France and German reparations spark business commission talk
Washington observers warn that France's possible move on reparations could reshape German and French economies. Monarchists in Germany fear a strengthened reaction, while a business men commission could ease French embarrassment and shift leverage away from hard economic action. Analysts note private German funds abroad and potential cross border impacts if France acts.
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Germany
France
Europe
Stimues
Suesan
Rnn
Ateerica
Rape
Ind
Hughes
Washington
TBS
Paper Delivery Prompt by 5 26 Locally Mentioned
Courier service aims to deliver the newspaper before 5 26 each day. If mishap or carrier error prevents timely receipt, call 3330 for a replacement copy. Office hours before 6 30 include caller assistance and paper dispatch.
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Zarrier Boy
Tits Peach
Ex-Newsboys Add Another Railroad to Big List
Cleveland based Van Sweringen brothers announced formal control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, signaling their consolidation of five major systems into a single eastern network. They disclosed to the public and sought ICC permission to join the board, highlighting a dramatic rise from newspaper sellers to major financiers. The merged lines include New York Chicago and St. Louis, Toledo St. Louis Southwestern, Lake & Western, Port Wayne Cincinnati & Louisville, and others forming a vast eastern system.
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Big List
Ohio Territory
Associated Presay
Cleveland, O
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
van Sweringen
Cleveland
C. P. van Sweringen
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Oris P
Mantis J. van Sweringer
Geneva
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Toledo, St. Louis & Southwestern
Lake & Western
Port Wayne, Cincini & Lavisyite
Age & State Line Railroads
Lenine Condition Stirs German Specialists in Russia
A Times dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine’s fragile condition causes grave anxiety among Russian and foreign psychoneurologists. Specialists named include Drs Foerster Vaight Klemperer Baumke of Germany and others slated for an important consultation this week.
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Condon
Nikolai Lenine
Aloscoii
Times
Doctor Discovers Child Heart on Right Side During Operation
Dr. C. TR. Jones planned to operate on the 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. DB Keller of Gravity Iowa. He found the heart on the right side of the chest with the liver and appendix on the left. He halted before a wrong side incision, avoiding danger.
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Atlantic
Pr. C. TR. Jones
Long Time Aetna President Retires After Four Decades
Ola will continue as chairman as the board names Ralph B Ives of Chicago as the new president of the Aetna Fire Insurance Company in Stratford Connecticut. EB Clark resigns after over 40 years as president and more than 63 years in the insurance business. Ralph B Ives elected to succeed him.
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Startford
Conn
Tinam EB. Clark
Aetna Fire Insurace Company
Presdent
Ralph B. Ives
Chicago
Aetna
Ola
Shoe prices high but heels low in new spring style
From the National Shoe Retailers' Association annual convention in Chicago, shoe prices range from 8 to 15 dollars as extreme new styles debut. J C Boyd predicts lighter galoshes for women and winter wear for men, with spring wardrobe featuring suede, patent leather, white calf, and low heels.
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Ule Associated Press
Chicago
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
J. C. Boyd
St. Louis
Boyd
Alaskan Volcano Pavlof Erupts After Dormancy
Washington January 9 Pavlof volcano erupted last Saturday blowing off its summit in a towering explosion. National Geographic Society bulletin notes the peak lies in a dense volcanic region with many dormant volcanoes nearby. The Pavlof sits on the Alaska peninsula near the Aleutians facing Asia, previously showing little activity for years.
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Pavlof
Katmui
America
National Geographic Society
Prairie Dog Mounds
Bulletin
Alaskan
Asia
Aleutian Islands
Rockford Preacher Enters Mayor Race in Illinois
Rockford Illinois January 3 Rev George T Liddell pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church and Rockford high school Bible teacher entered the mayoral race declaring he wears the collar of no creed political group or class He would return to his church the full salary if elected reflecting his intent to serve without factional ties.
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Rockford
Ill
George T. Liddell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rockford High ‘School
Liddlell
Advertising Men in Annual Convention Opens in Washington
Representatives of advertising clubs and concerns from all sections of the country attend as Chairman WW Frank McClure of New York opens the annual convention of the national advertising commission of the Associates Advertising Clubs of the World in Washington D C on January 4.
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Washington, D. C
Frank McClur
New York
National Advertising —Commission
Associates! Advertising Clubs of the World
Weather Report Summary from Iowa Cities 1923
January 0 1923 report from the L S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau covers Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City and Waterloo. Eight rain or snow hours noted with temperatures not high enough to thaw. two inches of snow on ground. roads remain fair for travel.
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L. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Mofines
Dubuque
Taj Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Iowa
Fair Road
France and Allies Advance Toward Ruhr Occupation Near Essen
Reports from London Brussels and Paris describe advancing French troops approaching Essen and Kettwig as the Reparations Commission votes Germany in default over coal deliveries. Premier Painleve signals a coercive move with strike breakers prepared and Allies backing France despite UK misgivings.
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Essen
Germany
Kettwig
Duesseldorf
Paris
Turer
John Bradbury
Sir John
Duesselgarr Lodar
France
Paineare
Daugherty Absolved of Keller Charges in Committee Room
Washington DC January hearing shows Attorney General Daugherty given a clean bill of health by the House Judiciary Committee. The panel voted to discharge the impeachment resolution and drop further action on Keller charges, laying the measure on the table.
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Washington
Jan. Fe
Daugherty
House Audiciary Committee
Keller
Republi
Can. Minnesoeta
Judiciary’ Committee
Minnesota
Iowa Legislature Considers Mask Wearing Curbs
Des Moines report notes the fiftieth general assembly opened yesterday with potential laws to curb Ku Klux Klan activities. Debate centers on prohibiting wearing masks and robes outdoors, though specifics remain unclear.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Jan
Ure Ki Klux Klan
Feortieth General Assembly
Ha State
Hera
Inw
Mothers control destiny of humanity in prenatal science talk
Dr George W Clark and Bert Dodge spoke at the American Academy of Applied Science on prenatal considerations in disease prevention. They warned that toxins disturb cellular harmony and that maternal biology shapes civilization, urging extended prenatal research to curb social ills like delinquency and war.
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George W. Clark
Bert Dodge
American Academy of Applied Science
Clark
Arrests, Confessions In Box Car Loot Ring
Police disclose the last suspect in a boxcar theft gang, Leo Hanov er aged 23, was captured in Ur bana Ta. Following his confession, Nuntinen Cohn and H G Wood admitted purchasing stolen merchandise from the gang. Ray Cornwell, held on $500 bonds, also confessed, with authorities recovering about 40000 cigarets and other goods. The loot spanned several months and tied to Preet and Gilson, now jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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Leo Hanover
Urbana
Hanover
Nuntinen- Cohn
Commercial Street
H. G. Wood
Eleventh Street
PLKH
Walker
Cornwell
Cornswell
Floyd Freet
A Gilson
Preet
Gilson
Rebbal
Rock Island
Bether
Cohn and Wood
Seymour
Meyer Siegel
Waterloo Clathine Company
Red Ball Highway paving talks gain momentum countywide
County supervisors plan paving strategy for main highways and aim to start Red Ball route work this winter or spring. Elimination of seven grade crossings and bridge projects along Grant and Red Ball routes are underway as lawmakers consider changing road assessment rules and shifting power to a state commission. The Red Ball would cover about 25 miles outside city limits from Cedar Falls to the Benton county line, with heavy traffic noted along the corridor.
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Waterloo
Jan Porte
County ‘Board of Eupervisors
Genet Best
Grant
Grint Highway
Red Ballth Board
Une Nortan
Witness Central
Ito Boul
Grant Highway
Barkly
Counts Board
Washburn Hill
General Assembly
County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Falls
Waturloo
Benton County
$200000 Bond Issue Voted For Oelwein School
The proposal to issue bonds for 200000 for two new senior high schools carried with 3206 votes in favor and 340 against in Oelwein Iowa on January special election day.
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Oelwein
Bryan Seeks 1924 Progressive Democracy Push
Chicago January 9 United Press reports William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate, says he remains active in politics and will lead progressive Democrats. He predicts a Democrat will win in 1924 and notes ongoing lectures on religion. In Des Moines a plant expansion aims to raise daily capacity to 200 sedans and 350 cars and trucks by April while Bryan headlines his campaign themes.
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United Preas
Chicago
William Tennings Bryan
United Press
White House
Des Moines
Moses
and Motor Company
Willy
Tabernacle
Bryan
W.K. Edwonds
Smoking by Women Affects Insurance Eligibility
Chicago January 9 smoking by women bars to obtain life insurance was declared. Bootleg liquor drinking was found to be sufficient cause to deny a polling applicant. Edicts were issued today by Miss Ubi West organizer of the Women's Benefit League at the annual convention.
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Chicago
Syomen
Misa Ubi MM
West, Partifnron, Miech
Preny Pomaauinder
Women's Benefit League
Organe Lvation
Ford to Build Big Plant at St. Paul
Ford Motor plans a 10 million dollar assembling plant at the government dam site between St. Paul and Minneapolis on the Mississippi river. The project, aimed to create about 14 000 jobs with a total payroll near 25 million, will trigger 7 million dollars in railroad and bridge construction and two new river crossings to serve the new industrial district.
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St. Paul
Minn
Jan
tHenry Mord
Ford Motor Company
Word Interests
Government High Dam
Minneapolly
Mississippi River
Chicago
Mibwaukee & SG
Aite
Mgh
Ute Ifiver
Speed Court Judge Sets Trials in County Morgue
Judge Praneds Borrell, new head of the Ayleeders court, announces speed court sessions to be held weekly at the county morgue beside the victims’ section. He says speeding drivers and others will be summoned, with the aim of swift trials. Fourteen people have been killed by cars in Chicago and Cool County since January 4.
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Cidge
Praneds ‘Borrell
Ayleeders
Boviss
Spesdera
Tose
Borrell
Chicago
Cool County
Autoist Killed and Car Tinker Hurt in Crash
Metine Th. Jan. 9. Flood Sprague sustained a fractured pelvis and died when his coupe was struck by a switch engine. J. J. Floward, a car repairer, was rifling at the time of the accident. Otha pilot of the engine was injured as well.
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Metine
Flood Sprague
J. J. Floward
Otha
Tellegen declines to discuss Farrar divorce action
Lou Tellegen refused to discuss the Farrar divorce case, saying he does not wish to parade family troubles before the public. The matter will be argued Thursday in New York. He also commented on reports of Sarah Bernhardt's bankruptcy, noting his past role as leading man for her.
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Portland
Ove
Jon
Lou Tellegen
Geralding Farrar
New York
Sarah Bernhardt
Testimony links black mask to Morehouse Klan raids
Bastrop Louisiana January witnesses describe black masks used by Morehouse Klan during nocturnal raids. Capt. Skipwith named grand cyclops. members allegedly aided by parish officials. Witnesses recount threats, kidnappings, and attempts on life amid a broader pattern of terror.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Norkeworthy
Morehouse Parish
Kuo Klux Klan
Morehouse
Morehouse Klan
Iodge
Igovernment
Skipwith
Kansas
Dr. McKoin
Klan
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