Bankers and farmers meet in Chicago to aid corn relief
Chicago hosts a conference with Secretary Jardine to plan government aid for surplus corn. Iowa Ohio and Indiana report high crops and low prices. bankers say local funds exist but some rural areas lack credit, needing intermediate bank support to move corn to market.
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Chicago
Win. Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Ohio
Indiana
Jardine
Illinois
C. C. Davis
Ilinois Agricultural Association
C. E. Hearst
Lowa Farm Bureau
Lowa
Chicago Board of Trade
William M. Jardine
Ray Nyemaster
Davenport
Charles W Wohlenberg
Holstein
Secretary of Agriculture
Iown
Federal Farm Loan Board
Des Moines
Dee
M. L. Bowman
Blackhawk County
Bowman
C. H. MacNider
Frank
Clyde Benton
California auto deaths forecast for eight months
Sacramento reports 924 people, including children, expected to be killed in California auto accidents over the next eight months. The forecast, derived from past records showing about three deaths daily, was released by L. E. Rees, director of the state bureau of vital statistics.
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Ftr
Acsociated Press
Sacramento
Calif
California
L. EB. Rees
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Peace Treaty Movies Set for Immediate U.S. Dispatch
Newsreels capture the treaty signing with about 250 attendees in the reception room. Filmed today, the footage will be sent to the United States tomorrow and shown here Thursday and almost simultaneously in France Germany Italy and Holland.
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America
Associated Press
London
United States
France
Germany
Italy
Holland
Turks to Invade Irak Reported Amid Boundary Dispute
London reports claim that Turks intend to invade Irak and force British out if the League rejects a Mosul boundary settlement. The tale echoes prior rumors, with no official backing, but reflects London’s fear of a possible rift after recent divergences with Britain over Mogul boundaries.
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Associated Press
London
Irak
League of Nations
Mosul
Great Britain
Mogul
Geneva
Angora
Clash in Mitchell court martial halts proceedings
In Washington on December 1, defense counsel Frank R. Reid fought to remove Major General William Graves from the Mitchell court martial. A clash over alleged interruptions led the court to recess amid accusations of bias and heated remarks from Graves about Reid’s cross examination.
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Associated Prose
Washington
Pec
Col
Wm. Mitchell
Mitchell
William S. Graves
Frank R. Reid
William Graves
Reid
Graves
Edward L. King
King
War Department
Attorneys Clash in Looney Murder Case Tried at Galesburg
Defense urged exclusion of state opening statement in the John Looney murder trial moved from Rock Island. The state seeks to admit evidence of a Rock Island conspiracy linking vice and gambling to the Gabel murder. Jury excluded as Judge Graham considers rulings. Also, Iowa City reports four fraternity houses robbed of more than $450.
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Looney
Galesburg
Associated Press
J. J. Barbour
John Looney
William Gabel
Rock Island
Gabel
Willis F. Graham
Presidinne
I. R. Wasson
Peoria
C. 0. Askren
New Mexico
Charles W. Hadley
Iowa City
Woman Accused of Bomb Outrage Attempts Self Harm
Mrs Lena Rice, a farmer's wife and mother of several children held with a bomb gang, tried to stab herself with a concealed table knife as a grand jury voted a true bill against her. Guards and fellow prisoners restrained her at Cook County Jail in Chicago.
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Chicago
Lena Rice
Fraud charge over Iowa Senate contest raised by GOP
The Iowa Republican Party files a charge with the Senate committee alleging the 1923 senatorial election was fraudulent because Brookhart was not a Republican. Brookhart and Steck lawyers clash over ballots in recapitulation as hearings set to begin.
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Associated Free Washington
Iowa
Brookhart
State Republican Committee
Senate Committee
J. G. Mitchel
Brookfert
Daniel F. Steck
Steck
Senate
Brockhart
Mitchell
H. E. Spangler
P. R. Baldridge
Republican State Central Committee
Debt settlement boosts Mussolini in U S House
Washington notes Italy's quick debt accord with the United States enhances Mussolini's standing. Count Volpi di Misurata Mussolini aims to secure favorable terms, foreseeing ratification in Rome and by Congress. Italy's visible credit gain and American sympathy strengthen the regime.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Count Volpi di Misurata Mussolini
United States
Volpi
Mellon
Rome
Congress
Mussolini
Slaying of Boy Marked Climax of Booze Party
In New York District Attorney McGeeghan announced 19 year old Gordon Pirie confessed to killing George Nye after a party full of minors. Nye's body was found in Pirie's bedroom by Pirie's sister. Pirie, charged with homicide, described striking Nye with an axe, stealing $5.40, and taking a girl to the movies. All principals are minors, including several girls who attended the party.
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York
Dee
George Nye
McGeeghan
New York
Gordon Pirie
Pirie
Nye
Margaret
Former Kaiser to Receive Property
The Prussian finance ministry decides to restore ex Kaiser Wilhelm II by granting about 7.15 million dollars in cash plus 180000 acres of forests and farmland, three properties in Berlin, one in Babelsberg, and capital houses. Crown castles, jewels, heritage, theatres, and crown estates remain with the Prussian state.
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Berlin
William
Holland
Ministry of Finance
Babelsburg
Aly the Phehenzolern
Potsdam
Prua- Yan
Prisoners Strike Over Prison Labor Wages in Chariton
In Chariton Iowa on December 1 prisoners sentenced for violating prohibition were assigned by the county board to work on courthouse grounds and streets. They went on strike after refusing to work citing 26 cents per meal as too light a wage. The board did not raise the allowance.
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Chariton
County Board of Supervisors
Fort Dodge Fort Dodge & Till No Street Cars Yet
Fort Dodge enters its third week without street car service. Buses and jitneys provide transportation citywide. A leasing plan for the street cars is discussed by a Southeast Fort Dodge residents syndicate. Jitneys and buses have fought over fares with jitneys cutting to five cents or twenty tickets for ninety cents while buses charge eight cents or fifteen tickets for one dollar.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Today
Fort Dodgers
Five Die As Severe Storm Hits Florida Coast
Jacksonville reports five fatalities from a devastating storm that battered the Florida East Coast with high winds and heavy rain. Officials estimate property damage above 3 million dollars as the disaster causes widespread disruption and destruction.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Locarno Pact Signed by Five Nations
London reports the Locarno treaty binding Britain France Germany Belgium and Italy to Versailles frontiers with arbitration pledges in four boundary pacts. Signers Austen Chamberlain Briand Stresemann Luther Vandervelde Schialdla. ceremony in the foreign office with diplomats and crowd observations.
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Prema
London
Locarno
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austen Chamberlain
M. Briand
Dr. Stresemann
Luther
Germen Republic
Emile Vandervelde
Count Schialdla
Foreign Office
Bank Robbery Foiled by Daring Cashier in Diagonal
Two masked bandits attempted a First National Bank robbery at 11:45 in Diagonal and fled after cashier D H Ferris refused to hand over money. Ferris challenged them to shoot if they had the nerve as he moved toward safety in a back room. The bandits escaped in an automobile.
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Diagonal
First National Bank of Diagonal
D. H. Ferris
Ferris
Iowa University awards football letters to 12 players
At a University of Iowa athletic council meeting, 12 football men received first letters, 9 earned secondary letters, and 25 freshmen won 1929 numerals. Cross country sent 2 men I and 4 with secondary letters. six yearling barriers won numerals. Notable football letter winners include Griffin from Sioux City and D. F. Rodawig of Rockwell City.
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Iowa City
U's
University of Iowa
Captain Griffin
Sioux City
R. G. Dauber
Town City
W. L. Fry. Manning
D. M. Graham
Waterloo
D. T. Hines
Cedar Rapids
P. R. Krasuski
Davenport
N. A. Kutseh
E. W. Nelson
Cherokee
H. H Rice
Washington
D. F. Rodawig
Rockwell City
R. E B
Pierre
S. D
E. Young
Locomotive Engineer Killed As Train Enbankment Near Iowa City
Thomas Murphy a 54 year old engineer on the Elmira Riverside accommodation of the Rock Island lines was killed when his locomotive rolled down a fifteen foot embankment as the train pulled into Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Thomas Murphy
Elmira- Riverside
Rock Island
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