Iowa Rate Case to be Decided by Supreme Court
Iowa joins South Dakota and Nebraska in a Supreme Court appeal over federal authority to regulate intrastate railroad and public utility rates. The Iowa brief argues the federal control act does not authorize presidential regulation of intrastate rates and that police power remains with state commissions.
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Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Iowa Railroad Commission
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
American Railway Express Company
Express Company
Chicago
Middle West
Minnesota
Vermont
Indiana
Georgia
Alabama
Missouri
Commerce Councel
J. H. Henderson
Commerce
R. P. Thompson
Dwight N. Lewis
State Board
State of
Thompson
United States
Congress
State Railroad Commission
May Bonds Proposed for Marshall County Memorial
Marshall County seeks a memorial hall and coliseum for soldiers from the county under the Davidson bill. The plan allows land condemnation and bonds for five to fifty years to fund a building seating 3600, usable as city hall auditorium or library, with space for patriotic groups. Elections on the bonds may occur at general municipal or special polls within days after notice.
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Marshalltown
Davidson
General Assembly
Marshall County Memorial Hall Association
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Memorial Association
Free swimming instruction for boys at the Y in Charles City
Free six week swimming lessons are offered to all boys over 10 at the Charles City Y M C A under physical director E. J. Osgood. No YMCA membership is required. Participation honors the recent YMCA redemption campaign and prepares boys for the summer swimming beach and lifesaving.
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Charles City
Ila
E. J. Osgood
All discharged men of 168th to March
Described list notes men of the One Hundred Sixty eighth who have preceded the regiment to march and set plans for future service. Des Moines dispatch details status and movement of discharged personnel.
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Des Moines
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Des Moines Parade Plans for Returning Veterans Announced
Maj. Harry H. Polk, parade committee chairman, announced that Des Moines and Towan are expected to march with their comrades when the boys come home. Discharged men are urged to watch The Capital for official arrival details and parade time.
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Towa
Maj
Harry H. Polk
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State fair prizes exceed $100000 for first time
Des Moines May 3 More than $100000 in prizes will be awarded at the state fair this year according to the premium list issued yesterday by the state board of agriculture. The total is $106311 an increase of $10804 over last year.
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Des Moines
State Board of Agriculture
A. R. Corey
Department
Cedar Falls pupils mete out verdict to school thief
In Cedar Falls Iowa on May 3 pupils of Cedar Falls high school acted as a jury after a 14 year old boy confessed stealing small sums from cloak rooms. The vote favored leniency with an honorable apology and continued enrollment, rather than prosecution or expulsion.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls High School
Real Piemaker Miss Tillie Hurst Of Webster City
Webster City reports the state champion pie maker Mrs Tillie Hurst who has baked 89 180 pies over seven years while running a restaurant. She averages thirty five pies daily and enjoys strong public praise nationwide for high quality pies.
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Webster City
Iowa
Tillie Hurst
Five Iowa towns plan homecoming celebrations in May
Five Iowa Elites have joined forces to stage homecoming events for their units in the One Hundred Sixty eighth infantry. Red Oak hosts May 19 Corning May 21 Shenandoah May 22 Glenwood May 26 and Harlan May 29. Parades floats with Ak Sarben features and other festivities will fill all day and night celebration periods in each town.
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Red Oak
Iowa
Corning
Shenandoah
Glenwood
Harlan
Two Cents a Mile for War Veterans Convention Travel
Des Moines reports Capt. John MacVicar says Walter Hines arranged two cent per mile rail fare for veterans attending the American Legion first convention in St. Louis May 8 to 10. Iowa plans full delegate attendance with at large delegates possible by request. Delegates depart Des Moines May 7 at 7 35 p m aboard the Wabash, credentials and reservations advised. Jefferson Theater to host caucus near hotels.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Theodore Roosevelt
American Legion
Walter Hines
St. Louis
MacVicar
Iowa
Wabash
May
Hubbell Building
Jefferson Theater
Gas in Bamboo and Ancient China Phonograph Echoes
A Chinese text notes natural gas carried in bamboo tubes used long ago and references a writer describing boxes that mimic the voices of the dead, a device likened to a phonograph.
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China
Romance and Arabella at FOX shows Monday with Talmadge
Constance Talmadge headlines Romance and Arabella at the FOX Theatre. The film marks a seventh collaboration with Harrison Ford and Walter Edwards, retracing a string of hits from Good Night Paul to Who Cares. It weaves five love stories as Arabella seeks thrills before discovering true romance.
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Arabella
Constance Talmadge
William Hurlbut
Venereal Disease Bureau Planned by State Health Board
The state board of health plans to set up a venereal diseases bureau in the secretary’s office at the state house. The move comes as the board works over the new law enacted by the Thirty-eighth general assembly.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
State House
Thirty-eighth
General Assembly
Life's Turning Point Quote on Perseverance
A Harriet Beecher Stowe quotation celebrates endurance in adversity. It urges readers to persist when overwhelmed, suggesting that difficulty signals a turning point and the tide will change.
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Piace
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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