Fighting In Cuba: Government shells Havana as conflict escalates
US and Cuban authorities report ongoing fighting in Havana with artillery fire hitting a five story hotel. An American citizen, L J Lotspitch, Swift and Co official, is reported killed amid heavy shelling. Casualties among Cuban defenders unclear as Wyoming may head to Cuban waters.
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U.P
Dent Hotel
Lil
Washington
Navy Department
U. S. S. Wyoming
Quantico
Lj Lotspitch
Swift and Co
Reverend C W Klein Heads to Cincinnati Conference
Rev. C W Klein leaves for Cincinnati Ohio as Iowa district delegate to the Sprtroneia general conference of the Evangelical Synod of North America. He will chair the headquarters committee and be absent about ten days. No church services planned next Sunday at Washington St Pauls or Valley churches. Sunday school continues. The merger with the Reformed Church in the United States is a conference issue awaiting final quadrennial approval. Washington county cautions residents not to solicit for employment assistance for ten days as re employment services shift to the courthouse.
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C. W. Klein
Cincinnati
Iowa
Sprtroneia General Conference
Evangelical Synod of North America
Mr. Kiein
Washington St Paul's Evangelical Church
The
Valley Church
Eastwood Begins 11th Year as Washington Presbyterian Pastor
Dr. F. W. Eastwood marks eleven years in Washington with a forward looking sermon at the Presbyterian church. He urges forgetting past sins and disappointments and setting faces toward a glorious future in service and faith. A church social is planned tonight at 8. The Eastwood family is well known in the community for Red Cross work and daily Bible school ministries.
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Br. FF. W. Eastwood
Washington Presbyterian Church
Eastwood
Fastwood
O'Clock
Douglas
Washington High School
Walter Eastwood
Iselin
N. J
Washington
F. W. Eastwood
Washington County
Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
C. W. Klein
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Valley Evangelical Church
Moline
Wausau
Wis
Fines Tinkle Into City’s Till
About 35 car drivers were summoned to the mayor's court on Saturday night and paid fines for defective lights and were ordered to fix them immediately. It marked the largest single turnout in the ongoing effort by state county and city officials to enforce light and brake safety.
California Gets Another Quake
An early morning quake centered in Los Angeles shook southern California at 1 10 a m injuring three people slightly and causing wall collapses and many window damages. Long Beach felt the tremor but reported no damage despite severe shaking.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
Seedling Sales Bring In State Reforestation Funds
The state earned 12500 dollars from selling seedlings and young trees to private landowners for reforestation during the first half of the year. Seedlings sold at two dollars per thousand and transplants at five dollars per thousand. Trees are sold from state forests on request and no attempt is made to commercialize the business.
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Harrisburg
Pa. A
Revered Eastwood Remembered for Regretful Loss in Wausau
The pastor Rev. Eastwood’s four year ministry in Wausau left a broad impact beyond Presbyterian circles. Born in Lancaster England he moved to the United States in 1912 and soon served at Pacific Gardens Missions Chicago and Cook County Jail before ordination in 1915. He led Florida Ill Klisworth before arriving in Wausau in October 1917.
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Eastwood
Wausau
Lancaster
England
Pacific Gardens
Chicago
Cook County
Florida, Ill
Klisworth
Tragedies Beset Rock Island Line Crews
A Rock Island No 4 collision near Perlee claimed an unidentified man who died at Washington county hospital after being struck while sitting on the track. Otis Wray of Nelson HTL may be the identified victim. Conductor W S Quigley of Eldon died of a heart attack aboard freight No 5000 near Brighton while joking with a brakeman.
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Stockford
Perlee
Otis Wray
Nelson
HTL
Northwestern Railway
Nelsom
Rock Island
W. S. Quigley
Eldon
East Pleasant Plain
Brighton
Rock Island No. 4
Washington County Hospital
Otero
Plummer
Seventh Avenue
Rockford
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Quigley
F. M. Shiver
Tf Kidon
Shive
W.S. Kyle
Washington County
Elden
Caboose
Ren
Silvis
Steamer Koun Maru Sinks with Heavy Loss of Life
MISUMI Japan Oct 2 UP The steamer Koun Maru capsized off Kumamoto prefecture late Sunday with heavy loss of life. Official word lists known dead at 3 while only fifty of the 130 sightseers aboard were rescued. The rest are missing. Miss Helen Kamerow spent the weekend at her Cedar Falls home.
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Misumi
Japan
Kumamo
Helen Kamerow
Cedar Falls
Stolen Car Found Within an Hour in Muscatine
Washington authorities quickly recovered a stolen car reported at 8 25 and located it in Muscatine by 9 15. John Blake 21 of Pittsburgh Pa was captured after attempting to flee, knocking the sheriff’s car fender and later being knocked unconscious during arrest. The car was found intact with groceries inside.
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Washington
Muscatine
Lewis Warren
McCarty
Blaine Holmes
Mr. Warren
Nesper
Muscatine County
Sugar’ Wickey
Wickey
John Blake
Pittsburgh
Peon
Blake
Putnam
Ode Ferguson
Washington County
Will Rogers Seizes Kentucky Colonel Feud
A speech from Beverly Hills recalls Kentucky colonels split by geography with Irvi Cobb leading eastern units. The writer claims command of western colonels and taunts a war of extermination between factions, touting his own “progressive” followers.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Kentucky
Irvi Cobb
Paducah
Mississippi River
Oat i
Irv
Frost Returns to Iowa with Cold Weekend
Des Moines reports Jack Frost visiting Iowa again as central and eastern areas experience cold weather. Charlie Reed forecast slightly warmer temps tonight with no frost. The low this morning hit 38 degrees, while Cornell Bluffs recorded a weekend high of 72 with no precipitation.
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Des Moines
Lrh
Jack Frost
Iowa
Federal
Judge Patterson Returns to Court as August Term Nears End
The judge J G Patterson returns to oversee the August term nearing close after staying at his Oskaloosa home over the weekend. Mary Briley travels to Iowa City to enter the University of Iowa journalism program. Blake, with Ed Kos of Ainsworth’s name on a billfold, fled from Sioux City toward Chicago after stealing a machine.
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J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Mary Briley
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ed Kos
Ainsworth
Blake
Sioux City
Chicago
Tax Collections Rise as September Totals Grow
County Treasurer Marion George reports September tax receipts reaching 197 132 dollars with remaining mail to be tallied. He forecasts full September totals after early next week and notes about 18 percent of yearly taxes may remain unpaid after October’s collection. Delinquent lists may shrink from last year and real estate taxes due by mid November will be advertised. Friday and Saturday collections topped 26 thousand and 25 thousand dollars respectively.
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Marion George
Mr. George
George
Robbers Pose as Prohibition Agents In Iowa
Central Iowa police sought three men who entered a rooming house operated by Betsy Liddell posing as prohibition agents They forced her to open a safe and hand over bonds totaling 459 dollars and postal savings certificates worth 2000 dollars.
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Dodge
Ort
Central Iowa
Betsy Liddell
New Assistant Manager at Montgomery Ward Named
NeW PMPLOVER c C. Michelson, formerly from Duluth, is the new assistant manager at the Montgomery Ward store. His wife and ten months old daughter plan to join him here within a week or two to establish their home.
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C C. Michelson
Duluth
Montgomery Ward
Roosevelt outlines three principles for veterans policy
The address before thirty thousand American Legion members in Chicago tackles wartime injury support, universal benefits, and disability aid tied to other agencies. He argues retrenchment is needed for national recovery and urges veterans to back the economic program while noting full reemployment will take time.
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Chicago Stadium
Chicago
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Uni
Iowa Senate Battle Central in Benton Tama Race
State watchers focus on the Benton Tama district as voters decide the Iowa Senate seat vacated by H. C. White. Republican candidate R. H. Lee and Democrat M. W. Hyland contend in a race seen as tests of political power and possible prelude to a broader cabinet reorganizati on.
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Des Moines
Benton- Tama
H. (. White
Iowa Senate
Clyde JL. Herring
R. Hh. Lee
M. W. Hyland
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