Iowa Lawmakers Face Veto Over Long and Short Haul Bill
Freight rate experts urged Governor Kendall to back the long and short haul measure to let long lines match short line rates between points. The senate passed the Bowman bill adjusting road assessments and funding feeder roads, while the state fair appropriation was placed at 65 000 with 35 000 for two sheep barns.
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Kendall
Scape
Senate
Price
Monroe
Gilchrist
Pocahontas
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Protests Lead to Cuts in Chaplin Pilgrim Film
In Mason City Iowa protesters from a preachers association, after letters from Ku Klux Klan representatives, pressured Palace theater to cut about a quarter of Charles Chaplin's latent film Pilgrim. The preachers deny Klan ties.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Charles Chaplin
Palace Theater
Protestant Preachers’ Association
Ku Klux Klan
Ravenscroft
Plan Big Funeral For Slain Laborers In the Krupp Works
Essen police and Krupp officials prepare a large funeral for riot victims. Eleven people are dead from Sunday's clashes. French authorities say they will not interfere as long as order is kept.
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Krupp
Associated Press
Essen
Moonshiners Kill Officer in Hartsville Raid
Federal prohibition agent J Leroy Yumans was shot and killed during a dawn raid on a moonshine still near Hartsville Mississippi. The incident occurred shortly after two o clock this morning as the raid took place. The gunmen fled the scene leaving investigators to recover Yumans body. local police and federal agents are pursuing leads.
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Associated Prose
Florenceh
8. C
J Leroy Yumans
Prohibition
Hartsville
Keokuk Oldtimer Kate Sanders Dies After Brief Illness
Keokuk May 3 Kate M Sanders 94 a longtime Keokuk resident since 1852 died this morning after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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My the Assortated Press
Kekokuk
Kate M. Sanders
Keokuk
Oyster's Short Life Span Highlighted
A note on oyster life expectancy states ten years as the average lifespan, signaling a brief, instructive fact about the species.
Pension Funds of Protestant Churches Reach $65.4 Million
The Interdenominational Secretaries' Conference reports eighteen Protestant denominations hold pension funds totaling 65 423 000 dollars. Leading totals include Methodist Episcopal Church 17 5 million, Episcopal 13 25 million, Presbyterian Northern 8 105 million, and other denominations with smaller balances.
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Associated Press
United States
J. B. Hingeley
Interdenominational Secretaries’ Conference
Northern Baptist
Southern Baptists
Congregational
Disciples
Lutheran
Augustana
Lutheran Missouri Synod
United
Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Presbyterian Church
Northern
Southern
Protestant Episcopal
Reformed Church
Reformed Church In
America
United Brethren
Polk County Man Granted New Trial in Slaying Case
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a Polk County death sentence for Joe Williams in the killing of Sara Barbara Thursdale a Valley Junction teacher and ordered a new trial in district court. The ruling cited improper testimony from suspect George Davenport and a prayer by Sheriff Robb. Williams faces a new trial while Ray Maupin remains under death sentence for the Catney miner slaying with execution date to be set by the governor.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Joe Williams
Sara Barbara Thursdale
Valley Junction
Polk County District Court
George Davenport
W. E. Robb
Williams
Maupin
Lang
Whiskey Heist Hits Baltimore Storage Plant
Thieves broke into a Baltimore storage plant, bound three watchmen, and carried away three large loads of liquor early today. Police probe ongoing, no arrests reported.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Osage Man Kills Himself in Home Shooting
Marion Morris aged 26 shot and killed himself at his Osage home in Jaws April 3. No motive is known.
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Associated Press
Osage
Jaws
Marion Morris
Judge Dismisses Philadelphia Jury In misconduct case
In Philadelphia on April 3 Judge J W Thompson discharged the 29 Men of misconduct jury due to alleged tempering with the foreman Terance O LLauchlin was held on five thousand dollar bond for contempt and will have a hearing Thursday A new panel will be examined on April 25 for the retrial proceedings
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Associated Press
Hiladelphia
J. W. Thompson
United States District Court
Terance O'lLauchlin
Thompson
Questions on Love Asked of College Women by AP Study
The Rockefeller funded Hygiene Bureau asks female college students in New York state about love and dating to aid education. Questions cover first dating ages and reasons for marriage plans. Married women and widows answer about happiness, attraction to younger men, and descriptions if present.
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Associated Press
New York
Bureau of Hygiene
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Washington Team Wins in National Interscholastic Tourney
The Walla Walla Washington state champions defeated Adirondack champions Gloversville New York 36 to 29 in the opening game at the University of Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Walla Walla
Washington
Gloversville
New York
Adirondack
University of Chicago
Inquiry into drinking in Washington draws letters and petition
Spokane April 3 Mrs Miles Poindexter letters outlining Washington society drinking and gambling stress. Petition seeks grand jury probe of alleged misconduct directed to Attorney General Dougherty. Harris Spokane heads petition drive with signees planned in Los Angeles San Francisco Denver Portland Tacoma Seattle.
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Spokane
Wash
Miles Poindexter
Washington D. C
Jitorney General Dougherty
Grand Jury
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
H.C. Harris
Poindexter
Pew
Washington Society Life
Spokane Federated Women’s Temperance Union
Ask Disbanding of House of David
Quarantine petitions to disband the House of David colony were filed in Ingham county circuit court by the state of Michigan. The action follows a Grand Rapids hearing on a suit by John Hansell and wife of Nashville alleging land and immorality in the colony. Governor Grosbeck pledged a thorough proceeding.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
House of David
Ingham County
State of
Michigan
Grand Rapids
John Hansell
Nashville
Tenn
Grosbeck
Questioning Liquor Testing and Gambling Rules in Official Houses
Reading excerpts raises questions about liquor testing at a house and which embassy permits liquor service. It also asks which government officials’ homes allow gambling at bridge, seeking names of those officials.
Army planes return from Porto Rico voyage
Six army planes completed a flight of over six thousand miles from San Antonio to Porto Rico and back to Washington. The War Department termed it one of the most remarkable pioneer flights in aviation history.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bowling Field
San Antonio
Texas
Porto Rico
War Department
Catholic Leader in Russia Executed Claims Report
Moscow reports claim Vicar General Butchkavitch was executed by firing squad on March 31. Pravda says the execution occurred and Izvestia confirms the sentence was carried out. Time and location not disclosed. Soviet justice to run its course.
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Moscow
Butchkavitch
Pravda
Izestia
Earl Canervon’s Illness Worsens to Critical State
Cairo Egypt April 3 The illness of Earl Canervon took a sudden turn for the worse this afternoon. His condition is described as critical by physicians.
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I’ress
Cairo
Egypt
Earl Canervon
Nature Restores Balance In Social Score
A reflective line asserts nature equalizes outcomes and suggests self reliance by the unloving individual to bridge social deficits. The sentiment frames personal responsibility as universal corrective force.
Not Delayed by Blow Outs Man Who Pays As He Goes
A compact editorial item notes that a man who pays as he goes is seldom arrested for speeding, suggesting a blunt view on enforcement and personal responsibility.
Four Wounded in Cleveland Union Shooting
A meeting of Steel and Iron Workers Local No. 17 in Cleveland ended in gunfire leaving one dead and three seriously wounded. Herb Boen, 43, was killed. John O'Ryan, 59, secretary, and John R. Burwell, 53, were wounded. another man was dying. The shooter remained at large.
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Steel and Iron Workers
Herb Boen
John O'Ryan
John R. Burewell
Vocational Work Attracting More Women Than Ever
Miss Mabel V. Campbell reports rising female interest in vocational education across states. She notes a 46 percent U.S. increase, with women from farms and city homes joining home economics and home making courses. Campbell acts as liaison, sharing methods between states.
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Associated Press
DBS
Boards For
Mabel V. Campbell
Iowa
Wor
Miss Campbell
United States
Pity the Homeless Man and Life’s Struggles
A compact reflection on a man deprived of home and secure life, emphasizing hardship, memory, and the rewards life withers away without. The quote frames a meditation on shelter and dignity amid struggle.
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J. G. Holland
Cheap Living In Germany Still Lures Americans In Europe
The Rhine region offers cheaper prices for Americans abroad due to occupation zone regulation and weak mark exchange. Foreigners find value in everyday costs while locals face different economic consequences, with a practical example of an auto ride costing a few dollars and drivers earning a fraction of a skilled worker’s pay.
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Europe
Associated Press
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