Japanese Troops Slay Chinese Faction Chief in Tsinan
Reports from May 4 state Japanese soldiers killed nationalist chief Tsai Kung-Main and his staff at Tsinan, with further fighting across Shantung. Tokyo moved to reinforce, dispatching 2,000 troops to Tsingtao. casualties feared on both sides as foreigners are protected.
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Mwang-Pu
Peking
Tsi
Tsinafu
Shanghai
sinan-Fu
Shantung Province
Taiwan-Fu
Tokio
Tsinan
Shantung
Dairen
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Emong
Walties
Japanese Navy
Yangtse River
China
Tsinan-Fu
Warship Bacchus Sinks After Engagement Off Isle of Wight
London May 4 British warship Bacchus sank after sinking Greek vessel Toannis Fafalios at noon. Bacchus took on water and later reportedly foundering in the channel off the Isle of Wight. Bacchus rescued its own crew from the Greek ship and awaited assistance as others nearby sought to aid. The admiralty ordered two tugs for help.
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London
Bacchus
Toannis Fafalios
Isle of Wight
Baron Maclay
H. M.S. Bacchus
Admiralty
Rain Brings Cold Wave To District
Rain cooled the district with a 35 degree temperature drop from a 47 degree high to a frosty night. Four-tenths inch fell in Des Moines as Northwest Iowa felt heavy rain and wind squalls. The Weather Bureau reported regional totals with Alta and Sioux City among the heaviest, while Keokuk endured a May heat record prior to the cool spell.
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Ouly
Des Moines
Towa
Government Weather Bureau
Alta
Sioux City
Atlantic
Fort Dodge
Estherville
Forest City
Decorah
Inwood
Creston College Wins State Approval for Two Year Course
A junior college earned full approval for the upcoming school year after two favorable inspections. State superintendent Agnes Samuelson and city supervisor Sorge E. DeWolf stated the two year program at Creston College meets all Department of Public Instruction requirements.
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DeWolf
Agnes Samuelson
Public Instmulation
Sorge E. DeWolf
Council Deals With Electric Rates Talked At Session
City council held a special meeting this afternoon with Towa Southern Utilities representatives. Mayor Newscomb urged lower starting rates and a lower overall rate, pressing for relief on power and light charges as aldermen conferred with company officials.
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Towa Southern Utilities Company
Newscomb
Towa Southern
DeMolay leader Judge Cochran dies in St Louis May First
Local obituary reports Judge Alexander G Cochran grand master councilor of the grand council of the Order of DeMolay died May 1 in St Louis details surfaced via James W Leach chair of the local advisory board. City council member James M Green was elected to replace the late Mayor W H Cochran and Fred Phillips took Green's seat. Two Creston men were arrested for intoxication and pleaded not guilty in justice court with a trial set for Saturday. Reports say M S Tiger was near Portland and a local accident detail is pending.
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Alexander G. Cochran
Grand
The
Order of DeMolay
St. Louis
James W. Leach
DeMolay
James M. Green
Corning
W. H. Cochrane
Fred Phillips
Mr. Green
Creston
Justice Court
Eastern Star entertains for state officer
Three hundred fifty members of the Order of Eastern Star plus visitors from Creston and other towns attended a district meeting in the Masonic temple. Honor guests included Harriet McMaster of Sutherland and F Myrtle Wiley of Creston. Officers from Vesta chapter conferred degrees for two candidates as musical solos were performed. A banquet served to 175 followed by an evening session and refreshments.
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Order of Eastern Star
Vesta Chapter
Creston
Masonic Temple
Harriet McMaster
Sutherland
F. Myrtle Wiley
Maud Bowers
Orient
Ruth
Lillian Pohle
Dexter
Davis
Knoxville
Wile Creston
The
Educational Fund
Fontanelle Corning
Gerald Smith
Goldie Dorsey
Cumberland
Velma Brown
Fontanelle
Carl Wilson
Grace ‘Tripp
Thayer
Jeanette Weimer
Na 'Kirk
Lorimer
Doris Perkins
Afton
Ona Spencer Afton
Maud Strong
Ella Young Conway
Erla Newcomb
Adah
George Taylor
Greenfield
Plorence Halshill
Lenox
Esther
Lara Hamm
Martha
Ollie Jones
Lois. Schatfroth
Corning
Arlenna Norris
Sentinel
Jay Crawford
Mable Jean Shaw
C. W. Hickok
Charles Jackson
Mayflower Guild
Congregational Church
George Mitchell
Paul Huntington
Charles Hamilton
BJ. Fry
Rain Delays Corn Plot Demonstrations in Union County
Rain postponed Union County farm bureau demonstrations on commercial seed corn treatments scheduled for Saturday. Planting will occur Monday at two farms. Highland township meeting drew 75 attendees for a play at Valley Chapel with four reels shown by county agent L A Nordhausen. Rotary hoe demo drew 30 farmers at J J Pettinger farm near Creston on Thursday.
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Union County Farm Bureau
Emmet Donahue
Dodge Township
Highland Township Bureau
Fat Valley Chapel
Union Township
L. A. Nordhhausen
J. J. Pettinger
Creston
Bureau Women To Camp Here At McKinley Park
McKinley park will be used in June for a Farm Bureau men’s camp. County agent L A Nordhausen announced plans are not final yet. Mrs Pred Shaw from Corning, eighth district committee woman, said the site has been selected.
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McKinley Park
L. A. Nordhausen
Pred Shaw
Corning
Bureau
Fifth Annual Music Week Crest Program May Six to Twelve
The schedule lists daily events for Music Week Crest from May 6 to 12. Recitals at senior high and auditorium feature Miss WJ Sweeney, Charles A Hayden and others. Bandstands, glee clubs, and orchestras perform daily under Creston and nearby school and civic groups with multiple soloists and ensembles.
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Crest
Igh
Sunttorium
WJ Sweeney
Charles A Hayden
Va Walla
Municipat
U High School
Keith Richter
Charles A. Hayden
C.J. Piddick
Murray, Zion
MU Ayr
Crestonigh School
C.J. Fiddick
Evan Wlace
Civic Federation of Women
Dorothy Mushc
Lymon Kansas City
Sprano
Margaret Longsdorf
Kansas City
Betty Jane Pitcock
Creston
Creston High
E. Keith Richter
Susie Good
Laxior
Thelma Lane
Creston Martial Band
AL Bandstand
Lunt’s Dance Orchestra
Ted
Walsh 10 Quit Race Concedes Smith Victory
Senator Walsh of Montana formally withdraws from the Democratic presidential race after California primary results. He writes to supporter W W McDowell that Democrats favor Governor Smith and urges no further promotion of his nomination, citing futility and discord among delegates.
Mayor Proclaims National Music Week in Creston
Mayor George D Newcomb calls residents to unite for Creston and neighboring cities National Music Week May 6 to 12. Chamber of Commerce lists daily programs at senior high and downtown bandstand with recitals and citywide activities to foster love for music and community spirit.
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Cty
Community Today
George D. Newcomb
Ne Week
Charles A. Hayden
Chamber of Commerce
Creston
City Chamber of Commerce
Einemas
Newcomb
Mrs. J Elliott Pioneer of Kent Community Dies
Mrs Mary Elizanote Joseph Elliott a Kent neighborhood pioneer died at 10 30 this forenoon at her daughter Cora Hoviouss home 700 North Elm Street She was 74 and ill for months Survived by husband and three children Mrs William Mickey Des Moines Arthur Elliott Kent and Mrs Hovious Creston Funeral 2 PM Sunday Platte Center Church Rev C W Graham officiating burial Grove Chapel Cemetery
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Mary
C.W. Graham
Grove Chapel
Ceme
State Office Candidate Here In Creston
C Burrows of Belle Plaine former publisher of the Aston Star Enterprise toured Creston today seeking the Republican nomination for state auditor He is known to Union county residents and now serves as managing editor of the Belle Plaine Union The piece quotes Burrows on Democratic hopes and party leadership in the upcoming campaign and includes a signed closing from TJ Walsh urging no further nomination efforts in any direction
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C. Burrows
Belle Plaine
Aston Star Enterprise
Creston
Burrows
Union County
Belle Plaine Union
Nates
Smith
Houston
State Central Committee
Col William C Mitchell Trains Horses at Middlebury Estate
Former chief of their service Col William C Mitchell is a horse and landowner training horses at his Middlebury Vermont estate, pictured at a steeplechase near Baltimore.
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William C. Mitchell
Baltimore
Middlebury
Lenox Pupils Shine In Jowa Music Prize Contests
In Towa City on May 4 the Lenox high school ensemble's entries led by soloists and groups in a state music contest. Winners include Edward Wolsworth, Joel Deamther, Martha Burton, Alan Richardson, Marian Bailey, and others. School groups from Perry, Abraham Lincoln of Council Bluffs, and Fast Des Moines earned top honors with second placements noted.
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Towa City
Towa
Edward Wolsworth Greenfield
Poward Armigson Keokuk « Brats
Joel Deamther
Cedar Rapids
Robert A ‘Rus
Cornel Blutts
Martha Burton
Bas Des Moines
Alan Richardson
Abernathy
Fair i
Robert Livingston
Paul Lenox
Seen Linge
Wandscheer Dubuque
Econd
Spencer Day
Sioux City
Miquardt
Burlington
Esther Binkel
Thomas Jefferson High of Council
Inez Molison
Speter
Erelyn Teanker
Fa Des
Corning Bankers Meet May 7 With Adams County Group
Corning to host the ninth group of the Iowa Bankers Association on Monday May 7 with the Adams County Bankers. all Corning banks to close at ten that date. D W Turney delivers welcome address. A D Simmons of Osceola responds. E J Kelley of Des Moines gives the dinner address. Speakers include George J Schaller L A Andrew and Frank Warner. Officers: W A Addison Fontanelle chairman and C J Jones Gravity secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warner
Group None
W. A. Addison
Fontanelle
C.J. Jones
Gravity
Mrs Scheffel Passes Away at Williamson Home
Mrs Pred Scheffel Gow dies Thursday morning at the family home near Williamson. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the home with burial in Bohemian Cemetery at Williamson. Surviving are the husband and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Scheffel
Williamson
Bohemian
Frazier Moves to Strand Theater Room
W. N. Frazier, owner of a shoe repair shop at 1 Not Elm Street, will move by May 10 to the Strand theater building room vacated by the Hardman print shop. Elmer Hardman has relocated his print shop to his home at 504 North Pine Street and set up a new building for his business.
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W. N. Frazier
Not. Elm Street
Strand Theater
Hardman Print Shop
Elmer Hardman
North Pine Street
Farm relief bill passes again in senate and house
Washington May 4 The farm relief measure, approved by the house last night after a heated week, goes to conference to reconcile senate and house differences. The vote in the house was 204 to 121 and party lines split as Republicans and Democrats pursued changes to the equalization fee for crop stabilization. The bill then returns to the senate for minor amendments before final presidential action.
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Washington
Senate
House
McNary
Oregon
Capper
Kansas
Gooding
Idaho
Smith
South Carolina
Ransdell
Louisiana
White House
Dodge
Howe
Siehty
Enate
Frank O. Lowden
Dawes
Repubians
Methodists Demand Party Dry Planks at National Conventions
At the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference Ern est Cherrington urged major parties to adopt planks ensuring strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and national prohibition. The resolution, adopted unanimously, calls bishops to present the measure to each party’s platform committee. Southern unity hinges on support for prohibition as delegates proclaim the solid south would vanish without it.
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Methodistiscopal Church
Ernest
Cherrington
Anti-Saloon League of
Amer‘a
Board of Bishops
Selecman
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
Solid South
Prohibition
Methodist Episcopal —Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Uth
Eccles
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Irene Cosyris
Magalopois
Napoleon
Keokuk
de Snees
Creston College
Council
Portland
H. M.S. Tiger
Eastern Star
American Legion
Cory
Willis Rover
MAC
Kent, Crowell and Nodaway
Marie Sweeney
Allon Oe
Walsh
Montana
Formnally
W.W. McDowell
California
No Party
Montanan
McDowell
Tuessday
Mayden
J. Elliott
Kent
TJ Walsh
Jowa
Mrs. Scheffel
Frazier
Shannon City
Will Brown
Clarinates
Beulat Spencer
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