Hiram Johnson in Fight Looms for G O P Nomination
Washington dispatch notes Hiram Johnson may fail to win a majority of delegates at the Cleveland convention. Coolidge is expected to command two thirds of delegates, with Johnson’s bid likely limited to influence and possible dark horse contest.
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Teenager Faces Broken Neck After Cannon Incident
Sioux City Iowa March 20 Dean Thompson sixteen is in a hospital with a broken neck vertebra after a captured cannon toppled onto him at the high school. Doctors are puzzled by his survival prospects while he remains conscious and shows no brain damage.
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Telegrams tell of sailors' slow death aboard submerged sub
From Sasebo dispatches to Tokyo drifted through the night describe 24 officers and men lost when the forward compartment flooded after a collision with Tatsuta. Two engineers and 18 others remain alive, relaying through underwater phones their suffering as ten divers attempt to attach chains to raise the submarine.
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Moscow Threatens China Over Recognition Pact
Moscow warned China that its refusal to recognize the Soviet government could bring serious consequences. The Soviet Union pressed Beijing to ratify the Pekin signing on the China Russia agreement within three days, noting China had withheld ratification despite the treaty's terms and the Chinese cabinet had yet to approve.
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Churchill Beaten Third Time in Westminster By-Election
Otto Nichol, Tory, wins Westminster by election defeating Winston Spencer Churchill who stands as an independent anti labor candidate. Voters cast a heavy vote as Churchill is defeated for the third time in 18 months. Other candidates include Scott Duckers Liberal and A Fenner Brockway Labour. Churchill previously held offices including lord of the admiralty and secretary of state for the colonies.
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North Dakota primary shows Coolidge leading La Follette
Returns from North Dakota primary place Calvin Coolidge ahead with 42 658 votes to Robert La Follette 28 103 and Hiram Johnson 25 873 in early counts. Johnson campaign aides claim La Follette’s vote would have helped Coolidge, while Coolidge secures a statewide plurality.
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Blodgett longtime Indianapolis editorial writer dies
William H. Blodgett aged 68 a longtime political writer and member of the Indianapolis News editorial staff for nearly 40 years died today after a fire damaged the Old World’s Fair Flat Building in Indianapolis Indiana on March 20.
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Weeks Called on for Facts in Arms Sale
Washington March 20 secretary of war Weeks was directed by a senate resolution to provide complete information on the sale of arms and ammunition to Mexico. The resolution asks Weeks to cite the statutory authority under which he has sold and delivered the arms and ammunition.
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Fire Rages in Heart of Chicago Ghetto
Fire breaks out in a three story warehouse of Gladman Brothers furniture dealers in Chicago’s ghetto. The blaze spreads to nearby homes as families evacuate and thirty five companies battle the flames to protect property.
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Two Seriously Hurt When Auto Tips Over
Mason City Iowa March 20 two men from Rudd IA Kaum and W H Hanchett were seriously injured when their automobile overturned four miles east of Mason City. J H Martin an undertaker from Nora Springs IA driving an ambulance to Mason City for a patient witnessed the crash and rushed them to a hospital. Physicians report both men in critical condition with little hope for recovery.
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Revenue Bureau Scandal Aims to Rival Noted Probes
Senator Couzens aims to broaden an inquiry into graft and corruption at the Internal Revenue Service. Two subpoenaed witnesses to appear, with mystery figures to be revealed. Commissioner Blair asserts government losses were offset by actions against surety bonds after 796 dishonest employees were dismissed.
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Spring Arrives in Waterloo with Snow Flurries Forecast
The Waterloo area marks the arrival of spring amid chilly clouds and a forecast of snow flurries tonight. Des Moines weather officials note the season's first day is underway with temperatures near freezing after a warmer spell yesterday.
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State House Cafes At Des Moines Face Probe
A Des Moines inquiry targets the statehouse cafeteria over alleged petty graft and irregularities. The investigation, led by Rep. P. T. O’Donnell, questions pricing, food taken home by staff, audit access, and overall finances including a $57,758.62 total income and $25,111.28 spent on food through 1923.
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Transport Workers Strike Affects London Transit
London march 26 the transport workers union calls a strike for midnight tomorrow over higher wages. The action involves about 17,000 tramway and omnibus drivers and operators.
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Workmen's Compensation Bill Passes House With Amendments
The House approved the workmen's compensation bill this morning without dissent after a lengthy process of amendments and public hearings. Nearly 100 amendments were offered and most were accepted, including a provision allowing dependents of an alien resident to receive 50 percent of compensation. The bill aims to align with Supreme Court labor decisions and expands burial expense charges to employers. In the Senate, the jury commission bill also passed, enabling appointive commissions in counties with cities of 14,000 or more.
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Moonshine Mary Convicted for Poison Whisky Sales
Moonshine Mary Wazeniak of near Chicago becomes the first woman bootlegger convicted of manslaughter for selling poisonous whisky. The court set an intermediate sentence from several years to life for causing a drinker's death by wood alcohol poisoning.
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Boasting of Crime Lands Three Youths on Serious Charges
Milburn Reed an 18 year old will receive most of a 3500 reward for information leading to the arrest of three assailants who kidnapped a Davenport high school girl last Saturday night. The three youths are in custody and have confessed with Deputy Marshal Luptor overseeing the case. Jail guards are armed as crowds threaten lynching.
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Thief's Bullet Fatal to Collicott in Davenport Robbery
Davenport Iowa March 20 Athel Collicott wealthy automobile dealer and owner of many properties in Iowa and Illinois died late yesterday from bullet wounds after a Tuesday night robbery. He carried about 7000 in jewelry and 1000 in cash on him at the time. Police have not yet arrested the suspected murderer. Collicott was a Cedar Rapids native and was buried in Rapids Indiana. His wife Gladys Hartman of Cedar Rapids had married him two years ago in Cedar Rapids.
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Osage oil rights auction brings in over 34 million
In Pawhuska Oklahoma on March 26 Osage Indian land comprising 102099 acres saw oil rights sold for a total of 34 123 800 dollars. Midland Oil company paid a record 1 990 000 dollars for a favored 160 acre quarter in the Burbank field.
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American Marines Reach Tegucigalpa After March Across Honduras
Three American bluejackets who landed in Honduras and marched to aid the embassy force in Tegucigalpa have arrived safely, according to a dispatch to the state department.
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Army Aviators Start Fourth Lap to Seattle
Frederick Martin and Lieuts J W Smith and Leigh Wade resumed the fourth lap of their world flight today as three Army planes hopped off from Vancouver Washington for Seattle. They were accompanied by two planes from Van Spices Barracks and lifted into the air in the morning.
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Ledford Couple Celebrate Long Marriage in Redford
Redford Iowa March 20 Wade the wife span of the average man is not more than thirty six years yet Mr and Mrs William Alton of this town have lived together as man and wife that long They are 93 and 88 respectively 2 to
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Doheny Quizzed in Los Angeles on Harbor Land Lease
In Los Angeles Edward L Doheny the oil magnate faced questions from the county grand jury over an 80 year lease of harbor land by Pan American Petroleum Transportation Co. Investigators probed alleged charter violations and Doheny's ties to a Honolulu trip and his yacht prior to the lease.
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Joyriders Held for $100 Theft After Roadhouse Tour
Dubuque Iowa March 29 10 Thel Ford William Mobore and Hermant elk are jailed on a grand larceny charge after Hy Griffith reported $100 stolen during a joy ride with him as a guest Griffith said he rented an automobile invited the trio to tour roadhouses then they shoved him from the car and fled with the money
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Old Train Robber Called in Oil Quiz
Washington March 20 Al Jennings once famous train robber is to be summoned before the oil committee. Senator Walsh said Jennings would be questioned about a rumor that Jake Hanna n Oklahoma Republican national committeeman tried to push through a deal at the Chicago Republican convention in 1920.
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Vanderlip forms national federal research bureau to aid senators
Frank A. Vanderlip, New York financier, organizes a wide scale investigating agency called a federal research bureau to aid senate scandal inquiries. He pledges vast resources and has placed partners Jolfa Pearmain and Boyd Fisher under contract with a 31 million accident policy for his wife and others. Headquarters are at the Shoreham hotel in Washington with agents bringing documentary evidence to a large safety deposit vault.
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Tex Rickard testifies on Dempsey Carpentier film deal
Tex Rickard, the New York fight promoter, describes negotiations with Jap Muma and Martin over showing the Dempsey Carpentier pictures outside New Jersey. He details contracts sharing 50 percent to Muma and Martin, 20 percent to Orr, and 15 percent to each Muma and Martin, plus attempts to pass laws to legalize interstate exhibition.
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