Farmers in mood to ask fortunes with third party
Washington May 5 Farmers and farm organizations express anger at perceived exploitation by other interests and threaten a third party ticket if legislation such as MecNary Haugen fails. They blame eastern press for opposing Henry Ford Muscle Shoals and note farm groups prompted Ford to offer fertilizer plans with a strict eight percent net profit and board oversight.
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Washington
D. C
Coolidge
Congress
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Ralston
Gov. Smith
New
Henry Ford
Ausele Shoals
Ford
American Farm Bureau Federation
Muscle Shoalts
Peed
American Farm Werrean Federation
National Grange
Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Fort
Norris
Nebraska
Martin Invincible
San Felice
Courier delivery deadline and remedy notice
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Johnson Closes California Campaign in Bid for Delegation
In California, Hiram W. Johnson ends his campaign to win the state delegation to the Republican national convention as supporters push to solidify backing amid a two ticket Democratic contest. McAdoo emerges as a regional favorite in Texas amid a large convention turnout.
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Challie
San Francisco
Cal
Hiram W. Johnson
Coolidge
McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
United Press
Texas
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Rock Island to buy K C M O for west coast route
Negotiations proceed for Rock Island to acquire the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad. President James P. Gorman tours Orient assets with former Orient receiver William T. Kemper amid a recent bankruptcy sale of the line. If purchased and built out, the system would yield the shortest Pacific Coast route and access to timber and agricultural belts in Mexico.
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Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Rock Island
James P. Gorman
Orientines
Wiliam T. Kemper
Orient
Clifford Jisted
Vltorney
Kemper
Mexico
Intercession for DeValera Urged by New York Meeting
In Washington a meeting urged American intercession for Ramon de Valera's release from an Irish prison. Senator Frazier and Rep LaGuardia spoke, joined by Mrs Catherine de Valera Wheelwright, mother of de Valera, who traveled from New York to seek government aid. The event was held by the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic near the British embassy.
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Washington, D. C
Ramon de Valera
Ireland
Frazier
North Dakota
Representat!ivs
Hunger Drives Him to Confess $7,000 Theft
Hugo McVan confessed in New York to stealing $7,000 from the Canadian customs office at Windsor Ontario last September. He said hunger and homesickness drove him to run to Seattle and Mexico before gambling away the money and returning to New York to seek his wife.
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New York
Warrant Issued for Nicky Arnstein and Cahn in DC case
Bench warrants were issued for Jules W. Arnstein and Esa fore Cahn in Washington District of Columbia after the Supreme Court denied their appeals. Authorities say both men are believed to be in New York and they face arrest for bringing stolen Sands into the district.
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Washington, DD. c
Jules W
Nicky) Arnstein
Esafore
Nick) Cahn
District of Columbia
Justica Hitz
District Supreme Court
Supreme Court
New York
Shippers’ Fiability Reduced by Court
The supreme court held that shippers are not liable for differences between lawful interstate freight rates and amounts paid on f o b shipments unless the contract explicitly provides for it. The ruling affects interstate shipping obligations and carrier liability.
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Washington
DBC
Supreme Court
Curtain of vapor hides New York from planes test
Four torbarding planes at 50 mph dropped titanium tetrachloride vapor between New York and the sea. Ordered by Gen Fries, chief of the army chem-b warfare division, the curtain obscured buildings and could defend sea ports. The test passed largely unnoticed with only carrier crews aware of it.
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Associated Press
New York
Fries
United States Army
Bishop Stuntz Seeks Retirement From Methodist Episcopal
Bishop Homer B. Stuntz of Omaha requested retirement at the Methodist Episcopal conference in Springfield Massachusetts. President William B. McCutcheon urged a global peace declaration by the three Methodist branches. The gathering also considered a resolution to defeat beer bills and strengthen dry law enforcement including civil service control and deportation of illicit violators.
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Methodist ‘Church
Williamb. McCutcheon
Queen's College
Melbourne
Australia
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church South
English Methodist Church
Homer B. Stuntz
Omaha
Congress
House Advances Rail Labor Board Abolition Bill
The commerce committee moved the Barkley bill to abolish the railroad labor board to the floor for action after weeks in committee. The measure passed a pivotal vote 194 to 151 to take it up, but the house declined immediate consideration on a rising vote 143 to 131. Supporters pressed for a roll call with Democrats and Republican insurgents united.
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Washington, D. C
House
Commerce Committee
Barkley
Railroad Labor Board
Feall
Senate Approves Democrat Tax Rate Plan
Washington May 6. The Democratic income tax schedule was approved by the senate. It calls for a maximum surtax of 40 percent and a 50 percent in formal taxes on incomes under 8 000. A vote on rates ended a major legislative fight after debate opened today.
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Washington, D. C
mThei
Senate
Son Saves Mother From Death in Fire
George Miller Jr. rescued his mother from a fire at their Marion home by tearing off burning clothing as she was scorched by a gas flame. Mrs Miller suffered severe burns while her son sustained burns to hands and arms.
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Marion, Ta
George Miller, Jr
Auto Driver Freed on Death Charges
Spencer Louisiana May 3 Carence FB Carlson of Spencer was found not guilty of manslaughter at the trial in Clear Lake. Carlson was indicted after H H Lantz Des Moines died from injuries suffered when struck by Carlson s car.
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Carence FB
Carlson
Clear Lake
H. H. Lantz
Des Moines
Terrific Indian storms kill forty six in Hardoi district
A news agency dispatch from Allahabad reports forty six people killed and three villages destroyed by severe storms in the Hardoi district of the United Provinces of India near the route where world travelers are attempting to cross the continent.
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London
United Provinces of India
Sontinent
Allahabad
Daugherty probe reveals liquor uplifts in Chicago case
Chicago witnesses testified that thousands of bottles of liquor were distributed to Grammes & Ulrich Co. stockholders by Prohibition agents. The hearings considered a partial report to the Senate and possible criminal action against Harry M. Daugherty. Witnesses described stockholders receiving assets including whisky and cordials, with liquor deliveries verified by a railway receipt in Washington.
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Charles A. Williams
Chicago
Grammes & Wilrich Co
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Williaa G
Brundage
Republican
J. Onsis
Grammes & Ulrich Coporation
Wheeler
Montina
Legless Sideshow Starr Eli Bowen Dies at Coney Island Dreamland
New York May 11 Captain Eli Bowen known as the legless man died in his room at the Dreamland Circus side show on Coney Island. He had lived with the condition for 60 years and was 18 years old at death after suffering pleurisy.
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New York
Eli Bowen
Coney Island
Festerday
Catholic Sisters Arrest Reported in Russia Persecutions
Rome reports increased religious persecutions in Russia with fourteen Catholic Sisters of Mercy reportedly arrested. The Vatican confirmed the word received today outlining the incident and its context amid mounting tensions.
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Vatican
Russia
Colored Currency Tinted for Class in Treasury Scheme
A May amendment plans color coded currency to distinguish classes. Blue seals on silver certificates, red on United States notes, green on Federal Reserve notes, brown on national bank notes, and yellow on gold certificates.
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New York
Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve
New rover sworn in as Indiana governor amid resignation turmoil
New governor takes office in Indiana following the resignation of Lag Warren TL Met who exit after a federal sentence of ten years for defrauding malls in Atlanta Georgia.
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Binavet
Indiana
Warren TL Met
Atlanta
Telegraph Briefs from Exiled Russians and Other News
Exiled Russians cheer on a possible toppling of the Russian regime led by Grand Duke Nicholas, with hopes of a national movement. New York unveils a lost monument funded by Henry Ford, and radio policy prompts Hoover to review RCA relations with Japan. Gillis Medadoo leads in Democratic primary returns. wheat flour mills face a minor price drop. President Coolidge keeps Sunday tradition aboard the Mayflower. Trail services between New York and San Francisco to start July 1 with 36 hour deliveries.
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Nicholas Nicholaievitet
New York
Devoo Bark
Nertz
Henry Ford
WL Ic
Washington
Shortridge
California
Hoover
Radio Corporation of America
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Coolidge
New
San Francisco
Dog Saves Boy At Lake While Companion Drowns
Des Moines report of a drowning at Brooks Lake where 7 year old Stanford Bilis drowned after a raft overturned. Edwin Guinard, another boy, was pulled to shore by a dog that grasped the lifeline and led him to safety as Elis Allis vanished beneath the water. The body of Allis was recovered this morning.
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Stanford Bilis
Edwin Guinard
Brooks Lake
Elis
Guinn
Senate Told Fall In Wheat Prices Did Not Hit Bread
The Federal Trade Commission told the Senate that wheat price declines did not translate into bread price drops. From 1919 to 1922 flour and wheat fell sharply in Minnesota and Kansas City, while bread prices rose or fell modestly in several markets, indicating buyers gained little from cheaper farm staples.
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Minneapolis
Boston
New York
Major Martin sighting west of Chignik after launch
West of Chignik Alaska seven hours after quak the wire report states Maj Frederick L. Martin, missing since April 28, was last seen near Chignik Lake. Coast guard cutter Haida ordered toward Dutch Harbor with three planes to aid search. Algonquin near Analasia, Haida may proceed to Tokyo.
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Prederick L. Martin
Mittmila
Chigadk
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Maj. Martin
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Agashikta
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Coast Guard
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Algonquin
Analasia
Maj
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Lieut
Bissell
Haida
Tokio
D'Oisy
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Japan
Burglars Overlook Cash During Cedar Falls Break In
Burglars pried open a window to Hack Uawk OI com pany office in Cedar Falls and stole 395.84 from a drawer near the door. They broke the safe dial but left 150 in cash behind. May 5. Special.
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Cedar Falls
Hack Uawk OI Company
Senate Committee Recommends Postal Clerk Pay Rise
Washington May 5 state that the Senate Post Office Committee favorably reported a bill increasing salaries of postal clerks and carriers by 300 dollars yearly. The measure was prepared as a substitute by the joint postal conference and sent to the Senate.
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Senate Post Office Committee
Joint Postal Conference
Washington, D. C
Rate revision suspended in Southwest until September
Washington May A proposed revision of rates on storage and steel meats packing house products and other commodities in the Southwest was ordered suspended until September by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington, D.c
Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norman Girl Confesses Swindle In Oelwein Case
Gladys Norman of Norman is charged with complicity in a plot to swindle Ren Be Fereday of Oelwein Iowa out of 15680 dollars. She broke down and confessed to Department of Justice agents in Minneapolis Minnesota on May 9.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Gladys Norman
Ren BE
Fereday
Oelwein
Farmer
Department of Justice
Americans Abroad Must Pay Income Tax
The Supreme Court ruled that Americans living overseas are subject to federal income taxes on income earned entirely from sources in another country. Justice J. G. Washington reported the decision on May 5.
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Amercans
Washington
J. G
Supreme Court
Washington Supreme Court Meets and Senate Committees Act
Fragmented notes show sessions in Washington on Supreme Court matters and multiple Senate committees including agriculture and public affairs. House committees pursue inquiries into shipping and land reclamation following Interior Department recommendations.
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House
Interior Department
Uruguayan Team Beats De Portivo 2 1 in Corunna Brief
The Uruguayan football team defeated De Portivo 2 to 1 in Corunna. Madrid reports high activity at the office of the caplila-General for the trial of four mail robbers who killed mail clerks on the Cordovan express. The death penalty is expected for all four. Madrid notes Juan Melmonte, once a famed bullfighter, plans a return to the arena.
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Chiernational
Corunna
Skull and Bones Mystery Baffles Sioux City Police
Police investigate discovery of a human skull and several leg and arm bones found near North Riverside. Hayes, director of the city laboratories, says bones are about two years old and police hope solving the mystery may resolve numerous disappearances in the district over the past three years.
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Ta. Mary
North Riverside
Hayes
City Laboratories
Labor council endorses Brookhart in Iowa race
Des Moines reports the cooperative legislative council backed Senator Smith W. Brookhart and declined to endorse any state candidate. J C Lewis of the Iowa State Federation of Labor denied factional splits and said official records will be distributed to county labor groups for their endorsements.
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International News Wire
Des Moines
Co-Operative Legislative Council
Tew
Smith W. Brookhart
J.C. Lewis
Iowa State Federation of Labor
7. A. Buser
J. H. Anderson
Lewis
Yent
John Hammill
Buser
Anderson
Dawes Plan Backed Coalition Edges Toward Power in Germany
Moderates including Socialist Clerical Democratic and People's parties appear set to form a coalition in the Reichstag as returns from yesterday's election favor adoption of the Dawes reparations plan. Communists gain ground while ultra monarchists fall short in a vote likely to yield about 15 new deputies. Balloting was heavy with 244 candidates in the race.
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Stresemann
Reichstag
Ludendorf
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Democrats
German People’s Party
Nationaliste
Bavarian People's Party
London
Berlin
Social Democrats
Iggrerman
National People’s Party
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National Liberals
Tikely
MacDonald
Theunis
Belgium
Cheniers Court
Mussolini Oy
Milan
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Mussolini
Paris
Ruhr
France
Theanis
Reds' Ambassador at Berlin Peeved
Berlin May 3 Russian ambassador M Krestinski threatened to return to Moscow after a German police raid on Soviet trade headquarters. Both sides stood firm with Russians claiming tax internal rights while Germans denied them. Atmosphere has calmed since Saturday.
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M. Krestinski
Moscow
Davenport Man Killed in Auto Crash
George Day, a Davenport carpenter, was killed in a morning auto crash when his car collided with Wilbur Huss at a street intersection. Day died in an ambulance en route to a hospital. POISON BOOZE VICTIM: Charles Johnson, 55, died after intoxication in a Des Moines hospital.
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George Day
Wilbur Huss
Day
Des Moines
Charles Johnson
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