Harding era past with withdrawal of Christian name
Washington dispatch analyzes the George Christian withdrawal from a Coolidge era federal trade commission appointment as a sign of shifting power away from Harding era Ohio politicians. It argues Daugherty remains a political burden, with calls for him to step aside, while noting judicial appointment efforts and public skepticism.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Harding
George Christian
Coolidge
Federal Trade Commission
Times
Washington
Ohio
Christian
Daugherty
Attorney General
Delivery deadline notice and assistance contact
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 56:30 o'clock with a solution if late. If you fail to receive the paper by that time, please phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. calls must reach the office before 6:36 p.m.
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Thia
Hamilton County G O P Unit Backs Kenyon for President
In Lyon township Republican caucus, Judge W. S. Kenyon was named as the preferred presidential candidate. The Lyon township delegation was instructed to push for a Hamilton county Kenyon slate at the Des Moines convention on March 4. Hiram Johnson stood as second choice in the caucus.
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Webster City
Lyon Township
W. S. Kenyon
Kenyon
Hamilton County
Des Moines
Hiram Johnson
Officials Take Booze Law Pledge
Albany New York February 21 The state capitol held a conference on prohibition enforcement with municipal and law enforcement officials from across the state Gov Smith presiding They pledged cooperation with federal agencies to enforce national prohibition laws The governor urged officers to enforce the Volstead act noting its sacred status and duty despite public opinion The session ended as adjournment sounded and the gavel fell.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
State Capitol
New York State
New York Ice Storm Slows Commuters and Skill Workers
New York faced icy sidewalks after a rain storm with bright sun forecast. The street cleaning department made little progress as nine thousand men quit work. Two deaths and more than twenty injuries were reported from the storm.
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New York
Empire Aristocrat Now Pleads Poverty
Isabelle de Kerganson, 75, once a noted figure of the third French empire, testified in a Los Angeles police court that her daughters Magdalene and Henriette Sela Torre failed to support her. The court ordered the daughters to increase support and set monthly payments to the aged woman.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Isabelle de Kerganson
Magdalene
Henriette Se la Torre
Dock Strike Ends After Employers Meet Wage Demands
London February 21 British dock strike settled as workers' delegates must ratify terms. Employers concede a two shilling daily rise in two installments and agree to inquiries on maintenance and steady employment. Foodstuffs removal possible tomorrow if ratified. full resumption not expected before Monday. Leaders optimistic the agreement will be approved.
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United Press
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Dock Workers’ Delegates
Lonteht
Daugherty in Sinclair Stock Deals Under Scrutiny
Washington reports allege Attorney General Daugherty bought and sold Sinclair stock amid oil lease probes. Senate investigators study brokers records while White House and Republican leaders consider Daugherty's resignation. Sinclair and Fall era transactions linked to Teapot Dome hearings remain under open inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Daugherty
Senate Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Sinclair Stacks
Senator Wheeler
Sinclair
Lenreot
Wheeler and Walsh
Aztec Pomersena
Lodge
Massachusetts
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Republican Senate
Coolidge
Hoth Lodge
White House
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Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Lenroot
Wisconsin
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Europe
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Washington and Fineinnate
Warry M. Daugherty
McLean
Washington
Flappers and Bob Hair Get OK at Institute Meeting
Miss Nancy Gladish of Austin voices defense for flappers and bobbed hair at a farmers institute session. Professors John Firvand and H P Rusk spoke at the morning program with additional talks planned for the afternoon.
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Dixon
Nancy Gladish
Austin
Sinois
Finois Farmers’ Institute
Miss Gladish
John Firvand
Town State College
H. P. Rusk
University of Timois
Wetitute
Mellon Denies Knowledge of Mellon Interests Campaign
Secretary Mellon rejects John R. Quinn’s charge that Mellon or his associates funded and directed a campaign against the soldiers’ bonus. He says he has no involvement with any corporations opposing the bonus and that he has not contributed to such activity. Quinn claims Mellon’s business network coerced employees to oppose the measure and that the Mellon fortune funds paid propaganda.
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Washington, D. C
Mellon
John R. Quinn
American Legion
Quinn
Altho
Jall
Photographer Ro Magnoli Returns After Vesuvius Flight
Napies Feb 21 an aviator photographer of the International News reel Romagnoli and four companions completed a seven minute flight over the crater of Vesuvius. Their seaplane disappeared amid smoke leading to unconfirmed death reports, but Romagnoli has now fully recovered. He captured numerous photographs during the hazardous ascent.
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Umberto Ro Magnoli
Moon
Vesuvius
Romagnoli
Romiagnoli
Mrs. W. F. Muse Dies After Stroke in Mason City
Mrs. W F Muse wife of the editor of the Globe Gazette died from a paralysis stroke at her Mason City home after 1 30 this morning Funeral planned for Saturday afternoon She is survived by a daughter Miss Elizabeth and Mr Muse Born in Ohio and raised at Cedar Rapids she taught in Cedar Rapids schools before marrying in 1889 The couple lived in Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa prior to moving to Mason City
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Mason City
WF. Muse
Glnobe-Gazette
Shere
Muse
Elizabeth
James Dunecan
United Presbyterian
Itu
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Ottumia
Carter in Courts to Save Tut Tomb
Howard Carter’s counsel sought a writ in Cairo to stop the Egyptian government from breaking open the Tut-Ankh-Amen tomb and to permit Carter to resume exploration. Egyptian antiquities director M. Lacau had ordered Luxor reopened despite ongoing protection measures.
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Carter
Tut Tomb
Cairo
Egypt
Howard Carter
Tut-Ankh- Amen
M. Lacau
Luxor
Vanderlip ready to spend six hundred thousand on suit
Frank A. Vanderlip welcomed a $600,000 libel suit brought by Louis J. Brush and Roy D. Moore against him over accusations tied to the Marion Star sale. He urged court proceedings as a purge of corruption and defended his patriotic motive in exposing alleged government mismanagement and press silence, pledging to spend as needed to reveal facts.
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Uuto Press
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Louis J. Brush
Roy D. Moore
Marion Star
Vanderlip
Warren G. Mardiog Cu
United States
Iment
Sensator Walsh
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Forbes
Gort
Farm union leader accuses Ames college of political machine
Milo Reno of the Farmers Educational and Co Operative union told Iowa farmers in Creston that Iowa State College’s Ames campus runs as a political machine with 99 county agents spreading propaganda He said the union predates bankers and trusts and demands higher crop prices not more credit
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International News
Creston
Milo Reno
Agency
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative, Union
Towa State College Agricultural
Coolidge Support Strength Noted in Iowa Caucuses
Des Moines reports quote J Addison Parker campaign viutager noting widespread “Coolidge for president” sentiment in Iowa caucuses this week. Parker says indirect reports indicate strong support across many sections of the state.
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Des Moines
Coolidge
J. Addison Parker
Iowa
Parker
Coollege
Rep Dupre Dies at Home in Washington
Henry Garland Dupre member of congress from Louisiana second district died this morning at his Washington home following a stroke of apoplexy.
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Rep. Dupre
Washington
Washingto
D.C
Peh
Army Flier Killed in Canal Zone Fall
Private Edward Abernathy of the U S Army was killed and three others injured when their plane crashed at Cristobal in the Canal Zone on Wednesday.
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Canal Zone
Sol Bloom Cited by Elections Board Over NY District Fraud
Washington February 21 An elections committee investigating fraud in Sol Bloom's Nineteenth New York district recommended unsenting the Democrat said to be connected to horse-trading and irregularities in his election. The report cites charges and committee findings from the inquiry.
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Washington, DY. C
Sol Bloom
Demorat
Ltron
New York
Disjtricts
Coolidge Names Warren Ambassador to Mexico City
President Coolidge completed American recognition of Mexico by nominating Charles J. Warren of Detroit as ambassador to Mexico City. Warren, a former ambassador to Japan, had recently served as a special envoy to Mexico to negotiate claims conventions.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Coolidge
Charles J. Warren
Detroit
Mexico City
White House
Obregon
Warren
Japan
North American National Fire Insurance under state scrutiny
Des Moines hearings reveal Iowa insurance officials challenged North American National Fire Insurance Company receivership. Senator Browne alleges fraud and stock irregularities while Kendrick notes limited jurisdiction over dividends and salaries. Law changes urged to empower examination and protect solvency.
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State Insurance
North American National Fire Insurance Company
Associated Press
Des Moines
Senate
Kiva
North American
Browne
Jackson County
North America
Casa
W. R. C. Kenirick
John A. Thompson
Kendrick
Wichmen
Hancock County
Inter-Ocean Company of
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Life & Annuity Company
Inter-Ocean
National Travelers Casualty Company
Wichman
Comece Iown
Insurance Department
Compan
General Assembly
MacVicar Charges Funny Business in Waterworks Deal
Jey Moings reports that MacVicar, public safety superintendent, accuses rivals in Des Moines city politics of dirty campaign funding. He says campaign expenses were paid by a streetcar franchise backer and criticizes the municipal water plant purchase, once valued at 860000, later offered near 4500000.
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Jey Moings
Ijohn MacVicar
Public Safety
Cumber of Couyseree
Greater Des Moines
Theel Cay Company
Denver School in Ta. Burns. Damages Estimated at 60,000
Fire gutted the Denver school, with losses around 60,000 and insurance about 10,040. Low water pressure hampered firefighting as flames spread through the attic and brick walls warped beyond repair. The blaze started around sunset and may have been caused by wiring or a chimney defect. Plans consider using the nearby Dieckmann store as a temporary school until replacement.
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Denver
O P. Om
Enire
John’ Sass
Wilk
O17
Diekmann
Police Raid Hits West Side Cafe Seizures Reported
Chicago authorities seized 100 cases and four barrels of beer 100 gallons of wine and 15 gallons of assorted liquors in a West Side cafe raid. Courts had ruled the city could not license or regulate soft drink parlors allowing continued beer sales.
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Chicago
West Side
Canada Sends Cold Wave for Iowans
A northwestern Canada cold wave threatens Iowa with zero weather today as forecasts show frigid conditions statewide. Washington reports civil service action naming L T Roberts as Clinton postmaster candidate with support from Representative Wall and presidential nomination expected. Fire in Chicago destroys 180 autos and trucks valued at about 790000. Oklahoma City notes death of Bishop Theophile Meerschaer, 73, from pneumonia.
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Tos Mates
Canada
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission Today
Post Office Department
L. Tf. Roberts
Clinton
Wall
Oklahoma City
Okla
Theophile Meerschaer
Oklahoma
Loddy
Poison Widow Sentenced to 20 Years in Wisconsin
In Elkhorn Wisconsin February 21 Myrtle Schande of Whitewater pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in her husband’s death and to attempted poisoning of her four children. She collapsed as the sentence of 20 years in the state prison was pronounced and cried in court stating she loved her children. Prosecution said she poisoned her husband and tried to kill the children to be free to marry a former boarder.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Myrtle
Sehuude
Whitewater
Senator Greene Shows Some Improvement
Senator Frank J. Greene of Vermont, injured in a Friday night shooting near his hotel, was described as slightly improved today at the emergency hospital in Washington D C. Authorities suspected a bootlegger or a prohibition agent in a fight near Greene’s Morel lodging.
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Washington, D. C
Frank J. Greene
Vermont
Greene
Jin
Morel
Wilson's Widow Granted Postal Frank in Senate Action
Washington February 21 The senate this afternoon passed a bill extending the postal franking privilege to Edith Bolling Wilson widow of Woodrow Wilson The measure was sponsored by Senator Swanson Democrat of Virginia
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Washington, D. C
Edith Bolling Wilson
Woodrow Wison
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Engine Crew Killed by Boiler Explosion
Danville Indiana February 21 two railroad workers Frank Baker engineer Hammond Indiana and Jess Meyer fireman Danville were killed when the boiler of a freight locomotive exploded at Enos Indiana sixty miles north of Danville in a train accident on February 21.
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DanviNe
Frank Baker
Hammond
Ind
Jess Meyer
Danville
Enos. Ind
Here
Evans Abandons Iowa Eighth District Nomination Fight
Creston Iowa February 21 Judge H K Evans Corydon who was chosen in 1922 to fill the vacancy left by H M N Towner will not enter the race for the Republican nomination for United States representative in Iowa eighth district. The contest centers on State Senator Lloyd Thurston Ogden and Charles Hindley Centerville with other potential contenders including B W Garrett Leon Dan Turner Corning and Earl Wergusen Shenandoah.
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News Wire
Creston
United States
Eighth
H. K. Evans
Corydon
H. NM. Towner
Lloyd Thurston
Ogcefois
Charles Hindley
Centersville
B.W. Garrett
Leon
Iowa Supreme Court
Dan Turner
Corning
Earl Wergusen
Shenanidoah
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