Cards Hold Burlington to 6 to 0 in Weekend Tilt
Washington junior college Cardinals battled Burlington junior college and held them to 6 points. Fuhr starred for Washington with punting and ball handling while Burlington exploited two big plays to score in the second quarter. Washington showed improvement but failed to finish drives as Burlington’s defense held.
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Washington Junior College Cardinals
Burlington Junior College
Burlington
George Preshwaters
Carthage
Monmouth
Illinois
Fuhr
Chick Fuhr
Washington
Freshwaters
Case Field
Young
Community Drives Shoe Fund for Needy Children
At a Chapter 1 meeting, a $19 contribution was approved to support a winter shoe fund for needy children. Funds from a closed bank are partly tied up. donations from Merchants, Montgomery Ward, and local churches are urged to aid proper fittings and affordable, quality footwear.
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D. D. Sherman
Washington
Washington National Bank
Montgomery Ward and Co
Synod Meeting at Tarkio Marks 50th Anniversary
Rev D Poulton and colleagues traveled to Tarkio Missouri for a joint Nebraska and Iowa synod gathering to celebrate Tarkio College’s 50th anniversary. A banquet, chapel program, and communion service followed an afternoon start. Rev Fitton was named synod elector for the State University of Iowa School of Religion. They returned home yesterday evening.
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D. ©. Poulton
Washington United Presbyterian Church
Lioyd Walker
F. Sharpe
Peter Koehler
Ainsworth United
Tarkio College
Will Rogers on Roosevelt forestry plan and a boxer
Will Rogers jokes about Roosevelt's reforestation program paying off if it teaches youths how to fight forest fires. He praises young boxer Young Bill Stribling as a credit to his profession and notes a tall Austrian figure saved by physique after a near fatal shot.
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Bill Stribling
Austria
Demons Pride Home Edge in Little Six Clash
Muscatine hosts Washington in a Little Six game with Muscatine seen as slight favorite. Both teams defeated by Ottumwa on their fields 33-0 and 25-0 respectively. Coach Carlton cites tight condition and uncertain backfield health for Libe and Leeper as Washington eyes its first win over Muscatine after two straight ties.
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Muscatine
Washington
Demons
Ottumwa
Guy Carlton
Washington i
Carlton
Iowa City
Eicher Urges U S to Purchase Pork
Representative Eicher proposed to President Roosevelt and Relief Administrator Hopkins a plan to buy 159 million dollars worth of pork to bolster market needs and aid unemployed relief. He argued it would raise hog and corn prices and forecast a 3 cent pork price increase upon adoption while seeking midwestern congressional support.
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Washington, Yc, Co
Roosevelt
Hopkins
E. C. Eicher
Eicher
Windsor flyer reveals tip to stay awake during flight
A Windsor Ontario article notes a pilot suggests tying a heavy object to the little finger to stay alert while flying. The fragment outlines an unconventional method for maintaining wakefulness during flight.
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Windsor
Rail fares face up to forty percent cut for western lines
Chicago reports Western Association of Railway Executives considers a near forty percent reduction on western railway passenger fares. If adopted, effective December first, the plan sets three cents a mile for first class one way, two cents for round trip, and two cents for coach. Pullman surcharge would be eliminated.
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Washington and Giants
Chicago
U.P
Western Association of Railway Executives
Eastern and Southern Railways
Five Men Sent to Reforestation Camp
The Emergency Relief committee met last night and selected five men to go to the reforestation camp. They will leave on October 13 for Burlington. The volunteers are David Messenger Jack Tracy Dale Bales of Washington Charles Thompson of Ainsworth and Omar Waldschmidt of Riverside. Wiley Post disclosed here. You hold the weight in your hand, and if you drop off to sleep you drop the weight and it jerks your finger, the round the world flier explained.
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Burlington
David Messenger
Jack Tracy
Dale Bales
Washington
Charles Thompson
Ainsworth
Omar Waldschmidt
Riverside
Wiley Post
Observations On A Chicago Visit By Iowa Football Fans
A Journal reporter reports a brief trip to Chicago with a Iowa football win and a glimpse of the World’s Fair. He notes the football game and Legion gatherings impressed more than the fair’s splendor while praising Iowa victory and fans’ excitement.
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Iowa
Northwestern
Legion
Middle West
American Legion
Legion Concludes Chicago Convention Names New Commander
Edward Hayes of Decatur Ill was elected the new commander as the American Legion wrapped up its largest convention. Officials outlined 1994 policies stressing care of disabled veterans Americanization and national defense with goals to restore the regular army to full peace time strength expand organized reserves and boost navy funding.
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Ed Hayes
Decatur
The
American Legion
Legion
Chicago
U.P
Edward Hayes
American Legion Convention
Misant
Pla
Unda
Blake the Car Thief Escaped Convict Captured
John H. Blake arrested in Muscatine after stealing Lewis Warren’s car. An Ohio state reformatory escapee with an indeterminate term from one to twenty years. He was returned to Fort Madison after admission to Sheriff McCarty and parole history.
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John H. Blake
Muscatine
Lewis Warren
Ohio State Reformatory
Blake
J. G. Patterson
Iown
Anamosa
St. Madison
Iowa
Make
McCarty
Ohio
Newton
Mr. Warren
H. M. Putnam
Fort Madison
Scout training aids in rescue effort at drowning
Tom Gray, a high school freshman, helped recover Barney West from a cistern after a drowning. He began first aid resuscitation learned in Boy Scouts, continuing until L A Jones arrived with an inhalator, but efforts could not revive the boy.
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Little Barney West
Tom Gray
Tom
L. A. Jones
Barney
Riverside fan interest centers on Whitehill World Series effort
Riverside residents watched Kart Whitehill pitch for Washington in the world series and shut out the New York Giants, keeping the American League champions in the race. Whitehill, a former Cedar Rapids boy, previously pitched for Riverside.
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Riverside
Kart Whitehill
Washington
New York Giants
Whitehill
Cedar Rapids
Terry Hits Home Run for New Score in World Series Game
Washington and New York were tied 1-1 after seven innings in Game Four of the World Series in Washington. Hubbell pitched for New York against Weaver of Washington. Terry, Giants manager, homered in the fourth inning giving New York a brief lead before Washington tied the game in the seventh.
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D. C
Washington Senators
New York Giants
Hubbell
New York
Weaver
Piitchers
Terry
Kubel
Bleuge
Sewell
Waterfield
Gallagher to Speak at Columbus Day Event
Washington Knights of Columbus announce Columbus Day program on Thursday October 12 with J P Gallagher of Williamsburg as principal speaker. Gallagher is an Iowa County representative to the state legislature and editor of the Williamsburg Journal. Clergy and prominent Knights will attend with music and speaking portions.
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Washington Knights of Columbus
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
Iowa County
J. M. Kelley
Knight
Gallacher
Keights of
Columbus
Ames Commandant's Son Killed in Maryland Plane Crash
Lieut W C Booker 23 son of Iowa State College commandant P W Booker died in a bombing plane crash near Conway Maryland while piloting the aircraft. William N Rhodes radio operator also perished. Booker had just married Miss Jean DuMont and was stationed at Langley Field Virginia. Funeral plans and Arlington Cemetery burial noted. Survived by parents and siblings, with acquaintances from Ames and Phoebus.
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W. C. Booker
P W. Booker
Iowa State Colege
Ames
Iowa
Conway
Booker
William N. Rhodes
Hooker
Jean DuMont
W. G. DuMont
Forty-ninth St
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Yooker
Washington
Rooker
Atelington National Cemetery
Kelley Field
Tex
Suan Wentworth Lee
Phoebus
Jerry Booker
Emily Booker
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