Legislative battle opens messages on debt session
Cable messages from Paris report progress in talks between American and British delegates over Dawes plan proceeds. Kellogg and Logan discuss near‑term closure while Anglo American talks advance details. Belgian and British officials prepare further discussions as Herriot meets in Paris.
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Paris
Jan. P
Washington
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
Great Britain
James A. Logan
Kohawk football schedule announced for next year
Coach Moray Eby revealed the Kohawk football schedule with six Midwest conference games. Homecoming returns as Knex hosts Nov 7 at Cedar Rapids, and key rivals include Lawrence Beloit DuBuque Appleton Carleton Monmouth and Cornel.
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Cedar Rapids
Moray Eby
Kohawk
Lawrence
Beloit
Monmouth
Dubuque UA
Cedar Rapida
Appelton
Hetoic
Brelott
T--Knex
Carleton
Northfield
Ornel
Iowa Basketball Faces Purdue Tonight in Big Ten Clash
Iowa, fresh off a victory over Minnesota, meets Purdue in Iowa City as Coach Sam Barry tightens guard play against the Robbins Cramer scoring duo, seen as the main threat to Iowa's hopes for another win.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Jan
University of Iowa
Purdue
Sam Barry
Minnesota
Robbins Cramer
Girl Takes Poison in Despair Leaves Note to Lover
Agnes Neilly, 27, was found convulsing after drinking poison yesterday and died at 2:15 this morning. She told her lover Harry Vining, a Northwestern switch engine fireman, that she did it because she was tired of life and she did not feel it would ever make him happy.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Jan
Agnes Neilly
Harry Vining
Northwestern
Monmouth Men Die in Bus Collision
Two Monmouth men were killed and two injured when their car struck a Galesburg Monmouth bus today. Everett Kissock aged 20 and Harold McKnight were killed in the crash.
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Monmouth
Alesburg
Jan
Galesburg-Monmouth
Everett Kissock
Harold McKnight
Prohibition Anniversary Observed Across Iowa
The fifth anniversary of the national prohibition amendment will be marked with church services in Iowa on January 18. The Iowa Anti-Saloon League notes the amendment took effect on January 16 and cites progress such as a dry congressional delegation, rising workers savings, and more children in school.
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Associated Preas
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
League
McNaught
Congress
Petitions circulate for bond issue to fund Iowa roads
Des Moines January 8 petitions asking the state legislature to place the primary road system under state control and adopt a road program advocated by the Iowa Good Roads association are being circulated statewide. The petition asks lawmakers to submit at the November 1926 general election an 85 million dollar serial bond issue for road improvements.
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Des Moines
Iowa Good Roads Association
Norris Shoals Plan Defeated in Senate Battle
Washington dispatch reports the Senate approved the Underwood private operation bill 48 to 37 as a substitute for the Norris government operation plan. Norris charged the move aimed to kill his plan, while opponents urged delaying tactics and a new Wadeworth proposal for a presidential committee to decide Musele Shoals fate with final presidential say.
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Washington
Havins
Senate
Muede Shoals
House
Eaders
Norris
Nebraska
Wadeworth
New York
Musele Shoals
Brookins to Maintain Amateur Standing at Iowa
Charles R. Brookins of the University of Iowa will keep his amateur status for the coming season and attempt to lower the 220 yard low hurdles mark of 23 seconds. He recently completed his collegiate eligibility and will graduate at the end of January.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Charles R. Brookins
University of Iowa
Brookins
Sterling Exchange Advances Toward Par in New York Market
Sterling exchange rose at the opening today advancing toward par. The demand rate climbed almost a cent to 4.78 14 dollars within about eight cents of the gold parity basis.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Koretz Dies Alone in Illinois Prison Barracks
Leo Koretz, the Chicago promoter behind the phantom Panama oil scheme, died in the state penitentiary where he began a one to ten year sentence. He had fled Chicago a year earlier after his oil bubble collapsed and the Havana river project was exposed as a myth. Three brothers and his son Mentor were with him. his wife arrived as officials prepared to release the body.
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Statevilled i
Leo Koretz
Panama
Mentor
Koretz
Chicago
Hige
Bullets Hit Skull As Highwayman Stops HoldUp
El Cento California January 9 Associated Press R Hari Singh Hindu rancher of Holtville and five other men faced a masked highwayman during a holdup when a bullet struck Singh in the forehead. He was stunned briefly and his survival was credited to his thick skull or a defective cartridge.
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Associated Press
Elcentro
Calif
R. Hari Singh
Holtville
Here
Singh
Missouri Defeats Ames in Conference Basketball
Missouri University beat Iowa State College 28 to 15 in the opening conference game for both teams last night. The contest featured a low scoring first half as Missouri pulled away in the second period.
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Missouri
AMES
Associated Press
Amis
Missouri University
Iowa State College
iYiuana Crowned World Wrestling Champion In Three Falls
Ed Lewis lost his heavyweight title to Wayne Mann in a three fall match and remained hospitalized with bruises. Munn won the two other falls after Lewis was fouled in the second fall, while Sioux City crowds hailed Munn as their champion.
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Tered Pretis
Kandad'c City
Stangler) Cabal
Wayne
Big) Mann
Lew
Mung
Noor
Lewis
Munn
Sioux City
Sioux
Lord Bond Issue Possibilities and Iowa Road Plan
January 7 report notes the Iowa Good Roads association mailed copies of a booklet Appeal detailing proposed legislation the group wants the legislature to adopt. It calls for an $85 million bond issue with $55 million needed to fund the plan and says principal and interest can be paid in fifteen years from the current road fund plus one third of gasoline tax receipts without extra license fee increases.
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Associated Press
Des Moins
Iowa Good Roads Association
General Assembly
Millionaire Thomas Carey Charged in Confidence Game
Warrants allege Thomas Carey retired millionaire and former mayoral hopeful ran a fraudulent bus line scheme totaling 100000 dollars. Stocks held by investors including Rev Father M O Sullivan claim losses of six thousand dollars. Carey’s lawyers say he will return to face charges.
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Itv
Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas Carey
Los Angeles
M. O. Sullivan
Carey
Swimming records broken last night in Illinois meet
In Chicago the Illinois A A U meet set three new marks. Johnnyelmutler swam the 50 yard free in 22.45 seconds beating 23.25. He also posted 100 meter free style in 54.5 seconds, and Conral Mila liped 1:04.95 in back stroke, surpassing the 13:59.25 record from May 1924.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
A. Johnnyelsemutler
Hia
Conral
Bank Failure at Denison Involves City Funds
Denison faces questions over city finances after Bank of Denison closed. State examiners report says city funds totaling 927,744.61 were not deposited in lawful depository and no depositories bonds posted. City treasurer Voss also bank manager, with a 160,000 bond. State Justice Department reviews possible action.
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Des Moines
Denison
J. C. McChine
George W. Conley
H. K. Walton
Bank of Denison
C. L. Voss
Voss
State Department of Justice
Women of Iowa Urge Federal Child Labor Amendment
Iowa women’s clubs unite to press the winter general assembly for the federal child labor amendment. A special committee led by Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith cites public education campaigns and clarifies the measure as an enabling act to curb dangerous occupations for children.
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Gartstad
Nes Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Mre
Idn B. Wise Smith
Congress
Wise-Smith
Max Mayer
Forty First General Assembly
Iowa Child Welfare Commission
Kendall
Pension checks reach 68 foreign lands in $279,994 total
Government pension checks for U S veterans traveled to every state and 68 foreign countries in the last fiscal year. More than 500000 veterans received payments totaling 279 thousand 994 dollars and 77 cents as checks were issued across the nation and overseas.
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Washngton
Jan
Nebraska Honors Notre Dame Team After Pasadena Victory
Nine members of Knute Rockne's Notre Dame football squad, conquerors of Leland Stanford, were guests at a banquet in Lincoln. The event honored the visiting Irish as the only team to defeat Nebraska twice in succession since 1918. The visit included a prison tour, an official welcome by Governor Adam McMullen, and a reception with university authorities and faculty.
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Rye
Lincoln
Neb
Knute Roeckne
Notre Dame
Leland-Stanford
Pasadena
Calif
Nebraska University
Nebraska
Adam McMullen
Engagement Revealed After Barnard Shootings At Wisconsin
Madison Jan 9 The engagement of Miss Lora Palmer to Francis X Barnard is disclosed after Barnard shot her and then killed himself in a University of Wisconsin dormitory. Police recovered letters from Barnard to Palmer showing jealousy and commitment. Palmer is reported improving and expected to recover.
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Soenrinted Press
Madison
Wis
Lora Palmer
Francis X. Barnard
University of Wisconsin
Hibbing
Minn
Bernard
Ian
Miss Palmer
Mies Palmer
Prison laundry work for Mrs. Sweetin in Illinois
Elsie Sweetin, convicted of poisoning her husband Wil ford Sweetin, began serving a 35 year sentence at Stateville Illinois. By good conduct she becomes eligible to apply for parole in eighteen years.
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Stateville
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford Sweetin
State Penitentiary
Blind violinist on Atlanta streets earns sparse coins
Peter Van Deveer, a blind violinist, played for pedestrians in Atlanta as coins rarely filled his cup. Mrs. A S Holcomb, wife of the Wash ington and Lincoln railroad president, joined him singing to a crowd. After several pieces including The Rosary and Suwanee River, she departed amid applause. Van Deveer’s cup remained full.
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Atlanta
Peter van Deveer
A.S. Holcomb
Washington
Washington and Lincoln Railroad
van Deveer
Suwanee River
Pensioners Slashed as Roll Shrinks in Fiscal Report
The pension roll fell from 539,756 in 1923 to 525,539 last year, with 25 million dollars of unused appropriation returned to the treasury. Ohio leads in pensioner residence with 48,792. Pennsylvania 44,998. New York 41,060, while Nevada has 292. Canada houses 1,477 pensioners. England 266. Germany 229. The total peaked at 999,446 in 1902, and since then has mostly declined. Since 1790 the government has paid about 6.836 million in pensions.
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Pension Bureau
Treasury
Bureau
Ohio
Pennylvania
New York
Nevada
Alaska
Philippines
Virgin Islands
Canada
England
Ireland
Germany
Australia
Algeria
Bulgaria
Korea
Egypt
Lithuania
Monaco
Jugoslavia
Seychelles Islands
Society Isands
Syria
Liberia
New Zealand
South Africa
Close Speakership Race Shaped by Iowa Legislature
Des Moines January 9 The battle for speaker of the house and president pro tem of the senate in the coming Iowa General Assembly shows uncertainty and competing claims from Edson Harrison and Ed Campbell as caucuses near. Hammill reports readiness to assume office with a planned highway policy emphasis in his inaugural message.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa General
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
E. P. Harrison
Oakland
Ed Campbell
Ida County
Senate
J. L. Brookhart
Washington County
Hammill
John Hammill
Britt
Kendall
Fort Des Moines
Iowa Good Roads Association
Crossword puzzles barred from Hudson schools
Acting on parental complaints Hudson district superintendent Louis D Record ordered teachers in Hudson and neighboring towns to drop a half hour of morning school time for solving crossword puzzles. He called the activity not educational and directed its discontinuance.
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Hudson
N. H
Lou
D. Record
Veteran postal employee convicted in mail theft case
Lincoln Nebraska January 9 Ray E F Eaton 58 a postal employee with 31 years of service was found guilty by a federal jury after four hours deliberation of rifling the mails specifically for taking 8.75 dollars from a letter last July Judge Munger scheduled sentencing for Saturday pending further proceedings in U S district court.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Ray EF. Eaton
Eaton
United States
Munger
Missing Business Man and Woman Reported in Traer
H. W. Paustain a prominent young businessman and Mrs C C Martin owner of a beauty shop have been missing from Traer Iowa since January 2. Chicago police are expected to be asked to investigate Paustain left a wife and son behind.
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Traer
H. W. Paustain
C. C. Martin
Chicago
Paustain
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