Ideal Thanksgiving Weather Forecast for Iowa Cities
Des Moines reports ideal conditions for Thanksgiving with near freezing or warmer temperatures, light snow expected to melt in northern counties. Governor Hammill urges gratitude, churches plan union services, and food baskets are prepared for the poor. Turkey prices rise amid a 5 percent crop shortage. Rock Island freight house and Co B Q freight train service are closed Thursday morning at Burlington.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hammill
Goodfellow
Turkey
United States
Rock Island
Burlington
Brookhart Pushes New Farm Relief Plan With McNary
Senator Brookhart meets with McNary and an Illinois expert to press a plan that replaces tariffs with a cost of production approach. The idea would fund an export corporation to buy and sell crops at prices guaranteeing farmers a five percent return, with the agriculture department to verify costs.
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Washin
Brookhart
Illinois
McNary
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Department
Court Plans Thanksgiving Adjournment in Finley Thorne Case
Court officials report Judge PD W Hamilton will adjourn court for Thanksgiving. Sessions resume Friday morning unless another session is held, with the trial of the Finley claim against the Thorne estate expected to continue then.
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Court House
PD. W. Hamilton
Finley
Thorne
America May Gamble With an Unbalanced Budget
Treasury officials say 1929 may run a deficit after the Ways and Means Committee approved a 2 percent cut in the corporate tax and other appropriations. The plan lowers revenue, avoids debt retirement next year, and faces possible veto if taxes are cut beyond 259 million dollars.
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Washington
America
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mississipi
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
Garner
Dem
Tex
Coolidge
House Committee
Thanksgiving Proclamation Declares November 24 in Iowa
Governor John Hammill proclaims Thursday November 24 as Thanksgiving Day in Iowa. He urges public thanksgiving and prayer and praises the nation’s heritage, freedom, and peaceful governance under God, inviting citizens to display the flag in gratitude.
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John Hammill
Iowa
State of
Sergeant of Police Shot in Gang War
Chicago police report a gang war flare up as Sergeant Tom Lynch is critically wounded in a running gun battle with gunmen in a car. Earlier a bomb destroyed the front of a west side resort connected to the Bertsche Skidmore Zu ta vice syndicate, linked to Aiello and allies. The violence signals Scarface Al Caponi loyalists warning Aiello to back down or face death.
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Tom Lynch
West Side
Bertsche-Skidmore-Zu‘ta Vice Syndicate
Joseph Aiello
Scarface al Caponi
Aiello
Caponi
Tony Lombardo
Violence and gang warfare shakes Chicago and high school grid clash looms
After a fatal shooting of officer Lynch, police chase a gangster car at high speed as Caponi fights to defend his power amid renewed gang violence. Aiello seeks protection and a shop to Sicily. authorities warn of court clashes while a Columbus Junction Washington football clash looms at 2:30 with referees Burkhart and Minear.
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Sicily
Aiello
Caponi
Genna Brothers
Lombardo
Criminal Courts
Columbus Junction
Washington High
Washington
Bishop Rohlman Addresses Knights of Columbus Banquet
About 225 members and guests attended the Washington council Knights of Columbus second annual fathers and sons banquet at the Commercial club. Bishop Henry P. Rohlman spoke on mentoring boys as they grow to manhood, recounting his own rise from a grocery job aided by a benefactor.
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Knights of Columbus
Commercial Club
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Richmond
Town City
Ft. Madison
Dubuque
Davenport
Riverside
Keokuk
C. A. Neiswanger
Peter Stahl
O. J. McGuire
St. James Church
Shields Orchestra
S. A. Dickerson
Eyverette Griffith
Robert Grimes
Manton Hebner
Harold Reynolds
Frank Shearer
William J. Holland
Iowa City
J. C. Courtney
East Pleasant Plain
Dale Welte
Kalona
Henry P. Rohlman
D. PD
Four Men Executed for Attempt on Obregon
In Mexico City on November 23 four men were executed by firing squad for plotting to kill former president Alvaro Obregon by bombing his car. The condemned were Miguel Pro Juarez a Catholic priest Humberto Pro Juarez Luis Regura Vilchiz and Antonio Tirado. A fifth alleged conspirator Lamberto Ruiz died Sunday from injuries sustained during the escape attempt.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Miguel Pro Juarez
Humberto Pro Juarez
Luis Regura Vilchiz
Antonio Tirado
Tirado
Obreg
Lamberto Ruiz
President Coolidge to Read Thanksgiving Proclamation
President Coolidge will read his Thanksgiving proclamation this evening in a nationwide radio broadcast. More than 26 stations will air the reading from the White House study.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
New Clues in Slaying of Rum Runner
Iowa City officials report two new clues in the fatal shooting of Milo Slezak a Wisconsin rum runner killed by hijackers Saturday night. The Johnson county grand jury sits in session and may act. State agent Jesse Quinlan appeared here offering assistance while James Risden declined to help with the probe. Witness Joe Kinney of Oxford said Slezak was shot during alcohol transfer from his car to a vessel.
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Iowa City
Milo Slezak
Wisconsin
Here
Johnson County
Grand Jury
Jesse Quinlan
State Bureau of Investigation
James Risden
Bureau
Quinlan
Joe Kinney
Oxford
Slezak
Kensney
Corn Husking Setback From Storms Across Iowa
Des Moines reports rain and snow caused a major setback to corn husking with machine work halted in southern regions and snow in the north. Half to three quarters of the crop gathered statewide with good yield and quality. Hog losses fall from cholera in Buena Vista and flu persists among hogs. Fall plowing paused by frozen soil while more plowing occurs elsewhere. Winter wheat and pastures remain in good condition.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Buena Vista County
Reed
Lowden Iowa committee claims united front on relief drive
Webster City Iowa November 23 Frank Lund chairman of the Iowa Lowden for president committee denies internal strife within the group He says the state and committee back Governor Lowden and their agricultural relief principles He describes sending letters to a few members asking for financial support and hints at actions against noncontributors while defending the committee’s unity.
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Webster City
Iowa
Lowden
Walter C. Ramysay
Lund
President Coolidge Opposes 1928 renomination petition
White House officials state President Coolidge is opposed to circulating a petition urging him to run again in 1928. Reports say endless petitions in New England aim to create popular demand for his renomination, but the president reportedly rejects the idea.
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Coolidge
Washington
White House
Ruy
New England
Banquet Guests Praise Fellowship At Methodist Church
Remarks by Father Jacobsmeier of Riverside and Rev Brady of North English highlight the fathers and sons banquet at the Methodist church. District Governor Hart of Iowa City and others echo enthusiasm for unity. Toastmasters Neiswanger and Father McGuire laud cooperation, Fred West and Ed Sullivan named to respond. Program ends with singing of America.
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Methodist Church
Fathers and Sons
Washington
Victor Mastin
H. N. Schuster
Methodist
Wilard Wylie
Mr Wylie
F. W. Eastwood
W W. Bowers
Bob Jungbluth
Rex Nelson
John Rohrer
Frank Sage
Norman Sage
Merritt McDaniel
A. A. Vinz
W. W. Sowers
America
President Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1927
President Calvin Coolidge proclaims Thanksgiving set for November 24 urging national prayer and gratitude. He urges Americans to pause work and gather with family in public worship while noting blessings, peace, and sympathy for the afflicted.
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Washington
Lincoln
Congress
America
Calvin Coolidge
United States
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