German Chancellor Wilhelm Marx Leads Center Party in Potsdam
Government announces no new taxes needed to fund the strike. Marx, a Center leader, resumes as chancellor with broad Reichstag support and pledges to maintain Luther era foreign policy and flag-law reforms. Preparatory disarmament talks at Geneva see Britain and Italy isolated amid debate on peacetime arms limits.
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Wilhelm Marx
Center Party
Germany
Doctor Luther
Reichstag
Luther
Merica
Great Britain
Geneva
Lord Cecil
Hugh Gibson
Paul Boncour
France
Pennsylvania primary victory signals shifts in Prohibition debate
In the week’s top event, Edward Pickard notes Warre’s Pennsylvania win shifts focus to a possible modification of the Volstead Act though Pepper and Pinchot also contest the outcome. The Senate probes primary campaign spending as Reed leads calls for investigation and a new committee is formed with Dawes appointing members.
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Williams
Ware
Pennsylvania
United States
Vare
Pepper
Pinchot
Senate
Illinois
Massachusetts
Keystone
William Bb. Wilson
Einsylvania
Reed
Missouri
Butler
Cameron
Cummins
Curtis
Dale
Gooding
Harrold
Jones
Washington
McMaster
Pine
Stanfield
Weller
Willis
Capper
Deneen
Keyes
Watson
Norbeck
Robinson
Indiana
Tam
Dawes
David A. Reeds
Rep
Charles S. Deneen
Til
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Wis
James A. Reed
Thomas F. Bayard
del. Reed
Deneenwil Bayard
Fernald
Maine
Goff
W. Va
King
Dem
Utah
Enator Reed
Coolidge
Treasury Mellon
New York State
Smith
Ainsworth Woman Attends Funeral of Father in Texas
Dr John Thomas Glaze 72 longtime Houston resident died at home after a yearlong illness. Born in Columbus City Iowa, he studied at Iowa and Rush Medical College. Survived by wife Mrs W B Acheson of Ainsworth Iowa and son Willard Glaze of Houston. Funeral Saturday 3 PM at home with Rev Claude L Jones officiating. Burial Forest Park cemetery by J B Farthman Co.
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Crawfordsville
Gladys Maxwell
Grundy Center
Iowa
Iowa City
Ruth McElroy
Earl Griffith
California
Washington
Nettie Strain
Trene Holmes
Cotter
Nellie Manners
Monmouth
Margaret
Marian Davidson
T. W. Sloan
John Wooley
Columbia
Missouri
Andrew Brown
Cecil Lease
Ft. Madison
John Hamil
Dr. Lease
Mary White
Mary Ethel White
J. S. Frederick
Grinnell
W. H. McCall
Miss Mary
Sharon
McCall
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mre
W. BE. Acheson
Ainsworth
Houston
Texas
I. T. Glaze
John Thomas Glaze
Mount Vernon
Glaze
Columbus City
Jrowston
First Christian Church
Doctor Glaze
University of Iowa
Rush Medical College
Chicago
W. B. Acheson
Willard Glaze
Claude L. Jones
Forest Park Cemetery
J. B Farthman Company
Bombardment of Damascus by French devastates Midan district
Dispatches from the London Daily Express report a 15 hour French bombardment of Damascus destroying the Midan section with shells and flames. Civilians and rebels were killed, Druse fighters fled to the area, and inhabitants were warned to evacuate before guns and aircraft opened fire. The piece also notes Syria's nationalist leaders vow to persist until independence and seek League intervention. Also, HE Norge is dismantled for shipment. Byrd plans a South Pole expedition after departure from Spitzbergen.
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London Daily Express
Damascus
Midan
Druse
Druses
Chicago Tribune
Syria
League of Nations
France
League
HE Norge
Teller
Alaska
Nome
North Pole
United States
Amundsen
North
South Pole
Richard Byrd
Spitzbergen
London
Local Social Roundup Includes Birthdays Visits and Travel
Irene Wagner and Catharine Wilson visited the high school on Tuesday. Ethel Sayre celebrated a twelfth birthday with a party Wednesday afternoon. Mrs F D Sayre and family drove to Fort Madison to visit relatives. The Wilsons and Maple and others spent weekends visiting Cedar Rapids Wellman and Haskins.
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Irene Wagner
Catharine Wilson
Ethel
Jo McGraw
Carl Hering
Mike Flynn
F. D. Sayre
Delbert
Howard
Eugene
Fort Madison
Robert Gault
Haskins
Ruth Wilson
Wellman
Marjorie Maple
C. R. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Britain Returns to Normal After General Strike
Britain resumes normal life in most residences but miners remain out. Delegates at a conference rejected government settlement proposals over wage cuts, arguing current pay fails to provide a decent standard of living. Wal ter Runciman quoted total direct trade losses at 26.5 million pounds and indirect losses over 30 million. Railway firms estimate losses above 6.1 million. The National Union of Railway Men cites over 1 million in costs.
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Hough
Great Britain
Walter Runciman
House of Commons
National Union of Railway Men
Ainsworth Visitors Make Weekend Drives in New Ford
Mr and Mrs W T Trotter visited Muscatine Saturday in a newly purchased Ford sedan. Billy Crawford left for Des Moines for summer work. Mr and Mrs E R Rhodes with family came from Burlington to spend Sunday with Mrs Rhodes parents Mr and Mrs Frank Chihak. Mr and Mrs J J Fitzgerald Mr and Mrs Wm Simkins and Eyverette drove to Cedar Falls to visit James Fitzgerald Jr and Merle Simkins.
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Ainsworth Ainsworth
W. T. Trotter
Muscatine
Billy Crawford
Des Moines
E. R. Rhodes
Burlington
Eyverette
Cedar Falls
James Fitzgerald, Jr
Merle Simkins
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Ydsville
Ebastian S. Kresge
New York
Kresge
George J. Caruana
Mexico
Calles
Italy
Begum of
Bhopal
India
House of Representatives
Johnson
Mohammed VI
Turkey
A. W. Gilchrist
Florida
A. R. Metcalfe
W. E. D. Stokes
Miami
Beersfort
Philadelphia
Lake Osgood
Adirondacks
Wet
Edward W. Pickard
Narshal
Josef Pilsudski
Poland
Rutaj
Charles Battel
Belvedere
Rata Nas
National Assembly
Warsaw
Haller
Pilsudski
Minnesota
Barclay’s
Ington
Thrifty
Housewives
Sargent
Juney Prost
Prince Albert
P. and
G. Naptha
VELMA
Kirk
Lipton’s Coffee
Lipton
Ose
Arclay’s Cash Grocery
Rees
B. H. Rucker
Ottumwa, Iowa
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