Date fixed for opposition to discharge in Hicks bankruptcy
In the Southern District of Iowa Southern Division a bankruptcy matter for Clarence B. Hicks fixed March 6, 1925 as the last date for creditors and interested parties to file written appearances opposing discharge. Oppositions must include grounds within ten days after filing. Referee J. W. Kridelbaugh signs.
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District Court of the United States
Southern District of
Iowa
Southern Division
Clarence B. Hicks
Chariton
J. W. Kridelbaugh
Forged Draft Arrest in Cedar Rapids Center Point
J Lavell of Center Point was arrested in Cedar Rapids on forgery charges after cashing a $150 draft at Merchants National Bank. He admitted the crime, claiming a physician advised him he could cash the check drawn on L M Barton. Bond set at $500 for preliminary trial. Lincoln lawmakers seek power for cities to break coal and gasoline monopolies by letting towns run at cost sales.
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A Press
Cedar Rapids
J. Lavell
Center Point
L. M Barton
Merchants’ National Bank
Commercial National Bank of Waterloo
S. C. Kimm
Waterloo Bank
Lavell
Lincoln
Neb
Senate
Griswold and
McGowan
Nebraska
Spillman
Plasterer-fighter pleads guilty in prize fighting case
Ton, a Minneapolis plasterer and fighter, pleaded guilty yesterday to violating the repealed state boxing law in a bout with Tony Fuente at Culver City last year. He was fined $500 with the option of 250 days in jail. Washington notes recommend 6166 beds for veteran patient hospitalization.
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Ton
Minneapolis
Tony Fuente
Culver City
Grange to Return unsigned on moving picture contract
Champaign Jan 31 University of Illinois football star Red Grange received a New York contract offer for film work but announced he would not sign. The four week deal offered 2000 dollars per week. In Cedar Rapids Iowa Mrs Augusta Robinson Boyles died in a hospital last night. She was a Marion Iowa society woman and organist who helped found the Marion Eastern Star and is survived by her husband Oscar Proyles and several children
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Champaigne
New York
Red” Grange
University of Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Augusta Robinson Boyles
Oscar M. Proyles
Marion
Higher Marks Demanded Of Fraternity Members
University of Minnesota President Lotus D. Coffman ordered higher classroom standards for Greek letter organizations after a report showed below minimum averages for 1923 24. New regulations require each fraternity and sorority to maintain a C or better average or face probation for the following year.
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Minneapolis
Deam of
Lotus D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Greek groups show mixed scholastic standards at campus
BP BE Nicholson reports 17 of 32 academi fraternities posted C averages for 1923 24 while no sorority dipped below C. Pan Hellenic Council endorses tighter social limits and urges avoiding pledges from freshmen with grades far below the C mark as Greek bodies push higher standards.
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BP BE. Nicholson
Academi Fraternities
Greek Better
Pan Hellenic Eouncil
Velvet Pochettes Spark Paris Handbag Vogue
Paris fashion notes unveil velvet pochettes as the latest novelty in bags. Small sizes in rose velvet with steel paillettes draw Parisian attention at the Auteuil racetrack where cold fingers needed the purse for betting.
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Paris
Auteut
W C T U Opens Youth’s Year Campaign Across U S
Chicago January 31 Total abstinence law observance and pledge signing are core of the Youths Year program of the National W C T U Four young women begin a speaking tour covering 42 states in six months aimed at enlisting young people in abstinence work A goal of 1 000 000 child signers is set Education on single standard morals loyalty citizenship including first voters and foreign born citizens border conferences to curb rum running from Canada and Mexico are among other program features
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Associated Press
Chicago
Camadg
Mexico
Japan Laborers Form National Party Aimed at Suffrage
Tokyo Jan 31 The Japanese Federation of Labor and affiliates push a national labor party to back universal manhood suffrage. With farmers and agrarian groups, Fabian organizations, and Suiheisha supporters, they claim hundreds of thousands of votes to gain lower house seats. The platform calls for sweeping reforms including free speech, universal suffrage, tax reforms, nationalization of key industries, eight hour day, right to strike, and state funding of education.
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Tokio
Japanese Federation of Labor
Farmers’ Association
Japanese Fabian Society
Suiheisha
House of Peers
Navy
Navy to Receive 75 Planes in 1926
Cleveland January 31 The Glenn L Martin company reports the Navy will take 75 new airplanes in 1926. The aircraft use finest materials and workmanship with the latest accessories as development advances.
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Navy
Associated Press
Cleveland
Glenn L. Martin
Navy SC type plane built for torpedo bombing and scouting
The Navy Bureau of Aeronautics orders an SC type plane produced locally with 25 000 parts. It can carry a 1 750-pound torpedo or 2 000 pounds of bombs or fuel for long-distance scouting. It features land and water gear, carrier catapulting capability, arresting deck landings, and folding wings for carrier handling.
Teachers for Prison Drawn From Convicts
San Francisco am plans approved to establish a high school inside San Quentin state penitentiary with a four year program, a diploma, and accredited status. The warden and prison board will oversee modern equipment, manual training, and a research lab. The faculty will be drawn from convict ranks including 19 inmates with degrees in arts sciences law and medicine from leading colleges and universities.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
State University
San Quentin State Penitentiary
State Prison Board
Frank J. Smith
San Quentin
Europe
London to Paris air service readiness with new beacons
Imperial Airways installs 41 flashing beacons along the London to South Coast route to mark four airfields for a Paris night air service. Acetylene lights powered by cylinders will run six months without maintenance. New air express planes with a large nose engine and two wing motors are designed to reduce forced landings.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Imperial Airways
England
New Camps to Welcome Citizen Soldiers in 1925
The War Department considers nearly a dozen Citizens' Military Training centers for 1925. About 30,000 men are expected to train nationwide in June July and August at an estimated cost of 2.5 million dollars. Plans include a winter correspondence course and expanded public support from labor groups and women's clubs.
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Washington
War Department
America
Fort Williams
Camp Eustis
Fort Og
C. C. Lowe
Citizens
United States
American Federation of Labor
el Paso
Chauffeur sues Daudet father in libel case
Paris reports Bajot the chauffeur in the Philippe Daudet case has filed a libel action against Leon Daudet, the youth's father and royalist leader. In Paris Willis Booth of the International Chamber of Commerce arrived from New York for talks that may involve a settlement of inter allied debts. In Madrid Rasuli’s bandits report a capture of Tazarut with Raisuli held under guard in his house.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bajot
Philippe Daudet
Leon Daudet
Willis H. Booth
International Chamber of Commerce
New York
Madrid
Tazarut
Raisuli
Safety Council to Honor Coffin Father of Rail Safety
The National Safety Council steam railroad section moves to honor Lorenzo A Coffin known as Father of the air brake and automatic coupler. A memorial may stand in the national capital, celebrating his safety appliance act work and his service as Iowa railroad commissioner.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lorenzo A
Father
Coffin
Congress
National Safety Council
Iowa Supreme Court
Harrison
Safety Council
Bavarian Police Stop Elderly Couple's Fiery-Chariot Claim
In Blaubeuren Bavaria on January 31 police halted an aged couple who planned an ascent to the vea advent expectation. They gave away possessions quit work and waited on a hilltop with villagers expecting Elijahs fiery chariot. Police intervened sending them and onlookers home to daily duties.
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Associated Press
Blaubeuren
Bavaria
Elijah
Egyptian Police Plea to Curb Cocaine Epidemic
Cairo reports Cocaine use among Egyptians has risen to alarming levels. The police commandant appeals to the public for help in stamping out the drug habit which he says demoralizes the nation, harms youth, and fills hospitals and prisons. He laments weak statutes and seeks harsher laws and stronger public backing to deliver Egypt from this menace.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
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