Conference Plans for 100 Delegates in Washington County
The second annual older boys conference faces uncertain turnout as rain and bad roads affect travel by about 106 high school age youths from several communities. Local Y M C A leaders, Hi Y clubs and school officials laid plans for registrations, transportation, and the basketball tournament while noting attendance from Wellman Wayland and other towns hinges on road conditions.
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Washington County
Harry Kreider
Wellman
Wayland
Dunham Morrison
J. Reade McCrory
Merritt McDaniel
Jim Bambrick
Merle Benson
Frank Jackson
Washington High School
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Kalona
West Chester
Keota
Columbus Junction
Great War Ten Years Ago Today Pledges and War Revenue Plan
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, pledges organized labor to full support of the government in the war with Germany. Congressional leaders plan to raise 31.75 billion dollars in new taxes to fund the war effort.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Germany
De Pinedo Resumes Westward Flight Schedule
Italian aviation pioneer Francesco de Pinedo and companions plan to leave Apache Lodge Roosevelt Lake for Phoenix and San Diego stopping two days in California. He abandoned a seaplane plan and will travel by land as the Italian government prepares a replacement craft.
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Apache Lodge
Roosevelt Lake
Ariz
Francesco de Pinedo
Phoenix
San Diego
Cal
de Pinedo
Santa Maria
Return of Wartime Idealism
National Commander Howard P Savage urges a reawakening of American ideals ten years after the war. He notes wealth and comforts grew yet asks where the spirit of sacrifice and democracy seeking world safety has gone, urging Legion members to visit France and stand at the crosses of the fallen to rekindle idealism.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
United States
America
France
American Legion
Paris
Guaranty of Deposits Is Killed Today
The Iowa senate voted against substituting a guaranty bill for the administration backed measure. Senator Ed Campbell’s motion failed amid 34 no votes, 15 ayes. Only D W Kimberly of Davenport was excused from the roll call.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Ed Campbell
Battle Creek
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
Senate
Automobiles Kill 441 in Four-Week Period in U S
The Department of Commerce reports 441 automobile deaths in 78 large U.S. cities for the four weeks ended March 26 1927. Most fatalities occurred within city limits. 74 cities provided location data with 426 total deaths and 386 inside city bounds. Comparisons show 347 deaths in the prior year and a peak of 676 in a late 1926 period.
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Washington, DD
Department of Commerce
United States
Parent conference at Ames to address child upbringing
Iowa State College hosts the second home economics conference for parents April 12 to 14 in Catharine McKay auditorium. Miss Elwell says training for parenthood will be the theme with programs for preschool, elementary and adolescent youth, inviting both men and women.
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Ames
Georgia Belle Iswell
Iowa State College
Catharine McKay
Elwell
Miss Elwell
Funeral Plans For Mrs Cora Hadeen
No definite word on funeral plans for Mrs Cora Hadeen who died yesterday in Kentucky. It is expected the body will be brought here for burial. Mrs Hadeen was a daughter of the late Rev D J Masson former pastor of the Associate Presbyterian church. Her mother is very ill following the daughter's sudden death.
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Cora Hadeen
Kentucky
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The passage expresses a call to action and reflection on sacrifices made ten years earlier. It urges renewed commitment to ideals worthy of sacrifice and to peace time service for the country, contrasting with self-centered living.
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America
Stimson Could Be Kellogg Successor in Cabinet
Washington reports Henry L. Stimson, newly named Nicaraguan mission chief, as a likely successor to Secretary of State Kellogg if he resigns. Stimson, former War secretary, aided Coolidge on Philippines and Caribbean policy and now drafts a framework for US Nicaragua relations under the protectorate idea. The president backs naval force to protect canal rights and bases, with moves to secure future stability.
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Washington, April
Henry JL. Stimson
Kellogg
Stimson
Taft
Coolidces
Philippines
Tacna- Arica
Caribbean
United States
Nicaragua
Diaz
America
Television is Now a Realized Fact
New York reports the first public demonstration of television by American Telephone and Telegraph engineers. Secretary Herbert Hoover spoke as his image and voice transmitted from Washington, with officials predicting future home use and distant events viewable and audible in real time.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telephone Co
Y M C A Boys Camp Near Skunk River Hike
A dozen Y M C A junior members hiked the Skunk River near Wellston yesterday in a shack owned by Washington men and were due back today. Secretary Harry Kreider joined the trip, returning late, leaving Jim Bambrick and Bill Kyle in charge. Other boys included James Casey Marion McAvoy Homer Richardson and several others under Y direction.
King Ferdinands Condition Deteriorates in Romania
News from Bucharest reports King Ferdinand's health worsened today after a near-death spell last week. Prince Carol, in Paris, allegedly sent a telegram to his sister for a detailed update on the monarch’s status as others failed to inform him directly.
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Nucharest
Romania
Ferdinand
Carol
Paris
Americans Picket Soviet Shanghai Consulate Angers Russian Official
Americans joined a police cordon to picket the Soviet consulate in Shanghai amid protests from the Soviet consul general. The action was ordered by Edward J. Barrett and involved reserve police volunteers, with tensions rising as White Russian mercenaries guarded the building and nearby clashes wounded a Japanese marine. Diplomatic strains spread to Peking where the Soviet embassy protested a police raid, and Japan追加 forces were increased in Shanghai after a Chinese assault on settlement guards.
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Shanghai
Bdward J. M. Barrett
Szenchuen
Peking
Change Tso Lin
Pekin
Washington
Navy Department
CC. S. Williams
Asiatic Fleet
Lowden's New York Headquarters Opens As Campaign Expands
Lowden for President association of New York opens at 55 West 42nd Street Albany granted charter a month ago and local offices to be set up in New Jersey and Connecticut. Thomas Morett leads the New York office with $10 charter membership and $1 associate dues. The group says it is voluntary and seeks to test sentiment for Lowden while not opposing Coolidge.
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New York
Lowden
New Jersey
Connecticut
Association of New York, Inc
Albany
West 42Nd Street
Thomas P. Morett
Brooklyn
Service Company Car Borrowed Abandoned
A Ford car with a truck body used by Iowa Southern Utilities was taken from in front of the Al Fields repair shop while being fitted with a tire rack. Officers searched to no avail. the vehicle was later found abandoned at North Iowa avenue end with its generator removed but the rest intact.
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al Fields Repair Shop
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
North
Iowa Avenue
Brookhart Elected Permanent Chair At Walton League Convention
At the Walton League of America fifth annual convention in Chicago Dr Henry Ward head of Illinois university zoology dept was chosen permanent chairman after Senator W Brookhart of Iowa withdrew from the race Brookhart had been temporary chair. President Charles W Folds of Chicago introduced the Jackson Hole Wyoming Elk Range topic for discussion at remaining sessions.
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Chicago
Henry Ward
Zoology
University of Illinois
Izaak Walton
Wyo
Elk Range
Ten Cents Admission to County Spelling Contest
County superintendent Mrs. Winnie Palmer announces a ten cent admission for the spelling contest set to start at two tomorrow afternoon at the Junior High school. Money funds the county winner’s trip to Des Moines. The rural winner will join Brighton and West Chester spellers to determine the county representative for the state contest on April 15 in Des Moines.
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Winnie Palmer
Des Moines
Brighton
West Chester
Court reaffirms non preference rule for public funds
Des Moines Iowa April 8 The state supreme court unanimously reaffirmed the rule of non preference of public funds in closed state banks and squared the exchange state bank decision with the marathon bank case The decision by Justice Frederick F Faville denied several surety companies a preference in liquidation of the Commercial Savings and United States banks of Des Moines The surety firms had paid bonded state deposits and sought full recovery from receivers
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Des Moines
Exchange State Bank
Marathon Bank
State Supreme Court
Justce
Frederick F. Faville
Commercial Savings
United States Banks of
Sunday Scrade Crossing Victims Shot By Police
Five victims were reported in the Sunday Scrade Crossing incident. Authorities say two of the injured were en route to a church when the attack occurred. Police are continuing the investigation.
Reed Senate committee can meet at any time says Dawes
Vice President Dawes rules the Reed senate committee retains power to compel witnesses despite adjournment of the sixty-ninth Congress. He cites the Supreme Court ruling in the Daugherty case that a senatorial committee can sit at times and places it deems necessary, extending beyond Congress. Simeon Fean is appointed to fill the vacancy.
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Evanston
Reed Senate
Sixty-Ninth Congress
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Simeon Dpd. Fean
Republican
Ohio
Guy D. Goff
West Virginia
United States Supreme Court
Mal S. Daugherty
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Formal Opening Planned for Lemmon Pharmacy Fountain
The Lemmon Pharmacy reveals a new fountain replacing the old unit after nearly twenty years. Mr Temmen schedules a formal opening with free Persian refreshments, balloons for children, and an orchestra, weather permitting.
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Lemmon Pharmacy
Temmen
Childran
Temmon
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