Iowa Legislature Faces Busy Final Weeks of Session
Des Moines reports a brief session with many late hour measures. Senate considers the Lenge chain store bill. House awaits action on Hopkins Shanton text book, eugenics and other bills. Budget draft nears completion as subcommittees tour state institutions for insights.
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Des Moines
Towa
Senate
Hopkins-Shanton
Publi Health Committee
Holly-Bergman
ASA State Teacher’ College
Johson of Dickinson Bili
el- Nott of Polk
Hill
Whiting University of Tawa Hospital
Dairy and Food Committee
Judiciary Committee
State Boxing Commission
Wednes
Motorist Injured When Street Car Hits Automobile
L. Z. Hellmund of 131 Lingwood Avenue, Elmwood cemetery sexton, was bruised and cut about the head at 11 50 p m Saturday when his light sedan collided with a street car near Fourth Street between Webster and Quincy. He received emergency treatment at home after a passing motorist took him to Allen Memorial hospital. police later learned he had not been taken there. An hour long check by hospital and police disclosed the man was not hospitalized and he rested at his home. The weekend saw twenty four collisions involving automobiles reported.
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L. Z. Hellmund
Lingwood Avenue
Elmwood Cemetery
Webster
Quincy
Allen Memorial Hospital
Hellmund
Staton
Washington, D
United
Iran
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Wartin G. Harding
White’ House
Secret Service
William
Taft
Coolidge Slams Congress After Signing Refuge Bill
In Washington March, President Coolidge sent a teletype to the St Louis Post-Dispatch revealing he viewed 3 KIH appropriations totaling 428,900 for a presidential refuge project. He criticized Congress for treating a president as lightly as birds and animals, praising press support for his stance.
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Coolidge
Congress
Bill
Washington, D. C
White House
Orabort A
Blackmer Freed From Jail Again Sought By Sheriff
Rey C Blackmer once dubbed the model juror is freed from Linn county jail. Cedar Rapid authorities released him on January 29 and later the same day he was recaptured. He faces charges of forgery linked to false checks and is now being sought again by Sheriff H T Wagner after hiding in Madison Wisconsin. The earlier Linn county case was dismissed and Blackmer had previously served time for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Rey C.,blackmer
Cedar Rapida
H.T. Wagner
Blackmer
Cedar Falls
Blacksmer
Madison
Wis
Cedar “Rapids
Linn County
Native Iowan Becomes 31st U.S. President
Inauguration details as Calvin Coolidge swears in Herbert Hoover amid rain and crowd applause. Hoover vows to enforce laws and investigate federal justice and Prohibition enforcement. Marine Band plays, Coolidge bid farewell, and Mrs Tayman plans return to California.
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Owe
United States
United “States
Hoover
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Marine Band
Bnu
Hall
Inspectors Begin City Fire Hazard Survey
Underwriters from the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the Town Insurance Bureau started a two to three week inspection of Waterles fire facilities and hazards. Chicago and Des Moines officials will evaluate fire apparatus alarms water works and related ordinances while noting past improvements and unanswered recommendations.
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National’ Board of Fire Underwriters
Town Insurance Bureau
Waterles
Rathbun
G. T. Cook
Chicago
Na- Hoel Board of Fire
H. J. Corcoran
Iowa Insurance Bureau
Des Moines
Inauguration Day Schedule and Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Washington program outlines the 4 March inauguration events for President Coolidge and Vice President Curtis including oathings, addresses, parades, a charity ball, and a fireworks display. It also notes a Tuesday noon Chamber of Commerce directors meeting at Black’s tearoom to discuss policies and future plans.
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Goolidge
Hoover
Senator Curtis
Edward E. Gann
White House
Capitol
Curtis
Senate
Taft
Getin
Gann
Monument Grounds
Mrs. Gann
Bertha Chickering 84 Copenhagen Mother of Local Family
Mrs Bertha A Chickering 84 of Copenhagen died after a three month illness in a local hospital. Survived by husband F W Chickering son Charles A Chickering and two granddaughters. Service at 2 pm today then body to Copenhagen for burial. Also notices Benjamin Hamlin Word 82 died at home after illness. services Tuesday at Petersen Bros chapel. Burial Fairview.
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Chickering
Bertha A. Chickering
Copenhagen
Chickering Raye
Order of Eastern Star
Daughters of the American Revolution
New York O. E
Bertha Mary Chickering
Fuuten
Screco An Mao
Staude Redman
Lincoln Street
Petersen Bros
Clarence S. Miller
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Fairview
Kimball
G. D
Belleville
Klunkel School At Music
St. Loui
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Ceci E. Redman
Waterloo
Heniamin Word
Benjamin Full
Fi Niles
Mich
Grey
Petersen Brass
Reckless Driver Fined After Splashing Pedestrians
Rob ert Graf, 21, driving for Witick's Food shop north of Cedar Falls, splashed pedestrians on Fourth Street. Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts observed the incident as Graf ignored orders to stop. Graf was arrested after his license was traced and fined $13 with $17 suspended in municipal court for speeding recklessness and resisting an officer.
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Hcareless
Robert Graf
Cedar Falls
Witick’s
Fourth Street
Graf
Saxon
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Patralan Oscar Hauserman
Grer
J. C
Solons Return to Des Moines After Spring Vacation
Des Moines lawmakers resume the Forty third general assembly at 2 p m after a 10 day break. Many members could not reach Des Moines in time for today’s session. The Bergman secondary road bill, postponed earlier, will be taken up as a special order in the senate.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Senate
Smith Plays Golf On Inauguration Day
Alfred E. Smith played golf in Palm Beach as Herbert Hoover took the oath as president. Former Gov. Smith, who lost last November, had not sent a congratulatory wire, a party member said. Plans show Smith leaving tonight for the north.
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Palm Bénach
U.P
Alfred "E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
United States
Seek Death Penalty for Lawyer's Slayer in Centerville
Centerville Ta March 4 The death penalty will be sought for George Damyancich who Thursday shot and killed Centerville attorney D Filton Rice. County attorney Harry Greenleaf announced Greenleaf has filed county attorney information against Damyancich and the case will be called for trial at the April term of court.
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Centerville
U.R
George Damyancich
D. Filton Rice
Harry
Greenleaf
County Attormey
Damyancich
Damyancien
Dental Society Election Tuesday at Binck's Tea Room
Waterlon Dental Society will elect officers for 1926 at the monthly dinner and meeting in Binck's tea room at 6 30 p m Tuesday Abost 80 dentists including several from surrounding towns will attend Dr J G Murphy will read a technical paper as part of the program.
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Waterlon Dental Society
oMeers
Binck
Abositi
J. G. Murphy
Divorce suit dismissed by judge at plaintiff's request
Divorce action filed by Leo Glaspie against Celesta Glaspie was ordered dismissed by Judge H B Boles. Costs were paid by the plaintiff.
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Leo Glaspie
Celesta
Glaspie
H. B. Boles
Glainliff
Dawes Defies Senate Rules in Return to Capitol
Charles G Dawes returns to Washington asserting he takes back nothing as he renews his attack on Senate rules. The former vice president reiterates his long standing stance amid a fiery atmosphere after leaving the presidency four years ago.
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Washington,d. C
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
United States
West High bids to host state district basketball meet
West High officials led by Principal William Gibson and Coach R H Sarff appealed to George A Brown of the Iowa State High School Athletic Association to secure the state district tournament for Des Moines. Des Moines selected five district sites with Cedar Rapids or Reinbeck and Waterloo West High or Mason City among options for districts No 2 and No 5. Districts No 4 and 5 finals set for Iowa City March 22 and 23 with tournaments starting Thursday evening.
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West Tligh
Brown
High School Athletic Association
West’ High School
William “Gibson
R. Hy. Sarff
Edwin, Moore
Aay
The
Courier
Des’ Moines
George A. Brown
Iowa State High School ,Athletic . Association
Mason City
Waterloo
Des Moines
U.P
George’ _ A. Brown
Tews. High School Athletic Association
Ate
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Coung!t Bluffs
Sioux City
Webster City
Eithier
Cedar Rapids
Reinbeck
Waterloo West High
Wil
Ames
Newton
Iowa City
Reparations Plans to Be Combined by Conference
Paris March 4 Owen 1D Young chairman of the reparations conference after hearing today the reports of the three sub committees on plans for handling the German war debt payment problem suggested that the plans be combined into one because of their interlocking nature. The plenary session adjourned and the three subcommittees planned to meet daily and prepare one general report for Wednesday afternoon.
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Paris
P s-Owen
Young
Three Executed for Single Death Shot in Robbery
Bellefonte Pa March 4 Three negroes were electrocuted at Rockeley penitentiary for killing Peligrino Cocca during a robbery that netted $30. The condemned were John H. Wilson and brothers Raymond Parker and James Parker. One shot was fired in the incident on the night of November 29, 1927.
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Bellefonte
Rockeley Penitentiary
John H. Wilson
Raymond Parker
James Parker
Reiired Peligrino Cocca
Erie
Wife Deserter Caught After 9 Year Search
Keokuk police bring Challis Duncan 52 from Shayneatown Michigan where he had been living as Charles Stewart for seven years to face court on wife desertion charges after a nine year pursuit.
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Keokuk, A
Ins
Challis Duncan
Keokuk
Duncan
Shayneatown
Charles Stewart
Mason City Youth Dies After Operation
Robert Stevens 19 of Mason City died here after an operation performed Tuesday. He was a freshman civil engineering student at Iowa State College and the son of Mr and Mrs C H Stevens. He passed away Sunday in Ames following treatment.
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Ames
Robert Stevens
C. H. Stevens
Mason City
Towa State College
Honey Fogle Down in Missouri
Missouri senators revive an obsolete term with a new state meaning. Senator MecCaw ley explains honeyfogle as sweet talking used to cajole or mislead. William Goodfellow of La Porte City is fined $100 for habitual intoxication and released on own recognizance to pay the fine.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Alfred E. Smith
Senate
MecCawley
William Goodfellow
la Porte City
J. C. Beem
Gleasons Go West to Long Beach
Miss Grace and Margaret Gleason of 210 Walnut Court will leave tonight for Long Beach California to make their home with their mother Mrs Mary Gleason and sister Mrs O C G In-Uekofer in a family relocation noted in this notice.
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Gleasons
Misses Grace
Margaret Gleason
Walnut Court Apartments
Long Beach
Cal
Mary Gleason
In- Uekofer
Home from Presbyterian Hospital Yerkes Returns
Harland Yerkes of 301 Berich Avent reads of op for appendix last week at Presbyterian hospital and left for home this morning after recovery.
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Mospitan
Harland Yerkes
Berich Avents
Ap. Pendickts
Presbyterian Hospital
Weather Summary For Weekend And Monday
A weather note lists maximum Saturday at 44 47 and minimum Saturday night. It shows Sunday’s maximum and Sunday night minimum, followed by Monday entries that are partially garbled but indicate temperatures and conditions for that day.
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Career of an Asian American Engineer in Early 20th Century
Fragmented notes recount an engineer's rise from early career beginnings circa 1914 to 1919, detailing roles in industry and politics. Mentions include Wilson era appointments, Republican nominations, and a 1928 inauguration cue, with scattered dates and events across the United States and South America.
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Monterey
Ian
Balgian Relief
Predigent
Wilson
Chicago
Harding
United Centes
United States
Memorial resolutions honor Wirt P. Hoxie by Black Hawk Bar
Resolutions adopted at a memorial meeting in the court house praise Wirt P. Hoxie former county attorney and prominent businessman for his mind and heart qualities. Bar members recall his readiness to sacrifice lend help and modesty in receiving credit. Preceding the meeting members gathered at Hotel President for Inncheon and Hoover address on radio.
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Wirt P
Hoxie
Wes
Hawk
Bar Association
Court House
Activitie
Hether
Inncheon
Incheon
Hoover
Riviera Theatre
AT&T Eyes Two Billion Dollar Capital Increase
New York March 4. The American Telephone Telegraph company, first U.S. corporation to reach the billion-dollar class, is a candidate for the two billion dollar club at its annual meeting on March 26. Stockholders will vote to raise authorized capital from 1.6 billion to 2 billion dollars with new shares issued as needed.
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New York
Nys
Trail of Diamond Robbers Disappears in Sioux City
Two men from Omaha who robbed a jewelry salesman of 56000 in uncut diamonds in an Omaha hotel are thought to have arrived by taxicab in Sioux City on Saturday. Police have not located them and believe they did not stay at the local hotel.
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Sioux_ City
INS
Omaha
ho_tel
Calles Ordered to Quit Mexico by Mexican Authorities
Douglas dispatch reports an ultimatum issued to former president Plutarco Calles demanding he leave Mexico and cease directing national affairs. Informants accuse Calles of controlling the federal government despite Porfirio Díaz P. Gil currently in office.
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Plutarco Hizs Calles
Mexico
Sonora
Vera Cra
Douglas
Ariz
Douglas Dispatch
Philarco
Bilas Calles
Republic
Nformants
Calles
Porles Gil
Explosion injures several at Woolwich arsenal
London March 4. UP reports several persons injured in a series of minor blasts culminating in a heavy explosion at the Woolwich arsenal danger area. Fire in the pyrotechnic section sent hundreds of rackets flying into the air along the Thames.
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London
Woolwich Arsenal
Arsenal
Thames River
Stanolard Skirmish Ends in Draw in Proxy Fight
The first clash in the billion dollar proxy battle for Standard Oil of Indiana ends without agreement. Rockefeller Jr et al fail to decide voting on proxies for the stockholders meeting scheduled for Thursday in Whiling Indiana.
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Chicago
John DB. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Om Company
Indiana
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Ing Rockefeller
Albert J. Hopekins
Stewart
Whiling
Ind
Man Sentenced to 15 Days for Stealing Three Oranges
Hiram Kirk, 32, Jackson Minnesota, appeared in municipal court for stealing three oranges from a refrigerator. Judge J B Been fined him £50, but he could not pay. Kirk received a 15 day jail term in the Black Hawk county jail.
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Jean Valjein
Hiram Kirk
Jackson
Minn
Black Hawk
Kirk
Timois
Dramatic Scenes Mark Leaving the White House
A historical sketch recalls how presidents approached retirement from the White House. It contrasts Wilson leaving in 1921 with Theodore Roosevelt’s departure in 1909 and notes post presidency paths from Taft to Adams and Grant.
Inauguration of Herbert Hoover Prompts Local Radio Observance
Waterloo tuned to Hoover's inauguration with 107 stations airing the event. Public gatherings at East High and West High hosted the broadcast while local residents, including Mrs Hoover born in Waterloo, celebrated the president's swearing in with Iowa party attendees in Washington.
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Waterloo
Herbert Hoover
Towa
United States
WOC
Davenport
Ee Public Radio
East High
West High
W. CA
President Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
Washington, de C
President Hoover Faces 200 Unconfirmed Nominations
Washington March a report states that 200 of President Coolidge’s nominations failed to gain Senate confirmation before adjournment. The list includes Curtis D Wilbur for a California circuit court judgeship and others, leaving Hoover to attempt to fill posts.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Coolidge
Secretary of the Navy
Curtis DD. Wilbur
California
Senate
Hoover
Eight Rabbits Stolen Chinchilla Varieties Reported
R H W Geir of 420 Gammin relistgent reported to police that eight chinchilla rabbits were stolen from a Bain and Butler premises sometime last night or this morning. The notice urges anyone with information to come forward.
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R. H W. Geir
Gammin
Bain
Butler
Curtis holds long career as presiding officer in senate
The piece describes Curtis as a long time public servant, eight terms in the house and four in the senate, known for parliamentary expertise and quiet methods to manage majority forces. It notes his journey from county attorney to state leadership, and mentions his wife’s death in 1924 and his family.
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Syehineton
Magen
Ofp
Plains
House
Senate
Curtis
Himan
Wilti
Edward Everett Gann
Irs
Meta George
Harry
K. Curtis
Leona Knight
Charles V. Simmons Critically Ill in Evanston Home
Charles V. Simmons once partnered with Kirk Stewart in the Stewart-Simmons Press at Chicago is critically ill in Evanston Illinois after an attack in January. Stewart, at his partner’s bedside, reports no significant change in Simmons condition in recent days.
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Chas. V. Simmons
Evanston
Charles V. Simmons
Kirk Stewart
Stewart-Simmons
I Ab Hisshame
Aegis Bea
Simmons
Stewart-Simmons Press
Chicago
Stewart
Skeleton of Woman Found in Nichols Canyon Puzzles Police
Hollywood police puzzled over a woman’s skeleton found in Nichols Canyon near Hollywood Boulevard. The skull was severed from the body with blonde hair strands still attached, and the remaining body parts were wrapped in clothing. It is unclear whether decapitation occurred before death or after, and the cause of death remains undetermined.
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Hollywood
Cal
Nichols Canyon
Hollywood Boulevard
Coolidge to Write Magazine Series After Presidency
Calvin Coolidge plans a series of human interest articles after leaving the White House. Merle Crowell says a contract exists for a set of pieces to run in the American Magazine, focusing on life in private after his presidential term.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Codlidge
Coolidge
White House
Butter and Egg Men Come to Des Moines
A large Missouri delegation reinforces Iowa dealers as the Iowa Wholesale Egg Poultry and Butter Dealers association plans its annual two day convention in Des Moines starting Wednesday. About 700 people are expected to attend.
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Des Moines
Maron
Missouri
Iowa
Fire damages car thought from short circuit
Fire believed caused by a short circuit damaged an automobile owned by Leo Daughenhaugh at 936 Wabgut Street. The blaze occurred around 10 30 AM Saturday, with estimated damage of at least 150 dollars. The body was nearly burned from the chassis as many wet parts were warped by the heat. The insured party is Herman Gafiller.
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Leo Daughenhaugh
Wabgut — Street
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