R 33 Dirigible Opened and Drifts in English Gale
The Royal British airship R 33, sister to R 54, broke loose in a heavy southwest gale and drifts toward Pulham Norfolk. It is locates near Friesland in the North Sea and sightings place it over Oulton Broad and fifty miles northeast of Lowestoft as crews attempt to regain control.
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Associated Press
London
Atlantic
Pulham
Norfolk
England
Amsterdam
Terscheling
Netherlands
North Sea
Friesland
A'R Ministry
Press Association
Norwich
Oulton Broad
Lowestoft
Air Ministry
Putham
Ardington
Eust
Southwold
Light frost causes little damage across Iowa
Des Moines reports subfreezing temperatures in a few towns but observers believe minimal damage occurred overnight. The state endured cooler conditions with below freezing readings noted by the Iowa weather bureau.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather Bureau
Labor Federation Leader in Iowa Dies
O'Brien vice president of the Iowa Federation of Labor and longtime Muscatine trades leader died at his home after a heart attack. A linotype operator since 1918 at the Muscatine Journal, he had worked in Iowa City Omaha and Des Moines earlier in his career. He was 63 and had 43 years as a printer.
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Assoriates Press
Muscatine
O'Brien
Iowa Federation of Labor
Muscatine Trades and Labor Assembly
O’brien
Muscatine Journal
Iowa City
Omaha
Des Moines
Tle
Killed in Crash After Return From Injury
A. B. Gunsaulus, 64, returning to duties as Standard Oil manager, died when a truck overturned on a road near Tripoli at 530 PM. The crash was attributed to weakness from prior injuries. Road patrolman G. Sechwein witnessed the accident. A pet dog suffered a broken shoulder bone and was treated by a veterinarian.
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Tripoli
A. B. Guascanlus
Standard Oil Company
Cr. G. Sechwein
Gunsaulus
Rowing for Women Finds Enthusiastic Advocates in London
London April 1. After a Welsh college barred boat racing as injurious to women the London University Women’s Rowing Club led by Miss Evelyn Cunlife argues training eliminates danger. She asserts women’s rowing is growing in popularity and vows to keep inter varsity competition within women’s crews.
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London
University College of North Wales
Haeland
Evelyn Cunlife
London University Women's
Fitch Denies Wife Aided Career In Hair Tonic Business
F W Fitch a Reno resident since January denies his wife helped build his hair tonic business. Mrs Fitch claimed in Des Moines she sold tonic house to house to aid his career. Fitch says she did not assist and even did her housework. He is in Reno for divorce. suit filed in Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Reno
F. W. Fitch
Des Moines
Cedar Countyans Emigrate to Canada in Caravan
A caravan of six Cedar county farm families from Bennett community travels by car toward Canada to found new farm homes. A freight train with household goods and machinery will follow later in the week, carrying six prominent families aboard in Tipton Iowa.
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Associated Press
Tipton. Ia
Cedar County
Canada
Bennett Community
Mary Ann Strawhacker Dies At 95 In Oakville
Mrs Mary Ann Strawhacker aged 95 from Louisa county died at her home in Oakville Indiana. On her 95th birthday last February she joined the Methodist church an event witnessed by many neighbors and acquaintances.
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Associated Presse
Oakville
Mary Ann Strawhacker
Louisa County
Methodist Church
Illinois murderer granted 90 day reprieve by governor
Governor Small granted Russell Scott a 90 day reprieve to delay his hanging for the murder of a Chicago drug clerk. Scott had been sentenced to death in Illinois for the slaying.
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Prassy Springfield
Small
Russell Scott
Scott
Chicago
Shepherd pleads not guilty in typhoid murder case
William D. Shepherd, charged with murdering his foster son William Nelson McClintock, pleads not guilty at arraignment in Chicago. Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins overrules defense motion to quash indictment. Trial date to be set by the judge. C. C. Farman named as co-defendant. Farman未 served. expected principal witness.
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Itty
Associated
Shepherd
Clinois Supreme Court
C. C. Farman
McClinotck
Faiman
Divorce Granted to 75 Year Old Man in Wapello
Alfred Pyner of Columbus City, 75, was granted a divorce from his wife Georgia A. Pyner, 65, this week after charging desertion. The proceedings were reported by The Associated Press in Wapello on April 16.
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The
Associated’ Press
Wapello. In
Alfred Pyner
Columbus’ City
Georgia A. Pyner
Explosion at Sofia cathedral kills many during funeral
An infernal device detonated during funeral services for General Georgieff in Sofia cathedral. Many people were killed and injured. the attack occurred Tuesday, with the blast shocking mourners and prompting immediate crisis response.
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Ageoriated Press
Softa
Georgieff
Fire Leaves Two Thousand Homeless in Cadiz Philippines
A large fire in Cadiz, Negros Occidental, rendered about two thousand natives homeless. The blaze started in a theatre during a motion picture showing, destroying 400 small houses and injuring several people. Damages are estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Philippines
Manila
Cadiz
Negro Residential
Iowa Gasoline Tax Takes Effect In Statewide Rise
Des Moines April 16 Iowa began collecting a new gasoline tax to fund a four million dollar highway program. About 7 000 retailers started the tax and expect to remit roughly fourteen thousand dollars by day’s end. The levy adds two cents to each gallon and the revenue supports primary road work, secondary roads, and township roads.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Hirshways
R. E. Johnson
Beedome
Golf playing not grounds for divorce says judge
The Associated Press reports Judge Joseph J. Sabath in Chicago denied a divorce petition citing that “golf widowhood” cannot be grounds for divorce. He called the petitioner’s husband a hopeless duffer and noted that golf occupies most of his time and could set a risky precedent.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph J. Sabath
Mercy pleas flood the DOJ for Old Doe Cook case
Washington April 16 DoJ faces stacks of mercy appeals for the poor old Doe Cook just as oil indictments against Albert Fall Doheny and Sinclair were dismissed. The piece notes questions about the department’s handling and cites Hammond on the Fall case amid a tour of the chancellery of Washington elite.
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Department of Justice
Charles P. Stewart
Washington
Justice Department
Doe Cook
Leavenworth
Albert B. Fall
Dohenys
Harry Sinclair
Lor
John Hays Hammond
Doheny
Fall
Sinclair
Cate
Painleve Sees Progress on Cabinet Formation in Paris
Ex Premier Paul Painleve met President Doumergue at the Elysee and said a cabinet may be formed tonight with publication in tomorrow's Journal Officiel. M Caillaux, after a bankers conference, indicated he would accept the finance portfolio if Painleve forms a cabinet.
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Trea
Paris
Paul Painleve
Herriot
Doumergue
Palace of the Elysee
M. Caillaux
Bankers’ Conference
Painleve
Henderson Named New Iowa Judge for Sixteenth District
Des Moines April 16 Governor Hammill announced the appointment of J. A. Henderson of Jefferson, Ia as judge of the Sixteenth judicial district. Henderson will be the third judge for the district which includes Sac Ida Calhoun Carroll and Crawford counties. The third judge position was created by the legislature several weeks ago.
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Praan Des Moines
Hammill
J. A. Henderson
Jefferson, Ta
Henderson
Sac
Ida
Calhoun
Carrol
Crawford
Dutch Colonial Minister Sees No Alarm Over East Indies Communism
In The Hague on March 26 M S De Graaff Dutch minister of colonies reports tighter oversight of political meetings across East Indian colonies to maintain order. He states restrictions aim at preserving law and order not eradicating communism and notes native communists lack deep understanding of the doctrine. Incitement to revolution would not be tolerated.
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Hague
Holland
Mar
East Indian Archipelago
Tropics
M. S. de Graaff
Maker Attempt to Assassinate One of French Leaders
In Paris on April 16 Antoine Damesin, a war cripper, was arrested outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He claimed he came to kill Caillaux, presenting a loaded pistol to police. Authorities deem him unbalanced. Caillaux had recently received amnesty for alleged wartime commerce with the enemy.
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Paris
Antoine Damesin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M. Painleve
M. Caillaux
Damesin
Caillaux
FISH REVEAL AGES BY CIRCLES ON SCALES
Seattle April 15 fish expert John N Cobb director of the University of Washington College of Fisheries explains scales of trout and salmon show age. Each ring mirrors a tree growth line with lines widening in abundant food years. Experiments extend to other fish species.
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Seattle
John N. Cobb
College of Fisheries
University of Washington
Dean Cobb
Calmon
Bandits Rob Interurban Station in Boone
Two men robbed the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban station in Boone, getting 60 dollars. Suspects identified as James Stevenson and Eddie Fullerton, an ex convict, with sheriff notes limited further details.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Southern Interurban
Boone
James Stevenson
Eddie Fullerton
Pays to Test Every Ear Says Champion Seed Corn Grower
Keota Iowa April 16 Charles Kirkpatrick a champion seed corn grower says testing every ear pays. He has tested twenty five thousand ears in his rag doll germinator at Walden Farm over five years discarding weak seedlings and diseased ears. His ear to row testing and selection by rootlet growth has boosted yields from about 47 bushels per acre in 1912 1915 to over 60 in later years and earned him the 1918 Kanner Trophy and the 1924 title as best yielder in Iowa.
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Keota
Towa
Charles Kirkpatrick
Towa Corn Growers Association
Kirkpatrick
Walden Farm
Pearson
State College
Iowa
Walden Dent
Montana Senator Wheeler Faces Federal Trial
Great Falls Montana April 16 Senator Burton Wheeler Democrat Montana went on trial in U S district court charged with accepting a fee to prosecute oil lease applications before the interior department after his election to the Senate The indictment carries a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment or a 10000 dollar fine or both Wheeler says the case is a frame up and had previously exonerated himself in a separate inquiry by the Daugherty committee
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Great Falls
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States District Court
Department of the Interior
Senate
Wheeler
Thomas J. Walsh
8. C. Ford
W. F. O'Leary
James J. H. Baldwin
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Senate Jeter
Storage mail car robbed near Carroll
Police in Council Bluffs report Carroll Ia authorities notified they had entered a Northwestern railroad storage mail car and opened several sacks of mail. Three Negroes were seen leaving the car as train men approached.
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The
Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Carroll
Northwestern Railroad
Farmers test seed corn and soil improvement in region
Alfalfa and lime have been applied in trials over the past year. Three car loads of Tennessee raw rock phosphate were used to boost soil productivity. Klein Bros, owners of six hundred acres, tested over six thousand cars of seed corn and bought additional Tennessee rock phosphate.
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Tennessee
Klein Bros
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Scofflaw
France
Maker
U.S
Franks. Dietrich
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