Iowa Farmers Union presses for tax cuts and credit reform
The Iowa Farmers Union adopted resolutions urging Congress to ease agricultural credit, cut state taxes, lower freight costs, and promote a living wage. They backing cooperative banking and demand inquiries into livestock law violations, plus contract use between growers and markets to shield farmers from low prices.
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Des Moines
Congress
Iowa Farmers Union
Federal Reserve Board
National Organization
Agriculture Wallace
Livestock Commission
Oklahoma Klan claims growth amid political attack
N C Jewett grand dragon of Oklahoma Klan accuses Governor Walton of political bankruptcy and declares the Klan is rapidly growing. He says members offered "protection" if they withdraw and that the group will not fight back, choosing silence in the conflict.
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Watton
Mov
Invisible Empire
McBee
Wallon
Murray F. Gibbons
House
McRee
Senate
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Eritors
Oklahoma City
Forstall
Oklahomy “City
Okla
J. C. Walton
Ku Klux Klan
Associated Press
N. C. Jewett
The
Klan of Oklahoma
Refugees Housed in Barracks as quake relief grows
Tokyo dispatch reports all earthquake refugees housed in park barracks while hospitals operate citywide. Relief funds exceed five million dollars from foreign sources. Admiral E A Anderson, commander of the Asiatic Fleet, meets Premier Yamamoto and officials as American warships end mercy mission and prepare to sail Sunday.
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Tokio
Japan
E. A. Anderson
Asiatic Meet
Yanamoto
Bolshevists Study American Policies In Berlin Laboratory
Bolshevism in Berlin operates a world politics laboratory sending investigators to observe global political activity. They report to an official staff that tracks world press and interprets it for international consequences. Captain Jacques Sadoul, once a French army officer, was sentenced to death in France for ...
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Berlin
Bolshevism
Jacques Sadoul
France
Trial of Backman Former Des Moines Official Opens Friday
Former Des Moines city official John A. Backman faces an embezzlement trial, indicted by a Polk County grand jury after a nationwide search. He vanished from Des Moines days before the indictments and was arrested in Dallas, Texas, months later.
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Backman
Des Moines
Associated Press
Sept
John A. Backman
Dallas
Texas
Polk County Grand Jury
Salinger Released and Re-Arrested in Chicago
Ben I. Salinger Jr. of Sioux City, charged in a mail fraud indictment, was released and immediately rearrested in Chicago. A removal warrant, quashed then revived, was used to return him to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the indictment was issued against him as head of the Midland Packing Company.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ben I. Salinger, Jr
Sioux City
Laws
United States
James R. Glass
Salinger
J. H. Wilkerson
Midland Packing Company
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Creager Urged as Mexico Ambassador by Texas Republican
Washington Sept 20. Appointment of R B Creager of Brownsville Texas a personal friend of President Harding as ambassador to Mexico was urged on President Coolidge today by George Rockhold of Dallas former vice chairman of the Republican state committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Db. C
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Texas
Harding
Mexico
Coolidge
George Rockhold
Dallas
Republican State Committee
New Bolshevist Lab Studies U S Policy
Experts on the Bolshevist staff run a new laboratory examining American foreign policy. Jean Arens, wounded in the Vorowski assassination, joins the staff. The lab scrutinizes President Coolidge and possible Hughes resignation, plus American senators touring Europe with Russia on their itinerary.
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Odessa
Jean Arens
Vorowski
Lausanne
America
Coolidge
State Hughes
Europe
Russia
League of Nations Backs Further Greece Italy Debate
Geneva reports the League council took no action on Italy’s repudiation of the league’s intervention in the Greece Italy dispute. The body agreed to continue the discussion on interpreting the covenant with help from experienced jurists.
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Greece
Italy
Associated Press
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Nick Grba Found Guilty in Second Murder Trial
Mason City Iowa September 26 The jury in the second trial of Nick Grba found him guilty of the murder of Mike Baldizar in a case tied to alleged affection for Baldizar’s wife. The panel recommended life imprisonment, the same penalty as his first trial. Attorneys were given until September 26 to file a motion for a new trial.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Tus
Nick Grba
Mike Baldizar
Baldizar
No Strike Announced in North Dakota Wheat Fields
Fargo North Dakota Sept 20 no strike will occur in the wheat fields of North Dakota due to the poor crop and lack of demand for help an official bureau of the agricultural union No 110 of the Industrial Workers of the World stated under the N W W direction.
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Associated Press
Fargo
North Dakota
the Agricultural Union No. 110
Industrial Workers of the World
Appointment of Receiver for Robert B. Wallace Company
Frank Binder of Council Bluffs was named temporary receiver for the Robert B. Wallace Company. Wallace, former president of the Town Board of Commerce, was widely known in Iowa and died several weeks ago. Creditors sought the receiver amid petitions alleging irregularities in the company’s financial affairs.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Frank Binder
Councilluff
Robert B. Wallace Company
Wallace
Town Board of Commerce
Iowa
Complete Long Canoe Trip On Mississippi
Keokuk Iowa September 20 David M. Collisson and Warren A Perdew of Keokuk completed last week a 484 mile canoe trip from St Paul to Keokuk in fourteen days. Their daily average was 35 miles and one day they covered 47 miles. The men camped on the river bank at night. Their trip over treacherous Lake Pepin was without mishap.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
David M. Collisson
Warren A. Perdew
St. Paul
Lake Pepin
Manilla Times Publisher J J McDermott Dies at Home
J J McDermott publisher of the Manila Times died at his home after a long illness. He served as postmaster here during President Wilson's administration.
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Associated Press
Manilla
J. J. McDermott
Manilla Times
Hll
Wilson
Farm relief coming soon says Borah
Washington where Senator Borah told President Coolidge the western agricultural situation is serious and relief is studied for the next ten days. He indicated congress may consider a platform before any extra session and noted that not only wheat but other crops like corn and sugar beets need help.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Congress
Senator Borah
Borah
Labor Legislation Urged to President Coolidge
A legislative program favoring organized labor was presented to President Coolidge by AFL President Samuel Gompers. He urged reductions in child labor and said the President appeared sympathetic to the movement.
Wasps and Birds Share Nests and Friendly Homes
Nature Magazine notes that photographers find birds approachable at their nests and that wasps respond similarly to well placed houses. The article highlights similarities in how both species respond to inviting habitats.
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Nature
Nature Magazine
Ford interview sought on independent ticket candidacy
Omaha heads seek interview with Henry Ford to discuss a possible 1924 presidential bid on the independent progressive line. Roy M. Harrop says petition drives are underway and Ford would consider running if asked, amid calls for quick action to avert national crisis. Ford in Montreal says he is neither for nor against any party and would need a clear difference to align with Democrats or Republicans.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Henry Ford
Detroit
Roy M. Harrop
American League
Ford
United States
Dearborn
Harrop
Independent
Progressive
Harris
Henry
Montreal
Seal Harbor
Army
Navy
New York Strikers Laid Open to Union Break
New York Sept 20 George L Berry president of the international pressmen and assistants union of America announced 2500 members of the web pressmen local No 25 on strike since midnight Monday are no longer affiliated with the international which called the walkout illegal He said the international would propose to publishers a plan to supply press rooms with crews for normal production to end the strike
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Associated Press
New York
George L. Berry
International Pressmen'’S and Assistants Union of America
Web
The
International
Explosion at Bureau of Standards injures and kills
An explosion during a gas engine test at the Bureau of Standards in Washington DC killed L. L. Lauer and injured at least nine others, with four seriously burned as the blast wrecked the building housing the apparatus.
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Associated Press
Washington D. C
Bureau of Standards
L. L. Lauer
Power in Honest Work Reveals Latent Energies
A brief motivational note extols honest labor as a force that awakens inner strength and drives personal growth. It highlights how steady effort shapes character and discovers abilities within.
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