Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Carlton tournament final
In Cannes on Feb 16 Suzanne Lenglen beat Helen Wills 6 3 8 6 after a dramatic two-set final. Wills, hampered by a knee gash, fought hard, narrowly missing a comeback as Lenglen’s steady court craft and crowd-pleasing play carried the match to a hard-fought victory before a packed arena.
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Cannes
France
Miss Wills
Suzanne’ Lenelen
Helen
Suzanne
Molla Mallory
Forest Hills
Carlton
Mile Lenglen
Charles F. Aeschilmann
Cyril Tolley
Suzanne Lenglen
Helen Wills
Carleton
Mile Didi Viasto
Mile Conteslavos
Mile Viasto
Fire damages Phi Delta Pi sorority house in Iowa City
A fire at 2 a m damaged the Phi Delta Pi sorority house in Iowa City causing losses estimated over 2000 dollars. Eighteen residents and a chaperone were inside when the alarm sounded and flames were knocked down.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Phi Delta Pi
Schooner Captain Describes Hijackers Boarding His Ship
Captain Arthur Wynott of the schooner Arthur J. Balfour reports hijackers of a rum row boarded his vessel near Lunenburg Nova Scotia disguising as a United States coast guard cutter They seized eleven hundred cases of Scotch whiskey and held the crew prisoner for 19 days before sailing the Balfour ashore with boats back to land.
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Lunenburg
N.S
Arthur Wynott
Arthur J. Balfour
Wynott
United States Coast Guard
Blaze Devours Equitable Building Four Hundred Feet Up
A spectacular fire at the Equitable Building in New York raged through the 34th to 35th floors with an estimated 66 000 damage. Firefighters reached four trapped engineers on a 43 story ledge above the street as 100 cleaning staff fled with mops and pails. Five firefighters were treated for smoke asphyxiation.
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Ascoriated Press
New York
Broadway
Equitable
Daniel Guggenheim
American Smelting and Mining Company
Financial District
Wall Street
Mexico Grants Government Right to Close Religious Schools
A Mexican district court rejected an injunction from Franciscan order officials seeking to halt the closure order. The Colegio Nuestra Señora del Triunfo was closed without incident, as the government enforces a constitutional ban on foreign born priests and foreign religious schools. Margret M. Semple, mother superior at Coyocan, remains in Mexico while deportation questions unfold and Ambassador Sheffield awaits Washington guidance.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Rogum
Colegio Nuestra Zenora del Triar
Madame Semple
Mexico
Sheffield
Washington
Semple
Earl Craven and Wife Exchange Opinions on Countess Cathcart
The Countess of Cathcart waits in Ellis Island for Washington’s decision on her exclusion while the Earl of Craven hides in Montreal from an arrest warrant. The parties exchange personal barbs as he accuses the Countess of a publicity ploy and she condemns him. Statements from Lady Craven and her husband reference the elopement in 1922 and a Broadway play titled The Cradle Snatchers. A labor board case in Washington questions deportation on moral grounds and Senator Copeland denounces the double standard amid excluded women protesters.
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Associated Tress
New York
Countess of Cathcart
Ellis Island
Washington
Jarl
Craven
Montreal
Labor Board
Congress
Department of Labor
Senate
Copeland
Earl of Craven
Labor Department
Mystery Bill by Martha Washington Revealed in 1767 Letter
The article details a 1767 letter from George Washington describing a 100 pound debt his wife Martha Parke Curtis incurred before marriage. Washington calls the matter mysterious and seeks further explanation before paying interest or settling the principal, noting uncertainty about the purchase linked to Mr. Chamberlayne and the late Speaker.
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Associated Press
New York
Martha Parke Curtis
George Washington
Washington
William Neale
A. R. Turner
Charles A. Munn
Col. Moore
Ames Wins Most Livestock Prizes at International Exposition
Iowa State College Ames secured four Pulman Company scholarships for top showing at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Illinois and Purdue followed with three and two scholarships respectively, with teams from Kansas Ontario North Carolina and other colleges earning the remainder for their schools.
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Chicago
Iowa State College
Ames
Pulman Company
Nto
University of Illinois
Oklahoma A
M. College
Purdue University
Kansas
Ontario
North Carolina
Agricultural Colleges
California
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Saskatchewan
Wisconsin
No Agreement Reached On Tax Features In Conference
Washington Feb 16 reports say Senate and House tax conferees made progress on administration provisions but again failed to settle any tax reduction difference. Vital rate reducing provisions were passed over as talks stalled over restoring taxes entirely. An early showdown on rate schedules is anticipated.
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Associated Frec
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Iowa Historian Hails University as Eastward Model
Prof Frederick J Turner of Harvard, emeritus history, lauds the University of Iowa at a state history teachers conference in Iowa City. He calls UI a remarkable example for eastern and midwestern institutions and notes he last visited fifteen years ago. He declines to predict another world war.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Frederick J. Turner
Harvard University
University At
East
Middle-West
Turner
University of Wisconsin
American Historical Association
Armistice With Count and Countess of Salm Reached
Palm Beach Florida February reports an armistice between the Count and Countess of Salm over access to their son Peter. The arrangement allows two hours daily with the child four days weekly, no detectives or nurses in the count’s presence. The boy met his father at the count’s hotel and walked with him on the beach, the dowager countess staying in the background.
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Palm Beach
Florida
Horse of Salm
Peter
von Hoogstraeten
Millicent
H. H. Rogers
New York
Littl Peter
Salm
One Man Killed In Fast Train Wreck Near Wilkes Barre
Wilkes Barre Pa Feb 16 One man is confirmed dead and another perhaps fatally injured when Lehigh Valley No 19 a fast passenger train from New York to Buffalo wrecked at Newport Crossing ten miles from Wilkes Barre The engine and six of the ten cars plunged over an embankment on a steep grade. details were sparse an hour after the crash.
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Prage
Wilkesbarre
New York
Buffalo
Newport Crossing
Dr Stucker Recalls Palestine Visit in Baptist Address
Dr Edwin S Stucker spoke at the Baptist church on A Visit to Jacobs Well drawing on his Holy Land trip. He discussed the Samaritan woman’s conversion, Jesus message, and the witness of the woman who returned to the city to testify and many believed.
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Edwin S. Stucker
The
Baptist Church
Jacob's Well
Stucker
Holy Land
Clarence BE
Barbour
Rochester Theological Seminary
Mr. Kern
Washington
Jesus
Cty
Contention Over Payment Linked to Washington Lottery Note
A letter complains Col Moore should answer for a disputed sum tied to a wife’s engagements and vows to settle only the original 100 pounds. The Washington collection adds letters and a signed lottery ticket reading Mountain Road Lottery Washington No 272 1768, with prize prospect.
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Col. Moore
Washington
Mountain Road
Johnson County Native Birth Dominates Population
Des Moines reports nearly all Johnson County residents are native born. Of 29,862 people, 20,169 are native born of native parents, 7,296 native born of foreign or mixed parents, 1,417 foreign born naturalized, 197 unnaturali zed, 35 nativity unknown, 496 native born with parent nativity unknown, and 29 percent foreign born with naturalization unknown.
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Johnson County
Des Moines
State Department of Census
Dodge Prices Announced by Local Dealer
Thos. R. Gillespie announces delivered prices on all Dodge models in Washington. A car lot of new Dodge models has arrived and is on display at the Gillespie Garage with new improvements and colors showcased at the local dealer show rooms.
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Thos. R. Gillespie
Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Dodge
Washington
Dodge Brothers
House Naval Committee Trims Air Program to 100 Million
The House naval committee is near agreement on a five year naval air service program costing 100 million dollars. It funds 20 million annually for five years, adds two dirigibles larger than the Shenandoah, 1000 planes, and potential all metal dirigible contracts backed by Ford interests. Rep. Vinson said committee members are nearly united while Admiral Moffett had urged 250 million over fourteen years.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Naval Committee
Naval Air Service
Moffett
Naval Air Chief
Shenandoah
Navy
Aircraft Development Corporation
Ford Interests
Representative Vinson
Georgia
Admiral Moffett
Four Charges Filed After Woman Killed by Auto in South Sioux City
Four charges including manslaughter and three liquor violations followed a Saturday evening automobile crash in South Sioux City. Mrs W Baker of Pender Neb was killed and three men were seriously injured. Clyde French of South Sioux City is jailed on manslaughter charges. others face liquor law violations.
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The
Associated Press
Sioux City
South Sioux City
Clyde French
Dakota County
Nebraska
W. Baker
Pender
Neb
Prohibition Failures Prompt Milwaukee Call for Change
The Milwaukee Common Council called prohibition a colossal failure and urged modification of the Volstead act. They voted unanimously to back a national movement for light wines and beer and authorized notifying city clerks of larger municipalities of the action.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Common Council
Iowa City man brings sack of California oranges home
Leigh Wallace of Iowa City is in town with a sackful of oranges he picked in the Harper and Gardner grove near Riverside California. He says the fruit has a specially fine flavor and notes that former Washington residents Mr Harper and Mr Gardner are thriving with fruit growing and other enterprises in California. Mrs Wallace remains in California visiting her daughter Mrs David Wartel.
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Leigh Wallace
Iowa City
Harper and Gardner Grove
Riverside
Calif
Wallace
Harper
Gardner
Washington
California
Mayor suspends Tierney sentence for leaving town
Mayor George Maxwell sentenced Donald Tierney on a nuisance charge. The jail term was suspended on the condition that Tierney leave town.
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George Maxwell
Donald Tierney
Tierney
Richard Leffler Excels in State University Sports
From Iowa City comes word that Richard Leffler of Washington has an excellent record at the state university this year. He won first place in the recent gymnastic meet and earned honors in boxing wrestling and scholastically.
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Richard Leffler
Iowa City
Washington
State University
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Love
Lenglen
Wills
ABLE
Earl Craven
Cathcart
Lehigh Valley
Census Department
Jasper Jefferson
Foreign
Committee OF House Trims Air Program
Naval Committee
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