Monarch V ill king ill health alarms empire
In Britain and the empire concern grows as King George V's illness, initially described as a cold, deepens with lung congestion and fever. Crowds gather at Buckingham Palace awaiting updates while Prince of Wales hunts in Africa and President-elect Hoover enjoys calmer seas aboard the Maryland.
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England
British
George V
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Prince of Wales
Africa
Buckingham Palace
Maryland
Hoover
Election Gangsters and Hoover Citrus Tale
A collage of 1920s Washington notes recount Red Cross leaders return from The Hague peace talks and the League of Red Cross Societies, Citrus fruit boosting Florida’s electoral votes under Hoover, and early talk of “Boy Scouts” near Hoover in a White House transition. The piece weaves diplomacy, agriculture, and political intrigue with marginal references to Prohibition era reformers.
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Boy Scouts
Soover
White House
South America
Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan Dies in New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan aged financier died at his home in New York after a brief illness attributed to advanced age. He was 77 and his fortune, estimated between 300 and 500 million dollars, was largely invested in tobacco stocks.
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New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Ryan
Desperado band terrorizes New Mexico ranches
Jornado Del' Muerto New Mexico November 23 horse thieves raid several ranches stealing horses guns ammunition clothing and provisions. A desolate area distant from towns saw the thefts unfold over days as posses led by three sheriffs began pursuit after the events became known yesterday.
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Jornado
del’ Muerto
N.M
Captain Carey went down with the Inner Vestris
Federal inquiry records reveal Capt William Carey fought to the end among a panicked crew and passengers as the Inner Vestris sank. Survivor Edward Miles Walcott testified he saw Carey five feet away without a belt, then disappear after shouting lifeboat loading directions.
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New York
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Carey
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Judge Frees Peter Mitchin for Holidays in Hammond
In Hammond Indiana on November 23 a federal judge suspended the sentence of Peter Mitchin, known as a favorite Lafayette caterer, after residents pleaded that Christmas would suffer without him. The action relieves him of selling liquor penalties for the holiday season.
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Lafayette
Peter Mitchin
Thomas Slick
Peter
Slick
Unlucky hunter fails to bag deer in Minnesotan woods
Moose Lake Minnesota November 23 4Pi Paul Fetters a farmer near here proclaims himself the unluckiest deer hunter in Minnesota after hours of fruitless tramping in the woods. He returns home to witness two men shoot a big buck feeding in Fetters barnyard ending the season with others succeeding where he did not.
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Moose Lake
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Paul Fetters
Dozen Vie Ward Slugging Case Convictions Hit Chicago
Fifteen Morris Eller aides in the Bloody Twentieth ward were found guilty of election violence from the April primary with most fined 400 dollars. Senior lieutenants Hochstein Kaplan and Klass faced larger penalties while one defendant, Joseph Genaro, was acquitted. Deliberations stretched 14 hours under Judge John M. O Connor as public outrage over sluggings and kidnappings framed the trial and prompted a prosecutor’s blunt critique of the verdict.
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Chicago
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Sam Bardin
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Morris Brownstein
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Sam Fellar
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Albert Braverman
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Raymond R. Reinke
John M. O'Connor
Reinke
Eller
Elier
Emanuel Eller
Octavius Granady
Hiller
Hell
David Stansbury
George Sowthard
Granady
Frank Loesch
Chicago, Crime Commission
Loesch
Contents of Church Cornerstone Gone
Oldtime members of First Congregational church in Cedar Rapids Iowa wonder what happened to a box placed in the cornerstone 39 years ago. The box containing mostly church records was found missing when the cornerstone of the old building was opened yesterday as the structure is razed for a new church in a residential district.
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Delivery deadline and phone remedy for missed Courier
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Barrymore’s marriage bid clouded by second wife feud
A telephone warning to the marriage license bureau claims John Barrymore is not free to wed Dolores Costello because his second wife Blanche Oelrich Barrymore has not yet received a final divorce decree. Maurice Costello urges clarity as Barrymore’s evasive replies fuel questions about legitimacy of the match.
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Cal
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Barrymore
Dolores Costello
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Maurice Costello
Blanche Oelrich Barrymore
Barrymore No. 2
Michael Strange
Costello
Bureau
Hatchet Slayer Arrest Confirmed in Omaha
Jake Bird, identified by victim Mrs. Harold Stribling as Omaha’s hatchet slayer, was rushed to Lincoln to face detention after being taken into custody. Bird had been a key witness in the prosecution of Burlington special agent Conrad Barth related to Gordon Grigor’s death. A. V. Shotwell aided in the case, linking Bird to the ongoing investigation as authorities moved Bird to the state penitentiary.
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Neb
Jake Bird
Burlington Railway
Harold Stribling
Lincoln
Bird
State Penitentiary
Kansas City
Stock gains out by profit taking
A riotous bull move on the New York stock exchange lifted about a dozen issues by $5 to $30 in the first hour of trading, then heavy profit taking cut most gains to $1 to $10 by midday. Case threshing rose $30.50 to a record $515 before retreating to $505, Wright Aero climbed $19 to $289 then eased to $280, Pathe hit $15 before sliding to $9.50. Coppers, oils, and public utilities were heavily bought. the ticker lagged behind by midday due to a new volume arrangement omission.
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New York Stock Exchange
Case
Wright Aero
Pathe
Florists Sue Gas Plant Over Interfered Flowers
Sioux City florists Rocklin Lehman and Co sue Sioux City Gas and Electric Co for 39000 in district court alleging operation of a nearby gas plant has seriously interfered with flowering. The trial opened November 23 with the dispute centered on plant proximity and impact on blooms.
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Sioux City
Rocklin, Lehman & Co
Florists
Sioux City Gas & Electric Co
Funeral halted as man telephones he is alive
Relatives of E B Sembower rejoiced when a Tulsa call revealed the body brought for burial in Des Moines was not his. The deceased was identified as a Lancaster Mo man who died in a rooming house. A son doubted the ID and located the real Sembower in Tulsa. The Lancaster body will be sent back.
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U.P
E. B. Sembower
Sembower
Tulsa
Ohloa
Lancaster
Sembewer
Willis Berry
Grinnell Convention Draws 300 High School Journalists
About 300 high school journalists from Des Moines Waterloo Council Bluffs Cedar Rapids Grinnell Ames Newton and other cities attended two day Iowa High School Press association sessions in Grinnell. The Grinnell Journalist journal was distributed to delegates and this afternoon featured Creighton at Grinnell football action.
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INS
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Iowa City
Muscatine
New Hampton
Newton
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Ottumwa
Wayne Gard
Creighton
Smith man rolls peanuts 11 miles with his nose
Harlingen Texas November 23 Bill Williams a Smith man backed his political convictions finished paying through the nose yesterday when he rolled a peanut across the finish line of his big push from Rio Hondo eleven miles away. He finished in nine and one half days to the welcoming air of a brag band.
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Bill Williams
Rio Hondo
Girl Wounded by Gunman's Bullet in Chicago Parlor
In Chicago on November 23 Mrs. Cora Regan a divorcee was shot and likely fatally wounded in a North Clark Street soft drink parlor. A stranger armed with a pistol held four men and Regan for three hours then fired as she resisted his advances. The gunman fled. owner James Marchisi and others freed her and rushed her to a hospital.
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Clark Street
James “Marchisi
Golombian Flier Hops for Gogote Adventure Begin
Lieut Benjamin Mendez pilot and John Godhunter mechanic started a goodwill flight from Far Rockaway Naval Station to Bogota in a Falcon seaplane. Leg one to Jacksonville then Havana Puerto Barrios Colon and final leg to Bogota, weather permitting. The voyage mirrors Lindberghs historic South American route.
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Mendez
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Panama
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Col
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Short Interviews With Home Folks
West High coach Ralph Sarff says long trips for college and prep teams grow common. Modern transport shrinks miles and travel distance, making distant institutions neighbors. He notes Chicago Heights would have been a dream for a Thanksgiving game years ago, but now a matter of signing papers and reaching an agreement.
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West High School
Drake
Chicago Heights
King Boris Seeks Peace as Insurgent Threat Looms
Sofia reports doubled police guard for cabinet members amid fears Ivan Michailoff will march on the capital and murder designated ministers. Bosnian tensions surge as clashes erupt between agrarian factions with hundreds fleeing toward Sofia from Petrich. Foreign Minister Athanase Buroff appeals to the United States for relief, warning Bulgaria could bleed to death without aid amid postwar treaty pressures.
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Associated Press
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Petrich
Mencia Carniciu
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Noiseless Airplane Silencer Hailed by Fairchild
New York Nov. 23 The Fairchild Aviation company says a new Maxim silencer cuts the roar of an air cooled engine to a hiss during tests. Experiments are under way on additional sounds for aircraft.
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New York
Fairchild Aviation Company
Iowa Matches Michigan for Western Title Hope at Ann Arbor
Iowa faces Michigan with Burt Ingwersen’s phicky squad aiming for the Western conference title. The game will be shown play by play on the Courier Electric Gridgraph starting at 1 30. Readers can also follow quarterly bulletins from other games nationwide.
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Ann Arbor
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Courier
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Newspaper pressman killed by wrench during repair in Indiana plant
Frank A. Roberts of Town City Iowa, age 32, died after a heavy wrench struck him on the head and was torn from his grasp when a motor he was repairing in a local newspaper plant started accidentally. The accident occurred early Wednesday morning.
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Frank
A. Roberts
Roberts
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