State May Control Phone Companies
Iowa House votes 62 to 28 to regulate telephone rates and service by the state rather than municipalities. A substitute bill places Iowa telephone companies under the railroad commission as common carriers with hearings and rural line regulation. Final action set for next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mar
Iown House of Representatives
Lake
Elity Councils
House
Saunders and Clark
Iowa
Railroad Commission
Commission
Wichman
Ths Committee On
Animal Industry Today
Criswell
The Universal Recompense Duty and Joy Mixed Prose
A reflective passage argues that true reward comes from performing one's duty and finding joy in that service. It emphasizes intrinsic satisfaction over external gain and frames duty as a source of fulfillment.
Ruhr Occupation Cuts Coal Supply
The Ruhr occupation reduced coal production and pushed up American bituminous coal exports. A commission reported 52 short tons shipped Feb 20 to Mar 12, while British coal further strained to compensate. About 450 ships waited for coal in South Wales ports and 70,000 freight cars were stalled awaiting delivery.
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Acane
Sred Prase
Washington
Ruhr
South Wales
Iowa Woman Named Delegate to World Conference of Women
Mrs. Louis Benard Schmidt, wife of Professor Schmidt of Iowa State College, is chosen by the National Federation of Music Clubs to represent Iowa at the world conference of women in Washington, D C, April. The Iowa federation has grown from 13 clubs to over 1,000 members, with endorsement from notable music editors.
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Iowa State Teachers College
Schmidt
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Iowa Association
J B. Crooks
The
Etude
National Music Magazine
Z. R. Key
New York World
Fire destroys brush factory at Allegheny Work House
A fire at the Allegheny work house in Hoboken, ten miles from Pittsburgh, ripped through a brush factory, destroying the building and spreading to other areas of the institution. More than one thousand inmates are reported at the facility.
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Associated Press
Prittsburgh
Allegheny
Hoboken
Steel Y
L. A. Steel, Incorporated
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Steel
Linay Defies Attempts to Fill Bushel with Tares
A cryptic note claims Linay resists efforts to mix tares with wheat, maintaining order as a principle method to defeat error and heresy through truth. The fragment hints at a struggle between purification and contamination with a New ton reference.
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Linay
Newton
Aviation priority in Great Britain discussed at Arm Conference
London reports a British push to boost civil and military aviation with a call for an Empire air rail system. Speakers urge rapid development to match other nations and consider government help despite two main obstacles.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
England
New York
Government investigates sugar trade inquiry begins
Secretary Hoover announced a government inquiry into the sugar market started March 4, with a goal to curb high prices. Cuba is under study under a Congress authorized foreign production law as Washington probes conditions in the sugar trade.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Cuba
Congress
Washington
PD. C
Brookhart
Iowa
Harding
Basil Manly
Public Legislative Service
Manly
Thought for the Day on contracts and interest
A brief reflection notes that a man who binds himself to a contract gains ongoing benefit as long as the agreement remains in force, highlighting the lasting value of prudent commitments.
Lenard R. Steel Dies Amid Steel Corp Inquiry
Lenard R. Steel forty five of Buffalo head of the L A Steel corporation dies on a westbound New York Central train near Toledo. Cause believed heart disease. Steel faced an extended inquiry into stock sales and company practices by New York and Ohio authorities after the firm’s receivership.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Lenard R. Steel
Buffalo
L. A. Steel Corporation
New York Central
Here
Steel
Earnest Mattey
Steele
County
Patate
Carl Sherman
New York
Steel Corporation
G. B. More
Snowstorm Hits Des Moines Third Time This Week
Des Moines reports a third storm in a week bringing about three inches of snow by noon. Forecasts predict continued snowfall into the afternoon with warmer weather expected tomorrow as officials state.
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Des Moines
Mar
Personal crisis reports reveal razor deaths in Woolson family
Chicago police trace a family history of narcotic use and self harm. Mrs. W C Woolson aged seventy and her daughter Mrs Edward Robinson forty are found dead with throats cut after the family faced poverty and multiple prior razor suicides in twenty five years.
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Chicago
W. C. Woolson
Edward Robinson
East
William C. Woolson
Manila reports first year surplus after years of deficits
Manila records a $168 800 surplus for 1922 due to strict economy, ending several years of deficits or overdrafts. Total expenditures fell to $3 560 000, $200 000 below the prior year.
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Manila
P. L
Mar
British Universities Count Declares Eighteen Institutions
A report states there are 18 universities in Great Britain and Ireland noting the concentration of higher education across the region.
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Great Britain and Ireland
Packer Hearing Postponed To April 30 In Merger Case
Hearing on Secretary Wallace's complaint against the Armour Morris merger, originally set for Washington on April 2, is postponed to April 30 with sessions planned in Kansas City Omaha East St. Louis Chicago and other points before a final Washington hearing. Armour officials sought the delay and were heard.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wallace
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Washington
Kansas City
Chester Morrill
Packers and Stock Yard Administration
Omaha
East St. Louis
Chicago
D A R Endorses Rockefeller Gift
The Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution unanimously endorsed the $2 250 000 Rockefeller Foundation gift to the University of Iowa and urged a like state appropriation. New officers elected include A W Hawley Fort Dodge vice regent and C L Douglas Cedar Rapids treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Iowa
Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution
Order
Amy E. Gilbert
State Center
A. W. Hawley
Fort Dodge
C. L. Douglas
Cheance van Epps
Iowa City
Floyd Chamberlain
Waterloo
W. H. Hamilton
Sigourney
A. C. Hall
Davenport
Council Bluffs
U S Consulate at Smyrna Destroyed by Fire
The American consulate at Smyrna was burned down but its seals and records were saved. The report comes from Constantinople dated March 22 and confirms the loss of the building with no mention of casualties.
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U.S
Smyrna
Associated Press
Constantinople
Mar
Symrna
Practices of Strange Cult Revealed In House of David Case
At Grand Rapids Mich Esther Hansell testified as the plaintiff in the suit against the Israelite House of David. Her evidence details alleged misconduct by leader Purnell and testimonies describe a 150 foot tunnel built to aid escape. Witnesses state Purnell fled disguised as a woman. an automobile awaited his exit.
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Associated
Pre
Grand Rapids, Mich
Esther Hansell
John W. Hansell
House of David
Parnell
Purnell
Isabelle Pritchard
Man Drowned in Sioux City Flood Near Betz Island
One man drowns as Missouri River rises near Sargent Bluff while four or five families remain trapped on Betz Island. The drowned man is identified as Arthur Johnson, who died attempting to escape the shrinking land. Local Rotarians had paid Davenport convent registration fees but could not attend.
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Sioux City
Betz Island
Missouri River
Sargent Bluff
Arthur Johnson
Davenport
King Tut's Vault May Yet Divulge a Written Story
Excavations at the Valley of the Kings yield sculptures bas-reliefs and chests but no papyrus yet. Archaeologists hope a sycamore chest in the funeral repository may contain papyrus documents shedding light on Tutankhamun's reign and life.
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Tut
Luxor
Egypt
Tutankhamun
The
Nile
Valley of the Kings
Tutankinmun
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