Iowa Corn Makes Rapid Growth In Warm Weather
Iowa reports rapid corn development due to warmth moisture and sun. Statewide condition at June 1 is 65 percent of normal versus 77 last year and a ten year average of 90. Some flood areas see slower cultivation while pastures revive and hay is likely short.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
Bureau
Mississippi River
Clayton
Lee
Polk
Carrison
Bellboy Eludes Tax Charge in $157,000 Case
Sioux City date line reports Frank R. Beddow a bellboy turned con artist is wanted on a $157,095 income tax assessment. Beddow who gained notoriety for alleged bank wrecking and note manipulation faces federal pursuit after failing to pay due taxes with a sensational financial history. Dublin Iowa note adds officials declined to say if further action is planned.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Frank R. Beddow
United States
Internal Revenue Collector
Beddow
Federal Farm Commission Advocated by Rep Dickenson
Rep L J Dickinson told Story county farm bureau that farmers need a Federal Farm commission elected by farmers and cooperatives. The body would aid cooperatives, study surpluses, connect export issues, and help producers control their products. It would protect both producers and consumers.
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Associated Tress
Nevada
Iowa
Federal Farm Commission
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Story County Farm Bureau
Farm and Cooperative
Ance
Melville Stone Receives Honorary Doctor of Laws
Melville F. Stone, longtime Associated Press general manager, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. Acting president Charles McKinley cited Stone as a pioneer in modern journalism and noted his parents met as Knox students.
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Galesburg
Melville FE. Stone
Associated Press
Knox College
Elijah Stone
Brunswick
Ill
Sophia Creighton
Canton
Knox Academy
Charles McKinley
Enoxy
America
McKinley
Knox
Stone
Abraham Lincoln
United Church of Canada Instituted Merges Major Faith Denominations
The United Church of Canada was officially instituted in Toronto on June 10 after Methodists Presbyterians and Congregationalists merged. By parliamentary act the three denominations ceased to exist as separate entities at midnight, forming a single church with about 8,900 congregations.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ont
United Church of Canada
Dominion
New Commissioner of Pensions Named
Announcement from the White House names Winfield Scott of Oklahoma the new commissioner of pensions, succeeding W. S. Metcalf of Kansas, effective July 1.
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Washington
White House
Winfield Scott
Oklahoma
W.S. Metcalf
Kansas
Sioux City Tax Lien Hits Bellboy Ponzi Schemer
A $157,000 income tax lien was filed in Sioux City against the well known bellboy Ponzi figure, covering 1920 through 1923 and including a 50 percent penalty. The subject’s whereabouts were not disclosed.
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Sioux City
Bellboy
Beddow
Wounded Officers Fight for Lives in Hospital
Clinton Iowa June 16 George Howland and Ferdinand Alexander county motorcycle deputies were shot Monday afternoon when halted on the highway between DeWitt and Davenport. Howland worst injured showed some improvement Alexander rested after a night of rest as investigators hunted the three assailants who fled west across the street at high speed.
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Associated Press
Clinton
George Howland
Ferdinand Alexander
DeWitt
Davenport
Howland
Alexander
Steec
Lewis Re elected President of Iowa Labor Federation
J C Lewis of Des Moines was re elected president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor with no opposition in the primary. The Dubuque convention approved Mason City as 1926 host. Nominations were listed for vice president secretary treasurer and an executive board with four to be elected.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
J. ¢. Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Mason City
John T. Foster
Archie Kitto
George E. Thornton
John R. Brown
Charles Haggerty
Davenport
R. M. Boughton
Sioux City
Ralph J. MacAnaly
Burlington
Brookhart
Iowa
G. W. Patterson
Kossuth County
J. C. Lewis
George W. Dunlap
Tom Menton
Hhoonhe
Charles W. Vickering
Marshalltown
John Quito
J. I. Wiley
Mike Sherman
Dave Morrison
Made Good Family and Washington Figures Explored
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The Curious Case of Joseph Stinson McElhinney
A fragment describes Joseph Stinson McElhinney and his farm background. It notes his habit of advertising hog prices weather and goods like furniture and drugs. It hints at a peculiar town legend and mentions a New Year event and a stargazing miracle before ending with a continuation cue.
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Joseph Stinson MecElhinney
Joe
Illinois
Joseph Stine
McElhinney
Plan to Make Scopes Trial the World's Biggest Show
Officials of the Civil Liberties Union announced the Scopes evolution trial would be the greatest show on earth. They aim to educate the public on freedom of teaching, show science and religion are not incompatible, and push for education free from restricted legislation.
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New York
The
Civil Liberties Union
Union
Brookhart to address Iowa legislature convenes this week
The article notes United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart will deliver the main address of the convention on Thursday. President J. C. Lewis reports Brookhart is en route, arriving Wednesday evening. Candidates for president, vice president, secretary treasurer, and five executive board seats are listed, with several names vying for re election.
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Iowa
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
J. C. Lewis
Brookhart
Langley Congressman Jail Sentence for Contempt in Ky
Congressman John W. Langley of Kentucky was released after a ten hour contempt sentence and a $10 fine. He faces drunkenness charges before Police Judge J P Marrs as the warrant was sworn by Sheriff deputy Mrs W P Henritizie.
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Associated Preas
Pikeville
John W. Langley
Kentucky
J. P. Marrs
Marrs
Langley
W. P. Henritizie
Atlanta
Washington
Weather Turns Cooler Across Town After Warm Day
Des Moines reports a drop to 41 degrees at Heatherville marking a cool spell. Forecasters predict a warmer night ahead as cooler air dominates the region.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Heatherville
More Experts to Be Heard in Murphy Sanity Case Today
The hearing in Cresco district court continues with added expert testimony supporting Dennis J. Murphy of Wankon being sane. State witness Dr Maude Pratt of the Independence state hospital testified Murphy reacted normally to tests and is of sound mind. Further expert witnesses for the state are slated to testify today.
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Murphy
Associated Pregey Cresco
Dennis J. Murphy
Wankon
Maude Pratt
State Hospital For the Insane
Independence
Darrow and Colby to Defend Scopes in Tennessee Case
Clarence Darrow and Bainbridge Colby were chosen to defend John T. Scopes in the Tennesse law case. The pair will work with Dudley Field Malone and Samuel Rogensohn, funded by the Civil Liberties Union, without pay for the first trial. Scopes suffered a nervous attack amid mounting publicity.
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New York
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Bainbridge Colby
John T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Tennessee
Darrow
Colby
United States Supreme Courts
Dudley Field Malone
Samuel Rogensohn
Loeal
The
Civil Liberties Union
Malone
Galileo
John R. Neal
University of Tennessee
Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Leopold and Loeb
Bobby Franks
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Scopes
Iowa Cannot Confirm Higher State Operating Cost
Iowa state officials could not verify the Census Bureau claim that the state’s per capita government outlay was higher than all others in 1923. The Census Bureau placed 1928 operating costs at 42 737 839 dollars or 17 38 per capita, but differing accounting methods and period bases prevented exact confirmation.
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Des Moines
Census Bureau
Washington
Iowa
Aso
Canton and Yunnanese clash as danger zone widens
In Canton the two forces exchange heavy fire across the waterway dividing the city from Honan Island as reinforcements arrive for Canton while Yunnanese troops hold ground. Four Americans and two women try to flee by boat under fire. one woman, Mrs. Frank Crampton, is wounded. Critics of foreign intervention rally in Peking with anti foreign banners.
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Canton
State Department
Christian College
Honan
Kuomintang Party
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Peking
Shanghai
China
Frank Crampton
Baseball Pitcher Held for Assault in Boxing Night Row
Eddie Rommel star pitcher of the Philadelphia Athletics was held on 800 bail on a charge of assault and battery after a free for all at Shibe Park Monday night during a boxing show. Cy Perkins Mickey Cochrane and Ira Thomas were discharged by the police magistrate.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Eddie Rommel
Philadelphia Athletics
Shibe Park
Cy Perkins
Mickey” Cochrane
Eatchers
Ira Thomas
No Security Pact Reported Not Concluded in Commons
Premier Baldwin told the house of commons that no security pact had been concluded with France and that none would be concluded without Parliament receiving opportunity for full discussion, according to London dispatch.
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Baldwin
House 0 Commons
France
Parliament
France and Spain to Confer on Morocco
A conference will open in Madrid on Monday to discuss joint action by France and Spain against Moroccan rebel tribesmen, according to an official communique from the military directory.
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Spain
Morocco
Associated Press
Madrid
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