Conservatism marks the president's state of the union message
The sixtieth congress heard the president’s address detailing debt reduction and national prosperity, praising fiscal restraint and self help while resisting liberal gifts. The tone is calm, conservative, and wary of expansive policy, emphasizing economy and national security against foreign concerns.
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Calvin Coolidge
New England
Congress
Mexico
Nicaragua
China
President Coolidge Presents Policy Focus in Congress
President Coolidge sent a lengthy message to Congress outlining his fixed policy on farm relief taxation flood control and defense while urging national restraint. He reaffirmed opposition to the McNary Haugen farm bill proposing a federal farm loan board and revolving fund for marketing surplus crops. Republicans praised the plan though Democrats and progressives criticized many recommendations.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Congress
Capitol
McNary-Haugen Farm
Federal Farm Loan Board
Ion
Occam
Washington
INS
Brookhart
Federal Reserve System
Republican Party
Nye
North Dakota
McNary
Oregon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fess
Ohio
Warning to Tax Makers Across Congress by President Coolidge
President Coolidge warned Congress today against tax law changes that could jeopardize national finances. He cautioned against making large inroads on government income and urged careful consideration of fiscal stability.
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Coolidge
Congress
Carmen’s Strike Threatens Chicago Transit Amid Holidays
Chicago officials face a potential streetcar strike as 1000 Carmen’s union members vote to authorize action. If approved, surface and elevated lines could halt service during the Christmas shopping period. The union cites wage negotiations delays as the cause, seeking a 15 cent per hour raise.
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Chicago
Carmen's
William D. Mahon
Tragedy at Chicago Elevated Station Holdup
Chicago police report a 35 year old ticket agent A M Ford at the Thirty Fifth Street elevated station was shot and killed by a black bandit during an attempted hold up. Ford refused the robbers demand and was shot above the heart dying en route to hospital. The bandit fled without taking cash receipts.
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Chicago
M. A. Ford
Thirty-fifth Street
Ford
Galli Curei Denies New Marriage Idea
Des Moines dispatch notes singer Galli Curei states companionate marriages won’t solve national domestic and social problems. She argues love should be judged on a spiritual plane, not physical tests, and believes true love endures even when partners remain apart.
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Des Moines
Dec
INS
Galli Cure
Sells Pale Moon Drink Rights for $80,000 in Cash and Royalties
Madison report says Henry Gill of Fort Dodge sold manufacturing rights to Pale Moon, a ginger ale, to a Philadelphia firm for 51000 in cash plus royalties, bringing total consideration to nearly 80000.
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Madison
Wis
Henry Gill
Fort Dodge
Philadelphia
Two Die After Airplane Crash Near Memphis
A student pilot Otis Martin and instructor Ver Pepe perished when their small plane crashed 2 600 feet west of Memphis Missouri late yesterday. The victims were identified as Otis Martin and Ver Pepe, with Lee H. Briggs president of Pheasant Airplane Company of Memphis, Mo, among those connected to the incident.
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Memphis
Dee, G
Otis Martin
Verpepe
Lee H. Briggs
Pheasant Airplane Company
33 Arrests to Curb Crime Wave in Sioux City Raids
Sioux City police report 53 arrests this morning in a series of raids aimed at stopping a wave of holdups and robberies. A general roundup of loiterers was also begun as part of the effort.
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Sioux City
Cor
Blizzards Sweep Prairie Regions Create Widespread Disruptions
An early season blizzard roared from Alberta into Montana and the Dakotas, stranding 160 schoolchildren and 25 construction workers near Shelby, Mont. Temperatures plummeted from 50s to sub zero, rail traffic slowed, power cutouts occurred, and a cold wave was forecast to hit Iowa with highs of five above and zero by Thursday.
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Colo
Canada
Montana
Adberta
Sno
Shelby
Mont
Brady
Great Falls
Het Weat Andia
Des Moines
INS
Medicine Hat
Iowa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Towa
Jailed for Making Roomer Say Prayer Report
Des Moines police detained Barney Kilgore 27, exconvict, after he allegedly forced roomer Steve Deryn to kneel and pray for a half hour. Kilgore, not drunk, was described as mad and holding a shotgun during the incident. He was recently paroled from a state prison sentence for holding up a policeman.
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Des Moines
Dec
Barney Kilgore
Exconvict
Steve Deryn
Prince Gambled Millions Borrowed From Jew Pawn Broker
New York December 6 WP reports King Edward VII while Prince of Wales gambled heavily on baccarat. He allegedly borrowed 2 million dollars from Walter Hyams a Jewish pawn broker. Hyams testified at a trial where he seeks to recover a debt.
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New York
Edward VII
Prince of Wates
Baccarat
Walter Hyams
Ernest Cassell
Edward
Hyfins
Courier Delivery Timing and Redelivery Policy
The Courier should reach homes before :30 o'clock. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call A101 to receive a copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6:38 p m for redelivery.
Waterloo Needs 100 Wilful Doers for Victory Drive
A Waterloo Courier plea urges 100 men to boost the sixth Community Chest drive, aiming for $73,510 but ending with $68,186 pledged. The editorial calls the shortfall a city crisis, proposes adding $50 yearly per donor, and invites residents to join the “Company of Wilful Doers” by calling 5100 to pledge fourteen cents a day for welfare groups like Red Cross and Salvation Army.
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Waterloo
Community Chest
Ralph Garrison
United States
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Social Welfare League
Boy Scouts
So-and-So
Earth
Waterloo End Victory
Hotel firm takes option on corner site for nine story lodge
Tangney McGinn Realty took an option on the old Masonic temple site at Park and Sycamore and signed to purchase for 73500 dollars. The group plans razing the building before year end to erect a nine story hotel. The Masonic Temple board regards the payment as a substantial second payment. Architect J G Ralston was asked to draft plans for a new temple at Paris and Mulberry. A committee of Ashley Dunham and Mrs Mary Miller will seek interim lodge meeting places.
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Tangney-McGinn Realty Company
Masonic Temple
Jar Park Avenue
Sycamore Street
Masaic Temple Corporation
J. G. Ralston
Paris Avenue
Mulberry Street
Pike
Ashley Dunham
Mary Miller
Germans Win First Two Awards in Intl Telegraphy Contest
Berlin report says German telegraphers won the top two prizes at the Como international competition. Fraulein Claere Sonnabend of Breslau took the first prize of 500 dollars, Kerr Suhre of Emden the second. There were 230 entries from 14 countries. Germany sent 32 contestants. Sonnabend transmitted 2,221 of 2,500 possible words in one hour, scoring 22,243 ticks in 3,600 seconds.
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Berlin
Como
Breslau
Fraulein Claere Sonnabend
Kerr Suhre
Emden
Germany
Frauk Fein Gonnabend
Former Cedar Falls merchant dies in Florida
William E. Noble, age unspecified, a former Cedar Falls hardware and furniture merchant, died in Orlando Florida from blood poisoning after a facial injury. Survived by his widow, his son Ed of Cedar Falls, another son Mermer, a daughter Mrs Aaron Burns, and a sister in Jackson Michigan. Services will be at Noble Washington County. Noble was founded by his father.
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Cedar Falls
William £. Noble
Orlando
Fla
Mermer
al Jackson
Mich
Aaron Burns
Noble
Washington County
Deaths and notices from Hopkinton and Clinton
Funeral services were held today for Doris Huggins two and a half years old, daughter of George Huggins, who died from burns after tumbling into a tub of boiling water as her mother scrubbed the floor. Notice of a receivership to liquidate J Hilsinger and Son bank at Subula was posted, noting head George E Hilsinger died in Chicago last week and that deposits are expected to be paid in full.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Prince Albert de Ligne
United States
Chicago
Prince Albert
al Cipone
Scarface
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hopkinton
Dee
Doris Huggins
George Huggins
Clinton, Ta
J. Hilsinger & Son Bank
Subula
George EH. Wilsinger
Stew Demands Patrol Wagon After Alcohol Incident
Des Moines Dec 6 A A Broad 7 sought police cars, then a Black Maria when none arrived. He was transported to the station after a second call. He remained in a cell today facing intoxication charges.
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Des Moines
INS
A. A. Broad
Broad
Governor Jackson Faces Trial on Felony Conspiracy
Gov. Ed Jackson and his co-defendants are set for trial on Tuesday February 7 before Judge Oscar Montgomery Seymour on an indictment alleging conspiracy to commit a felony and attempt to abduct former Governor Warren T. McCray, in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ed Jackson
Oscar HM. Montgomery
Seymour
Tribe
Warren T. McCray
Spirit of St Louis suffers first accident in landing
New York December 6 The Spirit of St Louis flown by Cpl Charles A Lindbergh sustained its first accident during a landing at Teterboro New Jersey after a test flight A rut was struck bending a propeller blade but Lindbergh remained unharmed and the plane was otherwise undamaged
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New York
St Louis
Cpl
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Teterboro
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Midwest Chairman William Butler backs Kansas City for 1976 GOP convention
William Butler, chairman of the Midwest region and member of the Republican National Committee, met in Washington and indicated a preference for Kansas City as the site of the party’s national convention next year.
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William Butler
Republican National Committee
Washington
Kansas City
Waterloo Hopes to Secure OES Home for Children
Mrs. B F Short of Waterloo chapter No 128 O B S says Waterloo may gain the Order of Eastern Star home for children to be built in Iowa. She notes a Des Moines grand chapter resolution appointing a committee to present plans at Cedar Rapids next October and invites offers of a site for the project.
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Waterloo
Order of Eastern Star
Iowa
B. F. Short
O. B.S
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Masters report clears Standard Oil in antitrust suit
Master in Chancery Charles Martindale will file a report in U S district court vindicating the Standard Oil company of Indiana and 50 other oil firms from Sherman antitrust charges alleging monopoly of trade. The report, made public last night, recommends dismissal for want of equity after three years of hearings and years of work, finding no evidence of conspiracy, monopoly, price fixing, or pooling of patent rights.
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Chicago
Inj Chancery
Charles Martindale
U. S
Standard Oi Company
Indiana
Martindale
Eight Die in Williamson Rooming House Fire
Eight people perished when a boarding house in Williamson West Virginia caught fire around 6 am trapping victims who had travelled from Dingess Mingo County to testify in the murder trial of Ellijah Wellman and his sons. The hallway blaze blocked exits and the stairways. Bodies were found in a bathroom on the upper floor. Victims included Mrs Will Mampton and three of her children, Pearl Johnson Browning, Deputy Sheriff John L Marcum, Bob Ireson and his son Albert, all witnesses in the murder case.
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Williamson
W. Va
Dingess
Mingo County
Ellijah Wellman
Mames
Will Mampton
Diddie
Wade
Pearl Johnson Browning
John L. Marcum
Bob Ireson
Albert
Norris Carries On Slush Fund Attacks
Washington reports Senate debates over seating Senators Smith and Ware after large campaign spending disclosures. Norris accuses bidders of corruption, cites Insull donations, and claims vast sums were spent to win nominations. Tax relief talks and continued negotiations add to Capitol Hill tension.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Coolidge
Senate
Capitol
House
Mellon
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Frank L. Smith
Dilnois
William 5
Ware
Pennsylvania
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Smith
Senate Investigating Committee
Toga
Illinois
Pristianes Norris
Morris
Finois
Insull
Smiths
Samuel Insull
Public Utilities Teadher
United States
Une County
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