England Looks 10 1.5 Goal Supply in Miners Strike
London reports show all coal mining halted at midnight with only limited districts still operating. About 1,200,000 miners idle amid wage dispute. Yorkshire Scotland and North Wales districts mostly inactive as orders shift to American suppliers and coal stocks are estimated at 2,000,600 tons. The act enables mobilization of national resources if sympathy strikes occur.
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Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Yorkshire
Northumberland
Scott
North Wales
Altho Ft
America
New York State
Board of Trade
National Union of Railway Men
Transport Workers Union
United Press
Great Britain
Farm Credit Bill 10 Reported Lost Paseo By House
A farm credit bill to create a new credit system for farmers passed the Iowa House awaiting the governor's signature. It would allow borrowing against crops and livestock and permit rediscounting of warehouse receipts and securities. A separate obituary notes John Anderson died in Mt. Vernon township at age unknown.
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Farm Credit Bill
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
P. E. MacClenahan
Kime
Polk County
State Senate
House
Holdoezel
Senate
State Executive Council
Separe
Berry
John Anderson
Anderson
Mt. Vernon
Hileman & Gindt Tinkins
Seattle
Wash
Admiral Line
Govtracer
Point Wilson
Shipping Board
West Hartland
Meyer Holzer
John Alwen
West
Hartland
Veysel
Cabinet Approves Rail Readjustment Plan Details
President Harding and his cabinet reached agreement on a plan to address the railroad problem. Details were to be announced soon, with focus on rate changes and their impact on farmers and business, as well as potential traffic increases.
Warring Over Method of Choosing Delegates to Con-Con in 1923
The Iowa House and Senate clash over how to elect delegates to the 1923 constitutional convention. Bills propose partisan versus nonpartisan ballots, with 198 delegates to be chosen by the 1922 primary and a shifting timeline for pursuing amendments.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Thirty-ninth Assembly
Cope
Iowa
Negro Held Over Bootlegging Charge in Oelwein Jail
In Oelwein Waterloo on April 1 Ren Mee Gowan a colored man spent a night in city jail awaiting district court action on bootlegging. His jail cell contained three stills with copper tubing, and several kegs jugs and bottles of home distilled liquor seized earlier. A copper coil was later found straightened and a jug emptied. The article questions whether Ren used the copper tubing with the operators to separate the jug from its contents.
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Oelwein
Gowan
Waterloo
City
Weer Union
District Court
Emmy
Ren
Addie Adees Adventures in the Miratea Day Seriet
Fragmentary reminiscence by Bast L Smith from Waterloo dating 1827. The narrator speaks of job searches, clerical tasks, and letters to help others while awaiting a future plan. The tone hints at a serialized diary with ongoing narrative.
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Bast
L. Smith
Waterloo
Wage Disputes Halt Iowa Building Trades Actions
Des Moines workers in Building trades fail to report for work awaiting wage scale talks with Master Builders. About 1,500 affected across crafts including bricklayers carpenters hoisting engineers plasterers lathers and painters. Across Iowa Dubuque Mason City Ottumwa Fort Dodge Davenport Cedar Rapids report strikes and halted projects as contractors push wage cuts of about 20 percent and union groups resist.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Thru
Building Trades Counsel
Building Trades Council
Labor Lexaders
Master Builders Association
Dubuque
Union
J. J. Maine
W. H. Griebling
State Carpenter’s Union In Laws
Ottumwa
Ottumba
Master Builders
Fort Dodge
Iowa Masters Builders Association
Davenport
Devenport
Rock Island
Cedar Rapid
United Bross
Cedar Rapids
Ign
Teamsters
Wunlaing
Harvey Appointed British Ambassador
George Harvey is appointed ambassador to Great Britain as announced by President Harding on April 1. The nomination confirms Harvey will represent the United States in London, with duties to liaise on diplomatic and wartime alliance matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washingtood
George Harvey
Great Britain
Harding
Hilary
Armistice Day Legal Holiday Established in Pennsylvania
Gov Sproul signed a bill making November 11 Armistice Day a legal holiday in Pennsylvania. The measure, announced in Harrisburg, designates the day to honor the armistice that ended World War I and aims to provide statewide observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Associated Preas
Harrisburg
Sproul
Schulers Stay Ends as HeIs Brought to Waterloo
Lloyd E Schul er, alias Schul er, the man accused of killing his brother in law William Matusch near Greeley Iowa, was captured after a $250 reward was claimed by a brother in law. He and his wife had hidden in Waterloo for about a week before Sheriff L E Pride transferred him to Manchester for trial. The Delaware county grand jury will meet to consider an indictment for murder and a swift trial is planned.
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Schuler
Ord Schuler
William Matuseh
Greeley
Inlaw
Delaware County
Manchester
L. E. Pride
Sherif
Delaware
Waterloo
Albert Lea
Matusch
John Farley
Delaware County Grand Jury
William Matusch
Lloyd E. Schul Yer
Iby M. J. Yoran
Beauvais
Montreal
Fred
James
Stillman
Stillman Alimony Set At 7500 Monthly
Justice Morsehauser orders James A. Stillman to pay Mrs. Stillman 7500 monthly alimony while pending divorce. He notes the mother should decide custody preference, cover schooling, and necessary expenses as long as children stay with her. Stillman plans an appeal citing excessive alimony and inadmissible letters influenced the ruling.
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Morschauser
Justice Morsehauser
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Stillman
White
Carmel
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
City Employes Fooled On April Pay Day
Des Moines April 1 policemen and firemen went to the city hall to draw pay but encountered an April Pool joke. A temporary injunction blocks city payrolls until modified, leaving city workers April fooled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Des Moines
Farmers to Meet Congress for National Farm Policy Plan
Washington April 1 United Press reports representatives of all organized farmers and livestock producers will convene the first week of the new congress to draft a national farm policy and present it to President Harding and Congress. They seek relief from high railroad freight rates an amendment to Esch Cummins law and broader public protection.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Eli Angies
Congress
Capoper
Kansas
West
Capper
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nonpartisan Recall petitions under way in North Dakota
Fargo April 1 recall drive launches targeting state officials linked to the Nonpartisan League. The state executive committee calls for 150000 pounds in funds and assumes control of the Fargo Courier News as official league daily. The paper’s front page editorial urges fight rather than surrender to Wall Street grain interests.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
Theril’s Lake
Nonpartisan League
Fargo Courier News
League
Courier News
Wall Street
North Dakota
Carpenter Survives 16-Story Fall in Broadway Shaft
New York April 11 Peter Bil Gore a carpenter fell 16 stories down a Broadway skyscraper elevator shaft. He clutched a cable and slid several floors before hand burns forced him to let go. He struck a plank and landed at the bottom still conscious and was taken to a hospital to assess injuries.
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Associated Press
New York
Peter Bil Gore
Broadway
Zimmer and Neuf Not Yet at Coblenz
Karl Neuf and Franz Zimmer remained absent in Coblenz after release from confinement in Mosbach Baden for their role in attempting to arrest Grover Cleveland Bergdorf on German soil. American authorities reported no special concern and have elevated the matter to the Berlin government.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Karl Neuf
Franz Zimmer
Mosbach
Baden
Grover Cleveland Bergdorf
Berlin
Army Buys Bombers and Pursuit Planes
The War Department placed orders for 200 Thomas Morse type pursuit airplanes and $5 Martin bombers as a major step in rehabilitating the army air service after the armistice.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.D. C
Army
War Department
West High Teams Win Triangular Debates
West High affirmative and negative debating teams won their contests last night. The affirmative team met Marshalltown here while the negative team met Cedar Rapids at Cedar Rapids. Judges gave a unanimous verdict in the local contest and a two to one decision in Cedar Rapids. West High's negative team included Merle Francis Victor Kaplan and John Carson. The affirmative team featured Max Levingston Elizabeth Ollis and Wendell Webb.
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West High
Marshalltown
Ceadar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Merle Francis
Victor Kaplan
John Carson
Max Levingston
Elizabeth 'Ollis
Wendell Webb
Serious Salons Are Sold on Summons to Kendall's Office
Six state senators and ten representatives, named by colleagues as among the more serious lawmakers, received notes on governor Kendall’s stationery summoning them to Des Moines in the governor’s office at 1 pm. They all went, none knew the others, and neither did the governor. Others were responsible for the notes.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Gor. Kendall
Governor Calls Public Hearings On Utilities Bill
Des Moines reports the house failed to suspend rules on a 4% resolution asking Governor Kendall to return the public utilities court bill for reconsideration. A public hearing was set for 2 p.m. with Cedar Rapids business leaders urging signing. Cedar Falls and Waterloo councils urged veto as Kendall holds two days to act.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iown House
Edson
Children
Criswell
Moen
Senate
House
Alein
Harrison
MacFarlane
Kendall Kendall
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Five Day Window Threatens Open Shop In Denver
Denver building trades face a five day suspension starting today after five crafts refused a state mandated wage cut. If the limit expires with no agreement, Open Shop rules will apply to carpenters bricklayers plasterers painters and lathers.
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Denver
United Press
Colo
State Industrial Commission
Omaha
Boehner Taken to Leavenworth Prison
Boehner, Malvern, in custody of Deputy U. S. Marshal Fred Shoemaker, left Council Bluffs for Leavenworth federal prison. Convicted of attempting to obstruct the drafting and slandering the Red Cross, he was sentenced to three years. He exhausted appeals to the circuit court and supreme court after a trial before Judge Wade.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Lions Hold Waterloo Discussion on Local Prospects
About 35 Waterloo Lions discussed the city's business prospects in a general meeting at Black's tearoom. Five new members were voted in, and the group agreed Waterloo may profit from factories selling directly to producers as activity resumes. Dr. El Rohf, commander of Hecker-Chapman post American Legion, will speak on legion affairs next Thursday noon.
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Lions Club
Waterloo
EL. Rohif
Imander
Hecker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Black
Legion
April Fools Parade in Waterloo Sparks Street Tales
A lighthearted Waterloo journeyman piece recalls April Fools Day pranks in town. Citizens react with jokes and jests as people prank and respond with playful banter amid busy streets and offices.
Telegraph Briefs Summary Across Cities
Reports from Ibany Georgia to St Louis Missouri note a tornado fatality, union leaders urging a railroad conference, prohibition enforcement challenges, March 15 tax receipts exceeding expectations, weak federal reserve signals, railroad consolidation talk, Harding Curie gift of radium funds, border tensions around Hungary, indictments in St Louis fraud registrations, Viigiani on reparations talks, and wage cuts at Western Electric affecting 25 000 workers next Monday.
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Associated Press
Ibany
Chicago
Harding
Washington, D. C
Kramer
Federal ‘Reserve Bank
New York
Daniel Willard
Adinos
Railway Business Association
Mme. Curie
Women of America
Budapest
Charles
St. Louis
Rene Vigiani
London
Washington
France
America
Germany
Western ‘Electric Company
Embassy reply calls Ireland report biased and misleading
Washington April statement from the British embassy branded the American commission on Irish conditions as biased and wholly misleading. It argued Ireland remains the most prosperous part of the United Kingdom despite devastation and claimed Sinn Fein dominance comes from revolver terror silencing moderate opinion.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
American Commission On Conditions
Ireland
United Kingdom
Sinn
Farm Loan Men Plan National Union Meeting
Washington April 1. Farm loan delegates from many States will meet April 20 to form a permanent national union of farm loan associations. They will appoint a legislative committee select officers and seek a voice in federal and bank management. A resolution to raise the maximum loan to a single borrower from 10000 to 25000 will be considered with addresses by William G. McAdoo Senator Capper of Kansas and Senator Fletcher of Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Union of Farm Loan Associations
Farm Loan Associations
Loan ‘Association
William G. McAdoo
Capper
Kansas
Fletcher
Florida
Manufacturing Plants Show Business Gain
A regional survey shows Cleveland area automobile plants employed 1,500 more workers in April than in March, a 24 percent rise. Food and kindred products up 4.2 percent, textiles up 2 percent, misc factories up 5.3 percent across 97 plants employing about 396,000. In Detroit during March, 25,694 men were recalled to work. 6,365 returned in the week ending March 28.
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Associated Preesy
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Mich
Employers’ Association of Detroit
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Pinto
Port Townsend
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Victoria
Shipping ‘Board
Bombay
Lees Smash
Antiliacy
Alwen
E. P. Barlett
Tice
Willian G. Thomas
Port Wilson
Addie Ade’ S. Adventures
Harvey
Bays
Zimmer
Neuf
Kendall
Building Trades
Boehner
Leavenworth
Fourth Street
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