Armistice Day Observances Arranged Across Washington
Armistice day activities unfold Sunday in Washington with church services and a morning salute of twenty-one bombs and Taps at eleven. Veterans of Foreign Wars plan an open air program, while communities prepare radio broadcasts from Paris and a Legion banquet Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Central Park
Everett Burham
Washington V. FF. W. Post
Paris
Barham
Washington
F. CC. Witzigman
Methodist Church
Sacred Ground
EF. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
Jailed Teacher Distracted by Fate of Daughter Isobel Steele
Los Angeles music teacher Miss Isobel Steele remains imprisoned in Germany on espionage charges. Diplomatic efforts by the U S State Department are under way as her mother Mrs Chara Steele of Los Angeles reports visiting her daughter after imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isobel Steele
Los Angeles
Cal
Germany
U. S State Department
Chara Steele
Yell Leader Gets Jail Sentence in Davenport Shelter
World war veteran William Kruse of Davenport yelled at the federal Transient shelter on a Wednesday night and vowed to keep shouting until war bonds were paid. Police jailed him for three days for coercive conduct, and he could not yell his way out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
William Kruse
Federal Transient Shelter
Baby Drowns in Public Pool in Hawarden area
Two year old Hawarden Burrington drowned Thursday after riding a tricycle into a rain filled public swimming pool. The pool had been emptied but left with water. the mother found the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawarden
Bruce Burrington
Crow Hunt Turns Stale for Osage Candidates
An Osage report notes a crow hunt where two teams killed many crows, claimed to gift the harvest to aid defeated Republican candidates. A local commentator called the hunt a grim day for the birds and for political supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osugze
Osage
Homestead Project Under Way in Grange Area
The government subsistence homestead project led by Father Ligutti has begun after receiving a 27905 pound grant. Fifty families will receive homes averaging 1506 dollars with two to seven acres each and no down payment. Houses will be up to 2500 dollars and all residents taxed for schools and community projects. Most beneficiaries are Iowa coal miners families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father L. Ligutti
Father Ligutti
Federal Homestead Subsistanece Corporation
Ligutti
Lowa Coal Hithers
Man Dies After Jump From Car Near New Hampton
A farmer named Marion, living two and a half miles north of town, was killed Tuesday night near New Hampton when he jumped from a car as another vehicle approached. His neck was broken and he died at once.
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Sonta
Henry Marion
Here
New Hampton Wen
Marion
Four Aces Sparked Sioux City Card Raid
A story from Sioux City recounts a farmer named Mlencoe who played cards with friends when a raid interrupted their game. The farmer claimed he held a pat hand and stood to win a large pot, while police recovered $228 lost bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Mlencoe
Sioux City
Rletienes
Village driver suffers broken vertebra in dip mishap
Hari Clark of Carroll, Va. salesman, was jolted by a pavement dip at Fort Dodge, Te. Vritley. Initial shock gave way to later examination revealing a broken vertebra.
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Rockwell City
Hari Clark
Carrol
Fort Dodge
Minnesota Rough Necks Tarnish Iowa City Football Day
Report says drunkenness and disorder at the Minnesota versus Iowa game were blamed on visitors from Minnesota led by the Olson gang. Iowa City residents and students expressed indignation while asserting the locals behaved poorly in contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Rough Necks
Iowa City
Iowa
Hettie
Presient Gilmore
Olson
Minnevote
Tows City
Rock Review at Library Desert Wife Examines Dream and Duty
A public library review Monday will discuss Desert Wife, a memoir recounting a woman’s marriage to a rancher and her attempt to adapt to country life. The author shares personal struggle balancing love, expectations, and practical limits in pursuit of a city life.
Runaway Youths Found at Ottumwa
Delmar Miller and Bob Stirling, junior high school boys, were picked up by a railway detective at Ottumwa and turned over to the Wapello county sheriff. Their parents were notified and the boys were brought home. They said they were bound for California before their westward journey ended in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Miller
Bob Stirling
Ottumwa
Wapello County
California
Woman's travel tale to Navajo land reviewed at library
Mrs. A. Anderson of the library board will give a review of a Faunce book about a woman who seeks a future in the city then becomes a trader's wife among the Navajo. The talk is at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon at the library and all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faunce
A. Anderson
Soldiers in Cuba Ready For Action
Four hundred squatters fortified in Cuba’s mountain passes await a government action as Havana orders eviction of 600 families from land claimed by sugar interests. The group menaced by infantry and machine gunners bands together in four armed contingents, while a general strike call from the province labor federation awaits the eve of any assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Lima
Cuba
U.P
Havana
Paul Reveres
Gbott
Federation of Labor
No Bill Against Streigel Reported by Grand Jury
Grand jury for the November term reported after two days of work and was discharged for the term. No bill of indictment against Clemens V. Streigel for keeping and maintaining a public nuisance tied to the Brown Mug beer parlor whose license was revoked. Also no file against Frank Saagwa on breaking and entering at Ainsworth. Parole of J. C. Forinash of West Chester revoked. he must serve a six month jail term for liquor related offenses after prior suspension.
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Clemens V. Streigel
Grand Jury
Streigel
Frank Saagwa
Ainsworth
Porinash
District Court
J. C. Forinash
West Chester
Chester
Dary, Mathers
George F. Morrison
Forinash
Surplus Pigs Net Orders For Packers In Davenport
Van Dyke, county welfare head, received orders to ship over 100 pound surplus pigs from farmers to Robbrs Packing Co in Davenport for slaughter and processing. Meat goes to needy families with Washington county share via relief organization. About 150 pigs were identified, 121 under county care with roughly three quarters meeting weight requirements for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amford van Dyke
Robbrs Packing Company
Davenport
Washington County
County Relief Organization
County Welfare Office
H. Muloech
State Emergency
van Dyke
Iowa Corn Yield Drops to 1884 Levels in Drought
Iowa crop report shows corn expected to total about 000,000 bushels, the smallest since 1884, due to severe drought. Soybeans, by contrast, forecast to set a new harvest record, with strong yields in the better regions and overall high soybean prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
U. 38
Department of Agriculture
Julius H. Peters
P'Slistician
Peters
Dr Cliff McCreedy Opens Practice in Aledo Indiana
Dr Cliff C McCreedy recently finished interne work at Franklin Boulevard hospital Chicago and will locate in Aledo Indiana by the 15th He is a son of Mr and Mrs Joe McCreedy north of Ainsworth and a Monmouth College graduate class of 1927 He is brother to Dr Murray McCreedy of Brighton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. McCreedy
Franklin Boulevard Hospital
Chicago
Aledo
Joe MccCreedy
Ainsworth
Washington High School
Monmouth College
Murray McCreedy
Fof
Brighton
Washington Proclaims Red Cross Campaign Period
The mayor announces the eighteenth annual Red Cross membership drive from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, November 11 to 29. The appeal urges every resident to contribute, noting Red Cross services in disasters, veterans, health, first aid, and life saving.
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City of
Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Bevy of precincts fuels Democratic lead says YeLL Rogers
The caller from Beverly Hills notes precincts reporting slowly, arguing Democrats dominate now but many votes are Republican at heart. He urges tolerance and vigilance, praising Republican voters and suggesting GOP presence as watchdogs.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ainsworth High School Delights With The Man from Nowhere
Ainsworth high school presented The Man from Nowhere a three act comedy in Mrs Craddock's boarding house. Naomi Reoth played the teacher Joe Master the title role with Dewey Stephens Claire Edmondson as the banker and Claude Carson as the promoter. The cast included Modelle Harbison Jane Pearson June Davis Wanda Jones Carl Bassler Carl White with Miles Dunkle leading the orchestra and Miles Dunkle coaching the production by Miles Dunkle English and speech teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainaworth High School
Claire Edmondson
Modelle Harbison
Jane Pearson
Olaf
Carl Bassler
Professor Holmes
Mr. Boshart
Miles Dunkle
Kenglish
Claude Carson
John Frame
Aileen Welliver
William Trotter
Christina Cline
Alyce Fisher
Emerson Jolly
Substantial Gains Seen Over Nation
New York reported higher department store sales for October with a solid year over year gain. Eleven percent more than October 1953, and increases from major regions including Richmond and San Francisco at 20 percent, Atlanta 10, Chicago 11, Dallas and Philadelphia 9.5, Minneapolis and Cleveland 8, and Kansas City and Boston 7 and St Louis 6. In the first ten months, 629 stores reported a 12 percent rise over the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richmond
San Francisco
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Kansas City
Boston
St. Loouis
Civilian Conservation Corps recruitment and costs grow in 1930s
Washington reports a surge in CCC recruitment to about 9 500 monthly with over 69 000 resignations since April for private work. The program cost the government 470 million dollars to early November with 164 million sent home to families. Investments in land added to the park system are valued around 275 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Civil Jan Conservation Corps
United Press
CCC
He Corps
Foster Leads Brown by Thirty Votes in County Race
Miss Ethel Grecian county auditor announced recheck shows Foster 51 votes in Marion township had been miscopied as 71 on the auditor table altering the lead. Official canvass by the county board of supervisors starts Monday at noon to verify poll book figures and correct any errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Foster
Kk. &. Brown
Board of Supervisors
Ethel Grecian
Marion Township
Mr. Foster
Foster
Election Board
County Board of Supervisors
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