Minimum Salaries Proposed for Iowa Teachers at Des Moines Meeting
At a Des Moines conference of superintendents and boards of education from first class Iowa cities, a minimum salary of 1200 for grade teachers and 1500 for high school teachers was recommended, with monthly installments. Wateroo delegates reported the discussion on raising per pupil funding and pay scales, while proponents urged merit-based shifts and potential higher limits if city levies permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt
Des Moines
Boards of Education
Iowa
Waterloo
Austin Burt
H. AL Boysen
C. W. Kline
H. D. Yee
Des Moiines
Solu
Wart, Mills
A. Helsell
Wort Dodge, H
Wwaterlor
Studebaker
Jed
Minkel
L. H. Minkel
A. J. Edwards
Waverly
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Anti Bolshevik Soldiers Found Frozen in Steppes
Associated Press report from London says over 16,000 anti Bolshevik troops have died from freezing on the steppes. The Soviet military communique notes Red Army advances against Gen. Denikin along the railway in the Waterinedar region on the Caucasus front.
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Associated Press
London
Steppes
Moscow
Russia
Red
Denkine
Wkaterinedar
Ruhr Crisis Sparks Allied Debate Over German Army Entry
Two German officers arrived in Paris from Berlin to seek approval for German troops to enter the Ruhr occupied zone to restore order. Premier Poincaré met them and authorities reportedly plan to permit German forces. France pushed for allied action and cited its coal fuel dependence from Ruhr.
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Paris
Berlin
Occupied
Ebert
Ruhr
Tzig
France
Naval Appropriation Passed by House without Rollcall
The naval appropriation bill totaling about 425 million dollars passed the House yesterday without a roll call and moves to the Senate. It funds ship construction under the 1916 three year program and supports 125000 sailors plus 30000 Marines. An amendment by Rep Hull restricting stop watch systems in yards was adopted 218 to 69.
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Washington, D. C
Naval
House
Senate
Navy
Marine Corps
Elveway
Hull
Iowa
New York Extends Daylight Saving Time to 2 A.M
New York officials announce the state's daylight saving law will take effect at 2 a.m. next Sunday after the legislature refused to repeal it. The change will move official New York time two hours ahead of Chicago, affecting stock and trade markets nationwide while railroad timetables stay on standard time.
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New York
Chicago
Yank Dead's Removal From France Agreed on by Both Nations
Agreement between the French and American governments allows American remains in France to be removed to the United States as soon as arrangements are ready. The French government must approve. Ambassador Wallace transmitted the conference decision to House Foreign Affairs Chairman Porter.
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Yank Dead
France
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Wallace
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Mr. Porter
Bolshevik Assault Near Bobruisk Repulsed by Poles
From Warsaw, the Polish army headquarters report repulse of Bolshevik forces near Bobruisk after heavy fighting. Soviet armored cars and tanks pressed toward Mozir as villages changed hands before the Poles drove them back. Mohilev reportedly captured by Soviet forces per Lemberg papers.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Bobruisk
Mozir
Lemberg
Mohfley
Wage Demands Met Of Spanish Rail Strikers
Madrid March 24. A plan to end the general strike on the Spanish railways was agreed after talks between the minister of works and railway representatives. The wage demands will be conceded with the government paying the companies for one month to cover the wage increase. A definite solution to the companies economic difficulties will be pursued.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Iowa Joins Highway Effort In Regional Association
A preliminary organization of a highway association comprising ten states was formed in Kansas City. The member states are Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Iowa Indiana Ohio and Illinois. A final organizational step will be taken at a meeting in St Louis on Thursday.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Highway Association
Middle Western
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
St. Louis
Cigarette Habit Tied to Gas Billing Mistakes
In Toledo on March 24 Dr. M B Williams of Chicago told ministers that cigarette smoking clouds judgment and harms business. He cited Chicago Gas findings of 12 000 uncorrected billing errors in 90 days, blaming the habit as a core cause.
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Associated Press
Toledo
M. B. Willams
Chicago
Ministerial Union
Chicago Gas Company
Hig
Science Church Suit Intervention Sought By Woman Member
Mrs Mailie B Hulens petition to intervene in the dispute between Christian Science church directors and the publishing society trustees was presented in court. The case arises from governance and publishing control within the church organizations. President Wilson made a brief trip from Washington to Alexandria Virginia accompanied by Mrs Wilson and Dr Grayson marking his first outing since illness.
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Science Church
Associated Mrassy
Boston
Mass
Supreme Court
Mailie B. Hulen
New York
The
Christian Science Church
Wustees
Christian Science Publishing Society
Hulen
Virginea
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mateh Fay
Mads
Washington
Socialist party disloyalty cited in New York assembly case
Five suspended Socialist members of the New York state assembly are ineligible to sit, with a judiciary committee brief asserting their acts prove the party’s aims. The document argues Socialists seek revolution via violence and mass action, disloyal to the United States and New York, and oppose national and state defense. Population figures for 1920 list Dayton 103,830. other cities show varied gains, with Dayton fifth in Ohio.
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Associated Press
Albany
State Assembly
Assembly Judiciary Committee
United States of America
United States
Washington
D. C
Census Bureau
Dayton
Parkersburg
Middletown
Warren
Trenton
Juvelion City
Kans
Kewanee
Atulton
Ala
Ohio City
Syracuse
N. Y
Toledo
Nak
Loufa Jville
St. Paul
N.Y
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Madison
Wis
Amsterdam
Glens Falls
Fue
Ereage
Pottstown
Richmond
Ind
Beaumont
Tex
Tavenport
Sheboygan
Steubenville
Gloversville
Dog Alerts Fire Crew as Rex Leads to Blaze
In New York on March 24 Rex a veteran dog of engine company No 4 detected smoke from a Maiden Lane restaurant. The dog barked to alert a police officer who followed to the scene guiding the firefight. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with minor losses.
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Associated Press
New York
Warty
Rex
Mogent
Engine Company No. 4
Maiden Layee
Jie
Father shoots son to stop crime in Chicago incident
Frank Pinano, 17, wounded by his father who fired three shots to keep him from joining a gang. The father, saying he feared his son would become a criminal, waited with the injured youth until police arrived as doctors tended him at a county hospital. In a separate note, Turkish sources report Atief Said Pasha, Constantinople’s military governor, arrested by British forces.
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Associateds
Chicago
Frank Pinano
Marti
Pinasa
Associated Press
Constantinople
Atief Said Pasha
Legion Relief Plan Ready to Give Congress
Representatives of the American Legion prepared a fourfold plan for soldier relief including land settlement home building vocational training and adjusted compensation payments. The substitute proposal aims to replace the earlier bill and was approved by the Legion’s executive committee amid concerns about disloyal propaganda from the IWW and calls for immediate relief for former service members.
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The
Associates Press
Washington, D. C
American Legion
House
Antd
Franklin Dolier
Thomas W. Miller
Ways and Int Committee
J. E. Molden
Utah
TWW
JT. G. Strugham
Lesson
Delivery Notice From Courier Service
The notice states home delivery before 5 30 and asks customers to call before 6 30 if a paper is not received due to carrier error. It instructs readers to report missing copies and provide contact details for the office.
Wesel Siege Frays As German Red Guerillas Advance
At Wesel on the Rhine a large force of government troops near encircled by guerrilla lines. Belgian troops control the bridge approach while 100 interned Germans flee. heavy night gunfire signals a dire stand. A 50,000 strong red army reportedly nears Wesel amid regional upheaval and a strained transit situation.
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Vie
Tras Buderich
Rhine
Wesel
Rabo District
Iit
Weel
Germany
Berne
Egsen
Uther
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Admiral Meurer
Nopenhagen
Palsnvet
Wnd
Berlin
South Dakota GOP primary results show Wood leading in most counties
Early returns from yesterday's Republican presidential preference primary in South Dakota report Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood with 21,998 votes, Frank O. Lowden 17,385, and Hiram Johnson 35,085 from 651 of 1,740 precincts. Counts indicate Wood leading in 31 counties, Lowden leading in 1, and Jolson ahead in 11, with several committees still uncounted.
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Sioux Falls
S. C
Lewden
Jolson
Lowden
LTS
Mine Wage Talks Move to New York Meeting
John L Lewis telegraphed Thomas T Brewster that the operators scale committee would meet the miners committee in New York Monday to draft wage terms referencing President Wilson's commission report. Lewis urged a joint scale conference to finalize an agreement for central competitive field miners.
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St. Pauls
May
Washington, D.C
Piresident
Lewis
Brewster
Workara
Iis
New York
Ilinois
Pissutisfied
Peoria
Shortine
Wilson
John AL. Lewis
No Food Threat to Teat Labor in Ruhr Draft Uprising
Coblenz March 23 Otto Mein dorf, released from prison to lead the communist movement in the Ruhr, orders all veterans to report for duty or have their rations cut. Communists requisition foodstuffs with seizures to be made in the presence of troops. looters face severe punishment.
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Coblenz
Otto Meindorf
Ruhr
N Y Dock Strike to Be Put to Wilson to Settle
New York report says the eight thousand longshoremen strike should be settled by direct appeal to the White House per BR M Squires of the national wage adjustment commission. Telegrams from Charleston and southern districts urged arbitration steps amid Coastwise Steamship Managers' refusal to use arbitration. E R Richardson, chairman, warned coastwise companies will stand out or end operations.
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New York
White House
BR. M. Squires
Charleston
S.t
Chamber of Commerce
Coastwise Steamship Managers’ Association
E.R. Richardson
Steamship Managers’ Association
Newsprint Shortage Prompts Dense Pittsburgh Paper
The Pittsburgh Dispatch ran 88 condensed news items on the front page due to a newsprint shortage. A publisher’s statement explained the predicament, noting the issue was boiled to the bone. The Pittsburgh Press will cut advertising space by 25 percent. The Post recently published no display advertisements for one watt.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Pittsburgh Press
Post
Navy chaos delayed policy under Secretary Daniels
Capt. Harris Laning testified before the Senate investigating committee that the Navy Department faced chaotic operations after plans were disapproved and that the secretary's personal involvement delayed or blocked important policies. He claimed papers were left to gather dust, plans pushed through without proper authority, and personnel sought to avoid official sanction. He warned a proper start could have accelerated wartime readiness.
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Associated Prosy
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
United States
Harris Laning
Bureau of Navigation
Senate
Laning
Bureau of Operations Hadeen
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus
Capt. Laning
Department
Daniels
O. K
Navy
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