Board to Have Free Hand in Probe
President Coolidge will grant the aircraft inquiry board full discretion over witnesses and procedures. Nine members are to be invited, with possible open sessions consented or resisted, while Colonel Mitchell and Commander Rodgers may be called to testify. A critical letter from the American Society for Promotion of Aviation questions the appointment of Howard E. Coffin. Mitchell welcomed the chance to testify before the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preasy
Washington
Coolidge
William Mitchell
John Rodgers
King
Utah
Congress
Presidential Aircraft Inquiry Board
Howard E. Coffin
Detroit
American Society For Promotion of Aviation
Thomas L Hill
Hill
Hughes’ Aircraft
Coffin
Aircraft Board
American Legion
National Air Transport, Inc
San Antonio
Tex
Associated Press
Special Aircraft Inquiry Board
Col
Mitchell
Iowa Child Welfare Laws Set to Take Effect Soon
Des Moines reports the licensing of child placing agencies maternity homes and all institutions under the child welfare division will start within weeks Edwin H Sands head of the new department says licenses are being issued with aims to complete by year end Field organizations cover a dozen counties and the bureau has handled many cases involving child neglect illegal placing and placing out of state children into Iowa homes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Child Welfare Division
State Board of Control
Edwin H .Sands
Sands
Bureau
Iowa
Driver Held for Manslaughter After Fatal Crash
Frank Sanket Jr. was held to the grand jury under $5,000 bond charged with manslaughter in the death of railroad employee J. T. Herring. Herring died August 30 after Sanket's automobile crashed into a railroad embankment and both men were alleged to be intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Frank Sanket, Jr
J. T. Herring
Sanket
May Have Short Open Season On Pheasants
Des Moines reports an open pheasant season may begin mid October in ten plus northeastern Iowa counties. The five day season will apply where farmers show crop damage. Migratory bird rules tighten with a bag limit cut to 15, oar boats only, no water blinds. Resident licenses are $1, nonresidents $10. Ducks geese brant plover and other migratory birds may be hunted from 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset from tomorrow until December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
W. E. Alberts
Legion Voters Back Home Talent Show for Endowment Drive
Ninety percent of Champagne post American Legion Creston members approve raising half of Union county's five million dollar regional endowment fund. Creston post plans a Sept 28 29 home talent show Sweetheart Town at McKinley park pavilion to raise 1061.15 dollars with 400 dollars from the post treasury and additional ticket sales. If needed members will donate the shortfall. The event uses the high school auditorium for rehearsals with a 12 person cast and 18 30 chorus girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champagne Post
American Legion of
Creston
Union County
Fred Kunath
Legionaires
Creston Post
Post Treasury
McKinley Park Pavilion
Post
Iowa Mining Engineer Killed In South America
Davenport Iowa reports the death of Eugene J German 22 a mining engineer and son of a Davenport family killed in an accident at Sewell near Rancagua Chili News dispatches said the Bradon Copper Mining offices in Rancagua were destroyed by fire and he may have been injured fighting the blaze German a St Ambrose College and Missouri School of Mines graduate completed his degree in May and had been in Chili two months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Davenport
Eugene J. German
Sewell
Rancagua
Chili
South America
Bradon Copper Mining Company
Eugene Gorman
St. Ambrose College
Missouri School of Mines
Rollo, Mo
Rollo
Rescued After 28 Hours Aboard Skiff Off Fort Dalhousie
Toronto report: Tom Maddern and George Goffin of St. Catherines clung to an overturned twenty foot skiff for 28 hours before being rescued late at night eight miles west of Fort Dalhousie by four life saving crew. Both men exhausted and in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Buchanan County Population Declines Since 1920
Des Moines reports census figures showing Buchanan County population at 18 231 a drop of 1659 since 1920. Independence the county seat records a 263 decline with 3409 residents as per state count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Buchanan County
Census Bureau
Independence
Coordination 15 for Farm Ills Lowden's Cure
Former Illinois governor Frank O. Lowden urged Kiwanis clubs in eastern Iowa and Illinois to coordinate agriculture with business. He backed cooperative marketing to balance prices and argued farmers should organize for marketing products without adopting corporate farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Organization of Agriculture
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Kiwanis Clubs
Iowa
Round Up in New York Chinatown Targets Chinese Suspects
Federal authorities and police swept Chinatown arresting more than 500 Chinese for suspected violations of the exclusion act. About 184 were sent to Tombs Prison to await deportation to Ellis Island. Officers raided boarding houses and restaurants, detaining men and separating wives during the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associand Press
New York
Chinatown
Tombs Prison
Ellis Island
Department of Justice
Endowment urged for Iowa Wesleyan College and fund
Mt. Pleasant Iowa September 15 An endowment for Iowa Wesleyan College and the retired preachers fund was urged in the annual report of Dr A S Smith president of the college to the Methodist conference here yesterday. Collections from the conference for the college have fallen off about 15000 despite a larger enrollment and faculty budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anenciated Press
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
A. S. Smith
Methodist Conference
Exhibition golf match to feature champions at Clarinda
Bob McKee the Des Moines amateur champion and Gene Slattery the Nebraska time holder will meet in a four ball exhibition next Sunday at Clarinda Country Club. McKee teams with Mayfield Marshall while Slattery partners Blaine Young. Crestmoor players plan to travel to Clarinda for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob McKee
Des Moines
Gene Slattery
Nebraska
Clarinda Country Club
McKee
Mayfield Marshall
Slattery
Blaine Young
Omaha
Crestmoor
Clarinda
Couple Receives Marriage License In Creston District
Joseph A. Vonasek 42 and Maude M. Hartley 36 both of Creston were issued a marriage license by the district court clerk. Police seized a 10 gallon keg and bottles at John McDonald’s Pine Street soft drink parlor in a raid. McDonald claimed the liquid was syrup and was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Vonasek
Maude M. Hartley
Creston
John McDonald
Pine Street
Rotary Members Dine at Jerusalem Church in Lincoln Township
Rotary members and wives attended a dinner at a Jerusalem church in Lincoln township served by church women. Dr A Fred Watts spoke on child specialist work as threatening weather kept attendance lower than usual. Relatives alert to the death of John Anderson of De Soto Ila. funeral set 2:30 Wednesday at De Soto Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Jerusalem
Lincoln Township
A. Fred Watts
W Stream
South
Myrtle Street
John Anderson
de Soto
Ila
Stream
Justice Arthur Dies Suddenl y
Des Moines reports the Iowa supreme court chief justice Thomas Arthur died of a heart attack at Iowa Methodist Hospital aged 65. He had served since 1920 and was a former district judge and 1916 17 state grand lodge leader. Interment planned in Logan with governor Hammill praising his character and ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Thomas Arthur
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Arthur
Logan
Supreme Court
Fifteenth
Frank R. Gaynor
Supreme Bench
Charles W. Arthur
Chicago
Theron E. Arthur
Free Masonry
Iowa
State
Grand Lodge
Elks Lodge
Council Bluffs
F. F. Faville
Maine
Vermillion
New England
Hammill
Justice Arthur
Miss Katherine McGregor Heads to Cumberland for Business
Miss Katherine McGregor departed this afternoon for Cumberland to tend to business interests and stay a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine McGregor
Cumberland
Juror Illness Stalls Madison Trial Continuance Granted
The trial of Alfred Madison and Harry Rowland for larceny was delayed after juror George Speelman became ill. Madison, charged with stealing poultry and carrying a concealed weapon, has a prior conviction and unresolved bond. The case was postponed to the next term with jurors dismissed and others to be called Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Madison
Myeston
Madison
Harry Rowland
Supreme Court
Herman Clough
Ruth Roberts
Grace Herbal
Lillie Bridge
Charles Ramebottom
J. EB. Comfort
Ruth Scullen
Warren Julian
John Brosmihan
George Speelman
S. A. Long
Bernice Lauffer
Speelman
Dr Derauf Honored by Brainerd Lodge Before St Paul Move
Dr B I Derauf formerly of Creston and son of Mr and Mrs John Derauf 701 North Poplar Street will join the Northern Pacific hospital staff in St Paul after being honored at a Brainerd Minnesota Masonic lodge banquet where he has served as an officer for four years. The lodge praised his faithful work and noted his departure will leave a hard to fill vacancy as he moves to St Paul. Born and raised in Creston he is a Crстton high graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Derauf
North Poplar Street
Northern Pacific Hospital
St. Paul
Brainerd. Minn., Masonic Lodge
Derauf
Brainerd
Dr. Derauf
Lodge
Creston
48 Arrests Made By City Police in August
Creston police reported forty eight arrests in August led by traffic violations with 28 cases. Other counts include intoxication 12, disorderly conduct 7, forgery 2, and single incidents of assault and battery larceny vagrancy bootlegging. Ninety two calls answered and investigated. 56 legal papers served. two stolen cars recovered. eight dogs killed. seven automobile accidents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
W. A. McKee
H. Martin
Civil Service Commission
Armless State Treasurer Signs 1300 Bonds in Teeth Effort
Sam Sloan, the armless state treasurer of Arkansas, began signing 1,300 bonds totaling $650,000 by holding a pen in his teeth. The bonds fund new university buildings at the University of Arkansas, with Sloan completing the task amid public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Sam Sloan
University of Arkansas
Hwee i
To Ask Regulation of Radio Stations
Secretary Hoover signaled reluctance to seek national radio regulation and said a conference will be convened in six to eight weeks to draft a broader program for regulating broadcasting. He noted the field’s rapid growth with about six hundred stations already operating and around one hundred more either building or planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associates Press
Washington
Hoover
National Radio Conference
Speer Subdues Griswold in Creston Tournament Finale
Dick Speer of Creston pitched a 3–0 shutout over Griswold to win the two day Griswold tournament title earning $150. Speer struck out 14 and allowed only four hits while contributing two extra base hits and helping Creston steal four bases. Creston advances to play at the Adair county fair in Greenfield on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Speer
Creston
Mississippi Valley League
Griswold
Biff Smith
Speer
Welcher
Adair County
Greenfield
Two Cars Stolen In Creston In Three Days
Creston reports two cars stolen in the last three days per Police Chief W A McKee. A Dodge coupe owned by traveling salesman E B Woodward was taken from 300 block West Montgomery at about 5 30 PM. A second Dodge touring car belonging to E P Peirson of 219 South Myrtle Street was stolen in the downtown district on Saturday afternoon. No trace found by forenoon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
W. A. McKee
E. B. Woodward
West
Montgomery Street
Missouri
E. P. Peirson
South
Myrtle Street
Bank Directors Must Meet Monthly in Iowa
Des Moines Sept. 15. L A Andrew state banking superintendent called attention to a new statute requiring meetings of directors of state and savings banks and trust companies at least once a month and to report on these meetings to the superintendent. He noted that nearly all banks closed had directors not keeping in close touch with the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
L. A. Andrew
State Banking
Iowa
Andrew
Davenport Man Hangs Himself
Davenport Iowa September 15. Despondent over ill health William Timothy 37 took his life by hanging late Monday afternoon. His body was found in a garage at the rear of his home. He had suffered mental lapses due to his illness and was recently forced to sell his business. He is survived by his widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Davenport
William Timothy
Sunday School Marks 10th Anniversary in Platte Center
Salem Lutheran Church of Creston pastor Rev A A Christenson and Union County agent L J Nickle will give principal addresses at Platte Center Church as the Platte Sunday School Association holds its golden anniversary. A full program lists services, sketches, reports, and a noon dinner with Mrs J Quackenbush directing a children's hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Christenson
Salem Lutheran Church of
Creston
L. J Nickle
Union County Farm Bureau
Prinipal
Platte Center
Organization of Platte Sunday School Association
Mrs. Brown
C J. Frances
Eader
Paul
Opal Reed
John Harvey
Thessalonians
Lorena Fry
Elsie Westerbeck
Christ
Erma Keefer
Roy Reed
Platte Sunday School Associations
Smith
M. B. Dobbs
Nickle
Christenson
J. Quackenbush
The
Platte Association
A. R. Francis
Richard Elvans
George Johnston
Warren Madden
Frank Francis
Stanley Brown
Misa Arline Kitching
Mrs. Graham Elected Woodman Circle Head
Mrs. C. W. Graham was elected guardian of Laurel Grove Woodman Circle No. 16 in Creston at a Monday night meeting in the Odd Fellows hall. The group planned an October initiation during the lodge’s twenty ninth anniversary observance with a supreme officer to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Graham
Laurel Grove Woodman Circle No
Creston
Odd Fellows Hall
Creston Lodge
Hugo Birkner
H. E. Ki
R. M. Hunt
Charles Wycoff
Methodist Conference Opens at Atlantic
The Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opens in Atlantic Iowa with talks on unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Ministers discuss lay participation and other issues as Bishop William F. Sanderson of Omaha presides and Rev. R. M. Shipmen of Ames serves as secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preast Atlantic
Des Moines
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Biscopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
William F. Sanderson
Omaha
R. M. Shipmen
Ames
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Legion
Champaign Post
American Legion of Endowment
Lowden
Wilson Albert Keys
Wilson Keys
Pacific Junction
Glenwood
Supreme ‘Court Bench
Griswold Club
Jubilee of Platte Center Association
Mrs. Dobbs
Methodist
Atlantic
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