Hawkeye State News Highlights From Mason City To Des Moines
Lilian Jackson found guilty of murder in the second degree by a twelve man jury in Mason City. Davenport fire destroys a four story brick structure with $300000 loss. Poison whisky caused a death by hanging of William Pollock in Des Moines. Police booze raid nets several gallons of aged whisky hidden in corn cribs and hog pens near Saylorville. A young man named Lowell Warner dies after being hit by a freight train near Bellevue. Mrs Henry Ramsdell among flood victims recovered near Burlington Kansas. Nehama votes to bond $75000 for a new consolidated school building. Ben Ruhland Civil War veteran dies near LeMars. Iowa’s historic Pleasantville bank robbery costs state and banks about $129000. Census shows mortgage debt and value of homes and farms in Iowa in 1920. Albert Richardson delivers a herd of young weekyes to Auditor Battin. Clarion fair grounds sold to Dr J H Sams for stock farm at $11000.
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Lilian Jackson
Helen Beckley
Mason City
Davenport
William Pollock
Lilly McNally
Des Moines
Harry Foreman
Saylorville
Lowell Warner
Leo A. Warner
Jackson
Mich
Bellvue
Chicago
Burlington
Kan
Henry Ramsdell
Rowlin Runnells
Council Bluffs
Kansas
Nehama
Consolidated Independent School District
Delaware Township
Ben Ruhland
LeMars
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Iowa
Albert Richardson
Oric T
W. L. Battin
Clarion Fair Grounds
J. H. Sams
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Lynn
Fires Rip Belfast as Bombs Spark Turmoil in Ireland
In Belfast a wave of incendiary fires hit the core business district with stores, a flour mill and a shop burned while a bomb injured three. Sir James Craig defends policy toward the Irish Free State as Sinn Feiners and Orangemen seek peace via talks in London presided over by Lloyd George. Churchill plans limited intervention, urging Irish self settlement.
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Belfast
James Craig
London
Ulster
Arthur Griffith
E. J. Duggan
Griffith
Dail Eireann
Duggan
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Winston Churchill
Michael Collins
Churchill
Girl Becomes Heir To $100000 Jewelry Inheritance Dispute
Oakland court ruling ties two linked necklaces valued at 100000 to the birth of a daughter. James C. Blum Jr had already claimed other estate shares after a prior birth of a son. The mother Rosa Blum's will conditioned access on a daughter, but the court dismissed the claim as not meeting the will’s terms.
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Oakland
Cal
James C. Blum, Jr
Rosa Blum
Blum
Maud Booth’s Son Held For Mental Evaluation
Charles B. Booth aged 34, son of Maud Ballington Booth leader of Volunteers of America, is in the Los Angeles county hospital psychopathic ward awaiting a lunacy commission hearing on his mental condition after being arrested in Santa Barbara by a detective hired by his mother.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles B. Booth
Maud Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Los Angeles County Hospital
Santa Barbara
Observer Sees New War in Europe Crosby Warns US
Berlin dispatch notes Oscar T. Crosby formerly assistant secretary of the treasury expects conflict in Europe and urges America to keep its powder dry upon returning home. He shared his impression after observations while abroad.
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Secretary of Treasury
Uncle Sam
Berlin
America
Oscar T. Crosby
the Treasury
Europe
May Veto Rivers Bill Sparks Budget Battle
President Harding may veto the rivers and harbors bill if it reaches him in its present form to prevent what he calls a direct assault on the budget system.
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Washington
Harding
Russ ta Guard Envoys to Genoa Conference
Paris reports the Russian Soviet government is taking extraordinary measures to protect its delegates traveling to Italy for the Genoa conference. The information comes from the French foreign office.
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Russ Ta Guard
Paris
Genoa
Italy
Senate ratifies supplementary Japan homeland accord in 73 to 0 vote
Washington March 29 The United States Senate ratified the supplementary agreement to remove the Japanese homeland from the four power Pacific treaty. A reservation concerning domestic issues and a rights clause was attached to the ratification. Senator Lodge moved to combine the reservation with the main resolution, praised by Senator Hitchcock supporters.
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Washington
United States Senate
Lodge
Hitchcock
Japan
Eight Boy Scouts Drowned in Michigan Lake
Eight people from South Bend including Scout Executive Joseph Taylor and seven others drowned when a steel motorboat capsized in Magician lake ten miles northwest of Dowagiac. The group had just left shore for an island camp site as rough waters overwhelmed the vessel. all eight bodies were recovered.
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South Bend
Ind
Magician Lake
Dowagiac
Mich
Joseph Taylor
James Taylor
Vernon C. Murphy
Judson Taylor
Clinton Matthews
Kenneth Burroughs
William Kingsley
Philip Neitzel
Boy Scouts
Indiana Woman Slain in Attempt on Gen Tanaka
Mrs W J Snyder of Brazil Indiana was killed and four others wounded when two Coreans tried to assassinate Gen Giichi Tanaka on arrival from Manila. She was near the general as the shooting broke out. The Coreans were arrested and confessed their plan.
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Shanghai
W. J. Snyder
Brazil
Ind
Giichi Tanaka
Manila
Snyder
Tanaka
Resists Five He's Shot Down in Davenport Man
James O'Brien forty five of Davenport Iowa was shot and seriously wounded when he resisted five men who held him up at West Harrison street and South Racine avenue in Chicago.
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Chicago
James O'Brien
Davenport
West Harrison Street
South Racine Avenue
Three Die in Texas Freight Wreck Near Royse City
Three men were killed and one injured in a freight train wreck near Royse City Texas on March 29. The deceased were Elvin Hill of Denison Roy Collett of Peoria Illinois and Bruce Frazier of Peoria Illinois. The injured man suffered serious injuries.
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Texas
Royse City
Tex
Here
Elvin 8
Hill
Denison
Roy Collett
Peoria Aes. Fil
Bruce Frazier
Peoria
Last to Die: Mrs Smith Dies in Husband's Arms at Sea
Miami flyer disaster survivor Robert Moore recalls how five passengers perished one by one in the Miss Miami wreck. Lawrence E. Smith, the last to die, died in his wife's arms as Moore struggled to keep others alive and faced ongoing peril before rescue.
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Moore
Miami
Fla
Robert Moore
Lawrence E. Smith
Smith
Kansas City
Four Die In Boat Blast On Omar D Conger
Four persons were killed and two boys missing after an explosion on the ferryboat Omar D Conger in Black River Port Huron Michigan. The dead are Campbell sixty. Clifford Altman fireman. Kenneth Crandall deckhand. Thomas Buckner deckhand. Missing are Karl Bond fifteen and an unidentified newsboy. Injured include Mrs J Goddard with a broken collarbone and Mr and Mrs Harold Biddlecomb struck by debris.
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Port Huron
Mich
Omar D. Conger
Black River
Campbell
Clifford Altman
Kenneth Crandall
Thomas Buckner
Karl Bond
Eight Passengers Drown As Steamboat Florita Wrecks
In San Salvador on March 30 a steamboat named Florita hit a bar in the Colorado river, Costa Rica, washing ashore with eight victims including two children and a newly married couple.
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San Salvador
Florita
Colorado River
Costa Rica
Two Die In Bento Ridge Home Shooting
Woodstock N B March 30 Har vey Trenholme and his housekeeper Mrs Olive Swim were shot to death in the Trenholme home at Bento Ridge Barry Swim the woman's husband is sought by police leaving investigators to hunt for him as a suspect in the fatal shooting.
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Woodstock
N. B
Harvey Trenholme
Olive Swim
Trenholme
Bento Ridge
Barry Swim
Congress reports and press limits on coverage of legislation
An argument that newspapers cannot fully report all Senate and House actions. It notes vast volumes of bills and resolutions in the Sixty-sixth Congress and suggests a federal follow-up publicity system to keep the public informed.
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Ashington
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Supreme Court affirms federal reach of woman suffrage ruling
The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision led by Justice Brandeis upheld the legitimacy of the nineteenth amendment. Challenged by Maryland activists Oscar Lester and others who sought to block two women voters registration, the case found state ratification and procedural defects immaterial.
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Supreme Court
Justice Brandeis
Maryland
Oscar Lester
Baltimore
Lester
Tennessee
West Virginia
Connecticut
Vermont
Remount Service Faces Funding Cuts Across Depots
Communications from 40 horse breeders to Congress protest any remount budget slash. The remount program operates 200 depots in 40 states, linking farm horse types with army needs. Depot Front Royal Va faces potential closure along with Fort Keogh Mont.
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Congress
War Department
Department of Agriculture
F. 8. Armstrong
Remount Service
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Front Royal
Utah Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Fort Robinson
Neb
Fort Reno
Oklo
Fort Keogh
Mont
Navy Plans Broad Cutbacks in Destroyers and Support Vessels
Secretary Denby ordered 50 additional destroyers and nearly three dozen auxiliary ships placed out of commission to conserve fuel. Total active destroyers drop to 76, with 40 at reduced capacity, while oil ships, a collier, store ships, mine layers and sweepers, tugs, and two gunboats also are affected. The moves follow prior retirements and sales, part of ongoing economies as Congress debates fuel funding.
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Ecretary Denby
Albany
New Orleans
Asiatic
Sacramento
Asheville
Denby
Navy
Department
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van Horn Moseley
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U. S. Army
Charles G. Dawes
Tokyo
Michigan Lake
Indiana
L. E. Smith
Flyer
Bob
Navy Department
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