Iowa News Highlights From State Pages This Week
William Baene of Ft. Dodge jailed for life for raping two daughters of Lars Skoland. Judge M J Wade offered 600 dollars in prizes to school children for essays on good government. Road work extends 14 miles around Independence at 2000 yards weekly. Safe burglars strike Farley post office and shop. about 85 dollars and a sedan stolen. A 10,000 Sunday school parade planned for state convention in Cedar Rapids May 24. Music teachers conference draws 100 delegates from colleges and schools. Pisgah bridge collapse injures cattle driver William Fisher. Nathan Carey, 102, dies in Council Bluffs. long lived Iowa resident. George Silvers, 15, returns home after wandering west. 412,282 vehicles registered. 55,000 unlicensed cars remaining. J J Coughlin of Newton to stand trial for swindle in attempted robbery. Walnut accident kills 2-year-old son of Floyn Keogh as wagon strikes him. Iowa girls clubs profitable. Douds club saves over 200 dollars. 381,406 dollars value of 1921 club products. Spraying urged to protect fruit trees from pests. Maxine Fife found dead after Clinton Irving School collapse. 300 students escape via windows. Sudan grass promoted as emergency low-nitrogen crop. yields up to six tons per acre. seed cheap. risk of poisoning deemed negligible. Harry Warnken of Davenport recovering from neck fracture after gymnastic stunt. Ames to decide if Sunday moving picture shows violate prohibition by admitting no charges.
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William Baene
Ft. Dodge
Lars Skoland
M. J. Wade
Iowa City
Independence
Farley
Cedar Rapids
Pisgah
William Fisher
Nathan Carey
Lee
Augustin Carey
Walnut
Council Bluffs
Carey
Iowa
George Silvers
Batavia
Secretary of State
J. J. Coughlin
Newton
Floyn Keogh
Keogh
Ida Ahrens
Douds
van Buren
Little Maxine Fife
Irving
Clinton
Iowa State College
Sudan
Iawa
Harry Warnken
Davenport
Warnken
Ames
Germans Barred From Genoa Conference Over Russo-German Treaty
At Genoa on April 20 the five allied powers Britian France Italy Belgium and Japan barred Germany from further participation in Russian talks. They said Germany had secretly concluded a Russo-German treaty and violated conference principles. Walter Rathenau disputed the charge insisting the treaty was public and justified.
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Genoa
Germany
France
Leon Barthou
Poincare
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Russia
Rapallo
Conference Commission
Walter Rathenau
Wirth
Berlin
Lloyd George
M. Barthou
Facta
Baron Ishil
M. Thewas
M. Benes
M. Shirmunt
M. Nincie
M. Diamondy
Conference Judiciary Commission
Memorial rites for unknown WWI dead at Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery hosted memorial exercises for the unknown World War I soldier as part of the 31st annual Daughters of the American Revolution congress. Mrs. George Maynard Minor led the address at the amphitheater and wreaths were laid by the speaker and state regents amid speeches by Secretary Hughes and the U S ambassador.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
George Maynard Minor
Hughes
Harding Plays Golf in Rain at Chevy Chase
Drizzling rain did not deter President Harding from golfing at Chevy Chase. He left the White House and planned two hours on the links before the cabinet meeting.
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Harding
Washington
White House
Chevy Chase
Fire destroys Lindquist building in Denver district
A blaze in Denver on April 20 caused total loss to the Lindquist building in the wholesale mercantile district and partial destruction of an adjoining seven story club building. Loss estimated between 150000 and 200000 dollars.
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Denver
Lindquist
Wholesale Mercantile
Treaty Cancels War Claims and Reestablishes Russia Germany Ties
A Ra pallo treaty signed by Russia's George Tehicherin and Germany's Dr. Walter Rathenau ends Brest-Litovsk claims and restores full diplomatic relations. It mandates close economic cooperation for Russia's reconstruction and guards against colonization, signaling a Russian debts resolution and possible future Allied talks on reparations and war debts.
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Genoa
Germany
Russia
Rapallo
George Tehicherin
Walter Rathenau
Brest-Litovsk
Soviet Russia
Lloyd George
United States
London
The
Hague
New Tariff Hitz by Farmer
Washington April 18 farmers denounce Senate finance committee tariff bill as worst gold brick from the administration. Benjamin C Marsh Farmers' National council says the scheme lets high priced manufacturers continue profiteering seen during the war.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ National Council
Senate
Armored Car Quiets Belfast Riot After Shootings
Disorder continued in the Marrowbone district of north Belfast where Sinn Fein supporters were prominent. A score of casualties from shootings was reported to the military, though hospitals treated six cases. an armored car was deployed to restore order.
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Belfast
Marrowbone
Sinn Fenners
Themilitary
Revolt Report Blues Honduras Frontiers
Unofficial dispatches from San Salvador say a large revolution is underway across Honduras along the Nicaraguan border with widespread disturbances reported at several points.
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Honduras
San Salvador
Salvador
New York Vets to Receive $250 World War Bonus
Albany plans immediate payment of the first installment of 250 dollars to disabled World War veterans. The States Veterans' Relief Commission announced the move here on Monday.
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New York
Albany
States Veterans’ Stelief
Navy Bill Favors 86,000 Enlisted Men in House Vote
The administration won its fight in the House by a 177 to 130 vote to adopt Rep. Vare’s amendment for 86,000 navy enlisted personnel, replacing the 67,000 favored by the little navy committee. The decision sparked cheers and an Indian war dance as leaders warned cuts would weaken sea power, with Harding Hughes and Denby appealing to preserve armament gains. An additional MacArthur amendment raised several naval budget items to match the larger enlistment.
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Washington
Representative Vare
Little Navy” Appropriations Committee
Little Navy
Tellers
Congress
House
Harding
Hughes
Navy
Denby
Appropriations Committee
MacArthur
America aids 8 million Russian famine victims
Walter Lyman Brown, European director of the American Relief Administration in Russia, declares Easter message that America has broken the back of the famine but warns troubles persist. He says a program now feeds four times the number in the U S army in France at its peak, totaling 8,000,000 hungry Russians.
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London
America
Walter Lyman Brown
American Relief Administration
Inussia
France
Gunmen Fire At Michael Collins In Dublin Ambush
Gunmen fired on Michael Collins head of the Irish provisional government as he returned from Naas after a speech. Collins was uninjured and one assailant was captured. The shooting occurred near Rutland Square just before midnight as he denounced Eamon de Valera.
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Dublin
Michael Collins
Irish Provisional Government
Naas
Mr. Collins
Rutland Square
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Free State
Justice in Michigan sentences two in violent crime case
Edgar Robare convicted of murder near Manistique for hitting Botdorf Norberg with a club after binding him. He receives life imprisonment at hard labor and solitary confinement in Marquette prison. His brother Cap Robare gets ten years at hard labor for robbery.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Edgar Robare
Botdorf Norberg
Manistique
L. 4
Marqquette
Cap Robure
Marquette
Armored Car Quiets Riots in Belfast on April Day
Disorder continued in the Marrowbone district of North Belfast with a number of casualties reported by the military. An armored car was deployed in an effort to restore order amid the civil unrest.
Haynes Reprimanded Over Prohibition Sub-Chaser Incident
Washington reports Assistant Secretary of the Treasury reprimanded Prohibition Commissioner Haynes for allowing a sub-chaser under a prohibition officer to fire a shot at a passing vessel.
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Washington
Love
Haynes
Uncle Sam May Join Interallied Reparation Commission
The United States may be represented on the interallied reparations commission despite President Harding not seeking congressional authorization. State department officials cite the 1921 senate ratification resolution and its reservations, which delay United States participation until Congress acts. Senator Underwood asserts representation is necessary to obtain any German reparations.
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Ashington
United States
Harding
Congress
State Department
Senate
Germany
Congress of the
Underwood
Senator Ransdell warns US needs faster merchant ships
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana argues naval strength is outmatched without a robust fast merchant fleet. He cites a treaty and proposed shipping aid as necessary to build vessels over 10,000 tons at 20 knots, insisting Britain would otherwise stay far ahead in naval power through auxiliaries.
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United States
Great Britain
Ransdell
Louisiana
National Merchant Marine Association
America
Britain
Irrigation plan threatens Glacier National Park water view
The International Joint Commission urges converting Lower St. Mary Lake in Montana into an irrigation reservoir. The plan would merge upper and lower lakes, raise St. Mary Lake’s level over forty feet, submerge forested shores, and cut the famed panorama visible from St. Mary chalets.
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Glacier National Park
International Joint Commission
United States
Canada
St. Mary Lake
Blackfeet India
Montana
National Park Territory
National Park
Himalayas
Andes
Red Eagle
St. Mary
St. Mary Chalets
Costly Pest Insects Drain U S Crops and Wallets
The article tallies damages from grasshoppers chinch bugs Hessian flies corn root worms and other pests costing about 1.1 billion dollars yearly. It notes crop losses reach 30 percent of fruits and 20 percent of vegetables with regional impacts in states like Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska and several southern cotton regions.
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United States
Washington
tKkun
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
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Edward C. Finney
the Interior
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U. S
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Bill
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American Relief Body
Collins
de Valera
Justice
Michigan
Marrowhone
Waitington del
Uncle Sam
Glacier Park
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