Hammill Pushes State Budget Plan At Capitol
Des Moines reports indicate a quorum shortage in both houses as the session resumes after Christmas. Lieutenant Governor Hammill endorses a state budget system inspired by Virginia and Indiana models, arguing it would streamline expenditures and save tens of millions, with counties and cities benefiting most.
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Des Moines
Senate
State Capitol
Hammill
Ed, Smith
Audubon County
Joe Anderson
Assembly
Virginia
Indiana
Tax Commission
Scripps Divorce Suit Comes to End
Detroit December 27 hearing in circuit court for Mrs Ruth Scripps divorce action against James Scripps ended with Judge Merriam taking the case under advisement William E Scripps publisher and father of the defendant corroborated that affection existed between them and the plaintiff Mrs Scripps charged cruelty in the maintenance suit
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ruth Scripps
James ©. Scripps
Merriam
William E. Scripps
Scripps
Reserve Officers to Join Active Army Units
Washington December 27 nearly 2000 reserve officers will be assigned by corps area commanders to regular army units. They wouldOnly be called to active duty during war mobilization to fill vacancies across all branches, including 25 lieutenant colonels 18 majors 250 captains 1111 first lieutenants and 575 second lieutenants totaling 1979.
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Washington
Regular Army
War Department
Banks Foil Major Iowa Swindle Involving 10000 Drafts
A suspected large scale bank swindle in Iowa was exposed when banks in Dubuque Waterloo Charles City Oelwein and Cedar Falls received 10000 drafts mailed as if from EK A Stone director manager of a retail grocery firm. The drafts were fraudulent and state investigators seek the writer behind the scheme.
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Associated
Prema
Des Moines
Frank Warner
Lowa Bankers Association
Dubuque
Waterloo
Charles City
Oelwein
Cedar Falls
Minneapolis
A. Stone
New York
State Banking Association
Few Candidates in State Office Race
Des Moines bulletin notes that political talk is common at the capitol as candidates slowly emerge. One senator, Harry C. White of Benton County, states he does not want any mistakes in his political plans and denies seeking the presidency. He omits mention of the governorship or the U S Senate nomination, which others are uneasy about filling.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Capitol
Senate
Harry Co. White
Benton County
White
United States
Loss of Dirigible Dixmude Acknowledged
Paris reports the dirigible Dixmude has not been seen or heard from since December 21. It was last located 90 miles south of Biskara en route to Algiers via the Atlas foothills. Despite ongoing searches off Tunis Tripoli and Malta, the navy continues its efforts while hoping for crew safety.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Minister of Marine
Biskara
Algiers
Atlas Mountains
Tunis
Tripoli
Malta
Reserve officers to be assigned to regular army units
The war department stated reserve officers will be attached to the regular army only with consent and prior knowledge. Assignments will avoid mobilizing units outside their corps area. Totals by corps range from 75 to 406 officers, plus 25 lieutenant colonels to infantry regiments and several majors as reserve chaplains.
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War Department
Attempt on Life of Japanese Prince Shocks Tokyo
Tokyo reports the Japanese cabinet resigning amid an attempted assassination of Prince Regent Hirohito by a 20 year old youth. The cane gun attack shattered the prince’s car windows. Viscount Iriye was cut by glass, the prince remained calm and continued with the Diet session as police vow to curb newspaper reports until an official statement.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Goto
Hirohito
Baron Goto
Diet
Vicount Iriye
House of Peers
Married woman seeks single life and remarries option
A fragmented item notes a married woman desires to appear single and pursue a new marriage, hinting at a first move toward becoming a widow or widowhood as a route to independence.
India Leads in Oil Seeds Production
India shows top oil seed output with annual yields exceeding 5.0 million tons and cultivates a broader range of oil seed crops than any other nation.
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India
Mistakes Radio for Burglars and Fires Shot
In Waukegan Illinois on December 27 Jew Ett Bairstow mistook his radio loud speaker for burglars. He fired his revolver and then called the police. Officers found only a damaged radio horn with no intruders.
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Waukegan
Inl
Jewett Bairstow
Bairstow
Bairstows
Blue Coats
Sinclair Refuses Again to Answer Senate Questions
Washington December 27 Harry F Sinclair again refused to disclose details of the financial moves behind the Sinclair oil organization and Teapot Dome lease, claiming business privacy as the Public Lands Committee seeks to compel testimony. The committee adjourned without a clear method to enforce any order. Separately a statement on Albert B Fall's estate reported a $100000 loan from EB McLean to expand ranch holdings in New Mexico, with inquiry focusing on fund sources.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Mammoth Oil Company
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
la Follette
Public Lands Committee
Mr. Fall
EB B. McLean
Washington Publsher
New Mexico
Snow Storm Expected From Tonight Across Iowa and Plains
Iowa forecasters warn a cold snap and possible rain or snow will reach the state today amid forecasts of a sharp temperature drop. Meanwhile Dakotas and Minnesota report initial snowfall from half an inch to four inches, with Fargo and Duluth hit by stronger flakes and gusty winds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dakotas
ST. Paul
Northwestern
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Fargo
Duluth
Lake Superior
Grand Forks
Dempsey Admits He Had Liquor Supply
Hiram Dempsey father of world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey pleaded guilty to possession of liquor in Salt Lake City. Judge Towin to pass sentence tomorrow after Dempsey was arrested in a local cafe with a bottle and mixers in his possession.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Towin
Hiram Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Argument for Barring Japanese From U S Heard
Washington December hearing before the house immigration committee heard Rep Miller Republican Washington argue for excluding Japanese. He said immigration laws should treat Japs the same as Chinese and urged stricter entry limits.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
House Immigration Committee
Miller
Former Klansman Writes President
E Y Clarke a former Ku Klux Klan council member wrote to President Coolidge offering to help end what he calls an element turning the Klan away from its founders. He plans a proclamation to Klansmen urging reform or disbanding and says he has ended his active Klan ties. Clarke criticizes the leadership for diverging from stated ideals of education and reform.
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Associated Press
Washington
E. Y. Clarke
The
Ku Klux Klan
Coolidge
Clarke
Klan
Weeks Frowns on Army Officers Speculation
Secretary Weeks disapproves of army officers engaging in speculative stock trades. Lieutenant Osborne C. Wood was urged four months ago to end speculative features, and his Wall Street activities largely ceased. A congressional inquiry into Wood's deals may be requested by Representative Frear as part of a wider probe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Osborne C. Wood
Weeks
Wood
Wall Street
Woods
War Department
Lieutenant Wood
Frear
The
Phillipines
Respect for Dry Law Grows in Year of Prohibition Enforcement
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes reports rising respect for the federal ban and marks progress in enforcing the Harrison Narcotic Act. Achievements include greater state and local cooperation, hotel and college enforcement, dismantling major liquor smuggling rings, revoking brewery permits, tightening bonded warehouse controls saving over 400000, and plans to curb smuggling at the Canadian border.
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Haynes
Governors’ and Citizenship Conference
White Horse Conference of Governors
Gen Flores Would Bring War to Close
Reports from Mexico City say General Flores governor of Sinaloa and presidential candidate may propose a peace move as federal offensives near Jalisco targets against Generals Berrada and Diguez loom. Judge Teller leads a commission from Sinaloa in Mexico City with the peace proposal.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Berrada
Diguez
Jalisco
Flores
Sinaloa
Excelsior
Teller
Fire at Illinois Insane Asylum Kills at Least Seven
Formal inquiry begins today into a blaze at the state hospital for the insane that destroyed the frame death house and killed at least seven inmates. Hospital attendants report about thirty five patients fled the danger zone and several were recaptured after struggles with police. a dozen dangerous patients remained at large early today.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dee
State Hospital For
Jenkins
Springfield
Department of Public Welfare
General Ball Injured In Iowa City Streetcar Collision
Brig. Gen. George W. Ball was severely injured when his Ford coupe was struck by a street car in Iowa City. He fractured his hip and sustained head and facial injuries, remaining conscious but on the pavement until taken to a local hospital. He faces at least three months of recovery. Ball’s career spans the Mexican border campaign, France service in World War I, and serving as brigadier general of the 175th Infantry Brigade in the 88th Reserve Division.
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Iowa City
George W. Ball
General Ball
Ball
National Guard
Iowa
France
One Hundred Thirty-third
One Hundred Seventy-fifth Infantry
Eighty-eighth Reserves
Officials charged under constitution duties and Volstead enforcement
The report cites over 200000 local officials bound to uphold the constitution and 29333 federal agents enforcing the Volstead act. It notes that federal officers avoided petty police work yet made more than 86000 arrests and seized property valued at over 4 million dollars in the last fifteen months.
A Slight Difference Between a Kiss and a Sewing Machine
A humorous note contrasts a kiss with a sewing machine noting one sews seams while the other seems to sew seams well, playing on wordplay about craftsmanship and affection.
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