Separate Air Corps debate fuels factional press over independence
The piece outlines ongoing calls for an independent air force, citing a War Department inquiry into possible anti official propaganda by air service personnel and possible court martials and shakeups. It notes letters urging congressional action and cites church temperance debates and other society figures.
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AIR Corps
Congress
Yellve Bas i
Davis
War Department
Court Martia
Air Service
Italy backs dictator in bellicose Italian threat to Germany
In Rome Mussolini denounces alleged German anti Italian agitation in South Tyrol and hints at aggressive moves. British and Italian circles fear Locarno stability could erode as Berlin considers delaying League entry. Italian public supports Mussolini while urging cautious response to tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Mussolini
Upper Adige
Altho
Dr. Held
Tyrol
Italy
Brennan Pass
League of Nations
London
Great Britain
Haly
Rone
South Tyrol
Sii
Premi
Messagero
Tonolo T
Paper Delivery Timetable and Error Notice
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Iowa Stenographers Quickly Married in Washington Offices
Fort Madison readers learn that 12 Iowa stenographers sent to Washington, D C, for government positions have all married. The Fort Madison Business College reports the group is returning to sharpen shorthand and typing for an upcoming examination.
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Fort Midison
Washington
Fort Madison
Iowa
Mey
Washington, D. C
Millionaire Hines Prepares Funeral for Immigrant Woman
Chicago reports Edward Hines the lumber king burying Pauline Fazzi an Italian immigrant with a family plot readied. Fazzi arrived in the United States aboard a sailing ship nine years ago and died under the care of Hines and his staff following her final wishes.
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Chicago
Pauline Fatzi
United States
Italy
Edward Hines
Eddie
Fazzi
Hines Hes
Husband Gone Three Days, Woman Shoots Daughter, Kills Self
Mrs Luke Clarkson was dead at Glinton Ta Beb with her four year old daughter in critical condition after a Saturday night shooting. The woman wounded her two year old child before shooting herself. A note said she feared for the home life and planned to take her children with her. The husband had been away three days.
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Glinton
Beb
Cis
Luke Clarkson
Lfe
Fort Dodge Divorcee Shot by Admirer in Quarrel
Mrs Ada Howard a Fort Dodge divorcee and mother of a nine year old girl remained in critical condition after a Saturday shooting while riding with Bodady in custody awaiting outcome of injuries. The couple were accompanied by the child when a violent quarrel ended with three gunshots two in the face and one in the body.
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Fort Dodge
Web
Ada Howard
Bodudy
Bodady
Scottish Editor Killed in Long Island Train Crash
Herbert Graham editor of the Lloyd Griscom publications and head of The Scottish American was killed when a Long Island railroad train struck his automobile early today. The body is held awaiting word from Graham's relatives in Kentucky.
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Brooklyn
Herbert Graham
Lloyd = Griscom publications
Long Island
Graham
Kentucky
Rural mail routes return to horses amid muddy roads
Rural mail carriers in Mount Pleasant Ta switch from cars to horses due to muddy roads. Each carrier carries a shovel and stops to drain water or fill ruts. In New Slen of String Vort Madixen Mrs Sarah Blanton reports a mole dug from her front lawn amid signs of spring.
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Mount Pleasant
Sarah Blanton
Cancer Inherited Heredity Crowned by Woman Scientist
Mise Maude Sirs, associate professor at the University of Chicago, argues cancer is an inherited disease after 16 years and 50,900 mice in tests. She disputes doctors W J Gye and J E Bernard who claim cancer is caused by a germ and contagious.
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Wsc
Mise Maude
University of Chicago
W. J. Gye
J. £. Bernard
England
Sara
Death of Gene Oakley Found After Shack Fire Near Waterloo
The disfigured body of Gene Oakley was found in the smoking ruins of his one story shack one mile south of Waterloo on the Gedor River. Oakley, a junk and rag dealer, was last seen Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Siegel. Coroner Dr. Sidney Smith suggested smoke inhalation as the cause. no foul play is suspected. Oakley had a checkered past including a 1922 prison sentence for an attempted offense. his family, including a daughter in Waterloo, was not located.
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Gene Oakley
Waterloo
Gedor River
Oakley
Abraham Siegel
Shiele
Siegels
Bheri
EL ‘Iy
Wagner
I. A. Leighton
O'Keefe & Towne
Sidney Smith
Smith
Lafayette Street
Altho
Watchman Killed Trying to Save Boy at Railroad Crossing
In Washington D C two watchmen named Alexander Gregory aged 4 and Thomas Dunn aged 66 were killed at a railroad crossing when Gregory stepped from behind a local train into a fast flyer courting tragedy. Dunn leaped to push the bar free but was struck by the locomotive and died at once.
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Washington, D. C
Meb
Alexander Gregory
Thomas Dunn
Capitol
Wmited
Gregorty
Dinn
Release Suspects in Taintor Robbery Case
W. S. Dorman and Clartes Millar of Des Moines were released after police found insufficient evidence tying them to robberies in Taintor Lacey Sigourney and Hedtick. They were returned to Des Moines in a car sent for them from that city.
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Oskaloosa
Feb. S
W. S. Dorman
Clartes Millar
Des Moines
Taintor
Lacey
Sigourney
Hed- Tick
First Picture of Spanish Fliers to Montevideo
Commander Franco will not take off for Montevideo until tomorrow according to an announcement. He arrived in five stops from Palos Moguer and plans to reach Montevideo before dark en route to Buenos Aires, 1s miles away. He has not decided whether to cross the Andes to the United States, and if he goes to Chile he will be escorted by four Chilean planes now in Buenos Aires awaiting the welcome.
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INS
Franco
Montevideo
Palos Moguer
Spain
Buenos Aires
France
Ike
Andes
United States
Chile
Gov't Moves Against Huge Bakery Trust in US Antitrust Action
The government asks federal courts to block formation of a vast banking and bakery trust tying Ward interests with General Baking Continental Baking and United Bakeries. The suit, filed in Baltimore, charges Sherman and Clayton act violations and seeks dissolution of the alleged combination. The Ward Food Products Corp is under congressional scrutiny and cited among the entities.
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Washington
D. C
Ward
Baltimore
General Baking
Continental Baking
Ted Bakeries
Hue
Ward Food Products Corporation
Congress
Trust Vist
Federal Trade Commission
The
Ward Baking Corporation
Ward Baking Company
General Baking Company
General Baking Corporation
Continental Baking Corporation
United Bakeries Corporation
Railroads Earn Record 1925 Returns Despite Lower Rate
Railroads posted 1925 earnings of 1 136 973 477 dollars, the highest total on record, though the return rate lagged 1916. The 1924 total was 986 744 996 dollars, with 1922 at 187 219. The interstate commerce commission set a tentative valuation tax at 4 12 percent.
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New York
Feb
Sogl. Ty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Celebrities I Met contest seeks brief impressions
Readers invited to submit 300 word impressions of encountered greats. Prizes of 4 3 and 2 dollars for top entries. Submissions to the Evening Courier Celebrity Editor by Washingtons Birthday with a five word impression of figures like Roosevelt Wilson Pershing Edison Tetrazzini Coolidge Ford Burbank Michelson Mitchell and Suchow.
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Lincoln
Lowa
Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Pershing
Evison
Coolidge
Ford
Burbank
Michelson
Mitchell
Snchow
Stock Exchange Plunges on Bearish Triggers
Stock prices collapsed this noon on selling tied to three bearish signals. News that NYSE member stock and bond loans topped 3.53 billion, a call of about 20 million in bank loans, and an antitrust suit against Warrel interests in Baltimore prompted the fall.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Warel
Baltimore
Charleston Champs Flock to Chicago For National Dance Contest
Dion Charleston dancers from more than a score of cities began arriving in Chicago for the national contest opening tonight. Sectional honors will be decided, and the top three teams will receive silver cups. Mayor Thomas P. Stoney of Charleston, S C, is among expected visitors.
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Chicago
Dion Charleston
Thomas P. Stoney
Charleston
S. C
Indict Pool Room Man for Assault in Johnson County
George Brennan proprietor of a local peat hall was indicted by the Johnson County grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He allegedly forced Alice Reed a 24 year old school teacher and her sister Florence 15 up a stairway on December 31 at pistol point.
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George Brennan
Peat Hall
Johnson County
Grand Jury
Iowa City
Brennan
Alice Reed
Florence
Lesses
No Action at Noon on Pearson Resignation
Definite action on the resignation of Dr. Raymond A. Pearson as president of the Iowa State College had not been taken by the state board of education by noon. Board members indicated a decision would come later today or tomorrow morning.
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Towa City
Iapy
Raymond A. Pearson
Iowa State College
State Board of Education
Nation Now Reaps Whelwing Down by Best People
Henry W. Orrout former senator told a church convention that the nation reaps whelwing down by best people. He criticized President Coolidge for mixing into the coal miners strike and cautioned Congress to focus on passing the tax bill.
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Nation
Best People
Coolidge
Henry W. Orrout
Senate
Repubblican
White House
Pinechot
United States
Moscow police rule Obolensky case a relative’s death
Police announced the Moscow death of a woman known as Princess Obolensky or Lydia was due to alcoholic paralysis. She was not a princess per family members, possibly a relative of the Chelanaiy family. The janitor who hosted her last night said she died after attempting to drink a pint of whisky in one gulp.
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Moscow
LMS
Princess Obole
Lydia
Aye
Obolensky
Princess Obolensky
Chelanaiy
Tom Barker Buys W. J. Bopp Farm at $150 An Acre
Tom Barker of 409 Independence Avenue bought the three acre farm of W. J. Bono two miles north of here for 150 dollars an acre. Barker has rented the place for this year to H. C. Worley of Shemead Iowa, who will move here about February 20.
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Tom Barker
W. J. Bopp
Independence Avenue
W. J. Bono
Mr. Barker
H. C. Worley
SheMeid
Preacher Calls Attention to Rising Divorces in Des Moines
Rev. Dr. Dewitt Foster spoke on Marriages and Divorce at the First Friends church in Des Moines on Sunday. He urged uniform marriage and divorce laws and the creation of courts of domestic relations as a remedy, noting divorces rise three times faster than population and that childless couples show the highest rates while the middle classes show fewer cases.
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Des Moines
Dewitt Foster
First Friends
Foster
Armed Guards guard trial of Vinei brother in murder case
Heavily armed guards patrolled the courtroom as Samuel Vinei testified at an inquest into the Verletta murder. Vinei’s brother Mike Vinei faced a life trial amid security checks for spectators entering the room.
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Chicago
INS
William N. Gemmill
Samuel Vinei
Joha Minatti
Verletta
Vinei
Mike
Noted Women Appeal for Fight on Torture Traps
Washington, DC. An appeal to the women of America to help wipe out torture traps is broadcast by the Anti-Steel Trap league. Led by Gertrude Atherton and others, the group urges state legislatures to pass laws banning all torturing trap varieties. Officials include Edwardreek as president and Cornelia Leyce Pinchot Ada Loutise Flewhat at Mery Flenderson and Minnie Smadferntishe as vice presidents.
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Washington
Cornelia Leyce Pinchot
Ada Loutise Flewhat
Mery Flenderson
Minnie Smadferntishe
Iowa Bishop opposes modification of Volstead Act
Right Rev. Theodore N. Morrison, bishop of Iowa, told the Seventy-fourth Episcopal convention that the Volstead Act should not be modified. He warned that loosening enforcement would fuel bootlegging and liquor smuggling, urging leaders in business and society to back strict prohibition and enforcement. He said he has become a teetotaler and supports upholding the law.
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Church Temperance Society of the
Episcopal Church
James Empringham
Theodore N. Morrison
Davenport
Episcopal
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Mgr.Morrison
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Empringham
Bishop Morrison
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Morrison
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Church Temperance
Lsocie
Pr Ding
National Council
Church Temprence Society
Rishon Mortiisen
Weelal
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