Labor to push five day week in Republican platform
William Green of the American Federation of Labor outlines plans to insert the five day week into a national political platform, extend it to federal workers, and press for child labor limits, immigration restrictions, and light wine and beer allowances, while remaining nonpartisan and opposing Prohibition repeal. The federation seeks court restraint reform and industry reorganization, with focus on labor rights and protective laws.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
International News
Secvice
Kansas
Gily
Orr
Labor
Executive Council of
The
Federalion
Detroit
Organized Labor
Ort
Friends of Labor
Town Labor Federation Convenes In State Capital
The Town Federation of Labor delegates, led by officers including Lewis and Stief, gathered to review last year’s convention actions. They urged support for an old age pension, opposed non arbitration, and called for home industry campaigns, wage extension, and female labor participation while naming committees and speakers for the session.
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Lewis
National Federation
Ming
Organized Labor
Convention
Iowa City
Women's Labor
Labor
Co-Operative Legislative Council
Disabled Veterans of the World
Amercan Legion
Strief
Shanessy
Stief
Des Moines
Chaise Tuan
State Board of Coniit
Ac State Federation of Labor
James
Tasenahon
Ind
Tourneyr Barbers’ International Canton
Inci
F. A. Cantielit
Cedar Rapids
United States
Coneijator of Labor
Leper Davis
Time Towa State Federation
Joseph Burns
Drolgs
Noe
Iowa State Fredera
von of
George A. Proersor Davenport
Jo. W. Dpenms
Pete Wienie
Madrid
Garl Zemek
Burlargion
Chairs and committee names span Cedar Rapids to Des Moines
A long list of names and chairmen across Iowa cities outlines committees on labor, education, immigration, and various governance topics. Notable names include Elizabeth Laurie, Joseph Sulggan, Henry Halla, Emil Kluss, and Claudia Crossland, with chairs in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Des Moines, and Davenport among others. The roll call lists numerous officials and regional representatives, reflecting a structured assembly focused on labor, education, grievance, convict labor, and immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Laurie
Chariton
Joseph M. Sulggan
Cedar Rapids
Boycott
H. L. Eriichson
Waterloo
A. Smith
Boone
Pete Whittemore
R. 3. Jones
Milton Frerk
Muscatine
F. ©. Sloan
Henry Halla
T. N. la Point
Burlindeh
Thomas McAllen
James Fitzgerald
Des Moines
A. Slevers
L. R. Ackley
Davenport
T. W. Coram
Marshalltown
F.C. Smith
W. H. Webb
Jade
Robert
HE. Hall
J. Morgan
Albin
HH. S. Fierisen
Everett Crisman
L. L. Powers
Charles Knese
Ed Springborn
G. Peterson
Lb. Beldini
Mad Lyid
M. C. Simmons
Emil “J. Kluss
J. B. Wiley
Des’Moines
John Hide
Fort
Madison
C. M. Sulser
Iowa City
A. L. Tons
Sioux City
A. E. Vauthrin
E. W. Lundquist
Resolutions
W. H. Griebling
Mason Guy
W. F. Shadie
Harold Clancy
Clinton
S. H. Howell
W. R. Elder
A. J. Cronkhite
Cedar Repids
John Gay
Albia
C. A. Haggerty
Gale C. Banks
J. B. Casey
Fort Dadee
Mekigan Aviator Forced Down by North Carolina Fog
Mooresville N C June 12 A Mexican aviator named Fyniti Carranza attempting a nonstop flight from Mexico City to Washington was forced to crash land in fog near Mealeo City Meleao City before dawn He resumed the goodwill flight at 1 50 pm after a forced landing at 3 30 am and said Washington would not be difficult to reach despite the fog and uncertainty about his immediate plans The Associated Press quoted him saying he was proud of his men and expected to resume flight as soon as conditions improved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresville
N.C
Dane
Fyniti Carranza
Jatar
Mealeo City
Washington
Mr. NG
Mexico City
Weashington
DB. C
Emile Care
Ted
United States
Associated Press
Ivery Herd
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
Meilon
Commerce
Hoover
Butler
Republican National Committee
Massachusetts
Idaho
Secretary of Commerce
Senator Borah
Ben
James W. Good
Gulf Coast club manager arrives for summer season
Mrs Delores Mickley and granddaughter Wanda Ramona plus her husband from Valparaiso Fla arrived to spend the summer with her sister Mrs L Henderson at 835 Columbia. Mickley has charge of Post's Gulf Coast club located about two and a half miles from Valparaiso offering exercise, lounging and other facilities. The club features a putting tree riding horses and deer. Mickley has run the club for two years and will return in the fall. Also reported theft of two automobiles: a tour ine car stolen from Baum McDonald Auto Co at 7100 Lafayette Street and a Melt tanden stolen from Chris Johnson 1802 Franklin Talreot Cedar Falls. Penn graduates noted, fifty degrees awarded at commencement exercises Tuesday.
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Delores
Mickley
Little
Wanda Ramona
Hermann
Valparaiso
Fla
L. Henderson
Columbia
Post
Gulf Coast Club
Xvelaxa
Chicago
Baum-McDonald Auto Company
Lafayette
Istreet
Melt Tanden
Chris Johnson
Franklin Talreot
Cedar Falk
Tornado Devastates McCook Nebraska Path Of Destruction
A tornado ripped through McCook Nebraska last night leaving more than 109 homes demolished and many injured. The western and northern sections were hit as a half mile wide path destroyed residences and hurled cars into wrecks. Fire and emergency crews struggled amid downed lines and dark streets as volunteers searched the ruins for storm victims. One unidentified woman was badly hurt and admitted to St Catherine’s hospital. The Kelley air field suffered damage with one plane torn from its anchorage and thrown about 200 feet into debris.
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McCook
Neb
St. Catherine's Hospital
Kelley
Chang Tso-Lin Dead Reported By Tokio News
Tokyo reports the death of Manchurian warlord and former northern dictator Chang Tso-Lin, killed by a bomb at Mukden after his abdication. The death comes as authorities confirm the assassination amid political upheaval following his removal from power.
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Chang Tso-Lin
Tokio
Qulese War Office
Cheng Tso-Lin
Mukden
Mabel Bell Sets For Trans Atlantic Flight From Harbor Grace
Miss Mabel Bell prepared for a second attempt to cross the Atlantic in the monoplane Columbia from Roosevelt Field to Harbor Grace Nova Scotia. Weather was favorable but Atlantic conditions remained uncertain and a direct flight to Europe was not planned.
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Roosevelt Field
Mabel Bell
Atlantic
Columbia
Harbor Grace
N. F
Germany
Oliver Je Soutillier
Arthur Argles
Royal Air
Queen of Diamonds
Paother
Josephine Bell
Rochester
N. Y
Goodsby
Levine
Here
Europe
Hoover Poised for GOP Nomination as Hoover Moves Ahead
The convention showed Herbert Hoover gaining momentum with key moves from the Pennsylvania delegation and a rallying Idaho contingent. James W. Good predicted a first ballot nomination as delegates shifted toward Hoover, while others kept comments cautious ahead of balloting slated for Thursday after opening speeches.
Two marriages solemnized in Black Hawk county district court
Divorces filed as Inde pendence cases raise cruelty claims. Freaé Bernhardt sues Harriett Bernhardt after a 1917 marriage. Ora Crum seeks custody of a 21 month old child from Ora Crum and Jeanette Crum. Carl Redman petitions for divorce from Maude Redman, stating ill treatment. couples married in Independence and Belleville, with multiple children noted.
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Independence
Wenk
Black Hawk County
J. W.thompson
Freaé
J. Bernhardt
Cedar Falls
Harriett M. Bernhardt
Jeanette Crum Sics
Ora Crum
Chorus Girls Sought for Courier Riviera Frivolities Show
Frederick B. Ingram director of the Courier Riviera Frivolities seeks willing chorus girls for a June 21 to 23 revue. Rehearsals run daily at the Elks club with majority of performers drawn from Waterloo and surrounding areas. The home talent show, supported by the Courier and Riviera management, promises spirited dance and music with professional Casey Jones.
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Courier-Riviera Frivolities
Glory
Riviera Theatre
Frederick B. Ingram
Courier-Riviera Frivalities
Ingram
Elks Club
Casey Jones
The
Courier
Rivtera Management
Augustana Synod Coolidge Delays Budget Start Plan
Des Moines June 12 71 The Lutheran Augustana synod adopted a budget system at its sixty ninth annual convention to cover synodical activities. The plan includes Augustana college and seminary Rock Island Immanuel Deaconess hospital Omaha immigrant home New York City home and foreign missions pension and aid fund synodical treasury Lutheran council and Luther league. The 1929 budget is estimated at 326000 to be shared by 13 conferences and three home mission districts. Otto Leonardsen Minneapolis was named stewardship secretary and to oversee the budget inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Augustana College and Theological Seminary
Rock Island
Immanuel Deaconess Hospital
Omaha
Nek
New York City
Home and Foreign Missions
Pension and Aid Fund
Synodical Treasury
Functional Lutheran Council
Luther League
Otto Leonardsen
Minneapolis
Patten Accepts Pastorate at Carmel Baptist Church
Rev J H Patten begins work as pastor of Carmel Baptist Church at Summer and Linn streets after six months vacancy. Former Bethesda Baptist Kansas City pastor comes with 21 years in ministry. Mrs Patten to join soon. Patten living at 217 Shullam Street amid ongoing revival meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Patten
MS. Carmel Baptist Church
Summer and
Linn Streets
J. P. Eaves
Mr. Patten
Waterloo
Kansas City
Bethesda Baptist, Church
Bishop College
Marshall
Tex
Princeton University
Princeton
Ind
Patlin
Shullam Street
Tance Row
Coolidge White House Trip Delayed By Mrs Coolidge Illness
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge postponed plans to depart for the 1924 summer white house after Mrs Coolidge fell ill again. White House physicians advised delaying travel to Wisconsin due to her condition despite daytime improvement.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
White House
Duel Boone
Five Hundred Barbers Dine and Dance at Hotel Russell Lamson
Some 4500 barbers with wives and friends gathered for a dinner dance sponsored by Rose Barber Supply House at Hotel Russell Lamson. Mayor Tibbetts and other officials spoke on cooperation with local unions to seek legislative aid for sanitation standards in the state. The evening concluded with dancing.
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Russell- Lamson
Rose Barber Supply House
Glenn A. Tibbetts
W. T. Rose
Waterloo
John T. McGrider
Des Moines
L. R. Shull Amos
Painters Nose Broken In Fall From Engine
Wilford Moore of 1212 Randolph Street, a painter for the Illinois Central railroad, fractured his nose this morning when he fell from a running board of an locomotive in the 106 yards SOAP engine. Robert L. Thomas of 221 Fremont Street departs for Cincinnati to take a chemical engineering position with Procter & Gamble Co after graduating from the University of Iowa.
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Wilford Moore
Randolph Street
Tlinois Central Railroad
Robert L. Thomas
Fremont Street
Cincinnati
Proctor & Gamble Co
University of Towa
Hoover wins Republican nomination at Kansas City convention
At Convention Hall Kansas City June 12 Herbert Hoover secures the Republican presidential nomination as Pennsylvania delivers 79 votes pushing him over the 545 needed. Mellon and allied leaders hold late night talks with anti Hoover factions while Wall Street jitters rise as the party braces for a unity vote. The scene recalls Chicago eight years ago as political maneuvering and room conferences unfold to seal Hoover’s fate.
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Kansas City
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Coolidge
Keystone
Vare
Mellon
William S. Vare
Frank O. Lowden
Tilingis
Senator Watson
Indiana
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Goff
West Virginia
Curtis
Muehlbach
Mellons
Secreary
David A. Reed
Chicago
Harding
Wall Street
Morgan Partners
Thomas Cochrane
Wall Sheet
New York
Republican Party
Fire at Arses Incident Reported on Monday Afternoon
A fire at 700 Commercial Street damaged an automobile owned by H Rosen bloom and involved burlap around exposed pipework. Investigators cited insured loss potential and noted no injuries. Harman C. Miller reported the sale of damages as advised.
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Commercial Street
H. Rosen
Bloom
Naust
Barbers Plan Waterloo 1929 Convention
Journeymen Barbers union met for the eighteenth annual convention in Howe's hall Waterloo to vote for a 1929 convention there with the Iowa Master Barbers state association. They endorsed 13 resolutions including a two year apprenticeship and eighth grade education for out of state registration, with speakers Julius Ostergard and James Shanessy noted. F. C. Sloan presided. no officers were elected.
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Tows Journeymen Barbers Union
Howe's Hall
Water Street
Waterloo
Iowa Master Barbers State Association
Resolution Committee
Julius Ostergard
Cedar Talis
Barbers’ Union
James ©. Shanessy
Indianapolis
Ind
Journeymick Barbers’ International Union
F. C. Sloan
Waterloo factories turn out goods valued at millions
Herman C. Miller president of the Chamber of Commerce spoke at the Kiwanis noon lunch on Know Waterloo Week June 18 23 at Hotel Russell Lameon. He said Waterloo's factories produce products valued at more than 43 million dollars annually with a multi million dollar payroll. William Dibble Mason City assistant district governor of Kiwanis International spoke on Kiwanian principles.
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Waterloo
Russell-Lameon
Herman C. Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Greater Waterloo
Miller
William Dibble
Mason City
Lea
Kiwanis International
Mrs Titus Lowe Ill In Omaha While Bishop Learns Stab
Mrs Titus Lowe wife of Bishop Lowe is ill with tonsillitis in a hospital at Omaha Nebraska her condition is not serious and the couple plan to visit Waterloo when she recovers Bishop Lowe who was seriously ill at Paris on their return from India is recovering and will move to the Portland area in July American professor Daniel H Buchanan at Keio University in Tokyo has been awarded Doctor of Economy the first such honor for a foreigner at the institution born in Kansas City Missouri in 1886 and Harvard educated
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Titus Lowe
Omaha
Paris
Bishop Lowe
Neb
Theresa J. Egiloff
Washington Street
Bishop
Lowe
Waterloo
France
India
Portland, Ore
Tokio
Daniel H. Buchanan
Keio University
Japan
Buchanan
Bansas City
Harvard
Building Permits and Marriage Licenses Logged
Building permits list five projects including Dr G C Beatriade and Mrs Anna Benttide for a one story frame dwelling at 721 Moir valued at 4200 and garages for F R Conners 847 Lindon 125 J B Anderle 231 Reed 125 plus Lou Fuller 1701 Falls avenue Gas station 1000. Marriage licenses show Henry Olson Mora Minn and Leona M Adams Mora Minn and John Weed Clear Lake Ethel A Larrabee Clear Lake. Gertrude Strokecker 1825 Second Street West leaves for Greeley Colo to visit friends. A note mentions testing endurance of chimeras and artificial weather by a camera company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Beatriade
Anna Benttide
Moir
F. R. Conners
Lindon
J. B. Anderle
Reed
Lou Fuller
Falls Avenue
Gling Station
Henry Olson
Mora, Minn
Leona M. Adams
Mora
Minn
John Weed
Clear Lake
Ethel A
Larrabee
Colorado
Gertrude Strokecker
Second Street West
Greeley
Colo
Brain Tests at Leading Universities Puzzle Counties
A scanned Society Page item presents a word puzzle with missing letters shown by stars. Readers are asked to name counties formed by adding letters, with a four minute limit and many hints like Panama from Panama with three As. The item tags the puzzle as a test of mental angles and invites readers to consult corrected answers later.
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Panama
Pere
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Mrs. McCormick’s
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Republican
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PENN
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Dune
Talin
Penn College
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Web
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Kolchester County
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Iowa Books
Towa
Betty Fisher
Iowa
Towa Allied Printing Trades Council
State Labor Convention Hall
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Edward Cortan
Third West
Donald Peterson
Robert B. Hart
Evergreen
Big Boy
Andrew W. Mellon
Herbert D. Grove
the Riviera
Grove
Augustana Synod
Brutle
Carmel Baptist
E. J. Brucher
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Canopus Club
John Beck
Sixth West
A. E. Phillips
G. J. Mier
Kingsley
Harman C. Miller
Dee
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Kiwanis Club
Agsweta Om Society
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