Oil Strike Letter Found After L A Plane Crash
A Des Moines couple Mr and Mrs Ansel Blake sent a detailed description of their New Mexico oil strike aboard a Western Air Express flight that crashed during takeoff near Los Angeles Cay. The letter arrived in a special postal department envelope and shows extreme heat damage.
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Des Moines
Ansel Blake
Fay
New Mexico
Western Air Express
Los Angeles, Cay
Dr. Fay
Postal Department
Atlanticweed Show to Feature Tall Weed Prizes
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce sponsors a weed show on October 1 inviting farmers to submit tall and unusual weed specimens with prizes for top collections. The event aims to showcase local agriculture and unusual flora.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
New Detectors of Crime Added
Des Moines report states J. S. Gladstone, fingerprint expert with the state bureau of investigation, finished setting up two new crime detection cabinets. One cabinet reveals invisible writing and the other lifts fingerprints from paper or wood.
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Des Moines
S. Gladstone
State Bureau of Investigation
2000 Students Seek Work at University of Iowa
More than 400 applicants have been approved for student jobs and over 2,000 University of Iowa students will be placed in part time employment within three weeks. Lee Kann, personnel director, said about 600 students will work under the national youth administration program with wages ranging from 15 to 20 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lee Kann
National Youth Administration
Thief Steals Pocketbook From Mrs Hayes in Front of Home
Mrs. J W Hayes reports a thief snatched her pocketbook outside her residence in Des Moines. The purse held fifty cents five postal cards and three handkerchiefs and yielded little value to the thief.
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Des Moines
Burglar Hits Fuchs Coal Co. Office Safe
A Davenport thief, unable or unwilling to read signs, broke into the Fuchs Coal Co. office, battered the safe dial, and ransacked desks but failed to take anything. A sign stated the safe was not locked, yet the burglar forced entry.
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Davenport
Fuchs Coal Co
Mud Pumps Fix City Streets In Burlington
A mud pump invention by John Poulter of Mt. Pleasant is used on state highways and Burlington operations. Holes in low pavement spots are drilled and earth mixed prior is pumped under the road to lift it to proper level, according to Charles G. Rolf, superintendent.
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Burlington
John Poulter
Mt. Pleasant
Charlies G. Rolf
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Roosevelt News Letter Says New Deal Nears Completion
President Roosevelt stated in a letter to Roy W. Howard that his reform and recovery program has reached substantial completion and that business leaders who supported the New Deal are now fearful and hostile. The letters were released from the summer White House at Hyde Park.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Roy W. Howard
White House
Five power commission approved to resolve Ethiopian dispute
The League of Nations council unanimously approves a five power commission to attempt settlement of the Ethiopian dispute. Britain France Spain Poland and Turkey will provide representatives. After the vote the Ethiopians left and Baron Aloisi of Italy resumed his seat.
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Geneva
Council of the League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Spain
Poland
Turkey
Baron Aloisi
Emperor Haile Selassie Calls League to Safeguard Peace
Emperor Haile Selassie urged the League of Nations to act firmly and justly to protect peace and to conduct a full inquiry into the Italian dispute. The statement was released from Addis Ababa on September 6.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
League
Leather police blackjacks received in Hiawatha
In Hiawatha Kansas police report receiving a package of leather clubs marked fra gile warning officers to use them sparingly. The note suggests a gentler handling approach for law violators in town.
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Hiawatha
Kans
U.P
Canadian Pacific Calls Tenders for 1500 Freight Cars
Montreal reports the Canadian Pacific Railway has invited bids to build 1,500 freight cars. The project is financed by the government under the Employment Relief Act, aimed at creating work.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pupils Return to Living Lake School and Reunion Notes
Living Lake opens with Mrs Winnie Bieter teaching and new pupils Dorothy Walker Victor Thompson Ralph Stout Edith Reed to Keokuk and Barbara Brooks teaching at South Prairie. Birney family reunion held at Homer Birney home due to bad weather with a pot luck dinner and visiting relatives.
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Rennie Dawson
Living Lake
Winnie Bieter
Dorothy Walker
Victor Thompson
Ralph Stout
Jean Walker
Helen Stewart
Betty Drake
Cecil Replogle
Donald Marek
Margaret Stewart
Ames
Kathryn Stewart
Carl Rothlisberger
Jane Rothlisberger
Hazel Dell
Walter Reed
Clive Grays
Loyd Brown
Ralph
Kansas City
Mrs. Wright
Mrs. Birney
Bethel
Phyllis Brown
Arylus
Foster Appointed To Hospital Board
Foster of Lime Creek township is appointed by the county board of supervisors to the Washington county hospital board to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Harriet Phillips who died recently. Foster is a former supervisor and prominent Lime Creek citizen, joining Walter R R Brown Hugh McCleery William Griffin Riverside A E K Sands Ainsworth Rev W G Robertson Crawfordsville and Mrs Howard Richardson on the board.
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Burrell CC. Foster
Lime Creek Township
Board of Supervisors
Washington County Hospital Board
Harriett Phillips
Mr. Foster
Lime Creek
Walter RR. Brown
Hugh McCleery
William Griffin
Riverside
A. EK. Sands
Ainsworth
W. G. Robertson
Crawfordsville
Howard Richardson
Washington
Foster
Ellen Wolfe Returns to Teaching After Home Visit
Prairie Center reports Ellen Wolfe resumes duties as principal of Zwingle school after a home visit by Mr. and Mrs. H. Wolfe and Esther Jean. The Wolfe family traveled home Sunday while others stay guests at the Wiley home during a fishing trip to Big Stone Lake.
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C. A. Reubsam
Prairie Center
H. Wolfe
Esther Jean
Ellen Wolfe
Zwingle
B. D. Duwn
Richmond
Ainsworth Consolidated School
George Koehler
George Zeck
Harold Fulton
Will Richards
Don Wiley
Elmer Hamilton
Robert Kephart
Washington
Lane Thigpen
Garrison
Alabama
Watch found 16 years after father lost it in Elkton
I O Kellerman found a gold watch his father lost sixteen years ago while cultivating corn in Elkton Michigan. The watch was in fair condition aside from a broken crystal and missing hands.
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Elkton, Mich
I. O. Kellerman
Oldest Washington county resident Lucy Mangold dies at 98
Mrs Lucy Mangold aged 98 longtime resident of the county died at 2 15 this morning at her home 1003 West Madison street following a month bedfast after a June 1933 fall She was born October 4 1836 in Pirmirissens Germany came to the United States in 1865 and married Frederick Mangold Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at the Baptist church with Rev A A Vinz in charge Surviving children include Fred L Mangold Mrs George Frain John L Mangold Mrs J L Banks and Mrs John Bales plus 12 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and one great great grandson
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Lucy Mangold
Washington County
West
Madison Street
Baptist
A. A. Vinz
Elm Grove
Sherman
Frederick Mangold
Keokuk County
Dutch Creek Township
Washington
Mr. Mangold
Architect Provides Dope on Project at Cedar High School
Benjamin Sadler, the Cedar architect who drafted plans for the Washington junior high school addition, told the board that the Iowa PWA approved the project and sent it to Washington where Harold Ickes gave initial approval. Hopkins blocked the project along with 75 other Iowa items to free funds for WPA relief, delaying many Iowa projects. The board has not received official word on the disposition of the junior high project.
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Benjamin Sadler
Cedar
Washington
Board of Education
Sadler
Iowa Pwa
Secretary of
Interior
Harold Ickes
Iowa
Harry L. Hopkins
National Relief Administration
Ickes
Hopkins
PWA
WPA
Washington Board of Education
Rogers Film Sets Attendance Record at State Theater
Manager Ralph Pratt announced that Steam boat Round the Bend drew one of the largest crowds ever to see a Will Rogers picture at the State theater in Iowa. It set both opening and midweek attendance records, with the lobby packed an hour after doors opened and hundreds awaiting a second show. The film is shown again tonight and tomorrow.
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Ralph Pratt
State Theater
Will Rogers
Iowa
Rogers
Mt Pleasant Booster Trip For Fall Festival Parade
A group from Mt Pleasant visited yesterday evening on a booster trip for the town fall festival. They were accompanied by a drum and bugle corps which paraded around the square.
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Mt. Pleasant
Blowout at 250 Miles Per Hour Ends Years of Blindness
Albany Oregon July 19 1983 Gilbert McDonald who has been blind for 19 years regained sight through an operation and saw two of his three children for the first time.
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Albany
Ore
Gilbert McDonald
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm
More Financial Aid to Washington Junior College
Dean Hartand Mead said a few more students with real financial need may receive aid from the national youth aid fund. He noted the local allotment is nearly used up, but additional assistance could be arranged for those who apply and prove need. About 78 students are enrolled this year, with plans for more until the list surpasses 89.
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Washington Junior College
Hartand Mead
Des Moines
A M E Church Tag Day Planned This Saturday
The city ministerial association announces a tag day by H R Crayton and A M E members with Rev Vernon Carter and Dr F W Eastwood assisting. Tags will be sold on the square and through town to raise at least 80 dollars for conference dues and the pastor’s salary before the Tuesday conference.
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City Ministerial Association
H. R. Crayton
Ministerial Association
Vernon Carter
F. W. Eastwood
Downey Visitors Fall in Verdi District Social Roundup
Verdi area notes tell of Downey residents visiting Leslie Gates and family at Verdi. Social calls include a gy bridge party at Fred Klopfenstein in Winfield. Several local families travel or return from visits and trips including Washington DC and state fair excursions.
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F. J. Longer
Verdi
Hi' Gates
Chas, Gates
Downy
Leslie Gates
Fred Klopfenstein
Winfield
J. W. Nebergall
Will Bealer
George Graham
Bealer
Oakville
Loyd Propst
Iowa City
Donald Bealer
Sun
Wes Finch
L. R. Scott
Harwood
Leona Scott
Playgrounds Build Morale in Fort Worth
Beautifying school grounds boosts town pride and student contentment while correlating with a notable drop in juvenile delinquency in areas around schools.
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Fort Worth
Tex
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