Women Voters Seen Key in City Election
Active canvassing by multiple tickets marks the week before the city election. Women voters are viewed as a deciding factor with polls targeting a large turnout. Separate municipal judge elections will occur in Waterloo and Hast Waterloo townships. polling hours are 8 am to 7 pm at the Lawson Auto office.
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Thompson
RX. CO. Thompson
Altho
Bassitite
Waterloo
Fifth Street West
George Call
K. B. Shaw
H. J. Siegler
John Silvers
FJ Clark
508 Died from Smallpox During 1920
Washington March 20 The census bureau announced total deaths from smallpox in 1920 totaled 503 in the death registration area, up from 358 in 1919. The rate stayed near levels seen since 1904, when the disease last exceeded one per 100 000. Louisiana posted a high rate of 9 2 per 100 000, underscoring the need for vaccination.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Louisiana
May Take Testimony in Fatty's Case Today
San Francisco Cal March 20 Taking of testimony in Roscos Fatty Arbuckle s third trial on charges of having caused the death of Virginia Rappe was expected to begin this afternoon. Twelve regular and one alternate juror had been selected when four convened today. One additional alternate juror was necessary.
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San Francisco
Cal
Roscos
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Fourt
Trial of Tex Rickard Draws Overflow Crowd in New York
Extraordinary precautions were taken as an overflow crowd filled the criminal branch of the supreme court in New York for the opening of the trial of George L. Rickard known as Tex Rickard. He appeared with his counsel to answer charges brought by four east side school girls.
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New York
Criminal Branch
The
Supreme Court
George L
Tex
Rickard
East Side
Courier delivery note asks readers to report missed papers
The notice explains home delivery should arrive before 6 30 each day. If a carrier error or other cause results in a late or missing paper, readers should call 3830 before 6 50 a.m. to have a copy sent.
Franklin's Great Granddaughter Enters Congressional Race
Ellen Duane Davis, great granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Pennsylvania's Second district. She heads the Women's Democratic organization in Philadelphia's Eighth Ward and seeks the seat held by George Graham.
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Ellen Duane Davis
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Pennsylvania
George §. Graham
Davis
Women's Democratic Organization
Philadelphia
Eighth Ward
Council Bluffs city treasurer dies suddenly at home
The Council Bluffs city treasurer Ja Frank T. True, holder of the office since 1898, died suddenly at his home early today. Other items note Maine voting under bad weather, a Houston- Iowa oil stock case, a New York gunman and gunwoman holdups, and various local incidents related to operation, divorce, and bankruptcy notices.
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Council Bluffs
Frank T. True
Augusta
Maine
Peters
Jone E. Nelson
E.A. McLean
Austin
Tex
Webster Bishop
Iowa
All American Troops on Rhine Are Ordered Home
International News Wire from Berlin reports 1,020 members of the American occupation force on the Rhine are departing for home. President Harding ordered withdrawal of all American forces from the German Rhineland, to be completed as transport allows, with the last doughboy out by mid year. About 4,000 Americans remain in the Rhine area. The action follows Allied disputes over a 241 million dollar bill for occupation costs and reflects pressure from both parties in Congress to end the deployment.
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Washington, D. C
Barding
Veterans’ Bureau
Rhine
International News
Berlin
Cobler Today
Harding
Hineland
War Weeks
Germany
Rhineland
War Department
Senate
Envoy Carries Obregon Note
Hermosillo Sonora March 20 Minister of Finance Adolfo de la Huerta arrived on official business from Mexico City and said he might go to Washington in a few days bearing a personal communication from President Obregon to President Harding. The note is believed to relate to U S recognition of the Obregon administration. Huerta awaits final instructions before departing.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Max
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico City
Washington
Obregon
Harding
United States
Huerta
Wife and Boarder Accuse Each Other for Husband Hurts
Des Moines reports Jake Powell in serious condition at city hospital after a family quarrel last night in which he was struck on the head with a milk bottle. Police hold Mrs Powell and Frank Peddicord a boarder who claim the other struck Powell. Powell cannot give his account. investigation continues.
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Des Moines
Jake Powell
City Hospital
Powell
Frank Peddlecord
Feddicord
Jurors disagree on Mrs Oberchain murder verdict
Los Angeles reports a jury failed to reach a verdict on Madalynne Oberchain in the Belton Kennedy murder case. Foreman says the panel was hopelessly divided nine to three with deliberations totaling about 56 hours and no decision on guilt level.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Belton Kennedy
Madalynne Oberchain
Frank W. Crockett
Pasadena
Bowman enters senatorial race against Rainbow
Information received by the Evening Courier shows nomination papers filed at Des Moines for M. L. Bowman as Republican candidate for state senate. Rainbow, a four-year state senator, has circulated papers already. Bowman, longtime Black Hawk Grundy county resident, led the Greater Waterloo association to create an agricultural department and served five years as head of Iowa State College farm crop department. He led war bond drives in the Service League during World War II and never drew pay.
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Evening Courier
Des Moines
M. L. Bowman
Glete
James J. Rainbow
Rainbow
G. W. A. Innovation
Bowman
Black Hawk
Grundy
Greater
Iowa State College
Ames
Tie
Waterloo Township
Service League
Building Activity Rises in U S Construction
Washington March 20. The division of building and housing reports marked stimulation in home construction. In 27 states of the northeastern quarter contracts awarded in December totaled 101 million dollars, and in January and February 75 million dollars each, above the 1917 monthly average of 73 million.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Department
Mississippi Rising at Memphis Forecast of Flood Peak
Memphis gauge records 25.7 feet up 0.9 in 24 hours amid heavy rains north of the city. Officials expect the rise to continue for three days but warn Memphis stage likely to stay under 46 feet. Weather bureau notes heavy weekend rainfall may push river higher elsewhere.
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Menhis
Tean
Memphis
United States Weather Bureau
Here
Weather Bureau
Excess Immigration Permitted to Remain Indefinite Stay Extension
About 2500 aliens admitted under temporary permits expiring March 23 have received an indefinite extension of stay. Commissioner General Husband of the immigration bureau announced the action, noting the extension would make them subject to immediate deportation if conditions change.
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Washington, D. C
United States
General Husband
Immigration Bureau
Danish Strike Grows Serious Amid Lockout Unrest
Copenhagen reports troop patrols as provincial disturbances flare from the February 15 lockout. Danish Communist leader Geresh is arrested in Randers on charges of treason and agitation for revolution. The strike, touching about 150,000 workers across industries, seeks wage cuts and longer hours.
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Copenhagen
Hoe Geresh
Randers
Jutland
Jess Majeste
Denmark
Bottle of Ammonia Foils Thieves in Brown Bottle
At Renton Brown, a quart bottle of strong ammonia used by a safe blow to frighten off burglars who had blown open the Standard Oil filling station safe. The fumes drove the crooks to abandon further checks and flee before finishing their act.
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Renton
Mystery of Missing Girl Not Yet Solved
Chicago reports four days after Miss Enda Taylor vanished from the University of Chicago. Police in three cities, private detectives, and relatives search for the New York student, daughter of architect Albert H. Taylor Jr. No trace found of her leaving Chicago by train. friends note she was ill and discouraged about studies, with no intimate male connections suggested.
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Chicago
Altho
Aig
Enda Taylor
New York
University of Chicago
Miss Taylor
Albert H
Phyllis
Helen Kerr
Pittsburgh
Phyllis Kern
Recover Gov't Bonds Stolen From Treasury Found
United States Secret Service announced that Liberty bonds valued at about 175000 dollars, recently stolen from a Treasury branch in Washington, have been recovered from an attic trunk. Charles A. Clevenger, 25, a clerk, and A. O. Wamsley, former clerk, confessed to the robbery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Charles A. Clevenger
United States Secret Service
H W. H. Moran
Clevenger
A. O. Wamsley
Charlottesville
Federal Treasury
Bank cashier's suicide linked to ill health checks begun
Chicago March 20 Bank examiners began a routine audit of the Maywood Trust and Savings bank after the death by suicide of Carl E. Robinson its cashier Officials say accounts are likely correct and despondency over ill health is cited as the cause of death.
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Chicago
Maywood Trust & Sayings Bank
Carl E. Robinson
Robinson
Bank Buys Chicago's Masonic Temple Building
Chicago dispatch reports the famous Masonic temple building selling today to the State Bank of Chicago for about $3,190. The transaction marks a notable financial development in the city as of March 20.
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Bank
Chicago
Masonic Temple
The
State Bank of Chicago
Marriage trade fuels risky cross border unions in Russia
Odessa reports on a marriage frontier commerce where Russians exchange spouses for travel rights to Poland Romania and beyond. Foreigners pay relatives to escort wives abroad while local officials may claim wives later, a pattern tied to restrictive exit permissions and evolving marriage laws. The account notes Turkish and other subjects taking multiple wives and a Daku lady’s husband plotting to repurpose her marriage for escape with a local official’s claim.
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Odessa
March
Russia
Porland
Roumanis
Germany
Turkey
Aga
Big reclamation project to be sent to Congress
Awide plan for irrigation of 600000 acres in Imperial Valley and 1090000 acres in the California Arizona Nevada region proposes a high line canal from Laguna Dam to the Imperial Valley. It includes a Boulder Canyon reservoir and power plant, with estimated costs of 3 million and 55 million dollars respectively. The plan, framed by A P Davis, seeks federal funding and allows states to participate, prioritizing flood control, irrigation and power development.
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United Irean
Washington, D.C
Imperial Valley
California
Arizona
Nevada
Congress
Department of the Interior
A. P. Davis
Laguna Dam
Colorado River
Boulder Canyon
Nower
United States
Emperial Valley
Secretary of the Interior
Texas Sheriff Halts Parade of Klansmen in Laredo
In Laredo Texas authorities prevented a Ku Klux Klan march planned for Sunday night. Over 160 officers and special deputies were on duty into today to stop the parade. The grand jury also resumed its investigation into the Klansmen today.
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Laredo
Tex
Ku. Klux Klan
Sheriff's Department
Grand Jury
Klen
Harding May Attend Exposition in Brazil
President Harding may decide to attend the Brazilian exposition in Rio de Janeiro this fall. The trip has been under consideration for some time and was learned today in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Rio de Janeiro
Weather report for Minnesota and Iowa from 1922
United States Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports a rough, muddy road condition across multiple Iowa and Minnesota towns including Albert Lea, Algona, Charles City, Cedar Rapids, Mason City, Marshalltown, New Hampton, and more. Forecasters warn unsettled weather with temperature changes and heavy recapitulation over the past 48 hours.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Vie_ rowna
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dee Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Witerloo
Waverly
Belfast and Border Gunmen Threaten City and Frontier
United Press reports from Dublin describe gunmen active in Belfast and along the Ulster border. Workmen are halted by armed assailants, civilians wounded, and police barracks at Maghera attacked. Roads blocked, telegraph cut, and a constable killed near Tobermore as raiders steal rifles and fortify positions. Frontline clashes intensify between Free State troops and Ulster constabulary between Monaghan and Tyrone.
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Associated Press
Belfaat
Belfaat Tadas
Ballymacarret
Maghera
Londonderry
Tobermore
Maghera Bar
United Press
Dublin
Free State
Ulster Constabulary
Ulster Horder
Monaghan
Tyrone
Ulster
Blackwater River
Hatchet Attack Leaves 88 Year-Old Woman Injured
Akron Ohio March 20 Mrs Theresa Angler 88 in hospital in critical condition after hatchet wounds. Son in law Aloig Boeglin 72 under arrest in Cuyahoga Falls with no formal charge yet. Police say he struck his wife and attacked the mother in law when she interfered. Recovery doubtful.
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Akron
Theresa Angler
Aloig Boeglin
Cuyahoga Falls
Mary Roeglin
Withdraw Petition to Oust Attorney in Des Moines
Des Moines March 20 the petition to oust Polk County Attorney Arthur Rippey has been withdrawn. Lynne P Townsend, signer of the citizens committee, informed Gov Kendall and Attorney General Gibson says evidence was insufficient to warrant ouster.
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Des Moines
OUR + ter
Gov
Kendall
Arthur Rippey
Polk County
Lynne P. Townsend
Townsend
Gibson
Rippey
Charles W. Eliot Celebrates 88th Birthday At Harvard
Cambridge mass march 20 Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard university celebrated his eighty eighth birthday today by doing his regular day's work He said he was enjoying perfect health and busy as usual at age 88
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Cambridge, Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Emerlitus
Harvard University
Churchmen urge arbitration of textile strike in Manchester
In Manchester New Hampshire on March 20 Bishop George A Guertin urged swift settlement of a five week cotton mill strike. He proposed arbitration on wages and hours with praise for strikers order and mass meetings. Bishop Walter T Sumner echoed calls for limited work days and warned long hours sap workers resistance.
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Associated Press
Manchester
N. H
George A. Guertin
Bng
Walter ‘T. Sumner
Oregon
Grace Episcopal ‘Church
Harding Declines To Approve Bonus Bill Compromise
Washington March h Republican house leaders sought presidential approval for the soldiers bonus compromise. Speaker Gillett refused to suspend rules, delaying action and requiring a special rule. Mondell and other leaders met with the president, who declined to offer a firm recommendation, saying Congress bears responsibility for legislation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Gillett
Mondell
Wyoming
White House
Treasury
Fte
Congress
Mon‘dell
Joan
Hent
Gmlett
Linberger
California
Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
Campbell
Fess
Republican Congressional Committee
Towner
Longworth
Ohio
Ways and Means
Republican
Soviet Russia Secures First Foreign Loan From Swedish Bank
Olaf Aschberg, a Swedish banker, announced in Riga that Soviet Russia has obtained its first foreign loan. The Stockholm bank, led by Aschberg, will provide nine months of credit totaling 50,000,000 kroner at 1 percent above the Swedish bank discount rate to the Russian Central Cooperative Union.
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Ciinternational
Riga
Russia
Olaf Aschberg
Moscow
Aschberg
Unseated Jalisco Governor May Fight New Government
Mexico City March 20. The state of Jalisco faces a grave crisis as former Governor Bastito Vadillo, unseated by the local legislature for alleged irregularities, refuses to recognize the body. Deputy Antonio Valdez Ramirez was named governor by the legislature and recognized by the federal government. Vadillo reportedly intends to organize a new state government.
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Mexico City
Mex
Jaliaco
Bastito Vadillo
Antonio Valdez
Ramirez
Senor Vadillo
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GS. W. Childress
Star Bath
Fort Worth
Anderson
Intianapolis, Incl
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A. B. Anderson
Alice Carmichael
William Carmichael
Lucqille, Ltd
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House of Years
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Sharp
Mississippi
Rusta
Trip
West
Dept. of Interior
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Great Reservoir
Brazil
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Border
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Pepults
Swedish Bank
Russ Creditor
Jalisco
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