Naval Court Seeks Truth About Shenandoah Crash
Naval court hearings in Lakehurst proceed after testimony from surviving officers on the Shenandoah wreck. Officers Mayer Bauch Anderson and Hendley testified as Charles Rosendahl presented the initial report, with focus on actions before the crash and whether storm or ship weakness caused the disaster. Heinen argued gas valve count impacted the airship’s storm tolerance while awaiting army and German expert input.
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Prema
Charles FE. Rosendahl
Mitchell
Army Air Service
Anton Heinen
Heinen
National Swine Show Heads to Peoria Fair
National Swine Show will be held in Peoria from Sept 28 to Oct 3. Youths will exhibit record pig club entries with 167 animals set in 194? as the high mark, reflecting growing interest and quality in 4 H club work nationwide.
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Peoria
Pig Club
G. A. Fossett
National
Swine Growers’ Association
Miss Forsett
United States
G. l L. Noble
National Committee
Mr. Noble
Drake University Sees Record Enrollment Rise
Des Moines Iowa reports enrollment at Drake University will be the largest ever as faculty staffing increases in preparation. Registration days are set for next Monday for new students and Tuesday for returning students.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Drake University
Resignation of Des Moines Pastor Over Klan Dispute
In Des Moines a two year clash over the Ku Klux Klan ends as Rev. N C Carpenter offers resignation from Capitol Hill Church of Christ effective December 20. church members say the pastor’s one sided view triggered the split while a board official cites a recent verbal altercation. The resignation statement blames ten people for the trouble with unclear records.
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Associated Resemt
Des Moines
Klan
Capitol Hill
Harry Scropshire
Omaha Gasoline Prices Slide in Fifth Day of War
The fifth day of Omaha’s gasoline price war ends with stations at 12.9 to 14 cents per gallon including tax. Elrod and Howell cut to 12.9 cents, H M Michel at 13.9 cents claims it is the limit. Standard Oil Nebraska stations offer 14 cents. Plans for a farmers refining company in Nebraska propose Oklahoma or Omaha refinery with one station per county selling gasoline just above cost, allowing farmer investors up to 100 dollars and potential annual savings of 300 to 500 dollars.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Elrod and Howell
H. M. Michel
Michel
Imit
Standard Qoil Company
Nebraska
Farmers’ Refining Company
Oklahoma
University of Iowa Invites Educators to Three Day Conference
Dean Paul Packer of the University of Iowa College of Education announces a three day conference on school supervision from October 1 to 3. More than thirty talks by prominent Iowa educators and Midwest superintendents, plus round tables and luncheons, will explore directing secondary education.
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Iowa City
Paul
Packer
University of Iowa College of Education
Mainard Ab. Laner
University of Iowa
Middle West
University of Iowa Studies Drug Habit Grant
The University of Iowa will continue opium effect studies on the brain with an $8,000 grant from the Committee on Drug Addictions. Ira H. Pierce will conduct the studies under Dr. O. H. Plant, head of the Materia Medica and Pharmacology department.
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Iowa City
Bent
University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
Ira H. Pierce
O. H. Plant
Department of
Materia Medica and Pharmacology
State to Purchase 60,000 Bushels Potatoes
Des Moines Iowa September 21 Sixty thousand bushels of potatoes will be bought in a few weeks by the state board of control for use at the state institutions under its jurisdiction. H L Shropshire purchasing agent said it is more profitable to buy potatoes and use farm lands for brains and other crops.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Control
H. L. Shropshire
Spencer Man Held for Murder Over Six Dollar Repair
Spencer, Iowa, September 22 The Associated Press Jack Sipes a 33 year old garage proprietor is held for murder in the stabbing death of Dan Dentling a 20 year old bakery truck driver Dentling was killed in Sipes garage after a dispute over a $6 repair bill Witnesses say Dentling advised Sipes not to lock the car and Sipes then stabbed him just above the heart Dentling died instantly Friends say the men had no prior quarrel over the matter
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Rre
Associated Press
Spencer
Jack Sipes
Dan Dentling
Sipes
Dentline
Dentling
Dentlinge
Boy Dies From Gas Fumes After Attempting Drunken Breathing
Springfield UL reports 14 year old Harold Riffey died of asphyxiation after inhaling fumes from a car gas tank on his father's farm to get drunk. He reportedly told neighbors he often used gasoline fumes to get intoxicated and was found near an open gas tank in the barn by his mother.
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Springfield
Harold Riffey
Here
Slag Surface To Be Placed On Road Between Newton And Reasner
The Jasper county board of supervisors awarded a contract to Will Johnson of Tama for slag paving on the highway between Newton and Reasner. The project costs about 640 dollars per mile and begins October 15, finishing by December 31. Slag from a local coal mine will be supplied free, with support from Reasnor residents and the Newton Chamber of Commerce. Bidders came from Perry Grand Junction Nevada West Bend Iowa Falls Marshalltown Clear Lake Des Moines and Belmond.
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Newton
Jasper
Board of Supervisors
Reasner
Will Johnson
Tama
Reasnor
Perry
Grand Junction
Nevada
West Bend
Iowa Falls
Marshalltown
Clear Lake
Des Moines
Belmond
Mother of Merle Hay to Attend Conventions
Mrs Harvey Hay of Glidden Iowa mother of Merle Hay the first three Kansas soldiers killed in World War I will attend state and national Legion and auxiliary conventions in Council Bluffs and Omaha She will be the guest of honor of the Council Bluffs auxiliary during both conventions
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Council Bluffs
Lows
Harvey Hay
Glidden
Iowa
Legion and Auxilary
Omaha
Hay
Honey
Mexican Town Blaze Wrecks Ti Juana Block
Flames swept through a Vernon club area in Ti Juana burning a dozen resorts and shops in the border district. Businessmen estimate losses near 100000 as structures from the San Francisco Cantina to the Log Cabin and other bars go up in flames.
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San Diego
Tijuana
San Francisco Cantina
Turf
Lower California Commercial Company
Curio
Conduct of Veterans Bureau Improved During Last Year
The American Legion's national rehabilitation committee lauds decentralization of the United States veterans bureau, guardianship and diagnostic services, a new rating schedule, and review of old claims. The report notes fewer appeals, with 15 pending central office cases on June 30 versus 2,000 a year ago, and cites guardianship safeguards for vulnerable beneficiaries, plus plans for a third diagnostic center near San Francisco.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Veterans’ Bureau
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
the Legion
Omaha
James F. Barton
Acco
Legion
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
San Francisco
Plan to provide needed Washington buildings stirs opposition
Washington notes show President Coolidge backing a wave of federal building plans but faces resistance from lawmakers and cabinet members who demand local pork projects. House Ways and Means sets October 17 to consider a tax cut, with a $400 million reduction anticipated.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Longworth
Dauber Rejoins Iowa Field for Return to Play
Veteran halfback Raymond Dauber appeared in uniform on Iowa field for the first time this year after a sprained ankle kept him sidelined. Iowa's scrimmage featured Griffen at center with Raffensberger and Keel on the line, Romey and Smith at ends, Graham and Fry at quarterbacks, and Kutseh at fullback as Ingwersen led a snappy session.
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Iowa City
Raymond Dauber
Ingwersen
Griffen
Raffensberger
Keel
Kraguski
Lodawig
Romey
Smith
Rice
Hogan
Schiermer
Cubel
Graham
Fry
Kutseh
Nine Local Youths Enroll at Parsons College Fairfield
Nine students from Washington rural area enroll at Parsons College as juniors sophomores and freshmen. Enrollment expands to 465 initial and 488 by Saturday with a freshman class of 200 and students from 95 Iowa high schools plus 19 from outside the state and four foreign countries. Additional Fairfield and Ainsworth students join Parsons during the week with names listed among the new entrants.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Washington
Parsons College
Willis Perguson
Goo. W. Ferguson
Harriet Phillips
James Phillips
Joln Lemon
ISS
Parsons
China
Korea
Bulgaria
India
Texas
New York City
North Carolina
Florida
Ainsworth
Wanda Spessard
KE. W. Spessard
Eclass
Milford McCreedy
W. R. McCreedy
Abel Wolfe
C.H. Waite
Mildred Craig
Lee Craig
Weert Chester
Florence Huber
J. A. Huber
Wes Chester
Miss Craig
Miss Huber
Two Die and One Critical After Iowa Auto Crash
Waterloo report states John Oelbon about 30 died at 4 30 A M and George Walden slightly older remained in critical condition at a hospital after an automobile accident five miles west of Hudson Iowa last night. Both men suffered skull fractures.
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Abe
Tress
Waterloo
John Oelbon
George Walden
Hudson
Wilbur opposes national air defense department plan
Secretary Wilbur urged maintaining the Navy air service largely as is and opposed a separate air force or a national defense department. He argued air forces are integral to the Navy, cautioning against unity of command changes and calling for continued coordination with civil aviation and standardized production.
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Coast Artillery
Billy” Mitchell
Navy
Mitchell
Associated Press
Washington
Navy Air Service Organization
Wilbur
Air Board
War Department
Army Air Services
Department of National Defense
Wsecretary
Naval Air Service
Marine Corps
Army
United Air Service
Stranded in Omaha 35 Years Ago Invited Back to Speak
George R. Lunn, once stranded in Omaha without funds after paying his fare to cross the toll bridge to Council Bluffs, Iowa, returned 35 years later to deliver an address before the Advertising Selling League as lieutenant governor of New York and former New York congressman.
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Omaha
Neb
George R. Lunn
Council Bluffs
Lunn
New York
Education Meet at University Oct 18 Conference Program
The University of Iowa conference on school supervision published a three day program. Opening Oct 1 features Edward H. Lauer, with Dean Paul C. Packer announcing the schedule. Prominent University educators and West Center speakers from St. Louis Denver Chicago will discuss supervising secondary education.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Conference On
Paul C. Packer
College of Education
Edward H. Lauer
University of Town
St. Louis
Denver
Chicago
West
Supreme Court of Iowa convenes with Stevens filling Arthur seat
The Iowa Supreme Court's first division convened for the September term with Judge Truman Stevens replacing the late Judge Thomas Arthur. Chief Justice Faville and Judges Evans and Albert sit in this division. The second division, led by Faville, Stevens, DeGraff and Ver Milion, will meet next Tuesday. The docket was called and oral arguments began, including the appeal of Carl Hough for the murder of Lillian McKinney in Bedford, Iowa.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Truman
Stevens
Thomas Arthur
Iowa Supreme Court
Arthur
Hammill
F. F. Faville
W. D. Evans
KB. G. Albert
Faville
Lawrence DeGraff
C. W. Vermilion
Carl Hough
Lillian McKinney
Herrick
S. D
Bedford
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Veterans Bureau
Charles Stewart
NEA
National Federation of Federal Employes
Dauber
Iowa Field
Tihs County
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Naval Aviation
Navy Department
Naval Aircraft Factory
Supreme Court OF Iowa
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