Budget chief outlines aim to keep Iowa schools efficient
Des Moines Indiana November 19 The budget director E L Hogue said the state aims to run schools efficiently with less money and that any engineering program changes at the University of Iowa will follow legal instructions. He noted duplication concerns for the boards of education and state schools and said cost considerations of moving equipment to Ames or elsewhere require full study.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
E. L. Hogue
George T. Baker
Davenport
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
University of Iowa. While Mr. Hogue Has Not Yet Answered Mr. Baker
Board of Education
Fortieth General Assembly
Directo
Forty-First General Assembly
Hogue
Amer
Ames
State House
Brown
Hawkeye Football Team In Fine Spirits Enroute to L A
The University of Iowa football squad traveled by special train toward Los Angeles to face Southern California. Coach Barry planned to drill the team on Trojan plays in El Paso after a desert stop. Players, in high spirits, walked at Carrizozo New Mexico where Cheer Leader Bill Laird played the accordion and the Iowa corn song entertained locals.
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Tne Associated Press
Iowa
Los Angeles
Orograde
N. M
University of Iowa
Southern California
Barry
el Paso
Trojan
Carrizozo
Bill Laird
Kloster Not to Get Iowa Marshal Post
Des Moines reports from good authority that Charles Kloster of Sioux City is unlikely to be appointed United States marshal for the northern Iowa district by Senator Cummins. The post may go to Guy Brunson, prohibition director for southern Iowa, despite protests against Kloster’s nomination. Authority for the statement was not divulged.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles Kloster
Sioux City
Iowa
Senator Cummins
Guy Brunson
Prohibition
Cummins
Kloster
Anthracite Operators Hold Conference
The Associated Press reports a secretive conference of anthracite operators convened in New York on November 19. Details were initially denied amid strong strike developments and intense city secrecy.
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Associated Press
New York
Tax Bill Lets Retroactive Inheritance Tax Refunds
Washington reports the house ways and means committee backed a revenue bill offering retroactive tax reductions including refunds on inheritances settled between June 2, 1924, and the law’s effective date. Estimated refunds total several million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Extra Jurors for Bank Case Ordered by Judge
Judge Homer A Fuller ordered 20 extra jurors for the trial of W E Pierson former Afton banker on fraudulent banking charges. The list includes Creston residents Bonnie Jones Carl Roodell Rose Carroll Alma Rogers T C Powell Carl Jessen James B Hawks H D Bolton F O Miller Cliff Pettigrew Neal Malintyre Park Cox Arispe Walter Berry J H Chicken Henry Weis Robert Wick C W Henderson and Ri C Hubbell plus E M Butt and Frank Kesler Shannon City. Pierson was cashier of the Stake Savings bank of Afton which closed in 1924. He has been tried and acquitted on two of 14 indictments and a civil action involving unpaid rent proceeds today.
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W. E. Pierson
Afton
Homer A. Fuller
District Court
Bonnie Jones
Carl Roodell
Rose Carroll
Alma Rogers
T. C Powell
Carl Jessen
James B. Hawks
H. D. Bolton
F. O. Miller
Pierson
Stake Savings Bank of Afton
J. H. Patt
W. F. Finefield
Charles Shiflett
Ralph Richardson
Nettie Kenworth
H. C. Welling
Arthur McClure
Mary Patton Rose Parrott
Everett Solinger
Paul Waltersdorf
Cora Brown
J. J. Morris
J. P. Venstein
Fine‘field
Grange Contracts For Use Of His Name
Three contracts involving the use of Red Grange s name were described in a sworn statement by E P Albertson of Kokomo Indiana and sent to the Champaign News Gazet te The agreements cover percentage income from use with a theater owner a sweatery goods firm and a motor ad with King Feature Story syndicate Albertson says Grange signed with theater owner Charles C Pyle and would receive 45 percent of all income My aim is to prevent Grange from playing professional football says George Huff director of physical welfare at the University of Illinois
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Champaign
Ill
Red’ Grange
University of Illinois
E. P. Albertson
Kokomo
Ind
Champaign News-Gazette
Albertson
Grange
Charles C. Pyle
King Feature Story Syndicate
Champaign, Ill
Harold Grange
George Huff
Huff
Confessions Link Block Fire to Boone Men
Roco Tornabana of Boone admits starting the north block fire in McCallsburg while Lee Briggs, implicated as intermediary with J. P. Baker, also confesses. Baker denies involvement as owner of the restaurant building. Chicago news notes federal judge’s denial to allow minority stockholders to intervene in the railroad receivership.
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Nevada
Roco Toranabana
Boone
Story County
McCallsburg
Lee Briggs
Tornabana
J. P. Baker
Chicago and Northwestern
Baker
Chicago
Will F. Larson
Iselin Committee
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Foley Regrets Helping Widow in Shenandoah Inquiry
Washington expects the Shenandoah court of inquiry to issue its opinion on Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne’s charges tomorrow. Captain Foley testified he only aimed to help the widow and denied pressuring her testimony. Tests on wreckage show the metal framework remained structurally sound despite some corrosion in duraluminum beams.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shenandoah Court of Inquiry
Margaret Lansdowne
Paul Foley
Shenandoah
C. E. Rosendahl
Lansdown
Foley
Washngton
Bureau of Standards
Shenandoah Naval Court of Inquiry
State Corn Husking Champs Meet Today
Thousands of farmers from Illinois and Iowa gathered in Burgess Illinois for the interstate cornhusking championship. Ten champions from Illinois Iowa Indiana Minnesota and Nebraska compete on a farm near the village outskirts to claim the corn belt title. Elmer Williams Toulon and Walter Olson Rio are Illinois entrants as authorities predict new records under ideal conditions.
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Associated Press
Burgess
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Iona
Indiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Elmer Williams
Toulon
Strak County
Walter Olson
Rio Knox County
Prohibition Officer Attacks Wet Expedition
Des Moines, Nov. 19. John B. Hammond, a city prohibition officer, assailed the Beller Weller expedition now in town to obtain names of 51 percent of voters on a petition to Congress to amend the Volstead act. He called the workers attempt to secure approval of light wines and beer a cloak for heavy material.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
John B.hammond
Beller. Weller
Congress
Beera Ag
Barn Burns on Arnolds Farm Rouses Neighbors
A large barn on W. A. Arnolds farm in Pleasant township burned at noon Wednesday. The fire drew spectators from miles away as Arnolds tenant reported the loss.
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W. A. Arnold
Pleasant Township
Mr. Arnold
Four girls win dramatic declamatory tryouts at high school
Maxine McNees Helen Jackson Virginia Snoderly and Dorothy Giffey survived Wednesday after school dramatic class tryouts. Thirteen students competed. four winners qualify for the home contest on December 15.
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Maxine McNees
Helen Jackson
Virginia Snoderly
Dorothy Giffey
Alta Bell
Rhinelander Admits False Statements During Annulment Suit
Leonard Kip Rhinelander admitted five false statements in his marriage annulment bill after cross examination in White Plains. He testified he and Alice Beatrice Jones deceived her mother on a New England tour and that he did not learn of her supposed Negro blood until after the marriage. A 4496 word love letter from Panama was read and other letters cited.
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Associated Preas
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New England
Alice Beatrice Jones
Rhinelander
Panama
Bermuda
Papa
Alice
Mathews
New York
Tervin Berlin
al Jolson
Berlin
Europe
Young Rhinelander
Woodlawn Bank Vice President Charged With Embezzlement
Alvin C. Osborn vice president and secretary of the Woodlawn Trust Company was jailed in Woodlawn Pennsylvania charged with embezzlement and misappropriation of 232000 dollars of bank funds. Officials said he admitted the shortage citing stock speculation.
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Woodlawn, Pa
Alvin C. Osborn
Woodlawn Trust Company
Osborn
Midwest Stations To Broadcast Coolidge Talk
New York Nov 19. The following mid western stations will broadcast President Coolidge's speech at 9 o'clock tonight WWJ Detroit WSAI Cincinnati WOC Davenport WCCO Minneapolis and St Paul and KSD St Louis.
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New York
President Coolidge
WWJ
Detroit
WSAI
Cincimnati
WOC
Davenport
WCCO
Minneapolis
St. Paul
KSD
St. Louis
Abe quotes on aging and marriage from Ames column
Ames comments on marriage and aging noting a man should expect time to wear wrinkles sooner on a pretty face than on a sweet disposition. He blends wit with social observation in a dated column style.
Mitchell Soon 10 Take Stand in Defense
The defense for Colonel William Mitchell told the court martial it would finish presenting evidence the next day except for his own testimony. Witnesses testified on air combat experiences, aircraft safety, and risks in wartime flights.
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Mitchell Soon
Associated Press
Washington
Mitchell
William Mitchell
County Jail Sanitary and City Jail Cleanup Recommendation
Union County grand jury reports the county jail is clean and sanitary. It also notes the city jail should be cleaned up if possible and urges City authorities to address the condition.
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Bastila
Union County
Negro Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Arena Stabbing
Emanuel Brown, a Black man, was found guilty of manslaughter by an eleven juror panel in Denison Iowa after a stabbing at a railroad workmen's camp in Arena. The case stemmed from the fatal stabbing of Joe Carey during the incident. The trial proceeded by agreement of the attorneys despite one juror missing a day due to confusion over the judge's orders.
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Associated Ftress
Denison
Emanuel Brown
Arena
Joe Carey
Mrs Alma Adkins Dies After Two Week Illness
Mrs Alma Nelson Adkins wife of Charles A Artkina of 617 North Walnut died this morning at 1 30 at Greater Community hospital after a two week illness She is survived by her husband two sisters Mrs J B Friedrich of Morris Illinois and Mrs B J Ponton of Denver and two brothers Roy and Ray Nelson of Creston Her mother Mrs August A Nelson died about 16 years ago and her sister dies a year ago October Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Alma Nelson Adkins
Charles A. Artkina
North
Walnut Street
Greater Community Hospital
Adkina
J. B. Friedrich
Morris, Til
Mre
B. J. Ponton
Denver
Roy
Ray Nelson
Creston
August A Nelson
Roy Reed Found Dead on Farm in Accident
G. L. Roy Reed, 48, a prominent Taylor county farmer living between Kent and Lenox, was accidentally shot and killed on his farm Wednesday afternoon. The body was found at 2:30 p.m. with a shotgun wound in the right side. He left the house at 12:30 to shoot hawks and died likely during a sinking spell from heart disease or while crawling through a fence. He is survived by his widow and two daughters. Reed was a son-in-law of M. B. Albaugh and brother-in-law of J. K. Donovan and was an active Prairie Star church member. funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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G. L. Roy Reed
Prominen
Taylor County
Kent
Lenox
Rees
Hawke
South Birch Street
Prairie Star Church
Good Roads Association Plans Public Meeting in Des Moines
The Town Good Roads association announced a public meeting on December 3 to compare mud gravel and paved road costs. It urges state control of the primary road system and funds, abolishment of paving assessments, an 85 million dollar bond issue for a permanent road system, and changing county bond laws to pay interest from primary road funds.
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Ryline Associated Press
Des Moines
Ila
Town Good Roads Association Today
Miss Edith Royce Returns From Korea Missionary
Miss Edith Royce daughter of Mr and Mrs H L Royce 700 West Mills street spent five years in Korea teaching at a girls school in Seoul She arrived in San Francisco Wednesday for a one year vacation After visiting her parents she plans to go next to El Paso Texas to see a sister then to Arkansas to visit a brother
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Edith Royce
H. L. Royce
West Mills Street
Korea
San Francisco
Miss Royce
Seoul
Methodist Church
el Paso
Texas
Arkansas
Farmers Slow To Borrow Federal Money
Omaha, Neb. November 19. Dan P. Hogan president of the Omaha federal intermediate credit bank said no dollars of the 50 million dollars available for loans to low income farmers have been applied for yet. He noted many Iowa banks and individuals have inquired and believes much money will be loaned eventually.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Dan P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Iowa
Hogan
Mine Explosion Kills Two. Three Entombed In Kentucky Shaft
Madisonville Ky Nov 19 Two men were killed and three entombed in a Finley Coal company shaft mine by an explosion caused by a windy shot Rescue squads attempt to reach the entombed workers Rolla Vaughn 32 and his brother Harold 16 are named among the dead with three others trapped awaiting rescue
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Associated Press
Madisonville
Finley Coal Company
Rolla Vaughn
Harold
Creston Schools weigh junior college plan after new high school
The Creston school board considers adding a one year junior college course after the new high school is built. Two more teachers would be needed for a first year program. State approval requires a committee from state universities to judge standards. Discussions occurred during Rotary and Kiwanis meetings as National Education Week highlighted Know Your School Day with slogans urging modern education.
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Creston
Board of Education
M. i. Stephens
Stephens
Ensiging
State University of
Iowa
Rotary
Kiwanis
Commissioner of Education
Catholics Plan Games To Find Best Players
Members of St Malachy and Im maculate Conception churches will play two 8 pm basketball games in the Knights of Columbus hall to select the parish teams for the city tournament. Six groups plan to enter the men's competition: Catholics Nobby shoe shop Kiwanis Rotary high school and United Commercial Travelers. A girls tournament may be arranged if interest grows.
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St. Malachy
Immaculate Conception
Knights of Columbus
Nobby Shoe Shop
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
High School
United Commercial Travelers
Roberts Funeral Friday Afternoon
Funeral services for J. Roberts who died Sunday evening at his home 801 East Howard Street will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Methodist church. Rev. Homer Baumgardner will officiate and burial will be in Graceland cemetery.
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J. Roberts
East Howard Street
Methodist Church
Homer Baumgardner
Graceland Cemetery
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