Iowa News Items of Interest Chronicle
A long list of Iowa incidents reports fires, thefts, deaths, court actions, and civic notices across towns including Shenandoah Sioux City Emerson Ross Hampton Shenandoah Mount Ayr Dubuque Oskaloosa and Sioux City. Notable items include a large hog loss in Shenandoah a 400 pound safe theft near Sioux City a fatal basketball injury in Emerson and a life sentence for Peter Kleinow in McGregor.
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Shenedoah
Sioux City
Bruce Abelo
Emerson
Samuel Jordan
Ross
Jordan
Rene Brandon
Shenandoah
R. A. Jackson
Hampton
J. L. Cook
Cedar Rapids
L. W. Brown
Clarion
S Dows
Madge France
Humphrey Produce Co
Mount Ayr
Rowe & Westbrook
Letts
Columbus Jet
Alyssia Stanley McDowell
Spring Valley
Clear Lake
W. E. Albert
C. ©. Overman
Atssa
Peter Kleinow
Kersten
McGregor
Taylor
C. A. Rasmussen
I. S. Rasmussen
Atlantic
Harding
Internal Revenue
Montana
Federal Power Commission
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Centerville
Palmer Downs
Independence
Jackson School
Dubuque
Board of Education
Visiting Nurses Association
Buanelny
Iowa City
Henry Kessier
Anderson
Eva Maseey
Bronx City
B&b Magic
C. E. Greene
Rock Valley
Borrow Avas
J. O. Malsky
Columbus Jct
Gladys
J. B. Kent
Miss Grace Way
Norway
Opportunity School
Mason City
P. E. McClenahan
Hormat
Debs Freed As War Claims Amnesty Noted In Washington
Debs, once a top political prisoner, was released after President Harding commuted his sentence and the sentences of 22 other wartime offenders. The report also covers hunger relief for the Volga region, submarine tonnage talks, and various political and regional incidents across the United States.
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Eugene V. Debs
Harding
White House
Washington
America
Debs
France
United States
Great Britain
Volga Valley
World News Summary From Various Fronts
Reports from Calcutta to Rome and beyond describe arrests of Indian extremists after a hostile reception for the Prince of Wales. A Chinese premier appointment follows a resignation. New Year honors name a Duke of Victory for General Diaz. A clash in Argentina yields 19 killed and many wounded with 193 bandits captured. Dublin sees political force tests ahead of the peace treaty as Sinn Fein factions maneuver. Berlin notes Americans debate Christmas gifts imports and Briand vetoes a five power conference. Alaska radio station burned costing over 100000. US destroyers in Manila host sailors for holidays. Aguila captured by Spanish forces in Morocco region. Germany warned no extension to reparations payments. Beseler dies in Berlin. Foch and Viviani arrive in Havre aboard the Paris. A plan to depose Sultan Mehmed V is presented in Angora.
Centralia Legion Leader Cunningham Key Figure in I W W Trials
D Colnning ham of Centralia Washington named new commander of the American Legion of Washington. He previously served as special prosecuting attorney in the Armistice Day murder trials of four Legion members killed by radicals in Centralia. He led the pursuit and later secured convictions against Wesley Eiveresey and accomplices, with the Supreme Court upholding the verdicts a year later. He also served as an infantry private at Camp Pike Arkansas.
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American Legion of
Wesley Eiveresey
Cunningham
America
National Organization of the
Supreme Court
Camp Pike
Ark
How the Service Men Stand in American Politics
President Harding faced questions from Lamar Jeffers and the American Legion about ex service men in the disarmament commission. The Legion noted ex service men hold key posts including secretary of the navy and an assistant secretary, with veterans leading the national budget and veterans bureau efforts. The public elected 26 veterans to Congress and two to the Senate, with several governors in states and eight members on Hoover’s unemployment committee being ex service men.
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Harding
Lamar Jeffers
Alabara
Legislative Committee of the
American Legion
American Commission
Washington
Legion
Navy
Veterans' Bureau
House of Representatives
Senate
Hoover
National Committee On
Helps to Find Employment for Veterans Aide Woods Leads Effort
Secretary Hoover's committee helps veterans find work with Arthur Woods at the helm. Woods, former War Department official in 1919, organized a national bureau aiding service men transitioning to civilian life. He also served as New York police commissioner and chaired the American Legion's national civilian talent commission.
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Hoover
Arthur Woods
New York
John
Woods
American Legion
Fourth of July diary entry from a boy of today
A playful diary fragment notes a July Fourth routine. The writer describes a morning bath, dinner with stories about Abraham Lincoln, Bible lessons after supper, and finishing with a reading of The Blue-Spongied Boomer before bedtime.
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Abraham Lineal
Amoriogy Legion Weekly
French Veteran Leader Charles Bertrand Aims for World Peace
Charles Bertrand of France, head of the Inter Allied Veterans Federation, plans an alliance of veterans to preserve world peace. Bertrand, a French infantryman decorated for service, visited the United States with Marshal Foch as a guest of the American Legion. More than 8.5 million Allied veterans align under the federation ahead of a Paris meeting. American ex service men will be represented at the conference.
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Germany
Worlh
M. Charles Bertrand
French Chamber of Deputies
Inter-Allied Veterans’ Federation
Bertrand
Marschal Foch
American Legion
Inter-allied Federation
Paris
Legion
Hkewise
Inter-allied Veterans’ Association
Italy
England
Roumania
United States
Marshal Foch
Beatty
Diaz
Baron Jacques
Dues Schemes Stir Legion Posts Nationwide
Reports from Legion posts across the country describe new schemes to collect 1922 membership dues. In South Dakota a post offers biscuits baked by the post women’s auxiliary containing cash prizes to early payers, while Kansas posts awaken members at 4 am to secure dues. States vie to be first to submit complete dues.
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American Legion
Legion National
Inianapolis
South Dakota
Post Women’s Auxiliary
Yseulta
Kansas
Legion
Vaudeville Star Rita Gould to Aid American Legion Shows
Miss Rita Gould offers free theatrical services to American Legion posts during her winter tour. Gould spent World War I entertaining soldiers in AEF billeting areas and recreation camps. She plans to stage performances in towns hosting posts to aid needy and disabled service men, following a warm reception from postes in prior tours.
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Rita Gould
The
American Legion
France
Milas Gould
America
Ahe
Old Daughter at Breakfast Seeks Sympathy
A family scene at the breakfast table shows Mary resisting meals while her mother sternly warns of punishment. The brother interjects with a mournful complaint about the sausage. The tone reflects domestic discipline themes in a wartime periodical.
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Mary
Amartcan Legion Weekly
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