Brookhart Demurrer Sparks Iowa Senate Contest Hearing
Lawyers for Senator Brookhart filed a demurrer at the opening Senate elections committee session in Washington. The Iowa contest centers on whether Brookhart won fraudulently by misrepresenting party, with Steck challenging his seat and recounts possible. A postponement allows both sides to review ballots and eliminations. Newsmen from Des Moines will testify on Brookhart’s pre election status.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Republican State Central Committee
Senate Elections Committee
Iowa
J. M. Parsons
Steck
Mitchell
Central Committee
Washington
Senate Committee On Elections
Senate
Smith W. Brookharc
Daniel Steck
Des Moines
Senate Committee
State Central Committee
Iown
Elections and Privileges Committee
Bandits Bind and Gag Farmer Near Newton Last Night
Two men bound and gagged 52 year old William Thompson a bachelor farmer near Lynnville at midnight and robbed him of 625 dollars a ten percent dividend from a defunct Grinnell bank. Relatives found him soon after. Three men are under suspicion.
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The
Associated Press
Newton
Wiliam Thompson
Lynnville
Grinnell
Governor Hammill to Study Bank Guaranty Law
Des Moines Iowa December 2 Governor Hammill will study the proposed guaranty bank law before acting He will meet with Kirk Griggs Nebraska secretary in charge of the act Nebraska will loan Griggs to Iowa to explain the bill Hammill said the investigation would be quiet but reporters had learned of it.
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Hammill
Des Moines
Hammil
Iowa
Kirk Griggs
Nebraska Trade and Commerce
Nebraska
Griggs
Corn spoilage rises in Iowa crib storage report
Des Moines Iowa December 2 increased moisture caused more corn spoilage in cribs per the weekly crop report ending December 1 Husking nears completion in the drier northwest while eastern sections still require significant work about eighty five percent of the state is husked Grain prices ranged from 47 to 50 cents for seventy pounds with No 2 corn around 55 cents on Iowa farms though much of it is sample trade Clover hulling was light due to high seed costs Weather included heavy snow in the north and east on the 28th and 29th with below normal sunshine and temperatures.
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Re Tro
Des Moines
Cummins Plans R. R. Merger Bill
Senator Cummins Iowa proposes a bill to force railroad consolidations into main competing systems. The plan would set a voluntary consolidation window of three five or seven years with a final government plan for roads that do not merge. The measure will be introduced in the next Senate session and pushed for quick action in the Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cummins
Republican
Iowa
Senate
Coolidge
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Assistant Cashier Embezzles Funds as Bank Shuts Doors
FE J Thompson, assistant cashier at Citizens' State Bank of Jacle Grove Iowa, misappropriates funds prompting the board to close the bank. Shortage estimated near two hundred thousand dollars. Thompson confessed during a midnight inquiry and was jailed in Clarion after surrendering property to cover the loss.
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Fort Dodge
FE. J. Thompson
Citizens’ State Bank of
Jacle Grove
State Banking Examiner
Thompson
Clarion
Eagle Grove
Ferguson defends wife in Texas highway dispute
James E. Ferguson disputed the Texas highway administration controversy linked to his wife Governor Miriam A. Ferguson. He claimed the American Road Company settlement was not a victory for opponents and accused Attorney General Dan Moody of a private deal. He said the road firm earned $900,000 while the state faced similar losses, risking $1.8 million overall.
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Leungletyg
American Road Comyany
Dan Moody
Road Company
Senor Free
Ferguson
American Road Company
Feeling Running High in Damascus
The American consul warns residents to stay off streets after six PM amid rising fanaticism following the October sanguinary rising. Consular members notify nations that French forces may bombard certain quarters again. An unconfirmed report claims Druse tribesmen advance toward Damascus with a large battle expected.
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Damascus
Nationa
London
the Evening News
Syria
Iowa Banker Guilty of Fraudulent Banking in Creston
Afton banker W. E. Pierson was found guilty by a district court jury after 24 hours deliberation of fraudulent banking. He served as cashier at the State Savings Bank in Afton which closed in March 1924. He faces options to file a new trial by December 19 while eight of eleven indictments remain pending. He was acquitted on embezzlement and false report charges.
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Associated Press
Creston
W. E. Pierson
Afton
State Savings Bank
Pierson
Waterville Bank Reopens Under Court Order
In accord with a court order by Judge H. E. Taylor the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Waterville will reopen within ten days as the Waterville Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank under the new name and structure.
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Wanukon
H. E. Taylor
Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank of Waterville
Waterville Farmers’ and Merchants’ Savings ‘Bank
Capital Policeman Victim of Outrage
Washington police report 82 year old Paul L. McDufee of the White House police subjected to a mutilating operation. He is in critical condition in a local hospital after wandering in a dazed state and recalling only that he went to a house with four enlisted men off duty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paul L. McDufee
White House
McDufee
South Dakota G.O.P. Backs Senator Norbeck at Pierre
In Pierre South Dakota the state conventions for Republicans Democrats and farmer laborites endorsed candidates for Congress and state offices. Notably Republicans reaffirm United States Senator Peter Norbeck and Governor Carl Gunderson. Democrats backed C J Gunderson for Senate and W J Rulow for governor while farmer laborists nominated H K Warren for governor and Alice Lorraine Daly for Congress in district one. Warren later said he will decline the nomination.
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Associated Press
Pierre
South Dakota
United States
Peter Nobeck
Carl Gunderson
Farmer-Laborites
Alice Lorraine Daly
Daly
Congress
C. A. Christopherson
Sioux Falls
Royal C. Johnson
Aberdeen
Willam Williamson
Custer
Yankton
H. K. Warren
Farmer-Labor Party
Planes collide. two aviators killed over San Diego Bay
Captain Harry Shepperd and Lieutenant John D. Christian, US Marine aviators, were killed when their single seat planes collided at about 3 000 feet over San Diego Bay during combat flying. Christian’s body was recovered by divers, while Shepperd’s body had not been located at noon.
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Rese
San Diego
Calif
Harry Shepperd
John D. Christian
United States Marine Aviation Squadron No. 1
San Diego Bay
Shepperd
Christian
Corolando Strand
Div
Captain Shepperd
Kipling Seriously Ill With Bronchitis and Pneumonia
Lord Dawson, the king's physician, rushed to Burwash to tend Rudyard Kipling whose health alarms officials as he battles bronchitis complicated by pneumonia. The writer's condition has prompted widespread concern among readers and literary circles.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Rudyard Kipling
Spirited Arguments at John Looney Murder Hearing
The trial of John Looney of Rock Island opened with contention over admissibility of evidence. Mrs. Vivian Gabel testified briefly before the defense objected that the conversation with her husband about graft with Looney occurred without the defendant present. The judge paused the case for legal debate and resumed with Mrs. Gabel waiting to testify.
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Precey
Galesburg
Ill
John Looney
Rock Island
William Gabel
Vivian Gabel
Marshalltown
Charles Hadley
Looney
Gabel
Woman Behind Youths Murder Faces Questioning
New York district attorney seeks more details on the social circle of 19 year old George Nye Jr. and Gordon Pirie before naming the woman tied to the case. Pirie confessed last night to killing Nye during a dispute over conquests, concealing the body under his sister’s bed. Violet Smith, 17, denies being Pirie’s sweetheart but aided investigators and urged truth. A grand jury for a first degree murder indictment is expected. Pirie remains jailed on a homicide charge.
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New York
Dee
George Nye, Jr
Gordon Pirie
McGeehan
Pirie
Nye
Violet Smith
Margaret
Mr. McGeehan
Violet
Rang
Charleston Dance Hall Banned Over Weak Joists
Denver inspectors shut the Charleston downtown dance hall after discovering loosened joists and rafters. The official warned other halls may face a similar ban if structural weaknesses persist.
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Denver
Cofo
Jay T. Williams
Iitia Ri
Williams
Mattewa Fire Destroys Half the Town in Ontario
A wildfire in Mattewa, Ontario, devastated half the town this forenoon as residents, about 1,000 people, combated the blaze. The fire began this morning and was still burning, threatening more structures and emergency crews worked to contain it.
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North Bay
Ont
Mattewa
King of the Fairies Wins Grand Championship at Exposition
At Chicago's International Livestock Exposition King of the Fairies a short horn bull owned at the Prince of Wales Canadian ranch won the grand beef division title. Mah Jongg an Aberdeen Angus from Iowa State College Ames won beef honors and will be auctioned tomorrow. John Clay continues as president. William M Jardine attends as agriculture secretary and visits the show for banker farmer talks.
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Preae
Chicago
Kinge of
Meh Jonge
Aberdeen Anens
Mah Jongg
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
John Clay
William M. Jardine
Jardine
Corn Belt
House committee bars retroactive inheritance tax cut
The House Ways and Means Committee rescinded its proposal for a retroactive reduction in inheritance taxes after Treasury estimates showed a revenue loss of 70 000 dollars instead of 20 million. The panel kept its stance on lower rates for future years.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
No State Aid for Orphans If Folks Drive Automobiles
Sacramento California December 2 Orphans whose relatives own automobiles shall not receive state aid Chief Amy Steinhart Braden head of the children's bureau of the state board of control ruled her decision follows the finding that relatives who can buy and operate cars can support the orphans without state assistance The ruling applies to automobile owners and mirrors a similar stance on radio sets unless homemade units are involved.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Talf
Amy Steinhart Braden
Children’s Bureau
State Board of Control
Protect witnesses at Mitchell court martial warns counsel
Major General Robert L Howes president of the Mitchell court martial warned that prosecution and defense must protect all witnesses from irrelevant insulting and improper questions and from harsh or insulting treatment during proceedings in Washington.
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Bie Pha
Associated Press
Washington
Robert L. Howes
Mitchell
Iowa to establish intermediate credit banks for farmers
Iowa officials said two intermediate credit banks will be located in Des Moines and Fort Dodge to aid farmers. Funds up to five million dollars were discussed. banks act as agents rediscounting, with Chicago backing and local approvals. John Hogan announced full stock subscription and plans to begin operations next week. The move targets higher farm prices and debt relief while noting varied farmer needs.
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Presa
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Hammi
L. A. Andrew
State House
Hogue Kk. L. Hogue
Hogue
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Iown
Agricultural Credit Bank
Intermediate Credit Bank Act
Des Moines, Lr
John Hogan
Des Moines National Bank
National Credit Corporation of
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