Sweet Appeals to Farmers is Iowa for Help
Burton Sweet urges Iowa farmers to organize like a business, cites rail freight issues and water competition, and calls for better representation before Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission. He honors Clifford Thorne and emphasizes ongoing farmer advocacy in the Mississippi Valley.
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Iowa
Burton @ sweet
Sweet
Soviet
Russia
Clifford Thorne
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
San Francisco
Omaha
Panama Canal
Mississippi Valley
Cummins backs Burton Sweet in Iowa Senate race
United States Senator Cummins endorses Burton El. Sweet for the Republican senatorial nomination against Senator W Brookhart. D. W. Norris released Cummins letter stating it is Cummins duty in the critical juncture to publicly support Sweet.
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Associated Press
Marshalltown
United States
Cummins
Iowa
Burton el. Sweet
W Brookhart
D. W. Norris
Sweet
Cyanide Plant Explosion Injures Four near Los Angeles
An explosion at a cyanide plant in Bell Station near Los Angeles injures four men as deadly fumes prevent access to the site. Officials fear additional deaths or injuries may have occurred in the blast.
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Los Angeles
Bell Station
Here
Memorial Day Program in Creston Observance
Memorial Day events in Creston begin with a 1:30 p.m. gathering at Potter post hall for a 2:00 p.m. church service at the Methodist church. The procession travels west on Montgomery to Maple and Adams, then Elm, ending at the church. veterans return to Graceland Cemetery by auto after the service. John Dennison of Des Moines will speak, with Gettysburg address by J. W. Stratton and an invocation by Rev. William Calin. Creston Choral Club provides selections. Shuttered are local businesses, county and federal offices, and mail delivery for the day.
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Potter Post Hall
Montgomery Street
Methodist Church
Maple
Adams
Elm
Graceland Cemetery
John Dennison
Des Moines
Creston Choral Club
J.W. Stratton
Will'am Calin
Presbyterians Invite Fosdick to Join New York Church
Associated Press reports in Grand Rapids May 29 that Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, a Baptist minister and writer, was invited to join the First Presbyterian Church New York after a year of controversy. The 126th General Assembly directed the New York Presbytery to urge his union with the church and acceptance of its faith.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York City
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Wil Writer
Atsembyt
Presbyterian Church
States of America
New York
Poedick
First Church
William P. Merell
Brick Church
Merrill
Board of Foreign Missions
John F Carson
Brooklyn
Alleged Counterfeiter Caught With Grinder
Riverside California May 29 officers arrested Corett McNickle found in his room with a dozen photographic plates of bills from 190 to 100 and a camera with a special lens for counterfeiting. The clothes wringer was described as his printing process.
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Associated Presses
Riverside
Calif
Corett McNickle
McNickle
Miners Accept Wage Pact After Confident Vote In London
In London on May 29 a miners delegates conference voted 473 to 311 to accept terms of the wage agreement reached by the miners federation with mine owners on May 15 ending a prolonged dispute over miners pay.
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London
Miners’ Federation
Means Testifies On Whiskey Permits in 1922 Scheme
Gaston Means testified before the Senate Daugherty committee detailing a plan in 1922 alleging Secretary Mellon agreed to issue whiskey permits for money to fund the Republican National Committee. He cited Rex Sheldon and Jess Smith as orchestrators and claimed a broader cover up involving the La Montague brothers and both parties.
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Gaston RB. Means
Senate Daughtery Committee
Jess W. Smith
Melon
Republican National Committee
Rex Sheldon
Bursum
New Mex
Busum
New Mexico
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Sheldon
Treasury
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Means
H. L. Scaife
Justice Department
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New York
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LaMontasie Brothers
Jess Smith
Harding
Smith
Mr. Mellon
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Washington
Gaston MI
Senate
Daugherty Committee
Wheeler
Paris Diplomat Pierre Pan Camon Dies at Home
Former French ambassador to London Pierre Pan Camon died at his home in Paris last night. Other items note Secretary Hoover denying vice presidential speculation and local election news from Holyoke Davenport and Ockaloosa involving officials and a fatal accident at a transformer site.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pierre Pan Camon
London
Gibbons Carpentier Title Fight Time Set For 4 PM
The Tommy Gibbons Georges Carpentier bout in Michigan City Indiana will start at 4 PM on Saturday replacing the earlier 5 PM time. The Advertiser will relay AP dispatches from ringside as soon as received. Fight fans are invited to the Advertiser’s boxing party and should stay in front of the office to catch every punch.
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Tommy Gibbons
Georges Carpentier
Michigan City
Ind
Associated Press
Iowa City
French Flyer Daisy Reaches Peking From Shanghai
French pilot Captain George Pelletier Daisy completed a long leg from Paris to Tokio, landing in Peking at 6 45 p m after a Shanghai start and a stop at Tsinanfu. The route covered more than 650 miles with fuel stops at Suchonfu and Tsinanfu.
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Associated Press
Peking
George Pelletier
Daisy
Paris
Tokio
Pinmtin
Shanghai
Tsinanfu
Suchonfu
Oklahoma Struck By Wind Nine Killed
Three eastern Oklahoma communities faced a deadly tornado late yesterday. Wettunka lost seven residents as 30 homes were razed, Warner reported two deaths and widespread business destruction, and Checotah suffered major wind and rain damage with unknown casualties. The toll included nine dead, many injured, and about $100,000 in damage.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wettunka
Warner
Okmulgee
Qhecotah
McIntosh County
Means and Morgan Ties Surface in Mexican Rights Group
The transcript reveals Means describing a Mexican rights association linked to J. Pierpont Morgan figures. He claims the group existed to sow agitation or provoke revolution, employing ministers and teachers to mislead the masses. He names KB and Martin Egan as officers and recalls a past run in with Morgan.
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Association For Protection of American Rights
Mexico
Means
KB. L.’ Doheny
Martin Egan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Senator Wheeler
Former Bishop Seeks Delayed Church Trial
Cleveland May 29 A defense affidavit supports a motion for continuance in the trial of former Protestant Episcopal Bishop William M. Brown of Arkaneus. It argues for depositions from many church bishops and outlines expected answers to questions on doctrine changes and biblical interpretation.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
William M. Brown
Arkaneus
Brown
Adjining
Charles Dibble
Writer Wins Suit Over Illegal Use Of Story
Grace Fendler wins a Supreme Court ruling against Richard Walton Tully and Oliver Morroso for using portions of her play in The Bird of Paradise. Justice Erlanger ordered a referee to determine damages from showings and royalties, with exact amounts to be set by accounting.
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Associated Areas
New York
Grace Fendler
T Richard Walton Tully
Oliver Morroso
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Tully
Committee Of 48 Backs La Follette Plan For Third-Party Bid
The Committee of 48 shifts its support to a July 4 Cleveland conference for a Progressive Party bid. It aims to nominate Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin for president on a third party ticket. The group withdrew from the St Paul meeting after his attack on that gathering. J A H Hopkins, chairman, urged progressive groups to skip St Paul to avoid communist intrusion.
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Associated Press
New York
Committee of 48
Cleveland
Conference For Progressive
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
St. Paul
J. A. H. Hopkins
Graduation Roster Of Local High School Alumni Names
A list of graduates includes Besso Abell Gladys Applegate George Atwood Opal Bally Howard Beatty Evelyn Black Virgin Powers Kenneth Bowman Lucille Brady Donald Brookman Margaret Cashman Edna Cecil Sadie Clark Elsie Clem Clarence Collings Claudine Conrad Hazel Cook Kenneth Crandall Lee Delaney Laura Eatinger John Bittman Jaul Enghauser Elma Ford Geraldine Emerson Frank Forgy Helen Franklin Biden Garrett Josephne Geis Harry Gilman Margaret Gray Roger Harne Gertrude Harriss Walter Hartman Irene Hayner Eileen Herrmann Lola Homan John Ide Lincoln Jackson Mildred Johnston Lethal Keisling Galen Kilburn Manley Knight Eastman Stanley Kiisinger Eva Larson Bernard Main Ethelyn McDonald Jennie Belle McFee Adelyne Metz Bill Milmes Maxine Myers Opal Nelson- Edna Olson Ralph Osborne Milo Parker Lois Quin Margaret Redick Winslow Richards Margaret Richter Verle Ridout Willard Robbing Gwendolyn Roberts Arthur Schmoll Pauline Schrader Winifreyd Shockley Merle Smith Darline Steers Stanley Strance Margaret Tramp Agnes Treanor Oliver Wilson Ruth Prokerton.
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George Atwood
Opal Bally
Howard Beatty
Evelyn Black Virgin Powers
Kenneth Bowman
Lucille Brady
Donald Brookman
Margaret Cashman
Edna Cecil Sadie Clark
Elsie Clem
Clarence Collings Claudine Conrad Hazel Cook
Kenneth Crandall Lee Delaney
Laura Eatinger
John Bittman
Jaul Enghauser
Elma Ford
Geraldine Emerson
Frank Forgy
Helen Franklin Biden Garrett Josephne Geis
Harry Gilman
Margaret Gray
Roger Harne
Gertrude Harriss
Walter Hartman
Irene Hayner
Eileen Herrmann
Lola Homan
John Ide
Lincoln Jackson
Mildred Johnston Lethal Keisling Galen Kilburn
Manley Knight Eastman
Stanley Kiisinger
Eva Larson
Bernard Main
Ethelyn McDonald
Jennie Belle McFee
Adelyne Metz
Bill Milmes
Maxine Myers
Opal Nelson
Edna Olson
Ralph Osborne
Milo Parker
Lois Quin
Margaret Redick
Winslow Richards
Margaret Richter
Verle Ridout
Willard Robbing
Gwendolyn Roberts
Arthur Schmoll
Pauline Schrader Winifreyd Shockley Merle Smith
Darline Steers
Stanley Strance
Margaret Tramp
Agnes Treanor
Oliver Wilson
Ruth Prokerton
John Hammill
Iowa
Creston High School
A. W. Crane
William Cain
The
Presbyterian Church
Strand Theater
Jerome Emanuel
Lucile Brady
Maulsey Knight Eastman
Jennie Belle Mc Fee
Hammill
H. W. Edaburn
Gertrude Harris
Displaying The Flag For Memorial Day
Instructions outline flag display practices for Memorial Day including half mast until noon then full height until sunset, top of mast after, and proper handling to honor the Stars and Stripes. It prohibits improper uses such as folding as a handkerchief or letting it touch the ground.
Druggist Heath in Hospital Tied to Franks Case
An ailing Chicago druggist, Charles F Heath, was found unconscious in Louisville and rushed to a hospital. Authorities say he confessed to involvement in the Robert Franks kidnapping and murder, but hospital officials say no statement was made. Detectives pursued him after a threatening letter to the Chicago police.
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Associated Prep
Louisville
C. F Heath
Chicago
Robert Franks
Heath
Associated Press
Charrles F. Heath
Mercer Hospital
South Side
Franks
Collins
American Ship Carries Plane for MacLaren
The US destroyer John Paul Jones took aboard the spare airplane owned by British aviator A Stuart MacLaren in Hakodate Japan and departed for Hong Kong to hand the plane to another destroyer. The leg to India will cover about 1500 miles at around 20 knots per hour. The replacement plane allows MacLaren to resume a world flight after a prior alighting loss in Burma.
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Associated Press
Hakodate
Japan
John Paul Jones
A. Stuart MacLaren
Hong Kong
India
Akyab
Burma
Beauty Doctor Ordered to Pay 2500 for Lip Job
In Los Angeles a state supreme court decision upheld a lower court award of 2500 dollars to Pauline Hall, a motion picture actress, after Gertrude Steele, a beauty specialist, allegedly ruined Hall’s lower lip during an operation to improve its contour. The jury had awarded 2500, with the supreme court affirming.
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Los Angeles
Lipe
State Supreme Court
Gertrude Steele
Pauline Hall
Miss Hall
Superior Court
Supreme Court
71 Seniors to Receive Diplomas at Creston High
John Hammill Iowa lieutenant governor will deliver the commencement address at Creston High School tonight as 71 seniors graduate. The program begins at 8 pm with music, salutatory, and diploma presentations followed by the class song.
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Hammill
Navy Needs 150 Millions To Meet Requirements
Washington reports a Senate bill to spend about 150 million dollars to raise the navy to the 5 5 3 ratio from the Washington arms conference. The House passed the measure 165 to 138. It authorizes eight scout cruisers six river gunboats and conversion of six battleships to oil burners with anti submarine and aircraft protection upgrades. An attempt to add 6 5 million for gun elevations failed and a bid to authorize airplane carriers was blocked.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Navy Department
New York
Texas
Florida
Utah
Arkansas
Wyoming
Britten
Republican
Illinois
Shipping Board Probe Develops Oil Evidence
A House committee investigating the Shipping Board continues its inquiry into fleet contracts with testimony yesterday bringing in former Secretary Fall and the Sinclair Oil Company. Hearings resume Saturday after a recess.
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Associated Preast
Washington
Fleet Corporation
House
Shipping Board
Fall
Sinclair Oil Company
Commercial Bulletin Reports Broad Business Dull
The Commercial Bulletin notes widespread dullness in Boston with prices easing and little manufacturer buying. Western buyers act desultorily with erratic prices, while foreign markets show no material change. Mohair remains steady on moderate demand.
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Associated Press
Boston
the Commercial Bulletin
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