Outline for New Farm Aid Plan Moves in Congress
A middle west farm relief delegation presented a Dickinson bill–style plan to the House Agriculture Committee. It would tax producers via an equalization fee, create a federal farm board, and market surpluses through cooperatives to assure adequate prices. The fee could be collected at sale or at processing points, with funds revolving to support operations. Leaders stressed the need for a strong price floor amid large surpluses and 6,500,000 farmers.
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Associate
Washington
Middle West Farm Relief
House Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Farmers’ Cooperative Organizations
Middle West
Des Moines
F. W. ‘Murphy
Minnesota
Murphy
United States
William Hirth
Columbia
Hirth
No Clue To Murderer Of Former College Girl
The Nesbitt murder case remains unresolved two weeks after the body of Mrs. Frances Drake Nesbitt was found in a bath tub. Jacob Nesbitt has allied with Ohio reporters to press for new clues as investigators pursue leads. A coroner’s inquest ruled death by concussion of the brain from an unknown instrument in the hands of an unknown.
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Associated Press
Troy
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Jacob Nesbitt
Ohio
Creston Boys Basketball Team Leaves for Osceola Tournament
Creston high school departs for the Osceola sectional to play Class A games today and tomorrow. Coach Scott plans nine players Cox Olson Reid Keefe Reckner Plowman Conway Landers and McSkimmings with Hipes and Healey absent sick. First game is against Lamoni at 4 30 this afternoon as Creston aims to advance with hopes boosted by cautious optimism.
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Creston
Osceola
Clagg A
Scott
Cox
Olson
Reid
Keefe
Reckner
Plowman
Conway
Landers
McSkimmings
Hipes
Healey
Lamoni
Dallas
Indianola
Eight Town Colleges Compete in Fairfield Speaking Contest
Eight colleges gathered in the Parsons college chapel at Fairfield for the state oratorical and extemporaneous speaking contests. Extemporaneous topics centered on the national crime situation, while the oratorical portion posed no subject limits. Participating schools included Central, Buena Vista, John Fletcher, Parsons, Penn, Iowa Wesleyan, Simpson, and Upper Iowa. Parsons seeks to defend its prior year wins in both divisions.
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Associated Press
Parsons College
Fairfield
United States
Central
Blena Vista
John Fletcher
Dempsey Refuses To Confirm Bout Agreement
Jack Dempsey declined to confirm reports that he agreed to a 12 round no decision title bout with Gene Tunney promoted by Tex Rickard at Boyle's Thirty Acres Jersey City next August. Bill Gibson said he had an agreement with Rickard for a Tunney Dempsey clash but no notification of official matching.
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Preas
Chicago
Jack Dempsey
New York
Gene Tunney
Tex Rickard
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Jersey City
Miami
Fla
Bily Gibson
Gene ‘Tunney
Tunaey
Labor and Congress Clash Over Organized Labor Demands
A historical passage argues the belief that the issue will resolve itself is mistaken and cites Congress as having been fair to reasonable labor and industry demands, warning that salvation cannot come without action.
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Congress
Cathcart Wins Suit to Stay in United States
Vera Countess of Cathcart wins habeas corpus. federal judge sustains her right to remain in the United States after immigration argued adultery not a crime in South Africa. Judge Bondy says act must be crime where committed. possible further evidence may reopen case. Countess surrendered to authorities before hearing and faced deportation if she lost.
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Associated Prean
New York
Vera
Countess of Cathcart
Bondy
Ellis Island
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
Arthur Garfield Hays
Countess Cathcart
United States
South Africa
Countess of
Wills Reaches Mentone Final In Lopsided Victory
Helen Wills, American tennis champion, defeated England’s Miss E. H. Harvey in straight sets 6-0 6-1 to reach the Mentone tournament final. Senorita De Alavarez of Spain earned the right to face Wills by beating Mlle. Viasto of France 7-5 8-6.
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Mentone
France
Helen Wills
E. H. Harvey
England
Senorita de Alavarez
Spain
Miss Wills
Mlle. Viasto
Youth Attends Dance and Is Found Shot to Death
Ernest Ward 19, son of a teamster, was found shot to death several blocks from a dance he attended last night in North Platte Nebraska. Police tracked a blood trail to the home of Mrs Richards who hosted the event and observed Ward wearing a ribbon indicating attendance.
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Associated Press
North Platte
Neb
Ernest Ward
Richards
Travelers association to honor Hickok and Luce in Ottumwa banquet
Cc. W. Hickok chief officer of the Iowa traveling men's organization and Fred L. Luce chairman of their road improvement committee will be guests at an initiation and banquet in Ottumwa. Luce will speak at a meeting at the Ballingal hotel tomorrow night.
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Cc. W. Hickok
Fred L. Luce
Ottumwa Commercial Travelers Association
Hickok
Iowa Traveling Men’s Organization
Mr. Luce
Ballingal
Ottumwa
Creston Men Attend 168th Infantry Reunion Banquet
J Harshaw Elmer Hardman Guy Heflen and J Ferrow left this morning for Des Moines to attend the annual 168th Infantry reunion and banquet, a gathering that yearly draws Creston veterans and townsmen.
Stock Market Uncertainty Persists Amid Volatile Trading
In New York on March 5, prices rose briefly on overnight buy orders, then bear selling pushed General Electric from 336 to 323, American Can from 317 to 311, and Hudson Motors from 114 to 110 as speculation raged and market confidence wavered. The day opened with gains but cautious recovery followed as large investors and professionals clashed with bears over the rally.
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Associated Press
New York
General Electric
American
Hudson Motors
Senate Contest Delayed as Ballots Face Scrutiny
A Senate elections subcommittee deferred ruling on the Brookhart Steck Iowa contest to review several thousand ballots. Members expect现场 to inspect each ballot, with estimates ranging from two to three days, while some think the task could finish sooner. The Senate also set 3:30 p.m. Monday to begin voting on the Muscle Shoals resolution and related amendments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iowa
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Tennesseeans Plan Memorial for Meriwether Lewis Explorer
Leading Tennessee figures seek a congressional appropriation to erect a lasting dome shaped monument over Meriwether Lewis’s grave near Hohenwald Tennessee. The plan includes Grecian columns representing states of the Louisiana Purchase and a statue group of Lewis Clark and the Native guide. A national monument site on about two hundred acres is maintained by the government.
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Nashville
Tenn
Congress
Meriwether Lewis
Northwest
Hohenwald
Andrew Jackson
Rachel
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis
Tennessee
Clark
Correction of name error in March 4 automobile accident report
The Advertiser corrects an earlier March 4 item misattributing part of an automobile accident report to Mrs. W I Dick of Orient. It states there was an error in names and that Mr. Dick is not married. We ask pardon for the mistake.
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Advertiser
W. I. Dick
Orient
Bandits Take Harvesters Payroll in Chicago Robbery
Ten armed bandits raided the International Harvester tractor plant in Chicago at noon today, overpowering 20 employees and seizing a payroll estimated between 80 000 and 100 000. The robbers fled in two waiting cars after a gun battle with a watchman. no one was wounded and the payroll loss could not be fixed immediately. Similar tactics were used in a prior Harvester payroll theft of about 40 000.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
West 31St Street
Harvester Company
Robberg Seizes $80,000 Payroll at Harvester Plant
In Chicago on March 5 Robberg seized an eighty thousand dollar payroll from the International Harvester tractor works on the city’s southwest side, according to police reports. In St Louis on March 5 five youths robbed the Hamilton State Bank taking about ten thousand seven hundred eighty four dollars as fourteen people inside the bank fled.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Southwest Side
St. Louis
Hamilton State Bank
Creston Knights Templar Host Southwest Conclave
Bethany Commandry No. 29 of the Knights Templar will host at Creston on Tuesday March 9 with Leon and Osceola commandries. A school of instruction opens at 1 30 led by Fred Fisher from Shenandoah, with over 100 knights expected. At 7 30 p m the order of the Temple will be conferred on Rev Edward Hutchinson. Refreshments follow. BP N Dougherty is eminent commander at Creston.
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Bethany
Knights Templar
Creston
Leon
Osceola
Fredrick Fisher
Shenandoah
Order of the Temple
Edward Hutchinson
Knghts
BP. N. Dougherty
Jnnights Templar
Burlington Withdraws New Grain Rate Schedule
Des Moines March 6 The scheduled grain rate hearing was cancelled after Burlington announced withdrawal of its new tariff lifting freight rates by up to 10 cents per hundred pounds on shipments from Iowa to Missouri Arkansas and Kansas The cancellation was praised by E G Wylie Iowa freight commissioner as a win for shippers in Des Moines and the state against the proposed increases.
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Des Moines
Burlington Railroad
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. G. Wylie
Greater
Norwegian Lutheran leader dies in Minot March 5
The Rev. I PD Yivisakgr district president of the Norwegian Lutheran church of America died in Minot North Dakota on March 5. He served as Fargo based church head and his death ends a prominent period of leadership in the denomination.
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Minot
N. D
I. PD. Yivisakgr
Fargo
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Ontario Farmers Search For Missing Family
Leamington Ontario March 5 two dozen farmers with ice flows and sleighs began a systematic 18 mile search of the ice road between Leamington and Pelee Island in Lake Erie for James Phipps his wife and their three children Pant Hazel and Elmer missing since Monday when they left the island for the mainland on the eve of a fire.
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Associated Press
Leamington
Ont
Eles Island
Lake Erie
James Phipps
Phipps
Iowa Fire Records Show 1925 Losses Rise Sharply
The fifteenth annual Iowa fire report by State Fire Marshal J A Tracy shows 1925 fires and losses rose from 1924. Total fires 6 118 with losses of 9 724 482, 886 deaths including 22 men 31 women 33 children. Des Moines 707 fires, Council Bluffs over one million in losses. Union County 62 fires 56 334. unknown causes top losses at over four million. Educational fire prevention campaigns begin in schools.
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Iowa
J. A. Tracy
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Union
Union County
State Fire Department
Owner May Lose Farm After Biggest Midwest Still Found
Mike Knudean of Ida Grove Iowa may lose his 320 acre farm valued at 70 000 after dry agents seized the largest still in the Midwest The prohibition chief Andrew C McCampbell directs legal action to forfeit all interest in real and personal property used for illegal distilling citing federal statute upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Mike Knudean
Ida Grove
Middle West
Andrew C. McCampbell
Prohibition
McCampbell
Knudson
Supreme Court
Nobbies Triumph Over Clearfield in Hard Fought Contest
The Nobbies beat Clearfield 34 to 22 in a tense basketball game at Clearfield. For Nobbies forwards Collins and Reddick, center J Strunce, guards Hood and Meredith, with substitutions including Arnold and Strunce. Reddick and Meredith top scorers with eight points each as all players saw action.
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Nobbies
Clearfield
Meredith
Dick Absolved of All Blame for Accident
A coroner's jury absolved W I Dick of responsibility in the death of Raymond Richardson in Creston. The inquest found the death an unavoidable accident after testimony that Dick was not speeding and acted to avoid the boy. Raymond, five, died after being struck on Sycamore street as he left a car and ran toward a grocery. The funeral was set for 2:30 p m at the Christian Church.
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W. S. Dick
Raymond Richardson
Creston
Roland Funeral
Accient
Rayemond Richardson
W. I Dirk
H. ©. Smith
Fred Seeley
Jamey G. McKee
Uneon
D. W. Harper
McKee
Sycamore
Raymond
Elmer Richardson
Sycamore Street
Mr. Richardson
North
Lincoln Street
Christian Church
McGregor and Coen's
Christian Endeavor Convention At Osceola
The second district Christian Endeavor convention will be held in Osceola March 19 through 21. Mrs H C Humke of Greenfield will preside for the three day session. Three 50series representatives will join Saturday afternoon program. Lucile Heflen of Creston will discuss What Shall I Do With My Life. A banquet is planned Saturday evening and officials expect out of town guests. A full program will be announced next week.
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Christian Endeavor
Osceola
H. C. Humke
Greenfield
Lucile Heflen
Congregational Christian Endeavor
Creston
Frank Ball Elected To Lead Elks This Year
Members of the Elks lodge elected officers for the coming year in a regular meeting at the Elks home last evening. Elected officers include Frank R. Ball exalted ruler Clarence Coen esteemed leading knight R F P Kra lik esteemed Joyoul Knight Clifford McGraw esteemed lecturing knight Leon Morrison secretary Scott Armstrong treasurer Lyshe Cronin tiler and Joan F Golden trustees.
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The
Elk'’s Lodge
Elks’ Home
Frank R. Ball
Clarence Coen
R. F P. Kralik
Clifford McGraw
Leon Morrison
Scott Armstrong
Lyshe Cronin
Joan F. Golden
Trustes
Scott to be Tried Before Judge Gemmill
Chicago March 5 Robert Scott will be tried before Judge William N Gemmill for the murder of Joseph Maurer a drug clerk arraignment was held before Chief Justice Lynch The trial date has not been set Attorney William Scott Stewart said he preferred not to arraign today as he was unfamiliar with the case and not prepared to waive any of Scott's rights.
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Chicago
Robert Scott
Willian N. Gemmill
Joseph Maurer
Scott
Lynch
William Scott Stewart
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Ontario
Christian Endeavor Convention
Frank Ball
Elks
Gemmill
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