Burlington mail car robbery suspect pleads guilty
Keith Collins admitted stealing and opening government mail sacks in a $3.5 million Burlington mail car raid. He pled guilty to six counts and was sentenced to fifteen years at Fort Leavenworth. Co-defendants, including the Phillips brothers and Daly and Reed, pleaded not guilty and face February hearings.
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Des Moines
Keith Collins
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Martin J. Wade
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Collins
Phillips
Washington
Thee
Manley
Cass County
Paul PF. Wright
New Evans Hospital
Columbus
Rapohzer
Muskogee
Okla
University of
Nebraska
J. H. Presson
McKelivte
State Railway Commission
Nebraska Telephone Company
Elizabeth Parsons
Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
Oscar Groth
Blair
Lincoln
University
Floyd R. Wick
Malvern
R. R. Dickson
Wick
Hastings College
Liberty Memorial Hall
George Shedegoe
Fremont
Japanese Force Concentration Near San Fernando Bay
Reports say Japan maintains a large camp at the lower Formosa approach within 20 hours sail of San Fernando bay in Union province Philippines. A fleet of transports carries thousands of troops and supplies to the camp with estimates from various sources placing 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers as American officials express doubt but acknowledge a sizable force could outnumber U S land troops.
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Manila
P. L
Japan
Formosa
San Fernando Bay
Union Province
Philippine Islands
Tokio
Philippines
Federal drive to aid farmers via loans and tax reform
Harrisburg reports the governors' conference urges creation of a federal finance corporation to loan abroad for American food exports and a liberal renewal policy on farm debt. Governor Sproul calls for a national commission to revise and simplify tax laws for state and federal cooperation.
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Harrisburg
Governors’ Conference
Federal Reserve Board
William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Canada Tightens Immigration Rules For Mechanic and Laborers
Ottawa reports the government has issued an order in council raising entry requirements from 50 to 250 dollars for mechanics artisans and laborers to ease unemployment in the dominion.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Prominent Prohibitionist dies at 68 in California
Eugene Wilder Chapin a leading prohibition worker and twice presidential nominee for the Prohibition Party died at his Low Beach California home from complications of burns suffered in an accident several days earlier. He was sixty eight years old.
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Low Beach
Calif
Eugene Wilder Chapin
Prohibition Party
Wilson to Mediate as League Envoy
President Wilson accepts invitation from the League of Nations to act as mediator. The decision was communicated to Pat Hymans, head of the League assembly, in a formal message.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
League of Nations
Pat Hymans
League of Nations Assembly
Evidence of Revolutionary Movement at Border Raids
DoJ raids at El Paso Eagle Brownsville and San Antonio yielded mass evidence of a new anti Obregon movement forming on the Mexican side. W A Wiseman DoJ special agent stated the findings.
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San Antonio
Tex
Department of Justice
el Paso
Eagle
Brownsville
Obregon
Mexico
W. A. Wiseman
Weekly Marketgrams of Grain and Farm Prices
Market notes show declines in potatoes lettuce and butter while cheese stays firm. Corn and wheat demand strengthens with cash buyers active and grain prices edging higher, aided by farmers urged to buy flour and support the grain trade.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Wisconsin - Mary
Americas
Farmers National Grain Dealers’ Nation
Association Anas
Credit Extension Sought for Nebraska Farmers
Norfolk Nebraska with Madison county farmers facing bankruptcy if forced to sell at current prices the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce after talks with bankers and farmers has sent a telegram to the governor of the federal reserve board in Washington demanding credit extension.
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Norfolk
Neb
Madison County
Nebraska
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Recruits Ambushed Near Kilmichael Ireland
Two lorries carrying trainees for the Black and Tans were attacked by an armed group near Kilmichael. Fifteen recruits were killed and the bodies were transported to the local area.
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Macroon
Ireland
Black and Tans
Kilmichael
No Change in Prohibition Enforcement Stance
Washington report states the enforcement law will likely stay unchanged for now. Representative Volstead of Minnesota notes there is no intention to alter the act in any manner.
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Washington
Representative Volstead
Minssaocka
Suudummaey
Nebraska News Fronts From Various Cities
Nebraska items include Fairbury to get a municipal skating rink Bloomfield merchants form a retailers credit association bread prices expected to fall before year end Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons meet in Omaha December 10. Stolen goods and church dedications at WauNeta and Omaha showings, Jim Croswell’s inventions, and local crime reports fill a broad survey of state events.
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Fairbury
Omaha
McCook
Gage County
Sherman County
Nebraska State College Athletics Association
Lincoln
Grand Island
Albert Norgren
Overton
Scott & Milburn
Beatrice
F. D. Millich
Iowa
Blue Springs
Nebraska
Los Angeles
Southern California Automobile Club
Frank P. Lawrence
Fremont
Libby
C. H. Gustafson
Mead
Harding
State College of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Owrthouse Square
Thomas L. Cuming
Territorial
Europe
State Penitentiary
Armenians Driven Eastward as Caucasus Holds Narrow Line
Armenian forces retreat east under Turkish nationalist pressure leaving regions near Krivay Etchmiadzir and Santara outside old borders. Bolshevik mediation at Moscow pauses hostilities, hopes rise to avert further bloodshed. One hundred thousand refugees endure famine and cold while awaiting promised aid from the Russian Bolsheviks.
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Armenia
Krivay
Etchmiadzir
Mor Ot Santara
Kars
Alexandropo
Sormalou
Riot Victims Total 673 in Ireland Up to November
The home office reports 673 killed or wounded in Ireland by anti-government forces through November 27. Excluded are 20 Londonderry deaths and 15 Kilmidale cadet deaths. Police losses reach 151 killed and 230 wounded. 47 soldiers killed and 108 wounded. civilians 41 killed and 11 wounded. Extensive destruction includes 67 courthouses and 528 police barracks.
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London
Ireland
Home Office
Londonderry
Belfast
Kilmidale
Interstate hearing on intrastate rates questioned
Illinois Michigan Nebraska and Florida will be heard by the Interstate Commerce Commission on December 1. The issue concerns the federal commission's authority under the transportation act to regulate intrastate rates under specified conditions.
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Illinois
Michigan
Nebraska
Florida
Interstat Commerce Commission
Federal Commission
Inter Allied Vets Adopt Memorial Day Plan
Paris reports an international proposal to observe May 30 as allied memorial day. Veteran organizations from all allied nations would bond through a coordinated remembrance event and joint ceremonies across member countries.
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Inter-Allies
Paris
Cou
Delice
Tions
City Rocel Evidence Casts Doubt on Cass Case
Fragmentary notes suggest doubt about the Cass case in Rocel. Officials reference unclear evidence and timing while investigators pursue leads in the city.
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