Hammill Inaugurated Iowa Governor in 24th Term
John Hammill of Britt was sworn in as Iowa’s twenty fourth governor while Clem F. Kimball of Council Bluffs became lieutenant governor. The ceremony in the house chamber drew large crowds with an understated program and no elaborate rites. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Faville and remarks focused on guiding legislation for the upcoming session.
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Associated Press
John Hammill
Britt
Jown
Clem F. Kimball
Council Bluff
Hammill
General Assembly
Kimball
Kendall
Edson
House
Senate
Campbell
Ida County
Louis G. Lasher
Matthew A. Tinley
Cornell Bluffs
F. F. Faville
Herbert Scott
Scott
Faville
Johnson
Aten
Ben
Pauline
Mildred
Leonard M
Minnie Sch Welcher
S Baumgard
Mary Cranwine
Kilgore Lynch
Jo Boortz
Miston
Welr ®Iss
Doroth Myron N
Puler
Lucile Paul Hur
Bessie Lu
Inez Utte
Atkinson
Trice Graf Hansen
Heesel
Smith
Dred Alle
Elizabetth Crane
Friss
Thor
Maxine
John Mcley
Leon
Myron
Will Black
Lander
Beloses
Poultry Show Highlights Prize Winners At Local Exhibition
The seventh annual poultry exhibition at the Patt apart building on West Adams featured judges’ work for 350 birds across many classes and breeds. Davenport speaker BN Atkins addressed raisers of purebred poultry during the afternoon program. County farm bureau involvement marked the event with trophies displayed on winning coops.
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Patt
West Adams
Bn Atkins
Davenport
Nickle
County Farm Bureau
Foley, Tammany Hall Power, Dies at Rockefeller Inst
Thomas Foley, longtime Tammany Hall leader and early sponsor of Gov. Al Smith, died at the Rockefeller Institute of pneumonia. Born in Brooklyn in 1851, Foley was known as Al Smith's political godfather for helping launch the future governor’s rise and mentoring a line of young protégés. He often called Smith “my boy.”
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas Foley
Tammany Hall
Leeder
A. E. Smith
Rockefeller Institute
Foley
Brooklyn
al Smith
East Side
Smith
Parole Bribe Allegations Stir Kansas Pardon Probe
In Topeka on January 15 former Gov Jonathan M Davis and Carl J Peterson the state bank commissioner faced new accusations in the executive clemency scandal. The affidavit alleges a Wichita merchant paid 1250 for his son Ernest Bartholomew to receive parole with portions to Davis Peterson and an intermediary named Johnson.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Carl J Peterson
State Bank
J. M Davis
Peterson
Davis
Jonathan M. Davs
Russell Davis
Carl J. Petresons
Shawne County
Ernest Bartholomew
C. H. Bartholomew
Wichita
Theodor Bartholomew
Johnson
Bartholomew
Carl Peterson
State ‘Bank
Bishop Brown's Dismissal by Church Board of Review
The Protestant Episcopal church board of review determines deposition from office for Right Rev. William Montgomery Brown, former Arkansas bishop, confirming May trial verdict of heresy. A House of Bishops approval is required in New Orleans next autumn before the sentence takes effect.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
William Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
Protestant Episcopal Church Board of Review
Brown
House of Bishops
New Orleans
Kansas
Joseph W. Sharis
Dayton
Farmer C. C. Newbrough Suffers Skull Fracture
C. C. Newbrough, a farmer seven miles south of town, was injured Tuesday noon while cutting a tree limb. He fell from a ladder braced against the tree when the limb struck the ladder. He sustained a base skull fracture, several broken ribs, and numerous cuts. He is resting easily and improving.
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C. c. Newbrough
Local man seeks damages in alienation suit
Michael Follmann of Bridgewater and Creston is charged with alienating the affections of William Schultz's wife. Schultz, 43, seeks 50 000 dollars in damages, claiming intentional acts to break up his home. Schultz holds a temporary injunction barring his wife from their Creston home at 605 South Elm. The divorce case filed in 1924 was dismissed November 1 after cruelty claims failed. New suits were filed in district court in Mt Ayr area.
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Michael Follmann
Bridgewater
Creston
William Schultz
Schultz
Follmann
Supreme Court
Texas
Texa
Mary Sticken
Garwood
Iowa
California
South Elm Street
Union County
Corr A. Fuller
Mt. Ayr Presid
1924 Concentrated News Day licenses due May 1
County auditor requires new licenses by May 1 to avoid costs for publishing delinquent owner names. 1925 fees remain the same as 1924. Seventy eight Union county hounds now wear new tags. Town State Savings Bank Creston held its Jan 14 annual stockholders meeting electing D Davenport president P C Winter vice president Scott Armstrong cashier R Meadows assistant cashier. Directors named include Davenport Winter Spies Cusack Sampson Ball Begg Tramp Carl Davenport.
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Union County
Town State Savings Bank of
Creston
D. Davenport
P. C. Winter
Scott Armstrng
R. ©. Meadows
Mr. Winter
F. J Spies
L. J. Cusack
F. E. Sampson
Mise Helen Ball
Adam Begg
H. L. Tramp
Carl Davenport
Finn Footracer Nurmi to contest warming up 3000 meters
Paavo Nurmi the Finnish distance star races 3000 meters tonight at Madison Square Garden as a prelude to a grueling rail journey. He will then ride a Pullman to Chicago to race Jo Ray tomorrow, with another sleep trip back to New York for Fordham meet Saturday.
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New York
Paavo Nurmi
Wonder Man
Finland
Madison Square Garden
Nurmi
Pulman
Chicago
Joey Ray
Nurse Files Damage Suit Against Durant
San Francisco January 15 Nurse Martha Fuller sues for 100000 damages in superior court alleging she was beaten by R C Durant and Miss Lea Gapski aboard Durant s yacht in Honolulu harbor on October 4 after she protested Miss Gapski s violation of doctor ordered diet. The incident ties a California auto maker and sportsman to the suit.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
R .C
Iff
Durant
California
Lea Gapski
Honolulu
Martha Fuller
Miss Gapski
Local actions seek judgments against auto firm, oil company
Several civil suits seek payments due on accounts or notes. Kent Auto Company faces a $26 claim. Graver Corporation seeks $785.11 from Sheridan Oil Company. Iowa State Savings Bank of Creston sues Jacob B. Gripp and others for $1,808.89 on a $2,000 July 1924 note. E A Kritenbrink sues Grain Belt Insurance of Des Moines for $480 over hail policy damages, claiming 60 acres of corn were damaged in August at $8 per acre.
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E. A. Kritenbrink
Grain Belt Insurance Company
Des Moines
Shail
Iowa Farm Bureau urges tax and banking reforms
The Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation committee proposed resolutions urging a joint tax study, enactment of a state gasoline tax, changes to banking laws for depositor protection, and consideration of a cooperative banking law. They also support a state income tax and oppose road bond issues, child labor amendments, and federal agricultural controls. The report awaits convention approval.
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Associated Press
Dep Monnes
Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
United States
State Executive Council
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
General Assembly
Protests Election of Judge Ben B Lindsey in Denver
A petition filed in district court by Royal B. Graham contests the election of Judge Ben B. Lindsey to the Denver juvenile and family court seat. The suit accuses nearby election judges of inefficiency and inexperience and claims Graham was deprived of votes. Lindsey faced a tight reelection battle amid controversy with opposition from the Ku Klux Klan and union of adversaries.
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Denver
Col
Ben B. Lindsey
District
Royal B. Graham
Lindsey
Alege
Graham
Invisible Empire
Lincoln murder trial set in Geneva circuit court
Warren J. Lincoln a lawyer and florist faces trial for the confessed killings of his wife Lina Lincoln and her brother Byron J. L. Shoup two years ago. Attorneys indicate an insanity plea will be entered.
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Geneva
Warren J. Lincoln
Lina
Byron JL. Shoup
Union County Roadsail: Call for Better January Roads
Taxpayers invested over 200000 in Federal aid roads with 20000 yearly maintenance yet Creston remains hard to reach. The Union County Board of Supervisors is blamed for delays and waste as residents demand accessible, usable roads now.
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Union County
Creston
Board of Supervisors
McCormick Seeks Trust For Grandchild Stock
Indianapolis January 15 Harold F McCormick Chicago farm implement maker sues in U S district court to require 123 824 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana valued over five million dollars be held in trust for granddaughter Anita Oser. Edith Rockefa Taick allegedly seeks possession of the stock from Anita’s parents Mathilde and Max Oser.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold F .McCormick
Chicago
United States District Court
Standard O'1
Indiana
Anita Oser
McCormick
Edith Rockefa Taick
John D. Rockelier, Sr
Slemp to resign as secretary to the president
C Bascom Slemp announces retirement plans to leave as secretary to President Coolidge and enter private law practice in Washington. President Coolidge names Representative Sanders of Indiana to succeed Slemp, with Sanders retiring from Congress March 4 after steering committee work and the party’s speakers bureau.
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Washington
Sanders
Associated Press
Washingtn
C. Bascomcom Lemp
Cooldge
Representative Sanders
Indiana
Slemp
Coolidge
Representative Good
Iowa
Mr Good
Bascom Slemp
President Coolidge
Everett Ganders
Coolidgy
White House
New York
House
Republican National Committee
Comidge
Elec
March
Congress Linked to Packers In House Expenditure Inquiry
In Washington on January 15, Fallor of the House Committee on Accounts testified a salary resolution for a committee clerk was sent to the expenditures panel before its probe into the Packers and Stockyards Act. Benjamin C Marsh of the Farmers' National Council said the Packers still have friends in Congress. Also noted the Mre- Fadden bill to liberalize national banks, moving toward Senate action after House passage with Hull amendments restricting branch banking.
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Washington
House Committee On Accounts
Department of Agriculture
Packers and Stock Yards
Congress
Benjamin C Marsh
Farmers’ National Council
Awaka
Senate
House
Alleys as Highways in Iowa Cities
Iowa towns with no bridge alleys crossing creeks are highways by an attorney general opinion. Creston earlier sought two wooden bridges. county board opposed, then agreed after AG Ben J Gibson's ruling. Bridges built last fall at a few hundred dollars per county engineer Guy Perry.
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Iowa
Ben J Gibson
Union County Board of Supervisors
Creston
Guy Perry
Subway Case in Federal Court Denied Amended Petition
The Burlington railroad’s bid to amend its petition to obtain a permanent injunction against Creston’s subway ordinance under Elm Street tracks was denied by Judge Martin J. Wade. The temporary injunction remains while an appeal proceeds, as jurists and counsel debated jurisdiction and potential re opening of the case.
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Burlington Railroad
Creston
el m Street
Martin J. Wade
J. C. Pryor
Los Angeles
Elm Street
Wade
Confessed Slaying of Mother by 16 Year Old
Miss Dorothy Ellingson, 16, daughter of Mrs Anna Ellingson, was arrested two miles from her home after she admitted to detectives that she killed her mother. She said the quarrel began when her mother objected to her going out with men and she used her brother’s gun to shoot.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Bllingson
Ellingson
Emingson
Fresh egg prices hit 80 cents a dozen in Chicago
Chicago report shows fresh eggs selling at 80 cents a dozen, the highest retail price in four years. Producers blame extreme cold that reduced supplies, with farmers paid about 63 cents for fresh eggs and wholesalers quoted 68 to 75 cents.
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Chicago
Jen
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