Washington News in Briefs Reflect Shutdowns and Legislation
A roundup of national items includes Coolidge signing a postal pay raise totaling 998 million dollars with retroactive effect, tax overpayment refunds extended to 1927, and Senate actions on judges and crime. Prohibition cases, grain exports, and a Boston larceny verdict also appear amid incidents from Georgia to Indiana and Illinois.
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Coolidge
Postal
Certuin
Senate
Washington
Walters
Notable marriages and deaths span politics and society
Announced nuptials unite John Barden of Chicago with Mrs Court ney Letts Stillwell to marry March 14 in Washington. News notes death of Ex Senator William A Clark at 86 in New York, heirs and titles in Greece and Scotland appear in society briefs.
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John Barden
Chicago
Courtney Letts Stillwell
Washington
William A. Clark
Montana
Fifth Avenue
New York
Nenia
Greece
William B. Leeds
Anastasia
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
Mayme E. McCaslin
Interior Department
Iowa items span church debt to town plans and surveys
The Iowa page notes the Al ta Presbyterian church dedication with organ cost 35000. a jail sale to a gas station. plans for the 1925 Iowa state fair. hospital hopes for Harlan. university visits by Warsaw professor. farm wages in Traer and Reinbeck. flood damage across the West Nishna. state contests and Masonic picnics. Boy Scout cabins in Iowa Falls. pioneer descendant group proposed. paving for Lincoln highway in Linn county. tax and canvasser bills face opposition. Granville crop sales exceed 29000. bankers combat robbers. seed analysis staff added. award for transit losses to Malcolm Shipping. town economies and industry growth. express rates drop. vacancy trends. seed corn test results. G A R encampment funding bill. Des Moines guard quarters. Des Moines praised as American taste. Harlan to build new Catholic church. debates on liquid capital and state income tax. Audubon dairy leader on power value in farms.
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Alta
Webb
Tuwa
Warlan Danish Lutheran Church
Harlan
Jozef Mikulowski-Pomorski
University of Warsaw
Iowa State College
Traer
Reinbeck
West Nishna River
Iowa
Masonic Association of
Southwest Iowa
Red Oak
Iowa Falls
L. B. Schmidt
Iowa Conservation Society
Linn County
Iowa Retail Dry Goods Association
Granville
Iown Department of Agriculture
National Livestock Producers’ Association
Malcolm Shipping Association
Malcom
Farmers’ Co-operative Society of
Sioux Center
Ilowa
Guthrie Center
Grand Army of the Republic
Senate
Des Moines
National Guard
Des Moines Guard
Los Angeles
America
Iown
Sf LT
George
Kibby
Audubon County
Program of legislation mapped out for Iowa roads
A joint highways subcommittee presents a draft bill giving the highway commission control of primary road construction and maintenance while county boards and township trustees handle secondary roads. The measure abolishes primary road special assessments, refunds past assessments within ten years, and allocates funds to complete drainage grading and paving of 6,600 miles of primary roads, with annual expenditures outlined.
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Iowa
Joint
Highway Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
Boards of Supervisors
Township Trustees
Gas Tax Edges Toward Senate and House Votes
Iowa lawmakers inch toward a 3 cent gas tax with a 2 cent alternative under discussion. Governor Hammill backs the shift as House leaders plan to include the 2 cent levy. A Bible reading bill for public schools surfaces alongside farm crop notes and a planned A O U W council meeting in Des Moines.
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Iowa General Assembly
Hammill
Bergman
Ways and Means
Blake
Fayette
House Joint Committee of
Fortieth Extra General Assembly
Knights of Columbus aid funds for American Legion work
Trustees allocate 75000 dollars to rehabilitate disabled veterans and orphans during 1925 while the American Legion endowment fund seeks five million dollars. Auxiliary and Forty and Eight pledge 265000 each to finance child welfare, with future income supporting half from endowment. Creviston notes need to diversify support beyond regular channels. Resolutions express gratitude as the drive continues nationwide to sustain services for veterans.
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Knights of Columbus
American Legion
Legion
Russell Creviston
National Executive Committee
Tt Wee
Crewston
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Endowment Fund
Lowden accepts call to aid Legion endowment drive
Former Governor Frank O Lowden responds to James A Crain national commander of the American Legion, agreeing to serve on the Legion honoraiy committee for a 5 000 000 endowment fund for orphaned children of World War I and disabled veterans, promising to honor a wartime pledge.
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American Legion
Legion
Frank O. Lowden
Winds
James A. Crain
Consolidation Plan Aims at Aiding Needy Veterans
Crogsoup Fish on post of the American Legion in Boston outlines a plan to consolidate relief efforts for disabled and needy veterans. Conferences with the US Veterans Bureau and allied groups show unanimous support for unification and standardization to reduce duplication and increase efficiency. The effort could evolve into a veteran civilian central body earning public trust, with organizations required to prove honorable aims and wise methods.
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Crogsoup Fish
American Legion
Boston
United States Veterana' Bureau
Affhcorp
State Department
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Need More Farmers in Congress, Says Legion Weekly
A wartime periodical notes a political exchange where an announcer calls for more farmers in Congress and a speaker from the audience counters that the country needs more congressmen on farms, reflecting rural political sentiment.
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Congress
American Legion Weekly
Couple Happiness Echoes Across Town In Legion Note
A brief wartime era line notes that a deaf and dumb couple, worried about public affection, are deemed okay downtown and unsurprisingly happy, reflecting social attitudes in the American Legion Weekly.
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O. K
American Legion Weekly
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