Funeral rites for Henry C Wallace held at White House
Funeral services for Henry C Wallace secretary of agriculture since 1921 were held in the White House East Room with President Coolidge and foreign diplomats present. The body to be taken to Des Moines for burial. request made for lie in state at the Iowa Capitol upon arrival from Washington.
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Asociated Press
Washington
Ort
Henry C. Wallace
White House
Wallace
Miss Roth
Angus McLay
Hirmingham
Mich
James
Henry A
Des Moines
John
St. Petersburg
Fla
John FP. Wallace
Charles Bruggemann
Mellon
Wilbur
Davis
Work
Stone
New
Gore
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue Presbyterian Oh
C. E. Hawthorne
Coolidge
James F. Coupal
Joel T. Boone
Radcliffe
State Capitol
Capitol Building
Executive Council
C. D. Reed
F. Sarle
Crop Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Mark Thornberg
Fort Madison photographer killed in Wapello road crash
Burlington Oct 27 Mrs Lena Decrevel of Fort Madison died when the automobile she rode in went into a ditch and overturned two miles north of Mediapolis on the Wapello road Sunday evening. The car was driven by John Tieken. Decrevel, survived by two children, was brought to Burlington.
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Burlington
Lena Decrevel
Fort Madison
Wapello
Mediapolis
John Tieken
Decrevel
Dawes Launches Rapid Fire Assault on La Follette in New York
Republican vice presidential candidate Charles G. Dawes opened a New York swing with a rapid fire assault on the La Follette independent bid. He spoke in Albany Syracuse Utica and Rochester, ending in Rochester tonight before traveling to Chicago.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Charles G. Dawes
la Follette
New York State
Syracuse
Utica
Rochester
Dawes
Chicago
New York
Navy Day Observed Across Ports In World Wide Celebrations
Navy Day events marked celebrations in San Pedro with the West Virginia and California in port, open house for visitors, and illuminated battleships at night. Philadelphia hosted the naval aircraft factory open to the public, while Samoa held ceremonies and school programs. In Tokyo American officials observed the day at Yasukuni Shrine with naval officers in attendance.
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Preea
San Pedro
Calif
West Virginia
United Battle Fleet
California
Aircraft
Philadelphia
Naval Aircraft Factory
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Admiral Deweys
Olympia
Manila
Samoa
Isle of Samoa
Yasukuni
Empire
La Follette Campaign Mobilizes 100 Car Teams in Chicago
Chicago hosts over 100 automobile teams forming the Paul Revere squadron to delivers at least 400 open air speeches daily for the La Follette Wheeler ticket. State Chairman Charles J. Mac Gowan announced final week plans. Each evening two meetings will be held on street corners with two spokesmen per car.
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Associated Press
Chicago
la Follette
Paul Revere
Independent Ticket
Charles J. MacGowan
la Follette and Wheeler
Austrian Countess Flown Back Amid Deportation Drive
S S Standwood Menken leads effort to deport Countess Catherine Karolyi wife of former Hungary president after she arrives for lectures. She is barred from landing. security guards protect her amid threats. Hungarian aristocrat with claimed bolshevik ties and rumored ties to Bela Kun.
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Associated Press
New York
S. S. Standwood Menken
National Security League
Catherine Karolyi
Hungary
George Washington
State Department
Mr and Mrs Joe Falk Return From Davenport Visit
Mr and Mrs Joe Falk returned from Davenport where they spent a few days with relatives.
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Joe Falk
Davenport
La Follette Sees New Voters Back Progressive Ticket
Senator Robert M. La Follette campaigns across Maryland New York and Ohio asserting rising registrations favor the La Follette Wheeler ticket He plans stops in Baltimore Brooklyn Schenectady Boston and Pittsburgh before Cleveland and voices confidence in first time voters backing his bid.
Broadway Mourns Lew Dockstader After Fatal Fall
Broadway bows to Lew Dockstader 69 year old minstrel and blackface comedian who died at his daughter's home after two years of illness from a fall. He had spent over half a century on stage. Funeral set for tomorrow at Angel's Church.
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New York
Broadway
Lew Doeckstader
Warren Palmer
Dockstader
Angel's Church
Tong killings hint at Omaha tong war
Ong Lem, a Chinese waiter and tong member, was shot dead early today at work in Omaha. Chin Hin, another tong member, is detained without bail as police probe the murder. A witness identified a man in a black cap fleeing the restaurant, though Hin did not wear such a cap.
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Omaha
Ong Lem
Chin Hin
Lem
Hin
Marines Land In China Move Toward Peking
One hundred American marines were landed from the cruiser Huron at Taku and proceeded to Peking. Rumors about events in the capital circulated widely, but reliable news was unavailable.
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U. S
China
Peking
Taku
Tientsin
Huron
Driver Sought After Fatal Hit Run In Centerville
Authorities in Appanoose county search for the driver of a passing car that struck Ruth Whisler and seriously injured her sister Leone two miles west of Centerville Iowa. The sisters had been fleeing a wreck involving their car driven by Vesta McCreary en route to Unionville to visit a gravely ill grandfather.
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Iffy
Associated Preas
Centerville
Appanoose County
Ruth Whisler
Lincoln
Neb
Leone Whisler
Here
Unionville
Vesta McCreary
McCreary
State run farms report 1923 profits total 220825
Net profits totaling 220 823.26 were earned in 1923 by the state farms at fifteen institutions under the board of control. The report lists individual profits for Anamosa Cherokee Clarinda Davenport Eldora Fort Madison Glenwood Independence Mount Pleasant Marshalltown Mitchellville Oakdale Toledo Rockwell City and Woodward.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
E. L. Hogue
N. E. Kendall
General Assembly
Anamosa
Cherokee
Clarinda
Davenport
Eldora
Fort Madison
Glenwood
Independence
Mt. Pleasant
Marshalltown
Mitchellville
Oakdale Sanitarium
Toledo
Rockwell City
Woodward
Allied Experts Hold Paris Conference on Reparation Plans
A conference of experts from allied powers opens in Paris to prepare ground for a later finance ministers meeting. They will discuss distribution of Dawes reparations with focus on American claims totaling about 300 million dollars for occupation costs in the Rhineland.
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Paris
Germany
Dawes
Rhineland
Forest Fire Threatens Arsenal Near Dover
Forest fires raged for hours in inaccessible woods toward the Picatinny arsenal in Dover New Jersey. Marines and 100 soldiers from Governor's Island were called to help as flames climbed a mountain two thousand feet from the nearest arsenal building.
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Dover
N. J
Picatinny Arsenal
Governor's Island
New York
De Valera Again Placed in Prison
Irish republican leader Eamon de Valera was arrested last night at Londonderry and brought to Belfast under heavy guard. He had been seized Friday at Newry, County Down, and released with warning that returning could bring two years’ imprisonment.
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Associated Preas
Belfast
Ireland
Raman de Valera
Republican
Londonderry
Newry
County Down
Ulster
Day Agents Open War on Rum Fleet
The first major engagement with prohibition enforcement navy scattered the rum fleet off Cape Cod and Cape Ann. Eight vessels with crews and contraband liquor valued at 100000 dollars were seized in Boston Gloucester and New London with more than twenty prisoners. The Tampa cutter brought in the Marjorie E fachman and five motor boats. another motor boat was seized at Gloucester and one at New London.
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Associated Press
Boston
Cape Cod
Cape Ann
Prohibition Enforcement Navy
Gloucester
New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Tampa
New Foundland
Marjorie E Fachman
Block Island
Mother confesses choking two weeks old baby to death
Mrs Blanche Tobias 21 of Wooster Ohio confessed to county prosecutor that she choked her two weeks old infant to death believing it would not have a fair chance. Her husband George Tobias was previously held to the grand jury on assault and battery after neighbors found Mrs Tobias injured in the yard.
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Associated Press
Wooster
Ohio
Blanche Tobias
J. O. Fritz
George Tobias
Driver dies after car skids on road glare near West Branch
Edwin F. McClellan, 18, of Iowa City was instantly killed when his car left a road grade near West Branch. Miss Lucile Moore, 18, was thrown clear. Moore said an oncoming vehicle blinded McClellan who drove toward the ditch and was crushed.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Edwin F. McClellan
West Branch
Here
Lucile Moore
McClellan
Seaplane Pilot Dies After Lake Madison Crash
Leslie Campbell, 22, aviator, was killed less than five minutes into his first seaplane flight when his aircraft plunged about 500 feet into Lake Madison near Madison, South Dakota, yesterday.
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Associated Press
Madison
Leslie Campbell
Lake Madison
Attorneys Urged to Resign Over Prohibition Enforcement
Four U S district attorneys were asked to resign and six others have resigned since July due to failure to enforce the prohibition laws, Attorney General Stone said today in reference to charges of lax enforcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Stone
British Prime Minister questions Zinovieff letter authenticity
London officials report a Soviet note denying the Zinovieff letter’s authenticity and urging a British Communist revolt. Prime Minister MacDonald in Cardiff claims the letter may be genuine and vows firm action against foreign interference.
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London
Foreign Office
Christian Rakovsky
Eut
MacDonald
Cardiff
Zenovieff
Maxim Litvinoff
M. Zino
Communist Interroionale
Central Committee
British Communist Party
M. Rakovaky
Jiussigan
Wales
M. Zinovieff
Zinovieff
Reign Office
Brock Family Hosts In-law Visitors From South English
Mr and Mrs Fred Brock welcomed guests yesterday including her parents Mr and Mrs Sigafoose and her brother from South English. They motored over for a daytime visit.
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Fred Brock
Sigafoose
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Europe
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Bela Kuhn
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Horthy
Lew Dockstader
Nebraska
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