House Passes Bill Against Gun Carrying
Des Moines Feb 9 The House approved a rewritten gun permit bill restricting concealed carry to county sheriffs with changes brushing aside mayors and chiefs of police to issue permits The measure also applies to packing plants and night watchmen and places burden of proof on defendants in permit disputes The Senate meanwhile passed the cigarette law and other bills after lengthy floor amendments and committee reviews.
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Haskell
Linn County
Associated Press
Des Moines
House of Representatives
House
Judiciary Committee
State Commerce Council
Estates of Descendants
Hammill
Insurance Investigation Committee
Tuberculosis Assn to Meet in Des Moines 1925 Convention
Des Moines was chosen as the Iowa Tuberculosis Association 1925 convention city at the closing session of the 1924 conclave in Dubuque. A name change to Iowa Public Health Association was discussed but not acted upon. Dr. John H. Peck of Des Moines was re elected president with an executive committee including A L Brooks H S Hollingsworth F K Sampson F E Whitley John A Knutson and Louis Weinstein.
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Dubuque
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa Public Health Association
John H. Peck
A. L. Brooks
Audubon
H. 5. Hollingsworth
Dirigible Service Aims Arctic Circle Miner Transport
Prospectors and trappers may reach the Arctic Circle next summer via a new dirigible service. The plan calls for routes from Seattle to Anchorage then to Fairbanks and onward to Chandelor and Koyukuk with expansion possible to other districts. The project promises faster access than water routes and dog sled trails for placer operators and Far North trappers.
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Alaska
Arctic Circle
Dirigible
Fairbanks
Koyokuk
Seattle
Dawes Refutes Rumors of Quitting German Inquiry
Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes said by telephone from Berlin to Republican headquarters in Paris that he has no intention of resigning as chairman of the first committee of experts examining Germany's economic and financial condition. The statement followed reports of his possible withdrawal from the inquiry.
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Paris
Charles G. Dawes
Germany
Berlin
Train Hits Truck Kill Newsboys Near Milwaukee
A Northwestern train crashed into a Journal truck at St Francis five miles south of Milwaukee. One supervisor and six newsboys died including Arnold Voight 26 and boys Michael Mochalski Bailey Clements Vilas Koehler Lester Holling and two unidentified youths. One injured boy Gilbert Koehler suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern
Journal Company
St. Francis
Arnold Voight
Journal
Michael Mochalski
Bailey Clements
Vilas Koehler
Lester Holling
Sur tax in Iowa seen as little threat to revenue
Dubuque reports Iowa expects minimal impact from proposed surtax cuts. Iowa collectors note 1921 filings show only 34 returns above 60 000 with over 25 percent surtax and no incomes above 150 000, implying at most a few dozen filers would pay 48 percent under new rates, amounting to about 770 000 in tax in the district.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Mellon
Byadine
Iowa
Navy budget bill lowers funding for ships and pay
The House Appropriations Committee reported an annual naval bill totaling 271,942,867 dollars. It lowers overall funding versus last year by 24,024,000 and 4,453,000 compared with the budget estimate. Pay is set at 117,000,000 dollars to sustain 6,468 officers and 6,000 enlisted. Marine strength at 1,002 officers and 19,500 enlisted. shipbuilding incorporates 35,000,000 dollars over ten years under treaty constraints. The Shenandoah expedition is allowed with estimated extra costs of about 182,600 dollars, covered by existing funds.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Anderson Quits as Anti-Saloon League Leader
William H. Anderson resigned as superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York. The board of directors accepted the resignation at a New York meeting last Tuesday, announced today by Rev. Wm. C. Spicer, vice president and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Gloversville.
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Gloversville
N.Y
William H. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League of New York
League
New York Ciy
Wm. C. Spicer
First Presbyterian Church of
Advertising pays off say the Journal
The Journal promotes smart advertising and offers its services to readers and local businesses.
Arctic dirigible plans spark Alaskan mail and tourism buzz
In Alaska south of the Yukon, prospectors push Arctic fields requiring swift transport. Companies tout dirigible freight and passenger use to move two tons of miners and gear in hours, cutting costs versus dog sleds. Tourists may ride to Arctic sites while mail and parcel service expand beyond dog routes to Nome and Kobuk country.
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Arctic Circle
Artic
Alaskan
Nome
Upper
Kuskokwim
Kobuk
Alaska Railroad
Bering Sea
Separatists vacate buildings in Mayence amid evacuation
Mayence in Germany reports that separatists surrendered the public buildings they had occupied for some time. The withdrawal occurred this morning in what officials of the old regime described as an agreed move with the separatists leaving first.
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Mayenge
Germany
Clinton Girl Wins Declamatory Meet
Fern Holcomb of Clinton high school won first place in the Iowa Nine girls declamatory contest held last night. Her subject was Madame Butterfly. Second place went to Mary Louise Kelley of Town City with An Inspiring Dishwasher. Third honors went to Josephine Hanley of Muscatine for Betty at the Baseball Game.
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Davenport
Fern Holcomb
Clinton High School
Iowa Nine
Mary Louise Kelley
Town City
Josephine Hanley
Muscatine
Betty
Margaret Madden
Ottumwa
Margaret Lemley
Grinnell
Virginia Davis
Oskaloosa
Velma Beal
Mary Alice Smith
Fairfield
Junella Tetter
Burlington
L. KR. Norvelle
Glenn Merry
Iowa Stree University
C. F. Scherstein
Augustana College
Rock Island
Rebels Claim Desertion by Obregon Forces
In El Paso reports say about 80 adherents of the De la Huerta movement were told that Generals Angel Flores and Raul Madero, commanding federal forces in Sinaloa, had joined the insurrection. Washington meanwhile reports the State Department lacks confirmation from Vera Cruz consular officials on De la Huerta reoccupying the port.
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Rousal Madero
Sia Loa
Washington
State Department
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Wood
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Murder Begins Term for Harold Oakes Slayings
John Ruba confessed slayer of Harold Oakes on the Dorale farm near Lawson last November. He was taken to the state reformatory at Anamosa to begin a 50 year sentence.
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Harold Oakes
L. G. Dorale
Lawson
Anamosa
Drops Dead at Pight Sioux City Boxing Exhibit
Wm Pitzgerald collapsed and died of apoplexy while watching a boxing exhibition at the city auditorium in Sioux City. He was employed by a local livestock commission company.
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Sioux City
Pitzgerald
City Auditorium
Oil men allegedly conspired in Teapot Dome lease
Denver Post publisher Frederick G. Bonfils alleged to the Senate oil committee that Harry F. Sinclair and Dohenby and Standard Oil allied companies conspired to award the Teapot Dome naval lease to Sinclair. Bonfils said the Midwest and Pioneer companies received $1,000,000 in oil from Teapot Dome via Sinclair and backed his claims with confirmation.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
RE. L. Dohenby
Standard Oil Allied Companies
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Senate Oil Committee
Frederick G. Bonfiles
Denver Poet
Sinclair
Midwest
Pioneer
Sinclair Company
Teapot
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Bonfiles
Dohoney
Standard Oil
Mid-West
Mr. Bonfiles
Morgan Firm Offers Half Million to New Farm Relief Concern
J P Morgan and Company will head the contributors to a 10 million dollar service corporation for relief of northwestern banks with a 500000 dollar subscription if the rest of the capital is raised by other banking and business interests.
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Associated Press
New York
J. P. Morgan and Company
Service Corporation
Northwestern
Iowa Farmer Dies by Hanging in Farm Home
Lawlor Iowa February 9 August Ebert 45 a farmer committed suicide by hanging at his home seven miles north of Lawlor at 9 o'clock Friday morning. He had been in ill health. The widow three daughters and a son survive.
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Associated Press
Lawlor
Iowa
Ebert
Safety Measures Reducing Coal Region Accidents in 1923
Harrisburg reports fewer fatalities per miners exposed in the Pennsylvania anthracite region in 1923. 506 deaths occurred across 137 companies, with 245 miners among the dead and most incidents in morning hours. Officials credit 8,000 inspectors and foremen for the decline in fatalities versus prior years.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Joseph J. Walsh
Walsh
Department of Mines
Posse hunts man in booze murder case near Emery Gap
Rockwood Tennessee February 9 posse with bloodhounds scoured the countryside for Walter Newport wanted for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff John Swan and Constable J A Jett during a raid on a still reported to be Newport property. Officers were fired upon by the alleged moonshiner as they approached the still.
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Rockwood
Tenn
Emery Gap
Walter Newport
John Swan
J. A. Jett
South Harrison
Newport
Ho.s
Minority Report Attacks Ford Muscle Shoals Offer
A House military committee minority report denounces Henry Ford's bid to run wartime Muscle Shoals plants, arguing it hands enormous national wealth to a private citizen and favors Ford over other proposals. Rep Hull leads the opposition, joined by several Republican colleagues, noting potential government savings in alternative plans.
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Alabama
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Iowa
Morin
Ransley
Pennsylvania
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
Wainwraighs
New York
Passenger runs amuck and kills man on train
A conductor on Union Pacific Train No 25 westbound was killed and a brakeman and a passenger wounded when W P Barnett of Caldwell Idaho opened fire as the train pulled out of Barstow California The conductor killed was W F Morton of Los Angeles The wounded were C Carlson of Shelby Iowa with a scalp wound and Harry Barringer of Los Angeles a bullet wound Barnett was seized by passengers and taken off the train at San Bernardino by county officers.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Union Pacific
W. P. Barnett
Caldwell
Idaho
Barstow
W. F. Morton
C. Carlson
Shelby
Iowa
Herry Barringer
Barnett
San Bernardino
Iowa hog freight rates cut minimum weight to 16500 pounds
Iowa hog shippers win a rate reduction with a new minimum weight of 16 500 pounds instead of 17 000. The change, effective until October 13, comes from the Iowa Farm Bureau and the Meat Producers Association.
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Des Moines
Reb
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Meat Producers
Cruiser Milwaukee Sent to Honduras to Protect Interests
The scout cruiser Milwaukee has been ordered to Amapala Honduras to protect American interests, according to a dispatch to Eleventh district headquarters today from San Diego California.
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Amapala
Honduras
Eleventh District
1923 Anthracite Miners Work About 273 Days
State mining report records around 160000 miners in the anthracite region working an average of 273 days in 1923. The figure reflects the annual output and labor involvement across key mines.
Nine Units of State Militia On Way There
Herrin Illinois scene of 1922 miners riot is under state troops after a near riot between wets and drys. A constable killed and a deputy sheriff wounded, with Klansmen and police tensions fueling the crisis amid raids in Williamson County.
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Ku Klux Klan
Galligan
130Th Illinois Infantry
Carbondale
Robert W. Davis
Franklin
Herri
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Klan
RE. C. Frick
Williamson County
Grand Jury
Frick
Herrin Township
West Frankfort
United States
Benton
Gerand
George Galligan
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