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A montage of headlines covers a West Virginia mine disaster claim 34 families bereaved, Milwaukee railroad receivership, distant calamities like Tokyo and Japan earthquakes, Gloria Swanson or Gloria in Paris fame moving to Florida, hungry burglars in Charles City returning a basket of food, Billy Haack clashing with Wladek Zbyszko, Cal Coolidge political maneuvers, Secretary Jardine scrutinizing wheat futures, and a Nebraska game warden shooting a girl mistaken for a duck hunter.
Murder Indictment in McClintock Case Sealed
William D. Shepherd and Charles C. Faiman face 22 counts in Chicago grand jury action charging murder by typhoid poisoning and toxic drugs in the death of William N. McClintock, with Faiman’s confession bolstered by a former student testimony. Prosecution said the scheme aimed to gain the $1,000,000 estate, with arraignment set for Saturday morning.
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Associated Press
Marel
William D. Shepherd
Earliey
Hunt
Charles
Shepherd
William McClintock
Chicago
Noison
Tomake
Fainan
Quade
Robert White
Fatman’s School
White
Farman
Faiman
John P. Marchand
Paoseenters
Poimay
Isabelle Pope
Lord Curzon in Dying Condition Rumor Stirs Lords
London reports said the condition of Marquis Curzon of Kedleston worsened last night and failed to improve yesterday. Physicians issued a bulletin this morning noting increased anxiety as word spread in the House of Lords lobbies that his condition was hopeless.
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Lord Curzon
House of Lords
Associated Press
London
Marquis Curzon of
Kedleston
Peruvian City Is Wiped Out By Torrential Rains
Tru jillo in northern Peru, founded in 1585, reports say the city with about 11,000 people was completely destroyed by floods from torrential rains. Inhabitants fled to elevated fields as flood gates failed to stem rising waters.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Trujillo
Polish Frontier Clash Alleged by Lithuanian Delegation
By AP Paris March 18 a Polish frontier patrol is alleged to have attacked Lithuanian border guards at Rear Sirvintas without provocation Monday night and threatened to occupy the district by force unless Lithuanians evacuated it.
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Associated Press
Paris
Sirvintas
Wife alleges husband burned initials on her back
Mrs Dolores Winfree, a sailor, obtained a warrant charging Theodore Winfree with assault and battery after she claimed he burned her initials on her back with a hot iron. The incident, she said, occurred because he suspected other men were paying attention to her.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dolores Winfree
Theodore Winfree
Cedar Falls Man Donates 40 Acres for Fort Fort 6 Campus
Cedar Falls man Charles A Rownd donated forty acres of land to Teachers College which was accepted by the state board of location in Des Moines. The land valued at 300 per acre lies south of Cedar Valley fairgrounds eight blocks from the campus and has been leased to the school as golf and picnic grounds. The gift increases the college fund holdings to about 120 acres. The original forty acres were bought by Samuel Rownd, father of Charles, for the orphanage that became Teaviers college, with another forty acquired last year.
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Cedar Malls
Teachers College
Charles A. Rownd
State Board of Ilocation
Des Moines
Rownd
Cedar Valley Fairgrounds
Lfe
Poisoned candy tragedy claims Wells Shirley
Two young brothers, Wells Shirley aged 4 and Louis Carpenter aged 7, found a labeled tin box of rat poison in their father's barn. Believing it candy, they shared the contents. Wells died at Presbyterian hospital after being rushed there. Louis deteriorated through the night, with doctors hoping for recovery earlier, then grave condition reported. Parents cannot locate the poison source. funeral arrangements for Wells noted.
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Louis
W. L. Carpenter
Riverview
Wells Shirley
Presbyterian Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Nol
Carpenter
Riverview Addition
Wells
O’keefe & Towne Funeral Home
First Woman M E F Preacher in Kansas
Miss M Macdalyne Southard of Winfield Kansas known as Kat led the International Association of Women Preachers was ordained as a Methodist Episcopal local preacher of the South Kansas Conference at Great Bend Kansas last Sunday She becomes the first woman to be ordained by the conference.
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Chicago
M. Macdalyne Southard
Winfield
Kat
International Association of Women Preachers
South Kansas
Great Bend
Kun
Methodist Episcopal
Peg Leg Fan Runs Away from Police
A fragmentary item notes a man known as Peg Leg Fan fled after a police chase in Sioux City. The text mentions Lewis Roscoe, a noted home runner, and a deputy sheriff pursuit ending with an escape by Anderson from Roscoe’s car.
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Peg Leg
Sioux City
Stax
Lewis Roscoe
al- Terved
Doputy Sheriff's
Roscoe
Anderson
Roascoe
Courier Delivery Instructions Dated Notice
The Courier should be delivered to your name before 3 30. If an error delays delivery or you miss the paper by that time, call 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 8 0 p m.
Pershing to erect monuments and crosses in Europe
Gen. John J. Pershing, head of the battle monuments commission, plans to supervise the erection of war monuments to American dead in France and Belgium and the placement of crosses over each doughboy grave. He will sail to France this summer after a brief visit to Lincoln, Nebraska, and then tour the battlefields he once led American troops across.
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International News
Washington
America
France
Belgium
John J. Pershing
Battle Monuments Commission
Lincoln
Neb
Senate confirms nominations for tax appeals and diplomacy
Washington March 1 The senate today confirmed nominees including George L Creeck to Paraguay as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary Peter Augustus Jay to Argentina and William D Love from Texas to the board of tax appeals among others Herman J Galloway and Iran Lloyd Letts named assistant attorneys general Wiliam R Green Jr from Iowa Logan Morris from Utah and Phillips from New York referenced by Coolidge upon tax appeals board confirmation in Washington DC.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
George L.creeck
Kansas
Paraguay
Wiliam R. Green, Jr
Iowa
Percy W. Phillips
New York
Logan Morris
Utah
William D- Love
Texas
Board of
Tax Appeals
Peter Augustus Jay
Argentina
Herman J. Galloway
Iran
Lloyd Letts
Condoners Blush at New Scandal Case
Gossip filled London as the Waterhouse suit unfolds with testimony from the dying butler Mills about the late Frank Waterhouse and Lady Wilson Barker. The courtroom shows blushes at lurid details from a Victorian drawing room now in a Jazz Age case.
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London
Waterhouse
Mills
Frank Waterhouse
Wilson-Barker
Hoover Opens Radio Experiments Field
In Washington on March 18 Secretary of Commerce Hoover announced the opening of amateur radio experiments by specifying a new 2 meter wavelength band from 0.7477 to 0.786 megacycles for experimental use. This marks a significant shift toward advancing wireless communication.
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Hoover
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Commerce
Government orders inquiry into grain market manipulation
Washington March 18 United States Secretary of Agriculture Jardine directed the grain futures administration to investigate the recent dramatic drops in wheat prices on Chicago and other exchanges. The inquiry follows numerous reports and claims by leading figures in the grain industry alleging market manipulation.
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Wileak
Jarding
Grain Futures Administration
United Press
Washington, D.C
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
United States Grain Futures Administration
Advertising Expert Sparks Ad Club Address in Waterloo
Thomas X. Kelly of Minneapolis lectured Waterloo’s Ad Club in Hazel Russell-Lamson’s grillroom on using newspaper and direct mail to boost sales. He urged full advertising commitment, selling skills, and eye catching campaigns to move stagnant stock, citing clothier and diamond store examples and a tea promotion in Winnipeg that drew men to shops.
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Waterloo
Hazel Russell-Lamson
Thomas XK. Kelly
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Kelly
Lake Michigan
Stont
Winnipeg
Asa
Key
20000 Homeless In Tokio Conflagration
Ai runched fire swept northeastern Tokio on March 18 destroying about 3000 buildings and leaving 20000 people homeless. Troops tore down houses to halt the blaze as water ran dry, fire started at Nappori junction and spread toward Uyens park and the imperial museum.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Nappori Junction
Uyens
Imperial Museum
Zoological Gardens
Obmachi
Zohsigaya
Sargent Takes Oath as Attorney General
John G. Sargent of Vermont was sworn in today as attorney general of the United States. The Senate approved the nomination in open session by unanimous consent hours after Warren declined a recess offer. Leaders planned to adjourn the Senate at the end of the day.
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Washington, D. C
John G. Sargent
Vermont
United States
Sargent
Senate
Warren
International Pacific Federation formed to save North Pacific salmon
Seattle March 1 A commission formed the International Pacific Federation to preserve salmon from extinction by treaties and uniform laws. Delegates from British Columbia Washington Oregon California the United States and Canada established a nine member international executive committee led by Henry O Malley to study salmon habitats and determine safe catch quantities.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
International Pacific Federation
North Pacific
Fish Commissions
British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
California
United States
Canada
Henry O'Malley
U. S
Receivership sought for Chicago Milwaukee St Paul rail line
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway faces a protective move as creditors seek receivership in federal court. The action cites an inability to meet a June 1 bond debt of about 44.9 million and outlines plans to preserve the system’s assets for all creditors while a financial reorganization proceeds.
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Associated. Press
New York
Chicago, Milwaukee
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul
United States District Court
James H
Capitana Ceding
Harry BD Byram
Presid Ab
Merk W. Potter
Ea Ward J. Brundage
Binkley
H. I. Field
United Press
Chitcago
Milwaukee’ & St., Paul
Tks
Wisconsin
Matis
Panama Canal
St. Paul
Fred
Tick Tucker
Aletronolitap Life Insurance Company
Mortimer M. Buckner
New York Trust Company
Donald G. Geddes
Binkley Coalt Company
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Floyd Collins
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Milwaukee Railroad
Mir-Cot
Milwaukee
Mr. la Follette
Lui
Japan
Francisco
Altho
Gloria
Miss Swanson
Florida
Raisin State
Everglades
Charles City
Billy Haack
Memphis
Wladek Zbyszko
All- Haack
Zbyszko
Thomas F. Woodlock
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodlock
Nebraska
Faimakl
Billy Mglintogk
Rae Oat Ai
Hubby
Cedar Falls
Board of Education
Wells Shirley Carpenter
Kansan
Harvester
Pershing
Europe
Green
Coolidge
Tax Appeals Board
Thomas K. Kelly
Wang
International Commission
Coal Company
Ry. Company
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