Iowa reads 22 million dollar soldier bonus sale fails
Des Moines April 16 two attempts to sell the twenty two million dollar soldier bonus issue yielded no bids. If no buyer at four o clock the sale will be readvertised and bonus payments delayed at least a month. State Treasurer Burbank adjourned until four with 94 300 bonus applications on file and 49 400 examined.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Sit Court
Donhoue
Burbank
Harry Wilkins
Bond Board
French Siege Nine More Coal Mines
Mrs. Clara Phillips, who escaped from Los Angeles county jail on December 5 after a hammer beating death, has been traced to San Salvador and is expected to be apprehended momentarily, according to a copyrighted newspaper report.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Phillips
Albertta Meadows
San Salvador
Bond market prompts potential state bond sale delay
A discussion notes a quarter per cent rate could attract better yields, requiring Governor Kendall and other officials to sign a new issue. Four and a quarter government bonds dipped below par, while the state bonus bond holds an advantage due to sur tax exemptions. Local bankers, bond buyers representatives, and Legion members packed the courtroom as bids awaited. Legionnaires opposed further delays in bonus payments.
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Kendall
Burbank
Legion
Legionaires
Priest Who Shot Superior Is Given A Life Sentence
Kalamazoo Mich April 16 Reverend Father Charles Dillon confessed slayer of his superior Reverend Father Henry ONeill of St Augustine Catholic church was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor by Judge Weimer in circuit court this forenoon.
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Associated Pree
Kalamazoo, Mich
Charles Dillon
Henry O'Neill
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Weimer
German leader vows fight for peace in Ruhr Rhine clash
Foreign Minister Rosenburg told the Reichstag the battle along the Ruhr and Rhine is not for coal or wood but a test of whether the idea of right and peace will advance or lose ground.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rosenburg
Reichstag
Ruhr
Rhine
April Tree Planting Sets Record Pace Across U S
The first half of April saw record tree planting as communities join Arbor Day centennial celebrations. Winnebago County Iowa tops plantings with 17,500 planters, while Lake County Alabama reports full participation in schools. Cities like Cortland New York and Cincinnati Louisville launch large tree drives, and National Garden Week promotes extra plantings nationwide.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Winnebago County
United States
American Tree Association
G. J. Boehland
Rockford
Lake County
T. Arthur Simpson
Cortland
N. Y
G. A. Adsit
General Federation of Women's Clubs
New York State
Middlesex County
Conn
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Louisville
Legislature to Convene Special Session to Revise Code
Governor N E Kendall issued a call for a special session of the legislature to revise the code. The session opens at 10 AM Wednesday and is likely to recess soon to reconvene around Thanksgiving. The regular session will adjourn Tuesday.
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Aggsnetatead
Mellon Authorized to Sign Finland Debt Pact
The American debt funding commission in Washington D C announced on April 16 that Secretary Mellon is authorized to sign the foreign debt funding agreement with Finland.
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Mellon
Finland
Rye
Washington, D. C
American Debt Funding Commission
Glass road along Obsidian cliff in Yellowstone park
A glass road runs along the base of Obsidian cliff in Yellowstone National Park. The cliff is formed of volcanic obsidian, jet black and opaque with red and yellow streaks, and shines like a diamond in sunlight.
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Yellowstone National Park
Virginia and Nan Clash Over Doll Play
Virginia ran in with dolls to play with Nan, but soon she sulked in a corner when mother arrived. Nan explained she proposed each play separately after Virginia grew cross, leading to a quiet standoff in the room.
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Virginia
Nan
House Passes Gasoline Tax Bill
Des Moines April 16 The Iowa House approved by 55 to 51 the conference committee report and ordered a two cent a gallon gasoline tax. The measure now goes to Governor Kendall for signature after Senate approval.
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HOUSE
Associated Press
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Conference Committee
Senate
Kendall
Delay in British debt settlement stymies U S funding group
The American debt funding commission met in Washington on April 16 amid uncertainty over Britain’s delay in returning the debenture of the refunding agreement between the United States and Britain. Commission members would not confirm reports of a London meeting to review terms and payment language for 4.6 billion dollars due in 67 years. The document’s return from London after two weeks of study had not been reported.
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Washington, D
Treasury
American Debt Funding Commission
U.S
England
London
United States
Fragmentary reflections on judgment and social pretense
The fragment ponders whether a friend secretly shares our plan or merely pretends to agree. It weighs the value of real judgment versus flattering conformity and mutters that true sense is judged by alignment with our scheme.
Iowa Senate Passes Holdoegel Bill on County Debt Relief
Des Moines April 16 The Holdoegel bill to relieve counties from the Tuck county fund law was adopted by the Iowa Senate. It allows issuing county bonds to cover debt incurred before July 1. Debate warned that without relief many counties may face severe financial handicaps and possible courthouse closures.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Holdoegel
Iowa Senate
Court House
House
Senate
State Board of Education
Stoddard
Woodbury
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Conference
Board of Control
Appropriations
Former Governor Bilbo Sentenced for Contempt in Mississippi
Theodore G Bilbo former Mississippi governor reported to Lafayette county jail to serve thirty days and pay a one hundred dollar fine after pleading guilty to contempt of federal court for failing to appear as a witness in the Frances Butler v. T L Russell case.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Lafayette County
Bilbo
Frances Butler
T. L. Russell
Senate Approves Changes On Insurance Board Funding
The senate passed a bill reducing the board's original askings and taking jurisdiction of the state insurance commission of Iowa. The house backed a larger cut and approved $10,000 for a campaign against Plutebng plus. At noon the house weighed Governor Kendall's bill granting the executive council full control over water site disposal.
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Senate
House
State Insurance Commission of
Iown
Kendall
Executive Council
Japanese Mission School Fire Kills Nine Children in Sacramento
A blaze at the Japanese mission school in Sacramento on April 16 killed nine children and trapped twenty four inside. Fifteen children escaped or were rescued as bodies were found in an upper room.
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Preece
Sacramento
Calif
Philadelphia club man is sentenced for deadly car crash
Henry G. Brock, banker and club man, was sentenced in Philadelphia to six to ten years in state prison for killing three people with his automobile. The case was reported in an April 16 dispatch.
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Philadelphia
Henry G. Brock
Mines Seized Bring Ruhr Occupation to Thirty-One
DUSSELDORF April 16 Nine more Ruhr coal mines and coke plants have been seized by the French, totaling thirty-one mines now under occupation. France will begin shipping about ten thousand tons of coal and coke daily to France and Belgium, while German mine owners say the shipments will be closer to five thousand tons.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
France
Belgium
Governor Kendall Announces Two State Board Appointments
Des Moines April 16 Governor Kendall announced the appointment of W. W. Haire of Fort Dodge to the state pharmacy commission and C. A. Chrestensen of Keokuk to the state board of osteopathy. Both terms run for three years.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Kendall
W. W. Haire
Fort Dodge
State Pharmacy Commission
C. A. Chrestensen
Keokuk
State Board of Osteopathy
Airmen Aim for New Flight Record in Dayton Monoplane
Dayton Ohio April 16 Lieutenant J A McReady and O G Kelly piloted the monoplane T-2 at 4:40 AM hoping to set a new air speed or distance record. Kelly steered the craft as the attempt began with hopes of a historic mark.
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Dayton
Ohio
J. A. McReady
O. G. Kelly
Kelly
Wallace Backs E. H. Cunningham for Federal Reserve
Telegrams from Secretary Wallace to President Harding and Senator Rawson urged appointing E H Cunningham Iowa farm bureau leader as the west's dirt farmer member of the federal reserve board. Wallace said Cunningham’s appointment would be agreeable with western farmers and noted his support from Seaveges Nevada.
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Washington, D. C
Wallace
BE. H. Cunningham
Iowa Farm Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Rawson
Town
Seaveges
Nevada
Cunningham
West
Circus Owners Ban Vice and Gambling From Shows
Chicago April 16 The Showmen's Legislative Committee announces progress in outlawing vice gambling and objectionable acts from outdoor shows. Thomas J. Johnson says signs pledges and local enforcement will curb violations and, if needed, public exposure via newspapers will pressure violators.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Johnson
Johnson
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