Russia in Spotlight as League Meets Debates Polish-Lithuanian Rift
In Geneva the League of Nations council discussed Europe tensions as Litvinoff and Chamberlain failed to reach an agreement on Anglo Soviet relations. Litvinoff indicated no binding commitments, citing Poland Lithuania disputes as central.
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Yaeva
Russia
League of Nations Council
Europe
Austen Chamberlain
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Chamberlain
United Press
Lithuania
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Briand
France
League Council
A. V. Lunacharsky
Geneva
Poland
Court Reopens as Judge Hamilton Resumes District Court Work
Judge D W Hamilton returned to Washington and resumed the November term. Miscellaneous matters were before the court. The auction of the city of Rome occurred after the murder of Emperor Pertinax by the Praetorian Guard.
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D. W. Hamilton
Washington
District Court
Rome
Praetorian Guard
Pertinax
Threatened Split in Anti-Saloon League Averted Today
A threatened split over the national superintendent position was settled at a meeting of the national board and executive committee. Two factions backing Francis Scott McBride and Ernest H. Cherrington of Ohio agreed to create a new office to end the dispute.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
National Board
Francis Scott McBride
Ernest H. Cherrington
Ohio
Des Moines Veterans Oppose Pacifist Military Training
Des Moines World and Spanish-American War veterans through the veterans council call for halting compulsory military training efforts at the University of Iowa and Iowa State College. They urge Governor Hammill and the state board of education to stop faculty activities they deem disturbing the current curriculum and warn against outside propaganda.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Veterans of the World
Des Moines Veterans Council
John Hammill
Walter A. Jessup
University of Iowa
R. M. Hughes
Iowa State College
State Board of Education
Charles P. Howard
FE. C. Southern
R. W. Hanson
Council
Town University
Seventieth Congress opens amid high political drama
Washington December 5 1927 531 members of the 70th Congress convene to map tax cuts flood control and farm relief as presidential candidates Coolidge Smith and Lowden loom large. Senate balance tilts close with 48 Republicans 47 Democrats and 1 Farmer Laborite and ties possible with Vice President Dawes casting deciding votes.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Coolidge
al Smith
New York
House
Ways and
Mr. Coolidge
Mississippi River
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Arkansas
Smith
West
McNary- Haugen
Frank Lowden
Illinois
Dawes
Senate
Farmer-Laborite
Frank D. Smith
Tllinois
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Vare
Samuel Insull
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Insull
Farmers meet to mold agriculture policy at federation convention
Delegates from more than 10 states attend the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago to shape the coming year’s legislative program. Sam H. Thompson argues against price fixing and subsidies, proposing spreading overhead costs of crop control across benefitted commodities.
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Chicago
Farmers of America
American Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Agriculture
Thompson
Congress
Europe
America
United States
William E. Dodd
University of Chicago
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Funeral for Mrs Stewart Held Tuesday at Bell Home
Funeral services for Mrs Emma J Ferguson Stewart 84 years died Sunday after a three week illness will be at 1 30 Tuesday at the Bell home 309 West Third with Rev Willard Wylie officiating and Dr F W Eastwood assisting Burial is in Woodlawn cemetery Pallbearers are six grandsons John Evarette Cloyce Tom Stewart George and Roy Statler A large family gathering follows a life of devotion and church support with seven surviving children and two sisters listed in Washington county history.
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Fr. Stewart
Russell Bell
West Third Street
Bell
Willard Wylie
United Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
John
Evarette
Cloyce
Tom Stewart
George
Roy Statler
Mrs. Bell
Stewart
Covenanter Church
First
Pennsylvania
Emma J. Ferguson
Brookville
John Downover Ferguson
Anna (Alcorn) Ferguson
Ohio River
Mississippi
Davenport
Washington County
Washington
John Stewart
W. Reynolds
Wiseton
Sask
Canada
Ralph Stewart
Fred
E. C. Statler
Brighton
M. Pierce
Dayton
Ohio
Jessie Bell Stewart
Armistice Declared Over Senate Seating Contests
In Washington the 70th Congress convened with a twenty four hour armistice in the Vare Smith seating fights. Norris introduced resolutions accusing Frank L. Smith of improper campaign expenditure and Ware of unfair election credentials as the body prepared to swear in 32 new senators after Coolidge’s message.
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Washington
Senate
Vare-Smith
Congress
William 8. Ware
Pennsylvania
Frank L. Smith
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Coolidge
President Coolidge
Curtis
Norris
Smith
Vare
Gifford Pinchot
Ware
James Beck
U. S
Garrett
Tenn
Washington, D. C
Newberry
Senate of
United States
Senate of the
Deneen
Smith Smith
Senator Deneen
Republican
Illinois
David A. Reed
Dawes
Brookhart
Iowa
Steck
Stephens
Mississippi
Reed Committee
Re-elect Longworth Speaker of House Wins 225 Votes
Rep. Nicholas Longworth of Ohio was re-elected speaker of the house with 225 votes out of 417. Rep. Finis Garrett of Tennessee received 187 votes. Five members voted present.
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Longworth
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
House of Representatives
Finis Garrett
Tennegee
Eight Indictments Secretly Returned in Decatur Indiana
Adams county grand jury returned eight secret indictments today. Reportedly no confirmed true bill against Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam for liquor law violations. Rumor held he was vindicated over obtaining whiskey for his ill sister under the Wright dry act.
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Decatur
Ind
Adams County
Arthur L. Gilliam
Brighton Road Opens To Travel After Grading Work
Grading operations on the Washington Brighton road from the Zaring corner to Walnut Creek bridge in the Verdi community are completed and the closed stretch was opened for travel Saturday. Nearby sections nearing completion will soon open, paving No 1 north of town was opened recently, and the Washington to Iowa City route via Kalona remains in fine condition this winter.
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Washington-Brighton
Zaring Corner
Walnut Creek Bridge
Verdi
Brighton
Washington
Fairfield
Iowa City
Kalona
Organize Y Campaign Plans Budget Drive at Y M C A
Washington community set to vote on the Y M C A budget of seven thousand five hundred dollars for the next year. Teams and 45 men along with 22 boys will canvass starting Tuesday morning, gathering donations to reach the goal with dinners and reports at Y M C A events through Tuesday evening.
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Washington
Washington Y. M. C. A
Camopaign
Trial of Sinclair and Burns on Contempt Charges Opens Today
Multimillionaire Harry E. Sinclair and detective William J. Burns with four others face contempt charges in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for alleged jury tampering during the Fall Sinclair conspiracy trial. The case, before Justice Frederick L. Siddons, could take days as defendants contest guilt or innocence and potential penalties.
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Washington
Harry E. Sinclair
William J. Burns
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Frederick L. Siddons
Siddons
Sinclair and
Burns
W. Sherman Burns
C. L. Weitsch
Burns’ Baltimore
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair Exploration Company
Burns Agency
Justice Siddons
Edward J. Kidwell
U. S
Peyton Gordon
Neil Burkinshaw
Day and Clark
Ney
Bond
Weitsch
Baltimore
Sherman
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Seventieth Congress
National Farm Bureau Convention
Sam H. Thompson
Federation
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Smith and
Indiana
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Ciero
Formia
Italy
Point Hope Alaska
Artic Circle
Olympic Forest Reserve
Harry Kreider
Clarence Logan
Tom Carson
Dick MecCleery
Glen McFarland
Lee Holland
Louis Warren
Harry Knott
Walter Kiesey
Fred Bey
Carl Jungbluth
Cc. S. Lemmon
Fred Martin
E. B. Hammar
J. W. Enslin
Everette Griffith
Ted Brown
Sam Dickerson
Glenn Barclay
Milan Shields
Carl Hedges
D. J. Rogs
Russell Jennings
C. B. Kerr
L. P. Morrison
Jack Reid
M. A. McKay
W. C. Molison
Claud Tucker
Cc. W. Davis
Hugh McCleery
Fred Stewart
L. E. Dunlap
Harrison Dodder
George Breitenbach
E. E. Stutsman
Vernon Crull
A. E F. Atchison
R. EB. Brown
J. H. Peet
John Maney
Loyd Morrison
Glenn Mace
Frank Miller
Les Eicher
Ralph Gibson
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