Beabe Arc Uris voyage and other early February events
Radio contact resumes with William Beabe and scientists aboard Arc Urus after two weeks of silence en route to Sargasso Sea then Panama Canal and Galapagos study. Ann Arbor police capture the Lone WID thief targeting fraternity houses and stealing pins. France’s political row continues with Herriot's ministry, left-wing blocs, and banking crisis. Roosevelt party leaves New York heading for Asia for Field Museum specimens. California moonshiner and citizen law questions noted. Von Hindenburg flags state spirit over form amid German politics. Giants and Yankees back in New York ready for season opener prep. overture to opening scene of a big drama.
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William Beabe
New York
Pacific
Arcuurus
Sargasso Sea
Atlantic
Justion
Ann Arbor
University
of Michigan
France
Premier Herriot
Senate
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Chamber of Deputies
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Leviathan
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Roosevelts
Asia
Field Museum
England
India
Mareo Palo
America
Mellon Couzens clash stirs Washington humor in tax row
Washington laughs at a light tax dispute between Treasury head Mellon and Senator Couzens of Michigan. The piece notes their rivalrous dynamic, mocks public-image perceptions, and sketches Mellon’s Pittsburgh roots and vast holdings while downplaying any real government cheating.
French Arbiter Seen as Likely to Reconcile French Senate and Chamber
Paris April 11. Titul Painleve, president of the Chamber of Deputies, held a conference with President Poumergua on settling the French governmental crisis. He is mentioned as a probable pick to adjust differences between the senate and the chamber over former Premier Herriot's financial policies.
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Paris
Aged German Leader Paasche Dies in Detroit
Dr. Herman Paasche former first vice president of the German Reichstag died in Detroit after a pneumonia attack. He arrived to attend a MASS meeting on German territory occupied by French troops. He is survived by his widow Ivanelise Paasche, who announced the body will be returned to Germany for burial.
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Detroit
Herman Paasche
Reichstag
Paasche
Erman
Ivan Lise Paasche
Germany
Cedar Rapids Oil Company Cuts Gasoline Price
Cedar Rapids Iowa April 13 local oil firm lowers gasoline by two cents to 18 13 cents a gallon. Other firms did not match the cut by noon but expected Chicago orders to follow. Company cites moral business as the reason for the reduction.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Dirt Roads in Town Reported in Fair Condition
In Des Maines on April 11 the Weekly road bulletin states all town dirt roads are in fair condition and gravel highways are in road condition.
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Des, Maines
Des Maines Automobile Dut
Newspaper work described as adventurous beat by editors
At an Iowa College Press association banquet in Des Moines Dean Harry F Marrington of Northwestern praised editorial work as a great adventure. Speakers included Prof Lewis Worthington Smith of Drake University and others from Northwestern Banker Des Moines and Storm Lake as part of the convention program.
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Associated Press
Harry F. Marrington
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Iowa College Press Association
Lewis Worthington Smith
Drake University
Clifford de Par
Northwestern Banker
Frank Miles
Iowa Lesionnaire
W. W.battenfield
Des Moines
Benton J. Strong
Drake
W. J. Shirer
Cascollege
Philip Jarnigan
Storm Lake
Andrew Thomson Dies After Cedar Falls Crash
Andrew Thomson 30 of 495 Allen Street died of internal injuries after his Ford coupe was struck by a 2 Dodge sedan at Ninth and Washington Cedar Falls about 9 15 am today. B H Stiles Cedar Falls who drove the other car tried to avoid the crash and fled after the collision. Thomson survived by his widow and parents, with brothers in Waterloo and Boston. The Thomsons were en route from Waterloo to Mason City to visit relatives when the accident occurred.
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Andrew Thomson
Allen Street
Ninth
Washington Streets
Cedar Walls
Laytors Memorial Hospital
Ha i
Las
Thomson
William
Cedar Falls
Stiles
Thomsons
Waterloo
Mason City
Haster
Leslie Davis
Main Street
Ten Year Old Girl Receives Hero Medal for Rescue
Irene Halvorsen 11-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Halvorsen will receive a bronze medal for saving her four year-old sister Helen from a moving car at Guava Iowa in 1924. Rev W M Elston will present on behalf of the Ralston Purina Hero Commission of St Louis noting Irene was injured but survived.
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Guava
Helen
Irene
Lernic
Cuban Tobacco Crop Halved by Drouth
The 1925 Cuban tobacco crop is expected to be about 40 percent below the 710000 bale output of 1924. The Department of Commerce was informed via consular dispatches that four months of rainfall deficiency caused the drop.
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Drouth
Washington, RD. C
Department of Commerce
Telegraphers on Two Lines Given Increase
Telegraphers of the Great Northern and Union Pacific won a two cent an hour wage boost after a labor board decision. Northwestern telegraphers and station agents at non telegraph points had requests denied. Heavy earthquake recorded in Washington with shocks felt from Georgetown University.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Union Pacific
United States Labor Board
Northwestern
Washington, D. C
Washington
Georgetown University
Weather outlook for Washington week review
Weather forecast for Washington D C covers April 11 to April 17 with fair conditions on Monday followed by showers on Tuesday or Wednesday and again later in the week. Temperatures are expected to run normal or slightly above.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
May-December wedding linked to wealth and age gap
Maym and December wedding disclosed here today in the marriage of Theodore Forest 23 a government clerk and Mrs Flora Ritter Gortner 63 member of a wealthy capital family. They were secretly married Thursday at Williamsport Pa. The bride has nothing to say and is sister of Sileetoreas Ritter millionaire Psutiec ier who gained wide publicity by giving 2 500 000 in stock to 24 of his lumber company employees.
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Wishington
da. C
Theodore Forest
Flora Ritter Gortner
Williamsport
Sileetoreas Ritter
Psutiec Ier
Christmas
Cartoonist Jay Nui Darling improves at Mercy Hospital
Noted cartoonist Jay Nui Darling, treated for peritonitis at Mercy hospital in Des Moines, rested comfortably and was able to sit up briefly. In London Cambridge won the three cornered mile relay here, with Pennsylvania second and Oxford third, by five yards in 3 minutes 22 3-5 seconds.
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Des Moines
dJay Nui Darling
Mercy Hospital
Darling
Cambridge
By & ‘Ca
London
Pennsylvania
Oxford
French Debt Talks Delayed by Herriot Resignation
Washington April 11. Treasury officials say no immediate talks on funding the 4 000 000 600 French war debt are possible after Herriot’s resignation. The crisis stalls negotiations as Italy and Belgium rely on France for leadership in debt settlements, promising further indefinite delays.
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Uinternational
Washington
1. C
Herriot
France
Treasury
Rallo
Italy
Belgium
Anderson admits kidnap tale was imagination and nerves
James Anderson confessed this afternoon that his claim of being kidnapped by five men in a seven passenger car at midnight last Wednesday was false. He cited nervous strain and mastoid trouble and said he fled court to avoid testifying in a liquor case, while County Attorney William Cook denies knowing of any planned escape.
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Mellon
Pitsburgh
Melton
Pittsburgh
United States
James Anderson
Cook
Anderson
William Cook
Sharges
iCook
Waterloo
Esterday
J. A. Leighton
Leighton
H. Y. Wagner
Courier
Poison Plot in Gary Family Five Die After Illnesses
Gary Indiana, April 11, amid an arsenic poisoning probe coroner Wolff seeks exhumations of David Cunningham Sr and three siblings who died in six years. Mrs Cunningham questioned about life insurance totaling several thousand dollars. Relatives note multiple swift illnesses and all deaths left a mother and eight family members.
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Associated Press
Chicago
David Cunningham
Gary
Ind
Oscar Wolff
Lake County
Indiana
Cunningham
Wolff
Crowe
Anna Cunningham
David, Sr
David, Jr
Columbus
Thomas A. Carter
George E. Gorman
David
Harry
Isabelle
Charles
Walter
Gorman
Bares
George Arnold
Arnold
Cunnigham
Qinternational News Wire
Isabel
Gillis
Yorth
Ami
Aso Two
New Two Cent Gas Tax Takes Effect April 16
Des Moines reports the two cent gasoline tax will begin on April 16, one week earlier than expected. The measure requires motorists to pay the added tax per gallon, with the law set to enact at that date. Secretary Ramsay and the Madisonian confirmed the April 16 publication and effective date.
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Des Moines
Laws Legionnaire
Ramsay
Winterset
Madisonian
Dancing Girl with Throat Cut in East Indian Romance Case
Grace Blackaller a 16 year old dancing girl was found on her doorstep with her throat cut and amid her dying words she said a boy did it. Scotland Yard began searching for an East Indian youth among her admirers and questioned a apartment house porter. Also, Charles Kruck a Delaware conductor died in a wreck with three passengers injured on the Columbus Delaware Marion line.
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London
Grace Blackaller
Scotland Yard
Charles Kruck
Delaware
Columbus, Delaware & Marion
Columbus
Armed guards surround Cheyenne governor mansion
Eighteen National Guard members were stationed around Governor Nelli Taylor Ross's executive mansion in Cheyenne. Officials were puzzled and declined to comment. Rumors suggested bootleggers might plan a bombing, though authorities gave no confirmation.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wio
National
Nelli Taylor Ross
Ross
Prohibition
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