Fight Begun to Preserve Camp Dodge Iowa
Iowa members in Congress push to keep Camp Dodge as a permanent army camp. Rep Dowell argues against scrapping the Des Moines site and recalls orders to sell barracks. Rep Hull backs Dowell as they rally Iowa’s delegation to oppose abandonment and favor continued maneuvers at Camp Dodge.
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E. G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
Iowa
House
Senate
Camp Dodge
Dowell
War Department
Secretary of War
Des Moines
Seventh Army Corps
Fort Crook
Congressman Dowel
Williams
National Guard
Arkansas
Little Rock
Camp Pike
Arkansas Camp
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Middle
North Western
Harry Hull
Hull
Camp Dodee
Railroads Receive Over 312 Million Under Transportation Act
Washington D C Dec 9 More than 312050900 was turned over to the railroads by the government as advances on the guaranty provisions of the transportation act and loans between late March and early November according to figures to Congress by Secretary Houston. Litigation seeks treasury advances of about 496000000 more in mandamus proceedings in the District of Columbia supreme court. An Interstate Commerce Commission estimate places total needed to fulfill the guaranty at about 600000000.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Houston
Treasury
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
International Farm Congress Plans Meeting in Kansas City
Delegates from nearly all U S farm organizations and some from Canada converge on Kansas City for the fifteenth annual International Farm Congress opening today. About one thousand attendees are expected as wheat, livestock and cotton interests join in planning sessions. A drive to de internationalize the congress and limit work to American agricultural issues is reported.
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Kansas City
Farmers’ Organization
United States
Canada
International Farm Congress
W. S. Drummond
The
Farm Congress
Drummond
America
Control Board Seeks Large Sum Increase for Budget
The control board seeks a budget rise exceeding 1.5 million dollars compared with two years ago. The move targets covering shortfalls and funding priorities across departments.
Coal Sells At Nine Cents A Pound In Town
Vienna Coal priced at nine cents per pound, higher than bread amid sudden cold. Cartloads of brown lignite with low heat value were hauled to street curbs and sold by weight, vendors using small scales.
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Vienna
Favors Changes in Rail Measure
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged immediate payment to railroads of guaranty sums withheld by the treasury. It called for a change in law to permit releases, and recommended amendments to punish bribery and to govern explosives transport. It also pressed for steel passenger cars replacing wooden ones.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Comptroller
Commission
Congress
Life term for 16 year old Samuel Blevens in murder case
In Wheeling, Samuel Blevens, 16, formerly of Little Rock, Ark, was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murder. The case follows a local court proceeding with the young defendant facing a grim future.
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Roy
Wheeling
W. Va
Samuel Blevens
Little Rock
Ark
Hull Seeks End to Dispute With U S Health Board
Washington D C Dec 8 Amicable settlement of the controversy between Congressman Harry Hull and the Public Health Service over Frank L. Stowe a Davenport man linked to several Iowa bank fraud cases is expected. Hull has conferred with Surgeon General Cummings and the government inspector handling the case and urges sending Stowe to a government hospital for treatment rather than Iowa penalties, favoring placement in the St Louis Public Health Service Hospital psychopathic ward or another facility where he is treated as a patient.
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E. G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
Harry Hull
Public Health Service
Iowa
Frank L. Stowe
Davenport
Hull
Cummings
Stowe
Mr. Hull
Stone
St. Louis
State Fair Net Profit Reaches 90219 In Iowa
At the Iowa state board of agriculture meeting Secretary A R Corey disclosed a 90219 net profit for the state fair. Total attendance was 383836, costs totaled 299287, and 54000 will fund a new cattle barn and sales ring for pure bred stock sales.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Agriculture
State House
A. R. Corey
Charles Cameron
Alta
W. W. Morrow
International boxing carnival to open sport series in New York
New York hosts an international boxing carnival between leading amateur middleweights and heavyweights from England and the United States. The event, scheduled for next month, marks the first contest in a series expected to make 1921 a landmark year in sports history.
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New York
England
United States
Navy Year Ends With Nearly Two Hundred Warships Built
Washington reports nearly 200 warships completed for the American navy in the fiscal year ending June 30, including one superdreadnaught and 96 destroyers, with more than 100 other ships under construction. Admiral Taylor estimates 119 million dollars needed for next year, the largest peace time Navy build total. The document also notes progress in new aircraft types, including rigid and semi rigid airships and seaplanes, and a domestically built dirigible alongside one being built in England.
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Washington
David W. Taylor
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Daniels
Navy Department
Taylor
Admiral Taylor
England
United States
Navy
Whiskey theft ruled robbery in Kansas City case
Criminal Judge E. E. Porterfield ruled that the theft of whiskey is robbery in the case of Samuel Warren, a convicted whiskey thief, noting that despite illegality whiskey has market value. A want ad will soon satisfy you.
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Kansas City, Mo
E. E. Porterfield
Samuel Warren
Fresh pork price drop hits city markets
Fresh pork has fallen sharply in both wholesale and retail markets over two months. Pork chops now sell around 28 cents a pound, down from about 45 cents. Meat markets advertise fresh pork at 14 to 16 cents, as farmers slaughter hogs for dressed pork. Cured meats hold at higher wholesale prices due to prior stock. Turtles are fond of strawberries.
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Chicago
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