Missing Michigan candidate Hiram Johnston vanishes from ballot
Lansing March 7 Associated Press report that Hiram Johnston once listed as a dirt farmer in Saginaw County is now recorded as missing After his petitions to withdraw his name from the April 7 Michigan primary ballot he vanished from a deserted shack near the Saginaw river with his fate uncertain and publicity blamed for the retreat Johnston had urged reporters to find his home in Zilwaukee township but the search found only a boarded up shack and a headline mystery surrounding his candidacy and potential legal penalties for tampering with election law.
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Lansing
Mich
tZilwaukee
Hiram’t Johnston
Michigan
Saginaw County
Johnston
John Baird
State Conservation Commissioner
Secretary of State
Hiram Johnston
Shack
Baird
Zilwaukee
Hram
Saginaw
Baid
Hiram
Saginaw Valley
Costs 646 Dollars Yearly For College Woman
A St Louis survey by the American Association of University Women finds fixed charges total 646.29 dollars per year for the average college woman. Catalogue expenses average 486.04 dollars and extra costs 160.25 dollars, with the study aiding parents, counselors, and administrators in budgeting co ed education.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
American Association of University Women
Reed Denies Opposing Champ Clark in 1912 Nomination
United States Senator James A Reed a Democratic presidential candidate spoke at Champ Clark's home and rejected charges he opposed Clark in 1912. Reed said he nominated Clark at the national convention and campaigned for him in Missouri and elsewhere, accusing the same group of opposing Clark then and now.
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Bowling Green
United States
James A Reed
Champ Clark
Reed
Clark
Missouri
Spanish Campaign in Morocco Hit by Rebel Attacks
Tangier dispatches report that Rifiah tribesmen from Tizziazza toward Melilla have shot down four Spanish planes. The rebel commander Kaid Ali Beaumor once lived in America. Tangier sources also say rebels set Melilla’s railway station on fire.
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London
Morocco
Tangier
Daily Mail
Rifiah
Tizziazza
Melila
Kaid Aii Beaumor
America
Daily Express
Melilla
Publisher and Girl Reunite After Brief Separation
Curtiss Palmer once a cigar counter attendant and beauty prize winner has rejoined Eugene V. Brewster, magazine publisher, after a short separation announced as permanent. They now claim they will never part again, stating Mrs. Brewster’s public statement that Brewster has not sought a divorce nor plans to wed Miss Palmer.
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New York
Curtiss Palmer
Eugene V. Brewster
Yeomen Insurance Plan Under Scrutiny At Hearing
Judge Jesse Miller of Des Moines will be the chief witness at the legislative insurance investigation session. He and John D. Denison criticize high pressure tactics in transferring old Form A members to newer policies while transfers to a Chicago firm take 70 percent of first year premiums. Denison says the insurance department failed to rule on the contract amid ongoing federal litigation.
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Jesse Miller
Des Moines
Legislative Insurance
Miller
Brotherhood of American Yeoman
John D. Denison
Yeomen Society
Denison
Witness Gail
Woodmen
Royal Neighbors
Witness
Chicago
Insurance Department
Mexican Quarrel May Be Ended In 20 Days
President Obregon expects pacification of the republic within 20 days after talks with a national pro peace committee. Rebels would not be allowed to leave the country in exchange for promising not to renew revolts. The plan includes guarantees for surrendered leaders and a march toward Tobasco to block Adolfo De La Huerta’s forces.
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Obregon
Estrad Dienger
Serrano
Manzanila
Salina Cruz
Adolfo de la Huerta
Tobasco
Rio's Blind Parade For Better Schools
Hundreds of blind men women and children marched through Rio de Janeiro's business district to urge support for improved educational and asylum facilities. The procession, led by a band, included banners calling for public sympathy and better services for the blind.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Oil inquiry telegrams reveal assurances from Daugherty to McLean
Washington March 7 The oil committee heard that Attorney General Daugherty sent a reassuring telegram to Edward McLean in Florida on the day the publisher testified. Ira Bennett testified that Curtis and Coolidge conveyed similar assurances through Bennett, while Bennett decoded messages describing support and protection for McLean amid the oil probe.
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Washington
Oil Committee
Daugherty
Edward McLean
Florida
Ira Bennett
McLean
Washington Post
Bennett
President Coolidge
Curtis
Evelyn
Tere
Albert B. Fall
Walsh
Montana
Fall
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Chariton Man Weighs Eighth District Run
Chariton resident John A. Darrah weighs a bid for Congress in Iowa's Eighth District. A former five term state senator from Lucas County, Darrah is discussed as a possible Republican challenger to incumbent H. K. Evans upon Evans’ retirement.
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Des Moines
John AH. Darrah
Chariton
Congress
Darrah
State Senate
Lucas County
Thurston
Clark County
H. K. Evans
French franc hits new record low amid overseas selling
The French franc fell to 3.77 percent of a cent as heavy speculative selling abroad shrinks note circulation. Belgium’s franc dropped to 3.29 percent amid similar pressures, with international debt and property issues cited. Dr. Carlos DeMandel, composer and conductor, died by apparent fall from a 15 story West End avenue building.
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Associated Press
New York
Carlos DeMandel
West End Avenue
Italy Offers Shelter to Deposed Caliph in Banished Status
Rome reports Italy desires to act as a host to the deposed caliph banished from Turkey by the Angora government. It urges the Italian government to offer the former ruler a palace protection and hospitality.
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Rome
Italy
Turkey
Romanian opera stars strike over government subsidy cut
In Bucharest on March 7 leading opera artists protested a government move to end state control of the opera and transfer it to private enterprise with a reduced subsidy.
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Bucharest
Government says $164 million loss from liquor smuggling
The federal government reports an economic loss of 164 million dollars in customs duties and internal taxes on liquor smuggled into eastern ports by foreign vessels during the past two years, stated today at the customs house.
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New York
Customs House
Separation agreement signed by Hugo P C Schoelkorpf
Hugo P C Schoelkorpf of Buffalo and his wife Irene who was robbed of jewelry valued at 300000 dollars in New York a year ago have signed a separation agreement disclosed today.
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New York
Hugo P. C. Schoelkorpf
Buffalo
Irene
Bank in New York Mille Closed by State Bank Dept
St Paul March 7 The Farmers and Merchants State Bank at New York Mille with deposits totaling 181000 was closed by the state banking department. Slow paper is given as the reason.
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St. Paul, Minn
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
New York Mille
State Banking Department
La Follette Not on North Dakota Primary Ballot
District Judge Thompson Pugh ruled today in Bismarck that Senator Robert M La Follette will not have his name appear on the March 18 presidential primary ballot. The Dickinson judge based his decision on current electoral procedures.
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Bismarck
N.D
Thompson Pugh
Dickinson
Robert M la Follette
Senator Hei lin receives life threat letter over Teapot Dome inquiry
A letter mailed from New York threatens Senator Hei lin of Alabama with death unless he stops attacking Republicans about the Teapot Dome inquiry. The incident was reported to the post office department today.
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Washington
Senator Heilin
Alabama
Post Office Department
New York
Teapot Dome
Ford bid leads early Muscle Shoals vote test
Washington March 7 reports the first public test of strength in the Muscle Shoals voting shows advocates of the Ford bid ahead. The result reflects early sentiment as supporters rally around the controversial plan and seek broad approval.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Ford
McAdoo Plans Georgia Push Against Senator Underwood
Chicago reports Msareh T Will iam G McAdoo will launch an aggressive primary campaign against Senator Underwood in Georgia on March 14. The Georgia tour, details of which are not yet completed, marks the first major push by McAdoo forces.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
Chicago
Train No 22 overturns near Lexington injures reported
The Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No 22 from Louisville to Ashland Kentucky overturned about 40 miles east of Lexington. Dispatches in Cincinnati vary on how many were injured.
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Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville
Ashland
Lexington
Opposition formations whip 25 percent income tax cut
Washington March 7 opposition formed in both houses of Congress to push immediate action reducing personal income taxes by 25 percent this year.
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Washington
Congress
Earthquake Shakes Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
An earthquake struck large parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire overnight into today but caused no appreciable damage.
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London
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Lower House Fights Bible Bill as Reading Debate Heats Up
In Des Moines on March 7 the Iowa House debated a patriotic education bill linked to daily Bible readings in public schools. A Senate-amended measure for cemetery upkeep funds failed 15 to 23, while the house passed pure food and narcotic inspection bills amid protests.
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Associated Free
State Capitol
Des Moines
Senate
Assembly
Tuck
Taylor County
Price
Monroe
Buser
Muscatine
Shinn
Harrison
Board of Health
Board of Pharmacy Examiners
Legisature
I C Conductor Dies From Accident Injury
Waterloo March 7 D A Ortgrn sen extra conductor on the Illinois Central railroad died in a hospital here late yesterday from injuries after a crash between freight cars at Alpington Iowa while acting as brakeman His home was in Dixon Illinois but he roomed here since employed by the railroad He was unmarried.
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Waterloo
D. A. Ortgrnsen
Illinois Central Railroad
Alpington
Iowa
Dixon
Ill
Insurance Clause Is Provision of Bonus
Washington March 7 Paid up insurance was decided upon as a provision of the soldier s bonus bill today by the house ways and means committee Provisions of the bill passed last session and vetoed by President Harding for vocational training and farm or home aid were definitely eliminated but a portion of cash payments is still pending.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harding
Airship guidance via radio demonstrated at Wright field
Dayton reports a historic first as airships are guided from one point to another using radio. The achievement occurred yesterday at Wilbur Wright field marking a milestone in aerial navigation and communications.
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Dayton, O
Wilbur Wright Field
Fire Destroys Northwestern Signal Tower in Iowa
In Beverly, Iowa seven miles west of Cedar Rapids, a $50,900 electric signal tower belonging to the Northwestern railroad was destroyed by fire early today. Officials believe a short circuit started the blaze, which disrupted the railway signal system and illuminated surrounding areas. The fire reportedly caused telephone call confusions for several nearby towns.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Railroad
Beverly
Iowa
Here
Langley Calls for Inquiry Over Public Funds Charge
Representative Langley of Kentucky demanded a Justice Department inquiry after newspapers cited his name in grand jury reports. He denied any wrongdoing and urged a square deal while asking for a formal quorum to confront accusers and obtain specific charges.
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Associated Press
Washington
Langley
Kentucky
House
Ispers
Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
Chicago
Grand Jury
Department of Justice
McAdoo Campaign Manager Calls for Full Candidate Scrutiny
Chicago March 6 David L. Rockwell national chairman of the Mc Adoo for President club returns from the east to answer attacks on McAdoo. He urges that every presidential candidate be required to disclose his means of living and private affairs before Senate or other committees. He cites Senator Reed and the Frisco merger as examples and declares this is the day of investigations.
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Associated Presse
Chicago
David L. Rockwell
McAdoo For President Club
Wm. G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Senate Public Lands Committee
Rockwell
Senator Reed
Missouri
Senate Committee
Senate
Samuel Fordyce
St. Louis
Frisco
Local Businessman Herbert Jones Dies After Accident
Herbert L. Jones 37, prominent Creston businessman and automobile dealer, dies at Greater Community hospital from internal hemorrhage after injuries from a freight car incident on Feb 20. Born Nov 13, 1886, he lived his life in Creston and married Bonne Tripp on April 10, 1920. He was active in the Methodist church Masons and the Creston Chamber of Commerce. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Herbert L. Jones
Restam
Iowa
Greater Community Hospital
Creston
Jones
Mr. Jones
Jennie Sain
Bonne Tripp
Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Des Moines
Question Arises Over Royal Wedding Gift
Former Crown Prince Frederick William probes why Germany's grand 1905 wedding gift 1900 pieces dinner set remains undelivered. Burgomasters from Danzig Memel and other towns fear sale to cover reparations and convene a conference to resolve the issue.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Frederick William
Germany
Beer
Reichbank
Danzig
Memel
Baronet Rum Runner Promotes Profits From Ship Istar
Sir Broderick Cecil Hartnel a baronet and reputed rum seller is believed by federal officers to supervise a peddling voyage aboard the Istar. The ship anchors off Long Island and New Jersey coasts with 28 boats in the fleet. Hartnel circulated circulars advertising a 20 percent profit every 60 days in his liquor selling enterprise.
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Associated Press
New York
Broderick Cecil Hartnel
Istar
Long Island
New Jersey
Chicago Attorney Invited to Address Iowa Legion
Frank M. D Comerford, a Chicago attorney, has received an invitation from the Iowa American Legion to speak before 5,000 people on Memorial Day in Iowa regarding whether the Russian form of government suits the United States. Senator Brookhart has been challenged to a debate by Comerford but has not accepted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank M. D Comerford
Iowa American Legion
Iowa
United Stattes
Brookhart
Comerford
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