Ship subsidy bill stalls in Senate delaying farm credit votes
Washington reports the ship subsidy measure faces delay as filibuster tactics and political maneuvering threaten a vote this session. Senator Brookhart advocates cooperation while GOP insurgents and some Democrats seek to block action before March 4, complicating rural credit legislation amid a split Congress.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Senate
Anderson
Brookhar
Iowa
England
Gay
Yoole
Brookhart
Brookharts Pati
Congress
House
Roraide
Wen
Lenroot
Michigan
Couzens
Dem
Florida
Fletcher
Taor
Repudiiwank
Narding Sall
Delivery notice for Confier before 5 30 oclock
The note states the Confier should be delivered to your home before 5 30 oclock. If a carrier error prevents timely receipt, call 5190 and two copies will be sent. The message urges readers to phone promptly for service and mentions a weekly schedule.
Missing Dabney Woman Feared To Have Ended Her Life
Daisy Dabney, 48, feared to have drowned herself in Cedar River after leaving home in a black velvet dress and black plush coat. Husband and stepdaughter report she had recent sickness and had threatened suicide but appeared in good spirits earlier. search along riverbank found no footprints or clothing besides what she wore. Brothers Pearl Sanders, J Sanders, and Henry Sanders assist in the hunt.
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Relef
Daisy Phillips
Dabney
Cedar River
Pearl Sanders
Toder Avenue
Bai J. Sanders
Commercial Street
Henry CG. Sanders
Smuggling Ring Suspected in Cuban Rope Imports
New York customs investigators probe a surge in Cuban rope shipments after four tied bases opened aboard two ships revealed bolies. Additional consignments under review as officials seek the extent of the scheme.
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New York
Highways Weather Report Covers Iowa Towns
Weather bureau report maps road conditions in Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Mason City and Washera areas. Roads fair to good in most segments but with rough patches and occasional frost damage reported across the region.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Charles City
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Daeronport
Des Afoines
Dubuque
Laroset
Wis
Mason City
Washerly
Ain
Government-funded bootlegger schools urged to fight prohibition
Dr L Bettman proposes national emergency and colleges for moonshiners to train producers and distributors in safe liquor. He cites Chicago poison liquor deaths and links epidemic crime to illegitimate booze, urging repeal or reform with diplomas for moonshiners.
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Lntted Press
L. Bettman
Harding
United Pras
Keitman
Chicago Board of Health
Chicago
Reitman
Stink of War Haunts World, Says Van Loon in Indy
Historian Dr Henrick Van Loon told an Indianapolis crowd that the United States lacks a definite foreign policy as Europe’s business worsens. He warned older leaders push youths to war and lamented a peace he called a dirty dish affair to be cleaned up.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Henrick van Loon
Europe
Widow Rockefeller Flees Madison Avenue Fire in Nightgown
Mrs. William G. Rockefeller and her daughter Florence escaped from their Madison Avenue townhouse when a fire damaged three floors. A maid discovered the blaze and alerted Rockefeller and her daughter, prompting their escape to a nearby hotel in night clothes.
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Mark
William .G. Rockefeller
Florence
Madison Avenue
Rockefeller
Lenine to be succeeded by Krassin in Soviet leadership
Moscow dispatch reports Nicolai Lenine is incurably ill with arterial hardening and advancing paralysis. Russian official circles expect Lenine to retire soon and Leonid Krassin to succeed him as head of the Soviet government.
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London
Nicolai Lenine
Moscow
Daily Mail
Lénine
Leonid Krassin
Last Refugee Ships Reach Manila Quarantine
The last three belated Russian refugee ships arrived today bringing 11 men at the quarantine station. Admiral Stark and his staff, commander of the Vladivostok exiles, are invited to attend the ball tomorrow night in honor of Gov. Gan Wood.
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Manila
Fen
Stark
Vladivostok
Gan. Wood
RAIL BOARD GRANTS SIGNALMEN EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY
The United States railroad labor board ordered an eight-hour day with time and one-half overtime for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. Wages were not raised across the board though some railroads faced a 68 cent per hour rate. the minimum 72 cents was set for overtime. Overtime pay applies on Sundays and legal holidays, with exceptions when Sunday is not the employee’s regular day off.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Signalmen's Organization
United States Railroad Labor Board
Iowa House Debates School Appointments and Bonds
The Iowa House grapples with Berry’s bill to elect county superintendents, triggering heated exchanges about tactics and apologies. Other measures seek daily treasurer balances, lobbyist regulation, land title guarantees, and state institution controls. A highway report and a miscreant liquor bill move forward amid tense sessions.
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Severa Opara
Board of Control
Leke
Woodbury
House
Senate Highways Committees
State Highway Commission
Senate
Caldwell, ‘and Mead
Patterson Hill
Mev
Chine
Mahaska
Son of Eddie Foy’s Son Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Charles Fay, 24, son of Eddie Fay the famous Komedian, arrived from South Bend to Chicago hospitals for an appendicitis operation. He was admitted today for surgery and is in stable condition.
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Chicago
Charles Fay
Eddie Fay
South Bend
Friends and Family Accept Stevenson Death After Nine Day Hope
In Phoenix on February 1, George Stevenson’s family and friends, after consulting physicians, reconciled to county officials’ death pronouncement. An autopsy by L. Garrison and H. J. Felch found death due to tuberculosis of the right lung, ending a nine day guard of the body.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George Stevenson
Doetsters L. Garrison
Harry J. Felch
Lanarat
Tomerro
Cabinet shuffle near in White House signals Interior move
President Harding plans to move Hubert Work from commerce to lead the Interior Department with an eye toward reshaping the cabinet lineup. The shift could curb fast-rising postmaster hopefuls while naming Harry S. New or Albert D. Lasker as incoming postmaster general. March 4 will bring several high‑level retirements including E. Mont Reily and Col. Charles R. Forbes, with Gen. Clarence Edwards slated for Porto Rico and Col. Miller possibly becoming alien property custodian.
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R. Hols
Trternatiotal
Washington, SD
Hubert Work
Colorado
Jnto
Wih Hays
Albert B. Wall
Interior
Harding
Interior Department
jDost
Inmo
Harry S. New
Indiana
Ald
Senate
Lasker
Canilidale
New
Albert D. Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Shipping’ Board
Altho
Osner
Mont Relly
Kansas City
Porto Rico
Sind
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Clarence Edwards
Reily
Thomas W. Nier
Forbes
Activites
Edwards
Col. Miller
Veterans'bureau
American Legion
Veterans
Col
Miller
Legion
Frank ‘“Mondell
House
Congress
Committee Closes Little Rock Probe
Striking employees of the Algemarn North Arkansas railway, recently deported over alleged bridge burnings and sabotage, have completed free testimony in the Arkansas legislature inquiry. Rebuttal testimony may be submitted when the committee shifts its hearing to Japribost next week.
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Little Rock
Ark
Algemarn & North
Arkansas’. Railway
Arkansas
Legielature
Japrribost
Clouds Shield California Citrus From Frost
Dense clouds over southern California spared citrus growers an anticipated disaster. Officials say more than a million dollars of crops were saved as the southern part of the state avoided a severe frost.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Mark Worth in Berlin Private Trades
In Berlin on February 1 private deals valued the dollar at 54,004 German marks. The prewar benchmark of 54,000 marks equaled $12,960 in those transactions.
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Berlin
High Churchmien jailed in Mexico for law violation
Mexican federal action locks up archbishops and bishops including Puebla Guadalajara Leon and Jalapa nine others for an open religious ceremony at Cerro Cubijete Guanjuato on January 11. President Obregon says it violated the constitutional ban on open church rites and has expelled Monsignor Filippi. Threatened expulsions of other priests labeled pernicious foreigners follow the crackdown.
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Presa Nogales
Ariz
Teteraphic
Mexico City
Puebla
Guadalajara
Leon
Jalapa
Jai
Cerro Cubi Jete
Guantajuato
Obregon
Afd
Monsignor
Filippi
Mexico
Wilppi
Alaska business men seek Russian refugees colonization plan
Anchorage officials and three bank presidents urged the national administration to allow about 800 to 910 Russian refugees to immigrate to Alaska’s wheat belt along the government railroad between Anchorage and Fairbanks.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Philippians
Settie
Alaskan
Am. Spaulding
Chicago Vice Probe Points Toward Grand Jury Action
A brief on laws relating to malfeasance and omissions in office was prepared as a grand jury investigates vice in Chicago. The jury asked the brief from Michael L. McKinley, chief justice, after officers joined the grand jury. The pope in Rome ordered prayers for peace amid international tensions.
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Chicago
Rand
Vice Constitiona
Michael L. McKinley
Criminal Court
Bedi
Grand Jury
Rome
Plans for Permanent Occupation of the Rhineland
Essen Feb 1 report says M Le Trocquer and Gen W Orband have altered with Belgium for a subordinate civil mission in the Ruhr under Gen De Gontte to prepare a durable organization. The French plan an indefinite stay and likely encouraging French immigration to the Ruhr region.
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Essen
M. le Trocquer
Kyench
WW Orband
Vuuhr
de Gontte
Ruhr
Chicago Chinatown Bride Weds Louis Hong in Civic Ceremony
In Chicago Chinatown a marriage unites Josephine May and Louis Hong. Dr Frank E Davis of Denver performed the ceremony. The bride wore a coat of white satin with gold and pearl embroidery once worn by a Chinese empress as feasts were planned to follow through the wedding moon.
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Chicago
Josephine May
Chinatown
Louis
Hong
Canton
Frank E. Davis
Denver
Three Suffocated as Coals Start Baltimore Fire
Mrs. William Phillips and her daughters Elizabeth 12 and Helen 10 were suffocated when live coals dropped from a kitchen stove ignited a blaze in their Baltimore home early today. Fire destroyed the dwelling and investigators suspect the accidental ignition.
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Baltimore
William Phillips
Elizabeth
Hether
Irish Rebels Seize Leitrim Garrison Move Prisons to Hills
Three hours of fighting at Leitrim ends with republican Irregulars taking the garrison. Rebels then commandeer a train and move prisoners toward the mountains after destroying the Leitrim railway terminal. Authorities fear executions while clemency offers surface.
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Leitrim
Hree
Leit- Yim
Free State
Bagwell
Tralee
Idla
Separatists Plan Rhineland Republic Proclaimed
Coblenz dispatch reports separatist agents in the Rhineland drafting plans to proclaim a Rhineland republic with Belgian and French military aid. The move would involve martial law, seizure of communications, and eviction of German officials as Allied forces advance.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rhineland
Coblenz
Esopo
Essen
Ruhr
Lausanne
England
France
Near East
Great Britain
Thipwiletin
Susanne
Laubr
Germany
Paris
Calais
Duesseldorf
Bertin
Tharich
Belgium
Luxemburg
Ruher
Tamleborn
Esaen
Reichsbank
Waco
Lan
Derman
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Mya
J Fred Booth
Booth
Mars
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Krassin
Lenine
Rail Board
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Clark
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
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Berry
House Committee On Schools
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Sfauge
Carter
Wardin
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Thane
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Treas Turers
Buffingston
Mills
Ismet Pasha
Ismmt Pasha
Keb
Straits Commission
Russia
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Bosphorus
Tehitcherin
Straite
Straits
Turkey
Eddie Foy
PON
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Indianan
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