Mitchell faces heat as aircraft controversy flares on
Washington February 19 The House Aircraft Committee hearings are overshadowed by a report that Brig. Gen. Mitchell may be summoned and told by President Coolidge he will not be reappointed as assistant army air chief. The War Department invites the committee to witness anti aircraft gun tests at Fortress Monroe as Mitchell criticizes air power and Hawaii defense.
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Washington
House Aircraft Committee
White House
Mitchell
Coolidge
Army Air Chief
Nho
War Department
Expres
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Philippines
Hawaii
Reid
Republican
Illinois
House Aircraft Investigating Committee
Coast Artilery School
Fortress Monroe
Brookhart Denies Fraud Tied to I M Bank Affairs
Senator Smith W Brookhart denies involvement in a Havner suit alleging his brother fraudulently conveyed land to the senator He says the claims are false and that the only transfer was a half interest in a town property in Washington Iowa acquired after a WWI exchange He asserts full ownership and has paid taxes insurance and interest since the exchange.
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Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Iowa
Havner
Washington, Ia
Parliament Asked for Large Aviation Budget for 1925 26
London February 17 Parliament will be asked to sanction 21 319 300 pounds for air force spending in the 1925 26 financial year Sir Samuel Hoare air secretary announced The total exceeds last year by 1 127 300 with additional requests from the colonial office for air use in Palestine Transjordania and Iraq and the admiralty for fleet arm costs.
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London
Air Force
Samuel Hoare
Air Secretary
Ealimater
the Colonial Office
Palestine
Trane-Jordania
Iraq
Admiralty
Fleet Arm
Delhi Colony Probe Seeks $250000 Aid to Settlers
A California legislative committee wrapped hearings on Delhi Colony funds after evidence showed farms were sold to eastern settlers after the colony bankrupted. Promises of loans were not kept and settlers were misinformed. Walter Packard and George Kreutzer linked to loan promises. Peters, a colony settler, detailed failed state loans and high upfront costs.
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Associated Press
Delhi
Calif
Delhi Colony
California
Walter K. Paccvard
Ent
Lea
G. C. Peters
George C. Kreutzer
Des Moines
Kreutzer
California Land Settlement Board
Peters
Packard
Pioneer Lawmakers to Address Deadlock at Des Moines Meeting
Des Moines February meeting outlines an address by J Beem a former Keokuk County legislator on the 1890 town house deadlock. Other Pioneer Lawmakers plan legislative reminiscences with former Governor Carroll Clarke Senator Shinn and Representative Rankin set to speak.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
J. €. Beem
Keokuk County
Pioneer Lawmakers Association
RB. Fr. Carroll
Ys W. Clarke
A Shinn
Rankin
Pleads Not Guilty of Embezzlement
W E Pierson cashier of the calibrated State Bank at Afton pled not guilty in district court to embezzlement charges. The case lists false bank entries and two counts of fraudulent banking.
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The
Associated Press Creston
W. E. Pierson
Inscalent State Bank
Afton
Public hearings on banking and local government measures
Des Moines dispatch reports a public hearing on the Bowman bank depositors guarantee measure set for tomorrow at 1 30 pm with bankers opposing and Bowman supporters slated to speak. Also noted are salary limits for city councilmen in first class cities and a bill allowing insurance securities withdrawals with restrictions, plus a separate ballot boxes proposal for rural and small town districts in consolidated school elections.
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Associated Presse
State House
Des Moines
Bowman
State Bankers Association
Senate Bowman
Senate
Fulton
McCauley
Calhoun County
Navy Board Findings On Air Power And Battleship Supremacy
President Coolidge accepts in principle the navy board’s view that air power cannot replace battleships. He trims the board’s suggested naval construction, reducing battleship modernization, altering cruiser and carrier plans, and shifting emphasis to planes and reserves in a multi-year program before Congress.
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Wasilington
Coolidge
Navy Department
Sealy
Navy General Board
Congress
Standard Time Origin Traced to Treasury Clock Inventor
A Treasury Department clock with six colored hands taught standard time for the five U S time zones. Frank Doremus, a long-deceased Treasury employee, is identified as the inventor. The piece also notes Jenkins of Richmond Ind and his radio vision work as well as supposed economy from a parade seating plan.
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Washington
America
Treasury Department
Department
Greenwich
England
United States
Atlantic
Central
Mountain
Pacific
Treasury
Frank Doremus
Patent Office
Doremus
Uncle Sain
Post Office Department
Francis Jenkins
Jenkins
United States Bureau of Standards
Richmond
Ind
Robbers Strike Farlin Savings Bank Near Jefferson
Bandits used eight shots of nitroglyerine to wreck the Farlin Savings Bank vault at Farlin near Jefferson. A posse from Jefferson captured two of the five men. others escaped on foot and searches continued as alarms spread. Widespread wires were cut to hinder the alert.
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Associated Prase
Fort Dodge
Farlin Savings Bank
Parlin
Jefferson
Farlin
Farlin Saving Bank
Here
Sets New Records at Horseshoe Meet
Rossman Eldora Jows rang up three new records in the national horseshoe pitching tournament yesterday. He threw 28 fingers and seven doubles for twenty shoe twirled ten consecutive double rankers around, three more than the former highest mark, and tossed the shortest game ever pitched in a tournament. He defeated Roy Thompson and remains in first place as play continued today.
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Associated Press
Aakeworth Florida
St Rossman
Eldora
Jows
Roy Thompson
Constance
Minn Frank
Warhorse
Workmen Trapped Under Fallen Floor in Keokuk Building
Seven workmen were buried under a floor that sagged twelve feet during remodeling at the Iowa State Insurance company building in Keokuk. Two men were seriously hurt while the others suffered bruises and cuts as rescuers pried them free with canes and other tools. The floor gave way while being lowered from jacks in the adjoining building where Mark Twain once worked as a printer.
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Keokuk
Iowa State Insurance Company
Iowa State Offices
Mark Twain
Funeral for Dunn and parents held private in Cresco
Funeral services for Lieutenant Colonel William J. Dunn and his elderly parents were announced as private and held Saturday at the family home in Cresco. Notes left by Dunn explained motives to relieve suffering, with no inquest deemed necessary by the coroner and county attorney.
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Associated Press
Cresco
William J. Dunn
W. D. Dunn
Dunn
George Kessel
W. L. Barker
W. N. Turker
Dad
FL E Draegert
Austin
Minn
Donald
Detroit
F. J. van Nimenoof
Waterloo
Konn
President Coolidge urges tax economy and inheritance reform
President Coolidge, speaking at the National Tax Association conference, calls for phased federal withdrawal from the inheritance tax field and greater economy in tax collection. He condemns the high rate as near confiscation and urges reciprocal state action to reduce compliance costs and avoid double taxation on non-resident decedents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Presdient Coolidge
National Tax Association
Coolidge
Eleven University Students Arrested in Iowa City
Eleven University of Iowa students were jailed at 8 am after being found in a contentious area known as the bull pen. They were kept until fraternity brothers and Mayor Emma Hargal intervened, explaining the men were on probation. they were released without fines.
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Associated Prem
University of Iowa
Emma Hargal
Robbers Get $12 000 at Bank in Illinois
February 19 Robbers held up the Morton Grove Trust and Savings Bank in Illinois and escaped with 12000 dollars. Police searched the area, description of suspects not available in the readable text. Local authorities urged anyone with information to contact police.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Chicago
Morton Grove Trust
Hings Bank
Start a New Church in Mexico Named Patriarch
Joaquim Perez, a Catholic priest, is elected patriarch by a small group and issues a manifesto creating the Mexican Catholic Church linked to the Holy Roman Church. It plans Spanish services and abolishes priestly celibacy.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Joaquim Perez
Sioux City Citizen Leaves 400000 Estate To Widow And Heirs
Godfrey Hurst former Woodbury County supervisor and Danbury mill owner died leaving an estate valued at 400000 to his widow and four children. The property includes 2500 acres of land in the eastern part of the county.
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Associatedl Press
Soux City
Hurst
Woodbury County
Danbury, Lr
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