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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
6
In Pottawattamie County Sheriff P A Lainson notes less than 10 percent of men convicted of law violations are World War I veterans. He rejects claims that ex service men returning home sparked a crime wave, stating records show few with service records among offenders.
The text describes farm work among inmates aged 18 to 30 engaged in hog raising and dairying as the main income source. Corn dominates crops with oats, timothy, and clover also present. Farming is permanent, prospering overall, with fertilization mostly from stable manure and some commercial fertilizer and lime usage.
The soil survey report for Delaware County in the northeastern area, published by the U.S. Bureau of Soils with Iowa cooperation, is now available. It includes a color map, 30 pages of text, historical and geographical sketches, climate and farming data, and notes that over 95 percent of the county is farmed with about 80 percent unimproved.
The August meeting agenda centers on the present retirement act for postal employes as eight national postal groups converge in Cleveland. Discussions will cover eligibility, ages 65 and 70, monthly annuities, and 30 years service with prorating for shorter careers. Critics say benefits are inadequate to meet service needs, prompting debate among postal supervisors clerks rural letter carriers and inspectors. Prominent officials including Burto Moses Mooney Kelly Fess Willis Paige Now and other leaders will attend the general conference and related sessions on postal rates Air Mail Service and postal motor vehicle employes.
American League standings show Philadelphia leading with 66 wins, Detroit 45, New York 46, Boston 30s. Yesterday Philadelphia 5 4, Washington 0. Chicago 5 New York 4. National League leaders Pittsburgh and New York traded wins. Chicago at St Louis. Boston at Philadelphia.
In Vienna a public court debated claque and applause costs tied to Dr Stefan a composer of the comic opera Agri. The claque chief faced a ruling on whether claqueurs earned 500000 crowns for voice and showy gestures while the judge kept details of the arrangement undisclosed.
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