Farm Union rejects farm strike at Des Moines meeting
National convention of the farmers union ends its session after defeating Milo Reno’s farm strike proposal 68 to 19. Resolutions condemn the Hawley Smoot tariff, back governmental operation of Muscle Shoals, urge federal farm board investigation, and favor a graduated income tax and higher inheritance tax. John A. Simpson is reelected president with H. G. Keeney as VP and E. E B. Kennedy named secretary.
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Des Moines
The
Farmers Union
Muscle Shoals
Federal Farm Board
Milo Reno
Congress
John A. Simpson
Oklahoma City
H. G. Keeney
Omaha
E. E B. Kennedy
Kankakee, Ill
James J. O'Shea
Roberts, Mont
Work reserves prepare for Keokuk game at Washington
Washington high school Demons coach Jim Schulz resembles his rivals in Keokuk preparing reserves for a Thanksgiving clash with Mt. Pleasant. The beat shows the bench is improving while Keokuk looms as a potential tougher test, and the Little Six title chase hinges on the Thanksgiving day contest.
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Jim Shultz
Washington High School Demons
Keokuk
Schulz
Carlton
Mt. Pleasant
Railroads seek credit corps to aid weaker lines
The Association of Railway Executives filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission proposing a railroad credit corporation to aid financially weaker roads. The plan follows the commission's denial of a flat 15 percent freight rate increase and suggests using funds from rate hikes as loans to carriers unable to cover interest charges.
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Washington
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hyde urges farmer cooperatives to curb overproduction
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde told the three day land utilization conference in Chicago that overproduction can only be solved by farmer owned, farmer controlled cooperative associations. He warned taxes rise, land values fall, and farmers face mortgage trouble unless a new era of planned land use begins. James C. Stone urged starting a national land utilization program.
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Chicago
Arthur M. Hyde
Wercculture
Hyde
Association of Land Grant Colleges
James C. Stone
Federal Farm Board
Grain prices stay high as traders ride optimism
Chicago November 19 professional grain traders on the short side were routed by public optimism at the Chicago board of trade. Wheat corn and rye advanced with futures closing higher by about one to two cents a bushel.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ducks Open Season Closes as Fur Bearers Begin in Iowa
Iowa fish and game commission reports the open duck season ends at sunset today, with waterfowl protections resuming under state law. Fur bearing animals begin season in southern Iowa tomorrow, running until January 15.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fish and Game Commission
Memory Honored by Iowa Masons at Davenport Banquet
A memorial tribute honored Amos N. Alberson at a Davenport banquet closing the Zarephath Consistory reunion. The 1919 class was remembered as the Amos Norris Alberson Memorial Class with degrees conferred and a memorial service led by John W. Gannaway. Keosauqua attorney Robert R. McBeth also spoke, drawing on Albersons long service in Masonic bodies and community rivalry. Attendees from Washington included I. Rothschild, Lyman Babcock, Roy Means, Sam T. Donahey, Howard Richardson, and J. Eljott Grayson.
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Amos N. Alberson
Davenport
Zarephath
Amos Norris Alberson
Alberson
John W. Gannaway
Masons
Iowa
Washington
Robert R. McBeth
Keosauqua
Tuter
Mr. Alberson
I. Rothschild
Lyman Babcock
Roy Means
Sam T. Donahey
Howard Richardson
J. Eljott Grayson
Grand Tyler
Dr. Browns Book Is Reviewed Today at Public Library
Mrs. Jennie Acheson presented a review of My Own Yesterdays by Charles R. Brown at the public library this afternoon. She read excerpts to share Brown tale of varied pastorates Yale deanery lecture travel and authorship. The turnout was the largest yet with nearly fifty attendees. Friday S A Stephens of Ainsworth reviews Allison's House by Glaspell and Saturday Miss Jeanette Kyle presents Humanity Uprooted by Maurice Hindus.
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Jennie Acheson
Book Week
Public Library
Charles R. Brown
Dr. Brown
Yale Divinity School
Acheson
S. A. Stephens
Ainsworth
Grandi to Speak on National Network From Washington
Italian foreign minister Dino Grandi will close his Washington visit with a nationwide NBC radio broadcast at 6 30 P M EST delivering remarks in Italian and English. Mussolini, reachable later, conveyed high satisfaction with the reception and invited Grandi to relay greetings to President Hoover and Secretary Stimson.
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New York
Dino Grandi
Washington
National Broadcasting Company
Grandi
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Dino Grandhi
Rome
Hoover
Stimson
Mussolini
Musolini
White House
Signor Dino Grandi
Signora Antonietta Grandi
Signor Grandi
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Signora Grandi
Secretar Stimson
Washington, Navy
Ambassador Dawes
Paris
Skidding at Little Theater Tonight
The junior college orchestra and ensembles present Skidding a clean comedy of modern home life tonight at the high school auditorium directed by Miss Helen Coffey. The cast includes William Sartor Ruth Gideon Mary Pauls Mary Mickey Mary Louise Hopping and others with Grant McKune Burdette Westermark Wilma Walker and Harvey Coulter in key roles. Season tickets remain and single admissions are sold at the door. curtain rises at eight o’clock.
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Helen Coffey
Andy
William Sartor
Mother Hardy
Ruth Gideon
Hardy Sisters
Mary Pauls
Mary Mickey
Mary Louise Hopping
Grant McKune
Donald Coats
Grandpa
Burdette Westermark
Wilma Walker
Harvey Coulter
Widow Admits Help in Poison Plot in Illinois
In Pekin Illinois Mrs Alice Mason confessed to authorities she aided in the arsenic poisonings of her husband and daughter Mildred 12 to obtain life insurance. She named three accomplices but the sheriff said he doubts her statements and will question them as part of uncovering full details of the death plot.
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Pekin
Ill
Alice Mason
Delavan
Mildred
James J. Crosby
Fairfield Wins 6 to 0 in Charity Football Game
Fairfield defeats Washington Independent 6 to 0 at Case Field in a charity match benefited the Good Fellows fund and local athletic programs. The game drew a sizable crowd with Washington gaining 215 yards to Fairfield’s 25. A late scoring drive ended with Novell to Hoffman for a touchdown after a blocked punt.
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Casefield
Walter Oetjen
Washington Independent
Fairfield
Washington
Blough
George Freshwater
Novell
Hoffman
Oetjen Brothers
Diplomat Tourists Jump aboard Steamship Rates
Beverly Hills dispatch notes diplomats arrive in Washington aboard steamships under tourist rates. The writer recalls Grands from the London disarmament conference and questions Laval's France bargains, implying hidden motives and rivalries among leaders. The piece mocks actors and hints at policy behind the travel.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Washington, D. C
France
2000 Apply for Driver's Licenses in Washington County
About 2000 of Washington county car owners and drivers have applied for licenses. Frank Kos stated licenses are required after the new year and unlicensed drivers may be arrested. Some early applicants have already received license cards mailed from Des Moines. Owners should bring their car license numbers to apply.
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Washington County
Frank Kos
Sheriff’s Office
Des Moines
Founder of 4H clubs dies at 58 in Lake City
Dr. C. S. Shore, founder of 4H clubs and the boys and girls farm movement, died at his Lake City home. Masonic funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at St. Mark's church in Lake City.
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Lak City
Minn
C. S. Shore
St. Mark’s Church
Lake City
Des Moines Dairy Farmers Barred for Ordinance Violations
Mayor Parker Crouch announced 100 dairy farmers near Des Moines were barred from selling milk in the city for noncompliance with the milk ordinance. He said about 200 more would likely be barred soon.
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Des Moines
Parker Crouch
SevenYearold Faces Death For Car Motorman Killing
Springfield Illinois November 18 7 year old Russell McWilliams could be executed for murder unless the state board of pardons and paroles grants clemency. Clarence Darrow Frank O Lowden and Julia Lathrop urged leniency at a board hearing following his December 11 death sentence for killing Williams Sayles a 64 year old Rockford street car motorman during a passenger holdup.
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Springfield
Ill
Russell McWilliams
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Clarence Darrow
Frank O. Lowden
Julia Lath Trop
National Child Welfare Bureau
McWilliams
Williams Sayles
Rockford Street Car
Sayles
Hoover considers long term lease of Muscle Shoals project
President Hoover’s Muscle Shoals commission recommended a long-term lease of the power and fertilizer project to private interests. The plan favors a corporation owned and controlled by stormers organizations, operated without profit, with the report to be sent to Congress.
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Washington
Hoover
Muscle Shoals Commission
Congress
Japanese take Tsitsihar in Manchuria and advance
Japanese forces captured Lung kiang and Tsitsihar, routing Chinese commander Ma Chan-Shan’s troops. Chinese president Chiang Kai-Shek vowed to move north with a potential army of 2,000,000 as the League of Nations considers an economic blockade with U.S. participation. Alfred Sze, a Chinese delegate, warned of a showdown to use league powers.
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Peiping
China
Tsitsihar
Ma Chan-Shan
Taerhha
Harbin
Manchuria
Lungkiang
Koshan Railway
Chinchow
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
National Chinese
Chiang
Paris
League of Nations
Japan
United States
Alfred Sze
League
Better Washington club invites Halligan for November meeting
The November meeting of the Better Washington club will feature Captain Halligan of General Park A. F. Pindley’s staff as the main speaker. The program includes tuberculin testing information from Dr. Fred Reid and attendance by Captain Jay O. Brown. Dinner at 6 15, with time to attend the Washington Keokuk game afterward. winter activities will be discussed.
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Better
Washington Club
Preston Wolf
Harry Ward
Fred Stowe
Halligan
General Park
A. Fpindley
Iowa National Guard
Fairfield
Fred Reid
Jay O. Brown
Psychologist Claims Cows More Intelligent Than Horses
A psychologist who studied animals concludes that cows are more intelligent than horses, based on observed behavior and problem solving in herd settings. The remark highlights animal cognition and challenges common perceptions of livestock intellect.
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Newsboy
William P. Kenney
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
James J. Hill
Kenney
Great Northern
Iowa Masons
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Daniels
John Blick
Macon
Roberts
Leslie Blick
George Freshwaters
Frestwaters
Blick
Airfield
Oectien
Bellamy
Oetjen
Hudgel Daniels
LG Davis
Hodenmeyer
Fulton Durst
R. Novell
Borough Roberts
Marsh Cantwell
Huttman
Barnett Shultz
Letts
Zeck
Durst
Judevine
Cagici
Shultz
Freshwaters
Fairfield- Ullerich
DeKalb
Sauer
Washington Territory
Laval
Farm Clubs
Dairies
Boy
Tsitschar
Ing
United Press
Capt. Halligan
TON Club
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