Waterloo Rath Packing strike follows union contract rejection
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers union members walk out at Rath Packing in Waterloo after rejection of a local agreement. About 90 percent of 460 workers out, others to join. Rath cites internal dissension and no wage cut. Union argues safeguards under federal board awards.
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Waterloo
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers ‘Union
Rath
Building Trades Hall
J.H. Davis
Omabs
Torlowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
C. Demimell
J. W. Rath
Rat
Mr. Rath
Rath Packing Company
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers’ Union
Chicago
Butchers’ Union
Ath Packing Company
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Seck
Davis
J. H. Davis
Amalgamated Mest Cutters and Butchers Union
Federal Board of Arbitration
Alschuler
Isbor Board
Canned Fruits on Coast See Major Price Cuts
California Packing announces sweeping price cuts for jobbers and wholesalers on several canned fruits. Ware apricots drop from 4.55 to 2.16 per dozen, cherries from 5.30 to 3.20, peaches from 4.90 to 3.20, pears from 5.50 to 3.65 per dozen. Advance notice of Hawaii pineapple reductions is also given.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Cailifornia Packing Corporation
California
Telegraph Briefs From Around The World
AP dispatches report across cities: Allison lands in New York after a 33 hour 20 minute transcontinental flight from San Francisco. Nations discuss Yap mandate at Paris. Harding plans oath on Washingtons Bible in New York. Senate approves 41.0 million agricultural bill, Denver miners file ore claims, Kramer raids a still in Greenville, Tumulty offered on international commission, 164 354 passports issued in 1920, London conference not yet staffed, Winslow pill critique urges veto on rail payments.
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Associated Press
New York
Allison Land
Jad
San Francisco
Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
Japan
Yap
Paycific
D. C
Harding
George Washington
D ‘Washington
Senate
Denver
Galo
Greenville
S. C
Kramer
Washington
Columbus
Washion
Berlin
London
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Winslow
Wife in Quandary When Dead Man Returns From War
Mrs Grace Williams Robertson of Lafayette Georgia faces a dilemma as a man believed dead in France returns aboard the Aquitania. She had remarried after her first husband Fred Williams went missing in 1917 and was declared dead in 1913. She plans a quiet meeting to decide the future with both husbands.
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United Press
Lafayette
Grace Williams-Robertson
Fred Williams
France
War Department
Aquitania
Williams
Robertson
Circle Squared by Virginia Architect Takes 40 Years
Wheeling West Virginia February 24 Joseph Leiner 62 architect and engineer claims to have solved the ancient problem of squaring the circle after forty years of work He plans to apply for a Nobel prize saying astronomy will benefit most and the discovery will prevent scientists from going crazy over the equation He asserts the method will verify earth Mars distance calculations and bring wide global benefits.
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United Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph Leiner
Leiner
Lerner
Earth
Mers
20000 Idle Negroes in Chicago Draw No Money Out
The Associated Press reports Chicago's unemployed Black population totals about 20000 with no bank withdrawals amid the business downturn. Bank deposits remain largely stable as Browz and Arthur note few withdrawals and continued local arrival from Michigan and Ohio automotive regions.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Phil H. Browz
Republican National Committee
George Arthur
Michigan
Ohio
Appraisers Named in Inchord Land Case
H. C. Moeller names five appraisers to assess damages from eminent domain for the Finchford consolidated independent school district. They will meet at 1 p.m. March 7. A. J. Edwards, W. C. Leland and F. L. Marquis named again as collateral inheritance tax appraisers for Black Hawk county 1921.
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H. C. Moeller
P. Hoover
W. F. Parrott
J. L. Stout
Finchford Consolidated Independent
A. J. Edwards
W. C. Leland
F. L. Marquis
Black Hawks
Farmer Boys Hit Convention With Rough Jolt in Germany
Fifteen American farmer boys from Indiana Kansas and Texas on a 16 day tour of Germany greeted officials with blunt greetings and shared stories of large farms and hungry children who need milk. They defended speaking English and praised Germany while noting the country’s inequality.
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Farmer-Boys
Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
United States
Indiana
Kansas
Texas
Kansan
Herr Schmidt
Templehof
Bochum
Indy
America
Continue Probe of Bank Commissioner Continues in Des Moines
Des Moines February 24 investigation into the conduct of the office of M W Henderson Jr state banking commissioner will continue this afternoon, after Henderson testified there was nothing irregular and he denied any influence in securing a Farmington Iowa bank charter.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
M. W. Henderson, Jr
Joint Legislative Committee
Henderson
Farmington
Three Men Die In Premature Mine Explosion
United Press reports a premature blast in mine No. 3 at Centralia Washington killed three men. Harry Warren’s body has been recovered and rescuers search for the others, with belief they will not survive.
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United Press Centralia
Harry Warren
Radio Station Bill Delayed To Next Congress Session
Washington February 24 The government control bill for radio operations will be pushed to the next congressional session according to Senator Poindexter and will be examined by the senate naval committee in hearings then. Ajax Rubber says it passes its quarterly dividend of 1 dollar per share due to business conditions, continuing the payments since November 1920.
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Uniited Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Poindexter
Senate Naval Committee
Swiles and Kinks From Today's Wires
United Press reports a string of lighthearted items from across the country. In New York Salvatore Santore suffered a peculiar injury while a hollow wooden im wrench caused a scare with a care in his arm.
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United
Quebec Liquor Monopoly Bill Renews Political Stakes
In Montreal, Premier Taschereau pressures the Quebec commission to pass a bill that would halt whisky running and place liquor trade under government control. The plan aims to ban private exports, set prices, and reduce profits for dealers while projecting cheaper liquor and a tourism-driven demand.
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United Press
Montreal
Canada
United States
Quebec Commission
Taschereau
Quebec
350th Infantry First Reunion At Hotel Russell Lamson
The 350th Infantry Eighty eighth division holds its first reunion at Hotel Russell Lamson with about 40 members present. Officers elected include Hari Dickinson president J J Sullivan vice president and W Beebe secretary treasurer. A luncheon, smoker, and theatre party are planned with a final banquet tomorrow. notable members listed with hometowns across Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska.
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Russell- Lamson
Hari Dickinson
J. J. Sullivan
Ww. Beebe
Albert C. Wegger
On Eighty-signth
Earl Dickinson
Cedar Ae
Sist
Council Bluffs
A. W. Beebe
Glenn Braden
Dows
Albert Dubigue
Frank Mead
Emmetsbure
Jim Pruett
Rochester
Minn
Russgell Hayes
Denison
Trew Erté
Dubuque
Joan Duffy
Vare' Ostaaf DeVoider
Pomeroy
Frank Mater
Heilevie Warner
Beddon
Waukon
F. J. Neal
Sac City
Harry
Ryan
Fairbank
J. Gottner
Cedar Walls
Clyde Coulthard
Gravity
Prank
Tarsy
Dyersville
Gale Dutler
Waverleo
Harveys J. Fries
Tripoli
Albert
Werner
Carroll
Apt Wunder
West Liberty
Walter L. Akers
Minneapolis
Everett Poulkner
Jim
Olaf
Nowell
B.C. Connor
Oelwein
Reuben F. Blacketer
Ulysses
Neb
Lois Johanson
Boone
Eugene Read
Watertoor
Kirkwood Olson
Cedar Falls
James Collar
Albert F. Faber
Alison
Matt Johns
Waverly
Magnus Buda
William J. Hesse
Denver
Minneapolis Builder Charles F Haglin Dies at Sea
Charles F Haglin a 62 year old wealthy Minneapolis building contractor died of a heart attack while wintering in Los Angeles. He and Mrs Haglin were there when he collapsed. The body will be shipped to Minneapolis for burial.
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United. Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles F. Haglin
Minneapolis
Tie
Harding to shake up machinery of FYECUT
St Augustine February 24 President elect Harding moves to overhaul the executive branch as he completes cabinet formation He plans a reorganized government with a new department of public welfare and a division of industrial research He may abolish some subdivisions and create a transportation department grouping shipping and railway agencies
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Associated Press
St. Augustine, Frs
Harding
Reorganization Commission
Congress
Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Shipping Board
Department of Transportation
Mahnke Halts Erection of Large Cedar Street Billboard
Building Commissioner Edward Mahnke, directed by the Major, stopped work on a 50 by 10 foot sign along Cedar Street near Bridge Street. Mayor Frisbie says the frame would block the view for approaching traffic and danger exists. The halt follows Section 697 of Waterloo ordinances requiring a permit from the building commissioner. A new sign ordinance is anticipated at the next city council meeting.
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Edward Mahnke
Cedar Street
Mill Race
Bridge Street
Cettar Street
Frisbie
City of
Waterloo
Cesar Street
Old Fashioned Well Condemned After Illness Outbreak
Sanitary inspector C. J. McDermott condemned and sealed an old fashioned well at 315 Tenth Street East after several residents, including four women, became seriously ill. Water from surface runoff during thawing was blamed. chemists found no typhoid germs but poor quality. Citizens urged to boil surface well water. deep city water is safe.
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C. J. McDermott
Retha Hennessey
Tenth Street
Health Department
Dempster sells Cedar Falls coal business to Johnson
Cedar Falls February 24 special report J M Dempster today disposed of his coal business located at Main and Twenty second streets to Charles Johnson for an undisclosed price.
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Cedar Falls
J. M. Dempster
Main
Twenty-second Streets
Charles Johnson
Mayor ends secret city council sessions
Mayor Frisbie announces a reform in city government ending private two to three hour conferences. Regular semi monthly meetings will start at 8 PM in the council chamber on the municipal court room third floor with all councilmen present. The move has backing from the councilmen who were asked.
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Munnicipal
Frisbie
Davenport Woman Dies By Her Own Action In Grinnell
Davenport Ia Feb 24 Mrs Ed ta Riley 26 Davenport Ia committed death by own action at the home of Mrs M A Sears here late yesterday by drinking two ounces of carbolic water. Mrs Riley was preparing to join her husband in Davenport when she ran to an upper room and drank the poison leaving a note to her parents saying she had gone to nieces.
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United Press
Grinnell
Edta Riley
Davenport
M. A. Sears
Robber Winds Bank Of Montreal Cash Securites Stolen
A bold daytime robbery at the Bank of Montreal in Toronto stole nearly $20,000 in cash and about $11,000 in securities from a teller's box. The incident occurred in the bank's head office on February 24. Police are investigating the daring theft and seeking suspects.
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Bank of Montreal
Associated Press
Toronto
Bolshevik Propaganda Targeted Armies, Nolan Testifies
Brig. Gen. Nolan told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the Third International directed radicals to erode military morale and attack officers in Europe and the United States. He cited a Swiss report detailing bolshevik concentrations totaling about one million troops across Europe and Asia, with 500,000 armed.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Bag
America
D. E. Nolan
Army Intelligence Division
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Nolan
Third Internationale
Moscow
Europe
United States
Switzerland
Baltic-Black Sea
Finland
Baltic
Esthenia
Latvia
Poland
Asia Minor
Caucasus
North -Persia
Trans-Baikal
Central
Krasnoarsk
Tkestan
Totel
Will Seek to Repeal Iowa Anticigaret Law
Des Moines Feb 24 United Press reports Representative Dodd Howard county will introduce a bill to repeal the Iowa cigaret law. The measure would license cigarette sales through the secretary of state to generate revenue and address widespread violations, as supporters argue prohibition is nearly impossible to enforce.
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United Pressj
Des Moines
Iowa Assembly
Dodd
Howard County
Iowa
Friends of the Bil
Widow MacSwiney to Remarry Art OBrien in Dublin
London report says Mrs Terence MacSwiney widow of the hunger striker will wed Art OBrien secretary of the Irish Self Determination league. The note mixes with a Riverside California citrus item noting the squirtless tangelo and its origins in Florida years ago.
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United Press
London
Terence MacSwiney
Art O'Brien
Irish Self Determination League
the Star
House Passes Bill to Legalize Boxing in Iowa
Tes Moines reports the Iowa House passed the Lake bill to legalize boxing and place it under a state commission by a 60 to 44 vote this afternoon.
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House
Associated Press
Tes Moines
Iowa
Divorce Granted in Gross Petition in Hampton Farm Family
Percy Snyder was granted a divorce from Laura Ty Snyder in a gross petition case. The decree requires Snyder to pay $2,000 alimony, $200 to the plaintiff’s attorney, and division of personal property as settled. Mrs Snyder sought $5,000 alimony but the court awarded the specified terms.
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Armer
Percy Snyder
New
Hampton Farmer
Laura Ty Snyder
Jack Pickford Stricken By Bronchial Pneumonia
Los Angeles February 24 Jack Pickford actor is reported to have bronchial pneumonia but physicians say he is not in danger.
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Jack Pickford
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Nab Armed German in Ex Kaiser's Home
A German youth armed with a revolver reportedly slipped through guards at the former Kaiser’s Doorn estate but was captured inside the grounds. Reports could not be confirmed.
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Nab
Associated Press
Doorn
Former Iowa Writer Harvey Michael Dies in Los Angeles
Des Moines reports former Des Moines Capital sporting editor Harvey Michael died at his Los Angeles home Wednesday. He previously wrote features for The Ottumwa Courier and contributed to Des Moines journalism.
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Iowa
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Des Moines
Harvey Michael
Des Moines Capital
Ottumwa Courier
Cal
Steamship fares to Europe rise 10 percent for first class
New York February 24. Effective today first class passenger fares from the United States to European ports are advanced 10 percent. The increase does not apply to second class or steerage rates.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
U S Claims Quarter Interest in Split of German Spoils
Washington reports state department officials say the dispute over the Yap mandate and Pacific island Tap is among powers who held the mandate. The United States contests the Yap grant as noted in separate notes to Britain France Italy and Japan. Greece may reply to documents shown to Premier Kalogoropoulos.
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Lloyd George
Bekir
Kalogoropoulos
Greece
Diopste
Washington
State Department
League of Nations
Pacific Island
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
League Council
Italy
Standard Oil Agents Hold Marketing Conferences
Forty Standard Oil of Indiana agents from the Dubuque district attended meetings at Ells hotel over two days to discuss general marketing conditions and other business matters. Allen Jackson and R G Stewart, from Chicago, joined the sessions led by J M Eckert and P J Quinlan in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Ells Hotel
Com Meny
Iowa
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Allen Jackson
R. G. Stewart
Chicago
J. M. Eckert
P. J. Quinlan
Young student fined for passing bad checks
Joseph Kelisy of Elma Iowa, a student in Waterloo, admitted issuing false checks in municipal court. The judge fined him 75 dollars plus costs and his father attended the proceedings, vowing to make good the checks and take the boy home to curb spending temptations.
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Joseph Kelisy
Elma
Waterloo
Cure Claims Piles Relief From Internal Method
A letter from Tad Le Leon of Homer Michigan praises an internal piles treatment as curing him after years of failed remedies. The writer urges others to request a free trial of the method, promising relief regardless of age occupation or location and urging immediate action.
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Michigan
Homer
Mir
Jacob Lyon
Kalyan
E.R Page
Marshaill
Tad le Leon
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Clinton
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Henry J. Webber
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