Republicans Face Farm Bloc Power Struggle in GOP
Washington dispatch reports growing GOP worry over the farmer bloc as party leaders weigh methods to enforce discipline. Secretary Wallace backs agriculture legislation amid Iowa influence while debates over funding and leadership shape upcoming primary contests.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
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Hughes
Farmer Bloc
Congress
Senate
Wallace
Weeks
Agriculture
Iowa
Kenyvon
Dloe
House
Republican Party
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Chicago Toll Rises With 352 Murders and 619 Auto Deaths
United Press reports official coroner figures for Chicago in 1921 show 352 murders and 619 automobile deaths, with 275 suffocations and 57 whisky deaths among a total of 3,804 inquiries, the largest in years.
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United Press
Chicago
Des
Minter quits Pierce Arrow head. Forbes to take helm
Col George Mixter resigns as Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co president. Vice President F Forbes to become chief executive under board chairman Col Charles Clifton. Meanwhile former North Carolina Governor Thomas Walter Bickett dies at 52 after paralysis. Des Moines reports a jail delivery plot foiled as Otto Johnson and Adam Miller are seized during smuggling attempt. New York notes raw sugar weakness with refined prices dropping below 5 cents. Federal Sugar Refining cuts quotes to 4.56 cents per pound.
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Minter
Pierce Arrow CO
Buffalo
George Mixter
Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co
F. Forbes
Heer
Charles Clifton
Des Moines
Otto Johnson
Adam Miller
New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Veteran Mail Clerk Ends Life in Des Moines
Albert H. Collins, a veteran railway mail clerk, died in a local hospital from bichloride of mercury poisoning after expressing despondence over his enforced idleness. The report cites his motive as despair over unemployment.
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Keokuk, la
Albert H. Collins
Open Shop Seen Possible in Southern Ohio Coal Mines
A Southern Ohio Coal Exchange notice to United Mine Workers leader J. Lewis signals the start of an open shop plan in coal mines. Ohio operators will not meet Lewis in Pittsburgh for wage talks and will drop the checkoff system, prompting fears of a crisis for organized labor in the district. The move aims to let miners in Ohio make new wage contracts locally, not through the central field, with the current agreement due to expire April 1.
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United Press
Columbus
Southern
Ohio
J. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
I McKinney
Lewis
Teac
Anderson
Indianapolis
Sir John Hare Dies in London at 77
London dispatch reports Sir John Hare noted English playwright dead at 77. He frequent ed American playgoers from 1895, starred in Caste and The Gay Lord Quex, joined Frohman’s 1905 Great Conspiracy cast at Duke of York, later touring. He was knighted in recognition of his career.
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Sir John Hare
London
Associated Press
John Hare
United States
Caste
Lord Quex
Charles Frohman
Duke of York
French Demand On Submarines Halts Parley
Washington Dec 28 American and British delegates report the submarine dispute ends in failure France insisting on a 90 000 ton minimum while allies warn they will build as many as needed The conference plans to seek limits on auxiliary craft and gun calibers as Paris argues for replacement timing and capital ship tonnage policy remains unsettled
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United Press
Washington
de Dee
France
Navy Limitations Committee
Paris
Arthur Balfour
Oe. Uy
Ag-To
Capital Ships
Tonhage
Balfour
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
Liberty Bond Broker Bates Arrested On Theft Charges
Miss Kathleen Bates of Clinton faced U S authorities in Chicago on charges of stealing two Liberty bonds and an automobile. Also known as Lynn Miller, Bates allegedly altered bond ownership, ran a dubious broker practice, and hid a web of sugar and flour scams tied to the Whiteside County Syndicate before a three month pursuit ended with detention in Clinton.
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Associated Presay
Chicago
Kathleen Bates
Clinton, Jr
Clinton
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Lynn Miller
United States
Mason
Isates
Pearl Boyd
Green River
Wyo
Miss Hates
Miss Boyd
Kathlean, Bates
J. Rufus Wallingford
Ashe
Illinois
Whiteside County Syndicate
United States Secret Service
Miss Pearl Boyd
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Convention Opens in Des Moines
Three active Iowa chapters will represent at the eleventh annual Sigma Phi Epsilon convention in Des Moines. Delegates include Charles H. Yocum from Iowa Wesleyan, N A Riedesel from Iowa State, and Filmer F. Lenthe from the University of Iowa with Des Moines alumni hosting. The banquet and formal ball are set for Thursday night.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Charles H. Yocum
Iowa Wesleyan College
N. A. Riédesl
Iowa State College
Filmer F. Lenthe
University of _Iowa
Sues for Injuries in Fall from Bleachers
Frank Lang, a Bronx butcher, sues the National Exhibition Company owner of the Polo Grounds for $106,000. He blames injuries his 4 year old daughter Freda suffered after a fall from the bleachers during a baseball game at the Polo Grounds last May.
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Associated Press
New York
Des
National Exhibition Company
Frank Lang
Bronx
Freda
Polo Grounds
Sinn Fein Clubs of Donegal Vote to Ratify Treaty
A Buncrana convention of Sinn Fein clubs in North Donegal unanimously approved ratifying the Irish peace treaty. District reports showed every constituency favoring ratification and urged six Dail Eireann members to vote for it and use influence to secure approval.
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Donegal
Associated Press
Belfast
North Donegal
Buncrana
Ireland
Danl Eireann
Altho
Ulster
Government of Ireland
Fills Husband with Bullets as Message Tells Father's Death
Indianapolis dispatch reports Florence Simmons a 21 year old woman shot her husband 36 in the home after a telephone message said her father was dying in Louisville The woman charged the husband was a moral pervert and had threatened her life during the night Local police found him in a pool of blood as the incident unfolded
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Florence Simmons
Louisville
Po- Hee
Simmons
Kappa Alpha Phi Frat Opens 11th Annual Convention
The eleventh annual Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity convention opens tonight in Cleveland and runs through Friday. Over 200 delegates from across the country are expected to attend. Judge William Harrison of Chicago and Prof. George F. Davis of Wilberforce University will speak.
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Associated Press
Gleveland
Kappa Alipha Phi Fraternity
William Harrison
Chicago
George F. Davis
Wilberforce University
Weather Outlook Lists Midwestern Towns for Winter
United States Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau report covers towns Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Manchester Ne Oakton Postville Waterloo Waverly. Indicates highways in good winter condition with normal tramdic store and generally fair weather forecast.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dea Moines
Dubuque
Farivault
la Crosse
Mason City
Marrtown
Tatton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Dail to Ratify London Treaty
London reports a compromise between supporters and opponents of the Anglo Irish treaty. The Dail is poised to ratify the London agreement, with assurances from Dublin sources that ratification will proceed.
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Associated Press
London
Dublin
Vnl
Zita to Visit Zurich Despite Ban Order
Berne Switzerland exiled former Empress Zita of Hungary plans to travel to Zurich by way of Paris from Madeira to attend an operation on her son Robert, under Allied and Swiss permission. She may bring two children back to Madeira. Madeira governor blocked earlier departure per Paris orders.
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Associated Press
Berne
Switzerland
Daeis
Zita
Hungary
Paris
Madeira
Charles
Zite
Aurich
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Robert
Funchal
London Morning Post
Lake Commerce at Chicago Breaks All Records in 20 Years
Chicago lakeborne commerce set a twenty year high in 1921 with 73, Př 8,479 bushels of corn shipped abroad. A total of 3,203 vessels cleared from REO and Calumet harbors, net tonnage 5,821,981, while imports duties reached 9,426,201.12 dollars. Raw silk and gum chicle dominated imports, with chicle valued at 2,501,882 dollars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William H. Clare
Hi- Reo
Calumet River
Pacific Coast Seeks Shipping Expansion Plan
Pacific Coast shipping interests push a $30,000,000 plan for rehabilitation and expansion of trans Pacific commerce. Banker Herbert Fleischacker outlined the proposal in Washington with President Harding and A D Lasker, proposing a merchant marine style company to allocate ships to a single company rather than to ports.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Dee
Herbert Fleischacker
Washington
Harding
A.D. Lasker
Shipmi Board
International Merchant Marine
Atlantic
Shipping Board
C Company
Armed Raiders Steal Whisky From Distillery
Armed raiders swooped on the Blue Ribbon distillery at Eminence Kentucky and escaped with whisky valued at 320,000 dollars after subduing two guards who were locked in the plant's office. The raid was reported in Frankfort on December 28 by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Blue Ribbon
Eminence
Germany Pressed Over Unmet Reparations Coke Delivery
Paris reports indicate Germany again failed to deliver the daily 16,000 tons of coke to Lorraine and Laembourg as agreed. The Allied commission convened to decide on actions, amid Berlin delaying January and February payments and Rathenau planning to join the German delegate in Paris as Belgian Italian French and British financiers prepare for Cannes talks.
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Germany
Allied Commission
Lorraine
Laembourg
Walter Rathenau
Terre Tischer
Belgium
Italy
France
England
Uo Braun
Cannes
Berlin
Germain
London
Bandits Loot Express Car on Joplin Train
In Kansas City Missouri on December 28 two bandits boarded train No 209 at Pleasant Hill Missouri and looted the express and mail car wounding express messenger L H Holland. They escaped with about $1000 in cash and valuables from the Missouri Pacific line.
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United Press
Kansas City
Missouriacific
L. H. Holland
Pleasant Will
Union Ends Ottumwa Packing House Strike
Ottumwa Iowa December 28 Officers of the Amalga mated Brotherhood of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen called off the John Morrell packing house strike after a secret vote favored returning to work. The 10 week stoppage began when management walked out October 19 over conditions in the pork trimming department and a prior reduction of guaranteed time. About 406 former employees filed for reemployment plans. few were hired due to working conditions. The company plans a double shift starting next Monday and expects many former workers to return to payrolls.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Amalgemated Brotherhood of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
John Morrell Packing House
Morrell Company
McCormick divorce shocks Chicago society
Mrs Harold McCormick, daughter of Jane D. Rockefeller, obtained a divorce in district court on desertion grounds. The case involved testimonies from two maids and noted attorney Clarence Darrow. The split, amid talk of a future marriage to Mary Garden, stirs talk about the Chicago Grand Opera Company's finances and plans.
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Muriel
McCormicks
United States
Lucerne
Chicago
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Opera
McCormick “Gacdendiracht
Miss Mar
Miss Garden
Siilimans
Warous Wheel Company Bankruptcy Filing in Buffalo
Buffalo, December 28. The Warous Wheel company of Newark reports marked shrinkage in demand, prompting a voluntary petition in bankruptcy before a federal court here. Liabilities are placed at 222,030 with assets of 182,424.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N.Y
Wasae Wheel Company
Newark
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