Three Cert Gas Tax Bill Now All Set
DES MOINES April 19 The 8 cent gasoline tax measure after a long legislative battle has been enrolled and signed by presiding officers awaiting the governor's signature. The bill includes a $2,500,000 annual tax increase to fund primary roads and requires audits of highway commission accounts. Failure to publish would delay the law past July 4, risking $800,000 to the road fund. Governor Hammill signaled prompt enactment and praised the measure.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Hammill
Highway Commission
State Board of Audit
Forty-Second
General Assembly
Dferly Ofmg
Feoehtin
Harvard Iowa City debate asks if the American University fails
The April 19 debate in Iowa City features Harvard arguing the affirmative and Iowa counters with the negative on the question Is the American University a Failure. Harvard’s team includes Lorenzen Charman and Williams. Iowa’s contingent includes Nutting Anderson Bellamy.
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Iowa City
Harvard
Iowa
Carl Nutting
George Anderson
Hawarden
James Bellamy
Knoxville
Frederick W. Lorenzen
New Haven
Conn
Dwight W. Charman
Wilmette
Barrett Williams
Boston
Cambridge University
England
Great War Ten Years Ago Today
The War Department rejects Roosevelt’s plan for a volunteer division to France. French advances toward the Aisne slow as heavy counterattacks are faced.
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War Department
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Aisne
State Inspector of Automobiles in Town Today
The notice urges all drivers for hire and any chauffeur to obtain a license this week. Applications may be left at the county treasurer’s office at the courthouse on Wednesday and Thursday. Owners driving their own truck are exempt from the license.
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State Inspector of Automobiles
Court House
Teachers Named for Next Year in Local Schools
Superintendent J W W Peet announced the next year’s teaching staff after board elections and internal changes. The list includes many returning teachers with new assignments and several new hires across Centennial, Lincoln, Heights, Wellman, and junior high, plus staff shifts in administration and music, art, and secretary roles. Frank Macon and Ode Ferguson traveled to Havre to arrange for the Reeves sale.
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J. W W. Peet
Board of Education
Ethel McCreedy
Guy Carlton
Elsie Mosier
Father Stacey
Mildred Voss
Louisa Young
Marie Landau
Lincoln Charlotte Foster
Heights
Maude McCreedy
Madeline Aiken
Carrol Forgey
Wallace Mise
Elsie Glassburner
Lorena Cooper
Helen Wylie
Norma Reaney
Ringworth
Tipton
Iowa
Olga Miller
Norway
Wallace
Hetgats
Manning
Helen Levis
Allerton
Lincoln
Mildred Craig
West Chester
Wellman
Lincoln School
Ruth Lemley
Edith Boileau
Mary Welch
Centennial
Elizabeth Irwin
Supt
Peet
Frank Macon
Ode Ferguson
Havre
Reeves
Hammill Plans Fresh Farm Relief Push As Congress Reopens
Des Moines April 19 Governor John Hammill said he will relaunch the farm relief battle soon to press Congress with the 22 member Agricultural Committee and a 32 member panel. He will meet George Peak in Chicago and discuss Lowden as a potential farmer candidate for president. The farm issue is set to dominate the next campaign he stated.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
Congress
Agricultural Committee
Hammill
Chicago
Heavy storm damages Crawfordsville area
A severe wind storm ferociously struck Crawfordsville late this afternoon. It wrecked buildings on the W I Duncan farm four miles northeast of town and cut telephone lines between Washington and Crawfordsville and between Crawfordsville and Columbus Junction, hindering word of the extent of damage.
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Crawfordsville
W. I. Duncan
Washington
Columbus Junction
May West and producers jailed for sex play offense
May West co author and star of Sex was sentenced to ten days in the work house and fined 500 dollars by Judge Donnelen. Producers James A Timony and William C Morgstern also ten days and 500 dollar fines. The others received suspended sentences and West and producers will appeal.
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New York
May West
Donnelen
General Sessions Court
James A. Timony
William C. Morganstern
Timony
Morganstern
Miss West
Police Chief Bans Petting in Automobiles in Fondulac
Fondulac Wisconsin April 19. Chief James Sileen orders officers to arrest all offenders for disorderly conduct as petting parties in cars on city streets are deemed harmful to morals and must stop immediately.
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Fondulac
Wis
James Sileen
Plan National Scope for Tammany Activities for South
New York reports Tammany Hall moving to build a national institution with political clubs to back Governor Alfred E. Smith. Observers see the expansion as aiding Smith’s 1928 presidential prospects. The plan was announced during the organization’s officer election amid broader praise for Smith’s Catholic public stance.
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New York
Alfred RB. Smith
Tammany Hall
Smith
Sachems
Tammany Wall
Charles C. Marshall
Vie
Washington County Aide Competes in State Spelling
Earl Dickinson of Riverside led Washington County in the Des Moines state spelling contest as 53 young spellers tackled tricky words. Allamakes County’s Ralph Keenan won a trip to Washington DC for the national contest with Tren Rich of Wayland earning fifth place after the daunting exchequer challenge.
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Washington County
Earl Dickinson
Riverside
Des Moines
Earl
Brichton Township
J. Spadino
State University of Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Charles P. Pye
Iowa State Teacher's Assulation
Allamakes County
Ralph Keenan
Ralph
Washington, D. C
Tren Rich
Wayland
Henry County
Iowa Miners Back President Policy in Strike Stand
Iowa miners at a Des Moines convention voted to support the strike policy of their president Jot Morrig and pledged financial resources to maintain a solid front in the wage dispute. The convention, which opened a week ago and remains in session, rejected reports of lukewarm support.
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Des ‘Moines
Iowa
Jot Morrig
Remembering Mexican War Soldiers by Alex Coffman
Alex Coffman recalls a 1847 Mexican War veteran seen by his father and himself as a child. He preserves a photograph of the armed veteran and seeks more community memories of the era and soldiers who served in the Mexican War.
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Alex Coffman
Coffman
Alex
Mae Dougal and Patrick Bailey Attend Mitchell Funeral
Mae Dougal and Patrick Bailey went to Crawfordsville this morning where they were after boys at the Mitchell funeral.
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Mae Dougal
Patrick Bailey
Crawfordsville
Mitchell
Devastating Floods Swell Across the Mississippi Valley
Floodwaters spread southward claiming homes and crops across the Mississippi valley. At least 25,000 people homeless, 12 dead, hundreds of livestock killed, and multiple towns evacuated. Red Cross appeals for 25,000 to aid refugees as levees hold or fail along the St Francis and Mississippi rivers.
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The
Red Cross
Mississippi
United Press
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Slow Jury Selection in Ruth Brown Snyder Case
In New York court on April 19 the jury pool formed with twelve talesmen as the trial of Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray for Albert Snyder's murder moved slowly. The defendants sat apart, watching voir dire while Mrs. Snyder wore somber attire and entered the courtroom amid tense proceedings.
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Long Island City
N. Y
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Senator H. E. Dean Joins State Highway Commission
DES MOINES April 19 Senator H E Dean of Ocheyedan qualified for the new state highway commission by resigning from the senate after adjournment. Others named are H A Darting Glenwood T J O Donnell Dubuque Carr Ryipe Burlington and Culford Niles Anamosa. Dean's term starts immediately with O Donnell and Darting to take office in July.
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Des Moines
Jr. BE
Dean
Ocheyedan
New Stated Highway Commission
Senate
H. A. Darting
Glenwood
T. J. O'Donnell
Dubuque
Carr
Ryipe
Burlington
Culford
Niles
Anamosa
O'Donnell
Darting
Jackie Coogan Delights Crowds in Camp Fire Benefit Show
Large crowds attend Jackie Coogan at the Fox Theater in two performances raising funds for Camp Fire Girls. The beloved juvenile star entertains with Johnie Get Your Hair Cut and a race track stunt while audiences of all ages enjoy the wholesome program and world news segments.
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Jackie Coogan
Johnie
Fox Theater
Camp Fire Girls
Jackie
Rain totals 2.19 inches as county reports flooding
Last night brought 2.19 inches of rain, with the heaviest falls between 10 30 and 11 26 pm. Streams rose and basements flooded in Washington as the street department fielded emergency calls. A small bridge near the Charles Nicola home southwest of Washington was washed out and roads remained difficult for vehicles.
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Charles Nicola
Washington
Dale Duncan Travels to Crawfordsville on Business
Dale Duncan journeyed to Crawfordsville this morning for business matters.
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Dale Duncan
Crawfordsville
Sewer Plans Move Forward with City Council
At a council meeting, engineers from Plack Veatch Currie and Howard R B Green discussed preliminary sewer solutions as storms flooded basements. A special session was set for Wednesday to review more definite plans while a petition to open North 4th Avenue drew hundreds of signatures. Willis Beatty posted bond to remove city garbage and spring tip can removal plans will follow when roads permit.
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Plack & Veatch
Kansas City
Missouri
Currie Engineering Company
Webster City
Iowa
Howard RB. Green Company
Cedar Rapids
Applegate
North 4Th Avenue
Washington
Main Streets
Willis Beatty
Devastating cyclone hits districts near Barisal and Varidpur
A secret cyclone today devastated districts around Barisal and Varidpur in Bengal. Hundreds of houses were wrecked and many persons were killed.
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Allahabad
India
Barisal
Varidpur
Bengal
Edith Chilcote Visits Sister in Williamsburg
Miss Edith Chilcote traveled to Williamsburg this morning to visit her sister Mrs. C D Weldin.
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Edith Chilcote
Williamsburg
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