Poincare Raps Baldwin in Forbes Inquiry
The Senate veterans committee pressed the affair of former Veterans Bureau chief Charles R Forbes. On the stand Forbes denied misconduct while cross examining about hospital contracts and alleged parties abroad. The inquiry also detailed a construction code Mortimer testified to and involved firms Hurley Black Thompson and others.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Veterans’ Committee
Charles R. Forbes
Forbes
Elias H. Mortimer
Veterans’ Bureau
Mortimer Eye Bianeet
Pacific
B. Hurley
Murley-Macon Company
Tacoma
J. W. Black
Black- Thompson Company
Chicago
O' Ryan
Child Dies Playing With Loaded Gun In Mason City
Nine year old LaBda Digregorios was killed by her five year old brother while playing with a discarded revolver in Mason City. Parents said they did not know the weapon was loaded.
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Associated Press
Mason City
LaBda Digregorios
Bond withdrawn in slaying case at Iowa City
Mrs Ber yl Wertz Leeper and her relatives faced bond withdrawal as Johnson county Sheriff took her into custody. The $15 000 bond was withdrawn while efforts strive to renew it ahead of a trial not yet set. Her husband Robert Leeper, already convicted last May, serves a life sentence at the penitentiary.
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Iowa City
Beryl Wertz Leeper
Robert Leeper
Nina Wertz
Oy Wertz
Martin
Johnson County
Police disperse Berlin food rioters as bread price soars
In Berlin on November 16 crowds surged after bread prices jumped to 400 billion marks. Police charged those threatening to storm bakeries, and numerous arrests followed amid the food riot.
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Berlin
Germany
Clifford Thorne Genius at Figures Remembered
The late Clifford Thorne died Tuesday in London while on vacation. He chaired Iowa railroad commissioners 1912 1917 and was remembered as a master of statistics whose conservative figures and integrity guided public cases. He earned a $1000 Chicago fee from a pivotal case and soon built a considerable fortune through his law practice.
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Prema Pes
Navy
Clifford Thorne
London
Europe
State House
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Neill Garrett
Thorne
Railroad Commission
Chicago
Iowa Commission
Smoot Opposes Higher Bond Issue For Soldier Bonus
Senator Smoot of Utah rejects McAdoo's proposal for a fifty year government bond issue to fund a soldiers bonus. He states he favors reducing bond issues rather than increasing them and will chair the Senate Finance Committee in the next session.
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the Resortated Press
Washington, Db. C
William G. McAdoo
Smoot Republican
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Conkers
IL Am
Smoot
New Paneled Weating Stock Printed At Your Order
A brief notice from The Journal announces paneled weaving stock offered printed or engraved to order. The item appears as a materials or craft listing in a local newspaper section.
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Journal
Madman Kills Four in Minnesota Shooting Spree
Leonard Portano, 35, killed four people including J A Wilson marshal and Oscar Timmy in Kelliher Minnesota. He left a written confession and fled through woods pursued by a dawn posse. Myrtle Sanders believed missing but not harmed.
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Associated Press
Timmy
Portano
Myrtie Sanders
Marshal Wilson
Portana
Sanders
Wilson
Myrtle Sanders
Army flyer heads for Omaha with freight and passenger
Pilot Howard Rinehart departed Smithfield this morning in an R W aerial coupe carrying one hundred pounds of freight and one passenger. He aims for Omaha, hoping clear weather keeps his pace, after a temporary halt in his cross country flight from Dayton, Ohio.
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City
Continent
Howard Rinehart
Smithfield
Omaha
Dayton
Ohio
Temperament Tempered by Time in Quiet Social Scene
A brief item notes how a local personality labeled Temperament adjusts reaction to social pressure, showing restraint and measured conduct during a period of mild public scrutiny. No incidents or dates are specified, leaving the scene framed as an observation of conduct.
Vassar Girls Do Not Smoke Says College President
Chicago report from the annual Vassar Alumni convention quotes Dr. Henry N. McCracken, president of Vassar College, denying rumors that Vassar girls smoke or that hockey players bare knees. He says overall college girls are improving and dismisses chatter about rule defiance.
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Chicago
Iil
Vassar
Henry N. McCracken
McCracken
Box Car Bandits Kill Railway Patrol In Des Moines Yards
Des Moines Describes the killing ofThomas P. Griffin 47 a Chicago Rock Island patrol agent near the witch yards believed attacked by box car bandits Two men were arrested shortly before moon and a third was being sought Bloodhounds aided authorities in tracing the suspects Griffin brother of former Polk County sheriff John Griffin.
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Associated Press
Des
Republicans Set Caucus to Plan Next Congress
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts Republican leader in the Senate returned to Washington to prepare for the new Congress. He met President Coolidge and arranged a White House appointment to discuss the legislative program. A conference of Republican senators is expected next week around December 1 to map the program and assign committees.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Congress
President Coolidge
White House
Hiram Johnson launches progressive bid for president
Chicago reports Hiram W. Johnson of California entering the Republican race and opposing the league of nations while calling for progressive reforms. William G. McAdoo’s Omaha endorsement signals a separate Democratic bid, with McAdoo planning to return to Los Angeles after a stop in Omaha.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Lil
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Omaha
Nebraska
William G. McAdoo
David L. Rockwell
Ravenna
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Johnson
League of Nations
World Court
Washington
Mr. McAdoo
Los Angeles
Must Change State Laws to Make Use of Federal Credits
Secretary Wallace announced that many states must amend laws to allow farmer use of intermediate credits under the Agricultural Credits Act. He said farmers may secure credits through local banks or state authorized cooperative associations, but state laws must permit such associations and grant their financial powers. Iowa is cited as lacking permission for agricultural cooperative associations to borrow from intermediate credit banks.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Walace
Agricultural Department
Credit Saeuane
Wallace
Iowa
Advertisement in the Journal Promises Prompt Service
A terse note asserts that responding to the Journal advertisement secures prompt service. The line implies reassurance to readers seeking quick assistance from the advertiser.
Baltic States Face Future Uncertainty Amid Russian Threat
Riga reports on Latvia Estonia and Lithuania as hopeful yet tense within a volatile regional scene. Observers say the Baltic states, though prospering in trade and agriculture, remain wary of Soviet ambitions and fear possible future Russian aggression.
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Baltic States
Riga
Baltic Republic
Germany
Soviet Russia
Latvia
Esthenia
Lithuania
Russia
Riga Reval
Kovno
Moscow
Baltic
Haps
Iowa Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1923
Governor N. E. Kendall of Iowa designates Thursday November 29 1923 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. The proclamation urges suspension of secular pursuits and worship in sanctuaries, praising the state’s health prosperity and government. Des Moines on November 13 1923.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
N. E. Kendall
Iowa
Commonwealth
State of
A. D
Goat Eats Nitro Can He Digest It
The Associated Press reports in Aurora Illinois on November 16 that a goat ate half a pound of nitro glycerine in gelatin form and two tacks of dynamite. Authorities avoid approaching the animal as no one will take on the task. The owner says it digests such items as it does rubber tires.
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Associated Press
Aurora, Lll
Iowans Protest Moline Scheme for More Power
Davenport reports Iowa residents challenged a U S proposal to canalize the Rock Island rapids above Moline by closing a dam gap to supply more power. Attorneys and Iowa citizens opposed while Illinois representatives backed the plan. The hearing adjourned for two weeks for written data.
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The
Associated Press
Davenport
Iowa
United States
Rock Island Rapids
Moline
Duck Creek
United States Engineer’s Office
Rock Island
Ben J. Gibson
Illinois
No-Peace Mindset Drives Criminal Careers Opinion
The remark dismisses the appeal of inner calm for men who choose crime, arguing their taste for quiet cannot temper the lure of illicit gain and notoriety in a harsh existence. It frames criminal life as a rejection of peace rather than a struggle for it.
France and Britain Clash Over Franco British Dispute
Paris reports Premier Poincare rebuked Prime Minister Baldwin and denied sole French fault in stalled Franco British talks. London dispatches note France’s penalties against Germany risk widening the crisis, with Britain opposing sanctions and urging restraint amid talks on Ruhr and Allied controls. Parliament dissolves for December elections. Stuttgart railway crash claims seven lives. Ruhr talks show no new moves as each side awaits others.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Baldwin
Chamber of Deputies
M. Poincare
London
France
Maryland
Germany
Berlin
England
Frankfort
Ruhr
Hamburg
Bremen
Hich
Foreign Office
Uambure
George
Stuttgart
Dusseldorf
Acquit of Slayers in Soviet Peace Envoy Case
Maurice Conrad, a Swiss engineer, and Paul Ponnine, a Russian, were acquitted by the jury in Lausanne of the May 10 assassination of Vaslay Voraysky the Soviet envoy to the second Lausanne conference.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Switzerland
Maurice Conrad
Paul Polonnine
Vaslay Voraysky
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