Dowager Queen Louise of Denmark Dies at 74
Copenhagen March 20 Dowager Queen Louise widow of Frederick VIII died this evening from heart failure induced by pneumonia at age 74. Symptoms of pneumonia appeared days earlier and a severe attack at 4 PM led to heart paralysis. Her death ends a 150 year line of dowager queens and many royals were at her side.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Louise
Frederick VIII
Queen Louise
Haakon
Norway
Alexandrina
Christian Frederick
Prince Knud
Christian
Charles XV
Sweden
Europe
Frederick
Christian IX
Les Louise
Hamburg
Germany
Chris
Forbes Begins Two Year Prison Term For Crook Work Conspiracy
Leavenworth Kan March 20 Charles R Forbes former head of the veterans bureau and WWI war hero has become a prisoner at the U S penitentiary serving a two year sentence for conspiring to defraud the government He weighs 150 pounds some health issues leave him weak and frail He told prison authorities his 90 year old mother in Plymouth Massachusetts is his only remaining relative and he will make the best of his confinement.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
United States Penitentiary
Forbes
W. S. Biddle
Marines
France
Biddle
Plymouth
Mass
Chicago
John W. Thompson
St. Louis
Thompson
Farm relief hearing heats up as opposition grows
Washington March 20 A heated farm relief hearing in the house agriculture committee exposed firm opposition to the middlewestern agricultural delegations bill to finance surplus crop marketing. Rep Aswell of Louisiana and Rep Kincheloe of Kentucky argued the measure lacks support and could end farm relief legislation this session. Governor Hammill of Iowa was invited to return to Washington for cross examination.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Peas Tincher
Kansas
Aswell
Louisiana
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Budget Bureau
W. Murphy
American Council of Agriculture
Jardine
Murphy
Kincheloe
Kentucky
Muscle Shoals
Hammill
Iowa
Rincheloe
Hearings Closed on Boulder Canyon Dam Bill
Washington March 20 final action by the house irrigation committee on whether it will report the Johnson Swing Boulder Canyon dam bill to the house is not anticipated before two weeks. Open hearings were closed yesterday and executive session will thresh out issues including Secretary Mellon s critical letter and suggested revisions to the pro sect financial arrangement.
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Washington
House Irrigation Committee
House
Boulder Canyon
Mellon
Treasury
Nae
Colorado River
President Coolidge's Father Laid In Plymouth Vermont
Plymouth Vermont March 20 AP Colonel John C Coolidge father of the president was laid to rest in the snow covered town cemetery. The funeral was simple with no eulogy or music as per the elder Coolidge's wish. The president Mrs Coolidge and their son John attended with relatives and friends. Local clergy officiated and guardsmen served as pallbearers.
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Woodstock
President Coolidge
Vermont
Plymouth
Capital
Coolidge
John
Sargent
John C. Coolidge
White Farm House
Colonel Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Episcopal Church
John White
Sherburne
Union Meeting
National
Stanfield Bill Public Grazing Now Approved
A new grazing bill, substitute for controversial measures, gains Senate Public Lands Committee support. It would perpetuate grazing rights while subordinating them to higher uses, extending to several western states and excluding Wyoming. The act aims to conserve national resources and balance grazing with mineral, forest, water, and agricultural needs.
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Washington
Stanfield
Senate Public Lands Committee
Work and
Jardine
Oregon
Wyoming
Altona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Bannock County Plans Road Work to Aid Old Oregon Trail
Bannock county commissioners meet to push highway and road projects on the Old Oregon Trail from Lava to Alexander and related federal aid projects. The resolution details county and state funding, planned 1926 construction, and cooperation with the state highway department to improve routes West of Pocatello toward American Falls and the reservation.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Idaho
Bannock
Oregon
Lava
Alexander
Wyoming
Utah
Falls Road
State Department of Public Works
Lava Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
West
State Highway Department
Oregon Trail
Power
Yellowstone Park
Lava-Alexander
Poonatello
Department Pf
State of Idaho
Ereby
Board of County Commissioners
Reservations Cannot Change to Suit America
Washington states American participation in the Geneva conference hinges on discussion content. If the conference seeks to modify or interpret reservations to the world court, no American participation is expected. The State Department says the council cannot alter U.S. reservations beyond their written scope.
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America
Washington
World Court
Council of the
League of Nations
League
State Department
Council
Geneva
United States
Holds Company to Old Pact in Idaho Water Case
Boise March 20 The reclamation commissioner W G Swendsen refused to alter the existing flow measurement for the Twin Falls Canal at Milner dam. The canal company sought new charges on stored water from Snake river segments and Howell's ferry to Milner, but Swendsen said the decree from thirteen years ago stands and offered to consider any data the company provides.
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Boise
Idaho
W. G. Swendsen
Twin Falls Canal Company
Milner Dam
Snes
Snake River
Blackfeet
Neeley Station
Howells Ferry
Howell's Ferry
Milner
Swendsen
Canal Company
Blackfoot
Tie
Idaho Excursionists to Visit California
A delegation of at least thirty Twin Falls county citizens will leave Twin Falls on Thursday March 25 for visits to Nevada California and Utah centers under Twin Falls chamber of commerce auspices. They will be hosted in Oakland with a full program of entertainment during a day and a half stay.
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Twin Falls
Twin Falls County
Shoup Declares Candidacy for Colorado Governor
Former Governor Oliver H. Shoup announced his run for the Republican nomination for governor at Colorado Springs. He stated he will seek pre-assembly caucus support and select candidates, following recent Republican National Committeeman Hamlin. Shoup served two terms as governor from 1918 to 1923.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Oliver H. Shoup
Shoup
Ene Hamlin
FAMILY ROW SEEMS MOTIVE IN GOINS CASE
Sacramento reports reveal John M. Goins told two Eldorado county friends Windle and Walsh of his troubles after the slayings, while denying awareness of the crimes. He described himself as ruined, adding he did not care to live, as pursuit and family troubles weighed on him before his death by gunfire two miles from Slough House.
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Sacramento
Calif
John M. Goins
Stockton
Eldorado County
Joseph R. Windle
Frank Walsh
Goins
Slough House
Sacramento County
Carl E. Slaterback
Windle
Red Hot Iron Explosion Kills Sixteen Men at Woodward Furnace
An explosion at Woodward Iron Company number two furnace in Birmingham is reported to have killed sixteen workers instantly and gravely injured nearly twenty. Molten 400 ton stream surged outward as the eighty foot iron maker collapsed, with many men trapped in the furnace’s molten metal and others scorched by the fiery spray. The blast also wrecked steam and water pipes, and water contact with molten iron worsened the destruction.
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Birmingham
Ala
Woodward Iron Company
Iron Mak
Ot It
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