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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1925

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Trucks From Other States Need License

Iowa will arrest drivers with Minnesota licenses crossing the state line and require Iowa truck licenses after Minnesota refused to honor Iowa licenses in border counties. Officials say reciprocity talks failed despite visits by state officials, affecting farmers and commercial truckers near the border.

Associated P'ress PES Minnesota Iowa W. M. Colladay State Motor Vehicle Department Raumeny Mr. Calladay St. Paul

Adventists to Debate Social Questions at Des Moines Convention

Adventist leaders gather in Des Moines for a general conference council meeting starting Tuesday to discuss social questions viewed by some members as signaling Christ’s imminent return. Leaders prepared extensive studies to inform church policy discussions.

Des Moines Council of the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Ware

Legion Auxiliary Calls for Adequate Defense Funding

Mrs. O. D. Oliphant national president of the American Legion Auxiliary urged Congress to provide sufficient appropriations to enforce the National Defense Act at the Iowa state convention in Council Bluffs. She called for a well trained citizenry and a strong national defense including airships and modern camps, proposing 100000 young men be sent to military camps next year.

Council Bluffs Iowa Congress American Legion Auxiliary O. D. Oliphant Trenton N. J Auxiliary American Legion United States Citivengs

Adventists Oppose National Religion in Public Schools

Walter L Burgan of Washington, secretary of the Adventists press bureau, says signs in politics finance education religion and industry signal the resurrec tion of the just to believers. The group opposes reformers pushing legislation for a national religious curriculum in public schools. Burgan notes Sneha program seen as church state union, with leaders largely opposing evolution.

Walter L. Burgan Washington Adventists’ Press Bureau Sneha Union of Church and State Burgan

Supreme Court Opens New Term With Crowded Docket

The Supreme Court begins its term with 780 cases on its docket including disputes over congressional witnesses, removal powers, state boundaries, and labor laws. Justices aim to reduce backlog through new review rules and discretionary decisions on petitions for writs of certiorari.

Supreme Court Washington Portland Oregon Wilson United States Georgia Tennessee New York Massachusetts Rochester N. Y Wisconsin Sanitary District of Chicago New Jersey Federal Water Power Commission Sher- Man Cement Manufacturers Associations The Chemical Foundation Arizona

Legionnaires Sail Down Missouri to Omaha

The steamboat Yankton, flagship of the South Dakota navy, carries twenty five legionnaires in buccaneer outfits as it departs Sioux City down the Missouri to Omaha for the national convention. Sandbars delay docking, but officials expect arrival today.

Assielated Preas Sioux City Yankton South Dakota “Navy Omaha Missouri River

Louis Ginsberg Dies in Ninth Floor Fall at Blackhawk Hotel

Louis Ginsberg 63 head of Ginsberg and Sons furniture firm in Des Moines died in a fall from the ninth floor of the Blackhawk hotel at 4:50 this morning. He was with his wife and son Sol, had been ill with a nervous disorder, and his body struck a parked sedan. Survived by wife and four sons Harry Sol Isaac Herman. Remains to be shipped to Des Moines this afternoon.

Davenport Oct Louis Ginsberg Ginsberg and Sons Company Des Moines Blackhawk Ginsberg Sol Mackhawk L’oland Harry Isaac Herman Rock Island Road

Iowa Florists and Growers to Attend State Conventions

Florists and fruit growers across Iowa will attend multiple state association meetings in November and December at Ames and Des Moines. The Society of Iowa Florists holds its 23rd annual convention November 5–6, the 60th Iowa State Horticultural Society meeting is December 1–2, the Iowa Fruit Growers association meets December 2, and the Iowa Vegetable association holds its 12th annual convention December 1–2 in Ames. The Iowa Beekeepers association will convene in Des Moines in December with date to be announced.

Associated Press Des Moines Fruit Growers of Iowa The Society of Iowa Florists Ames R. S. Herrick State Horticultural Society Iowa State Horticultural Society Iowa Fruit Growers Association Iowa Veevetable Association Iowa Bee Keepers Association Iowa Horticultural Society

Security pact talks open in Locarno conference

In Locarno Switzerland on October 5 allied and German statesmen opened sessions in the Palace of Justice to discuss a security treaty. The talks center on Germany's war guilt and include Dr Gustav Stresemann German foreign minister flanked by Austen Chamberlain and Aristide Briand amid fears of ultra nationalist plots.

Locarno Switzerland Palace of Justice Gustav Stressemann Germany Stressemann Lecarne Evenda Lssten Austen Chamberlin Mariand

President Coolidge Heads West to Omaha for Legion Speech

President Coolidge travels by train through Ohio Indiana and Illinois toward Omaha where he will address the American Legion convention. He plans one prepared speech for war veterans and will wave to crowds from the observation platform while avoiding improvised remarks.

President Coolidge Omaha Neb Chillicothe Ohio Indiana Illinois American Legion Convention White House West Virginia Washington

Kansas City Hosts Horticultural Exposition Alternating Midwest Event

The article notes a state horticultural exposition to be held in Kansas City in December and 10. It explains the exposition alternates with the Midwest Horticultural exposition staged in Iowa.

Kansas City Iowa

Reforestation Plan Advancing Across Iowa Walton Chapters

Izaak Walton League chapters in Iowa push a state wide reforestation and forest preservation program. They seek state board backing and cite thousands of acres of marginal hillside land that could be valued at under 50 dollars an acre once reforestation begins.

Des Moines Izaak Walton League Iowa State Board of Conservation Towa

Changes in dirigible design after Shenandoah loss

Ralph H F Upson former balloon champion and chief engineer at the Aircraft Development Corporation forecasts a new class of rigid metal clad airships. He cites three lessons from the Shenandoah disaster including a thicker hull, greater diameter to length ratio and a rigidly attached control car.

Washington Ralph FH. Upson Aircraft Development Corporation Ife Upson Shenandoah

Air board splits paths in Mitchell controversy

The dispute over Col. William Mitchell divides as the air board resumes naval officer reviews while Mitchell reports to the War Department for possible discipline. He says he has “just begun” amid expected court martial, and the board plans to adjourn to attend the Pulitzer air races at Mitchell Field to inspect advanced aircraft.

Washington William Mitchell Naval Air Col. Mitchell Army Inspector General War Department San Antonio Texas Airboard Mitchell Mitchell Field Long Island

Conservationists push hillside forest preservation

Conservationists call hillside forest preservation a great resource saving effort. The Waltonians of the Little Sioux Association are leading the movement with Cherokees' information, and a forthcoming association meeting is expected to formalize action. Raccoon watershed chapters also show strong interest in the project.

Waltonians Little Sioux Association Cherokee Raccoon

American Legion calls for peace through prepared defense

At Omaha Neb Oct 5 James A Drain national commander urged laws to run war without profiteers or slackers and for adequate preparedness including manpower factory power money power. He presented a 150 page report while debate over Mitchells navy charges dominates convention discussions with leadership unlikely to allow new business on ex service issues.

Associated Press Omaha Neb Sckers James A. Drain American Legion America Levion Legion United States Drain Siee L Legion Enterprises Mitchell Omaha, Neb William Mitchell

Vamone Victims on Island in Japan Eat Ground Bark

Tokyo reports a commission returning from the Locchoo Islands between Japan and Formosa says island inhabitants face abject misery from severe food shortages this year. Many are grinding banana palm bark into powder for sustenance and a plan proposes using sugar and sake tax revenue totaling about 3,000,000 yen to buy food.

Japan Tokyo Locchoo Islands Formosa

Year of AFL growth noted after Gompers death

The American Federation of Labor reports 1925 membership rose to 878,297 with no loss in strength, despite new employer opposition. The year saw a shift toward company unions and worker ownership, plus the creation of Union Labor Life Insurance and cautions on labor banks. The federation also plans a Samuel Gompers memorial.

Associated Press Atlantic City American Federation of Labor William Green Samuel Gompers Labor Life Insurance Company Labor's Park Federation

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Legion Auxiliary M.S. Daugherty Daugherty Senate Department of Justice Legionnaires Missouri Lers Horris Marty A. Fulmer Chicagi Allies Pact Vndeys AMR Quiz Presidents Air Board Con Tinedi Probe Commender Drain Profiteers Air Service Department National Legislation Committee Frank Warner Norfolk Nebraska Army Department Omasha National Legion Administration Philadelphia Donald MeecRae Council Bluffa Suerene Penlon Devil's Lake, N. Bd Labor Federation
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