South Dakota primary fuels WPA era rivalries
South Dakota voters head to the statewide primary to choose presidential and senatorial nominees. Republicans favor Coolidge Johnson and McMaster Sterling, while Democrats back McAdoo with factional opposition. Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests include Gundersen unopposed on the GOP ticket and Anderson and Bilefson vying in the Dems. Five presidential electors in each party and thirteen Republican and ten Democratic delegates to national conventions are being selected.
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Ure Associated Press
Sioux Falls
M. D
South Dakota
Farmer and Labor Party
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
W. H. McMaster
Thomas Sterling
William Gibbs
McAdoo
New York
Gundersen
Carl Gundersen
Andrew 5
Anderson
Clay County
Eric J. Bilefson
Roxal C. Johnson
Aberdeen
Howard G. Fuller
Pierre Johnson
Johnson
Tom Ayers
Mitchell
United States
U. S
McMaster
South
W. L. Harding
Leslie M Shaw
Shaw
Jane
Idaho
Lincoln
Nebraska
Associated Prest
Fire Chief Proud of Radio Set That Went Down Cellar
Council Bluffs Iowa March 25. Assistant fire chief Cochrane showed pride in his homemade radio set. He gathered his crew and announced a listening program from WYS. After signing off the announcer called “come down cellar.” In the cellar four firemen continued broadcasting from WYS.
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Council Bluffs
Maroh
Cochrane
WYS
Laredo
Truth Serum Urges Open Thoughts Of Sen Smoot
Washington March 235 The Wheeler committees heard an appeal to use scopolamine to expose witnesses thoughts. J M H Wilcoxson of Santa Monica urged testing the truth serum first on Senator Reed Smoot Utah who said he would be willing if his thoughts could be read by the world. Smoot had sent a secret note to E L Doheny during Walsh testimony amid suspicions of misconduct.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wheeler Committees
Ryscopotamin
J. M. H. Wilcoxson
Santa Monica
Cal
Reed Smoot
Republican
Utah
Sealate
Smoot
E. L. Doheny
Walsh
Wilcoxson
One Dead in Oil Refinery Blaze in Omaha
Omaha reports a fatal blast at the United States Oil Works Refinery late yesterday. Foreman Axel Swen sen died in the fire which caused about 150,000 dollars in damage and destroyed half a block of warehouses. Firemen heroically saved eight tanks holding 150,000 gallons of gasoline.
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Omaha
Axel Swensen
United States Oil Works
Mellon tax rate schedule in income tax bill
Washington March 25 The income tax rates proposed by Secretary Mellon are again in the revenue bill. The senate finance committee moved swiftly last night and, by eight to seven, substituted the Mellon rates for the Longworth compromise adopted by the house. Democrats on the committee who have drafted a substitute for the Longworth plan were not ready to offer it. Senator Jones of New Mexico said they would present their substitutes either in committee or on the floor. Chairman Smoot said a motion to reopen the income schedule for committee action would be decided by the committee.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vanderlip Opens Washington Laundry to Dry Clean Government
Frank A. Vanderlip launches Citizens Federal Research Bureau in Washington to reveal government facts. He says he will deploy 25 hard nosed investigators to gather data from 15,900 newspapers and warn that the government needs “dry cleaning.” He claims cooperation with Wheeler and claims a long secret service network and deep knowledge of Washington.
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Winsted Press
Washington, D.C
Frank A. Vanderlip
Yvanderlip
Washington
Vanderlip
Sendator
Wheeler
Senate
Daugherty
Citizens Federal Research Bureau
Iim
McKinley
Jonce
Three Cities to Entertain Iowa Teachers Convention
Des Moines hosts the Northeast Cedar Rapids division while Burtonton hosts the Southeast division as the Teachers Association plans a four and five day event in April. The public is informed of the central division aim and convention details across Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Burtington.
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Wheeler
Des Moines
Iowa
Thats/Teachers association
Cedar Rapids
Burtington
Anderson enters Sing Sing for forgery in New York case
William Anderson, former Antisaloon League superintendent in New York, begins a one to two year term in Sing Sing after being convicted of third degree forgery for falsifying the league’s books to conceal a 4400 commission. He says he will likely perform hard labor then clerical work, and compares his case to a prisoner of war while invoking alleged legal flaws and the Eighteenth Amendment ratification context.
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New York
William
Anderson
Antisalaon League of
Sing- Sing
League
Lewis
Lawes
Dooling
All America
Congress
Antisaloon League
Taj
Jose
Republic Proclaimed in Greece Subject to National Plebiscite
A republic was formally proclaimed in Greece according to an Athens dispatch. The proclamation, passed by the Greek assembly 285 to 0, is subject to two national plebiscites to be held later. The move marks a radical political shift in the country’s government.
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Greece
London
Central News Dispatch
Athens
California Skull 25 000 Years Old
In Los Angeles on March 25 a diminutive prehistoric human skull and skeleton found by laborers were estimated to be between 10 000 and 25 000 years old by Dr Lester Stock head of the University of California department of paleontology.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lester Stock
University of California Department of Paletonology
Courier Delivers Before 6:20 and Replacement Policy
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6 20. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 50 p m.
San Francisco to Move 50,000 Bodies from Cemeteries
Sim Pranetsea, Cal, officials vote to remove about 60,000 bodies from the old Sanitany Odd Fellows cemeteries to city facilities. The decade-long plan ends a five-year effort to relocate remains across 12 city blocks.
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San Francisco
Sim Pranetsea
Cal
Muarel
Board of
Odd Fellows
California Tightens Quarantine Over Foot and Mouth Disease
California expands quarantines to curb foot and mouth disease as Merced County becomes a new infection hub. San Francisco and Los Angeles reports follow cattle shipments, with about 3500 infected beef cattle slated for slaughter. Federal inspectors from the BA area and Midwest were ordered to assist.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Baasl
Middlewest
California
Four Bandits Rob Mail Pouches In Chicago Suburb Heist
Four bandits held up a postal messenger in Harvey a Chicago suburb early today and escaped with two mail pouches containing currency estimated between 110000 and 450000. They overpowered William Russell a postoffice clerk transporting pouches from a station to the post office and fled by automobile.
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Chicago
Marel
Harvey
William Russell
Postoffice
Taihead
Iowa Shippers Asked to Aid Organization of Regional Board
Shippers from Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and western Indiana are invited to a March 27 meeting in Chicago to form a regional advisory board for the territory. The Chicago board would be the ninth such group formed since July 1923, with similar organizations planned for Pittsburgh and Boston districts.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Shippers
Chicago Board
Pittsburgh
Boston
Reds Execute 1 800 Women Children in Ukraine
Berlin dispatch reports an unconfirmed claim that Soviet troops killed 1800 civilians including women and children in the Dnipro region after peasants attacked local communist leaders. The report could not be independently verified and details remain uncertain.
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Ukraine
Berlin
London
Dsnopol
President Creates Gov't Helium Reserve
Washington March 25 President Coolidge on Secretary Work's recommendation created a joint helium reserve. The reserve spans 7,100 acres of gas-bearing lands in Emery County Utah. The action aims to safeguard national helium supplies for scientific and industrial needs.
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Washington
Joint First
Emery County
Utah
Coolidge
Work
Plot to extort Ford heirs leads to two arrests
Detroit March 25 United Press reports a man and a Czech Slovak woman were arrested on charges of threatening to blind Edsel Ford's three children if 1 050 000 dollars was not paid. Simek confessed to police who seek deportation. The letters were sent March 5 8 and 12 and were crudely written. Simek allegedly wrote them and guided the scheme from Mrs. Hladik's home to a vacant lot named in the final letter.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Aman
Edsel Word
Ford
Waslav Simek
Annie jHladik
Simek
Sinclair's Arrest Next Step in Gage Against Oil
Washington March 26 The formal certification of Harry P. Smithsack oil magnate for contempt was placed in the hands of the district attorney for action. The next step is to arrest Sinclair pending presentation to a federal grand jury next week. Also, a Senate impeachment move against a customs official was adopted. The oil committee continued probing Fall finances and stock deals with bank loans and joint accounts tied to Daugherty and associates.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
Harry P. Smnelak
Magnate
United States Senate
Wis
Distret
Senjador G. J. Moses
Republican
New Osmpshire
Senate
Sinclair
Chase
Associated Press
House
C.S. Chas
el Paso
Tex
A. F H. Pall
Walsh
Montana
Oil Committee
Price McKinney
Cleveland
Albert B. Wall
Bufsum
New Mexico
Faii
Uby
Albert
Fall
Iti
M.D. Thatcher
iFirst National Bank of
Anderson Tt. Tackett
Jesse W. Smith
Daugherty
Smith
Atorney
Tiarry I. Sinclair
Thatcher
Thhat Fall
M. D. Thatcher
Tres Rios ‘Cattle Company
Everhart
Pall
Fall Ranch
Thatch ‘Er
Fatl
Anderson H. Tackett
Federal Trade Commission
Jesse W Smith
Jie
Fisted
WW. Spald
W. W. Spald
W. B. ‘Hibbs and Company
Rotary Conference Opens in Waterloo With 800 Delegates
Indiana speaker addresses the Eleventh District conference at East High Auditorium in Waterloo. Carl Weeks notes Iowa Rotary growth to 47 clubs, urges re election terms, and urges members to open souls to service. Frank Hatfield stresses character building as Rotary’s biggest goal and outlines organization details.
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Rotary
Indiana
East High Auditorium
Weeks
Waterloo
Rotary Anns
Sunuut
Tlotary International
Ahind
Loa’ Rutariang
Anns
Conterhoen
Carl Weeks
Dex Maines
Prank II
Hatheid
Eynesville
Ind
Rotary Internacional
atsiSet
Ural
Carter
Hull
E. A. Francis
Marshalltown
Arthur Walfbank
Mount Pleasant
Henry Korf
Newton
Ernest Stillman
Clear Lake
Charles Miller
Albia
Elecetion
Sumner Osgood
Jows Falls
Fred Odd
Carrel
Henry Martin
Oelwein
John G. Knutson
Sioux City
Amos J. Ayres
Sioux
Falls
S.D
Luther A. Brewer
Cedar Rapids
Pini Rankin
Dubuque
Roscoe Moore
Clu
Quelwein
Charlies Rogers
Grundy Center
Roger Leavitt
Cedar Falls
Hunter Wilson
Charles Winslow
Chariton Club
Ail
Towa
Iowa
Rotary Clubs
Frank H. Hatfield
Empryean Main Quartet
Mason City
Maynard R. Tournier
Orhestra
Davenport
Evansville
Altha
Hatfield
Telseff
The
United
Des Moines Man Presides as District Governor at Convention
Carl Weeks of Des Moines governs the eleventh district convention. He was elected vice president of the Des Moines club in 1916 and 1921, honored with the presidency in 192%, and selected district governor at the Davenport conference last year.
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Carl Weeks
Des Moines
Des Moines Club
Listeners Asked to Share Radio Station Costs
In Kansas City the broadcasting station asks listeners in to help pay expenses for the “invisible theatre.” An appeal invites those with headsets to buy tickets or contribute from 5 to 10 dollars. The manager says musicians and technicians drive costs, and voluntary support is only fair to share the program expense.
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Kansas City
Lives Toll From Row Over Children Ends In Tragedy
Chicago report says Herr Tannhauser fatally wounded Mrs Bertha Kirkly, mother of several children, then shot himself after a quarrel over neighbor’s children. Mrs Kirkly is not expected to survive, despite hospital care.
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International News
Chicago
Herrman Tannhauser
Bertha Kirkly
Tannhauser
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Iowa Shippers
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Publo Banker
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Herne Republicaan
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