National League of Women Voters Pushes Work Plan
United Press Des Moines reports the National League of Women Voters endorses a plan of work focusing on citizenship responsibility. It urges study of uniform laws on property sharing, wage rights, child labor, school attendance, and protections for dependents, with decisive action on hours, childbirth bans for women, prostitution laws, and local entertainment regulation.
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United Press Des Moines
Natonal League of Women Voters
Lst
Committee On Uniform Laws
Catherine Waugh x
eCulloch
Mary Anderson
Maud Wood Park
National League
Wort
Ifeens
Mercia! Amusement
If Year Roumanian Boy to Be Deported as Mental Defective
A deportation order was issued today for Sammy Goldman, a 19 year old Romanian boy, after four failed trials. The local immigration office in New York confirmed the finding of mental defectiveness as a basis for removal. The case reflects disputed wartime and immigration policies shaping deportations and enforcement actions.
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Warrington
Sammy Goldman
Rouman
Menaf Lager
New York
Des Moines State Briefs and Local Farm News
Des Moines notes an Ames meeting for farmers and feeders set for April 25. Pisgah reports the first prosecution under Iowa’s poison law may arise from a death judged a possible suicide tied to strong liquor. Des Moines also covers George Lewellyn charged with first degree murder in the Erma Dickerson case. he pleaded not guilty and waived to the grand jury, held without bonds.
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Des Moines
Ithoné
TNETV
Huegle
Aleines
George Cook
Ames
Pisgah
Iowa
Ronie
Hapman
Chapman
Heirs of Wall Street Land Rights Meet in Indianapolis
Several hundred heirs to the heart of New York gathered in Indianapolis to discuss plans for obtaining title to land valued at 8.56 million dollars or to pursue a fealty estate. The gathering, led by Thomas B. Wikot, secretary of the National Descendants Association, aims to form aquattars who built skyscrapers on the land and seek either use rights or relocation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Greater New York
Anneke Jen Rogardus
Peter Wijhoy
Cori
Wall Street
Weson
Thomas B. Wikot
Tadianapolis
Seccetary
National Descendants’ Association
Government powerless to curb sugar price gouge
Washington April 14 United Press reports the government cannot stop sugar price manipulation under current laws. Officials cite insufficient statutes to prosecute prominent sugar gamblers. New York sugar exchange records are being sought as investigators press for proof of artificial price hikes. The administration considers strengthening conspiracy laws to allow actions against profiteers.
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United Press
Washington
Hardingass Oo
New York
The
Sugar Exchange
Lang Hook
Tve
Sitfinn
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Ederal
United States Senate
Tariff Commission
New Yoy Sugar Exchange
United States
Iter
Sub
Fan
Missing 400 After Tidal Wave Hits Korean Coast
The Associated Press reports a tidal wave sweeping the east Korean coast causes 400 missing fishermen. Japanese navy notes searches for more victims as debris and wreckage hinder rescue efforts near Tokio. The disaster follows a quake and tsunami sequence attributed to rising ocean activity.
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Assnciarnd
Tikio
Pourima
Ieee
Adeiees
Japanese Navy Department
Des Moines Drugstore Shooting Confession Reported
A Des Moines druggist murder near the drugstore is linked to a confessed crime by suspect Cook. A man previously held on tips from detectives is now identified as the shooter. The report also lists several marriage licenses and individuals across Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and related locales including Mayne, Herrig, Hyde, and Webbeking, with scattered notes on November 1871 and the Stanley Livingstone remark.
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Walter RL Mayne
St. Lowis
Helene MW
Pallies
Waterloo
Lessard W. Rosekrans
Water Ee Eern
Ruady E. Carr
Waterton
Albert R. Tohnsen
Walter C. Ehrig
Cedar Falls
Clara M. Hyde
Celesburge
Alexander Stern
Temelia Webbeking
Waterloo Ottery Theodore Wollfalx
Compromise Gas Tax Bill Half Way to Becoming Law
The compromise gasoline tax bill, crafted by a conference committee, nears passage as the Senate approves with a slim majority. If enacted, gasoline tax would fund one third for primary roads and two thirds for secondary roads, while lawmakers weigh the bill in the House and prepare for a potential special session.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Conferance Committee of
House
Ienote
Senate
Tomi
Oliver
Buffington
Paris
van Alstine Committee
Kendall
Railroad Commission
Edson
Buena Vista
Fecklar Wil
Boards of Supervisors
DHL
State
Representatives
Pnrovides
Fayette Co Team Wins State Farm Federation Debate
Fayette County team representing Fayettes County won the statewide final debate at Ames Iowa over Polk County on the question of producer contracts and cooperative marketing success. The win marked the first such statewide event with thousands of farmers in attendance and featured teams of three students from recent graduates.
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Associated Press
Ames
Fayetts Cownory
Polk County
Iawa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmy Bureau
Fis
Galli Curci Sings as Cablegram Reports Death News
Alexandria April 14 Mrs Homer Samuels known as Galli Curci world famous operatic star smiled and blew a farewell kiss to her Pineville audience after singing Home Sweet Home a cablegram unopened on her dressing room table announced the death of her mother Signora Burtchita Galli aged 82 in Milan Italy
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Alexandria
Homer Samuels
Louis-iain College
Pineville
Signora Burtchita Galli
Milan
Waly
League of Women Voters Indorse World Court
The League of Women Voters endorsed the World Court and named Ruth Morgan as department chair and Katherine Ludington as treasurer. Lord Robert Cecil spoke at a mass meeting, urging women to consider Europe's unrest and humanity's shared responsibilities.
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League of Women Voters
Indorse World
J. P. Court
Ruth Mor ‘Kon
New York
Katherine Ludington
Jessie D. Amos
George+ bex
League
Mexico City
Noo
Cece League
Robert Cecil
League GF Nations
Herbert Hoover
United States
Permanent Court
Europe
Lord Cecil
United Plans
Des Moines
Anvil
Lord Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Ruhr
Robert
Booth Tarkington’s Inspiration Passes in Daughter’s Death
Indianapolis April 14 Laurel Tarkington, 17, daughter of playwright Booth Tarkington, died here of pneumonia at the bedside of her father. Her mother, Mrs. Willard Connolly, was en route from Cambridge, Mass. Laurel, born in Rome on February 13 1906, provided inspiration for many of her father’s works including stories.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Booth ‘Tarkington
Laurel
Willard Connolly
Tarkington
Cambridge
Mass
Rome
Mary Yan
J. L. Scribner
Franklin Street
Sha
Waterloo
Cascade
Ryan
Ireland
America
Dubuque County
Deredent
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Rosary Society
Scribner
Tony
Goethals Urges U S Fuel Dictator for Emergencies
Washington April 14 Gen George B Goethals chief administrator for New York urged the federal coal commission to recommend to congress that the president appoint a fuel dictator with full power during a fuel emergency. Youthful elopers wed Traer Iowa April 14 two high school sweethearts Kannath Stavely and Hazel Draper married in Albert Lea Minnesota saying they would return home Saturday.
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Washington, D. C
George BE. Goethals
Fiel
New York
Federal Coal Commission
Congress
Traer
Kannath Stavely
Hazel Draper
Albert Lea
Minn
Marshalltown
West Virginia Black Hand Murders Result in Swift Convictions
In Clarksburg on April 14, three men Salamante Connizarro and Ferri were convicted of first degree murder in a swift trial spree linked to a Camorra led terror campaign across West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Prosecutor Will E B Morris led the cases as seven suspected accomplices face later trials.
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International Newa Wire
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
J T
Polia
Marylene
Pennsylvania
Celle
Nivic’ Salamante
Way “Big Nose
Connizarro
Richard “Dapper
Ici
Ferri
Camorra
Dapper Dick
Tria
Frank Naples
Salamante
Naples
Patsy Corbi
James, Littl
Racca Fiorella
Blackhand Society
Miorello
Policewomen Press Jail for Des Moines Curbstone Lizards
Des Moines policewomen demand jail sentences for street assailants dubbed curb lizards who they say menace girls on the streets. Mrs Anna Fitzpatrick and Mrs Carl Vonn advocate swift penalties as officers report a flood of complaints and fear for public safety.
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Des Moines
Anna Fitzpatrick
Witzpatrick
Carl Vonn
Arrest Thief Chief Wearing His Lodi Arrest Thief Chief
Omaha Neb April 14 Ray Smith 38 who is said to have escaped from the Missouri State prison in October 1922 was arrested here stedlly and has confessed police say to being the leader of a Sandit gang of three men who terrorized residents of the exclusive Dundee district here Wednesday night securing 4000 from 174 victims in four sensational hold ups. Smith was wearing articles stolen in the robberies when arrested He implicated a man named Anderson Said to be from Kansas City.
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Omaha
Neb
Ray Smith
Missouri State Prison
Stedlly
Dundee
Garland Unworried by Eight hundred thousand disposal
Carver Massachusetts April 14 Charles Garland dismisses criticism of how the 850000 inheritance will be used by the American Fund for Public Service Inc and Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor.
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Carver
Mass
Charles ‘Garland
American Fund For Public Service, Inc
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Jury Trial for Contempt Cases In Wisconsin
Madison Wis April 14 A trial by jury in contempt cases arising from labor disputes may be demanded by defendants in Wisconsin following Governor Blaine's signature on the price bill passed by the legislature and to be signed by the governor.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Gov. Blaine
Des Moines Doctor Denounces Adrenaline Heart Restoral Claim
Des Moines physicians dispute a Chicago doctor's claim that life has been restored after heart stoppage using adrenaline. Dr Wilbur Conklin of the US Public Health Service says adrenaline is a powerful stimulant, useful only as a last resort, and cannot restart a heart that has stopped.
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Des’ Moines
Apri
Des Moines
Chicago
Wilbur
Conkilng
United States Public Health Service
Decorah Man Missing in Philadelphia En Route to Marriage
In New York on April 14, authorities issued a general alarm for Rexford Thompson of Decorah Iowa a prohibition agent in Philadelphia. He vanished after missing his scheduled March 30 departure aboard the steamship Majestic bound for England where he was to wed. The bride waiting in England was alerted via cable that Thompson had disappeared upon failing to sail.
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New York
Frederick Hazeltine
Philadelphia
Rexford
Lb. Thompson
Decorah
Tig Étty
Majestic
England
oWhen
Thompson
Hoover urges business leaders to ease rail traffic in 1923
Secretary Hoover appeals to commercial organizations to cooperate with railroad management in a national effort to handle the expected high volume of traffic in 1923. He notes railroads’ investments in capacity and urges shippers to load cars to capacity, use coal supplies in summer, and avoid excessive car reconsignment and demand for excess cars.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Sioux City Plants Benefit From 10 Percent Pay Increase
Sioux City Iowa April 14 three packing plants raise yearly payrolls by about 313000 due to a 10 percent wage hike effective Friday. About 15000 workers are affected by the boost in pay across the facilities.
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Sioux City
Packer
Mortuary Notices and Obituaries for Waterloo Area
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements for Don Gilley Dorothy Mae Hewitt Anton Wohlsein James Cavanaugh and others, with service times, burial plans, and survivors. Includes ages, birth dates, residences, and church affiliations in Waterloo area notices.
Scarcity of Farm Labor Menace to 1993 Food Crops
United Press reports a farm labor shortage exceeding 60 percent across western states. Charles J. Boyd of Egos Free Employment cites wages of 40 to 60 dollars monthly with board as inadequate to fill needed farm work. He warns spring planting may lag, agricultural output decline, and an immigration policy shift could occur to boost labor supply. Summer wages are expected higher. farm efforts face unfilled demands and potential production reductions.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles J. Boyd
Weld
Boyd
Bord
America Struggles With Leadership And World Role
Analyzing postwar American politics and figures. debate on leadership, independence, and international aims. The piece weighs ideologies from Ford’s organizational genius to broad public desires, noting factions, potential leaders, and the risk of self interest over collective action. References to Borah, Harding, La Follette, Cox, Adoo, and Wilson motifs.
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America
Borah
Thelin
Harding
Sten
la Follette
Ada Harding
Europe
Adoo
Ling
Cox
John H. Clarke
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