Committees Named Today by Anderson Short List in Years
Des Moines reports Speaker John Anderson unveiled the shortest standing committee list in a dozen years. He cut twenty in all, following house recommendations, with A. Q. Hauge heading appropriations and Moner chairing ways and means. The list includes chairs for agriculture, judiciary, bank ing, public health, and many other panels across Polk and neighboring counties.
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Des Moines
John Anderson
Town House
Anderson
House
Hauge
Polk County
Ways and Means
Representative Moner
Lyon
Clark
Lynn
A. V. Brady
Obrien
W. C. Children
Pottawattamie
A. Q. Hauge
Polk
H. N. Donhowe
Storey
Board of Control
Frank C. Lake
Woodbury
John Olson
Clinton
W. J. Colbert
Union
Sackler
Adams
Brede Wamstee
Mitchell
R. O. Graber
Adair
D. Gibson
W.S. Criswell
Boone
F. C. Sampson
Audubon
Thomas Parsons
Calhoun
L. Graham
Wapello
G. A. Knutson
Cerro Gordo
J. S. Garber
Floyd
J. A. Storey
Warren
C. F. Clark
C. R. Buffington
Mills
Oscar Ulsted
Wright
C. H. Scott
Appanoose
L. B. Forsling
Woodburry
E. R. Grinwood
Jones
John Hanson
Scott
FE. Harrison
Clyde Doolittle
Delaware
Frank Elliott
W. L. Long
Jefferson
W. P. Black
Fayette
J. M. Rankin
Lee
N. C. Edson
Buena
Senate fights over farm credit bills and a new commission
The senate considered farm credit legislation from the banking committee but faced resistance led by Senator Norris Nebraska chairman of agriculture who urged moving to his bill creating a government co operation commission empowered to buy and sell farming products in Washington January 16 by The Associated Press .
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Banking Committee
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Agriculture Committee
Commission
Weakness in Dissembling Quotes by Bacon
A compact reflection on political conduct noting that truth-telling requires a strong wit and heart, and that weaker politicians are the greatest dissemblers.
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Bacon
Winter setting up a record for mild weather in Des Moines
Des Moines reports an exceptionally warm winter with the Iowa Crop and Weather Service naming November 169 degrees warmer than normal and January already 4 degrees above normal per day. December proved milder early but cooled at month end, while coal dealers face a tougher strike impact as spring approaches.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Legion
Iowa Crop and Weather Service
Charles D. Reed
Farm Commission Meets in Sioux City
A joint commission of legislators and farm groups from Iowa South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and Missouri will arrive in Sioux City January 24 to study farm conditions and develop methods to prevent farmers from selling below production costs. The delegation includes two state senators and three state representatives from each state plus agricultural department heads and farm organization leaders.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Senate
France and Germany in tense Ruhr clash near Dortmund
Reports from Dortmund and Essen indicate French and German forces are within eight miles in places, with twenty five thousand Reichswehr concentrated near Muster north of Lunen. The reparation commission declares Germany in default, while Paris warns of consequences if terms are not met.
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Aseoc
Dortmund
France
Reicheweber
Muster
Luner
Essen
Duesseldorf
Ruhe
Belgium
Luenen
Versalles
Rhine
Reichsweher
Ruhr
Klan Night Of Murder Claimed In Moorhouse Parish
Investigators hear two former Ku Klux Klan members testify about a Mer Rouge gathering on the night Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards were kidnapped. James Harp identifies J. K. Skipwith as present. Jap Jongs confirms the call to Skipwith and Skipwith denies Klan involvement.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Moorhouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
Mer Rouge
Watt Daniels
Thomas Richards
Jap Jongs
James Harp
Harp
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
Moorhouse Klan
Daniels
Richards
Jones
Skipwith
President Harding Suffering From Severe Cold
President Harding has been ill with a severe cold for a week and, after today’s cabinet meeting, returned to the White House to rest. He met correspondents for after cabinet interviews but indicated indifference to ordinary questions, saying he would answer only important ones. No alarming condition was reported.
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Associated Dress
Washington, D. C
Harding
White House
Mrs Hill Dies From Auto Accident Injuries
Mrs David Jayne Hill aged sixty wife of the former American ambassador to Germany died today from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Insects and the Blossom Pollination Mystery
Insects cause harm yet many fruits rely on blossom pollination by others. Some insects may provide benefits beyond pollination, though science has yet to identify them. The text notes the unknown broader advantages scientists have not yet discovered.
Chess weed described as narcotic in wheat fields
The piece discusses chess described as a troublesome weed in wheat fields. It says chess is ground with wheat for food and allegedly produces narcotic effects, noting its resemblance to oats and misbeliefs about its identity.
Prohibition Measure Discussed in Mexican Congress May Not Applicable
The report notes proposals in the Iowa legislature in January with six bills and several resolutions. Senator Bowman of Waterloo backs a constitutional amendment to create a rural credits fund with state loans secured by real estate. He also sponsors a primary road fund bill combining existing federal and state highway funds.
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Bowman
Waterloo
Senate
Mexico Likely Dead on Prohibition Next Session
Mexico City January 3 The wets feel relief that a bone dry bill cannot pass this session as congress adjourned in December The dry faction may still push a discussion when the May session opens but a total ban is unlikely Officials expect new liquor laws and tighter rules on cantinas to curb pulque a cheap deadly drink feared by the poor
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Mexico
Congress
Sinc
Republic
Rhenish and Westphalian Coal Deliveries Reopen
General De goutte ordered the restoration of coal shipments from the Rhenish and Westphalian regions to France and Belgium by tomorrow morning with penalties for noncompliance. In New York, German marks fell to about 16.666 to the dollar.
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Dusseldorf
Degoutte
France
Belgium
New York
Iowa Legislature Considers Dry Laws and Highway Funding
Iowa lawmakers debate six bills on liquor control and county treasuries while funding for the primary road system is apportioned by county area. Governor Kendall urges tougher liquor penalties including a third conviction penitentiary sentence as the session progresses.
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Federal Aid Engineering Fund
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Lowa
Mead-Caldwell
McIntosh
Treasuries
Kendall
Iowa
Rawhide Fabric Made Into Rubber Covered Belts
A new fabric is being produced by treating rawhide to remove elasticity and sealing it with rubber frictioned cotton duck for belts and tire patches.
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Exchange
Bridges Burned as Arkansas Strike Sparks Deadly Unrest
The body of EB C Cregor, a mile south of Harrison, Arkansas, is found hanging near railroad yards after a strike on the Missouri and Northern Arkansas line flares. Citizens’ committees raid labor halls and burn property while Governor McRae prepares to call out the militia if needed.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
EB. C. Cregor
Milesouth and
Northern Arkansas Railway
Harrison
Arkansas
The
Arkansas Democrat
Cregor
Citizens’ Committee
A. R. Stephens
Ford
Labor Hall
Goveernor McRae
Col. H. L. McAllister
Adjutant General's Staff
Arkansas National Guards
McRae
Missouri and Northern Arkansas
Tonn Wins Supreme Court Reversal in I. W. W. Case
Des Moines January 16 Henry Tonn formerly convicted of syndicalism after possessing I W W materials at Marion won a state supreme court victory reversing Judge Milo P Smith of Lynn County district court. He was arrested after passing an I W W check in Marion and had inflaming pamphlets found in his hand baggage which he claimed were not his. the excuses were overruled.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
aJn
Henry Tonn
Marion
State Supreme Court
Milo P. Smith
Lynn County District Court
Tom
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