Winter storm grips Iowa with heavy snow across state
Des Moines reports a widespread snow event with Sioux City and Charles City noting eight inches, Keokuk at 24 degrees above zero then cooling, Des Moines at 4 to 15 degrees, and Waterloo Dubuque Cedar Rapids each facing new cold and snow. Trains run late. farmers spared, weather warnings persist.
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Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Des Moines
Charles City
Keokuk
Reed
Lowa
F Weed
Iowa Republican Leaders Meet Behind Closed Doors
A Des Moines meeting called by E. J. Kelley drew Iowa Republican leaders to discuss the senatorial contest. Senator Cummins arrived early, with Brookhart opposed by most attendees, as Ed Burnquist and other leaders planned a likely committee session within the week. Snow delayed several guests and many details remained undecided.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
E. J. Kelley
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
Brookhart
Ed Burnquist
Republican State Committee
Fort Dodge
Burnquist
Republican Committee
Cummins
Washington
Mitr
Cummins, Mr. Kelley
James F. Powell
Ottumwa
Dean Cc. F. Curtiss
Ames
L. C. Kurtz
Viceroy Cancels Burma Tour Over Afghan Unrest
The viceroy of India cuts short his Burma tour and returns to Delhi due to Afghan trouble and rising frontier raids. Mahomet Ali, president of the Indian National Congress, denies any Afghan inquiry, saying Kabul cannot swallow the Indian elephant.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
British India
Burma
Delhi
Mahomet Ali
Indian National Congress
Kabul
Broadway Welcome to New Year Costly
The welcome of 1924 at Broadway will cost about $300,600 for 59,000 revelers as midnight approaches. Prohibition agents were listed incognito among 50,000 holding reservations in cabarets, hotels and clubs.
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Preen
New York
Broadway
Prohibition
Snow disrupts travel in Iowa towns on New Year’s Eve
Rain turned to snow overnight in Muscatine with a thermometer at 20 degrees above zero. Burlington reports its first real snowstorm of the season. Mason City sees six inches of snow and drifted highways halting bus service and delaying railroad schedules. temperatures drop to 4 below zero and pedestrians walk in the street due to heavy snow buildup.
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Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Fic
Muscatine
Burlington
Mason City
Iowa
Tata
Iowa Senate mulls ending six million state appropriations
Senator Buser proposed eliminating standing appropriations over 6 million dollars in Iowa. He argued current standing appropriations total 6.92 million and biennial totals exceed 13 million, with potential annual savings by striking them. The measure faces likely Senate debate next Wednesday amid earlier sessions on such funds. The morning included a heated discussion of the state printing bill and objections to printing teacher supplies.
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Associated Proje Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Buser
Muscatine County
Code Commission
Fortyfirst General Assembly
Fortieth General Assembly
Senate
Price
Monroe County
Bank veteran ties 50 years of service at Burlington
Lewis Callbridge, 73, vice president of the First Iowa State Trust and Savings Bank, Burlington, will complete fifty years of active service at year end. His record is believed to eclipse that of any other Iowa banker.
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Associated Preas
Burlington
Lewis Callbridge
First
Iowa State Trust and Savings Bank of
Lowa
Hudson Man Killed in Car Wreck Near Church
Wm. McGuire of Hudson was killed yesterday at noon when struck by an automobile and crushed against a telephone pole near St. Joseph's church after attending mass. The car was driven by George Reed of Waterloo and skidded on slippery pavement as Reed tried to pass McGuire.
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the Associated Press
Waterloo
Wm. McGuire
Hudson
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
George Reed
Reed
Mc.Guire
Secretary Wallace Sees Growing Farm Prosperity
Secretary Wallace reviews the year from an agricultural view and says conditions show continued improvement in American farming prosperity. He notes industry courage and faith among farmers are slowly paying off, with signs of progress though not as fast as hoped.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Body of Lieutenant Grenadaon Brought to Palermo
The body of Lieutenant Grenadaon, commander of the lost airship Dixmude, was brought to Palermo today with a guard of honor. It will be sent to France tomorrow. The coffin, draped with a French flag, will be guarded by marines, regular troops and militia.
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Palmero
Sicily
Grenadaon
France
Fraternity House Burned in Iowa City
Fire swept Phi Kappa fraternity house in Iowa City destroying the empty building and a new piano worth 1300 dollars. Loss estimated at 17000 dollars with insurance. The blaze occurred during holiday vacation following another fire at Gamma Phi Beta sorority house a week earlier.
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Iowa City
Associated Tress
Iowa
Phi Kappa
Ance
Ed Wilson
Gamma Phi Beta
Neva Flood Submerges Parts of Petrograd
Reports from Petrograd say part of the city lies beneath Neva waters as floodwaters rise despite bitter winter. Many factories are inundated and icebergs drift into the Neva from Lake Ladoga.
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Petrograd Se
Neva
Associated Press
Moscow
Petrograd
Lake
Ladoga
Two Die in Denver Apartment Fires Early Morning
Two women were killed and five others injured in two apartment fires in Denver attributed to overheated furnaces during a cold wave. Fire crews rescued remaining residents as the buildings were consumed by flames.
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Denver
West
Colo
Savings deposits show big growth in 1923 economy
The Federal Reserve Board reports 1923 earnings for American farmers and consumers rose beyond necessary expenditures leading to large growth in savings deposits versus 1922. Retail sales and production increased with more stable prices. Agricultural value rose by 900 million dollars while rail traffic reached record highs. Farmers benefited from larger crops higher prices and lower loan repayments though wheat and livestock recovery remained incomplete.
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Tre Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Delay Selection Of Yeoman Home Site
Lack of a quorum at a meeting of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen in Des Moines delaying the announcement of the site for the order’s $15,000,000 City of Childhood until tomorrow. H. M. H. Mof t man, an Iowa board member, announced the postponement.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
The
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Middlewest
H. HM. H Moftman
Iowa
Missionaries Seized by China Bandits in Hupeh Raid
The Associated Press reports Mrs. Julia Kilen was captured and Prof Bernard Hoff and Mrs. Hoff were wounded in a raid on Tsaoyang, Northern Hupeh. Lay Yao Jon leads the group. The American legation seeks their release and the brigands’ capture.
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Tity
Associated Press
Peeing
Teader
Lay Yao-Jon
Julia Kilen
Bernard Hoff
Hoff
Church of Lutheran Brethren
Tsaoyang
Hupeh Provence
Tiilen
Novak Faces Hamline AD Offer From St Paul
Cedar Rapids athletic director Leo Novak has been offered the post of athletic director at Hamline University in St Paul. He is in talks there and would join Hamline if a salary agreement is reached, a surprise to the Cedar Rapids school board and Washington high school staff.
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Novak
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Associated Prensa
ST. Paul, Minn
Leo Novak
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hamline University
Hamline
St.Paul
Washington
Boy Shot During Hunt Dies in Muscatine
In Muscatine on December 31 Arthur Willitrout aged 19 died after being shot by his boyfriend Clarence Dilley while hunting last Thursday. He sustained a shotgun wound to the left leg just below the hip and died at a local hospital.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Arthur Willitrout
Clarence Dilley
Boxers Smith and Herman Finish Training for Davenport Bout
Warni Smith and Tillie Kid Herman lightweights completed preparations in Davenport for a ten round New Year’s Day bout. Both weighed in under 148 pounds this morning while Eddie McGworthy, a former boxer, was chosen as the ring third man.
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Asenciated
Davenport
Warni Smith
Tillie ‘Kid Herman
Hoth
Eddie McGworthy
Iowa banker held in Pasadena over bank failure
Pasadena California December 31 Ot to Kenna former president of the American State Bank of Walnut Iowa was arrested on a telegraphic warrant from Council Bluffs charging him with responsibility for the bank's failure last year He was reported ill in hospital at the time and denied any connection with dealings that led to bankruptcy.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
Otto Kenna
American State Bank of
Walnut
Council Bluffs
An& Enid
State Licenses Motor Bus Lines
Des Moines reports six motor bus companies were licensed by the railroad commission between the April motor bus regulation law and year end. Additional licenses await issuance as more orders come through. Major bus centers include Des Moines Mason City Fort Dodge Sioux City Algona and Orange City. Iowa is among a few states regulating passenger and freight motor bus lines, aiding early industry development.
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Associated Bier
Des Moines
Flows
Fortieth General Assembly
Fred P. Woodruff
Commission
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Algona
Orange City
Iowa
Woodruff
Taxi Driver Fatally Shot by Passenger Near Montrose
Mike Shannon, a Fort Madison taxicab driver, died after a passenger shot him in the neck during a car ride from Montrose Iowa. The assailant fled, taking the cab and abandoning it on the Des Moines river bank near Keokuk.
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Fort Madison
Mike Shannon
Montrose
Iowa
Des Moines
Keokuk
Shannon
Foreign Boxers Invade America in Larger Numbers
New York December 31 The Associated Press reports a rising influx of foreign boxing talent to the United States with 1923 setting a high mark and 1924 expected to break it European and South American contenders seek major matches including Luis Angel Firpo and Luis Vicentini. British titleholders Rol and Todd arrive with Tommy Laughlin defeating Todd in a recent bout. European champions Ermino Spalla and Edouard Mascart are en route or planning arrivals to face American stars like Gene Tunney and Johnny Bundee in upcoming matches.
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The
Associated Press
New York
America
Europe
South America
Luis Angel Firpo
Luis Vicentini
Roland Todd
Harry Mason
Todd
Tommy Laughlin
Philadelphia
Reugh
Mason
Ermino Spalla
Italy
Gene Tunney
Edouard Mascart
France
Johnny Bundee
Materials of War Are Sold to Mexicans
The de la Huerta faction in Mexico filed a formal protest with the state department against U S plans to sell surplus army war materials to General Obregon s Mexico City government. The Obregon authorities are the only recognized U S counterpart, with no outcome indicated. The sale will deliver rifles and equipment to depots of the Eighth army corps area.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
de la Huerta
Mexico
State Department
United States
Mexico City
General Obregon
New York
Obregon
Washington
Obregon Government
Eighth Army Corps
Victor Man Shoots Wife and Kills Self in Iowa Home
In Cedar Rapids on December 31, Adam Dolmage aged 69, a Victor Iowa merchant, shot his young wife of three months in their bathroom and then killed himself in the basement. The pair were found after son Frank Dolmage reported a missing postcard.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Adam Dolmage
Victor
Frank Dolmage
Heiress sues over The Covered Wagon film portrayal
Mrs Virginia Bridger Hahn sues Famous Players Lasky and Paramount in Wyandotte County District Court for one million dollars. She claims the film depicts her father James Bridger as a heavy drinker living with two Indian squaws, causing her public shame and humiliation. The suit cites her as Bridger's sole living child and targets the motion picture adaptation of Emerson Hough's novel.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kans
Virginia Bridger
Hahn
Wyandotte County
Famous Players- Lasky Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation
James
Jim") Bridger
Emerson Hough
Bridger
Parsons College selects Glen Davis for basketball squad
Glen G Davis son of Mr and Mrs W S Davis of 1407 North Second Avenue Washington has been chosen as a member of the Parsons college Fairfield basketball squad for the coming season He is a junior this year and earned his letter in the cage sport at Parsons a year ago Davis is a leading candidate for a forward position This year’s Parsons team coached by Glenn De Vine former University of Iowa star is expected to be as strong as last season when Parsons won more games than any other Iowa athletic conference team
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Glen G. Davis
Georges Carpenter Eyes 1924 American Light Heavyweight clash
The text notes Carpenter seeking a prospective fifty venture in America in early 1924 to meet top American light heavyweights with Battling Siki, the Senegalese fighter, as a potential opponent. Eugene Criqui is also mentioned as part of the prior laurels and context.
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Laurels
Eugene Criqui
Georges Carpenter
America
Battling Siki
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