Iowa News Highlights Include Tragic Deaths and Policy Moves
A Cedar Rapids woman died in an oil stove explosion, and Edward Novak of Cedar Rapids killed himself after shaving. Dorothy Collins won half her grandfather’s estate, $250,000, in Lima Ohio. Iowa discusses veterans hospital bids, road funding, and primary road petitions including Jefferson Highway. Local stops include Ottumwa jury reform ideas and Primghar American Legion formation.
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Leonora Lott
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Oakland
Dorothy Collins
Knoxville
Lima
Iowa City
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
John Snyder
LaVerne
Elizabeth Rohrback
South Carolina Health Department
Minnesota
Missouri Highway Commission
Jefferson Highway
Edward Novak
Edna Thompson
la Porte City
Seneca Cornell
Ottumwa
Pella
Conrad van Zee
Flagstaff
Ariz
M. H. Donaldson
Teachers’ College
University of the Phillippines At
Manila
G. P. Benton
Upper Iowa
State of Iowa
State Highway Commission
R. C. Jewett
Boone
Anamosa
Thompson
Jewett
Central State Bank of
D. E. Cutler
Decorah
Mitchell County
Osage
Cutler
State Fair Board
Rail Officials Seek Wage Cut Delay on Rate Reductions
Rail executives press for wage cuts before lowering freight rates as the Railway Labor Board nears a decision on wage reductions. The Interstate Commerce Commission's rate ruling is held back while talks continue with President Harding’s administration over a possible compromise and the expected labor board decision.
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Washington
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Board
Harding
White House
Commerce Commissioners
Germany Faces Food Shortage If Winter Misery Persists
Berlin reports Vorwaerts notes great tension over the Reichstag debate on feeding Germany. It warns that the outlook for food supplies is bleaker due to prolonged winter weather hurting crops and hopes in imports, while breadstuffs risk a new crisis as the mark devalues and Genoa conference yields little.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Germany
Reichstag
Connie Mack Names All Time All Star Team
Connie Mack chose Buck Ewing as catcher, Christy Mathewson and Rube Waddell as pitchers, George Sisler at first, Eddie Collins at second, Honus Wagner at short, Jimmy Collins at third, Fred Clarke left field, Tris Speaker center, and Ty Cobb right. He notes he favors the moderns despite long view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mack
Buck Ewing
Christy Mathewson
Rube Waddell
George Sissler
Eddie Collins
Hans Wagner
Jimmy Collins
Fred Clarke
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb
Youthful menace in field of athletics
A roam through young stars in swimming track tennis golf diving and more led by Johnny Weissmuller Bud Houser Vincent Richards Glenna Collett Bobby Jones Eileen Riggin Helen Wainwright and Ethelda Bleibih as they blaze records at ages under twenty. The piece questions whether a new era of youth domination will erase existing marks and what the elder athletes will do as these teens mature.
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Johnny Weissmuller
Bud Houser
Pat McDonald
Vincent Richards
Glenna Collett
Bobby Jones
Eileen Riggin
Helen Wainwright
Ethelda Bleibhtry
Big Liner Sinks Sinking 98 Die as Egypt Collides Off Brest
The British steamer Egypt bound from London to Bombay sinks after a foggy collision with the French freighter Seine off Ushant near Brest. Of 290 aboard, 102 are rescued and 20 bodies are recovered by Seine. several government officials and army officers are among the victims. Rescue efforts hindered by heavy mist. both ships are steel built and equipped with wireless.
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Paris
Egypt
Peninsular and Oriental Line
London
Bombay
Seine
Brittany
Ushant
Brest
England
India
Caird & Co
Greenock
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
W. Dobson & Co
Newcastle
Rock Island
Notable college and club sport moves and records noted
Grace Direct receives 2 08 eligibility for the 2 08 class at several Grand Circuit meetings. Duke Kahanamoku faces amateur status questions over endorsing floor varnish. David Sheldon is elected Princeton varsity gym captain. William Hoppe weighs opening billiard academies in the East. Weissmuller breaks two world records at Culver pool. Mel Suttner to train for intercollegiate meet after Millrose win. William Stephenson elected Williams hockey captain for next year.
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Grace Direct
William R. Stephenson
Duluth, Minn
Williams College
Rail Leaders Agree to Seek Freight Rate Reductions
May 23 Washington dispatch reports railroad presidents met with President Harding and pledged to use all means to achieve voluntary reductions in railroad freight rates, focusing on basic commodities.
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Washington
Harding
Western World Completed by Bethlehem Shipyards
Chairman Lasker announced the completion of the 585 passenger and cargo steamer Western World at Sparrows Point Maryland for Munson Line operation in the South American service. The ship is the last of the America ordered vessels to bridge the Atlantic and aid the war effort.
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Washington
Lasker
United States Shipping Board
America
Atlantic
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd
Sparrows Point
The
Shipping Board
Munson Line
Irish leaders reach June election and coalition cabinet deal
Collins and De Valera agreed in Dublin on May 23 to hold Irish elections in June and to form a coalition cabinet, enabling a unified government in southern Ireland.
Robbers Take $11,150 From Bank Assistant Cashier
James Hanley assistant cashier for Sin clair Oil Refining company was held up en route to the Lawndale State bank at 3205 West Twenty second street by three men who robbed him of 11150 in Chicago on May 24.
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Yeggs
Chicago
Lawndale State Bank
West Twenty-second Street
James Hanley
Sinclair Oil Refining Company
Two of Crew Killed in Wreck near Winita
Muskogee Oklahoma May 24 The engineer and fireman of Missouri Kansas Texas passenger train No 8 were killed in a wreck south of Winita, official reports from the railway division headquarters said.
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Muskogee
Okla
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Winita
Railway Division
United States Moves to Fund War Debt With 18 Nations
The government plans to sit with 18 debtor nations to fund the $11.5 billion war debt. A commission led by Reed Smoot and Theodore Burton, with Mellon Hughes Hoover, will negotiate with each country. Debts arise from Liberty bonds, surplus materials, relief, and the Grain Corporation, totaling over 10.15 billion dollars.
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Ashington
United States
Congress
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
State
Hughes
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Washington
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
American Relief Administration
United States Grain Corporation
Railroads urged to stand on own foundation and fair financing
A joint congressional commission of agricultural inquiry concludes railroads must rest on their own foundations with revenues regulated to pay wages taxes and fixed charges while leaving margins to attract new capital. It urges tax relief, limited government aid, stock financing, regional traffic executives and public relations to improve public understanding. Chairman Anderson notes railroads are not self sustaining and risk crippling transport if unchecked.
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Joint
Congressional Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Commission
Anderson
Uncle Sam's Army of Civil Servants Tops U S Payroll
The Director of the Budget Dawes reports 588,618 civilians are paid twice monthly, making the government the largest employer. More than half work in the Post Office, total civilian payroll 801,779, with War, Navy, Agriculture, Veterans, and Interior departments among other major employers. Washington hosts 63,822 workers, with the rest spread worldwide.
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Ncle Sam
America
Dawes
Uncle Sam
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
War and Navy Departments
Navy
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Veterans’ Bureau
Interior Department
Commerce Department
Department of Justice
Shipping Board
Department of Labor
Hughes
Washington
Globe
United States
Radio Control Plan Aims At Public Utility Status
A final report from Hoover era air chaos talks proposes government control of radio transmissions except amateur, experimental and government stations and sets wave bands for amateurs and training schools. It urges public utility status, free access to efficient gear, and power ranges of 600 miles for government, 250 miles for public, and 50 miles for private stations.
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Hoover
Congress
Representative White
Maine
Conference
Secretary of Commerce
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Primghar
O’brien
Earl Waelscher
Sheldon
Robert Johnson
Hartley
Carl Frahm
Paulina
Dale Miller
Harlan
Miller
Ames
Grinnell
Truman
Stevens
Supreme Court
Justice Stevens
Joseph Gerbracht
Glidden Board of Education
H. A. Griffin
Homer Price
Marshalltown
William Miller
UP TQ Rail Labor Board
Wage Body
Duke Kahanamoku
David
Bloomfield
N. J
Princeton University
William F. Hoppe
Illinois A. C
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
Mel Suttner
Syracuse University
Western World
Railroads
U.S. Payrolt
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