Socialists Oppose Briand Mercury Found in Dead Woman
Sufficient mercury to kill a person within ten days was found in all the organs of Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, per Coroner William McNally's report. The analysis, supported by decades of mercury work, rules out medicinal administration and notes embalming fluid traces after sixteen years.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Emma Nelson McClintock
William LD. McNally
Oscar Wolff
McNally
Dr. McNally
Des Moines Adjutant Proposes Bonus Fund Trust Plan
Adjutant General Louis Lasher proposes converting unspent state soldiers bonus funds into a 1500 dollar trust to aid disabled veterans. The plan envisions interest use for immediate relief and later a pension fund as veterans age, with the Iowa American Legion aiding case selection at the next board meeting.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Louis Lasher
Adjutant General
W Lasher
Iown Department of the American Legion
Lasher
Playgrounds Reduce Delinquency Says Association
New York April 14 Organised playgrounds in American cities reduced juvenile delinquency and saved crime bills, per the Playground and Recreation Association of America. In 1924 cities spent $20,652,558 on public recreation, up $6,000,009 from last year and 14 times the amount 15 years ago. A total of 711 cities reported organized recreation.
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New York
Playground and Recreation Association of America
United States
Canada
Association
Special Diet Training Planned at Des Moines Hospital
April 14 announces a new physician approved dietitian program at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Graduates with four year economics degrees qualify to enroll this summer under Miss Millie Kalsem from Iowa State College who will lead the program. Training covers diet work kitchen supervision food prep and study of feeding cases with medical specialists.
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Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Millie Kalsem
Iowa State College
Floods threaten lives after Ford dam breaks in Michigan
In Michigan near Flat Rock the Ford Motor Company dam burst flooding the Huron river valley. Water rose to 12 feet in places, submerging 5,000 acres as troopers and rescued residents by boat. no deaths reported yet.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Huron River
Flat Rock
Lake Erie
Ford Motor Company
South Rockwood
Michigan State Police
Boyd Begins Five Year Term at Fort Madison Penitentiary
Andrew Boyd a Fairfield businessman began a five year sentence at Fort Madison after being convicted in four counties of receiving stolen property. He appealed through the district and supreme courts and now his lawyers seek a writ of habeas corpus.
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Fairfield
Andrew Boyd
Fort Madison
District Court
Supreme Court
Grant Descendant Engaged to Louisville Man
Announcement from Washington reports Princess Bertha Cantacuzene great granddaughter of U S Grant engaged to Bruce Smith of Louisville Kentucky. Parents Prince Michael Cantacuzene and Princess Cantacuzene announce the engagement. wedding date not set.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bertha Cantacuzene
U. S. Grant
Bruce Smith
Louisville, Ky
Haseen
Prince Michael Cantacuzene
Princess Cantacuzene
Community Programs Cut Delinquency Across Cities
The report cites Sehe rectady New York showing a 6914 percent drop in six wards containing half the city population. In Los Angeles, a playground program led by capable leaders cut delinquency from 190 to three cases in a year. New Haven organized 1000 boys into a baseball league reducing arrests from 67 to one. Large gains include 132 athletic fields opened in 1924, plus 359 tennis courts 281 quoit courts and 146 ball fields with 4865 tennis courts in 410 cities.
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Seherectady
New York
Los Angeles
New Haven
New Haven Community Service
Hallowe'en
Thayer Rechecks Iowa Ballots in Brookhart Steck Contest
Colonel E P Thayer of the U S Senate verifies November vote with 160 voting machines in Iowa counties as part of the Brookhart Steck contest. Louis Cook and J G Mitchell back Brookhart. James M Parsons backs Steck. Some counties without machines send ballots to Washington.
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Treas
Des Moines
BE. P. Thayer
United States Senate
Iowa
Polk County
Stockhart
Steck
E. P. Thayer
Thayer
Louis Cook
J. G. Mitchell
Brookshart
James M. Parsons
Steek
Local April Shower Cleans Washington Pavements
A brief April shower yesterday washed away much dirt from Washington streets and benefited vegetation. The rain was heavy for a few minutes and occurred as a local shower.
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Washington
Iowa Increases Supreme Court Justice Salaries to 7905
The Iowa Legislature raises the supreme court justices’ pay to 7905, aligning with other states though below Illinois 15000 and Wisconsin 8000. Other Iowa salaries exceed this, including university presidents and law school officials, with long-standing 1902 fixed pay prior to the rise. The court’s workload has grown with 650 opinions written last year, many exceeding 100 pages.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
University of Iowa
Tows State Collegee
Ames
Ilowa State Teachera College
Fs .Dan
University of Towns
Jorine
Geven
Wind storm tears through Indiana and Michigan region
A powerful windstorm swept Indiana causing damaged homes uprooted trees and snapped power lines across Sullivan Fort Wayne and nearby areas. The storm reached near tornado strength with roofs blown off in multiple houses and disrupted communication lines. In Michigan Benton Harbor saw a high wind and electric storm produce two deaths and damage to a partially completed building along with numerous broken telephone poles in Berrien county.
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Ayster
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Sullivan
Fort Wayne
Michigan
Benton
Iarbor
Mich
Berrien County
Railroads to seek court relief over western freight rates
Western railroads including the Chicago and Northwestern consider jointly asking federal court injunctions to halt the Interstate Commerce Commission rates in the west. General Solicitor J. W. Sargent said western lines would unite as other roads align on rate bases to correct lower western yields.
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Western Lines
Interstate Commerce Body
Chicago
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
JD. W. Sareent
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
The
Road
Northwestern
Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern
March Mild Across Nation Despite Midmonth Cold Spells
Weather Bureau reports show March was mild nationwide with midmonth cold snaps in the northern plains. Temperatures averaged 4 to 8 degrees warmer than normal in central and northern states east of the Rockies, with Miami, Florida the only station cooler. Dry conditions prevailed in the south, while some northern plains saw notable precipitation and earlier fruit and crop development across Maryland to the Ohio Valley.
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Washington
D. C
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Plains States
Rocky Mountains
Miami
Fla
Wagual
Wero
North Dakota
Havre
Mont
Maryland
Ohio Valley
North Carolina
Tennesse
Kansas
Arkansas
Great Plains
California
Middle Plains
Pennsylvania
Grinnell Woman Named by Hammill as May Day Chair
Grinnell resident Mrs. H. W. Spaulding was appointed chair of the Iowa May Day committee by Hammill. The group will promote May Day observances on May 1 including child welfare programs, health events, children's plays, festivals, and radio programs from Iowa radio stations. The day was begun last year during President Coolidge's administration on Hoover era suggestion.
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Des Moines
Fovernor Hammill
H. W. Spaulding
Grinnell
Iowa
Coolidge
Commerce Hoover
State High School Declamatory Contest to Be Broadcast
Des Moines April 14. The Iowa High School Declamatory Association holds its annual state contest in Atlantic on Friday evening April 17 with twelve schools represented. Program includes music by Atlantic High School and various oratorical, dramatic, vocal, and humorous acts broadcast statewide over station KFTZ 2723 meters.
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Des Moines
Iowa High School Declamatory Association
Atlantic
Gilmore City
Hudson
Perry
Washington
West Waterloo
Adel
Emmetsburg
Bonaparte
Rockwell City
Eldora
Ottumwa
Audubon
KFTZ
Atlantic High School Boys' Glee Club
James Work Jr Elected President of Iowa College Press
James A Work Jr of Grinnell was elected president of the Iowa College Press Association for the ensuing year at the final session of the press convention at Drake University yesterday The honor was bestowed on the son of Mr and Mrs James A Work of this city
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Des Moines Register
James Work, Jr
James A. Work
James A. Work, Jr
Grinnell
Iowa College Press Association
Drake University
Coconut Shells Fuel Gas Mask Absorbent
The United States imports coconuts totaling 100 million yearly for food and other uses. The U S Army uses large quantities of coconut shells to produce absorbent charcoal for gas masks.
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United States
United States Army
Weather Summary From Northeast to Southwest Describes Drought and Snow
The report notes precipitation under 0.5 inch across multiple Texas stations during the month and ongoing severe drought in the southwest. Soil moisture remained adequate for vegetation in most southeast regions. Heavy snow fell in parts of the northeast with over 20 inches in Vermont, and substantial snowfall in the northern Rockies and the Great Basin.
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Texas
Vermont
Rocky Mountain
Great Basin
Briand Gives Up Effort to Form French Cabinet
Paris reports Briand definitively abandoned his bid to assemble a cabinet after socialists refused to join. Socialist leaders in the chamber stated they would not support or participate in any Briand administration, indicating the chances of a Briand ministry were hopeless. Leon Blum confirmed the socialist stance against Briand.
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Paris
Briand
Heriot
M. Firiand
M. Friand
Chamber of Deputies
Nortfoling
M. Briand
Leon Blum
Chamber
Socialist Party
Victim Madge Oberholtzer Dies in Indiana Case
Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, said to have been attacked by D. C. Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan leader, died after weeks of critical illness from poison taken in Hammond Indiana. Stephenson remains free on bond as indictments for assault rape kidnapping and conspiracy proceed.
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Associated Preac
Indianapolis
Ind
Madge Overholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Oberholtzer
Hammond
tInd
Stephenson
Miss Oberholtzer
Liberty
Jas. A. Collins
John K. Kingsbury
Oberholtzers
Indiana
Young People’s Reading Circle of
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hagerstown
Butler College
George E. Oberholiger
Earl Khinek
Earl Gentry
Klinck
Gentry
William H. Remy
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