Catholic Priests and Nuns Reported Captured by Bandits
A cablegram from Chen Fu Chow reported by Father Eugene Creegan says a group of Passionist priests including Mathias Dominic and Edmund were captured by bandits in Hunan province while en route between cities. Provincials in Hoboken confirm Father Dominic spoke of two nuns captured and note no priest confirmation.
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Hunan Province
Preac
Des Moines
Dec
Eugene Creegan
Chicago
Chen Fu Chow
China
Mathias
Dominic
Edmund
Creegan
Hunan
Father Creegan
Silvan McGarry
Mathing
West Hoboken
N. J
Father Dominic
Pittschurch
Hoboken
N. J. Dee
Stanislawus
St. Michaela
St. Michaels Church
Hankow
Stanisla Wus
Farm Bureau Meets Opens With 700 Delegates Today
The sixth annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting begins in Chicago with about seven hundred delegates expected to attend through Wednesday. O E F Bradfute will give the opening address, followed by W S Hill and C W Hunt. Forty four state bureaus and many cooperative marketing groups will be represented. Hill urges Americans to own and control ocean shipping for a modern merchant marine, predicting farmers will lead in recognizing the need.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Delegetes
O. E F. Bradfute
Federation
Hill
The
Shipping Board
C. W. Hunt
Federal Reserve Commission
State
America
W. 8. Hill
United States Shipping Board
Foreign students at Ames study at Iowa State College
About 81 students from 21 countries study at Iowa State College this year. Prof. L. D. DeVries says roughly half study agriculture, a quarter engineering, the rest in other divisions. A third work through school. China leads with 25 delegates, 12 from the Philippines. Armenia and India tied for third with six each.
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Associated Press
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
L. D. DeVries
Foreig
China
Philipines
Armenia
India
Former Deputy Marshal Reynolds Granted Release After Murder Conviction
Shenandoah reports Charles Snowball Reynolds, once a U S deputy marshal, released on a 24000 bond after conviction for the murder of Al Webber of Sidney. He received a prison term of years and has filed an appeal.
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Associated Press
Shenandoah
Dec
Charles
Snowball
Reynolds
United States
al Webber
Sidney
Fremont
Tie
Iowa Fair Managers Convene for State Convention
Des Moines Iowa December 8 hundreds of agriculturists gather as the Iowa agriculture convention and Iowa Fair Managers association begin with topics on livestock premiums fair grounds ownership women’s exhibits and farm life advancement. Mark G Thornburg reports on department accomplishments and Charles D Ree presents weather and crop bureau findings with elections for state board of agriculture officers and fair leaders planned Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Des Moindes
Iowa
Iowa Capital City
Iowa Fair Managers Association
Lowa
Mark G. Thornburg
Lowa Agricultural Department
Lowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Charles D. Ree
State Board of Agriculture
S Tace Board
Iowa State Fair
Official Vote in Ten States In 1924 Election
Official canvass figures show in ten large states Coolidge with 9 991 958 votes, Davis 4 372 625, La Follette 2 165 459 totaling 16 530 042. States: New York Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Massachusetts Indiana New Jersey Missouri Iowa.
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Associated Preae
Washington
Dec
Coolidge
John W. Davis
LaFollette
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Massachusetts
Indiana
New Jersey
Missouri
Iowa
Harding
James M. Cox
Davis and LaFollette
Iowa Delegation to Farm Bureau Meet Heads to Chicago
Iowa's delegation to the American Farm Bureau federation annual meeting travels to Chicago. President Charles E Hearst leads the group with Vice President Clark W Huntley Secretary Ray L Gibben and J F Coupe. Directors include J H Jones C F Coverdale Delmar A L Middleton and others with Mrs Ellsworth Richardson Panama Theodore Stressman of Panama and J H Nordhausen of Manson joining as official voting delegation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Federation
Clark W. Huntley
Ray L. Gibben
J. F. Coupe
J. H. Jones
Ainsworth
C. F. Coverdale
Delmar
A. L. Middleton
Eagle Grove
A. W. Oxley
Ossian
Burt H. Neal
Mr. Vernon
I. N. Taylor
Oskaloosa
J. L. Stork
Corydon
W. W. Latta
Logan
W. L. Lawhorn
Gardner
Oscar Heline
Marcus
Ellsworth Richardson
Pella
Theodore Stressman
Panama
J. H. Nordhausen
Manson
Tharst
Mr. Coverdale
Last Survivor of Balaklava Dies in Cedar Rapids
Ellia Cutting, believed last survivor of the Light Brigade, dies after a stroke. Funeral Tuesday in Cedar Rapids with burial Wednesday. he was famed for wartime reminiscences and affection for children, including a young neighbor Katharine Wandell.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellia Cutting
Light Brigade
Balaklava
Iowa
Cutting
Mayfield Senate Contest May Be Taken Up Again
A Texas senate contest trial was set for today with eight witnesses to reexamine charges against Mayfield defeated opponent George Freddy. The subcommittee previously found no support for claims of excessive expenditures in the election, but may reopen to pursue fraud and intimidation allegations.
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Mayfield
Senate
Ate
Lnst
Texas
George Freddy
Peddy
Navarre
Burleson
Iaw
Letion
Sen
Woman kills two children then herself in Salt Lake City
Rosemary C Sparkman chloroformed her two children Wilford nine and Lorna seven before dying by gas in Salt Lake City. Her husband, a University of Utah professor, found the scene and noted a note asking to be laid away alone. He also said she was related to Lord Carnarvon.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dee
Rosemary C. Sparkman
Lord Carnarvon
England
Tut- Apkh-Amun
Kegypt
Wrigley Loses Trade Mark Case in Federal Suit
Federal Judge Wilkerson awards L. T. Larson Jr Company a judgment of 1,741,000 dollars against Wm Wrigley Jr Company in a long pending trademark dispute between chewing gum manufacturers in Chicago The ruling marks a decisive win for Larson in this high profile case.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
L. T. Larson, Jr., Company
Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Company
Veteran voter at 87 casts silent ballot for Coolidge
The 87 year old Mr Cutting, blind and unable to speak, voted from his bedside with assistance. A newspaper man supplied an absentee ballot guiding his paralyzed hand to mark Coolidge and the Republican ticket, except for senator Daniel F Steck.
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Cutting
Coolidge
Daniel F. Steck
Iowa gets taste of winter today
Des Moines reports another bout of winter across Iowa after three days of mixed rain sleet and snow. Sioux City recorded the coldest night above zero with storms dropping ten inches at Storm Lake and blizzard conditions in parts. High winds drifted snow on highways while Railroads said no major disruption occurred.
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Itv
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Minnesota
Keokuk
Dubuque
Davenport
Charles City
Mercury
Storm Lake
Estherville
Shipping Board Inquiry Opens As Witness Denies Ad Politics
James M. Boring of the Emergency Fleet Corporation told the House committee that favorable editorial comment had never influenced ad placements. The hearings, adjourned last June, aim to finish this month and report findings and recommendations to the House soon after.
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Washington
House
Shipping Board
James M. Boring
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Warren Kerrigan Hurt in Illinois Car Crash
Silent move star Warren Kerrigan was injured in a fogbound collision near Dixon Illinois. He was treated at Dixon hospital after his car struck a vehicle carrying Alma Rockwood Nathan Rockwood Harold Hicks and Edith Reed. Kerrigan was the sole injuries and continued his journey to Chicago by train.
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Dixon
J. Warren Kerrigan
Chicago
Kerrigan
Dixon Hospital
Sterling
Lincoln Theatre
Herbert T. Frankham
National Booking Office
Chicarn
Frankham
Hazel Hamet
Frank Gehring
James Vincent
Saxon
Alma Rockwood
Nathan
Harold Hicks
Edith Reed
Agaboy
Government Warns on Aircraft Shortage and Defence Needs
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics warns in its annual report to Congress that the United States faces a grave lack of adequate aircraft industry essential for national defense. It calls for four strategic moves, peacetime plant readjustments, and sustained research to build an adequate production nucleus and lower costs while expanding air commerce with safe, economical operations.
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Washington
Dec
Aeronautics
Congress
Coolidge
Europe
America
United States
Post Office Department
New York
San Francisco
Communists Unmoved by Repressive French Measures
Paris reports show communists still dominate the street scene. A radical group marched two miles to the eastern railroad terminus after a labor federation meeting, singing the Internationale, and was dispersed by police. A separate memorial ceremony in Staines, Paris suburb, faced similar police action as Lenine songs rang out.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Labor Federation
Staines
One Sailor Dead After Explosion Off San Pedro
A private water taxi La Moyne exploded in San Pedro harbor injuring seventeen sailors and two civilians. One sailor died, others were treated aboard the Pennsylvania Tennessee and at San Diego hospital. Civilians George Sands and Melvin Sprague also burned.
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Calif
Dec
la Moyne
U. S. S. Pensylvania
U. S. RE. Tennessee
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Tennessee
George Sands
Melvin Sprague
Batt Pennyslvania
Probe Axe Murder at Billings Montana
Billings Montana police and sheriff officers continue a night of investigation into the double axe slaying of Nele M. Anderson 43 a barber and his wife Anna in Andersons shop late Saturday night Four children survive the murdered couple authorities deem the killer likely insane or intoxicated with no motive yet found
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Mont
Nele M. Anderson
Anna
Anderson
President Coolidge Cheers Aviation Progress
President Coolidge concurs with the committee on continued pursuit of scientific research as essential to aviation advances. He credits the committee with marshaling American talent in flight studies and placing the nation at the forefront among progressive countries in aeronautics.
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Coolidge
America
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Ocoolidge
President
Veas
Chicare
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Pauliman
Wes
Mr. Cutting
Katharine Wandell
Ellis Cutting
James Marshall
Boston
Mass
Proes
M. A. Brown
Stillwater
Lokla
Derby
Southampton
Friar Gate
Mr. ‘Cutting
Raglan
Lord Lucan
Wrigley
Mark Case
Underwood
Weeks
Muscle Shoals
Veeck
War Department
Alabama
Warren Kerrigan
Army
Navy
Billings, Mont
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