Gornbelt Chiefs Push McNary-Haugen Farm Plan
The Corn Belt federation, with over a million members, renews support for the McNary Haugen farm relief bill ahead of a special congressional session. It outlines plan elements from surplus handling and cost apportionment to automatic production control and a revolving fund. A tariff study committee is named, and groups are urged to join the effort.
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Des ‘Maines
Corn Belt Federation
Congress
Federation
William Hirth
Columbia
Committee forms to acquaint farm groups for a Washington conference
A committee was appointed to contact cotton growers of the South, dairymen of New York, rice growers, barley tobacco producers, to send representatives to Washington for a conference and bill drafting. Members named were William Settle of Indianapolis, Frank Murphy of Wheaton Minnesota, and C. B. Hug of Salina Kansas. A telegram urged appointing Ralph Snyder, federation member, as Kansas senator to fill Vice President Curtis’s vacancy.
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South
New York
Washington
William Settle
Indianapolis
Frank Murphy
Wheaton
Minn
C. B. Hug
Salina
Kan
Clyde M. Reid
Kansas
Ralph Snyder
Federation
Curtis
Wife Seeks Divorce Amid Courtroom Hearing Turmoil
Mrs. Mary McEnroe fainted on the witness stand during Fannie E. Kelly v Clarence H. Belly in Lea Court Judge H Boles urged clarity as Mrs. McEnroe and Mrs. E H Lindell spoke faintly Kelly’s eighth petition for divorce was noted with previous Polk county filings and a cross petition decree in 1921. Custody of their 16 year old son was discussed amid money dispute tensions.
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Mary McEnros
Walnut Street
H. 8. Bales
Alvision
Fannie E. Kelly
Clarence H. Belly
Lea Court
Kelly
Brandt
Boles
Clarence
Cornell College Receives $2000 From Stokes Estate
The Cornell college of Mount Vernon Iowa received a $2000 bequest from W E O D Stokes, a New York hotel owner who died in March 1926. The gift followed his thanks for a fair 1925 trial that ended a conspiracy case against his wife and prompted a pledge for a new chemistry building. Judge William Gemmill, a college alumnus and trial presiding judge, announced the donation after a trustees letter confirmed the bequest.
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Chicago
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa
W. E. OD. Stokes
New York
Stranded families face debt and flood threats in Waterloo
Fragments describe the Ler family in Des Moines owing 500 dollars and awaiting payment upon moving to Waterloo. Kelly, a broommaker, appears in partial context as floods from Cedar River and streams force fish and people inland. Notes touch on legends among southwest Indians and a Pumpkin blossom motif.
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Moines
Waterloo
Kelly
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