Iowa faces busy 1926 political year across fields
Des Moines January 1 Iowa politics embarks on a busy year with state primaries approaching and plans forming for a Senate contest in Steck versus Brookhart with Cummins possibly entering. Governors races and a push by the Republican Economy Association shape the early campaign landscape.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
General Assembly
Senate
Towa
United States Senate
Steck-Brookhart
Daniel Steck
Ottumwa
M. L. Bowman
Waterloo
Brookhart
Cummins
Price
John R. Price
Albia
Republican Economy Association
The
Economy Association
Iowa Good Roads Association
Iowa to Host Western Conference Track Meet in 1926
The University of Iowa will host the Western Conference outdoor track championship in Iowa City May 28 and 29, 1926. About 100 to 200 athletes from ten institutions compete in sixteen events, with non conference teams barred. Hawkeyes seek to improve on 1922 marks set on their fast track under familiar conditions.
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Iowa City
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University of Iowa
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Mawkeyes
United States
Hawkeye
DEFER SETTLEMENT IN MINERS STRIKE
The anthracite strike, now four months old, remains unsettled as miners and operators failed to concede in three days of talks. A recess until Tuesday was declared, with operators seeking private conference before resuming negotiations.
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Associated Press
New York
New Opera Scores a Big Hit in Chicago
Chicago critics praised Franco Alfano and his opera Resurrection in its American premiere. Mary Garden shone in a major role as audiences filled one of the citys largest opera crowds. Alfano fell ill after the production was accepted for staging, casting a melancholy note over the triumph.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Turin
Franco Alfano
Mary Garden
Tolstoi
Caterina
Dimitri
Guthrie County Snow Removal Costs Report
Guthrie county spent 1553.42 dollars to clear snow from primary highways over twelve days from December 14 to 26. Sioux City reports Charles Kloster expected to be sworn in as United States marshal for the Northern Iowa district on January 5.
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Guthrie Center
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Sioux City
Charles Kloster
Iowa
Snow Shovel Stalls in Drift on County Road Test
Marshaltown Marshall county added a snow shovel to its highway equipment and in its first trial the machine got stuck in drifts. It and trucks blocked traffic for hours.
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Marshaltown
Marshall County
Roadhouse at Peoria Burns Revelers Die
A fire at Elms Beach, a resort north of Peoria Illinois, killed Mrs Ethel Houghton and Mr John Houghton after a revelry night. Three men Fred Teyler Eagle Root and Fritz Juergens are jailed for questioning as federal enforce ment had earlier raid. The two story frame building on the Illinois River was under an injunction. Teyler said he fled with heavy smoke and heat making rescue impossible. No bodies found at first search.
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Theollinois River
Air Board Plan Under Study by War and Navy
Washington plans evolve as the air board recommendations reach Congress. Secretary Wilbur cites already submitted suggestions and Secretary Davis reviews the War Department's approach with President Coolidge. Both departments back creating additional assistant secretary ships to manage aviation functions.
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Washington, D. C
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President's Air Board
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Ames hosts junior short course for 1900 club members
More than 1,900 boys and girls joined the junior short course staged by Iowa State College. Centerville resident Alex Greenwood, 80, from near Mystic, was seriously injured when struck by a Centerville Mystic interurban.
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Iowa State College
Centerville
Alex Greenwood
Mystic
Grand Stand Collapse Injures Pasadena Pageant Crowd
A temporary grand stand at Colorado Boulevard and Madison Avenue in Pasadena collapsed during the Tournament of Roses pageant, injuring an estimated two hundred spectators including women and children. Several suffered broken ankles and other injuries. no deaths were reported. Police and ambulances rushed victims to Pasadena and Los Angeles hospitals as crowds surged.
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Davenport
M. Spnelletich
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Los Angeles Hospital
Automobile Plunges From Bridge Kills Two In St Paul
Two occupants died when their car went over the east Sixth Street bridge railings and fell about fifty feet to railroad tracks in St Paul Minnesota. A fireman identified one victim as a woman and said the other was a man. The driver was not named in initial reports.
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Kaet Sixth Street
Frank Woeleh
Welch
Tom Brown
Police Department
Bey
Religious visitation campaign planned in Des Moines churches
A personal visitation religious campaign will be held in Des Moines from February 8 to 12 under the direction of George Irvine of New York City head of the religious work department of the National Council of the Y M C A.
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Des Moines
George Irvine
New York City
National Council of the Y. M. CA
Hired Girl Bill Sparks Debate in Congress
In Washington, Sol Bloom proposes amending immigration law to allow foreign hired girls on a non quota basis with foreign experience and three years domestic service. Critics warn the plan makes them bond servants and could limit life advancement, while costs of housing and sustenance worry opponents.
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Washington, D. C
Lo] Bloom
Congress
Sol
Dividend received from long-closed 1873 bank failure
Mrs. Robert Orring of Des Moines received a ten dollar dividend check yesterday. It comes from a bank that failed in Springfield during the 1873 panic. The check honors her late father’s one fourth share in the estate, as Jacob Bunn’s private bank settled after partial payouts.
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Springfield
Robert Orring
Csarance
Jacob Bunn
Bunn
Exchange Voices Across The Sea In Global Radio Night
New York will host an elaborate international radio program uniting old world and new with music from Park Avenue Baptist Church and the Big Ben chimes in London. John McCormack and Lucrezia Bori headline the New York program carried by nine U S stations and relayed abroad by the British Broadcasting Company.
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London
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British Broadcasting Company
England
Ireland
Iowa Begins Work on Largest Field House in Country
Iowa City reports the University of Iowa to build a vast armory and field house. Plans call for 430 by 412 feet halls with a regulation court, baseball diamond, football gridiron and six lap track, seating 12 000, plus a 150 by 80 foot pool and extensive classrooms and offices. Financing comes from net athletic proceeds.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye Athletics
United States
Iowa
Fly wheel disaster kills child at Pittsburgh mill
A severed fly wheel from a Carnegie Steel mill in the North Side crashed into four nearby houses injuring four people and killing four year old Daniel Jones as he slept. A broken belt caused the wheel to fly apart, with a large piece traveling 1,200 feet and burying itself in a fourth residence.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel
Daniel Jones
Auto deaths rise in 1925 across major cities
A 1925 nationwide review shows autos killed more people than in 1924 in many large cities. Chicago and suburbs tallied 787 deaths, Philadelphia 525, Detroit 395, Cincinnati 129, and Cleveland 205, while New York saw 810 deaths for ten months, with other cities varying. New Year observances in Chicago Milwaukee Des Moines and Washington were reported as orderly with few arrests.
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Nebraska to Hold Farm Conference During Agriculture Week
Governor McMullen announced a statewide farm relief conference to be held January 5 to 8 in Lincoln. The event aims to present Nebraska’s agricultural issues to Congress and secure better farmer profits amid national surplus concerns. Omaha Chamber of Commerce named a committee to coordinate with the governor.
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Associated Press
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Nebraska
Congress
McMullen
Des Moines
Iowa
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Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Walker Becomes Mayor of New York
James J. Walker, former reform writer and ex state senator, became mayor of New York City. His appointment shows Tammany control of both state and city governments, with appointees from the Hylan era signaling a healing of Democratic splits after the primaries.
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New York
Associatedress
James J. Walker
Tammany
Smith
New York City
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Hylan
Wilt Confer 33rd Degree in Masonry in Iowa
Des Moines January 1 four candidates will receive the 33rd degree of the Masonic order on January 13. Frank V. Dole and Daniel F. Scribner are among the Des Moines Clinton Ava Line, Qoux City and Frank B. Whittaker of Hillsboro named in the class. Oscar J. Hoberg Sioux City Louis Block Davenport and others will assist EF T Meredith.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ita
Masonic Order
EF. T. Meredith
Sovereign Grand Inspector General
Iowa
Frank V. Dole
Daniel F. Scribner
Clinton Ava Line
Qoux City
Frank B. Whittaker
Hillsboro
Oscar J. Hoberg
Sioux City
Louis Block
Davenport
L. C. Moezinger
Clinton
C. H. Cogawell
Cedar Rapids
Meredith
Grundy County Boy Heads Farm Clubs
Ames Iowa July 1 Carroll Plaser of Grundy county was re elected president of the boys state club organization at the boys and girls short course being conducted at Cless Kibby of Shelby county named vice president Frank Harr of Lee county named secretary and Charles Wood of Dickinson county treasurer.
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Carroll Plaser
Grundy County
Iowa State College
Cless Kibby
Shelby County
Frank Harr
Lee County
Charles Wood
Dickinson County
Post Office Holds Over a Thousand Undelivered Christmas Cards
In Des Moines more than a thousand Christmas cards without addresses are being held by the local post office as an aftermath of Yuletide. The cache reflects the season’s mailing backlog and awaiting forwarding or pickup by recipients.
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Des Moines
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