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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
6
Roving Allied and German actions left champagne cellars in Reims and Epernay damaged but vast stocks survived. An Associated Press report notes 1,000,000 bottles possibly wasted through unofficial requisitions and waste amid wartime chaos, while firms remain cheered by soldiers’ entitlement to wine.
Boston report details Miss Agnes Jane McNevin being awarded the Knight home furnishings and funds from an estate valued at 250000 dollars for years of faithful service to Mrs. Mary C. Knight. The estate beneficiaries beyond Miss McNevin remain undisclosed at this time.
Parkersburg West Virginia dispatch reports William Peyton a longtime enslaved man who later served the Creel family of Virginia for six generations died in Little Mocking Bear Parkersburg at age 128 or 1238 years. he maintained full faculties until a few weeks before death.
The Milk Producers' Cooperative Marketing Association has set the wholesale price of milk at 3.65 per hundred pounds for January. The organization, representing farmers in Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin, supplies most of Chicago's milk.
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Wenoher, director of air service, asks the president of the American Flying club to withdraw cash prizes awarded vintners in the trans continental air race and substitute suitable trophies. The request is said to serve the best interests of the service. Wolves are reported as numerous and destructive in Crandall S. D., prompting farmers to organize a defense.
A telegram from Belle Isle reports fifteen people including two lighthouse keepers three wireless operators and their families face starvation due to failure to deliver winter provisions. The government steamer Aroure sank weeks earlier while carrying relief supplies.
William Galloway, president of the William Galloway company, leaves Waterloo for California with General Motors officials including William Durant to work on a new tractor project. He denies plans to leave Waterloo, says he will be away for four to five weeks, and notes ongoing strong production and hiring at his own firm.
Paris and Berlin dispatches report the supreme council’s tone seen as political posturing. Germany offers limited rail transport for Allied troop movements to plebiscite zones, with four trains daily proposed instead of six due to material constraints. Swiss entry into the league also discussed.
London December 27 Frederick William the former German crown prince is slated for surrender for trial in France, accused of criminal offenses including looting and robbery with violence. A conference of British officials and French under secretary Edouard Ignace outlined the list of surrender targets and next steps to secure arrests, with prime ministers Lloyd George and Clemenceau to decide remaining questions in Paris next month.
Winnipeg Man Dec 27 R B Russell one of the labor leaders in Winnipeg s general strike was sentenced to two years imprisonment for seditious conspiracy.
Rome reports D'Annunzio's envoy asked Premier Nitti to delay his planned trip until a definite Fiume settlement is reached. Rizzo, Giuriati and other D'Annunzio associates reportedly left the Fiume area as the issue continues to unfold. Premier Nitti plans to visit London and Paris to seek an Allied consensus and favorable English financial terms. Five Chicago wood alcohol poison deaths prompt federal and local probes into sales. coroner Hoffmann warns of further fatalities as investigations expand.
Lincoln Nebraska December 27 a voters petition seeks Gen Leonard Wood on the Republican presidential ballot for the April 20 primaries. The petition filed with the secretary of state notes no acceptance required from Wood and marks the first presidential petition in Nebraska for the upcoming campaign signed by Frank P Carrick and supporters including both men and women.
The French interior minister approved removal and shipment home of American soldiers buried outside the old army zone in France. Brig. Gen. Connor said the move awaits regrouping and identification of French dead, with French rulings likely to ease three year removal ban. Spain sees tobacco strikes close factories. 10,000 idle. Former Empress Eugenie to winter at Cap Martin villa in Nice.
Ruth M. Keeney traveled from Monson to New York with her parents to learn why her fiancé, Dr. William G. Vermilye, did not appear at their Christmas wedding. Vermilye, a former navy surgeon, remained in a Brooklyn hospital with no information released about the timing of his wedding absence.
Fifteen hundred miners of the Central Coal and Coke Company and related firms in Pittsburg Kansas, idle since last July, were ready to return to work as mines were put in shape for hoisting coal. Three Western Coal and Mining Company mines remained idle due to a strike over house coal for workers.
London papers praise John D Rockefeller's Christmas gift to education and Secretary Lansing's message on deportations of agitators. The Daily News lauds Lansing's message as a major American contribution to global efforts, while editorials admire Rockefeller's munificence and lament Britain lacks a similar model.
Washington plans a Monday conference of heads of railway brotherhoods under Samuel Gompers to examine the Cummins bill and other pending railroad legislation. The meeting aims to form a united protest against Cummins and the strike provision, to be sent to every member of Congress.
London dispatch reports Captain Ross Smith, Australian aviator who recently flew England to Australia and won 10000 pounds, landed at Charleville Queensland after navigating the formidable Mount Owen range. The machine was in damaged condition. Washington reports Secretary Baker called a conference of all departmental and divisional commanders for January 12 to discuss army problems from a peace status.
Secretary Daniels reconvenes the Knight board to review naval decorations after Rear Admiral Sims declines the distinguished service medal and Admiral Wilson Mayo urge corrections to alleged inequalities. Letters from high officers prompt a broader reconsideration of awards and potential new recommendations.
Rev. Thomas Leake, retired Methodist clergyman and a long time Illinois pastor, died in Dixon at age 80. A Gar rett Biblical Institute graduate of 1864, he ranked among the oldest Methodist ministers in the state.
Weather predictions issued today by the weather bureau cover the week starting Monday for Washington D C and the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fall with normal temperatures and changes in precipitation expected across regions.
Washington December 27 Provident Wilson will be 63 tomorrow and his daughters Mia Willitan G McAdog and Mrs Frances J Saura hope to join him at the White House for the holiday anniversary. Rear Admiral Grayson says the president is in good spirits and progressing well.
Mount Clemens Michigan December 27 A sheriff said he prepared to seek a murder warrant against a former close friend of J Stanley Brown a Detroit area miller who was slain Tuesday night An interview with Andrew Marian brother in law of Brown s widow provided the lead for the action Marian said Brown visited his home Tuesday evening and spoke of an engagement in Mount Clemens naming the suspect
New York December 37 Heavy immigration taxes Ellis Island as officials doubt another influx soon. In 48 hours about 1 000 immigrants arrived and 1/168 were detained for further examination. Officials say the island cannot handle more and anarchists held elsewhere awaiting deportation will likely stay until arrangements are made for another "soviet ark."
In New York on December 27 Associated Press reports the Ivy division holds a reunion and smoker, the first postwar gathering of the unit that fought overseas. More than a thousand veterans expected, Brig. Gen. Benjamin A. Poore presiding from the Ivy association, with Major Gen. Mark Hershey as guest of honor.
Chicago, Dec 27 Miss Anna Adams Gordon president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Miss Julia Deane announce a world tour beginning in Europe in April with visits to the Orient Africa and South America Passports to Europe have been obtained The tour follows the London world convention in April 1920 and returns for the Atlantic City convention in November 1920 The group cites deaths from wood alcohol and contrasts them with liquor caused deaths noting urgency in temperance efforts.
District Attorney Martin opens a manhunt for sellers of wood alcohol whiskey blamed for over two dozen fatalities. New York reports 27 deaths in Chicago since July and dozens more at risk. authorities tighten inspections, warn public, and pursue charges against saloonkeepers and suppliers.
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