Big Business Men Back Billion for Foreign Credits
Eight hundred top American businessmen gathered in Chicago to back a proposed billion dollar foreign credit plan by the American bankers association. Fundraising began as EN Hurley pledged 500 000 and others signaled multi million commitments while Hoover Howard and Edge spoke on boosting U S trade and farm interests through long term abroad investments.
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James L. Kilgallen
United News
Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
America
Hurley
EN. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Herbert Hoover
William A. Redfield
J. Ko Howard
American Warm Bureau Federation
A. C. Bedford
United States International Chamber of Commerce
John McHugh
Mechanica and Metals Bank
New York
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Julius Varnes
United States Grain Corporation
E. N. Hurley
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
United States
Europe
Howard
Farm Bureau Federation
Credit Corporation
World's Happiest of Wives Is Dead
Houston Tex Dec 71 United News W L George the British novelist whose lecture titled Love and Marriage focused on his wife’s happiness prepared for her burial Friday Mrs George who called herself the happiest wife in the world died here after a sudden recurrence of an illness She will be buried in ankoen cemetery Saturday The novelist and his wife had been touring the United States He announced he would cancel engagements and return to England immediately
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Houston
Tex
United News
W. L. George
United States
Mr. George
England
Wilson House Hunting Takes Definite Form
President and Mrs. Wilson negotiate to secure the home of Representative Al van T Fuller of Massachusetts in Washington for their residence after March 4. The Fuller home sits in a premier residential area near KR W Bolliby House and the residence Harding used during his term in the Senate.
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Washington
Cecil
United News
Wilson
Alvan T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Fuller Ome
KR. W. Bolliby
Mra. Wilson
Harding
Senate
Horace Dodge Pioneer in Auto Field Dies
Detroit reports Horace E. B. Dodge, automobile manufacturer and pioneer with his brother John, died Friday at his Palm Beach Florida home after influenza and pneumonia illnesses. Their early work helped shape the automobile industry, with significant wartime entitlements noted for soldiers.
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Horace Dodge
Detroit
Mich
United News
Horace EB. Wodge
Fla
Mrr
Dodge
John Dodge
New York
Dodge Brothers
Des Moines Police Hit By Noon Station Robbery
Des Moines police report thieves broke into the station barber shop at noon Friday and stole unspecified goods. The crime occurred on the main floor near the squad room, with officers noting the boldness of the break in.
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Dew Moines
Martial law in southern Ireland targets rebels and arms
London reports areas in Cork Limerick Tipperary and Kerry under martial law after cabinet decision. Lloyd George says swift penalties for armed rebels and court martial with possible death sentence while pursuing peace talks led by Archbishop Clune.
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London
United News
Dublin
Casiio
Cork
Limerick
Tipperary
Kerry
Lloyd George
Ireland
Southern
Irish Office
Clune
Sinn Fein
United Kingdom
Dall Eirreann
Mable
Bankers and Farmers to meet on aid plan in Dakota
A. L. Freelove schedules two conferences between bankers and farmers in Mitchell on December 20 and Aberdeen on December 21 to ease the price slump and credit tightness. Farmers face heavy losses as prices fall and debts due to banks rise, prompting calls for a middle ground remedy.
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Mitchell, 8. D
Dakota
A. L. Freelove
South Dakota Bankers’ Association
Mitchell
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Federal Reserve Bank
Police Station Robbed. Prisoner Escapes Near Chicago
The Venice Illinois station near St Louis was robbed in the early hours by a lone gunman who entered and ordered the night chief to release Matt Diamond a black suspect from St Louis held in connection with a recent robbery. The officer complied and Diamond escaped.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Venice
MeKé
Matt Diamond
Bt Louis
Wolf ball filled with poisonous liquid causes child death
A dangerous glass ball filled with a pressurized poisonous liquid exploded injuring a child who ingested the sphere. The incident followed by earlier similar cases highlights the risk of these objects.
Clara Hamon to surrender in Ardmore Oklahoma
Clara Smith Hamon, sought in the shooting of Jacob L. Hamon, will surrender to County Attorney Russell B. Brown in Ardmore Oklahoma officials expect a voluntary appearance with her Fort Worth attorneys McLean Scott and McLean. A definitive statement from Brown was expected within 24 hours.
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Ardmore
Okla
United News
Clara Smith Hamon
Jacob L. Hamon
Russell B. Brown
McLean
Scott
Fort Worth
Brown
Texas
Federal coal inquiry ordered in South Dakota
A special federal grand jury is called by U.S. District Judge Elliott to meet in Sioux Falls at 10 am on January 4 to investigate alleged violations of the food control act by coal dealers in the city and surrounding division. U.S. Attorney Fiske urged action to relieve consumers from excessive coal prices.
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Sioux Falls
8. D
United States District
Elliott
Eliott
United States
E. W. Fiske
Nationwide search for Henry Ford begins in WW II era tone
Federal district attorney representatives launched a nationwide hunt for Henry Ford the Detroit auto maker and government witness in the Rumely war ownership case Ford reportedly left on an outing with Thomas Edison and John Burroughs and then traveled to Detroit and California as agents pursued him
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New York
Associated Press
Federal District Attorney
Henry Ford
Detroit
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mall
Ford
Thomas Edison
John Burroughs
California
Forty Women Jurors Drawn in Des Moines History
In Des Moines Iowa on December 11 1911 for the first time women were drawn as petit jurors in Polk county district court. From a pool of 200 jurors 40 were women and several prominent society matrons were included in the selection.
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Des Moines Des Moines
Polk County District Court
Egan Votes 150000 for New Consolidated School
Egan Friday approved a $150,000 bond for a consolidated school. The planned facility includes 24 classrooms a large gymnasium and an auditorium with seating for 600.
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Egan
Shriners Move New Convention To Savannah Georgia
Imperial Potentate Ellis L Garretson confirms the annual Shriner convention will be held in Savannah Ga next year instead of Atlantic City and will shift from June to May The report also includes a Trotsky quote and a Cilengo Post remark about hunger and rationing referenced in the same column.
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Shriners
Savannah
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Imperial
Ellis L. Cgarretson
Order of Myuwile Shrine
The
Atlantic City
Trotsky
Cilengo Post
House Votes Year Immigration Ban
The House approved a bill to cut the proposed immigrant suspension period from two to one year by an 87 to 25 vote. The measure includes a two month delay after passage for effectiveness and keeps openings for existing oriental agreements. Senate prospects appear doubtful and President Wilson is likely to veto the plan.
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Washington
United News
House
Mann
Illinois
Rowe
New York
Huddleston
Alabama
Siegel
Sabat
Wilson
Harding
Senate
Conference on Reparations Near in Brussels Talks
Official announcement says allies will hold another reparations conference in Brussels by December 15. Germany is to present offers on amount and payment method, with or without inclusion of Upper Silesian resources.
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London
United News
Brussels
Yank Accused of Bigamy in Des Moines
William Jones of Des Moines was discharged from Camp Grant and arrested on a warrant charging bigamy. Municipal court information alleges he married Clara Bide while still married to a French woman in Paris.
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Yank
Des Moines
William Jones
Camp Grant
Jones
Clara Bide
Highland Park
Paris
Ammonia Gas Proposed Against barricading criminals
Chicago police announce plans to use ammonia gas confined in regulation army hand grenades against criminals who barricade themselves in temporary form. Chief Filamorris states this method aims to flush suspects from barricades.
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Chicago
Dee
Filamorris
Kraft Death Mystery Involving Artificial Lee Funds
Edward Kraft, 64, died in Chicago amid a controversial claim of an aura related incident. Hospital staff testified Kraft hid $640 in an artificial lead box as investigators parse the strange event.
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Ward Kraft
Kraft
California's Santa Rosa lynching shocks state
The mob lynched five alleged gang members after a brutal assault on two San Francisco women. Police and officials faced intense public anger as investigations linked to the Howard street gang culminated in the first California mob execution in 25 years.
Lynching Verdict: Deaths Attributed To Unknown Perpetrators
A coroner's jury in Banta Rosa California ruled the three men lynched from Sonoma County jail were killed by persons unknown. The mob of about 100 armed masked men disarmed Sheriff Boyes and deputies, dragged Terrance Fitts George Boyd and Charles Valento from cells, and hanged them on an oak limb near the Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Banta Rosa
Cal
Hus
Sonoma County
John M. Boyes
Terrance Fitts
George Boyd
Charles Valento
James Petray
Bonoma County
Miles Jackson
Lester Dorman
San Francisco
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Boyes
Diese
Boyd
Hoe
Jackson
Valento
Staggered Lunch Hours for Vienna
Vienna residents face plant overload at noontime as illuminating works run a lunch draft. Even numbered house occupants eat at 11 80 while odd numbered houses dine at 12 00 to ease strain.
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Vienna
Buried Cities Yield Hidden Chapters of Man
Dr. James Henry Breasted of the University of Chicago reports a renewed drive to uncover lost chapters in western Asia. Following the Ottoman collapse, restoration of access to Babylonian Assyrian Persian and Egyptian sites offers an unprecedented chance for American led exploration over the next generation with adequate funding and personnel.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Western
Asia
James Henry Breasted
University of Chicago
Breasted
Near Orient
Babylonia
Assyria
Persia
Palestine
Syria
Asia Minor
Egypt
Europe
Greatest Organization The United States Government
A proclamation praising the United States as the greatest government in the world due to its vast wealth and territory its representative system and broad liberties. It warns against factions seeking to restrict rights and asserts every citizen may express views through elected representatives under the constitution.
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United States
Liberty and Justice
Spokesman for Uncle Sam to 18 Million Farmers
A fragment highlights Harlan D. Smith as a spokesman and discusses annual farm production aims. London authorities ban the greeting Hello on telephone calls and require callers to provide their home number before conversation.
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Uncle Sam
London
Hard cider proves undoing of young man
Leon Barber of Montevideo Minnesota faced arrest in Peever for creating a disturbance while intoxicated. Five bottles of hard cider and vanilla extract were seized. A Roberts County jury found him guilty after his trial.
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Binseton
Roberts County
Leon Barber
Montevideo
Minn
Britain to Pay Off Silver Debt by 1934
Washington December 10 The United States will be paid 122000000 for silver bought during the war under an agreement with Britain. Britain will pay 127000000 in rents with accrued interest at percent from April 1 1918, settling the debt by 1934.
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Britain
Washington
Associated Press
Houston
Farmers Losses Prompt Meredith Warning On Agriculture
Washington December 11 United News Secretary of Agriculture Meredith warned the stability of agriculture is threatened by the year’s farm losses. The annual report notes farm output is 3 billion dollars below 1919 and one billion below the year before. He cites record harvests yet falling markets and high costs for labor and materials. He urges open markets and improved marketing, plus measures to smooth production and create latent demand during high output years.
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Washington
United Newa
United States
Meredith
Bomb Burn Fire order cited at Villard Ireland hearing
Four former Royal Irish Constabulary members testified at the Villard commission on Ireland, charging a British army order to bomb burn and fire after Cork mayor McCurtain's murder. Daniel F. Crowley described hearing Brigadier General Lucas read and repeat the order. He says he was ordered to pick two men for execution but refused.
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Washington
Royal Irish Constabulary
Villard
Ireland
England
Daniel F. Crowley
Lucas
McCurtain
Cork
MacSwiney
Irish Volunteers
Sinn
Likely to Resume Trade Between Italy and Jugoslavia
Foreign Minister Storen reports to Krassin in London that Italy and Jugoslavia may resume commercial relations soon. The dispatch notes possible early trading with Soviet Russia as a follow up. Public dispatch summarizes the discussions and forecasts renewed economic ties.
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Italy
Jugo-Blavia
Russia
Storen
Krassin
London
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