Britain offers sale of Mesopotamian oil fields to US firms
United Press from London reports Britain has offered a substantial portion of Mesopotamian oil fields to American companies. A British white paper on the dispute is planned, with the US to be granted permission to publish its reply to the American oil note. The talks focus on selling concessions and rights to explore, with Americans seeking exploration and development access rather than immediate buyouts.
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Loendez
Great Britain
United States
America
Britain
Mesopotamia
New York
Mayors, women win seats in Iowa City area election
Des Moines reports Emma Harvat, an Iowa City merchant, wins one of the first woman council seats in the state running on the Republican ticket. Ingalls Swisher, a Democrat, is re-elected mayor. Elsewhere, Mrs. E. A. Rogers loses the park commission race by 37 votes. Perry’s Mayor Jack Bruce is defeated in a 14 vote loss to Adrian Cross, city clerk for 17 years.
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Des Moines
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Ingalls Swisher
E. A. Rogers
Jack Bruce
Tammany Tiger
Perry
Adrian Cross
President of China Expresses Gratitude to Harding
The president of China Henshik Changs cabled thanks for President Harding's relief appeal for the famine stricken Chinese people. He called the act generous and magnanimous and said it filled the Chinese people with admiration and gratitude.
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China
United Press
Washington, D.C
Henshik Changs
Harding
Paris Doctor Linked to Miss Crume Murder Case
Telegraph dispatches report Dr J H Nichols implicated in the killing of Miss Ethel Crume after prescribing medicine in Washington DC. Separate items note Col J Morrow named governor of the Panama Canal Zone, Labour party rejection of Lenin conditions, St Lawrence River opening, Weeks' army staff move, farmer program plan for April 14, and cold weather damage across several states. Easter uprising anniversary observed in Dublin with fewer murders and ambushes.
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Lil
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Washington, D.C
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Panama Canal Zone
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Burroughs Dies Near Home After Ill Train Ride
Detroit reports Henry Ford praising John Burroughs as a great naturalist. The veteran naturalist, friend of Roosevelt and Muir, died at 75, leaving a legacy of books and nature writings. Ford recalled their long friendship and Burroughs quiet dedication to birds and plants. Mills called Burroughs one of America's greatest naturalists in tribute from Estes Park.
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Enos A Mills
Longs’s Peak Inn
Associated Press
America
Mr. Mills
Lost in the City A runaway scene in a typewriter ad chase
A frantic chapter follows Harry A and Addie dodging traffic toward Tenth and Main while searching for a newspaper office. A suitcase, hunger, and panic heighten the tension as a street scene unfolds and a clerk promises placement in almost every hand before the tale continues.
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Columa
Ty Gunn
HERRING CALLS FOR SINCERE PROBE INTO IOWA GRAFT
Des Moines March 29 Clyde Herring former Democratic candidate for governor urged a genuine inquiry into four years of Iowa state government. He said only a full investigation of Harding era officials would reveal misconduct and offered to provide proof if the committee acted beyond current officials. Committee members questioned their authority to probe broad past conduct.
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Clyde Vu, Herring
Iowa
Houe
Herring
Capitol
McClenahan
Mr. Herring
State House
Departmental Affairs
Dierring
Harding
Guardian Promises Proof of Legitimacy in Stillman Case
John E. Mack guardian ad litem for 28 month old Guy Stillman says he has absolute proof that James A. Stillman fathered the infant. Stillman denies paternity in a divorce suit alleging the child was born to his wife by Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John E. Mack
Guardian Ad Litem
Guy Stillman
James A. Stillman
National City Bank of New York
Fifi” Potter
Gay
Mack
Stillman
Fred Beauvais
Lumbermen Convene in Chicago for National Association Meet
About 490 lumbermen from across the United States gathered in Chicago for the 29th annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association. President John W. McClure opened with a warning that high transportation costs hinder business readjustment. The convention closes tomorrow evening.
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Chicago
United States
Nattional Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
John W. McClure
Shortage Unless Coal Bought Now Warned By Mine Officials
United Press reports Indianapolis March 29 that a coal shortage in the coming fall and next winter is certain unless private and public consumers place orders now. Ellis Searles editor of the United Mine Workers Journal warns, echoed by John L. Lewis international president of the miners union.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers’ Journal
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Lieut Coney Passes Bad Night After Flight Wreck
Natchez March 29 Lieut W D Coney who was seriously injured when he fell with his plane last Friday during a return flight from Jacksonville to San Diego passed a very restless night and was much weaker today He was said to be barely conscious.
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Natchez. Miss
W. D. Coney
Jacksonville
San Diego
Jie
Woman Finds Relief From Kidney Trouble
Mrs. H. A. Seaman of Sturgia Colo writes that years of bladder and kidney trouble were eased by Foley Kidney Pills after trying many remedies. She used two bottles and recovered, noting sleepless nights and suffering, and recommends the product to others. Sold everywhere.
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H. A. Seaman
Sturgia
Colo
Foley
Old Folks Made New Says Marrs Remedy Heals Ailments
A testimonial claims Marrs Wonderful Remedy restored the writer after five months of stomach and gas trouble. The note says friends say they look twenty years younger and feel forty eight. The remedy is described as removing catarrhal mucus and reducing inflammation in stomach liver and intestinal ailments and even appendix. Government refunds offered and Hansen & Hansen druggists advertise nationwide.
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Hansen & Hansen
Mortuary Notices for H J Templin and Peter Schaefer
The body of Mrs H J Templin was taken to Fairmont Minnesota after brief services at O Keefe and Towne funeral home. Burial will be in the family plot at the home of her girlhood. Peter Schaefer, body brought from Oakdale yesterday, funeral at Mt Carmel Church Eagle Center at 3 am tomorrow. Rev Mather Tobin to officiate with burial in Eagle Center cemetery. Mrs Harry Ingalls died in Presbyterian hospital and is to be buried at Vinton with services at her parents home. Mrs George Berray dies at 12 25 pm at sister in law's home. survived by husband and son Claude. funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Eagle Center Cemetery
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Presbyterian Hospital
Vinton
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Reinebeck
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Officials to mother of a Waterloo man back to Bagdad
In London an elderly woman, her son and daughter face return to Bagdad amid famine and pestilence. J. J. Johns, a Waterloo commercial traveler, sent money for his family to emigrate to America but steamship officials refuse admission. He appeals to the American ambassador, who says his mother would be admitted by immigration, yet no steamship line will transport her. The siblings refuse to go without their mother.
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J. J. Johns
Steamship Company
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Kellogg and Sneckenberger to Wed in Chicago
Mrs. Orona M. Kellogg of 608 Eleventh Street West and Paul L. Sneckenberger of 614 Fifth Street West were today licensed to marry in Chicago. Kellogg formerly worked as a bookkeeper at Crawford Apparel and later managed a ready-to-wear department at Burroughs in Town Falls. Sneckenberger is a commercial traveler. The ceremony will be at his family home in Chicago.
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Eleventh Street
Paul. L. Sneckenberger
Fifth
Chicago
Plan Trade Drive in Far East Through Revived Shipping
United Press reports a proposed American commercial offensive in the Far East to rebuild trans Pacific trade and offset European and South American losses. The program envisions new steamship lines on the West Coast and Gulf ports, expansion via the Panama Canal, investments in Chinese and Asian industrial development, and greater cooperation with Japan to anchor U.S. industrial growth.
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Thrilling Tales Told At Kiwanis Luncheon
Kiwanis club members heard stirring as well as pathetically stirring tales at Black's Tea Room. Speakers included G. B. Arthur J. E. Dempster Rev E J Lockwood and C R Rhode. W N Northcott Y M C A state secretary to speak next. A ladies night with dinner and dance planned for April 26 at Galloway's club. Guests included G V Orr Rev A Preston William E Herren and EH Thorpe of Chicago.
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Chicago
Leuna works siege ends as police crush communist uprising
German police drove 3,000 communists from the Leuna chemical plant near Essen, killing 15 and capturing about 1,000 rifles. Minister of Safety Severing said the uprising was crushed with guards on duty and machine guns at key points. Tanks were ready in Berlin as the city remained tense.
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Berlin
Leuna Works
Essen
Severing
Italy
iGrape Juice Maker and Legger Fighter Shot by Auto Thieves
Buffalo March 29 Automobile thieves driving a stolen sedan from Erie to Buffalo fired five bullets at William Welch son of Dr C E Welch near Westfield as he tried to stop them. Welch, an executive with the grape products firm founded by his father, survived by playing dead. He is expected to recover after the assailants fled toward Buffalo believing they had killed him. Welch has campaigned against bootleggers and illicit liquor dealers.
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Erie
William Welch
Westfield
Welch
Accused Cops Freed in Des Moines Municipal Court
Patrolmen Lees Baker and J. P. Moss of the Des Moines police department were acquitted in municipal court today after being arrested by the sheriff on charges of slugging and robbing W. H. Hopkins. Mrs. David Hutton returns home from the coast with sister Mrs. Belle Pashby after wintering in Santa Graz and other coast cities.
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Des Moines
Lees Baker
J. P. Moss
David Hutton
Santa Graz
Cal
Belle Pashby
Logan Avenue
Marriage Licenses Issued in Center Point and Grundy Center
Mildrum J. Hand of Center Point marries Eva M. Ring of Center Point. Henry A. Meyers of Grundy Center weds Eva B. Wood of Grundy Center.
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Center Point
Eva M. Ring
Henry A. Meyers
Grundy Center
Eva B. Wood
Fear Vendetta Threatens Des Moines Slaying Case
Des Moines police patrol the Italian colony fearing an eye for an eye justice after 21 year old Dominic Barrotta was killed on the street. Suspect Pat Sposeio, 21, is in custody awaiting investigation as friends and relatives refuse to aid police amid threats from the local gang-linked faction.
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Des Moines
Dominic Barrotta
Barrotta
Pat Sposeio
Barretta
Blackhead
Five Men Rob Bank of St Paul for 20000 in Cash and Bonds
Five men entered the City Bank of St Paul shortly after 1 pm and struck down the cashier and a taller woman with revolvers, escaping with cash and bonds valued at 20000. A truck driver saw the fleeing band and reported the license number, aiding police. Patrols blocked exits but loot amount remained partly undetermined.
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Negro Riot Leaders Sentenced to Death
Chicago reports Grover C. Redding and Oscar McGavick, both Negroes, convicted leaders of the Abyssinian riots last June, sentenced to be hanged April 22. They were found guilty of murdering Robert L. Rose, a Philadelphia sailor at Great Lakes naval training station, who was killed while defending the U S flag during the ritual burning.
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Grover C. Redding
Oscar McGavick
Robert L. Rose
Philadelphia
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Angles
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