Harding's Stand on League Despite Campaign Rumors
By Mark Sullivan, New York Evening Post. Harding’s long held position on the league of nations remained unchanged from the Aug 28 speech and pre nomination remarks. Proleague backers sought assurance in October, sending a telegram to Harding via Hoover and Schurman, who relayed his firm reply: no change, nothing said conflicting with the Aug 28 stance.
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Mark Sullivan
New York Evening Post
Waterloo Evening Courier
Harding
League of Nations
New York
Senate
Moines
League
Borah
John Son
Des Moines
Ier
Des Moinés
Johnson
Alli
Iowa
Borak
Will Hays
Marion
Herbert, Hoover
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Jonason
Senator Warding
Messrs
Hoover and Schurman
Jook
Senmor Harding
New_York
Hoover
Schurman
Girl Foils Payroll Bandit in Stocking Heist
Chicago report says Miss Marie Radner, bookkeeper for the broom company, fought off four payroll bandits who fled with a payroll satchel containing $9 in small change. Radner had hidden most of the currency in her stockings before leaving the bank.
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Chicago
Marie Radner
Broom’ Company
Radner
Gilbert Pearson Named President of Audubon Societies
New York Nov 6 announces the election of T Gilbert Pearson as president of the National Association of Audubon Societies succeeding William Dutcher who organized the group 15 years ago Pearson urged a 50 cent federal hunting license to raise one million dollars for bird reservations and enforcing the migratory bird treaty act He praised the act as the top conservation event of the year and called for repeal of recent waterpower rights legislation affecting national parks He also noted enrollment of over 280000 school children as members and three million educational leaflets distributed The association reports 4380 sustaining members at 5 and 212 life members at 100 plus 37 wardens protected key water bird breeding sites last year
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New York
T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association
Audubon Societies
William Dutcher
Pearson
Supreme Court
Association
West High Game With Cedar Rapids Postponed
West High football game against Cedar Rapids scheduled for 2:30 at Cedar River park was postponed due to heavy rain and field unfitness. Officials will decide the new date after a meeting in Des Moines with state board of high school athletics.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River Park
State Board of High School Athletics
Jay Cotch
West High
Des Moines
Dubuque Plant Delivers Largest Barge Fleet to Date
The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works completes its largest single contract. Seven steel barges, built for a coal and produce line, will depart for St Louis under the tow of the steamer Eleanor. The fleet, costing over 1 million dollars, is intended to launch routes between St Louis and St Paul in the 1921 season.
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Associated Frest
Dubuque, In
Nev
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works
St. Louis
United States
Eleanor
St. Paul
Weather Summary for Iowa and Nearby Cities 1929
Weather Bureau reports show rain across the territory including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly and towns noted as very slippery to muddy. Forecasts warn of continued rain over the next 24 hours making roads slick.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Madayee
Chasis City
Lacromee
Baddy
Min- Tesche
Wincoubin
Millionaire in Perjury Case Indicted in Contractors Quiz
New York November 6 AP George Backer, millionaire contractor, was arraigned on perjury charges after being named in an indictment tied to a state inquiry into building trust activities. Additional grand jury reports suggest two other defendants named in yesterday's indictments, but exact names and charges were not disclosed.
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Associated Press
New York
George Backer
Backer
France and England Reach Agreement on German Reparations
Paris reports a thaw in British French tensions over German reparations after a note delivered by British ambassador Earl of Derby. Premier Leigues and the ambassador will meet to finalize terms. France now endorses a Brussels experts conference and a Geneva advisory meeting.
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Associated Press
Paris
Earl of Deroy
Leigues
France
Brussels
Geneva
Reparations Commission
Wisconsin Proclaims Armistice Day Appreciation
Gov. Phillips issues a proclamation calling Wisconsin residents to devote time on November 11 to recognize and honor those who served in the recent war.
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Madison
Wis
Phillips
Wisconsin
Village Is Wiped Out by Pool Room Blaze
Clare, a village nine miles west of Sycamore Tennessee, was wiped out by a fire that started in a pool room. Total loss was estimated at seventy thousand dollars as flames spread to every building in the town.
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The
Associated Press
Sycamore
Clare
Here
Watton Returns In Congressional District Fights
National results show Republicans nearing a sweep with 2590 seats, while three districts including New York Twenty third Minnesota Eighth Missouri remain undecided. Adolph Sabath re elected in Illinois by slim margin and Gartenstein to contest. Larson defeats Carr in Minnesota Eighth with under 500 vote margin.
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Associated Press
Hesun
New York
Minnesota
Missouri
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Republic
Idi
Sapach
Chicago
Adolph J. Sebath
Soufth
Jaacob Gartenstein
Gart
Sabath
Gartenstein
Sabathi
Illinois
St. Paul
Minn
Eighth
W. L. Carrs
Larson
New York State Controller Held in Bond Deal
State Controller Eugene M. Travis was ordered held for the grand jury by Chief Justice Kernochan after an inquiry into irregularities in the controller’s office. The judge found a $2,013,000 sale of New York City bonds at 824% when market price was 2 and interest, overpaying the state by about $140,000. William & Fansawe & Co. handled the sale for Albert L. Judson. Judson was not held. The district attorney was asked to prepare arrest papers and brief on Judson’s immunity stance.
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Associated Dress
New York
Eugene M. Travis
William & Fanshawe & Co
Albert L. Judson
Judson
Kernochan
Daughter of Swifts, The Little Marine, Dies in London
Mrs. Bessie Swift Fernald died in London after a 36 hour illness of double pneumonia. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis F.P. Swift and served five years in hospital work in France during the war. She and Mrs. Helen Nicholson Crean were the only American women to wear the Marine Corps insignia, a nickname given to her by the corps.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis FP. Swift
Tx- Die Today
Bessie Swift Wernald
London
Fernald
France
Helen Nicholson Crean
Nichelson
Swift
Marine Corps
Little Marine
Corps
Fleets Face Costly Coal Demand in Planned Cruises
Representative Blanton of Texas released an open letter to Secretary Daniels protesting announced Atlantic and Pacific fleet cruises next summer. He argues Congress did not authorize the trips and notes that the ships would require at least 70 percent more coal and oil than usual to operate on planned itineraries to South America Africa Australia and New Zealand.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Blanton
Texas
Daniels
Atlantic
Pacific
South America
Afria
Australia
New Zealand
Blanten
Congress
Bankers in South to Aid Foreign Trading
Southern bankers gathered in New Orleans on November 6 to organize a $12,600,000 foreign trading corporation. The group aims to market Southern agricultural products in Europe, with cotton getting first attention and plans to cover all southern commodities.
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Associated Press
Kew Orleans
Europe
D'Annunzio Forces Seize San Marco Promontory
Italian insurgent commander Gabriele d'Annunzio has occupied the promontory of San Marco south of Buccari with 500 troops in protest after alleged fire on the Italian steamer Issoria. Troops face Jugo-Slav frontier as tensions rise along the Adriatic. Meanwhile in Iowa, Wapello and surrounding counties report complete returns with W. Ramsey Bloomfield leading over O. P. Myers by 26,262 votes.
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Associated Press
Triest
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Fiume
San Marco
Buscari
Issoria
Buccari
D'Annunzio
Ramsefer
Ottumwa. Iy
Wapello
Mehaska
David
Keokuk
Poweshiek
Jasper
Monros
W. Ramseyer
Bloomfield
P. Myers
Newiop
Armistice Eases Dock Strike in Veracruz Port
A 260 day armistice between workers and employers at Veracruz ends weeks of dockyard paralysis. The accord, brokered after the Veracruz port strike by stevedores and dock workers, restores shipping flow and reduces congestion in Mexico City reporting.
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Assatisted
Mexico City
Mex
Vere, Cruz
Burglars Blow Vault at Valmeyer Bank in Illinois
Burglars early today blew the safety deposit vault in the Rob Illinois Bank at Valmeyer near Waterloo and escaped with cash valuables and valuables estimated at several thousand dollars.
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Illinois Bank
Associated Press
Waterloo
Nev
Valmeyer
Weeklong Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valley
Weather predictions begin Monday for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. The week will be fair and cold early, followed by fair skies and gradually moderating temperatures.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
President Wilson reportedly opposes Debs pardon
The president is understood to resist pardoning Eugene V. Debs who is serving an 11 year sentence in Atlanta for espionage act violations. Supporters including the American Federation of Labor urge clemency, arguing it would set a bad precedent and could curb wartime dissent. Debs was convicted in Cleveland on September 12, 1918, for inciting insubordination and obstructing conscription.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Bueeve
Debs
Atlanta
Bat Debs
Cleveland
United States
American Federation _of Labor
Wich
Ite
Montréal
Canada
Attorneyeral Palmer
Boy Scout Patrol Leaders Name Officers In Waterloo
George B. Pike addressed Waterloo Boy Scouts as leaders organized the patrol unit. Officers chosen were Robert Mayer president Edward Northey vice president Lampoine Pollock secretary Lester Davis constitution bylaws chair William Smith membership chair Stanley Grulu social chair. Ray L. Short acted as scoutmaster. a questions session followed. next meeting at K P hall will cover selling scouting.
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Waterloo Boy Scouts
George B. Pike
Kk. P. Hall
Pike
Ray L. Short
Robert Mayer
Edward Northey
Lampoine Pollock
Lester Davis
William Smith
Stanley Grulu
G. Bo Apsbur
K. P. Hall
Patro
Sweeping Injunction Halts Closed Shop Strike in Boston
Boston, Mass. Nov. 6 A strike by shoemakers at the Thomas G Plant Co. began May 13, 1919 as unions tried to enforce a closed shop. The superior court granted a sweeping injunction enjoining the United Shoe Workers of America and Allied Shoe Workers' Union from pursuing a closed shop, continuing the strike, paying benefits, threatening employees, or picketing the plant. The decree calls it one of the state’s broadest injunctions.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Thomas G. Plant
Superior Court
United Shoe Workers of America
Allied Shoe Workers’ Union of Greater Gaston
Economy May Close German Universities
London reports Berlin considers closing the German universities of Laie Grieswald and Marburg to save costs. The plan would shift support to Cologne Bonn Heidelberg and Karlsruhe universities as a measure of economy.
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Associated Press
London
Lalie
Grietswald
Marburg
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Colonge
Bonn
Heidelberg
Karlsrshe
Poland Agrees to Danzig Convention Aims for Nov. 15 Signature
Paris Nov 6 The Poles and Danzig authorities reached a pact on the convention they had refused to sign. Signature and the city constitution are set for Nov 15. The accord provides for a commission half Poles half Danzig residents with a neutral chairman to oversee the port of Danzig.
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Associated Press
Paris
Danzig
Onder
Dauzis
Burglars Loot Aplington Hardware Store
Cutlery, silver and six guns valued about 800 dollars were stolen from Lindeman and Brower hardware store in Aplington after burglars entered through rear windows Thursday night. No clue was left by the thieves. Ricci named Italian ambassador to the United States confirmed by official sources.
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Aplington
Lindeman & Brower
Wrangel Retreat to Crimea Report Forged
A varied report from Sebastopol on November 6 describes Wrangel's army retreat after the Soviet spring offensive. Budenny’s forces advanced from Nikopol, forcing a partial rout, with Wrangel withdrawing to the Crimean peninsula. The piece notes prisoners and executions, and mentions American relief missions and unclear status of missions in the region.
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Crimea
Associated Press
I. Sebastopol
Budenny
Baron Wrangal
Nikopol
Antibolshevik
Sal Kova
Wrangel
Sal
Salkova Railway
Melitipol
Constantinople
Black Sea
Berakop
Salkova
Crimean Peninsula
Red Cross
Geo Hi. Ryden
Kansas City
Newton A. McCully
State Department
Army of
Red
Russia
Sebastopol
Women in London Now Smoking Pipes
The article notes a rise in pipe smoking among London women with displays in fashionable cigar stores and sightings in a West London theatre box. An incident on a first class train car over a nonsmoking dispute led to a magistrate ordering two guineas costs.
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London
Horsham
Choir Girl Shot in Chicago Masher Attack
Grace Phillips a 17 year old Emmanuel Baptist church choir member was wounded when two youths attacked her and companions as they walked home from practice. A bullet struck her right leg as the assailants fled, with neighbors searching for the attackers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grace Phillips
Miss Phillips
Emmanuel Baptist Church Choir
Exchange Aid to Men Leaving Jail in Uruguay
Montevideo October 6. Robert BE Jeffery American minister negotiates with the Uruguayan foreign office for a reciprocal humanitarian services treaty. The plan, drawn by New York national prisons committee, would notify U S immigration of Uruguayan prison releases and push repatriation and work placement for returning citizens.
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Montevideo
Praes
Robert BE. Jeffery
Foreign Office
New York
Uru
Pitched Battle Report in Yucatan Campaign
Dispatched reports from Meride claim clashes during the Yucatan state election campaign left several dead and scores wounded. Federal troops were sent to Tecoch and Motul by orders of the minister of war as demonstrations grew more serious Thursday night.
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Bytle Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Yucatan
Meride
Tecoch
Motul
Court splits costs in Associated Packing case
The court on Friday divided fees among counsel W ton John Gillispie and J G l ly and assessed costs equally between the Associated Packing company and 15 stockholders seeking reorganization of the concern.
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Go -Dudge
W Ton
John Gillispie
J. G_lly
Associated Packing Company
Harding heads to Texas coast for vacation before cabinet picks
President-elect Harding travels aboard his special train toward Point Isabel near the Texas coast for a 12 day hunting and fishing trip. He plans a later voyage to the canal zone with a visit to San Antonio before returning to Marion. He has not yet discussed cabinet choices during the vacation.
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Associated Press
Harding
Texas
Pamana
Mavion
Dee
Association of
Washington
Lefe Marion
Point
Isabel
Canal Zone
Lantic
Bedford
San Antonio
Ator
Tex
Harry M. Daugerty
Senate
Siiter
Scobey
Tonio
Warr Harding
G. J. Brown
Madi Street
Brown
Dr. Brown
Jury backs baseball leaders after riot at Mason City
A special grand jury investigation into baseball found evidence that some games were thrown by players but not generally. It says leaders in organized baseball may be relied upon to keep the sport above suspicion. Police intervened to avert violence at a wrestling match in Mason City after an altercation between Jack Milo and Paul Prehn.
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Mason City
Associ
Chicago
Associated Press
Jack Milo
Twin City
Paul Prehn
University of Sinois
Republican Editor on Shipping Board Accepts Wilson Appointment
Chester Rowell of Fresno announced he wired Washington to accept President Wilsons appointment to the United States Shipping Board. Rowell, former chairman of the Fresno Republican state committee, has edited the Fresno Republican since 1920.
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Associated Press
Fresno
Calif
Chester Rowell
Republican State Committee
Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States Shipping Board
Rowell
Fresno Republican
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The notice states home delivery by 5:30 PM and asks customers to call the office if the paper is not received by then. A replacement copy will be sent after contact.
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