Navy court martial delayed by Shenandoah inquiry shadows
The Shenandoah court of inquiry looms over the Mitchell court martial as Major Frank M. Kennedy faces subpoenas from both sides. Zeppelin expert Anton Heinen testifies that reduced valve count lowered safety, while Mrs. Gladys J. Klein and others recount conversations involving Captain Foley and Mrs. Lansdowne.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Shenandoah
Mitchell
Frank R. Reid
Coolidge
Shenandoah Court
Frank M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Army
Zeppelin
Anton Heinen
Heinen
McCookfield
Dayton
Ohio
Gladys J. Klein
Jacob Klein
Lakehurst Air Station
Lansdowne
Iowa Football Team Heads West for USC Clash
The University of Iowa football squad of 35, including players and staff, boarded a special four-car train in Iowa City for Los Angeles to meet the University of Southern California. They will travel via El Paso on the Golden State Limited with improvised showers aboard and planned practices en route.
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Aer
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
el Paso
Texas
Golden State Limited
Ingwersen
McPherson
Kansas
Refuses Demands of Street Car Men in Des Moines
In Des Moines on November 18, F C Chambers president of the company refused to discharge G W Jeffrey an ousted union worker. The street car union had issued an ultimatum and the next step they hint at is a strike vote.
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Des Moines
G. W.jeffrey
Carmen’s
F. C. Chambers
Chambers
Moving Walks Planned on Paris Boulevards
Paris reports experiments by the Inventions Office to test moving sidewalks on fashionable boulevards and other crowded routes to ease transportation problems.
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Paris
Inventions Office
Nellie Gregg Tomlinson Nominated for Collector of Customs
Senator Cummins announced he would recommend Des Moines resident Nellie Gregg Tomlinson for the position of collector of customs effective January 1. She would be the first Iowa woman appointed to a major political post and has been active in recent campaigns and Republican conventions.
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Des Moines
United States
A. BR. Cummins
Nellie Gregg Tomlinson
Iowa
Cummins
Tomlinson
Jefferson County
James M. Gregg
Fairfeld
J. H. Tomlinson
Polke County
Close Dakota election figures show tight race
Pierre South Dakota November 18 Gover nor Carl Gunderson led with 36079 votes against 35162 for U S Senator Peter Norbeck in the drive for state Republican convention delegates to be chosen December 1. Total 53753 needed for nomination. Uninstructed delegates and reconciling factions mark the day with party headquarters claiming solid backing for both platforms.
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Pierre
S. D
Carl Gunderson
United States
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Rural Credits
Norbeck
Aberdeen
Farmers-Labor
Democratic
Senator Norbeck
Gunderson
Norbeck-Gunderson
Swine Feeders Day at Ames Nov 20 Highlighted
Ames Tal Nov 18. About 1500 people from nearby towns and states will attend the annual Swine Feeders Day at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Iowa State College. Prof John M Evvard leads demonstrations on oat based swine feeding and hogging down corn.
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Ames
Tal
Towa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Lows State College
John M. Evward
Evvard
Oskaloosa Voters Reject Bus Project
Local voters rejected the substitution of motor buses for street cars at a special election held in Oskaloosa on November 18.
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Oskaloosa
Associated Press
Iowa Coal Mines Shaped for Independent State Supply
Iowa officials hail wide coal deposits and rising output. Secretary L. E. Stamm notes tens of millions in annual domestic use and 23 counties mined in 1924. Merger talk among large operators in Appanoose and Polk counties suggests centralized control within years.
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L. E. Stamm
Iowa
Appanoose County
Polk County
McCleery Talks to Y's Men Club Audience
The Y's Men club packed its meeting as S A Dickerson presented a six car Florida race contest with copilots and crews. Huck McCleery spoke on The Successful Route to Success stressing preparation and specialization for young men. Reminiscences of McCleery's boyhood days drew laughs from the crowd.
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Y’s Men’s Club
Florida
S. A. Dickerson
Huck McCleery
MecCleery
Football Star to Enter Y M C A Work
Ed Weir all American tackle and captain of the Nebraska Cornhuskers will return to Superior Nebraska to become secretary of the Y M C A after finishing his seniors. He is a senior now.
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Rv the Avenciated Press
Superior
Neb
Ed Weir
University of Nebraska
Baker Objects to Interference by Budget Director
Davenport Iowa November 18 George T Baker president of the State board of education writes to budget director Hogue objecting to budget department interference in board affairs He says the law grants the board absolute authority over policy and management and calls for cooperation not control Hogue also states he will study possible consolidation of engineering departments at Iowa University and Ames noting no school criticism just legal requirements and prior discussions with legislative action pending.
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Davenport
George T. Baker
State Board of Education
Ll. Hogue
State Budget Direct
Budget Department
Board of Education
Baker
Hogue
Mr. Baker
State Board
Iowa Educational —Institution
Des Moines
BE. L. Hone Thay
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Eight-Year Term for Peacock Conspiracy
Des Moines Iowa November 18 The Iowa supreme court upholds an eight year penitentiary sentence for Emmett Peacock for conspiring to kill Jack Swaney of Mount Pleasant on May 18 1924 The ruling centers on the conspiracy charge and the original trial verdict.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
State
Emmett Peacock
Jack Swaney
Mount Pleasant
Radical theory on evolution of the race by Prof Spillman
Washington dispatch reports Prof William Jasper Spillman, a NAS member and agriculture consultant, advancing a speculative view that multiple advanced races may have evolved before humans. He posits earth’s age in the billions of years and cycles of extinction and reformation leading to the eventual emergence of the human race.
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Spillman
Washington, D. C
William Jasper Spillman
Spillmen
Agriculture Department
National Academy of Sciences
Doctor
Dr. Spillman
Anonymous Writer Attacks Sailor Pants in Cudahy
A reader calling himself Anonymous urged the Cudahy school board to ban white sailor trousers worn by girls saying they are not fit for nice girls. The note cites a pep parade and later girls in classes wearing what the writer calls male attire as a troubling trend.
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Cudahy
Wis
Railway Charged With Law Violation in Conspiracy Indictment
Federal grand jury returns indictments against the Boston and Maine railroad and four men including a police lieutenant and three prohibition agents. The case alleges a syndicate of brewers and politicians with railroad workers and bootleggers moving contraband up to 800000 dollars a month, centered on Morton Grove Illinois and a September 9 delivery of five carloads from Lawrence Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Boston and Maine Railroad
Federal Grand Jury
Morton Grove
Lawrence
Mass
One Ohio Minister Indicted Over Obscene Mailings
Cleveland authorities report Rev. Albert Sidney Gregg superintendent of the American Civic Reform Union was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for sending obscene matter through the mails. The case centers on alleged mimeographed affidavits about Rev. William Hicks of Cleveland and claims of information from a broker who offered money to oust Hicks. The broker named denies the charge.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Albert Sidney Gregg
American Civic Reform Union
William (. Hicks
Gregg
Pick
Jane Doe
Hicks
High School Boys Edit Daily Iowan Journalists
Iowa City students will edit the Daily Iowan during a November journalism conference at the University of Iowa. High school journalists will run the full paper under university supervision, select editors, and produce a sixteen page Sunday issue.
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DAILY
IOWAN
Iowa City
Heores of Iowa High School
Will
Towan
University of Iowa
Ioway
Associated Press
Ameritt
Sigma Delta Chi
Daily Iowan
Liner Lenape Fire Tragedy Near Lewes Leaves One Dead
The Clyde liner Lenape burned off the Delaware Capes with 261 aboard. One man, Robert Leverton, died after panicking and leaping overboard. Nine or more injured, some severely burned, were taken to Beebe hospital. Captain Irving Steele and Lewes coast guard rescued many as flames raged and lifeboats were deployed.
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iBy
Preuss
Lewes
Del
Delaware Capes
Beebee Hospital
Robert Leverton
William Prett
Mase
Delaware
Clyde Line
Reehbee Hospital
Atlantic City
Devereaux
Owever
de Vereaux
Cape May
Delaware Bay
Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Cold Spring Harbor
New Jersey
Cap
Tain Devereaux
Steele
Irving Stelle
Lewes Coast Guard
Clyde
Lenape
David W. Burbage
Odel Guard
Ham
St. Louis
Elimination of Iowa Science College Urged in Audit
An audit filed with Budget Director BE L. Hogue recommends removing the College of Applied Science at the University of Iowa to avoid duplicating work at Iowa State College in Ames. It also advises closing University High and Elementary schools as they serve a limited area at statewide taxpayer expense. The report covers FY year ending June 30, 1925, with total university expenditures at 4.89 million and receipts for the biennium at 11.44 million.
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Des Moines
College of Applied Science
Theniversity of Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanics
Ames
BE. L. Hogue
EE. FB. Brown
Col John C Coolidge Improves After Illness
In Plymouth Vermont Col John C Coolidge father of the president, recovering from a heart block recurrence, dressed and took lunch today after resting at home. He has been ill at his residence but showed improvement by noon with sufficient strength to sit for a meal.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Navy
John C. Coolidge
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Reid
Ory
Mrs. Tomlinson
Dakota
Norbeck and
Gunderson Wouth
Lexdin
VOTH
Huge McCleery
Y’s
Shirley Clark
Peacock
Charles P. Stewart
NEA
CHO AG
Clyde Company
Presbyterian Church
Wilmington
New York
Science College
Colonel Coolidge
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