Johnson charges to veterans committee in Kasavage case
Rep Johnson accused the Veterans Bureau of kidnapping Charles Kasavage from an insane asylum in Washington state and moving him to a Pennsylvania hospital. He cited a state court restraining order and said Director Hines asked him to present facts to right the wrongs. He protested testimony by Dr O Smith on November 5 and opposed later use of testimony in a suit against a soldier in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Veterans Bureau
Charles Kasavage
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate Veterans Committee
Representative Johnson
Johnson
Bureau
Hines
O. Smith
Committee Council
Wilkes- Berre
Supreme Court invalidates alien cropping contracts in California and Washington
The Supreme Court held that cropping contracts with aliens ineligible to own or lease land under California and Washington alien land laws are invalid. It also upheld a prior ruling that those laws prohibit aliens not eligible for citizenship from owning stock in a landholding corporation and from owning or dealing in agricultural lands.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
California
Washington
Supreme Court
Thorne Funeral Party to Reach U S Friday
The body of Clifford Thorne who died in London last week will arrive in New York Friday and be transferred to a west bound train for Washington where the funeral is set for Wednesday November 28 at the Methodist church. The party includes Lacey Walker of the American Petroleum Institute and Mrs Thorne’s brother L E Latta of Montreal among others.
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Clifford Thorne
London
New York
C. A. Boice
Boice
Washington
Iowa
Thorne
Berengaria South Hampton
Jones
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Rob Welch
American Petroleum Institute
Dock Station
Mr. Hulatt
Fetter
Lacey Walker
American Petroleum Ineatitute
Methodist Church
L. E. Latta
Montreal
Sylvia Warren
John Harvey Lee
Philadelphia
Thirne
Coolidge Likely to Endorse Mellon Tax Proposal
President Coolidge leans toward the Mellon tax reduction plan and may flatly endorse it in his message to Congress. Administration officials say such backing could quell Republican opposition to tax revision at the upcoming session as lawmakers gather to discuss the issue.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Congress
Mellon
Miss Montgomery Speaks on Home Missions at church
Miss Ella Montgomery, a missionary in the southern mountains, spoke at the 1st United Presbyterian Church last night on home missions. Earlier Rev. J Reade McCrory delivered the opening sermon in a five part series titled The Condition and Needs of the Church with the message Woe unto them who are at ease in Zion.
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Ella Montgomery
1St United Presbyterian Church
J. Reade McCrory
Zion
Journal Informs Merchants Of Your Din
A line notes merchants were told the Journal read aloud a complaint about a din or disturbance. The brief item records how readers were urged to heed the Journal’s warnings and maintain order in the marketplace.
Will Protect Crown Prince Returns Home
Berlin reports Chancellor Stresemann told party executives the crown prince’s return creates new perils yet he prefers suffering French brutality to exile from his family. He said the burden will fall on the German people as they face ongoing political strain.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Streseman
Chariton Man Appointed District Judge in Iowa
Emmerson Wells of Chariton was named by Governor Kendall to be district judge for the second Iowa district. He succeeds Charles W. Vermilion of Centerville, who moved to the state supreme court to fill the vacancy created by the late S. M. Weaver of Iowa Falls.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Emmerson
Wells
Chariton
N. E. Kendall
Second
Judicial District of
Iowa
Charlies W. Vermilion
Centerville
Supreme Court
Vermilion
S. M. Weaver
Iowa Falls
Colfax Finishes $160,000 Paving Project
Colfax completes a $160,000 paving program adding 46 blocks of improved streets. The Cedar Falls firm that performed the work finished the project.
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Colfax
Cedar Falls
Dictatorship risk looms amid Prince's surrender demand
The speaker rejects a demand to surrender the crown prince while warning that mounting political pressures could foster a dictatorship, creating an unbearable weight on governing authorities. The remark highlights fears of erosion of democratic norms under external pressure.
Johnson Says He Will Fight For Constructive Labor Legislation
Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota told Chicago labor leaders he will fight in Congress to defend his aims and push a constructive legislative program. He recounted that two months after arriving in the country he joined a labor union and that a strike followed two months later. He said some workers scabbed during the dispute.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Chicago Federation of Labor Today
Congress
Johnson
English whiskey makers resist prohibition at London conference
At the fourth conference of the Ligue Internationale des Adversaires des Prohibition in London, liquor leaders defend tradition and temperance while warning governments against enforcing prohibition. US officials cite rising auto accidents and social ills, NZ delegates note multiple referendums, and English merchants caution against shifting demand away from drink.
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London
England
Ligue Internationale Des Adversaires Des Prohibition
Mr. Fox
New Zealand
KK. Rutherford
Wine and
Thanks Town Gift From Disabled Veterans
Lee Holland received a letter from William H. Nye state commander of the Disabled Veterans of the World War thanking Washington supporters for a 180.47 dollar donation from the November 10 forget-me-nots sale. Organizers included J. B. Crall and many local women. Nye cited it as the largest gift from a city without a local chapter and praised the community’s spirit and service.
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Lee Holland
William H. Nye
Rockwell City
Iowa
J. B. Crall
Mr. Nye
Washington
Senator Johnson Defends Principled Stand in Washington
Senator Johnson denies being radical saying he only had backbone to stand up for his principles. The remarks came as he arrived in Washington amid a dispute over job actions and loyalty to party principles.
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Washington
Johnson
Governor defied by oil price clash in South Dakota
The Associated Press reports in Falls City that Governor McMaster threatened to compel gasoline sales at twelve cents a gallon unless dealers matched the state price of sixteen. Standard Oil and most independents held at seventeen and a half cents, with one independent dropping to fifteen and a half cents in Sioux Falls as ordered.
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Associated Press
Falls
McMaster
Sioux Falls
Boy shot near home blamed on bootleggers in Mason City
In Mason City on November 19 a four teen boy named Victor Cater was shot while crossing a railroad near his home during a neighborhood wild west show. Police blame bootleggers for the shooting. the boy is expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Victor Cater
Allies Reach In Principle On Germany Attitude
Paris reports an in principle accord by the council of ambassadors on measures toward Germany. The pact aims to protest Germany for failing to protect the allied military control mission, with penalties possible if assurance is not provided. France signals occupation of the Rhine land and bridgeheads until guarantees are given.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Germany
M. Poincare
Council of Ambassadors
Great Britain
Belgium
London
Berlin
Poincare
Neunilly
Rhineland
Foreign Office
Harves
Reich
Neuilly
Ruhr
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