Picnic at Creston Country Club Sparks Union County Fair
A public picnic on Sunday July 17 at Creston Country Club grounds promotes the Union County Fair August 22 to 27. Free boating fishing tennis and golf are offered. a county trap shoot kicks off at 10 a.m. Attendees should bring a family basket for dinner. speakers discuss universal topics with Creston officials and local groups sponsoring.
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Union County
Creston Country Club
Country Club
Creston
McKinley Park
the Fair Association
Creston Chamber of Commerce
Summit Lake
Hammill Urges Open Probe of Medical School Scandal
Des Moines July 13 Governor Hammill called a conference of four state board of education members urging public release of facts from the board investigation into the medical school troubles at Town University. He said secrecy did not meet his approval and no one would discuss the meeting or confirm a report release.
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Des Moines
State Board of Education
Govedour Hammill
University of Town
Hammill
Smith To Make Round Trip Pacific Flight
Ernest L. Smith and navigator Emery B. Bronte of San Francisco plan a round trip from Oakland to Honolulu aboard their silver monoplane. They will depart at 7 A.M. tomorrow from Municipal Airport Oakland and aim to land at Wheeler Field, refuel, then return to Oakland after about two hours on Oahu.
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Smith
Bronte
Wheeler Field
Honesvilu
Oakland
Catholic Rural Life Conference Ends in Ames
Plans for organizing three rural credit unions were announced at the Iowa Catholic Rural Life conference annual meeting in Ames. Communities named include the parishes of Gilbert State Center and St Anthony. Roy Bergengren of Boston will lead the effort with Rev J M Campbell of Ames assisting. The conference concluded late today.
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Ames
Iowa Catholic Rural Life Conference
Gilbert
State Center
St. Anthony
Roy Bergengren
Boston
J. M. Campbell
Jones Township Farm Bureau Meeting Postponed
Thirty members of the Jones township farm bureau met last night at the school house in Talmage where county agent L A Nordhausen spoke on weed eradication in Union county. Mel Nordhausen described county wide work and the three target weeds cockleburrs perennial thistles and velvet weed. Weather forced the postponement of the local program until the next Jones township meeting.
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Jones Township
Talmage
L. A. Nordhausen
Union County
Mel Nordhausen
Rain 13 Worth Thousands for Union County Crops
Union county crops gained thousands of dollars as heavy rain ended a long drought. The 0.91 inch rainfall with some wind helped gardens and pastures though corn had only just started to roll. County agent L A Nordhausen noted the moisture could sustain corn for about ten more hot dry days.
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Union County
Associated Press
Clarinda
Creston
L. A .Nordhausen
Rain Soaks Council Bluffs Dike Area
General rain swept through the district last night with a half inch fall and light hail causing little damage but offering substantial benefits. Council Bluffs reported .70 inches while nearby Dike, Iowa, saw hail and wind damage. Page 2 continues.
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Council Bluffs
Palestine Quake Death Toll Grows
Four hundred bodies were recovered after a Palestine earthquake on Monday afternoon, with 450 injured per authorities. Damage spread through Jerusalem Hebron and other towns, destroying two synagogues in Jerusalem and Tiberias, damaging mosques government offices churches and domes at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Greek Choir Chapel.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Palestine
INO
Hebron
Tiberias
Former Creston Girl Honored In California
Maxine Kilgore daughter of Mrs Farene Kilgore and former Creston residents has won a three year scholarship to a branch of the University of Southern California She will study kindergarten work after graduating this year from Harding High School Sawtelle Los Angeles The Kilgores left Creston about a year ago
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Maxine Kilgore
Farene Kilgore
Creston
University of Southern California
Miss Kilgore
Harding High School
Sawtelle
Los Angeles
Kilgores
Commission to Consider Route of Road No 16 Between Winterset and Afton
The state highway commission will hold a 3 PM hearing in Winterset on relocating primary road No 16 between Winterset and Afton. Opponents and proponents were notified in Madison and Union counties to present evidence. The panel planned a site inspection of current and proposed routes before the hearing. County leaders urged a decision before the July 21 special good roads election.
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Winterset
Afton
State Highway Commission
Madison
Union
Commission
Good Roads
Thurston Home Visit After Philippine Trip
Congressman Lloyd Thurston and Mrs. Thurston traveled through Creston on their way home from the Orient. Thurston began the long journey after Congress adjourned last spring following an extended Philippine stay to study insular problems.
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Lloyd Thurston Co
Osceola
Congress
Creston
Orient
Thurston
Philippines
Last Rites For Irish Leader Kevin O Harrigins
Dublin mourns as Kevin O Higgins assassinated vice president of the Free State council lies in state after a requiem at St Andrews. The gun carriage procession to Glasnevin drew about 500000 mourners while women wept along the street in hushed silence.
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Dublin
Ireland
Kevin O’higgins
Free State Council
St Andrew's Church
Glasnevin
Former Resident Martha Bentley Dies in Lenox
Martha Bentley, formerly of Creston, died Tuesday evening at her niece Mrs. Joe Maynes in Lenox. In ill health for some time, her funeral will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Maynes home with burial in Bethel Cemetery near Clearfield. She lived with her son G. C. Bentley in Creston, later with sister Mrs. R. M. Johnson, then moved to Lenox last spring.
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Martha Bentley
Creston
Joe Maynes
Lenox
Maynes
Bethel Cemetery
Ciss
Clearfield
Bently
G. CC. Bentle
Des Moines
R. M. Johnoon
Fas
Mills Street
Bentle
1000 Die In Chinese Floods in Shanghai
Floods in South Anhwei province on July 6 report more than a thousand deaths and tens of thousands left homeless. Be late reports received here confirm widespread devastation and displacement.
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Shanghai
Anhwei
Good Roads Approved In Worth County
Worth county voters approved a 660000 paying bond issue by a majority of over one thousand votes. Worthwood is the county seat. Worth county joins 49 Iowa counties voting bonds for road improvements with more counties to come before August 1 as sentiment for better highways grows.
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Worth County
Associated Press Diipatches
Worthwood
Iowa
Pottawattume County
Union Comunty
Paving Contract Awarded For Coleman Road In Hillsboro
Ottumwa notes a paving contract as Harris on Engineering and Construction of Kansas City wins the Coleman road project from Hillsboro in Henry county to connect with federal highway 161. The bid is $2.17 per square yard with work to start within two weeks. Local promoter Alex Coleman, Hillsboro, has raised $250,000 to pave the road, which is not a primary.
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Ottumwa
Hillsboro
Henry County
Ee County
Harrison Engineering and Construction Company
Kansas City
Ste
Alex Col Eman
Abbott, Publisher's Father Dies in Nebraska
L P Abbott aged 82 died in Lebanon Nebraska on Tuesday July 12. He was Civil War veteran and father of Frank M Abbott publisher of the Osceola Sentinel. Besides his Osceola son Charles Abbott and daughter Mrs Wilbur Gripp of Afton survive. Body to Osceola Thursday with funeral at 2 30 pm at Afton. Interment Greenlawn Cemetery Afton.
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L. P. Abbott
Labanon
Neb
Frank M. Abbott
The
Osceola Sentinel
Abbott
Osceola
Charles Abbott
Wilbur Gripp
Afton
Greenlawn Cemetery
Lorimor Plans Roads Meeting in Union County
A good roads meeting will be held in Lorimor on Thursday night at 8. The venue will be the community hall or moving picture grounds. Speakers include State Senator Lloyd Elis of Moulton Arden McKee near Creston and M F Black. Crest on drum and bugle corps will provide music. Opponents and proponents of the Union county measure are urged to attend.
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Lorimor
Moving Picture
Union County
Lloyd Elis
Moulton
Arden McKee
Creston
M. F. Black
McKee
Creston Drum and Bugle Corps
Raiwanis Club Endorses Union County Road Vote
Kiwanians at Creston lowana hotel urged to vote for the July 21 Union county good roads election. State Senator Lloyd Ellis explained a proposed $600,000 bonds plan to pave No 34, financed from the state primary road fund with no property tax increase. He outlined the highway control law and urged broad attendance at county meetings to back the program.
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Creston
Lowana
Union County
Lloyd Ellis
Last Chance to Register for Cresawn Special Election
Cresawn voters must register to be eligible for the county special election on July 21. Those in Creston on July 7 8 and 16 have one last chance to register. Only residents out during the three regular days may register on election day. Registration is required only in Creston with boards open Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at all five voting places.
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Cresawn
Creston
Weed Meeting Postponed in Highland Township
A weed eradication meeting planned for Thursday afternoon at the Herman Peteriek farm four and a half miles east of Creston was postponed by L A Nordhausen Union County farm bureau agent. The postponement was due to pressing farm work and a new date has not yet been fixed.
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Highland Township
Herman Peteriek
Creston
L. A. Nordhausen
Union County Farm Bureau
Braves Defeat Chicago Cubs in First Game of Doubleheader
Boston, July 13. The Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 6 to 3 in the opener of a doubleheader. Boston piled up 18 hits off three pitchers led by Carlson and Hartnett with Greenfield Wertz and Hogan contributing.
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Boston
Braves
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Carlson
Hartnett
Greenfield
Wertz
Hogan
County good roads meetings scheduled for July 21
Public discussions on the July 21 county good roads question are planned. Meetings start at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Shannon, Thursday at Lorimer, Friday at Kent, with M. F. Black of Creston, county good roads chairman, coordinating arrangements.
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Good Roads
Question Union Ccounty
Shannon
Lorimer
Kent
M. F. Black
Creston
County Good Roads Committee
Deep Rooted Lurn Makes Rapid Grow
Des Moines, July 13. Deeply rooted corn, about one third of the state's crop, made excellent progress during the weekend ending July 12, up to normal in several areas while others lagged. One third were mostly knee-high with fodder prospects. stock borers caused damage in limited zones. Oats up to average. winter wheat and oats harvest advancing in southern and western counties. Threshing began in Potawattamie. barley spreading as substitute for oats. Dry weather injuring all fruits. apples dropping, gardens failing, pastures brown and bare.
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Des Moines
Potawattamie
Japanese Pressure for Naval Limitation at Geneva Conference
Geneva July 13 delegates at the tri partite naval conference planned a plenary session for tomorrow at 3 pm to push negotiations forward. The atmosphere remained friendly but no cruiser agreement emerged as Japan urged real limits. US and Britain may reject a treaty fixing 460 000 tons, fearing navy expansion and broken parity by unilateral naval buildup.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Tri-Partite Naval Conference
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Dex Moines Man Travels From Creston to Omaha
Glen A. Fick of Dex Moines spends the day in Creston attending to business before continuing on to Omaha.
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Glen A. Fick
Dex Moines
Creston
Omaha
Union County Road Bond Stand Against Tax Increase
Senator Ellis spoke at Rainbow Park warning that bonds for Union county primary road improvements do not raise taxes. He cited that state law requires annual primary road fund allocations to cover interest and principal, with no retroactive cost to counties, and noted Union county could safely cover payments from existing funds.
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Union County
Ellia
State Highway Commission
Ellis
United States
Local note on Mrs Duncan’s post operation recovery
Word from Cres ton indicates Mrs H S Duncan of 1104 West Adams Street is improving after a major operation at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Mr Duncan remains in Council Bluffs until Mrs Duncan can leave the hospital for home.
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Creston
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Rapid City
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Prsiont Coolidge
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Rainbow Park
Eliis
Elia
American Legion
Shannon City
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