Test suit seeks federal court ruling on railway labor board powers
In Columbus Ohio on March 24 a test suit challenged the authority of the Railway Labor Board to back its ruling that railroads cannot cut wages before consulting employees. The suit, filed by Cecil Jewell and lawyers Randolph W Walton and W S Pealer, represents 1200 maintenance of way workers from four New York Central subsidiary lines. It is described as the first court interpretation of the board's powers.
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Columbus
Federal Railway Labor Board
Federal District Court
Randolph W. Walton
W. S Pealer
New York Central Railroad
Cecil Jewell
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Toledo & Central Railroad
Railway Labor Board
Injured in Elevator Dies From Effects
Eecorah March 24 Charles Ha yn was killed at the Asehaugen home last Saturday afternoon while helping move a bed from the second story. The mattress caught the strafing lever, Hanson jumped to stop the elevator, fell onto furniture, and was crushed between the bottom and the floor above. He died within minutes from internal injuries.
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Eecorah
Charles Ha “Yn
Asehaugen
Hanson
Iowa City Graduate Slated for Mine Bureau Chief
Washington March 24 H Foster Bain an Iowa City graduate and former Iowa Geological Survey official will be chief of the Bureau of Mines under the Harding administration. He previously headed the bureau under the last administration and has recently studied mining possibilities in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
H. Foster Bain
Iowa City
Iowa Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Harding
Wage Reduction Notice Sent to Chicago Great Western Employees
Oelwein Iowa March 24 The Chicago and Great Western railroad company locomotive engineers firemen hosts yardmen telegraphers and all other employees except those covered in previous notice have received a thirty days legal notice for a proposed wage reduction A conference on the same is set for March 30 at Oelwein
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Oelwein
Chicago & Great Western Railroad Company
Harding congratulates Packers and employees on settlement
President Harding thanked representatives of the packing industry and its workers for reaching an amicable agreement to avert a threatened strike. The breakthrough marked the first major labor issue faced by his administration and was hailed in Washington, D. C. on March 24.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Wood's Manager Seeks to Recover Money in Campaign Suit
Chicago March 24 Colonel William Proctor manager of Major General Leonard Wood's campaign filed suit to recover 110000 dollars from Major Albert A. Sprague of Chicago campaign treasurer.
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Chicago
William Proctor
Leonard Wood
Albert A. Sprague
Weather Outlook for Chicago March 24
The weather indications for the next twenty four hours show fair conditions tonight and probably Friday with little change in temperature.
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Chicago
Weather Summary for Local Observations
Weather data shows daily snowfall totals from Friday to Thursday with high and low temperatures and precipitation. Notable readings include Friday 0.68 inches and 47 degrees high, Saturday 0.78 inches and 33 degrees low, and Thursday trace precipitation with 50 degrees at 1 PM.
Meade highway bill defeated and Iowa senate actions
In Des Moines on March 24 the Meade bill to abolish the state highway commission failed 32 to 18 after an all day fight. An amendment to move highway headquarters failed 25 to 25. The Smith bill to double tax levies on money and credits was defeated 35 to 9. The Beamon bill requiring utilities to file sworn cost and valuation statements passed 79 to 13. A timber conservation bill was introduced proposing half tax on timber tracts. A Pittburg Plus pricing dispute over raw steel was aired in a House resolution urging a federal trade commission complaint. Nomination of J B Butler to the state board for control was confirmed, succeeding W D Sheehan July 1.
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
Senate
Price
Ames
Smith
State Senate
House
Beamon
Iowa
Committee On Conservation
State Board of Conservation
Pittsburg
Weaver
Federal Trade Commission
Butler
J. B. Butler
Fort Podge
State Board For Control
W. D. Sheehan
Iowa Indians Plan Ten Acre Tree Planting Project
Ten acres of trees will be planted this spring on the Sac and Fox Indian reservation in Tama county. Superintendent Dr. Jacob Breid leads the project to increase timber and posts for future years, with work supervised by the forestry department of the State College at Ames.
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Sac and Fox Indian
Tampa County
Jacob Breid
Fox Day School
Department of Forstry
State College At
Ames
Income Tax Returns for Iowa Reach Ten Million
Iowa collected 10,871,187.01 in income tax with 159,700 returns filed for 1920. Acting Iowa Collector Harry McIntosh said individual returns exceeded last year by about 10,000, while overall collections trailed the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
I. W. W. Gang Routed Out of Clinton
Fifteen I. W. W. members said to be bound for a convention crossed Clinton high bridge and instantly fled aboard an eastbound freight train. Chief McKiley sent officers to the bridge end to intercept them, but they departed the city.
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Clinton
Clinton High Bridge
Iowa
McKiley
Paris Says Germany Must Pay 20 Billion Marks by May 1
The Allied Reparations Commission notified Paris that Germany owes twenty billion gold marks under the peace treaty and must pay by May 1 or face additional penalties.
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Paris
Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Marshalltown Superintendent Aaron Palmer Resigns
Marshalltown Iowa March 24 after fourteen years as superintendent of the Marshalltown public schools Aaron Palmer has resigned from his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Aaron Palmer
Disorder In Prussian Saxony And Hamburg
Reports from Berlin dated March 24 describe extensive property damage and loss of life in Prussian Saxony and Hamburg as communist disorder spread. Leaders reportedly targeted banks public buildings and shipyard facilities before order was restored and rioters expelled from Hamburg.
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Berlin
Prussian
Saxony
Hamburg
Mansfield
Associated Press
This Man Showed His Ingratitude
Red Oak, March 24. Lyle Evanson, who was held up and shot in the leg two weeks ago and cared for at Griffin Inn, left the city unannounced after receiving help. He claimed the $2 stolen was all he had, promised to repay friends, and sought work to repay them and return to Cincinnati, but vanished when a position was found.
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Red Oak
Lyle Evanson
Griffin Inn
Evanson
Cincinnat O
Shipbuilding Co Declares Quarterly and Extra Dividend
Directors of the American Shipbuilding company declare a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on both preferred and common shares and an extra 24 percent cash dividend on common stock. Payment is due May 2 to stockholders of record at the close of business April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cqlevel and
American Shipbuilding Company Today
Chicago Live Stock Markets Mixed as Hogs Rise and Cattle Slump
Opening Market reports dull cattle with steady early sales and weaker sheep while hogs edge higher on strong receipts. Cattle receipts reach 8000 at Chicago with steers 8.50 to 9.50 and fats 5.75 to 7.75. hogs receipts 20000 advance 25 to 35 cents. pigs and light-weight hogs up to 11.00. Sheep weak to 25 cents lower.Chicago Produce shows butter and eggs lower. Closing grain quotes list wheat 153 May, corn 64 May, lard 11.60 May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Markets
Associated Press
Chicago
Mark Cases Inc
Springs
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel
Des Moines
Tel
St. Joseph
Jesus Oo
Local Cash Markets Report Prices for Grains and Poultry
Corn 50c, oats 35c, timothy hay 15.00, straw 9.00, wild hay 12.00, threshed hay 12.00, wheat 1.80, clover seed 9.00 to 11.00, timothy seed 1.50 to 1.75, barley 0.85, poultry eyes 0.17, hens 0.24, springs 0.19, old roosters 0.13, stags 0.17, ducks 0.18, horse hides 1.00.
Tax Will Yield Over 3 Billion
Secretary Mellon announced March 15 installment tax receipts would reach about 675 million dollars. By March 22, deposits totaled 650 million. He projected total income and profits tax revenue for the year ending June 30 at 3.05 billion dollars, meeting treasury expectations.
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Washington, M. C
Mellon
Treasury
Summer school to use woods and mills for hands on study
Emporia Kansas March 24 The Kansas State Normal School plans a novel summer curriculum for children six to thirteen combining field trips to local industries mills stockyards and stores with class work. Pupils will be supervised by teachers and scout leaders and enjoy pool time after trips.
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H. G. Tall
Normal
Mies
Jennie Williams
Butler Named for Board of Control
John B. Butler a Fort Dodge banker and Democrat was nominated by Governor Kendall for the state board of control. He is president of Webster County National Bank and a Fort Dodge school board member. His confirmation follows the senate’s rejection of Mrs Max May and Mrs W H Snider in recent weeks.
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Board of Control
Senate
Kendall
W. H. Snider
Davenport
Arrest of Lloyd Schuler Expected in Mysterious Iowa Killing
In Manchester Iowa authorities say the arrest of Lloyd Schuler for the alleged murder of his brother in law William Matusch at Edgewood is imminent. Investigators have traced the slayer near Cedar Rapids as the coroner's inquest reveals the robbery motive.
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Manchester
Lloyd Schuler
William Matusch
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
World Record Parachute Leap Set at Chanute Field
In Champaign Illinois on March 24 Lieut Arthur G Hamilton set a world record for parachute jumping by leaping from 24 404 feet at Chanute field.
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Champaign
Ill
Arthur G. Hamilton
Chanute Field
British slump ad bemuses as German industry booms
British unemployment rises with an estimated 1 75 million jobless and 750 000 on brief work weeks as 52 Welsh collieries close. The London Daily Mail contrast shows Germany booming with rising exports, high profits, and robust private industry while warning about wartime reparation disputes and shaming death policy.
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London
Britain
South Wales
Finlay Gibson
South Wates
U S Grants Strawberry Wine Permit to Louisiana Growers
The Strawberry Growers Association of Louisiana received a permit from the Bureau of Internal Revenue to manufacture wine from strawberries for nonbeverage purposes. No sugar may be added to raise alcohol content. Officials indicated the move could apply to other berries and vegetables to handle surplus crop valued at about 5 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Strawberry Growers’ Association of Louisiana
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Five Die in Blast Furnace Slip at Steelton Plant
Five men are dead and three believed buried after a blast furnace slip at Bethlehem Steel's Steelton plant in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The accident left molten metal and white hot bricks endangering workers.
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Harrisburg
Steelton
Bethlehem Steel Company
Costs of New Railroad Rules Lean $6 Million for Workers
Chicago march 24. Negotiating rules and working agreements of each railroad as proposed by railway executives would cost workers more than $6,000,000 and require the service of over five thousand men, stated B M Jewell president of the Railway Employees Department, AFL, before the railway labor board. He said if the managers conference request stood and the national agreement was abrogated, the employees conference committee on each railroad would include at least one man from each craft at every point on the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Railway Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Conference Committee of the Managers of the Association of Railway Executives
Jewell
81 and 70 year olds wed in Oshkosh honeymoon
Oshkosh Wis March 24 Age did not hinder romance as L. E Leighton aged 81 married Miss Sarah Bruce from Brooklyn Wis who is a little under 70. The couple began their honeymoon at Leighton's home after their Feb 19 wedding.
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Oshkosh
Wis
L. E. Lvighton
Sarah Bruce
Brooklyn
Leighton
China Follows U.S. Lead on Russia Policy
China will follow the United States in shaping its policy toward the Russian Soviet, with Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to America, instructed to obtain a statement from Secretary Hughes on U.S. attitude and on reports of reconciliations between Russia and the United States.
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Pekin
China
United States
Alfred Sze
America
Sze
Hughes
Russia
3,000,000 German War Orphans in Germany
Berlin reports 3,000,000 war orphans in Germany receiving state and local care. The figure indicates a large share of over 1,000,000 children aided by foreign relief workers, highlighting postwar relief efforts.
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Berlin
Germany
Lancers Ambushed Near Dublin Leaves Officer Dead
A party of lancers was ambushed today between Stokes town and Longford by about 200 attackers. Captain Peak is reported killed and Lieutenant Tenant seriously wounded. the remaining riders also sustained injuries.
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Dublin
Stokestown
Longford
Peak
Lieutenannt Tenant
U S Teacher Exonerated on Flag Insult Charge
Manila reports an American high school teacher cleared of insulting the Filipino flag after an official investigation. Other arrivals and departures include Howard C. Miller leaving for Des Moines on a business trip and Mrs. Jas. Griffin returning from Chicago. Local social notes mention visits from Gilbert Debrie Iowa City and Miss Helen Sawyer Greenfield.
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Manila
J. /. Oliver
Howard C. Miller
Des Moines
J. C. Sullivan
Jas. Griffin
Chicago
Ed. Shea
Greenfield
Cleve Roder
Bedford
James Condgon
Helen Sawyer
City
Pearl Sampson
Lee Davis
Glen
St. Joseph
George Harrison
Alice Sherwood
University At
Iowa City
Ray Sherwood
Cardinal Gibbons Dies at 86 in Baltimore
James Cardinal Gibbons archbishop of Baltimore and primate of the American Catholic Church died at the arch episcopal residence after a prolonged illness mainly affecting his heart. He was born in Baltimore July 17 1834 and spent boyhood in Ireland before returning to New Orleans then pursuing priestly studies toward a long career of public service and peace advocacy.
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William Howard Taft
Cardinal Gibbons
Republic of the United States
Baltimore
James Gibbons
Ireland
America
New Orleans
St. Charles College
Maryland
Seminary of St
Christ
Solon
Lycurgus
Justinia
Napoleon
Camp Fire Girls Hold Several Meetings Across Local Groups
The Magnetewan Camp Fire girls planned a cake and candy sale at Brady's Food Market for Saturday. Kawakeya Camp Fire Girls met Wednesday at Florence Brown's home. Owensa Camp Fire Girls gathered Wednesday evening at Martha Whi s home for a social meeting with an impromptu program enjoyed by all.
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Magnetewan Camp Fire Girls
Brady’s
Kawakeya Camp Fire Girls
Florence Brown
Owensa Camp Fire Girls
Martha Whi
Osher Heads to Kent for City Visit
Ray Osher of this city left this afternoon for Kent for a visit with local officials and to inspect regional arrangements.
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Ray Osher
Kent
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Asia
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Wood
H. M. Stanley
YES
Washington
Emporia
Kan
Kansas State Normal School
Wermans
London Daily Mail
the Mail
The
Mail
U.S
Lancers
Gilbert Debrie
Dr. Sampson
Lardinal Wibband
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