Willebrandt accuses Gov. Smith of hiding behind church
Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, assistant U.S. attorney general, vows to press charges that Gov. Alfred Smith hides behind religion to dodge his liquor traffic record. She calls prohibition a moral issue churches have long upheld and labels Smith as opposing enforcement.
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Lorain
Mabel W. Willebrandt
U. S
Alfred Smith
Smith
Willebrandt
Westminister Men's Club
Warren
Ohio
Oklahoma City
Red Cross Relief Drive Seeks Washington County Funds
West Indies and Florida hurricane victims receive renewed help as Dr. F W Eastwood urges urgent local support. By this morning $117.62 was donated at Washington banks toward a $400 county quota to be sent to Red Cross headquarters in St Louis. Donations may be left at banks. checks made payable to the Red Cross relief fund.
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Red Cross
West Indies
Florida
Washington
F. W. Eastwood
Washington County
Eastwood
St. Louis
Red Cross Relief Fund
Kindergarten Clinic At Y M C A Tuesday
Miss Leona Allen announces a free clinic for kindergarten children at the Y M C A Tuesday at 2 30 pm. Washington physicians and dentists will provide complete examinations at no charge with about fifty youngsters expected. Sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association.
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Leona Allen
Washington
The
Parent-Teacher Association
Repeal of Prohibition Impossible Declares Curtis in Cheyenne
Senator Charles Curtis, Republican VP nominee, told Wyoming Republicans that repeal of the 18th amendment is impossible and modification unlikely. He argued it takes 46 states to amend the constitution and 13 to block amendments, praising women’s impact yet opposing federal or state liquor control. Curtis also urged farm relief with higher tariffs on farm products, especially wool.
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Curtis
Cheyenne
Wyo
U.R
Charles Curtis
Wyoming
Cold Weather Grips Midwest With Frosts and Snow
Unseasonable cold spread the middle west with killing frosts in Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and the Dakotas and light frosts in Ohio Illinois and parts of Tennessee. The Chicago airport reported 32 degrees and a light snow fell in Milwaukee and nearby Great Lakes areas with freezing temperatures expected through Wednesday.
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Chicago
U.P
Middle West
Wisconsin
Mihigan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ohio
Illinois
Tennessee
Rocky Mountains
Florida
Milwaukee
Great Lakes Region
Youth Dies as Auto Crash Near Des Moines
Des Moines youths Edwin Shephard aged 16 died at a hospital after a car crash near Des Moines yesterday. Four boys were aboard the vehicle en route to Carlisle when a tire blew out causing the car to skid into a ditch. Shephard suffered a fractured skull while the injured were George Niehouse Ray Jordan and George Jordan, all from Des Moines.
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Shephard
Spies Returns From Independence Aids New Graham Store
A. A. Spies returned from Independence where he helped install a new Graham store. The store in Independence is described as the finest in northeastern Iowa by Mr. Spies.
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A. A. Spies
Independence
Graham
Iowa
Mr. Spies
Oskaloosa Sparks 7-0 Victory Over Washington Huskies
Oskaloosa high school edged Washington 7 to 0 in a mid season football clash. Oskaloosa built the lead in the second quarter as Raffety added a field goal after Graft scored, while Washington mounted a stronger defense in the second half.
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Oskaloosa High School
Husky
Washington
Oskaloosa
Oskie
Madrid Theater Fire Kills Seventy At Novedades
A blaze at Madrid’s Novedades theatre during a comedy killed seventy and injured about two hundred thirty as panic swept the crowded venue. Fire started backstage from a short circuit and the security curtain failed. stairs collapsed trapping patrons and some victims burned or shot themselves to escape.
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Madrid
Novedades
Madarid
Derbis
Broadcast Tonight Of Borah And Smith Speeches
A score of NBC affiliated stations will broadcast Senator William Borah and Smith speeches tonight. Borah goes on the air at 8 p m Central Standard Time with WJE heading the network from Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Will
Borah and Smith
New York
National Broadcasting Company
William FE. Borad
Tulsa
Okla
Borah
WJE
Governor Smith to Broadcast Helena Speech Nationwide
Governor Smith’s address tonight in Helena Montana will be broadcast across the nation. WOR and CBS stations will air the speech east of the Mississippi with an independent network of 16 stations covering from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. The speech starts at 8 p.m. mountain standard time, 9 p.m. central standard time.
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New York
Cgovernor Smith
Helena
Montana
East
Middlewest
Far West
WOR
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mississippi
Rockies
Great Lakes
Smith
Mail Messenger Position Open at Washington Post Office
Postmaster Harry McCall seeks immediate bids for the mail messenger role at the Washington post office after Will Crozier's resignation effective November 1. The job covers hauling mail from railway stations to the post office and to stations. applicants must provide a motor vehicle. Forms available at the post office for immediate completion.
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Harry McCall
Washington Post Office
Will Crozier
Death of Cedar Township Boy Edward Patterson
Sorrow fills Cedar township as Edward Patterson younger child of Mr and Mrs C C Patterson dies after a day of illness from septic poisoning. Funeral services are set at the home Tuesday at two with Rev C E Hamilton of Prairie Flower Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Surviving are his parents and siblings Mary Harvey Glenn McFarlane Mildred Milo Allan Harold Martha Esther Edith Helen Patterson.
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C. C. Patterson
Cedar Township
Edward
C. E. Hamilton
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mary Harvey
Glenn McFarlane
John Mildred
Milo
Allan
Harold
Martha
Esther
Edith
Helen Patterson
Arson Charge Against Lemars Farmer in Farm Home Fire
George Vandehazel of Lemars is jailed in Rock Rapids awaiting arraignment on arson charges for allegedly setting fire to his farm home near Larchwood. His wife faces the same charge but was not arrested, per Sheriff Wheatley.
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Rock Rapids
George Vandehazel
Lemars
Gorge Wheatley
Vandehazel
Larchwood
Official Fall Festival Program Announced For Thursday Events
Entertainment committee reveals the official fall festival schedule for Thursday and Friday September 27 and 28. The program lists hourly events at Central Park, squares, and stores including bands, parades, judging, contests, races, aerial acts, and performances by Willie Karbie and Girlie, Peters and LeBuff, The Three Golfers, and the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps.
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Karm
McNamara
South Side Square
the Tree Golfers
Southeast Corner Square
Old A. and P. Store
Corner
Wills and Wills
Northwest Corner Square
Berdo Circus
G” Cavalry
Peters and LeBuff
East Main St
Central Park
Peters and
LeBuff
American Legion
East Side Square
Willie Karbie
Northeast Corner Square
Washington County
Peters
LeButf
East Main Street
Peters and LeButt
Willie Barbie
Girlie
Florida storm death toll estimate released
A tally from Lake Okeechobee reports 2200 dead with 1700 Black victims. Howard Selby of the Red Cross in West Palm Beach relayed the figure via P P Geiger. 15000 refugees remain in camps as illness is limited and property losses in Palm Beach county reach 20 million dollars.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
U.R
Howard Selby
West
Palm Beach
New Seats Installed at Graham Theatre
Four hundred leather covered seats added to the New Graham Theatre main floor. Aisle lights now appear on every fourth row. Main floor seats moved to the balcony, which was rebuilt into a single upper level reducing the former tiered section.
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Graham Theatre
Senator Bruce retracts Hoover liquor charge story
In Baltimore on September 24 Senator William Cabell Bruce virtually recanted his claim that Herbert Hoover drinks liquor and is a hypocrite for supporting prohibition. Bruce said his charge was based on a newspaper story quoting Clarence Darrow, which Darrow later denied.
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Baltimore
U.P
William Cabell Bruce
Herbert Hoover
Bruce
Clarence
Darrow
Hoover
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Louisville
Catholic Clergy Prohibition League
Ieaders
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Korf
Markley
Raffety
George
Graft
Ottumwa
Burlington
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Little Six
Blaze
Oetjen
Atkinson
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LU Zeck
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R.G
Dalby Davidson
Coffman
R.T Benson Leneyear
R.E Gallagher George Q.B
Fisher
L.H
McAvoy Bell
Bain Rafferty
Gilderbloom
V. Oetjen
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Tucker
Sayer
Simpson
Burkshaft
Cornell
Dea Kalb
Parsons
Small Patterson
Mrs. C. C. Pat
Terson Ili
Hyp
Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
National Chamber of Commerce
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Washington Hussar
White Yard Lot
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