Iowa farmers optimistic on land prices and corn value
Secretary Raymond Cassady told the Iowa Farm Bureau convention that farming remains the globe’s top business with Iowa farms still cheap. He praised corn as a stabilizing factor and outlined the new Department of Agriculture’s efficiency gains, district inspections, and cost savings in six months ending January 1, 1924. He highlighted the county tuberculosis eradication law as a major agricultural progress.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Raymond Cassady
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Agriculture
Fiest
Lowa
Thousand Farmers Gather Today for Farm Bureau Meet
Des Moines January 16 One thousand Iowa agriculture representatives gathered at the City Auditorium for the fifth annual Iowa Farm Bureau Federation convention. President C E Hearst of Cedar Falls opened with remarks after the secretary E W Hunt report. J N Horlacher of Storm Lake spoke on the American Farm Bureau Federation convention. Clyde H Combs of Fayette, Iowa County Agents Association president, discussed the county agent’s work and the needed farmer led leadership.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Lowa Agriculture
City Auditorium
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
C. E. Hearst
Cedar Falls
E. W. Hunt
J. N. Horlacher
Storm Lake
American Farm Bureau Federation
Clyde H. Combs
Fayette
Iowa County Agents’ Association
Farm Bureau
Combs
Dismantling of King Tut Tomb Resumes at Luxor
In Luxor Egypt on January 16 excavation lead Howard Carter resumed work on Tutenkhamun’s tomb. The outer casket cornice was cleared and the second shrine roof section was hoisted to the ante chamber. Inner walls show carvings of the king and a winged figure with a human head.
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Associated Press
Luxor
Egypt
Tutenkhamun
Howard Carter
Forsling marriage amendment defeated in Des Moines House
In Des Moines Iowa January 16 opponents of the Forsling amendment to require a ten day filing before marriage licenses were granted lost their bid to reconsider the bill. The motion failed 63 to 39 after a heated, hour long debate with frequent personalities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Forsling
Grimwood
Jones County
Eight ISC basketball players suspended for dance incident
Eight members of Iowa State College basketball team including Captain Roberts and Ira Young were dismissed from the squad by Coach William S. Chandler for breaking training rules by attending a dance after the Ames Grinnell game. The coach said they might return if they apologize to the student body.
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Ames
Ilowa State College
Roberts
Ira Young
Footbiy
William S. Chandler
Ames-Grinnell
John
Norton Behm
Moser
Paige
Anderson
Berry
Hurley Nominated to Debt Funding Commission
Edward N. Hurley, Chicago businessman and former shipping board chairman, was nominated by President Coolidge to fill the Democratic vacancy on the Debt Funding Commission. The nomination was made in Washington on January 16.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Shipping Board
Coolidge
Debt Funding Commission
Fall Charged Over Teapot Dome Funds Case
Former Secretary Albert B. Fall was charged by Senator Walsh with misleading the Senate Public Lands Committee during Teapot Dome inquiries about funds used to enlarge and stock his New Mexico ranch.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Walsh
Montana
Senate Public Lands Committee
Teapot Dome
Mexico
Farmers and manufacturers oppose price fixing at Illinois meeting
The farmer manufacturer convention under the Illinois Manufacturers' Association adopted resolutions opposing government price fixing on commodities and endorsing the Esch-Cummins act. They urged nitrate production for Muscle Shoals, reforestation, tax cuts, and development of St Lawrence and Mississippi waterways, with a push for private rail and utility ownership to persist. A permanent committee for joint problem discussion was created.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Farmer Manufacturer Convention
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Muscle Shoals
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
Congress
Supreme Court
Soap salesman charged with fraud in Chicago
Frank Bergman, described as a former soap salesman from Louisville Kentucky, allegedly posed as a nephew of Albert H Gary and was arrested in Chicago after leaving a train from Dubuque Iowa. He faces charges of running a confidence game against suburban auto dealers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank Bergman
Louisville
Elbert H. Gary
Dubuque
Smith backs La Follette plan for lower freight rates
Senator Smith of South Carolina endorsed the La Follette resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to substantially reduce freight rates on farm products. He also urged consideration of a broader horizontal rate cut and said the measure was referred to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee for study.
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Ifiy
Associated Press
Washington
la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Smith
Below Zero in Iowa Strikes Sioux City and Des Moines
Des Moines reports ten below in Sioux City and three below in Des Moines as cold wave persists. Weather bureau forecasts trend toward deeper subzero readings tonight in eastern Iowa.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Holsinger Acquitted in Embezzlement Case
Earl W. Holsinger former deputy county treasurer was acquitted on the first count in a Marion district court trial that began Monday and ended at noon today Judge F L Anderson directed the jury to return not guilty verdicts surprising onlookers who expected a longer proceedings
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Cedar Rapids
Earl W. Holsinger
F. L. Anderson
Marion
Doubt over Lincoln confession sparks hope of survivors
Warren J. Lincoln the lawyer and horticulturist confessed last year to killing his wife and her brother Bryan Shoup and burning their bodies in his greenhouse furnace. Kane county authorities and Aurora officials doubt the confession and fear the couple may still be alive. Mayor Charles Green questions Lincoln's tale and says the two may turn up alive.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Ill
Warren J. Lincoln
Charles Green
Kane County
Lincoln
Green House
Bryan Shoup
Democrats Meet in New York For National Convention
New York voters and business leaders expect a convention influx in January with Madison Square Garden likely to host the event and Hotel Van derbilt serving as McAdoo campaign HQ. Democratic leaders in Washington discuss committee polls and staffing as New York prepares for the major political gathering.
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New York
Washington
Vanderbilt
Wm. G
McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Hull
George F. Mara
Bridgeport
Conn
Homer Cummings
Snowfall Thaws Out as Clinton Freezes in Eight Inch Storm
Clinton reports about eight inches of snow with .58 inches water content. Temperature drops rapidly at noon as snowstorm that began last night paralyzes highways but mostly spares steam and electric rail operations.
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Clinton
Interior opens 175400 acres to homestead entry
Washington January 16 interior department announced opening 175400 acres of public lands for homestead entry in New Mexico and Utah.
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Washington
Interior Department
New Mexico
Utah
Legislature Passes School Bill Limiting Superintendent Control
The Iowa House approved amendments removing public and private schools from state superintendent oversight in secular matters. Private schools lose inspection duties and mandatory reporting, while the bill passed 6 to 0. the Senate meanwhile moved three education related measures. A joint session later heard Congressman L J Dickinson praise the farm bloc and urge farmers to push self-help prosperity.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Code Commission
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
House of Representatives
Hauge
Polk County
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Senate
Commerce Counsel
Board of Education
Dickinson
The
Farm Bureau Federation
State House
Congress
Iowa
Iowa House
L. J. Dickinson
Farm Bloc
House
Middlewest
Mr. Dickinson
Bandit Shot At Des Moines Oil Station In Serious Condition
Des Moines police report a man identified as George Conlon of Omaha was shot by Julius Fidler during a failed robbery at Robbins Oil Station. Conlon, intoxicated and firing inside the store, was wounded in the chest as Fidler rushed to aid attendants. Police note a pool hall threat and multiple other holdups by a group in a car shortly after.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
George Conlon
Omaha
Julius Fidler
Conlon
Fidler
All Station
West End
Pay Mortgage On Jack Trice's Home
Iowa State College students and faculty collected 2259 to pay funeral costs and clear the 410 mortgage on the Ohio home of Jack Trice, star lineman who died from injuries in the 1923 Minnesota game. His mother and widow each receive 580, and they now live in Ravenna Ohio. The Double A athletes group plans a bronze tablet in Trice's memory to be placed in State Gymnasium.
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Associated Press
Ames
Iowa State College
Jack Trice
Minnesota
Anna W. Trice
Jack
Ravenna
Ohio
Trice
Double A
State Gymnasium
Butler Launches New Philadelphia Vice Drive
Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler, director of public safety, announced a fresh campaign to clean up Philadelphia crime and vice. The plan follows a military schedule with an initial advance, entrenchment, then a renewed push, as saloons that reopened after raids are again under scrutiny for prohibition violations.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Smedley Butler
Public Safety
Butler
Waterloo Laborer Crushed In Tunnel
William F. Buechholtz age 32 a Waterloo laborer was killed at 9 a m today when loose earth collapsed in a tunnel he excavated for a sewer to his home. He was buried for over an hour before discovery.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
William F. Buechholtz
Obregon Wins First Battle of Offensive
The report states President Alvaro Obregon has set his field headquarters at Penjamo in Jalisco and directs an advance on Guadalajara, with General Joaquin Amaro’s forces staying in place until the western offensive ends.
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Associated Presa
Hel Paso
Texas
Alvaro Obregon
Penjamo
Jalisco
Enrique Estrada
Guadalajara
Roman Lopez
Juarez
Joaquin Amaro
Former Minister Maurice Egan Dies at 71
Arrangements were made to move the body of Dr. Maurice Francis Egan former United States minister to Denmark to Philadelphia. He died yesterday after a period of kidney disease and had resigned in 1918 due to ill health having served for twelve years under President Roosevelt.
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Associe Press
New York
Philadelphia
Maurice Francis Egan
United States
Denmark
Egan
Atlantic City
Roosevelt
Plan to Aid Agriculture Faces Likely Passage
The speaker told legislators that the export plan may pass in Congress and would greatly benefit farmers. He said top minds are studying agricultural problems to find an economic solution.
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Congress
Bandits Rob Lansing Bank Shootout Wounds Lumberman
Six bandits robbed the Lansing State Bank in Lansing Illinois near Hammond Indiana. A lumberman named John Beckman of Hammond was shot while trying to stop the escape. The robbers fled with seven thousand five hundred dollars.
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Bandits
Lansing
Illinois
Associated Press
Chicago
Lansing State Bank
Hammond
Ind
John Beckman
Maupin to be hanged at Iowa prison Friday morning
In Fort Madison on January 16 officials prepared the gallows for Roy Maupin, the African American slayer of Joe Haynes Carney Jr. The execution is scheduled for 7 30 a m Friday making Maupin the first Black inmate to die on the gallows in the town since 1920.
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Associated Preas
Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Roy Maupin
Joe Haynes
Carney, Jr
Maupin
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Mex
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Tampico
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Puebla
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