steps of the city hall have collapsed and the city bandstand has collapsed. The city water supply tank has sprung a bad leak.
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Clarksville
D. L. Youngs
Iowa Gains as Nation Returns to Eating Pork
Des Moines report notes pork demand improving as American households resume pork and lard consumption. Iowa farmers see a firmer hog market though overall consumption remains below the five year average. March figures show continued year over year gains and the first quarter outpacing 1935.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Tired of Soup He Wins Fight for Teeth
Wil Brooks, after two months on a liquid diet, swore out a search warrant to reclaim his false teeth from Emma Livingston. He had lived with her through the winter and left March 22 after an argument, forgetting his teeth stored in a glass of water.
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Des Moines
Wil Brooks
Emma Livingston
Brooks
Town Wins City Water After Winter Freeze
ARNOLD'S PARK A local business establishment regained running water after a lengthy winter outage. The pipes finally thawed on May 22 according to the owner who reported the restoration.
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Arnold's Park
Coon Trials Introduced by Dubuque Sportsmen
Dubuque sports men form the River Bottoms Coon Club to keep hunting dogs fit in summer and provide sport. Twenty five members join as dogs chase a coon through brush forest and open country to the tree where the animal takes refuge.
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Dubuque
River Bottoms
Crowds Grow for Washington Concert Band Series
A large Wednesday band concert drew the biggest crowd yet as North Town Avenue businessmen promote the Washington Concert Band program. The series has proven a success with rising attendance and is planned to continue through the summer with local organizers John and Pete Kauffman and Wayle in town on business.
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North Town Avenue
Washington
John
Pete Kauffman
Wayle
Dr and Mrs Roberto visit Washington on business
Dr and Mrs Roberto of Wayland were business visitors in Washington today, meeting officials and discussing economic concerns.
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Roberto
Wayland
Washington
Nebraskans 115-Year-Old Man Solomon Rickner Dead
Solomon Rickner died at St Paul Neb at age 115 after a fall and shock from a recent injury. Born February 18 1821 in Pennsylvania he lived in Michigan California and Colorado before Nebraska. He worked as a threshing crew member married at 30 with five children ten grandchildren survived by one daughter. He credited hard work simple foods and longevity stemming from patience and a pension hope.
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ST. Paul
Neb
Solomon Rickner
United States
Rickner
North
Hampton County
Pennsylvania
Michigan
William Henry Harrison
Cora Corbett
Hhs
Atkinson Calls Ex Soldiers to March on Decoration Day
Chairman Dale Atkinson urges all veterans who served under the Stars and Stripes to join the Decoration Day parade. Civil War veterans will be on the reviewing stand as he notes the day honors all former soldiers and sailors from 1861 to 1865. C A Neiswanger, former regular Army, will lead the marchers. assembly point set east of Sherman’s Funeral Home on South Avenue B.
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Dale Atkinson
C. A. Neiswanger
Sherman
South Avenue B
New Southern Iowa Primary Road Planned Across Washington Henry Areas
C L McKinnon of the State highway commission says a new three year project will create a primary east west road and several north south routes. The plan extends No 78 from south of Wapello through Morning Sun Winfield Olds Wayland to Coppock and Brighton then west to Richland replacing part of No 1 and joining No 149 near Martinsburg. The route will touch highways 61 161 1 and 149, likely as a gravel road and include Louisa county segments already in use.
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Washington County
Henry County
Washington
C. L. McKinnon
State Highway Commission
Wapello
Morning Sun
Winfield
Olds
Wayland
Coppock
Brighton
Richland
Pleasant Plain
Keokuk-Jefferson County
Ottumwa-Sigourney Road
Martinsburg
Louisa County
Brookhart Exudes Confidence Ahead of Primary
Former Senator Smith W. Brookhart declares a strong Farm Bureau and labor support base and notes his campaign's hitchhiking style yet steady county visit plan. He cites endorsements from veterans groups, Coughlin’s backing, opposition to chain stores, and predicts primary vote splits among Linville Manning and Dickinson with Brookhart in first or second place.
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Des Moines Register
Smith W. Brookhart
Dickinson
Brookhart
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Coughlin
Federal Reserve Banking System
Independent Merchants Union For Social Justice and
Linville
Manning
Townsend Cancels Des Moines Meet
Des Moines May 28 Townsend plan supporters await a 25 car caravan of Californians returning from Washington DC after protesting Congress. Dr. F E Townsend will not address the Riverview park rally as planned. Mrs Matie Paine directs a welcoming parade to the statehouse and Riverview park celebration.
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Des Moines
Les Moines
Townsend Plan
Washington, D. C
Townsend
F. E. Townsend
Riverview Park
Baltimore
Des Moines Address. Mrs. Matie Paine
Statehouse
Fresh Air Children to Arrive June 16
Mrs. Leslie Dunlap reports Chicago’s Howells Neighborhood House will send out Chicago children needing homes for the summer on June 16. The letter cites severe relief strain and undernourishment, urging local families to host a child. Mrs. Dunlap holds names and photos of available children on request.
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Leslie Dunlap
Howell
Chicago
District V F W Convention Set For Sunday Plans
Washington county V F W posts plan the district convention at 1 p m next Sunday at the Knights of Columbus Hall with E R Crane Cherokee department commander and J J Fellers Des Moines chaplain attending. Members from Fairfield Muscatine Burlington Fort Madison Mt Pleasant Iowa City and others expected. A memorial service for Harry Swift will be held at Sunset Park about 3 30 p m followed by a tree dedication public invited.
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Washington County Post
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kights of Columbus Hall
E. R. Crane
Cherokee
Department of Iowa
J. J. Fellers
Des Moines
Fairfield
Muscatine
Burlington
Fort Madison
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa City
Sunset Park
Harry Swift
Brookhart Baby Killed by Car in Tragic Washington Accident
Four year old William Waller Brookhart, grandson of ex Senator Smith W Brookhart, died when a moving car struck him after he slipped from his mother's hand near his home. The driver was the mother, an intimate friend of the family, who had just retrieved the child from school before the fatal incident. The tragedy stunned the Brookhart household and drew immediate reaction in Washington.
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T L. Brookhart
Smith W. Brookhart, Jr
William Waller Brookhart
Smith W. Brookhart Jr
Smith W. Brookhart
Brookhart
Washington D. C
Washington, D. C
Betty Ann
New Deal
Securities Exchange
Ralphs
Brookhar
Ralph
Columbie
Centennial Parade Plans Under Way
Elaborate plans for a long, historic parade were launched by the County Centennial Celebration parade committee in a special meeting. The team led by Harry Simpson Lester Orr and Preston Wolf will coordinate floats with Mrs. C A Speer and Mrs. Frank Kurtz and organize booster trips with bands and car caravans to surrounding towns.
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Harry Simpson
Lester Orr
Preston Wolf
C. A. Speer
Frank Kurtz
Cloid Willits
Ted Brown
Nic McCleery
Henry Little
Margaret Griffith
Ficher Proposes New Farm Plank
Iowa six Democratic congressmen sign a letter endorsing a new farm tenancy plank for Roosevelt's farm program. The proposed policy would extend federal credit to help qualified tenants become farm homeowners and address rising tenancy rates. It cites 1935 Iowa tenancy at 49.6 percent and argues for a mortgage refinancing approach within constitutional limits.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Iowa
Cavalry
Edward ©. Eicher
B. M. Jacobsen
Guy M. Gillette
Fred Bierman
Otha D. Wearin
Hubert Utterback
Eicher
Middle West
Philadelphia
Iowa chinch bug situation improves in Iowa
Dr. Carl J. Drake reports heavy winter mortality cut infestations across Iowa from 45 to 80 percent. Spring delays reduce migration to small grain fields, with southwestern and southcentral counties seeing the most bug activity. Grasshoppers emerge as a new threat. farmers urged to start poisoning within two weeks using available bran poison.
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Des Moines
Carl J. Drake
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Drake
Six Die At Rural Crossing Tragedy In Calumet City
Six people, four young women and two children from Calumet City, die when a car is struck by a Pennsylvania train at a crossing while en route to decorate graves. The fatal collision occurred on May 28 as the vehicle was demolished.
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Calumet City
Ill
INS
Pennsylvania
Woman Drowns When Car Plunges From Bridge
Ruth Dietrich, 26, died when a car went through a fence and into the Mississippi below the Keokuk Hamilton bridge. Three other occupants were rescued, search efforts continued at noon for her body under the water.
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Keokuk
INS
Ruth Dietrich
Keokuk-Hamilton
Mississippi River
Townsend Held in Contempt by House for Refusal to Testify
The House voted 271 to 41 to cite Dr. Francis B Townsend and aides Dr Clinton Wunder and John D Kiefer for contempt for defying the special committee investigating old age pension schemes They must face trial in the District of Columbia Supreme Court after indictment by a grand jury This was the first House contempt action in 23 years and no roll call was recorded
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Washington, D. C
INS
House
Francis B. Townsend
Clinton Wunder
New York
John D. Kiefer
Chicago
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District Court
Monaghan
Library to Close on Memorial Day
Miss Eva Denny city librarian announces the library will close Saturday for Memorial Day a legal holiday.
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Eva Denny
No Mail Deliveries On Memorial Day Saturday
Postmaster M. C. DeLong announces no city or rural mail deliveries on Memorial Day Saturday. General delivery will be open for stamp sales only from eight to ten in the morning.
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M. C. DeLong
Fiorenza Guilty of Murder. Jury Verdict Delivers Death
John Fiorenza, 24, found guilty of the murder of Nancy Evans Titterton in New York. The verdict, delivered in the general sessions court at 10:07 after a trial that began yesterday, sentences him to death in Sing Sing. The victim was killed in her apartment on April 10, Good Friday, and her body was later found in a bathtub.
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New York
John Fiorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
General Sessions Court
Sing Sing
Fiorenza
Ignaczio Capani
Renault Escapes Prison in Paris Factory Strike Turmoil
Louis Renault, held by 33 060 striking workers at his automobile factory, was rescued and moved to an unknown destination. The incident coincides with a French cabinet meeting aimed at halting a wave of strikes sweeping the country.
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Paris
Louis Renault
France
Jay Miller Visiting En Route Home to Wellman
Jay Miller spent a brief stop in town today as he travels back to Wellman after a stay with Iron University of Iowa noted during his journey.
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Jay Miller
Wellman
Iron University of Iowa
University of Iowa Dentist Dr. Pease Drums in Orchestra
While a student at the University of Iowa, Dr. T. J. Pease, a practicing dentist, played trap drums in a university orchestra alongside Little Jack Little.
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University of Iowa
T. J. Pease
Little Jack Little
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