Typhus fears prompt U S health officials action
Washington officials weigh new controls as 33 typhus cases appear on ships to New York. Treasury health chief La Porte and Surgeon General Cumming consider bans on immigrants from European typhus districts while Boston authorities test passengers from the Mount Clay and detain arrivals until typhus risk is ruled out, with Ellis Island congestion cited.
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United States
Mexico
Texas
Health Service
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Europe
New York
American
Ewing la Porte
Hemburg
Port Wealth
Ellis Island
Mount Clay
Doctors Puzzled by Girl Who Won’t Stop Talking
Waukegan Illinois February reports a wealthy department store owner’s daughter Miriam Rubdind aged year old has talked continuously for a week with only two hours sleep. She remains lucid, cheerful, and engaged in chatter about dolls clothes school and dancing. Physicians order bed rest hoping sleep will end the incessant talking while noting the girl is in good health and seeking possible sleeping sickness theory.
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United Press
Waukegan
Taday
Miriam Rubdind
Strange Ocean Monster Found Off Miami Skeleton A Ton Skulls
Scientists and deep water fishers near Miami investigate a huge sea creature found two miles south of the city. A 15 by 7 foot fragment weighs three tons, sharks fed as it lay in shallow Gulf Stream waters. Dr Elmer Garretson plans to tow more portions ashore and determine the creature's total length.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Key
Elmer E. Garretson
Huntington
L. L
Garretson
Plan Direct Sates at Marketing Congress Plan Direct Sates at Marketing Congress
Plans before the All-American Co-Operative congress advocate direct marketing from producers to consumers and the creation of cooperative banks and credit unions. Benjamin C. Marsh commended restoring railroads to government operation, federal meat-packing control, tax reforms, banking reform, and fears of universal military training. He claimed the program would save the American people about 6.9 million dollars a year.
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Associated Press
Cleverend. O
All- American Co-Operative Congress
Benjamin C. Marsh
Washington
People’s Reconstruction League
Congress
Expect Enforcement Bureau Consolidation
Washington authorities say Republican leaders will propose consolidating prohibition enforcement under the Department of Justice early in the Harding administration. The current split between the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Justice has drawn congressional fire.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Harding
Bureau of Internal Tevenus
Congress
Kaiser Interview Triggers Varied German Reactions
Berlin reports the Kaiser’s interview sparked wide opinions with former advisors defending him as a peace lord while others ridicule or anger. Count Revenilow regrets the worldwide focus as he says Wilhelm never wished war. Stamfer blames tactless nature and asserts Social Democrats backed the war to defend Germany from a Versailles peace. Dombrowsky argues the Kaiser’s blame game ignores his role in provoking war and notes his mistrust of socialists.
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Carl D. Croat
United Press
Berlin
Kaiser
Germany
Count von Revenilow
Wilhelm
England
Friederich Stamfer
Vorwaerts
Social Democratic Party
Fide
Erich Dombrowsky
Pageblatt
Dombrowsky
Colored Women Ask Ballot Protection From Woman's Party
Negro women from 26 states gathered at the call of the NAACP asked the National Woman's Party to urge Congress to investigate alleged disenfranchisement of black women in the South at the last general election. They cited violations of the Susan B Anthony amendment and claimed whites with ballots influenced the denial of colored women.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Woman's Party
Congress
South
Ballards sue Rock Island Railroad for 70000 damages
United Press Des Moines reports Clyde Ballard and wife filed suit for 70000 against the Rock Island railroad alleging injuries from a collision between their car and a Rock Island train at Elkhart Iowa in 1936. Mrs Ballard reportedly lost a leg and Ballard suffered a broken arm.
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United Tress Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad
Clyde Ballard
Rock Island
Elkhart
Smiles and Kinks From Today’s Wires News
United Press dispatch reports from New York noting a proposed substitute for cigarettes as healthier and nicer. A massive arrest arose from pinching the Majestic Social Club membership, with 608 charged in a case touching race and dance. Piedmont and Smyrna towns seek a doctor to unite business and curb competition. Denver’s Robin Ted breast arrival and Capitol Hill residents observe a frisking incident yesterday.
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New York
Majestic Social Club
Tural
Denver
Cole
Carbinger
Robin Ted
Capitol Hill District
Congress committees debate amnesty bill amid hearings
Today in Congress the press notes Judiciary committees consider a bill for amnesty to political figures. Manufactures committee continues naval appropriation discussions. Edward N Hurley testifies. Ways and Means probes free list articles. Appropriations subcommittees hold fortifications funding hearings.
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Houge
Edward N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Waya and Means Committee
Tuue
Appropriations Subcommittes
Cancellation of War Debts Not New Suggestion
A 1921-era discussion rejects canceling war debts as impractical. It argues Britain would not gain support from the United States and notes American public opinion would oppose aiding Britain’s army in Ireland and France’s occupation of German lands. The piece reflects contemporary views on Allied war loans and foreign military policies.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Congress
Bein
Reland
France
America
Krestaiment
Britain
Ireland
Africa
Germany
Coe
The
New-York Evening Post
Clinton Rejection of Waterworks Purchase Proposal
Clinton Iowa votes in a special election rejecting the municipal purchase of the waterworks by 723 to 3,201. The bond issue of 435 006 to support an existing 165 000 debt was also rejected by 724 to 3,252.
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Associated Press
Clinton, Ia
Clinton
Too Proud to Beg Has Home in Exhaust Pipe
Antonio Belakorus, 50, lived for over three years in a four foot wide exhaust pipe linking two Lower New York buildings. Unable to find work and too proud to beg, he survived on scraps from restaurant refuse before beginning a 30 day workhouse stay with promises of softer beds and better food.
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Associated Press
New York
Antonio Belakorus
Railroads war claims may reach 150 million pounds
Telegraph briefs report a government committee says Britain may owe up to 150 million pounds in claims tied to wartime railroad operations. Other items note White Star bought the Bismarck for New York service and Melba facing influence concerns at Monte Carlo.
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Associated Press
London
White Star Line
New York
Nellie Melba
Monte Carlo
Breslau
Germany
Paul Loebe
Reichstae
Ruhr
Charleston
War Department
Cornwall
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Washington
D. C
International Communications Conference
Chicago
T. Dewitt Cnyder
Association of Railway
Dublin
House
Ilinois Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Europe
Asia
Tokio
Vladivostok
Senate Taxes Up Tariff Schedules of Fordney Bill
Washington February 12 The Fordney emergency tariff bill was listed for further Senate consideration after brief debate and an agreement reached. The chamber opened on the sugar schedule as Smoot’s amendment drew opposition. the measure aims to raise about one cent per pound on sugar, though still less burdensome than the finance committee proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Army Aviators Seek Missing Flier Across Southwest
Army planes from Texas New Mexico and Arizona prepare dawn flights from Fort Bliss to locate Lieut Alexander Pearson missing since Thursday at 10 am. station posts and telegraph links stretch 800 miles to Houston as search efforts widen amid concerns of a possibly disastrous landing after new crank shaft fitted in Columbus New Mexico. Pearson hoped to fly from Pablo Beach Florida to San Diego aiming to set an Atlantic pacific transcontinental record and believed the trip could take under 24 hours.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Fort Bliss
Alexander Pearson
Houston
Columbus
N. M
Here
Fort. Bliss
West Texas
Big Bend
Lieut Pearson
Lieut
Pearson
Pablo Beach
Fla
San Diego
Atlantic
Pacific
Wheatgrowers Plan Cooperative Sale to Cut Middlemen Profit
Chicago Feb 12 The National Association of Wheatgrowers decided to adopt a cooperative selling plan to save about 55 cents a bushel by eliminating the middleman’s profit. This action was taken at the final executive board meeting.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Association of Wheatgrowers Today
Two Women and Two Children Die in Fire in Memphis
Memphis Tennessee February 12 two women and two children were burned to death today as a fire tore through the upper floor of a two story frame building.
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The
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Wirth Declares Not to Be Dictated at London Talks
Berlin reports quote Dr. Wirth finance minister saying Germany will not accept dictation at the London reparations conference. He says big economic issues cannot be solved that way and Germany will present its own proposals. He emphasizes work, reconstruction, and broad international cooperation.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
London
Dr.Wirth
Bremen Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Wirth
America
Italian Opponent of Powers Bombed at Speech
Italian opponent Anthony d Andrea narrowly escaped harm as a bomb wrecked Democratic headquarters in the nineteenth ward injuring six. Powers, longtime alderman, condemned the act and pledged a clean campaign while police chased two suspects seen fleeing in a red car after the blast.
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Johnny Powers
Associated Press
Chicago
Anthony d'Andrea
d’Andrea
Powers
State Senate
d'Andrea
G’andrea
Garment Workers Test New Wage Plan in Cleveland
In Cleveland on February 12 a new wage system debuts in the garment trade. Standards of work were set after six months of time studies by the Cleveland Garment Manufacturers' association and six Local unions. Workers earn 1600 points per week as base pay, with extra for above average output and guaranteed minimums. The plan also covers paid idle time during nonproductive periods.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Garment Manufacturers’ Association
International Garment Workers’ Union
City in Brief Highlights From Waterloo News
City notices report Mrs. Florence Butters death prompting relatives from Marshalltown and others traveling to Waterloo. Medical updates include Mrs. John Baker undergoing a critical operation at St. Francis hospital with satisfactory progress. Local visits track Charles City and Forrest City residents, plus a farm course talk at Waterloo Business College.
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G. W. Looker
Mullan Avenue
Marshalltown
Florence Butters
Ed Dickey
Austin Whitney
Dave
Trent
John Baker
Logan Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Corks Lord Mayor Heads to New York amid legal counsel advice
Donal O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork departed for New York at 9 30 this morning amid a halted speaking tour. Future plans rest on the guidance of his lawyers and the results of ongoing consultations.
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O'Callaghan
N.Y
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Donal O'Callaghan
Cork
New York
Antiquated Firearm Discovered In Hollow Oak Near Rice Lake
A giant hollow oak on Rice lake's north shore yielded a hand made percussion rifle from a long-ago era. Found wedged inside four feet from the butt, the weapon weighs about nine and a half pounds with a .50 caliber smooth bore barrel and a corroded percussion cap. The relic, bearing the mark A Parken, is now in the possession of Eben Calhoun, who dates it to at least a century ago and links it to Lewis and Clark era hand crafted firearms.
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Rice Lake
Henry N. Thompson
A. Par-ken
Eben Calhoun
Hanlontown
Calvin
Dawes Tops Harding Cabinet Appointment List
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker and early favorite for the treasury post, headed Harding’s appointment list in St Augustine. Recalled as a top contender, his Florida visit followed a Washington appearance that stirred war conduct criticisms. Harding aides offered no comment beyond high regard for Dawes. Also on Harding’s schedule were Henry A Wiss Wood of New York and a Jacksonville chamber delegation inviting a visit.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine
Fla
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Harding
Treasury
Dawes
Colling
Florida
Washington
Congress
Men Needed in Classrooms Urge Broader Teacher Recruitment
In Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College administrator H D Tee urged the need for more men to teach in upper elementary grades arguing salaries must enable a man to buy a home and support a family while remaining in classroom work. He warned that scarce male teachers and shifting attitudes threaten the public schools and emphasized recruiting college men to meet students mental attitudes toward teaching.
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Mien
Wamed H. D. Tee
West
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Lee
Editor seeks to dust Barney 45 food dept head editor seeks to dust
Cedar Rapids Feb 12 charges against W B Barney dairy and food commissioner were aired before the legislative investigation committee by Verne Marshall editor of the Cedar Rapids Galatte who urged his immediate removal. He alleged Barney sold tubercular cattle to spread disease and used state funds for travel while pushing his own herds. Affidavits from E M Reeves and L S Goodell supported claims of tubercular stock. The committee slated Barney for today while examining McClenahan's case and related fee legality questions.
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Cedar Rapids
W. B. Barney
Legislative Investigation Committee
Verne Marshall
Marshall
Barney
W. B. Barney, Jr
Des Moines
Young
Marshal
E. M. Reeves
State Board of Agriculture
L. 5. Goodell
Corydon
Ottumwa
Ydefers C. M. O. Anderson
United States
C. E. Stewart
Chariton
Williams
Russell
Reg
van de Bogart
Ser Barney
McClenahan
Albia
W. M. Peterson
Monroe
Charles Miller
McClenghan
Miller
Mon- Tree County
Awner
Indianola
Atlantic
Gold Star Mothers to Get Honor Place on Legion Rolls
Gold Star Mothers will be invited to join Becker-Chapman post American Legion auxiliary at Memorial hall next Friday at 8 p m. Mothers sisters wives and daughters of honored discharged servicemen may apply to legion national headquarters. Conveyance or escort will be provided for attending mothers who notify Lawrence Leonard at the Waterloo Savings Bank.
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United States
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Legion National Headquarters
Legion
Lawrence Leonard
Waterloo
Crook Claims Lord Chesterfield Son Faces Forgery Charge
Fremont Neb Feb 12 Craig Chesterfield 23 claiming to be son of Lord Chesterfield and James Baird 22 are jailed on forgery charges. They possessed checks totaling 14966 and were taken from Loreal Bankers after cashing them since Thursday.
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United Press
Fremont
Neb
Craig Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield
England
James Baird
Debt confirmation and plea linked to Allied war debts
Washington February 1 Secretary of the Treasury Houston told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that British Chancellor of the Exchequer Austen Chamberlain confirmed that Great Britain had suggested cancellation of all Allied war debts to the United States. The official statements were read from a prepared affidavit.
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Austen Chamberlain
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary DaNiels Probes Sailor Attack in Vladivostok
United Press reports Secretary DaNiels cabled Admiral Strauss to investigate claims five American sailors were fired on in Vladivostok with one wounded, possibly by Russian officers. Also notes Police Officer Tom Malcolm resigns effective March 1, citing ill health and preferring Littleton life. Des Moines House advances legislation amid local civic chatter.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
DaNiels
Strauss
Vladivostok
Tom Malcolm
Young
Malcolm
Tittleton
Littleton
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Towa
Neclouds
Athenian Club at West High Delights with Program
The senior literary society Athenian at West High held a varied program and business meeting featuring musical numbers readings and talks. Dorothy Seifert supervised with Evelyn Wiegand reading minutes Merle Francis Faye Hutson John Carson and others performed piano violin saxophone and dance pieces.
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Athenian Society
West High
Dorothy Seifert
Evelyn Wiegand
Merle Francis
Faye Hutson
John Carson
John Neuman
Eleanor Barr
Mildren Bunn
Viola
Henzie
Verona Gotch
Gretchen Jungen
Comet
Jennie Moline
Reba Miller
Katherine Or Bek
Lucy Goodrich
Glenn Hallston
Bessie Parrish
Barton Dunlavey
Maxine Lamson
Willard Clasen l
Bert Simmons
Romania
Max Leving Ston
Co M Makes A Fine Inspection Showing
Morale and discipline of Co M officers and men were declared high. Armory and equipment were found in good condition by Maj James P Woolnough Fort Snelling Minnesota who inspected Waterloo troops last night. He advised training in field service to be prepared for contingencies. Inspection covered drilling manual of arms company and squad formations tightening of necks. Co M officers listed Cap Howard J Ronse Lieut H J Ehrig and Leut J G Peune.
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Co. M
James P. Woolnough
Fort Snelling
Minn
Waterloo
Maj
Woolnough
Minnesota National Guard
Co. M Arefapt
Howard J Ronse
H. J. Ehrig
Leut J. G. Peune
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Smyrna
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Waterloo Business College
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Ray
Geiger
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