Schools of Washington Open Today
More than 1,200 boys and girls return to classes after a three month summer break. High School enrollment reached 459 with 117 freshmen 132 sophomores 119 juniors 91 seniors and one post graduate. Junior college opened at 55, while junior high started with 230 students. Kindergarten openings are delayed until tomorrow. New staff include Miss Helen Coffey music supervisor Miss Corinne Martin kindergarten teacher and Miss Anita Tellin primary teacher.
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Washington
Harland Mead
Meads
Helen Coffey
Corinne Martin
Anita Tellin
Parole Revoked for H Dawson in Anamosa Sentencing
Sheriff R H McCarty arrested Howard Dawson Saturday night after a court order by Judge Frank Beech ly. Dawson had been on parole from a one year sentence in Anamosa for deserting his wife and family and failed to make support payments, violating parole terms. Dawson is to be taken to Anamosa early this week.
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R. H. McCarty
Howard Dawson
Anamosa
Frank Beechly
Montezuma
Dawson
George F. Morrison
McCarty
Private Funeral Services for George Simmering
Private funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at L. A. Jones funeral home for George Simmering conducted by Rev. Carl W. Klein with music by Clayton Nicholson. Pallbearers were Jerry Simmering Sam Simmering William Simmering Rudolph Knottnerus August Zieglowsky and George Hindahl. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
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George Simmering
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Carl W. Klein
Clayton Nicholson
Jerry
Sam
William Simmering
Rudolph Knottnerus
August Zieglowsky
George Hindahl
Elm Grove Cemetery
Labor Day Observances Flourish Across Iowa Towns
United Press reports Iowa marked Labor Day with parades and speeches statewide. William Green addressed Ottumwa and national audiences, while John L. Lewis spoke in Des Moines and Governor Turner led Sioux City events. Attendance varied, with 718000 expected for the holiday.
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Ottumwa
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Des Moines
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Turner
Dan W. Turner
Sioux City
Lewis
A. L. Uriek
Michael Sherman
Town Federation of Labor
James F. Moran
Trades and Labor Assembly
Pilot Killed as Plane Crashes During Labor Day Event
Ottumwa Iowa September 7 reports say H C Wells died after trying to recover from a spin over a crowd at a pre labor day celebration for William Green. Carl Cliff broke a leg in the crash aftermath. Wells died in hospital. Green was the principal speaker at the festivities.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
H. C. Wells
Carl Cliff
Wells
Omaha
William Green
American Federation of Labor Wells
Green
Sacred Drama at M E Conference in Muscatine
The drama league of First Methodist Episcopal church Muscatine presents The Rock at 7 30 Tuesday evening as the opening feature of the Iowa Annual conference program. Admission is free but a freewill offering will be taken. The conference runs Sept 8 to 14 with laymen programs Thursday and Friday and a joint anniversary event Friday afternoon. Further details will be published tomorrow.
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the Rock
Drama League
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Muscatine
Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Woman's Foreign Missionary Soiety
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Palmer Attacked by Bull on Farm Near Washington
Fred Palmer suffered heavy bruising after a bull attacked him yesterday morning in the barn on his farm one and one fourth miles east of Washington. He is recuperating at home and not expected to rise for several days.
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Fred Palmer
Washington
Couple Wins Marriage License in Local Clerk Office
Lloyd Rensberger of Parnell and Alta Fern Guengerich of Wellman obtained a marriage license here on Saturday.
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Lloyd Rensberger
Parnell
Alta Fern Guengerich
Wellman
Rebellion in Chile Nears End Today
In Santiago on September 7, government reports say five Chilean Navy destroyers have surrendered and mutineers at Coquimbo are expected to capitulate. Federal forces seized Talcahuano after two hours of fighting, with hundreds of suspected rebels captured and air raids targeting remaining ships.
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Coquimbo
Santiago
Chile
Talcahuano
Taleahnuano
Navy
Novoa
Exhibit Tent Contracted For Fall Festival Displays
Harrison Dodder announced contracts for a large 538 by 138 foot tent to house most fall festival exhibits. The tent will be off the square pavement displaying agricultural items and local merchant displays, with limited space left for a few merchants. Interested parties should contact Mr. Dodder to discuss plans.
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Harrison Dodder
Mr. Dodder
Labor Day Seen Quiet In Community
Despite the holiday many shops opened on Labor Day and businesses ran normally. The courthouse and banks were closed, post office observed holiday hours, and few residents attended celebrations in town. Mrs. William Whenslar returned from a two week visit with relatives in Burlington.
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Washington
William Whenslar
Burlington
Booster Button Sale Expands for Fall Festival Funds
Special efforts begin today to boost booster button sales to raise funds for the fall festival. Shirley Clark and his committee plan four canvasses of professional men and others likely to wear the buttons and contribute. Buttons sell for any amount, with liberal sums urged, and business men are urged to stock and distribute them.
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Shirley Clark
Mr. Clark
Funeral rites for Vernon Dale Anderson infant
Funeral services for Vernon Dale Anderson infant son of Rev and Mrs. L. H. Anderson in Prairie Flower were held Friday afternoon at I. A. Jones funeral home with Rev. R. J. Anderson conducting.Music by a quartet from Prairie Flower church followed burial in Elm Grove cemetery in Litchfield Alabama.
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Vernon Dale Anderson
L. H. Anderson
Prairie Flower
I. A. Jones
R. J. Anderson
Litchfield, al
Prairie Flower Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for John Blattner in Wellington
Funeral services for John Blattner who died in Wellington Kansas were held Saturday afternoon at the Valley church. Rev Carl W Klein officiated with a quartet from the Valley church providing music. Pallbearers were Frank Feltz H V Frank Joe Hartnell W J Peiffer Char ley and George Alipustine. Interment was in Oak Ridge cemetery.
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John Blattner
Wellington
Kansas
The
Valley Church
Carl W. Klein
Frank Feltz
H. V. Frank Joe Hartnell
W. J. Peiffer
Charley
George Alipustine
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Distress in China From Floods Reaches 180 Million
A survey from Shanghai reports floods across 17 provinces causing acute distress with at least 180 million people affected. Death toll is unestimated, while a Chinese agency cites about 1,000,000 drowned in the Yellow river basin floods. Heat Dominates Southwest Kansas City Area
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Shanghai
China
Yellow River
Zeppelin Back Home After Brazil Tour Returns to Germany
The Graf Zeppelin landed in Friedrichshafen Germany at 3 48 p m returning from its Brazil tour after completing its voyage.
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Zeppelin
Friedrichshafpen
Germany
U.P
Brazil
Bloodstained sedan linked to youth found near Holyoke
Denver reports an expensive sedan stolen in Kansas City was abandoned in the city with a bloodstained interior and a bullet hole in the windshield. Authorities believe it is the same car from which the body of an unidentified youth was thrown six miles northwest of Holyoke, Colorado, last night.
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Denver
Kansas City
Holyoke
Colo
Mountain road crash kills professor and injures tourists
Prof. Harold Lockwood Levy of Denver was killed and seven other tourists traveling from Dallas to California were injured when their heavy automobile ran wild down a mountain grade near San Diego and overturned.
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San Diego
Calif
Harold Lockwood Levy
Denver
Colo
Dallas
Texas
California
Forest Fire Battle In Idaho Rages As Fire Crews Deploy
In Misoula Mont on September 7 a large forest blaze threatens vast areas in northern Idaho. Fire fighters from a large unit including air and ground personnel work to contain the spread as winds complicate efforts. Authorities caution residents near the incident.
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Missoula Mont
Idaho
Illiteracy declines but education upsets work ethic
Beverly Hills dispatch notes that literacy improves but critics say more learning reduces willingness to work. An exchange with Chic Sale recalls vaudeville days and friendship, mentioning a joint book project and politics as an unpopular topic.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Death of Mrs. Alice Sowash at Moline
Mrs. Alice Sowash formerly of Washington Illinois died at Moline Illinois Saturday evening after brief illness. She was born Alice Elizabeth Knupp on March 24 1856 and married A A Sowash November 19 1874. Survived by two children Bessie Bundy Cedar Rapids Roy Sowash Moline one grandson Paul Bundy Chicago one great granddaughter Roxiana Bundy and several Knupp siblings. Funeral arrangements await word from son Roy in Canada.
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Alice Sowash
Washington
Moline
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Roy Sowash
Canada
So Wash
Alice Elizabeth Knupp
John and
Susan
Nelswanger) Knupp
A. A. Sowash
Sowash
First United Presbyterian Church
Bessie Leollia Bundy
Cedar Rapids
Roy A Sowash
Paul A. Bundy
Chicago
Roxiana Bundy
Barbara Hough
Fowler, Cole
Sam Knupp
Edwin Knupp
Hollywood
Calif
Charles Knupp
Arlington
Texas
Harve Knupp
Amarillo
Warmer Weather Continues Through Sunday
A spell of unusually warm September weather continues today. The high reached 94 degrees Saturday, 89 on Sunday, with night lows of 61 and 65 degrees before last night’s 67.
Multiple Traffic Accidents Leave One Dead In Washington County
One man, J R Borgstadt of Nichols, dies after his car hits a trailer behind a truck on primary road No 2 east of Washington. Several others injured, including Mrs B H Atkinson of Cedar Rapids who bleeding severely, and two boys Merle Sheetz and Marion Augustine with injuries from a northwest of Washington collision near Young America schoolhouse.
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Washington County
J. R. Borgstadt
Nichols
Washington
B. H. Atkinson
Cedar Rapids
Borgstadt
J. B
Nichol
Mr. Borgstadt
American Legion
Lone Tree
J. W. Borgstadt
Marie Ryan
la Ren
Oak Park
Selma
Sweet Spring
Sheetz
Augustine
Brighton Brighton
Will McAvoy
Skunk River
Washington Road
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Della Patton
H. Dawson
George Simmering Funeral
Farrow
National Labor
Tumwa
United Press
Towal
J. (. Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
Clinton William Schoenberg
International Machinist’ Association
Paul Moore
West Branch
Eagle Point Park
Mason City Trades and Labor Assembly
Chauncey A. Weaver
Gus Shrader
Masons of
Hillsboro
Percival
Bonparte
Norman Baker
Farmers Union
Spring Lake
Jefferson
Toledo
Davenport, Clinton and Muscatine Labor Organization
Bill Penfield
Strawberry Point
Shenandoah
Hawarden
Chamber of Commerce
Northwestern Railroad Men’s Clib
Wiley Junction
Francis Ouimet
Boston
Jack Westland
Otumwa
Palmer
Bull
Iquique
Valparaiso
Makes Museum of Bluebeard Garage
Quiet Dell
W. Va
Harry Powers
Efrort
Ogirs Dos Re
Chic Sale
A. Sowash
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