Peace disarmament talks at Geneva meet mixed calls
At the League of Nations session in Geneva Soviet head Litvinov urged immediate disarmament steps and scrapping war industries while warning the process could fail without security guarantees. French and Czech leaders criticized the plan as impractical. Poland moved to ease tensions with Lithuania over Vilna and denied supporting any overthrow plot. A nationwide referendum on prohibition was planned with $3,000,000 allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oviet
Russia
League of Nations
Geneva
Maxim Litvind
Mary
Panaid4oncour
France
Benes
Czecoslovakia
Norway
Deter Louden
Holland
League
Paul Boncour
Count von Bernstorff
Litvinoff
United States
Hugh Wilson
Therne
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Italy
Mussolini
Marshal Pilsudski
Lithuania
Poland
Smetona-Waldemaras
Valdemaras
League Council
Kovo
Vilna
Plechkaitis
Kovno
Pilsudky
League meeting in Geneva struggles over Balkan and Adriatic issues
Members gathered in Geneva to address the Polish Lithuanian dispute and conflicts over the Italo Albanian pact and the Franco Yugoslav treaty. Premier Mussolini asserted Italy's insistence on control of the Adriatic Sea and dismissed the idea of league interference in registrations as a bureaucratic function rather than political authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbers
League of Nazal
Geneva
Mussolinibnece
League
Italy
Bemgium Reconstitutes Cabinet Without Socialists
Premier Jaspar reassembles the cabinet excluding Socialists after their opposition to national defense and army reform. The government intends strong frontier fortifications but faces slow progress due to strong opposition. The country remains prosperous yet markets are volatile with widespread gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemgium
Jaspar
Contested Senate Seats Stirred by Ware and Smith Fight
As the Seventieth Congress nears, Pennsylvania’s Ware and Illinois’s Smith press for seating amid strong opposition. Ware warns the oath denial would strike a blow to representative government. Pinchot accuses Republicans of aiding election theft if Vare is seated. If Ware and Smith sit, Democrats edge ahead. a Shipstead or Mariner vote could create a tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uring
Ware
Smith
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Washington
Senate
Gifford Pinchot
Vare
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Shipstead
Mariner- Labor
Dawes Denies Presidential Candidacy Favoring Lowden
In a Washington interview Dawes declares he is not a candidate for the presidency and favors Frank Lowden if Coolidge is not running. Meanwhile Al Smith gains momentum as Utah Democratic leaders endorse his nomination bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NCE
Dawes
Washington
Frank ©. Lowden
Coolidge
al Smith
Utah
Prohibition Referendum Push Backed by Union Leaders in New York
Prominent wets in the Republic and party leaders met in New York to push for a national referendum on prohibition. Capt W H Slayton head of the Association Opposed to the Prohibition Amendment outlined plans to obtain declarations from the 1928 platforms of both major parties and a conscience binding pledge on future Democratic and Republican lawmakers. The group intends to raise funds to support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. H. Slayton
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Hoover Says Economic Progress Continues in Annual Report
Secretary of Commerce Hoover notes the fiscal year ended July 1 shows continued American industrial progress with little unemployment. Dark spots include coal and textile woes, low cotton prices, and Midwest agriculture depression amid a Ku Klux Klan dispute in Alabama and court adjournments. European chemical trust formation and a rumored $50 million auto merger are discussed, while Colorado coal mines reopen under guard and southern strikes ease as workers return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecretary OF Commerce
Hoover
Midwest
DIES OF ARDINAT BONZANO TOP CLERICAL FIGURES REMEMBERED
Died in Rome Bonzano a renowned papal legate to the United States and a leading church prince. Funeral rites completed with burial on Thursday. The week also claimed Cardinal de Lai and notable figures Charles Manville Jobs Manville asbestos founder Jobs D Griggs former U S attorney general Henry Savage theater producer Herbert Hadgey Washington university chancellor and Missouri governor Charles Choate Jr Boston lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonzano
United States
Rome
Cardinal de Lai
Charles B. Manville
Jobs-Manville Asbestos Company
Jobs D. Griggs
Henry W. Savage
Boston
Herbert S. Hadgey
Washington University
St. Louis
Missouri
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Flood Devastates Hornell Area Amid Canisteo River Floods
Northwestern area floods overwhelm towns with heavy property losses and suspended rail service as Canisteo river waters rise. No deaths reported. In college football, Notre Dame defeats Southern California in Chicago and Army beats Navy in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orthwestern Algiarea
Hornell
N. Y
Canisteo River
Notre Dame
University of Southern California
Chicago
West Point
Annapolis
New York
Radio program listings and district court notice
A long OCR fragment lists radio schedules for many stations with times and programs for Friday December 9 1927 and then shifts to an Original Notice in the District Court of Washington County Iowa. The notice names Savings Bank of Brighton as plaintiff and a long list of defendants and unknown claimants regarding a real estate title dispute in Brighton Iowa and sets a January 10 1928 appearance deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Savings Bank of
Brighton
John N. Kinsman
Orson O. Kinsman
John N. Kingsman
John Newton Kinsman
Thompson Dray
Jerusha Dray
Scranton
Eddys & Jameson
Jabesh P. Eddy
Amelia Heaton
Silas Washburn
Robert C. Risk
Charles Risk
Charles Creamer
James T. Sales
James Sales
Sarah Sales
James H. Sales
J. H. Sales
Risk
Cc. Cc. Risk
Martha Sales
H. C. Sales
Helen Cunningham
Wm. A. Cunningham
Henry C. Sales
Sarah H. Sales
Jacob Rubleman
John G. Will
J. Rubleman & Co
L. S. Sha’nit
J. Rubleman and Co
Jacob Rubelman
Regina Rubelman
Willian H. van Nostrand
Wm. H. van Nostrand
Wm. H. Stout
Wm. N. Stout
William H. Stout
Alvan Miller
Francis M. Stout
John W. Stout
James M. Stout
Geo. W. Stout
M. Stout
Michael Shafer
C. H. Lloyd
Georgia Lloyd
B. C. Tracy
Ada B. Tracy
H. Lloyd
Wm. Y. Lloyd
W. V. Lloyd
C. T. Lloyd
Wm R. Norton
Brighton Lumber Company
Washington
Wayland Notes Marryings Games and Visits
News from Wayland reports the engagement of LeRoy Schantz of Chicago to Ethel Judd of Philadelphia with a November wedding. Local events include a Wayland vs West Chester basketball win 19 to 14, a December stock sale ad, a Mennonite church banquet with 64 guests, and a Sugar Creek bible conference led by Rev. Oscar Burkholder. Residents and visitors attend vesper services, nursing training, and family visits while news covers deaths and travel between Iowa, Illinois, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
LeRoy Schantz
Chicago
Ethel Judd
Philadelphia
Will Krabill
West Chester
C. K. Schantz
Ed Eicher
Angeline Schantz
Fairfield
Frances Ficher
Parsons
Commercial Club
Mennonite Church
Dorcas
James Pritchard
W. J. Allen
Barr
Crawfordsville
Kalor
East Union Church
McClinton Dee. Ltd
Albert Litcheler
Anita
Ha June
Peoria
P. H. Conrad
Ezra Wittmer
Duane Dean
Noah Wittmer
Mt. Pleasant
Clyde Clark
Ed Kauffman
Dayton Grove News Roundup and Social Notes
Willis Ferguson spent the weekend at home before returning to Fairfield Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Embree visited at the John Mayer home. Mr and Mrs Miller of Raymondville MO visited their daughter Mrs Fred Foranash. The So and Sew Club met with Mrs Minta Leet with four members absent. Louise Moore Betty Leet and Bobby Dill visited. Plans for the Christmas meeting at Mrs Franklin Moore’s on December 29 were set. Farmers are finishing corn husking. Mrs Chas Johnson, long ill, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Willis Ferguson
Fairfield
W. (. Embree
John Mayer
Miller
Raymondville
Missouri
Daugher
Fred Foranash
Minta Leet
Louise Moore
Betty Leet
Bobby Dill
Franklin Moore
Chas. Johnson
Rural Route 4 Notices from Daisy Simmering Correspondent
Washington R R 4 December reports visits by J E Linder and family to J M Stone home at Ainsworth and by George Goble family from near Ainsworth. Ed Simmering and Chas Kephart sold hogs to Charlie Thomas of Washington. Several local families and children visited various homes in the area evenings and weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. R
J. E. Linder
Gon
Harley
J. M. Stone
Ainsworth
Town
George Goble
J. B. Linder
J. EB. Linder
Howard
Ralph
Chas
Kephart
Ed Simmering
Charlie Thomas
Roy Kephart
Cal Been Blossom
Chas. Anderson
Dan Eimen
Ernie Eimen
J. EK. Linder
J. BE. Linder and Sons
Howard, Ralph and
Ralph Orr
Albert Nicola
Cotter
Valley Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs. Andy Sheetz and children visited at the H V Frank home while Mr Sheetz and George Frank attended the American Legion Pig Roast in Keota. George Frank made a poultry delivery to Washington and several families visited relatives in Ollie Rubio and Richland. The Valley Sunday school program prepared for Christmas with Blues and Yellows contest concluding with a 55 point Yellow win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Teller
Ollie
George Frank
Washington
Charlie Churchill
Clarence Reighard
Ladies Aid Society
Zeno
Andy Sheetz
Wriday
Clarence Shirkey
Wilbur
Rubio
Orville Ward
Darrell
Elizabeth Anna
John Hahn
Margaret Mae Albert Hahn
Gene Diggs
Guy Blacks
W. J. Pfiefer
Walter Sheets
Caroline
Valley school students earn perfect attendance and writing honors
The Valley school reports perfect attendance for the three months ending November 25 for Tommy Hartnell Marie Hartnell Ardith Tinnes Maurice Tinnes Ethel Maye Churchill Charles Henry Churchill Maxine Churchill Virginia Redlinger Merle Brinning Junior Henry and Omar Black. Ardith Tinnes won first in writing on My First Day of School Marie Hartnell took third in township judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Valley School
Tommy Hartnell
Marie Hartnell
Ardith Tinnes
Maurice Tinnes
Ethel Maye Churchill
Charles Henry Churchill
Maxine Churchill
Virginia Redlinger
Merle Brinning
Junior Henry
Carl Walton
Mazie Horning
Elis Walton
Snowy Brayton visit and local household notes
Mrs J M Pulver reports Dec 7 notes from Hardscrabble. Mr and Mrs Howard Swisher and children Mildred and Robert visited Frank Smith's home. Virginia Snyder returns to school. J W Guy and John Wehr recover from boils. John Robertson and daughters Marjorie and Mary Louise visited Charles Robertson near Brighton. George Kurtz Clement Kessel Ernest Peiffer husked corn for Matt Weir. Marjorie Robertson and Miss Marjorie Clark visited. Winfield Powers from Portland, Ore, visiting J W Clark family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Swisher
Mildred
Robert
Brighton
Frank Smith
Virginia Snyder
J. W. Guy
John Wehr
John Robertson
Marjorie
Mary Louise
Charles Robertson
George Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Clement Kessel
Ernest Peiffer
Matt Weir
Marjorie Robertson
Marjorie Clark
West Chester
J. W. Clark
Winfield Powers
Portland
Oregon
J. M. Pulver
Jane Strum
Dublin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vintila Bratiare
Tenetratiano
Romania
W. E. G. Bullard
Federal Radio Commission
Arlington National Cemetery
Colorado
Erie
Edward W. Pickard
McCall
Ku Klux Klan
European Chemical Trust
South America
Frankfort
Germany
Continental Motors
Cheerless
Jordan
Wupp
W. C. Durant
Columbine
Radio Digest Publishing Co
KPRC
WIP
WPG
WSAI
WSMB
WRAF
WEAF
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WIZ
WJZ
R. V. BR
KMA
Shenandoah
KOA
Denver
KPO
San Francisco
Abas
KYW
V. Wiz
WCCO
Minneapoli
s-St. Paul
Northern Artists
Hamline University
Wheaties Quartet
Dance Orchestra
WDAF
Kansas City Star
Nighthawk
Cities Services
WGR
WEFI
WLIT
WRC
WCAF
WTAM
WWI
WHEIB
WOC
Weco
KVOO
WFAA
WTIC
K35- TD
WEBI
WIJAR
WCAE
WWJ
WSAT
KSD
WGY
Anglo-Persions
WEE
WHO
WTMZ
WEBH
WGN
Chicazo Trittine
Paul Ash
Merrymad Gang
Sam ‘N’ Henry
Edwin Kemp
Schenectady
Des Moines
Wir-Wcx
Detroit
Sunshine Boy
WIR
Savoy Plaza
Retold Tales
Royal Hours
Roka
WBAL
WTMI
WLW
WLS
Chicano
Little Symphony Orchestra
WMAQ
Chicago Daily News
Orenoatra
Columbia Chain
Davenport
WOW
Omaha
C. D. Temple
WQI
Orchestra Wrc
D. C
Lord Calvert
Orchestra
Ed Roth
Stanley McBeth
Trenton
Arvilla Witting
Burlington
John Witrig
Will Hauenstein
Chris Widmer
Yakima
Wash
George Ferguson
Mrs
Daisy Simmering
Homer Stephen
North Side Square
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