Senate debates two, three cent gasoline tax bills in Iowa
In Des Moines the Senate opened debate on two gasoline tax bills Bowman and Bergman. Tensions rose over which bill to consider first, with substitutions and amendments shaping a two hour dispute. Details cover tax rate, collection by distributors, fund distribution, exemptions, and refunds.
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Bergman
Associated Press
State House
Des Moines
Senate
Bowman
Blackhawk County
Shaff
Clinton County
Jasper
Ways and Means
Friends of
Blackhawk
Sharff
City Office Candidates for Mayor and Alderman
A slate lists Mayor hopefuls Myron L. Burt Ed Keith Adam Pickett and J B Rhine. Alderman candidates include O F Bennson George J Bartle F M Crandall C L Westerman and at large candidate Guy Swartz with Tom Hamilton also listed.
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Myron L. Burt
Keith
Adam Pickett
J. B. Rhine
Nomination of Mayor Emma Harvat for Re-Election
The Republican city convention nominated Mayor Emma J. Harvat for re election after a three hour caucus in the first ward. Harvat won on the first ballot and GOP leaders anticipate she will carry the city next month as women’s clubs plan active campaign involvement.
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Associated Press
Town City
Meyor
Emma J. Harvat
Republican
Miss Harvat
G. O P
Local Election Field Expands With New Alderman Nominations
Nomination papers filed with the city clerk show O F Benson F M Crandall and Guy Swartz seeking alderman seats in wards one two and at large. Myron L Burt says the trio will run on his ticket with C L Westerman aiming for fifth ward. Bartle pledges second ward run though papers pending. Election set for Monday March 39.
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O. F. Benson
North Cedar Street
F. M. Crandall
Russell Avenue
Guy Swartz
North Elm Street
Benson
Crandall
Swartz
Myron L. Burt
Burt
C. L. Westerman
Fifth Ward
Westerman
George J. Bartle
North
Sumner Avenue
Second Ward
Bartle
Grief Over Dog Believed To Kill Maquoketa Newsman
George Dillinger was found dead in bed after a hemorrhage following the poisoning of his constant companion, a dog he had cared for years. The pair were familiar on the streets as he sold newspapers for a living.
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Associated Press
Maquoketa
George Dillinger
Dillinger
Automobile backs into water. woman drowns in pond
Cambridge youth John J. Fitzgerald was held by police for investigation after Miss Catherine Murnaney of Cambridge drowned when a parked car rolled backward into Dark Hollow pond in Stoneham. Fitzgerald said he got out to crank the engine as it started.
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Stoneham
Mass
John J. Fitzgerald
Cambridge
Catherine Murnaney
Fitzgerald
Amendments Shaping State Road Funding Debate
Senator Shane from Wapello seeks to strike all after the enacting clause and restore the Benry man bill. Senator Fackler of AdamsCounty adopts an amendment repealing the county road tax law. Senator Gunderson from Winnebago proposes directing $2,000,000 of Bowman bill funds to the primary road fund annually with the remainder split between primary and secondary funds. An amendment by Brookhart from Washington replaces the $2,000,000 with a fund equal to the state's federal aid allotment.
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Bergman
Bowman
Special Gas Tax Committee
Senate
Shane
Wapello
Benryman
Fackler
Adams County
Gunderson
Winnebago
Brookhart
Washington
Senate battle on Bergman gas tax substitute sparks debate
A tense Senate session opened over substituting Bergman’s gasoline tax bill for Bowman of Blackhawk county. Bowman’s measure led the calendar, with Shane of Wapello proposing the substitute. The House will not take up the proposed federal child labor amendment this session.
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State House
Des Moines
Bowman
Blackhawk County
Senate
Jasper County
Shane
Wapeilo County
Iowa
House
Warren name re-submission advised for attorney general
Washington March 11 President Coolidge faced Republican pressure in the Senate against re submitting Charles B. Warren of Michigan for attorney general as the nomination failed 40 to 40. Some urged a new candidate such as Judge Wallace McCamant of Portland Oregon, while others expected a recess appointment or keeping the issue pending until adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
White House
Warren
Wallace McCamant
Portland
Ore
McCamant
Chicago
Calvin Coolidge
Cummins
Judiciary Committee
Warren to confer with Coolidge on future course of action
Detroit March 11 Charles Beecher Warren left at noon for Washington after the senate rejected his nomination as attorney general He said President Coolidge telephoned and asked him to visit for a conference with the president and Republican leaders on the next steps.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Beecher Warren
Senate
Washington
Coolidge
Coolidge Nominates Eberhardt to Nicaragua and Summerlin to Honduras
President Coolidge nominates Charles C. Eberhardt of Kansas as minister to Nicaragua and Geo T. Summerlin of Louisiana as minister to Honduras. He also accepts the resignation of John W. Riddle as ambassador to Argentina. Eberhardt will succeed John E. Ramer. Summerlin will succeed Frank E. Morales.
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Washington
Coolidge
Charles C. Eberhardt
Kansas
Nicaragua
Geo T. Summerlin
Louisana
Honduras
John W. Riddle
Argentina
Eberhardt
John E. Ramer
Colorado
Summerlin
Frank E. Morales
New Jersey
Iowa Senator Urges Appointments For Agriculture and Labor Posts
Senator Cummins of Iowa urged President Coolidge to appoint Lauritz Haugen son of Rep Haugen as assistant secretary of agriculture and former Rep Hull as assistant secretary of labor if vacancies occur. He also invited Coolidge to visit Des Moines if he travels to Minneapolis in June.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Coolidge
Lauritz Haugen
Representative Haugen
Representative Hull
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Mitchel Vindicated On Air Service Shortages
Chairman Lampert of the house aircraft committee said Brigadier General Mitchel appeared to be thoroughly vindicated in testimony about deficiencies in equipment and personnel of the air service.
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Washington
Lampert
House Aircraft Committee
Mitchel
Army Aircraft
Air Service
St Paul Railway Stock Declines
New YorkMarch 11 Sherp breaks in the securities of the St Paul railway sent common and preferred stocks and several bond issues to record lows amid growing unease over a possible reorganization. The common stock fell to 19 and the price slid toward 16.
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New York
St Paul
Youths Apply For Marriage License In Local Court
Floyd Nobles age 19 of Blistow and Ruth Jones age 16 of Thayer were sued for a marriage license in district court clerk’s office on Tuesday.
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Floyd Nobles
Blistow
Ruth Jones
Thayer
Shike Couple Marks Golden Wedding After 50 Years
Mr and Mrs H C Shike celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at the farm home of their daughter in Lincoln township. Married March 11 1875 in Jones county Iowa the couple has lived in Union county for 13 years. They have three children with son Rev W D Shike deceased both in good health for their years.
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H. C. Shike
Quherry Street
Jones County
Iowa
Union County
Des Moines
Kendrick on Stand in Teapot Dome Case
Wyoming senator J B Kendrick testified in Cheyenne that the naval oil reserve Teapot Dome had been leased to a private company. He described events leading to his resolution demanding Interior Department information on negotiations with private interests for development, as a senate investigation loomed in April 1922.
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iMy
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Big Teapot Dome
Naval Oil Reserve
Senate
Naval 911
Mammoth Oil Company
United States
J. B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Kendrick
Interior Department
Osher Officers Lose Appeal in Teapot Dome Case
Toronto report states H. S. Osher and Continental Trading officers failed to overturn Justice Ridder’s order to answer questions in the Teapot Dome Oil case. Ontario appellate decision deemed useless to the trial, with Osler ill in Cairo and associates in Toronto, making testimony before trial unlikely.
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Toronto
Osher
Continental Trading Company
Order of Justice Ridder
Teapot Dome
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ontario
Owen Roberta
H. S. Osler
Cairo
Egypt
Canada
Hare
Roberts
Shoots Divorced Wife Then Turns Gun on Self
In Omaha a street shooting left Roy Rayfield dead and his ex wife Georgia badly wounded. Floyd Walton was shot in the right arm and treated. Rayfield reportedly fired at Georgia after a car ride, then pursued by bystanders before shooting himself. Walton acts as a material state's witness.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Roy Rayfield
Atchison
Kansas
Georgia
Walton
Rayfields
Rayfield
Danzig Compared To Powder Magazine By Journal Reporters
Paris dispatches cite Le Journal and Le Martin correspondents describing Danzig as a powder magazine ready to explode. They warn Europe could blow up if Danzig acts to aid Germany in seizing the corridor from Poland.
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Associated Press
Paris
Danzig
le Journal
le Martin
Free City
Poland
Europe
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Germany
Mrs Stokes Testimony in Defamation Trial
Mrs Helen Ellwood Stokes of Denver testified in the trial of W E Stokes charged with conspiracy to defame her. She denied Everleigh club ties and alleged improper conduct by others while defending against the countersuit on her good name. She admitted scratching a man who tried to choke her.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Helen Ellwood Stokes
Denver
W E. D. Stokes
W. N. Gemmill
Arthur Scott Miller
Stokes
Mr. Stokes
New York
Hal K. Billig
Mrs. Stokes
Mail Pilot Crashes In Muddy Field Near Calamus
Randolph Paige, an air mail pilot en route from Chicago to Iowa City, landed in a muddy field near Calamus, Iowa, after engine trouble and darkness. He escaped serious injury, was cared for at a local home, and the mail plus wrecked plane were moved to Iowa City for repair and return. Pilot Ralph J Johnegon then took the west bound mail from the wrecked plane to Iowa City.
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Associated Press
Calamus
Randolph Paige
Paige
L. J. Keubler
Iowa City
Dixon
Ralph J Johnegon
Air Mail
Prison Inmates To Make Iowa Auto License Plates
Iowa 1926 auto license plates will be produced by state prison inmates at Des Moines. The contract was awarded by the board of control with the state executive council approval yesterday. The action coincided with the defeat of the Slemamone bill in the senate which sought five year plates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Control
State Executive Council
Senate
Whiskey Say Fresh Shamrocks Back to Ireland
Boston on March 11 reports over a thousand packages of shamrocks meant to brighten homes on St Patrick’s Day were sent back to Ireland by U S Department of Agriculture representatives under the importation ban on live plants due to pest risk. A box contained a note claiming whiskey would keep the shamrocks fresh quoting St Patrick.
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Associated Press
Boston
St. Patrick's Day
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
St. Patrick
Graveling Tibe Starter On Union County Road
Graveling of five and three quarter miles of primary road No 8 east of Afton begins today under county engineer Guy Perry. Gerard Kautson of Hariton will haul and spread county owned gravel between Afton and east of Talmage, using ten trucks. Project may delay on soft ground with one months time to complete.
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Afton
Guy Perry
Union County
Gerard Kautson
Hariton
T He County
Grand River
Talmage
Ministers' Club Sees Growth to Forty Members in Towana
The Ministers' University club reports 40 members after a Tuesday luncheon at Towana hotel with growth expected to 50 by the next meeting. Rev. WH Cable of Greenfield spoke on The Pastor and His Correspondence, plus table talks on church social amusements and parsonage topics.
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Ministers’ University Club
Towana Hotel
WH. Cable
Greenfield
A. E Cunningham
Diagonal
W. C. McCrory
Cc. E. Miller
Lenox
C. Humpke
Mr. Matthews
Clearfield
Humpke
Orient Group
Watson
Christian Church
Bryants Record Debut by Son Wesley Bryant
Wesley Bryant of 1600 Hewitt Street, son of A C Bryant, records a double faced phonograph disc with Asleep in the Deep and Son of the Desert. The bass singer reportedly attains the lowest tone ever recorded. He formerly toured a light opera company and now radiocasts as the mystery man for WLW Cincinnati. The Genett studio in Richmond Indiana produced the disc. No contract has been signed yet with the phonograph company.
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Wesley Bryant
Hewitt Street
A. C. Bryant
Bryant
WLW
Cineinatti
Genett Company
Richmond
Ind
Phonograph
Mrs Rhinelander Named in Social Register Amid Annulment Suit
The March social register supplement lists Mrs Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander former laundress and housemaid, wife of Leonard Kip Rhinelander, as Rhinlander wife of Philip Jones. The entry notes they wed Oct 14 at New Rochelle New York. Other names dropped from the register include Millicent Rogers and Mrs James Stillman.
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New York
Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Social Register
Rhinelander
Leonard Kip
Philip) Jones
Mies
Alice
New Rochelle
N. Y
Millicent Rogers
Ludwig Galm- Hoogstraeten
James A. Stillman
W .E. D. Stokes
Supreme Court upholds city curb gas station ban in Creston case
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed Judge A R Maxwell's injunction ruling that Creston may regulate curb gasoline pumps, reversing part of a district court decision. The ruling also reverses a Perry divorce verdict, restoring the marriage status. Petitions for re hearing may be filed in both matters.
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Union County District Court
A R. Maxwell
Creston
State Supreme Court
HW. Edaburn
Noel R. Perry
Beula P. Perry
Supreme Court
Truman Stevens
Lawrence DeGraff
Perry
Mire
Osceola
H. W. Edgeburna
Maxwell
Mim
Appel Lanta
Work Sleep And Eat For Health Says Doctor
Dr J C Pare sons of Creston told Kiwanis at the lowana hotel that work sleep and eat sustain health. He stressed basic living habits while Henry LaForgue and L J Wendel offered carmet duets. Attendance teams led by Lyman Nicely and Dr R A Swanson were tied for the month at six.
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J. C. Paresons
Creston
Kiwanis Club
Lowana Hotel
Kiwanis
Henry LaForgue
L. J. Wendel
Bers
Lyman Nicely
Dr. R. A. Swanson
Farm raid triggers farmer suicide attempt near Linn Junction
Anton Chaitterbovsky, a farmer near Linn Junction, tried to shoot himself after his farm was raided for illicit alcohol. He asked Sheriff Tom Avery about penalties, then grabbed a shotgun but deputies stopped him. He was released on bail and his stock was confiscated.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Anton Chaitterbovsky
Linn Junction
Tom Avery
Chatterhoosky
Avery
Chatterboosky
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Emma Harvat
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