Gasoline tax bill 15 under Senate debate in Des Moines
The Iowa Senate resumed work on the gasoline tax question with both the Bergman and Bowman plans before them. Bowman urged substituting his minority report, arguing for township and city shares and a shift toward farm to market roads, while supporters of Bergman pressed the majority plan and warned against diverting funds from primary to secondary roads.
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State House
Des Moines
Bergman
Bowman
Senate
Ellis
Stoddard
Buser
Appanoose County
Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Shaff
Clinton County
South
Warsaw Alarmed by Influx of Chinese Traders
Warsaw authorities halt Chinese entry after about 1000 visiting peddlers arrive in recent months. officials suspect some traders may be spies for Bolshevik interests and await details from the foreign office before approving any new applications.
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Warsaw
Poland
Berlin
Chinese Villagers Revive Pu Do Rites Against Evil Spirits
Foochow reports a marked revival of puo do rites as villagers placate outcast dead thought to return and plague the living during the Year of the Rat. The elaborate prayers seek to ward off malevolent influences and spirits.
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Fukien
Foochow
Yongdong
Foorhow
Chinese Students Resent Control by Porkeligners in Foochow
In Foochow on February 10, the Anglo-Chinese college, aided by the Methodist church, closed to avert a student strike. The faculty, seeking to resist student dominance, will not bow to student demands, even at the risk of dissolving the school. Foreign staff have declined. Chinese deans now run the college. One dean was stabbed last spring amid student anger over rulings. Students push anti Christian sentiment.
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Foochow
Methodist Episcopal Church
Merchant Thanks Customer for Hearing Ad
A merchant notes a customer saying I saw your ad acknowledging interest. The brief interaction highlights the effectiveness of local advertising and customer engagement.
Lord Curzon Dies of Pneumonia at 66 in London
Lord Curzon of Kedleston former foreign secretary and lord president of the council died at 5:55 AM after a pneumonia battle following an operation two weeks earlier. He collapsed March 5 at Cambridge and had surgery in London. His long career placed him among Britain’s top statesmen and peers.
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London
Marquis Curzon of
Keddleston
Council
Marquis
Cambridge
Lord Curzon
Eton
Balliol College
Oxford
The
Union
Lord Curgon
Imperial War Cabinet
Livys George
House of Lords
Lloyd-George
Curzon
Tax theory test cases Senator Couzens prompts clash
Assessment of about ten million dollars in income tax on Senator Couzens over Ford stock profits could force the government to refund taxes already paid if a lower 1915 or 1913 valuation is enforced. The scenario would test Mellon tax theory and trigger protracted litigation and possible Ford accounting.
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Washington, D.C
Couzens
Ford Motor Company
Mellon
Treasury
Ford
Treasury Department
Lam
Zen
Brookhart Home Arrival From Capital With Talk Of Plans
United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart returned from Washington D C last night with a Chicago stop en route. He plans to stay at home most or all of the summer and hinted at a possible South American mission. He remains on the military affairs committee and supported a chief of the military bureau against regulars, saying the wind shifts in state matters. He criticizes Charles B E Warren for sugar trust ties and blames Smoot for advising the president on Warren’s second Senate vote. Brookhart champions waterways development and wider use of water power, urging cheaper electric power for every home and town.
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United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington D.C
Chicago
South America
Senate
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brookhart
Charles BE. Warren
Sugar Trust
Mr. Warren
Smoot
Weather Forecast Uncertain For 1925 Crop Season
Des Moines March 20 Mild weather since January 1 spurs crop speculation for 1925. Reed of the U S Weather Bureau cautions that memory and hunch are unreliable and 35 years of records show early year weather poorly predicts the crop season. He notes a warmer forecast than 1924 is possible but 50-50 at best and calls extreme cold forecasts unlikely.
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Dis Moines
Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Argentina readies oil boom amid field expansion
Buenos Aires reports the government plans major drilling in 1985 after factory results from late owned petroleum wells. In Convondro Rivadavie field 186 wells will be sunk, with substantial borings planned in Salfu and Jujuy fields. Refineries, notably La Plata, near completion, will drive activity.
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Buenos. Aires
Uin
Lv24
Convndoro Rivadavie
Salfu
Jujuy
Bunn
la Plata
Basque Gypsies Use Jar Throwing for Marriage Pact
A Basque gypsy community reportedly settles marriages by jar throwing and confident counting of the responses. Observers note the ritual involves contract agreement by marking wins and losses with the jar toss.
China and Russia dispute over costly rolling stock on Chinese Eastern
The 20 million gold rouble value railway rolling stock bought for World War use remains on the Chinese Eastern tracks. Soviet and Chinese authorities claim ownership under a wartime-repayment dispute. The inter allied board previously treated the line as Russian, with locomotives temporarily in China. The Soviets seek possession, hoping to regain control for revenue.
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Itv
Peking
Custis Vevey
Harbin
New
Vesey
Plains
Russia
Bolshevists
Interallied Technical Board
Great Powers
Inter-Allied Board
Plenty of Seed Corn for 1925 Report
Des Moines reports ample seed corn for 1925 per Iowa crop reporting service. Farmers averaged 22.2 bushels seed per farm with a 12.7 bushel need, yielding a 74.6 percent surplus over requirements. Shortages are noted in Plymouth and Jefferson counties requiring shipments.
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Associated Presa
Des Moines
Iowa Crop Reporting Service
Charles D. Reed
Plymouth
Jefferson
Herrin Opens Hospital as Toll Rises in Tornado
Reports at noon list 815 dead and about 3009 injured with 677 identified dead. Destruction spans Kentucky and Tennessee with Missouri suffering unreported cases. Princeton Indiana and Owenville hold most bodies. relief efforts expand amid road access and coffins shortage.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Murphysboro
Til
West Frankfort
Princeton
Ind
Owenyville
Indiana
Herrin
Williamson County
Uptteings
Prosperous Uganda natives attract luxury hunger
London March 1 Will iam G A Ormsby Gore told the African Society that natives in Uganda have grown prosperous and spend income on bicycles beads and other imports while cotton growth remains strong He noted nouveaux riches face new troubles buying luxuries and described a live elephant as a burdensome gift still fed by the community.
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London
Uganda
Ariga
William G. A. Ormsby-Gore
African Society
Ormsby-Gore
East Africa
Americas
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Welshine
Caprzon
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Frankfort
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