Storms Hit Red River Valley and Colorado Tracts
A second arctic storm deluges the Red River Valley isolating towns near Steele North Dakota and threatening Colorado with heavy blizzards. A child dies in a stalled car untended as families are marooned and rescuers race to reach missing persons.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
South Dakota
Steele
N. D
Charles Moffit
Moffit
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Santa F M
Santa Fe
Colorado
Weather Bureau
United States
Rocky Mountains
Nebraska
Canadian
Gil
Trinidad
Iowa Officials Discuss 1921 General Tax Assessment Methods
About 200 county supervisors auditors and assessors attended a state wide meeting in Des Moines to review new tax assessment methods. John Hammill spoke and Senator John W Foster presided as the Iowa board of assessment and review outlined data sheet changes for property evaluations in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Moines
Jay
Iowa Board of ‘Assessment and Review
John Hammill
John W. Foster
Press and Machines to be Going Tonight at Opening
This evening around 7 80 visitors will view the new Duplex Newspaper press in action. Linotypes and the press will operate to show how the three news and complete papers are made.
MacArthur Becomes Army Chief and Full General
Douglas MacArthur, at age 60 and the army's youngest major general, was sworn in as chief of staff and automatically advanced to full general. He took the oath before Secretary Hurley and senior officers, while Charles Summersall departed to Florida after a storied career including a 1900 Boxer Rebellion citation.
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Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army Staff
United States Army
MacArthur
Hurley
Alee Ti Dhaere
America
Washington
War Department
United States Military Forces
Philippines
Congress
Charles P. Summerall
Florida
Hig Fel
Summerall
Seutenant
Peking
Young Summerall
No-Man's-Land
Hammill seeks tariff raise on corn to shield Midwest farmers
Iowa Governor Hammill telegrams President Hoover urging immediate tariff increase on corn to curb Argentine shipments. He argues production costs similar, rail rates high, and current crop shortage lowers prices, risking American markets and Midwest farmers. Services for Mrs Hi La Richardson held at Baptist church with interment at Ainsworth.
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Hoover
John Hammill
Iowa
Pla
Mid-West
Hi. la Richardson
Baptist Church
A. A. Wing
Ainsworth
Fortnightly Club Banquet Highlights Readings and Decor
About 125 attendees filled the Community room for the Fortnightly Club anniversary banquet. Rauch presented John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand with a well-interpreted cast. Mrs C W McLaughlin chaired the event with Mrs J O Sexton and Mrs J E Wright assisting as readers and hostesses.
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Rauch
John Drinkwater
Fasl
C. W. McLaughlin
J 0. Sexton
J. E. Wright
Asa
A. Porter
McLaughlin
Ginia Shannon
Vera Stutsman
Audrey Peet
Ruth Marie Morrieson
Helen Alcorn
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Mary Pauls
Charlotte Ward
Speech Heard In Brain From Electrostatic Sound Test
In New York the New York Electrical Society demonstrated a "soundless sound" experiment. Speech was projected directly into a subject's brain via high voltage electric current, with the ear drums acting as a receiver and the subject nodding in response to words.
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N. Y
York
New York Electrical Society
Sevelus P. Grace
Grace
Jeet
FR. M. Pease
Pease
Plaintiff Wins Recovery in Auto Collision Case
In Charles Clark v. J S Crawford a jury awarded $500 for damages from an auto accident. The case sat before a three o clock verdict yesterday afternoon after a three o clock start. In Leonard P Johnson v Charles Noveker the civil action for assault seeks $10000. Court week orders include F B Nelsons Wagner v Ed Hartman with note inspection and Stella Jones v Clemmie Jones hearing to modify decree set for December 2 at 9.
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Charles Clark
J.S. Crawford
Leonard P. Johnson
Charles Noveker
F. EB. Nelswanger
Ed Hartman
Stella Jones
Clemmie Jones
Dewey Forms Wapello County Dilg League Chapter
A. Claire Dewey of Washington helped establish the Wapello county chapter in Ottumwa with Dr. W. C. Boone named as the first president. The group aims for 1000 members and a six district non political non salaried state commission to oversee conservation and outdoor life in Iowa.
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A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Will H. Dilg
Ottumwa
Wapello County
W. C. Boone
Cily
Mr. Dewey
State and Game Department
City League
Towa
United States
Persimmon Trees Reach Bearing Age
The Japanese persimmon tree bears when four to five years old. The bearing age varies with conditions. under favorable conditions, trees typically bear in four to six years.
Simpson Heads Farmers' Union In Election
John A. Simpson of Oklahoma was elected president of the national farmers union at St Paul on November 21, succeeding C F Hutt. Hutt supported the farm board, while Simpson drew support from southwestern farmers. Other officers elected were H G Keeney of Omaha as vice president and J J O'Shea of Roberts Montana as secretary treasurer. A ten state executive and finance committee formed after Hutt's defeat to handle dealings with the farm board and related agencies.
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ST. Paul
John A. Simpson
Oklah
Presid
National Farmers’ Union
C.F. Hutt
Huff
Federal Farm Board
Simpson
Northwest Farmer
Farm Board
H. G.keeney
Omaha Lee
J. J O'Shea
Roberts
Mont
Secreary
Hutt
Executive Land Finance Committee
S Tect| Hutf
Sunday School and Evening Services Schedule
The notice lists a church program with Sunday School at 9 or 11 am, EB League at 11 am, preaching at 7 20 pm, midweek prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 pm, and choir meeting Friday at 8 pm.
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Chery
Parsons College Play Delights Washington Audiences
Susan Fulton Welte directed a French play staged by Parsons College Dramatic Club in Washington with 38 performers in elaborate costumes. Star Catherine Hubscher of Salt Lake City impressed, while Mrs Welte’s Washington ties drew local interest. Guests from Washington attended including Mrs Thorne and daughter Elizabeth, Rev C S Williams, Etha and Elizabeth Dawson.
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Susan Fulton Welte
School of Speech
Parsons College
Fairfield
Washington
Madame Devil May Carey
Napoleon
Parsons College Dramatic Club
Washington Junior College
Welte
Charles Fulton
Norther
Minnie Stickler
Fulton
Clifford Thorne
Elizabeth
Williams
Etha
Elizabeth Dawson
Thorne
Labor Office To Be Filled By January First
President Hoover weighs three candidates for Labor Secretary to replace Davis who leaves December 1 to become senator from Pennsylvania. Likely choices include William Doak John Philip Preay and Grace Abbott. White may act as secretary for a month until a permanent pick is named.
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Davis
Pennsylvania
Alor
Wiliam Doak
Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
John Philip Prey
Metal Traders Union
Miss Grace Abbott
U Children's
Hoover
Robe White
Mr. Hoover
Iowa to Celebrate Out of State Guests Tomorrow
Preparations completed for a statewide celebration tomorrow with a morning parade a Drake Ames football game in the afternoon and a banquet in the evening. Governor Arthur J. Weaver of Nebraska will attend among other state officials and editors.
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Iowa
Arthur J. Weavlex
Nebraska
Drake-Ames
Lowa
Towns in Missouri Named for Political Slogans
Two Missouri towns named after war cries grew from rival Kentucky settler groups across the river. Slogans favored Clay and Liberty against Jackson and Independence, with each town adopting its preferred candidate’s rallying cry as its name.
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Massouri
Independence
Liberty
Missouri River
Kentucky
Clay
Jackson
Reed forecasts fair weekend weather across Iowa
Des Moines reports a cold clear weekend with Charles D Reed the federal weatherman predicting generally fair weather tonight and Saturday and slight temperature drops. State thermometers dropped into the thirties with Sioux City at 20 and Des Moines around 64 later reaching up to 64 in Davenport and Keokuk.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D- Reed
Federal
Satuday
Sioux City
Charles City
Dos Moines Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Mercury
Three Theories of Pacific Air Mail Crash
A commerce department survey into the Pacific Air Transport mail plane crash near Lerec California concluded with no official cause. Pilot Flavius Donaldson and two passengers Miss Jean Smith and George Rogers died. Theories include wing failure, emergency landing proximity to a hillside, and a nose dive initiated by a bow raft miscue.
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Lerec
Calif
U.R
Department of Commerce
Pacific Air Transport
Here
Richard H. Lees
Los Angeles
Washington
Lees
Jee
Flavius Donaldson
Jean Smit
George Rogers
Broker Flier Hurt In Plane Crash Near Antonama
Roy W. Ammel a Chicago broker was badly injured when his heavily loaded airplane failed to take off at Antonama en route to Chicago. The crash occurred about 2 15 p m as he attempted a nonstop flight to Arton in the republic about 80 miles southwest of France Field. An Army air ambulance transported him to the hospital.
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Colon
Roy W. Ammel
Chicago
Farm aid plan outlines $50 million for jobs and drought relief
President Hoover's drought relief conference approved a $50,000,000 unemployment relief fund to support highway projects and aid farmers. Proposals include loans for seeds fertilizer and livestock feed, higher grain duties, and a tariff rise on corn to lift farm prices as Congress plans immediate action.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Leege
Conference of Farm Legislation Cadets
Lankford
Georgia
Mrs Norton Dies in Buffalo Widow of Dwight Norton Jr
Mrs D J Norton Jr widow of Dwight Norton Jr died at relatives home in Buffalo New York on September 26. She had lived here for many years and, after her husband’s death, devoted herself to music. She was regarded as one of Washington’s best musicians and inspired many local musical people in their early training.
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D. J. Norton Jr
Dwight Norton, Jr
Buffalo
New York
Norton
Washington
Federal Government Launches Nation-Wide Campaign Against Gangland
Attorney General Mitchell outlined a coordinated drive by all federal agencies to exterminate gangsters. The campaign, begun last summer, targets Chicago and other hotspots with a national scope to suppress racketeering and crime.
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Washington
Mitchell
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