Tobacco Tax Bill Debated in Iowa Senate and House
Iowa lawmakers consider a broad tobacco tax raising about 1.5 million dollars annually with a tiered rate on cigars and tobacco. The measure would use stamps, require licenses, and create ten inspectors plus a three dollar license fee, with penalties for evasion. The House also postpones action on a pure food liquor bill amid absence. The Senate advances the Gilchrist appeal deadline bill and buries the Abben docket clearance bill. A hotel registration bill opts fines and jail for misidentified guests.
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House
Senate
Lake
Woodbury
McClune
Mahaska
Insurance firms refuse life policies to bootleggers
Pittsburgh February reports indicate major insurers are denying life policies to bootleggers due to moral hazard. Applicants seeking large sums, from fifty thousand up to a hundred thousand dollars, are subjected to strict scrutiny. Insurers say sudden riches without visible means raises suspicion and prompts thorough internal investigations before any policy is issued.
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Associated Free
Pittsburgh
Canmmniivg Puyonwla
Legion Leaders Address Iowa Lawmakers in Joint Session
M Owsley national commander of the American Legion along with Mason City past commander Hanford McNider and Cedar Rapids state commander C B Robbins were presented at a joint Iowa legislature session. Owsley pledged the Legion's sole purpose to give greater service in peace than in war. The officials were greeted with cheers as they were introduced.
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Associated Des Moines
Prealyin M. Owsley
Texas
American Legion
Hanford McNider
Mason City
C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Owsley
Lowa Legion
Legion
Mr. McNider
Mr. Robbins
Lause
Orsan
Hammil
Blizzard Toll Across Regions Reports Seventeen Dead
Associated Press reports at least seventeen people died in the northwest from Tuesday's blizzard and subsequent cold spell. Six deaths occurred in Minnesota, three in South Dakota, three in North Dakota, and five in Saskatchewan, Canada. Additional five deaths in Illinois were linked to the cold wave sweeping the state.
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Associated Press
Paul
Minn
Northwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Saskatchewan
Canada
Chicago
Law notes propose tree nurseries and police elections plan
A bill by Representative Shirner of Jackson aims to set up state nurseries to grow trees on land unfit for agriculture. In the Senate, Ramsey of Des Moines introduces a bill allowing first class cities to elect police officers for toll bridges.
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Decatur
Senate
Shirner
Jackson
Ramsey
Des Moines
Man Fined For Indecent Exposure In Freezing Weather
Stratford Iowa February 17 J L Fisher on a ten dollar wager walked home four blocks in a breech clout with a shirt tied around him as a 15 degree below zero wind chilled him to the bone He was fined one hundred dollars and is now sick with a severe cold from exposure.
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Associated Press
Stratford
J. L. Fisher
Warmer Weather Expected Across Regions Next Week
The forecast for the week starting Monday calls for generally fair and cold start in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Temperatures rise with possible snow in the north and rain or snow in the south by Tuesday or Wednesday, then colder again toward week’s end.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Odd Fellows Camp at Montrose Destroyed by Fire
An Odd Fellows camp building in Montrose Iowa burned last night after a kerosene stove exploded in a first floor restaurant. Keokuk firefighters assisted local crews in extinguishing the blaze on February 17.
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Keokuk
Odd Fellows Camp
Montrose
Iowa
Noted Merchandiser Samuel Carson Dies in Chicago
Samuel Carson aged sixty, director of Carson Pirie Scott and Co, died Thursday at his Glencoe home. Born in 1862 in Amnoy, Ill, he began as a stock boy at Carson Pirie Scott at age fourteen, rising to lead the firm.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel Carson
Carson Pirie-Scott
Glencoe
Carson
Amnboy, Ill
Carson- Pirie-Scott and Company
Bank hold up loot recovered in Cincinnati ledgers
Cincinnati reports the recovery of seventy three thousand dollars in bonds from a bank hold up last September at Walnut Hills. E H Mathews bank president coordinated with crook gang agents in Minneapolis to reclaim the bonds at a cost of twenty eight thousand dollars. Arrests of syndicate members are anticipated soon.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hamilton County
Walnut Hills
Big City
Denver Bank of Reserve
Denver
E. H. Mathews
Hamilton County Bank
Mathews
Minneapolis
Oskaloosa Farmer Hangs Self in Barn
Roy Welch a 50 year old farmer hanged himself in the barn on his farm near Lacy Iowa this morning. He left a widow and three children. Police reported no note was found and the death is being investigated as a suicide in the rural Osceola area.
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Associated Press
Oskaloosa
Roy Welch
Lacy
Bank Reserves Rise By Over Six Million This Week
The weekly data from New York shows clearing house banks and trust companies with an excess reserve of 19,385,050 dollars, up 6,424,900 dollars from the previous period.
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Mrexnn
New York
Reform of Italy's Railroads Faces The New Government
CAPITOL CITY RAIDS TARGET BOOZE VIOLATORS IN SECOND CLEAN-UP SINCE FEBRUARY Police and prohibition officials conducted a city-wide operation reaching all sections, filling detention space in several stations after sixty raids since Feb 2. Kentucky revenue agent J L Asher infiltrated the underworld posing as a violinist.
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Italy
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Capitol
J. L. Asher
Kentucky
Torre Drives Rail Reform Under Mussolini's Eye
Eduardo Torre, High Commissioner of Italian Railways, leads a drive to convert a deficit plagued system into a efficient operation. He backs 50 000 Fascisti railroad workers forming a reform minded union and aims to curb red unions and pass abuses while boosting policing and staffing.
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Associated Press
Rome
Eduardo Torre
Mussolini
Torre
Littleliament
Red
1922 License Plate Gives Murder Clue
A 1922 automobile license plate with digits 823 provided officials a clue in the Geneva Illinois murder case. The victim was found with wrists and head burned off and authorities suspect a large foreign appearance man. A $1000 reward is offered for the slayer.
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Chicago. l
Geneva
Illinois
Towner Nominated as Porto Rico Governor Candidate
Representative Towner of Iowa was named as a possible successor to the Porto Rico governorship. The nomination follows the resignation of Governor Reilly effective April 1, with officials indicating President Harding may accept the resignation due to ill health.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Towner
Iena
Porto Rico
Dent Reily
Harding
Mrs Edworthy Taken Ill at Home in Rock Island
Mrs Frank Edworthy fell very ill at her home last evening and was reported a little better today. Miss Mae Crone will visit in a few days at Rock Island with her friend Mrs Jerome Willisina.
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Frank Edworthy
Mae Crone
Rock Island
Jerome Willisina
Tight French Hold Narrows in Essen Amid Bombs
Reports from Essen describe intensified French control with police disarmament and an arrest of the police chief. Bombs exploded near the Kaiserhoff hotel housing French engineers, causing no injuries while a French soldier was killed and two wounded in a later restaurant clash with Belgian troops and police.
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Germany
Hasen
Brandenburg People’s Alliance
Essen
Russia
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Kaiserhoff Hotel
Berlin
Farm Credit Debate Nears Row Amid Stormy House Session
In a stormy House session today Democrat Representatives Wingo of Arkansas and Jones of Texas nearly clashed over debate time limits. Several members intervened to prevent a fight as discussion on farm credit legislation began.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Farm Credit
House
Wingo
Arkansas
Jones
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission denies general priority orders on anthracite
Washington D. C. Feb. 17. The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to issue general priority orders to expedite anthracite movement into northeastern New York and New England despite protests from the federal fuel distributor Wadleigh.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. Sc
Wadleigh
Interstate Commerce Commision
New York
New England
Reverend Fitzpatrick Shoots Self in St. Marys Room
Marshalltown Iowa February reports the Reverend J Fitzpatrick pastor of St Marys Church dies by suicide in his room. He shot himself with a revolver. motive alleged to be health concerns. Survived by Dr D Fitspatrick of Love City as immediate family member.
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Marshalltown
J. Fitzpatrick
St. Mary's Ehurch
D. Fitspatrick
Love City
Ohio Woman Believes She Is Lost Child in Old Kidnapping Case
The Winters kidnapping case from ten years ago returned to public notice when Mrs. Kaylor declared she believes she is the missing child. The report notes she was found by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Newcomer in 1932 and sparked renewed attention in Ohio.
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Ohio
Rhree
Eport
Mie
Kaylor
Ad Mra
Neowensile
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