Capone to be released from prison today
Harrisburg reports Gov. Fisher signed an order for Al Capone and Kline to be released from Eastern Penitentiary on weapon violations. Philadelphia will receive the release order by messenger. Chicago coverage notes the uncertain reception of Capone’s return and describes preparations and public reactions in multiple cities.
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Harrisburg
John S. Fisher
al ‘Capone
Kline
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Chicago
Mar
Orval Capon
Pennsylvania
Capone
Lemuel B. Schofield
Public Safety
Ste? Trols
United
Rtelm
Snid Schofield
Asanteanl
Canone
Green Defends Old Miners Union and Opposes Rebels
Indianapolis March scene as William L. Green president of the American Federation of Labor arrives for Unite Mine Workers of America meeting. He asserts AF of L recognizes only one miners union and endorses John J. Lewis and his followers, receiving a tremendous ovation.
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Green
Old Coal Miners Union
Indianapolis
Ind
Mar
William L. Green
American Federation of Labor
Unite Mine Workers of America
American Federation of
Hayes Services Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for George Hayes are announced to be held at 2 20 Tuesday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. He died Saturday afternoon at 2 40 at his daughter Maude Jones’s home in Washington where he had lived for two years. He was 84, born July 16 1845, son of Michael and Eliza Hayes. Surviving: Maude Jones Owen Hayes Clara Hayes Glenn Hayes Earl Hayes Ethel Triplet and Dr Gerber of California. One brother John Hayes of Los Angeles.
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George Hayes
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Elm Grove
Cemeter
Maude Jones
Washington
Mr. Hayes
Michael and
Eliza (Kinder) Hayes
Julia Etta Wilson
Ainsworth
Mayes
Owen Hayes
Clara Hayes
Glenn
Earl Hayes
Ethel Triplet
Gerber
Calif
Triplett
John Hayes
Los Angeles
Four Nebrask a City Residents Drowned
Union Neb Mar 17 Four Nebrask a City residents were drowned when a small boat capsized while crossing the Missouri river late yesterday Search parties prepared to drag the river for the bodies The victims were J H Whistler dentist Charles Foley jeweler Robert Hansen Jr power company employee and Fay Allen shop proprietor
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Union
Neb
Missouri River
Nebraska City
J. H. Whistler
Charles Foley
Robert Hansen, Jr
Power Company Employe
Fay Allen
Washington Club Meeting Promised Friday in New Administration
An announcement for a Friday Washington Club meeting notes it will be the first gathering under the new administration with officers recently elected. It says plans and program details will be revealed at the Friday session while a brief report references club activities and a few local opinions.
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Frank Mil
Ralph Shannon
Miller
Senate Defeats Plan to Levy Duties on Hides
Washington March 17 The Senate defeated the Oddie amendment to the tariff bill proposing duties on hides leathers and shoes now on the free list The vote was 37 to 30 The move aimed to levy 1 4 cents a pound on dried hides 6 cents on leather and 20 percent on harness leather and on shoes duties varied with type The House favored keeps but the Senate restored the free list position Weather Partly el
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Washington
Senate
Oddie
Brookhart
Town
Steck
House
Tavitt
Walsh
John Shields Celebrates 14th Birthday Today
John Shields aged 14 is celebrated today at 09 North Second Street. A dinner party was held yesterday at the Shields home with family and out of town guests including Dr. J. M. Shields of Denver and Robert Shields of Chicago. He received several presents and flowers from friends.
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John
North Second Street
Shields
J. M. Shields
Denver
Robert Shields
Chicago
Grinnell
Mr. Elds
Mrs Josie Smith Dies in Minneapolis
Mrs Josie Smith of Minneapolis dies after a second stroke. She is survived by three daughters Kathryn and two sons Fred and id. Funeral services were held in Minneapolis. Earlier residents included Mrs John Mecart Washington. LD Robinson received telegram about the death.
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LD. Robinson
Josephine Smith
Minneapolis
Methodist Panthers Triumph Over Ainsworth Five in Sunday Game
The Methodist Panthers of Washington defeated Ainsworth United Presbyterians 26 to 5 in the final Washington County Sunday School basketball game. In the consolation, Methodist Wildcats beat Presbyterian Juniors 20 to 3.
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Washington County
Methodist. Panthers of Washington
Ainsworth United Presbyterians
Methodist Wildcats
Presbyterian
Funeral of Mrs Bryson at Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs John Bryson were held Sunday afternoon at the Baptist church conducted by Rev A A Vins. Music by a Capital choir quartet. Members of the Women's Relief Corps the Navajo club and the Sunday School class of which Mrs Bryson was a member attended in groups. The funeral party left early this morning for Elk Hart where interment was made.
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John Bryson
The
Baptist Church
A. A. Vins
Capital Choir
Women's Relief Corps
Navajo Club
Mrss. Brysrn
Elkhart
St Patrick Day Notes and Irish Links Across US
A collection of brief items from New York to Wisconsin on St Patrick Day. Irish figures Shaemus O’Sheel and Frank O’Malley exchange greetings amid tensions over US return to America. Irish minister Michael McWhite explains the shamrock origin. Wisconsin’s Fred Kelley teaches Hesrew at Madison. Swiss orchestra to play a St Patrick Day dance in Mount Horeb. Senator Sullivan of Wyoming, born March 17 1865, appears in the Senate without his usual green attire.
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New York
Mar
Shaemus O'Sheel
Frank O'Malley
O’sheel
O'Malley
St. Patrick's Day
America
Switzerland
O'Sheel
United States
France
Washington
Michael McWhite
St. Patrick
McWhite
Mount Horeb
Wis
Mt. Horeb
Trickullivan
Wyoming
Ireland
Ullivan
Senate
Near agreement on airport lease near Washington Iowa
Hawkeye Airways appears set to sign a lease for Kendrick field southwest of Washington to create a flying field and training school. The 40 acre lease, signed by two of three required parties, awaits the remaining signature and cash payment to take effect. A meeting in Iowa City tonight will decide whether the Washington field is undertaken and the project progresses toward an airport of standard size with a potential path for the Chicago Dallas air mail route.
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Hawkeye Airways, Incorporated
Kendrick
Washington
Eas
Gx8 Airways
Iowa City
Hink 1
Heat records fall as drizzle soaks Iowa on March 16
A March Sabbath in Iowa shattered all-time heat records for the date before a drizzling rain cooled temperatures. Thermometers had topped 70 degrees statewide, prompting golfers and hikers to venture outdoors, then dropped to near freezing as a general rainstorm struck, ending the warm spell.
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Des Moines
Mar
Iowa
Naval Parley Halts Submarine Build Amid Deadlock
London March conference on Frances heavy demands shows signs of progress as MacDonald and Tardieu arrive with new formulas. The meeting described as the most important of the conference, aims to cut France’s demands. meanwhile Albert Alexander announces temporary suspension of submarine construction in the naval estimates debate.
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France
London
Maraval
Frances
Cyequers
Preamie
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Anire Tardieu
Fane
Rere
Albert Alexander
Alexander
Iowa City Daily Press Office Destroyed by Fire
Fire tore through the Iowa City Daily Press plant forcing rebuilding plans as the Daily Iowan carries on. The blaze damaged the newsroom and offices, with an estimated loss around 100000, under an insurance cover, and firemen fought for two hours to prevent spread to nearby properties.
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Iowa City
United Press
Iowa City Daily Press
Daily Iowan
University of Town
Press Citizen
Merritt C. Speidel
Iowa killers are given life terms
Life sentences were imposed today on Gerald Haber man and Raymond Moormick both 17 years old and high school students from Du Sae for their first crime attempt that ended in the killing of a peace officer.
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Dubuque
Mar
Gerald Haberman
Raymond Moormick
Prair
Mrs Doheny Defends Husband On Bribe Charge
Mrs Edward L Doheny testified for her husband in a bribery case involving former Interior Secretary Talbert Pata. She described a promissory note tied to a $100000 bribe allegedly linked to securing naval leases at Elk Hills. The testimony aimed to support Doheny amid asserted schemes and prior insurance details from California.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
California
Galeadant
Haltdones
iSueransoe
Calorahas
Doheny
Y's Men's Club to Present Play in April at High School
The Washington Y's Men's Club, honored at the Toronto convention last year, will stage a new play mid April with a cast of club members besides two exceptions. Richard McCleery and J.A. Taylor bring drama experience to a production aimed at supporting Y M C A service work and community programs. Tentative dates are April 10 and 11 at the high school with all proceeds to fund local service initiatives. the event will be a fully internal club project with no external company.
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Washington Y's
International Comvention
Toronto
Canada
Axne
Richard McCleery
JA. Taylor
Elu
Eliic
Good Fellow
Red Cross
Y. Mo. A
McCleery
Taylor
Washington County
Irene Schroeder Trial Testimony Links Paul Killing
Two Arizona jail inmates, Mrs. Mattie Jackson and Mrs. Rose Smith, testified that Irene Schroeder admitted shooting Highway Patrolman Corporal Brady Paul on December 27 to save her lover Glenn Dague, who faces separate trial. Jackson has been acquitted of narcotics possession. Smith pleaded guilty to grand larceny of a $10 watch and remains imprisoned.
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New Castle
Arizona
Irene Schroeder
Phoenix
Brady Paul
Schroeder
Paul
Glenn Dague
Mattie Jackson
Rose Smith
Guard Your Ears Too English Saying Trend Phrase
The saying warns that to create a trend one might ignore warnings or signals. It suggests manipulation or selective attention to influence opinions, with a cautionary tone about how people can be swayed when only partial information is considered.
Wickersham Discusses Prohibition Enforcement
Washington reports that U S Prohibition Commissioner James M Wickersham told the Senate Judiciary Committee in secret session that enforcement cannot be perfect and that the commission expects another year to complete its study He said opposition to the law has grown more vocal but denied widespread corruption among enforcement agents and noted some investigators found enforcement higher than in other areas.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition Service
Wickersham
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Commission
Essley Barn Fire Kills Two Calves at Ainsworth
A barn on O. P. Essley farm near Ainsworth burned Saturday at 8:30 pm. Mrs. Essley was in Washington, Mr. Essley alone in the house and unaware of the blaze until flames. Fire response from town arrived too late. The two story barn held hay, grain, two calves and chickens. parts of the structure were destroyed. Insurance partly covered the loss.
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Ainsworth
O. P. Essley
Former dictator of Spain dies in Paris tribute paid
Spaniards from all walks of life mourn Miguel Primo de Rivera in Paris where his body lay in a hotel room after dying days earlier. He requested burial in Spain in the family vault near Seville, with Carmelite robes and prayers. His death follows a brief exile after six years of ruling the throne. He had suffered influenza and heart strain in his final days.
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Paris
Miguel Primo de Rivers
Seine
Spain
Bural
Gerez
Seville
de Rivera
United Press
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Josie Smith
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