Germany’s new reparations proposal rejected by France
Paris reports that France likely will flatly reject Germany’s latest reparations offer and may extend occupation on the Rhine’s right bank. Berlin details propose fixing the total at thirty billion gold marks with staged payments through 1941 and in kind credits.
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Paris
France
Premier Poincare
Rhine
Berlin
Germany
Gove
Entente
Washington
Huges
Otter
Ruhr
Rhineland
Ascension Day Observed by Bethlehem Commandery Templars
Bethlehem commandery Knights Templar under Commander H. T. Carris will observe Ascension Day May 10 with a full day of events. Templars travel by automobile at 9:30 to Ainsworth and Columbus City to decorate graves, assemble at 2 PM at the Temple, march to Elm Grove cemetery with the Washington band, decorate graves at Wood lawn and other cemeteries, dine at 6:36 PM, and confer the temple order at 8 PM for one candidate.
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Bethlehem Commandery
Knights Templar
H. T. Carris
Templars
Ainsworth
Columbus City
Order
Temple Building
Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington Band
England Not With Germany On New Terms
London reports confirm Britain is not connected with the German reformulation of reparations. Berlin outlines a plan for arbitration between France and Germany, international loans, and a commission to decide loan details and revenue use. The note emphasizes currency stabilization and avoidance of forcible seizure of securities.
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Piaces
London
Great Britain
Berlin
Ger
Germany
France
Reich
Industrial Commission
United States
International Commission
Hughes
Treparation Commission
Orde
Europe
National Commission
Internations Cour
Bacon’s Essay Uses Mahomet Tale on Boldness
Lord Bacon cites the Mahomet story where a hill was promised to move by the word of the Prophet. When the hill failed to move, Bacon notes the abrupt shift to action by the speaker, illustrating boldness in leadership.
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Lord Bacon
Mahomet
Bacon
Governor Kendall vetoes tax change bill in Des Moines
Governor Kendall vetoed the Schmedika bill to shift delinquent tax dates from April 1 to May 1 and October 1 to November 1. He cited tax collection timing, county clerical workload, and delayed distribution to municipalities while pledging future review and cooperation when the assembly reconvenes.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Kendall
Fortieth General Assembly
General Assembly
Washington County Journal Highlights Local News
Washington County's only daily presents concise local briefs on community events, school updates, and municipal notices with emphasis on notable residents and upcoming public meetings.
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Jomrnal
Washington County
Northwestern student Leighton Mount inquest opens
A coroner's inquest opening at Evanston police headquarters centers on Leighton Mount Northwestern University freshman whose disappearance in 1921 and death were linked to a pier area in Lake Michigan. Witnesses include Northwestern President Walter Dill Scott and Mount's classmate Carl Oldberg as authorities seek details of the case and possible freshman and sophomore class testimonies.
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Chicago
Til
Evanston
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Lake Michigan
Wolff
Walter Dill Scott
Carl Oldberg
Young Mount
Mount
D. McNalley
University
Leighton
Mrs. Mount
Methodists of United States Active in Building Churches
Chicago May 2 Twenty three buildings a week are being erected by the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal church at a weekly cost of 531,112. Rural and frontier fields sustain 2,950 pastors with 29 summer training institutes for study. Two hundred negro pastors are on the payroll, and 995 home mission pastors preach in 19 languages. The figures exclude self supporting churches contributing to the Centenary fund of 100 million dollars.
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Associatedress
Chicago
Ill
Board of Home Masions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Committee On Conservation and Advance
Rontier
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
Birle Schools
Centas
Iowa farmers benefit from week of fair weather
Warm dry sunny conditions last week aided farm progress in Iowa though extreme northwest counties saw rain and wet soil. Oats and barley seeding are two thirds complete while the season runs a week to ten days late. Plowing for corn is half done in about a third of the state and rising as soil dries.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Weather and Crop Service Bureau of
Iowa
Fragmentary testimony on Leighton case continues investigation
The record notes a lack of money and clothing, possible memory loss, and cold conditions as factors. The speaker says hearing definite news of Leighton’s death would end worry that he is wandering away. Investigators plan to continue the inquiry through Friday after preliminary testimony.
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Leighton
Republicans Name Judge H. K. Evans
Judge Hiram K. Evans of Corydon and J. B. Faughton of Grand River headline Iowa eighth district race for a June 5 special election to fill Horace Mann Towner’s vacancy. Evans secured the Republican nomination on the tenth ballot amid a multi candidate contest. the Democrat nominee was already chosen.
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Creston
Hiram K. Evans
Corydon
J. B. Faughton
Grand River
Iowa
Horace Mann Towner
Evans
Dust Particles Measure Cement Fineness at Lewis Institute
Chicago May 2. A Lewis Institute study finds six million dust particles cover one square inch of glass for cement fineness tests. Researchers blew cement through brass tubes to separate sizes and measured with a microscope. Government standards require 78 percent pass a 40‑hole sieve.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Structural Materials Research Laboratory
Lewis Institute
Boy Drowns After River Rescue In Cedar Rapids
Louis Denison fifteen-year-old student drowned in the Cedar River after being dragged from the water by John Figley and others. Denison, who could not swim, waded into a deep hole during a heat wave and received first aid but died in a local hospital.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Louis Denison
John Figley
Denison
Calendar Confusion Describes Year of Confusion Months Change
A fragment notes calendar mixups with months December and January linked by seven tieds. It mentions a Caesar change to currency with dollar and thirty alternately, and February having 29 days in common years and 30 in leap years.
Day of the Prophets Gone
A reflective excerpt notes religion and poetry as power, urging renewed prophetic insight in troubled days. It laments the seeming abeyance of open vision while encouraging faith that such vision may return.
Portrait Painter Seeks Wife by Appointment
A visitor announces he came by appointment to paint a wife. Mr. Crab leigh points out the wife is prepared earlier, painted by 10 and ready to go out at 11.
First Known Ape Rickets Bone Discovery
An ape bone from a Theban temple dated to early times reveals the first known case of rickets in an ancient animal. The specimen shows bone deformities consistent with the disease, offering insight into historical health conditions.
Musk Ox Remains Found In Kentucky Also Walrus Remains Found In New Jersey
Archaeologists report musk ox remains discovered in Kentucky and walrus remains found along a New Jersey coastline. The finds expand understanding of ancient Arctic animal presence in these regions.
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Kentucky
New Jersey
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