Prohibition Reorganization Names 24 District Administrators
Washington aug 21 the new prohibition army will be led largely by current enforcement leaders. 24 district administrators named by assistant secretary andrews with most paid six thousand yearly. walton green named prohibition investigator to uncover interstate conspiracy cases and supply undercover agents. new force aims to wipe out importation manufacture and transport of illegal liquor while aiding local enforcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition Army
Uncle Sam
Andrews
The
Treasury
Walton A Green
Boston Journal
Internal Revenue Bureau
General Andrews
I Canal Street
Am. B. Sams
Boston
J. A. Foster
New York
R. Q. Merrick
Buffalo
Frederick Baird
Pittsburgh
William G. Murdereck
Philadelphia
Edmund Bunnitz
Baltimore
R. A. Fulchler
Roanoke
B. C. Sharpe
Charlotte
Halsey Dunwoody
Tampa
Fila
O. D. Jackson
New Orleans
Sa.Collins
Louisville
E. L. Porterfield
Columbus
B. E B. Ewing
Chicago
W. D. Moss
St. Paul
A. W. M.campbell
A. W.w.cambell
Omaha
Herbert H. White
Fort Worth
Tex
John F. Vivian Denver
Micas Marsters
Helena
Roy C. Lyle
Seattle
E. ¢. Yellowley
San Francisco
Robert E. Frith
Los Angeles
J. C. F.crabbe
Honolulu
A. J. Hanlon
San Juan
Porto Rico
B. C. Yellowley
Prohibition
A. W. McCampbell
Iowa
Des Moines
John C. Palmer
Glenn A. Bruneon
Fifteenth District
Prohibition Enforcement Forces
Mr. Palmer
Nebraska
South Dakota
DesMoines
Brunson
United States
Frenchmen Plan Non Stop Flight to New York
Paris August 21 Lieuts Francois Coli and Paul Tarascon two maimed French veterans plan a non stop cross Atlantic flight from Paris to New York within days Their 460 horse power nine cylinder plane will be piloted by Tarascon with Coli as navigator They estimate a 6000 kilometer distance and seek favorable winds at altitude to aid the voyage.
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Paris
Francois Coli
Paul Tarascon
New York
Excelsior
Coli
Tarascon
Atlantic
Lutherans Convene for Stanton District Convention
About 40 to 50 young people from Stanton Bethesda Red Oak Council Bluffs Shenandoah and Villisca attend the opening session of the twenty second annual Luther Leagues convention at Salem Lutheran in Creston. Rev A L Peterson leads a discussion on Personal Work and the Salem choir under Hildur Jonsson performs Praise and Thanksgiving. Dr V S Westling of Keokuk leads tonight’s service. Alexis Andreen of Red Oak delivers the convention sermon. Bible study and an outing at McKinley Park follow with the event wrapping Sunday.
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Iowa
Creston
Luther Leagues
Stanton District
Salem Lutheran Church
Stanton Bethesda
Red Oak
Council Bluffs Shen ‘Ndoah
Villisca
A. L. Peterson
Bethesda
Salem Lutheran Choir
Hildur Joneson
Alexis Andreen
Creston League
V. S. Westling
Keokuk
McKinley Park
Four Year Old Death From Accidental Gunshot Wound
Mary Ethel McDonough aged four died after a revolver she played with discharged in her home. A playmate said she took the gun and was pouring sand into the barrel when it fired. Doctors operated in a bid to save her life.
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Associated
Ottumwa
Mary
Ethel McDonough
Obie McDonough
Mary Ethel
Checkers Find Cash Shortage In Wapello County
Des Moines reports a cash shortage of 13 243.65 dollars in Wapello county treasurer accounts traced to Claude E. Warren's term. State checkers blame accounting errors from Warren’s illness and possible taxpayer irregularities, noting long‑unposted ledgers and missing books since 1924.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Wapello
George H. Getty
Claude E. Warren
Getty
Warren
Senate Counters Work On Ringgold County
Washington August 21 Delay in completing the recount of Pottawattamie county due to large precincts halted the usual progress report on the Iowa senatorial contest. Poweshiek and Ringgold counties are also being recounted. In Council Bluffs Steck lost 40 votes from clerical errors and gained 135 from corrections. Brookhart protested additional votes including 21 Steck arrow ballots found in Council Bluffs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pottawattamie County
Senate
Iowa
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Council Bluffs
Daniel F. Steck
Steck
Brookhart
Coverdale Denies Grain Marketing Statement
Chicago August 21 J W Coverdale secretary treasurer of the dissolved Grain Marketing company denied to directors of the board of trade that he charged grain exchanges helped cause the companys dissolution He said he had been misquoted and never held such views as attributed by the press
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. W. Coverdale
Board of Trade Today
Coverdale
Board of Trade
Coverdall
Ithe Press
Wright Family to Visit Cromwell Friends in Creston
Mr and Mrs George Wright and their daughters from St Joseph Missouri will arrive in Creston this evening for a visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Frus in Cromwell.
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George Wright
St. Joseph
Creston
Joe Frus
Cromwell
Bankruptcy petition filed by Adam M. Gascett near Cambria
Adam M. Gascett farmer near Cambria filed a voluntary bankruptcy in federal court listing liabilities at 55 287 75 with 64 917 secured and assets at 55 400 with 5 780 exempt. Eva Longshore of Creston seeks divorce from John Longshore after 29 years of marriage citing cruel treatment. Creston civil service commission held a mental exam for about 20 fire and police candidates in the county courthouse grand jury room.
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Adam M. Gascett
Cambria
Bnkruptcy
Eva Longshore
Creston
John Longshre
Fire and Police Departments
Grand Jury
Court House
Civil Service Commission
Fire and Police
Boy Receives Knife Wound After Fall At Home
Two and a half year old Malvern Conklin suffered a three inch laceration to the head after falling from a chair onto a sharp edged knife at 110 o clock this forenoon. Five stitches were required. the blade cut to the bone but the child is not in serious condition.
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Malvern Conklin
Harry Conklin
Lake Street
Malvern
Englishman calls for workers' defense corps in Britain
John Wheatley, minister of health in the Ramsay MacDonald government, urges enrollment of 10,000,000 workers as a defense corps to defend living standards. He frames strikes and wage cuts as brutal warfare and seeks industrial peace without detailing weapon use.
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Associated Prose
London
John Wheatley
Ramsay MacDonald
Defense Corps
Wheatley
Glasgow
South Side Standard
Great Britain
Burlington Excursion to Des Moines Fair Planned
Burlington officials announce a low fare excursion train to the state fair in Des Moines from Creston on Monday August 31. The train departs Creston at 7 20 a m and arrives in Des Moines at 10 25 a m. the return leaves Des Moines at 7 p m for about nine hours at the fair. Round trip fare from Creston is about two dollars. Excursions over all Burlington branch lines are being considered.
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Des Moines
Pacific Junction
Burlington
Creston
Dee Moines
Jones Funeral This Afternoon At Farragut
Funeral services for John S. Jones who died Tuesday evening were held at the home of his daughter Mrs Dale Ellis 601 North Oak Street. Rev C C Harris officiated and the procession departed at 11 40 this morning for Farragut where the funeral and burial occurred this afternoon.
Missing Woman Found Alive in Wisconsin Clue Fades
Des Moines authorities and the sheriff reported that Mrs. T. W. Baker of Minneapolis is alive and well in northern Wisconsin, weakening a murder clue tied to the Carlisle Strawstack case. Jeanette Miller, once linked to the case, is jailed in Dubuque for shoplifting, though Waterloo police had suspected her identity.
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Associated Press
T. W. Baker
Des Moines
Wold
Russell Vogel
Waterloo
Jeanette Miller
W Vogel
Wterloo
Miller
Miss Miller
Jai
Dubuque
Cattle Market Outlook Shows 259000 Fewer Cattle This Fall
The Agriculture Department estimates 259000 fewer cattle will be marketed from range country this fall, easing to 4,077,009 head versus 4,322,000 last fall and 4,208,000 in 1923. Feed conditions are good except in the Southwest, with demand shifting to stocker and feeder cattle in the corn belt.
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Washington
Department of Agriclture
Southwest
Chicago
Rotarians Strike Back At Lewis
New York reports Rotary club leaders challenge Lewis on his portrayal of rotaries as bumptious boosters in Main Street and Babbit. Charles E Keck, president of the New York Rotary club, said over the radio that Lewis is off his trolley and misrepresents the clubs. He defended Rotary as a city business network working for the community.
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Associated Press
New York
Sinclair Lewis
Rotary Club
Lewis
Charles E Keck
Mr. Lewis
H. L. Mencken
Zenith
Mr. Keck
W F Finefield Named District Lodge Deputy
M Pinefield grand knight of General Sheridan council Knights of Columbus Creston was named deputy for Iowa fourteenth district including Cres ton Atlantic Stuart Corning and Shenandoah by James C Mullaney state deputy The appointment honors General Sherman council as all councils sought it A district degree team will likely form under his direction
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M. ¥. Pinefield
General Sheridan Council
Knights of Columbus
Creston
Iowa
Atlantic
Stuart
Corning
Shenandoah
James C. Mullaney
Sioux City
Finefield
Geneval Sherman Council
Highland Lassies to Represent Union County at State Fair
Thehn a Wycoff and Lela Sanders lead the Highland Lassies home economics team sponsored by the county farm bureau. They won first place in county competition with eight other clubs in Afton for a one piece dress planning and cutting display. Judge was Mrs. R. S. Lewis of Chariton. Highland Nimble Fingers placed second, one point behind the winners.
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Thehna Wycoff
Lela Sanders
Highland Lassies
Highland Township
County Farm Bureau
Union County
Afton
Farm Bureau
R. S. Lewis
Chariton
High and Lassies
Roy Wycoff
Lincoln Little Helpers
Ruby Hartman
New Hope Progressives
Robert Cooper
Milo Fann
Dodge Helpers
Wallace Wells
Lincoln Little Lassies
Hime Harkness
Highland Nimble Fingers
Robert Swan
Spaulding Rustlers
Maxine Myers
Union Dale Club
Ray Long
Removal of Dr Henry Taylor Sparks Cooperatives Probe
May ask for congressional investigation into Dr Henry C Taylor chief of the bureau of agricultural economics removal at the request of Secretary Jardine. John D Miller for the National Cooperative Milk Producers federation says unions may seek inquiry if public servants backing the Dickinson bill are retained while Taylor who favored it is removed.
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Associates Press
New York
John D. Miller
National Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation
Henry C. Taylor
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Taylor
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Miller
Congress
President's Agricultural Commission
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Greb Injured After Auto Crash, Resting in Hospital
Pittsburgh report says middleweight boxing champion Harry Greb was wounded in an automobile accident last night. He suffered a broken rib and minor bruises but was listed in favorable condition and expected to leave the hospital in two to three weeks barring complications.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Harry Greb
Attendance at farmer picnic reaches 2000 at Afton
Bright weather revived expectations as about 2000 people attended the county farm bureau picnic in Afton. Events included an Iowa Farm Bureau Federation talk by Ray F. Gribben, a county girls club demonstration, and prize judging at the feed barn. Prizes ranged from 1 to 3 dollars with ribbons for top showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray FE. Gribben
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Opera House
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Robert ‘Talker
Douglas Township
Clarence Carey
Dodze
Kenton Osborn
Grant
Ird
de Heaton
Ruth Henry
Harris Henry
Irving McCann
Douglas
Chester White
Wilbur Dull
Union
Poland
Richard Hammans
County Farm Bureau
Weanling
George Shields
Afton
William Wyeceff
Thayer
H. O. Hanley
Wild Cat strike at Bell and Zoller mine injures two
Two unidentified miners were severely injured and a woman hurt when about 150 strikers clashed with guards at Bell and Zoller mine number 1, Zeigler, Aug. 21. Picket line fire. bricks and clubs damaged autos. no shots fired. sheriff and deputies deployed. 20 men in front. rain to work. General Carlos Black notified. Kendrick treated for injuries.
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Zeigler
Lil
Bell and Zoller
Henry Dorrig
Benton
Carlos Black
Springfield
F. Kendrick
Zeigler Hospital
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Wapello County
Ringgold County
Con Child
Carlisle
Rotarians
Wamt Ada Pay
W. F. Finefield
Wycoff
Kepner
John Kepner
Bureau
Mr. Gribben
State Executive Council
Gribben
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federation
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