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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1928

Page

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Dirigible Talia Returns to Kings Bay on North Pole Flight

Reports from Spitzbergen describe the Talia leaving Kings Bay for a polar reconnaissance, returning after seven hours due to heavy snow and a northwest wind. General Nobile plans further polar trips, with stops at Stolp and Vadsee and contingents from Citta Di Milano assisting at Spitzbergen.

Iigite Kings Bay Pete Spitzbergen Polar Oslo Norway George H. Wilkins Carl B. Eielson Green Harbor Tromsoe Tata London Reuters Mase Fie Lenin 5 Nicholas II Talmir Chelynskin Nobile Pole Pope Pius Peary MacMillan Titiana Vadsee Arctic Adsor Pretic Ira General Nobile Rome Talia Kings Pay Milan Italy Stolp Germany Citta di Milano

Farm Relief Group Firm On One Bill

Washington May 11 The McNary Haugen farm relief bill remains the focal point as Congress and President Coolidge push toward adjournment. Both chambers passed the measure by solid margins but the two drafts require conference action. The first conference failed to settle differences and another meeting is planned. Senator McNary Republican Oregon a co author and conferee manager demands an early decision on the bill’s final form.

Washington McNary- Haugen Congress President Coolidge Senate House McNary Oregon

Mrs Pease of Lorimor Dies After Accident

Winterset report states Anna Pease about 63 of Lorimor died minutes after being struck by a car owned by C L Newton and driven by Kathryn Armbrester as she crossed the square. She was en route to a Rebekah lodge meeting and had been nursing in Winterset. Survived by two sons and a daughter.

Winterset Daily Advertiser Anna Pease Lorimor C. L. Newton Kathryn Armbres Pease Des Moines Demat Afton Canada Rebekah Lodge

Creston Music Week highlights feature senior high recital

A Creston Civic Federation of Women music program at the senior high auditorium showcased Dorothy Nash jymon and Margaret Flagg from Kansas City with Betty Jane LaGrange Pitcock Creston dancer. The event part of Music Week drew strong audience response and included a Spanish dance by Margaret Coakley and Mary Agnes Sullivan. The Creston high school band performed downtown while grade pupils prepared operettas for tonight. In Des Moines two Fort Des Moines privates and two women were arrested in a soldiers liquor ring raid.

Creston Dorothy Nash Jymon Margaret Ongsdort Flagg Kansas City Betty Jane LaGrange Pitcock Creton Civic Federation of Women Chamber “of Commerce Matt Conway Federation Symon Eva Wallace Pitcock Harriet Pace Jimmie Englund Ruth Snehind Jackie Miller Edgar’ Coen Plorence Lundquist Charlotte Hawxer Lee Blodget Paul Marsh Stella Miller Elmo Teddie Hines Mary Hayden Ruth Gehrecke Mary Agnes Sulivan Dorothy Swanson Ian Campbell Doris Moberg Ruth Adele Hatch Helen ‘Thompson Malvene McCurdy Mildred Golden Josephine Duckworth Franklin Wisedom Howard Hickok Albert Farrell Geraldine Heessel Hazel Swan Darline Peak Creston High School E. Keith Richter Susie Goodlaxson Thelma Lane Des Moines Fort Des Moines Towana John Ford Kenneth Miller Katherine Keefe Marold England Carl Gobrecke Phoebe Penn Emma Neame Earl Graham Harry Weterick John Davenport Grace Bryant Mary McDonough Fred Tole Board Helen Jackson Gussie McSiimming I House Melvin Fife Bernard Red Selee

Father of 24 and checker champ Abe Gibson at 85

Chester, May 11 Fifty years the people of Chester county saw Abe Gibson leap and reel as a marvel. Abraham Gibson 85, a Confederate veteran, remains active and father of 24 children of whom 18 survive. His Civil War service included the Hampton cavalry and Yorktown era lineage through Capt William Watson. He has married twice, with his first wife Sally Dye dying at 48 and his present wife Elizabeth Roe.

Chester 8. C Chester County Abe” Gibson Abraham Gibson Gibson Carolinas Besdes Childern Mr. Gibson William Watson Yorktown Lord Cornwallis Hampton Cavalry Sally Dye Elizabeth Roe

Fast Summer Trains Start Runs June 3

Train service between Creston and Omaha resumes for summer under Mr. Lamb Cres ton division superintendent. No 7 departs Creston at 2 40 a m and arrives Omaha 11 44 a m with stops at Prescott Villisca Stanton Red Oak Emerson Malvern Pacific Junction Council Bluffs and the U P transfer. No 3 arrives Omaha 4 20 p m with limited stops. No 4 westbound departs Creston 3 45 a m for Omaha. Possible Sunday night connection to the Burlington at Osceola is under study.

Ioesaguns Chago Denver Uue Lamb Creston Creston Sma West Bound Omaha Chan Prescott Jorning Villisca Stanton Red Oak Emerson Malvern Pacific Junction Council Bluffs U. P Redak Hastings Glenwood Corneil Blutts Burlington Osveola

Enginemen Must Have Curtains, Commission Says

The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered northern state routes to install back and side engine cab curtains for firemen and engineers from November 10 to April 1 each year. Curtains apply to 26 states including Illinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska South Dakota and the District of Columbia with a hood curtain on northmost routes. Ventilator openings outside the curtained area were required for oil burning locomotives. Wisconsin railroad commission filed the complaint yielding the order with support from the engineers and firemen unions.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Tllinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska South Dakota District of Columbia Railroad Commission of Wissonsin Brotherhoods of Engineers and Firemen

Pope Issues Encyclical on Sacred Heart Reparations

Semi official notice says Miserentissimus Redemptor will be issued tonight and focuses on reparations owed to the sacred heart of Jesus. It does not address church state relations.

Jesus

Hammill Gears Support From Road Boosters

Des Moines Iowa rally backs John Hammill for renomination with local leaders pledging support. John F Aue of Burlington touts Hammill as key to the state good roads program aimed at a $100 million bond issue and a six year plan to build highways and improve graveling and paving across the state.

Des Moines Towa John Hammill John F Aue Burlington Aue Jawa Towa Good Roads Association Hammill Good Roads Ave White Fred White State Highway Commission Isue J.B. Weaver

Illinois Man To Head Chamber

Washington May 11 William Butterworth of Moline Illinois was elected president of the chamber of commerce of the United States. Joseph H. Defrees of Chicago was elected chairman of the board of directors. Seventeen directors were named including William G. Hause Wichita Carl Delaittre Minneapolis Pred W Sargent Chicago and Frederick J Haynes.

Washington William Butterworth Moline Ill Chamber of Commerce of United States Today Joseph H. Defrees Chicago Butterworth F. Pierson William G. Hause Wichita Kan Carl Delaittre Minnepolis Pred W. Sargent Andrederick J. Haynes Detroit

Cornerstone Laying for Trinity Atts Church on Broad Street

The Trinity Lutheran congregation will lay the cornerstone of their new Broad Street edifice Sunday May 13 during 11 a.m. services led by Rev Lassiter. A time capsule including a copy of The Daily Advertiser will be placed in the foundation as parishioners complete remodeling after buying the church from St Paul’s Episcopal.

Trinity Atts Church O. Lossner Broad Street West Adams West Jefferson Streets Mr. Lassiter God's Church Trinity Lutheran Ehurch St Paul's Episcopal Church

Nurses of Hospital Here Get Diplomas

Eleven young women will graduate from the nurses training school of Cheater Community hospital. Commencement is at 4 pm next Monday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. R Robinson delivering the address and diplomas presented by J Reese. Dr FE Sampson offers farewell remarks. Baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 pm at the Congregational church by Rev M Mitchell.

Nuses Cheater Community Hospital Presyterian Church Sre Mae Blauer Creston Cresta Beatrice W. Wilson Dorothy May Bender Chartiel Jennie E. Briley Flowie Mar Young Murray ‘Thelma Belle Muller Murray Robinson Rev. R. Robinson Presbyterian Church J . Reese Prescott Ee Bs Hospital FE. Sampson Albert Sherwood George E. Mitchell Congregational Church J. C. Parson Rey M. Mitchell

Local notes from Fontanelle and area hit town

Local resident A J Warner of Fontanelle visits town while Robert Waldo Stream, son of R W Stream, enlists in the navy and trains at Great Lakes before transfer for further instruction in California. John Sturgeon reports tire thefts from his parked car, and a Garden Club meeting is planned for Monday at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the peony show. A city tested motorcycle for traffic enforcement could appoint C J Hines as motorcycle officer.

A. J. Warner Fontanelle Robert Waldo Stream R. W Stream West Adams Street Navy de Moines Great Lakes Garden Club Chamber of Commerce C. J. Hines

Young People Host Community Program at Oak Hill Church

Pleasan town residents attended a township farm bureau meeting at Oak Hill church where music readings and a rodent control talk by L A Nordhausen were featured. Four film reels were shown and refreshments served to forty five attendees. Seed corn samples from Douglas and Highland farmers were planted in the yield test plot at McKee Brothers farm.

Pleasan Wwe Township Farm Bureau Oak Hill Church L.A. Nordhausen Douglas Highland Township McKee Brothers Mfr Nordhausen Toasy

Chinese Voice Neagle Appeals Against Japan

Geneva May 11 The Chinese Nationalist government protests to the League of Nations over Japanese actions in Shantung and seeks cessation of hostilities with immediate withdrawal of troops. Cheng Loh Peking minister in Paris expresses uncertainty over Beijing’s stance while Nanking’s appeal pressures Peking to join.

Geneva Cheng Loh Council of the League of Nat Ns Nanking League Japan China Cheng 4Oh Peking Paris League of Nations Shantung

Ford's Gift Greatest To Hoover Fund

Washington May 11 An estimate of less than 250000 for the Hoover preconvention campaign was given to the senate investigating committee by James W. Goon head of the Hoover for president organization. Washington headquarters receipts were 50000 with expenditures 42032.16. State expenditures varied from 3 in Rhode Island to 35000 or 40000 in Indiana and about 40000 in Ohio with 3000 in New York. Edsel Ford was the largest donor at 5000 to the Washington headquarters Rosenwald of Chicago contributed 9500. When the roads Top JW reputable men would be asked for more.

Washington Senate James W. Goon Hoover Commerce Secretary Rhode Island Indiana Ohio New York Edsel Ford Washins 1 Rosenwald Chinge

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