Wintry Blasts Leave A Trail Of Suffering
Chicago reports record 16 inches of snow as a March blizzard closes streets and shelters 2400 vagrants. Detroit clears traffic while St Louis, Milwaukee and Indianapolis endure drifting snow, with one death in Michigan and widespread disruption across the Midwest.
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Chicago
Midwest
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Ohio
Toledo
Detroit
Stanley Baker
St. Louis
Mich
Illinois
Mississippi
Missouri
Wisconsin
Coast Guard
Lake
Indiana
Indianapolis
Marconi Opens World Wireless Expo From Genoa Yacht
Marquis Guglielmo Marconi used short wave radio to link Genoa to Sydney as he opened the electrical exposition aboard the Electra. He demonstrated wireless power transfer and planned further tests while his wife was ill aboard.
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Genoa
Italy
Atlantic
Pacific
Marquis Guglielmo Marconi
Sydney
Australia
The
Electrical Association
Atlantic Ocean
Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Marquis Marconi
Signora Marconi
Fiumicino
Rome
Premsolini
Security pact talk resurfaces at naval conference debate
London reports President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald discuss a possible security pact to aid France amid Franco Italian tensions. Briand heads for London as Briand’s delegation re enters talks while the U S stresses it will not join any pact obligating material support.
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London
Stimson
MacDonald
House of Commons
Stimson Great Jr
France
Hoover
Great Britain
Briand
Paris
United States
Consultaon
Will Rogers Praises Hoover In Mock Presidential Note
Beverly Hills editorial notes Will Rogers praising Hoover as a non politician and predicting a landslide win. The piece quips Hoover is not a politician and mocks economics in politics while joking about public support and party shifts.
Patou Sees New Diana Type Prefers Shorter Skirts
Paris designer Jean Patou, returning from Paree, approves a evolving Diana type of American girl but laments all day long long skirts. He suggests mornings wear short hems that lengthen as the day progresses.
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New York
Jean Patou
Paree
Diana
Jean
Span of life lengthened says witness
Washington reports that Canada’s liquor control was cited as a warning against U.S. plan. E C Drury, former Ontario premier, argued that any solution to the drink problem should not rely on government control. John J. Lentz testified 77 insurers found mortality fell under dry statute.
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Washington
Canada
House
Judiciary Committee
United States
E. C. Drury
Ontario
John L. Lentz
American Insurance Union
Columbus, C
House Judiciary Committee
John J. Lentz
Columbus
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Graham
John H. Pershing
House Military Committee
Pershing
Lentz
Military Committee
The
Ohioan
Tariff Bill Veto Urged Over Flexible Administration
President Hoover faces pressure from John E. Edgerton and the National Association of Manufacturers to veto the senate tariff bill unless it maintains flexible administration. Edgerton says the senate version lacks flexibility, a view echoed by farm and labor groups, while the house bill preserves flexibility. The dispute over who controls tariff modifications threatens conference agreement.
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Washington
Hoover
John E. Edgerton
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Edgerton
Pres
Farm
House
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Riot at Missouri prison as 750 inmates protest menu
In Jefferson City Missouri seven hundred fifty convicts mutinied this afternoon refusing to leave the dining hall until they were served fried meat. Prison officials began marshalling forces at 2 30 as they sought to cope with the disturbance arising from the noon menu grievance.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Watzl Letters Reveal Death Pact and Bigamy
Vienna report details chemist Dr. Hermann Watzl and his Irish wife Mary McGranahan’s death by self inflicted gunfire after a double marriage plot. He left notes blaming unpaid premiums and sought to protect his wife’s claim to a $35 000 policy. He described a global flight from New York to Tokyo and Vienna, ending in suicide.
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Altthough
Hermann
Ernst) Watzl
Cleveland
Mary McGranahan
Vietna Nnt
Wattl
Watzl
Pottstown
New York
Flassak
Canada
Tokyo
India
London
Philadelphia
Air tour of United States begins from Mexico City
Count Hanei de la Vaulx, head of the International Aeronautical association, left Mexico City this morning for El Paso to start an air tour of the United States. The itinerary includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Boston and New York, with a return to France in mid May.
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Mexico City
Hanei de la Vaulx
International Aeronautical Association
el Paso
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Boston
New York
France
Weather Forecast and River Readings for Midweek
Weather in town unsettled tonight and Thursday with continued cold. tonight and Thursday perhaps fair some north cloudiness. River stages show St Paul 0.7 with a 0.2 fall, La Crosse 3.9 steady, Dubuque 6.1 steady, Davenport 5.2 steady, Muscatine 6.1 with 0.2 fall, Keokuk 4.2 rise 0.8, St. Louis 11.5 with 0.1 fall.
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Minois
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Huckins Loses Fight Over Iowa Charge Extradition Proceeding
Elmer S Huckins of Wautoma Wisconsin is jailed in Cedar Rapids on $20 000 bond facing a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He and Sheriff Harry Manchester were brought to Iowa after a habeas corpus writ was quashed, and Huckins awaits arraignment as his extradition proceeds. George Huckins, his son, was recently convicted on a similar Royster case.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer
Huckins
Wautoma
Wis
Harry Manchester
Carl Hendrickson
Iowa
George
Charles Taylor
Walter Kohler
Elwood Royster
George Huckins
Royster
Taylor
Govenor Kohler
Lange outlines Iowa income tax plan for governor race
Council Bluffs March 26 Otto Lange of Dubuque republican candidate for governor told chamber of commerce a legislature enacted income tax might not be burdensome at first but later legislatures would raise it or add surcharges hitting business and earnings with little benefit to property owners.
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Council Bluffs
Chamber of Commerce
Otto Lange
Dubuque
Iowa
Third Iowa Good Will Air Tour to Start on June 16
The third annual Iowa good will air tour will begin June 16 and finish in Des Moines. Secretary K. F. Henkle said participation and stops will likely exceed last year's 32 planes and 18 towns. Committee members include George Yates of Des Moines, Arthur Hanford of Sioux City, W Roll, and 13 other Des Moines men.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ottumwa Lawyer Appointed Judge in Second District
Des Moines dispatch reports Ottumwa attorney Elmer K. Daugherty was appointed judge of the Second judicial district to replace the late Judge W. M. Walker. The district includes Wapello Appanoose Davis Jefferson Lucas Monroe and Van Buren counties.
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Des Moines
Elmer K. Daugherty
Ottumwa
W. M. Walker
Keosauqua
Wapello
Appanoose
Davis, Jefferson, Lucas
Monroe
van Buren
Rich Missouri Man Ends Own Life After Teeth Hobby
Elwyn Bentley 60, wealthy ex bank president known for an alleged hobby of pulling women's teeth, was found shot in his Springfield home. A brother discovered him in a bathrobe, with a head wound, amid prior legal action by a 25 year old victim alleging nonconsensual extractions. Bentley claimed unprofessional dentistry and said he treated about 200 women without charging.
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Missouri
Springfield
Elwyn Bently
St. Louis
Frank C. Bntley
Bentley
Mildred Rankins
New York
Kansas City
Joplin
Eastern University
Wise Cracker Is Landed in Jail
Evanston Illinois March 26 AP Harry Gordon known as a wise cracker and practical joker was placed in jail after a new prank. His wife Mrs Gordon said years of jokes led to this moment when he introduced a girlhood friend to her husband and physically assaulted the guest.
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Evanston
Harry Gordon
Life sentence to Mrs. Miner in Anamosa case
Mrs. Tilda Miner, 37, convicted of poisoning Ed Miner, was sentenced by Judge H. C. Ring to life in the Rockwell City women's reformatory. Hartwig, her alleged lover who supplied the poison, faces trial in September.
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Anamosa
Tilda Miner
Ed Miner
Olin
H. C. Ring
Rockwell City
Doheny Plans Return Home After Acquittal
Edward L. Doheny, acquitted last Saturday of bribery involving Albert B. Fall over Elk Hills oil leases, arranged to leave at 3 15 p m for his Los Angeles home.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills
Los Angeles
Tribute to Carl Ben Eielson Brings North Dakota to Mourning
North Dakota observed a mourning period and suspended public business for the funeral of famed aviator Carl Ben Eielson who died last November in Siberia while aiding a search for a ship. Gov. Shaffer and state dignitaries led services at St. John's Lutheran church in Hatton with 600 attendees. his body was laid beside his mother as Canadian aviators helped return the remains.
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Hatton
N. D
North Dakota
Carl Ben Eielson
Siberia
Ole E. Eielson
Siberian
Eielson
Earl Borland
Nanuk
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Elelson
George F. Shaffer
National Guard
Jealous Suitor Shoots Rival in Waterloo
Leon Misbach, 34, Cedar Rapids, is gravely hurt after a shooting at the Mrs. Charles H. Hathaway home in Waterloo. T. J. Williams, 71, Belle Plaine, is jailed, claiming self defense after firing at Misbach who was dining with Hathaway. Williams had been Sawyer’s admirer who had been seeing Hathaway.
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Waterloo
Leon Misbach
Cedar Rapids
T. J. Williams
Belle Plaine
Charles H. Hathaway
Misbach
Hathaway
Williams
Mrs. Hathaway
Tenth Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Celebrations Across Nation
The National League of Women Voters marks ten years of suffrage with 42 state birthday luncheons and a nationwide hook-up led by Carrie Chapman Catt. The event features yellow campaign symbols and remarks on women’s early role in government as celebrations begin a multi month series.
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Washington
National League of Women Voters
Carrie Chapman Catt
St. Louis
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