Congress Closes After Turbulent Special Session
The Senate adjourned its special session amid a break with the White House over the Warren nomination. It refused approval of Thomas Woodlock for the Interstate Commerce Commission, ratified the Isle of Pines treaty, and adopted two investigations and other minor measures. The session also reorganized committees and set plans to take up the world court issue in December.
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Washington, D. C
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Coolidge
Thomas Woodlock
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodlock
LaFolette
Eye-Witness Recalls Wind Sweeping Men to Death in West Frankfort
An eye witness describes a tornado in West Frankfort that swept through streets and homes, dragged victims from stores and offices, and ignited fires. He recalls rescuers, injured workers, and dozens killed or missing as crowds and miners helped, with funerals to follow after the disaster.
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Welk
West Frankfort
Couzens Faces Tax Fight Echoing Mellon Laws
The article argues Senator Couzens’ grievance targets the income tax laws, not Mellon personally, and notes Mellon must follow law despite personal implications. It frames the issue as a clash between congressional power and executive enforcement, with fate-like irony shaping outcomes.
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White House
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Mellen
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Melon
Xeilon
Meilon
Tiany
Herald-Tribune News Service
Former Senator Culberson Dies in Washington Influenza Death
Charles A Culberson former U S senator from Texas died at his Washington home at 6 am following a bout of influenza He had served as senator from 1899 to 1923 and was born in DeR Ardville Alabama on June 10 1865
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Washington, D. C
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Culberson
Ilo
Cilberson
Dardeville
Ala
Storm Disasters Chronicle A Century Of Midwest Tornado Toll
A historical overview lists major U S tornado disasters from 1884 to 1924 with death tolls and areas. It notes the 1924 Lorain Ohio windstorm killing 67 and $25 million in damage, plus spring 1924 storms in the South causing many fatalities in Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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Kanars River Valley
Towa
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Chandler
Okla
Marqnette
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Meridan
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Mississippi
Louisiana
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Nebraska
Kansas
Tlinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Texas
Omaaha
Wnearly
Oklahoma
Lorain
Lakerie
South
South Carolina
Georgia
Shepherd to Seek Bond After Murder Charge in Chicago
William Darling Shepherd, accused of murdering Billy McClipstock by typhoid inoculation, sits in jail No.13 awaiting trial. He is slated for arraignment before Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins on Saturday and will plead not guilty. His lawyers will seek bond citing a $1,006,000 McClintock legacy. State's Attorney Crane opposes release.
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United Press
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
Billy"’ McCliptock
Criminal Court
Shepherd
Jacob Hopkins
McClintock
Robert E. Crane
Towa House Extends Sympathy to Illinois and Missouri
Des 3 Ss, March 19. Resolutions of sympathy for storm stricken areas of Missouri Illinois and Indiana in which hundreds lost their lives were adopted by the lower house of the Iowa legislature today. Representatives Carter of Haram Tiarrison Poltawattaie and Wil of Mlayd counties drafted the resolutions.
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Marshe Wrenches in Serious Condition
London reports Field Marshal French Earl of Ypres underwent a serious operation with an official bulletin noting anxiety about his condition for some time. The Earl led British expeditionary forces in France in 1914 and 1915.
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London
French
Ypres
France
Road control bill inches forward in Iowa House vote
The Iowa House adopted a Johnson resolution by 63 to 52 to make a road control bill a special order needing only a constitutional majority. The move would elevate the measure from calendar position ninety nine to front, aiding the good roads push. Senate discussions on Bowman bank guarantee stretched long as supporters and opponents weighed debated changes. Opponents warned a narrow vote could stall the bill’s progress.
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Good Roads Group
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Bowman
Bankers’ " Association
Rescue Workers Dig for Dead in Storm Ruins
The storm swept across Arkansas Missouri IllinoisIndiana and Kentucky killing hundreds and injuring many more. Rescue teams from St Louis and Chicago searched wreckage in DeSoto Murphysboro and other towns while relief efforts mobilized across the region. Authorities prepared $500000 in relief funding and deployed militia to guard devastated areas as hospitals and morgues were set up in schools and armories.
Tornado Formed by Ground Heat and Upper Air Cooling
Chicago reports say high surface temperatures and humidity with very cold air around 1 000 feet created a tornado. Weather forecaster Henry J. Cox notes typical tornado paths about a quarter mile wide, moving near 100 mph and lasting about 40 miles.
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Chicago
Henry J. Cox
Cox
Missouri tornado toll spreads across states with shelters sought
A destructive tornado struck several Missouri towns near the Mississippi river and crossed into Illinois Indiana and Kentucky causing loss of life and extensive property damage. Red Cross mobilized and Chicago relief trains with doctors nurses and supplies were organized to aid victims.
School Children Among Heaviest Cyclone Victims
Storm toll rises as schools collapse in West Frankfort Murphysboro and Gorham Orient area. At West Frankfort a school wrecking left eight bodies recovered. Murphysboro area reports about 200 students unaccounted for. Orient tiny school destroyed with seven missing. Gorham death toll near 39 with many victims believed to be students.
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St. Louis
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Orient
Gorham
Dedication of $50,000 Shenandoah Armory Ceremony
Governor Hammill and military leaders attended the dedication of a $50,000 Shenandoah Armory. The event featured a band concert, addresses, banquet, and a KFNF broadcast. Former Spanish American War veterans and uniformed delegations from Glenwood Clarinda Red Oak Villisca and Corning joined the ceremony.
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Matt A. ‘Pintey
Coune Bluffs
Frank Miles
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Des Moines
Grant J. Ross
Sioux City
Lewis G. Lasher
P. A. Gov
Hammill
KFNF
Co. E
Rampantes
Glenwood
Clarinda
Red Oak
Villisen
Corning
Vast tableau of death reported in southern Illinois tornado
The storm sequence at DeSoto and nearby towns left about 100 dead and over 1,000 injured. Fifty to eighty-five pupils were killed at Logan and Longfellow schools, with massive destruction in West Frankfort and Murphysboro. Rescue efforts faced darkness, yet dawn brought renewed relief as doctors, nurses, and supplies arrived.
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Man Kills Wife Then Self in Omaha After Divorce
Arthur G. Jordan an egg candier killed his divorced wife Dorothy 31 by cutting her throat with a razor and then ended his own life in the same manner in Omaha. A note suggested a joint death pact but police said both signatures were Jordan's. The couple had been divorced in Peoria Illinois about a year earlier.
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Arthur G. Jordan
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Poisoned Self After Threat Of Divorce In Iowa
Clyde A. Sigshey, 21, took poison at the home of his wife's parents in Council Bluffs after his wife said she would sue for divorce. He declared goodbye and died amid his wife, her parents, and two sisters watching.
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Clyde A. Sigshey
Sigshey
Waterloo families fear for relatives in path of tornado
Anxiety grips Waterloo residents as relatives in Murphysboro Cape Girardeau Centralia and nearby areas contend with the cyclone’s devastation. Mr J Wallace and Mrs FP E Wallace travel to Murphysboro to check on kin including Mrs J OConner Ben Daniels Sr and son W S Daniels. Concerns also touch Mrs J C Gay and her kin in Cape Girardeau as news reaches of casualties. Peter Seeley once Illinois Central master mechanic and J M Ryan at Irving Hotel fear for kin in Centralia and Con r a tia with no word received.
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FP. E. Wallace
Murphysboro
J.C. Gay
Second Street East
Timothy O’connell
Cape Girardeau
Peter Seeley
Illinois Central
Centralia
J.M. Ryan
Irving Hotel
John
Contratia
Gainesville student dies after Greek brigand attack
Paris dated report says John Logan of Gainesville Georgia was shot in the neck by brigands last week while traveling with three American Archaeological school students and a British companion in South Epirus. He died in a hospital at Arta Greece.
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John Logan
Gainesville
Arta
Greece
Logan
American Archaeological School
South Epirus
Fairfield Sends 500 for Tornado Victims and More
Fairfield Iowa March 19 Fairfield wired 500 to the Red Cross at St Louis for tornado relief and expected to wire 3500 more before nightfall. Local chapter anticipated strong response and forwarded funds to provide quick aid and show national support for the disaster.
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Red Cross
St. Louis
Red Crogs
Widow Confesses Poison in Water in Medina Case
Martha Wise, 43, confessed to poisoning water in Medina Ohio, turning a quiet town case into a shocking crime. Authorities allege the psychological motive and describe the act as a deliberate attempt to harm. The confession follows a lengthy police interview and local investigations.
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Marth
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Martha Wise
Widow Admits Arsenic in Water Buckets Killing Three
A hard scrabble widow confessed to poisoning water buckets at the Gienke home causing the deaths of Sophie Hazel, M. 8. Gienke, and Lillian Gienke, with at least a dozen relatives ill. The case centers on Prose cutor Joseph Seymour.
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Gienke Nome
Sophie Hazel
Wise
Gienke
Lillian Gienke
Wisconsin Minister Takes Dysart Post
Rev. Edward Grosz and his wife with five children moved from Superior to Dysart to begin duties as pastor of the Lutheran congregation. He previously led the church at Hud-Breie in Wisconsin. The notice also reports on European fascist candidate plans and Lord Curzon’s failing condition.
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Edward Grosz
Superior
Wis
Mr. Grosz
Hud- Breie
Wisconsin
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