Hope for Peace Marks Harding Era Across Press
International papers from Manchester to Peru comment on President Harding's inaugural address. The Manchester Guardian notes openness to a peace organization, while Liverpool's Post sees isolationist tendencies yet urges world understanding. Paris papers call it a cautious shift, and Peruvians stress hope for leadership to restore global balance.
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Manchester
England
Harding
The
Manchester Guardian
Mrr
America
League of Nations
Mr. Wilson
Americas
Mir
T. S. Wilt Folin League
Liverpool
Post
United States
League
Paris
Washington
Hardins
Europe
Petit Parisien
Hardine
Echo de Paris
L'Oeuvre
Mr. Harding
L'Avenir
Severnl Ycent
Pernrgians
Lima
Peru
Merch
Sevé la Prensa
President Receives Airedale Dog At White House
President Harding was presented with an Airedale named Caswell Laddie Bar by Charles W. Queische of Toledo Ohio. Queische noted Laddie Bar’s sire Tin Tern Tip Top is a champion Airedale of the United States, highlighting the chief executive’s fondness for dogs.
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Associated Press
Washington
PD. C
Harding
Ihe
White House
Charles W. Queische
Toledo
United States
Argentina Relief Over Tariff Bill Veto By Wilson
Buenos Aires on March 5 reports that President Wilson vetoed the Fordney emergency tariff bill. Newspapers and importers express relief, saying the veto preserves growing business relations between Argentina and the United States and avoids embarrassment from the measure.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Wilson
Argentina
United States
Print Paper Prices Hit New High Record in New York
March 5 report shows news print paper contracts for Q4 1421 at 6.26 per hundredweight, the highest contracted price yet. Spot market runs higher. January to March 1921 contracts set at 6.50, up 59 percent from 1920 and over 200 percent above prewar levels. American and Canadian mills push costs amid overall dropping production costs elsewhere.
Harding starts work as 50,000 jobs await allotment
President Harding, in the White House executive office, faces a heavy task of distributing about 50,000 government jobs from a large applicant pool. He plans to consult cabinet members on assistant secretaryships while several boards and commissions near open staffing. Theodore Roosevelt Jr leads Navy appointments. Beary Fleisher becomes under secretary of state. other posts on the interstate commerce commission, shipping board, federal agencies, and labor boards are expected to be filled soon.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
White House
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Navy
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware
France
American Legion
Escl
Beary F. Fleisher
Mexico
Interstate, Commerce Commission
Shipping Board
Hunt
Champ Clark
Chicago Police Hold Minister's Son and Girl 17 Years Old
Chicago police detained Askins, a railroad switchman and son of a Managua minister, and 17 year old Migs Rose Esposito of Franklin Pa. They planned to elope from Chicago to St. Louis on Feb 14. Detectives later found them in an apartment. a second arrest followed. The girl said she wanted to escape to avoid an arranged marriage at her father's home.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Route FE
Askins
Moweaqua
Morais
Migs Rose Esposito
Franklin, Pa
Esposito
St. Louis
Askius
Shippers Strike Over Higher Railroad Rates Across Nation
Shippers nationwide protest high railroad rates in a coordinated strike aiming to force lower freight charges. A Chicago conference on March 14 will discuss the transportation crisis, with farmers, manufacturers, and consumer groups invited. Officials say rates, up 70 percent from prewar levels, cripple produce and livestock prices as rail revenue shifts threaten business.
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Untceet Tress
Chicago
Clifford Thorne
Augusta
Thorne
Missouri River
New York
Midwest
Supreme Cour
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dollar Princess Deteriorates in Athens Hospital
Princess Ana stasia wife of Prince Christopher formerly Mrs W B Leeds remained seriously ill in Athens New York reports she is growing weaker due to inability to assimilate food. Attending physicians say condition unchanged and diagnoses remain unsettled.
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Associated Press
Athens
Anastasia
Prince Christopher
W. B. Leeds
New York
Koch Receives Croix de Guerre for Valor in France
Mrs S F Koch of 314 Bates Street received a formal French government citation and a Croix de Guerre for Walter J Koch a Rainbow veteran noted “great bravery under fire” while with the 128th French division on March 38 1918. Koch served with Company F 168th Infantry Rainbow division and is now in California.
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S. F. Koch
Bates] Street
Walter J. Koch
Franca
Koch
Co. F
Infantes
California
Colombia Treaty Stumbling Block in Harding 3 Path
Washington March 3 United Press reports President Harding faces a Senate rift over ratifying the Colombia treaty. Key Republicans led by Lodge and Knox oppose a quick vote, arguing for time to return home and for possible abstention on ratification. Harding plans conferences to push the treaty, seen as vital to counter British influence and protect American interests abroad. A special session could be called within two weeks if needed.
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United Press
Washington
D. C
Harding
Lodge
Knox
Senate
Congress
Colombia
Central America
Army
Navy
Russian Revolt Expands in Red Strongholds
Reports from Helsingfors March 5 claim anti Bolshevik revolts spread across Russia with Petrograd and Kronstadt under revolutionary control. A communique from a revolutionary committee cited heavy casualties in Moscow as red forces are redeployed northward. Kronstadt reportedly fell to rebels. sailors flock to white standards as Baltic fleet centers shift.
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United Press
Helsingfors
Russia
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Resolutionary Committee
Ghiing
Moscow
Baltic Fiest
Reval
Naval Training Establishment
eBy
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lenine
Esthenia
Steader
Waterloo bathing beach to be repaired by technical society
The Waterloo Technical Society proposes immediate work on the bathing beach. A committee will sound the river from Mullan avenue bridge to Sedgwick's island to draft plans and direct actions. The Woman's Club Civic Department endorses the move and asks officials to carry out recommendations and reserve bathhouse receipts for ongoing safety and sanitation.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Technical Society
Mullan Avenue Bridge
Sedgwick’s Island
Compittes
Nathan Barber
A. D. Jobustos
G. W. Miller
Ralph B. Slippy
T. Wilson
Greater Waterloo
Woman's Club Arres
Woman's Club
Alfred Longley
C. J. Rudolph
J. L. Jones
Women's Athletic Association
Postoffice Clerks Robbed of Mailbags
Kansas City dispatch reports two postal clerks in a motor car transporting mail from the Santa Fe depot to Sugar Creek postoffice were held up by four bandits. The offenders escaped with two mail bags in the daytime robbery.
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Sy United Press
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Sugar Creek
College High Upsets East High In District Tournament Title
Cedar Falls March 5 College High edged East High of Waterloo 19 to 18 to clinch the Teachers College district basketball championship. Jesup had defeated Washington 14 to 13 earlier, setting the stage for a final between College High and Jesup tonight at 7 30. The tournament concludes with award banquet and trophy cups for top players and leaders.
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Cedar Falls
College High
Jesup
Teachers College
East ‘High
Waterloo
Washington Five
East
West High
East High
East High College High
Waterloo American Legion Quinte
tTeachers College Five
Bartlett Hall
Thefts over a pension check eye fireman past in jail
Rey Hildebrand a former substitute fireman has confessed to forging and cashing a pension check for 75 tied to Astley Dunham former fire chief. He was bound over to the grand jury in 599 bail. The case involved a missing check from station No 1 and a subsequent bank presentation that failed.
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Astley A. Dunham
Fire Department
Rey Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Io 2
Dunham
Tiller
Peter Mayrelis
Marrelis
Ashley Dunham
Clarence Wrar
Young
Ray Hildebrand
Weather report from Buchanan Optical Company Thermometer
Today temperatures ranged from near 0 to about 5 degrees at 1 p.m. with a wide midnight to early evening spread. Sunrise at 5:24, sunset at 4:54, moonrise around 5:39, indicating cold conditions and notable daily temperature variability.
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Buchanan Optical Company
Waterloo City in Brief Highlights Local Ads and Incidents
Local notes include a Chicago trip by Charles Simpson and visits from Mrs. John Charles Cosgave Jr. and daughter Mary Kathryn of Chicago to Waterloo. Bicycle theft reported on Fifth Street near the bridge. Deputies Robinson and Bloom confined by illness. Dairy official J P Eves touring Randall on Iowa Dairy Council business. Mr and Mrs Banks Lawyer planning to Casper, Wyoming for work. Gideons meeting postponed due to revival. Miller from Park View Sanitarium improving at home. Lee Kliebenstein of Waterloo Construction Machinery on extended trip west to Spokane and other western cities. Three smallpox cases registered: Elizabeth Marx 10 Webster, J T Johnson 827 Mulberry, and a six-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. C L Jones 313 Peek. Waterloo police asked Marshalltown for a lookout on a Buick car stolen with 1920 plate 246499 heading toward Waterloo.
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Charles Simpson
Chicago
John Charles Cosgave, Jr
Mary Kathryn
Waterloo
Newell Street
Fifth Street
F. A. Robinson
W.C. Bloom
J.P. Eves
Randall
Iowa Dairy Council
Lee, Kliebenstein
Watterloo Construction Machinery Corporation
Spokane
Wash
Health Department
Elizabeth Marx
Webster Street
J.T. Johnson
Mulberry
C. L. Jones
Peek Street
Marshalltown
Water Jloo
Henry Koester Pioneer of County Dies at Dewar
Henry Koester 88 a longtime Iowa resident died at his home near Dewar at 7 39 a m Friday Funeral service will be at Barclay Catholic church Monday with burial in the churchyard cemetery He was born in Germany in 1833 came to the United States in 1868 He worked on a farm near Freeport after arriving in the Midwest later moved to Iowa He was married to Jennie Zurat in 1878 and six children were born one died in infancy Survivors include Henry Mike and August at home Mrs Thomas Lanigan Hudson and Mrs Paul Nuevel Dunkerton Two brothers William Kin pall and August Dubuque also survive
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Dewar
Henry Koester
Iowa
Barclay Catholic Church
Church Yard
Koaster
Germany
United States
Freeport
Middle ‘West
Jennie
Zurat
Henry
Mike
August
Thomas Lanigan
Hudson
Paul Nuevel
Dunkerton
William. Kinpall
Dubuque
Francis In Race For School Directors In West District
As the election of school directors approaches the campaign heats up, especially in the west district with a fifth candidate, J A Fraser. J R Howard, Charles Fish and Mrs B J Howray filed candidacy papers for east district seats. Incumbents J W Arbuckle J R Howard and Charles Fish facing rotation. west board list includes Swisher Wilson Marquis Bown and J A Francis. Election date set for March 14 with seven days to file.
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J. A. Fraser
J. R. Howard
Charles Fish
B. J. Howray
W. H. Bruna
East Board
J. W. Arbuckle
West Board
B. F. Swisher
Burton E. Wilson
H. E. Colby
Swisher
Wilson
F. L. Marquis
Colby
Glenn Bown
J. A. Francis
Dempster
Iowa bill waves to change road paving votes in house
Des Moines March 5 One of the hardest road fights of the Thirty-ninth general assembly is set in the Iowa house Monday. Two Anderson bills seek to alter hard surfacing law. one would allow a new county vote after two years to rescind a prior decision. the other would shift county road authority from the state highway commission to county boards and remove the commission’s power to approve county road plans. Supporters predict defeat for both bills. attendance and timing may push action to Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Thirty-ninth
General Assembly
Iowa
Anderson
Winnebago
Friends of Old
Las
Anderson Gull
Commission
Highway Commission General
Highway Commission
Jon
Oelwein Shops of C G W Will Resume Operation Monday
Chicago Great Western railroad shops in Oelwein Iowa will resume operations Monday after a layoff of about ten days. The restart will reinstate about 900 men.
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Oelwein
Chicago Great Western Rail
Way
Man Killed Stepping Before Northwestern Train
Jefferson March 5 65 year old Thomas McDonald was killed when struck by a Northwestern passenger train. He walked around a freight train and walked into the path of the passenger train, his body carried about 100 feet on the engine pilot. Also listed are marriage licenses for B O Torpy and Margaret Aries and George A Smith and Margaret Hartford.
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United Press
Jefferson
Thomas McDonald
Yeserday
Northwestern
McDonald
O. Torpy
Knoxville
Margaret Aries
Chicago
George A. Smith
New Hartford
Ford elected president of Detroit Toledo and Ironton line
Detroit reports Henry Ford won the presidency in a reorganization of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad. Valparaiso witnesses the coroner's jury ordering engine crew William Long and George Block to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after the Porter wreck. New Bedford notes submarine O-8 grounded near Penikese then refloated with revenue cutter narrowly escaping. Indianapolis says messages indicate two American soldiers who tried to capture Grover Bergdoll may be released soon. Dublin reports police fired on and bombed while escorting prisoners to Dublin Castle. three were killed. New York reveals navy deserter Harold Hammond married 33 Germans in three years.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Valparaiso
Ind
William Long
George Block
Michigan Central
Porter
New Bedford
Mass
Penikese Island
Indianapolis
American Legion
Grover’ C. Bergdoll
Dublin
Dublin Castle
New York
Harold Hammond
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W. J. Koch
Rainbow Vet
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Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Marshall
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Eagt
Teachers
United States Department of Agriculture
Buchanan's
Gideons
F. Willis Jenks
Miller
Parkview Sanitarium
Francis
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