Wages Rise as States Report Labor Shortages
Associated Press surveys show 23 states face actual worker shortages in farm and various labor classes, with widespread wage gains across trades and regions. Notable rises include 11 percent for 200,000 packing house workers and 12 ½ cents for common laborers, as well as higher pay for steel, textile, and plastering jobs.
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Associated Press
New York
Eisin
Chicago
New England
Michigan
Northwest
Kentucky
Iowa
Minnesota
Montana
Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel Company
Ohio
Virginia
Arizona
St. Louis
Boston
Louisiana
Indiana
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
Minois
Missouri
Delaware
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Oregon
Washington
Somerset County
Pittsburgh
New Lon Bon
Omaha
WLW
North Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Idaho
Obie
Kansas
Connecticut
Maryland
Mississippi
Florida
Tennes
Nevada
Ead
Children Die in Fire Near Voerivilion Farm
Fire destroyed the J A Danielson farm home two miles south of Voerivilion South Dakota early today. Two adopted children of Mr and Mrs Danielson Edward Danielson 12 and Ruth Danielson 9 perished. The siblings were alone in the house while their parents attended a lodge meeting.
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Sioux City
J. A. Danielson
Voerviilion
S. D
Ten Days Married Life for Man Who Married Dopester
Des Moines May 1 Few days of married life with an alleged dope was enough for Low and Shover. To his petition for annulment of life marriage to Myrtle Shover the husband alleges she used narcotics was addicted to cigarettes and liquor and rifled his pockets nightly. They were married April 28.
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Des Moines
Lfe
Low &. Shover
Myrtle Shover
Apell
OWA Union Chief Denies Labor Shortage Claim
Des Moines May 1 State Federation of Labor head J C Lewis said no labor shortage exists in America despite calls to loosen immigration limits. He warned of efforts to flood the labor market to depress wages. The meeting at Earl Madison May 6 7 8 and 9 will discuss child labor laws and the women’s minimum wage ruling. Samuel Gompers is expected to attend.
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Des Moines
State Federation of Labor
J. C. Lawis
Uniior
Earl Madison
Samuel Gampers
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Lewis
America
One Port in U S from Which Wet Ship Can Sail
President Harding faced cabinet discussions on enforcing the Volstead act at sea and in port. Lawmakers debate extending the three mile limit, exempting foreign vessels, and potential new wet fleets. British ship officials demand collective action after the U S Supreme Court ruling.
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U. S
Page Fiahla
Seizure and Co
Congress
Fries
Ank
Drouth
Congrega
Mquor
Ampigress
Harding
Supreme Court
Shipping Board
Edge
Sterling
South Dakota
New Jersey
Wayne B. Wheeler
Wheeler
United Press
London
United States Supreme Court
Liverpool
Rail Shopcrafts Give Up Federal Injunction Fight
Rail shopcrafts abandon efforts to obtain a permanent injunction against strike activities. The case involves Duplex Printing Press Co. v Deering and cites a nationwide strike no longer existing. Defense argues government must prove conditions on May 4 1923 justified an injunction, and that further defense costs cannot be justified.
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Duplex Printing Press Company
Deering
Soloman Case Girl Custody Battle Heard by Two Judges
Chicago May 1 two judges heard an appeal by Mrs Ada Morris seeking to regain her daughter Beatrice born in 1911 and raised by foster parents Mr and Mrs James Nuttall of Waukegan Ill The mother’s attorney likened the case to King Solomon deciding a custody dispute and urged recognition of the natural mother’s rights while the foster parents argued adoption was legal and that they cared for the child as their own
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Associated Press
Chicago
Uppeal
Ada Morris
Allen Beatrica
Givant
Solomon
Morris
Alice Beatrice
James Nuttall
Waukegan
J. B. David
Norris
C. C. Edwards
Nuttalls
Beatrice
Tlinois
Iowa
Altke
Nuttall
Altha
Fantine
Hugo
Kendall Hesitates on Schmedika Bill
Gov. Kendall signals possible refusal to sign the Schmedika bills delaying for one month. The measure shifts tax delinquency dates from April 1 to May 1 and from Oct. 7 to Nov. 1. County treasurers warned the bill would hinder bond payments due April 1 and burden treasurers’ offices each spring and fall.
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Kendall
Iowa Sells Islands in Mississippi River
Des Moines May 1 Seasaled bits opened in the office of Secretary of State Ramsay for the sale of two islands in the Mississippi river opposite Louisa county. Sand Island sold to E L Hirsh Burlington for 1060 dollars. Ramsay's island sold to FE P Corwin Muscatine for 201 dollars. Other islands will be offered later according to Secretary Ramsay.
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Des Moines
Ramsay
Mississippi River
Louisa Caun
Sand Island
E. L. Hirsh
Burlington
FE. P. Corwin
Muscatine
Supreme Court grants states leave to join bank case
Washington and several states including Arkansas Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin were granted leave by the supreme court to file briefs in the Missouri law challenge by the First National Bank of St Louis prohibiting national banks from establishing branches. The case likely will be argued late this week.
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Washington, D. C
Arkansas
Connecticut
Illinois
India
Towa
Kans
Dakotas
Washington
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
First National Bank of St. Louis
Missouri
President of Krupp Works Arrested on French Army Orders
Dr Gustav Japp von Hohlen und Halbach president of the Krupp works was arrested by French military authorities in connection with the Krupp plant shooting at Marche. Four Krupp directors face charges of endangering troops occupation violation of General Degallerte decree. Trial set at Werden Friday May 4.
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Associated Press
Hexen
Gustav Japp von Hohlen Und Halbach
Krupp Works
Krupp
Degallerte
Ruhr
Krupp von Bohten
Werden
Father and Daughter to Be Hanged on Same Scaffold
Fort Saskatchewan Canada May Patriccio Picardoso and his daughter Florence Lassandra sentenced to be hanged at the same scaffold. Sheriff John Rae arranged the double hanging to be as merciful as possible and to spare one from the horror of witnessing the other’s death. Both were convicted of murdering a police officer.
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Fort Saskatchewan
Canada
Picardso
Governor Proclaims May 13 as Mothers Day
Des Moines, May 1 Gov. Kendall today proclaimed May 13 to be observed by the state as Mothers Day in line with the national observance The proclamation urges that the American colors be displayed at suitable places and that ceremonies honor and reverence for the incomparable mothers of the state be observed acknowledging the public obligation to them for their sacrifice devotion and virtue
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Des Moines
Kendall
Yeasles Afflicted Waterloo Residents in April
Waterloo physicians reported 338 contagious-disease cases to the city clerk in April per Charles C. MacKay’s monthly state health report. Measles led with 281 cases, followed by 28 chickenpox, 10 scarlet fever, four whooping cough, one each of diphtheria and typhoid fever. 22 measles on April 30.
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Waterloo
Charles C. MacKay
State Board of Health
Hobo Saves Woman and Children From Lake Tragedy
May 1 Chicago. Mrs Annaj Wamaca 30 attempted to drown herself and her two children aged 7 and 6 by leaping into Lake Michigan. A bystander, Dave Cassidy, leapt in, battled the woman until she released the children, and rescued them while the mother was pulled to shore.
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Chicago
Franklin Street Site To Erect Large Garage
Edmund Miller announces a large garage to be built at Franklin Street and Park Avenue on the W. W. Miller homestead site. The plan covers 90 by 115 feet with a two story rear section and a showroom front. Brick construction, permits total about $18,000 for general work. residence removal planned. Also announced: Roy F Short two story brick residence at 1109 Fourth Street West with $10,000 contract to John Judd. Additional permits issued for remodeling and residence work on several other properties.
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Central Battery & Storage Co
Franklin Street
Park Avenue
W. W. Miller
Edmund Miller
First Presbyterian Church
Netcott & Netcott
Roy F. Short
R. F. Short Coal Company
Fourth Street
John Judd
W. Fpf. Higgins
Washington
BE. L. Corton
Third West
A. N. Pences
Berteh
East High
Mary Nancy Graham
Alta Vaughan
Fourth Street West
Clinton
Los Angeles
Cat
John van Doren
Lafayette Street
Morris Grika
Commercial Street
Electric Park
Ona
R.E. Peterson
Myrtle &. Kerlin
Mason City
Rebecca Saunders
Eunice Saunders
Jessie Clayton
Lupton Avenue
N. W. Frisbie
Fort Madison
C. W. Frisbie
Santa Fe Hospital
Santa Fe Railroad
Waterloo
Education Need Is Daily More Urgent
A conference on supervision at Town City under the state university banner stressed the rising urgency of educating boys and girls. Speakers from Boston and Stanford urged stronger public schooling to prepare for life, not only salvation, and highlighted public education as a state priority with a focus on character and future ends.
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Conference On Supervision
Town City
The
State University
John ©. McGlade
West Schools
Br. A. ©. Winship
Boston
Elwood P. Gabberley
Leland Standford University
James BE. Russell
Columbia
Roosevelt
Convict Denver Girl Who Shot Ex-Suitor
Bessie Thomas, 19, is convicted of manslaughter for the March 4 murder of Alfred Cornish, 33, shot on a Denver street in front of her room. The oldest female inmate at the west side criminal court is noted as the first white woman convicted on manslaughter here in a decade, with a sentence of from one to eight years in the penitentiary.
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Denver
Colo
Bessiej Thomas
Alfred Cornish
West Side Criminal Court
Miss Thomas
Fort Dodge Votes Down Manager Plan
Fort Dodge Iowa May 1 in a special election the move to switch Fort Dodge's government from commission to council manager form was defeated 3396 to 442. It marks the second defeat in two and a half years. supporters gathered over 1400 petition signatures yet far fewer than a third voted yes.
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Fort Dodge
Sts
Bootlegger Dives Into River to Escape Capture
In Dubuque on May 1 Walter Livingston, a riverfront bootlegger, dived into the water dragging a sack of liquor as police opened fire. He swam back to shore and was jailed for 30 days. The parity of the surrounding text is unclear.
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Dubuque
Walter Livingston
Livingston
Obituary notices for Sullivan Wise Kalumnios died in Cedar Falls
Mortuary notices report Maurice Sullivan age 48 dying at home of his daughter Mrs I M Thomas after illness since December pneumonia main survivor widow and one daughter three sisters and two brothers Sibley County Kansas? Funeral set in Minneapolis. Jack Richard Wise three and a half dies Measles death at grandparents home Cedar Falls burial Greenwood cemetery Cedar Falls infant John Kalumnios born Feb 28 1923 died pneumonia funeral at Kistner Elmwood burial Elmwood House of Kalumnios serves Rev Morkides.
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Maurice CO. Sulivan
I. M. Thomas
Mr. Sullivan
Marquette
Mich
Miles City
Mont
Thomas
Jack Richard Wise
O. A. Kays
Hammond Avenue
Carl ©.lWise
C. H. Wise
Cedar Falls
J. R. Ways
Robert
R. PF. Hurlburt
First M. B. Church
Greenwood Cemetery
John Kalumnios
John
Mike Kalumnios
Eighth Street West
Kistner Funeral Home
Christopher Morkides
Elmwood
Clubs Join Sugar Boycott In Columbus
Federated women's clubs of Columbus joined the sugar boycott today calling all members to stop using sugar until prices decline. The action was issued by the federation's food and markets committee as part of broader wartime relief efforts.
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Columbus
Federated Women's Clubs of Columbus
Federation
Food and Markets Committee
City in Brief: Local Notices and Short Departures
Waterlo o area items cover residents and visitors including Rose's Barber Supply owner T. Rose leaving for Fort Wayne and P. Jones returning from Chicago. Memor ial day plans, high school violin recital, traffic fines, divorces, and real estate filings noted alongside lodge and park development.
Waterloo Fire Department April Alarm Report Details Losses
Waterloo’s fire department answered 54 alarms in April led by Chief Ray Tiller. Total losses were 5455 with city losses 2486 after removing a 33000 out‑of‑city blaze at Electric Park. Sparks on roofs caused 18 fires, grass and bonfires 16, three false alarms, and one blaze linked to matches.
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Waterloo
Ray Tiller
Electric Park
Tiller
Paul Davis Building
Dog Owners Rush to Pay 1923 Dog Tax
In Waterloo county, about 60 dog owners gathered at the county auditor’s office to renew licenses for 1923. They paid the standard $1 license plus $1 penalty and 3 cents publication fee, many delaying until the last day to avoid penalties and notices.
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F. W. Esher
Waterloo
Aim Con stantly at the Big, Worthwhile Things in Life Kiwanis Talk
Dr W H Beachler addressed Kiwanis at Hotel Russell-Lantson urging hunters to target big goals not sparrows. He urged clear thinking, love for others, modest motives, and trust in God, citing Lincoln. Theodore Ptak played cello with Albert Schon accompanying.
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W. H. Beachler
Kiwanis
Hotel Russell-Lantson
Lincoln
Ship of State
Pera Theodore Ptak
Albert Schon
Public Invited to Hear Dr Bradley at East High Monday
The Waterloo chapter of the Tradk Walton League of America invites the public to East High auditorium next Monday evening May 7. Dr Preston Bradley renowned traveler and author will present a charter and discuss conservation. He warns of dangers to forests streams and wildlife and to the conservation plan of the Walton league.
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Dr. Bradley
East High
Waterloo
Tradk Walton League of America
Preston Bradley
Bradley
Walton League
Iblings and Gahlbeck to Sing at Walnut Street Baptist
Henry Iblings, Waterloo’s popular tenor, and Miss Violette Gahlbeck, soprano, will perform at Walnut Street Baptist tonight with Prof. George Samson of Iowa State Teachers College as accompanist. Iblings, once director of Christ Episcopal church choir, is noted for a sweet musical voice. Gahlbeck is a pianist and singer who accompanies some of his numbers.
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Henry Iblings
Waterloo
Violette Gahlbeck
Walnut Street Baptist
George Samson
Iowa State Teachers College
Br Yblings
Christ Episcopal Church Choir
Gahilbeck
Iblings
Nuwbers
Vinton Boy Dies Suddenly in School
In Vinton Iowa on May 1 Gail Bridge 11 collapsed in the fifth grade classroom and died before a physician arrived. He had complained of stomach trouble earlier that day but was reportedly in perfect health at breakfast. The cause of death remains undetermined by doctors.
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Vinton
Gail Bridge
Loonan Estate Petition Seeks James Loonan as Administrator
In probate court today Mae L Mc Manus and Miss Nalle L Bedford filed for James Loonan to be administrator of the Catherine Loonan estate valued at 60 000. Heirs named include Hubert Loonan Sioux Falls SD Thomas E Loonan Hudson and Harry G Loonan Shenandoah IA. Mrs Loonan was a pioneer of Black Hawk county living near Hudson most of life.
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James Loonan
Catherine Loonan
Mae L. McManus
Nalle L. Bedford
Hubert Loonan
Sioux Falls
S. D
Thomas E. Loonan
Hudson
Harry G. Loonan
Shenandoah
Tloonan
Black Hawk County
Labor in U S not hysterical about May Day
A Chicago crowd forced police to use their baton to guard the Auditorium entrance where Eugene V Debs was to speak on May Day. In Milan two communists were killed and several wounded as communists clashed with a militia while opposing railway work. Washington reported that American workers stayed calm amid overseas turmoil. Cleveland saw a May Day strike by 500 building material teamsters with no disorder. Paris and Tokyo saw May Day rioting. New York observed peaceful demonstrations. England’s May Day passed quietly with a Hyde Park parade and protest at the Japanese embassy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Amalgamated Garment Workers of America
Auditorium Theatre
Eugene V. Debs
Rome
Milan
International News Wire
Washington, D. C
Lemuel Gompers
American Federation of ‘Labor
United States
Barenett Cleveland Teamsters
Cleveland
Paris
Tokio
London
Cong
Japan
Cerral
New York
Secret Service
England
Hyde Park
Buckingham Palace
Russia
Eighth grade exams planned in rural districts countywide
Eighth grade examinations for rural schools will be held Thursday and Friday at central points across the county. Students near this city will take exams in the office of County Superintendent H C Mosller. Two exams are held each year, including one in February. In Des Moines, bids for the twenty two million soldiers bonus bond issue were again solicited by the state treasurer but no bids were received. Another auction is set for tomorrow.
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Thoga
H.C. Mosller
Des Moines
Burbank
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Buwnan
P. Jones
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Hosteter
Sunset Road
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Fla
Frank C. Higgs
Paul
J. M. Mandeville
Detroit
R. E. Duntavey
Memorial Hall
Patriotic League
Cupid
Black Hawks
J. W. Thompson
Jennie S. Bird
County Recorder
Fifth and Bridge Streets
Ida Costello
William Costello
Ida Adams
Conger, Street
Russell-Lamson
Miss Gahlbeck
Walnut St. Baptist
Vinton Lad
U.S
Gompers
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