Poweshiek County votes bonds for road paving
Poweshiek County Iowa votes 2 to 1 in favor of a 1 350 000 bond issue to pave and gravel 201 miles of primary and county roads. City precincts approve about 4 to 1. Total 3 934 yes to 1 488 no. Malcom village opposed. Bond carries in 13 rural precincts and in Hartwick and Barnes City unity. Des Moines reports 14 counties in line for road improvements in 1926 and 1927 with Linn County bond plan.
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Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Malcolm
Poweshiek County Good Roads
Barnes City
Des Moines
Iowa
John Ane
Iowa Good Roads Association
Poweshiek
Johnson
Eleven Baylor players killed in Texas train crash
A Baylor University basketball team bus was struck by an Interstate Great Northern Railway passenger train near Round Rock Texas. Ten players died at the scene and twelve others were seriously injured as the team en route to a game at Texas University.
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Taylor
Tex
Baylor University
Round Rock
International Great Northern Railway
Austin
Texas University
Baylor
Ound Rock
Iowa City hosts one of nation’s five psychopathic hospitals
The University of Iowa Mental Hospital, opened in 1921, is described by Dr. Samuel T. Orion as one of five such institutions in the country. Experts from the Iowa facility assist state cases and cooperate with law officers to diagnose and treat mental illness before crimes occur, upon legal request.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Samuel T. Orion
University
Doetor Orton
University of Michigan
Colorado
Boston
Baltimore
Iowa
Orton
Washington High Falls to Fairfield in Low-Scoring Bout
Washington High lost 18 to 15 to Fairfield as examinations and disjointed play hampered the home team. Fisher led Washington with 11 points but a rash of turnovers and late fouls sidelined him as Fairfield pulled away in the final period.
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Washington
Fairfield
Fisher
Bain
Bates
Stanzel
Lundy
Simmons
Schultz
Albia
Janse
Iowa City
Howe
Muscatine
Little Six
Icher
Jiales
Weaver
Turner
Junkins
Davis
Baker
Rain
Tucker
Nain
Crone
Lyttle
Keltner
Junkina
Hain
Simpson
Train Crew Aided By Passengers After Wreck Near Here
A train wreck left dead and injured. passengers helped gather victims and moved them to the baggage car for transport to a local hospital for treatment. The crew assisted as rescuers worked at the scene along the right of way.
Senate agricultural panel backs revised McNary Haugen bill
The senate agriculture committee approved a favorable report on the revised McNary Haugen farm relief bill. It funds stabilization with 250 million dollars, imposes an equalization fee on producers, covers cotton wheat corn rice and hogs, and allows loans from the stabilization fund under a 12 member federal farm board. Senator McNary aims to bring it to the senate soon.
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Washington
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
Keyes
New Hampshire
Harrold
Oklahoma
House
Federal Farm Board
McNary
Agriculture Committee
Businessmen back McNary-Haugen farm relief measure
At the North Central division meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Chicago on January 22 delegates urged Congress to support farm relief. They advocated marketing surplus crops and endorsed waterways while opposing changes to section 4 of the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Chicago
North Central Division
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
William R. Dawes
Middle West
Commission
Cold Midwestern Weather Forecast Ahead
Chicago Jan 22 Near zero temperatures were promised for the middlewest by the weather bureau but no extreme cold is anticipated. The mercury in most central states started falling last night and will continue downward the bureau stated sub-zero temperatures in the Rock Mountain region however are not expected.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Central States
Bureau
Rock Mountain
Class Room Work Brings in Money to Iowa Students
Iowa City articles by University of Iowa journalism professor Geo H. Gallup reveal students in a magazine writing course have sold hundreds of dollars of newspaper features and magazine pieces. Dozens of publications have accepted their manuscripts, with a co ed setting a top six week summer record by selling every piece produced. A series of radio lectures on nonfiction writing airs February 14 on WSUT as part of the Iowa college of the air, offering university credit to participating students.
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Iowa City
Taurat
Geo. H. Gallup
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Gallup
Roman Banquet at High School Lat in Club Event
The Latin club at the high school hosted a Roman banquet for graduating Virgil and Cicero students. Guests reclined at a table, the host and honored guests were seated, courses included lettuce fish sausage and olives, and a ceremony to appease the Penates concluded before basketball.
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Cicero
Virgil
Catharine Hull
Dave Elder
Norman Sage
Dunham Morrison
Florence Brookhart
Margaret Corbin
Alice Hunter
Ruth Wilson
Mary Finke
Phiiina Butten
Elu
Coal wage dispute looms as miners and operators brace for talks
Indianapolis scene centers on a wage contract to replace the Jacksonville agreement expiring March 3. Operators push for a lower scale aligned with nonunion fields while miners prepare demands at the Miami conference, aiming to protect union pay and avoid a cut. The dispute affects 260000 central field miners and 150000 elsewhere, with fears of a broader strike.
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United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Mianois
Toledo
West Virginia
Kentucky
United Mine
United Mine Workers
Miami
Seales Committee
United States
Illinois
H. F. Baker
Pittsburgh
Tide of Refugees Threatens Chinese Ports
Reports from Hankow and Shanghai describe escalating violence as Cantonese troops clash with foreigners. Civilians flee toward sea ports, with 1000 Western residents evacuating Hankow while consulates shelter behind barricades and warships stand by for defense. In Shanghai unrest grows as tram workers riot. police and volunteers mobilize amid mass injuries.
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Hankow
Fiois
sShanghiu
Dowbh Tarde
Ust Ene
He Company
Nanking Road
Logen
Feneral Wall
Havner and Denny Lose Bid in Central Life Case
Des Moines January 22. Federal judge dismisses temporary injunction sought by Dr T C Denny and H M Havner newly elected officers of Central Life Insurance Society to block old officers O C Miller and Fred Carr from power. Judge Scott says no jurisdiction. Case to be decided before District Judge Franklin on January 24.
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Des Moines
T. C. Denny
H. M. Havner
The
Central Life Insurance Society
O. C. Miller
Fred Carr
George C. Scott
Denny and
Havner
Board of Directors
Scott
Denny-Havner
Miller-Carr
Franklin
Fire at Jacobs Home Prompts Mental Health Hearing
Firefighters responded to a South Avenue D dwelling last evening to a furniture storage room fire. Mark Jacobs, found inside smoke filled, was later brought before the county commissioners of insanity and ordered committed to Mt Pleasant State Hospital after a hearing. Alex McCulley, owner, reported a stolen item as investigators suspected Jacobs mental state contributed to the blaze.
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Mark Jacobs
South Avenue D
Wene
Mr. Jacobs
Mt. Mleasant
Alex McCulley
British Marines to sail for China on Tuesday
One hundred British marines will board the troop ship Minnesota at Portsmouth for service in China. The departure is slated for Tuesday after a scheduled port call in London on January 22.
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London
China
Minnesota
Portamouth
Robally
Mrs Etha Baird Daumeister Dies in Fairfield Iowa
Mrs Etha Baird Daumeister sister of James H Baird of this community died this afternoon at two at the home of her uncle D I Leedy in Fairfield Iowa. She had suffered illness for years and was active in social and church work. Survived by her brother James. Funeral Monday at two from L A Jones funeral home with interment in Ainsworth cemetery.
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Etha Baird Baumeister
Jamesa H. Baird
D. I. Leedy
Fairfield
Iowa
Loren Baird
James
Haveong
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Ainsworth Cemetery
Robinson Arbitration Move Approved in Senate
Washington January 22 The amended Robinson resolution canceling arbitration of the oil and Mexican controversy was formally presented to the senate today. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee, which approved it, said the resolution will be taken up Monday by the senate.
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Washington
Mexico
Senate
Borah
Foreign
Sixty Hurt as Radicals Battle in Germany Today
In Kikt., Germany, January 22, a mass brawl between communists and steel helmeters left sixty injured. Former officer Walter Vonkorodl is blamed for provoking the clash as supporters shouted for the right to reply during a meeting under the republican banner.
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Germany
Walter Vonkorodl
Aormer
W Tenied
Chairy
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