Judiciary bills sidestep in Iowa senate action
Des Moines March 6 the senate elections committee voted to bring out without recommendation three election bills touching nonpartisan judiciary law. Other measures seek to require candidates to name opponents and to establish county boards of education with broader textbook control. The senate approved bills on school accounting and liquor disposition to hospitals, and authorized sub drainage districts under house file 102.
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Senate Elections Committee
Frice
Albia
Whitmore
Jkimiml
House
Senate
McFarlane
Board of Education
Board of Supervisors
Committee On Public Schools
Boards of Education
Senator Ball
Board of Control
Williams
Pottawattamie ‘County
Hayner Special Agents Appropriation Delayed in Des Moines
Gov Harding’s message in joint session delayed the Hayner appropriation for 75 000 for state agents. The Dean bill was postponed to allow the Rathbun pardon issue to be addressed first. Senator Balkema will handle the measure in the senate, representing Osceola county.
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Des Moines
Letters from a prisoner in German camps
Corporal John E. Smith of Council Bluffs recounts seven harrowing days marching with two comrades in Germany with one loaf of bread and scarce water. He describes meager rations in a sawdust loaf and soup from potato peels, harsh punishments for foraging, and relief from Red Cross aid at Berne, Switzerland.
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Council Bluffs
Germany
John E. Smith
Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
Smith
George W. Smith
Berlin
Tucle
West Prussia
Corporal Smith
Red Cross
Berne
Switzerland
Cedar Falls Notices Include Music Program and Sales
Local items report Miss Garrison’s vocal recital at the teachers college with praise for tone and encores. A horse auction is scheduled for Tuesday at the fairgrounds, led by Col. Fred Hi Reppert and Carlton W. Leight of Hudson Savings Bank. Also announced is the wedding of Vred A. Ford and Daguit Christofferson in Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
Michel Garrison
Metropus Mallperk Company
Staty ‘Teachers’ College
Shu
Bord Christoffersen
A. Ford
Daguit Christofferson
Cedar Alls
Frank C. Kennison
J. W. Morgan
First Hopeist Church
Ford
Cedar Rapid
Main Street
Court restrains a young teacher with no certificate
LeMars March 6. Owen Taylor of Liberty township Plymouth county gains a temporary injunction in district court to stop Miss Hlase Bogenriet from teaching in the district. A permanent order will be considered at the March term. The board hired the 21yearold uncertified instructor amid teacher shortages. her father sits on the board. The county superintendent had instructed the board not to pay her.
Methodist Conference in Des Moines Highlights Missionary Centenary
More than 2,000 Methodists attend the opening session of the conference at First Methodist church. Four hundred ministers will attend the event marking the missionary centenary movement with plans for worldwide work and reconstruction after the war. The Iowa program includes 775 pastors serving 1,500 congregations with a $121 million fundraising goal and $60 million slated for Iowa, plus a Sioux City mission and parish-building plans across the state.
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Moisegpal
Lowa
Sula
Hishop
Omatha
Iowa
Orient
Wilson
Lewis
China
Methodist Church
Department of War Reconstruction
Europe
Centenary Commission
Iowan
Sioux City
Seniority Decides Next House Committee Chair in GOP Plan
The Republican committee on committees met to frame the party organization for the next House. Seniority of rank will determine who chairs the 11 principal committees, with tentative decisions guiding the Republican lineup for the new session.
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Associated Press
Washington, PD. C
Republican Committee On
Libel Suit Verdict Restores Altechler in Hardin County
In Eldora Iowa March 6 the jury in the libel suit Schmedika filed against Altechler returned a verdict for the defendant William Senmedika after nine hours deliberation The case centered on statements published in the Hardin County Citizen balance of the page notes a separate item: Wart-Parr company in Charles City received an order for 200 tractors to be used in France marking a new export phase after five years of war interruption.
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Eldora
Schmedika
Altechler
MM. M. McGall
William Senmedika
Hardin County
Alt- Rchuler
Charles City
Wart-Parr Company
France
E. St. Verhaeghe
Beauvais
Robin Com
Angers Machinery Importers Visit to Hart-Parr Works
Veny of Angers France visited the Hart-Parr works and a large order was read for five tractors to be manufactured at once for France. The order is reported to be worth more than $200,000.
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Veny
Angers
Franuce
Hart-Parr Works
Preneh
France
Centenarian James Haney to celebrate 100th birthday
Keokuk Iowa March 6 James Haney of Sandusky will mark his centenary with a reception next Saturday inviting old army comrades and friends. He served in the Civil War and was wounded at Derbytown but survived to reach age 100 on March 8 1915. He lives with Edward Fowler near Takeshore boulevard. He has many descendants and was visited by G A R members a year ago.
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Keokuk
James Haney
Sandusky
Edward Fowler
Takeshore Boulevard
Haney
Derbytown
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J.2 Radell
D. G. Moore
Chicago
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H.L. Chase
WF. . Cutler
Louis Bageman
Ts. Howard
Best
J. Scott Stevens
Sara M. Riges
Marjorie Miller
Methodists
Dex Moines Meeurs
Morris Iridge St. Hasy
G. OQ. P
Congress Committee
Amy
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
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Northrup King & Co. Sterling
Timothy Seed Potatoes
Great Northern Seed Co
Webberking
Mulberry St
Waterloo, Iowa
Chalmers
Waterloo Evening Courier
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Watersloo
Harry Padden Auto Co
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