Women Demand Tight Prohibition Support in Senate Hearing
More than three score women from diverse states urged the Senate liquor committee to back the Volstead act. Representing 12 million women, led by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, they argued for dry law preservation, rebutting wet lobbying and noting benefits in states like Missouri. The hearing featured cross questioning as dry advocates prepare resumes midweek.
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Associated Press
Washington
Feminine Vokces
Senate Liquor Committee
Women's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Henry W. Peabody
Massachusetts
Nell G. Burger
Missouri
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Reed
Haines Lippincott
New Jersey
Edge
William Tilton
Parent-Teachers
Far West
Bank cashier commits suicide amid cash shortfall in Ludlow
Thomas D Balaly, cashier of Farmers and Mechanics Bank in Ludlow Kentucky, admitted a deficit between 30000 and 40000 dollars. He shot himself in the bank basement today, ending a financial crisis and a troubled employment record.
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Associated Press
Ludlow
Thomas D. Balaly
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Petition for road election in Lucas Chariton
Petitions circulated to the Lucas county board of supervisors urging an election to issue bonds totaling 575000 dollars to pave county roads.
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Lucas
The
Associated Press
Chariton
Board of Supervisors
Quill and Scroll Organized for High School Journalists
Iowa City hosts the first national honor society for high school journalists as eight advisers from Minnesota Nebraska North Carolina and Iowa meet with local faculty to discuss a constitution badge and a national quarterly magazine. Attendees include Ruth Melzian Burlington High Jennie G Rice Abraham Lincoln Council Bluffs Emil Fisher Sioux City J E Grinnell Albert Lea Hildegard Stolteber Dubuque Nina Holland Covington Hugh Morrison Raleigh Florence Churchill.
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Minnesota
Nebraska
North Carolina
Iowa
Ruth Melzian
Burlington High School
Elizabeth White
Central High School
Omaha
Nebr
Jennie G. Rice
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council Bluffs
Emil Fisher
Sioux City
J. E. Grinnell
Albert Lea
Minn
Hildegard Stolteber
Dubuque
Nina Holland Covington
Hugh Morrison High School
Raleigh
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Iowa City High Pchool
Wealthy Browning Marries 15 Year Old Bride in Surprise Ceremony
New York April 12 Edward W Browning 41 real estate operator wed Frances Heenen Browning 15. The bride faces a children court summons next Thursday over custody sought by the society for the prevention of cruelty to children. They planned an immediate European honeymoon after the ceremony before leaving Cold Springs for New York City.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward W. Browning
Frances Heenen Browning
Europe
Children’s Court
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mussolini Opens Trip to Tripoli with Elaborate Parade
Mussolini lands in Tripoli aboard Conte di Cavour and, amid cheering crowds of Arabs, Jews, Berbers, and Soudanese, reviews 3,000 troops then delivers a translated address. He stresses Rome's force extending to the African shore and cites Italy's future, despite a wounded nose from an assassination attempt.
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Benito Mussolini
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Conte di Cavour
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African Sea
Man Killed When Car Goes Into Ditch
Leo McShane a 36 year old Ida Grove resident died after the automobile he rode in crashed into a ditch at Holstein Iowa. Mrs Mae Hoopengardner learning of the tragedy said her daughter Mrs Virgil Butts and family reached Ojibwa Wisconsin safely on Thursday afternoon after leaving Clinton a week ago and facing poor roads in Wisconsin.
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Leo McShane
Ida Grove
Mae Hoopengardner
Virgil Butts
Ojibwa
Wis
Clinton
Wisconsin
Illinois primary tests world court vote amid prolix Chicago campaign
Chicago reporters note the Illinois primary offers the first chance to express views on the world court vote of Senator McKinley with Frank L. Smith pressing for a referendum. Prohibition looms in Democratic races as Brendan campaigns to repeal or amend the law, while Chicago campaigns brim with factional strife and dramatic anti alcohol stunts. The federal government deploys over 600 deputies to Cook County to curb election disorders.
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Associated Free
Chicago
Illinois
William B. McKinley
Coolidge
Frank L. Smith
Thellinois Commerce Commission
McKinley
Borah
Reed
George Brendan
James T. Melhermott
James C. Monroe
Fred A. Britten
Bertha Baur
Gold Coast Society
Cook County
25 Men Die in Gulf of Venezuela Explosion
The oil tanker Gulf of Venezuela exploded aboard while in Port Arthur bay killing 25 crewmen. The blast struck quietly in the night as men slept, sending a towering jet of burning fuel and leaving the vessel charred and men trapped in a consuming blaze.
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Associated Press
Port Arthur
Texas
Gulf of Venezuela
Port Arthur Bay
Billion Dollars For Road Building In coming year
Chicago April 12 more than a billion dollars will be available this year for highway construction in the United States to meet growing motor travel demand. The American Research foundation bulletin projects 21,600 miles of paved highways, with 6,791 miles concrete and 14,320 miles macadam or semi permanent roads. Substantial state allocations include Pennsylvania 62.55 million and Illinois 46.2 million among others.
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American Research Foundation
America
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Pennsylvania
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New York
Missouri
Texas
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Page Boy Dies as Elkton Hotel Fire Rages
A page boy named Bruce perished as flames swept the Howard hotel and Sigman’s furniture store in Elkton Maryland early today. High winds drove the fire through the building, threatening the business district and causing about 150000 dollars in damage. Sixty guests fled in night clothing from the hotel as the blaze spread to the adjoining furniture store.
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Reas
Kendall Service Held This Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Wooden Kendall wife of former Gov Nate E Kendall were conducted at St Augustine Church in Des Moines on April 12 with many officials in attendance. She died March 19 in Naples Italy during a world tour and will be buried tomorrow in Centerville her girlhood home. The Town National Guard sergeants carried the casket as honorary pallbearers included Gov John Warmill Ben Gibson John Hogan Homer Miller LaFayette Young Sr Claude St Porter Frank Miles and Col Glenn Haynes.
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John Wammill
Ben J. Gibson
John H. Hogan
Homer A. Miller
LaFayette Young
Claude St Porter
Frank Miles
Col
Glenn C. Haynes
Luther Burbank Plant Wizard Dies Remembrance of a plant breeding pioneer
Luther Burbank renowned as the Plant Wizard and dean of plant breeders died early Sunday. Born March 7, 1849 in Lancaster Massachusetts he devoted his life to plant breeding conducting over 100000 experiments. He developed the famous Vourbank potato and the spineless cactus shaping global food crops. He moved to California worked as a farm hand then built a Santa Rosa farm to pursue his experiments daily.
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Globe
California
Santa Rosa
San Francisco
Lancaster
Mass
Samuel W
Olive (Ross
Lancaster Academy
Congress
Nevada
Arizona
Baseball Season 10 Opens With High Hopes and Injuries
Opening day looms as 1926 pennant races heat up with the Pirates and Senators favored in their leagues. McGraw’s Giants and Hornsby’s Cardinals challenge Pirates’ repeat bid while Philadelphia and St. Louis eye strong runs. Pirates battle injuries ahead of a St Louis opener as Carey and Moore miss time.
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Washington Senators
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Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
McGraw
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St. Louis
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Moore
Soviet plot alleged in Balkans by Bulgarian police
SOFTA Bulgaria April 10 police claim they arrested Cristo Kabachchi koff on the Serbian frontier while fleeing to Russia and received word of a Soviet government conspiracy. They say the plan aims to start a new Balkan revolution, kill bourgeois leaders, and sow disorder in Bulgaria Serbia and Greece with large sums of funding.
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Cristo Kabachchikoff
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Serbia
Greece
Cooperative farm groups press ICC on freight rates for farm products
Eighteen cooperative farm organizations of Colorado and the Oregon Public Service Commission petition the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking lower freight rates on farm products amid the lack of legislative relief for agriculture.
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Public Service Commission of
Oregon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steck Seated by Senate After Iowa Seat Controversy
The Senate, after a week of debate, unseated Brookhart and seated Daniel F. Steck as Iowa’s senator. Reed of Missouri challenged Steck to prove ballots were preserved, claiming Brookhart was legally elected by a plurality of 755 votes. The dispute centered on ballot handling and challenges to Steck and Brookhart ballots.
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Washington
Senate
Daniel F. Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Brookhart
Steck
Senator Cummins
Ilegally
Reed
Missouri
Senate Today
United States
Democratic Party
Caraway
Arkansas
Money Arrives to Stop Run on Cuban Banks
A Cuban cruiser arrived in Havana from Key West with 43.6 million dollars to meet renewed withdrawals from the Royal Bank of Canada and the National City Bank of New York. Additional funds totaling 80 million dollars are en route from New Orleans and Jacksonville to stabilize the island. A train carried 18 million dollars to outlying Royal Bank of Canada branches. The cash was guarded by military escorts as Cuban banks show no unusual activity.
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