Von Reventlow Writes Darkly About Geneva
Count von Reventlow voices strong monarchist, pan German League opposition to Germany joining the League of Nations. He argues Versailles terms block progress and warn that League credits would enslave German industry and agriculture.
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Geneva
von’ Reventlow
Whitten
The
United Press
Berlin
Merch
Germany
League
rHang
Europe
Eivea
Standard Oil Sells Stock to Employees in Indiana
More than fifteen thousand employees of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana will receive about 25 million dollars in stock on March 31 under the five year employee stock purchasing plan. The plan adds fifty cents to every dollar subscribed by an employee.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company’ of
Indiana
Norway
Iowa
Ford
United States Department of Agriculture
Standard Oil Company
Middle West
Defaced Coins Return to Mint in Philadelphia
A partial report notes defaced coins returned to the Philadelphia mint to be remelted. The count suggests enough metal to fill five trains of 56 cars each with about 50,000 sounds to the car, indicating a large batch awaiting processing.
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Philadelphia
Countess Wins Alien Rights Case at New York Court
Vera Countess of Cathcart, held at Ellis Island for days on a charge of moral turpitude, was granted full alien rights by a New York court today. Additional details noted in the page one dispatch.
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Vera
China demands permanent seat on League of Nations Council
China formally seeks a permanent seat in the League of Nations Council, raising the number of nations with such representation to five alongside Germany, Poland, Spain, and Brazil. The upcoming League meeting will discuss enlarging the council beyond Locarno agreements.
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Iden Eva
China Today
League of Nation’s Council
China
Germany
Poland
Spain
Brazil
League of Nations
Locarno
Bank robbery suspect in Des Moines to be released
Jimmy Andrews, arrested in Chicago over the Continental Trust robbery, is likely to be released today, according to Sheriff Park Findley. Identified by L M Clampitt, Andrews could not be positively linked, and his whereabouts since December remain explainable.
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Des Molines
Jimmy Andrews
Chicago
Continental Trust and Savings Bank
Andrews
Illinois Bankers Association
Findley
Shaved coins drain dollars from travelers at oriental ports
Milled edges of some coins are trimmed to shavings, and counterfeiters pass these altered coins to travelers in Oriental ports. Chinese crew on passenger liners are blamed for the mutilation, selling silver shavings in Shanghai and Hong Kong and reintroducing the proceeds into circulation.
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Oriental
Shanghai
Hongkong
Invites Hearings On Volstead Reform By Solons
Washington notes both drys and wets will be invited to testify before a House committee as hearings on Volstead Act liberalization expand from March 31. The executive committee of the net bloc will consider all pending measures affecting enforcement and propose temperance oriented changes. Brig. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews urged breaking the prohibition unit from the internal revenue service to form a separate prohibition bureau.
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House
Net Bloc
Britten
Wet Movement
Lincoln C. Andrews
the Treasury
Thirteen Russians Face Firing Squad in Leningrad
Moscow reports thirteen Russian spies shot today for espionage for Estonia and plotting terrorism in Leningrad. They were all Russians and efforts to obtain commutation failed.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Esthenia
Bees as constables in Prussian village riot
In a Prussian village a landlord used bees as constables to quell a free-for-all among patrons. After a bet, he unleashed a beehive. within minutes the combatants fled as the insects stung swiftly and thoroughly, ending the brawl in about two minutes.
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Prussia
Batttlefield
Congressional committees take up varied bills 100 years ago
In a sitting date described as Congress 100 Years Ago Today, committees consider a wide range of bills. The privileges and elections committee reviews two senatorial contest matters while the post office and post roads committee handles Frazier’s poison mail prohibition bill. Other panels examine state and justice appropriations, farm relief, Negro soldier monument, reorganization of army and navy nurses, convict labor sales, and prohibition legislation as neither house is in session.
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Schall- Johnson
Brookhart- Steck
Privileges and Elections ‘Committee
Frazier
Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Military
Labor
Ways and Means
Congress
House
Eight Iowa Colleges in Speaking Contests at Parsons
Fairfield March 5 eight Iowa colleges will take part in extemporaneous and oratorical contests at Parsons college auditorium this afternoon and tonight. The extemporaneous contest topic is The Crime Situation in the United States. Oratorical speakers may choose their own subjects within a 2000 word limit. Participating colleges are Central, Buena Vista, Join Fletcher, Parsons, Penn, Wesleyan, Upper Iowa and Simpson.
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Iowa
Parsons College Auditorium
United States
Central
Buena Vista
Fletcher
Parsons
Penn
Wesleyan
Upper Iowa
Simpson
Rail road bondholders seek intervention over bankruptcy claim
Junior bond holders of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad filed a petition to prevent sale arguing the road was pushed into receivership by bankers to alter its financial structure and foreclose junior mortgages. The petition says the receivership was triggered to create defaults under junior mortgages to facilitate a foreclosure and bankers’ changes to the railroad’s finances.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Today
Army Aviator Survives Parachute Jump From Burning Plane
Captain Frank O. D. Hunter of Selfridge flying field leaped from a burning airplane 500 feet above Lake St. Clair and landed on the ice with minor burns and bruises. The plane crashed and was wrecked.
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Mount Clemens
Alic
Frank O. D. Hunter
Selfridge Flying Field
Lake St. Clair
Chinese Armies Muster Forces in Peking Area
Peking March 5 Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang named supreme commander of allied forces defending the Peking area against the combined assault of Chang Tso Lin Lin Ching Lin and Wu Pei Fu. Simultaneously Chi Te Huao formed a new Peking cabinet as premier and war minister with W Yen named foreign minister.
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Peking
Feng Yu Hsiang
Chang Tso Lin
Lin Ching Lin
Wu Pei Fu
Chi Te Huao
W. W. Yen
Clergymen Least Legible Writers in Philadelphia Study
A Philadelphia report finds clergy write least legibly among men, with physicians next and soldiers better than suitors or payers, outlining readability rankings by group.
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Philadelphia
Missing Heir of Denver Man Found in Iowa
Des Moines reports John A. Anderson declared he is the nephew of Peter Lance, the Denver financier, ending a nationwide search for the missing heir to his fortune. The identification occurred in Des Moines on March 5.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Peter Lance
Denver, Colo
John A. Anderson
If It Were Not For Their Mistakes
A reflective note quoting the Boston Transcript on how errors keep many people from being heard. The line frames the value of accountability and the visibility of overlooked voices in journalism.
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Boston Transcript
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Cheney
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Concord
Alets, Hite & Gillam
E. E. Strait
J. A. Bills & Son Manufacturing Jewelers—Diamond Merchants
B. M. Bills
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