Washington reception planned for Iowa Missouri Mississippi essay winners
Washington, April 26. Plans were unveiled for a special reception for Donald L. Campbell and two runners up in an Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi essay contest. The event includes a parade to Central High School stadium and medals presented by Secretary Baker and Maj. Gen. Harris. The government will cover travel expenses.
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Des Moines
Ebbitt House
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Col. Smith Brookhart
Brookhart
Claude R. Porter
Des Moines Register
Cunmins
Last Night's News in Brief Says Tax and Trade Move Across Nations
Washington reports 53 cents tax per $100 revenue last year. An n announced. Trade with Russia to resume after an agreement Friday signed by Russian minister of trade and international organizations. Fire ravages Kamo district timber, thousands acres burned and many killed. Tokyo press notes Armenia borders to be arbitrated by Wilson, Britain to Mesopotamia and Palestine mandates, France visa. Constantinople notes French troops evacuating Ufa, Mesopotamia. Laredo bridge cut by fire severing cross border links. Chicago cites collar and shirt strike in progress. Paris finds arms and planes tied to Franco war plans near Frankfurt.
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Former Waterloo Woman Granted Divorce in California Courts
Los Angeles April 21 Mrs Laura Geuch Fowler Jox 1828 Arapahoe street former Waterloo figure and PL society leader was granted a divorce from Malone Joyce former Colorado Midland railway agent by Judge Taft on grounds of desertion. Property division acknowledged. Married 1906 Winds separated Aug 18 1918. A letter cited Mrs Joyce calling her husband common due to his railroad man habits and lack of refinement. Other witnesses described life of the couple in Los Angeles. Kansas mines news follows with coal field reports and 10000 miners at work.
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Jorce
Joyce
Estate of Theodore N Vail Estimated Under Two Million
Probate judge in Vermont reports Theodore N Vail estate valued under 2 million dollars at his death. Vail, once Waterloo resident and AT&T president, built a marble Morristown home named Vail House to be given to a state memorial and public lectures. He owned large tracts including Speedwell Farms, with art objects and bronze doors featuring family portraits. The Morristown property and farm gifts reflect his plans to support education and agriculture for public benefit. Deeds recorded in New Jersey show Vail purchasing two large farms therein.
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Waterloo
American Telegraph & Telephone Co
St. Johnbury
Ar. Vail
Morristown
N. J
Davis Vail
New Jersey
Vail
Morris County
Paradise
Mr. Wait
George
Marsha Washington
Mr. Vail
Speedwell
Theodore N. Vail
Edward H Carney Stroke Leaves Left Side Affected Cedar Falls News
Cedar Falls April 26 Edward H Carney is in serious condition at his home Fifth and Washington streets after a gripe of paralysis about 10 p m yesterday His left side is affected Mrs Carney visiting in Den Mines expected to arrive at noon today Local bankers report a rise in interest rates from 7 to per cent Grant Thompson age 57 died suddenly late Saturday at his Clay street home of neuralgia of the heart Surviving are the widow and two sons Rev N M Andreasen has completed mission festival preparations with assistants from Ellendale and Horn Peter Pederson left for Sted Oak to organize Montgomery county farm bureau Mrs Frederick Swanke funeral held at St John s Lutheran Interment Greenwood Seventh and eighth grade Lincoln school party at Maca yee hall
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den Mines
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First Congregational Church
N. M. Andreasen
Gailet Danish Lutheran Church
B. M. Nielson
Ellendale
Minn
M. Nathiesen
Byk
Horn
Ite
Peter Pedergon
Sted Oak
Farm Bureau
Montgomery County
Frederick Swanke
St. John's Lutheran Church
Walter Burains
Greenwood
Maccayee Hall
Coroner Rules Infant Found Dead Not Crime Victim
Coroner S D Smith states no inquest or post mortem will be held in the case of a newborn infant found in an old Washington Street shanty. The baby, believed stillborn, was wrapped and decomposed, with no identification. The discovery was made by two women gathering greens, the body deposited for examination, and authorities deem the death noncriminal. No clear evidence on parentage or timing. estimates range one to four weeks since abandonment. Police report two minor incidents: a bicycle collision injuring no one seriously and a car strike at Fifth and Lafayette with minor damage. Licenses issued include several names to Marshall, Waterloo, and Parkersburg.
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S. D. Smith
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Small Boy Injured When Hit by Auto
A young son of Mr and Mrs Ira Hahn of 400 Rim Street was struck by an automobile driven by A L Pair Banks of 1216 Commercial Street yesterday morning receiving a broken knee. The boy was taken home and treated by a physician. Minor auto accidents followed with James Bath reporting a collision between a car and a motorcycle at Fifth and Washington Streets Saturday evening. both vehicles damaged and the motorcycle rider slightly hurt but did not report to police.
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Rim Street
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Commercial Street
Fairbanks
James Bath
Washington Street
Fifth
Washington Streets
C. H. Lichty
W. H. Bish
Possible Relief in Embargo Lift Affects Waterloo Shortage
Freight embargo relief in New York City may ease material shortages at Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company as New York Central trains move goods westbound. Newark to New York shipments and express deliveries reduce urgent transport pressures, though New Jersey plants face raw material and coal scarcities risking shutdowns. Express cars crowd Waterloo yards, signaling widespread shipping strain from the embargo.
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Waterloo Gasoline “Engine 'Company
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N. J
New Jersey
Tmmecase Exiness
Waterloo
Minois
Mason City High School Relay Team to Run in Penn Events
Mason City Virginia April 26 The Mason City high school relay team, which won its event in the upcoming Penn Relays, prepares to travel with two other runners.
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Mason City
Penn
Northwestern Indoor Meet to Run Penn Relay Carnival Trip
Mason City business men are financing the quartet from Northwestern to travel to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The team will leave for the east tomorrow night after competing at Evanston March 26 and at the Drake Relays last Saturday in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Philadelphia
Mason City
East
Marshalltown judge duty at high school declamatory event
Miss rigrence maser will act as judge tonight at Marshalltown high school for the declamatory contest. Senior play auditions for Dear Boy Graduates are held this afternoon at West High. The Mayday sophomore program unfolds Thursday at West High. Hurricane and Cyclone clubs meet Wednesday evening. Cleone Harker represents West High in the Cedar Valley declamatory at Cedar Falls on April 30, tied to the Cedar Valley district track meet.
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Rigrence Maser
Iavo
Marshalltown
Marshallane High School
Conest
Merryouts
West High School
Herricane
Cleone Harker
West High
Cedar Valley
Cedar Falls
Girl Catches Weecat Bigger Than Herself
Louise Smith nine years old stands four feet three inches tall yet carries a wildcat four feet seven inches long weighing 26 pounds. She explains she trapped and knocked it unconscious with a claw hammer and notes natives are amazed. Geological experts estimate the world still holds about 7.397 trillion tons of unmined coal.
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Louise Smith
House for Sale By Kiester Shalls Semi Company
A nine room house with a Bovee furnace porcelain bath and roof replaced last January is offered. The description notes it could be split into two moderate rental homes or moved to a vacant lot for a profitable investment. The ad promises lumber value and invites buyers to visit at 400 W Park Ave Waterloo Ti.
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Kiester-Shalls Semi Company
Park Ave
Waterloo
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