Opposition to federal control of interstate motor buses
The National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners approved a plan to place all interstate motor buses under federal supervision, prompting immediate pushback. Jerome Fanciulli says a national conference will form to oppose congressional adoption, while John E. Benton argues states could still regulate buses under federal authority if needed.
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the Associated Press
Washington
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Jerome Fanciulli
District of Columbia Commercial Amor Vehicle Association
John E. Benton
Pirates and Senators Stars May Change Teams After World Series
Speculation swirls after the 1925 World Series as Pirates and Senators stars may switch uniforms. Names tied to possible moves include Roger Peckinpaugh and Max Carey with Goose Goslin also discussed, while Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss recently acquired Paul Waner. No official bids or confirmations have been made.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pitburgh
Washington
Roger Peckinpaugh
Senators
Max Carey
Pirates
Goose Goslin
Peeckinpaugh
Lee Fohl
Red Sox
Boston
Howard Ehmke
Carey
Pirate
Barney Dreyfuss
Paul Waner
San Francisco
Hal Rhyne
Dreyfuss
Griffith
Peckinpaugh
Goslin
Minnesota men fined for driving trucks without licenses
Frank Worthington of Minneapolis and W B Allen of Albert Lea were arrested in Mason City and Forest City for driving trucks in Iowa without Iowa licenses and were fined plus forced to purchase towage.
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Associated, Press
Nine Million U S Women Engaged in Gainful Occupations
Nine million women in the United States are in gainful work, about 22 percent of all workers, with 2 1/2 million in manufacturing. The Women's Conference at the National Association of Manufacturers meeting in St. Louis on October 2s featured speakers on women employers and workers in industry and education.
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Sttvy
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Marguerite B. Benson
Women's Bureau
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Ice
Denson
Oro Snyder
Chicago
Arthur Morey
St. Louis Club
Mee Murray
Brookhart urges U S export body for agriculture
Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa urged Congress to create a government export corporation for agricultural products with an estimated 150 million capital. He said the entity would handle excess crops for export and guarantee farmers their production price plus a five percent profit, later to be taken over by agricultural cooperatives.
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Omaha
Neb
Congress
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Brookhart
Congressional Currency and Finance Committee
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Des Moines
Middlewest
Bankers Show Interest in Warehouse Certificates for Farmers
Des Moines reports bankers statewide show strong interest in warehouse certificates issued under the Warehouse Act. Secretary Mark G. Thornburg notes certificates are sealed under official supervision, insured against windstorms and fire, and inspected monthly.
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Des Moines
Mark G. Thornburg
Department of Agriculture
Sorrowful Appeal From A Widowed Mother’s Orphan Son
A letter received by a benevolent society describes a distressed young man, sole provider for his widowed mother, an aging father, and infant brothers. He is portrayed as the family’s only breadwinner and caretaker, seeking aid.
Shanghai Falls to New Ruler Sun Chuan-Fang
General Sun Chuan-Fang seized Shanghai without a fight as 10 000 troops took the city from General Chang Tso-Lin's forces who moved toward central China. Eighty sentences to death were handed to foreign authorities as foreign delegates and Americans faced travel disruptions. Guarded settlements and barbed wire barricades went up amid heightened security and precautionary measures.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Sun Chuan-Fang
Cheklang
Chang Tso-Lin
Shing Chi-Lien
Shanhhai
Nanking
Silas Bi. Strawn
Chicago
Peking
Strawn
Mahlon
Perkins
State Department
Sun Chuan- Fang
Iowa bankers hear report this month in district meetings
Iowa Bankers Association members will gather in 25 district meetings late this month to hear Sell Better Banking committee messages. Emil Webbles of Burlington announced the plan to convene all bankers, explain procedures, and seek cooperation. Each meeting will feature a committee member who will speak and then lead a discussion.
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Associated
Des Moines
Iowa Lpankers Association
Emil Webbles
Burlington
Radio Divorce Sought by Wife in Minneapolis Court
Mrs. Hattie Arnold files a radio divorce suit against husband Loren Arnold in Minneapolis Minnesota alleging he spends evenings at distant stations and objects to her washing because the radio interferes with his broadcasts. He seeks custody of their two children amid the dispute.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Main
Hattie Arnold
Loren Arnold
The
Coast Guard recovers ships and prisoners in anti rum trade drive
The coast guard reports it has captured 258 sea going vessels and about 400 prisoners since its rum suppression campaign began seven months ago. The force notes four government slips and three crew members lost, with rum seizures valued over 10 million dollars. Officials seek more personnel and equipment and plan to ask Congress for increased appropriations.
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Coast Guards Dry Navy
Coast Guard
Congress
Roads to Iowa City Face Weather Delays for Big Game
Heavy rains threaten southeastern Iowa highways ahead of the Iowa vs Illinois football game. Primary road No 7 from Davenport to Des Moines will be dry but rough while Cedar Rapids route No 4010 is badly rutted but dry. Other routes are drying and none are impassable.
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Vrees
Iowa City
Iowa
Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapides
Hanford MacNider Takes Oath as War Industry Official
Hanford S. MacNider of Iowa took the oath of office today as assistant secretary of war in charge of industrial mobilization phases of national defense.
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Irene
Washington
Hanford S. MacNider
Iowa
Cuyler Carey and Traynor Share Honors For Pirates
Pittsburgh triumph over Washington in the 1925 World Series highlighted by Cuyler's decisive pinch homer and his closing blow in the seventh game. Pic Traynor Mac Carey Vic Aldridge and Ray Kremer contributed strong defense hitting and pitching, while Goose Goslin Sam Rice and Joe Harris starred for the Senators.
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Pittshcrcis
Hazen
Kiki) Cuyler
Pirates
Senators
Bucky Harris
Washington
Cuyler
Buccanneers
Pic Traynor
Mac Carey
Vic Aldridge
Ray Kremer
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Sam Rice
Smith
Goose Goslin
Joe Harris
Senator
Traynors
Ruel
Grantham
Goslin
Granthaim
Brilliantce
Barnhat
Blueses
Traynor
Moore
Sam Lice
Earl Smith
Stanley Harris
Winnington
Wricht
Barnhart
Joe Judge
Cunningham Says Banking Situation Is Improving Now
Des Moines reports E H Cunningham a rural Iowa representative on the federal reserve board says the banking situation shows much improvement. He notes bankers are lending farmers more from their own resources and backs Iowa warehouse act as a success, while warning banks cannot absorb excessive such paper.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
E. H. Cunningham
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Omaha
Cunningham
Library association active with public libraries
Sioux City Iowa October 16 The American Library Association leads an exhaustive study of U S public libraries to be published in a handbook and develops activities abroad including a Paris library and a training library school. A plan proposes a central book warehouse to save space and reduce duplicate purchases while expanding access.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
American Library Association
Charles F. D. Beldon
Association
Paris
France
A. KB. Bostwick
St. Louis
Belden
Locarno Frontiers Treaties Adopted At Security Conference
In Locarno Switzerland the international security conference adopted arbitration treaties concerning Germany's eastern frontiers. Delegates planned to initial the final protocol and seven treaties after a 6:30 p.m. recess and publish texts in European capitals on Monday morning. The Locarno treaty establishing the western powers security pact was also formally initialled this afternoon.
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Locarno
Switzerland
Germany
Labor union stirs against railroad board and acts
The American Federation of Labor denounces the railroad labor board as an uncompromising body and calls for its abolishment. It urges unions to resist social legislation that harms trade unions and asks members to subscribe to Colliers and Crowell publications after a company refused union labor. The convention also opposes New York crime photos and finger printing, and urges disengagement from extraterritorial privileges in China.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Transportation Act
Railroad Labor Board
Uge
Bell Telephone System
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Ohio
China
Enright
New York City
United States
Iowa bankers face federal trial over 1923 bank irregularities
In Creston Iowa on October 16 evidence began in federal district court to convict C. A Wenstrand and D. A Wenstrand of Shenandoah on 17 counts for misapplying funds making false entries and siphoning bank money. C A Wenstrand was bank president and Dr A Wenstrand was cashier before the 1924 bank disorganization.
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Creseton
C. A
D. A. Wenstrand
Shenandoah
Federal District Court
Wenstrands
Farmers’ National Bank of
A. Wenstrand
Eashier
Des Moines man sues vaudeville duo for ten thousand
Carl A. Sellers of Des Moines files a $10,000 damages suit alleging that vaudeville performers Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leroy Nies unlawfully hold custody of his seven year old daughter Mary Jane Sellers who formerly attended Cedar Rapids school.
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Des Moines
Charles Leroy Nies
Mary Jane Sellers
Cedar Rapids
Carl A. Sellers
Woman's Plan for World Good Will favored in Japan
Miss Jessie M. Sherwood of Boston proposes a religious conference uniting Christians Buddhists and Jews to promote world peace. Her idea gained early favorable attention in Japan amid post Exclusion Act tensions and is viewed as a path to dispel religious prejudice and foster international goodwill.
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Associated Press
New York
Japan
Jessie M. Sherwood
Japan Society of Boston
Boston
Bing
Ied
Miss Sherwood
Gendo Nakai
Osaka
Tokio
Buddhist Orders Move Toward World Religious Conference
Gendo Nakai of Osaka reports that Tokyo groups have passed two resolutions in separate meetings to hold a world religious conference. Aims include cooperation between Religious Talking Society professors and Nippon University religious course members, seeking U S leadership after disarmament efforts.
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Tokyo
Religious Talking Society
Nippon University
Birthplaces of Iowa Governors Marked by Stones
Three Iowa governors born in the state will have burial markers at their birthplaces. Edgar K. Harlan of the Iowa Historical Society announced a carved glacial boulder for former Governor B. F. Carroll in Davis County with dedication ceremonies on Oct. 22 near Carroll’s home in Sale Creek township.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edgar Kt. Harlan
Iown Historical Society
B. F. Carroll
Davis County
Carroll
Sale Creek
Eldon
State Historical Department
W. A. Davison
Birmingham
Thomas W. Haney
Ellsworth Rominger
A. Bb. Funk
Kendall
Harlan
Another Gang War Breaks Out in Chicago
Chicago reports a new gangster clash as four gunmen shoot Thomas O'Donnell and fire on Edward Spike O'Donnell, leader of the O'Donnell gang. Thomas O'Donnell is in grave condition. the ambush occurs near a prior blood feud site where Walter O'Donnell and another gangster were killed months earlier.
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Chicago
Associated Prose
Thos. O'Donnell
Edward
Spike” O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Thomas O'Donnell
Youngesr O'Donnell
Walter
Bombing damages Bethesa Baptist Church in Chicago South Side
An explosion destroyed the Bethesa Baptist Church, the largest Negro church and community center in Chicago's South Side, with damage estimated at 100000 dollars. No injuries were reported. The church had earlier been bombed and attributed to prejudice by police at that time.
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Chicago
Betheseda Baptist Church
South Side Negro District
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