National Commander Delivers Hopeful Address at State Convention
Col Hanford MacNider national commander of the American Legion tells Iowa delegates that President Harding will likely favorably consider pending legislation. Thousands gather for the Waterloo convention parade with MacNider hailed as Iowa’s beloved legionnaire and praised for uniting state citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Hanford MacNider
Hawkeye
Adewates
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Resistration
Legion
Hanford MacNisve
Mason City
Glad
Harding
American Legion
Daniel WF. Steck
Ottynowa
de Rertments
California
Louisiana
Waterloo Woman's Federation
Folosing
Wao Owish
Kim
Wworlen
Sizmed
Waterloo
Mary
Morner
Towa
Iowa
Department
Col. MacNider
Senate
MacNider
Duto
Tele-1
Lou Morgans
Rainbow
Toway
Gol
Mac Nider
Alsia
Argonne Des Moines Post
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Department of the Region
Publishers Alarm Over Newsprint Shortage Doubles Demand
Prospect of a special convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association grows after a warning to members for an immediate 10 percent cut in newsprint consumption. The association cites a 19.9 percent rise in use in the first seven months of 1922 and urges preserving paper by wartime efficiency measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
American New Paper
Messines
Divorce Reported After Alleged Cruelty Suit
A divorce case records Holtons alimpany paying $50 monthly and a $5,000 judgment against Dewey Colton. The couple wed on June 18, 1919, with cruelty cited as the grounds for the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Colton
Harding’s Popularity Drops Over Strike Handling
New York report notes a shift in public sentiment toward President Harding over the past ten weeks. Voters fault his strike policy as not shortening or resolving disputes, while his personal image remains decent and his aim is to serve the public. Critics say he fails to lead the party and Congress, weakening Republican prospects in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maric Sullivan
New York
Harding
Wington
Wilson
Roosevelt
Hls
Congress
Cox
Senate
Republican Party
Flying Parson Among 3 Killed in Plane Crash
Three men died when an airplane carrying U S Navy Lieutenant Sletyile Wo Muay and Lieut. Chirtes Weel crashed near Ryne New York. The craft, nicknamed the Flying Parson, toppled in midair after taking off from a field, with authorities listing the victims and investigation under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sletyile
Kivewar
Chirtes Weel
New York
Ao Mpechente
Aise Weer
Geog Fool
Midwest Heat Records Shatter Across States
Heat wave breaks across the Midwest and Great Plains setting new records as high temperatures reach 103 in Helvidere and Mason City. Prostrations mount, six deaths reported, schools close at noon, crops suffer severe damage in Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Michigan. Cooler weather expected late Friday or Saturday.
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Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Appalachians
Kansas
Nebraska
Okla- Yuma
Ohio
Trdiania
Michigan
Helvidere
Til
Lincoln
Neb
Mason City
Mniliana
Big Tim Murphy Organizes Shines
Chicago report notes labor agitator Timothy J. Murphy, once of the Wincais house, aids miners unions amid arrests tied to labor wars and violence. Witnesses say he suffered an injury when a stand passed by a shaker. Shiners claim Murphy leads a Chicago boat blacks union drive.
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Chicago
Tuhothy J
Dig Yon Murphy
Seater
Wincais House of Representatives
Miny Lehbor Uions
Shiners
Joop Elands
Big Tim
Big Tin
Shiner
McConnell Addresses Colesburg Conference
Bishop Francis J. McConnell of Pittsburgh addressed the Northwest German conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church during the second day of its 149th annual session in Colesburg Ta. The gathering includes more than 64 delegates and runs through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesburg
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh
Northwest Germany
Methodist Episcopal Church
Strike ends? Linton Pacific president offers jobs back
Omaha December 7Carl Gray president of the Linton Pacific system issued a statement calling the sheep crafts unions strike irrevocably fast and urged members to return to work. He promised full pension rights would be restored to those who return before September 1.
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Omaha
Carl Gray
Linton Pacific System
Shepcraft
Gunman ready to pay penalty for Sioux City crime
Siou x City inmate Pavey awaits execution for murder as Iowa prison prepares the 16 foot gallows at Fort Madison. Warden Hollowell and Rev. Father Thuma plan a somber farewell with 12 witnesses present while guards thwart escape plots. Pavey’s mother and sisters travel to the prison seeking a last view before the sentence is carried out.
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Fort Madison
Claude Letter
Sioux City
Pavey
T. P. iMollawell
Wagene
Weeks
Peng
Hadlawell
Whrden Hollowell
Walthng
Father Thuma
Bng
Zaiser
Orrie Cross
Warene Weeks
Nes Muthea
Bar Throst
Waukon
William Olander
Fort Dodge
Bilding
Kansas City
Carl McGuire
Prisem
Port Madison
Lis
Taft's Café Closed in San Francisco Prohibition Era
San Francisco Sept 7 Taft's, once the city’s slow to open cafe, will close its doors and reopen as a coffee house. The move leaves only Marquards as a remnant of the old cafe era once fueled by pumblations like Prince Punch and Alten Leer as drought and prohibition reshaped the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Pelmonico
Talt
Short School Day Due to the Heat
The district shortened all grade and high school sessions by one and a half hours due to extreme heat. A voluntary observer noted temperatures near 100 degrees with a forecast of possible record highs. Weather records show yesterday’s heat rising above the prior peak, with 72 degrees minimum last night and Waterloo west district also affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcury
R. GR. Sllnny
Waterloo West
Magan City
Kills Two Children Wounds Four More in Clover shooting
William Parris a 6th year old textile worker went on a wild shooting spree in Clover South Carolina. He fired on a group of children killing two and wounding four others one believed dying. He was rushed under heavy guard to the state penitentiary in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover
S. C
William Parris
State Penitentiary
Columbia
Hard Coal Peace Delayed to Saturday Says Union Leader
In Willcoxharre Pennsylvania the Poepper Reed peace plan endorsed by anthracite miners awaits a tri district union convention. President John L Lewis and other coal leaders say the plan will come, not this Saturday but soon. The report mentions an Iowa prison hanging with John Junkin as the last inmate executed July 29 1910 for murder.
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A. An. Drulay
Hela
Qwill
Uberetic Garding Lp
Serge
Ttoswaitesy Cisreler
Phre
Fourth Street
Washington
Butih
Ata
AL Hark
Craversee
Willcoxharre
United Ming Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Hollowetl
Thoma
Thomas Fess
R. S. Reimers
Iowa
John Junkin
Clara Rasen
Ottumwa
Daugherty injunctions questioned by labor leaders and union suit
Labor leaders challenge Attorney General Daugherty to curtail prosecutions under Chicago strike injunction. Congress prohibited use of federal funds for such actions, tying funds to antitrust prosecutions and striking down enforcement of unrest related to wage and hour demands. International Brotherhood seeks DC injunction to block Gordon and Snyder from enforcing the Chicago injunction locally.
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fInternations
News Wire
Washington, D. C
Daugherty
Congress
Department of Justice
Chicago
Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Vega
Junction
Owan Charg
Qwen
Associated Press
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
United States
Peyton Gordon
Edgar C. Snyder
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
James P. Noonan
Charles P. Ford
Gordon
Snyder
Brotherhood
Noovar
Bailey
Coluinhia
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American Legion Assembly
Hliness
MancNider
Morgans
Kainlew
MaccNider
Willier Catnip
Willier
Fred Willeerinn
Ini Waterins
Maur Sieness
AL Trimble
Minder
W.oa. Burton
Tlouisiana
Welcone
New Orleans
Towa Legionnaires
Hanford MacNider
The
Farmure Alarms Publishers
Duce
Midwest
Brubee
Renee Hillideystariis
Parti Vellet
Rockies
Big Tim” Murphy
McConnell
Sioua City
Ira Pavey
City
Sioux County
San Francisco
Becker-Chapman Post
Iowa American Legion
Herman C. Midler
Becker- Chapman Posh
Ralme AC
Barrett
Adidutant Cof Barkur- Chapmain Post
Roland E. Netcott
Becker- Chapmen
E. J. Brucier
Getter
J. Bh. Brinkalan
Beecker-Chapman Post
E. L. Rowlf
Gonminder Becker
Act of Congress
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