Democrats to Energize Tax Debate in Congress
Washington dispatch reports Democrats will press the tax bill and war-debt finance issue once Congress returns, aiming to outline party positions on taxation, tariff policy, and Federal Reserve management. Democrats seek to project leadership in future elections and reorganize national committee efforts for broader party gains.
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Washington, D. C
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New, York Evening Post
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Police Unable to Trace Bank Thieves
Des Moines police failed to locate four bandits in an early robbery of Capital City Bank messenger George Coppack who was held up and robbed of 6000 dollars in currency. Police continued their search overnight and said they held information likely to lead to arrests.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
George BR. Coppack
Capital City Bank
Delivery Promise and Phone Reminder for Courier Service
The notice states delivery by 5:30 PM and asks customers to call 330 if the paper is late. A copy will be sent, and calls should reach an office before 6:30 PM.
Twins Weigh 11 and 17 Ounces at Birth in Bogalusa
Billie and Jack Adams are believed to be the smallest living twins. Billie weighed 11 ounces at birth and Jack 17, with all other siblings normal in size. The babies are reported in perfect health by local doctors.
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Associated Press
Bogalusa
Billie
Jack Adams
William Adams
Jack
Questions in Irish Note to Lloyd George
Dublin Aug 12 The Associated Press reports Eamonn De Valera Irish Republican leader sent a letter to Prime Minister Lloyd George that is neither acceptance nor rejection of Irish peace proposals. The Sinn Fein le aders remain unimpressed and not eager to accept. the letter may aid future talks and is not seen as breaking negotiations. Frank Walsh adviser to De Valera visited Mansion House amid leaders’ discussions.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Imier Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Constitutional Party
Frank Walsh
de Valera
Mansion House
Governor's Lawyers Challenge Arrest Legality
Springfield Aug 12 Attorneys for Gov Small moved to test the legality of his arrest and pursue a trial in a county other than Sangamon They demanded and will receive certified copies of all court proceedings related to the July 20 grand jury indictment and the bond signed by the governor and three associates after the arrest.
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Springfield
Messenger admits planning own holdup in bank robbery
Leonard Murray, a messenger for the Jefferis State Bank, confessed that the Monday robbery of 39,500 was planned by him and four others. Three suspects are in custody, a fourth is being sought, and police say he likely took the money and may be in a southern city.
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Chicago
Leonard Murray
Jefferis State Bank
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No Trace Found in Missing Dubuque Boy Case
Wilfred Fields and his uncle Arthur Fields remain missing after last Tuesday departure from home in Dubuque Iowa. Authorities report no trace to date and the mother believes a lure may have taken him away.
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United Press
Dubuque, la
Wilfred Fields
Arthur Fields
Ner Som
Co operative Livestock Exchange Plan Hailed by Farm Bureau
The American Farm Bureau federation committee announces a cooperative livestock commission house to be started at National Stock Parks in East St. Louis as a tangible result of market studies. John G. Brown and others are named to organize the commission. The company will take standard commissions and reinvest earnings to producers based on business, with Omaha figures cited. A feeder and fattening subsidiary is also proposed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Co-Operative Livestock Commission House
East St. Louis
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Stock Parks
John G. Brown
Indianapolis
L. S. Cunningham
Iowa
C. &. Collins
Colorado
Boog- Scott
Texas
H. W. Mumford
Illinois
Exiled American Describes Horrors in Russia and Soviet Relief
An Alabama man Emmet Kilpatrick released from Moscow speaks with United Press about prison misery in Russia. He and five others press for American cooperation to secure Soviet prisoner releases amid famine relief, detailing brutal prisons, scarce food, and poor medical care. Haywood case further complicates relief talks under Hoover.
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Reval
America
Emmet Kilpatrick
Moscow
United Press Today
Kilpatrick
Theo
Uniontown
Ala
Hoover
Russia
Tscheka
Petrograd
Red Cross
Man Killed by Train in Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Iowa Aug 12 John Wratt is named as the man killed by a Minneapolis and St. Louis train here last Saturday. The body was identified by two sisters from Pooria Ul
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Tohn Wratt
Minneapolis
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Pooria, Ul
Link in murder case tightens as liquor raids cleared
Federal judge grants permission to dump liquor seized in raids and destroy stills and dispose of autos. In California, shotgun findings and Kennedy murder probe escalate with arraignments and indictments of Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch as investigators pursue the case.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. M. Landis
Johnson Calls for Immediate Return of Rhine Troops
California Senator Hirem Johnson told United Press he opposes continued occupation costs in Germany and seeks blanket Treasury authority to refund the Allied debt. He cites Germany owes $240 million for occupation payments and argues paying troops abroad costs $1 million monthly while awaiting claims settlement with 21 nations.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
America
Hirem Johnson
California
Secretary of the Treasury
Melion
Germany
Johnson
Europe
Great Britain
Men barred from Cuban women's shop clerks under immigration amendment
The Havana report notes an immigration bill passed by the senate would ban men from working as clerks in stores selling women's apparel. If approved by the chamber of deputies the amendment would force affected clerks to seek other livelihoods.
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Associated Press
Havana
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Bishop Lewis Ill at Sioux City Hospital
Bishop Wilson Zeeley Lewis renowned for China mission work and longtime president of Morningside College is critically ill at Sioux City Methodist Hospital after an operation. He has served the Methodist church in leadership roles across decades.
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Sioux City Hospital
Associated Press
Sioux City
Wilson Zeeley Lewis
China
Methodist Pionis Church
Morningside College
Methodist Hospital
Lloyd George to Attend Washington Disarmament Parley
London reports Premier Lloyd George will attend the Washington disarmament conference on November 11 if domestic affairs permit. The statement came from authoritative circles in London.
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Lloyd George
United Press
London
Davison Undergoes Brain Tumor Operation At Roosevelt
Henry P. Davison, partner in J. P. Morgan & Co., underwent an operation at Roosevelt Hospital for an auditory nerve affection. Doctors found a brain near tumor but could not remove it due to blood loss and anesthesia risks. condition reported satisfactory. A second operation was planned within days as Davison had suffered months of severe headaches. J. P. Morgan’s J. T. Morgan and George Case visited the hospital with family and friends.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Roosevelt Hospital
Altho Davison
J.T. Morgan
George Case
Davison
Union Men Headed Straight for Jail Warned by Judge Landis
In Chicago on August 12 Judge K M Landis warned painters structural iron workers and plasterers that their wage and working agreements were unlawful and warned they were headed straight for jail. He urged redrafting of the agreements before tomorrow morning as forty seven crafts are represented in the arbitration proceedings.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. M. Landis
Landis
Hitchcock aims to make dollar an international financial language
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska proposes a bill to create a Bank of Nations in New York that would issue an international dollar and establish the American dollar as the world financial language. Money talks, he declares, and aims to have the dollar spoken globally.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Senate
Bank of Nations
New York
Stepsister's Friend Denies Trunk Theft Incident
Merrill War nick, a former Detroit policeman, is held on a Detroit warrant for larceny of a trunk owned by Mrs Violet Peterson. The trunk reportedly contained jewelry valued at 2000 dollars, clothing worth 300 dollars, and 700 dollars in cash. Ma bel Meister, Peterson's stepsister, is charged with aiding Warnick. Warnick contests extradition, claiming possible involvement in the theft.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Merrill Warnick
Detroit
Violet
Peterson
Mabel Meister
Warnick
Housing Problem Is Handicap to Cupid
Chicago faces fewer marriages due to unemployment and housing shortages says Louis C. Legner chief clerk of the marriage bureau. Licenses issued on August 1 were 249 short of the prior year and the year’s total may not reach 38 000 versus 42 508 in 1920.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis C. Legner
Highway report lists towns across Minnesota and Wisconsin
Weather Burton notes generally fair conditions while a mid period forecast projects fair weather tonight and Saturday. The subjoined report includes Albert Lea Algona Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City NeHayton Dostville Waterloo and Wager among others.
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Charis Giev
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Algona
Charles Mix
Cedar Kapil Davenport
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Hightower held for priest murder in California
William Hightower, once in Oklahoma, is jailed in San Francisco as the alleged kidnapper and possible murderer of Rev. Patrick Heslin. Authorities expect to press murder charges and consider the $9,800 reward earned if the body’s found. Police probe include a letter to Dolly Mason and a sand bluff grave clue.
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William Hightower
Oklahoma
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Hightower
Hille
Walher Patrick Heslin
Colma
Swart
San Mateo County
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Visider
Dolly Mason
Dolly
Salads Beach
Spurgin Trail Lost Again May Be in Colorado
Detectives reported Warren Spurgin, wanted banker and defaulter of the Mignigan Avenue Trust Company, remains at large. No arrests confirmed in Chihuahua, Mexico, with new tips suggesting he may be hiding in Colorado.
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Colorado
United Press
Maleago
Warren
Spurgin
Mignigan Avenue Trust Company
Chihbuahpa Ity
Mexico
Sputglu
Stunt fliers killed as practice crash hits fair eve
Two airmen died and a third was badly hurt when two planes collided during tail spins at 400 feet. W. W. Johnson and Ray Koch were killed instantly. Ray McWhorters is hospitalized with serious injuries. The trio rehearsed for an upcoming county fair exhibition in Mason City Iowa.
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Mason City
O'Aloyk
W. W. Johnson
Ray Koch
Ray McWhorters
Monda
Johnson
Koch
Jonson
Koeb
Craven- Dewing
McWhorters
Algona
Mason City Hide & Fur Co
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Waterloo
Jungworth Auto Sales Company
Z. W. Johnson
Upper Silesia Referendum Planned by League of Nations
Paris reports the supreme council will refer the Upper Silesian frontier dispute to the League of Nations. Britain and France agree, with Lloyd George leaving for London and Briand reporting US neutrality. Ambassadors discuss Leipzig war crime trials and potential actions by allied nations.
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Paris
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Lloyd George
London
Jard Curzon
Associated Press
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Germany
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Havas Aconey
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