Navy gun elevation debate sparks Britten resolution
Congress weighs a Britten plan to elevate turret guns on thirteen battleships at a cost of 6.5 million dollars while Britain's note to the state department questions treaty implications and a broader naval inquiry gains traction. The measure also seeks data from foreign governments on objections to the modernization.
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Washington
State Department
Illinois
House
Great Britain
House of Representatives
United States Navy
Congress
Naval Committee
Naval Supply
White House
By stander sues over 1922 Rock Island battle injuries
Davenport man Dee rv Sa bert J Allgauer sues John P Looney Anthony Hillberg and about a dozen Rock Island residents alleging he was an innocent bystander wounded by a bullet fired in the October 6 1922 Market Square battle. Allgauer hospitalised weeks after the clash and one defendant Looney fled justice.
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Rock Island
Il. Dee
Allgauer
John P. Looney
Cold Week Ahead With Possible Snow Tuesday or Wednesday
Weather outlook for the week starting Monday shows cold conditions across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys with generally fair skies. A probability of snow is indicated for Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Washington
Upper Mississippi
Missouri
Roads Across State Run Rough in Winter Report
The Des Moines Automobile Club reports roads statewide in fair to poor condition. The Lincoln highway from Clinton to Council Bluffs is frozen and rough, Jefferson highway sections north and south are snow packed, White Way No. 7 is rough and frozen, primary No. 17 South and No. 7 west rough, with No. 60 north also snow covered.
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Moines
Des Moines Automobile Club
Lincoln
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Jefferson Highway
Quiet Christmas at Coolidge Home
The article notes a simple holiday plan at the Coolidge residence. John Coolidge, son of the president and Amherst College student, will return home Sunday. The Stearns family of Boston arrive early in the week and the First Congregational church choir will perform carols from the north porch on Christmas Eve. At dusk Mr Coolidge will light the national community Christmas tree in Sherman Park.
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Amherst College
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Coolidge
First Congregational Church
Sherman Park
The
Treasury
Near Death While Repairing His Auto
A. F. Myers narrowly escaped death by monoxide gas and freezing while repairing his car in Cedar Rapids. Found unconscious by his wife after an hour, an undertaker with a palmotor revived him. Doctors say he will recover unless pneumonia develops.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
A. FE
Myers
Pnaemonia
Pomerene seeks continuance in Teapot Dome case
Special counsel Lee Pomerene filed a motion in U S court to defer the January 6 hearing on the Tea Pot Dome oil lease nullification. The government seeks more time to obtain evidence on alleged Liberty Bond transfers involving Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Pall, then interior secretary who granted the lease.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Atlee Pomerene
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Mammoth O'L Company
United States
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Pall
Interior
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Muscatine Boy Dies in Sled Coasting Accident
Leo White aged 10 was killed at the Lutheran orphanage in Muscatine Iowa when his sled struck a truck rear wheel at noon. A second boy on the sled was uninjured.
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Muscatine
Dee
Leo White
Possible Reduction in Iowa Tax Levy Hinted
The report by State Auditor James A. Thomas suggests the general state tax levy may drop from 1 mill to 1% mills for the area starting July 1. It shows a biennial receipts forecast of about $11,065,200 from non tax sources and total expenditures near $36,992,360.10, leaving roughly $20,000,000 to be raised by direct taxation.
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Des Moines
Aera
Forty-First General Assembly
James &. Thomas
Thomas
Glenn C. Haynes
State Banking Department
Recess Interupts Hight Case Insanity Defense Shifts
A courtroom recess interrupted the defense in the Hight case as they attempt to show Lawrence M. Hight is mentally deranged in the Wilford Sweetin murder by poison trial. Testimony on unsound mind continues Monday with family and medical witnesses describing mental illness in the lineage.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford Sweetin
Hight
Mary Eaton
Mildred Hight
H. W. Walker
Governor Davis Acknowledges Samuel Gompers Tribute
Kansas Governor Jonathan M. Davis issued a proclamation honoring Samuel Gompers. He praised Gompers for untiring efforts and said American labor leads the world, urging Kansans to pay homage next Sunday.
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Topeka
Kas
Samuel Gompers
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Food prices edge higher in November across cities
Retail food prices rose about one percent in the month ending November 15, covering 21 items in 51 cities. Of 47 cities up, a maximum 3 percent gain was logged. Los Angeles showed the sole 2 percent decrease.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Los Angeles
Loot of $4000 Found Stolen From Mason City Store
A check on the jewelry theft at Ray Seney Jewelry in Mason City shows $4000 stolen, up from the initial $2000 report. Police continue searching for the robbers Thursday night and into today.
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Mason City
Ray Seney
State Auditor Reports Growth in Receipts and Warrants
Auditor Thomas notes the state keeps pace with business growth and shows a material increase over prior reports. Biennial receipts rise by 11.75 million dollars and disbursements by 6.64 million. Warrants issued grow from 100,126 to 138,697 for the biennium ending June 30, 1924. bonus fund transactions excluded.
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Thomas
Cold Wave Death Toll Rises Across the Nation
Amid a spreading cold wave many communities report deaths from freezing and fires caused by overheated heating. Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma see eight deaths as trains are delayed and fires intensify. Relief efforts are strained but not overtaxed with winds forecast to bring warmer weather to the west.
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Oklahoma
Chicago Fire Department
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Middle West
St. Louis
WOS
WDAP
Kansas City
Associated Press
Rao
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain Region
Montana
Cold Wave to Persist as Temperatures Sink Further
Des Moines reports below zero temperatures across Iowa with Sioux City and Charles City at 16 below, Webster City registering 21 below, Boone at 19 below, Des Moines at 9 below, and other towns ranging from 4 to 16 below. Weather Bureau predicts continuation of the cold spell Sunday.
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Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Mercury
Webster City
Boone
Tokio statement closes incident in fleet visit dispute
The Tokio foreign office denied Premier Kato announced rejecting a visit by the American fleet after Pacific maneuvers next summer. U S officials said Kato's remarks were misinterpreted and no proposal to send the fleet to Japan was ever made.
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Washington
Tokio Foreign Office
Kato
Japan
Pacific
Foreign Office
Tokio
Fire damages home of Catholic sisters in Dubuque
Fire of unknown origin gutted the laundry and heating plant of the Sisters of St. Francis home in Dubuque early today, causing about 85 000 dollars in losses. Four buildings including an orphanage were left without heat as relief measures were set up. The Jefferson Junior High School building was placed at the sisters' disposal.
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Praag
Dubuque
Sisters of St. Francis Home
Jefferson Junior High
Family burned to death after gas explosion in Caspar Wyoming
Otto Lundblade his wife and six month old infant perished when their home burned and gas exploded after a match ignition the surviving four year old boy is reported critical. The tragedy followed a night of low gas pressure and a house fire in Caspar Wyoming during a winter of frigid temperatures.
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Butte
Cain
Casper
Wyo
Otto Lundblade
Lundblade
Keokuk
Wreck on Soo Line Train Drowns Five in Chippewa River
Wreck of Soo Line passenger train No 2 between Minneapolis and Chicago sent the dining car into the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Five killed at the scene, fourteen pulled from icy water, one baby among the dead. Eleven bodies later recovered from the rear coach with six survivors. Fire crews and wreckers worked to recover victims and search for more.
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Associated Press
Chippewa Falls
Wha
Dee
Minneapolis
Chicago
Wis
Soo Line
Chippewa River
Irvine
Ciy
Wisola Damiy
Ordea
Minn
Sea Line
Stevenspoint
Hamburg Bank Closes Doors Amid Withdrawal Rush
The Partners Savings Bank of Hamburg Iowa failed to open today as withdrawals depleted cash. The board cited cash depletion and turned the bank's affairs over to the state banking department. The First National Bank of Hamburg, which closed recently, plans to reopen Monday per its officers.
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Savings Bank
State Banking Department
First National Bank of
Gompers Will Leaves Estate to Sons and Granddaughters
The will of Samuel Gompers filed for probate leaves the bulk of his estate to his sons and granddaughters with only the minimum amount allowed by law to his widow.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
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