Washington High claims second in Little Six after late win
Washington High defeated Fairfield 27 to 26 to finish the Little Six season in second place, one game behind Burlington. Tommy Canton scored the final decisive basket in the last minute, with Kupka and Jackson contributing earlier as Washington rallied from a slow start.
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Washington High School
Burlington
Tommy Canton
Kupka
Washington
Muscatine
Jackson
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Trojans
Dabner
Scott
Fanfield
Heston
Cantoni
Washington Demons
Tommy
Eld
Fimmen
Norris Proposes Organization of a Progressive Party
Senator Norris of Nebraska proposes a national progressive party to offer an alternative to reactionary elements. He calls for a joint executive committee of House and Senate members and a national committee modeled on older party structures. Loren Elliott Edington Jr. visits his uncle Val Fuhr and relatives.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Reed
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Loren Elliott Edington Jr
Val Fuhr
Iowa to Cut Salaries of Public Workers Across State
Iowa House passed bills to trim salaries of state, county, township and municipal workers on a sliding scale. State department staff face 20 percent cuts, board of education 19 percent, board of control 7 percent. County and township workers see 5 to 27 percent reductions.
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Iowa
State Department
Board of Education
Board of Control
Roe
Mayor Cermak Placed in Oxygen Tent for Heart Strain
In Miami physicians treating Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak after last week’s assassination attempt placed him in an oxygen tent at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The device aids breathing and eases heart workload while doctors report unchanged overall condition though kidney function improves.
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Cermak
Fla
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Walter Hamburger
House passes Cellar bill to liberalize liquor prescriptions
The House approved the Cellar bill to greatly ease medicinal liquor prescriptions. It would add beer to prescription access and allow doctors to prescribe without existing limitations, sending the measure to the Senate.
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Washington, D .C
House
Senate
Chaoyang Falls to Japanese Forces in Jehol Drive
Tokyo reports Chaoyang occupied by Japanese troops advancing through Jehol. Chinese forces retreat to Lingyuan as Japan moves to annex Jehol to Manchukuo. The campaign spans about 250 miles with units along a coordinated front.
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Jehol
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Lingyuan
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Manchukuo
League of Nations
Japan
Manchoukuo
Cardinals to Meet Muskies at Tourney
In eastern Iowa junior college basketball, the district tournament runs next week with two Friday games on March 3. Burlington faces Lenox college of Hackinton and Washington meets Muscatine, with both Friday winners advancing to the state tournament in Iowa City and no final game scheduled.
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Iowa
Burlington
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Roof Fire at George W. Newton Home Controls Damages
Fire department responded to a roof fire at the George W. Newton home on East Seeond Street. The blaze caused damage but was controlled using chemical extinguishers.
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George W. Newton
East Seeond — Street
City Indebtedness Shrinks Alongside City Budget
City Clerk W H Fulton reports six year reductions in city debt and operating costs. Bonds outstanding April 3 1927 were 224000 with 88500 paid since, unpaid non due 136000. Water fund bonds of 10000 and other securities are noted plus water fund surplus and disposal plant funding. Budget dropped from 56000 in 1926 to 41700 in 1992, a 14300 decline.
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W. H. Fulton
Fulton
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Legislature Signs Seven Bills In Spring Session
DES MOINES Feb 25 Seven bills passed in the closing week before recess were signed by Governor Clyde L Herring and became laws today The major act was the stamp money bill and others reg u larize board of supervisors actions levy 17 mills for secondary roads and delay sales of delinquent tax property The governor also signed a nine member committee to study indigent patients at University hospital Iowa City and urged early adjournment finding little progress on the promised new deal with only 11 steps completed despite dire relief and tax reform efforts.
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Senate
Supreme Court
State House
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Clyde L. Herring
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North Second Avenue
Monroe Street
West Main Street
Tyler Street
West van Buren Street
South Avenue
South Avenue B
Central Park
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Fourth Avenue
East Main Street
C. M. and
St. P. Railway
North 6Th, Avenue
Des Moines
Boards of Supervisors
University Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa
Emergency Banking Law Enacted by Senate
Washington D C February 25 The senate concurred in a house amendment to the Couzens emergency banking resolution authorizing the comptroller of the currency to permit national bank cooperation with state authorities during emergencies. The measure empowers limits on withdrawals and enables remedial action with state banks ahead of a White House signature.
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Senate
House
Couzens
White House
Hoover
Curtis
Garner
Senate approves direct loans to farmers without access
A U S Senate bill authorizes direct federal land bank loans for farmers where no national farm loan association exists or cannot endorse notes. Secretary Mills supports expanding credit to borrowers in financial need and allows banks to lend for general agricultural use with five years’ deferment on mortgage installments.
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Washington, D. C
National Farm Loan Association
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
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