Coolidge Leads Johnson in Michigan Republican Primary
Michigan returns from 2006 of 2890 precincts show Coolidge 163731 to Johnson 73864 with Ford 29146 Ferris 25716 leading Democrats. Wayne County margins favor Coolidge and Ford, while Nett details on Illinois and Nebraska primaries follow with dispersed results and policing incidents at polls.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Calvin Coolidge
Michigan
Hiram Johnson
Coolidge
Johnson
Simpson
Henry Ford
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Ford
Ferris
Wayne County
Wayne
Washington
White House
Chicago
Jarecki
Cook County
Collins
Nebraska
Omaha
California
Iowa Pharmacy Standards May Be Raised Next Year
The Iowa Senate adopted amendments to raise pharmacy entrance and graduation standards to match the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties by the end of 1925. The bill also preserves pharmacist dues to their state association treasury and creates a separate examining board for pharmacists chiropractors and osteopaths.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Colleges of Pharmacy
Medical Practice Act
State Senate
Dutcher
Johnson County
College of Pharmacy
American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties
Senate
Former evangelist begins prison term for mail fraud
Albert E. Cuthbert, of Los Angeles, who sold 75 cent bibles for 3.75 dollars, prepared to start a three month sentence in Orange county jail. He ran a mail order Bible business by scanning a newspaper death column daily and sending a Bible C O D to each widow named, pleading guilty to using the mails to defraud.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Albert E. Cuthbert
Orange County
Cuthbert
Prohibition Agent Testimony Before Committee
Washington April 9. The Senate Daugherty committee heard charges of lax enforcement and protection by federal and state officials in Illinois. Prohibition agent Brice F Armstrong testified that the Western brewery case was nol pressed on orders from the department of justice, despite local investigators urging prosecution.
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Associated Press
Washington
Illinois
Senate Daugherty Committee
Brice F. Armstrong
Western Brewery
Nolle
Department of Justice
Senate Receives Favorable Report On New Revenue Bill
The finance committee ordered the bill favorable for Senate action. It includes a 25 percent retroactive tax on 1923 income taxes payable this year, permanent rate revisions per Secretary Mellon, a 25 percent earned income tax cut, and repeal of many miscellaneous and excise taxes. The scope is narrowed from the House bill due to treasury deficit concerns. The vote was party line 9 to 7 with Democrats opposing the Mellon schedule. The panel plans to take up the bonus bill next, with a likely three day window for reporting. no Senate consideration before mid next week is expected.
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Associated
I Rems
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Mellon
Treasury
Smoot
British government puzzled over evictions move
London reports the government faces uncertainty after a House of Commons defeat on evictions. After the setback, Ernest Simon’s liberal bill cleared its second reading without opposition, signaling limited immediate action while parliamentary and press circles debate future steps.
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London
House of Commons
Ernest Simon
Two Iowa Counties Exempted From Tuck Law For 1924 Elections
Senate approves bill granting 27 to 18 vote to exempt Iowa counties from the Tuck law’s general fund limits for the 1924 elections. Auditors reported deficits in multiple counties, with estimates ranging up to 385000 dollars for Pottawattamie and various smaller shortfalls, prompting debate over funding and budget readiness.
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T’resas
State Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
Turkish divorces exceed marriages in Constantinople
The Daily Mail correspondent reports 9,259 divorces versus 7,994 marriages in Constantinople last year. The figures highlight a shift in family trends within the Turkish capital.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Mail
Radio Equipment Installed in Police Stations by Butler
Director Butler ordered installation of radio equipment in all police stations and mobile gear after tests of portable apparatus on his car. Each station will receive a receiving unit sending set and loud speaker. vehicles will have portable sets with earphones.
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Bho Associated Press
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Navy Paymaster’s Missing Funds Man Arrested in San Francisco
Lieutenant Irvine R. Brown, US Navy paymaster, said to have vanished with 112000 dollars, was found in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. He was incoherent, later combative and restrained, and is held in a hospital detention ward. An arresting man carried 1200 dollars.
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Associated Press
San Ancisco
Calif
Irvine RR. Brown
United States Navy
Mobile
Als
Golden Gate Park
Panama Delegates Back McAdoo for Nomination
The six delegates from the Canal Zone to the Democratic National Convention will travel to New York instructed to support William G. McAdoo for the nomination.
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Panama
McAdoo
Associated Press
Canal Zone
New York
Wm. G. McAdoo
New England Rivers Flood as Rivers Burst Banks
Swollen by rain and melting snow, rivers across New England overflowed their banks. One person was killed and about twenty were injured as damage reached an estimated two million dollars.
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New England
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
State Senate Keeps District Elections for Fair Board Directors
The Iowa state senate refused to drop its amendment to elect state fair board directors by congressional districts instead of at large. The bill moves to conference with only this point in dispute. the committee had removed the amendment from the measure.
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Senate
Tuck
Taylor County
Buser
Muscatine County
Associated Prose
STATE
Des Moines
State Senate
State Fair Board
Protest Over Salary Increases Faces Senate Debate
In Des Moines the state senate committee on banking considers a bill to raise salaries for state bank examiners. Supporters argue higher pay keeps qualified staff for banking oversight. opponents warn of unnecessary public expense. Senators Baird Schmedika and Shinn oppose. Abben defends as banker helping retain capable workers.
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Ethell
Ethel
Davis County
Abben
Adams
Baird
Banta
Bowman
Brookhart
Campbell
Ceasna
Darting
Dutcher
Fulton
Gilchrist
Goodwin
Haskell
Holdoegel
Horchem
McIntosh
Mead
Newberry
Perkins
Reese
Scott
Shane
Slosson
Stoddard
Wichman
Brookins
Browne
Buser
Caldwell
Hale
Hartman
Johnston
Kimberly
Nelson
Price
Reed
Romkey
Schmedika
Shaff
Shinn
Snook
Thurston
Tuck
The
Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Pril
State Senate
Committee On Banking
Banking Department
Pottawattamie
Hardin
Harrison
Lyon
Wages Rise for Western Rail Road Trainmen
Wage increases of five percent for about 500 000 workers on 31 western railroads and subsidiaries were reportedly agreed upon amid March 19 to April 8 negotiations with the Order of Railway Trainmen and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The raise would add nearly 50 million dollars annually, with specific daily gains for passenger and freight crews.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Railroad
Roads
Brotherhood of Railway
Great Western
Chicago and Alton
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
L. EF. Sheppard
W. N. Doak
Senate debates salaries rise and code revision bill
The senate discussed raising salaries with executive council approval not to exceed 600 dollars yearly and permitting up to four examiners additional pay. A Fulton re-draft failed 23 to 28. The Harrison Smith code revision bill passed 46 to 0, aiming to avoid future revision sessions and to save printing costs with reprints every four years starting 1926.
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Shane
Wapello
Executive Council
Fulton
Jefferson County
Senate
Mystery letters B Y O B at wartime dinner raise intrigue
The third annual dinner of the war time army general staff purchase storage and traffic division featured B Y O B letters interpreted as bring your own booze by prohibitionists. Attendees noted a dry event with sparkling grape juice and mineral water at each table. Major General James G. Harbord dismissed the misread as harmless while toastmaster Gerard Swope said the letters won’t be needed next year.
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The
Associated Press
Spa Honk
Purchase Storage and Traffic Division
War Time
Army General Staff
James G. Harbord
Gerard Swope
Brooklyn Girls Keep Barbers Busy Before Easter
New York April 8 barbers in a Brooklyn department store cut two thousand heads daily as eighteen barbers operate around the clock to meet the rush of customers before Easter.
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Brooklyn
Associated Press
New York
Woman Wanted on Smuggling Charge in Chicago
April 8 customs officials probe a prominent Chicago woman unnamed as owner of a imported place valued at 1.5 million dollars with 80 percent duty unpaid. Insurance firms reportedly say the jewelry owner sought a policy to cover stones reset after purchase from a New York and Paris firm three years ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Paris
Booze on Planes Worries British Licensing Bodies
London April report notes Manchester Belfast air service planes carry slot machines dispensing whiskey, soda water, and a glass for two shillings sixpence. Licensing authorities seek legality of on ground air or in flight service and applicable taxes.
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Associated Press
London
Manchester
Belfast
Senate panel weighs birth control knowledge limits
A Senate committee discussed whether information on birth control should be circulated. Representative Vaile of Colorado urged a favorable report on the Cummins Vaile bill, arguing public morality is not more evident now than fifty years ago and the proposal does not teach or create new law.
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Washington
Senate
Vaile
Colorado
United States
College Boxers Hit Finals in Midwestern A A U
In Omaha Nebraska tonight 45 boxers from the University of Nebraska and Iowa State College compete in senior Mid Western A A U championships from flyweight to heavyweight. Thirty nine bouts in three round eliminations determine winners who advance to Kansas City for Olympic try outs.
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Omaha
Neb
University of Nebraska
Iowa State College
Kansas City
House panel approves probe of Northern Pacific land grants
Washington April 8. The house public lands committee approved a resolution authorizing a joint congressional investigation into all land grants to the Northern Pacific railway company.
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Washington
Congressional
Northern Pacific Railway Company
House Public Lands Committee
Dawes Plan Reports Delayed Delivery and Travel Plans
Paris April 8 The Dawes McKenna reparations committee reports will be delivered at 10 o clock tomorrow. General Dawes plans to visit Brussels Rome and London within eleven days to discuss the plan with officials. The Dawes report suggests no German debt fix yet and outlines provisional control by Allies and economic reforms in the Ruhr and Reich.
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Paris
Eric
Charles G. Dawes
Reginald McKenna
Bric
Brussels
M. van de Vyvere
Rome
London
Dawes
Lo Matin
Commission
Rure
Germany
Reich
Ruhr
Rhineland
Dawes Committee
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