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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1927

Page

14

New Iowa School Laws Highlighted by State Superintendent

Miss Agnes Samuelson outlines key measures from the forty second general assembly. Bills cover term bond issuance and amortization, county high school dissolution, architectural licensing, subdistrict election timing, tuition for children of state employees, kindergarten creation on demand, junior colleges, travel funds for county superintendents, standard school aid distribution, and mandatory school libraries with county funding.

Des Moines Agnes Samuelson Public Instruction Ferty-Second General Assembly Hill Hopkins Panora Pichard Board of H. F Smith Hollingsworth State Board of Control and Board of Conservation Crone Hager House School Committee Board of Supervisors

Study Delinquency Topics At Des Moines Social Work Meet

Des Moines hosts the National Conference of Social Work May 11 to 18 with five topics including delinquency probation and parole. Noted speakers include Charles Chute Edith Abbott Hastings Hart George Kirehney Frederick Johnson and William Cox.

Des Moines National Conference of Social Work National Probation Association Edith Abbott University of Chicago Hastings H. Hart The Russell Sage Foundation New York George W. Kirehney Frederick R. Johnson Detroit Recorders Court William J. Cox National Association of Penal Information Alfred Bettman Cincinnati Edwin J. Cooley New York City Girls Protective Council International Association of Police Women

Murder confession ties to Birger gang in Illinois

May 3 Benton Illinois. In Franklin county jail indictment for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City is linked to Charlie Birger. Harry A Thomason, 19, a Birger hireling, confessed in court today in Franklin County.

Coolidge and Hoover to Address Chamber Meeting

President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover will headline the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the National Chamber of Commerce in Washington. About 1,500 chamber delegates from across the United States will gather to discuss The New Business Era, with talks on competition, distribution, and modern business developments.

Washington Coolidge Secretary of Commerce Hoover S. Chamber of Commerce National Chamber Chambers of Ecommerce Chamber America John W. O'Leary The Silas H. Strawn Chicago John Lawrence Lawrence and Company Boston Victor ‘Rrler United Fruit Company Walter Parker New Orleans R. EF. M. Cowle American Railway Express Company Paul T. Cherington J. Walter Thompson Company New York Hugh R. Pomeroy Regional Planning Commission Los Angeles Henry W. Curran H. A. Smith National Fir Insurance Company Hartford

Prominent Executives Named In Listed Companies

A roster of executives from major firms appears in the provided text. It includes Dwight B. Heard of an investment firm in Phoenix and Charles W. Lonsdale, president of Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Co. in Kansas City, with other leaders such as Theodore F. Whitmarsh of F. H. Liggett and Co. in New York and Fred J. Kent, vice president of Bankers Trust in New York.

Bedford Pulp and Paper Company Richmond, Va A. L. Humphrey Westinghouse Air Brak Company Pittsburgh, Pa

Governors urges supervisors to attend social work conference

Des Moines May 3. Governor Hammill asks county boards of supervisors to attend the National Conference of Social Work in Des Moines May 11 18. He calls the event significant for the state and urges boards or a delegation of citizens to participate after studying the program.

Des Moines County Boards of Supervisors Hammill County Board of Supervisors Eal

Journal Wants Ads Pay Trial Convince

A terse note states the journal seeks payment for advertisements and asserts a forthcoming trial will settle the dispute. The message emphasizes the need for funds and legal action if not resolved.

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