State debates code revision and farming relief strategy
The Forty‑th General Assembly discusses code revision and tax policy, urging joint committees to prepare a report while delaying new bills. It urges abolition of gender discrimination, calls for broad audits, and pushes rural credit schemes modeled after South Dakota and Minnesota to shield farmers from debt and price pressures. It notes real estate delinquencies, war‑era finances, and the need for a comprehensive, forward‑looking agricultural support program.
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Brotherhood of Man
God
General Assembly
Towa
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
War Finance Corporation
Iown
Tax Commission
Commonwealth
South Dakota
Minnesota
Harding Stops Sale of Arms in United States Policy
President Harding announced a policy against selling arms to governments or individuals if likely to be used in conflict. The White House said the move reflects broad American sentiment that the era of armed conflict has passed. The War department had previously halted surplus arm sales, and private sales remain legal.
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Washington
United States
White House
Harding
State Department
War Department
Europe
West Virginia
France
New York
Russia
Turkey
Rail Head Lands Unionism
Chicago January 18 3000 Burnside shop employees heard Illinois Central President O H Markham speak on money and men in the transportation business rather than capital and labor He voiced support for organized labor calling it a good thing for both partners in the enterprise and noted abuses of the old terms.
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Chicago
O. H. Markham
Illnois Central Railroad
Burnside
Bis
Markham
Allied ships go to Memel to restore order
London reports a clash between Lithuanian raiders at Memel in East Prussia prompted Britain to dispatch two cruisers to Memel with police aid from German and French League of Nations troops. France and Britain joined Poland in protesting the invasion.
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London
Memel
East Prussia
League of Nations
Great
Britain
France
Algo
Poland
French to Pay Their Way in Requisition Dispute
Essen January 18 report that the French have reversed a policy making hotelkeepers and other property owners responsible for payments to the German government. They announced France will make good the payments. The French seized the raw iron industry records rather than face compensation.
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Essen
Jan
France
Rathet
Six Ship Deserters Interred in Havana Mishap
Six crew deserters from the German U-boat commerce unit were interned in Havana on January 18. Two passengers attempting to enter the United States illegally were also detained. The incident involved departures for Germany and disrupted travel plans for the vessel.
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Havana
Peailing
Germany
Uner Hhdtautla
United States
Army transport St Mihiel sails to bring troops home
The St Mihiel under Captain Woodridge departs Hoboken to return troops of the army of relief from the Rhine region. The voyage marks a postwar pullback as forces are moved home.
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St. Mihiel
New York
The
Woodridge
Hoboken
Just
Rhine
Germany protests French Ruhr occupation to U S government
The German government publicly protests to the United States against the French occupation of the Ruhr valley. It appeals to the United States, the French ambassador, and the Belgian chargé d'affaires in Berlin, calling the actions a treaty breach and vowing nonviolent resistance while withholding reparations. The note cites wood and coal delivery defaults and asserts Versailles limits on territorial sanctions and Allied power actions.
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Washington
Ruhr Valley
United States
Berlin
Germany
U. S. recalls Rhine troops under Harding order
President Harding ordered U S troops on the Rhine to return home, with Secretary Hughes stating the withdrawal of the army of occupation. About 1,080 infantry and 170 under command of Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen are affected. no transports are available in France at present.
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Washington
Harding
State Hughes
Henry T. Allen
France
Crissinger Named Governor of Federal Reserve Board
President Harding sent to the senate the nomination of D. I. Crissinger of Marion Ohio for governor of the Federal Reserve Board. He also nominated James G McNary of Las Vegas New Mexico to succeed Crissinger as comptroller and Milo I Campbell of Coldwater Michigan as the third governor member of the board.
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Marion
Ohio
Federal Reserve Board
James G. McNary
Washington
Jan
Harding
Senate
D. I. Crissinger
Currency
Las Vegas
N M
Mr. Oyssinger
Comptroller’s
Muo I. Campbell
Coldwater
Mich
Dirt Furner
No Reply to Protest on German Occupation Commentary
White House spokesperson said the government will take no reply to the protest from the German government against the French occupation of Stuhr. The stance was conveyed during remarks at the White House.
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Washington
United States
White House
Italy Calls Second Class Recruits from Europe
The minister of war mobilizes the second class, numbering about 1002, drawing recruits from Europe and the Mediterranean regions except Russia, signaling a broad wartime call in Rome on January 18.
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Italy
Caily
Rome
Europe
Mediterranean
Russia
France Seizure Of Ruhr Sparks U S Protest
A U S high official states Washington opposed France moving to seize the Ruhr and withdrew troops from the Rhine as emphatic protest. The United States says it urged alternative measures and warned the French not to ignore its mediation efforts. Paris expected a reparations accord at the Paris premiers meeting, but the U S insisted on another path if no agreement could be reached.
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Washington
Tan
Ruhr
United States
Ahine
Pares
Preacher Takes Own Life in Hotel Bath Tub
New York on January 12 Dr Percy Gordon assistant rector of St Bartholemew s was found with a single self inflicted bullet wound in his right temple in a bath tub at the Hotel Wotcott Chief Medical Examiner Morris ruled the death a suicide The report of the death carried mystery over how it became public.
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New York
Percy Gordon
St. Bartholomew's
Wotcott
Morris
Gordon
Lithuanian Troops Occupy Memel District in Tense Standoff
Lithuanian forces in civilian dress with green arm bands occupy most of Memel, a League of Nations area, numbering about 8,000 troops including machine gun detachments. They face 200 Memel trench soldiers backed by 100 police officers, as tensions rise across East Europe.
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Riga
Memel
League of Nations
Boyden to Stay in France on Reparations
Washington reports Roland W. Boyden the American unofficial observer on the reparations commission will not be recalled despite congressional agitation. The decision maintains American participation in reparations conferences, despite calls to withdraw.
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Boyden
France
Washington
Roland W. Boyden
Congress
Deputies Back Poincare After Premier's Explanation
Paris June 12 The French government policy of seizing Kasen won strong support in the chamber of deputies as Premier Lornenve explained the course receiving an overwhelming vote of confidence 478 to 2.
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Paris
Kasen
Chamber of Deputies
Lornenve
Holland Employs German Officers Spark Navy Debate
Amsterdam June 13. Revelations that former German and Austrian Army and naval officers have been employed on technical work by the navy department provoked vehement objections to their retention.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Navy Department
Russian Jewel Smuggling Tale Denied by Moscow Author
Moscow reports a Russian author denies claims that crown jewels were smuggled to the United States and hidden in a soldier’s grave. The writer asserts the pieces remain accounted for and that rumors are unfounded.
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Reesian
Moscow
Jan
United States
Iowa News Inch by Inch From Audubon to Mason City Park Gift
A wide sweep of Iowa items notes A H Edwards of Audubon donating a community park for fifty three years Mrs Chester Quick of Avoca in serious condition after hair caught in an electric wringer Des Moines reports nearly 12 5 million in building permits for 1922 surpassing Omaha Jitneys barred in Iowa City by ordinance with a 10 000 bond diary keeper Joseph Lawless of Isidora looks back forty years Warner County draws Eleven women among 76 for Carro Gordo first double district court to start Jan 20th Iowa lawmakers take first steps toward allowing women to be elected to the state House and Senate Dorothy Koellner praised by relatives as the only Iowa Red Cross nurse to die overseas bonds 150 000 voted for a new Wapello school high school term sheets.
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A. H. Edwards
Audubon
Joseph Lawless
Isidora
Carro Gordo County
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
Dorothy Koellner
Madison
Red Cross
Wapello
Pioneer Cow Test Association
Black Hawk County
Carpenters of
Davenport
Aak & Waoge
Aemi
Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy
Sioux City
American Legion
Mason City
San Francisco
BE. W. Lanning
Correctionville
Harold B. Gilbert
State Center
Superior Court
Yakima County
Wash
Louis F. Hart
Portsmouth Livestock Shipping Association
Frank O. Lowden
Mlinotg
National Holstein-Friesian Association
Ames
John H. Gause
Laynnville
North Town
Northern Sugar Corporation
Iowa State College
Amos
Iowa Traffic League
Nes Moines
Iowa
Des Moines
Des Moines County
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