Harding Reopens Tour of Speaking on West Coast
President Harding resumes coastwise speaking with Seattle stop planned Friday. On the U S S Henderson en route to Vancouver the president will address issues from Alaska trip summaries to foreign affairs and agricultural policy. He aims to respond to rural discontent highlighted by Minnesota results and may address Senator Brookhart’s recent remarks in California. The journey includes Seattle, San Francisco, and a Seattle speech as gateway to Alaska with fishing plans in Campbell River.
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George R. Holmes
International News
U. 8. S. Henderson
Warding
Vancouver
B. C
Harding
Seattle
San Diego
Tacoma
St. Louis
Hutchinson
Alaska
Sacra- Tmmeota
Cal
Brook T
Iowa
Washington
Minnesota
San Francisco
Henderson
Charlotte Sound
Campbell River
Canada
Bouquet of 25 000 Flowers Represents Temperance Converts
A 23 000 flower bouquet was presented to Anna A Gordon, WCTU president, symbolizing new members since June 14 1923. The arrangement filled a 15 by 20 foot room and included cones from Maine, roses from Iowa Minnesota from Minnesota and diverse southern California blooms. California led with 7254 new members, Iowa 2395, Illinois 2000, Indiana 1391, Minnesota 1163, with other states still reporting enrollments.
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Chicago
Anna A. Gordon
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Maine
Towa
Minnesota
California
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Shooting Spree Ends in Self Inflicted Wound
Kansas City dispatch reports Boyd Meyer twenty one shot himself at midnight after seeing his former fiancee Ted Lawrence ride with rival B F Kimball. Meyer had courted Miss Lawrence for about a year and pursued her when she declined a ride. He followed in a separate car and fired as Kimball turned into a yard, then collapsed at the wheel as patrolmen reached the auto.
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United Press
Kansas City
Boyd Meyer
Meyer
Ted" Lawrence
Sailboat Intruder Wins Chicago Mackinac Race
Intruder won the Chicago Mackinac yacht race on Lake Michigan with a time of 54 hours 31 minutes and 3 seconds. The vessel and its competitors departed Chicago on Saturday for the event ending at Mackinac Island.
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Lake Michigan
Mackinac Island
Nmich
Chicago Mackinac
Chicago
Towa Tennis Tourney at Fort Dodge Enters Third Fourth Rounds
In July 24 the Northwest Iowa tennis tournament advanced into the third and fourth rounds. Clayton Paige, title holder, moved into the fourth round by defeating Don Farran. Third round entrants include J Muel Hall, Don Hamilton, F A Niver, George Baker, John Barr, E L Potter, A C Lynch, D D Alyger, C Rorem, H B Pilcher. First round matches started for women singles and men doubles with Mia Gowan Williams and Laura Fry among possible semifinalists.
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Associated Press
Dodge
Northwest Iowa
Clayton Paige
Don Farran
Roan
J. Muelhall
Fort Dodge
Don Hamilton
Bedford
F. A. Niver
Laverne
George Baker
Ellsworth
John Barr
Texas
E. L. Potter
Cedar Rapides
Senator Brookhart Quieted by Hughes in Moscow Visit
Washington dispatch reports Senator Brookhart plans to speak on his Europe trip before the next Congress session. He pressed Secretary Hughes for Soviet recognition, but left with no statement after a brief meeting with reporters and a barbershop stop on the way to the State Department.
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Washington News
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Congress
Hawkeye State
Brockhart
Philadelphia
Pablo Leger
Smith Wilda Brockhart
Iowa
Hughes
Europe
Moscow
State Department
Feed Wheat to Hogs and Save Corn Crop
Kansas City reports from Missouri and Kansas state schools of agriculture urge feeding wheat to hogs given current prices. Wheat values surpass corn when used for pork, with trials showing faster gains and less grain per pound of pork. Experts caution about holding wheat for higher prices.
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Kansas City
State Schools of Agriculture of
Missouri
Kansas
L. A. Weaver
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Missouri Experiment Station
TH. Umberger
Kansas State Agricultural College
Bank Accepts Stolen Securities as Loan Collateral
A bill in equity filed in common pleas court by American and Foreign Marine Insurance Co. charges the Corn Exchange National Bank with negligence for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock believed stolen in a New York malt truck robbery two years ago as collateral for loans to Remix Oil Co. and its president Emmons Gardner, who signed the notes.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas
American & Foreign Marine Insurance Co
New York City
Corn Exchange National Bank
New York
Remix Oil Company
Emmons Gardner
Gardner
Wheat Growers to Control Half Crop Initiative
Spokane reports American Wheat Growers with Minneapolis HQ plans to sign up 65 percent of wheat production in 11 states by July 1, 1924 and form a price fixing board of farmers to set home consumption prices. W. J. Brown, president, says the movement covers 409 million bushels or half of national output.
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Spokane
Wash
American Wheat Growers
Minneapolis
W. J. Brown
Seek to Unite M. E. Church North South at Cleveland
A joint commission conference opens in Cleveland to unify the northern and southern branches of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The sole remaining divide concerns administration with minority protection and the 106 question as key issues. Leaders expect quick unification.
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Cleveland
Methodist Episcopal Cntirch
Grand Lodge to Lay Corner Stone at Valley Junction School
Grand Master Mito J. Gabriel of the A F L and A M M announces the Grand Lodge will officiate at laying the corner stone of a new junior high school in Valley Junction on July 30. Deputy Grand Master HM Belt of Des Moines probably will lead the ceremony. In another item, final arguments begin in the William Ruizzard murder trial in Lewisburg as the miners’ uprising case nears trial end.
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Blazzsky
Lewisburg
W.a
William Ruizzard
King
County
Schwab testifies on wartime shipbuilding and avoiding relatives
Charles M. Schwab, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, testifies in the Morse conspiracy trial in Washington. He describes yard shortages and the need for ships, recalls urging a $75,000 loan to the Morses’ Virginia Shipbuilding plant, and warns against employing relatives in business. He says Morse’s sons resisted his counsel and notes his stance on family in business.
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Morse
Associated Press
Washingtam
D. C
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Charles WW. Morse
Schwab
Tynes
Pril
Iie
Charles W. Morse
Atttorney Nash Rockford
Charles Plez
Fleet Corporation
Alexandria
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
Morses
Plez
Ehipa
Susy
Meat Losses Through Bruised Cattle Drop in 1922
Chicago July 24. The Humane Society reports 12,445,386 cattle killed in 1922 across 68 markets, 1,498,246 bruised. Meat loss averaged a half pound per head versus a full pound in 1921. Improvement credited to better handling in transit and yards. Hog losses also improved though more variable in new markets. The study notes conditions normalizing and 1923 showing further gains.
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Chicago
Minists Humane Society
Consolidation of Daily Paners Goes Merrily Forward
Rochester July 24 The Evening Post Express Republican founded in 1853 has been purchased by William Randolph Karst publisher of the Rochester Evening Journal The two papers will be merged with the former name dropped and personnel for the present remaining unchanged.
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Rochester
New York
Evening Post-Express
Republican
William Randolph Karst
Rochester Evening Journal
Claims California's earthquakes Really Not Very Dangerous
Southern California nearly forgot the Sunday night quake that reached the Arizona line. Burglar alarms rang, artesian wells flowed after years, and geologist Ralph Arnold said more quakes will occur but danger to human life remains negligible compared with lightning, storms, or floods.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Bernardino
Redland
California
Arizona State Line
Ralph Arnold
Bank Hold Up At Busy Toronto Corner
Six bandits in a car held up three bank messengers at the busy King and Xonge streets intersection in Toronto. The robbers fled with pouches believed to hold thousands of dollars. Initial police reports claimed one of the men was killed and two wounded, possibly mortally.
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Toronto
King and Xonge Streets
German Protests End With Prosecutioner's Death Riots
London reports from Berlin say communist disturbances in Frankfort led to violent clashes with police. Public prosecutor Dr. Haas was killed, his wife and father injured, and his private residence looted as shops remained closed. Gov Noske banned outdoor meetings next Sunday to curb further unrest.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Berlin
Frankfort
Haas
Dr. Haas
Noske
Hanover
Germany
Crooks Kill Officer in Arkansas Gun Battle
City Detective George W. Moore was killed and Detective L. W. Hay was seriously wounded in a gun battle here today during an arrest attempt on two unidentified confidence men. Officers were acting on a tip about stolen diamonds to be delivered to a fence at a local rooming house when gunfire erupted as they entered.
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Little Rock
Ark
George W. Moore
L. W. Hay
Princess Imprisoned for Ehrhardt Escape
Leipzig July 24 Princess Maserethe von Hohenrlohe Oberringen was sentenced to six months in prison for aiding her lover Captain Ehrhardt to escape a fortnight earlier. The royalist officer, famed for his Kapp putsch exploits, had been hunted by German authorities for months after the failed coup etat.
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Leipzig
Mas
One Prisoner Killed in Napanoch Mess Hall Riot
In Enlenville New York on July 24 a riot at the Napanoch home for menial delinquents left one prisoner dead and one guard dying. Seven guards suffered serious injuries as Phillip Sasso a Porto Rican man led the disturbance. He died from a fractured skull after falling to the concrete floor.
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Enlenville
N. Y
Napanoch
Phillip Sasso
90 Minute Parking Limit for Rapids in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids council approved a 90 minute parking limit in the business district effective August 1 after a special session. A petition signed by many local merchants urged a 30 minute limit to ease traffic congestion.
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Cedar Rapids
103 Dead 200 Hurt in Bulgarian Wreck
Paris reports 103 killed and 200 injured in a collision between two Bulgarian trains near Sofia. A Sofia dispatch to Intransigeant details the disaster as the largest telegraph and telephone company story notes that the majority of its stockholders are women.
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Paris
Sofia
Plans to decentralize Veterans Bureau to cut expenses
Washington dispatch reports director Brank T Innes plans to dismantle the United States Veterans Bureau by shifting rehabilitation and hospitalization duties to local branches and transferring insurance and compensation divisions to another department. The move aims to reduce Washington workload and save admin costs, aided by American Legion pressure over pension reexaminations.
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International News Wiro
Washington, D. C
United States Veterans‘ Bureau
Washington
Brank T. Innes
Dry Agents Now May Chase Loggers Over Canadian Boundary
United States prohibition enforcement agents will be allowed to cross into wet provinces of Canada to pursue rum runners narcotic smugglers and automobile thieves. Sherman A. Cunes, rep of national prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haines, announced after a conference with S. B. Qvale who returned from Winnipeg. Recommendations call for more agents to guard a 30 mile border stretch between Minnesota and Manitoba where no customs officials are stationed. The area from Warroad to St. Vincent, Minnesota, is cited as unsupervised.
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Minneapolis
Minn
United States Prohibition Enforcement
Canada
Sherman A. —Cunes
Roy A. Haines
S. B Qvale
Winnipeg
Qvale
Minnesota
Manitoba
Pha
Warroad
St. Vincent
Petition for Divorce Reveals Marriage in Los Angeles
Superior Court heard Helen Ghanwick a film actress seek divorce from William Wellman on desertion grounds. They wed just over a year ago, and she requests restoration of her maiden name Mary Helene Chadwick. The action surprised the film world as few knew of the marriage.
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Los Angeles
William Wellman
Superior Court
Helen Ghanwick
Mary Helene Chadwick
New Head of Home Economics Named in Agriculture Bureau
Dr. Loise Stanley, native of Nashville Tennessee and dean of home economics at the University of Missouri, Columbia, has been chosen by Secretary Wallace to head the newly established bureau of home economics in the department of agriculture in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Loise Stanley
Nashville, Tenn
University of Missouri, Columbia
Wallace
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Burt Peak Died At Presbyterian Hospital After Short Illness
Burt Peak night clerk at Hotel Hummel died early today at Presbyterian hospital from complications. Body at Peterson Bros mortuary awaiting funeral plans pending locating his wife and relatives. Ed Peak of Creston notified. Joseph J. Garvin funeral Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Kistner chapel. Mary Eloise Murphy buried Reinbeck after death at St Francis hospital. Mrs W F Smith and baby Joseph William hold funeral Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. from St Marys church.
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Burt Pear
Burt Peak
Hotel Hummel
Presbyterian Hospital
Peterson Bros
Joseph J. Garvin
Kistner
W. C. Kelford
Buryat
Patryiew
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Mary Eloise Murphy
Mary Eloise
James Il. Murphy
Reinbeck
St. Francis Hospital
W. F. Smith
W. FR. Smith
Joseph Wiliam
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Maurus Eberie
Calvary
Commodity Rates Hearings Opened in Des Moines
The Iowa hearings on a petition by five companies for lower commodity freight rates opened before the state railroad commission in Des Moines and are expected to continue. Testifying are industry reps from Iowa Nebraska Canners association National Grit & Stucco Co Benedict Flour & Feed Co Keokuk Electro Metal Co and various rail lines with Des Moines as a witness base. government official Waller Constantin assists as assistant commerce coloniel representing town shippers.
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Des Moises
State Railyroad Commission
Iowa- Nebraska Canners’, Association
National Grit & Stucco Co
Briggs & Turivas
Benedict Flour & Feed Co
Keokuk Electro Metal Company
Des Moines
Wabash Railway
State Railroad Commission
Jis
Waller Conistan
Commerce Coloniel
Thee Town Shippers
Flanders Children Challenge Million Will Disinheritance
Walter H. Flanders auto manufacturer left $1.5 million to his fifth wife Norma Flanders while three former wives and four children were disinherited. The disinherited heirs, led by Charles F. Rathbun, will appeal to the circuit court within 30 days after probate was granted by Assistant Probate Judge E W Hiatt.
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Chicago
Walter HE
Flanders
Dil J
Norma Flanders
Charles F. Rathbun
Therr
Rathbun
E.W. Hiatt
Seek Boy Runaway from Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police are asked to search for Teddy Lloyd a 15 year old son of W B Lloyd a Chicago Daily News distributor who vanished from the Lincoln hotel last night He previously disappeared four weeks ago and was found in Iowa City His father believes he may have gone to Davenport a former family home
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Cedar Rapids
Teddy Lloyd
W. B. Lloyd
Chicago Daily News
Lincoln Hotel
Iowa City
Davenport
Bobbed Hair Sparks Violence Claim in Des Moines Divorce
Frankie Kelso files for divorce from Guy Kelso a former policeman in Des Moines claiming he beat her over her bobbed hair and seeks a restraining order to prevent further molestation. The petition notes the couple’s domestic dispute centered on hairstyle and alleged abuse.
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Des Moines
Frankie Kelso
Guy HE. Kelso
Sues City for Death of Boy in Excavation
Mason City Iowa July 24 Mrs Jessie A Shapiro sues the city for 310000 in damages over the death of her 3 year old son Dana Shapiro who fell into an excavation nine feet deep deemed dangerous and unguarded. The case is set for hearing in September.
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Mason City
Jessie A. Shapiro
Dana Shapiro
Sweetser Wins Gold Medal Score In Amateur Golf
New York's Jess Sweetser, national amateur champion, captured the gold medal score of 63 75 143 in the Western amateur championship qualifiers at Mayfield Country Club. He slipped on the third nine but remained atop the field as Capt. E. F. Carter of Chicago posted 71 74 145.
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Associated Press
Mayfield
Cleveland
Jess Sweetser
New York
Mayfield Country Club
Chicago
Bald Speen
Steamer Mendoza Aground Near San Salvador Island
Washington reports the steamer Mendoza aground on the west shore of San Salvador in the Bahamas. The cruiser Cleve lands rushing to assist, responding to a wireless dispatch relayed by transport Kittery. A separate item notes a new record low for German marks at 425 530 to the dollar, down 61 994 from prior levels. A birth is announced in Mason City as Rev. Harold A. Smith and wife welcome Richard Harold. A roof fire at 701 Broadway damages the residence owned by Mrs. J. H. Hofman. estimated loss about 100 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Mendoza
San Salvador
Bahamas
Clevelands
Navy Department
Kittery
New York
Forever Exchange
Richard Harold
Harold A. Smith
Broadway
Dani Floyd
J. H. Hofman
Scent Sands Clue in Note Admitting Murder of Taylor
A letter signed Albert Sans admits shooting William Diamond Taylor, a year and a half ago, and threatens to kill Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett. Mail from Bay Point near San Francisco was sent to an Oakland private detective agency. Detectives suspect Edward F. Sands, missing valet, may be involved and alerted in northern cities.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Albert Sans
William Dasmond Taylor
Mabel Normand
Comedienne
Mack Sennett
Oakland
Inta
Bay Point
San Francisco
Albert Surs
Edward F. Sands
Taylor
A. S. Slayton
Sands
Magnus Johnson names Henry G Teigan as private secretary
Minneapolis July 24 United States Senator Elect Magnus Johnson of Kimball named Henry G Teigan as his private secretary Teigan formerly secretary of the Socialist party in North Dakota and later National Non-Partisan league secretary He helped manage Johnsons campaign Official canvass shows Johnson 290165 votes and Preus 195419 as the Republican candidate results from a special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Kau? Nelson
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Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Magnus Johnson
Kimball
Farmer-Labor Party
Kaue Nelson
Henry G. Teigan
Socialist Party
North Dakota
Teigan
National Non-Partisan League
Red
Johnson
Preus
Vice Investigator Is Held as Bank Thief
Omaha police chief orders all detectives to pursue a gang of suspected bank robbers after arrest of a man calling himself A. E. Page. Police say Page, from Chicago, was the leader of a dispersed group acting suspiciously in the city while ostensibly investigating vice conditions.
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Omaha
Dilfon
A. E. Page
Collins
Chicago
Low —Point
Page
Woman Injured in Crash on Crossing at Davenport
Davenport July 24 Mrs J Inman 40 was seriously injured last evening when the car in which she rode collided with a Rock Island freight train at the Western avenue crossing J H Stone the other occupant escaped serious injury The perilous collision demolished the automobile and details indicate a severe impact at the crossing.
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Davenport
J. Inman
Rock Island
Western Avenue Crossing
J. H. Stone
Nebraska Farmers Delaying Harvest
Special reports from rural points indicate Nebraska farmers will delay threshing longer than ever due to low wheat prices and a generally poor harvest across the state.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Chicagoan Declares Europe Is on Mend
George S. Bridge of the Chicago Board of Trade told the National Hay association in West Baden that Europe’s economic conditions are rapidly improving despite political tangles. His remarks framed a cautiously optimistic view for the market and trade outlook.
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West Baden
Europe
George S. Bridge
Chicago Board of Trade
National Hay Association
Public restroom for women to be added to courthouse suite
A special White House mail plane carried messages to Chicago and Cheyenne and a plan was approved to install a public restroom for women in the county courthouse basement. The facility will include a toilet, lavatory, and corridor seating, part of the former Social Welfare League offices.
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Chicago
Harding
White House
Porieh
Cheyenne
Wyo
Vancouver
B. C
Alaska
Social Welfare League
Bacament
Gory party bloodshed shocks city as trio held
In Los Angeles three people including Dr. H L Featherstone Patrolman George Bruel and Mrs Helen Baker are in custody after a wild party at Featherstone’s West Thirty ninth street home ended with gunfire bloodstains in every room and a hunt for a fourth woman known only as Margaret Police charge Bruel with assault with a deadly weapon while Featherstone and Baker are kept as material witnesses Dr Featherstone says he does not know his companion's last name and declined to answer questions
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Cginternational News Wire
Los Angeles
Cal
Ceman
H. L. Featherstone
West Thirty-ninth Plate
Fred
Dr. Featherstone
George Bruel
Atunk
Helen Crunk
Helen Baker
Officer Bruel
Williams Seeks Custody of Child Through Court
Ansel E. Williams, World War veteran and divorced since 1920, seeks habeas corpus to gain possession of his seven year old son Walter R. Williams (Steele). Defendants Dorothy and Henry Steele adopted the child in 1923, amid Williams claims of unfair custody proceedings and denial of visitation. He asserts a stable home and ability to care for the child and asks the court to grant custody.
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Ansel E. Williams
Rock Island
Ill
Ray Wilson
Walter R. Williams
Steele
Dorothy
Henry W. Steele
Williams
$275,000 Hospital Fund Sought by U S Methodists
A campaign to raise 275000 to enlarge St Luke's hospital, acquired by the Upper Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church last September, was approved in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids pledged 75000 to relieve debt on the nurses home and install a sprinkler system and additional facilities, while 200000 from the conference will fund a modern 100 bed hospital building with updated operating rooms and equipment. The present 90 bed facility, operating about 40 years, cannot meet demand.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Upper Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Graca Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids
EB + Lockwood
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
St. Luke’s
John Northcott
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Whht
Wabash Seeks IC Authority to Issue Equipment Trust Notes
The Wabash railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue 7 010 600 of 544 ner cent equipment trust certificates to finance the purchase of 50 locomotives.
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Wabash
Washington, D. C
Wabash Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ner
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Ehrhardt
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Hines Goon
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Ipart
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Triegar theMisial
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Scent Sands
Nonpartisan League
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Chicagoan
Matt. Ables
T. D. Teeter
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