Christmas charity push and political notes clash in headlines
A holiday appeal urges early gifts to aid the less fortunate as charitable drives continue through the week. In politics a tentative third party idea forms in North Dakota amid splits, while Ames football and California military resignations headline a busy blend of sports and national service items.
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Ging
Farmer-Labor Party
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Tatter
Jeague
Washington
Ers
Hood
Roosevelt
la Valletta
Wets Offered No Hope by Attitude of This Congress
The Baltimore Sun notes no chance of wet legislation in the current congress and argues prohibition will remain the dominant dry policy. It cites party splits, public sentiment surveys, and a Sun editorial warning that rhetoric and primaries may shape future action, drawing a Civil War era comparison.
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Wets
Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Antisaloon League
Fincs
Twe Wets
Baltimore Sun
the Sun
Pro
Vlad
Worvester
Kan Felice
Geatee
Martin Chars
Courier Delivery Notice Seeks Timely Paper Pickup
The Courier should be delivered to homes before 5 30. If the carrier makes an error or you fail to receive your paper by that time, phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 4 30 p m.
Short Interviews With Home Folks on Jury Selection
Ernest W. Koepke, clerk of municipal court, notes that only one tenth of Waterloo voters will be eligible for jury service in municipal court this spring. The 1924 Town code requires a list equal to one tenth of municipal election voters, from which jurors are drawn by a commission of the clerk, city treasurer, and clerk of municipal courts. The provision aims to speed jury drawing.
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Waterloo Aizens
Ernest W. Koepke
Koepke
Western governors see no banker aid without farm aid
Lincoln Neb Dec 19 Gov McMullen said western governors need no extra meeting to discuss town marketing and similar issues. He linked banker relief to agricultural support saying no help to bankers until agriculture gets help, noting Nebraska's recovery from losses while Iowa undergoes liquidation.
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Neb
McMullen
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Ames
Congress
Lown
Nebraska
Towa
Christmas Buyers Throng Waterloo for Gift Shopping
Christmas shoppers packed Waterloo streets in one of the largest crowds outside Dollar Days and circus events. Warm sunshine drew crowds early as stores filled, with crowds multiplying through the day. Hundreds of cars from nearby counties lined the streets while clerks stayed busy.
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Waterloo
Rehearing Denied in Dohe ny Fraud Case and Jail Return
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals denied re hearings for Albert G Falk Edward L Doheny and Edward L Doheny Jr upholding bribery indictments. The decision reverses a lower court and keeps the cases alive. Wilson returned to jail at 4 am after escaping six years ago and now faces trial on an indictment for obtaining money by false pretenses via a worthless check. He arrived with deputy sheriff Roy Armstrong from the penitentiary for Southern Mines Washington DC Dee.
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I. Lynn Wilson
Wilson
Roy Armstrong
Sherif
Southern Minos
Washington, D. C
Dee
Jat Menard II
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Albert TG. Falk
Edward L. Doheny
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Fearing
Christmas Plea Fails for Mailsack Thief
Des Moines news: L. C. Emerson admitted stealing a sack of mail at Blanchard Iowa. Judge Martin J. Wade sentenced him to five more Christmas days in federal prison and all intervening days, plus a $2,000 fine.
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Pupy
Lea
L. C. Emerson
Blanchard
Russian rifles hasten Fengs strength near Chiali lines
London dispatch reports Gen Peng pressing Li Chang Lin with heavy bombardment and an assault on the Chiali lines. Thirty thousand reinforcements armed with Russian rifles are arriving to bolster Fengs troops as light artillery is brought up. A Japanese source says a final battle nears Mukden. Mason City Christmas tree plan says hundreds to receive trees from Scouts after sidewalk sales.
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INSI
Peng
Li Chang Lin
Chiali
Daily Mail
Peking
Feng
Japan
Aese
Mukden
Weather Outlook for Week in Washington DC
The outlook covers Monday through the week with fair conditions in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Snow likely in northern regions with snow or rain spreading to the eastern states by midweek.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Survey Indicates Building Boom Ahead in 1926
A nationwide survey by G. I. Miller & Co with Associated General Contractors and the National Council of Building Trade finds 52 cities anticipating a strong 1926, eight large cities predicting a new high year, and three reporting housing shortages. Major metros like New York Chicago and Philadelphia expect another high-volume year while Tampa Miami and Salt Lake City report notable shortages. The embargo on materials has slowed activity in some areas, with Miami area construction totaling around 100 million dollars this year.
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Ins
G. I. Miller & Co
Associated General Contractors
National Council of Building Trade
Eigh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Detroit
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Bathmore
Boston
Tampa
Miami
Fla
Salt Lake City
Utah
Florida
Aliams
Five Hundred Children at Good Fellow Party
Today was party day at the Good Fellows Christmas event for 400 Waterloo children. Santa, trees, candy, presents, and songs filled the Business and Professional Women club rooms as volunteers and donors prepare for the week ahead and distribution to needy homes.
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Waterloo
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Santa Claus
Good Fellows Club
First Methodist Episcopal
First Evangelical
Lawndale
St. Mary's
Kingsley Indour
Kildow Bigamist Receives Five Year Sentence
Des Moines reports in district court Harry Kildow who deserted his wife and three children in Waterloo to marry Katherine Fellers was given the maximum five year term. Waverly domestic worker in the Kildow home received five years at Anamosa and Miss Fellers was sentenced to three years at Rockwell City after pleading guilty to marrying a person already legally wed. Judge O Franklin presided.
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Des Moines
Harry Kildow
Waterloo
Katherine Fellers
Waverly
Kildow
Anamosa
Miss Fellers
Rockwell City
Kiidow
Franklin
Jane
Hunt Nomination Tied Up by Wheeler
Charles W. Hunt of Iowa saw his appointment to the federal trade commission delayed as Senator Wheeler of Montana objected in the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee The move signals opposition from the Progressive wing of the Senate to Hunt's confirmation and the nomination remains postponed.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Charles W. Hunt
Iowa
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Elov
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Iunt
House to Investigate Monopoly in Rubber
Washington DC December 19 The house rules committee approved a resolution by Representative Tilson to investigate the British crude rubber monopoly The inquiry has support from Secretary Hoover and will be launched after the Christmas recess according to administration leaders plans
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House
Senate
Nance Committee
Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
Tilson
Connecticut
Thepublican
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Iowa Population Increase Predicted by Census Official
Lou F. Morgans, director of the state census, announced estimates suggesting Iowa's population will have risen slightly from the 1920 federal count of 2,404,921, based on returns from two-thirds of the counties.
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Iowa
Lou F. Morgans
Demands Navy to Stop Rum Running, Methodist Board Proposes
Washington Dec 14 The board of temperance prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church proposes a plank to use the navy to prevent illegal rum smuggling as part of a platform for strict prohibition enforcement.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Board of Temperance
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank Munsey In Critical Condition After Surgery
New York December reports Frank A Munsey newspaper publisher recently operated on for appendicitis remains in serious condition at Lenox Hill hospital. A sudden release alarmed his physician and prompted additional care.
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Insi
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Coal Bootleggers Clean Up as Strike Proceeds
Philadelphia reports ongoing efforts to settle the anthracite strike amid coal shortages. Bootlegging emerges as a stopgap supply, with at least one violence incident. Wilkes-Barre area families, institutions, and factories face shortages as supplies run low. Nanticoke fears school and hospital closures, but lifted vehicle embargo keeps operations going. Coal is shipped to Sunbury at airtight delivery prices of 16 to 18 per ton, moving about 100 tons daily.
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Philadelphia
Seattle
Wilkes-Barre
Nanticoke
Sunbar
Cables Greetings to Men Who Saved Him
Washington December 19 The Navy Department today received a cable greeting from Lieutenant Locatelli the Italian around the world aviator rescued from death by the cruiser Richmond Each Christmas and on the anniversary of his rescue he cables greetings to the officers and crew of the Richmond
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DD. C
INS
Navy Department
Liefft
Locatella
United States
Richmond
Girl Killed When Auto Goes in Ditch
Miss Mabel Patterson died instantly when an automobile driven by her brother Robert Patterson plunged over an embankment south of Newton Indiana. Patterson escaped unharmed.
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Newton, In
Mabel Patterson
Mason City to open bids for 200,900 building
Mason City Iowa December 19 bids for the proposed two hundred thousand nine hundred dollar C G A building lore will be opened January fifteenth. Building committee members headed by C H Mc Nider announced the plan today.
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Mason City
C. H. McNider
Navy flier fights gale to land and ties alt. record
Nimgston Massachusetts December 19 Lieut Fred H Decker navy flier after failing to reach altitude record from Mitchelfield Loans Island yesterday was blown five miles offshore and fought back. He landed in a tree near a farm house after six hours lost. He was recovering from swellings and taken to hospital Plymouth.
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Mass
Fred H. Decker
Navy
Mitchelfield
Loans Island
Decker
Jor
Gon
Plymouth
Tillman claims verdict insults free Americans
Washington dispatch covers Rep Tillman denouncing Col Mitchells court martial as an attack on free Americans. He urges President Coolidge to mitigate the five year suspension and questions military procedure. The case heads to the White House for review and possible resignation.
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Tillman
Arkansas
Verish Bint
Washington
Apj
Sidict Mitchell
Capitol Hill
White House
Col. Mitchell
Board of Review
Judge Advocate General
Coolidge
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