Iowa Girl School Teacher Beaten To Death Near Lone School
Miss Inga Magnusen a 23 year old teacher was found dead in the basement of a northern county schoolhouse. Sheriff Gunda Martindale says bloodhounds were used and a posse searches for a stranger riding a stolen horse believed connected to the crime. Police notify Iowa City and the region to watch for the suspect from Minnesota.
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Iowa
Inga Magnusen
Here
Gunda Martindale
Denielson
Iowa City
Four Nation Pacific Peace Pact Signed At Noon
Washington December 13 delegates of the United States Great Britain France and Japan formally signed a quadruple treaty to preserve peace in the Pacific. The signing was quiet with only delegates secretaries and advisers present. The U S and Japan pact becomes effective after the Yap treaty is signed. The agreement awaits parliamentary ratification and is expected to go to the senate soon.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
United Sb States
Yap
Senate
May Refine Cuban Sugar in the U S Without Tariffs
A measure approved by the administration was introduced in congress allowing refining of 500000 tons of Cuban sugar in the United States for export without tariff payments.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Congress
United States
Motor Turtles Catches Fire After Car Skids
Milwaukee Wis December 13 Two occupants of a motor car were burned to death when the machine skidded and overturned pinning them beneath the wreckage.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Weather Outlook for Chicago Tonight and Wednesday
The forecast indicates generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday after unsettled east portion. Temperatures are expected to be somewhat colder on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Weather Summary of Local Observations
Local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley record 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. with rainfall totals ranging from .41 to .58 inches on listed dates December 7 8 10 12 13. Peak temperature at 1 p.m. today recorded 59 degrees while temperatures lowest noted 21 degrees and no rain on several days.
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H. M. Stanley
Enlisted Navy Men May Now Resign
An order issued at the New York navy yard provides for a reduction of about 10 000 enlisted navy personnel with any enlistment subject to cancellation by resignation. About 2 000 men would be drawn from the Atlantic fleet and officers and sailors alike rushed to resign.
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New York, N. Y
New York Navy Yard
United States Navy
Atlantic
Rob Cuban Barber At Corning of $195
A bold robbery occurred Sunday at 2 a m in North Corning the home of William Cline. A Cuban barber employed at the Cline barber shop had $195 stolen from his trouser pocket and no arrests are yet made with suspicions of a serious nature pending.
American Woolen Company Buys Norwich Mills for 3 Million
Norwich Conn December 13 The American Woolen Company acquires two Norwich woolen mills and a third mill in Yantie suburb from the Norwich Woolen Mills corporation in a deal valued at about 3 million dollars.
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Norwich
Conn
Yantie
Norwich Woolen Mills Corporation
American Woolen Company
Kansas Women Active Near Mines
Kansas coal fields mobilize as militant women block three Central Coke and Coal mines in Pittsburg injuring several and delaying workers. Motor cars were damaged in the disturbances as authorities respond.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Kansas Coal Fields
Central Coke and Coal Company
Prince of Wales Wins Two Lucknow Races
Prince of Wales traveled to Lucknow India for races and won two firsts and two seconds on Saturday earning praise from locals who gave him an ovation. In New York on December 13 seven corporations and one individual linked to terra cotta manufacturing pled guilty before Judge Hand to Sherman Act violations.
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Prince of Wales
Lucknow
India
Aliababa
New York
Seek Slayer of Loupene North west ia tragedy
Decorah Iowa December authorities continued a manhunt for the killer of Carl Van Brocklin and his wife near their home. Elmer Van Brocklin, held in jail, denies knowledge of the shooting though admits a Sunday morning quarrel over corn. Neighbors say the two brothers were not on friendly terms.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Carl van Brocklin
Elmer van Brocklin
Arraign Ship Builder for Conspiracy
Charles W. Morse of New York, ship builder under federal investigation for shipboard transactions, was arraigned today before U S Commissioner Isaac Hitt on a warrant charging conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Charles W. Morse
New York
United States
Isaac Hitt
Kind Samaritan Killed Doing His Bit in Davenport
Lou Guthier, lauded as a modern kind Samaritan, died after helping a motorist pull a stuck car from mud. The vehicle slid down a twenty foot embankment, pinning Guthier beneath the fallen auto and breaking his neck.
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Davenport
Lou Guthier
Guthier
Iowa
Woman Despondent Wife Kills Self With Poison
Ainsworth Iowa December 13 Mrs Ray Blankenhorn wife of a farmer near here killed herself Sunday evening at home by drinking poison after a prior talk with her husband who summoned a doctor but she died within five minutes Despondency from ill health is believed to have prompted the act.
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Ainsworth
Ray Blankenhorn
Lloyd George to Publish All Irish Papers
Belfast report says Prime Minister Lloyd George told Sir James Craig that he plans publication of the documents in question in response to Craig's Ireland parliament statement yesterday.
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Lloyd George
Belfast
Ireland
Associated Press
James Craig
Craig
Agricultural leaders meet in Des Moines convention
Des Moines Iowa December 13 agricultural leaders from every county in Iowa gather for the annual convention. H C Wallace United States secretary of agriculture John P Howard president of the National Farm Bureau and R A Pierson president of Iowa State College join as speakers. About two hundred delegates from farm institutions fairs and other agricultural organizations attend the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. C. Wallace
United States Secretary of Agriculture
John P. Howard
National Farm Bureau
R.A. Pierson
Iowa State College
Iowa Feeder Cashes Steers Hogs at One Price
St Joseph Mo December 13 Brad Borrusch a Ringgold County Iowa farmer and feeder sold fat steers and hogs at the same price on Saturdays market. He cashed a drove of fifteen steers averaging 13385 pounds at 7 dollars and obtained the same price for ninety hogs of 262 pounds each.
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St. Joseph
Brad Borrusch
Ringgold County
Iowa
Hair bobbing banned for Beloit girls seeking parole
Topeka Kansas December 13 the state board of administration issued an order that inmates of the girls industrial school at Beloit who have their hair bobbed without special permission will not be allowed to appear before the board in applications for paroles.
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Topeka
Kans
State Board of Administration
Girl’s Industrial School
Beloit
Compensation bill near passage in Congress
Indianapolis dispatch reports the veterans adjusted compensation bill will pass within ninety days. National commander Hanford McNider and senators McCumber and Fordnes provided the information, stating Congress will complete enactment soon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
Hanford Mc Nider
McCumber
lFordnes
Attorneys to Assist Soldiers Get Rights in Iowa
Attorn eys will be named in each of the ninety nine counties of Iowa to see that ex service men secure what they are entitled to under the Iowa bonwy and tax exemption laws passed by the last general assembly. This was decided at the conference of the legal forces of the American Legion which met at the Des Moines club Sunday, with Caspar Scheck as chairman.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Legal Forces of the American Legion
Des Moines Club Sanday
Caspar Scheck
Big Crowd Expected at Creston Women’s Meeting
Organizers at the First Baptist church anticipate a large turnout for a Wednesday afternoon gathering of women and girls. Emily Porter of the Women’s Purity Federation will speak, touring southern Iowa, with Creston WCUU ladies handling arrangements.
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First Baptist Church
Emily Porter
Iowa
Porter
Women's Purity Federation
Creston
Douglas Ice Cream Plant sold to Bloomer Cold Storage in Creston
The Bloomer Cold Storage Company of Council Bluffs buys the Douglas Ice Cream Company in Creston, taking immediate possession and rebranding the plant as a Creston branch. It will produce Superior ice cream and sell high grade distilled water ice, with plans to expand delivery using larger trucks. R Litton will remain as manager, continuing a profitable run built under the previous ownership.
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Creston
Bloomer Cold Storage Company
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Douglas Ice Cream Company
Russell Avenue
Superior
R Litton
Litton
Douglas
Fire damages J C Penney store in Creston basement loss
A basement fire at the J C Penney Company on West Montgomery in Creston caused an estimated 65 000 to 75 000 in loss and damaged adjoining stock while smoke and water affected Bartle’s Racket store Bailreach’s Grocery and Johnson & Company Meat Market. Firefighters faced dense smoke and gas exposure as they battled the blaze for hours.
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J.C. Penney Company
J.C Penney Company
Montgomery Street
Eagle
Creston
J. C. Penney Company
Bartle
Alva Thomas
Bartle’s
Bailreach's Grocery
Johnson & Company
Police Auto Wreck Injures Three Detectives in Milwaukee
Three Chicago detectives pursuing Tommy OConner were seriously injured and two others were hurt when the high powered car they rode in overturned on Fond du Lac road just outside Milwaukee county early this morning.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Lucky
Tommy O'Conner
Fond du Lac
Train Hits Auto Killing Two Children in Epworth
In Epworth Dubuque county Iowa a Minnesota Central passenger train struck an automobile carrying the Murray family. Florence Murray 15 months and Leonard Murray 15 months were killed instantly while parents Mr and Mrs John Murray and daughter Margaret 15 were seriously injured. Mr Murray failed to see the oncoming train and the car was dragged four hundred feet by the engine pilot.
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Dubuque, la
Epworth
Florence Murray
Leonard Murray
John Murray
Placid
Iowa
Margaret
Dubuque
Murray
Man and seven children die in Royal Oak area fire
A fire two and a half miles west of Royal Oak Detroit area early today killed one man and seven children and badly burned three others. The Waken family, including the man and four children, plus three visiting Wake n children, were affected in the blaze.
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Detroit
Mich
Royal Oak
Here
Waken
Wakeu
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Women Serving on Juries
Des Moines final Dec 14 the Iowa supreme court upheld women's right to serve on juries in the Walker case appealed from Hamilton county district court The court dismissed one count but affirmed jury service for women as constitutional and valid in the state proceeding.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Walker
Hamilton County District Court
Charles Walker
Supreme Court
Japan Accepts 5-5-3 Naval Limitation Pact
Washington December 13. Japan has informed American and British delegates of its acceptance of the 5-5-3 naval limitation proposal. Officials say agreement could come later this week.
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Washington
Associated Press
Japan
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John DD. Rockefeller
Jon D. Jr
Ines
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Hoss
Douglas Ice Cream
Chas. McCreary
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