Kendall Denies Entering Iowa Senate Race
Mrs. Kendall wife of former governor Kendall denied reports he planned to enter the race against Senator Cummins. She said we are through with politics and that the statement was authorized by her husband.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1925
Page
1
Mrs. Kendall wife of former governor Kendall denied reports he planned to enter the race against Senator Cummins. She said we are through with politics and that the statement was authorized by her husband.
The Associated Press reports extreme heat across Iowa with Des Moines at 86 degrees at 9 am and forecasts of 95 to 100 for the day. Lamont registered 95 as yesterday’s warmest, Burlington 91 and Boone 90.
Ames July 11 Secretary Jardine’s claim that federal legislation may help farmers drew sharp critique from Senator Brookhart Congressman Haugen and Farm Bureau leaders. They urged cooperative reserve banking and clear markets, charging Jardine’s address mixed impractical ideas with the possible influence of eastern money interests. The critics called for concrete laws to guarantee fair prices and curb surpluses.
Thousands of people flocked to the Spicer farm near Hamburg after a late night oil discovery. The gusher is expected to produce about 100 barrels daily. Drilling had continued around the clock with workers rewarded by a first small yield. Geologists say more oil should be found about two hundred feet deeper.
Iowa's Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa and Robert McKee of Des Moines battled to a 77 each over 18 holes in the Iowa championship final. McKee led after nine, but Bartlett surged back with a better second nine to square the match on the 18th.
The Y's Men’s Club of Washington plans a picnic at the tourist camp ground west of Chautauqua Park next Tuesday evening. All members are invited and those with families should bring them. Dinner is served at 6 30. President C H Morton hints at a worthwhile program with an outside speaker expected.
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In Detroit Michigan on July 11 a racial clash erupted for the third time in three weeks as a white district confronted ten negro residents including a family of five and two roomers. The crowd wounded a white boy when the negroes opened fire before police dispersed them. Posters announced a Ku Klux Klan mass meeting set for July 25.
Miss Bessie Evans of Creston was instantly killed when the car she rode in collided with a tractor pulling a grain binder on a bridge near Creston. Her companions Ed Poland of Diagonal and K. Baldwin of Creston escaped with injuries.
Des Moines Iowa July 11 Governor John Hammill urged the state agricultural and industrial commission to create a state marketing department. The commission will form committees and meet again in September to study diversification, specialized crops, dairying, farm electricity use, and more attractive agricultural reports.
Washington forecast predicts a week with a brief start of scattered showers, another shower midweek, and overall temperatures normal to above average in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
Earthquakes over three weeks blamed for breaking the Silver Dyke Mining Co dam at Neihart 68 miles southeast of Great Falls last night. The collapse killed two children, wrecked three homes, and caused about 15000 dollars in damages.
Analysis argues that federal taxes use indirect methods while local taxation is blunt and coercive. It notes voters feel distant from federal policy yet closer to local schemes, with rising local taxes and growing public frustration. The piece concludes Americans deserve better government as taxes trend higher locally.
Manila June 10 An extensive three year archeological survey in the Philippine Islands headed by Dr. Carl K. Guthe of the University of Michigan reports vast finds. Chinese pottery dominates the collection with over 1 000 complete wares and thousands of shards recovered across islands south of the 13th parallel.
Col Edward A Kreger, native of Keota Iowa, will head the War Department legal staff accompanying General John J Pershing to South America to supervise the Tacna Arica sovereignty plebiscite. The plan, aboard the cruiser Rochester, follows his service in the judge advocate general's department and World War I leadership.
Joseph R. Gant, a banker and president of the defunct Centropolis State Bank, died by his own hand without revealing the whereabouts of $633,000 embezzled from the bank. The bank closed in 1924, harming 2,750 small merchants and workers. examiners said only Gant could solve the mystery of the missing funds.
Salty Ah P Morelock of Burlington was held in Wheaton Illinois on manslaughter charges after a pedestrian accident killed Karl W Radeke a 30 year old Moscow resident and Wheaton College theology student. Morelock said another vehicle struck Radeke and pushed him into his car.
A three member commission including General John J. Pershing will decide the Tacna and Arica dispute after Chile and Peru failed to reach a plebiscite. Col. E A Kreger will head the legal staff accompanying Pershing. Kreger, from Keota, has strong local ties and is a member of Blythen Sheets Post No 424.
Dayton Tenn July 11 prosecution and defense in the Scopes evolution trial plan conferences after nine jurors are seated to determine admissibility of expert testimony on science and religion The jury includes farmers a teacher and a shipping clerk with one nonchurch member The case centers on whether Scopes taught man descended from apes and whether the trial will drift into a religious scientific controversy
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