Country Urged to Buy to Save Food Producer
Farmers and farm groups urged nationwide purchases to stop plummeting prices and prevent bankruptcy. Dickinson proposed a 10 percent tax on grain contracts not delivered in 30 days and a special committee to study grain, livestock, and cotton prices for relief legislation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Dickinson
Iowa
Congress
Chicago
Ill
Everett C. Brown
National Live Stock Exchange
H. R. Meisch
Farmers’ National Grain Dealers’ Association
Hotel LaSalle
Milton College Bans Dancing After First Ball in 35 Years
Milton Wisconsin December 2 A debate over dancing at Milton college provokes turmoil with the editor of the college paper resigning amid criticism of a dance. Faculty reportedly drafts a bill to expel students for dancing. A dance exhibit by three girls drew chapel objections from President W C Daland who called it a bad display. The college with 110 students and 80 in music is run under Seventh Day Baptist church no sectarian teaching, and bans on dancing card playing and tobacco.
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Milton, Wis
Milton College
Arthur M. Mills
W. C. Daland
Seventh Davy Baptist Church
Ardmore seeks arrest of Clara S. Hamon in Hannon case
Ardmore officials await the arrest of Clara Smith of Ringling Okla sought in the fatal shooting of Jake L Hannon republican national committeeman of Oklahoma. Authorities say a warrant charges assault with intent to kill and Miss Smith has been traced to several Texas cities but not yet captured. Kansas City trunks believed to contain clues were opened with permission from Russell R Brown county attorney.
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Ardmore
Okla
Russell R. Brown
Kansas City
Clara Smith
Jake L. Hannon
Brown
Ringling
Oklahoma
Miss Smith
Texas
Frank L. Ketch
Haman Dispatches
Fort Worth
Ketch
Hannon
Mrs MacSwiney Arrives to Testify in Ireland Inquiry
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney widow and Miss Mary MacSwiney sister of the late Cork lord mayor Terrence MacSwiney arrived aboard the steamship Celtic off New York and will testify before the Committee of One Hundred investigating Irish conditions. An Irish reception and planned bay crossing were arranged with Mrs Henry Villard as hostess and police reserves deployed to maintain order at the pier.
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New York
N. Y
Celtic
Muriel MacSwiney
Mary MacSwiney
Terrence MacSwiney
Cork
New York Harbor
Miss MacSwiney
Henry Villard
Bandits Rob Mail On Train Between Hopkins And Minneapolis
Three masked bandits held up the Mobridge and Minneapolis train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line between Hopkins and Minneapolis. One hundred pieces of mail were stolen with registered value estimated between 25 000 and 75 000 dollars. A federal reward of 1000 dollars was offered for each culprit as police and postal authorities hunted the bandits who escaped by car after forcing delivery of the mail.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Mobridge
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Hopkins
St. Paul
E. A. Anke
F. C. Tousley
A. E. Ostman
Gas Rates Raised in Des Moines Court Ruling
Des Moines Indiana December 3 Judge Martin J Wade approves a gas rate increase from 1.25 to 1.50 per thousand cubic feet. The new rate, lower than the requested 1.63, follows a recommendation from masters in chancery made earlier.
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Des Moines
Martin J. Wade
United States District Court
Masters In Chancery
Jewish calendar counts 3760 years before Christian era
The text states the Jewish calendar dates from creation place 3760 years and three months before the Christian era, aligning a traditional epoch with the BCE timeline. It notes the era counts backward from the birth of Christ, anchoring the calendar in a historical-religious framework.
Governors Conference Concludes With City Tour
Harrisburg Pa December 3 The governors conference ended its third session without naming the next year’s meeting site and then entrained for Philadelphia where the officials would be guests for the remainder of the day.
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Harrisburg
Conference of Governors
Philadelphia
D Annunzio’s War Clamps Fiume Islands Arde Veglia
Italian and DAnnunzian forces face off as Fiume blockade tightens and Arde and Veglia islands remain cut off. Emissaries circulate. DAnnunzio claims recognition for occupying Fiume while Italian rail and supply lines stay functioning. Five thousand legionaries are reported under DAnnunzio.
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Arde
Veglia
Fiume
D’annunzio
D'Annunzio
Associated Press
Ancona
Italy
Rome
Gabriele D’annunzio
Tempo
Arbe
Epoca
Jury Probes Hazing at Georgia High School
In Fitzgerald Georgia a grand jury opened an inquiry into an alleged hazing attempt on a faculty member. Twelve students were expelled and a warrant issued charging Professor T C Carter with assault and battery for aiding Professor Harrington during the incident.
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Fitzgerald
T. C. Carter
Harrington
Confessed to hold-up killings. Viana to hang
Nicholas Viana, 19, a former choir boy, confessed Thursday to taking part in the killings of Andrew Bowman and Benedict Wendell in a hold-up. Governor Lowden refused a pardon, and Viana was sentenced to die on December 10.
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Chicago
Ill
Nicholas Viana
Andrew Bowman
Benedict Wendell
Frank O. Lowden
Viana
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois Tonight and Saturday
Iowa: unsettled this evening with generally fair Saturday. slightly cooler tonight and in southeast Saturday. Illinois: unsettled tonight and Saturday with probable showers, cooler conditions Saturday, especially in the west and north portions.
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Iowa
Illinois
Cooperation urged in present farm crisis says Harding
Washington December 3 Governor Harding of the federal reserve board told the joint agricultural committees that cooperation among farmers bankers and the public is essential in the current farm crisis caused by falling prices. He urged farmers to sell portions of marketable output to reduce indebtedness and predicted a business stabilization after the holidays.
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Harding
Washington, D. C
Joint
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Fool’s Paradise
Houston
Treasury Department
Treasury
War Finance Corporation
Fire Rips Through Odd Fellows Block in Iowa City
A major blaze in Iowa City caused $30 000 in damage to the Odd Fellows block amid smoke and flood from the basement. Stores such as L J Benda grocery Henry Louis pharmacy and multiple other shops suffered extensive smoke water damage and losses. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours in a hard fight with no large flames and no injuries reported.
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Iowa City
Odd Fellows
L. J. Benda
Henry Louis
Benda
Benda'’s
Louis Drug
Johnson County Savings’ Bank
Boston Shoe
Ford's
Tom Marlas
Wick’s
Frvant
Albert Husa
King’s Daughters
Boston Piano and Music Company
Odd Fellows’ Club
O. A. Byington
A. E. Maine
M. Hartness’ Abstract
Resolution to Banished Section Fully Expected
Geneva dispatch reports that the assembly may remove Article X from the league covenant this session. Debate centers on new-state admission, council election terms, and speedier work to finish by December 11. Argentina threatens possible withdrawal if all-nations admission is rejected.
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Geneva
Associated Press
League of Nations
Assembly
Committee On
League
N. W. Rowell
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Council of the League
Greece
Brazil
Costa Rica
United States
Eric Drummond
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Assembly of the League of Nations
Honorio Pueyrredon
Pueyrredon
Collins Pleads Guilty in Mail Robbery Case
Keith Collins pleaded guilty in a U S district court to six counts stemming from the Council Bluffs mail car robbery. Judge Martin J Wade sentenced him to fifteen years. Investigators pursue up to $1,000,000 in bonds said to be missing as four confessed conspirators aided the probe.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Kieth Collins
Council Bluffs
United States District Court
Collins
Martin J. Wade
Missouri
Omaha
Douglas Street
Guilty Murderer Dies by Own Hand in Burlington Jail
Louis Marcum, just found guilty of first degree murder and given life, killed himself in the Burlington County Jail by cutting his throat with a razor. He had come to Burlington with a string of race horses for the Tri State Fair and fatally shot Peter Moran at the fair grounds stall.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Louis Marcum
Marcum
Tri- State Fair
Peter Moran
Monarch of Siam Names Cousin as Queen in Cable
The King of Siam has chosen his queen, Vanvinal, sister of Sidhyakorn, his first cousin. Sidhyakorn, a Siamese noble at a private school in Boston, says the queen is 27. Rama V is in his fortieth year. The note hints at a recent engagement. Swedish and Danish soldiers are required to learn reading and writing.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Siam
Sidhyakorn
Vanvinal
Rama V
Farmers Hold Potato Crop
Traverse City Mich December 3 potato buyers estimate northern Michigan houses hold 1 000 000 bushels of potatoes demanded by growers at 1.00 per bushel offered 60 cents Some buyers predict a repeat of 1914 when hundreds of thousands of bushels were dumped Complaints focus on competition with Canadian growers deemed unfair due to short border haul at Detroit and duty free privilege.
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Associated Press
Traverse City
Mich
Michigan
Detroit
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