Capture of Nanking IV Near Today Shanghai
The report says the capture of Nanking by Nationalists was imminent after Wukiang and Ishing fell. Northern defenders planned a desperate stand in Nanking while Shanghai faced a near general strike and rising labor unrest. A fall would shift the Yangtze crossing and isolate Chang Ching Chang and Chane Tso Lin.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Wukiang
Ishing
Provisional Court
Yangtze River
Kiangsu
Yellow Sea
Chang Chung Chang
China
Chane Chane Chang
Chane Tso Lin
Des Moines Woman Divorces Fourth Husband
Mrs Alice Green of Des Moines obtained a divorce from James Green in district court noting four marriages. She accused No 4 husband of breaking a plate on her head and throwing a cake, while Green claimed she wore the pants in the family and she had knocked him down stairs and thrown him into a ditch. Two ex husbands attended to witness the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Alice Green
James Green
Green
Mrs. Green
Train Hits Car Kills Four In Kansas Collision
In Wellesville Kansas on March 18 the Chief Santa Fe passenger train struck a motor car driven by William Hayes. Four people died including Mrs Bessie Jewett and her two year old son. A four year old boy Jess Gregory was seriously injured and may die. Also killed were Pauline Petrel 30 and Hayes 25. Ottawa Kansas released details.
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Wellesville
Kans
Santa Fe
William Hayes
Jess Gregory
Bessie Jewett
Ottawa
Kan
Pauline Petrel
Mrs Smith Shamed By Three Women In Federal Legislature
Mrs Ida B Wyse Smith state president of the W Y T U appeals to Iowa League of Women Voters delegates urging better women candidates for public office. She cites sessions and a movie conference where three women voted contrary to reform plans. Delegates debate consolidating annual school elections with the city election as officers prepare to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Llague of Wommen Voters
Ida B. Wyse Smith
W. YT. U
Iowa high school hoops after day one in state elim
Muscatine Burlington Ida Grove and Vinton survived the first day of Iowa state elimination play after eight district champions opened the tournament. Boone faces Missouri Valley while Oskaloosa meets Spirit Lake in consolation rounds as Burlingon Ida Grove and Muscatine Vinton prepare for evening championship games. Buck McIntyre Muskie led Muscatine with six field goals.
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Iowa City
Muscatine
Burlington
Ida Grove
Vinton
Iowa
Boone
Missouri Valley
Oskaloosa
Spirit Lake
Buck McIntyre
Muskie
Hamilton
Brooke
Oskies
Urges Sex Schools for Young People in Modern Marriage
Dr J Whitcomb Brougher president of the Northern Baptist conference urges two schools to address sex education and married life. He says young people fear consulting elders and need mandated instruction on fundamentals of sex and marriage in a period voice report from Los Angeles dated March 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
J. Whitcomb Brougher
Northern Baptist Conference
Len Bb. Lindsey
Denver
Brougher
Court action to collect unpaid assessments on failed bank
Des Moines report states the Iowa Loan and Trust Company receiver J A Andrew will initiate court action this week or next to collect 192 stockholders unpaid assessments. Only about 5 percent have paid the full 100 percent levy. March 15 deadlines passed and $446,800 has been paid so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
J. A. Andrew
Andrew
Tornado Toll Rises Across Arkansas Towns
A deadly tornado from the night before killed at least nine and injured twenty others in Klondyke Mountain View Collegeville Will's and Alexander southwest of Little Rock. Rescue teams search wrecked areas as officials report extensive property loss and dozens of homes destroyed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Neser Benton
Arkansas
Klondyke
Mountain View
Collegeville
Will's
Alexander
Here
Edgar Smith
Inez
Clinton
Lena Cash
Matthew
Artis Cash
Smith
Hot Spring
Halfway Inn
McCalister
Egdar Smith
Henry McCalister
Willis
Benton
Boone Woman Indicted in Husband's Death
Boone Iowa March 18 The Boone county grand jury indicted Mrs John Crouse for manslaughter in her husband's death He fell from the running board of his car after it was driven by her State witnesses say he was pushed a roll of about 3500 dollars was found in his hand and later turned over to authorities Mrs Crouse 32 is free on 10060 bond and will be arraigned next week John Crouse 60 was a wealthy farmer
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Boone
Boone County Grand Jury
John Crouse
Course
Crouse
Jewel thieves steal diamonds from Congress Hotel vault
Jewel thieves took sixty thousand dollars in diamonds from the vaults of the Congress hotel in Chicago. Police say New York and Chicago detectives are seeking "Society thieves" and a forged receipt used by a man posing as a jewel salesman to gain possession of the gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congress Hotel
New York
Murderer Reprieved at Sing Sing Before Execution
Harry Cowan, blind in four senses, awaits papers that spare his life in Sing Sing as two condemned men die by electrocution. Governor Smith granted a reprieve hours before the scheduled execution. Cowan, convicted of killing his sweetheart in a jealous rage, faces a life sentence once formal papers arrive.
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Qssining
N.Y
Harry Cowan
Sing Sing
Cowan
Smith
Springman Wins Marble Championship at Junior High
Robert Springman, aged thirteen, went undefeated in seven matches to win the school marble tournament with Charles Berdo as finalist. Jacy Lytle placed third as over a hundred boys competed over two weeks on school grounds after hours. Guy Carlton supervised as referee, enforcing strict sportsmanship and tallying scores for final tabulation.
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Robert Springman
Robert
Charles Berdo
Jacy Lytle
Guy Carlton
Carlton
Murderer Scholl Awaits Death in Lake County Case
Walter August Scholl 88, an accountant, strangled his two children Vivian eight and Donald six after pleading with his wife Margaret who urged him to plead guilty. Funeral set for Gary. Grand jury action awaited as trial in Lake County is expected to be short.
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Crown Point
Ind
Walter August Scholl
Margaret
Vivian
Donald
Gary
Scholl
Margy
Lake County
Durant Post Office Robbery Suspect Bonded for April Federal Term
Martin A. Powell alias Harry Milton and George Walton, held by Chicago authorities, placed under 25000 bond to appear in federal court in Iowa for the 1918 Durant post office robbery. Powell, linked to two accomplices who later served federal sentences, is to be brought to the district as the April term opens.
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Cedar Rapids
Martin A. Powell
Chicago
Durant
Iowa
Powell
Harry Milton
George Wal’ton
Federal
Ford Sapiro libel suit opens with conspiracy charges
Detroit court hearings reveal Senator Reed accusing Aaron Sapiro and allies of forming secret groups to control wheat and other crops. Testimony mentions Frank Lowden and W. Cameron, with Reed claiming Sapiro profited through organizing farm groups and collecting large fees.
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Sapiro
Lowden
Detroit
Chicago
James A. Reed
Frank 0. Lowden
Illinois
Aaron Sapiro
Eugene S. Meyer
Robert Bingham
Louiisville
Reed
Mich
James A Reed
Ford-Sapiro
Burley Tobacco Associa
Elderly Mrs. Ferguson Dies After Fall in Washington County
Mrs. Mary Ann Ferguson aged 87 died at her North Avenue B home from injuries suffered in a fall two weeks earlier which fractured her hip. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at L. A. Jones funeral home with Rev. Willard Wylie officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. A longtime county pioneer, she moved here in 1848 from Tennessee with her parents. She leaves a daughter Martha Jane Cherryholmes and three sons George James and Rev John Ferguson, plus a brother Thomas A Ferguson. She joined and remained in the Second United Presbyterian church.
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Mary Ann Ferguson
Andrew Ferguson
North Avenue B
Ferguson
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Willard Wylie
Second United Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Crawfordsville
Andrew Fergnson
Washington
Martha Jane Cherryholmes
George and
James
John Ferguson
United Presbyterian Church
New York City
Thomas A Ferguson
Lenox
Town
Mra. Ferguson
Confessed Mail Robber Arrested in Brooklyn Case
Brooklyn police arrest Pred Buh, Jr. 24, named as confessed mail robber leader of a 1923 Chicago and Alton railway holdup near Alton Tl where $300,000 was said to be taken. Chicago police to verify. postal inspectors show no record of the incident.
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Brooklyn
N. J
Chicago
Regulating Radio on Principle That It Is Public Service
Washington March 18 Eugene Sykes vice chairman of the federal radio commission said regulation will be based on broadcasting as a public service. He spoke from station WRC to a large audience and invited the media to submit suggestions for eliminating existing chaos on the air. He cautioned against partial solutions and outlined plans to determine how many broadcasting stations operate or want to operate in the United States and the service they can offer listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene
Sykes
Federal Radio Commission
WRC
United States
Colored boys strike oil on Arkansas farm fortunes grow
Arthur and John Sewell eight and ten years old, raised in Chicago, now earn about twelve thousand dollars monthly from oil wells on their Cameron Arkansas mother's farm. Their father, also a Chicago worker, keeps the title in the children's name and plans to educate them while avoiding waste, even contemplating Africa as a future mission for educated colored men.
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Chicago
Cameron
Ark
Arthur
John Sewell
Arthur Sewell
Sewell
Africa
Washington Oil Purchases Two New Gil Tucks
The Washington Oil company has expanded its fleet by acquiring two new gil tucks to boost storage and transport capacity. The move signals strategic growth and aims to improve distribution efficiency across regional markets.
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Washington Oil Company
Washington High School Club Stages The Noble Poor Play
Twelve members of the Washington high school English club rehearsing under Miss Helen Wilson for a two week ahead staging of The Noble Poor. Proceeds fund new scenery for the school stage, a need the students aim to meet with a benefice performance.
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Washington High School English Club
Helen Wilson
Cominy
All Star
Mrs. Weatherby
Catherine Jane Hull
Alice
Jeannette Karel
Connie
Margaret Sexton
Betty
Margaret Livingston
Alex Weatherby
David Elder
Mr. Beveridge
Merritt McDaniel
Mary Mosby
Ruth Wilson
Grand Duke
Iris
Dean Bevins
Vladimir
Norman Sage
Ivan
Wayne Knight
Princess Irena
Alice Fishburn
D'Day
Walter Wells
Probe liquor use aboard the Leviathan ship
The Watt-Saloon League privately investigates hints millionaire Arizona ranchman Frederick Almy found liquor aboard the U S Shipping Board vessel Leviathan. Almy was fined for carrying liquor in his suite and claimed there was drinking on board. Shipping board repeats stance against violations but notes infractions can occur in large communities aboard the Leviathan.
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Washington
Watt-Saloon League
Arizona
United States Shipping Board
Leviathan
Frederick Almy
New York
Hauer
League
Shipping Board
Leviathan’s
Arrivals Set for Morning Run Driven by Crozier and Bostwick
The items arrived this morning and will be driven by Howard Crozier and B. F. Bostwick Jr. The report notes the two drivers named for the upcoming movement, with no further details on purpose or destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Crozier
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Crawfordsville Visitors Report Poor Roads South of Ainsworth
Hob Cherryholnes and Arthur Orris of Crawfordsville say they visited today to handle business and note roads south of Ainsworth are in bad condition.
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Hob. Cherryholnes
Arthur Orris
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
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W. W. Cameron
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