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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1920
Page
3
The piece argues that despite spring hopes, communities again face crowded classrooms and insufficient teacher recruitment. It calls for immediate action to fund modern facilities, competitive salaries, and attractive housing to attract quality teachers, warning that delays will repeat costly inefficiency and high taxes.
The debate in Congress centers on importing German dyes versus imposing high tariffs as American dye makers claim progress in matching German color processes. They argue that domestic dyes can guarantee color fastness, boosting demand for U S products and appealing to consumers who care about lasting color in silk and cotton goods.
Seed supply and prices for most garden varieties are more satisfactory this spring than in recent years. The abundance and lower costs help raise food production, though the improvement may not please everyone who seeds the earth.
Dealers report lower seed sales due to labor shortages on truck farms reducing cultivated acreage and seed demand. The contrast with cheap seeds is noted as production is affected. Home gardeners are urged to compensate for truck garden shrinkage, aided by high vegetable prices and low seed costs, signaling a strong gardening year ahead.
The St Louis Chamber of Commerce urges publication of concrete facts showing Mexico’s financial, commercial, political and social progress for public enlightenment. It argues that Mexicos conditions are stabilizing, with rising trade, agricultural advancement, and hopeful reform, despite a generally negative public image.
A political editorial argues Liberty Bonds should not be called in or raised in rate to lift market value. Secretary Houston opposes replacing issues with 5 percent bonds, warning of higher taxes and market confusion. The piece blames holders for under par prices and urges investors to hold, not sell, their bonds.
A quippy sci fi style remark questions Mars influencing Earth to start a space war. It mocks the idea, insisting we avoid meddling in interplanetary disputes and uphold self-determination for planets.
Bids for Contract No 4 and No 5 to build paved roads west and east of Twin Falls were opened with costs ranging from about 240 000 to 477 000 dollars. The engineer’s estimate for penetration macadam was 240 683.05. A morning meeting with the chamber of commerce committee and highway board will discuss paving types. Genoa relief funds start as townspeople rebuild after storm damage. There were severe injuries including a two month old boy lifted from a bed and a house swept away leaving Hiram Johnson in serious condition.
In Toledo on March 29 Genoa Raabs Corners and Swanton emerge from cyclone wreckage. Two are killed at Genoa, four at Raabs Corners, and Swanton reports over twenty injured. More than eighty injured overall as almost every building is leveled or damaged. American Legion members assist survivors.
Storm in northern Indiana leaves 36 dead with hundreds injured across ten counties. Fort Wayne area reports 11 fatalities in Allen county, Adams adds two deaths, Jay county records 11, Steuben and Montgomery counties 1 each, Union City (Randolph) 10. Full rural-area reports pending. relief and temporary reconstruction underway.
Revised reports from storm swept regions in Georgia and Alabama list 55 deaths. La Grange reports 26 fatalities, Alexander City 11, West Point 10, Agricola 5, with one death each in Macon, Milner, and Cedar Springs. Injuries are numerous and property damage claims run high from La Grange to Washington.
The Associated Press reports in Dreadwood on March 29 that dentist Dr. G C Faris testified a forceful blow to the left head could cause the jaw deflection seen on Mrs. Hilda Neamy, as trial proceeds against Mr. and Mrs. George Searle for her murder. Neamy, the elderly woman's, body was found in a furnace in Lead. The defense alleges she entered the furnace in an attempted self murder.
New York March 29 The League of Nations must become a political issue and continue as such until the American people decide it Senator Hiram Johnson California attacked the league covenant as an instrument tending to cause waves not prevent them He said Article ten which guarantees member integrity reads a reservation cut the heart out of the covenant He urged America as arbiter of her destiny and independence from European and Asiatic diplomacy He called for decentralizing war powers from the administration to avoid autocracy in the United States
Advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism cure that relieves pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints and muscles. Claims instant relief with a small trial bottle available at drug stores. Promotes it for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, and sprains with a long history of curing millions.
Polish troops repulsed repeated Bolshevik attacks on the Podolian front and regained some of the territory lost last week, according to an official statement issued at general headquarters.
Notice to stockholders announces a special meeting to increase capital stock to seventy five thousand dollars. The meeting will be held at the Parish Hall in Twin Falls Idaho on Tuesday evening April 6 1920 at 7 30 oclock by order of the board of directors W R Priebe publication dates March 5 12 19 27 and April 2.
Estate of Addie I Strout deceased asks all creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims should be directed to Guthrie and Myers, attorneys for administrator, Twin Falls Idaho, March 23 1920. Pub dates March 26 April 29 1920.
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