Presbyterian Church General Assembly Tracks Six Court Cases
San Francisco May 31 The Presbyterian Church general assembly considered six cases before its permanent judicial commission led by the Crombie and Buchanan matters involving the First Presbyterian Lead SD and the synod of New York doctrinal disputes. The assembly also postponed decisions on marriage and divorce and declined to support a national defense preparedness overture. Modernists won control of Princeton seminary with a one-board plan, while the Lord’s Day Alliance seeks stricter Sunday observance including blue laws to curb amusements and nonessential business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Permanent Judicial Commission
Supreme Court of the Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Albert H. Crombie
First Presbyterian Church
Lead
G. D
Walter D. Buchanan
Synod of New York
James A. Hamilton
Presbytery of
New York
Standing Committee On
Presbytery
Mattoon
Nhnois
Princeton Seminary
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Mystery Play to Be Given Tomorrow by West High Seniors
West High seniors present Seven Keys to Baldpate in the auditorium tomorrow night. The cast includes Maurice Zimring and Miss Julie Christensen in leading roles with Eliza Quimby, Mrs Quimby, John Bland, Mary Norton, Peter the hermit, Myra Thornhill and Jiggs Kennedy among others in a mountain inn mystery setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West High
Baldpate
Julie Christensen
Maurice Zimring
Eliza Quimby
Lowell Walker
Mre Quimby
Wilmam Smith
Charles City Man Killed in Colorado Well Accident
Charles City Iowa man John Rasmussen was killed in Burlington Colorado when a loosened bolt caused the bucket he rode in to fall 130 feet Rasmussen worked for the Kelly Well company Grand Island Nebraska on the municipal well project in Burlington
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Burlington
Colo
John Rasmussen
Charles City
Rasmussen
Kelly Well Company
Grand Island
Neb
Watchman Drives Off Bank Robbers in Nehawka Neb
Night watchman F. L. Mc Connell faced four men who tried to rob the state bank early today. A gun battle ensued but the bandits fled in a large touring car toward Omaha, with Mc Connell credited for foiling the attempt.
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Nehawka
Neb
F. L. McConnell
Night Watchman
Omaha
Maharrahs Sentence Set for Friday
Tudga G W Wood today continued the sentence of Marie Mahar ras on a second degree murder conviction until Friday. The delay followed defense motions for a new trial and has been extended several times.
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Tudga
G.W. Wood
Marie Maharras
Intoxicated Driver Paroled to Lawyer With Fine Suspended
David Peterson of Vinton was fined $500 and costs in district court for driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge G W Wood suspended the fine during good behavior and paroled Peterson to J D Nichols, a Vinton attorney.
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David Peterson
Vinton
G. W. Wood
Peterson
J. D. Nichols
Conopus Club Holds Brief Luncheon Meeting
Members of the Conopus club who are not attending the international convention in Detroit this week gathered at Black's tearoom for a luncheon. The group skipped the usual entertainment and held a short business session instead.
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Conopus
Detroit
I. Black
Mapes Arrested on Liquor Nuisance Indictment
James Mapes of 1526 Black Hawk Street was indicted by the grand jury on liquor nuisance charges and arrested at noon today at his home by deputy sheriff W. H. Dilworth.
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James Mapes
Black Hawk Street
Grand
W. H. Dilworth
Fire alarms at Elias Brown residence cause at Merriman Street
Fire alarms responded to a blaze at 111 Merriman Street operated by Elias Brown. Officials report the cause as a defective chimney with damage valued at five dollars. Contact Hernandez Miller at phone 2404 for policy inquiries.
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Teeeday
Elias Brown
Merriman Street
Storm Toll Rises Across Three States With 16 Dead
Bristol Va Tenn May 31 At least 16 persons were killed Sunday night and Monday as rain wind hail and electrical storms swept Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky. More than 20 were missing. Kentucky suffered the heaviest losses with 10 dead and 20 missing near Prestonburg and Garrett. Virginia and Tennessee each reported three deaths. Large areas saw flooded streams landslides blocking highways and rail lines with over 60 homes damaged or demolished. In southeastern Kentucky the Big Sandy river and Toms Creek caused further tolls as a family of five perished when they fell from a log bridge to escape rising waters.
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Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Shallen
Prestonburg
Garrett
Bridge
Big Sandy River
Mountain
Toms Creek
Paintsville
Johnson County
Coffeyville Riot Leads to Arrests on Eve of Graduation
Investigators linked to a March assault on two white girls in Coffeyville Kansas have arrested Ira Kennedy a former local auto dealer and charged him with assaulting Margaret Akers. Julia Mooney was detained as accessory before the fact. Both were jailed in Independence with bonds of 20000 each. Kennedy denies being in Coffeyville at the time.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Julia Mooney
Margaret Akers
Ira Kennedy
Miss Akers
Daughter Dies as Des Moines Man's Car Ditches
Florence Upton a Roosevelt High School sophomore, 16, was killed when a car driven by her father F C Upton veered into a ditch near Red Oak. Upton, farm manager for the Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank, was seriously injured but expected to recover. The accident occurred after a Memorial Day address in Mahaska, Kansas, as the car was returning to Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Florence Upton
Roosevelt
F. C. Upton
Red Oak
Upton
Mahaska
Kan
Miss Upton
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Donald P. Main of Chicago weds Alice Weller of Waterloo both aged 24. George Ellis DeLong of Maynard and Helen Lida Hungerford of Napa attack Melbourne H. Clark of Eagle Grove 21 and Lela Losee of Waterloo 19. Erwalt Ninedorf of Waterloo 24 marries Bertha Maddes of Halfa, Ia 23.
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Donald P. Main
Chicago
Alice Weller
Waterloo
George Ellis DeLong
Maynard
Helen Lida Hungerford
General History Quiz Questions from a Historic Page
A list of history trivia asks about Punic wars how many, which ancient monarchy fell in 1917, who was defeated at Trafalgar, the century England and Scotland united, the first Roman emperor converted to Christianity, the city whose capture revealed America, the year the modern German empire was founded, a WW era joint power operation, the Heslra, and the Roman reader who conquered Gaul and Britain. Answers are on another page.
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Trafalgar
England
Scotland
America
Gaul
Britain
Maximum Monday Primary Weather and Readiness
A fragmented weather and schedule note references Monday and Tuesday temperatures and conditions. It mentions Am and pm periods with unclear phrases, suggesting a brief forecast or readiness update. No clear person, place, or organization is identifiable from the readable text.
East High Alumnus Wins Architecture Prize at Illinois
Walter C. Lee, East High School 1922 graduate and University of Illinois architecture student, won the Ricker competition for papers on architecture history. He received $25 in books for a paper titled Norman Moulding of France and England, illustrated with 17 plates. Lee is son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy N. Lee of 216 Cortlandt Street.
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Walter C. Lee
East High School
Architectural
University of Illinois
Ricker
See
Guy N. Lee
Cortlandt Street
France
England
Great Dane Sends Youth to Hospital
Leslie Chelf, 17, was hospitalized after a fight with a Great Dane owned by F. W. McChesney Jr. in Town City, In. He suffered bites to both arms and police seek the dog to observe for rabies. The dog, previously regarded as gentle, reportedly towers over a grown man when standing erect.
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Town City
INS
Leslie Chelf
F. W. McChesney, Jr
First National Bank
Chelf
Food administration blow at speculator Lichty tells club
George E. Lichty, president of Smith Lichty Hillman and Hoover commission member, told Kiwanians at Hotel Russell Lamson luncheon that during World War I the food administration aimed to curb speculation in staple commodities by regulating the spread between production costs and consumer prices. Frances Stotts sang two songs with Bernice Berg accompanying. An evening meeting at Sunnyside Country club will replace next Tuesday's luncheon. wives of Kiwanians will be guests.
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Food Administration
George E. Lichty
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
Herbert Hoover
Commission of Five
Kiwanis Club
Russell-Lamson
Frances Stotts
East High School
Bernice Berg
Sunnyside Country Club
Kinnaman Resigns to Become Topeka Public Health Officer
Dr. Joseph H. Kinnaman, pharmacologist at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, resigns to accept a post as public health officer in Topeka Kansas. He is the son of Dr. C. O. W. Kinnaman, Kansas state epidemiologist.
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Towa City
Joseph H. Kinnaman
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Topeka
Kan
CO. W. Kinna Man
Kansay State
Advertising giants to speak at International Association meeting
Denver hosting the twenty third annual convention of the International Advertising association June 26 to 29 with leaders from finance industry government and media. Notables include E D Gibbs Will Hays Merlin H Aylesworth Herbert Hoover Hubert Work and S L Rothafel among others. Delegates from Britain France Germany Australia Canada Mexico and Hawaii also attend.
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Denver
Colo
International Advertising Association
Denver Advertising Club
Mississippi River
San Francisco
Houston
Tex
E. D. Gibbs
Wayton, C
Frederick W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Will H. Hays
Col. Paul Henderson
National Transport Company
Merlin H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
America
Samuel R. McKelvie
Nebraska
Emily Newell Blair
Democratic National Committee
Chapple
Herbert Hoover
Hubert Work
Hoover
Work
Joe Mitchell Chapple
The
National Magazine
S. L. Rothafel
Roxy
New York Theatre
Great Britain
Body of Red Cross crash victim sent home for burial
Earl Kilpatrick assistant vice chairman of the American Red Cross was killed in an airplane crash near Donaldsville Louisiana and his body was sent to his home in St. Louis. Lieut Joseph Gregory Pensacola Florida naval aviator pilot was taken to a New Orleans hospital and is not believed seriously injured. The two were traveling from Memphis to New Orleans when the plane dived from several hundred feet straight down. Gregory could not explain the tragedy due to daze. Kilpatrick served as rehabilitation director of the Red Cross for Mississippi Arkansas Illinois and Missouri.
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Baton Rouge
INS
Earl Kilpatrick
American Red Cross
Donaldsville
St. Louis
Kilpatrick
Joseph Gregory
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Gregory
Memphis
Lieut
Red Cross
Mississippi
Arkansas
Illinois
Missouri
Mem
Teachers College Girls Keep 1892 Chain Letter Alive
Eight Iowa State Teachers college girls who shared a room in 1891 92 began a chain letter that has circulated continuously for 35 years. The group now scattered from Iowa to California maintains contact, reflecting on world advances from the x ray to the Panama Canal. The 1892 photo shows Elizabeth Schriber later Mrs Gentijes Agness Kuebler Mrs Neff Belle Campbell Estella Daggett Eva Ober Belle Wardrup Belle Williams and Ira Langdon.
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College
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
College Hall
Iowa
California
Elizabeth Schriber
Sibley
John Gentijes
Hinckley
Minn
Agness Kuebler
David Neff
Calamus
Belle Campbell
William McCreedy
Ainsworth
Estella Daggett
Joel Wheelock
Conrad
Eva Ober
Lime Springs
Seldon Crockett
Fargo
N. D
Belle Wardrup
Nashua
Albert Horn
Ninth Street
Des Moines
Belle Williams
North Lake Avenue
Pasadena
Cal
Ira Langdon
Sixth Street
Grundy Center
Kelly Sentenced to From 1 to 10 Years
Los Angeles May 31. Paul Kelly, a motion picture juvenile convicted last week of manslaughter after a fatal fist fight with Ray Raymond, a musical comedy actor, today was sentenced to one to 10 years in state prison. Oral notice of appeal was filed. Kelly was returned to jail without bond.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Paul Kelly
Ray Raymond
Kelly
Tornado Not So Polite Buildings Wrecked
Sikeston Missouri damaged by a violent wind and hail storm causing about 100000 dollars in losses. The downtown area bore the heaviest impact with several small businesses demolished and a three story brick building housing two car firms torn open. One man sustained injuries, identified as a local resident.
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Sikeston
Byredolpte
Mee Podpa
Building permits top monthly value in June
Commissioner D B Toenjes issued 148 building permits in June with a construction value of 123700, the highest monthly total this year. Nine new houses, valued at 38000, were authorized, 33 private garages erected, and 25 residences remodeled, while April permits totaled 105670.
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D. B. Toenjes
Teachers Uphold Right to Marry Against Board Rule
In Des Moines on May 31 the Attorney General John Fletcher issued an opinion affirming teachers in Manchester may marry without contract penalties. The board’s rule voiding contracts for marriage lacks authority and may be invalid.
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Des Moines
Manchester
Cupid
John Fletcher
Irving D. Long
Fletcher
Seek Missing Iowa City Mail Carrier
Town City Ta May 31 Local authorities search for Edward J Donovan a missing Iowa City mail carrier who has been absent from his home for several days He borrowed money from a fellow employee sold his automobile and left the city Degreedo as CO to Pape whereabouts.
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City
Edward J. Donovan
Donovan
Degreedo
Pape
Radio Used 10 Aid Rescue Patrol in Last Flood Area
New Orleans and Morgan City report the Mississippi flood reaching its worst stage as radio equipped boats patrol bayous up to Donaldsonville to report emergencies to the mother ship in Morgan City. Refugees move from lowlands while dry land vanishes and stores operate on stilts.
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New Orleans
Lower
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atchafalaya
Donaldsonville
Bayou le Fourche
Morgan City
Two Robberies Net $70 in Cash
Two robberies occurred last night yielding about $70 from two sites. At W H Barnes Grocery 621 Fourth Street East, a rear window was forced, a $30 money drawer rifled, coins split evenly between pennies and silver. no clues found. At George A Geerdes Inc garage 214-16 Park Avenue East, about $40 taken from the office during Sunday night. doors were left unlocked. no further details. Detective Emil Steffen led the investigation.
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W. H. Barnes
Fourth Street
Emil Steffen
George A. Geerdes, Inc
Park Avenue East
Gas Tax Collections Jump in April Under New Law
Des Moines, May 31. State Treasurer Ray E. Johnson reported April gas tax receipts of 840,973.70 dollars. Earlier months show March 1927 receipts of 367,625.43 and April 1926 receipts of 392,754,384. The surge reflects the change to a tax based on importations rather than sales as of May 1.
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Des Moines
INS
Ray E. Johnson
Boys Swim In Muddy Cedar At Sans Souci Bridge
High water and chilly weather did not deter a group of boys from their Memorial day mud swim at Sans Souci bridge. Spectators reported the event to police after the un clothed plunge drew attention.
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Sans Souci Bridge
Yellowstone National Park
Nature
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
The
Pugh Search for Two Lost Fliers
Quebec May 31 The province of Quebecs second hydroplane searching for missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli has arrived at Sept Isles on the Gulf of St Lawrence northwest of Anticosti Island Officials said yesterday the search area near Sept Isles lies about 180 miles from the west coast of Newfoundland The first plane sent out was crippled at Natashquan after a 10 day search and will return next week Neither plane has found any trace of the missing fliers The search will continue until all of Newfoundland and the southeastern part of Quebec have been scanned.
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Quebec
New Foundland
President asks flood farms aid for Mississippi Valley relief
In Washington on May 1 President Coolidge urged fundraising to supply credit for flood rehabilitation. He asked President Pierson of the United States Chamber of Commerce to create a fund matching 1,750,000 dollars raised by interested states. He proposed subscriptions and sought cooperation from the federal farm loan board to extend credit.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Mississippi Valley
Pierson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Federal Farm Loan Board
Junior High Students Inspect Courier Office
East Junior High students visited the Courier office under teacher Miss Gladys L Turner and inspected all departments.
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Thréda
East’ Junior High ‘School
Gladys L. Turner
Courier
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Croe
Church Court
Presbyterian General Assembly
W. High
Colorado
Maharras
Mapes
Hernande Miller
Lindy
Charles Lindbergh
Europe
GIL Jha
Uausta
East High
Great Dane
Lichty
BIG Men
Gov't and Trade
Sargent
Teachers College
Ila Langdon
Estella Daggett Wheelock Conrad, Ia
St. Joseph
Iowa City
Avoca Island
Sans Souci
Pugh
Commerce Chamber
Whyte- Fox
Great Fall
Yellowstone Park
Niagara
Aioaumes
Gardiner
Cody
Robt
H.mccurdy
T.P.A
Equitable Bldg
Tripe
Rocky Mts
Helena—Butte
Inland Empire
Spokane
Pacific Northwest
Bortland
Rainier Park
Tacoma
Alaska
Skagway
Yellowstone Treene
Northern Pacific
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