United States Declines to Attend Geneva World Court Talk
The United States informs Berne it will not participate in the Geneva world court conference on September 1. Secretary Kellogg notes direct correspondence with the 48 signatories will express American reservations and avoid new agreements, stressing adherence conditions remain unchanged.
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Associated Prece
Washington, D. C
United States
Geneva
Berne
League of Nations
Senate
World Court
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Coolidge
State Department
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Council of the
Mr. Kellogg
Permanent Court
Mussolini seeks Greek help amid imperial ambitions
London reports allege Mussolini aims to press Greece into aiding Italian expansion. The Daily Express cites a 1915 Allied treaty to grant Italy influence near Adalia and claims Italian firms supply Greece with tanks and arms. Greek leader Pangalos is described as adopting Mussolini's stance amid regional tensions. Turkish forces are reported near double peace strength due to mobilizations.
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England
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Greece
Italy
Turkey
Thrace
Asia Minor
Daily Express
Adalia
Jin the Vilayet
Kohesh
Pangalos
Great Britain
Senators Attack Mussolini Policies In Senate Debate
The senate attacked Premier Mussolini and his policies again with Senator Walsh of Montana calling approval of the Italian war debt settlement a move that would aid Mussolini to finance another war or threaten bluster under fear of such purpose.
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Washington, D. C
Mussolini
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Steck Named to Senate Military and Postal Committee
Iowa Senator Steck a Democrat is named to the Senate Military and Postal Committee in a formal appointment. The move places Steck among key defense and communications policy discussions.
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Steck
Senate
the Avenciated Press
Washington, D. C
Senator Steck
Iowa
Senate Military and Postal Committee
Seven Men Rescued From Trawler Off New Jersey Coast
Seven crew members of the trawler Bonita were rescued off Barnegat Light New Jersey by the steamship City of Atlanta of the Savannah Line after the vessel sank. Captain L G Dalzell described a time urgent rescue as the Bonita sprang a stern leak and listed in heavy seas without wireless equipment.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Severn
Barnegat Light
N. J
City of Atlanta
Savannah
L. G. Dalzell
City of
Atlanta
New York
Eight Chicagoans Die in Series of Fires
A sequence of fires in Chicago on Sunday left eight people dead and nineteen injured. A kitchen stove explosion during a birthday celebration caused multiple fatalities and serious injuries when kerosene was added to a gas coal stove. Earlier a moonshine party fire at a Dearborn Street rooming house killed four and wounded five, including four firefighters. Fire Lt George Maher died in a crash between a fire truck and a car, with two other firefighters and four car occupants injured.
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Associated Press
Chicago
North Dearborn Street
Gold Coast
George Maher
Fire Department
DeWitt Man Dies of Crash Injuries in Clinton
John Barber of DeWitt died at a Clinton hospital at noon after being struck by a car driven by Roy Teach of Morrison Illinois. Barber had been crossing Lincoln highway near DeWitt following a clash over a prior collision when he was hit. Two other cars collided at the scene but caused no serious damage.
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Associated Press
Clinton
John Barber
DeWitt
Roy Teach
Morrison
Barber
Lincoln Highway
Teach
Italian Home Scene Of Murder In Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa an Italian home was the scene of a double murder followed by suicide police say Paul Chiarottino 45 shot his wife Mary and her sister Isabell Plemone then killed himself leaving two orphans Emma 11 and Joe 8 The children found their father’s body at the foot of their mother’s bed early this morning
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Preas
Des Moines
Paul Chiarottino
Orilla Mines
Mary
Isabell Plemone
Emma
Joe
Fairfield Boy Dies in Automobile Crash
Chester McNeese, 19, of Fairfield was killed early today when his car left Primary Road No. 8 ten miles west of Fairfield and went into a ditch. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Harry McNeese of Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Chester McNeese
McNeese
Harry McNeese
Guards mobilized as Passaic Garfield mills brace for strike
In Passaic and Garfield New Jersey sheriff forces about 4500 men and 150 deputies arrive by motor lorries to guard Passaic Downs mills during a 10 000 worker textile strike. Bergen county authorities prepare to protect Garfield mills as tensions rise with mass picketing planned. Rabbi Stephen Wise urges nonviolence and condemns strike breaking while mediation efforts continue.
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Paterson
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Garfield Mills
Morgan
Passaic County
Forstmann-Huffmann Mills
Albert Weisberg
Fairfield and Rock Valley Face Iowa City Finals in Debate
In Iowa City on April 30, Rock Valley and Fairfield will duel for the state high school debating league championship. The winner earns a silver plaque from the University of Iowa and each student a four year liberal arts scholarship. The topic is federal ownership and operation of U.S. coal mines.
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Iowa City
Rock Valley
Fairfield
University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
Council , Bluffs
Independence
State
United States
Frank Miles Declines Candidacy for U S Senate
Des Moines April 19 Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionnaire announced he would not be a candidate for the democratic nomination for United States senator in the June primary.
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Des Moines
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
Editors Gather in New York for National Meetings
AP and American Newspaper Publishers Association hold annual sessions in New York. About 100 Latin American editors join as guests. Kellogg to deliver the principal address at the Tuesday luncheon at 1 PM. Meetings continue at the Waldorf Astoria through midweek.
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Associated Pree
New York
Associated Press
American Nowspaper Publishers Association
Latin-America
Washington, D. C
Waldorf-Astoria
Frank B. Kellogg
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Williams Won't Testify at Trial in California
Colonel Alexander S Williams on trial by a military court for intoxication refused to testify in his own defense. The charge, brought by General Smedley Butler, led the judge advocate Captain Leo Hermie to argue the central issue is whether Williams was drunk or sober on March 16 at the Del Coronado hotel.
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Vy the Assariated Press
SAN Rao
Calif
Alexander S$. Williams
Brie
Smedley Bd. Butler
Leo Hermie
J. Williams
Hermie
Col. Williams
Hotel del Coronado
Train Hits Car at Crossing Kills Two In Iowa
M A Gettis city assessor of Greenfield aged 65 and Miss Alice Hodson were killed when their automobile was struck by a Rock Island train near here. Side curtains on the car are believed to have blocked Gettis view of the approaching train.
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Pléasy Stuart
Ifa
M. A. Gettis
Greenfield
Alice Hodson
Rock Island
Gettis
Man Killed by Train Identified as Peter Malven
Independence Iowa April 19 The man killed by a train at Dyersville this morning is Peter Malven 60 long time inmate of the state hospital for the insane who escaped Saturday afternoon while on duty in the infirmary kitchen He was committed from Allamakee county.
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Independence
Dyersville
Peter Malven
State Hospital For Insane
Allamakee County
Walsh seeks FTC probe into business combinations
Senator Walsh proposes a general four year inquiry by the federal trade commission to determine anti trust law violations. The resolution calls for a specific look at the National Dairy Products Corporation and its acquisition of ice cream plants nationwide.
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Associated Pross
Washington
B. C
Federal Trade Commission
Walsh
Montana
National Dairy Products Corporation
Jefferson to push hard road program in Fairfield area
Jefferson county board of supervisors votes to pave road No 8 east of Fairfield and possible No 11 south of Fairfield this year. Friday canvass shows 2 926 yes 2 491 no on hard surface proposition with 3 899 yes 2 5 3 on bond issue.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County Board of, Supervisors
Genevieve Klein Drives to Washington for a Shopping Trip
Genevieve Klein of Keota drove to Washington on Saturday to shop.
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Genevieve Klein of
Keota
Washington
Tincher Bill Endorsed by Sec Jardine
Secretary Jardine endorsed the Tincher bill before the House Agriculture Committee. He said the surplus problem is national and that farm price legislation must respect all regions. Farm delegations opposed the measure, urging an equalization fee on agricultural products to aid surplus.
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Washington, Dpd
House Agriculture Committee
Jardine
Secretary of Agriculture
Coolidge
Fort Oil
Special session urged on $86 million road bond issue
A Red Oak meeting of Montgomer y county business leaders farmers and local officials voted 1 to 10 in favor of Governor Hammill calling a special legislative session to submit the proposed $86 000 000 bond issue to a public vote Colonel Glenn C Haynes Town Good Roads association executive secretary addressed the gathering which drew more than 125 attendees.
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Red Oak
Montgomery County
Hammill
Return of Spring Forecast for Eastern U S
The weather bureau predicts spring will return across the eastern half of the United States tomorrow after a period of cold. Below freezing temperatures were common this morning as far south as Virginia and Kentucky with a record low in White River Ontario at 16 below zero.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
United States
Virginia
Kentucky
White River
Ontario
North Carolina
Tennessee
South Carolina
Alabama
Mitchell
Ottumwa to Honor Newly Elected Senator Steck
Ottumwa Iowa April 19 United States Senator Daniel F Steck will be welcomed with a public reception tonight after his Iowa senatorial victory over Smith W Brookhart. Citizens committees and the local cavalry band will lead a procession from the Steck home to the armory where Ottumwa’s first and only senator will receive congratulations.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
United States
Daniel F. Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Steck
Justice Department Spends 61312 in Wheeler Prosecution
Attorney General Sargent reported to the senate that the department of justice spent 61312 in the unsuccessful prosecution of Senator Wheeler a Montana Democrat on charges of using his senatorial influence on behalf of oil leases.
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Washington, D. C
Sargent
Senate
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Montana
San Diego Mayor Lou Wilde Dies After Short Illness
Lou Wilde wartime mayor of San Diego and publisher born in Marshalltown Iowa died in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He served two terms guiding a combative era, campaigned from a sick bed to defeat four councilmen, and participated in on floor and lobby altercations. He helped found two San Diego banks and built a theater while overseeing the completion of the U. S. Grant Hotel.
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Cal
Louis J. Wilde
Capitalista
Southern California
Los Angles
Marshalltown
Wilde
Liquor Gangsters Slain 87 Men in Chicago Years
Deputy Chief John Stege released public lists showing 87 men, mostly policemen, killed by liquor gangsters in Chicago over two and a half years. He reported murders tied to alcohol traffic rose sharply, with ten slayings in 1923 to 1923 earlier, 11 in 1924, 42 in 1925, and 28 in the first three and a half months of the current year.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Stege
Stege
Burlington enters school music meet in Fort Madison
Nearly 100 Burling ton high school musicians travel to Fort Madison for a two night district music contest. Thursday features instrumental performances with an orchestra of fifty pieces a thirty piece band three soloists and chamber group. Friday offers vocal solos and boys and girls glee clubs with two vocal soloists on the program.
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Burlington
Iowa
Burlington High School
Ft. Madison
Explosion Destroys Auto and Damages Garage in Clinton
Police seek cause of a mysterious blast that yesterday morning destroyed a automobile and damaged Henry C. Vining’s garage in Clinton. Investigators found no fusee or electric wires and suspect gunpowder. bootleggers rumored to have warned Vining family about police informants may be involved, though no solid evidence exists.
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Clinton
Henry C. Vining
Vining
Unidentified man killed by train near Dyersville
An unidentified man believed to have escaped from Independence state hospital was fatally struck by an Illinois Central passenger train two miles east of Dyersville. The body was badly mutilated with no identification or clothing marks.
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Dyersville
State Hospital
Independence
Illinois Central
Here
Youth Shot in Arm by Detective During Des Moines Chase
Des Moines report says 17 year old Carol Kline was shot in the hand by a detective after a car chase. The vehicle allegedly belonged to a Nevada resident. Two other youths with Kline were released after the incident on April 19.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Carol Kline
Kline
Nevada
Prohibition Enforcement Urged by Church Leaders
Bishop James Cannon Jr and other clergy pressed the Senate prohibition committee to enforce the Volstead act across the nation, urging action against restrictions and backing General Andrews enforcement bill. Wets counter with regional testimony asserting conditions worsened under dry laws.
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Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Methodist Episecopal Church South
James Cannon, Jr
New York
Bishop Cannon
Anti-Saloon League
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Andrews
General Andrews
Philip King
Christian Science Committee
Christian Science
Fred R. Smith
Citizens Committee
Senate
Ella Bolle
Women Christian Temperance Union
Petitions For Paved Roads Vote Circulated In Dubuque
In Dubuque county leaders circulate petitions to issue bonds of 1 800 000 to pave rural and urban roads. If 5200 signatures are gathered the bond issue goes to the June primary. The mass meeting drew farmers and township reps in strong support of the paving program.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
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