Farmers Meet in Washington to Press Freight Reduction
Farmers from across the United States gather in Washington under the National Farmers Union for a three day conference to push for lower freight rates. They meet with Interstate Commerce Commission officials and may ask President Harding to convene a broader conference including shippers bankers and railway labor board.
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Washington, D. C
United States
National Farmers Union
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Federation
Charles A. Barrett
Wallace
Railway Labor Board
Steel
Railroad
On Iowa Club Elects Officers
Ethel M. Spencer of Olathe Cal is the new president of the On Iowa Club women’s pep society at the University of Iowa. Helen Hayes of Iowa City is vice president and Marjorie Barfoot of Decorah secretary treasurer.
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Towa City
Ethel M. Spencer
Olathe
Cal
On Iowa Club
University of Iowa
Helen Hayes
Iowa City
Marjorie Barfoot
Decorah
Train Kills Father and Son at Crossing
Clarence Clements and his 6 year old son delivering milk were killed when a Vandalia train struck their auto at a grade crossing west of here yesterday. Both will be buried tomorrow.
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Vandalia
Clarence Clements
Here
OntarioVotes for Prohibition Across Dominion
The Ontario referendum committee announces a bone dry vote of about 200000 with Rev Dr A S Grant predicting prohibitions nationwide within five years. He says steps will be taken to curb manufacture and import of intoxicating liquors in Canada.
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Toronto
Ontario
A. 8. Grant
Dominion
Grant
Canada
Harding to Speak in New York at Commercial Anniversary
President Harding accepts invitation to address New York on May 23 during the anniversary celebration of the New York Commercial, one of the nation’s oldest newspapers, in New York.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
New York
New York Commercial
Weather Outlook for Chicago Shows Showers Thunderstorms
Weather indications for the next twenty four hours call for showers and probable thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Warmer in the east and cooler in the west tonight. Cooler Thursday with strong, shifting winds.
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Chicago
Weather Summary From Local Observations
The past 24 hours ending 7 a m shows snow with highs around 69 and lows near 42. Rain amounts listed for several days include .71, .58, .60, and .58 inches, with temperatures at 1 pm today around 69 degrees.
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H. M. Stansey
Pasini Making Enviable Record at Case University
Reports from Case University say H. F. Pasini, former coach at Iowa State Teachers College, is building an enviable athletic record as director of athletics. He has produced winning teams across sports and has strong faculty and student support. Case authorities have refused to release him amid several offers from other colleges.
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Cedar Falls
Case University
Cleveland
Ohio
H. F. Pasini
Iowa State Teachers College
Pasini
Case
Farm Loan Men Organize National Union
Delegates from farm loan organizations across the United States gather in Washington to form the National Union of Farm Loan Associations. About $17,000,000 of the $24,000,000 capital stock of federal farm loan banks is owned by associations. The convention seeks an increase to $25,000 the maximum loan a federal bank may extend to a single borrower.
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Washington, D. C
Farm Loan Organization
United States
National Union of Farm Loan Association
Federal Farm Loan Banks
Federal Loan Bank
Tama County Child Hanged in Oat Bin Accident
In Tama County Iowa on Friday a 5-year-old boy, son of Henry Brown, died after the oat bin door closed on him. He stood on a coaster wagon to reach the bin, the wagon slipped, the box door dropped, and his neck was caught between two boards, breaking his neck.
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Tracer
Henry Brown i
Tama County
Voices Protest Against Treaty In Senate
Washington April 20 Senator Norris Nebraska Republican led opposition to ratification of the Colombian treaty calling its supporters rubber stamps of the White House. He warned the $25,000,000 payment to Colombia could lead to further payments to other nations for good will.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
White House
Colombia
Britain Moves to Enforce Irish Act for Home Rule
London April 20 steps to bring into operation the Irish act providing home rule in Ireland were taken by the British government. The law passed December 21 and received royal assent shortly after. Sinn Fein leaders oppose the measure. Elections for northern and southern Ireland parliaments set May 3 under the current plan. Southern Ireland likely to ignore the provisions of the law.
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London
George
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Snow Cannot Delay Freeport Wedding Walks 28 Miles
The wedding of Miss Catherine Wermie of Greenville Illinois was not delayed as her bridegroom William Schnell walked twenty eight miles through a Wisconsin snowstorm after his train was blocked. Schnell arrived to claim his bride despite the blizzard. A separate note mentions England patenting a process to produce alcohol and yeast from seaweed and a statistic that over 43 percent of the world’s sailing tonnage is owned by the United States.
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Chicago
Catherine Wer * Mie
Greenville
Illinois
Freeport
William Schnell
Wisconsin
Schnell
England
United States
Alex Graves Freed on 1000 Bond After Slaying Conviction
Des Moines Ind April 20 Alex Graves convicted yesterday of manslaughter in the death of Clarence DeVault was at liberty today on bonds of 1000 pending a motion for a new trial or appeal It was thought a motion would be filed in a few days
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Des Moines
Alex Graves
Clarence DeVault
Liberty
Women Employed By Railroads in 1929
Washington DC April 20 The interstate commerce commission reports 87 457 women in railroad work in 1920 down 151 from 1919 and about 10 000 more than in 1918 Most were in clerical or semi clerical roles with 1 363 in shop work Last year the commission notes that after many men returned from military service the average number of women in railway service rose.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Proposes Federal Marriage and Divorce Amendments
Washington April 20 Senator Jones Republican Washington offered constitutional amendments to federalize marriage and divorce laws and to withhold citizenship from American born children of aliens if their parents were ineligible for naturalization.
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Washington, D. C
Jones
Republican
Washington
Interscholastic Track Meet Entries Open for May 7
The thirteenth annual Iowa high school track and field meet will be held at the University of Iowa on May 7. Entries close April 30, with invitations sent to 600 high schools across the state.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Referendum Decides Mt. Pleasant Pool Halls Fate
In Mt. Pleasant Iowa on April 20 the referendum on pool halls passed by 859 against 642. Pool hall proprietors agreed to abide by the outcome while the city council served as election judges and clerks.
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Mt. Pleasant
Men Quarrel Turns Fatal in Coello Boarding House
In Coello a mining town eight miles northeast of Benton a midnight pistol fight left Harvey Bolen 28 and Mrs Beulah Rea 24 dead. Sempkins 28 fired on Bolen then Rea was struck by a stray bullet. Bolen shot by Sempkins. Sempkins fled after leaping from a window. Pearl Searcy held for questioning.
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Pear! Searcy
Woman Dies After Auto Crash Near Council Bluffs
Mrs Helen Campbell aged 50 died from injuries received when an automobile overturned near the edge of Council Bluffs. Four people were in the car including Abe Paulson a man named Anderson and Mrs Willis, all injured in the crash reported by police.
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Council Bluffs
Helen Campbell
Abe Paulson
Anderson
Willis
St. Louis Mayor Kiel Begins Third Consecutive Term
In St. Louis on April 20 Henry W. Kiel took the oath of office for a third consecutive term, the first mayor to reach that record in forty years. He begins his current tenure as leader of the city.
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St. Louis
Henry W. Kiel
St. Lows
Baseball standings and results from yesterday and today
Yesterdays scores include St Louis 6 Cincinnati 1 New York 9 Boston 1 Pittsburg 14 Chicago 2 Philadelphia to Brooklyn 2 Games today feature St Louis at Cincinnati New York at Boston Brooklyn at Philadelphia American League results show Washington 4 Cleveland 2 Chicago 1 Detroit 3 Philadelphia 6 St Louis 4 Chicago 1 Cleveland 12 Detroit 3 Boston New York games on wet grounds with Chicago at St Louis and Cleveland at Detroit Philadelphia at Washington Boston at New York
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Loui
Washington
Felsnau
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Man Arrested. Suspect in Wall Street Bombing Case
A Scranton man was arrested on suspicion of complicity in the Wall Street bombing last September. Police kept his identity secret and noted he lived in a local foreign colony and had funds despite lacking visible means. New York detectives planned to question him in Scranton.
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Scranton
Wall Street
New York N. Y
Pesylvania
Panic injures sixteen at Valencia theater blast
In Valencia Spain on April 20 a firecracker explosion during a film showing caused panic and left sixteen people injured, including four seriously, as the theater crowded with women and children.
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Valencia
Spain
Oldest Wisconsin Indian Ka Ge Ge Bi Dies
Ka Ge Ge Bi the oldest Wisconsin Indian aged about 110 died at Round Lake at the home of his grandson Johnny Frogg His passing marks the end of an era for Biidwood Wisconsin and the region.
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Wisconsin
Biidwood
Wis
Ka- Ge-Ge-Bi
Johnny Frogg
Round Lake
Thirty Men Indicted in Night Riding Case in Jonesboro
In Jonesboro Arkansas a special grand jury returned indictments against thirty men for night riding and arson tied to the burning of cotton gins. Several other men faced charges but were not yet arrested.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Eleven States Organize Today on Japanese Emigration
Senators and representatives from eleven western states meet in Washington D C to form a group aimed at finding common ground on the issue of Japanese emigration and potential policy coordination.
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Washington D. C
Resolutions at Chicago Attack England in Irish Republic Meeting
The resolutions committee of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic opened its first convention in Chicago with a dozen or more resolutions chiefly menacing England. Key proposals include boycotts on European goods opposing English taught history and creating a publicity and education bureau, with a US intervention plank anticipated. J L Fawsitt, consul general of the Irish Republic, led the speakers in denouncing England.
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Chicago
American Association For the Recognition
England
Bureau of Publicity and Education
Association
United States
J. L. Fawsitt
Irish Republic
Japan will not alter Yap mandate policy
Tokio reports the cabinet decided there is no reason to change Japan's Yap mandate stance despite the American note. The decision will be announced at an extraordinary meeting of the diplomatic advisory council Friday, with the foreign office declining to confirm the report.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
Diplomatic Advisory Council
Foreign Office
Prize Holstein Cow Dead in Appleton Route to Record
Sadie Gerben Hengerveld de Kol the famed Holstein cow died in Appleton Wisconsin aged nine from milk fever. The Wisconsin Live Stock association valued the cow at 35000 dollars reflecting a 40 pound butter fat production record recognized by breeders nationwide.
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Appleton
Wis
Sadie Gerben Hengerveld de Kol
United States
Canada
Wisconsin Live Stock
Market Reports from Des Moines and St Joseph Cattle and Hogs
Today's markets show receipts of 11 000 cattle with uneven demand beef steers steady to strong. Hog prices mostly one to two ticks lower with top early 9 20 and bulk 200 pounds and down 8 80 to 9 00. Sheep receipts 28 000 with light lambs steady and others down 25 cents. Chicago butter and eggs weak pages and grain futures listed with May June contracts.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
Dee Restos Ceins
Local Cash Markets Report Prices For Farm Goods
Corn 49 cents a bushel yeats 30 cents timothy hay 15 dollars straw 9 dollars wild hay 12 dollars threshed hay 12 dollars wheat 1.80 clover seed 9 to 11 timothy seed 1.50 to 1.75 barley 85 cents Eggs 71 cents hens 21 cents springs 19 cents old roosters 13 cents stags 17 cents ducks 18 cents horse hides 1 dollar beef hides 2 cents.
Starvation Appeal Seeks Aid for Alabama Coal Regions
In Northern Alabama coal fields about 600 people face starvation. Governor Thomas E. Kirby was informed by the Salvation Army southeast division based in Birmingham that aid is being stretched to its limit and must be supplemented by other sources.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Thomas E. Kirby
Salvation Army
Southeast Division
New Physics Professor at State Teachers College Cedar Falls
An announcement states Dr. W. H. Kadesh, former United States Military Academy professor, will join Iowa State Teachers College as physics professor starting next September. Mrs Kadesh was formerly Miss Mary Barnum of Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
W. H. Kadesh
United States Military Academy
Annapoli
Iowa State Teachers College
Navy School
Kadesh
Teachers College
Mary Barnum
Lawyers Urged to Work Without Pay in Dry Law Push
New York April 20 Chief District Attorney Joab H. Banton calls for lawyers to volunteer their services without pay to the district attorney's office for the upcoming effort to enforce the new state dry law in the courts. Three men were found unconscious in a private Jamaica home from moonshine fumes and were resuscitated by police and arrested.
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New York
Joab H. Banton
Jamaica
Iowa minister dies in California obituary notes Magee
The Reverend J. C. Magee, longtime figure in northwestern Iowa M E church circles, died in Long Beach California on Monday, according to word received in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
J. C. Magee
Iowa Methodist Episcopal Church
Long Beach
California
Immigration Bill Again Put in Hopper
Washington March 20 report on immigration restrition bill to the house today. Chairman Johnson urged its passage saying causes from the last congress still exist. The measure is largely identical to the Sixty four congress bill with a pocket veto by President Wilson. Johnson estimated annual admissions at 355461 with over half from northwestern Europe.
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Washington, D. C
House
Johnson
Immigration Committee
Wilson
Europe
Congress
Lareau Receives Life Sentence for Daly Death
Dubuque Iowa April 20 George W Lareau was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor in Fort Madison for the death of Matt W Daly in district court.
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Dubuque, Ia
George W. Lareau
Fort Madison
Matt W. Daly
Frozen Hootch Sparks Fight in Idaho Town
In Idaho April 20, a new hootch described as frozen and with a sharp kick led to a confrontation. Chief Tearlson intervened as two men heated cans of solidified alcohol. One assailant, smaller and missing an arm, tried to fight the chief despite the chief's size.
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Idaho Funls
Ilaho
New
Tearlson
Indiana University Profit From Sports Teams Revealed
Bloomington report shows football earned 10624 and basketball 1800 for the past season at Indiana University. The brief note records totals and mentions the year ending in April in Bloomington Indiana.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Katie
Ks Cok
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Province of
Prohibition
Haring
N. Y
Farm Loan Organzation Delegates
Britain
R Snow
Garrennelwe
Carl
Lissen
Carl Yodel
Hales
Holstein
United States Bureau of Markets
Chicago Live Stock
Mark Cases Inc
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel
Tel
Walnut
State Teachers College
Calif
Lareau
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