Morro Castle Fire Off New Jersey Coast Ends in Tragedy
The holiday liner Morro Castle with SIS passengers and 258 crew was struck by lightning off the New Jersey coast and burned. By 10:30 149 survivors were reported, with many dead and hundreds missing. Captain William Willmott died in his cabin. The ship drifted toward the coast as rescue vessels aided in evacuations.
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New York
Morro Castle
Port Pleasant
Coast Guard
Monarch of
Bermuda
Asbury Pari
N. J
Havana
SIS
New Jersey
William Willmott
James York
Henry Harris
Rene Capote
Cuba
Two injured families in Des Moines crash and Jersey tragedy
Mrs. Preston Wolf and Mrs. Guy Stansbury returned home with their father Frank Macon after an automobile crash in Des Moines left Mrs. Macon seriously injured. She faces a week or longer in Lutheran hospital with a broken nose fractured ribs and cuts. Her daughter Mrs. Clyde Putnam and son Harry Macon remain at her side as nurses from Washington assist.
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Preston Wolf
Guy Stansbury
Frank Macon
Macon
Des Moines
Clyde Putnam
Harry Macon
Washington
Lucille Martin
Jack Reid
Iowa College Receives $100000 Bequest for Arts Building
Cornell college at Mt. Vernon gains a bequest of 100000 dollars from Chicago widow Blanche Swingley Armstrong. The grant represents about half of her estate and funds a fine arts building and an annual Iowa artists painting exhibition.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Blanche Swingley Armstrong
Chicago
Armstrong
Iowa
Suit Seeks 15000 Damages in Lone Tree Street Defect
A lawsuit filed against the town of Lone Tree alleges Street 9 was defective and caused a fatal auto crash June 9 that killed Tibbert Stock. The administrator of Stock's estate seeks damages.
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Lone Tree
Tibbert
Costello alimony suit in Sioux City court confrontation
Husband sues wife for $25 weekly alimony in a Sioux City court. He claims their 1931 marriage consolidated about $25,000 in cash and property in the wife's name. The couple is amid divorce proceedings.
Bus Lines Sued Over Misrepresentation in Den Sale
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company sues Nevin, president of Nevin Bus Lines, alleging misrepresentation of financial status and scope in closing the sale of Nevin Lines. The case seeks 100000 dollars in damages.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Nevin Bus Lines
Crandic Bus Lines
Nevin
Nevin Lines
Picketing Near Centerville Halts Coal Shipments
Large operators and union employers in Iowa's mining district joined forces to stop alleged violations of the coal industry code. Pickets lined highways, loads were halted or overturned, and traffic stalled as Sheriff Rooscoe Wales pledged protection though no extra deputies were sworn in. A Clio trucker said he was fired at three times before his vehicle was stopped by about fifty miners near Cincinnati.
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Iowa
Rooscoe Wales
Appanoose County
Fred Frye
Clio
Cincinnati
Iowa Highway Patrol Question Arises From Department Jealousies
Iowa debate over a dedicated highway patrol moves forward only if the highway commission gains control and funds a patrol force, amid long standing friction with the secretary of state's office and other agencies.
New manager appointed at Brown Mug café
New Comer C B Striegel becomes manager of the Brown Mug on the northeast corner of the square. He comes from Sigourney and is a Harper native with wife and eight year old son Joe. The Striegels will stay in Sigourney briefly before moving to Alt. He succeeds Chas J Winter who moved this week with his family to Springfield Missouri.
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C. BH. Striegel
Uave
Mr. Striegel
Sigourney
Harper
Joe
Alt. Striegel
Chas. J. Winter
Springfield
Missouri
Mighty Labor Test Developing in National Textile Strike
Nationwide textile strike escalates as union leaders threaten to reopen mills and call fifty thousand upholstery and plush plant workers to walk out, signaling a dramatic showdown with operators.
Textile strike heads for crucial test as union leaders urged to back effort
Washington reports a nationwide textile dispute tightening with four million union members urged by AF L president William Green to back the strike here next week. Roosevelt mediation board plans a rapid survey and talks with strike leader Francis Gorman as South Carolina faces martial law amid rising tensions.
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Willlam Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Roosevelt
Francis Gorman
Department of Labor
George Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Mediation Board
South Carolina
Blackwood
Correspondents Exchange Ideas at Journal Picnic
Correspondents from the Journal shared meals and then gathered at the Washington Country Club for a round table discussion on news gathering, telephone lines, mail service, and clipping. Martha Butler traveled the farthest from Columbus Junction while Cordell Braden, helped after a sprained ankle, drew attention for attending. The gathering agreed such picnics should be annual with another planned next year.
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Journal
Washington Country Club
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Cordell Braden
Wellman
Police Captain Notches Rare Birdie at Comstock Park
Providence police Captain Henry Clay Debow scored a real birdie when his golf shot at Comstock Park struck a flying swallow in mid air and killed it.
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Providence
Henry Clay Debow
Comstock Park
Debow
Road project to condemn land in Wellman and Riverside
Sheriff Daryl Mathers serves notices to Wellman and Riverside residents as primary road No. 22 is widened. A condemnation appraisal is set for Sept 21 by a Iowa Supreme Court commission led by Chief Justice Richard F. Mitchell. Three property owners affected include Elizabeth J. Rugg Nellie Dorrance and Herman A. Koenig.
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Daryl Mathers
Wellman
Riverside
Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa Supreme Court
T. K. Osborn
New Sharon
W. K. Herbert
Storm Lake
Claude Flynn
Andy Moore
Ft. Dodee
Fred Garrison
Muscatine
Elizabeth J. Rugg
Nellie Dorrance
Herman A. Koenig
Iowa Farmers Move to Sell Fodder to State for Feed
Iowa farmers reported ready to sell fodder as relief programs expand cattle feeding and corn feed conservation. W J Albers and L W Plager led efforts in Washington and Iowa to secure thousands of tons of shredded and baled fodder from local farmers for relief distribution.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. J. Albers
FERA
Washington
L. W. Plager
iLL postes sors: Swedes described as healthy and peaceful
The write up notes Sweden’s hospitable, healthy people who have no word for repudiation. It mentions the king with a tennis racket as a playful detail in a breezy travel tone.
Mayo Native of North Carolina Dies in Washington
William Spicer Mayo, a Washington carpenter born in Beauford North Carolina on May 2 1859, died yesterday at his East Second Street home after two months bedfast. Funeral planned Sunday at 2 PM at Sherman’s funeral home led by Rev A A Vinz. Survived by widow Annie Robison Mayo three sons Harry Oval and Claude one daughter Mrs Ralph Humble one sister Mrs William Oliver and 24 grandchildren.
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William Spicer Mayo
East Second Street
North Carolina
Washington
Sherman
A. A. Vinz
The
Baptist Church
Mayo
Harry
Sigourney
Oval
Claude
Davenport
Ralph Humble
Keokuk
William Oliver
Pittsburgh
Calf Strayson Road Wreck Involving 4 H Member
A car crashed on primary road No 2 near the Andy Augustine farm south of West Chester last night at about ten o clock. A stray calf from Wi Augustine 4 H club member crossed the road and was struck by Glen Gordon of West Chester. The calf was killed and the car front end damaged while Gordon was uninjured.
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Andy Augustine
West Chester
Wi Augustine
Glen Gordon
Roosevelt Textile Strike Board Named In Arbitration Panel
President Roosevelt appoints three men to arbitrate textile dispute between strikers and mill owners. Gov John G Winant of New Hampshire chairs the board with Marion Smith of Atlanta and Raymond V Ingersoll of Brooklyn aiding mediation and recent cloak and suit strike settlements.
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Roosevelt
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Marion Smith
Atlanta
Fedor
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Brooklyn
Farmers to File for Government Fodder Sales in Iowa
Farmers wishing to sell corn stover or fodder to the government must file applications in county agent offices by Monday noon. Iowa State College announced a 680,000 ton quota statewide with prices from 7.50 to 10 dollars per ton, depending on quality, for bale and deliver to local stations.
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Ames
Iowa
AAA
Iowa State College
L. W. Plager
Grundy County
Plager
Rach
Towa
Des Moines Native Joins Washinton Hardware Firm
J A Joe Geneser native of Des Moines joins Rukgaber Hardware as a newcomer to Washington. He praises the city as attractive and aggressive and seeks to meet locals. Geneser attended Des Moines Catholic College, worked in Des Moines area hardware stores for years, and was a Junior Chamber member and Catholic. He is unmarried and eager to socialize.
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J. A
Joe) Geneser
Des Moines
Rukgaber Hardware Store
Washington
Joe
Mr. Geneser
Des Moines Catholic College
Laithe Hardware
Les Moines
Kurtz Hardware
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Nichols to Open Services Sunday
The Christian church begins special meetings with rally day in the Sunday school and morning worship. Rev. James T. Nichols, recently back from travels in Iceland, Norway, Russia and other countries, will deliver sermons at 2:30 and 7:34. Evening meetings follow daily next week except Saturday. A men's chorus features Monday night. Delegations from several counties are expected.
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The
Christian Church
James T. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Iceland
Norway
Russia
Nichols
A. Nicholson
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