Americanization program backed by Legion and NEA
Des Moines July 4 The American Legion joined with the National Education Association to launch a national Americanization program setting reading factors and requirements. Teachers in all schools must be citizens and sworn, English as basic language, patriotic exercises emphasized, compulsory attendance through high school, plus two years of training for teachers. The region will provide speakers for patriotic addresses and school events. An educators committee will present the issue to the NEA assembly urging a standing committee to sustain yearlong work.
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Des Moines
American Legion
National Education Association
National Americanization Commission
Henry J. Ryan
N. BE. A
Legion
Bible Used to Kill Spotted Adder in Independence Home
Independence, July 4. Nav Blondin killed a three foot spotted adder that slithered from the kitchen to the dining room and into a closet using a large Bible. He stomped the snake after striking its head with the Bible, saying the incident proves the Bible is the good book.
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Spotted Adder
Independence
Nav Blondin
Nap
Flapper Learns About the Dempsey Carpentier Fight
A quirky Saturday scene on Fourth Street follows a flapper who buys an Extra about the Dempsey Carpentier fight. Newsboys shout the headline as she learns the main event, while a patriotic rescue scene and optimistic carnival talk mingle with river dam antics and local observations.
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Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Pelimell
Jbig
Courier Extra
Jersey
Sweet 1
Dempsey
Union Station
I World
Millon Puterbaugh Delivers Maiden Sermon at First Brethren
Milton Puterbaugh, 20, son of B F F Puterbaugh of 1312 Grant Ave, a divinity student at Ashland College, preached his first sermon yesterday at First Brethren church. He quoted the Bible story of the palsied man from St John, spoke to a large attentive crowd, and was assisted by Rev W H Beachler who helped organize a Brethren society in Des Moines.
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Milton Puterbaugh
B. F. F Puterbaugh
Grant Avenue
First Brethren Church
Ashland College
Ashland
West High School
Young Puterbaugh
Mr. Puterbaugh
Christ
Capernaum
Jesus
W. H. Beachler
Mrs Mary T Pitts Dies Suddenl y in Greene
Mrs Mary Taylor Pitts 80 died Saturday at her daughter Louisa Pitts residence after three weeks illness. Survived by four sons Sam Jesse James Hardin of North Dakota four daughters Marjorie Smith Waverly Teah Williams Sioux Falls Edith Pitts Madelia Minn and Onisa Pitts Cedar Falls two sisters Mrs McCaffer Waverly and Mrs McCaffer Cedar Falls funeral plans incomplete
Backyard Tarred by Gang of Mischief Makers
City officials cannot determine if tar theft and pouring behind a house near Town and Ankeny streets were vandalism, arson attempt, or mischievous fun. Police responded Saturday around 11 p m to a break in at the city building, finding a barrel of tar rolled behind a dwelling and about half spilled, with a coat found on the barn floor.
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Bath
Town
Ankeny
Fletcher
Cigarets Sales Now Legalized Across Iowa
Eight laws from the Thirty-ninth general assembly take effect today. Cigarets may be sold only by licensed dealers in first class cities like Waterloo, with $1,000 bond and fees up to $100. Stamps on packages raise price by about three cents. Purchasers under 21 forbidden. sellers face heavy penalties. Other measures regulate small loans, jitneys, vital statistics, campaign spending, travel by officials, and state exam boards for chiropractors and others.
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Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Waterloo
Vital
Firecracker Sets Street On Fire With No Damage Reported
Alarms across the city during the holiday period triggered firefighters to action but caused no damage. A gasoline spill ignited by a firecracker on Fifth and Sycamore was quickly quelled. A backfiring car burned briefly, a smoky furnace near Columbia theatre prompted a false alarm, and shoppers witnessed a smoky furnace at Boston meat market with no damage.
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Fifth
Sycamore
H. G. Thompson
Columbia Theatre
Fourth Street
Fie
Boston
Wallace to Speak at NEA Meet Tonight
Sloane M. Wallace principal of West High and president of the State Teachers Association left yesterday for Des Moines where he presided at a state board meeting. He will deliver the welcome address to the National Education Association convention at the Coliseum in Des Moines tonight.
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Sloane M. Wallace
West High
State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
National Education Association
Study Glorious Past He Advises Patriot Address
A Union service at First Congregational church featured Ben Swisher based on the Declaration of Independence. He urged broader history study for youth, noting Christianity shaped the nation and praising founders as God-fearing. He outlined early U.S. history and contrasted loyal patriots with Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr.
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Ben F. Swisher
First Congregational Church
Swisher
Earth
Galilee
Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr
Burglar Loots Hansen Drug Store Cash Register
A burglar entered Hansen and Hansen at 216 Fourth Street East Saturday night and stole $19 from the cash register. Early Sunday morning Bob Hansen found the back door open and the register emptied. nothing else was taken.
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Hansen & Hansen Drug Store
Fourth Street
Bob” Hansen
Looting Reported At Store After Hours Lockup
Police theory holds someone hid inside the store until closing. Backdoor locked from inside. Employees Wald and H. G. Smith of 551 Seventh Street reported looting of a hen roost last night.
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Employes Wald
H. G. Smith
Seventh Street
Scout officials attend NEA lectures in Waterloo
Ray L. Short, Waterloo scout executive, and WV. J. Rachtfertle, a Waterloo scout member, will attend National Education Association lectures.
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Ray L. Short
Waterloo
WV. J. Rachtfertle
Scout Leaders Depart for Des Moines Lecture Tour
The council plans a trip to Des Moines for a Boy Scout lecture by James EB West chief scout executive on The Future of Scouting. Educators will discuss the movement from a schools viewpoint while in Des Moines and on the way to and from visits to scout camps including Ames and Des Moines weekend camps near Boone.
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Des Moines
National ‘Education Association
James EB. West
New York City
Short
Mr.Rechtfertig
Ames
Boone
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