Upset in New York district highlights election night
Tuesday's voting produced a mixed result across states with Democrats winning in Kentucky Maryland and Mississippi while Republicans held steady in most chambers. Notable events included Fairchild losing New York's twenty fourth district and Bartelme becoming Illinois first woman circuit court judge.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
Vermont
Porter H. Dale
Perk H. Pollard
President Coolidge
Fairchild
New York
William J. Fields
Charles J. Dawson
Klan Officials Face Warants and Trial Moves
Atlanta Nov 7 Warrants issued for Hiram W Evans imperial wizard and three other Klan officials amid claims of planned violence. Phillip B Fox publicity chief for the Ku Klux Klan may go on trial next week for Coburn murder. Dr Fred B Johnson swore out warrants but did not appear in court.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ku Klux Klan
Hathcock
Fred B. Johnson
San Antonio
Texas
H. W. Evans
Troy
Associated
Preas
Atlanta
Phillip BE. Fox
W.S. Coburn
Simmons
Hiram W. Evans
Imperial Palace
Fred Johnson
William Joseph Simmons
Evans
R. Evans
H. K. Ramsey
Imperial Lligraft
Order
Brown Harwood
Imperial Klazik
All Grandas
T. J. McKinnon
Klan
Municipal
Come
Coburn
Fox
Dr. Johnson
Forbes Resignation Sought Over Perryville Surplus Sale
President Harding urged the resignation of Charles R. Forbes as Veterans Bureau director after testimony on the Perryville Maryland surplus sale. General Sawyer described shipments sent despite an order to stop and a plan that divided Perryville property 80 percent to the bureau and 20 percent to public health.
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Harding
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Perryville
Maryland
Sawyer
Senate Veterans’ Committees
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Steads
General Sawyer
General Hospitalization Board
Thompson & Kelly Company, Incorporated
Boston
Cummings
Public Health Service
Sayer
General Cummings
Coleonel Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
France develops best athletes for 1924 Olympic team
The French Athletic Federation unveiled the Paris drawn program for Olympic prep. Trials begin after March 29 cross country season and five pre Olymp ic meets every two weeks from Easter Sunday. Champions from Paris provinces compete, with Marseille and Strasbourg hosting regional meets before a final Paris selection of four men per event.
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Associated Press
Paris
French Athletic Federation
France
Coombes
Marseilles
Strasbourg
Stokes Divorce Case Summary Begins in New York
A noon start marked the summing up in the divorce suit of W. E. B. D. Stokes against Helen Elwood Stokes. The moment followed a rebuttal aimed at countering Mrs. Stokes claims she never visited Bethel Connecticut with co respondent Edgar T. Wallace.
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Associated Press
New York
W. EB. D. Stokes
Helen Elwood Stokes
Stokes
Bethel
Connecticut
Edgar T. Wallace
Constitutional stance on franchise for women and African Americans
Fragment notes a debate on extending franchise rights to women and Black citizens. Language suggests tense constitutional contention and evolving suffrage discussions without clear outcomes or dates.
Judge F D Letts Nominated For Supreme Court Vacancy
The Scott County bar association names Judge F. D. Letts for the vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court after Justice Weaver’s death. Governor Kendall will be urged to consider the Davenport judge to provide eastern Iowa representation on the bench. Letts, a Washington County native, is brother of Representative Floyd Letts.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Scott County Bar Association
F. D Letts
Supreme Court
Justice Weaver
Kendall
Supreme Bench
Judge Letts
Washington County
Floyd Letts
President Delays Action on Vet Bureau Inquiry
President Coolidge said he would not act in the veteran bureau inquiry until the senate committee reports. He expects a call for action and will consider the committee's recommendation as the basis for appropriate steps.
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VET Bureau
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Veteran’ Bureau
Senate
Imperial premiers approve search proposal near American shore
London reports the imperial conference of premiers gave final assent to a plan allowing British ships suspected of minor running to be stopped and searched within an agreed distance of the American coast. The decision follows recommendations from the British foreign office and an expert committee.
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London
Imperial Conference of Premiers
British Foreign Office
Tragedy at Iowa Farm Thresher Claims Worker
Des Moines reports W E Cale aged 45 of St Charles Iowa died in a local hospital after arm was caught in a threshing machine. The death occurred last night and is being investigated as a farming accident involving a threshing device.
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Des Moines
W. E. Cale
St. Charles
Iowa
President Orders Resignation Amid Shipping Insurbordination
A Health Service representative from Perryville reported 126 carloads of materials shipped to Thompson and Kelley. The president directed Colonel Forbes to resign after further shipments despite the order, citing insubordination.
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Public Health Service
Perryville
Thompson and
Kelley
Forbes
Corn Husking Much Delayed in Iowa
Des Moines reports only 16 percent of the Iowa corn crop husked by November 1, far below 34 percent a year earlier. High soil moisture and last week’s storms delayed harvests. About a quarter of the yield is expected below last year’s average as winter wheat and grasses show growth due to ample moisture.
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Associated Press
DES
Warren Stone Calls Meeting of Railway Labor Groups
Warren Stone president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers calls a meeting of the chief executives of sixteen standard railroad labor organizations in Cleveland to agree on a definite legislative policy for matters before the next congress. The Wash November 14 session was announced.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Railroad
Warren 5. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wash
Stowe
Steamer Hives Rises and Explodes After Seven Years
In Oran Algeria a World War I mine at the harbor entrance caused the steamer Hives to sink keel up with grain trapped inside. After seven years the gas-producing grain lifted the wreck to the surface, lifting the hull and causing a nighttime explosion.
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Oran
Algeria
Hives
Burnett Found Guilty in Bastrop Hold Up Case
Burnett was found guilty by Judge Odem in district court in Bastrop La for assault with a dangerous weapon in the 1922 hold up of Harry Neales. Jene Rogers’ case was kept under consideration.
Improvement in Jewish Conditions Across Europe Report
The American Jewish Committee reports a collapse of anti Semitic agitation in the United States leading to a salutary effect on anti Jewish activities in Europe. It cites reduced Jewish immigration to the U S and a revival of cultural life in Poland Roumania Latvia with growing schools and publications.
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New York
United States
Europe
American Jewish Committee
Louis Marshall
America
Albert D. Lasker
Julius Rosenwald
Abel Davis
Chicago
Oscar 8. Straus
Abram S. Elkus
Justice Irving Lehman
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
Lewis L. Strauss
Mr. Marshall
Cyrus
Germany
Poland
Roumania
Latvia
Russia
Hungary
Austria
Lithuania
Walton pleads not guilty to impeachment charges
Oklahoma City November 7 Governor J C Walton pleads not guilty to all 22 impeachment charges. His counsel files explanations to each article in a lengthy brief. A motion to dismiss was argued in Lawton as the federal court considers potential intervention to halt the impeachment trial.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. C. Walton
Lawton
United States
George Short
Cotteral
Federal
Oklahoma
Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Walton
Designation of federal aid highway system announced
Washington November 7 designation of all roads in the Federal-aid highway system totaling about 185000 miles has been completed and approved by the bureau of public roads. The seven percent selected for future systematic improvement is the largest task assigned to the bureau.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
United States
Woman Dies After Auto Crash In Hesper
Mrs. Robinson Reid of Hesper was killed when an automobile driven by her husband overturned late yesterday afternoon in a West Union area accident.
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West ‘Union
Robinson Reid
Hesper
Know Thyself a Humble Sense of Fallibility
A cautious note on human fallibility and the need for stronger restraints on others to prevent error. reflects a measured view that self awareness should be paired with external checks and governance.
Male Quartet Voice Test Limits Reach on Final Note
A male quartet is considered a failure if it has no selection permitting the tenor or the basso to reach the ultimate note possible.
Enforcement urged today by governor at Iowa conference
Des Moines November 7. A committee led by Governor Kendall was formed to discuss stronger enforcement of Iowa laws especially prohibition. Attendees include Attorney Ben Gibson, County Attorney J Corey, Buell Cash, and Justice F F Ville, with state and municipal officials present. The Iowa Anti-Saloon League outlined plans for a bone dry state and stricter compliance. Kendall urged uniform enforcement and fidelity to all statutes.
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Des Moines
Amittee
Kendall
Ant
John Hammil
Iowa
N. E. Kendall
Ben Gibson
J. Corey
Clay County
Buell Cash
Davis
F. F
Ville
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Gabor Kendall
Riverside Woman Anna Beatch Dies After Brief Illness
Riverside Nov 6 Mrs Anna Beatch aged 76 longtime Riverside resident dies at home after a short illness pneumonia. She was born May 13 1856 to Jad and Anna Streb and married Joseph Beatch in 1875. Survived by ten children eight daughters and two sons in Saskatchewan and Illinois and one sister and several brothers. Funeral services to be held at St Marys church Riverside.
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Riverside
Anna
Canada
Anna Streb
Jad
Joseph Beateh
Mary Dean
Beatch
Here
Henry
George
John
Olas
Louis
Irene
Margaret
Boutre
Leona
Saskatchewan
H Betch
Lone Tree
Roseby
Norbert Beatch
Beth Dunn
Bloomington
Conrad Streb
Dixon
Frank Streb
St. Mary's Church
Robbery at Broadway Jewelry Store Nets $75000
In New York on November 7 three well dressed men robbed a jewelry store at Broadway and 47th street. They forced the proprietor and three clerks into a back room then rifled show cases, escaping with about seventy five thousand dollars in jewels.
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Associated Press
New York
Dreds
Broadway
47Th Street
Solar System Lesson Echoes in Human Society
A reflective piece notes that the solar system operates without error while human society follows a seemingly faultless path despite perceived mistakes. It draws a parallel between cosmic order and societal confidence.
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Solar System
Lots of Room There
An opinion piece laments scarce space and limited responsibility in a workplace or policy, noting dodge of accountability creates ongoing trouble and insufficient pay despite available opportunities. The tone urges clearer duties and fair compensation to resolve friction.
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Silzer
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Ralph
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Bartelme
D. J. Normoyle
Columbus
Charles F. Schetbie
Newark
Steubenville
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Herman Passevant
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Warren Stone
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