Senate Votes To Abolish State Retrenchment Panel
Des Moines February vote 27 to 19 to abolish the retrenchment and reform committee. Debate centered on cost savings versus executive legislative balance. supporters call it an unnecessary expense while opponents say the panel safeguards state finances and review of administration acts.
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Associated Press
State House
Des Moines
State Senate Today
Fulton
Jefferson County
Baird
Pottawattamie
Executive
Legislative Department
Senate
Reed
Brookhart
Washington County
Bowman
Blackhawk
Stoddard
Woodbury County
Executive Council
Iowa Governor Seeks Action On Federal Aid Highway Laws
Governor Hammill received a letter from Howard Gore urging immediate amendments to Iowa highway law to keep federal aid funds. The five year conformity window ends November 9, 1926, with the highway commission needing absolute control of primary roads to stay eligible. Meanwhile the Iowa Senate favored repealing the federal aid act, clouding prospects for quick action as the House set a Feb 25 to March 4 recess.
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State House
Des Moines
Hammill
State Senate
Howard M. Gore
Washington
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
The
Highway Commission
Senate
House
Rescuers Probe Cavern Shaft For Collins Escape Route
Report from Cave City Kentucky says rescue chief H T Carmichael began drilling in the rescue shaft near Sand cave to locate a natural passage beneath the cave and reach Floyd Collins. If no tunnel is found, tunneling and further shaft work will continue to depths up to seventy feet as Homer Collins assists. The military inquiry in Cave City continued with witnesses recounting events at Sand cave and the sealing of Collins inside.
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Associated Press
Cave Iy
H. T Carmichael
Sandcave
Floyd Collins
Collins
Carmichael
Sand Cave
Cave City
Board of Military Inquiry
Governor Fields
Keehn Monument Works to Erect New South Elm Building
Keehn Monument Works plans a one story brick and tile shop on the Brennan property 200 block South Elm to house the firm after a January fire destroyed the previous 202 South Elm building. The former lots, leased by Sinclair Oil for a filling station, will be used for storage tanks. Keehn will again manufacture and sell American and foreign granite monuments and stone articles.
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Brennan
South Elm Street
Frank @. Keehn
Keehn
Boy Dies Saving Mother After Fire In Home
Clarence Sleger aged 14 died in a hospital from burns suffered while attempting to save his mother Mrs Sleger who was set ablaze by an exploding lamp on January 31. The boy's clothing caught fire as he tried to smother the flames with a table cloth. his mother died the following day.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Sleger
Frank Sleger
Clue inquiry widens in double murder case
State Agent Hy Yackey and Sheriff Ed Cooke arrived in Cedar Rapids to probe Homer Brownfield homicide. They pursue Dan O Neal, Cedar Rapids suspect, and seek a white man linked to the case who may be in Illinois. Clinton County officials refuse comment on O Neal arrest reports.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Hy Yackey
Ed Cooke
Sherif
Clinton County
Homer Brownfield
Dan O'Neal
Theey
Illinois
Loca
O'Neal
Loy Moor
Des Moines
James FE Risden
State Bureau Investigation
Clinton Tw
Risden
Riaden
Sylvester Miller
Fort Madison
Bishop
Clinton
E. R. Cooke
Low Moor Corners
Road Dragging Contest Of Chamber Delayed
The Chamber of Commerce delays the 1925 cash prize road maintenance contest in Union County until the Board of Supervisors finalizes annual plans. The committee was told to report when definite information is available. Prizes would be awarded to patrolmen in charge of best kept highway sections, with banquets planned at opening and closing.
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Chamber of Commerce
Union County
Board of Supervisors
Jowana Hotel
Chamber
Local couples receive marriage licenses here Wednesday
Everett Kingery and Leon Buckman both of Afton along with Arthur Travis and Irene Hixenbaugh of Creston obtained marriage licenses from the court clerk. A shingle fire at 109 East Montgomery caused $5 damage and was put out with chemicals. A pocketbook containing $40 and papers was stolen from a local resident by a friend who fled. police could not locate him as the search continued and a warrant was advised.
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Everett Kingery
Leon Buckman
Afton
Arthur Travis
Irene Hixenbaugh
Creston
Carrie Klink
East
Montgomery Street
Losa Aked
Cromwell Five Beats Creston Second Team
The Cromwell High School boys second team defeated Creston High School second team 8 to 7 at Irving Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Swede Olson led Creston with six points. Kepner and Brown starred for Cromwell, with Manatrey adding two points. The game featured a 2–0, 2–0, and 2–1 progression by period.
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Cromwell High School
Creston High School
Irving Gymnasium
Creston
Cromwell
Kepner
Chapman
Brown
Manatrey
Foster
Kiesling
Sparr
Wee Plowman
Reeckner
Olson
Mid-Continent Crude Oil Prices Jump at Wells
Prairie Oil and Gas increases price per barrel for Mid-Contin ent crude oil sold at wells in Kansas Oklahoma and north Texas. New rates vary by gravity from 1.35 to 2.35 dollars per barrel with ranges 30 to 32.9 degrees 33 to 55.9 degrees and higher credits.
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Associated Press
Independence
Kan
Prairie Oil and Gas Company Today
Kansas
Oklahoma
North
Texas
Attempted Murder Charge Lodged Against Gaylor
Algona Feb 12. After a brief hearing in which his divorced wife testifying blamed bootleggers for their troubles Ralph Gaylor was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of attempted murder. He entered the packing plant where his wife works and fired two shots before workers overpowered him.
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Associated Press
Algona
Eorfough
Ralph Gaylor
Gaylor
Lincoln Lore Flows From Lincoln Centennial Speech
Lincoln stories and tributes circulate as A L Powell of the Illinois State Journal heralds Lincoln’s home sanctity at a Lincoln Centennial gathering in Springfield. A 64 year old resident Stephen Donlin recalls a tale of a graveled 1861 morning shawl baby and Lincoln’s clemency for a coal miner, while William O Stoddard at 99 reflects on Lincoln secrets at his son’s home in Madison New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
A. L. Powell
Illinois State Journal
Lincoln Centennial Association
Lincoln
Bowen
Phoenix
Abraham Lincoln Oday
Nebraska
Sand Hills
Stephen Donlin
Donlin
White House
Hazelton
Washington
Balby
John McCaffrey
Pittsburgh
Madison
N. J
William O. Stoddard
Ralph J. Stoddard
Mr. Stoddard
Two Cent Gasoline Hike Across Eleven Standard States
Chicago Feb. 12. The price of gasoline rises two cents a gallon effective tomorrow across eleven states served by the Standard Oil company of Indiana. Kerosene prices will advance one cent.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Robbers Take $10,000 in Diamonds from Chicago Store
Five robbers forced the Holland Jewelry store proprietor to open the safe andescaped with diamonds and jewelry valued at $10,000 in Chicago on February 12.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Holland Jewelry Store
First National Upend Opens in Creston with Confidence
The reorganized First National Bank of Creston opened after the old bank closed December 22. Patrons queued before 9 am and deposits outweighed withdrawals, with several new accounts and a $12,500 deposit reported. Frank Ide serves as president, with D. G. Wiley as a vice president, Bert Tallman cashier, and Rober Pinkerton assistant cashier.
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Creston
First National Banks
Firs National
Thursda
Abraham Lincoln
First National
D. G. Wiley
New First National
Frank Ide
Mr. Wiley
Greenfiel
Bert Tallman
Rober Pinkerton
Gerald B. Hadlock
Des
First National Bank Closes Over Western Paper Loss
Directors called the examiner after a heavy loss on western paper backed by H. S. Clarke of Omaha. An all night session led to a bank closure and a plan for reorganization. The drive for 200000 funded the new home owned corporation with depositors as stock subscribers. On January 28 the full amount had been subscribed.
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First National Bank
H. S. Clarke
Omaha
Examiner
Emma Cummings Awarded 1500 Damages in Creston Suit
In a Creston district court verdict, Emma Cummings received 1500 for damages from SS Collins Oil Co and agent H C McColyn after a 1924 truck collision that killed her husband Edwin Cummings. A lengthy trial saw jurors deliberating overnight with questions of negligence and age governing the verdict.
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Emma Cummings
Creston
SS. Collins Oil Company
H. (. McCaun
Uneon County
Collins
Company
H. C. WeCoun
Homer A. Fuller
Tan
Edwin Cummings
Newsprint reaches many at low cost says Cedar Rapids vendor
Des Moines reports Herb Stamuts of Cedar Rapids telling the Iowa Retail Clothiers' association that newspapers are the best medium for reaching many customers at a minimal expense.
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Des Moines
Herb Stamuts
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Retail Clothiers’ Association
Stockholders Move Toward New Charter Approval
On January 28 Mr Hadlock traveled to Chicago to secure a new charter and by Tuesday this week bank officers were informed that the application had been approved.
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Hadlock
Chicago
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