Admiral Sims Sees Power in Big Air
Retired Rear Admiral William Sims told the House Aircraft Committee that a unified air service is unnecessary and urged building a strong US air force. He warned aircraft will dominate future wars and that aircraft carriers will be the capital ships. Sims criticized navy leadership and cited air power as essential alongside submarines to defend the fleet.
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Associated Press
Wasinton
Mear
William S. Sims
House Aircraft Committee
Mitchell
Army Air Chief
United States
Navy
Naval War College
Daniel
Denby
Wilbur
Sim
Special Navy Board
Secretary of the Navy
Sims
Ostfriesland
Washington
William Sims
Weeks
Former Western Union Manager Col Clowrie Dies in Car
Col Robert Clowrie former president and general manager of the Western Union Telegraph company dies at 86 in his private car on the way from Palm Beach to New York He will be taken to Omaha for burial after a recent illness and cold complications.
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Associated Press
New York
Robert Clowrle
Western Union Telegraph Company
Palm Beach
Omaha
Clowrie
Tarrytown
N. Y
President Ebert Passes Crisis In Illness
Berlin February 27 President Ebert’s physicians said he had successfully passed the crisis of his illness his condition improving constantly though slowly with steady progress noted by doctors
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Ebert
Associated Press
Berlin
Mossman Leads In Horseshoe Tourney
West Palm Beach Fla Feb 27 Patt Mossman of Eldora Iowa leads the national mid winter horseshoe tournament with 42 victories and 2 losses with two days left as C Davis of Cleveland trails with 37 wins and seven losses while Frank Jackson from Kellerton Iowa drops to third with 36 wins and 8 losses.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Fla
Lake Worth
Patt Mossman
Eldora
Mossman
C. Davis
Cleveland
Frank Jackson
Kellerton
Creston Girls Compete in Corning Four-School Declamatory Contest
Creston High School sends Margaret McCornack Virginia Snoderly and Pearl Belding to Corning for a four-school state declamatory contest with Cromwell Prescott and Corning. Miss Stickels from Cromwell and judge Misner will also participate as readers. Readings include Why Woodrow Wilson Belongs to the Ages The Old Nest and Jimmys First Recitation. Winners advance to predistrict and district meets leading to state in Atlantic.
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Margaret McCornack
Virginia Snoderly
Pearl Belding
Creston High School
Corning
Cromwell
Prescott Cromwell
Opal Sticke
John Kepner
Agnes Webb
Stickels
Afton
Creston
Miss McCornack
Snoderly
Misner
Adel
Atlantic
Stoneham Acquitted of Fraud Through Mails
A federal jury acquitted Charles A. Stoneham Ross F. Robertson and Elmer D. Dier of using the mails in a stock market fraud conspiracy. Stoneham president of the New York National League club denied plans to retire if convicted and said he would not sell his Giants stake.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles A. Stoneham
Ross F. Robertson
Elmer D. Dier
Winslow
Stoneham
New York National League Baseball Club
Edward M. Fuller and Company
Dier
Waterloo Corn Congress Awards Premiums
L R Williams of New Providence Iowa won grand championship on a single ear and ten ears at the fourth Waterloo Corn Congress with a yellow variety in a 5000 ear show. J A Bierschmidt Fairbank took championship with 30 ears on a yellow variety. Hudson consolidated school led booths with six other schools.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
L. R. Williams
New Providence
Waterloo Corn Congress
Williams
J. JA. Bierschmidt Fairbank
Hudson Consolidated School
Truant Indiana Sulans Return an Agreement
Indiana lawmakers resume sessions after 14 Democratic senators return from Dayton. Lieutenant Governor Van Orman welcomes them and signals no penalties as they resume work in the senate. Senator Cravens calls the settlement favorable to his side amid redistricting tensions.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Daytona
van Orman
Senate
Joseph W. Cravens
Ohio
Harold van Orman
Liner Mont Laurier Aground Near Roches Point Ireland
The Canadian Pacific liner Mont Laurier ran aground near Roches Point Ireland while en route to Queenstown after steering gear damage. It carries 434 passengers and was refloated with tugs standing by. passengers remained aboard awaiting Montcalm.
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Associated Press
Roches Point
Ireland
Canadian Pacific
Queenstown
Chicago Knoll
London
Lloyd'’s
Mont Laurier
Montcalm
Potter Granted Patent On Signalling Device
Earle F. Potter of Chicago, son of W. H. Potter of 508 West Montgomery, has been granted a patent for an automobile signaling device named Telstailite. Manufactured by a major Chicago firm, the device lights the radiator cap or dash to confirm the stop-light is functioning, also illuminating the moto meter dial and giving a forward signal.
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Earle F. Potter
Creston
Chicago
W. H. Potter
Montgomery Street
Kurdish Rebellion Repulsed as Turkish Troops Reclaim Key Towns
The Anatolian agency reports the Kurdish forces have been repulsed and Turkish government troops recaptured Kharput and Elaziz, towns recently captured by the rebels, as of February 27.
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Constantinople
Anatolian Agency
Kharput
Elaziz
Elm Street resident reports possible burglary
A North Elm Street resident called police at 9 p m Thursday night believing burglars were attempting to enter the home Officers responded promptly but found no suspicious characters in the area
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North Elm Street
State Express Rates To Be Reduced In Iowa
Express rates on shipments within Iowa will fall from four and a half percent to 22 percent starting March 1 after a state railroad commission hearing. The reduction aligns intrastate rates with an Interstate Commerce Commission order issued in 1922. The old classification number 29 remains, with potential future adjustments.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Express Company
House Speakership Contest Narrows to Two Candidates
The race between Nicholas Longworth and Martin B. Madden for the speakership narrows to a first ballot decision as new Republican members arrive for tonight's caucus. Both camps claim strength and position themselves as favored, with the caucus set to name the nominee.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
House
Guthrie Proposes Positive Revision of the Ten Commandments
In New York on February 27 the Rev St Norman Guthrie proposes a 3000 word decalogue that replaces thou shalt not with thou shalt. The code embraces modern science and spirituality and allows worship of images while urging respect for diverse beliefs. It calls for conduct aligned with knowledge and a sacred view of intimate human relations between mates.
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Associated Press
New York
Norman Guthrie
Hischurch
St. Mark’s-In-The Bowerie
Manning
Guthrie
Ringling Denies Buying Giants Stock
Sarasota reports John Ringling circus magnate declares he has not purchased Charles A. Stoneham's stock in the New York Giants baseball club. He emphasizes his business is the circus and he has no interest in owning a ball team.
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Associated Press
Sarasota, Fla
John Ringling
Charles A. Stoneham
New York Giants
Freight rate hearing on grain shipments ends today
Sioux City Iowa February hearing before Examiner H J Markley of the Interstate Commerce Commission on readjustment of freight rates for grain and grain products from South Dakota Nebraska and Minnesota to Sioux City and on through rates to Texas and the southwest was to conclude today. Brad ford traffic manager of the Sioux City grain exchange and Kuhn of Omaha and Brown of Chicago board of trade testified on rate comparisons and claims by railroads that through rates should be canceled. Bradford argued that canceling through rates would disrupt flows between Sioux City South Dakota and Nebraska points and harm links to the southwest.
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Associated Presa
Sioux City
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Federal Building
H. J. Markley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Freeman Bradford
Sioux City Grain Exchange
J. A. Kuhn
Omaha Grain Exchange
J. & Brown
Chicago Board of Trade
Bradford
Texas
Southwest
Eminent Green Bay Lawyer Patrick H. Martin Dies
Patrick Henry Martin longtime Green Bay attorney and former president of the Wisconsin State Bar Association died at his home February 19 after two years illness. He was father to Mrs John H. Sullivan of Creston and five other children. Funeral services were held in Green Bay recently with attendance by his family. The notable jurist’s death prompted tributes from leading state newspapers and bar associations.
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Patrick Henry Martin
Green Bay
Wis
John H. Sullivan
Creston
Martin
Sullivan
Mr. Martin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Bar Association
American Bar Association
John McHate
John E. J Jerome
Joseph
Arrest of Policemen Uncovers Liquor Deal
Kansas City police disclosed a major liquor conspiracy after arresting three policemen. The case may also help explain the wrecking of Centropolis State Bank, where president Joseph R. Gant is under indictment. Gant, once a Sunday school teacher and civic leader, is linked to bootlegging operations.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Centropolis State Bank
Joseph R. Gant
W. A. Shreeve
Gant
Shreeve
Iowa Bankers Set 39th Convention in Dubuque
Des Moines Feb 27 announcement that the thirty ninth annual convention of the Iowa Bankers association will be held in Dubuque on June 15, 16 and 17. General committee of arrangements includes E F Lush vice president of the Iowa Trust and Savings bank of Dubuque.
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Iowa Bankers
Dubuque
Des Moines
Iowa Bankers’ Association
E. F. Lush
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank of
Terrific Gales Believed To Claim Dozens At Sea
Terrific gales in the Icelandic fishing grounds over four days have left at least eighty four mariners missing. Reports cite the Hull steam trawler Seapafrow with fourteen Hull men and twenty four Icelanders lost on the Field Marshal Robertson, and the Icelandic steamer Eferhepar presumed lost with forty hands.
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Associated Press
Hull
England
Field Marshal Robertson
Auto Fees Probed by State Inspectors in Creston Visit
J. R. Kamrar and C. Laufer of the secretary of state auto registration unit are in Creston to check delinquent 1925 licenses. Inspectors will be at the county treasurer’s office all day Saturday Feb 28 to verify chauffeurs and vehicles lacking current plates. They warn that failure to comply may lead to investigation and possible prosecution. About 700 vehicles in Union County lack 1925 registration though 3,319 have been licensed to date with many trucks unregistered.
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J. R. Kamrar
C. Laufer
Automobile Registration Department
Secretary of State
Creston
Kamrar
Laufer
Automobile Department
Union County
Patt-Finefield Suit Now Under Advisement
The case by J H Patt of 711 West Adams street against W F Finefield owner of the Creston hotel was taken under advisement after arguments. Patt seeks 2215 for rent, while Finefield counters with a 19000 claim for damages over alleged building disrepair and contract breaches. A writ of attachment and a delivery bond are noted.
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J. H. Patt
West Adams Street
W. F. Finefield
Creston
Mr. Patt
Justice of the Peace
Adam Pickett
Mr. Finefield
Finefield
Pat
Pierson Seeks Judgment in 700 Suit Against Afton Man
W. E. Pierson, cashier of the State Savings bank of Afton, filed in district court for $700 against A. L. Brown of Afton on a note dated August 12, 1920. A writ of attachment was issued. W. L. Bridenstine filed for $1,200 against A. S. Lumsden with foreclosure of a chattel mortgage securing the debt, including Lorimer store fixtures.
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W. E. Pierson
State Savings Bank of Afton
A. L. Brown
Afton
Pierson
W. L. Bridenstine
Lorimer
A. S. Lumsden
Suspects Held in Iowa Robberies Tied to Stolen Cars
Fort Dodge, Feb 27 two Fort Dodge men, FH Lutz 31 and Frank Clayton 22, are jailed as suspects in the Newhard Grocery robbery at Rockwell City and linked to earlier holdups at Standard Oil stations across northwest Iowa. Police identify them as the pair who used a stolen Buick in a spree covering Webster City, Fort Dodge, Alcona, Rockwell City, and Humboldt. A separate Omaha pursuit ends with Clayton Carlyle 29 shot and Reuben Slack 27 captured after attempted grocery store robbery.
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Fort Dodge
Lutz
Frank Clayton
Newhard
Rockwell City
Standard Oil Company
Northwest Iowa
Webster City
Alcona
Humboldt
Cedar Falls
Omaha, Neb
Clayton Carlyle
Reuben Slack
Omaha
Newhardrocery
Written Arguments Filed In fas Ordinance Suit
Written briefs and arguments were submitted to the state supreme court in the urban gasoline station ordinance case. The garagemen seek a permanent injunction to block enforcement of an ordinance abolishing gasoline stations. Judge Maxwell ruled city powers over streets. garagemen appeal. The city attorney says streets are public and under council control.
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State Supreme Court
H W. Bedaburn
A. R Maxwell
Supreme Court
Maxwell
Twelve-Year-Old Row Personal Crisis Reports
Wilbur White, 12, son of Mr and Mrs M W White near Sutherland, Nebraska, died by self inflicted gunshot. He told a playmate he would shoot himself after injuring another boy’s eye during a snowball fight, though the eye injury was improving and no threat was previously suspected.
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Sioux City
Primybar
Wilbur White
M .W. White
Sutherland
Ton Kiled In Grade Croasing Accident
Omahas Feb 27. H Smallwood 65 a Waterloo area resident and his employee were killed when their car collided with a Union Pacific passenger train just outside Waterlog. The crash occurred yesterday near Waterlog and involved the two men in the vehicle.
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Omaha
Neb
H. Smallwood
Waterloo
Henry Elsasha
Union Pacific
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Potter
Uthrie
Usrain
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Kamed
Sarre Roveh
France
Patt-Finefield Suit
GP Alery Store
Iowa
Walter Lickert
Carlyle
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