20 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1923
Page
1
Paris reports the French cabinet was told by Le Trocquer that 2500 to 3000 tons of Ruhr coke will be shipped daily to France Belgium and Italy with potential weekly increases to support the German reparations program. Berlin notes new Ruhr occupation restrictions restricting relief society funds and stamp sales.
Iowa Senate approved a two cent gasoline tax proposed to fund roads with about three million dollars yearly. Revenue would be collected at gas stations and divided between primary and secondary road funds, with allocations to counties and delayed distributions. The measure moves to the House for calendar consideration amid highway debate.
More than three hundred women are expected in Des Moines for the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution annual state convention. The event opens with committee meetings and routine matters led by Mrs. Amy Gilbert of the State Center as presiding officer.
The University of Chicago will raise summer quarter tuition. Graduation school fees move from 50 to 40 dollars per quarter. Liberal arts and science 75 from 60 dollars. Mechanical 80 from 75. Divinity 60 from 50. Law 75 from 70. Education 75 from 70. President Burton says increases support education standards and scholarships.
Two maids exchange jests about the number of young men who noticed one of them at the dance. The conversation implies vanity and the social scene of courting without revealing specific names or events.
The Madison assembly voted 44 to 21 to end state aid for armory maintenance and to transfer eight state owned armories to cities for use by schools and other purposes.
J F Hite a wealthy Iowa property owner shot Dr W M Walliker during a transfusion and then killed himself after his second gun was taken. Mrs Hite and Dr Kincaid left the room as police were summoned. Coroner to hold inquest. motive linked to mental distress over losing the weapon.
Indians believed wolves housed spirits of the departed and would fire brands or rocks to drive them away. A rifle was only used if dogs were attacked or a child was in danger, and if a wolf was killed the rifle was discarded as useless.
Des Moines reports that Washington finger print tests show monkey prints closely resemble human prints. Expert Harry Passna notes minute whorls on a monkey paw mirror those on human fingers, with no personal traits revealed by the patterns.
AP reports a brutal March storm across the upper Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes region delaying the arrival of Spring. The system from the northern Pacific coast drives heavy snow and cold, disrupting transportation and communication while causing million dollar damages.
Governor Pinchot has received acceptances from many states including Iowa to hold a conference of state highway officials in Harrisburg on March 23 and 24.
The general election ballots are stored in the Victoria Tower of the House of Lords for one year to guard against belated disputes. The practice, noted in London, ensures records exist in case challenges arise from late counts or similar issues.
Time's Changes notes that early fresh vegetables arriving in snowbound American markets come from the Isle of Pines, once a notorious rendezvous for Caribbean pirates.
The Fascisti of North America, a branch of the Fascisti of Italy, was established in the United States two years ago and now has about twenty thousand members in major cities. It is reportedly led by A Menucucel who serves as political secretary.
Roy Mitchell, a Black man, was sentenced to death by a jury in Waco district court for the January 29 slaying of Mrs. Ethel Denecamp near Waco. He already faces a separate hanging sentence for the killing of W. E. Holt, an escort to Mrs. Denecamp.
A daytime robbery in a residential area involved three men in a car who stole a strong box containing 25 000 to 30 000 dollars from Clarence Dale a collector for a grocery store chain. The incident occurred in Los Angeles on March 20.
A clipped quotation from Phillips Brooks on true selfhood and sacrifice, noting that noble inner truth remains even as one falls into baser life.
A historical note states the yard originated by royal decree as the length of King Henry’s arm, defined as the distance between lines on a bronze bar kept at the Standards Office in Westminster, with the standard tied to 62 degrees Fahrenheit.
In Des Moines on March 20 the Iowa State Senate killed five bills with one indefinitely postponed. The Banta bill would criminalize registering at hotels under false names. The Ames armory appropriation was cut from 140000 to 125000, and the revised bill proceeds to the governor. Senator Tuck advanced a county fund idea to cities and school districts limiting warrants to tax revenues and blocking state bond issues for existing debts. A commission form for school governance proposed by Clark would include education and financing officials with salaries of 2500 dollars. House action also considered a new inheritance tax and penalties expected to net over a million annually, while Hempel urged a state observance of Bird Day on March 21.
The Italian steamship Giulia en route from Naples to Philadelphia is reported in a sinking condition about 560 miles opposite Boston. The distressed ship sent a call picked up by the American steamer William Herrin, which is heading to aid, as is another shipping steamer. Coast guard officials deem the situation dangerous.
Lee proposes co operative bank charter by sixty petitioners while Monen of Lyon seeks lower cattle loans to one and a half percent monthly. Senate bids include private bank regulation by the state banking superintendent and three state commissions to set tuition levels for graduate school fifty dollars, liberal arts and normal courses one hundred dollars, and agricultural and mechanical arts six hundred dollars. The House approves the Blake bill to add a third judge for the thirteenth judicial district.
Edward Koerner, a Bird River road farmer near Essex, killed one daughter and seriously wounded another with an axe before drowning himself in a well, reportedly triggered by financial losses and his wife's death four years earlier.
Observers note that each oyster changes sex at a different time, while authorities have not reached consensus on which sex the oyster initially assumes. The debate centers on variability in early development and the implications for reproduction.
A reflective note cites a maxim that people should be ready to wield freedom before being granted it. It invokes Macaulay and an old tale of learning to swim before entering water to illustrate restraint and preparation.
In a Boston Transcript note, Miss Newbieh at an art show discusses purchasing a light blue painting while two artists affirm the values are all right.
The article explains a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes into Earth's shadow, blocking direct sunlight as it travels opposite the sun's direction. It notes the earth's shadow extends and the visible moon darkens during this celestial event.
Twenty men average age forty sail from San Francisco aboard the Narwhal for the South Seas to film savage tribes in a modern motion picture. The crew includes a Russet gaant and three former naval officers, with many veterans of World War I. The three masted Narwhal measures 623 tons and has a storied Arctic past.
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