Iowa House Backs Hogue Budget Big Vote Des Moines
The Iowa House approved the Hogue budget by a 98 to 1 vote, totaling 29 million dollars for the next bennium. The measure reduces the Budget Director's recommendation by 78 thousand and impacts university funding, with a total appropriation about 159 thousand less than proposed. The Senate then debated the Shaft highway bill and gasoline tax provisions as part of ongoing fiscal and transportation legislation in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Hogue
House
University of Iowa
University
Lill
Aiken
Ida County
State House
Gilchrist
Pocahontas
Highway Commission
Commission
Mar
Vanderbilt Home Searched for Intruder in Fifth Avenue Estate
Mrs William K Vanderbilt with about six policemen searched her five story Fifth Avenue home after reports of a mirror reflection of an intruder. The search lasted about half an hour with no sign of tampering found and officers noted no threat in the letters.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty Third Street
Greatest Cow in the World Is Dead
Segis Pie terite Prospect, claimed as the world s greatest milk cow, died in Chicago. It set a world record of 37 381 pounds of milk in a year, and its three offspring sold for 35 000 dollars, the last to Japan. Marshal Foch visited the cow during his Chicago visit after it was filmed at the National Dairy Show in Milwaukee.
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Associated Prees
Chicago
Segis Pieterite
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Japan
Marshal Foch
France
Milwaukee
America
Capper foresees strong farm season and cattle rebound
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas predicts a prosperous year for agriculture and a revival in the cattle industry within a year. He notes farmers improved finances by reducing debts, though buying power remains limited, and Kansas crop prospects look excellent with grain ready to move to market in about 90 days.
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Chicago
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Washington
Reasen
West
Bride of Six Weeks Claims Her Husband Left Her in Lurch
Freeport Illinois March 27 A newlywed Cle tus Hileman was jailed on a complaint by his bride of six weeks who said he deserted her ten days after their wedding. The ceremony occurred on a Friday the thirteenth after a 13 mile drive to a justice of the peace who noted it was his thirteenth wedding that year.
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Associated Press
Freeport
Cletus Hileman
Justice of the Peace
Indians Gain Population On Tama Reservation
The government finished paying semi-annual interest to Tama reservation Indians, distributing 4802.60 among 220 recipients. Of 336 on the roll, 146 had withdrawn earlier shares and receive no income now. Five Indians died and seven births occurred since the last payment, increasing population by two.
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Toledo
Iowa
Tama Reservation
Vanderbilt heiress fears intruder as blackmail case unfolds
Mrs. Vanderbilt and a daughter were in a second floor reading room when she heard noises and saw a man's reflection in a mirror. Bern Sirro, 29, pleaded guilty to blackmail and extortion, was released on a suspended sentence, and a watchman stood outside the residence.
Bodies Raised for Autopsies in McClintock Death Probe
Chicago March 27 exhumations were ordered for Emma Nelson McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson as the coroner's inquest continues into the death of orphan William McClintock. Tests will seek poison or other unnatural causes while Shepherd remains jailed awaiting further action.
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Chicago
McClintock
Harry Olson
Emma Nelson McClintock
William Nelson McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Will
Cc. C. Farman
Shepherd
Ctncago
William McClintock
Oscar Olson
Oscar Wolff
Shepherds
Olson
Judge Olson
Budget Director Urges Concentration of Public Health Funds
Des Moines March 27 director of the budget E L Hogue recommends concentrating public health expenditures under the health department. He cites 1924 state board of health spending 643,315.59 and 1925 state college Ames 14,470 for public health. He notes the state university and tuberculosis association also spend funds, totaling over 942,000 annually, and urges legislation for greater economy and efficiency.
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Des Moines
Oo E. L
Iowa State College
Ames
State Board of Control
Public Health Service
Iowa Tuberculos's Association
State Department
Hogue
Commission for Shoals Named to Study Muscle Shoals
President Coolidge named a five member commission to study the Muscle Shoals problem. The panel includes former Representative McKenzie of Illinois former Senator Dial of South Carolina Yale Professor Harry A Curtis William McClellan of New York and Russell F Bower of the American Farm Bureau Federation. No cabinet members are included.
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Associated Press
Washington
McKenzie
Illinoia
Dial
South Carolina
Harry A. Curtis
Yale University
William McClellan
New York
Russell F. Bower
American Farm Bureau Federation
Cooldyve
Muscle Shoals
Figure Carries Field for Release Pending Trial
The article notes continued preparations to carry his field for release pending his trial before the supreme court.
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Neys
Supreme Court
Bingham's Tale Shows Senate Attitude and Hidden Motives
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut says the Senate mirrors a train car scene where two Connecticut Yankees reveal how surface appearances deceive. He notes many seats and motives seem fake, with senators bristling when their reasons are challenged, a lesson from his travels as an explorer.
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NER Service
Washington, D. C
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Bingham
Senate
Prairie fires extinguished after vast damage across plains
Prairie blazes in north central Nebraska and southern South Dakota were largely stamped out after days of spread. Estimated losses top 1 million dollars with 150 000 acres burned in South Dakota and Nebraska regions. One report claims a teacher and two children burned near Crookston Nebraska. No confirmed fatalities overall.
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Nebraska
South Dakota
Associated Press
Valentine
Sioux Falls
S. D
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Neb
Crookston
Aberdeen
Wakpala
Local man acquitted in murder case at Cross City
In Cross City Florida W G McRane was acquitted of the murder of Lewis Barker a negro and an employee of the Putnam Lumber Company. The jury returned its verdict today. McRane and five others faced trial including Thomas Higginbotham a former convict camp whipping boss. the other five defendants have not yet been tried.
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Cross City
Florida
W. G. McRane
Lewis Barker
Barker
Putnam Lumber Company
McRane
Thomas Higginbotham
Plan Replies to Corman Proposal in Paris
March 27 notes discuss allies replying separately to Foreign Minister Stressmann of Germany. They plan a security pact while a collective note faced delays due to varied strategic angles among en tente powers. France seeks a more concrete proposition and clarification of Germany’s stance on eastern and southern frontiers.
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Paris
Stressmann
Germany
France
Explosion wrecks Swissvale public school in Pittsburgh suburb
An early blast wrecked the Swissvale public school in the Pittsburgh suburb. Janitor Jacob Jacobs is missing as police and fire crews search the ruins. authorities suspect foul play and offer a $1000 reward for information. The blast rocked nearby homes and shattered windows within several blocks.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Swissvale
Jacob Jacobs
Thomes Plarr
Reading of Bible in Public School Lawsuit in Dakota
Arguments were presented in Sturgis South Dakota in the Finger versus Faith school board case. It seeks to permit Catholic students to leave classrooms during Bible readings. Both sides said they will appeal to the state supreme court and then the federal supreme court.
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Sturgis
A. Finger
School Board of Faith
Faith
Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Judge Kennedy Delays Teapot Dome Decision
Cheyenne Wyoming March 27 Federal Judge T Nake Kennedy will decide whether Harry F Sinclair's Mammoth Oil obtained the Teapot Dome lease by conspiracy and fraud or by submitting the best bid and due to congressional requirement to develop the oil field. A ruling is expected after briefs are filed over the next thirty days as government and defense arguments wrap up.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Teapot Dome
T Nake Kennedy
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Kennedy
Sinclair
Wyoming Naval Oil Reserve
Mammouth of? Company
Evant
Iowa Man Killed Instantly by Train Near Waukon
Waukon Iowa March 27 Harry Ransell 38 of Hardin Iowa was killed instantly by a freight train yesterday. He and another man were sitting on a rail three miles north of Waukon when the train rounded a curve. Ransell could not escape his companion escaped injury.
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Preece
Waukon
Harry Ransell
Hardin
Iowa
Ransell
Here
Spring Dress Colors Seen Along the Riviera
Advanced original spring colors for women's dress appear along the Riviera with oatmeal and a fresh leaf green noted as examples.
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Monte Carlo
Mar
Riviera
Building Bombing Claim Sparks Fire Alarm Confusion
After a blast demolished one corner of a two story brick building and left rafters swaying, a single story frame annex was blown apart while fire crews found no trace of fire yet reports from Fosals police and firemen suggested a bombing.
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Emcen
Wheeler Campbell Booth Indicted In Oil Land Conspiracy
Federal grand jury in Washington charges Senator Wheeler Gordon Campbell and Edwin Booth with conspiring to secure Montana oil land permits. The case covers conduct from 1920 to 1924, including false assignments to Campbell and control of thousands of acres beyond legal limits. Wheeler faces related Montana charges. MacGowan testified but was not indicted.
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Gordon Campbell
Edwin Booth
Federal
Associated Press
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Edwin 8
Booth
Campbell
Interior Department
Wheeler
Senate
Stone
District of Columbia
Oprah
Idaho
Wheeler Fom
Wheeler Booth
James A. MacGowan
United States
Toole
Department of the Interior
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