Primary reform bill withdrawn as lawmakers shift position
Des Moines March 31 lawmakers concede defeat as Representative Napier withdraws the 35 percent repeal bill after Senate action on a similar measure. Melintosh’s 25 percent proposal fails to gain support. License fee changes eyed in the Lake bill shifting to current price lists. Stink bomb penalties proposed. House kills two measures on crime and school dining butter substitutes. A sitting committee plan moves to start April 10 while the Senate already set a sifting committee.
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Des Moines
Tows
Napier
Senate
Melintosh
Decatur
House
Senate Committee On Public Health
Anderson
Webster
Wreck Death Toll Rises to Eight Near Columbus
The Southwest Limited wreck near Columbus raises death toll to eight. W. L. Siebert of Cincinnati, a student locomotive fireman, dies, while eleven people in hospital show improvement. About 108 passengers were aboard when the collision occurred.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. L. Siebert
Cincinnati
Southwest Limited
Beauty specialist sentenced to seven years in penitentiary
Dr. C. A. Furey a beauty specialist was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses and sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary by Judge Bonner in Des Moines on March 31.
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Associated Presse
Des Moines
C. A. Furey
Bonner
Pending Bills Entered as Children Bill Provisions
The act takes on all pending bills on the dates the Children bill is entered. It requires every two years review of pension applications and disqualifies widows from payments until six months residence in the county.
Warmer Weather Expected Across Midwest This Week
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys predicts rain in the south and rain or snow in the north Monday or Tuesday, with another wintry period near week’s end. Temperatures rise early in the week then dip midweek before warming again.
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Washington, Dpd
Mississippi
Missouri River
Officers' quarrel to be investigated in Texas
Secretary Weeks ordered Major General E A Lemick to conduct an official investigation into the trouble between A Ik Conger commanding the twentieth Infantry in Texas and Captain E F H Randle of the same unit. The inquiry aims to determine the facts and assign responsibility for the dispute within the army ranks.
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Washington, D. C
Weeks
E. A. Lemick
Army
A. Hk. Conger
Twentieth Infantry
Texas
EF. H. Randle
Chicago to build world’s largest electric power plant
Chicago moves toward a massive Commonwealth Edison project expected to reach 900000 horsepower or 600000 kilowatts, with 10 turbo generators, 60 cycle output at 12000 volts, and 72 acres of city property. The plant will store 300000 tons of coal and consume about 2 million tons annually, using high pressure steam boilers for superior efficiency.
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Associated Press
Chicago
World Ave
Goliath
Commonwealth Edison Company
Things Electrical
Five Workmen Die As Tower Collapses In Hartford Factory
A central tower at Fulton Brush Co in Hartford collapsed during a test, killing five workers and injuring several others. The disaster was blamed on the weight of a fifty thousand gallon tank at the summit.
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Fuller Brush Co
Hartford
Avenetatet Cran Hartford
Disbelieve Story of Herbert Wilson Sparks Mixed Reactions
A Los Angeles report that Herbert Wilson, once an evangelist convicted of murder and armed robbery, claimed he could solve the 1926 explosion mystery drew mixed reactions. Miami officials dismissed it as bunk while Burns Bureau agents found it interesting and officials in Washington echoed skepticism.
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Agenciated
New York
Los Angeles
Herbert Wilson
Bunk
Burns
Department of Justice
Miami
Florida
William J. Flynn
Clearing House Shows A Decrease In Reserves
The week ending March 31 shows an excess reserve of 4.899 million dollars for clearing house banks and trust companies, down 656,960 from the previous period. Also note a markets aside: blacksmiths repairing buggies as roads deteriorate, with demand expected to wane when roads improve.
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Associated Press
New York
Easter Promise Meets Cold Wave Across States
Chicago March 31 A smiling sun counters weather bureau forecast of a cold Arctic wave sweeping into the north of Florida and the eastern United States. Easter is expected to be very cold nationwide though not as brutal as feared.
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Be Phe
Chicago
Lli
Arctic
Florida
United States
Final arguments loom in Foster trial in Michigan
In St Joseph Michigan William Z Foster of Chicago faces a criminal syndicalism charge. Only final arguments remain before the jury after both sides closed their case. Foster testified in his own defense as the last witness, with closing arguments to be heard Tuesday and Monday a court recess.
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ST. Joe
Mich
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Michigan
White
Foster
Planes Leave Today for Washington Test Flight
Four of the six De Heviland army planes took off at 7 45 today for Savannah en route to Washington where the 5 365 mile test flight should end Tuesday. The other two planes left yesterday one headed for Cape Brace North Carolina.
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Miami
Fla
de Heviland Army
Savannah
Washington
Cape Brace
North Carolina
Army planes reach Savannah on Porto Rico return trip
The five army planes returning from Porto Rico to Washington landed in Savannah today at 1 35 P M local time. They touched down after completing the curving flight from the Caribbean, marking a milestone in the cross country operation.
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Savannah
Mar
Porto Rico
Washington
President Harding to be briefed on sugar probe
In St Augustine on March 31 President Harding plans a golf round and farewell exchanges as C H Houston former assistant secretary of commerce expects to see him. Houston, now en route to Miami, knows sugar production and stock details and says speculation alone fueled the price rise. The party will then proceed to Augusta Georgia for most of the week.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Harding
C. H. Houston
Miami
Houston
Augusta
Georgia
Iowan to Head Classical Association
B L Altman of the University of Iowa was elected president of the Classical Association of the West and South at the close of the convention in Columbus Missouri this morning.
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Associated Press
Columbus
B. L. Altman
University of Iowa
Classical Association of the West and South
Six Injured in Des Moines Auto Collision
The Associated Press reports six people were injured in a Des Moines crash at noon. Mrs. L. D. Miller and her infant son from Runnells, Iowa, were seriously hurt and may die, according to hospital physicians.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mar
L. D. Miller
Runnells
Iowa
Mayor and Judge Found Guilty in Volstead Trial
In Indianapolis on March 31 a district court jury found fifty five of sixty two Gary and Lake county residents guilty of conspiracy to violate the Volstead act. Among the prominent defendants were Gary Mayor RR. O. Johnson sheriff William Holds and Lake County Judge William M. Dunn.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gary and
Lake County
Indiana
RR. O. Johnson
Gary
Willam Holds
William M. Dunn
Death sentence not yet carried out in Moscow case
Moscow dispatch reports that the death sentence on vicar general Butchkavitch, upheld after appeal was denied by the central executive committee, has not yet been carried out as of five o clock this afternoon.
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Moscow
Russia
Butchkavitch
Central Executive Committee
Northwestern law school receives $100,000 donation
Elbert H. Gary of New York, chairman of United States Steel, an Northwestern university law school alumnus, has donated $100,000 to the school most of which will buy and repair law books. Gary has long supported the school with yearly gifts for books and upkeep.
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Evanston
Elbert H. Gary
New York
United States Steel Company
Northwestern University Law School
Governor Towner Departing for Porto Rico
Horace M. Towner newly appointed governor of Porto Rico left New York for the island this morning. He was accompanied by his wife and secretary Captain J. R. Van Dusen. Towner declined to speak for publication.
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New York
Horace M. Towner
Iowa
Porto Rico
KR. J. van Dusen
Fire destroys photographing lab and two planes at Cowling Fields
A fire at Cowling Fields in Washington today burned the photographing laboratory and two airplanes. Damage to war contract records inside the structure is not yet estimated, and no serious injuries were reported among personnel.
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Washington, D. C
Cowling Fields
Krupp Plant Worker Deaths In French Ruhr Clash
Six German workers at the Krupp Essen motor works were killed and twenty injured when French troops fired during a clash after the occupation. French forces occupied the plant amid threats of attack, prompting a deadly confrontation and a call for workers to return or face expulsion.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Krupp
Essen
Krupp Motor Works
French Forces Occupy Ninth Ruhr Mine at Essen
In Essen Germany on March 31 French engineers with troop support occupied the Emschleigh mine in the Gelsenkirchen district. It is the ninth Ruhr mine seized by French and Belgian forces. Thirty thousand tons of coke and coal were seized. German mine officials were arrested and thousands of workers went on strike as machinery parts were found removed.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
DeGoutte
Ruhr
Essen
Emschelippe
Gelsenkirchen
Mrs Will Dupuis and Ruth Lucille Visit Sigourney
Mrs Will Dupuis and her daughter Ruth Lucille traveled to Sigourney yesterday morning to spend the day at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Pennell.
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Will Dupuis
Ruth Lucille
Sigourney
W. 8. Pennell
Iowa librarians plan district meetings to extend library facilities
The Iowa library commission announces eight April and May district meetings to improve access to good books in remote areas. Topics include periodicals, binding, book buying, and reading contests, with one-day sessions held in Fort Madison Red Oak Iowa City Carroll Spencer Humboldt Nevada and Independence.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Julia Robinson
State Library Commission
Iowa Towns
Fort Madison
Red Oak
Iowa City
Carroll
Spencer
Humboldt
Nevada
Andemendence
Independence
Repra- Kells
Negro Sentenced to Death for Fifth Time in Waco Case
Mitchell, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering Hazell Bolton in May last year in Waco Texas. This marked his fifth death penalty sentence citation in Associated Press dispatches.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
Mar
Mitchell
Hazell Bolton
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