Coolidge Calls for Co operation Between Government and Business
President Coolidge told the New York State Chamber of Commerce that government must economy and efficiency to cut taxes while business and government need mutual understanding. He urged independence between spheres and warned against undue government influence that narrows opportunity. He pressed for inland waterways, railroad consolidation, electrification, and reduced waste in commerce.
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New York
Coolidge
United States
Washington
Department of Commerce
Mr. Coolidge
Unidentified Man Jumps to Death From Mississippi Bridge
Davenport Iowa reports an unidentified man about 21 years old leaped to his death from the ridge over the Mississippi late yesterday as a guard tried to attract his attention. The body not recovered and no clues to identity found. The jumper was well dressed.
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Davenport
Mississippi River
Mason City Businessmen Visit Des Moines
More than a hundred Mason City leaders traveled to Des Moines for a business gathering. The group toured the city, was entertained by a band, and attended receptions and a luncheon with Des Moines officials including Mayor Garver. William F. Muse of the Mason City Globe-Gazette spoke at lunch.
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Mason City
Des Moines
Asociated Press
Chamber of Commerce
Garver
T. A. Potter
William F. Muse
The
Missing Ville Des Cayes Reputedly Wrecked With 200 Lost
A wireless message says the Haitien steamer Ville Des Cayes, believed wrecked with about 200 lives lost, was picked up by the tanker Brazos in Cuban waters east of Pion harbor. Some crew members have been rescued and planes from Guantanamo Bay along with destroyers continue search in the Caribbean.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Pion Harbor
Aux Cayes
Santiago
Brazos
Guantanamo
Caribbean
Cuba
Haiti
Wanderer
Universities Ban Debate on Family Topic Cited by Campell
Berkeley November 20 Associated Press report says University of California and Stanford women students are barred from debating the resolution that the family is an unnecessary element in civilization. President Campbell canceled plans after the coach defined family as a stable social group based on marriage and child rearing.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Stanford University
W. W. Campbell
California
E. Z. Rowell
Campbell
Hammond Attacks Prohibition Petition Backers in Des Moines
Des Moines soapbox: John S. B. Hammond, city prohibition officer, assails the Boller Weller expedition seeking voter signatures for a petition to Congress to amend the Volstead Act. He calls their drive for light wines and beers a cloak for heavier stuff.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
John SB. Hammond
Boller-Weller
Congress
Night football experiment shines with giant lights in Casper
In Casper Wyoming last night about 1000 spectators watched Casper High School beat Mid West 20 to 0 in the first Wyoming trial of night football. The game used a white enamel ball and bright field lighting with gas flares, allowing clear sight of passes and punts just as in daytime.
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Associated Freely
Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Casper High School
Mid-West High
Court clears Capt Foley in airship probe
The Shenandoah naval court of inquiry exonerates Captain Paul Foley former judge advocate of charges he sought to influence a widow or secure false testimony. The court finds no guilt in improper conduct and releases Foley from further attendance.
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Washington
Paul Foley
Shenandoah Naval Court of Inquiry
Margaret Rees Lansdowne
Foley
Jndee
Shenandoah
Hilary P. Jones
Paul Foey
United States Navy
Woman Sentenced to Electrocution in Elizabethtown
Fannie Sopher, 49, convicted of first degree murder for killing her third husband Henry Sopher, was sentenced to death in the electric chair by Supreme Court Justice Whitmyer. The sentence is mandatory, making her the fourth woman to face the extreme penalty in the state.
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Ted
Elizabethtown
Fannie Sopher
Henry Sopher
Supreme Court
Whitmyer
Sopher
Roxilla Druse
Herkimer
Martha Place
New York County
Sing Sing
Mary Farmer
Jefferson County
Auburn
Divorced Husband Kills Former Wife in Hawarden
Myrtle Lillie 22 of Hawarden was shot to death by Harold Craig 85 her divorced husband who then killed himself with a .45 revolver. The killing occurred when she returned home from a movie with Harry Gars who witnessed the events. Craig a World War veteran separated from Lillie last spring and they divorced in September. Surviving family includes her mother and one sister.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Secelar
Journal
Hawarden
Iowa
Myrtle Lillie
Alma Lillie
Harold Craig
Craig
Harry Gars
Gars
Mr and Mrs Glenn Hays Visit Davenport With Esther
Mr Glenn Hays his wife and daughter Esther spent a day in Davenport enjoying local sights and a family outing.
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Glenn Hays
Esther
Davenport
Chicago Bandits Declared Guilty of Murder in Robbery
Henry J. Fernekes Daniel McGeoghegan and John Flannery were found guilty and given death sentences by a jury for the murder of Michael Schontkowsky during a March bank robbery. Fernekes was wanted in New York and elsewhere for numerous robberies and was arrested in a private library where he studied explosives.
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Chicago
Henry J. Fernekes
Daniel McGeoghegan
John Flannery
Michael Schontkowsky
Fernekes
New York
Iowa debaters win popular decision in Cambridge debate
In Iowa City, November 20, University of Iowa debaters defeated Cambridge University and Oxford University in a public debate. The topic was whether a democratic nation should prefer the American system of government to the English system.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Cambridge University
Oxford Kineland
Long Distance Weather Forecasters Seek New Station in Africa or Asia
Smithsonian official Dr. Charles G. Abbot travels to Africa and Asia to locate a sun rich, clear air site for a new long range weather station. The project aims to measure daily solar heat to predict Earth temperatures years ahead with support from the National Geographic Society. Potential sites include South Africa or Baluchistan in northwestern India.
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Africa
Asia
Washington
Weather Bureau
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Astrophysical Observatory
Chile
National Geographic Society
Dr. Abbot
South Africa
Baluchistan
India
Pretty Chicago Girl Admits Passing Bad Checks
Dorothea Carrington age 16 or 17 confessed to police in West Palm Beach Florida that she passed bogus checks totaling more than 5000 dollars. She was arrested while about to board a train after buying jewelry worth 5500 dollars and clothing worth 350 dollars with the bad checks.
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West Palm Beach
Florida
Dorothea Carrington
Chicago
Illinois Huskers Contest Winners Crowns Local Husker Champ
In Burgess Illinois Elmer Williams 35 of Toulon Stark county and Walter Olson of Knox county won top prizes in a midwest corn husking contest. Williams husked 2504.3 pounds and Olson 2412.6 in an hour and twenty minutes amid muddy field conditions. Other contestants included Kettler Harper Stanek Fort Dodge Iverson Fergus Falls Myers Fremont Cole Newton.
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Associateds Press
Burgess
Ill
Mino Elmer Williams
Toulon
Stark County
Walter Olson
Knox County
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
Williams
Olson
J. Sudick
Cole Farm
Leo Kettler
Harper
Fred Stanek
Fort Dodge
T. J. Iverson
Fergus Falls
Ronald Meyers
Fremont
William Cole
Newton
Embargo Proposed to Fight European Corn Borer
Iowa officials convened to press a federal embargo on crops entering the state that might carry the European corn borer. Governor Hammill Secretary Thornburg and Entomologist Drake urged strict exclusion measures and alert farmers to signs of the pest.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
South
Hammill
Mark G. Thornburg
C. N. Kennedy
C. J. Drake
Federal Department of Agriculture
Clinton bootleggers paroled or released says Mr McNaught
P McNaught head of the Iowa Anti Saloon League arrived in Des Moines from Clinton to report liquor conditions improving there. He said in Clinton eighteen bootleggers pleaded guilty but none were jailed as they were paroled or the judge ignored the law.
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Clinton
Mr. McNaught
Associated Press
Des Moines
S. P. McNaught
Towa
Anti- Saloon League
McNaughty
Disapproved Civil War Memorial Plan for Arlington
Acting Secretary Macc Nider rejected Frederick Gibbs of New York proposal for a memorial to Southern women in Arlington National Cemetery. He approved the site as suitable but warned it would set an undesirable precedent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Macc Nider
Frederick R. Gibbs
New York
Arlington National Cemetery
Town Street Petition Foiled by County Board
Los Angeles county supervisors heard a petition from Charlotte Street residents to rename it Town Street arguing there are already nine Iowa Street routes in the county. The county surveyor opposed the change noting mail routes would suffer confusion and suggesting Iowa natives show pride another way.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Iowa
California
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Charlotte Street
Town
Towa
Los Angeles County
Des Moines University Officials Deny Athletics Misconduct
Des Moines Nov 70- Cowell athletic director at Des Moines University denied charges by Charles J. Robinson dean of men that higher ups laxly reported rule infringements by athletes. He also criticized the student body for lacking game support and training effort. Cowell said football players were the highest type of student and not gamblers.
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Des Moines
Cowell
Pes Moines University
Charles J. Robinson
Robinson
Twins Added to Family of Eleven
Spencer family welcomes twins born near Spencer on Friday the 13th to Mr and Mrs C A Smith. The newborns carry serial numbers twelve and thirteen, increasing the household to eleven children. Event reported by The Associated Press.
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L’rese
Spencer, la
C. A. Smith
Spencer
Booze blamed in Chicago double killing suicide
In Chicago on November 20 Gustav Prhart aged 39 shot and killed his six months old daughter and seriously wounded his four year old son before killing himself. Authorities believe moonshine intoxication triggered the tragedy.
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Chicago
Til
Gustav Prhart
Washington High Students Attend Iowa City Debate Tour
Members of the Washington high school class in argumentation traveled to Iowa City to hear a debate between a University of Iowa team and a Cambridge University team. The English visitors tour U.S. colleges debating democracy from the American and British government perspectives. Chaperones included Miss Daly Neville and Mrs Morrison. Mrs Richards of Ainsworth arrived to visit her daughter Mrs Franklin.
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Washington High School
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cambridge University
Parsons
Ralhy Neville
BR. D., Morrison
E. J. Richards
Ains- Worth
Fred Franklin
Queen Alexandra Dies At Sandringham In England
Queen Alexandra widow of Edward VII and mother of George V died at Sandringham at 5 25 pm. Crowds had greeted her in 1863 when she first arrived in England and her smiling presence saved lives. The royal family was notified as trains and escorts moved to Wolferton station where news of her death reached the princes.
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Sandringham
England
Alexandra
Edward VII
George V
Sandringham House
Queen Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Prince Christian
Pallmerston
Viscount Palmerston
Germany
Berlin
Coburgs
Gravesend
Trowds
Europe
London
Princess Alexandra
Princess Christian
Wolferton
Dersingham
F. J. Willang
Thomas Horder
Duke of York
Rock efeller Takes Million Earthquake Insurance
Hertford Connecticut reports Percy A Rock efeller has secured one million dollars of earthquake insurance on his Greenwich property after recent minor seismic shocks.
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Hertford
Conn
Percy A. Rockefeller
Greenwich
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