Anlroad Anxious To Give Up After 10 Year Struggle
The Chicago Peoria and St. Louis Railway, longest line wholly in Illinois, faces receivership and possible abandonment as bondholders press for peaceful relinquishment. Declining passenger traffic and rising wages without fare increases have drained earnings since 1917, with the Interstate Commerce Commission and courts tangled in jurisdiction over operation and foreclosure.
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Associated Press
Springfeld
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Commissions
Railrod
Iliuois
Chicago
Havana
Jacksonville
Lock Haven
Gratton
East St. Louis
Athens
Peoria
St. Louis
Wt. Hurst
Chicago & Alton Road
Chicago & Alton
Roeg
Bangamon Circuit Court
TIS
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Comemission
At Court of Equity
Men Lead Sewing and Cooking Teaching in Japan
Ames April 14. Miss Sarah Field, Iowa State College alumna, returns to Japan to pursue a Masters in home economics at Kobe College. She notes about 600 women attend, 150 in dorms, and that in Japan men largely teach sewing and cooking, believed due to higher overall education. contrasts with American chemistry and dyeing focus. A separate note claims 190 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre can boost wheat yields by 40 to ? percent.
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Ames
Sarah MM. Field
Iowa State College
Kobe College
Kobe
Field
American College Us
Japan
Iowa State
Master Pieces Across Italy and Northern Lands
A vivid portrait of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Rubens as towering geniuses. The piece traces Michelangelo's relentless pursuit of perfection in sculpture and painting, Raphael's influence on youth, and the contrasts between Rembrandt in Amsterdam and Rubens in Antwerp, noting wealth vs. poverty and lasting artistic impact across Italy and the north.
Uncle Sam to Sell Ships and Sailor’s Suit Plan
Washington reports the government will exit or consolidate the U S shipping operations. The Shipping Board and President Harding agree to consolidate foreign trade lines and offer them for sale to private owners with guaranteed service. If sale fails, government operation may continue. decision aims to preserve an American merchant marine.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
Warding
A. Dosker
Lnited States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Harding
White House
Yast
Ute Shipping
Oldingr
Tasker
City in Brief items and notices from the area
A compact column reports a bridge project on West End 7th Street and a building for Sparlenced optical service. Paragraphs note Fred Cropper’s stay at Clear Lake, Iowa, and guests of Mrs. and Mr. Jacot Cohn on Sheridan Road. Several minor city items include a principal confined to his bed, a car collision injuring two drivers, a stolen bicycle found on school grounds, a sermon at Antioch Baptist, and a university sorority election. Additional notes mention missing poultry, railway agents visiting, a man released on bond, bid openings for sewers, and ailing Mark Miles with a family member summoned.
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Fred Cropper
Clear Lake
Joe Bugenstein
Minneano Ns
Jacot Cohn
Sheridazi Road
Central Christian Philathea Class to Host Country Fair
Central Christian Church will open a county fair in progress at W. G. A rooms after 6:39 p. m. Thursday to inaugurate a fund for furnishing a church room. The Philathea class will run supper booths and entertainment from opening to close. Sunday School glasses will also hold booths with proceeds benefiting the group. The program includes a play When the Light Went Out, animated characters, a gypsy fortune teller, and King Tut's queen.
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Philathea
Central Christian Congregation
Orher
King Tut
Seven Lawyers Sue Waterloo Firm for 29 99 in Small Claims Case
Seven attorneys sue the Hudson Gumber Company in district court over an undercharged freight bill. The action, led by director general James C. Davis, seeks judgment for 29.99 plus tax, alleging an error left an unpaid balance of 29.99 on a lumber shipment from Dornspur, Oregon to Hudson in 1926. Eminent counsel from Waterloo and Des Moines represent the plaintiff.
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Director General of Railways
Federal Control of Transportation
J. W. Thompson
James C. Davis
Laud Hudson Gumber Company
E. R. O'Brien
Cdlwein
Glark & Clark
Waterloo
Says Hospital Hooch Found Its Way Into White House Cellar
Spokane reporter H O Harris of the Antisaloon League quotes that Vyner from a hospital the government planned to purchase allegedly reached the White House cellar. Harris urged an official Washington investigation into conduct of Washington Society, noting Wheeler’s charges and the Spokane Citizens' committee role. Includes stray notes on a Wichita railroad accident where a Santa Fe switch engineer fell to a baggage room floor.
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White House
Spokane
Wash
American Legion
California
Vyner
Washington
Warne B. Wheeler
Antisaloon League
H. O. Harris
Harris
Citizens' Committee
Wheeler
FALL
Wichita
Kar
Nam FH. Smith
Santa Fe
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Dublin
Snowstorm Affects Northwest East In April Showers
A belated April snowstorm swept North Dakota and reached the Twin Cities near noon, leaving two inches or more of snow across the region. Philadelphia was blanketed with about two inches as streetcar traffic stalled and temperatures fell from 50 to 32 degrees. Marshalltown reported two inches of wet snow after rain, closing a gloomy day.
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St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Twin Cities
Manitoba
Philadelphia
At & O'Clock
Marshalltown
His Tomorrow by Jane Gordon. A Winter Storm Refuge
Paul Worthington, haunted by Donald Worthington's bank theft, wanders in a snowstorm and finds shelter with a young woman named Barry Taylor. She offers quiet support, shares the news about Donald and a capitalists daughter, and promises a brighter tomorrow. Paul discovers calm and hope as Barry helps him face the scandal and plan a future together.
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Paul Worthington
Donnie
Paul
Donald
Donald Worthington
City Trust Bank
Tommy Edmands
Louly
Barry
Iron Taylor
Sumer
Phyvtlig Taylor
Four Divorce Suits Filed Over Cruelty Basis in District Court
The district court records four divorce proceedings citing cruelty. Cases include Claude Hatfield vs. Garria Hatfield with marriage at Des Moines and others involving Jame Ho. Yan Birdie Steffens vs. Joseph Steff, Mae Eggen vs. Glat Eggen, and Elgie Lea Van Every vs. Mary Van Every. Also reported are ducks damaging winter wheat near Sioux City and renewed calls by the Sioux City Woman's club for curfew enforcement and park patrols to curb juvenile delinquency.
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Claude Hatfield
sGarria Hatfield
Des Moines
Jame Ho. Yan
Birdie
Steffens
Joseph Steff
Waterloo
Mae Eggen
Glat Eggen
Marriaage
Decorah
Eggen
Lane Street
Elgie Lea van Every
Mary van Every
Preston
Minn
Sioux City
Judge Threatens to Close Gary Town Over Liquor
Indianapolis April 14 Judge Albert B Anderson threatened to shut the town of Gary if liquor trouble could not be stopped. He ordered six businesses closed for one year including four hotels the Jefferson Metropolitan Senate bar and hotel Broadway Inn and others. The action targets owners and operators while pledging to close the establishments rather than pursue doctors and “blind tiger” operators.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gary
Albert B. Anderson
Gers
Blind Tiger
Dudge
Jefferson
John Farrell
Joe la Monte
The
Metropolitan
Joseph Gerchak
Pauline Schultz
Senate Bar and Hotel
Frank Vieen
Louis J. Rahn
Broadway Inn
Caroline Dillachies
George Nurcovich
Druggist Settles for Wrong Drink Giver
Ida Groves of Skegland City filed a claim against Tony Meese a carpenter for $500 after he drank six ounces of ammonia from a drug store bottle by mistake. The ammonia burned him severely and he was unable to leave home until recently. A three person citizen arbitration committee fixed the damages and the amount agreed upon.
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Ida Groves
Skegland
Tony Meese
Meese
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