Turbulent Iowa News Items Span Deaths and Developments
Iowa report round up lists deaths from falls and illness, a tree find identifies a Palo garage man, a family murder case near Washington, and a Cedar County child choking tragedy. It cites Iowa projects including fruit farm tours, leather factory plans at Ottumwa, and school district court actions.
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State Conference of Congregational Churches and
Newton
Frank White
el Garrison
Calvary Baptist Church of
Cedar Rapids
Mary Kittle
Shenandoah
Bertram
Chas
MeManus
Palo
Arnold Grieger
Independence
Iis
Horticultural Societies
Iowa
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Ottumwa
Kellerton
Christian Church
Keosauqua
National Electric Lighting Association
Okahoji
Prosecutions Planned for War Contract Frauds
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty says wholesale prosecutions will start against war contractors defrauding the government of millions. Labor reports 32 percent more U S building in 1921 over 1920 based on 140 local reports. Budget director Dawes cites $901.55 million in routine government reductions for year ending June 30, 1922. Maj Gen Leonard Wood discussed as possible Philippines governor general and Provost at University of Pennsylvania raised in military circles. House unanimously approves $17 million for soldier hospitals by Veterans Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Cedar County
State Board of Control
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Ernest Babbit
Lloyd Babbitt
Town City
Thomas Welstead
Iowa
Long Beach
Cal
Clarence H. Welstead
Waterloo
Welstead
California
Iowa House of Representatives
Black Hawk County
Board of Supervisors
Clarence Watts
New Hampton
H. C. Sheser
Phil Mohell
Center Point
Germany
T. A. Speer
Tipton
Pierre
Kiwanis Club
South Dakota
North America
Lake
Okoboji
Pella
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa State College
Iowa State College At
United States
University of Minnesota
Dean Coffey
State House
State Board of Parole
State Historical Department
Pharmacy Commission
State Executive Council
Fort Madison Institution
Hancock County
Henkle Company
Mason City
George Fick
Davenport
Harry Stoden
Chicago
Estrin
Roden
Clance Higgs
Fick
Harding
Congress
Washington
Daugherty
Department of Labor
Leonard Wood
The
Philippines
University of Pennsylvania
Midwest and national disasters sweep across the days
Newsreel of violence and tragedy includes police deaths in Chicago riots, a Cleveland holdup and jail execution, murders in Michigan and Illinois, floods and wrecks across Iowa City Fort Worth Des Moines and Dal las. A wave of fires, accidents, and political shifts follows.
Inauguration Time Reform and World Events Report
A survey of varied events: time reform faces limited acceptance with Mexico City offices, the Casino in Paris burns with no injuries, Russia relaxes mercantile permits, Dempsey likely to fight Carpentier, and London shipyard strikes continue. A Belfast shooting, Australian Premier Hughes accident, and the death of President Baldermann are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Indiana University Baseball Team Visits Tokyo on Legion Mission
Indiana University baseball players Ward Gilbert and Emmons Clay, veterans from Kokomo and Seattle, travel to Japan after serving with the American Legion. The Hoosiers tour Tokyo and Nagoya, meeting Waseda University hosts as Japan’s fans and merchants welcome the squad. The visit includes a guaranteed $15,000 in expenses and aims to showcase American college baseball in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Jap
Indiana University
Tokyo
Nagoya
Seattle
Waah
American Legion
Ward
Gilbert
Kokomo
Ind
France
Emmons Clay
Ao God
Legion
Indiana
Japan
Waseda University of Tokyo
Japan University
Pacific
Ita
Ex service women leader sacrifices music career for Americanism work
Mrs Madge King Johnston of Aberdeen 8 D shifts from concert stage to American Legion Auxiliary duties. She heads stores in eight states selling items made by disabled veterans and chairs the auxiliary American committee. Johnston promotes citizenship clubs and programs for children of ex service men while her hunter husband Mr M C Johnston pursues big game in the Rockies and Canadian woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Madge King Johnston
Aberdeen
American Legion Auxiliary
Johnston
YMCA Aids Prisoners At Governor's Island Barracks
The YMCA operates at Governors Island New York harbor aiding soldiers in confinement. About 200 to 400 inmates attend weekly sing songs and Sunday services. 195 participate in watt's sessions. educational courses in Spanish English and arithmetic are popular as inmates seek learning during confinement.
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United States
Mort Jay
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Fort Leavenworth
John J. Hunt
Fort Jay
Watts
Billy Hollenga a Legion figure known as American Legion’s orator
Billy Hollenga a Dutch born American Legion leader served sixteen months as a stretcher bearer in France and later as a drill sergeant and field representative. He helped disabled ex service men seek compensation and hospitalization and was sent to Washington as a personal representative to aid veterans in obtaining justice from the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Dan
Tenga
Specie
Teglon
Viaton
Washington, D. C
Holland
Hollenga
Legion
Billy Sunday
American Legion
United States
Holtenga
Chambers of Commerce
South
Legion National Headquarters
Hanford MacNider
Washington
Dual Citizenship Honor For Janesville Editor in Bourges France
Frank Sinclair of Janesville Wisconsin earned citizenship in Bourges France for promoting US French ties through The Cro post newspaper. He, with Lawrence 4%. Weidman and William F. Wragg, received city citizenship for cooperative diplomacy and coauthored The Battle of Bourges, a widely praised account.
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Frank Sinclair
Janesville
Wis
Bourges
France
Sinclair
American Legion
Central Records Office
Cro
Common Council of
Lawrence
Weidman
Boston
William F. Wragg
Brooklyn
Pity'n Sake Navy Rescue Scene
A rough night aboard a U S ship bound for France features Gubbins the guard and Lieutenant Commander Giblet. Gubbins dives to save his superior, then warns him not to reveal the rescue to the crew to avoid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weu
France
Gubbina
Giblet
Gabbing
Gubbins
Gubbing
American Legion Weekly
War Memorabilia Trade Reverberates From Europe to America
English and American cities buy tombstones and war mementos from Germany as prices undercut rivals while wounded Kanal soldiers receive breezy letters from home. In France the Vilacoublay airdome spectacle evolves as a pillarless plane soars, controlled wirelessly, widening its reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Fort Bayard N. M
Kansas
Vilacoublay
France
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Iowa News
Royal C. Johnson
House
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Sa 8S
Sam Purpera
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Joseph Lobert
Port Huron
Mich
Iowa City
Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Puch
Des Moines
News
News-Arcade
August Bourke, Jr
Elgin& Belvidere Railroad
Marengo, Il
Joseph
Pelletier
Suffolk County
Carroll
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Sinclair Company
James H. M. McRae
James W. McAndrew
Dawson
Seward
Anchorage
Fairbanka
G. Sharpless Worth
Coutenville
St. Franeis Hotel
San Francisco
West Virginia Coal Association
Charles ‘Town
W. Va
American Sewer Pipe Company
Akron
Wichita
Kan
James A. Reed
Wilson
Lon W. Stephens
St. Louis
Missouri
Danville
Nancy Astor
Wooding
Glen Rambo
Gary, Ind
Mercy Hospital
Sofia Koyocich
Frank Wagner
Gary
Wagner
Kirvin
Modesto
Austin
Willam Hawleymith
Peoria
Sunderland
Mass
Mr. Smith
Mlinois
Sae
William P. Driskell
Waco (Tex
Waco
Clement Alexander Finley Flagler
United States Engineers Corps
Third Corps
Argonne-Meuse
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
John Tobias
Cerres
Ponca City
Oklo
George P. Gill
Rocheford
Pledical Corps
John Henry Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Atlantic City
Dayton
John G. Sparks
Harrigan and
Hart
Coney Island
Kip Kip Kipetican
Pendleton
Ore
Presbyterian Church
Parla
Russia
Council of Commissara
Moscow
Jack Dempsey
George Carpentier
London
Carpentier
Ted Lewis
Soipers
York Street
Belfast
Wan
Hughes
Grafton
New South Wales
Sydney
President Baldermann
Aamburg-American Steamship Ice
Bestia
Merican
Legiong
American Legion News
Ward Gilbert
Y MC. A
Eland
Billy Sunday OF
Legigy
Ban Hollengs
Biretcher
Ip Damand
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