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The Davenport Postoffice plans to junk chain fetters while schools in Iowa ponder waning foreign languages. Communities study a $30,000 Marengo ballpark and a $500,000 Waverly hall fund, plus a Shenandoah Liberty Memorial bid and Albia irrigation plant.
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Davenport Postoffice
Cnain
Lowa
Marengo
Shenandoah
Albia
Hughes
Australia
Iowa City
Legion Post
Waverly
S. Shimata
Cedar Falls
Methodist Church
Carroll Government
Sheldon
F. J. Grumenacker
Council Bluffs
Wyoming
William Howard Taft
United States Supreme Court
University of Iowa
Towans
Linn County
Webster Club
Sioux City
Daniel Webster
Iowa
Des Moines
Wagner
Newton
Nevada
United Mine Workers of Iowa
Towa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Webster County
Farm Bureau
Tamas
Idiomime
Toledo
Engineering Extension Department
Iowa State College
United States Department of Labor
Cedar Rapids
Cascade
Lansing
Daukon
Cresco
New Hampton
Magon City
Waterloo
C. C. Culbertson
Board of Supervisors
Poweshiek County
Station of
Town State College
State Highway Commission
Grinnell
Brooklyn
Malcolm Interesection
Montezuma
Mahaska Rory
Food Roads Committee
Mahaska Farm Bureau
Mahaska Farm Union
Mahaska Chamber of Commerce
Alden
le Mars
Shelby County
Town State Board of Education
Town State Teachers College
Atlantic
Estherville
Keokuk
Osceola
Sae City
Palo Alto
Judgeant
Ottumwa
Iowa House Faces Reelection and Policy Debates
About sixty members of the Present Iowa House plan reelection, with around thirty retiring or seeking other offices and thirteen still undecided. Key figures include C. H. Scott leaving for Senate, Oscar Als stood seeking reelection, and Speaker J. H. Anderson retiring. The Legislature also debates school district aid, workmen compensation, Sioux City bonds, public health board structure, Rush Lake, primary election timing, and anti trust legislation. The Senate passes the agriculture department measure amid broader electoral shift discussions.
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House of the
Iowa
C. H. Scott
Appanoose County
Davie-Appanoose
Oscar Alsatad
Wright County
T. J. O'Donnell
Dubuque
Frank Lake
Woodbury County
Senate
House
General Assembly
J. H. Anderson
William Gilmore
Anderson
Gilchrist
House Judiciary Committee
Sioux City
Stoddard
Police Equipment Fund
Board of Osteopathy and Chiropractors
Medical Association
Board of Health
Rush Lake
Webb
Dewar
Department of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Child Welfare Commission
Kendall
House Appropriations Committee
Jawa
Forty-First General Assembly
Farm Bureau
Rap Scott
Appanooge
Assembly Urged to Pass Gasoline Tax For Iowa Roads
A Ways and Means committee hearing in Des Moines backed a proposal from county supervisors to levy a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax. The plan would fund road construction and maintenance with half to a primary road fund and half to counties, distributed like current automobile funds. The resolution also urged no repeal of existing road levies.
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Ways and Means
Senate
State Association of County Supervisors
Ames
Supervisors
Towa
Boards of Supervisors
State of
Iowa
Kendall
Roosevelt High School Parent-Teachers Association of
Des Moines
A. O. Hauge
Polk County
Hauge
House
Accidents Cost U S 800 Million in Losses
A historical analysis argues accidents cost the nation about 800 million dollars annually and kill thousands. It links high risk to human factors such as inexperience literacy night work and carelessness and urges stronger safety education and widespread compensation insurance adoption.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Norman Dean
Workmen's Compensation Board of
Ontario
Heipa
National Council of Safety
Wife Hears Husband Innocent in Dolge Death
Mrs. Helen Leonard nineteen year old wife of John Leonard remains at Bronx county jail daily visiting her husband who is confined on a murder charge in connection with the death of Edward H. Dolge and she insists he is innocent.
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Helen Leonard
John Leonard
New York
Edward H. Dolge
Bronx County
Navy flight sets long distance record with 10 053 mile trip
Lieut. Ford O. Rogers and Lieut. Horace D. Palmer piloted two navy planes completing a 10 053 mile journey without a forced landing. Mechanics Sergt. Benjamin F Belcher and Sergt. Peter P To lasciak assisted as the crew. The flight began in San Domingo City and aimed to showcase Coast Guard mobility en route to the St Louis air meet.
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San Domingo City
W .1
Navy
Ford O. Rogers
Horace D. Palmer
Marine Corps
Benjamin IF
Belcher
Peter P. Tolasciak
San Francisco
St. Louis
Havana
Washington
el Paso
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Omaha
West Indian Island
U.S. Prisoners to Make Shoes at Leavenworth Factory
Leavenworth, Kansas lines up a federal prison shoe factory to supply the army and navy and broom, brush, and mop needs. Officials expect operation within 12 to 18 months with $200000 for plans and $250000 for a revolving fund in the urgent deficiency bill. Congress authorized prison labor shoe production and obligatory Army and Navy purchases. The plant could produce 2500 to 8000 pairs daily.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Army
Navy
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Brownsville Retires Burro-Drawn Water Carts
In Brownsville Texas the burro drawn water carts long used to supply the city are nearly all retired. Only 13 remain in commission according to city hall records as the town advances into modernization and discontinues antiquated water delivery methods.
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Brownsville
San Benito
Tex
Mexican Republic
Principal resigns after flag on floor teaching incident
Watertown New York obituary style report states Pierrepont Manor school principal M B Harris resigned after laying the American flag on the floor for a teaching moment. The county American Legion demanded an apology and Harris issued one claiming the act was to teach respect.
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Watertown
N. Y
B. Harris
Pierrepont Manor School
M. W. Phillips
County American Legion Organization
Harris
Beane Matriarch Leaves Large Kinship in Spring Glen
Mrs. Louisa Beane of Spring Glen Middletown N Y has died leaving ten children forty four grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She had served for years as a church trustee at the Methodist church.
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Middletown
N. Y
Louisa Beane
Bpring Glen
Methodist Church
Sweden’s Only Modern American Skyscraper Stands Tall
A skyscraper in Stockholm, Sweden, is described as Europe’s sole example of a modern American style high rise. The building reaches a height of 1s stories, signaling a bold, distinctive urban landmark for the continent.
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Btockholm
Sweden
Europe
Swiss Cheese Hole Mystery Solved by Two Researchers
Two scientists in the U S Department of Agriculture reportedly solved the mystery of Swiss cheese holes after two years of quiet work. The breakthrough led a large cheese company to hire the researchers, taking their secret with them amid ongoing hearings and public concern.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Plan to abolish Interior Department for Public Works
The American Engineering council urges dissolving the Interior Department and forming a Department of Public Works to unite public construction activities. Nine of ten land agencies would be consolidated under one authority to avoid duplication, with a Philadelphia meeting set for May 23–24 to discuss the plan and topics like reforestation.
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Ashington
Department of the
Department of Public Works
American Engineering Council of New York
Department of the Interior
The
Interior
Congress of Engineers
Washington
James Hartness
Vermont
Hartness
Philadelphia
Why Is Washington a Deadly Dump
The letter describes Washington as a "deadly dump" due to uniformity in politics. It recalls colorful past figures like Ollie James, Boles Penrose, John Sharp Williams, Jim Martin, Uncle Joe Cannon, and Theodore Roosevelt. The writer notes a loss of distinctive personalities in the House and Senate and laments the lack of standout leaders today.
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Clinton W. Gilbert
Daily Mirror of
Washington
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Capital
Senate
House
Ollie James
Boles Penrose
Mfe
John Sharp
Wil
Lams
Jim Martine
Joe Cannon
Theodore Roosevelt
Russell Barnes
Bols Penrose
Jim Reed
Caraway
Arkansas
Fifty Postal Bills Before Congress Prompt Salary Talks
Postmaster General Harry New told House post office committee chair Grist that over fifty postal bills seek salary increases and employment changes. He warned any readjustment could raise annual costs by 150 million dollars and would likely require higher postage or treasury funds. CG. P. Franciscus urged funding through postage revisions, especially parcel post, while noting the fiscal deficit and President Coolidge’s stance.
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Congressional Commission
Harry
Grist
Post Office Committee
House
New
Congress
Post Office Department
General Treasury
Ga Sen
CG. P. Franciscus
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
Coolidge
Franciscus
California Flea Records Highlight Native Sons Boast
A Department of Agriculture bulletin proclaims California fleas hold high jump and broad jump records, naming entomologist Mitzman. It notes fleas’ ubiquity, disease risks including plague and leprosy, and that 400 varieties exist with two species commonly affecting humans. Eggs number around 450 daily with rapid hatching.
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Aliftfornia
Department of Agriculture
California
Mitzman
Bureau of Entomology
Butt
Rious
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous in Senate Parody
The Senate bout over all scandal features Heflin of Alabama reciting a parody of a famous poem and Lodge of Massachusetts replying with one of his own. The exchange riffs on oil, Dope, and Teapot Dome with satirical verses skewering lawmakers and a chorus of misinformed claims.
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Senate
Heflin
Lodge
Slater
Seex
Timbuctoo
Cuba
Texas
Klondike
Borneo
Jake
Rome
Dome
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Italy
St. Mark’s
U. S
Interior Department Tires
Abou Dough Heenle
Dough Xu" Heenle
Abou Bull
Abou
Mike Cuataway
Beast
Dough Heenle
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