Belmond Fire Kills One Man. Brother Dies From Injuries
A blaze in Belmond Iowa destroyed six buildings in the business district. William Grantup, 55, is dead, Smil Grandup, a brother, is at the point of death. The brothers ran a pool hall and slept above it. A strong north wind hampered firefighters as two jumps into the street were made. Loss is estimated at 65,000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Belmond
William Grantup
Smil Grandup
Grandup
Senate approves audit bill amid close vote at Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa the senate narrowly passed a bill by Buser to require annual audits of the state fair board the board of education and the highway commission. The debate cited a fourteen thousand dollar state funded residence for the fair board secretary. The house meanwhile advanced a measure to indefinitely prolong county official salaries with limited raises for county attorneys in three counties and adjusting Dubuque to the sixty thousand population class.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mar
Senate
Buser
State Fair Board
Board of Education and Highway Commission
House
Woodbury
Linn
Scott
Joe
Dubuque
Columbus Wreck Kills Four on Big Four Auto Collision
The Big Four Pullman train en route from Heston to Cincinnati struck a car at a grade crossing in Columbus. Four people are confirmed dead: Earl W. Wilson, fireman, Columbus. J. W. Rice, fireman, Cleveland. Horace Hollbrook, Warren. Mrs Frank Hemringer, Columbus. and Robert Hemminger, five, Columbus. Dozens injured with some seriously hurt as cars derailed and the engine left the track.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Mar
Heston and
Cincinatti
Ean Automobile
Earl W. Wilson
J. W. Rice
Cleveland
Horace Hollbrook
Warren
Frank Hemminger
Robert Hemminger
Light interest in special election for congress June 4
Des Moines dispatch reports low voter interest in the June 4 special election for the eighth congressional district to replace Horace Mann Towner who resigned to govern Puerto Rico. Candidates include Rube McFerren of Webster City as Republican and William Schmiedka of Radcliffe as Democrat, with Harrie K. Kinghorn running as an independent. Governor Kendall announced a proclamation setting June 4 as the election date.
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Webster
D. C. Chase
Wright
Hardin
Hamilton
Harrie K. Kinghorn
Dows
Wright County
Rube McFerren
Webster City
William Schmiedika
Radcliffe
McFerren
Schmiedka
Associated Press
Des Moines
Kendall
Lune 4
Eighth Congressional District
Horace Mann Towner
Corning
Porto Rica
Money Shapes Character Says Lytton Quote
The remark argues that money governs character as power in society and contends wealth influences a man’s actions and fate. The source attributes the idea to Lytton and reflects a view on money and ethics.
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Hogey
Sian
Hilwer- Lytton
Refugees in Turkey Suffer in Prison Camps
Report from Constantinople notes Greek refugees crowded in Turkish barracks with 297 deaths in seven days. Conditions include filthy stalls, mud floors, and overcrowding in 9,884 refugees with 3,942 in stables. Typhus hits hospital staff. relief groups, including Near East Relief, fund feeding and plan a hospital and clinic.
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Turkey
Asenetatad
Remy
Constantinople
Mar
Black Sea
Selimic
Greast
Dawes Named Comptroller of Currency
President Harding named Henry M. Dawes of Chicago to be comptroller of the currency. The selection, announced last night, signals a focus on aiding farmers and livestock interests. Dawes will oversee agricultural credit firms under the Lenroot Anderon bill provisions.
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Associated
ST. Augustine
Florida
Congress
Harding
Henry M. Dawes
Chicago
Dawes
Aged Iowa Couple Burned to Death in Home Fire
Estherville Iowa March 3 The Associated Press reports Mr and Mrs Clausin aged 81 and 78 were found dead in their home near Estherville The coroner ruled death by suffocation and burning noting the couple were alone when the fire destroyed their residence.
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Estherville
Stree Bd Cman
Caronner
Clausin
Nine men complain nobody understands him study worth
A terse quote attributed to Bosten Transcript notes the nine men claim no one understands him, suggesting there is nothing of value to study in him.
Washington woman seeks author of Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children
A Washington resident asks a literary attendant for the author of Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children. She believes she may be descended from a person who could not recall who wrote Gray’s Elegy. The inquiry appears in the Bestun Evening Transcript.
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Washington
Foster Goes On Witness Stand In Criminal Syndicalism Case
William Z. Foster of Chicago takes the stand in St. Joseph Missouri as trial evidence narrows to a single charge alleging assembly with an organization advocating force to govern mental relations. He admits attending a communist party convention in Bridgeman Michigan last August, a factor altering the questioning on the case.
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ST. Joseph
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Atattaliae Aretta
Foster
San Dunes
Bridgeman
Michigan
Pullman blacksmith shop gutted by fire in Chicago
The Pullman company blacksmith shop in Chicago was largely destroyed by a morning fire with an estimated loss of 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. The flames caused extensive damage to the building and its contents but no injuries were reported. Fire investigators opened inquiries into the blaze.
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Associated Pros
Chicago
Pullman Company
Senator Cummins Secretary Marries in Virginia News
Paul Moore, secretary to Senator Cummins, wed Edna Keiley of Vancouver in Fredericksburg Virginia. Keiley previously worked in Senator New’s office, now postmaster general. Moore, a former Iowa City high school student, has served in Cummins’ office for years and will live in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Paul Moore
Fredricksburg
Edna Keiley
Vancouer
Washington
Kelly
Senator New
Indiana
Moore
Iowa City
Senator Cummins
John Briar
Mining cl
Interior Department
Why Students Leave College Before Degree
The text states that about half of dropouts leave because of insufficient preparation at work and study. Of the remaining, more than a third quit for financial reasons, with health marriage and death cited as other causes.
Iowa House Approves 2.25 Million For Medical School
The Des Moines legislature passed a 2,250,000 appropriation bill for a new medical school at Iowa City with an 87 to 17 house vote. The senate had earlier approved about 42,000 over two years to meet federal maternity welfare aid, sending the measures to the governor.
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Des Moines
House
Iowa City
Senate
Towner
Gvernor
Germans Resist Payment of Tax in Ruhr
Berlin March 30 German industrialists in the Ruhr refuse to pay the French coal tax due tomorrow and will accept penalties. The tax is to be paid to France and Belgium instead of Germany and heavy penalties for noncompliance are expected with many arrests likely tomorrow according to the Rhine Tagblatt.
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Berlin
Germany
Maignatiohs
Ruhr
Rhine Tagblatt
France
Belgium
Vision to block outside pay costs Dr Steindler’s services
Vision against outside pay would rob the school of the services of Dr. Steindler, nationally known orthopedic surgeon.
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Steindler
Archbishop Zepliak Given Ten Year Prison Term
Moscow March 30 The death sentence on Archbishop Zepliak head of the Roman Catholic church in Russia was commuted to ten years imprisonment with strict isolation as the appeal for clemency by Vicar General Buchpavitch was denied.
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Rye
Moscow
Russia
Zepliak
Roman Catholic Church of
Buchpavitch
Clemeney
Building Collapse in New York Kills One Laborer
A five story building under construction collapsed today in New York, killing at least one laborer and injuring about a dozen others. The falling debris also brought down the roof of an adjacent five story structure, with around twenty workers at the sites and several remaining unaccounted for. Firefighters rescued five people from the rubble as the scramble to account for others continued.
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Associated Press
New York
Waterloo Negro Shot in Gun Fight
Frank Watts colored is in critical condition in Waterloo Jamaica from bullet wounds sustained in a fight last evening. Kid Ray of Omaha is charged with the shooting.
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Waterloo
Associated Press
Frank Watts
Kid Ray
Omaha
Railways to Spend Huge Sum For Equipment This Year
Chicago dispatch reports that the Railway Age annual study shows 27 railways operating 95 000 miles will spend over 350 million dollars on road and structure improvements and new equipment in 1922 23. Locomotives ordered reach 2 600. freight cars 180 154. Major recipients include Pennsylvania New York Central Louisville and Nashville and Norfolk and Western with substantial appropriations and projected terminal facilities.
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Ipropes
Chicago
United States
Railway Age
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ferrg
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Louisville and Nashville
Hinds Central
Nora Folk and Western
Union Pa
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