Blizzard and Cold Wave Break as Iowa Warms
A sun breaks the March blizzard grips Iowa with thawing temperatures expected today and rising through the day. Lows near 10 below zero were reported at Des Moines and Boone with wide snow drifts affecting rail service. four deaths noted in Colorado from the cold.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Crop and Weather Bureau
Boone Boone
Ledges Park
Chicago
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Florida
Trenton
Supreme Court Rules on Coal Case and Training Pay
The Supreme Court ruled that aviation service enlisted men training for reserve officer duties were not entitled to pay of one hundred dollars monthly. It also held coal mine companies could not hold the federal government liable for profits lost during fuel appropriation operations.
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Treas
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Soviet executes three for graft in Moscow
In Moscow three members of the Railway Administration Department were found guilty of diverting government funds for personal use and sentenced to execution. One had stashed profits in England including a large London deposit the government aims to recover.
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Moscow
Railway Administration Department
England
London
Mrs Leeper Released on Bond in Iowa City Murder Case
Mrs. Wertz Leeper eighteen-year-old indicted with her husband Robert Leeper and her mother Mrs Roy Wertz for the December murder of Mrs Wertz Leeper's husband. She posted fifteen thousand bail with S B Reed and other locals signing. Efforts were under way to raise thirty five thousand for Robert Leeper.
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The
Associated Press
Iowa City
Lbery] Wertz Leeper
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
S. B. Reed
Leeper
Herrin Riot Trial Resumes After Juror Illness
The Herrin riot murder trial reopens as the state resumes testimony after a ten day interruption due to a juror's family illness. Defendants accuse Anthony Muichavich of Erie Pennsylvania as the shooting victim. Judge Hartwell extends the juror’s absence until Monday morning.
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The
Associated Prace’ Mation
Herrin
Anthony Muichavich
Erie
Nathan Barnes
Currie
Hartwell
Amusement Park Fire Destroys Edgewater Court
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the Edgewater Court amusement park in Sioux City this morning. The town faces an estimated thirty thousand dollars in losses.
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Sioux City
Mar
Edgewater Court
Joliet Man Shot in Downtown Office Building
Cecil Hopkins, son of a local real estate dealer, was shot twice and seriously wounded in a downtown Joliet office building last night. John McCarthy, a steel worker, and his wife are being hunted for the shooting after Hopkins and Mrs McCarthy were seen leaving the office after eight o clock. McCarthy had threatened to sue Hopkins for alienation of his wife’s affections previously.
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Associated Press
Cecil Hopkins
John McCarthy
Hopkins
McCarthy
Pan American Congress Set to Open in Santiago
The Fifth Pan American Conference will convene March 25 in Santiago Chile with the attendance of all republics except Mexico Peru and Bolivia The United States initiated the series and the Pan American Union will host the gathering to discuss peace and prosperity across the American states continuing a tradition begun in 1890s with earlier meetings in Mexico City Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires
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Pan-American Congress
Santiago
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Sanliawe
Chile
Mexico
Peru
Bolivia
United States
Congress
America
Pan-American Union
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Proposals to cut farm road paving costs discussed
Iowa senators debated reducing the share of paving costs paid by adjacent property owners from 25 percent to 10 percent with alternative plans to set 15 percent or refund excess amounts. A provision would divert ten percent of paying costs to improve secondary roads within paving districts. Governor Kendall delayed hearings as snowbound lawmakers delayed executive sessions. The House defeated a public welfare board bill 1 vote short, with plans to reconsider.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Bowman
Black Hawk County
Brookins
Floyd
Wichmann
Hancock
Kendall
Gallagher
Board of Supervisors
Welfare Board
Allies Receive U S Statement on War Expenses Bill
Paris March 19 The United States refused to accept a reduction of its bill for occupation forces by deducting the value of seized German ships in American ports. The position was presented today to allied representatives at the reimbursement conference by Eliot Wadsworth assistant secretary of the treasury.
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Paris
United States
Eliot Wadsworth
Treasury
Iowa House Considers Cosson Removal Scope and Ed Board Funding
The Vernard bill seeks to extend Cosson removal provisions to certain public officials. An appropriation bill targets the forty five thousand dollar annual education examiner pay. A tax proposal asks five percent gross earnings on railroads with payment due within two months after year start. The senate appropriates five hundred dollars to mark the grave of William Alexander Scot on Capitol grounds. Bergman bill enacts a closed season on prairie grouse and pheasants until 1932.
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Vernard
Cosson
House
Board of Education
Iowa
Buser
Muscatine
Senate
William Alexander Scot
Bergman
England Scraps the Orion PLYMOUTH
The British battleship Orion, nearly the last warship scrapped under the Washington agreement, is now in the hands of shipbreakers.
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Plymouth
Orion
Italian Proverb About Children and Care
A traditional Italian proverb notes that when children are little they are our heads ache and when grown they are our hearts, reflecting changing parental concerns as kids age.
Soldier bonus bonds sale advertised in Des Moines papers
The first advertisements for the sale of soldier bonus bonds will appear in Des Moines area papers tomorrow. Ads run for twenty consecutive days, excluding Sundays, with bonds offered for sale starting Monday April 16. Payments begin immediately after sale.
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The
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Egyptian Blue Nile irrigation project to build Djebel Aouift reservoir
Egypt plans a major irrigation scheme on the Blue Nile, building a Djebel Aouift reservoir to expand rice cultivation, end cotton rotation limits, and supply water to low ditches. Experts expect protection against southern Sudan floods and reduced compensation costs, with an estimated price around 15 million dollars.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Blue Nile
Djebel Aouift
Sudan
Airships Arrive in San Juan Today
In San Juan Porto Rico on March 19 six United States Army airplanes landed at ten thirty after completing their flight from San Antonio Texas.
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San Juan
Associated Press
Porto Rico
Mar
United States Army
San Antonio
Texas
Ancient Industries and early metalwork origins
The text notes that ironing iron originated in the sixteenth century and tinplate began manufacture in Great Britain in 1670, highlighting early metalworking innovations and industrial beginnings.
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Great Britain
Suppression of Rhineland and Ruhr Newspapers by Occupation
In Coblenz on March 19, officials report that 1,450 Rhineland and Ruhr papers faced suppression. About 455 were banned for periods from three days to months for various offenses, with 298 suspended in the mainland and 430 barred from publishing.
Actress Lorna Amoler Named Co-Respondent in Farrar Telegen Divorce
New York March 19 Lorna Amoler an Australian actress was named as co respondent in the divorce suit filed by Geraldine Farrar against her actor husband Lou Telegen.
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Associated Freue
New York
Lorna Amoler
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Telegen
President Harding Begins Return Cruise from Palm Beach
President and Mrs. Harding resume their cruise, departing Palm Beach aboard the Pioneer. The trip, expected to end Thursday or Friday at St. Augustine, follows a Sunday stay and an inspection of the house boat’s contents suggesting potential diversions on the Indian River idling with fishing gear.
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Associated Press
Palm Beach
Fila
Harding
St. Augustine
Pioneer
Miami
Indian River
Commerce Body Opens New Hearing On Railroad Consolidation
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened the first in a series of public hearings in St Paul on March 19 to consider a proposal to merge all U S railroads into a limited number of large systems.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul, Minn
Mar
North
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Big Fire Damages Springfield Clothing House and Bazaar
Smoldering ruins mark the spot on the courthouse square after a late night blaze caused 135000 dollars in damage to the E. W. clothing house and the Finery Bazaar. The fire, started by oil in the Bazaar window, knocked four firefighters from their ladders but left them uninjured.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Court House Square
Old Age Repose Note by Robert Coliver in Remainder
Fragmentary quote contrasts old age as repose with rest that erodes life, attributed to Robert Cotlver. text appears as a misread obituary or opinion fragment.
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Lfe
Robert Cotlver
Five railroad workers hurt in track accident near Marshalltown
Five Northwestern Railway men were injured when a snow plow derailed while clearing a track to Ames. The device tipped over early today, and two divisional officials were among the injured.
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Presa
Marshalltown
Srow
Northwestern
Ames
Iowa Couple Burn to Death in Home
Mr and Mrs E Brainard aged about eighty five living southeast of New Virginia were burned to death in their home yesterday afternoon. The origin of the fire is not known.
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New Virginia
E. Brainad
Osage Captures State High School Basketball Title
Osage defeated Council Bluffs 21 to 14 to win the state tournament final in Boone. Osage led throughout the season and secured the crown with strong play in district and state games. Council Bluffs finished second with Oskaloosa third and Spirit Lake fourth.
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the Asserted Press
Boone
Osage
Council Bluffs
Oskaloosa
Spirit Lake
Earl of Carnarvon Suffering Blood Poisoning at Tut Tomb
Cairo March 19 The Earl of Carnarvon who supervises the Tutankhamun tomb excavation is severely ill with blood poisoning believed to stem from an insect bite.
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Earl
Tut
Preas
Cairo
Egypt
Earl of Carnarvon
TuTenkamun
Students In Moscow Must Fight for a Chance to Live
American college students in Moscow face severe housing shortages as the American Relief Administration reports many students sleep on the streets. About 50,000 Moscow higherEd students existed last September with 10,000 self supported, 10,000 government supported, and 30,000 lacking dormitory space in the overcrowded city. The relief committee found the task of helping these students nearly hopeless due to indefinite applicant addresses and logistics.
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Moscow
the Associated Press
American Relief Administration
ippHeahis
Peter Popoff
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