Landslides Kill About Fifty in Lyons France
In Lyons Foughieres section heavy landslides early Nov 13 left 40 to 50 dead with 12 injured as a second slide later caused no further fatalities. Rescue workers faced renewed rains and collapsed homes while unofficial death toll rose toward 100 with families wiped out and Red Cross, troops aiding amid the dangerous debris.
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Lyons
France
Foughieres
Lyon
Ieee
Red Cross
Cathedral of
St. Joan Wy
Bellev- Y Pd
Beset by War We Wish for Peace and Prosperity
The piece reflects on past conflicts, noting anniversaries and the desire for an end to war. It contrasts 12 years of turmoil with the hope for peace and prosperity, arguing that nations rarely endure prolonged sieges and urging unity to avoid mutual destruction.
Training School Faculty Chosen for Weeklong Program
Leigh W. Soule announced the selection of five faculty for a Washington county Sunday school training school to be held December 1 to 5 at the United Presbyterian Church. The lineup includes Prof. Reed Johnson, Prof. Melvin Gingerich, Rev. Dwight H. Carman, Dwight Drew, and Miss Annola Toler, with topics on Bible study, teaching principles, youth program, group leadership, and primary methods. The executive board lists JH Peet as chair and names such as Clyde V. Brown, Ella Gordon, and Rev. D C Fulton among organizers. The daily schedule features classes at 5 pm and 7 pm with supper at 6 pm, registration fee is one dollar and supper 35 cents. This marks the first such school to be held locally, sponsored by the Washington county Sunday school organization and county ministerial association.
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Leigh W. Soule
Washington D. W. C. A
United Presbyterian Shurch
Reed Johnson
Parsons College
Jesus
Melvin Gingerich
Washington High School
Dwight H. Carman
Worker of
Baptist Church
Dwight Drew
Mlc.a
Annola Toler
Lenox
Lowa
Supt
JH. Peet
Clyde V. Brown
Ella Gordon
D. C. Fulton
L. W. Soule
Washington County Sunday School Organization
County Ministerial Association
Soule
Fit School Courses to Conform to Needs of Individuals
Des Moines reports on Iowa education reforms pushing schools to tailor courses to individual abilities. Burlington principal R H Bracewell describes grouping by tested intelligence, four year graduation, credit for nonacademic work, and slow expansion to grade schools with kindergarten keep until readiness for advanced study.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Superintendents Club
Iowa State Teachers Association
R. H. Bracewell
Burlington
North Central Association
Bracewell
Americans in Peru face mob violence and disorder
A 15 member American party including women faced danger from Indian mobs at Canete mines Peru. Lima sent soldiers to protect foreigners as refugees fled Cerro De Pasco with about 210 people arriving by train. Martial law was imposed to halt rioting in Lima and the Andes copper region amid dead and wounded Americans and foreigners.
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Washington
Canete
Peru
Americarmbassy
Lima
Chosica
Nova
Cerro de Pasca
Chessea
Andes
Malpaso
Cerro de Paseo
John William Chapman
Chicago
E. le Tripari
Attorney Attacks Family Then Kills Himself in Uniontown
Prominent Fayette County attorney W. Playford, 65, shot and fatally wounded his three young daughters and probably wounded his wife before dying by suicide. Nancy 12 died on police arrival, Margaret 7 and Pauline 7 perished within two hours.
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Uniontown
Wenger joins Louisa county ministerial association
Crawfordsville reports Rev. F. Wenger attended a meeting of the Louisa county ministerial association at Wapello and became a member. The American Legion auxiliary hosted men for Armistice Day with a three course dinner after a social evening. The junior high declamatory contest is set for Friday in the school auditorium. Raymond Anderson returns home from Des Moines.
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Crawfordsville
F. Wenger
Louisa County
Wapello
Auxiliary
American Legion Post
Raymond Anderson
der ‘Moines
Knights of Columbus ceremonial and banquet in town
About 250 Knights of Columbus are expected for a ceremonial and banquet. The program starts with a 9:30 mass at St James church with Father J H O Donnell as celebrant, then two o clock degrees at the new K C hall, followed by a 6:30 banquet in City Hall. Rev Dr H G Takhenberg and Leo J Wegman will speak.
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Knights OF Columbus
Knights For Columbus
St. James Church
J. H. O'Donnell
Washington
Henry Senbuchler
East Pleasant Plain
A. van Wans
Richmond
Gillespie
Keokuk
St. James Ehure Choir
K. C. Hall
Homer Spet
Del
Frank Englert
Town City
Jess Figse
Ossion
Cedar Rapids
H. G. Takhenberg
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Leo J. Wegman
Carroll
Morrivon
Knights of Pythias
Fred J. Well
Burling Council
K. Gs
United States
Washington High to Play Fairfield Seconds Curtain Raiser
Washington High School reserves travel to Fairfield on Saturday for a curtain raiser against Fairfield seconds. This marks the second junior game of the year for both squads. Washington regulars are scheduled for Thanksgiving week, with Armistice Day attendance boosting gate receipts past $700 and an estimated 2,000 spectators.
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Jim Shultz
Wington High
Fairfield
T Fairfield
Tngton
Washington
Vote check confirms no change in election results
Canvass of the November 4 votes by the county board of supervisors finished this afternoon with no material changes from the initial returns. Dayton gained 51 votes for representative and H G Richardson for audit lost 100, but none altered outcomes. Additional errors of five or ten votes appeared in totals for several candidates.
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County Board of Supervisors
Dayton
Representative
H. G. Richardson
Nener
Cold Wave predicted for Midwest from Canada
Chicago report says a cold wave sweeps toward the middle west from the Canadian northwest with near freezing temperatures by nightfall. The United States Weather Bureau predicts the chill will end an unusually long Indian summer, likely lasting three days, with a first snowstorm not unlikely.
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Chicago
Middle West
Canadian Northwest
United States
Weather Bureau
Pratt Leases Graham Will Run 2 Theaters
Announcement of a Graham theater management change says Electric Theater company signs a lease with Ralph Pratt as manager for the Graham building and equipment from Winfield House and Ralph Dougherty. Plans include improvements and minor contract adjustments before reopening. Pratt notes both Fox and Graham may operate together once ready, with high quality pictures promised. Redding plans to stay in theater business and may take over a Minnesota movie house.
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Graham Theater
Arthur Redding
Electric Theater Company
Ralph Pratt
Graham
Winfield House
Ralph Dougherty
Theater Company
Fox Theater
Graham Iy
Pratt
Fox
Washington
Grahang
Mel Tise
Mr. Redding
Minnesota
Two Auto Thieves Held in Missouri
Harold Davis aged 17 and Dewe Bridges aged 29 were arrested in Lancaster Missouri on charges of breaking and entering after stealing Ray Minick’s Pontiac from Washington street Sunday evening. They also had a Ford sedan from Oskaloosa and confessed to stealing both vehicles. Washington officers seek links to a burglary at the Fred J Stewart hardware store the same night, where two small caliber pistols were taken. Investigators will determine if the guns came from that burglary.
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Harold Davis
Dewe
Bridges
Ray Min- Jok
Washington Street
Arender
Lancaster
Missouri
Oskaloosa
Minick
Oa Davis
Daynport
Page's List Shows G. O. P. in Control
Clerk of the House William Tyler Page released an unofficial count for the next Congress indicating Republican control. The list shows 218 Republicans, 216 Democrats, and 1 Farmer-Labor member.
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Washington
House
William Tyler Page
Page
Farmer-Labor
Shaw's Manager Refuses Cost Details in Senate Bid Inquiry
Denver, Nov 13. A. W. Hahn of Fort Collins, one of the managers for George H. Shaw's unsuccessful Colorado senate campaign, declines to reveal the cost of Shaw's primary campaign to the senate campaign funds committee. Hahn is the first witness at the inquiry, echoing a line from the Cunningham Philadelphia case years ago.
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Denver
A. W. Hahn
Fort Collins
Colo
George H. Shaw
United States Senate
Colorado
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Shaw
Hahn
Cunningham
Philadelphia
Court Set To Meet Monday For Jury Trials
Judge D W Hamilton plans to adjourn this afternoon and resume Monday when term jury trials begin. He travels to Wellman for an address then returns to Grinnell. Anwyl Bros versus Fred Jarvis ends with defendant ordered to pay $300 and costs. Navy administrator application for W S Munroe denied.
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D. W. Hamilton
Wellman
Grinnell
Anwyl Bros
Fred Jarvis
Robert H. Ites
Naval
W. $. Munroe
Henry Hites
Sixteen Legionaires Attend Mt Pleasant District Meeting
Sixteen members of Leon Beatty post American Legion traveled to Mt Pleasant for a district Legion meeting held yesterday evening. About 150 attendees enjoyed dinner and speeches by Maurice Cahill Cedar Rapids state Legion commander and other state officers. Washington delegates included Maynard Brown George Rudiger Dr P L Etter Walter Reed Seth Waggoner Ives McKay Victor Crone Ted Crone Preston Wolf Kenneth Carris Russell Frink Bob Kurtz Owen Woods Everett Smith Ed Squire and Everett Burham.
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Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Mt. Pleasant
District Legion
Maurice Cahill
Cedar Rapids
State Legion
Washington
Maynard Brown
George Rudiger
P. L. Etter
Walter Reed
Seth Waggoner
Ives McKay
Victor Crone
Ted Crone
Preston Wolf
Kenneth Carris
Russel Frink
Bob Kurtz
Outline plan of big church merger in Pittsburgh
A definite plan for merging five Presbyterian and Reformed churches with about 2,000 members may be presented today at a joint committee meeting on Presbyterian unity. Delegates from across the United States, about 70 in total, are present or expected.
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Pittsburgh
Joint Committee On Presbyterian Unit
United States
Martial law proclaimed by president in Havana riots
Havana reports say martial law was declared at 3 p m after student led rioting with police. Six killed and up to 25 injured, though figures are unofficial. Soldiers cordoned Woolworth and cavalry patrolled streets as clashes continued near El Pais and other sites. The scene grew tense with windows broken and threats toward the American embassy amid ongoing demonstrations. In Vancouver a man shot himself after leaving a note about damage payments in a hotel during merger conference.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Woolworth
Cammon
United Press
Galiano Street
Law Enforcement Commission Mulls Prohibition Changes
Washington November 13 The Hoover commission on enforce ment studies proposals to alter dry laws including light wines and beer while delaying final recommendations to President Hoover. Full commission convened to review options as no decision yet. Possible report by Congress may be outline or a plan within weeks.
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Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
United Press
Ihs
Congress
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Midwest
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Army
Cuba
el Pais
Vancouver
Alex Nyberg
Prohibition
George Wickersham
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