President Harding Begins Alaska Talking Tour by Rail
President Harding sails from Washington with Mrs. Harding and officials on a 16 000 mile swing to Alaska and the Pacific coast. The journey blends rail travel and naval transport with stops in St Louis Tacoma Ketchikan Wrangell Juneau Seward Anchorage and Seattle. He plans speeches on issues from transportation to taxes while visiting major cities along the way.
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Associated Press
Washingion
D. C
Harding
Washington
Pacific
Alaska
Tacoma
Wilsh
Union Mtation
St. Louis
White House
Mr. Hariing
United Press
Washington, D. C
Alasks
Wash
Navy
Henderson
Panama Canal
Taft
Work
Birs. Hoover
George BR. Christian, Jr
Gillett
Rodman
C. E. Sawyer
Malcolm Jennings
Columbus
Wallace
Denver
West Bondar
Hoover
Ketchika
Sitka
Vancouver
B.C
Seattle
Pacific Soast
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Yosemite Park
Catalina
Arizona committee debates Colorado River pact in Bisbee
In Bisbee Arizona on June 20 Gov Hunt attended as a 15 member state committee pressed ahead with a plan to develop and control floods along the Colorado River. Arizona did not ratify the pact and further meetings are planned to craft a state plan over two months to be submitted to a regional conference of affected states.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Gov. Hunt
Boy
Arizona
Colorado River
Iowa corn crop speed record hinted by favorable weather
Des Moines bulletin notes more rain and warmth improve corn, hay, and other crops across Iowa. Some replanting loss possible after dry spells, winter wheat fills, alfalfa harvest near, strawberries and apples rising, potatoes aided by cool weather, rainfall since April 70 percent of normal.
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Des Moines
Towa
Builetin
Insulin Cure Donation Boosts Iowa College Training
A $30,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. funds the University of Iowa College of Medicine program to train physicians in the new insulin based diabetes remedy. Dr. Walter A. Jensup announces the gift aimed at patient care and medical education with Dr. Campbell P. Howard and Dr. R. B. Gibson leading further training.
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Iowa City
Jonnh D. Rockefeller, Jr
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Walter A. Jensup
Insulio
Campbell P. Howard
R. 2B
Gibson
Des Moines Streetcar Strike Looms After Pay Dispute
Des Moines faces a looming streetcar strike as 500 workers vote for action after demanding wage arbitration reopen. Union leaders threaten immediate walkout if the Des Moines City Railway Co refuses to reopen pay talks despite last year’s bus substitute and a $760,000 strike cost cited by the company.
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Des Moines
Es Moines
County Attorneys Discuss Bank Taxes at Mason City Meet
Mason City Iowa June 20 county attorneys from over the state opened a one day meeting at 10 30 this morning W P Butler Carra Garcia county welcomed attendees Dr J F Boera of the Methodist church gave the invocation Buell McCash secretary treasurer responded in the convention address president F E Thomas Maquoketa discussed actions by national and state banks of Iowa on alleged discrimination of taxes on bank shares and monied capital Addresses will be given this afternoon by John Fletcher assistant attorney general and Mernon Seeburger county attorney Folk county
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Mason City
Iowa Bar Association
Meering
W. P. Butler
Carra Garcia
J. F. Boera
Methodist Church
Buell McCash
F. E. Thomas
Maquoketa
Towa
John Fletcher
Mernon Seeburger
Folk County
Symbolic Voyagers Plan Stop at Gabula on Mississippi Journey
The Marquette Joliet voyagers on their symbolic Mississippi voyage to mark the 250th anniversary of the discovery plan a stop at Gabula tonight and to reach Clinton at 4:30 tomorrow for a large reception. Also noted is a recent arrival by seven men in canoes from Dubuque greeted by bells whistles and holiday crowds as a revised schedule moved Clinton visit from today.
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Bellevue
Farm Mortgage Men Discuss Land Value at Des Moines Meet
Improvement in land values and recent mortgage decisions were debated at the Des Moines opening session. Varick Crosley of Webster City and F C Vanpeles of Cedar Rapids read reports. joint sessions with the Iowa Abstracter's association were planned for the afternoon with Senator C M Dutcher Iowa City Justice Lawrence Degraff and Louis Murphy Dubuque among speakers. meetings continue through tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Farm Mortgage Association
Varick
Crosley
Webster City
F.C. Vanpeles
Cedar Hapids
Iowa Abstracter's Association
C. M. Dutcher
Iowa City
Lawrence Degraff
Supreme Court
Louis Murphy
Dubu We
Conclude Arguments in OU Truck Hearing
Arguments on the application of all companies for an injunction to restrain operation of the motor truck license law, slated to become effective July 4, were concluded here yesterday before Judge Applegate. A ruling likely within days. Oil companies say the State cannot tax trucks not operated for hire. Attorney General Gibson represented the State, defending the law as a regulatory measure taxing heavy trucks by road use.
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Des Moines
Bride of Month Found Dead With Pistol by Side
Centerville Indiana vice a bride of a month Mrs M J Horn was found dead in her home with four bullet wounds in the breast a pistol lay nearby and a desk drawer had been pried open with a chisel neighbors heard a shot but did not report it husband a lumber dealer says she suffered a nervous breakdown and took her own life according to relatives Mrs Horn was a member of Appanoose County’s prominent families.
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Centerville
M. J. Horn
Horn
Appanoose County
Storm Ends Bureau Picnic at Nashua on Tuesday
A severe electrical storm and heavy rain near Nashua Iowa on Tuesday disrupted a Bureau picnic at the Frank Watson farm. Four cattle were killed by lightning during the storm.
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Storm
Bureau
Nashua
Mushua
Frank Watson
Frank Wlatson
Ghtaing
Spanish War Vets Convene at Creston
The Joint state convention of United Spanish war veterans and auxiliary opens in Creston with Mayor Keith delivering the welcome. Attendees exceed 600, with speeches by Ernest R. Moora and Minnie JicAllister. Nominations for officers and an election follow events through Friday. A Des Moines veterans’ band assists the encampment music at McKinley park.
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Associated Press
Creston
Fung
United, Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Ea. GC. Keith
Ernest R. Moora
Minnie JicAllister
Tha Velrans
lEntenza
Sons
Fort Dodge Man Killed by Live Cable at Factory
Fort Dodge Iowa. Wheeler 20 was instantly killed when a hoisting cable touched a trolley wire delivering 1,200 volts of electricity. He had his hands on the cable as workers attempted to raise a smokestack.
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Fort Dodge
State Briefs from Various Cities
Lowden reports an appeal to the state supreme court by Charles Heinkins and others in a $40,000 slander case won by Mayor Henry Mowry. judgment execution halted pending appeal. Fort Dodge notes C. E. Nickle will succeed RR Pf Hannum as principal of Fort Dodge High School. Nickle once led a Des Moines area school. Ottumwa announces a Homecoming event August 7 with Mason City’s Hanford MacNider invited to speak. Cedar Rapids reports Fred Angeles, a Milwaukee switchman, broke a leg when a switch engine collided with a Rock Island freight train in the yards. Mason City updates on Anna Mae Holt hospitalized after shell injuries from an auto collision. George Stample badly burned when a gas-filled oven exploded at the Sanitary Bakery.
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Lowden
State Supreme Court
Charles Heinkins
Henry Mowry
Fort Dodge
C. E. Nickle
Madison
S. D
Hannum
Nickle
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
American Legion
Fred Angeles
Milwaukee Railroad
Rock Island
Anna Mae Ifolt
Ing
John J. Meyers
Miss Holt
George Stamplewas
Sanitary Bakery
Ruling on Army Navy use questioned amid bootlegger crackdown
June 20 report from Washington says the Justice Department aims to deliver a ruling to President Harding on whether the military may be used to stop bootlegging and rum running. The move accompanies a Coast Guard chase off New York harbor as smugglers flee after machine gun fire.
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Galted Press
Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
Department of Justice
Hdarding Asp
White House
West
United Press
Inattan
Jersey Coast
Coast Guard
Manhattan
New York Harbor
Bru
Bri
Manhiattan
Hait
New Jersey
Agent Rides 40 Miles to Return Purse on Fast Train
An Italian Milwaukee Road agent, Michael Burns of Green Island, rushed 40 miles by car to recover a purse containing a large sum of money for an elderly woman who had boarded a Savanna-bound limited train. After sending a message, he chased the fast train, intercepted it at Ballvue, and returned the purse just as the train entered the block.
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Dubuque
Michael Burns
Milwaukee Road
Green Island
Nebraska
Bellsque
Savanna
Burns
United
Division
Tctais
Ballevue
Civil War Hornets Vets Meet in Ottumwa Reunion
Civil War veterans from the Second Fourth Eighth Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa Infantry meet in Ottumwa for a two day Hornet s Nest Brigade reunion. Local clubs and patriotic groups join to host visitors with a Thursday camp fire at the American Legion home. Col. David Palmer of Washington will speak.
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Ottumwa
Tuna
Iowa
Kiwanis Anid
Lions Clubs
Boy Srouts
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Grandy Army of the Republic
Platt in Scotland on World Journey
Judge Franklin C. Platt reports from Edinburgh Scotland that his around the world trip nears completion He says he is enjoying the scenery and expects to be home late in ine words.
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Franklin C. Platt
Edinburgh
Scotland
Rotary Talk Flags Business Burglars
In Bt. Louly Missouri on June 20 Meri Sidener Indianapolis member of the vigilance committee of Advertising Clubs of the World warned at the Rotary convention against sneak thieves forgers embezzlers and burglars in business The speech listed misbranding counterfeit merchandise embezzlement and unfair competition as business crimes and noted commercial bribery as a major offense destroying reputations and goodwill.
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United Press
Louly
International Rotary Convention
Meri Sidenar
Indianapolis
Advertising Clubs of
Sidney W. Pascall
London
Raymond M. Havens
Kansas City
Rotary International
Sherman Rogers
Bert Beribner
Pueblo
Cole
Rotary
Sidener
Mount Death Tale Claimed False by Rouw
Clifton Ariz June 20 B H Rouw San Francisco traveling man admitted his earlier story of the burial of a body on an Evanston pier tied to Leighton Mount Northwestern student was false. He had claimed he saw students lower a body and took 100 dollars to keep silent but then refused to sign a retraction.
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Associated Press
Clifton
Ariz
B. H. Rouw
San Francisco
Evanston Pier
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Rouw
Evanston
Arizona
French Move To Seize Ruhr Industries For Reparations
Duesseldorf reports France plans to confiscate land and requisition German workers to operate Ruhr valley industries, directing outputs toward reparations. A decree is being prepared and will be promulggated soon with penalties up to fifteen years for refusal and death for sabotage after court martial.
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Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Jril
Iplrits
Brookhart Views Soviet Farm Development Tour
Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa tours Soviet farm domains and Kiev’s Lenin town children’s colony, praising government attention to agriculture and peasant relations as a model for Europe and America. He concludes his trip in Ukrainian wheat regions before sailing from Odessa.
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Moscow
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Kiev
Lenintown
Europe
America
Brookhart
Odessa
Lasher Reappointed as Adjutant General
Des Moines announces Louis G. Lasher of Davenport as adjutant general for a new term. Karl Borg, Des Moines, named assistant adjutant general. Also reappointed are William Collinson for highway commission four years, W. R. Orchard library commission five years, and James G. Gillespie printing board two years. Terms start July 1.
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Des Moines
Adj
Louis G. Lasher
Davenport
Kendall
Karl Boberg
William Collinson
Chariton
State Highway Commission
W. R. Orchard
Council Bluffs
State Library Commission
James G. Gillespie
le Mars
State Printing Board
Accidents mark motorboat regatta prep in Iowa and Illinois
In Muscatine Iowa a hydroplane during practice overturned in the Mississippi River four miles above town. The boat sank in 15 feet of water and owner driver Hunley and W A Hoback swam to shore. In Quincy Illinois Clift Padgett and mechanic Jergerson were injured when the King Tut overturned during a trial run near the bay. Padgett will likely drive Miss Quincy V in Burlington races despite the setback. Burlington Mississippi Valley Powerboat president Dr A C Strong broke his right wrist while cranking an automobile en route to the Burlington regatta schedule of July 2 to 4.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Mississippi Powerboat ‘Association
Burlington
Beii World Regard
Mississippi River
Hunley
W. A. Hoback
Cleveland
Powerboat Association
Quincy
Clift Padgett
Harry Jergerson
Padgett
King Tut
Muscating
New Eyes for Blind Persons Promise From Ophthalmologists
Colorado Springs reports a potential breakthrough in eye transplantation as American Ophthalmological Society members discuss Dr. Theodore Koppanyi’s rabbit eye transplant work. Dr. W. H. Wilmer of Washington leads about 60 specialists at the session.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
American Ophthalmological Society
Theodore Koppanyi
Vienna
America
Koppanoyi
W. H. Wilmer
Washington
Atwood Pioneer Family Holds Illinois Reunion
Sixty members of the Atwood family descendants of Patten and Anna Atwood gather at Wizard Hall for the annual reunion with attendance expected to exceed one hundred tomorrow. Rockford Ir president John Wilson Waterloo is secretary Mrs Bernice Belts haw Rockford presides as meetings rotate between Waterloo and Rockford.
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Atwood
Patten
Anna Atwood
Inlinois
Wizard Hall
Joseph
Philip
Rockford
Sons of the Pioneers
John Wilson
Waterloo
Bernice Beltshaw
Frye Ordered to Pay $18 Monthly for Family Support
Judge Courtright of the municipal court withheld commitment for Edward Frye after binding him over to the grand jury. Frye, a laborer with limited earnings, is ordered to pay $18 monthly to the court for the benefit of his wife and minor child. If payments fail, he faces transfer to the seriff and district courts.
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G. B. ‘Courtright
Municipal Court
Edward Frre
Grand Jury
Isierify
Lava Flow Threatens Italian Towns Near Mount Etna
The eruption of Mount Etna features red lava rains, towering flames, and thick smoke. Tourists and residents witness the spectacle as two lava streams advance toward Linguagrossa and threaten nearby villages. Mussolini pledges to aid rescue efforts as damages climb into millions.
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Etna
Glara
Ctreica
Rome
Mar
Mussolini
Florance
Catania
Cérra
Britain and France Edge Toward Peace Through Reparations Talks
The British government signals willingness to counsel Germany to end passive resistance if France answers a reparations questionnaire. Britain seeks assurance of further steps detailing Germany's payments and required actions to lift bondage, while keeping unity with France and avoiding further escalation.
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Rom Pagh
Germany
Britain
Europe
France
New York Tribune
Bergdoll Granted $10,000 Bond For Philadelphia Trial
Erwin Bergdoll, rearrested on conspiracy to evade the draft, freed on a $19,000 bond after arraignment in a Kansas City federal court. His trial date is set for September 17 in Philadelphia, with Bergdoll’s attorney offering to return him to the United States if the judge ensures a merits-only trial.
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Kansasitr
Erwin Pergdoll
Leavenworth
Beredoll
Slacker
Philadelphia
Bergdoll
Grover
United States
van Valkenberg
Rockefeller Gift Supports Diabetes Treatment Across North America
A $150000 donation announced by John D. Rockefeller Jr. will be distributed to 15 hospitals in the United States and Canada to promote the use of insulin in diabetes treatment. The grant aims to broaden access and advance medical care for diabetes patients nationwide.
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Newsork
United Sates
Canada
John D. Rockefeller
Tacoma
Wash
James Ashton
Phoenix Trading Company
Washington
Omaha
Neb
Loup
Cedar River
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Stamford
Conn
Stamford Hall Santorium
Draper M. Daugherty
Paris
Senate
Vatican
Washington, D. C
Georgetown University
Central America
New York
Harris Mandelbaum
J. R. Beatrice Bacharach
Protege Wrecks Benefactor's Bank in Wichita
An officer of the American State bank, Phillip A. Drumm, is linked to a major bank defalcation dating back before 1918. Investigators estimate irregularities may exceed 60 million dollars with loans to J. T. Haynes and others tied to Drumm. The case shocks long trusted figures like J. W. Richardson as funds vanish. The Wichita board, city and state face sizeable uninsured losses amid the bank’s collapse.
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International News Wire
Wichita
Kan
Phillip A. Drumm
American State Bank
Drumm
J. T. Haynes
Kansas Gas and Petroleum Company
Frontier Refining Company
Penn-Western OH Company
al- Med
Haynes
Dazed
J. W. Richardson
Middlewest
Druma
Sor
Richard Hon
Wichita Board of Education
Sedgewick County
City of
Kansas
Zimmer man and Forshay Fail in Bankruptcy Filing
New York June 20 Zimmer man and Forshay a leading New York Stock Exchange firm faced an involuntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. Senior member Leopold Zimmerman blamed persistent rumors about credit but said the firm was solvent. The firm held assets around 9 million with liabilities near 7.5 million, and traded heavily in foreign exchange including German marks.
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Associated Praga
New York
Zimmerman
Forshay
New York Stock Exchange
Bankrupley
Leopold Zimmerman
Hamilton -Vreeland
Knauth
Nachod & Kuhne
Zimmerman and Forshay
Plateglass output this year tops prior records
New York June 20 plate glass production for 1923 will glaze a continuous storefront from New York to San Francisco. The Plateglass Manufacturers of America cites 19,952,184 square feet in the first quarter and a yearly total between 56 and 90 million square feet, denying a shortage threatens building trades.
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New York
City
San Francisco
United States
P. A Hughes
The
Plateglass Manufacturers of America
Hughes
Harding Sells Marion Star but Keeps Editorial Role
President Harding relinquished control of Harding Publishing, publishers of the Marion Star, to Louis H. Brush and Roy D. Moore. He will retain some stock and continue in an editorial capacity at the newspaper he led for years.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Harding Publishing Company
Marion Star
Louis H. Brush
Roy D. Moore
White House
The
Star
Marriage Licenses Listed for Iowa Cities
The record shows multiple couples from Waterloo La Porte City Oelwein Parkersburg Monticello Cedar Falls and Elma receiving marriage licenses. Names include O Albert Scholin Ruth B Worley Theodore I Richards Dorothy Beal Ernest C Masserlie Hazel A Pierce Mabel J Trower Harry Stowell Grace Hearts Donald Sutherland Beatrice Decker and others with ages ranging mostly in the early to mid twenties. A stray line references an apparent note about a proposed charter for a national bank in St Louis and a mention of Mica and concrete wording.
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O. Albert Scholin
Waterloo
Ruth B Worley
Theodore I. Richards
la Porte
Dorothy Beal
la Porte City
Ernest C. Masserlie
Mitchell
Hazel A. Pierce
Elma
Harry W. Wachtel
Oelwein
Mabel J. Trower
Oclwein
Harry Stowell
Parkersburg
Grace Hearts
Donald Sutherland
Monticello
Beatrice Decker
Cedar Falls
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Department , of Justice
Southampton
White Star Tower
Olympic
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Platt
Yeggmen
Business World
Lasher
Sebastian Rieger
Mary's Catholic Church
Maurus-Bherle
Hileman & Glindt
Fairview
Calvary
Ilinois
Frye
Nicolina Babbin
Zimmerman & Forshay, Ceaters
Hallway Telegraphere
Apple
St Touts
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