No Reply To Rockefeller By Stew Art
Colonel Robert W Stewart declined to reply to John D Rockefeller Jr demand that he resign as chairman of Standard Oil Indiana pending contempt proceedings in Washington He said any stockholder communication would be given careful consideration and that proceedings make it untimely to comment publicly at this time
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Chicago
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Stewart
Col. Stewart
Fortnightly Club May Dinner Features Edith Morton Speaker
The Fortnightly club announces Edith Morton dean of women at Monmouth College as after dinner speaker for May 18 at 6 30 PM in the United Presbyterian church Tickets cost 25c and are available through departments or Bridges millinery store All tickets must be bought by May 16 The dinner coincides with a high school play prompting members to attend the show on Thursday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Morton
Monmouth College
Morton
United Presbyterian Church
Bridges
Darbyshire Honored by Scabbard and Blade Honor
William Darbyshire of Washington was elected a member of Scabbard and Blade the honorary military fraternity at Iowa State College. He is among 21 ROTC members honored recently by the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Darbyshire
Washington
Iowa State College
Scabbard and Blade
Temperature Reaches 91 Degrees Sets Spring High
The official high yesterday hit 91 degrees tying the spring record. A cooler afternoon is forecast with a brisk breeze and hints of rain.
Hoover Relatives Vote Boost Hoover in Indiana Primary
In Richmond Indiana Herbert Hoover won Wayne County by two to one in the Republican primary. Pioneer residents attribute the margin to votes from Hoover relatives including John Hoover a descendant of the secretary of commerce. The Hoover clan is said to number hundreds of third and fourth cousins in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Herbert Hoover
Wayne County
Indiana
Secretary of Commerce
John Hoover
Watson Leads Hoover in Indiana Delegates Likely 33
Indiana results show U. S. Senator James F. Watson ahead of Herbert Hoover by about 25,000 votes with 33 Hoosier delegates pledged to support him at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. Rural wins bolster Watson as larger cities tilt Hoover, including Evansville and possibly Indianapolis. Early returns from Indianapolis precincts show Hoover leading by about 1,000 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Hoover
Indiana
Indianapolis
U. S
James F. Watson
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Evansville
U S Awaiting China Japan Conflict Update
Washington May 10 The United States awaits fuller information from the Shan tung theater of war and Tokio before stating any policy on the China and Japan dispute. State department officials confer with Ambassador Matsudaira as the situation deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shantung
Tokio
United States
China
Japan
State Department
Matsudaira
Firms Line Up Bids for City Sewer Contracts
Washington city council opened bids for a sewer disposal plant and a southwest sewer extension. Over a hundred contractor representatives filled the city hall gym as seventeen sewer bids were read by sanitary engineer Howard R. Green and disposal plant bids followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City Council
Howard R. Green
Green
Small Blaze Doused Near Library by Fire Department
Fire crews responded to a blaze in an outbuilding just north of the library. The incident caused little damage and no injuries were reported.
Youths Given Life Terms for Bank Robbery
Cedar Rapids May 10 Two youths Hadrava and Netovin aged 20 and 22 were jailed for life in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to the March holdup and robbery of the Palo Iowa state bank and the Swisher Trust and Savings bank. Judge F L Anderson issued the sentences after their rapid arraignment and confessions. Accomplice Wilfred Perron of Winnipeg cried in court while awaiting trial in Iowa City. Edward Nemecek, tied to the Palo robbery, is held in Cedar Rapids for suspending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar ‘Rapids
Swisher, Iowa
F. L. Anderson
Palo
Anderson
Swisher
Wilfred Perron
Winnipeg
Can
Swisher Bank
Iowa City
Edward Nemecek
Hadrava
Netovin
Palo Bank
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Pleas At Washington Schools For May 30
Delegations from patriotic societies visited Washington schools yesterday afternoon to solicit aid and interest from children for Memorial day services May 30. The talks were heard with great interest and respect by the youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Declamation Contest Set At County Junior High
County declamatory contest for rural pupils to be held at the junior high this evening at eight under the county superintendent. Contestants from several townships and three county towns are expected to compete.
Wellman Woman Carolyn Been Dead. Funeral Planned
Word from Mrs. Clara B. Thoma says Mrs. Carolyn Been of Wellman died Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services are set for Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church in Wellman, with burial in Wassonville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara B. Thoma
Carolyn Been
Wellman
Baptist Church
Wassonville Cemetery
Circus Closes Tonight in Washington
The Hall Bros miniature circus ends its two day run in Washington this evening. Spectators who saw the show praise the remarkable mechanical contrivance carved from pine with a pocket knife. The act performed at the Y building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Bros. Miniature Circus
Washington
Pianist Irene Roe Named for Next School Year
Irene Roe, a junior and current violinist in the orchestra and clarinetist in the band, was chosen as pianist for the high school orchestra to replace Catherine Coulter. Director Milburn McKay announced the selection after tryouts held this week among several candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Roe
Catherine Coulter
Milburn McKay
Irene
MacDonald Pleads for Anti-War Kellogg Treaty Support
In parliament Ramsay MacDonald Labor leader urges acceptance of Kellogg’s proposed anti-war treaty. He argues public opinion in Britain and the United States requires a mutually critical stance to guide future relations. Sir Austin Chamberlain replies by welcoming the initiative and noting government review and pending dominion comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Great Britain
MacDonald
Austin Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Kelloge
Dominions
School Music Week Program Moves Outdoors on Lawn
Friday's music week schedule shifts to the east lawn of the high school with seats provided. If rain, events move to the auditorium at four o'clock. The program features the high school orchestra bands glee clubs quartets cello and vocal solos and a piano duet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Masson
Clifford Reinert
Thora Warner
Margaret
Nita Corbin
Wellman
Washington
Wellman School
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alice Blatz
Music Week
Baltz l
German F-13 Monoplane Heads Toward Chicago
The Junkers monoplane F-13 carrying the German Irish trans Atlantic flyers took off from Cleveland at 1 54 PM heading for Chicago. The flight marks a notable leg in the journey across the Atlantic, with pilots reporting favorable weather and clear skies ahead.
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Cleveland
Curtiss Pleads for Higher Tariff on Farm Goods
Ames Iowa May 10 Curtiss dean of the college of agriculture Town State college told delegates at the soils and land valuation short course that there is no foreign market for American farm products and the home market must be maintained. He said the current three cent beef tariff is meaningless and that removing the Argentina beef embargo would lower U S beef prices by five dollars per hundredweight in 30 days. Sessions of the course continued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames, In
C. F Curtiss
College of Agriculture
Town State College
Curtiss
Washington
James W. Good
Hoover Campaign Organization
P. P. Campbell
McKinley W. Kreigle
Curtiss-for-president Club
Senate Campaign Investigating
Senate Sergeant At Arms
Election boards named for June 4 primary
County board appoints judges and clerks for each precinct to speed vote counting. Receiving and counting boards listed for Brighton, Cedar, Crawford, Kalona, Richmond, Franklin Center, West Chester, Highland, Iowa, Jackson, Nira, Wellman, Marion, Oregon, Seventy-Six townships and more, with named individuals for each role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Brighton Township
J. W. Dunbar
H. E. Pfeiffer
W. 8
Courtney
Geo. H. Garrett
J. W. Jones
Cedar Township
Patterson
E. B. Young
W. C. Embree
Morton
Fh. Emde
H. A. Dusenberry
Clay Township
Grant Horton
C. E. Morgan
W. H. Snider
L. B. Laithly
H. W. Gasaway
Crawford Township
J. D. Hamil
Chas. K Zickefoose
Kenneth Goff
L. Davis
W. J. Eicher
H. Huston
Frank Gault
Emery Leichty
Karl Ferguson
R. J. Lease
Dutch Creek Township
J. E. Deal
W. J. Augustine
Ross W. Sheetz
H. EK. Wolfe
Roscoe R. Robertson
Kalona
D. P. Yoder
Addie Felzke
Frank D. Swartzendruber
F. EK. Skola
Hazel Dean
Rhoda Allen
Lon O. Adams
Ft. Feldman
Ethel Beck
Kad
Eva Smith
Abbie Boyer
Highland Township
J. Boyd
John B. Quinn
TF. Lambert
MT. Coon
Geo
F. Wallace
Iowa Township
D. S. Hardy
Charles Dean
Cland Flynn
Joseph Knebel
A. D. Craig
Fannie Meeks
Elmo Knittel
Charles F. Turner
Roy Miller
Clair Flynn
Jackson Township
BR. T Foster
Vincent Marek
F. I. Stewart
J. Wolfe
P. F. Whisler
Nira
Green
L. W. Longwell
Jno
Cupp
W. D. Eckerman
F. Sd. Dunbar
Nick Schmitt
Greenwood
J. E. Powell
Ed T Hotle
Washington Township
Mre
Etta Swift
R. J. Catlett
Ernest Carlson
Chas. Wm. Jackson
Pearl Kennedy
D. J. Gates
al Crone
Pearle Dickerson
John E. Jackson
Frank Gobble
T. W. Harwood
F. L. Broadgate
A. W. Yard
Third Ward
G. F. Foster
Ed Jackson
I. B. Lupton
Hallie Hull
Winifred Brookhart
Alice Lemmon
C. J. Karel
Charley Lemley
Marjorie Phillips
Fourth Ward
Lucy Dempsey
Ida M. Hays
S. D. Stewart
Katherine Flynn
W. Ss. Eldridge
W D. Booth
F. R. Sage
J. K E. Long
D. M. Cuddy
L. D. Carris
Smith Declares He Knows Nothing About Campaign Except in New York City
Governor Alfred E. Smith testified before the senate campaign investigating committee that he had not taken any action to win the Democratic presidential nomination and claimed no knowledge of his campaign outside New York. Campaign manager George W. Van Namee detailed expenditures including large sums sent to backers and observers noted the small audience at the hearing yet many reporters present.
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Smith
New York City
New York
Alfred EB. Smith
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee Today
al Smith
George WL. van Namee
Wisconsin
Iowa
Commodore
Wilbur Marsh
Oregon
South
North Carolina
Sim
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
George F. Christiansen
Stevenson
Washington
Fred W. Johnson
Rock Springs
Wyo
Wm. F. Quinn
St. Paul
Minn
Edward J. Hughes
Dickinson
N. C
Danifel Cony
Augusta
Maine
Charles H. McGlue
Boston
Will H. King
Portland
William F. Kenney
Herbert Lehman
W. Todd
Robert F. Dowling
George Gordon Battle
Howard Cullman
James W. Gerard
Democratic National Committee
Frank O’connor
Toronto
Canada
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Aaron Maumburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anna E. Felix
van Namee
RR. F. Tugwell
Philip C. Jessup
Columbia University
California
Steiner
Los Angeles Express
Thomas J. Walsh
James Hoover
Hoey
Kennedy
Kenney
Oklahoma
Idaho
Illinois
Ohio
New England
Massachusetts
Ku Klux Klan
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Rockefeller
Stewa
Standard Oil
Monmouth
Darbyshire
Johnson County
Kellogg
Mary Hunter
Methodist Church
Jenkins
Nevin
Brighton
A. J. Johnson
Geo. Kessel
Lyda White
L. E. White
Pearl Jain
Wilbur
Marsh
Justus H. Wardell
San Francisco
Cal
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