Borer Measure Passes Iowa Senate Unanimously
The Iowa Senate approved the corn borer bill without dissent to create a $200,000 pest-fighting fund. The fund will be run by the secretary of agriculture with state executive council and budget director approval. Senator Benson of Elkader urged it as essential and noted a $100,000 private fund to study borers in Europe.
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DS Moines
Iowa Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
State Executive Council
Benson
Elkador
Taru
Senate
Iowa
General Assembly
Chicago
Europe
Declaimers Compete Tonight In Public Speech Contest
Ten top students from southeast town high schools compete at Washington High School starting 7 30 pm. Winners in oratorical dramatic and humorous divisions advance to a state contest later this month facing entrants from Keokuk Lyons Toledo Pleasant Ville Washington Burlington Wapello and Bussey. Catharine Jane Hull of Washington is in the dramatic division. Admission is 25 and 35 cents to cover contest costs.
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Southeastern Town
Washington High School
Towa
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Lyons
Toledo
Pleasant Ville
Washington
Burlington
Wapello
Bussey
Catharine Jane Hull
March Takes a Last Shot at Southwest Storm Toll
A multi state storm drenched Missouri Arkansas Kansas and Oklahoma with heavy rain and high winds. Flooding hit hundreds of streams and at least seven people were killed four in Oklahoma two in Kansas and one in Missouri.
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March
Southwest
Kansas
City
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Great War Highlights Marked By Somme Gains And War Support
Ten years after the Great War reports French and British announce important advances on the Somme front. Members of Congress meet for an extra session and show strong war support against Germany. Baltimore pacifist meeting led by David Starr Jordan is disrupted by anti pacifist agitators.
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Somme Front
Congress
Germany
Baltimore
David Starr Jordan
Jordan
Ford Resting Easy After Auto Wreck and Transfer
Detroit April 1 Henry Ford rested at his Dearborn home after being moved from a Detroit hospital following injuries from a Sunday night car wreck. Police escorted the ambulances and four motorcycle officers guarded the late night transfer to the $10 million hospital vicinity and then to his residence.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Dearborn
United Press
Motorcyere
Mrs Rittenhouse of Cedar Twp Dies at 80
Mrs David Rittenhouse aged eighty died at 4 15 pm at her Cedar township home nine miles northwest of Washington after a stroke on March 4. A resident since 1865 she came from Illinois with her husband who died four years ago. Surviving are three sons John Harry and Bert all of Washington county. Funeral services and burial in South English cemetery will be held Sunday at an undecided hour.
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David Rittenhouse
Cedar Township
Washington
Illinois
Rittenhouse
John
Harry
Bert
Washington County
South English
Good Roads Group Opposes 2 Cent Gas Tax Increase
Iowa good roads association rejects the proposed two cent raise to four cents per gallon arguing it unfairly burdens cities and counties while funding rural roads. President John F. Ane says the tax distribution favors local districts and would divert funds from urban areas that already bear most license and fuel tax costs. The bill moves to the house after senate passage, with the group urging a tax benefiting all regions equally.
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Des Moines
Iowa Good Roads Association
Iowa Senate
John F. PD. Ane
Senate
House
Iowa
Rue
Oux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Cantonese Expected to Oust Chiang
Reports from Shanghai say Marshal Chiang Kai Shek faces imminent dismissal as commander in chief of nationalist armies. Drafted at Hankow, the order may be promulgated next week, likely widening rifts with extremist Kuomintang factions and risk of upheaval.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
United Press
Chiang
Hankow
T Ie
Chaing Kai-Shek
S. Asheville
Tientsin
Pekin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomingtang Or
Nationalist Party
Rotary Convention Set for Minneapolis in 1928
The nineteenth annual Rotary International convention will be held June 18 to 22, 1928 in Minneapolis. Arthur E. Larkin announced the Minneapolis Rotary club will host, with about twelve thousand attendees expected. The 1927 meeting was in Ottawa. Sisters seek broader international solidarity and tougher defense measures against looting and violence. Tokyo reports five hundred Japanese marines ordered to Shanghai from Yokosuka, with about 35,000 armed foreigners already present there.
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Chicago
Rotary International
Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur E. Larkin
Rotary Club
Ostend
Tokio
Shanghai
Yokosuke
Yakumo
Cities Along River Threatened By Mississippi Floods
Cities along the Mississippi in Iowa faced flood danger after heavy rains. Keokuk reports near flood stage with six more inches likely to reach flood level. Clinton Davenport Burlington and Dubuque also reported flood risk as eastern Iowa had more than an inch of rain by 10 am.
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Fort Madison
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Mississippi
Clinton
Davenport
Burlington
Dubuque
Iowa
Admiral Saito to Head Jap Delegation to Geneva Talks
Admiral Minoru Saito, veteran of two wars and noted naval technocrat, expected to chair Japan’s delegation to President Coolidge’s tri party disarmament conference in Geneva. He sails from Korea where he has been governor since 1915 amid general uprisings, and may accept the post though he favors his current assignment.
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Tokio
Minoru Saito
Japan
Hohenzollern Return Ranks Among Europe’s Richest Families
Berlin reports the Hohenzollerns regain vast wealth as Prussia settles all claims. Wilhelm II becomes a major economic factor with 10 million marks paid and 5 million more to come, while properties including Unter den Linden palace and Babelsberg castle shift to the former ruling dynasty, valued around 200 million marks overall. Princess Hermine leads modernization plans for the palace.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Prussia
Hohenzollerns
Hermine
Unter den Linden
Princess Hermine
Hohenzollern Castle
Nuremberg
Netherlands
Bellevue Casile
Babelsberg Castle
Potsdam
Koenigswusterhausen
Rominten
Coal Miners Strike Now In Effect Across Central District
About 150000 bituminous miners in Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania began a wage scale strike at midnight April 1 with most mines closed and no general walkout but many suspensions. Some mines will operate under temporary agreements awaiting settlement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Little Flere
Illinois
Williamson County
United Mine Workers
Indiana Bituminous Coal
Illinois Operators Association
Jacoksonville
Danvile District
Marines Ordered to Concentrate for China Service
Fifteen hundred marines are to gather at San Diego California to be held in readiness for China service. They are separate from another 1,500 en route to join Henderson to sail for China. Major General John A Le Jeune ordered the concentration after a request from Admiral C B Williams of the Asiatic Fleet.
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Washington
San Diego
Cal
China
Henderson
John A. le Jeune
Marine Corps
C. 8. Williams
Plenty of Coal Now in Storage
Secretary Herbert Hoover said after a cabinet meeting that public worry is unfounded as about 150,000 soft coal miners walk out. He noted about 90 million tons of soft coal are in storage and non union mines can supply enough to cover demand for several months, with mediation and arbitration possible if both sides seek it.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Mediation Board
The
Labor Department
April Weather Brings Rain Wind and Cool Temps
Iowa forecast notes general rainfall across the state with wind and cool temperatures. Washington reports 1.02 inches of rain and eight inches of snow in the north. March totals show 0.24 inches of rain, nine days below freezing, fourteen rainy days, with most days cloudy.
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Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Washington
Mason City
Supt Peet Returns From Southeast Iowa Teachers Meet
Supt J H Peet of Washington schools left Keokuk early due to the district declamatory contest. He serves as secretary of the section for the declamatory war and led the evening program. About a thousand teachers attended the convention with two thirds from Washington and the rest at Cedar Rapids.
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J. H. Peet
Washington
Keokuk
Marines to Concentrate at San Diego with Quantico Contingent
Quantico Marine base will provide a west coast battalion for a concentration at San Diego. The force includes three tanks two batteries of artillery and a company of engineers and will entrain by next Wednesday.
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Quantico
West Coast
San Diego
Will Appoint Committee on Wage Scale to Confer With
Iowa miners and United Mine Workers delegates plan a convention in Des Moines on April 12 to form a wage scale committee. The strike across the central competitive field follows failed talks and depleted union funds as miners mark the eight hour day anniversary with no wage deal in sight.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Middlewest
Joe Morris
Albia
District 13
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Morris
Unitéea
United Mine Workers
Moreris
Litthe
Jacksonville
Fla
Iown
Evening Services Delayed at Washington Churches
Evening worship times in Washington churches will start 7 30 PM from now until early October, one half hour later than winter hours.
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Washington
Will Cox Denies Move to Ringworth
Will Cox tells the Journal that yesterday’s report of his intending to move to Ringworth was in error. He has no plans to leave and will continue his business here as before, and the Journal’s informant was wrongly informed.
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Will Cox
Ringworth
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