Brookhart to Appear Before Subcommittee Over Iowa Contest
Senator Brookhart of Iowa is invited to testify before the Senate elections sub-committee about the Iowa senatorial race. The panel believes Daniel Steck likely won the votes and may recommend seating Steck unless Brookhart presents his argument. The sub-committee includes Chairman Ernst, Senator Watson, Senator Caraway, and Senator George.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brookhart
Iowa
Senate
Subcommittee
Daniel F. Steck
Steck
Ernst
Watson
Indiana
Caraway
Arkansas
George
Georgia
Supreme Court strikes down 1921 Future Trading Act tax
The Supreme Court ruled section 3% of the Future Trading Act unconstitutional. It taxed 20 cents per bushel on grain transactions called privileges bids offers puts and calls indemnities or ups and downs. The challenge was brought by H P Trusler of Emporia Kansas a grain dealer and Chicago Board of Trade member who argued the tax on an indemnity option sale was invalid.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
H. P. Trusler
Emporia, Kas
Chicago Board of Trade
Reject Proposal for Hughes to Arbitrate Anthracite Dispute
The anthracite wage conference rejected proposals to refer the dispute to Charles E Hughes. After a Sunday session breach the conferees are back to the point they reached when peace talks resumed December 29. Each plan offered since then has been rejected by either side and a final break is anticipated.
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Associated Press
News York
Charles E. Hughes
Socialist leader calls for revolutionary seizure of power
Paris January 11 Leon Blume head of the socialist party told the resuming congress that French workers must seize government by legal or illegal means. A non official count indicated a majority against participation in future governments. Blume said socialist participation cannot be shared and power must be fully possessed by the working classes, by any means if necessary.
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Paris
Workers of France
Leon Blume
Socialist Party
Socialist Congress
M. Blume
Butler to Return to Quiet Marine Life
After long Philadelphia residence General Butler expresses readiness to return to peace and quiet with the marines, as reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Philadelphia
Butler
Indianapolis News
Explore Deposit of Bones Near Cherokee Iowa
Subsurface work will begin this year by the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Iowa geology department to study bones found near the Little Sioux river north of Cherokee. Mathew the museum's curator believes the bones belong to an extinct bison species, pending final examination.
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Little Sioux River
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Geological Department of
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University of Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Mathew
Cable
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Sioux River
Norris backs Nye appointment to U S Senate
Senator Norris of Nebraska defends Gerald Nye's Senate seat from North Dakota noting Nye's appointment lasts until a special election. He accuses the opposition of technicalities and vows to challenge votes of Senators Butler Williams and Robinson if they back Nye.
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Associated Press
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
United States
North Dakota
Butler
Massachusetts
Williams
Missouri
Robinson
Indiana
Nye
Norris Sail
Reduction of Tax Is Again Approved
The Senate Finance Committee approved changes to the house revenue bill on January 11. They kept the 12 percent corporation tax, with a possible rise to 18 3 percent if the capital stock tax is repealed. They proposed a $500 million tax cut plan including repeal of the capital stock tax without changing the corporation levy. They reserved right to propose a graduated corporation tax and postponed inheritance tax action and publication of income tax returns.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Jones
New Mexico
Smoot
Treasury Department
Controversy Over Mrs Ferguson and Texas Proceeds
Detroit News notes ongoing dispute with Texas as the parties seek final say in the matter. The clash centers on public statements and legal positions as both sides press to control the narrative and outcome.
Cold Wave 5 Hits Midwest With Blasts and Snow
A cold wave moving southward brings subzero readings in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota while a lake region snow storm advances east. Des Moines and Omaha report dropping temperatures with forecasts of continued cold and clearing conditions by Tuesday.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Lake
Henry J. Cox
Northwest
Montana
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Manitoba
Des Moines
Towa
Sioux City
Davenport
Keokuk
Dubuque
Osceola Nurse Group Elects New District Officers
Miss Blanche Culbertson of Oskaloosa was elected president of the district registered nurses society at a Saturday meeting hosted by the Washington county hospital alumni association. The district includes Keokuk Burlington Fairfield Mt. Pleasant Ottumwa Centerville Oskaloosa and Burlington.
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Oskaloosa
Registered Nurses’ Society
Washington County Hospital
Keokuk
Burlington
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Centerville
Esther Albright
Anna McGahan
Frances Minick
Washington
Margaret Stoddard
Alice Weaver
Miss Stoddard
Althea White
Nurses’ Association
Bertha Hay
Elsie Thompson
Funeral of Italian Queen Margherita at Pantheon Rome
Margherita of Savoy Italy’s first national-born queen laid to rest in Rome Pantheon the king Humbert’s tomb nearby. Procession from Bergamo involved many royal family members with Queen Helena and foreign diplomats following. US envoy Henry Fletcher laid wreath on behalf of President Coolidge.
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Margherita
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Italy
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Berdighera
Marcherita
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Kentucky Congressman Law Denied Supreme Court Appeal
Representative John W. Law of Kentucky had his appeal denied by the Supreme Court over a conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law. He must begin a two year sentence in Atlanta’s federal penitentiary unless a rehearing is granted. He resigned his House seat after the court refused review.
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Washington, Bb. C
John W. Law
Kentucky
Supreme Court
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Belle of Anderson
Lawrenceburg
Anderson County
House
Congress
Washington
Representative Laneley
Longworth
Lankey
Man pleads guilty to family mistreatment in Fort Madison case
John Dunlevy admitted guilt today in a Cedar Rapids court for family mistreatment and received a twenty five year prison term at Fort Madison. He faced accusations of abducting his young niece Elsie Dunlevy two years prior after a Chicago arrest following the child delivering a letter to her father. The defendant offered no defense. Police continue to search for a hit and run driver who fatally struck seven year old Earl Thillen in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Mrs. R M Hamilton of Keota was shopping here Saturday.
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John Dunlevy
Fort Madison
Dunlevy
Elsie Dunlevy
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Earl Thillen
Midwest states show interest in big farm conference
Ohio Nebraska Illinois Kansas Wisconsin and others pledge participation in Des Moines January 28 conference to craft a marketing plan for farm products. Governors Hammill Small McMullen and state commissioners signal support as national farm relief efforts expand.
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Len Line
Tiineis
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Mr. Jones
Chicago
Len Small
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Farm Expoert Corporation
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all-Iowa
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Associated Press
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Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
C. BK. Hearst
Khansens
Topeka
Kas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Hammi
Lincoln
Neb
Adam McMullen
Employment Gains Slightly in State 1925 December
Des Moines reports December 1925 employment up 0.9 percent from November driven by textiles up 9.2 percent and printing and publishing up 7.8 percent. Urick notes mercantile hiring rises with more sales staff, manufacturing modestly up, and a quiet business outlook for 30 to 60 days before a expected busy 1926 season.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
A. L. Urick
Urick
Youth pleads guilty to murder in district court
Cherokee Iowa January 11 Ead ward Flickinger confessed slayer Morris Hardy an ex convict shot to death in an automobile pleaded guilty in district court this afternoon to second degree murder
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Associated Press
Cherokee
Eadward Flickinger
Morris Hardy
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