France Spending Billions to Wipe War Trade Losses
France faces a costly reconstruction effort after WWI, with billions spent on reparation-backed loans to rebuild devastated areas. Germany’s payments are uncertain, raising a heavy budget burden as France aims to restore production and tax capacity, forecasting recovery within two years despite reparations disputes.
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J. WT Mason
Cweitren
New York
Frances
Ing
Germany
Iran
France
Latermany
Frenehs
Grrnment
Bomioant
Republic
United States Canadian conference on liquor smuggling set
A first session of the United States Canadian conference on liquor and smuggling will be held in Ottawa on Tuesday November 27. The American delegation is led by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury McKenzie Moss with Canadian figures including R R Farrow C G W Parlor C P Blair and W Y Wilson in the preventative service.
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Washington, D. C
Ottawa
State Department
Treasury
McKenzie Moss
R. R. Farray
G. W. Parlor
C. P. Blair
W. Y. Wilson
General Wood vetoes Quezon supporters bill in Manila
Gov Gen Wood vetoed a Quezon backed bill remitting penalties on land taxes to 1925 after talks with Senate Leader Quezon and Speaker pro tem de la Sales. The veto was expected to be overridden by the legislature.
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Manila
Senate
Man- Uan Quezon
Pro
Funeral rites for Bedard in La Porte City
Funeral services for Pan Bedard of La Porte City, who died at St Francis hospital yesterday, will be at St Patrick Catholic Church in Eagin Center Monday at 11:30 am. The body lies at O Krete & Towne funeral home in Bondas. Bedard, 73, came to the hospital after a paralysis stroke two weeks earlier. Survived by widow and seven children. Albert J. Serviss funeral set for Sunday at 3 pm from Hileman & Gindt chapel with Rev. F. M. Smith. burial in Fairview. Serviss survived by widow and one son from a prior marriage.
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Pacl Bedard
Pan Bedard
la Porte City
St Francis Hospital
Eagin Center
O'Krete & Towne
Bondas
Bedard
Albert J. Sorviss
Albert J. Borviss
Hileman & Gindt
F. M. Smith
Bural
Fairview
Serviss
John C. McGlade Quits as School Head West Dist
John C. McGlade resigns as Waterloo West District superintendent after a long career. Appointed in 1922 from Casper Wyoming, he led West High from 193 to 705 students and expanded enrollment. He plans to support schools through a cooperative transition and remains focused on training future citizens.
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John C. McGlade
West Dist
Page
Weich
West High
West Eeigh
Erade
Wallace
McGlade
Casper
Wyo
Natrona County
Waterloo
Nawige
Buey Ufe
Winfield, Ja
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
State Teachers College
Columbia University
New York City
University For Iowa
Brighton
Corydon
Chariton
Red Oak
State Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Educational Corps
Beaune
France
Jessie Stewart
Prospect
State Briefs and Local Notices Summary
Spencer reports Frank Plysmer may lose sight in both eyes after his eyeballs were burned by hot metal splashing his face. Shenandoah notes Melvin Grubb charged with kidnapping Doris Eklo tv last September and released on bond. Grubb allegedly turned her to one of two men, one still at large. Senior Girls meet of St. Joseph's Catholic Girls' club slated at Our Lady of Victory auditorium at 8 pm.
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Spencer
Frank Plysmer
Plysmer
Shenandoah
Melvin Grubb
Doris Eklotv
Essex
Atlantic
Grubb
Police hunt gunwoman in Chicago murder case
Chicago, Nov 24. Police seek the 18 year old wife of Otto Malm, paroled slayer, alleged to have shot Edward Lehman at the Delson Manufacturing plant. Malm’s confession implicates his wife, who claims Boeckelman confessed and that she was coerced into false statements. Police vow to shoot out with the gunwoman if encountered.
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International News Wire
Chicago
Beckett
Rusty Blond
Boeckelman
Malin
Filal
Ethel Beck
Wallie Boeckelman
T'eo
Emmie
Beck
Pollen
Walia
Masim
Lehman
Malo
Joliet Penitentiggy
August Jantzen
Edna Hoffman
Publishers Cenfer at Football Game Ames Is
Ames on November 24 hosted about 60 officers and committee members of the Towa Press association and the Iowa section of the Country Newspaper Publishers association. The day featured sessions of the country newspaper publishers and a meet of press association committees with addresses planned by J B Benjamin of Nevada and Herman Roe of Northfield.
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Ames
Towa Press Association
Iowa
Country Newspaper Publishers Association
Country
Press Association
George C. Tucker
Webster City
Tare
J. .B Banjamin
Nevada
National Organization of Country Publishers
Herman Roe
Northfield, Minn
Medicine After Patients Die Analyze Medicine After Patients Die
Cincinnati Ohio November 24 Following the death of three women patients at Longview hospital after injections of a widely used spice for a blood disease Dr F E A Baker superintendent of the hospital went to Columbus with samples of the drug He will ask the state board of health to order a chemical analysis to determine if the drug was impure or adulterated making it highly poisonous
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Cincinnati
Longview Hospital
FE. A. Baker
Columbus
State Board of Health
Crown Prince Seeks Italian Visa to Visit Brother
Berlin reports former Crown Prince Frederick William has asked for an Italian visa to go to Merano, a health resort in the Tyrol, to visit his brother Adelbert who is staying there.
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London
Berlin
The
Dairy Mall
Frederick William
Mergno
Tyrol
Adelbert
10 Cent Store Clerk Fired Shoots Herself
Mason City Iowa November 24 a despondent 18 year old Vivian Halley fired a shot over the heart at her brother Donald Allay home after being discharged from a 10 cent store. The bullet struck a rib and was removed. doctors say she will live.
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Mason City
Vivian Halley
Donald Allay
Unsettled Weekend Forecast With Rain Or Snow
Unsettled weather with rain or snow is expected for the weekend. The forecast calls for a warmer trend but cloudy skies most of the time. Snow from Thursday night has mostly melted, with leftover traces in sheltered spots. Yesterday stayed cool with a high near 30. A 26 degree drop to 24 degrees occurred overnight. Vespers at 5 PM note a special service at the Universalist church tomorrow at 3 PM.
Fire destroys busy Tia Juana block in border city wake
A major blaze swept a central block in Tia Juana California border town destroying liquor houses and saloons with blue flame rising from wet goods. Most damage fell on alcohol stock worth about 500000 dollars. Race track and larger casinos escaped damage leaving plans to rebuild by February.
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Hoath Houses
Bouseg
Goddess of Chance
Tivoli
Hijacking gang war ends with gangster killed near Omaha
In Omaha the body of Henry McArde, a noted gangster, was found burned in a haystack near Papillion after a gang clash over bootleg liquor. Authorities say he was shot in a gang fight, the body later dumped into a car. Three men linked to the bootlegging faction were arrested.
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Omaha
Neb
Papillion
Sarpy
Henry McArde
McArde
Youth Acquitted of Crime Against Girl Creston Case
Lotan Gill a Villisca youth charged with a statutory crime against 14 year old Grace Cooper of Villisca was acquitted by a Union County district court jury after about three hours deliberation. The alleged offense occurred near Creston in September 1922 after an all day automobile ride from Nodaway. Two other youths were in the party.
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Creston
Lotan Gill
Villisca
Grace Cooper
Union County District Court
Gill
Nodaway
Seattle Banker Latimer Dies After Illness
N. I. Latimer longtime Seattle banker and president of the Dexter Horton National Bank died at his home after a two year illness. Latimer arrived in Seattle 41 years ago from Kirkwood and began as a messenger before rising to bank head.
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Seattle
Wash
Latimer
Dexter Horton National Bank
Kirkwood
Presidency Fight Shakes 4Man Senate in Washington
Washington November 24 four factions vie for the Republican presiding officer in a nascent senate clash. Albert Cummins of Iowa and Charles Curtis of Kansas emerge as leading candidates with George N Moses and George W Norris also in contention. The battle risks party unity and could invite a Democratic coalition if unresolved. Capper backs Curtis as a vigorous senate president amid farm bloc influence.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
Senate
Thea
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Charles Curtis
Ramsay
George N
Moses
New Hampshire
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Cummins
Scenat
Interstate Commerce Committee
Robert la Fallette
Wisconsin
Norris
Republican Party
Domi
Nate
Longworth
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Ohio
Phonse
Graham
Ilinois
Gillett
Massachusetts
Illinois
Capper
Curtis
Kansa
Farm Bloc
Kansas
Cumparis
Tora
Congress
Funeral Service for Clifford Thorne Set for Wednesday
Clifford Thorne prominent laws lawyer and former state railway commissioner died in London November 13 while traveling. His funeral will be held at 2 oclock Wednesday November 28 at the Methodist church in Washington Iowa with addresses by Dr George Menear Judge Charles A. Dewey and A Sykes. Interment follows at Elm Ridge Cemetery. Mrs Thorne and daughter Elizabeth who arrived with the boy on the Berengaria are en route and the body will lie in state at the local funeral home Tuesday and until noon Wednesday.
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Clifford Thorne
Laws
London
Methodist Church
W. W. Bowers
George Menear
Mount Pleasant
Charles A. Dewey
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
Elm Crage Cemetery
Widow Receives All Under Hartong Will
Nathaniel Hartong died August 25 1923 and left a will dated July 31 to his widow Frances Hartong with belief she will fairly treat the children. Probate filed today. Marriages licenses list Palmer Osterman and Frances Miller of Waterloo and George O Noble with Fern McKinley of Waterloo, with dates in February plus other details.
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Nathaniel Hartong
Frances Hartong
Pick von Kardorff For German Cabinet Leader
President Ebert asks Deputy Sieg fried von Kardorff of the Deutsche Vollspartei to form a new cabinet. Kardorff enters talks with party leaders as a veteran Reichstag member and former national party ally. The report also notes shifts in Ruhr control talks and a Ludwigshafen separatist proclamation with large unemployment drawn in.
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People’s Party
United Press
Berlin
Ebert
Siegfried von Kardorff
Deutsche Vollspartei
German Peoples’ Party
Kardorff
von Kardorff
Stresemann
German People's Party
Reichstag
German National Party
Fupland
Paris
France
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
Rumr
Jtig
Engand
Youth Who Shot His Parents in Quarrel Gets Prison Term
Claude Carmichael of Clarinda Iowa pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder over a quarrel that left his parents shot at their Shenandoah home. Judge Peters sentenced him to an indeterminate term not to exceed 30 years at the state reformatory in Anamosa.
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Clarinda, Ta
ClaudeCarmichael
Shenandoah
Anamosz
Peters
Sioux City Raids Nab 46 Bootleggers in Bottoms District
In Sioux City Ta on November 24 police arrested 46 alleged bootleggers and dopers in raids on a dozen houses in the Bottoms district. Among those taken were 21 women of alleged questionable character. Acting Chief James O Keefe warned that disreputable individuals will be arrested and sentenced.
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Sioux City
James O'Keefe
Walton's Hearing Set for Next Week
Oklahoma City November 24. An indictment of former Governor J. C. Walton, yesterday, was set for November 28 before Judge George W. Clarke in state district court. State Health Commissioner Be Davenport and former governor's chauffeur T. P. Edwards, indicted with him, will enter pleas at the same time. All have posted bond for appearance.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
J. C. Walton
George W. Clarke
BE. A. Davenport
T. P. Edwards
Fire Chief Injured in Mason City Blaze
Mason City Iowa November 24 Fire Chief Tom Connors was severely injured last night when a stairway collapsed during a fire that destroyed the Milwaukee railroad Towa and Dakota division freight depot and offices. The building and its contents were nearly a total loss.
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Mason City
Tom Connors
Towa and Dakota Division
Milwaukee Railroad
Escape of Slayer Foiled by Deputy
Nov 24 a jail break attempt to free confessed slayer Robberl Burris at Park County jail failed when a deputy sheriff arrived as two men tried to pass saws through the cell window. The men escaped before capture.
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Des Moines
Robberl Burris
Eric Rose
Boone, Ja
John Botchevis
Pete Welch
Park County
Parents Die on Grave of Son Killed in War
Berry Au Bat France November 24. Baron and Baroness Emmanuel de Montigny shot themselves dead yesterday on the grave of their aviator son Pierre killed in an air fight in 1918.
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Berry Au Bat
France
Barontss
Emmanuel de Montigny
Pierre
Postpone Habeas Corpus Hearing for Land Agent
A habeas corpus hearing for Harry Miller, a land agent from Tarkie Missouri now wanted in Kansas City for alleged swindling Co M Keller of Leon Iowa in a real estate deal, was postponed today in Omaha Nebraska until Monday.
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Omaha
Neb
Harry Miller
Tarkie
Kansas City
Co. M. Keller
Leon
Hunger strike ends too late for O Sullivan death
Dublin reports the hunger strike by Irish Free State political prisoners failed to save Andrew O'Sullivan of County Cavan interned in Mount Joy. He died after a 40 day fast in hospital.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Andrew O'Sullivan
Cavan
Mount Joy
Girl Denies Plot to Kill Uncle's Wife So They Could Wed
La Cygne Kansas, Nov 24 Misa Aryina Scott a school teacher and her uncle John Hilmer Scott faced murder charges in the fatal shooting of his wife last July. She denied knowledge of the crime while authorities suggest the two intended to marry. Scott claimed robbers killed the wife and was tried but the jury disagreed.
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la “Cygne
Kan
Misa Aryina Scott
John Hlmer Scott
Scott
Miss Scott
Pittsburgh
Tria
Arvina F
McAdoo Candidacy Debut Dinner Delayed Indefinitely
Los Angeles Democrats postponed a December dinner where William Gibbs McAdoo was to announce his bid for the Democratic nomination. McAdoo's secretary did not comment on whether the delay reflects a change in plans or a postponement to a more favorable time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Stowaway Blamed for Burning of Ship
Marseilles France Nov 14 A stowaway was said to have caused 120 explosion aboard the British steamer Otterburn just after leaving port for New York with a cargo of potash cotton and benzine. Tugs towed the blazing ship to the roadway where she burned to the water s edge. The captain and four crewmen are known to have died and it is feared more victims.
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Marseilles
France
Otterburn
New York
County Baves On Paying Bisatra
County officials report a 1924 paving program bid of 2.534 per mile, cheaper than Greene county at 3.63 per yard. Black Hawk bid 2.39 on the Red Bull from Bryant Paving, saving 45,612 dollars on 18 miles of the 92 family program in this county.
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Iach and Couley
Greene County
Black Hawk
Red Bull
Hryant Paving Company
Contempt Sentence Roils New York Political Pressure
New York November 24. Pressure from political and private sources mounted to free Charles L. Craig after a contempt finding by Federal Judge Julius Mayer. Craig faced 60 days in jail for criticizing a Brooklyn Transit receivership decision. Prominent Republicans and Roy Copeland backed a pardon effort. messages to Attorney General Daugherty were published.
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United Press
New York
Charles L. Craig
Craig
Julius Mayer
Brooklyn Sabia
Supreme Court
Mayer
United States
Royal S. Copeland
Navy
Roosevelt
Daugherty
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Charles B. Craig
Marer
Crate
East Now Afflicted by Fake Dentists
New York reports say 600 fake dentists operate in the city and surrounding areas, many with no degree or license. Detectives seek two young men alleged to run a scheme issuing diplomas and second hand tools. Other cases describe a Brooklyn dentist allegedly splintering a patient jaw during a tooth extraction, leading to removal of the jaw bone.
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United Press
New York
East
Connecticut
Dava
New York City
Attorney General
Brooklyn
Western Union Player Breaks Leg in Early Cedar Falls Game
P G Longsburg Western Union College right guard broke a right leg between ankle and knee during the first kickoff against Teachers College in Cedar Falls. He was taken to Sartoni Memorial hospital where the fracture was reduced.
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Western Union
Cedar Falls
Ceder Falls
P. G. Longsburg
Western Union College
Teachers College
Sartoti Memorial Hospital
Architect Oelwein School Is Stricken
William 4 Gordon architect of the new $200000 high school under construction at Oelwein died of acute dilation of the heart at 8716 pm yesterday. He was en route to a depot after attending a school board meeting and collapsed on platform. His home was in Des Moines. He died soon after admission to Oelwein City hospital.
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Oelwein
William 4. Gordon
Des Moines
Gordon
Osiwein
Chicago Great Western
Oelwein City Hospital
Springfield to Have Costly Cathedral
Springfield Idaho reports a million dollar cathedral will be erected as the seat of the new Springfield diocesan after Rome dispatches confirm the diocese headquarters moved from Alton to Springfield. Plans include a home for the bishop and a Catholic high school. The consecration of Bishop-Elect James A Griffin is expected mid next month.
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Springfield
Rome
Alton
Springfeld
James A. Griffin
Bomb Explodes On Farm Near Bowling Green
A midnight explosion on the Christ Hallberd farm west of Bowling Green, Ohio, caused a fire but injured none. Sheriff Reitzel ties the blast to the Toledo maniac linked to nine prior blasts. Also reported are a birth in Mason City and a railroad presidency in Minneapolis.
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Northwastern
Ohio
Christ
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