Doheny Story Branded False By U S Counsel
The New York Times published government counsel comments in the Doheny naval oil leases case disputing Doheny’s claim that war fears in the Pacific were concealed to influence the Washington arms conference. Officials testified that treaties were signed before Doheny’s contracts and that maneuvers around the Far East matter followed public inter est.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Pacific
New York Times Today
Othe
Doheny
Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Cheyenne
Pomerene
State Department
Fall
Edward C. Finney
Interior
the Times
Albert B. Fall
Finney
Harding
Great Brtain
Great Britain
Young Strib fling set for 10 round bout with Risko
Chicago July 2 reports Georgia light heavy meets Johnny Risko in a 10 round boxing match at East Chicago tonight. The bout pairs the young Stribler against the Cleveland heavyweight in a feature undercard clash.
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Chicago
Young Stribfling
Georgia
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
East Chicago
Pay Depositors of Defunct Iowa Banks
Des Moines July 2. New banking superintendent L A Andrew says part of deposits due from six closed Iowa banks has been paid. Banks include Farmers Savings Hamburg 25 percent 89223.09 Plymouth Lemars 40 percent 48488.18 Farmers Merchants Washington 20 percent 90652.76 Iowa State Manning 10 percent 35181.27 Marne 10 percent 9024.04 Wiota 10 percent 10503.77.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
L. A. Andrew
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Hamburg
Plymouth Savings Bank
Lemars
Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank
Washington
Iowa State Savings Bank
Manning
Marne Savings
Marne
Wiota Savings Bank
Wiota
Plan promotion of Road No. 3 gains momentum
A district conference of Iowa Good Roads enthusiasts launched a plan to promote primary highway No. 3 across the southern tier of counties. An organization to carry out the plans will be formed on Thursday June 16 at Mt. Ayr with invitations extended to Fremont Page Taylor Decatur Wayne Appanoose and Ringgold counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Good Reads Association
Informs
Iowana Hotel
Mt. Ayr
Clay Beard
Waterloo Pitcher To Report To Boston Braves
Arch ie Kelsey the Waterloo hurling southpaw will join the Boston Braves after the Mississippi Valley league season ends. He won 11 of 14 decisions this season and is batting near .280. The White Sox were also considering the Winnebago player.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Archie Kelsey
Waterloo Hurling
Boston Braves
Telegraph
Kelsey
Sioux City
Dixon
Chicago White Sox
Winnebago Brave
Forecast of Cotton Crop by Government
The department of agriculture forecast cotton production at 14,339,000 equivalent 500 pound bales for the season. In New York, cotton prices fell after the report, with October at 28.28 cents per pound and December at 23.36 as selling intensified.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
New York
Education Secretary in U S Cabinet Proposed
Indianapolis July 2 Delegates will vote on a plan by the National Education Association to establish a federal department of education with a secretary in the president s cabinet. The bill calls for 1 500 000 annual maintenance funds and places the department under civil service rules.
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Indianapolis
National Education Association
Department of Education
New Governor of South China Desires Peace
Canton July 2 A new government for southern China was formed by forces that captured Canton Wu Hon Min named civil governor and foreign affairs secretary Liu Chung Hoi as finance minister Hsu Sung Chi named minister of war Sun Fo to ministry of communications The civil governor also serves as secretary of foreign affairs A reception for foreign consuls excluding Britain and France was held amid tense expectations over foreign demands and anti foreign protests London July 2 US pressure on extra territorial rights in China dominates papers amid belief Britain opposes immediate abolition and calls for a conference under Washington Accord with mutual cooperation among signatories.
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Associated Press
Canton
China
Wu Hon Min
Liu Chung Hoi
Hsu Sung Chi
Sun Fo
Ministry of Communications
London
United States
Great Britain
Peking
Shanghai
Russians Sympathize With Chinese Moscow July 2
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin states that Russian sympathies lean to China in its fight for liberation but Soviet policy will avoid intervention. He argues sympathy does not imply action and blames foreign powers for China’s civil war while supporting Borah on noninterference.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tchitcherin
China
Russia
Borah
Bad Weather May Delay MacMillan Expedition
Weather signals delay for the MacMillan Arctic expedition as Bowdoin sits at Battleharbor Labrador awaiting the Peary. Fog ice floes and a falling barometer threaten to postpone departure after the companion ship arrives. A radio message released by the National Geographic society notes shelter at a foggy rocky cast and mentions Eskimo history and a dog chorus.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bowdoin
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Battleharbor
Labrador
Peary
L. E. Caldwell
R. J. Lewis
East Cleveland
National Geographic Society
Legion meeting plans Fourth of July cooperation
Concentrated business at Champaign post American Legion of Creston meeting in McKinley park auditorium. Fourth of July observance discussed and Legion members to cooperate with the citizens committee for the park celebration. Anna Ruttur of Wayne county filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. liabilities $22,390 all unsecured. Assets $4,715 with $4,680 exempt.
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Champaign Post
American Legion of Creston
McKinley Park
Legion
Citizens’ Committee
the Park
Anna Ruttur
Howard Township
Wayne County
Mayor Burt Heads Holiday Motor Trip to Indiana
Mayor M. L. Burt plans a July Fourth motor trip to Indiana with others. Justice of the Peace John Carson handles police cases in the mayor’s absence at city hall. P C Winter, ill at home on North Jarvis, is improving. J T Reynolds of Creston underwent a serious stomach cancer operation in Rochester Minnesota, today reported to be in critical condition but with good recovery prospects. Nature lovers urge watering sites for birds, placing tanks and pans around pumps to ease thirst.
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M. L. Burt
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
John Carson
J. T. Reynolds
Creston
Rochester
Minn
Advertiser to Broadcast Polo Grounds Fight Card Tonight
At 6 15 this evening the Advertiser based Associated Press wire will begin detailing the big bouts at the Polo Grounds New York City. Harry Greb battles Mickey Walker welterweight John Menger faces Harry Wills and Charles Weinert in action. Round by round reports will be sent free to readers.
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Associated Pres Wire
Polo Grounds
New York City
Harry Greb
Mickey Walker
John Menger
Harry Wills
Charles Weinert
Western Grocery Co. Wins $139,191 Verdict in Sugar Case
A verdict for 139 191 dollars was awarded to Western Grocery National Grocery and Forge Grocery against Hal company in San Francisco. The suit covered purchase of 1150 tons of Java white granulated sugar allegedly shipped as 25 carloads of unmarketable sugar to stores in Iowa Illinois Michigan and Missouri.
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San Francisco
Western Grocery Company
National Grocery Company
Forge Grocery Company
Middle West
Ha! Company
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Mercury Drop Predicted for Southern Iowa Heat Relief Expected
Des Moines reports indicate temperatures eased slightly from 1 PM highs but still hit 97 in Des Moines and 96 at 1 PM, with 105 in Marshalltown and 104 in Des Moines the previous day. The Weather Bureau warned heat may continue, but relief was promised for southern Iowa as five people suffered heat prostrations including workers on a Drake University stadium project.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Marshalltown
Clarinda
Boone
Witerloo
Fort Dodge
Atlantic
Albia
Creston
Sioux City
Drake University
Mercury
Pipp Hit On Temple With Ball At Batting Practice
Wally Pipp Yankee first baseman was struck in the right temple by a fast ball from Charles Caldwell in batting practice. He fell unconscious for 15 minutes and doctors feared a brain concussion. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wally
Pipp
Yankee
Charles Caldwell
Princeton University
Athletics
Yankee Stadium
St. Vincent's Hospital
Curator Unearthing Mastodon Bones in Greene Iowa
State Curator Edgar R. Harlan leads workers excavating a mastodon skeleton found in the Robert Skillen gravel pit east of Greene. Calvin Karr initially uncovered a five foot tusk as digging continued with more bones being unearthed daily. The curator suspects glacier transport from the Arctic.
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Greene
Edgar R. Harlan
Robert Skillen
Calvin Karr
Arctic
Former Kerensky Government Wins Court Battle
A U.S. district court awarded $863,000 to the defunct Kerensky government of Russia against the Lehigh Valley railroad for losses tied to war munitions in the Black Tom Island explosion on July 30, 1916. Judge Mack directed the verdict in New York on July 2.
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New York
Kerensky Government of
Russia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
United States District Court
Mack
Black Tom Island
Enemies Become Friends as Christianity Invades Herrin
Herrin hosts a revival at Williams tabernacle drawing about five thousand people on officials night. Sheriff George Galligan, once a Klansman antagonist, receives widespread fellowship from ministers and citizens. Lay Evangelist Howard Williams of Hattiesburg Mississippi is credited with guiding Herrin’s peace effort as the two week meeting continues.
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Associated Press
Herrin
Williams Revival Tabernacle
George Galligan
Galligan
Marion
Howard S&s. Williams
Hattiesburg
Miss
Judge Wade to Oversee Federal Court Absence in Iowa City
N F Reed, clerk of the district court, traveled to Iowa City to confer with Federal Judge Wade on appointing a temporary judge during the absence of the Iowa City judge who has suffered a nervous breakdown. Reed carried several orders needing Judge Wade's action, marking his first official duties since the federal court term ended a month ago.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
N. F Reed
District Court
Iowa City
Wade
Reed
Anthracite Miners Announce Wage Demands
The anthracite scale committee submitted tentative renewal demands to the tri-district convention for a two year contract expiring Aug 31. They seek full union recognition including the check off, a 10 percent wage increase for tonnage men or $1 a day for day weeks, equalization of day rates, and pay on 240 pounds rather than ear basis, plus quicker grievance adjustment and better housing on company property and colliery work equalization during shutdowns.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Tennis finals set at Cresstem Club courts
Two championship matches are scheduled for this evening at Cres stem Tennis Club on Levy Street. Cy Henderson and G Scurr face Russell and Short in the club doubles final at 6:15, followed by B Main versus B Russell in the Class B singles at 6 o'clock.
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Cresstem
Levy Street
Sycamore and
Spruce
Cy Henderson
G. Scurr
Russell
Short
B. Main
B. Russell
Henderson
Scurr
Royce
Brookman
Adair County Township Plans All Day Fourth Celebration
The Harrison township community in Adair county holds a Fourth of July event at Beaman's grove a quarter mile south of Arbor Hill. An all-day program features music from 10 a.m. first concert, noon basket dinner, 2:30 p.m. ball game Arbor Hill versus Earlham, races sports and cash prizes, evening program 8 to 10:30 with moving pictures readings solos duets and features. Eugene Halling of Union township delivers the principal address.
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Harrison Township
Adair County
Beaman's Grove
Arbor Hill
Earlham
Eugene Halling
Union Township
Gasoline Tax Revenue For May Apportioned
The Associated Press reports May gasoline tax revenue apportioned among states shows distribution details and fiscal implications for road funds. Officials note changes in collections reflect fuel usage trends and policy adjustments.
Iowa counties receive large share of May gasoline tax
Des Moines Iowa July 2 Iowa counties will share 280 144 40 from the May gasoline tax apportionment State Treasurer R E Johnson released figures show May collections at 420 216 60 one third to the primary road fund and the rest to county and township roads.
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Des Moines
Iowa
R. E. Johnson
Wheat Falls On Winnipeg Market
Wheat prices in Winnipeg slipped in early trading on July 2 with July futures down five cents to 1.55 and October futures down 4 1 2 cents to 1.28. The declines followed losses on the Chicago market noted yesterday when Winnipeg was closed.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Chicago
Haynes Attends Iowa Good Roads Conference In Clarinda
H B Davidson elected conference secretary as Glen C Haynes of Des Moines explains Iowa Good Roads aims. Delegates from Fremont Page Decatur Wayne Adams and others attend, discussing a two cent gasoline tax and a bond issue to fund highway improvements.
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H. B. Davidson
Clarinda
Page
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Wayne
Appanoose
Lucas
Clarke
Adams
Haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
Band To Play Tonight In Downtown District
The Creston band to perform a 7 20 p m concert on tonight on the lawn of the old high school. A temporary bandstand was built north of the building this week. The program includes marches overtures solos and popular tunes designed for non automobile owners. Attendance this summer will determine if the series continues next year.
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Creston
McKinley Park
Kiefer Mignonnette
Baumann
Becucel
Spirit of America
Zamecnik
Sally Trombone
Fillmore
Kahn
Cornet
Clay Smith
L. J. Wendel
March
Hell
Rose
Sousa
Danielson Installed as Chief Patriarch of Creston Odd Fellows
E Danielson of Creston 601 North Muleberry Street was installed as chief patriarch of Star Encampment No. 55 Odd Fellows at the lodge hall on Wednesday night succeeding J A Clark. H E Gidley of Creston served as installing officer. Other officers installed include J H Bender high priest R J Bennett senior warden Charles Miner junior warden and several watches sentinels and guards. Refreshments followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. EF. Danielson
North Muleberry Street
Star
Odd Fellows of
Creston
Lodge
J. A. Clark
H. E Gidley
J. H. Bender
R. J. Bennett
Charles Miner
Mr. Gidley
William F. Heessel
F. E. Harkness
Guy H. McCormack
G. F. Rhodes
Inside Sentinel
Arva Osborne
Outside Sentinel
H. L. Woods
Ecribe
Mr. Harkness
Mr. Clark
Rudolph Peterson
Baptists Battle Over Principles at Northury Meeting
At the nineteenth annual Northbury Baptist convention in Seattle the modernists and fundamentalists clashed over seating four Park Avenue Church New York delegates. The floor debate followed a chair ruling that the church, having met obligations and cooperated in church work, could not be barred from representation.
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Seattle
Ninteenth
Norfhury Baptist Convention
Park Avenue Church
New York City
Park Avenue
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U.S
Pomerone
Nmessay
Harvey
Chequers Court
Lloyd George
Good Roads Conference
Boston
U. S
South China
MacMillan
P. c. Winter
North
Jarvis Street
Western Grocery Co
The
Kerensky
Adair County Township
Rhe
Glen C. Haynes
E. Danielson
Old Fellows’ Order
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