Kerensky to Visit America Amid Travel Hints
Alexander Kerensky head of the Russian democratic group plans a visit to the United States to see relatives and lecture. He holds a temporary US visa via Paris on state department accord and is rumored to travel incognito aboard the Olympic.
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Washington
Alexander Kerensky
United States
Paris
Consert
State Department
Kerensky
New York
Lexander F. Kerensky
Olympic
Marshall
Interurban Railway Buys Hawkeye Stages Bus Line
Interurban Railway Company announces purchase of Hawkeye Stages by Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Transport. Boone ancillary will add 444 bus lines, operate 30 Iowa buses totaling over 125000 miles monthly, with continuous Oskaloosa to Spencer service led by President C H Crooks Secretary M Johnston and Manager G E Motz.
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Boone, In
Hawkeye Stages, Inc
Tes Moines
Fort Dodge, Des Boinrs and
Southern Transpor’ym Company
Boone
Iowa
Boone Concern
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Interurban Company
Oskaloosa
Spencer
Bus Concern
C. H. Crooks
M. Johnston
G. E. Motz
Grandson James LeRoy Hardy Dies in Iowa City
James LeRoy Hardy, 15 months old of Riverside, died at Mercy hospital Iowa City from intussusception after a serious operation. He was the son of Maude Steele Hardy and the late Ruth Marie, and leaves his father and sister Esther Mae. Grandson of D S Hardy of Riverside and Case Steele of this city.
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Ruth Marie
James LeRoy
D. S. Hardy
Riverside
Case Steele
City
County Board Holds Regular Monthly Session
The county board of supervisors met for its regular monthly session yesterday. The board reviewed drainage districts No 7 and No 8 with the Muscatine drainage engineer in charge. Work on the project will begin soon. Today the board attends to routine matters.
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County Board of Supervisors
Muscatine
Local Coaches Pick Second Team For Little Six
Burlington Gazette lists the conference second team as selected by Little Six coaches. McIntyre and Te Strake of Muscatine are forwards, Linneman of Burlington center, Caris of Mt. Pleasant and Kreig of Burlington guards. Weaver of Washington is listed at guard, Stranzel of Fairfield and Ruff of Ottumwa forwards, Nelson of Ottumwa center, Blau of Burlington guard, with Fisher of Washington on the honor roll.
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Bil l Bayliss
Burlington Gazette
Little Six
McIntyre
Te Strake
Muscatine
Linneman
Burlington
Caris
Mt. Pleasant
Kreig
Weaver
Washington
Stranzel
Fairfield
Ruff
Ottumwa
Nelson
Blau
Fisher
Navy oil reserves to stay underground in Teapot Dome case
The U S Navy will guard millions of barrels of reserve oil underground in Kern County California until Congress acts the Elk Hills Doheny lease cancellation ruling marks a major Teapot Dome development The court found fraud in the Doheny lease and the Navy is to receive possession as receiver for the reserves The case for April 11 follows an earlier jury acquittal in December of Doheny and Fall on conspiracy charges
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Washington
United States Navy
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Elk Hills-Doheny
Teapot Dome
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
H. H. Rousseau
Civil Engineering Corps
Kern County
California
Navy
Rousseau
F. Va. Doheny
Interior Departments
Doheny
Five Candidates for School Board Election
Five candidates race for two seats on the local board of education for the election set Monday March 14. Incumbents C A Boice and P G Ahrens along with A E B Atchison Glenn F E Mace and John W Applegate filed petitions though Ahrens briefly withdrew before rejoining. Nomination papers must reach the secretary a week before the election to ensure name publication.
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Board of Education
C. A. Boice
Pp. G. Ahrens
A. EB. Atchison
Glenn FE. Mace
John W. Applegate
Ahrens
Weber
School Board
Weaver Makes Mark on First Team Over Caris
Weaver earns a front court spot on the first all conference team, surpassing Caris for a forward position and highlighting standout play.
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Caris
Weaver
Death Toll Mounts in Welsh Coal Mine Blast and Nottinghamshire Collapse
A Welsh colliery blast buried 185 miners with 52 feared dead as rescue efforts ended. At Cwm Ebbw Vale hundreds of relatives watched as bodies were recovered and survivors counted. 71 rescued and 39 missing. In Nottinghamshire a collapse at Bilsthorpe pit raised fears of 15 or 16 deaths.
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London
Evening News
Cwm Ebbw Vale
Bilsthorpe
Nottinghamshire
Washington High Edges Toward District Playoff After Slow Loss
Washington High School fell 31 to 14 to Ottumwa as fatigue plagued the home team. The Wasps showed their usual speed in past games but lacked energy on the local court, while Ottumwa benefited from accurate shooting throughout the game. Washington now eyes the district tournament opener against Winfield this Friday.
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Wellman
Washington
Ottumwa
Crawfordsville
Winfield
George Carson Visits Ainsworth for Business Call
George Carson of Ainsworth conducted a business call here today, meeting local contacts and discussing potential deals. The visit highlighted ongoing commerce and regional networking activity.
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George Carson
Ainsworth
Voluntary ROTC at Pomona College Outperforms Compulsory Model
Maj. George A. Sanford, commandant of the Reserve Officer's Training Corps at Pomona College, reports that the voluntary military training program in Claremont California is more successful than the compulsory system that was abandoned two years earlier.
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Pomona College
Claremont
Cal
George A. Sanford
Reserve Officer's Training Corps
Seven Children Trapped and Tortured by Relative in California Ranch
Modesto juvenile authorities care for seven children found abused at a Patterson ranch home of Mrs Louise Lenzen. An 11-year-old girl chained to a bed, a 3-year-old boy with hands strapped, and a 1-year-old tied to a chair exposed systemic neglect. Family ties and dead parents marked the case. officials report dirtiness, bruises, and poor feeding. Francis 11 suffered most. Irene 9, Junior 7, Elmer 5, Leo 3, Louise 1 were others.
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Louise EB. Lenzen
Patterson
Chhildren
Irene
Junior
Elmer
Leo
Louise
Rotary Club Pioneer Guests Reflect Old Home Town
The Rotary Club hosted its second annual Pioneer Meeting drawing about forty longtime residents. D A Boyer and Alex Coffman, both 84, were the oldest present, Milan Shields the youngest. Dr Kilcore won a best looking pioneer contest, with Ly man Dunce second. Joe Wright sang an old ballad, energizing reminiscences for all ages. Speakers included Col J Wilson and J B R Crail recounting county history, Dor Sherman and Mort Keeley contributing municipal memories.
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Rotary Club
Washington
D. A. Boyer
Alex Coffman
Milan Shields
Stil Futher
Joe
Eiter
Col. ©. J. Wilson
J. BR. Crail
Dor Sherman
Mort Keeley
Rotarians
Death of Mrs Mary Sheets Hounslow Recalled by West Liberty
West Liberty Davenport paper reports the death of Mrs Mary Sheets Hounslow former Washington resident for forty years. The Sheets family is remembered as an early community band. Only one sister Mrs Charles Polders of New Orleans and three brothers Charles, Joseph Sheets of New Orleans and Fred of Zimmerman La survive. W Green and family move into the Conningham property on East Main Street.
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West Liberty
Davenport
Mary Sheets Hounslow
Washington
Sheets
Sheets Band
Charles Polders
New Orleans
Charles
Joseph Sheets
Fred
Zimmerman
Vice President Dawes Rules Senate To Set Its Program
In a Washington move, Vice President Dawes urged the Senate to decide its closing days agenda rather than be bound by strict rules. The session sought to move beyond the Andrews prohibition bill and address priority items like the alien property bill and Reed recount efforts.
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Washington
Mar
Dawes
Senate
Reed
Pennsylvania
Gould
Andrews
Samuel Insull
Daniel F. Schuyler
Thomas Cunningham
Philadelphia
Reed Election Committee
Paul Putnam With Army In Nicaragua
Lieut Paul A Putnam son of Mr and Mrs A E B Putnam of Washington is with the Marines in Nicaragua according to a letter from Quantic o Virginia. The Fifth regiment of Marines is bound for Nicaragua with Paul as an officer. He notes the unit is packing for transport and that China may be out of the running for duty. He has been transferred to a machine gun company and hopes to learn from gunnery sergeants there. Paul is a Washington High School graduate and Ames State College alumnus awaiting foreign service.
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Paul A. Putnam
A. EB. Putnam
Washington
Marines
Iicaragua
Putnam
Marine Base
Quantico
Nicaragua
Fifth Regiment of Marines
Paul
China
Far East
Tae Henderson
Washington High School
Ames
Decorah voters to decide on $80,000 community building bonds
Decorah residents head to the polls March 1 to vote on issuing bonds totaling $80,000 for a community building. If approved the bond plan would include a maintenance tax and bring total debt to about $200,000.
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Decorah
Comine
Citizens of
March 1 Business Busy in Washington Banks
Banks and offices in Washington were crowded as March first business opened. Lobbies were jammed with customers while transactions were scattered through the day, with many deals for farm lands completed yesterday or earlier. County records showed numerous deeds mortgages and papers filed signaling a brisk land market return.
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Foe St
Washington Loan and Trust Company
County Recorder's Office
Joon Wille
Trate
Washington County
British Troops Land in Shanghai Landing
Three battalions of British troops and 510 officers and men of the Royal artillery disembarked at Shanghai today in a significant naval operation reported by SP. The deployment marks a strengthened British presence in the region as tensions rise.
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Shangitai
Royal Artillery
Municipal candidates file papers for city election
Nomination papers have been filed for E. R. Harvey as councilman third ward joining A. L. Youne and Leslie M. Bieber. George Pauls seeks second ward seat. Fred Neiswanger seeks fourth ward. John Squire aims to reelect to first ward. Incumbents include J. G. Maxwell mayor L. B. Lupton W. A. Gibson councilmen at large and W. A. Cook park commissioner. Election set for Monday March 28. filings due at least fifteen days before.
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E. R. Harvey
A. L. Youne
Leslie M. Bieber
George Pauls
Friends
Fred Neiswanger
John Squire
J. G. Maxwell
L. RB. Lupton
W. A. Gibson
W. A. Cook
Military build up around Shanghai signals tense China crisis
Report of 40 000 additional northern China troops ordered from Nanking toward Sunkiang to reinforce the battle line. Spanish warship Blas de Lezo arrives with 150 marines to assist foreign detachments in Shanghai defense. Artillery with heavy guns and 600 horses proceed aboard Radjulah, while Lorder Bedford Herefordshire battalions move to barracks. Marshal Chang Chung Chang sets up headquarters at Lunghwa arsenal near Shanghai.
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China
Nanking
Sunkiang
Blas de Lezo
Shanghai
Radjulah
Lorder
Megantic
Bedford
Marshal Chang Chung Chang
Lunghwa Arsenal
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Nicolai Lenin
Interurban Railway Company
Iowa City
Goal
Kent
Modesto
W. & Green and Family
Conningham
East Main Street
U. S
Lic Business
Moses
New Hampshire
Senator Robinson
Maine
Senate Appropriations Committee
Paul Putnam
Marine Corps
Porkeign Service
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