Prohibition and political shifts headline national notes
Replacement of Bert C. Morgan as prohibition director for Indiana is considered by the internal revenue office in Washington. A cease and desist order targets all steel corporations using the Pittsburgh Plus pricing system. The murder of American counsel Robert Imbrie is linked to Khalesi Zadeh and 200 others. Several cases address price manipulation of foodstuffs, taxes protest rules, and campaign finance contributions in New York and Chicago.
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Bert C. Morgan
Prohibition
Indiana
Internal Revenue Office
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Khalesi Zadeh
Robert Imbrie
State Department
Notable deaths and sports results in brief
Dr. Dudley A. Sargent, 75, Cambridge, head of his namesake school, died in Peterboro New Hampshire. Samuel Chester Parker, 44, University of Chicago education professor, died after an appendectomy. Harry H. Tammen, 67, Denver Post editor and owner, also a $5,000,000 fortune. John Albert Taylor, president of the National Gunners association, died in Memphis Tennessee. Margaret Spangler, bay mare, won the $25,000 Kalamazoo pacing derby. Belwin and Baron Worthy also placed. An American tennis team swept five Olympic titles in Paris. Vincent Richards and Helen Wills won men’s and women’s singles titles in Colombes. America led swimming with 217 points at Les Tourelles. Women’s doubles Olympic tennis final crowned Wills and Wightman first. Vancouver beer by the glass favored 53 percent in plebiscite. Canadian ministry resigned after prohibition repeal vote. Several hundred U.S. immigration applications held up at Vancouver. extra quota possible. Nippon Yusen Maru sank off Kyushu, 57 drowned. Over 200 scientists and explorers leaving Leningrad to study Novaya Zemlya. Greek cabinet under Premier Papanastasiou fell after clash in deputies’ chamber. Thomas W. Lamont warned London premiers bankers will not fund German loan until Ruhr evacuates.
Iowa News Highlights From Clearfield to Copenhagen
Several Iowa items in this period note a Clearfield school building contract worth 29952.70 and a Shenandoah student teaching plan for next year. Des Moines hosts a Red Cross first aid car August 21 for six days, while apple growers will be paid to spray late July into early August. Wheat and oat crops face no black stem damage this year per Iowa State College. Road grading plans cover 31 miles in Kossuth County. A pigeon with band 2320 A. B. Club, Aurora, Nil. 28, is found near Dubuque. Iowa Southern Utilities acquires I L H Power in Grinnell and nearby towns. Bellevue fisherman Charles Bailey catches a 58 lb catfish. Federal inspector W. B. Vanderloo tests 728 cattle in Tama County with no reactors. Iowa State Fair features on growing apples and model orchards. Weather notes reflect hot nights aid corn. Anti-Saloon League warns of moonshine poison. Bremer County lime use rises for alfalfa. Farm economics show improved outlook despite low corn price. War Dept announces Maj. Gen. George W. Read from Des Moines retiring in November. Lake Okoboji hosts interdenominational conference August 10–17. Iowa State Fair to feature inmate handiwork from 15 institutions. Dubuque manufacturers use Mississippi barges to cut freight. Iowa employment ticks up slightly. 304 establishments in June. Building volume in June totals 3,651,200 with public works leading. Wright County tuberculin eradication efforts expand, aiming for compulsory cattle testing. Apple crop caution urged by horticultural officials. Iowa boy scouts Blank, Moore, and Crawford train in New York ahead of Copenhagen trip.
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Clearfield
State Teachers’ College
Shenandoah
American Red Cross
Des Moines
Iowa
I. E. Melhus
Iowa State College
Kossuth
Aurora
Dubuque
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Iowa Light, Heat and Power Company
Grinnell
Charles Bailey
Bellevue
W. B. Vanderloo
Marshalltown
Tama County
Fair Board
Anti Saloon League
Bremer County
War Department
Army
George W. Read
Lake Okoboji Tabernacle
H. M. van Auken
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Wright County
R. S. Herrick
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Hammill Nominated for Iowa Governor at Republican Convention
Des Moines, July 22. Lieutenant Governor John Hammill of Britt won the nomination on the formal ballot with 1,152.9 votes after earlier informal and formal ballots. Anderson trailed with 292 and Haynes 339.1. The convention also named J G C McClune for state auditor and Mark G. Thornburg for secretary of agriculture.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
Britt
Rules Committee
Hammill
C. A. Knutson
Mason City
W. J. Burbank
J. GC. McClune
Oskaloosa
Auditor of State
Mark G. Thornburg
Emmetsburg
McClune
Raymond Cassady
Cassady
Thornburg
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Charles M. Dutcher
Iowa City
Smuts Career Seen as Beginning Amid South Africa Turmoil
General Jan Smuts, weakened by postwar slump and drought, faces renewed public life as discontent grows. His 1922 strike stance and white workers’ fear of losing jobs to colored workers fuel pressures, though he remains a towering figure in the British empire’s eyes.
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Jan Chris ~Mier
South Africa
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Foel
Aften Tien
Tutopia
Smutss
Tls Ic
Pattinlgely
Chamber of Mine
Mussolini Rebrands as Premier as Italy Shifts Power
Mussolini loses the dictatorship label and becomes premier of Italy under parliamentary and popular scrutiny. The shift follows Italy’s Fascist era events from 1922 to 1924 including the Matteotti murder and a crackdown within the party.
Mahogany King Schwartz Names General Edwards as Beneficiary
In a wartime era tale, Joseph Schwartz known as Mahogany King reveals he will leave his vast timber lands in San Domingo to General Clarence R. Edwards, famed for Croix de Guerre with Palm. Schwartz recalls past aid while Edwards served in multiple fronts including Meuse Argonne and Saint Mihiel.
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Clarence R. Edwards
Edwards
Philippines
Joseph 8. Schwartz
Schwartz
Padwards
Joseph Schwartz
San Domingo
Boston
General Edwards
Chemin-des-Dames
Toul
Champagne-Marne
Aisne Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Chick
Reiss
Mr. Schwartz
Mrs John Dickinson Sherman Tours Northern California Park Proposal
Mrs John Dickinson Sherman, new president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, visits northern California to inspect the proposed Redwoods National Park and advocate conservation. She is called the National Park Lady and favors action to save the giant trees from lumbermen while enjoying a summer at Rocky Mountain National Park. The federation boasts 2.8 million members and broad nationwide influence.
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John Dickinson Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
California
Redwoods National Park
General Federation
Conservation of
Sherman
Washington
National Park
Longs
Rocky Mountain National Park
Gynnien
Beane A
Upper
Mississippi
Foul Ee
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Attleboro
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