World Happenings Skip Secretary Hughes Chile Trip
A concise tally of international and domestic moves notes Secretary Hughes will not attend the Pan American conference in Santiago due to workload in Washington. It covers shipping policy talks, antitrust concerns over Armour Morris merger, embassy purchase bills, and various Senate actions. It also cites political shifts, war debt issues, and notable deaths.
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Hughes
Santiago
Chile
Washington
Wallace
Armour and
Morine Packing Companies
Senate
House
Paria
Iowa lawmakers face tax and highway reform battles
The fortieth Iowa General Assembly debates a new taxation code and budget boards, proposes a one cent gasoline tax, an amusement tax, and highway law revisions to control costs and secure federal aid. Legislation on tobacco taxes and bank safeguards gain momentum as session proceeds toward March 1 settlement day.
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Fortieth General Assembly
Joint Legislative Committee On
State Budget Board
Eounty Road
Iowa State Teachers Association
House
Williams
Senate
Horehem
Associated School Boards of
Towa
Joint Legislative Committee
General Assembly
State Board of Assessment
Executive Council
Ways and Means
Wigs and Means
State Board of Assusement and Review
Kendall
Caldwell
Mahaska
State Department of Banking
Iowa
Hoomer
Highway Commission
Bureau of Roads
Primary Road Fund
General County Road Fund
Assembly
Code Commission
Graham and Hauge
Mise
Lillian Lefert
Mable Elwood
Shiun
Harrigan
Carter
Hardin County
Iowa News Highlights From Across the State
Reports from Gilmore City to Des Moines cover church funding, Odd Fellows projects, and a major Old Folk's home expansion in Mason City. Iowa joins circuits, census work, seed potato orders, tax filings, highway land purchases, and state utility oversight as officials announce appointments and bids rise.
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Baptists
Gilmore City
A. A. Chant
Humboldt
Odd Fellows
Mason City
Des Moines
Mills County
Minnesota
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Ames
Donhowe
Story County
Iowa House
Mound Prairie
Jasper County
Govenor Kendall
M. H. Kepler
Northwood
Robert H. Munger
Sioux City
Henry J. Wietteke
Johnson County
Electrie Light and Power Companies
40Th General Assembly
Boars of Supervisors
State Railroad Commission
Towa
Rodney P. Fagan
State Board of Health
Charles Foote
Iowa Falls
Foote
G. H. Mackrill
Griswold
J. E. James
Lewis
Roy Wertz
Robert Leeper
Town City
Lowestate College
Cedar County
Tipton
Roy Knapp
Bell- Jones Produce Company
North English
Amos Fluckey
Harry Shropshire
Board of Control
Thomas M. Balliett
Everett
Clyde McMurray
Judge Balliett
Middlewest
Kendall
Board of Parole
Legionnaire President Heads University of Arizona
Cloyd Heck Marvin, youthfully ambitious at thirty three, rises to lead the University of Arizona as its president after a wartime officer’s career and postwar advisory work. His background spans grades, several colleges, and a stint as a captain in charge of price production in the Northwest.
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Cloyd Heck Marvin
University of Arizona
Bara
Cloyd
Heck Marvin
Lfe
Fat the Presidio
Northwest
Margin
Los Angeles
East
San Francisco Wins 1823 American Legion Convention
J W Jackson volunteered to fly a naval plane to rally support for San Francisco as the 1823 Legion convention site. He journeyed through 25 states and part of Mexico, spreading pro San Francisco propaganda before the city was chosen. Legionnaires raised $100000 for October entertainments led by Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett.
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J. W. Jackson
San Francisco
Mexico
New Orleans
Jackson
Crescent City
Jim
Hiram Johnson
Seaboard
Golden Gate
Washington
Middle West
Rockies
Mount Tamalpais
Legionnaires
Hunter Liggett
First American Army
The Flag Poem Honors the American Banner
A poem by 5y Stafford King adjutant of the Minnesota department of the American Legion extols the flag as a symbol of freedom and beauty. It likens the flag to light and snow, with references to sacrifice and national virtues carried by veterans and the enduring pledge of allegiance.
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Stafford King
Minnesota
Department of the American Legion
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Underwood
Alabama
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Wisconsin
Federal Trade Commission
Armour and Morris
House Agricultural Committee
Edge
Rep
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Europe
Mra. Harding
Florida
Simons
Detroit
Mich
Eare
Liberty Car Company
Chicago
William Kinsella
Mc Daniel's Crossing
Cuttoun
Congress
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Fla
Clark M. Perry
Oshkosh
Win
Set
Nevada
Heno
Secret Service
Justice Department
West Twenty-fourth Street
Newark
Brighton
England
Paris
Mottana
Dison
Helena
Nichois Power Company
Grafton
Alton
Forner U. 8
George C. Perkins
Oakland
Cal
Perkins
Charlemagne Tower
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Philadelphia
Pennsylvane
Theophile Deleasse
Nice
John A. Logan
Ilinois
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Rome
M. Oraloff
Constantinople
Turkey
Lord Northcliffe
London
Cremonesi
Kobe
Vancouver
Karl Radek
Moscow
Warsaw
League of Nationé
Poland
Lithuania
League
Vilna
Charles M. Schwab
Riviera
Pollah
Podkumien
Gaston Deymergue
Bay
Leon Bourgeois
Westphilia
Limburg
Luin River
Berlin
Burts Pub
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Legion Man
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Cloyd H. Marvin
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