Steck Endorsed for U.S. Senate in Iowa Caucus
Dan F. Steck of Ottumwa was endorsed as Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in a Iowa Democratic caucus at Davenport. The 42 year old attorney is a prominent American Legion member and sixth district delegate to the national convention. The delegation also elected Meredith heads delegation and set committee assignments as the fight over delegates continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Davenport
Dan_ F. Steck
Ottumwa
American Legion
United States
Iowa
Steck
A. C. Steck
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionnaire
Wr Steck
Murtagh
James Murtagh
Waterloo
Evans
Clyde L. Herring
Wilbur W. Marsh
Meredith
Ch. T. Meredith
Des Moines
Jennie Corlett
Oskaloosa
H. M. Cooper
Marshalltown
J. R. Murphy
Ida Grove
Holton Rice
Centerville
J. Ray Files
E. J. Fhuling
Permament Organization
Michael Healy
Fort Dodge
Dan Steck
National Committee
New York
Mr. Herring
Marsh
State Central Committee
Mr. Marsh
Herring
Anna Lawther
Dubuque
Commodore
Chicago
Investigations In Senate Grotesque Says Sen Moses
Senator Moses of New Hampshire denounced Senate investigations in Washington as grotesque. He told Philadelphia Republican women that investigators proved only a former cabinet secretary spoke and that testimony relied on banks gamblers and divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Senate
Washington
Moses
New Hampshire
Union Carpenters Strike In Fort Madison
Fort Madison April 4 building operations halted as local union carpenters strike for a 10 cent hourly raise. Eight independent contractors signaled a 90 cent rate, while the Builders Association of ten contractors refuses to concede. The workers won’t return until a new wage agreement under the scale is signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Madison
Focal Carpenter Union
Builders Association
Industrial accidents rise in U.S. industries in 1923
The Associated Press reports a 20 percent increase in U S industrial accidents for 1923. The National Safety Council estimates 3,000,000 accidents nationwide with 24,000 fatalities, underscoring rising hazards in American workplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S S
Associated Prams
Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Bankers Plan German Loan Under Dawes Committee
American bankers prepare to back a German international credit bank as part of Dawes committee recommendations. Major institutions will subscribe to the bank’s capital, with France Belgium and others invited to participate to aid Germany’s rehabilitation and stabilize European finances. US leadership could channel vast American gold to productive use and bolster its financial prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Associated Press
New York
Dawes Committee For Financial Assistance
Germany
America
Dawes
France
Belgium
Bank of France
United States
Herring Picked National Committeeman Sparks Iowa Rally
Delegates from Iowa selected Clyde L. Herring as national committeeman amid calls that the Democratic party in Town will be reorganized into a strong opposition force. McAdoo backers hailed the choice. Underwood supporters warned of a split as resolutions criticized the Ku Klux Klan. Continued coverage promised on page 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
David Ladd Rockwell
Ohio
Robert Scott
Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Clyde L. Herring
Secretary of the Treasury
Scott
Underwood
Herring
Democratic Party
Herrings
Iowa
Coolidge Gets Maine Delegates
Portland Maine April 4 Fifteen delegates pledged to back President Coolidge for the Republican nomination as Maine Republicans instruct their delegation to use every honorable effort to secure Coolidge at the national convention in Cleveland. The state convention yesterday aligned with Coolidge for the first time since 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Portland
Maine
Cleveland
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Langley seeks early trial in DC liquor conspiracy case
Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky pleaded not guilty at arraignment in the District of Columbia supreme court on conspiracy charges related to illicit liquor withdrawal permits and asked for an expedited trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
John W. Langley
Republican
Kentucky
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Defeat Attempt To Impose a Tax On Public Bonds
The Senate finance committee cut the two cent tax on produce exchange sales in half to align with the House revenue bill. An attempt by Senator Reed to tax income on state municipal and federal securities, already tax exempt, was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THA Assoniated Preas
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Mob Hangs Black Youth in Georgia After Bank Theft
In Woodbury Georgia on April 4 a 15 year old Black boy was killed after a confrontation with Police Chief Albert Wells. The youth allegedly tried to take money from a bank, wrestled Wells, and was fatally wounded near the Flint River. Wells, bank protection head, died early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Woodbury
Flint River
Albert Wells
Wells
Kenyon Vies For Vice Presidency As Coolidge Delights Backers
President Coolidge signals openness to nominating William S. Kenyon of Iowa for vice president and Kenyon’s supporters nationwide hail the prospect. Kenyon, a Fort Dodge federal judge born in 1869, has long declined active politics while urging direct primary reform and has twice served in the U.S. Senate before his 1925 resignation to become a federal judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iFir
Associated Crees
Des Moines
William S. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Harry M. Daugherty
Coolidge
Kenyon
Iowa
United States
A. Rawson
Street concert to advertise Band Musical Revue
Street concert will be played tomorrow to promote the second show. First performance sold out quickly as many patrons arrived late seeking seats. The band plans a street concert tomorrow to advertise the second performance and boost attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miget
Daugherty Inquiry Plans Ohio Visit By Senate Panel
The Senate Daugherty committee moves to Ohio to pressure Mal Daugherty for bank records at Midland National in Washington Courthouse. Secretary Weeks provided aircraft files from Thomas Lane while Dyche testified on narcotics prosecutions at Atlanta prison and Wotan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Harry M. Daugherty
Mal S. Daugherty
Cone
Ohio
Weeks
Army Air Services
Wheeler
J. Dyehe
Oklahoma City
Atlanta Penitentiary
Heber Votan
Justice Department
Votaw
President Harding
Air Service
Thomas F. Lane
M.S Daugherty
Midland National of Washington
Dyche
of Committee
Atlanta
Wotan
W. J. Burns
Senate Daugherty Committee
Brookhart
Thomas F Lane
Wh Lane
W. FB. Volandt
Lane
Volandt
Himeff
Mr. Weeks
Three Witnesses Summoned on 1920 Oil Deals Case in Chicago
The oil committee summoned three additional witnesses today to question about reports of oil deals at the Chicago Republican National Convention in 1920. They are H. W. Ballard of Los Angeles, John Smith of Paris Texas, and J. F. Baughan of Harlingen Texas, friends of the late Jake Hamon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Oil Committee
H.W. Ballard
Los Angeles
Calif
John Smith
Paris
Texas
J. F. Baughan
Harlingen
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
Fuller elected president of Northeastern Iowa Teachers
Prof A C Fuller of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls is chosen president of the Northeastern Iowa State Teachers Association at Cedar Rapids. T M Clevenger of Waverly retires as president and Miss Lulu B Secrest Marion Linn County schools named a national delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
A.C. Fuller
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
T. M. Clevenger
Waverly
Lulu HB. Secrest
Marion
Linn County
National Education Association
Washington, D. C
A. W. Moore
Oelwein
Marie Christie
Waterloo
E.C. Eikema
Waukon
H. C. Moeller
Mias Haile Greenhow
Dubuque
Johnson Objects to Stone as Attorney General Pick
Chicago April 4 Senator Hiram Johnson assailed Harlan Piske Stone of New York as United States attorney general designate saying the appointment signals a re dedication to reactionary principles He criticized Coolidge stance and urged voters in Illinois to rally in the presidential preference fight with tours in Streator Ottawa and Rock Island Galesburg and Peoria to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harlan Piske Stone
New York
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Four Iowa Natives Hold Four Cabinet Posts
Four native Iowans serve in the Coolidge cabinet led by President Coolidge. Wallace heads Agriculture, Hoover runs Commerce, Work leads Interior, and Wilbur commands the Navy, reinforcing Iowa’s prominence in the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Pes Moines
Ohio
Iowa
Coolidge
Agriculture
Wallace
Commerce
Hoover
Interior
Work
Navy
Wilbur
Stockhart’s appearance delayed by inquiry into aircraft frauds
Stockhart contained no such request. It was said he would appear after the committee’s present line of inquiry into charges of aircraft frauds has been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockhart
Conferees Named On Iowa Budget Bill
At Des Moines on April 4 conference committees were named for the state and local budget law with House members Hauge Harrison Moon and Quirk and Senate members Smith Scott Shaff and Banta. The Senate passed an education measure altering state certificate rules for teachers with 15 years experience and proposed a blanket Senate call for pending bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Smith
Madison County
Joe Anderson
House of Representatives
House
Hauge
Polk County
Harrison
Pottawalatle
Moon
Lyon
Quirk
Sac
Senate
Madison
Scott
Marswall
Shaff
Clinton
Banta
Delaware
Keokuk and Hamilton
Mississippi River Bridge Company
Winnebacg County
Wm. E. Cox
Iowa Farmer Hangs Self in Hog House
Marshalltown Iowa April 4 Walter Paul 42 a farmer near Laurel hanged himself in a hog house early this morning Mrs Paul cut the body down before life was extinct Paul died before a doctor arrived Despondency due to ill health is believed to be the cause He is survived by his widow and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marshalltown
Walter Paul
Laurel
Paul
Paw
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Democrats
Mike Healy
E. J. Feul'ng
New Hampton
Sen
FT Madison
U. 5
Dawes’ Committee
Rona Lawther
J. W. Reynolds
Creston
Joseph Mekota
Claude Porter
E. T. Meredith
Wm. G. McAdoo
OF Tsikg
Daugherty Ii
Daugherty Bank
Kiramine Aiircraft Records
Teachers
Fuller
TOWA
Washington Schools
Stone
Holdoerger
Calhoun
Thurston of
Clark
Haskell
Linn
Selfan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!