End of Session and Global Turmoil Shape a Shifting World
The piece notes the Iowa legislature adjournment as a recurring spectacle, then surveys Cantonese tensions with Hankow, calls for an international commission to probe Nanking outrages, and reports widespread floods and a Nebraska blizzard. It cites Gen Chiang Kai-shek’s possible new government and Eugene Chen’s response, plus recent weather calamities and a grim moral aboard evolution.
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Chiang Wai-Shek
Hankow
Chiang
Nanking
Eugene Chen
Chen
Goolidge Seeks Proper Farm Reform Plan
Washington April 15 Senator Fess Republican Ohio after White House talks with President Coolidge said farm relief negotiations would run through summer with agricultural representatives drafting a bill the administration could back The president rejected any measure including an equalization fee seen in the McNary Haugen plan Fess foresaw a bill based on low rate government loans to cooperatives empowered to buy and hold surplus crops for stable prices
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Washington
D. C
Coolidge
White House
Fess
Republican
Ohio
Iowa Farm Lands Saturated by Rain
Des Moines April 15 Weather bureau officials report Iowa farm land saturated after a week of rain. Central sections show about three inches in two weeks with no great downpours statewide. Boone led with 1.18 inches followed by Alta 1.16, Fort Dodge 1.01, and Sioux City 1.01 in the recent 74 hour period.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Boone
Alta
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Miners Rescued From Flooded Oklahoma Tunnel
Nineteen miners were rescued and kept safe after being trapped for over eight hours a hundred feet underground in the Wise Coal company mine near Viearvetta Oklahoma. They were freed through the shaft of a neighboring mine.
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Viearvetta
Okla
ENS
Wise Coal Company
Senate Refuses to Arbitrate Athletics
Statehouse Kes Moines April 15 The senate rejected without a record vote the concurrent resolution passed by the house. It requests the board of education to lend its influence to reestablish athletic relations between Iowa State College and the University of Iowa.
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Statehouse
Kes Moines
Senate
House
Eduy Saction
Towa State College
University of Towa
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6:30 p.m. If you do not receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 5100. A copy of the paper will be sent, and calls must reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
MississippI waters break thru levees and floods
Mississippi river levees crumble as floodwaters surge along the lower Mississippi valley. Towns evacuated as Columbus Kentucky reports heavy damage and Fort Smith Arkansas areas face supplies and power threats. Residents flee amid rising rivers and breached dikes across multiple states.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Columbus
St. Francis
Truman
Big Lake
Arkansans
Tulot
Fort Smith
van Buren
Ark
Arkansas
Rive
Cyand Tower
Ames Will Keep Forestry Course Maintained at Ames
Des Moines April 15 Iowa State College will continue its forestry degree program as decided by the state board of education The plan awaits formal approval at the board meeting in Cedar Falls on May 6 The board also affirmed continued journalism programs at Iowa State College A recent commission suggested merging forestry and journalism offerings between Ames and the University of Iowa provoking strong protests
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Des Moines
Iowa State College
State Board of Education
Cedar Fals
Ata
Iowa State, College
University of Iowa
Ames
State University
Singer and German Baritone Married by Mayor Walker
New York April 15 Friends of Mary Lewis a former choir singer now at the Metropolitan Opera learned she had wed Michael Franz Behnen the German basso baritone after a six week courtship. The ceremony at city hall was performed by Mayor Walker who waited in his office two hours after quitting time while the couple exited the subway.
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New York
Mary Lewis
Superior High School Walkout Reaches Private Hearing
In Superior Wisconsin on April 15 Rev A T Ekblad president of the school board announced a private hearing would be granted to teacher Miss Lulu Dickinson whose discharge sparked the high school walkout.
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Superior
Wis
Effforts
Superior High
Lulu Dickinson
Central High School
A. T. Ekblad
Ex Banker Arrested in Iowa Banking Fraud Case
Fiooek Rapids Iowa April 15 Frank N Hutton indicted by the Lyon county grand jury in connection with the closing of Iowa Savings Bank where he served as president arrested on charges of fraudulent banking.
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Fiooek Rapids
Frank N. Hutton
Lyon County Grand Jury
Iowa, Savings Bank
Japan to strengthen forces in Manchuria division sent
Tokyo reports the war office will send an additional division to Manchuria and continue annual replacements without recalling existing troops. Japanese residents in Manchuria warn officials of a potential red uprising against Chang Tso-Lin amid the tense situation.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Japanese War Office
War Office
Chang Tso-Lin
Cantoneses Offer Joint Probe For Nanking Incident
The dispatches report a Cantonese offer to form a joint American nationalist commission to investigate the Nanking outrages. Chiang Kai-Shek and Wei Chung Hsi attend the Yuomintang conference amid tensions with the Wuhan and Peking administrations. The Shanghai scene notes moderates in Nanking urging arrests of Hankow ministers and pushing to oust Russian adviser Borodin.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wei Chung Hsi
Chow Feng Chi
Yuomintang
Gen
Chiang
Wuhan
Peking
Shanghai
Jiankow
Hankow
Michael Borodin
SS. Preble
Cincinnati
Nationalist Party
Hankaw
Schwab says farmers get poor prices despite crops
Puzzled Council Bluffs April report quotes Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, saying he cannot understand why farmers receive low prices for their products whether crops are good or bad. He notes an excellent steel industry outlook and widespread prosperity in the country.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Charles MM. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Michigan resort blaze destroys cottages at Macatawa Park
A $350000 fire swept Macatawa Park near Holland Michigan destroying 35 cottages. Winds fanned flames across three quarters of a mile, threatening a wooded hill before firefighters secured the blaze. Most cottages were owned by residents of St Louis Chicago Grand Rapids and Detroit.
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Holland
Mich
Macatawa Park
Bec
Westervelf
Bend
St. Louis
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Iowa mud roads claim first death near Ames
Vernon Carpenter, 23, of Moingona, died after a car’s front wheels were lifted from a hole on the Napier Ames road. He ruptured a blood vessel while trying to free the vehicle and died en route to a hospital in Ames.
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Boone
Iowa
Vernon
Carpenter
Napier-Ames
Ames
Moingodna
Here
Iowan Congratulates Aviator Chamberlain on Record Flight
Scores of telegrams poured in from Denison Iowa as Glaverice Chamberlain set a new continued flight record in any airplane. Chamberlain, a native of Denison, took up aviation during the war and is praised by locals whose parents still reside here.
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Denison
Glaverice Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Future shapes of people from National Physical Education show
A National Physical Education Association delegate predicts future generations will differ in build with slim hips for women and slender chests for men. He notes diets and body ideals will narrow the population and urges mass athletic activity over selective competition as convention sessions continue at the Shrine temple.
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Es Moines
J. B. Rogers
New York
National Physical Education Association
Rogers
Shrine Temple
Bruey Girls to Take Case to High Court
Edna Bruey and sister Beulah Tompkinson plan to appeal their father's will case to the state supreme court from Fairfield Iowa. The father ended his life in jail before his murder trial of Sam McNeese and left all property to his sister Mrs. Fred Raible. The daughters contend he was insane when he drew the will days before his death and a district court ruled for Mrs. Raible.
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Fairfield
Msi
Edna Bruey
Beulah Tompkinson
State Supreme Court
Sam McNeese
Fred Raible
Raible
Alleged Embezzler Shot by Kansas City Detective
J D Sumner, alleged embezzler sought in Jacksonville Florida, was shot and fatally wounded by Kansas City detective Homer Burns while attempting to escape custody. Burns pursued Sumner after receiving word from Jacksonville authorities and arrested him downtown. Sumner collapsed, died shortly after at a local hospital.
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Kansas
City
J. D. Sumner
Jacksonville
Fla
Homer’ Burns
Burns
Sumner
Dawes to Deliver Commencement Talk at Washington Uni
Vice President Charles G. Dawes will deliver the baccalaureate address at Washington University in St. Louis this June, after accepting Chancellor Herbert Hadley’s invitation. Dawes, born in Marietta Ohio, earned a BA in 1884 and MA in 1887 from Marietta College. He has not yet announced his speech topic.
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St. Louis
Charles G. Dawes
Herbert
Hadley
of Washington University
Dawes
Marietta Colles. Ein
Marietta. O
Iowa Patents Include Milkcan Steamer and Rail Crossing
Des Moines April 15. An apparatus to heat water and steam milk cans is included in the week’s patent grants. Inventors Harold F. Betse Clinton John A. Dailey and Lewis W. Gerth of Burlington received a railroad crossing patent. Frank J. Hruska of Cedar Rapids was granted a patent for a loose leaf binder.
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Des Moines
Towans
Harold F. Betse
Clinton
John A. Dailey
Lewis W. Gerth
Burlington
Frank J. Hruska
Cedar Rapids
Nature Adapts Humans to Jazz Age Environment Says Surgeon
Washington April 15 Dr CC Pierce acting surgeon general asserts nature is slowly evolving the human body to withstand fast living of the jazz age while preserving health and longevity. He notes glands change function, cave man traits adapt to modern life, and women faint less, arguing society grows fitter as new conditions arrive.
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J. E. Rogers
New York
Des Moines
Apollo Belvidere
Rogers
GC. C. Pierce
United States
Nature
Pierce
Sone
Washington, DD
CC. C. Pierce
Pierces
Merce
Hammill fights for bank bill in House lifting committee
Des Moines April 11 to 15 report from statehouse details Gov Hammill pressing for banking bill as House delays. Senate amendments on gas tax funds and road program influence budget as lawmakers consider adjournment. Pritchard signals responsibility for withholding bill while Hammill seeks floor action amid opposition. Contingent plans for a possible special session and final adjournment are noted as legislators weigh road, tax, and banking measures.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa House
House
Guv
Hammill
Esis
Commission
Ernor
Peple
Will. Inot
Aprikis
Senate ‘Banking
Banking Department
F Pritchard
Woodbury County
Nes
Maines
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