Iowa News Briefs Report Fires Floods Robberies and Deaths
Randolph elevator burned with grain losses estimated at 25000 dollars. Rippey site burned 4000 bushels of corn and more, 75000 dollars loss. Miss Gladys Norton hospitalized with broken back after a fall or jump. Eva Snively 42 of Burlington dies after poisoning herself. Charles Craig robbed on riverbank in Des Moines. Clarence Cockayne 45 dies after fall from ladder at Winfield. Fred Natern 68 commits suicide near Le Mars. E H Miller recovers after severe nosebleed while at Iowa City. Daisy Purcell dies after grief over sons’ detention in Anamosa. Robershausen commits suicide in Davenport. Three injured in Mason City freight train collision. Iowa Rail and Light builds three dams near Boone Fraser and Madrid for central power. Merchants hotel Denison burned. losses include a sausage firm and co op store. Various local notices and state agricultural updates follow.
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Randolph
Rippey
Gladys Norton
Dubuque
Eva Snively
Burtington
Asteep
Des Moines
Charles Craig
Boone
Clarence Cockayne
Winfield
Fred Natern
le Mars
E. H. Miler
Iowa City
Miller
Mike
Bud Purcell
Sioux City
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Daisy Purcell
Robert Westerhausen
Rock Island Arsenal
Davenport
Wildhearth
Mason City
Eddie Mauck
Iowa Falls
Pearl Waldman
Edith
Maud
Iowa Railroad and Light Company
Fraser
Madrid
Company
Merchants Hotel
Denison
Farmers Co-Operative
Hans Damsgaard
Cedar Falls
Blackhawk County
Cambgaard
Army of Occupation
Palice
Charles Hook
Cedar Rapids
John Billings
Council Bluffs
Wymore
Neb
Billings
Roxana Hoffman
FE. M. McCall
Jon Gerdbracht
Ames
Nevada
Iowa
Supreme Court
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Eix Counties
Bious ‘City
C. C. Hamilton
James W. Morrison
Woodbury County
Iowa State College
Secretary of State
Commonwealth
Tillie Johnson
Amy
Norfolk
J. Thomas
U. S. Congress
Mississippi Valley
State Porticulural Society
State Board of Control
Cherokee
Clarinda
Ft. Madison
Glenwood
Independence
Eldora
Marshalltown
Mitchellville
Mt. Pleasant
Oakdala
Rockwell City
Toledo
Woodward
Independence Institution
Lansing
Robins
Ray Hughes
Fred Martin
Hastings
Hughes
Prohibition Official Appointment and Global Economic Talks
L. G. Nutt named associate federal prohibition director for Illinois. Senate heard a FTC report on grain export profits and foreign ownership. US declined Hague conference participation. Senator Borah seeks US recognition of Soviet Russia. Tacna Arica border talks resumed. House approved 1 million for NYC-San Francisco air mail. Attorney General target of war fraud prosecutions funded at 500k. Illinois levee repairs get 500k. Unemployment shows waning in a Commerce Dept survey. Volstead beer and wine sales amendment urged at musicians convention. Majestic ship makes maiden Atlantic voyage. Des Moines safes robbed of 2800. Detroit takes control of all trolley lines. Former Gov Cox declines Ohio governor bid. New York customs seize jewelry of Peggy Joyce. Fast mail flight reaches 174 mph. Bonus bill grants 60 percent cash for veterans proposed. Harding era opposes rail nationalization per Daugherty. Copeland wife shot then killed self. Justice Bailey dies of uremia. Mrs Pike dies at 106. Composer Harry Williams passes away.
Fire destroys ten tanks at Tidewater Bayonne yards
A blaze at Tidewater Oil in Bayonne New Jersey destroyed ten petroleum tanks after a lightning strike. Loss is estimated at 750000 dollars. Firefighters fought the blaze through the night amid heavy smoke and heat.
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Tidewater Oil Company
Bayonne
N. 1
Brennan Knocks Out Tracy In Madison Square Garden Bout
Australian heavyweight Bill Brennan defeats Jim Tracy in the eighth round of a scheduled 15 round boxing match at Madison Square Garden New York. The report also notes financial and political turmoil across Europe and a fatal incident in Ireland.
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Bill Brennan
Jim Tracy
Madison Square Garden
New York
War Robs Three of Memory in Washington Case
Three ex servicemen with memory loss from wartime injuries are among the veterans bureau’s unusual cases in Washington. Hayward Thompson, a Los Angeles man, and a Louisville resident known as Leonard Wells, plus another unidentified veteran, seek relatives or confirmation of identity as the American Legion assists in tracing their histories. France and Britain reportedly hold several similar cases.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Washington, D. C
American Legion
Hayward Thompson
Denver
Colorado Springs
France
Thompson
Washington
Marine Corps
Flemington
Louise Thompson
Chicago
Qyo
Los Angeles
The
Legion
North Thirty-first Street
Louisville
Leonard Wells
Hazy
First Kentucky Infantry
Great Britain
Greatest Hero Glucksman Emerges From WWI Record
The United States veterans bureau names Sergeant Samuel Glucksman a top World War I hero. A Devil Dog from the Marines, he fought in seven major engagements including Verdun Belleau Wood and Mont Blanc. He captured a German and led his unit to safety before being wounded. He now works at Portsmouth Navy Yard in New Brunswick.
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York
Woodfill
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Sergt
Samuel Glucksman
Devil Dogs
Austria
Glucksman
American Legion
Washington
Verdun
Belleau Woods
Chateau Thierry
Marbach
St. Mihiel
Solosons
Mont Blanc
Germany
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. B
Legion Man Aids War Veterans In County Unity
Henry Sullivan of Phoenix, a Coast Guard veteran and Legion member, oversees wedding affairs and serves as Justice of the Peace for local marriages. He started the slogan Under one head the American Legion, uniting county war organizations to centralize hospitalization work and support for disabled veterans with government-led responsibility.
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Davy
Henry 3 Sullivan
Phonix
Phoenix
Justice of the Peace
Sullivan
American Legion
Pershing Delivers Speech After Trolley Stop at Bement
General Pershing was captured by American Legion members in Bement Illinois while trying to ride an interurban. The crowd demanded a speech and Pershing spoke from the rear trolley platform for ten minutes as Legion commander Sidney Morgan marshaled the event.
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Pershing
American Legion
Bement, I
A. EB. F
Sidney Morgan
Adjusted Compensation Victory In Nationwide Chamber Vote
The United States Chamber of Commerce backed the referendum, claiming victory as 4 118 chambers voted yes and 2 657 against the measure. The chamber had opposed the bill from the start and a Toledo Ohio chamber prevented the questionnaire, labeling it deceptive in its presentation.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber
Commerce
Toledo
Legion Plan Builds Nashville Playground For Community
The American Legion plans a community playground in Nashville Tennessee funded by the Legion with expenditure on apparatus and upkeep borne by ex-soldiers. A Legion post formed in Korea by ex-soldiers serving as missionaries under Southern Presbyterian leadership. The War Department notes clothing costs of 800 dollars per soldier during World War II era. Bilas Jean Hodson of San Francisco California serves as secretary to Major General Morton and holds sergeant major rank as the army’s only woman field clerk. Both North and South Legion branches will celebrate Generals Lee and Grant birthdays with Grant observed on April 7 and Lee on January.
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Legion
Nashville, Tenn
Korea
Southern Presbyterian
Mieon
The
Te Arny
Bilas Jean Hodson
Sa Francisco
Cal
Morton
North
South
Lee
Grant
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L. G. Nutt
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Senate
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Hague
Borah
Russia
House
Post Office
New York-San Francisco
Daugherty
Congress
Illinois
Shaw
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Grand Rapids
Mich
American Federation of Musicians
Majestic
Atlantic
City of Detroit
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Innes M. Cox
Dayton, O
Ohio
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Paris
Harry G. Smith
Cheyenne
Wyo
North Platte
Bursum
Rep. N. M
Harding
Federal Court of New York
Stanley Copeland
Rochester
Copelanii
Norton. Bailey
Colorado Supreme Court
Denver, Colo
Mary R. Pike
Newfield
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Harry H. Willams
Oakland
Calif
Lamb-Fish Lumber Company
Clarksdale
Miss
United States District Court
Warsaw
Ind
Carl Young
Alfred Noden
Eifty-Eight
St. Louis
George W. Hughes
Paris, I
Princeton University
Princeton
Victoria
Nquor
British Columbia
Peterman
Penn Township
Pittsburgh
Marlin-Belton
Marlin, Tes
Michiel Yakety
Allany
Yakey
Havana
Brussels
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Genoa
League
Munich
Iuperlalioni
German Republic
Constantinople
Eee
Berlin
Paria
James
Francis
Thomas McKeown
Ballymulderg
Iverland
Genov
Alles
Pines
Wales
Minin
Demetrios Gounaris
Athens
American Legion News Service
Bergt
Samuel Gluckeman
York-Woodfill
Honora
Legion Man
Copip
Monry Sullivan
Force Pershing
Bement
Filinole
Sam
War Department
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