Seven Dead or Missing in 3 Flights
United Press reports seven aviators are dead or missing across three long distance flights. Don Moyle and Cecil Allen vanished while attempting a Lisbon to Seattle crossing over the Atlantic. A French pilot Joseph Lebrix and mechanic Rene Mesmin were killed in a crash over the Ural mountains en route to Tokio. Willy Rody, Christian Johansen, and Fernando Costa Viega remained overdue near New York on a Lisbon to New York leg after their Junkers monoplane. The ship may have been forced down in fog off the coast. sighted near the Azores and then east of Halifax.
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United Press
Don Moyle
Cecil Allen
Tokio
Seattle
Joseph Lebrix
Tier
Rene Mesmin
Ural Mountains
Russia
Christian Johansen
Willy Rody
Fernando Costa Veira
New York
Portugal
Junkers
Christian Johanssen
Fernando Costa Viega
Lisbon
Esa
Rody
Azores
Mille
Halifax
Drum Corps To Visit Oskaloosa Ahead of Friday Football
Arrangements completed for the American Legion drum and bugle corps to travel to Oskaloosa for Washington high school football season opener under floodlights. Chamber of Commerce invites, seats provided, parade prominence planned. Better Washington tub members to supply cars. report to President Pan. Paul Jugenheimer of Davenport attended fall festival.
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American Legion
Oskalooa
Washington
Oskaloosa
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Tub
Drum Corps
Pan
Des Moines GA R Veterans Parade Opens Festivities
About 1 200 veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic gathered in Des Moines for the festival to signal another year of victory over time. They prepared for a parade with automotive reviews and a banquet with remarks by Governor Dan W Garner and Mayor Parker J Crouch. Affiliated groups including the Women’s Relief Corps and the Sons of the G A I joined in the encampment activities led by Grand Commander James E Jewel of Fort Morgan Colorado. The gathering reflected Civil War era memories and honored veteran nurses such as Alice Carey Risley of Columbia Missouri who survived injuries from those days.
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ORS Moinrs
Iowa
CPA
GA Rev
Dan W.garner
Parker J. Crouch
Welcon
James E. Jewel
Fort Morgan
Colo
Women’s Relief Corps and
Sons of the
Cleveland
Springfield
St. Paul
Mint
Alice Carey Risley
Columbia
Army Nurses Association
Ann
Honor
the Wells
Detour Routes Planned for Washington During Fall Festival
Russell Frink of the state highway commission arranged temporary detours on three primary roads through Washington for three days of the fall festival. Markers guide travelers as No 1 diverts to the Methodist church corner and South and West Washington streets. No 2 diverts from Madison Street to the high school corner and East Washington Street. No 161, due to paving between Riverside and Ainsworth, reroutes east on North Marion Avenue then south to Second Avenue to city hall and east on Washington Street.
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Russell Frink
State Highway Coutmission
Washington
Methodist Church Corner
South Avenue
West Washington Street
Madison Street
High School
Washington Street
Riverside
Ainsworth
Colenso Annex
Marion Avenue
Second Avenue
City Hall
Ainsworth Girl Still Missing
Irene Blankenhorn, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn of Ainsworth, remains missing after leaving home Sunday evening to meet friends. Authorities continue a strenuous search. family notes she packed no belongings and had recent surgery, with no clues found despite cornfield searches and radius checks by Sheriff McCarty and County Attorney Morrison. A separate report from Keokuk notes a farmer showing an ear of popcorn whose kernels popped in the field.
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Ainsworth
AP Seareh
Irene Blankenhorn
Floyd Blankenhorn
Here
Frien
Sinc
Irene
Cory
Apnen
Crawfordovill
Trismac
McCarty
Town City
Celties
George Morrison
Keokuk
Argyle
Iowa
Corn Price Committee Organized Under Turner in Des Moines
DES MOINES Sept 15 Fifteen men led by Gov Dan W Turner formed the Corn Price Committee to boost world prices. The group will meet to organize and determine methods to raise prices while seeking loans. The governor stressed loans via state warehousing and intermediate land banks as vital. The committee includes H Mrock retired Newton Wn Ralph Smith and others from farmers organizations and state offices.
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Des Moines
Dan W. Turner
Turner
Omaha
Dennis Hogan
Lt Hogan
Hite
Hi Mrock
Newton
Ralph Smith
Iowa Grange
Kitodes
Charles E. Hearst
Towa Farmers Federation
Milo Reno
Towa Farmers Union
W. Ti. Thompson
Erain ‘Denters Ameoation
Mark G. Thornburg
Tows
Rep
Gilbert N. Hauge
Better Washington Club Meeting Cancelled For Friday
The Better Washington club announces the Friday meeting is canceled and the September and October sessions will be combined. HOL Lund remains chairman for October, with the rest of the committee unchanged from the last meeting.
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Insurance
Tsust
Washington
Hol
Lund
Revised Fall Festival Schedule and Time Changes
The revised festival program issued by the program committee lists updated times and locations for free acts on September 16 and 17. The schedule includes drum and bugle events, band concerts, contests, pet shows, games, and tug of war across Central Park and various city sections with entries such as Leon Beatty Post Drum and Bugle Corps and Four Montford Sisters.
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Leon Beatty
Central Park
Bull Marion
North Side
Montford Sisters
West Side
Your
Askaris
South Side
Washington International Co
Three Webbs
East Side
Judgston International Co
Montford Siste Dairy
Webb
North Town Avenue St
Montford
Fox
Marion
Webbith
Dobas
Last Minute News Briefs Lost In Honduran Hurricane
Tegucigalpa reports more than 100 persons drowned as Honduran schooners including two government vessels were wrecked in a hurricane. Mazatlan ships feared lost as fishing boats plying between Baja California and Mazatlan were hit by a heavy storm.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Mazatlan
Mexico
Lower California
Unclear fragment about honors and politicians with Mussolini
A garbled account mentions Jimmy Walker and the Legion of Honor, references to France and Sepe, involvement of New York Republicans, a wine and beer scene, a Premier MacDonald, Mussolini, an Adagio dance, and an investigation noting three decorations ahead of officials.
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France
Jimmy Walker
Ublicans
Poinan Vy
New York
Minlenbure
MacDonald
Mussolini
Two squads scrimmage as teams prepare for Friday game
High school coach Jim Shulte and junior college coach George Freshwaters held a joint scrimmage to mix players from both squads. Kiesey, a star from last year, joined the junior college group with aims to enroll locally and be ready for football.
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Jim Shulte
George Freshwaters
Oskatoon
Kesey Ins
Kiesey
Freakwaters
Hall
Kiewey
Kern
Watson
Brown
Wliek
Turnar
Layton
Young
Booth
Mill
Freshwaters
Shultz
Raymond
Avcher
Kolosick
Endicott
MeEl Haney
Stutsman
Care
Jungbluth
Durst
Prederick
Willing
Kindig
Anderson
Sorrell
Leep
Dickineson
Rube
Contagious Disease Report for County
Dr. H. L. Hendricks reports no new infantile paralysis cases, two under observation, and a total of three cases since the first was recorded over two weeks ago. One case nearly recovered, two died. isolated typhoid and a mumps case also noted. Social note mentions Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Linder and Mr. and Mrs. John Westen visiting Charlie Anderson.
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H. L. Hendricks
Hendricks
Washington fall festival showcases vast farm exhibits
Crowds crowded the county fair tents as the sixth annual fall festival opened with large displays of vegetables apples and grains. Nearly 100 loads of corn were shown along with oats pumpkins cabbages and beets while livestock tents housed horses dairy cows and swine. Poultry entries reached about 250 birds and intricate crafts and 4H projects filled the county fair building as organizers anticipated a big turnout if rain breaks. Continued on Page 6.
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Dhening
Washington
Wallington County
North Town
Avenue
Washington International Building
Farm Bureau
Swimming Pool Tickets On Sale In Legion Drive
Members of the Leon Beatty Post American Legion are selling tickets to fund a proposed circular swimming pool on the Zeigler property west of Sunset Park. The drive runs to September 26, with roof work starting after. The pool would be 150 feet in diameter with a 1,200 square foot bathhouse, per plans.
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Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Zeigler
Sunset Park
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Bowell
Paul Jugenheimer
Davenport
Oscar Jugenheiner
Tomorow
Washington, D. C
Army Nurse
Mia
Lindbergh
Shi Negaoka
Anne Lindbergh
Francis Bresson
Los Angeles
John Buffelan
Moyle-Allen
Pcorn
Corn Price Committee
Sen
Webbs
Big Prosperity
Mari
Montfor Dobas
West Si
Bussany
Ark
David L. Hutton
New Husks
J. B. Linder
John Westen
Charlie Anderson
Washington County
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