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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1925
Page
4
Des Moines handles first day air mail with a 4000 piece quota reached as postmaster Frisk aims for twenty pounds daily each way. Eastbound plane lands at 9 05 p m and westbound at 2 50 a m while shipments streamline money and documents. Aimed benefits include faster transactions and reduced banking float.
Yesterday's results show St. Louis 12 to 6 over New York 5 to 2 while Chicago and Washington split 1 run games. Tomorrow's slate includes Washington at Chicago and New York at St. Louis with several other matchups listed.
Jap Count Michimasa Sorejima, returning from a Chicago lecture tour, predicts war within ten years between Japan and Russia over Manchuria. He argues America could not be drawn into Pacific conflict and cites Russian propaganda, China policy, and Japan’s family system as bulwarks against communism while urging joint China influence by Japan, America, and Britain.
Portland July 8. Stanley B. Vandersall of Boston told a Christian Endeavor convention that business leaders can curb bootleggers by boycotting illegal liquor buyers. He warned that employers who tolerate prohibition violations empower bootleggers and urged a boycott as a practical step.
Des Moines July 8 Representatives from numerous counties and farm groups gather as the state executive council opens a two week session as a board of assessment and review. First week focuses on farm valuations and livestock while the second week handles railroad and utility assessments. Total assessed value stands at 8 865 000 with two year validity. Farm advocates urge lower land and livestock valuations citing reduced earning power, while livestock regions oppose any rise in real estate taxes to offset personal property losses. Council members include Governor Hammill and state officials.
Washington July 8 The question of future commercial intercourse and diplomatic relations occupies chanceries as the senate ratifies the German commercial treaty draft for similar pacts. Opinions vary by country with most condemning some provisions while praising others. Foreign diplomats note the treaty adopts the European favored nation principle but oppose a senate reservation retaining one year to revoke clauses limiting preferential treatment for American shipping and goods.
Vancouver plans a September unveiling of a Harding memorial after a July 1923 visit on Canadian soil. The Kiwanis clubs led a $35,000 fund drive, with Canadian groups returning their contributions as U S clubs covered all costs. Harding addressed Vancouver during his Alaska trip, urging continued friendship between English speaking nations.
The memorial will stand within a few feet of Harding's address site in Stanley Park. Canadian sculptor Charles Marega based in Vancouver designed the piece, one of 80 designs submitted to Kiwanis headquarters in Chicago. An invitation will be sent to President Coolidge to officiate unveiling. The statue features American and Canadian female figures facing each other with shields and an olive branch, a base relief of Harding, and the single word Harding.
One of the most interesting motion pictures, Abraham Lincoln, opens at the Strand for a three day run. Richard Rowland of First National Pictures confirms high quality. the cast features George Billings as Lincoln Ruth Clifford as Anne Rutledge and Nell Craig as Mrs Lincoln.
New Orleans July 8 payroll bandits using cars to escape after downtown robberies meet a tightened chase rule by Thomas Healy the new police chief. When a crime suspect escapes in a vehicle officers blow a whistle sounding a long blast and four short ones to halt nearby traffic until further notice. The measure follows a summer of payroll robberies averaging nearly one weekly and a jeweler’s messenger robbery of thirty thousand dollars in gems outside a downtown bank vault.
Des Moines officials announce a weekday religious education program to run during public school hours by October 1. Each denomination will design its own in-school training, with classes at churches and community centers rather than school buildings. A demonstration school will meet once weekly under the Polk county Sunday school council.
The Creston church announces a regular midweek service tonight at 7 45 at the Christian church. Brother Elmer L Hunt leads the discussion on The Communion of the Body of Christ. A large crowd is hoped for and all board members are urged to attend.
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