01 Apr 1922
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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1922
Page
1
News reports describe a nationwide coal miners strike involving about 600000 workers including 100000 non union miners. Mines across the country largely idle with 6000 of 7000 mines affected and potential for broader disruption.
Moscow reports that land buying and selling remain banned with confiscation penalties. The state holds title while land is allocated to communes or peasant societies. Peasants may join a commune or obtain a farm, lease strips, and hire labor under new policy.
Los Angeles April 1 Ola Humphrey known as Ola Humphrey an actress was sued in Los Angeles county superior court for 2.45 million dollars by Herman L Roth a New York attorney who says he was hired to recover for her a half interest in a 14 million dollar estate of her late husband Prince Ibrahim Hassan of Egypt whom she married in Paris He alleges he secured nearly 5 million dollars.
Actual conditions of clearing house banks and trust companies show they hold 15,309,060 in excess of legal requirements, down 34,262,260 from the previous week.
Chicago and Washington dispatches indicate unsettled conditions. Chicago warns of increasing cloudiness with possible showers tonight or Sunday and a tendency toward warmer temperatures tonight. Washington forecasts a showery week start with more rain likely Thursday or Friday and normal temperatures.
Two indictments against the American Cotton exchange and six of its officers and directors were filed today with Judge Crain of general session court alleging bucketing. The names of those indicted were not made public.
Des Moines Iowa April 1 J R Files of Fort Dodge will be the democratic candidate for governor. EB Feuling newly elected chairmen of the democratic state central committee announced today. Files, an attorney, was urged by democratic leaders to head the state ticket and promised to enter the race. Dr W Kerbert of Storm Lake a former state committee member was the democratic candidate for state auditor E R Mitchell of Ottumwa attorney general and S M Parsons of Marion state railroad commissioner.
President Harding removed James L Wilmeth and other bureau executives "for the good of the service" through an executive order. Louis A. Hill was named director of the bureau and sworn in, with all vacancies filled as part of a readjustment to peacetime conditions.
The Washington express southbound on the Northern Central division of the Pennsylvania railroad wrecked at Halifax eighteen miles from Harrisburg about 5 am. Five Pullman cars dumped into an old canal bed with six cars derailed. only one passenger required surgical care and left for Harrisburg with an improvised train.
Beaumont Texas April 1 The city plans to question about 200 male employees to discharge all who are members of the Ku Klux Klan City Manager Rourke said the proceedings will be kept secret until questioning is finished and all answers will be sworn affidavits The move followed a conference with Mayor Steinhagen who asked voluntary resignations from members no resolutions were announced at the time
Paris April 1. The Jugoslav government asks France and Britain to cooperate to re establish order in Fiume and to ensure the Rapallo treaty is carried out. French circles view the proposal as unlikely.
In Beattyville Kentucky yesterday Police Judge H P Begely seized a large supply of confiscated moonshine whisky from the courthouse and ordered workers to sprinkle Main street to settle dust after a water cart failed to arrive on time, dispatches say.
Mrs. C H Morris, coal operator and grocery executive, is elected to Des Moines city council. She is the citys first female candidate and ranks the city as likely largest with a woman on the council. She has led and served in multiple local organizations and runs a wholesale grocery business after her husbands 1906 death. She has two sons, one in college.
Mrs. Joe Shidler, 66, of Lisbon, near Mount Vernon, was killed instantly when she stopped in front of a freight train while visiting friends. The accident occurred this morning with no witnesses. She leaves a husband and one daughter.
Charles W Morse and his three sons with eight co defendants entered demurrers at arraignment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Attorneys argued the indictments fail to allege an offense against the government in the alleged conspiracy with the shipping board.
Berne reports the Swiss federal council introduced a bill authorizing a longer legal workweek of fifty four hours. The measure seeks government authority to extend standard hours, signaling potential reforms to labor policy.
Robert H. McDonald of Cherokee Iowa was named state inheritance tax examiner by State Treasurer Burbank to fill the vacancy left by Miss May Francis who resigned to pursue the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. McDonald a University of Iowa graduate and World War I veteran joins ten other ex service men among fourteen in the treasurer’s office.
Relatives of seven year old Ida Kramer in Woodbury New Jersey offered rewards totaling 750 dollars for information leading to the child’s recovery. Authorities say Esther Tannenbaum held on a abduction charge has not shared all she knows and searchers combed marshlands near Woodbury Creek.
TAAD records list monetary figures including 156.17 21.77 544.22 and related values 7.89 22.96 3.50 619.97 157.86 127.51 20.12 3.60 315.64 3.00 6.04 shown in the dataset. The line appears as a numeric ledger excerpt with multiple totals and subitems.
At a Union County Democratic meeting in the courthouse the group announced a full county ticket for the June primaries with nominees named for each office. Nominees include J. W. Coen state representative, J. A. Spangler county auditor, L. Jeter recorder, Wm. Cusack attorney, Claude Hart county clerk, Wm. Hower sheriff, Thos. Dougherty treasurer, Harry Coen coroner, Geo. Stream supervisor. A. Plum chaired the session, with remarks by Dr. Reynolds and J. Gillespie.
Memphis residents watch a swollen Mississippi threaten levees from Cairo to Vicksburg as gov ernment engineers lead crews building embankments. The crest may reach Memphis at 43 feet with Helena forecast at 53 feet, prompting evacuations and railroad releveling.
Washington April 1 The French government says it never intended to contest the rights of the United States to be fully reimbursed for army costs as other governments with troops on the Rhine. The reply addresses the American note on American occupation of the Rhineland and asserts reimbursement aims.
W L Pishes of Mack Cole Ray Roundtree of Portland J J Conta of Anthony were severely injured when their airplane struck a sixty foot smokestack at the Macon Dublin Savannah railroad shops. The smokestack caught fire and collapsed into the yard between two trains. Conta died later.
Today's cattle receipts total 600 with beef steers and stockers 10 to 25 cents higher and calves up 25 cents. Hogs receipts 9,000 with market active and uneven but mostly steady. top 10.50, bulk 9.90 to 10.40. pigs steady to strong. Sheep receipts 4,000, nearly all to packers direct. Chicago Produce notes butter and eggs trading lower. Grain futures show May wheat at 151 1/2, corn May 57, oats May 36. Other regional quotes list cattle, hogs and sheep with varied direct-market movements and minor price shifts.
Market notes list prices for various goods with mention of April 1 at noon. Entries include heavy spring chickens heavy hens light spring chickens and horse hides with unit prices and brief descriptors. The fragmentary text references storage, stock types, and hay items in a rural market context.
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