No Nomination On Fourth Ballot At GOP Convention
The GOP adjourned to 10 a m Saturday after no nomination on the fourth ballot. The platform attacks the Democratic administration for war unpreparedness, tax burden, and poor leadership, while outlining Republican aims to end executive autocracy and restore constitutional government. The document credits wartime measures in Congress and the administration, including budget reform, veterans' support, and suffrage advancement, with a push toward national unity and strong national governance.
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Department of Labor
Credit to Germans extended by American packers
Washington June 11 An additional credit of 45,000,000 dollars has been extended to Germany by American packers for the purchase of meats and other foodstuffs according to a Commerce Department statement issued today.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Department of Commerce
Sunnyside Park to Build Pavilion and Swimming Pool
Sunnyside park commission plans a concrete 800 by 120 foot pool with varying depths and a 30 by 50 pavilion. A well with motor pump will supply water and the grounds will receive light and power wiring. Bert Carey of Shranger Johnson drew pavilion plans while J H Mayne drafted pool specs. Bid calls are expected soon with completion targeted by August 1.
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J. H. Mayne
Bert Carey
Shranger & Johnson
City Council
Court Holds Two Executors Accountable for Late Reports
Judge J B Rockafellow cites delinquent executors administrators and guardians in Audubon county and Cass counties ordering bench warrants for failure to file required reports. Two auditors were brought before him and released with admonition as warnings echoed against further delays in probate filings.
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Rockafellow
J. B. Rockafellow
Audubon ‘County
Rockafellon
Cass
Cass County Votes Ties Kendall in Gubernatorial Row
The News Telegraph reports Republicans hint Cass County should back Nate E. Kendall for governor at the state convention. Kendall led four Republican contenders in Cass County, but delegates may not be bound to the top vote-getter. Rumors swirl that State Chairman Charles Rawson could seek nomination at the convention amid pending returns and party strategy.
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Nate E. Kendall
Kendall
Casa County
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Delegaton
Friends
Charles Rawson
Ryrembny Lediding
Repub- Tea
Rawson
Honorable Oll Coomes to be guest at Wigta lodge reception
Oll Coomes of this city, honored for over fifty years in Odd Fellowship, will be guest of honor at a Wigta lodge No 346 I O O F reception tomorrow evening. He helped found Abita lodge in 1868, then transferred to Wiota around 1873 and has remained active there ever since.
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Wigta
Choimk
Wiota
Cogmés
Abita
Atlantic
Austrian cabinet collapses as war minister resigns amid discipline tensions
In Vienna on June 11 the Austrian cabinet led by Dr Karl Renner faced upheaval as the minister of war resigned following internal disputes. The resignation comes amid ongoing disputes over discipline and wartime administration during the cabinet’s tenure.
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Karl Renner
Wiwa
Ceinge
Stig
Egggen Crack a Safe in Aio? Town Event
Fragmentary text describes a safe-related incident at a bank or business in a small Iowa town on June 1. The readable fragments mention a mummy and ancient Egypt themes, but details are unclear. No clear people, places, or outcomes are established.
Delegates hail Wood and Lowden at Chicago convention
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago General Leonard Wood was nominated by Governor Henry J. Allen amid wild demonstrations. Separate cheers followed when Governor Lowden and Governor Allen spoke. supporters shouted for Wood and Lowden as crowds surged in the Coliseum.
Thirty years in pen for Herrick
Exira Iowa June 11 Special to News Telegraph H B Herrick former Extra man sentenced to thirty years in state penitentiary at Port Madison by Judge Wheeler in district court after pleading guilty to two counts assault with intent to murder his divorced wife Mrs Hattie Herrick and her escort R E Banana on April 25 The Herricks were divorced in 1919 On the shooting night Mrs Herrick and her daughter Ruth accompanied Banana to a picture show Returning home Herrick who had called to visit daughter appeared quarrelsome and fired at his former wife In the struggle Banana was shot in the neck Both have recovered Both Mr and Mrs Herrick were raised here and lived in Exira for years afterward He was the son of the late Folley Herrick His mother Mrs Loura Herrick now lives in Audubon with daughter Mrs George Scott
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News-Telegraph
H. RB. Herrick
Port Madison
Wheeler
Council Bluffs
Hattie Herrick
R. E. Banana
Herricks
Walnut Soldier W C Koos Returns Home From War
The first body of a soldier who died overseas to reach Walnut is W C Koos a former Walnut youth. He died at Camp hospital Brent in 1918 after sailing to France in 1918. His parents Mr and Mrs J Koos near Walnut secured the body with help from the Red Cross and Congressman Green. Burials plans await arrival of the body.
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Camp Pike
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Sugar Rationing Hits Atlantic Hotels and Restaurants
Atlantic hotels restaurants and eating houses will enter a war-time sugar allowance beginning June 21 announced by Armin W. Riley special assistant to the attorney general after talks with New York hotel and restaurant representatives. The note follows a nationwide shortage and aims to curb consumption during wartime. In other news, Amsterdam reports the former Crown Prince Frederick William marking his 38th birthday largely in solitude at Welkingen with no relatives attending.
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Armin W. Riley
Falmer
New York
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Amsterdam
Prince Frederick William
Welk- Ingen
Wood Leads as Nominating Ballots Proceed at Chicago Convention
Chicago June 1 After four ballots Wood led with 28714 votes and 1445 on the fourth. Lowden rose to 2914, Johnson fluctuated, and New York weakened Butler as tallies showed Hoover Harding Sproul and others. Overnight negotiations aimed to reel in scattered votes for a Saturday morning vote. Knox and Hughes remained as possible contenders.
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Chicago
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Harding
Poindexter
Los Heaven
Coolidge
Sutherland
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Ealer
Sproul
DuPont
LaFollette
Knox
Borah
Hoover
Pritehard
Watson
Canadian Bride Weds Walter Joyce in Atlantic City
Miss Gertrude B. Smith of Toronto married Walter Payne Joyce of Atlantic City in a quiet ceremony at the groom’s parents home. The couple, attended by about thirty relatives, will reside in Atlantic City moving to a farm near Grinnell. Grinnell College receives a $500,000 gift from the General Education Board, a landmark donation from John D. Rockefeller's fund.
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Canada
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John Joyce
Cedar Street
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Mrs. Joyce
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John D. Rockafeller
Standard Oil Company
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Rockefeller
Grinnell
Grinnall
Wallace Buttrick
Trevor Arnet
J. H. T. Main
Gompers Denounces GOP Labor Plank In Montreal
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor condemns the labor plank of the Republican platform adopted at Chicago. Five hundred delegates at the AFL convention in Montreal hear him denounce the section proposing tribunals to settle public utility strikes akin to those in the Esch Cummins act.
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Can
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
The West Hole Closes Under Rhineland Import Rules
Berlin reports the Inter allied Rhineland commission approves new German import rules with fines and imprisonment for violations. The so called hole in the west used to admit luxury goods into Germany without duties is now shut.
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Berlin
Occupied
Germany
Rhineland
French public favors American jazz dance piece in Washington
In Washington the French public takes to an American jazz dance piece with repeated encores. Dancers perform despite restrictions while American dance music sells in France at about triple home prices.
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Washington
France
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