Senate urged to reconcile radio bill differences
Washington March 13 The senate must quickly reconcile its differences with the house on the measure to extend the Federal Radio Commission for a year or face its extinction. The bill would also cut license terms and redistribute stations by population and region, with support shifting to Southern allies and potential emergency funding to sustain the commission.
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Washinston
D. C
Senate
House
Hoover
Jonathon
Davis
Tennessee
New York City
Flood Devastates California Dam Breach Causes Massive Loss
The St Francis dam failure released about 1.34 billion gallons of water, crippling Los Angeles water supply and washing out rail lines and citrus farms. Five to 500 people were reported in peril, with at least several survivors and widespread property damage from Saugus to Ventura and Santa Paula. The flood traced the Santa Clara river toward the Pacific, threatening communities along the way.
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St. Francis
Los Anegeles
Califoria
Southern Pacific Railroad
St Francis
Harold Carey
Ventura
Harry Carey
Merry Carey
B. W. Hunick
Cherles
Holsshau
Saugus
Santa Pawla
Tne
Southern California
Santa Barbara
Pawife
Santa Paula
Lille Valley
Santa Clara
Pacific Ocean
Ofici
College Meray Committee Plans Next Meeting
After an all day session at Grace Methanis Episcopal church, members of the conference college energy faction discussed options. Bishoy F Keeney named the committee and urged a decision by April 15.
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Grace Methanis Epscopal Church
Sy Ter- Gar
Ronferenen Enliege Energy
Adiolsard Ln
Mreomvene Aline
Haar
Meaibee Bae Tibat
Mopman
Statis End Caryl College
Bishoy F
Keeney
Butler Mellon and Hays Describe Effort to Peddle Oil Bonds
Testimony links former postmaster general Heys to attempts in 1923 to persuade Mellon and Butler to accept bonds from him. Mellon says Hays offered $50,000 in bonds and a like party subscription, which he refused. Butler recalls a 1923 New York meeting and says a package claimed to contain $25,000 was taken by Hays. The witnesses discuss prior Sin clair involvement and the naval oil lease tied to the affair.
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Heys
Mellon
Butler
Wickstead
Hays
New York
Harry F. Sinclair
Toapol Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Wyomng
Barry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Haysn
S. Parker Gilbert
The
Treasury
Melton
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Senator Walsh
Montana
Rapot Dome
Fisy
Senate
Waterloo Couple Hosts Dinner for White Shrine Group
Cedar Falls residents entertain this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Forceman 222 Lafayette Street Waterloo in memory of their shared experiences at a national White Shrine convention in Buffalo New York in May 1907. The guest list includes Mrs J W Ford Fraijens Jacks and others.
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Peogheien Pabein Fey
Cedar Falls
Mare
Harry
Forceman
Lafayette Sitcul
Waterloo
Buffalo
N. Y
J W. Ford
Frajiens Jacks
Mid Mimes
AL BR
Battery J. A
Mer HO US Besiongh
George Gererisen
Landslide Threatens Santos After New Debris Flow
In Santos Brazil a second advancing landslide from Mont Serrat chased ghost residents from their homes as fissures appeared signaling long term danger. Officials warned the district to evacuate after a death toll previously tallied at 43 with fears it could reach 120 as debris tumbled toward the city.
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Santos
Brazil
Mont Serrat
Roffre
Niks
Business College History Highlighted In Kiwanis Talk
Gates president of Gates college spoke at the Kiwanis noon luncheon in Hotel Russell Lamson. He traced the rise of business colleges from partially organized schools to specialized business training. He noted a shift toward consolidation and stricter standards to meet modern needs. Mrs. Jeanette Edwards performed on piano accordion.
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Bruce Gates
Gates College
Kiwanis Club
Russell
Lamson
Peter W. Collins
Boston
Mass
Charles City
Gates
Business College
Commercial College
Galesi
Jeanette Edwards
Darrow Asked to Defend Young Hill in Michigan Trial
Clarence Darrow has been asked to lead defense for Harry Hill in a second trial for matricide in Ottawa Michigan set for April. The request follows the withdrawal of Shay, Osborne and Jones and the joining of original defender Lee O Neil Browne, who died during the first trial deadlock. Dr W O Hill, father of the accused, had not yet indicated his stance.
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Ottawa
Clarence Darrow
Harry Hill
Darrow
Shay
Osborne
Jones
Lee O'Neil Browne
W. O. Hill
Streator
Darrow Sould
Molsberry Enters GOP Bid Against Kopp in First District
Des Moines reports Fred Molsberry of Columbus Junction filed nomination papers to run for the Republican nomination for Congress in the First District. He will oppose incumbent Willan Kopp in the race. The announcement marks Molsberry’s bid for the seat.
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Molsbberry
Kopp
Des Moines
Msi
Fred M. Molsverry
Columbus Junction
Willan Kopp
Mirror Letter Test Measures Mental Skill
A one minute brain test from the Evening Post asks competitors to write all capital letters that look the same when held to a mirror. The task distinguishes letters that reverse or retain form, scoring accuracy under time.
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Sol Tate
Map Makers Face Big Job in Flood Control
Washington officials report large task for mapmakers as flood control plans in the Mississippi valley depend on extensive topographic mapping. Rep Henry W Temple advocates $2.8 million for full basin mapping to 16,000 square miles, enabling precise contour work and flood projections. Collaboration between Geological Survey and Coast and Geodetic Survey is planned, with Birdseye estimating $1.06 million for the 16,000 square miles.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Henry W. Temple
Pennsylvania
Temple
Atmy
Cape Girardeau
Interior Department
Geological Survey
George Otis Smith
C. A. Birdsere
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Commerce Department
Mississippi River
Birdseye
United States Geological Survey
Berlin Hotel Installs Ground Floor Shops for Yankee Trade
In Berlin the hotel adds two ground floor shops to serve American travelers with shirts socks shoes medicines lipsticks face powder jewelry and other essentials without leaving the premises The move is praised as clean comfortable service and regarded as a profitable venture by hotel management A six member sales staff handles demand while speedy bicycle couriers fetch out of stock items from the department store branch
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Berlin
Germany
TecenUy
Smoke Abatement Up Creating Demand for Smokeless Fire
City engineers urge Waterloo to enforce a smoke prevention ordinance and for service clubs to back the movement. Nathan Barber says progress comes from reducing soft coal use over drastic measures. Meeting adjourned for farewell to Hare Wye S. Butters, who departs for Chicago tomorrow. Tuthill expresses regret.
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Waterloo
Nathan Barber
Black
Hare Wye S. Butters
Chicago
Tuthill
Porters Demand $150 Monthly Pay Amid Wage Tensions
In Kansas City on March 13 the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters demanded a $150 monthly salary from Pullman company roads operating from Kansas City. An impending strike looms over the dispute, with wages currently about $72.50 per month and rumors of further cuts.
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Kansas City
Pullman Company
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Quetzel to Wield Baton for West Band
West High school musicians will be under the baton of a new director one day next week when Maj. Frederick Doetzel, leader in orchestral and band music in Cedar Rapids schools, comes here Friday for practice. Ralph Pronk, band and orchestra leader in West schools, will go to Cedar Rapids in the near future.
New York Woman Stands for House of Commons
London dispatch reports Zelia Hoffmann a former New Yorker now naturalized British citizen will campaign for a seat in the house of commons Norfolk on the Liberal ticket. Eight women already serve in the house. The item notes a radio debate on a Missouri Valley title bid between Drake University and Kansas Aggies in Manhattan Kansas with no live audience. Des Moines voters head to the polls as mayoral race narrows to Fred Hunter and ex mayor John McVicar.
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London
Zelia Hoffmann
New York
House of Commons
Norfolk
Des Moines
Drake University
Kansas Aggies
Manhattan
Kan
Fred Hunter
John McVicar
Employes Divide $17,000 Of Charles Grilk Estate
March 13. Ins say three employes to share 217,000 from the late Charles Grilk estate. remaining more than 500,000 goes to the widow after Grilk died in Des Moines attending the Republican state convention.
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Charles Grilk
Loral Aftor Yo Mio
Des Moines
Jury selection begins in Niehaus banking fraud trial
Elkader Iowa March 13 1917 jury selection was to start today in the trial of W T Niehaus Waukegan banker charged with fraudulent banking Judge Reed yesterday overruled a defense demurrer to the indictment
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Elkader
t.Ph
W. T. Niehaus
Wauken
Reed
Preacher Receives $50 for Funeral Sermon in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Judge W G Bonner awarded Rev F B Moore $50 for delivering the funeral sermon for William Lane Clark who died in March 1927 at age 89. Clark's will named three pastors to be paid 160, but Moore was not named yet preached and claimed 100.
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Des Moines
William Lane Clark
W. G. Bonner
F. B. Moore
Prairie Cin. Haif
Clark
Moore
League of Women Voters Opens State Convention in Iowa City
The Iowa League of Women Voters begins its state convention in Iowa City with a board meeting and two child welfare discussions led by Miss Julia C. Lathrop. The sessions run through Thursday with lectures and round table discussions, held outside Des Moines for the first time.
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Iowa City
TNS
Iowa League of Women Voters
State Board
Julia C. Lathrop
Recksford
Til
Des Moines
Independent Loses in School Election in Tow a City
In Tow a City March 13 Independent candidate Herman Smith and William Weber, nominees of the bipartisan board, defeated candidate Dr. George Callbright and independent candidate with 1857 and 1499 votes respectively. Callbright received 1223 votes.
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Towa City
Herman Smith
William Weeber
Bipartisan Nominating Board
George Callbright
Cndidate
24 hour clock strikes in Freienwalde post office
Berlin dispatch reports a Freienwalde Brandenburg clock tower now runs to 24 with midnight strikes in a 24 hour system adopted for railways and post office. Other items note a Berlin surgeon curing bronzed skin by suprarenal capsule transplant, a Prussia minister’s democratic reception, a Berlin museum torn down, film demonstrations of cancer cautery, and a monotone fashion trend amid eye glass wearers.
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Berlin
Freienwalde
Brandenburg
St. Georges Church
Frosenwalde
Berlin Medical Society
Erich Laschke
Prof. Leschke
Laborite calls for second disarming conference in Commons
London March 13 Mac Neill Weir a Scottish Laborite member of the house of commons has given notice that he will address the commons on naval limitation Thursday. He asks the government to lead in calling another institutional conference to discuss naval disarmament.
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London
INS
MacNeill Weir
House of Commons
Las
Commons
Win School Election in Corncil Rhatts Iowa
Voters chose Chet Bowers Fred Shaw and Mrs Erickson HU to serve on the local school board. The election results were declared Tuesday after a decisive vote count, with polling data showing temperatures and weather notes relevant to turnout.
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Corncil Rhatts
Chet. Bowers
Fred Shaw
Sense
Erickson HU
Funeral for A C Gansots to be held Wednesday
Funeral services for A C Gansots MG IDF Coriands street who died Sunday by his own hand will be at Sistoer chapel with Rev V Kelford pastor of Bethel church officiating. Burial will be at Nashia Thursday.
Congress Today in Senate and House Debates and Hearings
Senate continues debate on the Norrin Muscle Shoals resolution as public lands and interstate commerce committees pursue the Teapot Dome inquiry with Mellon Butler and Hays. Agriculture subcommittee probes cotton issues while the House panels hear Brand Burton Hoover debate and naval building programs. Merchant marine hearings proceed and farm relief measures are studied by the Agriculture Committee.
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United Pre- Senate
Norrin Muscle Shoals
Mellon
Butler
Hays
Interstate Commerce Committon
Agriculture Subcommittee
HOUSE
Brand-Burton Hoover
Merchant Marine Committee
Agriculture Committee
Postwar Damages Suit Reopens Trial in Anamosa
In Anamosa on March 13 the second trial of the Lowden Case began. A.D. Mowry, former Lowden mayor, sues Charles Reinking and others for 50000 claiming business and health damages from community actions over a 1921 American Legion celebration dispute. The first trial awarded 40000, but the supreme court remanded for trial.
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Anamosa
UPI
Lowden
A.D. Mowry
Charles Reinking
American Legion
Mowry
Lowder
Reinking
Mtu
Supreme Court
Tria
Four Men Charged With Game Birds In Storage
Informations filed in municipal court allege A. M. Place L. S. Cass W. C. Foster and C. E. Rawsier possessed game birds unlawfully kept in cold storage at the Artificial Ice and Fire Co. 106 Ninth street east. Warden John Jago says birds were seized after a Saturday stakeout. Each bird counted as a separate offense under state game law. ducks, quail and pheasants listed with exact counts. Duck season closed December 31, and penalties include fines or up to 90 days jail.
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Cass
W. C Foster
C. E. Rawsier
John ©. Jago
Jago
F. A. Howe
Ninth Street
Foster
Rensiey
Iowa
Probes Corner in Radio Corp Stock Probes Corner in Radio Corp
The New York Stock Exchange began an investigation into reports of a technical corner in Radio Corporation of America stock. The stock opened today with a block of 25,000 shares at $160, an overnight gain of $21.50 amid a seven session jump of about $45.
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New York Stock Exchange
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation Comman
Cedar Valley I P S CO TQ Party at Waverly
Office and plant staff of the Cedar Valley district of the Town Public Service Company plan an organization party and dinner at Waverly Iowa on Thursday evening. A special W C F W interurban train will carry attendees from Waterloo and Cedar Falls. H B Maynard secretary will be master of ceremonies. After-dinner program includes dancing at the Waverly community auditorium. The Cedar Valley division covers Waterloo Cedar Falls Waverly Shell Rock Clarksville Allison Rockford Nashua Charles City Sheffield Hampton Parkersburg and Grundy Center.
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Town Public Service Company
Waverly
P.m
C.F
Waverly Community Auditorium
Cedar Valley Division
Waterloo
Cerdar Falls
Shell Rock
Clarksville
Allison
Rockford
Nashua
Charlie City
Sheffield
Hampton
Parkersburg
Grundy Grater
George Hughes Returns Home at Cedar Heights After Nine Months
George W. Hughes, a piano tuner from Cedar Heights, returned home late Saturday night from Dubuque after more than nine months away. He left January 31 to work at Ackley and had not been heard from until telephoning Dubuque last week. Mrs. Hughes said family affairs are being straightened out, with five children at home the oldest 19, and elder daughters now pursuing professional entertainment.
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George W. Hughes
Cedar Heights
Dubuque
Ackley
Tayn
Hughes
Boy Killed by Truck In Council Bluffs Freshman Dies
Thomas Jefferson High School freshman Maax Mitchell, 13, was fatally struck last night by a truck driven by Louis McEvoy of Omaha. McEvoy was arrested and released on a $500 bond pending an inquest. The incident occurred in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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MaAx Mitchell
Thomas Jefferson High School
Louis McEvee
Omaha
McEvoy
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