World Court Probe Demand Voted Down in Senate Committee
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote 8 to 3 defeated Senator Reed’s proposal to investigate propaganda for acceptance of the world court and war debt settlements. Reed vowed to press the matter in the full Senate and questioned foreign influence and parties backing debt cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Reed
Democrat
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Borah
Johnson
World Court
United States
Italy
Europe
Hoover warns on foreign control of crude rubber price
Secretary Hoover declared that foreign control of the price of crude rubber threatens the sane progress of the world and contains great dangers to international goodwill. He spoke today in Washington outlining concerns over global trade dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
West protests loom over tariff and freight rates
Representative Shallenberger of Nebraska warned the House of further open rumblings of protests in the west against high tariff and freight rates. He said earnings of railroads serving the middle west are increasing.
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Washington
Shallenberger
Nebraska
West
Middle West
Monroe County May Fight Brookhart Lovrein Law
Monroe County board of supervisors in Albia may revolt against the Brookhart Lovrein banking risk law after state department demands interest on January through March funds and a bonding company refuses a $10,000 county treasurer bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albia
State Department
Brookhart-Lovrein
Monroe County Board of Supervisors
Benefit Planned by Creston Choral Club
The Creston Choral Club will perform the oratorio Elijah next Monday at the Methodist church to benefit Creston High School. Dr. J C Parsons says all expenses are covered by the club and ticket proceeds will fund a grand piano for the new high school auditorium. An intensive ticket campaign will be conducted this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah
Creston Choral Club
J. C. Parsons
Parsons
Creston
Chicago Sheriff Appeals Circuit Court in Contempt Case
Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman of Chicago filed an appeal with the U S circuit court of appeals after a 30 day jail sentence and a 2500 dollar fine for contempt of court tied to liberties given to Terry Druggan and Frank Lake, beer runners, during a county jail federal sentence. Wesley Westbrook, former jail warden, may also appeal as others await a ruling. Druggan posted a 10000 dollar bond after fleeing Chicago to avoid imprisonment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Peter M. Hoffman
Terry Druggan
Frank Lake
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wesley Westbrook
Lake
Druggan
Agriculture Depends On Fast Water Route
J F Reed president Minnesota Farm Federation told the Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater association congress that agriculture relies on a speedy water route linking western states with eastern seaports. He said water transport can be up to ten times cheaper than rail and urged efforts to develop the St Lawrence river to realize these savings.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
J. F. Reed
Minnesota Farm Federation
Great Lakes
Washington Legislature Passes Old Age Pension Bill
Olympia date 67 to 26 vote in the Washington house for an old age pension bill. The measure provides up to 25 dollars monthly for any US citizen at least 65 years old with 15 years in state and 5 years in the county. Governor Hartley may veto the bill.
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Associated Press
Olympia
Wash
House
Washington
Hartley
Ben
United States
Agriculture prices fall cited at Des Moines conference
Prices on agricultural commodities are decreasing. A recent agriculture conference in Des Moines highlighted the trend and sparked calls for similar statewide meetings in Nebraska to address the shift.
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Des Moines
Nebraska
Senate orders inquiry into DOJ failure on A T and A stockholder Mellon
Without debate or a record vote the senate today ordered an inquiry into the failure of the department of justice to bring contempt proceedings against the Aluminum Company of America. Secretary Mellon is a large stockholder in the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Missouri Democrat Introduces Corn Sugar Bill
Washington January 6 Representative Romjue a Democrat of Missouri introduces a bill to legalize the manufacture and sale of corn sugar. The measure seeks to regulate a previously restricted commodity and set forth licensing and safety standards.
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Washington
Romjue
Democrat
Missouri
Iowa Governor names 50 for corn area marketing group
Des Moines January 6 Governor Hammill announced a 50 member committee to organize the corn area marketing conference. The roster includes farmers farm organizations press business and manufacturing leaders and bankers from Des Moines Newton Newtonia Ida Grove Grinnell Dubuque and other cities with leaders such as W E Saunders J O Shaff C E Hearst Ralph W Smith Milo Reno J S Merritt Elmer Reed J Allen Wallis John Aue Harvey Ingham Lafayette Young Clifford Depuy J H McCord and others. The group will meet Friday at 10 in the governor’s office to begin work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
John Hammill
Thornburg
Pearson
Iowa State College
W. E. G. Saunders
Emmetsburg
James R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Clemens
J. O Shaff
State Senate
Camanche
C. E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ralph W Smith
Iowa State Grange
Newton
Milo Reno
Farmers’ Union
J. S. Merritt
Farmers Grain Dealers’ Association
Glidden
A. Sykes
Cornbelt Meat? Producers’ Association
Ida Grove
W. W. Latta
Iowa Fleece Growers
Logan
Robert M. Clark
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
Mitchellville
Ralph Sherman
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Grinnell
Elmer J. Reed
Iowa Butter Makers’ Association
Manchester
George W. Al'‘ee
Iowa Corn and Small
Northwestern Banker
J. H. Kelly
Sioux City Tribune
Sioux City
Ed Killian
The
Killian Department Store
Cedar Rapids
James Martin
T.S. Martin Company
C. E. Perkins
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Burlington
T. H. Foster
John Morrell Packing Company
Ottumwa
A. H. Bergman
One Minute Washing Machine Company
J. H. Fisher
Fisher-Governor Company
Iowa State ‘Manufacturers’ Association
Marshalltown
J. W. Betendorf
Bettendorf Company
Davenport
M. W. Ellis
Hart, Parr Tractor Company
Charles City
Whitley
Curtis Company, Inc
Clinton
Guy E. Hillier
Penick and Ford, Inc. Corn Products Company
B. C. Keeler
Mason City Brick and Tile Company
Mason City
H. B. Plumb
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Waterloo
Charles M Dutcher
Iowa City
J. H. McCord
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Spencer
I. J. Green
Iowa Bankers’ Association
E. W. Miller
State Banking Board
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold to sail for Europe on Leviathan
Mr and Mrs Dean S Arnold who wed at Lake Geneva Wis on Dec 29 spent New Year with Ezra and Eva Arnold at 909 East Howard St. They left for Chicago and will sail from North Hampton on the Leviathan to Europe for several months before moving to San Francisco.
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Dean S. Arnold
Lake Geneva
Wis
Mr. Arnold
Ezra D. Arnold
East Howard Street
Chicago
New York City
Europe
San Francisco
North Hampton
Kiwanis Elects Golden President and 1926 Officers
Dr. T V Golden was installed as Kiwanis president at the Lowana Hotel meeting Tuesday night. Other 1926 officers also assumed duties. Roy Gaut United States marshal of the southern district of Iowa, recovering in Des Moines hospital, may leave soon per AP dispatch. Westbound train No 3 arrived one hour fifteen minutes late due to engine trouble at Thayer.
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T. V. Golden
Kiwanis Club
Lowana Hotel
Roy Gaut
Creston
United States
Iowa
Des Moines
Associated Press
Thayer
Monthly hospital staff luncheon discusses diabetes topic
The Greater Community hospital physician and surgeon staff met in the hospital room for the luncheon. The subject discussed was diabetes and its management. Eligible membership on the hospital staff extends to every reputable county physician.
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Greater Community Hospital Staff of Physicians and Surgeons
Federal jury list filed for January term opens Jan 12
The jury commission met December 29 and drew a trial jury panel for the January term in Creston though no grand or petit jury will sit. The list includes Earl Adams Elliston Orr Allen Kellerton Ben Allison Seymour Cline D Allyn Mt Ayr F F Ambelong Chariton L L Armstrong Decatur etc. Term opens Tuesday January 12 with Judge Martin J Wade of Iowa City presiding.
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Creston
Earl Adams
Elliston
Orr Allen
Kellerton
Ben Allison
Seymour
Cline D. Allyn
Mt. Ayr
F. F. Ambelong
Chariton
L. L. Armstrong
Decatur
Claude Apple
Braddyville
Len Casey
Osceola
C. C. Glark
Corydon
L. A. Cram
Blanchard
I. M. Damewood
Gravity
O. D. Deer
Mt. Etna
Robert Dixon
Russell
G. W. Duncan
Shenandoah
Martin Ewoldsen
Woodburn
R. V. Frampton
Allerton
John Freed
Essex
John Fulner
Clarinda
W. J. Fulton
Leon
W. W. Gatch
Greenfield
W. D. Gaulter
Lamont
C. W. Good
Hamburg
Cecil Grayan
Yorktown
E. B. Humphrey
Sidney
Roy Kee
Lenox
T. V. Lacey
Bedford
H. G Laremer
Elmer Lingle
Sylvester Mann
Clearfield
J. B. Marsell
New Market
J. L. Mendenhall
Grand River
Joe Morris
Promise City
W. M. Paul
Thurman
William Pell
Corning
H. A Piper
Conway
Carl Quick
Redding
Elmer Richman Humeston
K. C. Shull
Riverton
H. R. Soule
Adair
L. L. Stromp
Prescott
H. L. Timmons
Fontanelle
G. M. Warrington
Garden Grove
Glen Whitmore
Coin
Charles Wood
Nodaway
C. H. Young
Sharpsburg
Martin J. Wade
Iowa City
All Pending Indictments Against Voss Dismissed
Denison Iowa January 6 All pending indictments against C L and D E Voss arising from the Denison bank failure including embezzlement and forgery have been dismissed for insufficient evidence. C L Voss, once reputed head of the bank, is imprisoned at Fort Madison serving a ten year sentence for forgery tied to loan papers connected with the bank collapse.
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Associated Press
Denison
C. L
D. E. Voss
Bank of Denison
Be'l
C. L. Voss
Fort Madison
Bathing Beauty Signs Moving Picture Contract
Marie Prevost signs a film contract with Metropolitan Pictures, becoming the second bathing beauty to reach stardom. Gloria Swanson remains the only other former bathing girl to have attained screen heights.
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Bathing Beauty
Moving Picture
New York
Marie Prevost
Metropolitan Pictures
Gloria Swanson
Brookhart Opposes Senate Recount in Brookhart-Senate Contest
Washington January 6 an objection to the senate recount in the Brookhart Brookhart contest was filed with the senate elections subcommittee. Counsel J G Mitchell said 47 contested ballots were unaccounted for and 67 precincts sent ballots in unsealed sacks raising tampering concerns though no irregularities were alleged since supervisor E F Thayer took over. He noted 43 Brookhart votes missing and four more for Steck beyond official totals. The objection to unsealed sacks was ruled late and argument centered on contested ballots with a possible full committee review.
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Washington
Senate
E. F. Thayer
Mitchell
Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Ernst
Harvey A. Connett Named Union Pacific Division Superintendent
Harvey A. Connett formerly of Creston has been appointed division superintendent of the Union Pacific railway with headquarters in Green River Wyoming. His territory runs from Cheyenne to Salt Lake City and he has served as assistant superintendent of the Cheyenne division for three years. He is brother to Larry Connett a local dispatcher and to Mrs Henry LaForgue of Creston.
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Harvey A. Connett
Creston
Union Pacific Railway
Green River
Wyo
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mr. Connett
Union Pacific
Burlington
Larry Connett
Henry LaForgue
Welch, Grap juice magnate, dies in Florida home
Charles E. Welch of Westfield New York noted grape juice manufacturer dies at his winter home in St. Petersburg Florida after a brief illness. He had run for New York governor on the Prohibition party ticket in 1916 and served as a delegate to the 1921 Ecumenical Methodist church conference in London. The death occurred in St. Petersburg on January 6.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Fla
Charles E. Welch
Westfield
N. Y
New York
Prohibition Party
Ecumenical Methodist Church
London
Wisconsin Boy Killed Coasting Into Truck
George Leighty aged nine died after his sled struck a grocer's truck in Plattville Wisconsin shortly after dark on January 6. The accident left his skull fractured and he died instantly. he was the son of Mr and Mrs Louis Leighty. Irvin Webster aged nineteen also died in an accident near Shullsbury when his car skidded off the road as he yielded to allow an oncoming vehicle to pass.
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Associated Press
Plattville Wis
George Leighty
Louis Leighty
Irvin Webster
Shullsbury
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Not Out Of Danger
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw remains in danger after attempting suicide by drinking poison. Doctors report a burned throat complicates recovery and she cannot talk. Her 15 year old son Russell Thaw is staying with relatives as the case develops.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Associated’ Press
Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Russel Thaw
Hammill Sees Iowa Becoming More Dry Statewide
Des Moines reports Governor Hammill believes Iowa is steadily growing drier on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the dry date. He said Iowa and other central states are dry and will stay so through citizen efforts.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Jan
Hammill
Iowa
Grand and trial jurors drawn for district court term
Grand jurors for the year and trial jurors for the coming term have been drawn in district court here. Grand jurors must report Jan 26 and trial jurors Feb 2. term opens Jan 26. Names include John Pender Spaulding township Karl Dean New Hope WilliamEng hauser Douglas H T Hall Jones John Hart Union George W Johnston Platte Walter Latham Sand Creek A C Parrott Pleasant George W Showers Lincoln T L Tussey Grant H A Weasells Highland John Young Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pender
Spaulding Township
Karl Dean
New Hope
William Enghauser
Douglas
H. T. Hall
Jones
John Hart
Union
George W. Johnston
Platte
Walter Latham
Sand Creek
A. C. Parrott
Pleasant
George W. Showers
Lincoln
T. L. Tussey
Grant
H. A. Weasells
Highland
John Young
Dodge
Hall
Fred Collings
Leap From Train Ends Death Of Passenger
A passenger on Santa Fe train No. 10 from California to Chicago died in Fort Madison Iowa from a fractured skull after leaping from a Pullman car as the train neared the city. Unclear origins and destination, the man named Henry Parsen left San Jose on New Year’s Eve to claim his uncle Erik Parsen’s estate valued at about $100,000.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Jun
Santa Fe
California
Chicago
Henry Parson
Pulman
Rockies
San Jose
Calif
Henry Parsen
Norway
Erik Parsen
Henry
Farm Bureau President Pleads For Farmers
Sam H Thompson, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Illinois Agricultural association, calls on Americans to consider the farmers exportable surplus and to aid in stabilizing farm incomes. He argues curing agriculture’s low price illness will bring lasting prosperity to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sam H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Agricultural Association
Sunday School Specialists Lead County Institute
Instruction in all phases of Sunday school work was given at the Creston Methodist church institute under the Union County Sunday School association. Mr and Mrs O G Herbrecht of Des Moines led sessions on leadership, organization, and young people work. Representatives attended from several towns and the event drew strong praise from J C Richter. The state convention will be in Fairfield in May and the international meeting in Birmingham, Alabama in April with about 100 town delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Union County Sunday School Association
George Johnston
Platta
Des Moines
Herbrecht
State Council of Religious Education
Mra. Herbrecht
Creston Institute
J. C. Richter
Creston
Fairfield
Birmingham
Ala
Rate Law Thwarts Inland Waterways
Washington January 6 Brig Gen Thomas H Ashburn head of the government's Mississippi river barge line told the senate interstate commerce committee that railroads use higher short haul rates to block inland water transportation development He said the Goodin Dill would ban such practices and the government alone could build the Mississippi river change line amid railroad opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Thomas H. Ashburn
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Ashburn
Obituary: Mrs Nancy Bickford 80 in Creston
Mrs Nancy Bickford died Tuesday evening at her home 607 South Vine Street aged 80. She lived in Creston 41 years and is survived by daughter Cornelia Whittington of near Kent. Short services begin 11 am Thursday at Dietrick's chapel. funeral at Baptist church near Mt Etna at 2:30 pm with burial in Baptist cemetery. Rev H H Twyford to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Bickford
South Vine Street
Creston
Otis Bickford
Cornelia Whittington
Kent
Deitrick’s
Baptist
Mt. Etna
H. H. Twyford
The
Christian Church
Deitrick’s Chapel
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L. M. Bartlett
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Ellen C. Conway
C. R. Culver
Hazel Deacon
C. Lewis Dunlap
W F. Evans
Mamie Heessel
CC. J Harehaw
E. C. Loudon
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O. A. Matthews
W. L. Murphy
H W. Oshel
Luiey M. Patt
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