Reed Campaign Report Shows $31396.15 Expenditures
Senate campaign funds hearing reveals Senator Reed of Missouri campaign receipts totaling $35,414 and expenditures from November 1 to May amounting to $31,196.15. Hoover testifies his personal spending near $200 and denies patronage promises amid probing questions.
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Washington
Villmoore
Kansas City
Senator Reed
Missouri
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Barkley
Kentucky
Hoover
Burkley
Commerce Secretary
West Virginia
Sentnor Bratton
New Mexico
John T. Adams
Town
Republican National Committee
George B. Lockwood
Muncie
Indiana
Lockwood
State Court Hears George Gibson Appeal
Des Moines May 9 The Iowa supreme court heard the appeal of George H Gibson in a suit by Idas Collings administratrix widow of Sheriff N F Collings who died after being shot by Gibson on the Gibson farm near Thayer The court also heard Sheldon Jackson vs city of Creston and continued cases State vs Marie Maharries and State vs Frank Bittner to June.
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Des Moines
Idas Collings
George H. Gibson
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State
Marie Maharries
Blackhawk County
Frank Bittner
Webster County
Japan Threat Ends Chinese Civil Discord
London reports Chang Tso-Lin ordered a temporary halt to civil war in China to avert wider conflict as Japan presses nationalist forces in Shantung. In Taiwan, Americans and other foreigners race to safety while consuls debate evacuation amid intensifying hostilities with nationalist China and new battlefield moves near Tsinan and Tsingtao.
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London
Chang Tso-Lin
China
Reuter
Peking
Japan
Shantung
Chang
Shanghai
Taiwan
Tsingtao
Tsinan
Tsiwan
Fukada
Chiang Kai-Shek
Suchonfu
Kiangsui
Taianfu
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Sanc
Martial music remains popular at Creston concert
Creston’s fifth annual Music Week drew a large downtown crowd for the Creston Martial band led by Joe Bally and manager K Hannelly. A full afternoon program featured students from Kent Cromwell Nodaway under Miss Marie Sweeney, plus a Creston high school orchestra and various recitals. Tonight and tomorrow offer more performances including soprano Dorothy Nash Symon with accompanist Margaret Longhdart and dancer Betty Jane Pitcock.
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Creston
Joe Bally
K Hannelly
Kent
Cromwell
Nodaway
Marie Sweeney
Dorothy Ellen Rambo
Ruth Raideen Main
Amber Graham
Vera Utter
Miss Lininger
Betty Rambo
Creston High School
E. Keith Richter
Charles A. Hayden
C. J Fiddick
Murray, Zion
Mr. Ayr
Civic Federation of Women
Dorothy Nash Symon
Kansas City
Margaret Longhdart
Betty Jane Pitcock
Creston Concert Orchestra
J. C. Parsons
Ayr
Willis G. Royce
Charles Heflen
M. E. Cook
Union county board stalls on road petitions
Union county board of supervisors closed its May session without action on road petitions. A special meeting set for May 17 will consider making the North Cherry street township road into a county highway, with Adair county invited to participate. The session primarily aimed to award culvert construction contracts.
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Union County Board of Supervisors
Cherry Street
Adair County
Adair
Japanese Reinforcements Reach Shantung Front
Dispatches report shifting the Nagoya division to Tsingtao raising overall Japanese forces in Shantung to about 26000. Current stats list 6000 in Tsinan 3000 including marines at Tsingtao and 1000 along the Tsingtao Tsinan railway. Seven destroyers head from Sasebo to Canton Amoy and Foochow with four more expected southward as precaution.
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Nagoya
Tsingtao
Shantung
Japaese
Tsinan
Tsingtao- Tsinan
Sasebo
Canton
Amoy
Foochow
South China
Progress On Corn Plowing Is Reported
Des Moines May 9 With weather conditions favorable preparations for corn plowing made excellent progress during the week ending May 8 while oats improved but still show a poor stand on half the acreage The Iowa weather and crop bulletin says temperatures and sunshine were above normal with good rains except in southeastern Iowa where the soil is dry and cloddy Corn planting ranges from half done in extreme southern localities to none in many northeastern counties A start has been made in the Big Sioux valley Seed quality is excellent and sprouts are ready to burst in the southwest counties Oats show poor stands while barley remains good Winter wheat improved but remains pale and dull Grasses and pastures improved Gardens have made good progress with replanted seeds Vegetation and fruit blooms progressed plums blooming north of central counties apples and cherries in the south
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Des Moines
Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
Towa
Charles D. Reed
Weather and Crop Bureau
Big Sioux Valley
South West
Reed
DeMolays Honor Mothers in Creston Chapter Observance
Creston DeMolay members plan to attend Sunday services at First Methodist Church for Mothers Day in a chapter observance. Delegates from Osceola Corning Mt. Ayr and Bedford Masonic chapters will meet Creston Al Gabil R A M chapter Thursday to confer the M E M degree with refreshments and a smoker to follow.
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Creston
DeMolay
First Methodist
Osceola
Corning
Mt. Ayr
Bedford
al Gabil
Third Ward Renominates Wagoner and Leininger as Committeemen
Dr George F Wagoner was renominated as county committeeman by third ward Republicans last night and Mrs Albert Leininger was named as committeewoman The group also nominated 15 delegates to the county convention Carroll O Callagy John Hood C H Kneller Albert Leininger L J McGregor and Charles Hanson were listed The first second and fifth wards held caucuses on Monday night and the fourth ward will meet tonight
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George F. Wagoner
Albert Leininger
Carroll O. J. Callagy
John Hood
C H Kneller
L. J McGregor
Charles Hanson
Landscape Expert To Speak Here
Creston residents will host a landscape gardening expert from Iowa State College Ames on July 9 and 10. The talks, sponsored by the Union County Farm Bureau and local Kiwanis club, will cover home and city landscape improvements. The expert will also speak at a Kiwanis dinner on July 10.
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Creston
Creston Club
Kiwanis International
Hotel Towana
Iowa State College
Ames
Union County Farm Bureau
Kiwanis Club
Union County
Donald Bilerstadt
Lorena L. Long
Ferne Rosenbaugh
Creston Hardware Company
Ruth Reeves
Melvin Fife
C. J. Fiddick
C. J. Fiddick Mrs. Fiddick
Miss Reeves
Ray Allen
Union County Board Expenses Could Fall With Fewer Supervisors
Records show Union county board spent 971 dollars in first four months of 1928 for sessions mileage and committee work. at that rate annual cost would be 2913 dollars, the lowest since 1923. Comparisons with Mills county show three member boards cost less despite similar sizes.
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Union County
Board of Supervisors
C. O. Hamilton
L. F. Godden
Wayne S. Hull
A. E. Otis
C. F. Henderson
C. O Hudson
Mr. Hudson
Henderson
Daily Advertiser
Counies
Iowa
Union County Board
Mills County Board
Union Mills
Mills
Union Counties
Mills County
Hoover Loses Indiana Primary to James Watson
Indianapolis and state returns show James E. Watson leading Herbert Hoover in the Indiana primary with Watson at 110 618 to Hoover 93 720 across 2 031 precincts of 3 610. Senatorial races also favor Arthur R. Robinson over Gilliam and Carter as the GOP gathers delegates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Oscar Gi
Foellinger
Herbert Hoover
Indiana
James E. Wilson
Waccon
Guvie
Repiblican
James E. Watson
Yoollen
United States
Arthur R. Robinson
Solon J. Carter
Arthur J. Gilliam
Idianapolis
James FE. Watson
Ing
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Populous
Watson
Robinson
Fix Time For Boyles Services
Funeral services for William Martin Boyles 87 pioneer of Union county will be held at 2 30 Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church of Creston with burial in Harmony cemetery Rev Clarence Moore of Shannon City will officiate He was Civil War veteran and early Grant township settler born January 8 1841 near Nelsonville Ohio Pallbearers include EF J Heaton Frank A Ide Ed G Smeltzer Roy L Stickels W G Wickham and James H Tallman
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William Martin Boyles
Union County
Hot Springs
S. D
Methodist Church
Creston
Harmony Cemetery
Clarence Moore
Shannon City
Boyles
Grant Township
W. E. Boyles
Tammas
Mr. Boyles
Nelsonville
Ohio
Thomas
Sarah Boyles
EF. J. Heaton
Frank A. Ide
Ed. G. Smeltzer
Roy L. Stickels
W. G Wickham
James H. Tallman
Hoover Watson Tight Indiana Primary Race Feared Outcomes
Partial returns from Indiana's presidential preference primary show Herbert Hoover and Senator Watson in a neck and neck contest. Watson overtakes the Commerce Secretary's early lead and gains steadily, influencing Hoover's Kansas City standing and Watson's strength in his home state.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Kansas City
Commerce Secretary
Father and Daughter Found Slain Near Omaha
In Irvington Nebraska a man Frank Vankat aged 50 was found shot to death on a farm. His daughter Mary 15 reportedly came upon his body and a brother rushing to tell their father about a sister’s body found hanging from a tree. The grisly chain of discoveries occurred as authorities investigated the double tragedy.
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Mervin
Mary Wolf
West Side
Chicago
Maxwell Tegerdine
Omaha
Neb
Rushine
Mary
Lward Vankat
Frank Vankat
Irvington
Vankat
Creston juniors to attend annual junior senior banquet
Two hundred Creston high school juniors seniors and faculty members will attend the annual banquet. It will be served at 6 30 Thursday evening at the Lowana Hotel. Earl Graham, a junior, will be toastmaster.
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Creston High School
Lowana
Earl Graham
Miller family obituary from Corning area
Mrs J M B Miller age 60 of Creston died at 5 pm Tuesday at the family home three miles east of Corning after a year of illness. Survived by husband and seven children including J H Miller Kent Willam A Miller Gravity George BE Miller Carbon F J Miller Corning Mrs George Holbrook Corning and Mayine Miller at home. Col EB B Miller died in 1918. Funeral Thursday at 10 am at St Patrick's Corning with Father Powers presiding.
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J. M. B. Miller
Creston
Corning
J. H. Miller
Kent
Willam A. Miller
Gravity
George BE. Miller
Carbon
F. J. Miller
George Holbrook
Mayine Miller
Col
EB. B. Miller
St. Patrick's Church, Corning
Father Powers
Rawlings Family Quarantined for Scarlet Fever at Home
Mr and Mrs Glen Rawlings and their children are quarantined at 1109 West Mills Street due to a scarlet fever outbreak in the household authorities have placed them under isolation to prevent further spread.
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Glen Rawlings
West Mills ‘Street
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