Iowa News Roundup Highlights Local Incidents
A six foot wolf was killed by Pearl Wagner of Columbus Junction. Wilton Junction men cut wood for a Rochester church. Divorce granted after wife insulted veteran’s medal. Rev. Jacobs of Council Bluffs recovering after assault. Federal agents report fifteen stills in Carroll County. Canadian army correspondent A L Rhamney missing from Iowa City. Geneseo Tama bonds fund school expansion with new levy. Montezuma corn picker Dewey Spiker sets high yield on farm. Bank and tax matters dominate Des Moines coverage of state finances and Kendall inaugural.
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Pearl Wagner
Columbus Junction
Wilton Junction
Rochester
Clark O. Bowen
Muscatine
A. C. Jacobs
Council Bluffs
Carerell County
A. Ll. Rhamney
Iowa City
Geneseo Township
Tama County
Anton Jan
John Newkirk
Montezuma
Jan
Paul Misner
Atlantic
Arthur Ingwersen
Claud Porter
Jusce Pressnall
Grand Jury
Iowa
Red Cross
T. J. Edmonds
National Tuberculosis Association
Chicago
Emmanuell Hersch
K. Frantz
Hartman, Mears & Hart
Hart
Osceola
Hartman
Rutledge
Messrs. Mears
Clarke County
William Massey
W. L. Radebaugh
Ig Companion
Igz
Wapello
van Scoy & Gedlpine
New Virginia
J. M. Thompson
Charter Oak
Omaha
Lucas County
Dewey Spiker
Hartley & Goff
Pleasant Township
N. J. Smith
Helen Holden
Tama
Special Session Planned April 4 on Tariff Bill
Congress will convene in a special session April 4 as announced by Fordney after talks with President-elect Harding. The emergency tariff measure expanded with ten amendments to cover most farm products, drawing farm support and Senate opposition as debate looms.
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Washington
Congress
House, Ways and Means
Fordney
Marion
Harding
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
LIGHT ON LANGDON DEATH
The Japanese sentry who killed Lieut. W. H. Langdon of the U S cruiser Albany at Vladivostok on January 8 left his post and molested an officer in uniform. State department advices say an investigating board under the Japanese government supports this account and that Langdon was a total abstainer not intoxicated at the time.
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Kendall
Wallace Areny
Marshalltown
Areny
Henderson
Ketcham
W. D. Sheean
Anamosa
Board of Control
Washington
W. H. Langdon
United States
Albany
Vladivostok
State Department
Board of Investigation
Court of Inquiry
Langdon
Farm leaders pledge corn to feed famine areas
President J. R. Howard of the American Farm Bureau told the Illinois Agricultural association that 1,500,000 farmers in 87 states authorize him to offer American grown corn to Europe China Armenia and other famine nations. He said the offer comes with the condition that the urban population provide transportation of the food.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Europe
China
Armenia
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau
Illinois Agricultural Association
River Traffic Reopens Between Pittsburgh and New Orleans
Waterway traffic between Pittsburgh and New Orleans will restart with the arrival of the river steamer Queen City in New Orleans on February 5. Regular schedules will be maintained.
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New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Four Irish Civilians Killed in Galway Ambush
In County Galway a clash left four Irish civilians dead and seven black and tan auxiliary policemen wounded. The incident followed an ambush on a patrol of the British auxiliary force on January 20 in London era reporting.
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London
County Galway
Ireland
Anglo American talks weigh Japanese immigration pact
Informal negotiations span the United States and Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa to forge a united front against Japanese immigration. The plan envisions a league of English speaking nations with Pacific boundaries, aligning with U S and allied dominions amid limited official steps.
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Ashington
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
California
Japan
South Africa
Great Britain
London
Lloyd George
State Department
Harding
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Philadelphia
Lodge
Pacific
Women Call End to Militarism and Disarmament Demands
Prominent women including Mrs. Robert M. La Follette and Mrs. Charles Edward Russell urged wholesale cuts in army navy and military training at a Woman's Peace Society protest at the Benjamin Franklin monument. They backed the Brooks resolution for a Washington conference toward disarmament and vowed to use ballots to elect peace aligned officials. They urged redirecting funds from war to human betterment health education and eradicating prejudice, arguing 92 of national spending supports war while only 8 funds constructive aims.
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Benjamin Franklin
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Charles Edward Russell
United States Army
Woman’s Peace Society
Congress
United States
Russell
Tax Revision Plans Seen for Next Congress
Ways and Means committee signals a tax reform agenda including repeal of excess profits taxes and rejection of a sales tax. It backs higher corporation net earnings taxes, modestly taxed undistributed earnings, no individual tax increases, and new excise taxes on items like tobacco, with extensive refunding planned in 1923 to extend war debt payments over 40 to 60 years.
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Nouse Ways and Means
Congress
Treasury Department
Committee
Public Markets For All the Large Cities Proposal
The federal trade commission urges establishment of central markets in large cities for perishable foods and a federal licensing system for dealers. It cites months of investigation, calls for extensive regulation of supplies dating and storage, and auction marketing to curb unfair practices. State and local powers and railroads are deemed insufficient to achieve reforms.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Commission
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Hawkeye
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Golden Dome
Des Moines
M. BE. Kendall
General Assembly
State Board of Control
Parole Board
Board of Health
State Agricultural Department
Temple of Justice
State University
College At
Ames
Foskett
Senate Appropriations Committee
Holdoegel
Penses
State Highway Commission
Automobile’ Department
J. W. Kinte
Fort Dofige
Fred Canfield
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Federation of Labor
O'Donnell
Dubuque
M. Y. Henderson
George Messenger
Code Revision Commission
Langdon Death
U. S. Navy
U. S
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