Property Versus Life In Iowa Sentencing Debate
The article profiles Paul Elliott and Kenneth Cook who received up to ten and eight year terms respectively for forgery and manslaughter. Judge H B Boles notes Iowa law permits indeterminate sentences and criticizes the disparity between penalties for property crimes versus loss of life, urging parity in sentencing. It also touches on Cold weather reports from Europe and other various society notes.
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Paul Elliott
Kenneth Cook
Donald Pint
Hfe
Iowa
H. B. Boles
Parole Board
Coolidge comments spark on shipping board and politics
President Coolidge criticizes federal business ventures amid senate moves on shipping board vessel sales. Democrats Gerry Bayard and Edwards edge toward comeback against Republican incumbents in 1930. Stock market reaction and Hoover inauguration foreshadow a potential rally. Rep. Meyer Jacobstein to retire, joining private sector as bank head. Washington hotel reservations surge for inauguration weekend. Czecho Slovakia rises in industrial fear for American manufacturers.
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United States
Peter Goelet Gerry
Rhode Island
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Jesse H. Mebcalf
Daniel GC
Hastings
Walter E. Edge
Gerry
Bayard
Edwards
Hoover
Washington
New York
Herbert Hoover
J. S Jacobstein
House
Meyer = Jacobstein
Rochester
Jacobstein
National Bank & Trust Co
Htmout
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks
District of Columbia
Germany
WIFE DIES WHILE STARBUCK TAKES GIL S BODY HOME
Mrs Edwin Starbuck wife of Dr Edwin D Starbuck head of the character education research station at the University of Iowa was found dead in bed today while her husband was in Minneapolis with the body of Miss Linnette E Nelson a department assistant who had taken her own life. Coroner George Maresh said no inquest was held and would not disclose cause of death. Nelson a graduate of the University of Minnesota left a note saying living is intolerable to one whose mind and soul betrays ideals.
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Iowa City
Edwin Starbuck
Edwin D. Starbuck
University of Iowa
Minneapolis
Linnette E. Nelson
George Maresh
Nelson
University of Minnesota
Cold Wave Grips Europe Deadly Freeze Sweeps Continents
Across Hungary Austria Germany and nearby regions a historic cold spell kills dozens and traps ships and ferries. Berlin Breslau and Constantinople report multiple deaths from freezing temperatures as wolves roam Balkans and icebound transport halts persist.
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Constantinople
Balkans
St. Sophia
Leviathan
France
Paris
Remiremont
Rheims
Moulins
Cherbourg
John J. Pershing
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Breslau
Lubniitz
Silesia
Austria
Hungary
Jugo- Slavia
Standard Oil Denies Assisting Bootleggers
Chicago February 12 Officials of the Standard Oil company Indiana labeled as absurd a claim by Representative Sproul Kansas Republican that Standard manufactured a mineral oil used by bootleggers to remove denaturants from alcohol The company said Stanolax is a mineral oil diving product and was made and sold five years before prohibition It is not a by product of prohibition the company said
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Chicago
U.P
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Sproul
Kansas Republican
Standard Company
Sald
Indiana Dry League Chief Now Milking Cows at Prison Dairy Farm
Rev. E S Shumaker of the Indiana Anti Saloon League began a 60 day sentence for contempt of the state supreme court. At the prison dairy farm he will milk cows and perform dairy duties, after years of anti liquor campaigning and legal fights.
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ES. Shumaker
Indiana State Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
Putnamville
Supreme Court
Shumaker
Dry League
Putnamvile
Indi
U.a
Indiana Anti Saloon League
State Supreme Court
Sehimaker
Ine
Eacob
Aquar
Antisaloon League
High Court
Arthur
Gilliam
Ed Jackson
Shumpker
Putmamville
Germany pleads for easier reparations terms
February 12. The German Reichsbank president Dr Hijalmar Schach told reparations experts that Germany cannot continue paying at the current rate under the Dawes plan. He outlined Germany's position at the afternoon session of the young committee, with delegates remaining tight lipped about progress.
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Associated Press
Hijalmar Schach
Reichsbank
Germany
Dr. Schact
Jake Bird Sentenced to 39 Years for Murderous Assault
Jake Bird, a Black man, was convicted of murdering an assault on G Harald Stribling in Omaha. Judge Earl Peters sentenced him to 39 years in prison after denying defense motions for a new trial.
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Council Bluffs
VPI
Jake Bird
G. Harald Stribling
Earl Peters
Poultry Sale Ad from I A Jensen Seventy-Five Leghorn Pullets
Ninety cestate 89c not clear. I A Jensen Route 8 advertises seventy five Leghorn pullets for sale at one dollar each. First party to call may purchase. Classified notice appears in The Cottier Classified.
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I. Aa. Jensen
Ff Son
Foch's Physicians Plan Consultation in Paris
Marshal Foch had a poor night and doctors planned a general consultation in the evening. Early morning reports said his condition was stationary but he was very tired and weak with a rising temperature and low pulse.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Daveniere
Degennes
Toom
Keokuk Directors Begin Fund Drive
Keokuk Ta Feb 32 first day campaign to obtain funds for Mississippi Valley Baseball franchise described as encouraging by local directors with two more days left for sponsor decision. KILLS WIFE AND SELF Gallipolis Feb 12 insurance agent H Jones 48 shot and killed wife 44 then killed himself domestic tragedies cited.
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Keokuk
Mississippi Valley
Gallipolis
Feo
H. Jones
Teachers Bill Opens Fight In Des Moines House
In Des Moines the Iowa House debated a bill raising teachers' qualification standards, adopting a drastic amendment that allows four years of high school or an equivalent to qualify. The measure, pushed by Rep. O J Reimers, sparked hours of speeches as members feared harming current rural teachers. The bill passed 93 to 8 after the compromise.
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Des Moines
INS
Senate
House
Lincoln
W. S. Baird
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Ways and Means
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Lee’ County
Clinton
J. O. Shaff
Baird
Frailey
Shaff
Stoddard
Stanley
General Assembly
O. J. Reimers
Lyon
Mall House
Judiciary Committee
Leonard Simmer
Ottumwa
L. Ww. Hall
Eldon
State Automobile Department
Automobile Department
Colui Sliay
Lincoln man objects to printing pacifist speech in journal
A Lincoln day address by Fred B. Smith of New York on fundamental patriotism sparked Republican opposition in the Iowa House. Rep. Harry Greene demanded the speech be denied print for pacifist leanings, while Rep. Walter Reno moved to lay the question over for further debate. The discussion halted as members weighed the speech and Coolidge era foreign policy references.
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Des Moines
Fred B. Smith
New York
Iowa
Harry Greene
Pottawattamie County
House Journal
Greene
Smyth
World Alliance For International Friendship
Coolidge
B. L. Venard
Walter B. Reno
Polk County
Smith
House
Lindbergh Missing Return Flight Sighting Sparks Efforts
Havana reports Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was due in the city aboard a mail flight from Belize at 1744 hours but had not arrived. Efforts to locate him focus on a possible refueling at La Fe in Pinar Del Rio, with uncertainty whether he diverted to Miami or continued to Havana.
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Havana
Charles A. Lindbergh
Belize
British Honduras
Afr
la Fe
Pinar del Rio
pan-American Airways
la Fo
Miami
Coolidge to Leave Washington March 4
Washington plans say President Coolidge will depart the capital on March 4 after inauguration ceremonies for his Northampton Massachusetts home. He may not reach Northampton the same night, but intends to go to Mrs. Coolidge's mother Mrs. Lemira Goodhue's residence as soon as possible. Des Moines reports nominee plans include a budget director to replace H L Hague and a state board of education member to replace Clayte R Porter, with action anticipated by Thursday.
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President Coolidge
Washington
Hoover
Mrs. Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Mrs. Goodhue
Coolidge
Freeerig
William Wise
D. C
White House
Senate
United States Shipping Board
Congressional
Washington, D. C
U.p
Capitol
Des Moines
Feo
H. L. Hague
State Board of Education
Clayte R. Porter
Hammill
State Senate
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