Fraternal orders back Muscatine municipal power move
The Eagles and Modern Woodmen endorsed municipal ownership of Muscatine's electric lighting plant. Resolutions praised city leaders for calling a special election and urged citizens to vote for publicly owned power. Committees to cooperate with the Iowa Municipal Home Rule League were named.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Lighting Company
Iowa Municipal Home Rule League
Eagles
George Patrick
Joseph Homeier
William Nesselbush
Hone Rule League
Woodmen
H. L. Lau
J. A. Leyda
S. R. Amlong
Auxiliary to Send Boxes to Hospital
The Woman's Auxiliary of the local American Legion post plans four Christmas boxes for ex service men in Iowa and a basket of Christmas supplies for a needy Muscatine family. Plans were discussed at a Tuesday evening meeting. The boxes will be forwarded to state headquarters.
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Woman’s Auxiliary
American Legion Post
Iowa
Muscatine
Auxiliary
New Move Made in Waterloo Police Row After HoldUp
Waterloo Iowa December 7 the Blackhawk county board of supervisors heard a request from E J Wenner former county attorney for sufficient sheriff s deputies to police Waterloo and curb frequent hold ups and robberies. A conference with city officials and the mayor police chief and council police committee was scheduled. Wenner spoke after his office was robbed on Sunday amid reports of similar crimes as the city police department faced a grand jury inquiry into its conduct and limits on arrests and raids imposed by the chief.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Blackhawk County Board of Supervisors
E. J. Wenner
Wenner
Council
Evidence Against Burch Hits Peak in Kennedy Murder Trial
Los Angeles, Dec 7. The state’s case against Arthur C. Burch for the murder of insurance broker J Belton Kennedy reached a peak with 46 letters said to be written to Kennedy by Madalynne Obenchain, who is jointly indicted. Prosecutors still must connect Burch to the shooting, a primarily circumstantial link.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Burch
Kennedy
Madalynne Obenchain
Legion Auxiliaries Meet in Des Moines Report
A meeting in Des Moines featured a report on the national convention of the Legion Auxiliaries held in Kansas City. A social gathering is set for December 20 and the annual business session for January 3.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Convention of the Legion Auxiliaries
Kansas City
Gompers Denounces State Labor Courts as Failures
President Gompers of the AFL tolls that labor tribunals in Australia New Zealand Kansas and pending in the U S are proven failures. He says such courts aim to control wages and suppress strikes and notes rising strikes in Kansas and decades of disuse abroad.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Australia
New Zealand
Kansas
Court of Quarter Sessions
Mr. Gompers
Bombs in Lisbon Reported in Night Attacks
Several bomb explosions occurred in Lisbon during the night of December 5, according to a telegram received from Tuy on the Portuguese frontier. A number of arrests were reported.
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Lisbon
Associated Press
Madrid
Tuy
Secrets of Holdup Union Bared When Trio Is Captured
Chicago authorities disclosed the Knights of the Golden Circle or Big Four Inc after three knights were arrested and rule books and a charter found. The pledges promise brotherly aid, equal sharing of loot, and working only with others. The charter lists branches in Chicago New York and Toronto Ontario.
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Trio
Chicago
Ill
Knights of the Golden Circle
Big Four, Inc
New York
Toronto
Ontario
Loucheur Heads to London for Reparations Talks
Paris December 7 Louis Loucheur minister of liberated regions will fly to London to confer with the British cabinet on the general situation. The discussions are believed to address the German reparations situation and the continuation of in kind payments previously negotiated with Dr Walter Rathenau.
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Paris
Louis Loucheur
London
Loucheur
Walter Rathenau
Germany
France
Cost of living changes in six cities from Oct to Nov
Labor Department reports show a December 7 release noting decreases in six cities and increases in five. Washington leads with a 3 percent drop, while Atlanta Peoria Springfield Ill Little Rock and Manchester show smaller declines. Rochester Philadelphia Baltimore Louisville and New York register modest gains.
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HH. C. L
Washington
Labor Department
Atlanta
Peoria
Springfield
Ill
Little Rock
Manchester
Rochester
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Louisville
New York
Consolidation Vote Passes Letts District In Part
In Muscatine county a special election was held to decide if part of the county should join the Letts consolidated school district. Letts city vote stood 118 for and 29 against, with early returns suggesting a large margin if county districts follow suit. Mr and Mrs Leonard Hildebrand were mentioned in the report.
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Muscatine County
Letts
Hogs Win Prizes At Chicago Show For Brockway Hogs
Ten Duroc Jersey hogs sold by J M Brockway to Iowa State college won high prizes at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago, Brockway informed.
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J. M. Brockway
Iowa State College
Chicago
Brockway
Steamship Allaguash sails with famine aid for Armenia
The steamship Allaguash departed Philadelphia for Batum in the Black Sea carrying more than 5500 tons of famine supplies. Funds for the purchases mainly came from Philadelphia school children donations.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Armenia
Allaguash
Batum
Black Sea
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Lodges
Labor Tribunal
Leonard Hildebrand
CAMCO
Ann Douglas
Jackson, Mich
Mecol & Company
Peggy Paige
Betty Wales
Arthur Weise
Sale
C.O.D
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