Air trial in Washington tests Mitchell charges
Brig. Gen. Leroy Eltinge testified amid defense objections that war department files were revealed, noting no prior joint air service drills between Army and Navy in the Hawaiian maneuvers. He urged reforms to create a unified air force, warning separate air services would hinder coordination. The maneuvers were praised as successful overall but limited by economy concerns.
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Washington
War Department
William Mitchell
Bric
Leroy Eltinge
Pacific
Army
Navy Air Services
Abe
Navy
Mitchell
Republicans Seek to Merge Brookhart Steck Senate Contests
Des Moines Iowa November 27 A plan by the state Republican central committee to merge its challenge to Senator Smith W Brookhart with Democrat Daniel F Steck's last year's contest will face opposition from Brookhart supporters The move aims to consolidate testimony to argue Brookhart left the party and thus was not properly elected while Steck relies on a ballot recount Mitchell Brookhart Steck and party leaders prepare for senate hearings in Washington Ottumwa and Chicago figures J M Parsons and J G Mitchell prepare for capital consultations
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the Asseriated Press
Des Moines
Ila
Republican State Central Committee
Smith W. Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Ottumwa
Brookhart
J. G. Mitchell
Washington
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Steck
State Central Committee
Republican Party
Mitchell
Senate
Coolidge
Dawes
LaFollette
Iowa
Senate Committee
Mitchel
Senator Brookhart
Chicago
Capital
J. M. Parsons
Smoking by Girls Is Not Encouraged by Middle West Schools
The Associated Press reports midwestern schools largely prohibit or disapprove of women smoking on campus. Deans and presidents from Northwestern, Illinois, Grinnell, Drake, Minnesota, Carleton, St. Olaf, Washington, Nebraska and others oppose or regulate dormitory smoking, while some defend relative freedom or tradition against Bryn Mawr’s action.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mid-West
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawrs
W. A. Brandenburg
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburgh
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Winifred Richardson
University of Ilinois
Tlinois
Towa
State University
Grinnell
Drake
Minnesota
E. E. Nichoson
Carleton College
St. Olaf
Washington
Amanda Heppner
Nebraska
T. W. Butcher
Emporia, Kansas
State of Kansas
Missouri
The
Measles Cause Many Deaths In Iowa In 1924
Iowa health officials report measles caused more deaths in 1924 than diphtheria scarlet fever or smallpox with a rate of 8.1 per 100000, rising from 4.8 in 1923. Dr. Griswold notes eight measles deaths per 100000 population, urging attention to this dangerous childhood disease.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Don M. Griswold
Contested ballots in preliminary committee work
The report notes efforts to reach preliminary agreements to aid the work of the committee. Contested ballots are estimated to number between 7,000 and 8,000.
Divorce Brokerage Becomes a Popular Paris Profession
Paris reports divorce brokerage evolving into a profitable trade as American clients seek quick, discreet settlements. Brokers target wealthy couples, operate aboard ships, at hotels, and in social venues, with ads for painless divorces and specialized newspapers.
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Paris
Stele Charity Fund Returns Fund on Learning Its Identity
A Winnipeg incident reports a highwayman robbing C. V. Combes of 277 dollars raised for a Christmas stocking fund for poor children. The thief returned the cash and Combes’s watch with a note claiming ignorance of ownership and a two dollar pretext.
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Stele
Winnipeg, Man
C. V. Combes
Winnipeg
French Novel Loses Hold As Times Change
Paris reports changing European tastes reducing French novel popularity. People study more, focus on history and social economics, with threefold price works selling modestly and a revival of Greek and Roman classics. Last year 8987 French books. 1148 novels. 2008 on social and economic topics. World War I era offerings compared show sharper taste shift.
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Paris
Europe
France
Queen Mother of England Buried Today in London
Nov 27 reports the burial of Queen Alexandra in Westminster Abbey after a royal funeral procession from the Chapel Royal. King George V, the Crown from Belgium Norway and Denmark, and numerous royals attended. The service included archbishop readings and a final public tribute as sunlight lit the bier at 1 PM.
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Queen Mother OF
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London
Alexandra
Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
Westminster Abbey
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Fadward VII
King George
Palace
Mall
Traflagar Square
Whitehall
Queen Mary
Sprain
Norway
Belgium
Mary
Duchess of York
Firestone Starts Major Rubber Project in Liberia
Akron based Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins clearing jungle and planting 1 000 000 acres in Liberia with 100 000 000 rubber trees. By 1930s, 25 to 33 percent of world crude rubber may come from this venture.
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Akron
Harvey
Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron Company
Liberia
Monrovia
America
Mr. Firestone
United States
Liveria
Little African Republic
Tabasco
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Ammazon Basin
South America
Firestone Company
Taxtree
Ohio
Churches Will Hold Peace Conference in Washington
A nation study conference on churches and world peace will meet December 1 3 in Washington under the Federal Council of Churches. Delegates from 26 communions including Roman Catholic and Protestant bodies will discuss a church driven education campaign for a warless world. Most conference decisions will be nonbinding on delegates and their churches.
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Associated Preve
Washington
Taylor's Grave to Rest in Government Grounds Shrine
The body of Zachary Taylor will be reinterred on government ground. A mausoleum is to be built near the existing grave, using Indiana limestone and verde antique marble. The structure will feature bronze doors, a rear window, and a 16 foot length, housing sarcophagi for Taylor and his wife.
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Louisville
Zachary Taylor
United States
Buena Vista
Railroad 60 Years Old Is in Search of a Nickname
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company seeks a popular nickname to adorn cars letterheads and ads. President T C Powell wants a catchy title that conveys service and location without explicit geographic clues. He cites peers like the Erie Nickel Plate Big Four and Burlington as examples of expressive names.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Railway Co
T. C. Powell
Powell
Erie
Nickel Plate
Big Four
Burlington
Iowans Invited to Chicago Farm Conference
J G Mitchell counsel for the Iowa Farm Bureau and Henry W Wallace farm journal publisher are among the Iowans invited by Secretary Jardine to attend the midwest farm conference in Chicago next Tuesday on farm conditions and Iowa finance facilities. Mitchell, in Washington for the Steck Brookhart senate contest, will return to Chicago for the event after his talks.
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Des Moines
J G. Mitchell
Iown Farm Bureau Federation
Henry W. Wallace
Farm Journal
Ilowans
Jardine
Chicago
Iowa
Mitchell
Washington
Steck- Brookhart Senate
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore Student Fined for Liquor in Dormitory
Williamstown report states Clarence M. Bouts of Baltimore Maryland a Williams College student was fined 200 dollars after being found in a dormitory with twenty quarts of liquor. He said the act was to support his wife and pay for his education.
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Williamstown
Mass
Clarence M. Bouts
Baltimore
Willims College
Figure It Out: Self Perception Paradox in Exchange
A Boston Transcript excerpt questions identity by asking whether we are defined by what we think we are and by what we think we think, probing the nature of self and belief in a compact philosophical exchange.
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Boston Transcript
Rubber Plantations Shift Natives To American Towns
The article describes Miovision moving native villagers into sanitary American built towns to import foodstuffs and replace local farming. It states thousands will join rubber plantations as laborers, with one worker per two acres and 25,000 natives expected to be employed if 50,000 acres are planted in six months.
West North Central farms seek direct loans at Chicago meeting
Omaha banker D P Hogan says Federal Land Bank funds for Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming total 56 million with only 7 million loaned via banks The bank cannot lend directly and may seek new methods at a Chicago meeting with Secretary Jardine farmers and bankers Also Des Moines official Brenton condemns the warehousing plan as too costly for farmers and notes high rates at banks attendees include Hogan Thornburg Andrews and others
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
D. P. Hogan
Hogan
Jardine
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Middle West
Land Bank
Des Moines
Clyde FE. Brenton
Iowa National Bank
Brenton
John Hogan
Des Moines National Tank
Mark Thornburg
L. A. Andrew
Favor Purchase of Barges for Rivers
The Inland Waterways Corporation in St. Louis recommended to the War Department the purchase of 2 million dollars of new equipment for the Mississippi and Warrior Barge Line. Plans include one shallow draft tow boat and fifteen steel barges for the Mississippi at 1.5 million, a 66 thousand dollar trouble boat, and 24 Warrior river barges at 400 thousand, with 600 thousand more valued equipment to be provided by upper Mississippi valley interests. If approved the federal line would operate thirteen tow boats and 87 barges on both rivers.
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ST. Louis
War Department
Inland Waterways Corporation
Mississippi River
Warrior River
Minneapolis
Upper
Mississippi Valley
H. Throop
Upper Mississippi
Federal Line
Evidently a Vacuum in One Ear and Out the Other
A Miami Herald reader laments that some people hear words but fail to absorb them, noting there is nothing inside to hook onto and a evident mental disconnect.
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Miami Herald
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