26 Oct 1929
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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1929
Page
1
Movements and visits fill the week as students and alumni travel between Greeley Denver and Boulder. University of Colorado bands expand, campus life grows, and local officials host gatherings. Community notices include auctions, ads, and public meetings amid a busy social calendar.
Tob Burns, farming near Greeley southwest of town, topped the Denver hog market at $9.40 for a ton of choice hogs sold Friday. Burns has repeatedly led the market in recent years.
German officials discuss a possible direct payment agreement to settle outstanding war claims. The arrangement would bypass the Dawes plan channels and use the German foreign office with the American embassy in Berlin handling formal submissions. It aims to resolve 10 percent of $104 million for Rhine occupation costs and $201 million in mixed claims by U.S. citizens against Germany.
The last of the 50 dams on the Ohio River was completed after four years of work. Major General William E Sibert dedicated the project which aims to maintain a nine foot navigation stage year round.
In a 1910 rivers conference in Louisville more than 300 inland water development advocates heard General Liberte predict completion of the Ohio canalization would benefit the middlewest and nation. He said the waterway would bring farm and factory closer, spur industrial centers, and add labor flexibility, though lower Ohio engineering challenges remain.
Howard L. Rogg and George J. Abshier, two of the Drombey gang, were sentenced to death for their roles in the Parmish slaying and the robbery of the First National Bank of Lamar. They were moved from jail under guard to safe locations as authorities plan the execution at Canon City in February.
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