Paving issues drive Taylor and Poweshiek county plans
In Taylor county voters decide on a 996000 primary roads program amid county road exclusion and ballot supply concerns. Poweshiek plans a hearing at Montezuma on federal highway 32 and 152 miles of county gravel roads, aiming for a December election on the referendums.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Taylor County
Powesheik County
Lee
Age
Powesheik
Montezuma
German Ship Lies in New York Harbor With Liquor Cargo
A German barkentine named Carmen lay at New York Harbor with a reported 100000 cases of liquor aboard after a seizure 140 miles at sea. Coast guard crews seized the ship, denying motive, while rumors swirled about distress and Washington orders, with the vessel brought to port Sunday night.
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Associated Press
New York
Navy
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Washington
Coastguard
McCall
Carmen
Federal Attorneys’ Office
Eleard
Hamburg
Halifax
Iowa Supreme Court affirms life terms for three killers
The Iowa supreme court upheld life imprisonment for Joe Wagner and Charles P. Kelly who were convicted last year of attempting to rob the Cottage Grove State Bank. The court also affirmed Lawrence Flory’s life sentence for first degree murder of his wife in Poweshiek County in 1922, his second appeal.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Joe Wagner
Charles P. Kelly
Cottage Grove State Bank
Kelly
Lawrence ©. Flory
Poweshetk County
Flory
Selection of Boyd Jury Moves Slowly
Jury selection for the William H. Boyd case in Muscatine proceeds at a slow pace as doubts linger about filling the jury box by tonight’s adjournment. The case centers on the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Dewey Marshall and the state’s effort to secure a conviction.
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NES Movier
William H. Boyd
Muscatine
Dewey Marshall
Occupations of Iowa General Assembly Elects Diverse Panel
A Des Moines survey of the 42nd Iowa General Assembly elects reveals about twenty occupations among members. Most are farmers about eighty in each house, followed by seventeen lawyers. Others include insurance, real estate, banking, publishing, clergy, medicine, and retirement among the varied professions listed.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa General Assembly
Health account plea urges prevention and immunization
Mrs Beyea urges citizens to invest in health as a savings account, urging yearly physicals, immunization, and strict quarantine to stamp out disease. She cites heart disease risks and the need for early recognition, with the state health department promoting prevention and no diphtheria in Iowa by 1920.
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Beyea
State Department of Health
Henry Albert
State Board of Health
Iona
Berea
Washington ready to field eleven fighters against Columbus Junction
Coach McKins try promises an eleven man fighting squad for Washington's Thanksgiving eve clash with Columbus Junction. The team, boosted by a recent win at Sigourney, aims to break the tradition of Washington not fighting in the holiday game.
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Sigourney
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Weaver
Morrison
Baker
Blick
Pratt
Benson
Lane
George Turner
Fairfield
Yee
Junction
Muscatine
Muskies
Unetion
Iowa Democrats Hope For A West Yet To Unite
Des Moines with Clyde L. Herring says Iowa Democrats are not aligned behind any single candidate. He dismisses E. T. Meredith's claim Democrats are dry and pro McAdoo, noting Smith and McAdoo have limited strength locally. The western progressive wing has grown as farmers urge reform.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Meredith
McAdoo
Smith
Middlewest
Midwest
West
Vanderbilt Weds Annulment Report Shocks Society
A World dispatch from Peatrice Baskerville reports Mrs William K Vanderbilt second seeks an annulment of her 1899 marriage to the Duke of Marlborough in Rome. The plea alleges coercion at the time of the union involving Consuelo Vanderbilt's elder brother.
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Navy
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
William K. Vanderbilt
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Rome
Peatrice Baskerville
William Kissam Vanderbilt
Million-dollar claim in alienation suit over former wife
Charles Burham Squires, a New York financier divorced last May in Paris, seeks one million dollars from Horace Raymond Paige alleging Paige seduced his former wife Olive Rae Squires. The suit also notes Mrs Paige seeks custody of Patricia Squires, now at Squires' mother's apartment.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles Burham Squires
Paris
Horace Raymond Paige
Paige
Patricia Squires
Mr. Squires
Squires
Olive Rae
St. Louis
Queen Ma ne and Princess Nleaha in swimwear styles
Two young women modeled in matching swimsuits. Queen Ma ne wore a pear gray halved one piece with green stripes while Princess Nleaha sported a gray suit with red stripes and coordinating caps.
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Queen
Nleaha
Waterways Fight Declared Won by Mississippi Valley Leaders
St. Louis November 23. James E B Smith president of the Mississippi Valley Association declares victory in a five year program to complete Mississippi valley waterways. He urges Midwest cities to build modern harbors and terminals to be ready when channels open. Proposal supported by Brigadier General Ashburn and Secretary Davis. Smith is reelected president with Cunningham of New Orleans as vice president and five district vice presidents named.
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Associated Press
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Middlewest
James EB. Smith
Mississippi Valley Association
Mississippi Valley
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
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Middle-West
Smith
Thomas F. Cunningham
New Orleans
Brookhart Recalls Humble Start During Anniversary Talk
Senator Smith W. Brookhart marked thirty four years in Washington recounting his rise from ten dollars and worn shoes to U S senator. He framed himself as an underdog fighter for universal suffrage and the direct primary, criticizing eastern profits and Wall Street speculation while urging middle nation protections. Madame Beyea of the state health board attended and spoke briefly.
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Washington
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Nan
Madame Beyea
State Board of Health
State Agent Probes Hartnell Death Mystery
Coroner L A Jones and Sheriff Charles M Denison seek new clues in the Hartnell case with State Agent Ray Scott arriving from Olympia. Hartnell was found Oct 3 with a bullet wound in timber near his home after trapping activity, and authorities previously found no evidence of foul play.
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L. A. Jones
Charles M. Denison
Thomas Hartnell
Dutch Creek
Ray Scott
Scott
Washington
Hartnell
Valley
Rabio
A. B. Batrice
Defense rests in prison murder case
The defense rested in the case of six Illinois penitentiary convicts charged with Deputy Warden Peter Klein's murder during a jail break last May. The state opened closing arguments urging the jury to sentence all defendants to hang or for the men to be imprisoned.
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Associated Press
Joliet, WL
Illinois
Peter Klein
Three Alarms Set New Fire Record in Half Day
Washington firemen answered three calls between noon and four yesterday, a possible community record. The Renoux home near Burlington station reported a fire out before arrival, the D A Boyer residence on South Fourth Avenue had a basement blaze with a small partition fire, and the Rex McCarty home on West Madison Street faced a roof fire all extinguished with little damage.
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Fie
Renoux
Burlington
D. A. Boyer
South Fourth Avenue
Rex McCarty
West Madison Street
Health Show At High School Lets Pupils Star in Skits
An entertainment program at the high school auditorium tonight features two one act plays by fourth and fifth grade pupils from Wallace and Centennial schools. Shows begin at 7 30 with health themes, costumes, and a large cast. Admission is ten and fifteen cents.
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Wallace
Centennial
Rooms Needed for Boys Conference Delegates
Community response to lodging appeal for state older boys conference delegates remains strong yet about fifteen rooms are still required. Chairman J H Peet notes housing offers should notify committee members promptly. some hosts may not receive boys if turnout is lower than expected, and no assignments will occur before Friday evening.
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Rose
Poss’le
Ten Unaccounted For In Mine Crash At Coleman Alberta
Six hours after a blast at the McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke Company mine in Coleman Alberta ten of the twenty men inside at the time were unaccounted for. Authorities blamed gas and coal dust for the explosion as rescue teams went into the shaft to search for survivors.
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Alberta
Navy
McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke Company
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