Harding Opposes Borah Plan For International Conference
President Harding urged the senate to reject Senator Borah's proposal for a new international economic conference. In a letter to Senator Lodge he said formal action would embarrass his ongoing negotiations and suggested Congress freeze the allied debt commission instead. He argued the reparations issue is European and the United States cannot dictate terms to others.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Senate
Borah
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Magne
White House
Congress
Allied Debt Commission
Europe
Executive Department
United States
State Department
Germany
U. S
Commission
Washington
Urging Rural Sociology Teaching in U S Colleges
Paul L. Vogt argues at the American Sociological Society meeting that expanding rural sociology in colleges is needed due to its impact on urban and national life. He says rural life holds untapped truth potential and notes many students come from rural communities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Paul L. Vogt
Philadelphia
American Sociological Society
Lodge Presses Back on Borah Plan for World Conference
Senator Lodge chairman of the foreign relations committee opened fire on Borahs proposal for a new economic and disarmament conference. He was summoned to the White House where after a long talk with President Harding he said the president would send a letter with conference suggestions. Lodge declined to reveal more while noting the president was making new plans for an international discussion of the worlds economic situation. The White House visit followed a Harding Hughes conference.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Borah
White House
Harding
Hughes
Prominent Keokuk Man Shoots Himself
Keokuk businessman Ire E. Spangler, manager of Decker Manufacturing and a notable figure in river boating circles, shot and killed himself in his rooms last night, according to Associated Press reports from Keokuk.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Ire E. Spangler
Decker Manufacturing Company
Madame Bernhardt Shows Marked Improvement in Paris
Paris, Dec 28. The condition of Madame Sarah Bernhardt showed marked improvement today. Doctors believe she is out of danger but she must remain in bed for perhaps a week.
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Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Alleged Bandits Held in New Orleans for Kansas City Job
Four suspects including Jim Caverty and George Wilson with their wives were arrested in New Orleans in a $97000 robbery of a Drover's National Bank messenger in Kansas City. One employee was shot and wounded. They were returning to Missouri to face robbery and attempted murder charges.
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New Orleans
Kansas City
Associated Pres
Jim Caverty
George Wilson
Drover’s National Bank of
Missouri City
Prague Becomes European Aerial Clearing House
Prague Czechoslovakia December 1 The Franco Romanian Aero Company aims to link Paris to Constantinople via Strassbourg Prague Vienna Budapest and Bucharest. A side line from Prague to Russia via Warsaw is planned. Since 1922 the firm has carried 2400 passengers and 150 tons of freight.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Marlh
Europe
Aero Company
Paris
Constantinople
Strassbourg
Vienna
Budapest
Bucharest
Russia
Warsaw
Senators Glad Wilson Improvement Echoed in Senate
The Senate approved a resolution by Senator Harris of Georgia praising the recovery toward health of former President Wilson as the body voiced joy and expressed pleasure at his improving condition.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Harris
Georgia
Wilson
Junction HI Beats Crawfordsville In High School Game
In Columbus Junction Iowa on December 28 the Crawfordsville and Columbus Junction high school teams met with Junction HI prevailing 28 to 15.
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Junction HI
Crawfordsville
Columbus Junction
Historic Union Jack fragment to Hythe England town
A fragment of the Union Jack that flew from HMS Victory at Trafalgar has been presented to Hythe England. The same flag was used to drape Lord Nelson's coffin, linking the artifact to two famed naval chapters.
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Battle of
Trafalgar
Hythe
England
Lord Nelson
Mkoin Denied Right 10 Bail at Baltimore Battle
A Baltimore court denies bail to Mkoin amid a high profile battle. Prosecutors oppose release citing risk to public safety as authorities pursue ongoing charges. Police identify suspect as Mkoin, with case docketed in Baltimore County court records.
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Mkoin
Baltimore
Louisiana Doctor Denied Bail in Kidnapping Case
Dr. B M McKain formerly mayor of Met Rouge Louisiana, denied bail after arrest on murder charges tied to the Moorhouse Parish kidnapping. Louisiana officials say he helped plan the murder of Watt and Thomas Richards. Baltimore judges refused habeas corpus relief.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
B. M. McKain
Met Rouge
McKoin
Parker
Louisiana
Moorhouse Parish
Supreme Bench
McKain
Coco
Leach
Sonallianan
Watt
Thomas Richards
Tea From China Goes To Russia After Long Interruption
In Petrograd on November 24 a Mail report says tea from China is returning to Russia after seven to eight years without it. A single shipment brought eight hundred tons and more is en route, satisfying Russian demand for their favorite beverage.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Avar
China
Russia
Robbers Hit Harlem Office Safe for 30000
In New York on December 28 robbers blew the Harlem office safe and escaped with thirty thousand dollars after gagging the night watchman. The incident occurred early today as police began investigations into the bold robbery.
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New York
Associated Press
Harlem
Five Iowa Counties Lack Tax-Supported Libraries
Des Moines reports only five Iowa counties without any tax-supported library service Creston Belle Plaine Valley Junction Mystic and Bettendorf are the towns outside the tax funded system While many towns pursue subscription or association libraries and Carnegie gifts have waned the report urges per capita funding over millage to sustain smaller communities Grundy Center leads with 1.52 per capita while Des Moines shows 80 cents and 3.5 books circulated per person annually
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Des Moines
Iowa
Julia Robinson
State Library Commission
Robinson
Creston
Belle Plaine
Valley Junction
Mystic
Bettendorf
Logan
American Library Association
Grundy Center
West Branch
Boy Helps Police Capture Auto Thief
A twelve year old boy helped police capture an auto thief in Chicago. Officer Dennis Gordon chased a man attempting to drive away a motor car and Kenneth Shubert, playing nearby, aided in the capture.
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Chicago
Til
Dennis Gordon
Kenneth Shubert
Alaskan Railway Needs Feeder Lines
Anchorage Alaska Dec 28 General Wiles P Richardson on a tour for Secretary Fall stated feeder rail lines and spur tracks are needed to develop mineral and agricultural lands beside the railroad. He urged the government to adopt a colonization plan to settle and fully develop Alaska.
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States Government
Wiles P. Richardson
Secretary of the Interior
Richardson
The Inquiring Mind
A mother cautions Charlie about rushing his cake and recalls a cautionary tale of a boy who rushed his dessert and died before finishing it. Charlie asks what happened to the rest of the cake, prompting the morbid punchline.
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Charlie
Confesses He Poisoned His Wife in Celon Home
Clarence Hamlen of Celon Minnesota confessed to Sheriff W S Carver that he poisoned his wife in her sick bed at their Celon home on October 9. The confession, said to be made in Stockton California, was reported by the county sheriff after Hamlen’s arrest on arson charges.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Prohibition Room
Polk County
O. L. Lacy
J. B. Black
Robb
Afton
Austin, Minn
Clarence Hamlen
Celon
Minn
Stockton
Cal
W. S. Carver
Typhoid Death Rate Climbs In 1921 Across Major States
The Census Bureau reports typhoid deaths rose from 7.8 to 9 per 100 000 in 1921 within the death registration area covering 34 states and 82 percent of the U S population. Over 8 000 deaths occurred. Declines occurred in California Connecticut Maine Michigan Montana New Hampshire North Carolina Vermont and Washington.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
California
Connecticut
Maine
Michigan
Montana
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Vermont
Rights to all urged in Near East conference
Richard Washburn Child led Allied delegates in Lausanne demanding Turkey guarantee rights for foreigners to replace the capitulations the Kemalists claim to have abolished. British Mediterranean Fleet ordered back to the Near East after an unsatisfactory Lausanne message, Malta report says.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Richard Washburn Child
Turkey
Malta
Ors ‘Ders
Near East
Near East Conference Shares Deadlock Over Turkish Instructions
The commission of capitulations meeting stalled as delegates left in a deadlock awaiting fresh Turkish instructions from Angora.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Commission of Capitulations of the
Alli
Angora
New Keota Postmaster Named
Keota Iowa December 28 Elmer G Warrington an overseas veteran is named postmaster of Keota He has broad mail service experience as a rural carrier and assistant at various times in the post office He has not yet received official notification of his start date.
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Keota
Elmer G. Warrington
Parsons College Basketball Squad Picked for Practice
Fairfield Iowa Dec 28 The centers six forwards and seven guards named to report for basketball practice at Parsons college include captain Leonard Sullivan of Fairfield and guards Harold Lynn Harold Scott Theodore Horton Rodney Germly with forwards Roy Huddleston Burton North Elmer Meyer and others.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
Leonard Sullivan
Richard Brunckshaw
Centerville
Max Lynn
Donnelson
Roy Lawson
Kenneth Hicks
Rockwell City
Kenneth Stephenson
Dent Wilson
New Sharon
Harold Lynn
Donnellson
Harold Scott
Theodore Horton
Brighton
Rodney Germly
Glenn Davis
Washington
Laverne Relander
Rock Valley
Roy Huddleston
Burton North
Bushnell
Elmer Meyer
Wayland
Fragmented Thought on Wealth and Perception
A reflective aphorism contrasts near sight and distant grandeur. It warns that focus on petty wealth can obscure vast horizons and celestial splendors, suggesting greed eclipses eternity.
Patience with Self, Quotes on Improvement
A translated aphorism by Frances de Sales urges patience with all things especially oneself. It counsels not to lose courage over flaws but to begin the work of reform daily and renew effort each morning.
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Francia de Sales
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