Hughes plan signals near total disarmament shift
Washington observes the Hughes disarmament proposal as a step toward complete disarmament and a potential end to war as a contest of preplanned forces. The piece notes labor fears, shipyard layoffs, and national pride concerns while predicting reduced U S and allied naval strength and a peaceward shift within six months. Britain may adopt the trend, with details to follow on page two.
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Washington, D. C
Hughes
E Hughes
Tcky
Chattanooga
Tenn
Spring City
Chate
Contanooga
Goseee
United States
Huntry
Asi Bom
Nnr
Great Britain
Roy Gardner Captured by Mail Clerk After Stem Beatdown
Roy Gardner, famed mail robber and recent escapee from McNeil's Island, was identified by fingerprints after a Santa Fe station attempted mail car robbery in Phoenix. Clerk Herman Irslinger subdued him, taking his revolver and restraining the bandit until police arrived. Gardner claimed future danger if armed force reappears, then admitted identity.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
Roy Gardner
McNeil’s Island
Herman Irslinger
Irslinger
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Gardner
Missouri Advances Good Roads Bill Concurred by Senate
Jefferson City Missouri the senate concurred in the amendment to the road and bill setting March 1 192% as the sale date for the first quota of state road bonds the bill advances to the governor for signature Washington D C the senate began consideration of clearing Senator Newberry of fraud charges in the 1918 Michigan elections Spencer Missouri opened the defense Tornado Insurance Men In Convention Des Moines Iowa the thirty eighth annual meeting of the Iowa Manual Tornado Insurance association opened with 200 insurers present Delhi India nearly 700 Moplah rebels were killed in an attack on the Pandikad post Gurkha garrison the Moplah force numbered 2000 one British officer and three men were killed and 34 wounded
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House
Washington, D. C
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Michigan
Spencer
Des Moines
Iowa Mannimal Tornado Insurance Association
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Dayton
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Delhi
India
Pandikad
Exiled monarchs reach Madeira aboard British cruiser Cardiff
Gibraltar based former Emperor Charles and Empress Zita nearing exile on Madeira. The British cruiser Cardiff carried the royal couple to Funchal amid Atlantic travel from northwest Africa, as exiled figures advance toward their destination. New York Governor targets waterway plan, calling a $200 million Great Lakes project a criminal folly and an impossible dream.
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Austria Hungary
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Madeira
Cardiff
Funchal
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Highway weather report for Iowa and Minnesota towns
Weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau lists territory including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault Latrobe Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly. Forecast predicts wet and slippery roads with freezing rain turning to snow tonight.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
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Des Moises
Dubuque
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Waterloo
Waverly
Courier: home delivery by 5 30. call to reroute
The notice states couriers deliver before 5 30 each day and that if you do not receive your copy due to carrier error or other causes you should call 3330 before 6 30 p m to have a replacement sent.
Fordyce Bank Robbers Get Quick Action
United Press reports Fordyce Nebraska bank robbery defendants confessed leaders and accomplices. Mike Caser twenty four received twenty year sentence while Harold Ross twenty one and Fred Stewart twenty one got fourteen years each. About three thousand dollars stolen, one thousand one hundred nine unrecovered, suspects jailed in Sioux City hotel and Fordyce farm.
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Neb
Mike Caser
Fordyce
State Penitentiary
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Stow City
Fred Stewart
Fort Gyee
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Stewart
Sioux City
Casey
Czecho-Slovakian Press Backs Hughes Naval Plan
The Prague cablegram says Czecho-Slovak newspapers enthusiastically welcomed Secretary Hughes disarmament proposals. They expect naval disarmament to prompt reductions in land forces in Europe, seen as aiding postwar reconstruction and peaceful completion by central European states.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Hughes
Isarmament
Europe
National Grange Holds Fifty-Fifth Annual Convention
Portland Oregon November 11 3 The national master J Lowell Predonia New York and other officers and delegates attend the opening of the fifty fifth annual convention of the National Grange today Lowell will present the year’s work in his address and open the forum to discuss national farmer problems
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
J. Lowell
Predonia
N. Y
National Grange
Lowell
Hitchcock Amendment Aims to Delay Rail Loan
In Omaha Nebraska on November 16 United States Senator G M Hitchcock plans to introduce an amendment to the railroad funding bill in the Senate to deny the 500 million loan to western railroads until the Interstate Commerce Commission lower hay and grain freight rates take effect. The measure follows news farmers in the West would not likely benefit from the new rates during the current crop year.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
United States
G. M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Western Railroads
Interstate, Commerce Commission
Omaha World-Herald
Wife willing for women to decide Arbuckle fate
San Francisco report details Minta Durfee saying she would prefer women jurors in the manslaughter trial of Roscoe Arbuckle over Virginia Rappe's death. She believes women will understand his story and vindicate him. The jury box was briefly filled as the panel began to form with Peter Hansen and a peremptory dismissal followed.
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United Press
San Francisco
Minta Durfee
Roscoe Arbuckle
United Press Today
Fatty
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Roscoe
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Milton ‘O’ren
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Ther Sh Ip
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New Party Planners Meeting in Detroit
In Detroit Michigan today members of the Committee of 48 in Michigan met with executive chairman J A H Hopkins to discuss plans Hopkins prepared for launching a new political party. Detroit leaders report widespread interest in the proposal aiming to factor in next year’s congressional elections.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Harding Speeds Up Plans for German Trade Revival
President Harding moves to reestablish relations with Germany by nominating Ellis Lorine Dresec as chargé d affaires in Berlin. Officials pursue an American trade organization in Germany and plan to reestablish consular and diplomatic ties while considering Houghton as ambassador. Berlin is expected to be asked to appoint soon, with Germany preferring a chargé in Washington for now.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
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Ward
United States
Germany
Ellis Lorine Dresec
Berlin
Washington
D. C
America
Houghton
New York
Ualtje Ss
Prest Harding
White House
Perfect Feet in Highheel Pumps With Pointed Toes
A pink dainty pair of feet with arched insteps in a 41-5 Bi shoe wins a health show exhibit prize in New York. Nurse Miss Elizabeth Doyle owns the remarkable feet. after hundreds examined, her feet are deemed prizeworthy for next Saturday’s award at the foot clinic booth.
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Associated Fresh
New York
Elizabeth Doyle
New York Profiteers Hike Turkey Prices Ahead of Thanksgiving
United Press report from New York on November 16 says turkey and other holiday foods are being driven up by profiteers. J Vancott of the New York Produce Exchange notes prices rising and predicts the dinner will cost at least as much as last year. Turkey jumped to 53 cents on the exchange. last year’s peak was 55 cents. Chicago retailers meanwhile price turkey 48 to 60 cents a pound, with a cheaper supply cited.
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United Press
New York
J. Vancott, Sr
New York Produce Exchange
Vancott
Chicago
Pershing Kiss and Greeting Fete Feature
Gen Pershing greeted British war mother Mrs Amelia Emma McCudden at a banquet for Marshal Foch in Philadelphia. He kissed her and praised the America England visit for friendship. Pershing then met Marshal Foch, exchanging remarks and sharing a private conversation.
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Philadelphia
Gen. Pershing
Amelia Emma McCudden
Marsha
Foch
McCudden
America
England
Marshal Boch
Marshal Foch
Conferees Tackle Surtax in Tax Revision Bill
Washington Nov 16 Conferees from Senate and House discussed the tax revision bill and aimed for agreement on key amendments. The agreement fixed excise and soft drink schedules, rejected a 4 percent manufacturers tax on perfumes and essences, and set the income surtax features for a House vote on Thursday.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Co-op Commission Company Opens Jan 1
The first cooperative livestock commission company, organized by stockmen last week, will open at the East St. Louis stockyards on January 1. Directors named include C. Depman of Farmington Missouri, Joseph Fulker son of Jerseyville Illinois, A. E. Cruem of Virginia Missouri, WOW Fuqua of Monroe Gutxy Missouri, C. W. Huntley of Chariton Iowa, and B. A. Crosser of Ursa Illinois.
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Associated Press
Co-Operative Livestock Commission Company
East St. Louis
Co-Operative
Depman
Farmington
Joseph Fulkerson
Jerseyville
A. E. Cruem
Virginia
Wow. Fuqua
Monroe
Mexican Rebels Threaten Attack Near Tia Juana
San Diego Calif Nov 16 Three hundred Mexican rebels camped in the hills south of Tia Juana Lower California prepare to attack that city at any hour according to information received at the international press. Mexicali customs officials say the rebels are well armed and federal scouts have been unable to locate their camp. Gov Ybarra of Lower California refused to discuss the situation. Ybarra admitted he had been in San Diego. It was reported he was helping to engage aviators there. The situation appeared greatly worried.
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United Press
San Diego
Cal
Tia Juana
Lower California
Mexicali
Ybarra
Yobarra
Ottumwa Packing Plant Guarded by National Guard
Ottumwa Illinois dispatch reports four companies of the Iowa National Guard were ordered by Gov Kendall to protect John Morrell Packing Company workers. Troops moved in after strife and projectiles, with machine guns mounted to deter rioters. Deputies remained on duty as residents observed a tense standoff at the plant gates.
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Morrell Company
George Gilmer
Des Moines
Low National Guard
Kendall
Ottumws
A. B. C and D
Guy E. Brewer
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Walter Olson
E. T. McMurray
G. C. Greenwalt
J. N. Wilkinson
Rock Island
National Guard
Takahashi Faces Delicate Tasks in New Cabinet Post
Takahashi assumes a new cabinet post in Japan amid delicate duties as East Asia tensions rise. A close ally of Premier Hara, he brings experience expected to shape policy toward China and regional militarism as the Far East question dominates his agenda.
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Takahashi
New Cabinet
Ahbashi
Hara
China
Aren
Cannibal Claims Stir Haiti Marines Case
United Press report from Washington notes H. M. Pelkington of New York testifying before a Senate committee about Haitian bandits torturing and eating U S Marines. Pelkington cited Private Lawrence and Lieutenant Muth as victims, claiming cannibalism transfers courage and fortitude to eaters.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
H. M. Pelkington
New York
Senate
Pelkington
Lawrence
Muth
Farmers vote defeats good roads proposals in Dubuque County
In Dubuque County farmers rejected two road proposals in a Nov 15 special election. The board of supervisors faced a hard surfacing plan and a $1.5 million bond to cover immediate costs, both losing by large margins as rural voters opposed the measures. Farmers statewide organized to unify their stance, with near-unanimous farmer support outside the city.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Dubuque County
Board of Supervisors
Critic of City Gov't Gives Four Causes of Municipal Blowouts
Bradley Hull criticizes the city manager plan as aristocratic. He pins municipal breakdown on four causes: voter disengagement, poor leadership in party organizations, suburban drift by educated voters, and the influence of public utilities, in a speech at the National Municipal League annual convention in Cleveland.
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City Gov't
Associated Press
Chicago
Bradley Hull
Cleveland
National Municipal League
Cold Wave and Snow Forecast for Iowa
Nes Moines reports a cold wave followed by snow, with lows near 25 degrees tonight and rain turning to snow tomorrow. The weather bureau head C J Reed states the forecast for Iowa, while unrelated labor dispute remarks are noted.
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Nes Moines
Iowa
C. J. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
China Opens Far East Discussions in Secret Session
Washington November 16 China outlines a plan to preserve territorial integrity open door policy and end secret treaties in the Far East. China would not alienate territory and all foreign rights would be reviewed while future conferences are arranged.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Far East
China
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