Great Britain Japan and United States May Scrap Historic Warships
Nations at Washington Conference consider scrapping many historic ships and large vessels under Hughes plan. United States would abandon fifteen battleships, Britain would scrap numerous battleships and battle cruisers, and Japan would sacrifice several completed battleships as construction or planned ships face scrapping.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
United States
England
Michigan
South Carolina
Connecticut
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Varont
Kansas
Minnesota
Virginia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Georgia
Nebrasa
Maine
Missouri
Conqueror
Monarch
Thunderer
Orion
Coléssna
Hercules
Neptune
St. Vincent
Colingwood
Helleroppon
Temeraira
Superb
Commonwealth
Lion
Pincess Royal
Australia
New Zealand
Indomitable
Aki
Satsume
Kurama
Ikoma
Kashima
Katori
Mikren
Hizen
Ashabi
Hughes
Indiana
Massachusetts
Montana
North Carolina
South Dakota
Tews
Colorado
West Virginia
Constellation
Constitution
Lexington
Ranger
Saratoge
Ibil
Owari
Kaga
Mutsu
Jos
Akaga
Amagi
Atago
Takao
Nos
Police Obtain a Confession Cleans Up 42 Murders Linked to Navy Treat Gang
Mt Vernon N Y police sources report that after the Anniello Partti murder verdict in White Plains, detectives secured a confession from a witness that may unravel 42 killings by the Navy Treat gang operating in Brooklyn Harlem and Coney Island over the last decade.
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Mt. Vernon
Anniello Partti
Generosal Nazzare
Supreme Court
White Plains
Yonkers
Navy A Treat
Brooklyn
Harlem
Coney Island
Joplin Bank Closes Doors After Suicide of President
Joplin Bank Closes Doors. National bank examiner K. Roberts from Kansas City arrived to assess the First National Bank of Joplin after its president Amos Gipson committed suicide in Mexico City. Directors insist the bank is solvent.
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Joplin Bank
Joplin
L. K. Roberts
Keawny City
Kansas’ City
First National Bank
Amos Gipson
Mexico City
Mex
Attempt on Chicherin life reported from Moscow dispatch
A Moscow dispatch reports an attempted killing of Russian Soviet Foreign Minister M Chitcherin in Riga Latvia. The assault allegedly targeted him but failed and three thousand acres were said to have been seized as part of the claim.
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Riga
Latvia
Moscow
M Chitcherin
Russi
Sinn Fein Prisoners Escape From Mt Joy Prison
Fifteen Sinn Fein prisoners under sentence escaped from Mt Joy prison after a fight. The men made their getaway amid a disturbance, with authorities investigating the breach of custody.
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Sinn Fein
Dublin
Ffteen
Mt. Joy
Armistice Day tributes and Washington conference opens
Edward W. Pickard reviews Armistice Day rituals honoring unknown soldiers and the opening of the Washington conference on arms limitation. He notes President Harding’s speech, Hughes as chairman, and absent Lloyd George, with global reactions from Moscow and southern China.
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Edward W. Pickard
Washington
Far East
Pacific
Orient
Continental Memorial Hall
Hughes
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Holland
China
Senate Gadl House
Harding
David Lloyd George
Iowa State News Roundup of Local Deaths and Oddities
Retired Cres ton Cumberland conductor Tom Snair draws a $40 monthly pension after forty five years on the Burlington. Mrs John Bacus mother of Algona editor dies. Marshalltown bankrupt with 156000 debts and 227000 assets. Cedar Rapids Republican merges with Evening Times not circulating as morning paper. Northwest Iowa harness dentera convention at Le Mars Nov 7 with J C Briggs of Sutherland president. Counties Lyons Osceola Plymouth Sioux O'Brien Cherokee form association. Marshalltown Elks back Salvation Army drive for 4000. Corn picker Harold Foch near Dike averages 125 bushels daily. Fenton bank employee Arthur Kiees dies after accidental gun handling. Fred Bowen also involved. UI men glee club plans Christmas tour under H H Matt. Ames man Ames arrested Boone on bootlegging. bond 350. Wright man William Sampson killed near Atwood station by Northwestern express. Cascade area hog cholera outbreaks. vaccination by Dr L Barratt. Winnecke county bankers form vigilance committee, 66 armed deputies. Lake View teen Francis Garrets held for statutory offense against 14 year old Lena Jansen of Breda. arrest follows birth of child. Iowa City double tragedy. Mr and Mrs Douglas Tourtillot die from gas in their home. jealousy noted. Francisco Villa of Mexico praises Iowa cattle. Col Geo W French Holstein exhibit bought by Villa for his ranch. Keith Brainerd 11 dies after shotgun discharge at Sigourney. County farm bureau campaign leads to J J Murray resigning as president. special road election held No 15.
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Tom Snair
Creston-Cumberland
Burrington
Burlington Road
John Bacus
Das Moines
Algona
Levin Dry, Goods Company
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Evening
Salvation Army
Harold Foch
Dike
Arthur Kiees
Fenton
Fred Bowen
University of Iowa Men's Glee Club
United States
Pacific
H. H. Matt
Ames Hickle
Ames
Boone
William ‘Sampson
Wright
Atwood Station
Northwestern
Cascade
L. Barratt
Winnecherk
Francis Garrets
Lake View
Carroll
Lena Jansen
George Jansen
Breda
Iowa City
Douglas Tourtillot
North Madison Street
Francisco Villa
Iowa
Col. Geo. W. French
Iowana Farms
Davenport
Mexico City
Col. French
Villa
Keith Brainerd
James Brainerd
Sigourney
County Farm Bureau
Bureau
J. J. Murray
Pearts
Minnesota Legion Commander Known For Job Help To Ex-Soldiers
Dr. A. A. VanDyke of Minneapolis elected commander of Minnesota American Legion, credited with finding jobs for about 1,200 ex servicemen. A veteran, citizen, and former St. Paul Post No. 8 leader, he helped push the soldiers bonus bill and chaired Ramsey county welfare. Born in Alexandria, he graduated from the University of Chicago Medical School in 1903 and studied dentistry at Minnesota. He served in the signal corps and taught at an MORS camp in New Jersey.
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A. A. VanDyke
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Department of the American Legion
American Legion
van Dyke
St. Paul
United States
Ramsey County Welfare Committee
Doctor van Dyke
Alexandra
University of Chicago School of Medicine
University of Minnesota
New Jersey
Disabled Finding Favor In Red Tape Campaign Success
Gen Red Tape, a merciless foe of the disabled man, has been largely eliminated by the American Legion and the Sweet Bill. Charles R R Forbes, director of the government veterans bureau, champions direct outreach to disabled veterans. Forbes emphasizes swift, fair processing of claims and favors disallowance only when imperative, ensuring doubts favor claimants.
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Red Tape
American Legion
Charlies
Mr. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Cure for unemployment urged by Labor secretary
James J. Doyle writes that wage earners should curb demands to help mills restart, builders resume work, and stores and schools reopen. Merchants should cut profits so more can buy necessities, and landlords should lower rents to make flying wages feasible as costs ease.
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American “Legion Weekly
James J. Doyle
Secretary of
Labor
Fatiows
Legion Steamer Returns to New York After Maiden Voyage
The American Legion steamer completes a ten hour shorter record run from New York to Wo de Janeiro and back, greeted by Legion posts in South American ports. Captains described shore launches cheering and wine celebrations along the Platte River from Montevideo to Buenos Ayres as the ship moved upriver.
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New York
Wo de Janiero
American Legion
Legion
Platte River
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
South American Legion
War Hero Of France George A Dunagin A Legion Hero
George A Dunagin a U S Army lieutenant and former diplomat earned the French Medal of Honor and the Congressional Life Saving Medal after diving into a 70 foot water to rescue a woman from a river during a war zone incident. He later led the Shreveport veterans bureau sub station in Paris and Lothan and assisted General Dawes in disabled veteran needs. Born in Laurel Mississippi and educated at Mississippi A and M College, his career spanned service in seventeen European countries.
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France
George A. Dunagin
Haigan Service
United States Army
Dunagin
Shreveport
United States Veteran's Bureau
Paris
Lothan
American Legion
Dawes
Laurel
Miss
Mississippi A. & M. College
Legionaire Town Plan by World War I Veterans in Arkansas
A 2,500 acre Arkansas tract hosts a sixteen-man veteran colony from Tulsa and Oklahoma City forming a town named Legionaire. Members of Joe Carson post of the American Legion intend a trading center with land ownership possible in seven months as war service counts toward residency. Winter settlement and timber work, hunting, trapping planned as up to 100 veterans from Tulsa expect to settle government land.
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Arkansas
Tulsa
Ohila
Joe Carson
American Legion
Legionaire
Doughboy
Scdte
War Worker Aids Jobless Ex Service Men
Miss Ellerbe Wood, famed for entertaining doughboys with a M. G. O. A. troupe in France, continues service by aiding unemployed veterans in New York. She volunteered at New York showings of The Man Without a Country, reading the Legion preamble and giving a patriotic reading, with proceeds benefiting veteran welfare.
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Ellerbe Wood
France
New York
Edward Everett Hale
Ampires
American Legion
Great Falls Legion aids 87 aliens to citizenship
The American Legion Great Falls post reports 87 foreigners completed citizenship training and were admitted. A second class of 100 is in training with instruction twice weekly. Preliminary exams assess fitness for naturalization under Legion supervision.
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al Long
Americanization Committee
Great Falls
Mont
American Legion
Legion Committee
Legion
Many Graves Remain Unmarked Across Nation
The American Legion reports thousands of American graves overseas remain unmarked due to a lack of government grave markers and Congress not funding purchases. The Legion's legislative committee will urge Congress to earmark funds to supply markers as required by law.
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Congress
American Legion
Weehington
Legion
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