Debtor Debt Talks Please Press and Public in Britain
London reactions to Winston Churchill's debt speech welcome allied debt pay links with profits to the United States. British papers stress moral and financial stakes, noting France as a key debtor and urging coordinated payments alongside Britain’s own obligations.
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Associated Pross
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Landa
Opra
France
Washington
America
U.S
Germany
Morning Post
Churchill
Sitdefield
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Mellon
Wadsworth
International
Dec
Foreign Office
Paris
England
Lively Atval
Valiey
Conirage
Congress
Daily Herald
Italy
Herald
The
Daily News
Chureh Hill
Postal Employes Salary Increase Bill In Senate
Senate debates a salary hike for postal workers with Senator Sterling proposing a substitute bill aligned to Coolidge’s stance. The measure may include funding by raising charges for certain postal classes and relies on figures from Postmaster General New’s report.
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Senate
Coolidge
Sterling Iias
Senator Starling
Coolides
Sterling
Gracial New
Postal Sary
German politics sees final attacker in Reichstag results
Day's News recounts Dr. Gislav Stresemann as the final attacker in German politics after Reichstag elections. Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, retiring soon from the Second Corps Area in New York, compares German and Allied soldiers’ discipline. Eis H. Cutting of Cedar Rapids, last surviving Light Brigade member from Crimea, is reported as paralyzed. Mrs Cori in Forge’s name faces eleventh divorce in East St Louis at age 45.
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Gislav Stresemann
Robert Lee Bullard
First Field Army
France
Second Corps
New York
Bay
Eis H. Cutting
Cedar Rapids
Light Brigade
Lord Flaglan
Maluklaya
Cori
Forge
Deficit Figures Stir Debate Over Postal Figures
Postmaster General Now reports a deficit of 74 million dollars across class categories and registry costs, prompting business opposition and asides on the numbers. Insurgent Republicans led by La Follette watch Senator Edge’s push to override vetoes as internal party tensions surface.
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aLilus
Postmaster General Now
Sterling
Senator la Follette
Edge
herald-Turlbuie
Cameron Re-Elected Head of Iowa State Fair Assn
Cameron was re elected president for the nineteenth year at the Iowa State Fair association convention in Des Moines. Directors were re elected from districts two to ten, and the body moved to seek a 6000 dollar appropriation from the next legislature to fund sending Franklin County boys to the world dairy congress in London next summer.
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Cameron
Iowa State Fair Assn
Deg Moines
Iowa State Fair Association
A. E. Corer
Serritory
FL E. Sheldon
C. E. Cameron
Alta
E. T. Davis
J. Curtin
Corah
U. Ed Beman
Oskaloosa
Eghth
J. OC
Buckner
Chive Inda
Sears MecHenry
Nenison
Franklin County
London
United States
Millionaire Distiller Freed in Train Murder Verdict
Clarence Mullis a Pullman conductor and Motley distiller faced a murder charge for killing Palllis aboard a St. Louis bound train last March. A jury acquitted Mullis after a three hour deliberation amid applause in the courtroom. His wife and child embraced as the verdict was read.
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St. Louis
Ed Wallis
Wallis
Pullis
Josy
Libel Suits Arise From Poem About Pallbearers
Five separate libel actions filed in Sioux City allege a poem published Feb 10 1924 defamed pallbearers of George Burnight Hawarden. Plaintiffs A N Ney Charles Gehan Anton Roeper Walter Muth and J McMuth seek $10 000 each against Rapalee Monument Works owner P W Rapalee claiming the verse by W C Kenis Lol Hawarden justice of the peace was circulated by mail Feb 1 1924.
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Sioux City
P. W. Rapalee
Rapalee Monument Works
Hawarden
George T Burnight
Aiek
W. CO
Kenis- Lol
Hawarden Justice of the Peace
Neext Mooumitnk Company
Burnight
Mate Qany
A. N. Ney
Charles Gehan
Anton Roeper
Walter Muth
J. McMuth
August Belmont Dies After Arm Infection at 71
August Belmont renowned financier and sportsman died in New York at age 71 after an illness of about a day caused by cellulitis and blood poisoning following surgery on his right arm. He leaves a widow Helen Rowson and two sons from his first marriage. Belmont, famed for finance and horseracing, financed transit projects and helped build the Cape Cod canal, with leadership roles in racing organizations. He bred notable horses at his Lexington stud, including May O'Mear, Tracery, and Rock Sail.
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New York
Mec
Belmont
Giynn
Red
Flo
Ann
Kleaner Rowson
Marrisee
Tun
Morgan
F Ray
Elizabeth Slamitton Morgan
Nns Berside
Cape Col Canal
Chateman
Westchester Racing Associa‘fee
Bemont Park
Long Tsl Ud
Nurgery
Lexington
May O'Mear
Tracery
Rock Sau
August Belmont
Caroline
Perry
Matthew Clabraith Perry
Candler Reconciles With Wife Restores Family Home
Atlanta reports that Asa G. Candler and Mrs Mae Little Regan Candler have settled their estrangement. Mrs Candler returns to the Candler residence with their children. A divorce action over infrequenting on another man is expected to be dropped, though no withdrawal instruction was received.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
Mae Little Regan Candler
Cooper
Candler
Naval Board to Probe Fatal Seaplane Crash Off Point Loma
San Diego Cal Dec 11 Naval authorities prepared to convene a naval board of inquiry into the fatal fall of a seaplane during aerial target practice off Point Loma Five crew members died including pilot Lieutenant Varin and Lieut Arthur Pe Thurnton while three others were injured The board will hear testimony including cost of the three injured men Davenport Massingill and Pautz and recoveries of bodies of Lieut Varin the pilot and Fred D Cruel aviation chief machinist mate Autograph details and ranks provided by the Navy report
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San Diego
Cal
Naval
Point Lota
Thiem
Reby
J. Wire
Yesteriay
Wien
Pacific Ocean
Naval Board of Inqury
Stanford
Moses
Davenport
J. 1. Massingill
R. Pautz
Varin
Arthur Pe Thurnton
Fred D. Cruel
Aviation
New Black Mawk Construction Incorporation Filed
A new corporation named New Black Mawk Construction Company filed articles today to engage in general contracting. Authorized capital is $190,000 with officers BE W Watson of Waterloo as president, LA Moore of Mason City as vice president, and TM Liehty as secretary and treasurer.
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Black Mawk Construction Company
W, Watson
Waterloo
L A
Former Towan Executive Shot Dead in Minneapolis Office
Matvey Thomas Daniels head of Northwestern Mortgage Co. was shot and killed in his Minneapolis office. Henry P. Emrich vice president of Rosston, Minnesota, was arrested after the shooting and held without charge. A revolver was taken from Emrich as he fled the building. Daniels, born in Gushing Iowa, led mortgage and banking operations in Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota. He is survived by his widow and four children.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Matvey Thomas Daniels
Northwestern Mortgage Company
Henry P. Gmrich
Rosston
Mine
Emrich
Toliie
Daniels
Gushing
Turin
Alnnesota
Sewsa
North Datote
Jis
Gompers Reported Dead on Train in Mexican Mountains
Samuel Gompers, longtime leader and president of the American Federation of Labor, is reported dead on a train in the Mexican mountains. Born in London, he rose from a cig prentice to head the AFL for 42 years, shaping the labor movement into a dominant national force.
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Gompers
Mexican Mountains
Vinternational News Wire
Samuel Gompers
American Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor
Republic
Gowpers
Lenden
Ray
Land
Cig Prentice
Ture
New World
Labor Organization
Tig Local
el Paso
Con Wun
Federation
Gompers A Century of Labor Leadership and Legacy
Samuel Gompers, longtime head of the American Federation of Labor, steered the craft union through wars and legal fights. He built a nonpartisan federation, faced jail for contempt, backed industrial output in World War I, and opposed Bolshevism as he defended high wartime wages. He died leaving a widow and son Samuel.
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Federation
la Follette, Lock, Stock and Barrel
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Supreme Court of the United States
Buck Store & Range Co
St. Louis
McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Iever
Paris
Wilson Peace Commission
Russia
Samuel Gompers
Department of Labor
Tie
Trail Boosters Plan A Y P Road Route East
Trail boosters from the A Y P organization met at Hotel Russell Lamson to outline future highway plans routing the trail east along Highway 5 to Chicago via Dubuque Galena Freeport Rockford Belvidere Marengo and Elgin. Board members from Sioux Falls include Cherry Harlan Foster and Buchanan with Iowa reps Young Levingston Graham plus Courshon Gasford Wodtke Falkenheimer and others from Mason City Charles City and Dubuque.
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Hojtel Russell-Lamson
Chicago
Dubuque
Galena
Freeport
Rockford
Belvidere
Marengo
Elgin
Sioux Falls
S. D
U.S. G. Cherry
11. B. Harlan
W. TE. T. Foster
W. C. Buchanan
Iowa
J. A. Young
Jacob Levingston
James Graham
Waterloo
L. P. Courshon
Frank Gasford
Mason City
Griff Wodtke
Charles City
Charles Falkenheimer
Funeral for Army flyer Herbert Schaefer held in Beatrice
Funeral services for Lieut. Herbert Schaefer, an Army airman who died in a Texas plane accident last week, were conducted in Beatrice Neb with military ceremonies. His parents Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Schaefer from Storm Lake Iowa attended the services.
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Beatrice
Dee
Herbert Schaefer
Texas
Sch Fer
BE. OW. Schaefer
Storm Lake
Hight Faces Murder Confession Amid Amnesia Claim
Lawrence M. Hight a former circuit rider pastor testified he cannot remember his signed confession to the murder of Wilford Sweetin. The defense seeks to bar the confession from the record while ministers dispute the circumstances of the admission.
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Ay United Pressy
Mount Vernon
Iftt
Lawrence M. Hight
Hight
Wilford Sweetin
Elsie Sweetin
Sweetin
Frank Thompson
Thompson
B. O. Allen
Eisie
Allen
Thomas B. Sowers
West Frankfort
Sowers
National Board Vice President Guest at Waterloo Realtors Meeting
Ogden A Confer, vice president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, spoke at Black's Tearoom noon meeting of the Waterloo Real Estate Board. He urged boosting Minnesota and Iowa resources and keeping Iowa money at home to aid prosperity. J. E. Johnson of Waterloo Sayings Bank spoke to 25 local realtors. Delegates reported on the state realtors convention at Des Moines.
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Ogden A
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Minneapolis
Waterloo Real Estate Board
Minnesota
Iowa
J. E. Johnson
Waterloo Sayings Bank
Crossword fad 2 500 years old challenged by scholar
Chicago December 11 Paul Shorey head of the Greek department at the University of Chicago says crossword puzzles were a Greek fad 2 500 years ago papyrus puzzles were the rage in ancient Greece Shorey aims to demystify the latest craze by comparing it to historic word games
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Chicago
Paul Shorey
University of Chicago
Shorey
Greece
House Reads Agriculture Dept Appropriation Bill
Washington December report notes the house again reads the agricultural appropriation bill under the five minute rule with amendments. The measure includes funding for road construction and was carried over to enable two naval bills to be disposed of yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Dec. l
House
Kenneth V. Whitson Funeral Services Planned
Kenneth V. Whitson died yesterday at Presbyterian hospital from injuries in an elevator accident Tuesday. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p m Friday at Petersen Bros chapel with Rev. R N MacDonald of Walnut Street Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery.
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Kenneth V. Whitson
Presbyterian Hospital
Petersen Bros.’ Chapel
R. N. MacDonald
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Elmwood
Death of Consul Dayton Shrouded in Mystery
Slain American vice consul Harry A. Dayton of Auburn and Atlanta was shot at his Belgrade home in Serbia. He told police he was shot by Anna Ousoupaitals, a native woman he planned to leave, who later died by suicide. Police say the woman could not have fired the fatal shot.
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Harry A. Dayton
Auburn
N. Y
Atlanta
Belgrade
Serbia
Anna Ousoupaitals
American Mortality Rate Rises in 1923
Washington public data show the death rate per thousand climbed from 11.8 in 1922 to 12.3 in 1923. Only seven states reported lower mortality in 1923 than 1922, led by Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and South Carolina.
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Washington, D.C
Science and Medicine
Department of Commerce
Far West
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Utah
Washington
South Carolina
Youth Receives 15 Year Indeterminate Robbery Sentence
Fred H Wahy of Casey Iowa pleaded guilty to robbing two Massena stores and received a 15 year indeterminate term at Anamosa from Judge J Dowell. The arrest followed during a Chicago pickup. Co defendants Tommy O Neill of Stuart and Dewey Bechtel of Guthrie Center also tied to Guthrie Center and Stuart robberies. O Neill held on charges for robbing a Stuart store.
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Atlantic
Ila
Fred H. Wahy
Casey
Chicago
Massena
Anamosa
Dowell
Tommy O'Neill
Stuart
Dewey Bechtel
Guthrie Center
O'Neill
Rondout Robbers Sentenced in $2,000,000 Mail Train Raid
Chicago reports Herbert Holliday Brent Glasscock and the Newton brothers pleaded guilty in the mail train robbery trial. Sentences ranged from one year and one day to 25 years with Holliday receiving the maximum.
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Chicago
Herbert Halliday
Brent Glasscock
Newton Brothers
Leavenworth
Holliday
Judge dismisses Hadley suit over farm trade contracts
Judge E B Stiles dismissed the petition in the Hadley case without prejudice to later action for damages for breach of contract. The suit sought specific performance of a 38 acre farm exchange east of Waterloo for four Waterloo properties. Miss Jennie Bird, county recorder, is recovering at her home after an influenza attack.
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E. B. Stiles
J. H. Hadley
Lillian Ash
Waterloo
Grant Highway
Bird
Jennie
County Recorder
Third Avenue West
Gustav Schneider 69 Dies Suddenly in Waterloo Home
Gustav Schneider 69 longtime city street department employee died suddenly at 6 30 am today of heart disease at his daughter Mrs M E Sousel 419 Seventh street east. He was born in Germany September 16 1855 and lived in Straw berryPoint Iowa before moving to Waterloo about 22 years ago. Surviving are four sons and a daughter plus three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements await word from distant relatives. Body at O Keefe Towne mortuary. Mrs John Duffy 70 dies after brief illness at 1 pm body taken to O Keefe Towne mortuary.
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Gustav Schneider
City
M. E. Sousel
Seventh Street
Mr. Schneider
Germany
America
Strawberry, Point
Waterloo
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Woodman
Lamont
Ferdinand
Columba
Fred B
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward
August
Sousel
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
John Duffy
Susan Duffy
Dane Street
Waterloo Community Chest drives two day total past $16 thousand
With mild weather volunteers called on prospects and boosted pledges surpassing yesterday by over $2,000. Russells Lamson led with $9,921.25 for the first two days toward the $85,279.30 goal, Team 12 led by Rev. A B Curran turned in $1,065, the top team pledge. Women’s division saw Leni 22 led by Mrs Loren J Berry with $241 in pledges. Division D by G E Shoemaker contributed $4,497.45. Division E by Mrs J B Ridenour added $2,457.25. special subscriptions totaled $2,915.
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Team 12
Russells Lamson
A. B. Curran
P. Allan
N. A. Lichty
Imajor
C. A. Morris
G. E. Shoemaker
Ridenour
Independence Asylum Employee Stabbed in Quarrel
Leo Hardin age 20 remains in critical condition at the state hospital after being stabbed three times in a main hall quarrel over a girl. Ross Creemens age 19 is jailed, claims self defense, with several witnesses to the incident. Both men work at the state hospital and the other injured and involved girl’s name is not released.
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Independence
Leo Hardin
Ross Creemens
Hardin
Creemens
Ardin
Mother of 13 Sues for Divorce Decree
Shenandoah Ind Dec 11. Mrs W Sb Stephens of Blanchard sues for divorce claiming cruel and inhuman treatment. She says two of her 13 children are dead and that at one point her husband picked up a shovel and threatened to brain her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah, In
W. Sb. Stephens
Blanchard
Mrs Coolidge Attends Boston University Ceremonies
Mrs. Coolidge travels from Washington to Boston to attend the installation ceremonies for the first dean for women at Boston University. The event marks a milestone in the university's governance and gender progress.
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Washington, D. C
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
Boston
Boston University
Surprising Matters of Packing Industry Described to Lions
A. D. Connell, Rath Packing assistant superintendent, told Lions Club members that incidental byproducts from 700000 slaughtered animals yielded about 500000 dollars in value last year. Hair ends, blood, greases, and tankage residue were salvaged for substantial revenue including 37000, 21000, 125000, and 175000 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rath Packing Company
A. D. Connell
Lions Club
Reths
Prudential honors F L Shaver at Waterloo gathering
About 50 Prudential officers and salesmen met to discuss conditions and honor F L Shaver, superintendent of the Waterloo district, who is being transferred to Minneapolis. FP A W Newhouse will take charge here, with several home office officials and seven district superintendents present. A luncheon at E M cafe was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Insurance Company of America
F. L. Shaver
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Minn
AW. Newhouse
St. Paul
Shaver
Supreme Court Affirms Ruthenberg Conviction
Lansing December 11 The Michigan Supreme Court affirms the conviction of Charles B Ruthenberg for violation of the Michigan syndicalism act. The arrest and conviction followed a raid on a secret convention of the Communist Party of America in Berrien County conducted by federal agents and local officers until August 1922.
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Lansing
Michh
Charles B. Ruthenberg
State Supreme Court
Ruthenberg
Communist Party of America
Berrien County
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Cora Ya Forge & Evi
Gen RY Buyuard
Gustav Stresemanit
Scaldey
Anamosa, Ta
J Jagen
Carl Jagen
Cass Center
Here
Philadelphia
Deeble
S. Rosenblatt & Son
Poem On Pallbearers
Naval Board
New Corporation A
Towan
Mortgage Co
Mexico City
American Federation At
Labor
Texas City
Andamous Sportsman
Park Avenue
Michal Gompers
Nebraska
National Board
Agriculture Dept
Moartuariy
Balmier
Independence Asylum
Prudential Company
Supreme Court
Thomas Ruthenberg
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