Irish Americans plead for aid at Chicago meeting
Irish Americans from all sections gather for the first national convention of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic in Chicago. Leaders, reports, and officer elections dominate the program as speakers urge U S recognition of Ireland.
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MEET
Chicago
Frst
The
American Association
Ireland
Fay
Mondar
Mundelein
Thompson
Harry J. Boland
Eammer de Valera
O’connor
Louisiana
Mason
Boland
United States
Telegraph Briefs From Around The World In AP Dispatch
Secretary Hughes questioned Samuel Gompers about resuming trade with Russia calling the Soviet role a gigantic economic vacuum. The first assassination of two Irish women in the unrest was reported with a Sinn Fein marked bullet wound. Output of bitumen soap slumped to five million tons in the week ending April 2. Recommendations to reduce brokerage transactions and condemn open price associations appear in FTC report. London notes heavy fuel shortages due to coal rationing. Athens notes Princess Anastasia traveling to 0 ts for another operation. Paris reports General Wrangel has set up a Russian government in Constantinople. The Temps says Germany has asked the U.S. via the Vatican for a new reparations plan. Riga reports Americans among Bolshevik prisoners in Moscow are starved for food. Vienna reports anti-government demonstrations supporting a union with Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Samuel Gompers
Russia
Sinn
Federal Trade Commission
Athens
Anastasia
Paris
Wrangel
Constantinople
Germany
United States
Vatican
Riga
Moscow
Vienna
Japan Refuses U S Claim Over Yap Island
A historical dispatch reports Japan declining to recognize U S rights on Yap Island amid Open Door discussions. The Japanese government questions the Paris text and notes no protest by the United States at publication, while signaling concerns about mandates and cable operations in Yap. The British government is referenced as having similar reservations for over a year.
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Japan
Piaces
Ius
Yap Fr
Supreme Council
Wil
Paris
Harding Gets Dollar of Conscience Money
A conscience stricken individual claims to have robbed President Harding of six cents about twenty years ago and has sent the White House one dollar to cover the debt and interest. An unsigned note mailed from Pasadena was printed in pen and salt. The Wang Bid was rejected by the district court, which directed the Grout receiver to reject an $8,939 bid for the firm's stock as too low. Mrs. Mary Fereday returns from Long Beach, at the home of her son H. Fereday, 527 Cottage Street.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Pasadena
Cal
WANG
District Court
H. W. Grout
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Mary Fereday
Long Beach
Stone
Fereday
Cottaze Street
Congress Debates Trade Pact and Immigration Rule
United Press reports Senate debates Colutitran treaty with ongoing Democratic wrangling on reform. House bill seeks to curb immigration to a 3 percent cap of current residents, with Democrats to nominate committee members.
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Senatoby
United Press
HOUSE
Startling State of Lawlessness in Des Moines Is Described
Des Moines April 18 members of the Citizens' League met to declare war on organized vice and crime in Des Moines and Iowa. Mayor Barton Sheriff Robb and AG Gibson pledged cooperation. Robb exposed criminal conditions naming banks of gamblers bootleggers and wild women. He warned of immoral women gathering for a June Shriners convention and urged a thorough cleanup. Gibson promised state aid for the fight.
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United Presay
Nes
Robb
Des Moines
Shriners
Gibson
President Strong for Old Swimmin Hole
Washington April 35 The President Harding has endorsed the old swimmin hole effort. John D Watterman 12 wrote to the president asking for a letter and for funds to build a swimming pool for Washington boys. Harding replied expressing interest and hoped the ball would raise the needed money and inviting the boys to the White House with some tickets to see if he could attend.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
John D. Watterman
Washington Hoys
John
Caledonia
Okio
White House
Warren G. Harding
Burlington Pioneers Die From Gas Fumes at Home
In Darlington Indiana on April 18 Mr and Mrs Frank Shay pioneer residents of Burlington were found dead Sunday afternoon due to gas from an open kitchen stove. Daughters forced entry to the house and neighbors report the fatalities as an accident. Relatives include a daughter in St Louis and two brothers in Meridian Indiana.
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Associated Press
Darlington
Frank Shay
Burlington
A. Flackman
St Louis
Shay
Mack
Harry
Meridan
Ide
Ex Kaiser Remains in Seclusion at Doorn with Ex Prince
Doorn April 18 United Press report: With the body of his consort nearing Berlin the former emperor Wilhelm and the ex crown prince remained in seclusion at the castle. They returned late after seeing the former Kaiserin's casket aboard the train. The body was escorted to Potsdam by much of the former royal family with Dutch government representatives and clergymen.
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United
Presad Doorn
Berlin
Formner
Wilhelm
Alebt
Potsdam
Addie and Ade Peoples Adventure Chapter 31
Fragmented diary style entry about Addie awaiting a letter from a hidden figure named Sam E Way. Addie contemplates contacting the person in the Situations Wanted column and wonders about opportunities in GAS engines or automobiles. Ends with request for a job lead and a fictional copyright note.
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Adie
Siwations
Gearter
Susan
East L. Smith
Waterloo
House Set to Take Up Immigration Bill of Last Congress
Washington report notes the House ready to report the immigration restriction bill in the second session, in the form endorsed by President Wilson. It also mentions the emergency tariff bill opening in the Senate with Unified hearings, possible Knox resolution action, and Weeks transmitting radar estimates for an army of 175000.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Arif
Senate
House
Dian
Wilson
Finance Committee
Pen Tose
Knox
Foreign Relations Committee
Wth
Weeks
Appropriations Committee
Relief Work Under Way in Six States Stricken by Storm
Relief crews press to clear debris from the tornado path across six southern states. As the death toll rises across Hempstead Miller Pope and Hempstead counties in Arkansas and Texas, Red Cross and Legion volunteers coordinate rescue and aid efforts while weather improves and recovery begins.
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We Associated Prexys
Memphis
Tex
Heilief
Texas
Lempstead
Arkansas
Miller County
Pope County
Helt County
Pike
Red Cross
Texarkana
United Press
Foreign Trade Drops Three-Quarters in March 1921
Washington reports from the Commerce Department show America’s foreign trade in March 1921 shrank by nearly three quarters of a billion dollars from March 1920. Exports reached 384 million, imports 252 million, leaving a 132 million trade surplus. Orth named Cedar Heights Community Church pastor after unanimous call.
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J. C. Orth
Cedar Heights
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
America
Department of Commerce
Old Couple Return to Country Safety After Gas Incident
Des Moines reports Ma and Pat Benson aged 67 and 87 were exposed to gas in a metropolitan home after a cooking accident. They were revived after ambulance and police surgeon intervention and plan to return to rural life, fearing urban dangers.
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United Press Des
Dawson
Witness sticks to story she saw Mrs Stokes in bedroom
New York April 1 Mrs Mabel Matteosian repeated her claim that Mrs Helen Elwell Stokes was the woman she saw combing her hair in Edgar T Wallace bachelor apartment Stokes divorce suit testimony notes uncertainty about Mrs Stokes appearance and layout questions about room arrangement after visiting in Wallace's absence
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Mrs. Stokes
United Press
New York
Ma‘bel Matteosian
Helen Elwell Stokes
Edgar T. Wallace
Ontario Votes Today on Prohibition Law
Ontario voters go to the polls to decide on reimposing the liquor import ban, a 1916 war measure lifted 15 months ago. The referendum centers on restoring a provincewide dry policy as veterans and citizens express their desires regarding prohibition.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ontario
Vetera
Polia
Waverly Debating Team Heads to State Final
The Waverly debating team won the semi final against Newton high school to reach the state final in Iowa City in May. The title and silver trophy go to the winner. The topic was Reform that industrial representation should be adopted in plants over 260 men. Waverly argued the affirmative with a very close contest. Judges included Prof. Fred J. Miller, Prof. Goetsch, and Supt. D. Latham.
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Waverly
Newton High School
Iowa City
Dilan
Fred J. Miller
East High School
Goetsch
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Supt
D. ©. Latham
New Hampton
Dr Court on Minister's Library in Waterloo talk
Dr W L Court pastor of First Methodist Church spoke before the Waterloo Ministerial Association at Hotel Russell Lamson on The Minister's Library. He traced library history from feudal times, urged ministers to build a usable personal library with indexed books and clippings, and listed key works for ministry. The gathering endorsed county Sunday school convention plans and a waterloo state convention, with Rev J A Deedrick and Rev W W Ewing active in the session. A proposal to back reinstating a local rescue mission was discussed.
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W. WL. Court
First Methodist Church
Waterloo Ministerial Association
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
J. A. Deedrick
Torgan Avenue United Evangelical Church
W. W. Ewing
Antioch Baptist Church
Harding Opposed to Disarmament Until Peace Is Declared
Washington April 18. President Harding favors steps toward disarmament only after a technical state of peace is established. Women’s groups met him and urged a world disarmament conference and delayed navy appropriations, while he suggested postponement until a binding world agreement is reached. The deputation included leaders from League of Women Voters and several national organizations.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Women’s Committee For World Disarmament
Altho
Hardling
League ‘of Women Voters
General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Commerce League
National Council
Jewish Women
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Five Year Textbook Contract For Marshall County Schools
AP Iowa notes report Marshall County boards of education let five year contracts for textbooks. Nineteen current texts readopted, thirteen new titles adopted. Only one of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly bills has been vetoed by Gov. Kemper. Robert Fosdick chosen as Newton high school football coach for next fall. Webster City mayor Clark proclaims week.
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Iowa News
Associated Press
Marshall -County
Board of Education
Thirty-ninth
General Assembly
Kenpail
Public Service Utilities
Robert Fosdick
Newton
Clark
Webster City
State convention of Gideons to meet in Des Moines
Ending April 23 to the cleanup week the state convention of Gideons will be held at Des Moines on May 20 21 and 22. FF W Pease field secretary of the state ish and zame department is conducting a campaign to gain the cooperation of school children by protecting song birds and birds that eat insects. Some Seingialats have been made that these useful birds were being killed in a few le calities. Webster City is enthused over the prospect of a possible unit of state troops there. Tentative plans contemplate the organization of a company of infantry for that city. Thirty five citizens of Sidley recently filed a petition in the district court seeking to prevent carrying out of a contract for paying there. The petitioners believe the paving should be held up until lower prices prevail. Dr W K Stonder farm expert of Iowa State college in an address at Sioux City told Woodbury county farmers that proper sanitary conditions on farms is the kkey to successful farming.
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Gideons
Des Moines
FF. W. Pease
Ish and Zame Department
Webster City
Sidley
W. K. Stonder
Iowa State College
Anaddress
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Indecision Marks Stock Exchange at Opening This Week
New York April 18 United Press reports a cautious opening on the stock market with heaviness and lack of buoyancy. Muted trading persisted through the day as weather and cautious sentiment weighed on prices before late afternoon improvements.
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Stock Exchange
United Press
New York
the Sun’s Financial Review
Buoy Lancy
Gary
Daugherty orders new probe in Cronkhite death case
United States Attorney General Daugherty orders a new investigation into the death of Maj. Alexander P. Cronkhite and subsequent arrests at the urging of Senator Calder. Rosenbluth’s attorney claims witnesses were pressured to bolster charges. Tacoma prosecutor Selden says no further action will occur until federal data is received.
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United Press
New York
Alexander P. Cronkhite
Daugherty
United States
Calder
Robert Rosenbluth
Cronkhite
Jonah J. Joldstein
Rosenbluth
Dreyfuss
France
Tacoma
Wash
J. W. Selden
Roland R. Po‘hier
Alexander Cronkhite
Suit seeks damages for street accident injuries
J B Siglin of Cedar Walls files in district court against Ivan L Dosenn, a local junk dealer, for 1500 in personal injury damages. The trackman for the W C F N railway alleges a trailer behind an automobile struck him on July 3 1920, breaking his leg while he was kneeling in the street cleaning a switch. The complaint states the trailer swung around in a turn and passed over him.
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J. B. Siglin
Cedar Walls
Ivan L. Dosenn
Siglini
The Day Moon Aims From A Quiet Hilltop
An artist and a green hill setting frame a quiet encounter near daisies as they discuss art and fate. A tanned young man meets a pale moonlit woman, their dialogue drifting to marriage and practical life while distant events unfold with Annette Fraser noted along the river. The day moon remains a lingering symbol as their conversation wanders between art and relationships.
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Wil
Waterloo Bankmen to Meet on Federal Reserve Topic
The Waterloo chapter of the American Institute of Bankers will hold its weekly dinner meeting tomorrow night at the Waterloo association room. Officials plan to discuss the federal reserve item and later address banking law topics with about 45 attendees expected.
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Waterloo
American Institute of Bar
Waterloo Bank Association
Federal Reserve
Waterloo Association
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