Rail workers ask wage hikes amid cost of living drop
About 271000 railroad clerks, station staff, and related workers petition the U S railroad labor board for increased wages. KE Fitzgerald, head of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship Clerks freight handlers and station employees, says living standards have fallen. He cites a 36 50 monthly average now versus 205 02 in 1920 and notes railroads report strong profits while wages lag. The request follows two prior pay petitions since the end of the shopmen strike.
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Fitzgerald
Labor Board
Pitegerald
Brotherhood
Sys
United Press
Chicago
E H. Fitzgerald
United States Railroad Labor Board
Pitzgerald
Watchman at Mill Killed by Burglars
Lacon Illinois Nov 28 Charles Fay night watchman at the Lacon Woolen mills was shot and instantly killed when he surprised a gang burglarizing the plant. His body lay hours later on the floor clutching his revolver and he had been shot through the heart.
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Lacon, WL
Charleaj Fay
Laccon Woolen Mills
Sentencing of Clara Phillips Postponed Again
Los Angeles on November 22 Clara Phillips convicted of the hammer murder of Mrs. Alverta Meadows won another postponement of sentence to a later date when her case was put over until Monday because of the illness of Judge Houser.
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Los Angeles
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Alverta Meadows
Ifa
Houser
Mental Test for Lions Yields Fun
Fifty Lions club members at Black's tearooms took the public school mental test under H C Moeller county supervisor. Each received an intelligence chart and followed the same timing as a child to gauge mental ability, though the individual scores were not announced.
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Lions Club
Black
Black Hawk County
H. C. Moeller
Wete Dot
BECLAM CONTEST NO 4 TO BE HELD FRIDAY
A program of Rumorous Numbers is listed for preliminary contest No 4 of Water loo west schools tomorrow evening November 24. Contests include titles and entrant names such as Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Arlene H Kradiey, Our Angel Tax That Scandalized the Mage Teulah Myshater, The Absentmindedness of Prigelia In-raret Potter, This Guestian from Gentle Justin Tessica Jones, The Mason Thelma Amor, Penrod's Letter Ly on Fixtitition Aliben.
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Waterloo West
Mary Arlene Hkradiey
Hristian
Teulah Myshater
Prigelia
Potter
Jusin
Tessica Jones
Thelma
Amor
Penrod
Lly
Mortuary MRS ALLENS FUNERAL FOR NELLIE ALLEN
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Allen wife of Dr Ray Allen of Jesup will be at 2 pm tomorrow from O Keefe Towne chapel conducted by Rev T J Elwick pastor of the Methodist church at Jesup Burial will be in Elmwood Present for the services is Rev J R Allen father of Dr Allen who is 85 years old He is from Lawrence Kan Other relatives here or on the way are Miss Bass Allen Los Angeles Cal Mr and Mrs Fred Crowther Marshalltown Mrs George Crowther Hawarden We
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Bass Allen
Los Angeles
Cal
Fred — Crowther
Marshalltown
George Crowther
Hawarden
Mistaken Identity in Defense of Bad Stock Deals
Walter B. Lavine, alias Kidward J. L. Thomas, claims mistaken identity in a Muscatine case over a $10,000 alleged DORNS stock transaction. Lavine testified he resembles his alleged brother and believes Kath misidentified him as the defrauder.
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Peoria
Walter B. Lavine
Kidward
JL. Thomas
Henry W. Kath
Muscatine
Mussel
Dex
DORNS
Levine
Kath
Hia
Lieutenant Childers Loses Battle in Courts
In Dublin and Dube reports, Erskine Childers, chief aide to Exmonn De Valera in the Irish Republican movement, faced habeas corpus actions as his sentence in the Free State court system was scrutinized. While details remained unclear, it was believed he faced death pending cabinet approval, with supporters hoping habeas corpus would save him. Hunger strikes continue as Mary MacSwiney nears week three at Mountjoy, with sister Annie outside the gates maintaining a vigil and showing growing sympathy for the protest.
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Dube
Erskine Childers
Exmonn de Vatera
Free State
Childers
Master of the Stolls O'Connor
Chancery Court
Associated Press
Dublin
Mary MaucSwiney
Mount Joy
Annie
Miss MacSwiney
Annie MacSwiney
Iowa News Briefs Reveal Police Aid and Election Totals
Chief John B. Hammond urged public aid in arrests at a town police chiefs convention, promoting education on duty. A veteran flicker strike led to a trespass case on trial for the third time. Official election returns lag in two counties. Corydon reports a masked hold-up at the Milwaukee rear station with little clues.
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John B. Hammond
Des Moines
Hammond
Nevada
John Patterson
Tee Claras
Dubuque and
Trayton
Ramsay
Monay
Corydon
D. W. Nelson
Milwaukee
Four Women Will Sit On Trial Jury In Shirtz Case
In Burlington Iowa on November 23 four women were seated on the jury for the murder trial of Mrs. Kate Shirtz accused of killing her husband J V Shirtz a Middleteen farmer. The panel includes Ena Overholt Marie Carlson Beers Wilkerson and Co Lyman. The male jurors include Johnson Weaver Beers Schutze Otto Hrockway Schudler and Statter. Jury selection proceeded swiftly with most spectators barred from the opening day.
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Burlington
Kate Shirtz
J. V. Shurtz
Ena J. Overholt
Marie Carlson
Meart Wilkerson
Pranklin Township
Co. B. Lyman
Charles Johnson
Frank R. Weaver
Union Township
John Beers
Mediapolis
George Schutze
Herman Otto
Harley Hrockway
J. H. Schudler
Burlington Willow Ware Company
Henry A. Statter
Railroad Awitchman
Tate
Americans Ready to Flee Turkey If Parley Fails
A Parisaged dispatch reports Americans prepared to evacuate Constantinople and Asia Minor as peace talks falter. British and American firms move stocks for quick shipment while relief drives transfer millions of pounds of supplies and orphans to Piraeus. Lausanne talks on Thrace show entente unity against western claims, with Balkan states considering joint policy as Greece Bulgaria and others align against plebiscite.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Ing Kreps
Lauxanna
Nene
Turkey
British Concerns Have Chartered Large Sleuiness To Cavey Ateny
Near East Relief
Sta
Piraeus
United States
Pittsburgh
Asia Minor
Thrace
Lausanne
England
Italy
Feante
Nso
Aisht
iBalkan
Chrace
Greece
Rowminia
Jugo-Slavita
Maritza 'Iver
Balkan
Venizelos
Bulgaria
Jugo-Slavia
Roumania
Morgan Fails to Fix Up Loan for Germany
Paris reports J. P. Morgan, now in London, will sail for home tomorrow without a decision from Premier Poincare or the reparations commission on an international loan to Germany. The Matin stated Morgan may return to Paris if needed.
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Morgan
Germany
Paris
J. P. Morgan
London
Poincare
Ylope
Poeris Fater
No Tobacco League entertainers in city schedule
Charles M Fillmore author of tell Mother I ll Be There and J W Huddieston a 340 pound professional entertainer appear today in the past prade schools representing the No Tobacco League of America They will perform at First Baptist church at 730 pm Walnut Street Baptist tomorrow and at a junior high tomorrow from Indianapolis They expect to stay through today and tomorrow Miss Malinda J Pauling and William J Pouteh formerly of Waterloo now Hillsboro Ore wed Nov 14 at the W M J Stankard home Hillsboro A dinner party followed the ceremony and the couple will reside in Hillsboro
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Charles M. Fillmore
J. W. Huddieston
No-Tobacco League of America
Prade
First Baptist Church
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Fillmore
Huddleston
Indianapolis
Waterlooans
Malinda J. Pauling
William J. Pouteh
Waterloo
Hillsburg
Ore
W. M. J. Stankard
Hillsborg
Rey
R. B. Kay
Fpoutch
Homemade Pinex cough remedy praised for quick relief
An advertisement touts a cheap homemade cough syrup using 21% ounces of Pinex and pantry ingredients like molasses honey or corn syrup. It claims rapid throat and chest relief, loosening phlegm and soothing irritated membranes with guaranteed satisfaction or money back, from The Pinex Co of Wayne Indiana.
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Romney
Pinex Co
Wayne
Ind
Indictments Tie John Looney Ring to Seven Murders
International News Wire reports Rock Island Illinois on November 23 that John Looney heads a seven man underworld faction indicted on charges from murder to conspiracy. The batch targets Looney and close associates including Louis Ortell and Lawrence Pedigo, with Ortell fleeing and Pedigo jailed for a murder tied to a Sherman hotel rooftop shooting in which Looney’s son John Connor Looney was killed.
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Looney
Louis Ortell
Rock ‘Island
Lawrence M. Pedigye
Gint
Hippert
Pirty Neck" Kelly
Cooney
Ortell
Aod
Peden
Pedigore
Rock Island
Hill’ Gabel
Pedigo
Sherman Hotel
Lioon
Lov
John Connor Looney
East High Club Revived with Officers and Purpose
The East High School W ing club, reorganized after dissolution, names Edwin Bickelberg as president Ray Nemmers as vice president Sherman Wollefson secretary Graham Boysen treasurer and Roger Dooley marshal with advisor DP Jd Miller and honorary Louis Kresensky coach. The group aims to foster sportsmanship between East and competing high schools and boost athletic enthusiasm while discouraging wearing nonearned emblems. A separate brief reports a farmer Charles Pitka in Toledo Iowa committed suicide due to ill health, leaving a note for his wife.
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East High School
Edwin Bickelberg
Ray Nemmers
Sherman ‘Wollefson
Graham Boysen
Roger Dooley
Nwiubees Li
Jd. Mifler
Louis Kresensky
East High
Comper- Ing
King George Opens Parliament Amid Unrest and Unemployment
London, Nov. 23. King George opened Parliament amid police cordons as unrest grows among the unemployed. He expressed deep concern over unemployment and economic strains, urged continued welfare measures, and said Ireland’s constitutional enactment must take effect by Dec. 6. He also noted loan guarantees with the League of Nations and ongoing Middle East settlement talks aiming for peace and security.
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Cinternathona News
London
Gieorge
Jata
George
Austria
League of Nations
Lausanne
Trish
Iria
Rheumatism Cure Promises Relief and Money Back
Beep Seated Uric acid deposits are dissolved and rheumatic pain ends within twenty four hours. Allenrhu touted as a sure conqueror of rheumatism, with money back guarantee if no relief. James H. Allen of Rochester, NY claims decades of trials and urges all sufferers to try the remedy from any local druggist.
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Allenrhu
James H. Allen
Rochester
Alleorhbu
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple at home dyeing solution suitable for wool silk linen cotton or blends. It claims directions are easy and guarantees perfect home dyeing with no streaks spots fades or running.
Jail Man Cleaming to Be Wall St. Bomber
New York report states Julius Rey Reynolds, a Swiss native, was arrested for allegedly writing a note to the Brooklyn borough hall custodian. The note claimed responsibility for the 1920 Wall Street explosion and threatened to bomb the hall.
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Wall St
New York
Julius Reynolds
Switzerland
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Wall Street
Special Shopping Week for Farmers in Corn Congress
Merchants in the Retail Merchants Association urge city shoppers to join a Farmers Shopping Week tied to the Corn Congress at Greater Waterloo. From December 13, incentives promise local bargains, and a best corn exhibit prize includes pennants for school exhibits from eight counties.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Greater Waiterloo Association
Favorite Prescription Saves Woman From Surgeon's Knife
Mrs Martha Strayer of Lincoln Nebraska credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with curing her weakness and misery, saying the first bottle improved her greatly and she later used it again to regain health after a second illness. She urges others to try the remedy and send for a trial package.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Dr. Pierce
Martha Strayer
Piercas
Buffalo
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Kimonas
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Fletcher’s
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Alita
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