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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1926
Page
7
The readable fragments suggest a discussion of public declarations and national risks. It references a tense state of affairs and possible resistance to policy, with unclear attribution to a speaker or date.
A massive blaze at Union Oil’s San Luis Obispo tank farm endangers about 2,000 homes near Brea. Five reservoirs burned, several smaller tanks damaged, with oil loss estimated around 5 million barrels and property damage near 3 million dollars. Two deaths reported, A. H. Seeber and W. P. Seeber.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved the railroad consolidation measure 10 to 2, reporting it favorably. The bill would grant American railroads a five year period to arrange voluntary mergers with oversight and costs to be approved by the committee.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a quip about cleverness and curiosity in marriage. The lines reference a clever wife not asking about her husband and a clever man perhaps asking about his partner, with misread punctuation and names. The readable bits suggest a humorous domestic exchange.
President Coolidge declared the United States would stay out of the League of Nations if World Court terms are not accepted. He said adherence would safeguard American rights and strengthen the court’s independence, while avoiding subservience to the League. He spoke at the Pan American congress and cornerstone ceremony.
The United States and Mexico commission ruled that obligations entered into by the so called Huerta government bind the present Mexican government. Huerta is deemed an usurper whose power was illegal, yet his routine acts remain binding. American rights in Mexico and the Mexico United States mobility remain unaffected. The panel also overruled a motion to dismiss the Illinois Central suit seeking 1,807,581 dollars on 910 locomotives in the MWlinois case.
Former Kansas governor Jonathan M. Davis and his son Russell were acquitted by a district court jury of taking 1550 from Fred W. Pullman, a convicted forger, for a pardon. Davis refused to state election plans but had earlier indicated possible candidacy for governor. He had also been freed previously on a conspiracy charge involving Carl Peterson and a bribe from Walter Grundy.
A Grand Trunk passenger train struck a car killing Joseph Pauze his wife Rosa and four year old daughter Brolin in Detroit Michigan. Joseph Dubtex and his wife were injured in the same crash, authorities said.
Conrad Telkton twenty one of Oshkosh Wisconsin hanged himself in the Watertown city jail a few hours after an unsuccessful attempt to hatch up a plan.
In Lanwo Province a 9 fight left ten Moro outlaws dead and several wounded. Two constabulary soldiers were seriously wounded while others sustained nonfatal injuries.
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