U. S. Accepts Agreement on War Damages
The United States confirms acceptance of a Paris accord on German reparations under the Dawes plan with no change in U S policy on chim payments. Washington indicates the settlement aims to finalise reparations while extending occupation costs over time.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Paris
Kellogg
United States
Germany
Inter-Allied Financial Conference
France
Wadsworth
inter-alMed Financial Conference
Italy
Fred B. Smith to Speak at Grinnell College
Fred B. Smith former Y M C A national secretary and head of the Men and Religion Forward movement will speak at Grinnell College Iowa on January 18 at the invitation of President Main and students. He will address faculty and students at a morning chapel service and again in the evening with a luncheon talk to all men.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Fred B. Smith
One Thousand On
New York City
Grinnell College
Main
Smith
Men and Religion Forward Movement
College
Woth
West Side teen dies after auto crash near Carroll
Mica Miley Schoenjahlen 206 years old, of West Side Iowa, died at St Anthony hospital Carroll after being pinned under a overturned car four miles from Sioux City. William Burns also injured in the tragedy car and in serious condition. Two other occupants from West Side escaped serious injury.
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Sioux
City
Mica Milly Schoenjahlen
West Side
St. Anthonys Hospital
Carroll
William Burns
Eest Side
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rhodes Scholars Data for 1923 24 and 1924 25
The Rhodes Trust reports 64 scholars began study in 1923 24 with 220 in residence overall 111 Americans and 109 from the British empire. For 1924 25 the in residence total is 180. The scholarship value has been increased by a yearly bonus of 250 dollars plus a required additional 250 dollars from the holder.
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London
Rhodes Trust
Rhodes
United States
British Empire
Government to settle Hokkaido with retrenchment workers
Tokyo reports a government push to colonize waste lands on Hokkaido for 40 000 to 56 000 workers laid off under a retrenchment plan. Discharged men receive a substantial bonus to start land allotments. About 240 families will move this year and 490 next year with government aid.
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Tokio
Hokkaido Island
Hokkaido
Henry Clay in Senate at Twenty-Nine
Henry Clay served in the United States Senate at age twenty nine, a tenure noted as contrary to the Constitution.
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Clay
Senate
Henry Clay
United States Senate
Busby Poland China Sale Sets Sales Record
A Saturday sale at the C. W. Busby and Company factory in northeast Washington saw 44 head of hogs sold with one sow at 102.50 dollars topping the event. The average for mature sows was about 60 dollars. Buyers from Kansas and Illinois joined local breeders in a strong showing as attention to quality breeding stock grows. The Busby herd has developed into a high quality group of hogs over the past two years.
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H. E
C. W. Busby
Poland
C. W. Busby and Company
Washington
Kansas
Illinois
Show Pictures At High School
Prof. H G Montgomery of the agriculture course at the Washington high school announces a motion picture on the danger of tuberculosis in cattle to be shown Tuesday evening at 7 30. The public is invited. The film was viewed at the Fox theater today by Rotary and Lions clubs and was brought here by County Agent H V Ellis.
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H. G. Montgomery
Washington High School
Fox Theater
Rotary
Lions Clubs
H. V. Ellis
Mystery girl identified in Chicago case
After 53 days in Cook County Hospital the Chicago mystery girl was identified as Charlotte McGuire a 20 year old student from a St. Louis college. She was identified by her aunt Mrs Annie Griffith and returned home to her mother last night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Charlotte Norris
Charlotte McGuire
St. Louis College
Miss McGuire
Annie Griffith
Dublin police to be merged with civic guard under bill
Dublin authorities announce the police force will be abolished and merged with the civic guard under the police force amalgamation bill. The move follows years of noted size and strength in the force.
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Dublin
Civic Guard
Woman Dies of Blood Poisoning Infix Thumb Care
Sioux City Iowa January 12 Blood poisoning contracted while caring for an infected thumb of her husband caused the death of Mrs Karen Winfeld Holm and her husband is near death as the result of the infection.
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Sioux City
Karen Winfeld Holm
Belief Over Deeds Cited From Classical Thought
A compact reflection contrasts belief with knowledge, citing Tacitus to argue belief may feel more reverent and sacred than absolute knowing. The line invites readers to weigh faith against empirical certainty.
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Tuacitus
Lester Duke Part of Grinnell College Conference
Grinnell Iowa January 1 twelve student members and eight faculty met in a historic conference at Grinnell College to draft recommendations on scholastic standards student faculty relations outside activities social life and supervised study with leaders including William Wood Jr Neil Crone Lester Duke and Elena Wareham among others.
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William Wood, Jr
Dee Moines
Lantern
Neil Crone
Marshalltown
Rhodes
Lester Dake
Washington
James Pierce
Des Moines
Leon Jones
John McGee
Council Bluffs
Smith Hall
Elena Wareham
Ottumwa
Women’s League Board
Hilda Mauck
Kansas City
The
Scarlet and Black
Dorothy Smith
Osage
Katherine Davis
Girls’ Glee Club
Alta Booton
Grinnell
Marguerite Merryman
Blairsburg
Governor of Kansas Arrested on Bribery Charge
Governor Jonathan M. Davis and his son Russell were charged with soliciting a $1,250 bribe for pardoning banker Fred W. Pullman. Warrants issued by Judge Paul Heinz, with a Friday hearing set for January 23, and bond fixed at $1,000 each as Davis faced arrest on his last day in office.
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the Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Russell
Tinkham Veale
Paul Heinz
Court of
Tom Hurley
Col
A. M. Harvey
Davis
Ben
Paulen
Kas
Russell G
Fred W. Pullman
Prussia shelves co education in secondary schools
Berlin reports that Prussia will not permit co educational classes in its secondary schools. Officials argue girls mature intellectually faster until age 16, after which boys generally surpass them, making mixed classes disadvantageous for both genders.
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Prussia
Berlin
Stokes Trial Set for Opening Today in Chicago
Trial of W E D Stokes wealthy New York hotel man Daniel Nucent and several others for conspiracy to defame Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes in a Chicago case on Stokes divorce moves toward opening Our sources say Mrs Stokes asked charges be dropped citing family illness but the state may proceed with the case with possible continuance.
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Chicago
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Daniel Nucent
Helen Elwood Stokes
Stokes
President Coolidge Hosts Builders at White House
Delegates from American contracting groups converge in Washington for the Sixth annual Associated General Contractors meeting. A White House reception and Hoover speech open three days of talks on building highways and railroads with federal officials and plans to curb seasonal construction fluctuations.
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Washington
United States
Associated General Contractors of America
Coolidge
White House
Hoover
Work
Lord
Thomas H. McDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
F E. Hunt
President's Conference On
Berlin Schools Adopt Athletes
Berlin reports rising interest in gymnastic training and plans to require swimming lessons for all children as facilities expand. Last summer over 2,000 pupils trained in swimming and city natatoria will be opened to 10,000 in coming months. Winter sports like sleighing and skiing gain favor, with pushball and medicine ball catching on in schools.
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Berlin
Germany
Des Moines Opens Legislature with Edson Speaker
The Iowa legislature began its regular session with W. C. Edson of Buena Vista sworn in as speaker. Walter H. Beam becomes secretary of the senate, and Lt. Gov. Hammill will be inaugurated as governor Thursday. Real business starts next week after gubernatorial address and inaugural activities.
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Itv
Prema
Des Moines
Kendall
House
W. C. Edson
Buena Vista County
Senate
Walter H. Beam
Col
Leon W. Ainsworth
John Hammill
C. Gustafson
Volney Diltz
Polk
Patterson
Kossuth
Edson
O'Donnell
Dubuque
Hammill
Assembly
Lasher
Goodman
Polk County
Johnston
Franklin
Baird
Pottawattamie
Shinn
Harrison
Bergman
Jasper
Rigby
Cedar
London Fog Halts Traffic and Causes Bus Collisions
London is fog bound with traffic nearly stopped. Omnibuses parked along curbs and many collisions injuring passengers. One bus overturned in dense fog where lamps failed to help. A French flight under bright sun landed safely after nearing London.
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London
France
Robbers Carry Safe From Chain Store
Des Moines January 12 robbers broke into a Piggly Wiggly branch store and carried out a safe with about 500 dollars inside. The heist was discovered later by passersby with the culprits fleeing in an automobile.
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Associated Presa
Des Moines
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