Pinchot Poised for State Delegates Fight in Pennsylvania
Washington report outlines Gifford Pinchot as a potential Republican presidential hopeful with strong backing in Pennsylvania. It contrasts Pinchot organizing for pledged or complimentary delegates against Pepper Mellon and Coolidge supporters seeking control, noting possible nationwide mobilization and the key prohibition issue shaping the contest.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
George W. Pepper
Penrose
David Reed
Treasury
Andrew WW. Mellon
Pinchott
Chicago
Sproul
Brumbaugh
Pepper
Coollidge
Washington
Coolidge
Courier Delivery Policy and Contact Instructions
The notice explains home delivery by 5 30 and asks readers to call 5100 if undelivered before that time. It mentions that a copy will be sent and requests calls reach the offices before 8 pm.
War Camp Graft Cases Halted by Charge Specifics
Vinton Iowa Oct 17 Farmers should not pay more than five cents a bushel for corn husking except when corn is on the ground when six cents is allowed. The Benton County Farm Bureau Board issued the decision to end the huskers union and curb wartime price practices.
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Vinton
Benton County Farm Bureau Board
Court Actions to Be Suspended in War Fraud Suits
Federal Judge Suter's ruling in Camp Sherman war contract case may delay government actions against Cantonment builders. The defense argues for more specific charges as the government audits Camp Dodge and related contracts. Total suits involve hundreds of millions, with prospects for a broader pause while DOJ counsel study the impact.
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Washington, D
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Dodge
Des Moines
Sater
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Charles Weitz Sons
Camp Dodge
Martin J. Wade
Wade
Hunger Strikes Planned by Irish Prisoners Stir Dublin
In Dublin a republican manifesto circulated claiming about 13 000 prisoners in Mountjoy jail may spark widespread hunger strikes. It warns that a spread to other camps could provoke tragedy or a historic victory that could rouse the nation.
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Belfast
Ireland
Mount Joy
Dublin
Vernon Farmer Sued for Alienating Young Wife’s Love
Charles Travis an elderly Mount Vernon farmer is accused by Mrs. Ross Kline in Cedar Rapids of alienating her affections. Kline seeks $20,000 damages alleging Travis wrote love letters and used a car loaned by an automobile firm for visits as man and wife. Travis is 66. Mrs. Kline is 24.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles ‘Travis
Mount Vernon
Ross Kline
Governor Kendall Soon Return From West Coast Rest Break
Des Moines reports Gov N E Kendall now in Los Angeles with Mrs Kendall and plans to return in about two weeks. A letter from Des Moines newspaper man Arthur Brayton says Kendall, who suffered a breakdown, left Honolulu in late August for rest and, with his wife, departed Honolulu October 3 arriving in San Francisco a week later.
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Des Moines
N. E. Kendall
Los Angeles
Rock Island Told to Maintain Rates
Des Moines reports the Interstate Commerce Commission refused to grant authority to the Rock Island to cancel certain west of Mississippi freight rates. The request would have impacted through shipments between Iowa points and states east of Illinois.
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Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Mississipni River
Washington
Iowa
Illinois
South Holds Hope Ford Operate Muscle Shoals Plant
Indianapolis Oct. 17 The South still hopes Henry Ford will operate the Muscle Shoals government project in Alabama. Gov Brendan says Ford’s involvement would spark major economic growth and prosperity in the region despite Gorgas plant sale. A cotton crop upswing and higher prices bolster southern optimism for continued prosperity amid the war era.
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Whited
Indianapolis
Ind
Henry Ford
Yast
Muscle Shoals
Ala
W. W. Brandan
Alahana
United Press Today
Ford
Gorgas
Brandan
South
Towa Falls Woman Fatally Injured in Bathroom Fall
A 32 year old Towa Falls woman died after slipping on a bathroom rug and breaking her neck while partially dressed following a bath. Neighbors found her unconscious four hours later, after she crawled to a window to attract help. She had cared for a crippled brother and was a Baptist church member.
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Towa Falls
Ellis
Iand
The
Baptist Church
Belgian Reparations Plan Sets 50 Billion Gold Marks
Paris Oct 17 EB Delacroix Belgian member presented the reparations plan to the reparation commission. The plan fixes the minimum indemnity at 50 billion gold marks and suggests guarantees by hypothecation of railroads and monopolies in tobacco coal sugar wine and beer.
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Paris
EB. Delacroix
Germany
Coolidge Endorses Policy of Economy
Washington October 17 President Coolidge endorses fiscal restraint praising George W Skikton of the bureau of internal revenue for saving government funds in the last year by avoiding new purchases and returning appropriated money to the treasury.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
George W. Skikton
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ani
Treasury
Guard Officers Attend Howell Funeral in Iowa City
Des Moines Oct 17 officers of the National Guard including Adj Gen Louis G Lasher Brig Gen Matthew Tinley and all officers of the 113th Cavalry commanded by Tinley will attend the funeral of late Col Ralph P Howell in Iowa City this afternoon.
Governors Split Over Prohibition At West Baden Meet
Indiana Governor W T McCray leads the opening address at the fifteenth annual governors conference in West Baden. He calls for a national directive under the President and a house cleaning of enforcement officers. Other governors echo calls for reform and stronger federal action as talks cover liquor law enforcement and tax issues. Queensland votes against prohibition by 22 000 in Australia.
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International News
West Baden
Ind
United States
Tov. Pinetot
Pennsylvania
Washington
W. T. McCray
Indiana
McCray
Parker
Louisiana
Coolidge
Trinkle
Virginia
McLeod
South Carolina
Off
Texas
Cox
Massachusetts
Ross
Wyoming
McCrary
McMaster
South Dakota
Morgan
West Virginia
Alabama
Tnedianapolis
West Baton
University of Indiana
Bedford
Farmers Union Sells Paper Moves To Fort Madison
The Donnellson Times the Farmers union paper of Lee county has been sold and will be moved to Fort Madison Iowa for publication Lloyd T McNerney is the new editor and manager.
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Donnellson
Donnellson Times
Farmers Union
Lte County
Fort Madison
Lloyd T. McNerney
Board Refuses Segregation in Des Moines Public Pools
Des Moines board of education rejected segregating white and Negro pupils in city swimming pools. White parents petitioned to grant separate usage times, but the board mandated joint pool access at the same hours for all pupils.
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Des Moines
Deb
Board of Education
Iowa Odd Fellows Open Convention at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts the Grand Lodge session with over four thousand delegates. Elections and appointments filled officer posts while ceremonies included degree conferrals by Grand Warden Guy M. Butte. Auxiliary officers were elected for the Patriarchs Militant with meetings planned for July 1924. Sioux City discussed as a possible next meeting site.
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Hy United Press
Cedar Rapids
Grand Judge Jr. G
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Guy M. Butte
Wesley
W. Dewar
Droeregenie Burlington
S. S. Rutter
Jeffersen
T. J. Osborne
New Sha On
J. W. Smith
Des Moines
Grand Serive
Otto Windrath
Mumboit
HE. E. Lamber
Sutter
Jefferson
Waterloo
Auxilla
Prissy
Ore
Odd Fellows Xrand
Leah Washburn
Mason City
Wiva Hill
Witerloo
Lufa Windrath
Humboldt
Telary
Ely Wunder
Warsaw
Patriarch Militant Park
Clear Wake
Sioux City
Guthrie Bank Case Reopened Denied by Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines Iowa supreme court refused to reopen a dispute over deducting declared liberties from bank capital in the Guthrie Center case against Guthrie county. The decision upholds prior Guthrie county rulings and affects roughly a dozen banks with similar concerns. Two related cases from Iowa and the U S Supreme Court remain pending.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
First National Bank
Guthrie Center
Guthrie County
High Court
Guthrie
Towa Banks
United States Supreme Court
Iowa Wins Trophy at American Legion Convention
Amid loud debate behind closed doors over condemning the Ku Klux Klan the Iowa delegation wins the D Olier trophy for largest number of eligible ex service members. The fifth annual convention discusses naval strength merchant marine and aircraft armament while finances and internal organization plans are outlined.
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San
Ottauawa
Wee
Iowa
Legion
Civic Center
Towa
Finance Commissian
Merclhant
Marine
Raneisca
Cal
United States Navy
Washington
Congress
Sen
Committee On Aeronautics
United States
In. Bio
Prohibition Agent Faces Manslaughter Charge in Iowa Case
Sioux City Iowa October 17 exonerated by a coroners jury for the death of Edward Morrace a manslaughter charge is filed against Prohibition Agent R J Hart and Indian Agent Walter Gunn in a justice court An indignation meeting demanded Hart be tried Cedar Falls Oct 17 Ruby J Johnson Clarksville bought the Ward residence for 812 50 at 805 Twenty fourth Street and part of the furniture The house was built by the late W H Parish
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Sioux City
Altho
Edward Morrace
R. J. Hart
Walter Gunn
Hart
Cedar Falls
wrMts
Ruby J. Johnson
Clarksville
Thomas Ward
Il. W. Parish
Grid Fans Hear Ye From The Orphan Borough Meet
In a fragmentary report villagers gather as a council meeting discusses athletic supporters and school events. Officials reference a list of participants and locations while mentioning a West Pie hall and a court proceeding related to listed institutions.
Moros Massacre Strikes Mindanao Schoolhouse Attack
Reports from Mindanao Island cite a Moro attack on a lakeside schoolhouse near Lake Wuluga last Sunday. US troops were deployed after the assault which killed a lieutenant, a sergeant, eight constabulary officers, and ten Filipino guards, with broader regional clashes raising tolls and prompting calls for reinforcements.
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Pras
Manila
Gel
Lanao
Lloyd George Postpones Engagements Amid Cold
David Lloyd George, British leader, is laid up with a cold in Chicago and cancels day engagements while his doctors order rest. He hopes to keep a planned speech at night at the international amphitheatre at the stockyards if his condition improves. His secretary, Sir William Sutherland, said fatigue and fevered by a long tour make rest essential.
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Lloyd George
Chicago
David Lloyd George
Cormierier
Great Britain
Stockyards
Wiliam Sutherland
Live Wire Fatality Knocks Out Aero Boy Genius
In Algona an auto mechanic Marvin Ailtors, 17, son of Charles Adams, was electrocuted at noon yesterday while handling an aeronautical wire. Lloyd Strahman found him and attempted a rescue. the boy died instantly though his father reached him in time. The lad, described as an aero genius, had invented an aero receiving get. He suffered burns on his hands.
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Algona
Marvin
Charles
Adams
Lloyd Strahman
le Wire
Altha
Lad Savas
Howe
Cost of living climbs as wholesale prices surge
A Washington report shows wholesale prices jumping nearly 28 4 percent in September. Clothing and clothing led gains driven by raw silk, print cloths and cotton yarns. Farm products rose 3 1 2 percent with increases in corn oats rye wheat hogs cotton bees hay. Food group up 3 1 2 percent due to butter pork cheese eggs flour lard sugar. Building materials fell over 2 percent while fuel metals show small declines.
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Washington
DB. C
Department of Labor
Black Hawk County Awards 880679 Highway Contracts
Black Hawk County Supervisors approve two highway contracts totaling 880,679 dollars for 32.16 miles from the Benton county line to Cedar Falls and Cedar Falls to the Bremer county line. Bryant Paving of Waterloo and Moore Young Construction of Waterloo win bids with federal praise and plans to start next spring.
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County Board of Supervisors
Black Hawk County
Bryant Paving Company
Ben‘ton County
Cedar Talls
Mooriny Young Construction Company
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Bremer County
Hudson
Moore-Young
Bryant
Moore- Young Construction Company
Stanley Cbd
Moore
Moore- Young Company
P. L. Bryant
Bryant Paying
George Campen
Omaha
Neb
Campen
Courier
Moore‘Young Construction Company
Highway Commission
Black Hawk Bounty
Middlewest
Northern States Contracting ‘Company of
St. Paul
Grant Highway
Grundy County
Hryant Paving Company
Polk County
Iowa
North Town Pike
Mason City
Clear Lake
Arkansas
Moore-Young Construction Company
LeMars
Storm Lake
Iowa City
Rainbow Drive
Denston County
Northern States Contracting Company
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MR. Coolidge
Baliwick
Farm Bureau
Met
Vernon Farmer
Kendall
Aayg Qouth
Guard
Howell
Noogh
Atiro
Gov. McCray
Prohibition
Queensland
Melbourne
Aus
OOD Fellows
Patriarch Militant Auxiliary
Guthrie Bank
KLM
Iowan
Cedar Falls Home
Pat Hart
Aea
West
Pie
Baritetins
Athemies
Colleen
Moros
Live Wire
Aero Boy Genius
Alvancine
Bryant Co
Moore-Young Co
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