In the Spotlight The era of big business in America
Big business dominates headlines as American industry dwarfs government spending. The Bell System tops corporate power with 4.4 billion dollars in value and over 300000 employees, followed by United States Steel at 2.6 billion. Eight other railways and major firms like Standard Oil of New Jersey, General Motors, and Ford Motor Company round out the top ranks. The piece also notes corn’s deep roots in Iowa, a council budget claim about a five person family living on 91.65 monthly, journalism students producing 16810 inches of copy, and cautions about car door safety and a notable Irish politician visitor, T P Tay Pay O Connor.
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America
American Telephone and Telegraph
Bell Telephone Company
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United States Steel
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Seek Grave of Myrl Sizer in Nebraska
A Washington dispatch surveys immigration from Mexico as a congress debate looms. It notes 1927 Mexican arrivals around 77,155 with disputed retention rates, and discusses proposed limits like 2,000 plus 10 percent of current Mexicans, plus a plan for seasonal workers who return home. Witnesses from chambers of commerce and large farms warn of economic harm if Mexican labor is restricted, citing Imperial Valley and Calexico data and the beets industry.
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Mark Sullivax
Washington, D. C
Congress
Mexico
United States
Senate
House Committees On Agriculture
Ttis
Chambers of Commerce
Imperial Valley
G. B. Moore
Calexico
Cal
Moore
Arizona Cotton Growers’, Association, of
Phoenix
Southwest
Fred Bixby
House Committee On Agriculture
Alvert Johnson
Washington
Bixby
Los Angeles County
America
Paper delivery trouble notice and contact details
The Conrinr delivered not your home before 239 a'clock. If through carrier error or other cause you fail to receive your paper by battle, please phone 5100 and a copy of the paper will be sent. Calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Thompson sued for libel by ex-schools chief in Chicago
Mayor William Hale Thompson faced a libel suit for 250000 dollars filed by William McAndrew, former Chicago schools superintendent, who was suspended five months on charges of insubordination and alleged anti-Americanism.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
William McAndrew
Hoover to Dodge Wisconsin Primary Fight
Washington March 2 1943 Secretary Hoover will stay out of Wisconsin Republican primaries. His name was entered in Madison by an unauthorized person and will be withdrawn. George Akerton, representing the commerce secretary, said Hoover’s friends have no organization there and the filing will be withdrawn today.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Wisconsin
Madison
George Akerton
Commerce Secretary
Fitches Battle in Court Over Divorce
Des Moines reports the divorce case of Galt Fitch and Adeline Fitch in Judge Thompson's court. Married in 1919, Adeline accuses cruelty and infidelity with a Chicago woman. Fitch admits striking his wife twice but denies general cruelty, saying one blow aimed to sober her after a New Year party and another after she insulted his father.
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Des Moines
INS
Galt Fitch
Fitch Hair Company
Adeline
Thompson
Chicago
Fitch
McGregor Bridge May Be Started Soon
It is believed work on the proposed bridge over the Mississippi River from here to Prairie du Chien Wisconsin will start this spring as the bill granting a franchise for the work has passed the senate. Representatives of an engineering company have already been here making soil tests.
HOUNDS SEEK LOST WOMAN AT OSAGE
Osage Ta match Hounds from Shores kennels Waterloo were brought here today to trace Mrs Ernest Meister an aged woman who wandered from her home early this morning she had not been found at 1 op mi
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Osage
Shores Kennels
Waterloo
Ernest Meister
Op. mi
Short Interviews With Home Folks
In the west city business section Bert plane the sole whitewing street cleaner discusses why streets stay dirty despite traffic. He notes cars bring mud, sweepers miss loads, and crossings need sand or ashes to prevent accidents while occasional dropped coins are the only bright spots.
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Bert Plane
Missing Mount Vernon teacher Myrl Sizer amid 1926 search
Wayne county sheriff and aides began a search for a grave between Pierce Nebraska and Wayne Iowa, seeking the buried body of Myrl Sizer, a Mount Vernon Iowa teacher who disappeared November 1926. A convict named Andrews reportedly said a woman died after an illegal operation and was buried between Pierce and Wayne. Parents doubt the confession. investigators pursue the grave lead.
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Mount Vernon
Myd Sizer
Nebraska
W. R. Sizer
A. EB. Nugent
Maquoketa
Sioux City, Jr
Myri Sizer
Mount
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Cook
Qsford Junction
Miss Bizer
Wayne County
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Andrews
Pierce
Oklahoma
Wayne
Miss Sizer
Uns
Thirteen Cars Off Track in Toledo Train Wreck No One Hurt
Thirteen coaches of a New York Central passenger train from Chicago to Cleveland derailed near Swanton Toledo today. Two cars overturned amid 131 passengers aboard no one seriously injured. Nine Pullman coaches and many passengers were shaken. another train was sent to assist and passengers continued their journey. Renwick to Wave Bank Renwick March 2 4 opening bank nearing completion with capital 25 600 officers named Snidiver Fort Dodge president Christianson Dayton cashier Renwick without a bank since Trainsmonns closed earlier.
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New York Central
Chicago
Cleveland
Swanton
Renwick
Wave Bank
Banet
Steck
C. B. Snidiver
Fort Dodge
D. KR. Christianson
Dayton
Trainsiinmons
Lindberghs Honor Lindys Mother in Boston Ceremony
Col Charles A Lindbergh and three fliers left Charlestown for speed to Curti sfield and East Boston. Mrs Lindbergh received the golden key from educators while Lindbergh paused the camera and lights, praising teachers and Coolidge. He urged astronautics study in schools.
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Boston
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hast
Curtissfield
L. 1
Lone Eagle
Philip Andrews
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown
Lindbergh
H. Allen -Sullivan
Daniel Guggenheim Aviation Fund
Harold M. Bixby
St.Louis
Albert Hegenberger
Harry Johnson
Detroit
United States
Mechanics Hall
Tate
Joseph -N.- Gwinn
California
Lindy
National Capitol
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Myron T. Het- Tick
Teachers High Upsets Waterloo West In Class A Tourney
Waverly Iowa March 2 Waterloo West High, a class A favorite, fell to Cedar Falls Teachers High 24 to 22 in a day marked by upsets. The Little Tutors advanced to face Shell Rock in the next round after beating the Old Rose quint. Class B action saw Janesville, Tripoli, and Aplington win. The Waterloo-West game was a tense thriller, with a close lead and a pivotal third quarter.
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Waterloo West High
Teachers High
Cedar Falls
Rose Quint
Shell Rock
Janesville
Oren
Tripoli
Geneva
Aplington
Dumont
Waterloo
Slight Gain Made by Speaker Carter
Eldora March report from a focal hospital says Luther V. Carter speaker of the Town house improves with very slight day to day change. He has regained partial use of fingers on his left hand, previously paralyzed after being stricken last Saturday during the Hardin county Republican convention in Lawn Hill.
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Courier Special Service
Eldora
Luther V. Carter
Carter
Lawn Hill
County
Hardin County
Langdon wins Jessuperatorical award with campus attack
Herschel Langdon of Gilmore City wins the annual Jessuperatorical award after a speech denouncing the Mindern educational system. He says university faculties are shackled and hired by an ignorant public. Mors Bannister of Ottumwa places second with "Intellect on Ice." James A. Tracy of Fort Morgan and William A. Stewart of Parkersburg also speak.
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Town City
Ija
Herschel Langdon
Gilmore City
Mors Bannister
Ottumwa
James A. Tracy
Fort Morgan
Cole
Huaillage
William A. Stewart
Parkersburg
Knute Rockne Endorses Aggies as Top 4H Leaders
Knute Rockne credits Aggies with leadership potential. He cautions against Hollywood athletes and notes durable talent comes from agricultural communities. He spoke last night at Town State College, praising the college culture and its practical, rural focus.
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Marcel
Knute Rockne
Freoman Rity
East
Hollywood
Town State College
Ten Years Ago in the Service
William Clark of 719 Glenwood Street, a member of Company B, 168th Infantry Rainbow Division, recounts service in the Argonne. He describes duties as a litter bearer moving wounded to aid stations, being gassed near Hill 288, and five days held behind the lines. His companion was killed.
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Wiliam ‘. Clark
Glenwood Street
One
Innfantry
Rainbow Division
Argonne
Clark
Oil Man Faces Prison Term For Refusing Information
Washington March 2002 Col Robert W Stewart chair of Standard Oil Indiana was indicted by a DC grand jury on contempt of the senate for refusing to disclose what he knew about Continental Trading company liberty bonds profits. The two violation charges stem from his refusal to answer if he knew how the bonds were disposed and whether he discussed them with Harry F Sinclair. If convicted he faces up to a year in jail and a fine. The case ties into the Teapot Dome inquiry and parallels a 1930s probe into the same deal.
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Washington, D. C
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oi Company
Indiana
District of Columbia
Senate
Senate Teapot Dome Committee
Continental Trading Company
Stewart
Justice Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
U. S
Continental’ Company
Harry P. Sinclair
Governent
Sinclair
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Teapot Dome
Republican National Committee
John PD
Rockefeller, Jr
Will Hays
Nye
Europe
Hars
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Sean Rooks
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Comunittee
John T. Pratt
New York
Senator Walsh
Montana
Reublican National Committee
Chicago
Rays
Upham
Welther Walsh
Rockefeller
Faote
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Senate Debates Norris Muscle Shoals and Brookhart Bills
Senate continues debate on Norris Muscle Shoals bill and Interstate Commerce Committee completes hearings on Brookhart bill regulating the moving picture industry. Agriculture panel continues Copper bill hearings on stockyards. House persists with agriculture department appropriation 111 and Census Committee weighs reappointment bill.
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United Press
Senate
Norris Muscle Shoals
Interstate Commerce Committee
Agriculture Committee
HOUSE
Agriculture Department
Census Committee
Rebels Massacre Report in Mexican Battle Near Fresno
A Guadalajara dispatch to Universal reports seventy four rebels killed in a long clash with federal troops near Fresno Jalisco. Rebel leader Bouquet was wounded. federal losses not released. Pursuit followed three other rebel groups, while air raids at Sajoya ranch targeted remaining fighters.
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Giky
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U.S
Fresno
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Universal
Bouquet
Sajoya Ranch
Penuelas
Congress Taught How To Fix Booze
Washington March 2 Liquor was brought into the U S capitol openly for the first time since the Volstead act became effective in an exhibition on the house floor by Rep Sirovich a New York Democrat a physician who demonstrated that chemicals can be put into liquor without making it poisonous Sirovich opposes the current denturants used by the government saying they are too harmful to the drinker
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Washington, D. C
U.P
U. S. Capitol
Sirovich
New York
Candino Escapes Marines Pursuit After Ambush
In Managua Micaregua on the Condoga trail supporters of General Augustine Landing ambushed a U S Marines detachment, killing five and wounding nine before fleeing into the jungle. Five American dead are buried with wooden crosses. among wounded, Private Lewis Nixon of Texas is in serious condition.
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Micaregua
Marsh
Augustine
United States
ali-Condoga
Lewis
Nixon
Tex
Three Killed Two Hurt in Auto Crash at Goodfield
Near Goodfield Illinois three persons died and two were injured in a highway crash. Victims identified as Clarence Stateman of Carlock and his mother Mrs Maggie Stateman and Miss Lydia Zimmerman. Stateman car collided with a truck driven by Lyster Carr Bloomington and burst into flames. Also item notes Des Moines obituary of long time railroad conductor Harry L Cross.
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Carlock
Maggie Stateman
Lydia Zimmerman
Stateman
Lyster Carr
Bloomington
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