League Works to Avoid Debates in World Assembly
At the League of Nations assembly in Geneva plans urged cooperation among Armenia and former Russian states, while members sought to avoid friction by dropping a disputed paragraph. Sir George Foster urged action against typhus in Poland and the Near East as Canada and Siam offered cash aid.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Armenia
League
Assembly of the League
Committee On
Assembly
Council
Poland
Europe
Tony
Committee of
Powell
Canada
George E. Foster
Near East
Siam
Council For Aid
Prince of
Honorio Pueyrredon
Assembly of the
Cedar Falls Boy Burns as Oil Explodes at Home
Cedar Falls on December 7 special report. Robert Speer 10, son of Mr and Mrs Victor Speer of Waterloo street, was seriously burned on his face neck and head when he threw kerosene into a furnace to speed up a fire. He will recover. He had earlier suffered a bicycle fall with arm injuries.
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Cedar Falls
Robert Speer
Victor Speer
Waterloo Street
Boy 8 Kills Self While Playing With Shotgun
Oconto, Wisconsin, December 7. Clifford Van Laanen, eight, killed himself at home by accidentally kicking the trigger while looking into a shotgun barrel. The discharge tore away part of his head.
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Associated Press
Oconte
Wis
Clifford van Laanen
Good Fellows Club organizes Christmas gift drive in Waterloo
Charley M. Allen is named general chairman of the Good Fellows as the club forms an executive committee including Major N. W. Frisbie and Rev. J. R. Macartney to direct a citywide effort. Teams will canvass homes, index gifts, arrange baskets, and secure packing quarters for the Christmas distributions.
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Charley M. Allen
Good Fellows
Good Fellow
Santa Claus
Mr. Allen
N. W. Frisbie
E. F. MacDonough
J. R. Macartney
C. A. Morris
Allen
Myrtle Barr
Ray L. Short
Scout
Verne Orr
States Motor Trades Bureau
A. H. Holt
Cumberland
F. L. Northey
Alaska Governor Urges Colonial Policy and Self-government
Washington reports Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr. submits Alaska’s annual policy recommendations urging greater federal-territory coordination, a defined colonial policy, and local regulation authority to prevent capital from veering to Canada. He cites labor shortages, explores Alaska’s mineral value in 1919 at about 19.63 million, and contrasts with the U.S. purchase price of 7.2 million rubles.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Territory of
Alaska
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Gov. Riggs
British Columbia
Canada
Washington
Riggs
United States
Russia
Mail Train Bandits Sentenced in Des Moines Robbery
Fred Poffenberger and Orville Phillips Connell Bluffs were sentenced to 18 and 13 years respectively in Leavenworth after pleading guilty in the Des Moines mail robbery case. Judge Martin J. Wade led the U S district court proceeding yesterday.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Fred Poffenberger
Orville Phillips
Connell Bluffs
Leavenworth
Martin J. Wade
United States Triat Court
Courier delivers before 5 30 o'clock in the afternoon
The notice states the Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30 p m. If the carrier is late due to error or other cause call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Federal Judge Grants Five Percent Wage Rise for Packers
A five percent wage increase for July 5 to December 5, 1920 was ordered for packing and allied workers by Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler. The retroactive raise averages $27.50 for about 220,000 workers, totaling $2,750,000, with checks due by December 22. The judge reasoned a future rise was unlikely due to falling living costs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lemployes
Packing and Allied Industries
Samuel Alschuler
Alschuler
Baker Asked to Explain Army Recruit Numbers
Secretary Baker was summoned by the house military committee to explain why the War Department has recruited over 180000 soldiers. Chairman Kahn noted the army now approaches 210000 and could reach 280000, risking a deficit of at least 160000000 under the reorganization act.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Baker
House
War Department
Kahn
Congress Weighs Farm Relief and Unemployment Probes
Washington dispatch reports immediate Senate action on farmer relief bills reviving the War Finance Corporation to boost exports and extend liberal credits to farmers. Rep Mason introduces a plan for bipartisan unemployment investigations with a Dec. 20 reporting deadline.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Agricultural Committee
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Gronna
Secretary of the Treasury
Borjrowers
Reporter Locates Clara Smith Tells of Shooting Hamon
Four men entered a Chicago apartment last night seizing personal property and 75 letters for Mrs Hamon while she was away in Ardmore Oklahoma. P M Ross a San Antonio newspaper man was detained then released after being questioned about a claim that Clara Smith gave him a statement about the Hamon shooting. Police questioned Ross and indicated they might abandon the search for Miss Smith unless Ardmore authorities request further action.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jake L. Hamon
San Antonio
Tex
Ross
Clara Smith
Ardmore
Oklo
Hamon
Russell R. Brown
James Dugcan
Police Department
Massey
Brown
Miss Smith
E. W. Salls
Dallas
Cisco
Thru
Oklahoma City
Hannon
Iecally
Mail Robbers Loot Four Pouches on Dixie Flyer Route
Postal inspectors trace contents of four registered mail pouches stolen last night from a track at the Enziewood Union Station. Police hunt the automobile used to throw the torn pouches across Chicago. The pouches were for the Dixie Flyer on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Enziewood Union Station
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
President Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Copenhagen reports that the Nobel Peace Prize will be conferred on President Wilson of the United States on December 10. The prize includes about $40,000, one-fifth of the interest from roughly $9,000,000 left by Alfred Nobel. The article notes past American laureates like Elihu Root in 1912.
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Copenhagen
Wilson
United States
Alfred Bb. Nobel
Oro Auceronga
Rieder
Elihu Root
Woman on trial for death of two husbands in St Louis
Mrs Lil Han Woodlock 36 faces two first degree murder indictments for the deaths of Thomas P. Broderick and Joseph F. Woodlock. Ursula Broderick, her daughter, testified she shot in defense of her mother after alleged beatings, with a prior 1919 and 1916 killings referenced. Her daughter was previously acquitted by a coroner's jury.
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Associate Press
St.Louis
Lil- Han Woodlock
Thomas P. Broderick
Joseph F. Woodlock
Ursula Broderick
Woodlock
Broderick
Ursula
Engineers Confer On Waste Of Fuel And Saving Plans
New York December 7 the forty first annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers opened with leaders warning that waste and the dwindling fuel supply threaten U S industrial power. David Moffatt Myers urged conservation methods that could save 75 6 to 104 0 million tons of coal annually citing boiler ovens domestic heating and improper use of steam after generation as key waste sources.
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Associated Press
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
United States
David Moffatt Myers
United States Fuel Administration
President Wilson urges democracy to lead postwar order
President Wilson addresses Congress urging the United States to lead a new world order founded on democracy. He argues for domestic reform, a workable budget system, and steps to speed recovery from the war while reducing the public debt and tax burdens. He warns Congress to curb excessive appropriations and to simplify tax laws.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
State of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Germany
Tteir
United States
Nate
Council
Great Britain
House
Treasury
House of Representatives
Federal Reserve
President Wilson's final message to Congress urged reform and ideals
President Wilson urged tax reform with simplification, independence for the Philippines, Armenia loan, and budget improvements. He favored cold storage costs control and federal corporate licensing, rehabilitating disabled veterans, and opposed a bonus. He did not address the League or treaty directly, stressing faith in democracy and US leadership.
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Associated Presade
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Philippines
Armenia
League of Nations
Abraham Lincoln
America
United States
Persom
Tumulty
Senate
Tuesday Unlucky So Constantine Waits
Lucerne Switzerland December 7 Former King Constantine says he expects a government notice to return to Greece following Greece plebiscite results but doubts notification will come today due to superstition that Tuesday is unlucky. He notes it is like Friday and expects no telegraph today.
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Associated Presa
Lucerne
Switzerland
Constantine
Senday
Greece
Girl Takes Long Ride Across Country on Horseback
Miss Billy O. Lempie, 21, arrived in San Francisco after riding from St. Albans Vermont on horseback the entire distance about 3900 miles. She began her journey June 30 last.
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The
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Billy
Lempie
St. Albans
Weather report lists cities in state territory
The report covers Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Maryhall New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly and notes muddy conditions tonight with fair weather seen later and a midweek improvement.
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G. S. Department _of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Maryhalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
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Good Fellows Club
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Betty Bickley
A. E. Rumsey
Charles W. Aline
Alagka
House Military Committee
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Representative Mason
Alchinois
Kenyon
Jawa
Sherman
Ilinois
AJL
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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