Youth Held as Suspect in Olson Murder Case
Iowa police detain a youth named Ward Mattiew believed to be Erdman Olson sought by Wisconsin authorities for the murder of Clara Olson. He matches Olson's description, 22, about 5 ft 5 in, 125 pounds, with a facial scar. Fingerprints and photos sent to Wisconsin. arrest followed a farmer’s tip near railroad yards.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Erdman Olson
Wisconsin
Clara Olson
Ward Mattiew
Olson
Cty
Miss Wallace Named Inspector of Iowa Normal Training
Miss Clara Wallace former super intendent of Washington county schools and supervisor of normal training in Davenport high school is named inspector of normal training high schools in Iowa by Miss Agnes Samuelson. Samuelson takes state duties early next year and releases staff. Also announced are Fred L. Mahannah deputy state superintendent, O K E Smith director of placement bureau, R A Griffin inspector of consolidated schools, Mae Hills inspector of rural schools.
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Clara Wallace
Washington County
Davenport
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa
Miss Samuelvon
Associated Press
Miss Samuelson
Miss Wallace
Samuelson
Fred IL. Mahannah
Monticello
O. K E. Smith
Indianola
R. A. Griffin
Glidden
Miss Mae Hills
Adel
Ford Cars Collide At Church-Weekend Collision Report
Two Ford cars collided at the northeast corner of the square on Sunday evening. The impact startled many onlookers as the vehicles sustained substantial damage. None of the occupants were seriously hurt, though both cars were traveling at considerable speed.
Depositors Won’t Lose Much in Des Moines Bank
Des Moines bankers, led by L A Andrews, plan a waiver liquidation to reorganize Lown Loan and Trust. They expect 10 percent payouts soon and 40 percent within six to 18 months, despite nearly 7 million dollars in deposits and a $5 million mortgage guarantee exposure.
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Des Moines Bank
Associated Press
Des Moines
Lown Loan and Trust Company
L. A. Andrews
Towa
Andrew
Grinnell Glee Club to Perform at Methodist Church
The Grinnell college glee club will give a concert Tuesday evening December 28 at the Methodist church under the Methodist choir. Ranked as a top men’s singing group, it won the 1924 western intercollegiate glee club championship and has held a high standing in Chicago contests. Director David E. Peck leads a program of glee club numbers plus violin piano and vocal solos and college displays in amateur spirit.
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Grinnell College Glee Club
Methodist Church
Methodist Choir
Chicago
David E. Peck
Grinnell College
Glee Club
Grinnell Club
Charles Crane Dies at County Hospital
Charles Crane about seventy years old died this morning at the county hospital where he had been treated. He had lived with his brother Robert Crane between Weston and Rubio and was unmarried with no other relatives nearby. Funeral services set for 1 20 p m Wednesday at Goodin funeral parlors followed by burial at Woodlawn cemetery.
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Charles Crane
Mr. Crayne
Robert Crane
Wellston
Rubio
Goodin
Woodlawn
Harding hopeful of Gulf waterway plan
Toledo December 18 W I Harding former governor of Iowa and president elect of the Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association says the Great Lakes St Lawrence project could enter construction in two years with western help He says Canada has spent about 114 million on the Welland canal and the route to the sea could be completed with a four percent U S contribution and about 125 million more in America He believes the project would amortize itself in twenty years with power development.
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Toledo
Ohio
Middle-West
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
W. l. Harding
Iiona
Harding
Canada
Welland Canal
Welland
America
Smyth Funeral Today for Mrs Jrine Smyth
Funeral services for Mrs. J. ratine Smyth who died early yesterday at Vinton were held this afternoon at three o'clock at the L A Jones funeral home.
Pan American air party departs on historic route
Dec 21 reports from Kelly Field Texas and Buenos Aires describe the Pan American flight starting from San Antonio led by Major H A Dargue aboard New York. Planes bearing the names of five American cities and the American Eagle prepare to link with twenty southern nations as they depart in a wave of pioneering aviation.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
San Antonio
la Nacion
Kelly Field
Tex
Army
H. A. Dargue
New York
Republic
Herbert A. Dargue
IK. G. Whitehead
A. B. McDaniel
C. McK. Robinson
San Francisco
Ira C. Baker
Muir S. Fairchild
Detroit
Clinton Woolsley
John W. Benton
St. Louis
Bh. S&s. Thompson
L. D. Weddington
Former resident of Junction dead in Missouri burial pending
Columbus Junction Dec 21 Mrs Charles Gallup died at the home of her daughter Mrs James Lupton in Shebina Missouri aged 87. Formerly Caroline Beck of Granview she married Charles Gallup in 1863. Survivors include two sons William Gallup Schenectady New York Bert Gallup Sunshine Valley Arizona and two daughters Mrs Van Auken Los Angeles and Mrs Lupton Shebina. Body to be returned for burial at an unspecified time.
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Columbus Junction
Charles Gallup
James Lupton
Shelbina
Caroline Beck
Granview
Concord Township
William Gallup
Schenectady
N. Y
Bert Gallup
Sunshine Valley
Arizona
van Auken
Los Angeles
Lupton
Shebina
Fall-Sinclair Plea Submitted in Teapot Dome Case
Motions to dismiss the Fall and Sinclair Teapot Dome conspiracy indictments were taken under advisement today by Justice Jennings Bailey after arguments concluded in the District of Columbia supreme court in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Des
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senator Norris Falls From Senate Chair During Debate
During a rivers and harbors bill debate in the U S Senate Norris Republican Nebraska slipped from a chair. He said the fall was due to the chair’s spring rather than the weight of the argument.
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Associated Press
Washington, RD. C
Senate
Nator Norris
jNebr
Pilot Calvey Flies Upside Down Record Flight
Lt. H. C. Calvey set a record by flying a single seater British Air Force aircraft inverted for four minutes and forty five seconds. The maneuver showcased precision and control during the display flight.
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H. C. Calvey
Will Throw Smith out of the Senate Declares Watson
Senate leaders react to Frank L. Smith accepting a senate appointment. Senator Watson plans to vote to accept credentials but immediately move to expel him. Senator Amhurst would press to bar him, while Senators Harrison and McNary say enough votes exist to prevent his seating.
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Will
Smith
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Amhurst
Arizona
Harrison
Mississippi
McNary
Oregon
Larson Starts New Factory in Keokuk
Alf C. Larson owner of the Family store serves as president and executive head of a new Keokuk shoe factory to be active by March first. The plant will employ seventy workers initially and produce fancy women's shoes to be sold through the Family Shoes chain in the region. Larson has long been active in shoe wholesaling and this venture carries strong growth prospects.
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Ives McKay
Keokuk
Alf C. Larson
Family Shoes
Larcon
Des Moines Chosen as 1927 Iowa Teachers Meet City
Des Moines has been selected by the executive committee as the 1927 Iowa State Teachers Association convention city. The meeting will start the first week in November. Joseph Cordaro of C E Rickson Co was indicted for padding payrolls by 15869 dollars. His lavish living prompted company officials to audit the books.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers Association
Joseph Cordaro
C. E. Rickson Company
Cordaro
Iowa Falls Backing Ellsworth College to Financial Stability
Community alumni and outside supporters aim to place Ellsworth College on a sound financial basis within seven years. D B Harmon business manager informs trustees as Iowa Falls backs continuation. Alumni plan to raise a fund of 50000 dollars to support the effort.
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Iowa Fall
Ellsworth College
D. B. Harmon
Iowa Falls
Sioux City Names Elmer F E Thomas Deputy Administrator
Sioux City announces the appointment of Elmer F. E. Thomas as deputy administrator and legal adviser for the prohibition department in Nebraska, named by district administrator Genn A. Brunsor.
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Sioux City
Elmer FE. Thomas
Prohibition Department
Nebraska
Genn A. Brunsor
Archbishop Keane Endorses War Ban Treaty in Chicago
In Chicago, Archbishop J. d. Keane of Dubuque is named among prominent figures backing the proposed international treaty to outlaw war, aligned with Senator Borah’s December 9 senate resolution.
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Dubuquef
J. d. Keane
Dubuque
Chicago
Senator Borah
Senate
Postcard Controversy Sparks Global Stamp Rivalry
New York criticizes a Smith card bearing the governor’s likeness while a Coolidge card travels by air to San Francisco. A rival steamship route to London supports a separate bet involving Hugh Clark of Philadelphia and Theodore Steinway over a $500 piano wager.
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New York
Smith
Coolidge
San Francisco
London
Hugh Clark
Philadelphia
Pheodore Steinway
Joe H Morris Elected President of District 13 UAW Iowa
Albia's Joe H Morris is named president of District 13 United Auto Workers of America in Iowa. Official vote tally has not yet been completed.
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Des Moines
Joe H. Morris
Albia
United Affine Workers of America
Iowa
Leander Gentile 75 with 25 children shown to Coolidge
Washington notices Gentile aged 75 of Leander District presented to Mr. Coolidge amid applause. He has been married twice and 18 children are living.
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Washington, DD. C
Leander
Gentile
Catalina Island Swim Time Change Sparks Daylight Finish
In Los Angeles the schedule for the Catalina Island swim was shifted to ensure finishers arrive in broad daylight, regardless of whether the desire for prize money influenced the change.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Everett Stewart Heads Washington County Farm Bureau
Everett Stewart of Jackson township was elected president of the Washington County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting held at the Y M C A. Mrs. J N Phillips was chosen vice president and women's leader, W R Brown treasurer, Karl Libe secretary, with E L Stewart as alternate delegate to the state convention in Des Moines next month. The county agent reported a busy year with many programs in baby beef, pig, sow and litter, and girls 4 H clubs, plus soil testing and farm accounting efforts.
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Everette Stewart
Jackson Township
Washington County Farm Bureau Organization
J. N. Phillips
Washington Township
W. R. Brown
Washington
Karl Libe
Franklin Township
Lee Hanna
State Farm Bureau
Des Moines
E. L. Stewart
W C. Molison
Chicago
Baby Beef Club
Washington County Club
Market Pig Club
Washing County
County Agent Reports Broad Farm Bureau Efforts 1926
Moliton notes the farm bureau’s active year with 217 volunteers and 403 meetings drawing 8 167 attendees. Highlights include limestone orders, soil testing, legume demonstrations, corn variety trials, seed corn tests for 355 farmers, and youth programs with 2 422 women and 1 246 boys and 56 girls in four junior clubs.
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W. C. Moliton
Farm Bureau
Chester Farmer A. F. Knotts Dies Early Today
A. F. Knotts, a prominent West Chester area farmer, died at his home three miles northeast of Chester in Cedar township at 4 20 this morning after a three week illness from heart ailment. Funeral arrangements were not yet finalized and time of services would be announced tomorrow.
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West Chester
A. FE. Knotts
Chester
Cedar Township
Buffalo hunt rekindles local interest at Thompson Market
Washington businessmen witnessed the killing of three buffalo at the Charles Singmaster farm in Keota. Sammy Singmaster shot the two year old heifer and Sherm Crone dressed the carcass. One buffalo was sent to the Thompson market and two to Wales market in Keota. Marl Little hauled the carcass to Washington for display at the Thompson market over two days.
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Washington
Charles Singmaster
Keota
Sammy Singmaster
Thompson
Sherm Crone
Wales
Marl
Claims engineer flirted with girl in wreck plot
Memphis Tennessee December 21 The Memphis Commercial Appeal said today that Alfred Busher 23 attempted to wreck an Illinois Central passenger train because the engineer flirted with his 15 year old sweetheart as the train sped past her home near Hickman Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Alfred Busher
Illinois Central
Hickman
Tourists From U S To Europe Spend 70 Million Sterling In 1924
A 1924 travel estimate shows American tourists spending about 70 million sterling in Europe. The Presidential Hotels and Caterers Association notes bold growth in hospitality and catering demand among visitors from the United States during the year.
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United States
Europe
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