Congress Rises Clear Issue for Harding on Army
Washington reports on President Harding facing Congress over Army reductions and curbs on troops abroad. Editors note the clash centers on constitutional prerogative and whether Harding will lead or be led by Congress. The piece highlights proposed cuts to 115000 soldiers and 17000 officers, plus bans on deployments to China Europe Panama and Hawaii, and cites proposals by Rogers and Newton as arguments against congressional overreach.
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Congress
Harding
United States
Weeks
Hawaii
Panama
Cox
Senate
White House
Rail Strike Called in East Coal Field
Washington March 24 Nonunion coal fields in West Virginia and Maryland face a railroad strike as miners plan a nationwide walkout on April 1. A western Maryland railroad strike tied to Rockefeller lines would cripple coal transport from western Virginia and Maryland during a critical supply period.
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East Coal Field
International News Wire
Washington, D. C
West Virgginia
Maryland
Western
Erie
Courier Delivery Precaution for Home Delivery
The Courier should be delivered to your home before the specified time. If a carrier error or other cause prevents you from reserving your paper by then, a second copy will be printed and sent. Phone lines operate until 6:30 PM to contact the office.
Quakertown Mystery Linked to 1900 Constable Killing
Quakertown authorities, seeking to link a suspect with a 1900 constable murder, conclude the man is not Adam Weaver. The detained individual, identifying as Roy Hecox of Homer township Illinois, was picked up for disorderly conduct and remains a non-confirmed match to the long-ago case.
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Quakertown
Adam Weaver
Weaver
Roy Hecox
Homer Township
Tilinois
Lillian Jackson Trial Opens in City Murder Case
The trial of 16 year old Lillian Jackson in Mason City continued with late testimonies after a fatal dance encounter. Helen Beckley, 19, died from a penknife wound to the throat following a confrontation at the event. Defense plans to argue self defense.
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Mason
City
Lillian Jackson
Helen “Beckley
Beckley
Fatty Arbuckle Trial Transcript Read of Showgirl Testimony
Testimony of Zey Pyrron showgirl and star witness against Roscoe Arbuckle will be read into the record at today's session of the manslaughter trial in San Francisco. Pyrron is reportedly ill in New Orleans as the hearing proceeds.
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San Francisco
Zey Pyrron
Roscoe
Ratty) Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Pines
Afiss Yvron
New Orleans
I. C. C. Probes Western Coal Rates
The interstate commerce commission announced a formal investigation into the reasonableness of practically all coal rates in the western United States. The inquiry underscores regulatory scrutiny of pricing practices affecting miners shippers and consumers across the region.
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Ashington
D.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Head of Janitors Union Flees Indictment in Chicago
Chicago detectives hunt William F. Queyse president of the janitors union after attorney Fred C. G. Schmidt confesses to fixing a jury in a bomb outrages case. Indictments against Queyse and others to be sought. grand jury probing trials of other labor leaders.
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Chicago
Associated Press
William F. Queyse
Mat
Fred C. G. Schmidt
Quesse
Robert BE. Crowe
Schmidt
Theodore Lodin
L Odin
Wis
Lodin
Alphabet splits up cabinet of Bulgaria
Two cabinet members resigned over disputes in Sofia March 24 regarding the government plan to remove three letters from the Bulgarian alphabet. The move follows a February 26 announcement aiming to simplify the nation's orthography and prompted a protest by Bulgarian intellectuals.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Los Angeles Feels Four Shocks in Southern District
Four earthquake shakes were felt in the southern portion of Los Angeles last night. Residents rushed from homes into the streets but no damage was reported. The event occurred in Los Angeles California on March 24.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Democrats Place Full Iowa Ticket In June Primary
Town Democratic leaders at a March 24 conference in Des Moines outlined campaign plans and key issues for 1924. Brig. Gen. Matt Tinley was chosen for governor, C L Herring eyed for Senate, Marie Moore Frederickson for secretary of state, Imena Hoffman for state superintendent, and J C Murtagh for lieutenant governor with others to run. The party urged universal suffrage and urged women candidates for Congress while criticizing Republicans for high taxes and the Versailles treaty fallout.
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United States Senate
Cc. L. String
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
J. Cc. Murtagh
Waterloo
Marie Moore Frederickson
Cedar Falls
Ross Ventrees
Rockwell City
J. A. S. Pollard
Fort Madison
Dan F. Steck
Ottumwa
Imena Hoffman
Leon
Robert Lowden
Fairfield
Des Moines
Wilson
Frank O'Connor
Dubuque
E. T. Meredith
United States
Congress
Frank Miles
The
Legionnaire
E.T. Meredith
N. FL. Reed
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Herring
Iowa
Tam Not An
Banner County Nebraska Stranger to Divorce Courts
In Banner County Nebraska the divorce bureau reports no divorce filings for five years. County recorder R. D. Wilson explains in a letter that the nation has no divorces to report because residents say they love their wives and have no cases to file.
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Banner County
Nebraska
Iines In
Neb
Reno
Nev
Jeres
Bureau of Vital Statistics
R. DD. Wilson
Wilson
Senate Accepts Four-Power Pacific Pact Amid Amendments Rebuffed
United Press reports the U S Senate ratified the four power Pacific pact after rejecting all amendments offered by opponents. The final vote on ratification was 27 to 7 with Brondeges reservation adopted. The vote followed extensive roll calls and included no commitment to a formal alliance. Flooding in Burlington and nearby towns affected by a cloudburst occurred as ratification proceeded.
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Penela
Brondeges
Herding
Spenuer
Missouri
United Press
Williams
Mississippi
Wemo- Burlington
Kan
United States
Burlington
Reck
Llandegee
Congo
Dean
Watana
Ot Peat O Commission
Hazel Bus
Margene McCalal
BE _ Haze
Margaret McCalal
Lian
Harry McGee
Elon
Chamber of Commerce
Robinson
Senate
Neosha
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Shields
Tennessee
Reed
Read
Johnson
California
Q Cpnrovill
Columon
Heir to Million Chooses Bowery Dishwashing
Gordon Duffield, 17, heir to a Detroit million, left Plainfield New Jersey to live as a Bowery dishwasher to taste poverty and guide his fortune use. Walter Jackson, who met the boy, says Duffield disappeared after seeking real hardship and helped by Mrs. Graham Duffield who flew from Chicago to locate him.
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New York
Gordon Duffield
Chilcago
Plainfield
N. J
Bowery
Walter Jackson
Hellevueé Hospital
Jackson
Graham Duffield
Chicago
Detroit
Gordon
Laundrymen Seek Government Stamp on Textiles
Des Moines convention of laundrymen favors legislation requiring a government stamp on all textile products. The stamp would show quality and wool or silk content to inform buyers. The group planned to conclude its meeting this afternoon.
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Des Moines
Lawn and Braglia
Tells Teachers That Study of English Is to Make Pupils Think
Des Moines March 24 pr A Leonard of the University of Wisconsin told the Central Iowa Teachers association convention that English teaches thinking not punctuation. He said English teachers share responsibility for results and the session drew over 1500 teachers from central Iowa with sectional meetings to follow.
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Des Moines
A. Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Central Iowa
Towa
Haits Proposal to Boost Grain Rates Near Sioux City
Interstate Commerce Commission suspended southwestern railroads plans to raise grain rates from Sioux City to Louisiana and Texas points by five cents per hundred pounds, pending hearings in Kansas City on April 26. The review will decide if the rates are set aside or allowed in modified form, with July 23, 1922 as the extension date.
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Washington, D .C
Southwestern
Sioux City
Louisiana
Texas
Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Kansas City
P O Official Urges Dispatch for Papers
John I. Barlett, new first assistant postmaster general, urges quick handling of newspapers by post office staff. In a Postal Bulletin statement he calls on postmasters to process all daily papers immediately upon receipt to satisfy the public and maintain an efficient press.
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Washington, D. C
John i. Barlett
Postal Bulletin
Charges Plots in Bedford Stone Quarries
Nineteen defendants representing 7 percent of Indiana Bedford stone quarrying interests face conspiracy charges to restrain stone production in violation of state antitrust laws. The case was submitted in superior court today by Attorney General A. 3. Lesh.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
A. 3
Lesh
Chicago Dry Squads Sweep South Side Saloons
Prohibition agents raided a dozen South Side saloons in Chicago with planned raids on downtown soft drink parlors. Reports claim a large quantity of liquor was seized and advertised products listed with unclear wording.
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Chicago
Prohibition
South Side
Weather report for Minnesota and Iowa towns 1929
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau report covers Alberta Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly. Moods improving with showers tonight and Saturday. Temperatures warmer tonight, cooler Saturday in western portions.
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U. S. Department of Agricultura Weather Bureau
Charles City
Alberta
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Pastor urges courting in church at Baptist conference
Dr Owen C Brown editor of Adult Publications of the Baptist church told a Spokane audience that young people should be encouraged to make love in church He urged church unions to allow courting during youth gatherings and warned pastors to stop inhibiting courtship efforts in religious settings.
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Spokane
Wash
Owen C. Brown
Jos Angeles
The
Baptist Church
Young Peoples Union
Lawn City Signs Pact to Share Grogu t t Expense
Lawn City enters a pact to share in Grogutt expenses. A temporary injunction is consented to, signaling a truce and coordinated action between involved parties.
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Lawn City
Grogutt
Congress Digs Out Spanish Spy Secret and Court Fight
Congress uncovered a Spanish American War spy secret linked to Gen. Miles and Gen. McKinley, with Whitney honored. other reports cover Cedar Falls and Waterloo gas rate litigation, injunctions, and city councils debating rates and costs.
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Congress
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
War Department
Grig
Gene Kenry I. Whitney
Ninth Corps
Whitney
Porto Rico
Mwe
United States
Damino
Diablo Aimericana
Miles
Stephen J. Brown
L. Gnagy
Cedar Falls
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Cedar Falts
Waterloo
Guests Flee Flames at Des Moines Lloyd Hotel
Early morning fire at the Lloyd hotel in Des Moines forced guests to flee in night clothes. A woman, Mrs. Stobert M. Bell of Omaha, jumped from a window and suffered a broken leg and bruises. Firemen stopped the blaze before major damage. losses about 15100 insured.
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Des Moines
Lloyd Hotel
Stobert M. Bell
Omaha
Fire Destroys Part of Lumber Co. Plant
Des Moines reports reconstruction plans underway after a blaze gutted the Gilcrest Lumber company building rear portion. The two hour fire caused an estimated 74000 dollars in damage with insurers expected to cover most of the loss.
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Lumber Co
Des Moines
Gilcrest Lumber Company
Admiralty Revises Sinking Casualties of H-42 Submarine
London March 24 The Admiralty today raised the death toll in the sinking of the British submarine H-42 in the strait of Gibraltar from 22 to 26. Three of the victims were officers, the remainder sailors.
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London
Strait of Gibraltar
Unions Face Wage Increase Strike Tactics At Rail Hearings
J W Higgins representing western roads told the U S railroad labor board that shopmen demands for raises amount to a strategy to block a new wage agreement. He criticized shop crafts head B M Jewell for alleging the roads failed to confer under the Transportation act, noting a downward wage trend since the 1921 reduction order.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tacen
J. W. Higgins
Western Rrads
United States Railroad Labor Board
Higgins
B. M. Jewell
Labor Board
Jewell
Button removed from windpipe saves child in Philadelphia operation
Three year old Ellen Nettles of Pottstown Pa. had breathed only through four tiny holes in a button lodged in her throat since November. Philadelphia surgeons performed an operation yesterday to remove the button and she began breathing normally within minutes.
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Philadelphia
Ellen Nettles
Pottstown
Beta
Screon
Man Who Slew Son to Save His Soul Freed
Twenty minutes after the jury retired, Frank Piano was acquitted of killing his son Frank Jr. He testified he killed to save his soul after an alleged dream in which his son would shoot a policeman. The jury ruled he was insane at the time.
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Son
Chicago
Frank Piano
Frank, Jr
Piano
Segregation of sexes urged for Spokane high schools
Spokane judge R M Webster urged segregation of sexes in local high schools as a remedy for juvenile delinquency. Speaking to the Child Welfare league he claimed separation would reduce familiarity between boys and girls and curb joy riding and other doubtful conduct.
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Spokane
Wash
R. M. Webster
Child Welfare League
Flo
Dutch Minister Warns War Possible Congress Urged Budget
Dutch Minister Vandyk urges the chamber to adopt a war budget amid warnings that a hostile attack may yet occur. The Hague reports say the moment has not yet come for general dismissal of defense needs.
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Vandyk
Dutch Chamber of Deputies
Hague
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