In the Spotlight of Today’s News Hoover Waste Report
A federal commerce dept annual report highlights a five year rise in per capita productivity and waste elimination. Secretary Herbert Hoover praises progress while downplaying credit. The piece also notes aircraft committee findings, ice making innovation, and Russia and Japan economic moves.
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Mm. Hoover
Eeleral Department of Commerce
Herbert Fleaver
Hoover
Commerce Department
Sregeersl Hurt
Army Chemistry Aid in Peace Essential in War
Major Fred Seydel of the United States Army, in Washington, D.C., argues that chemical research has conferred vast benefits on industry and that gases will be decisive in future warfare. He notes gases can disable or render soldiers unconscious without mass killings and stresses defensive use. He cites chlorine gas’s historic effects, improvements in pest control and ship maintenance, and economic value in reducing disease and keeping workers fit. He warns that gas will be used in the next war and argues for preparedness and defense.
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United States Army
Fred Seidel
Washington, D. C
Major Seydel
United States Air Service
Chemical Warfare Service
Chemical Service
Wal H. Mosier
Columbia Circle
Beydel
Amos A. Fries
Army
Seydel
Ypres
Germany
Toury
Good Fellows Club of Waterloo Organizes For Children
Thousands gathered under steeples to celebrate faith and charity. The Good Fellows of Waterloo organize in 1925 to help needy children, with initial contributions reaching 25 dollars toward Christmas joy and shared bounty.
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Waterloo
Good Fellows Club
Short Interviews With Home Folks On Potatoes Prices
William Greenberg of the National Fruit company says no immediate drop in Minnesota and Wisconsin potatoes. He notes Canadian potatoes wholesale about 50 cents per hundred pounds lower, but inferior in taste and not yet affecting retail prices. Minnesota crops are short, keeping prices firm despite rumors.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
William Greenberg
National Fruit Company
Auto License No 14031 Final 1925 Plate Issued
Motor vehicle license bureau workers closed 1925 books and prepared 1926 plates. Final 1925 plate No 14031 issued as 14,200 plates ordered for 1926. Previous year 1924 saw 13,200 plates sold.
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Motor Vehicle License Bureau
Woman Suffers Leg Fracture in Fall on Pavement
Mrs Emanuel Fike 60 of Orange township fractured both bones of her right leg in a fall on the slippery pavement at Fourth and Jefferson streets Saturday night. She was taken to her home by ambulance and reported resting comfortably today.
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Emanuel Fike
Orange Township
Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
Carr Wins Election Case in High Court
Des Moines reports Iowa supreme court acquits O B E Carr former Dubuque city manager of influencing voters in the March 31, 1924 election. Court affirms Dubuque district verdict finding no guilt in encouraging votes for council candidates H G Mechoir and Edward Schrempf.
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Des Moines
O BE. Carr
Dubuque
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Iowa State Fourth in Livestock Judging at Chicago
Iowa State College placed fourth in the collegiate livestock judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition with 4.394 points, Oklahoma A&M won with 4.459. In crop judging Iowa State was second to North Carolina, which led with 4,281.5 points. Chicago, Nov 30 AP. Also reported a drug store fire in Ottumwa causing substantial damage.
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Chicago
Iowa State College
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Towa State, College
North Carolina
Deserted Wife Seeks Divorce For Name Change To Rival’s Children
Mrs. Bern McCaine seeks a divorce from Dan McCaine so he can marry a rival by giving his name to two children born to them. She reveals McCaine deserted his wife and children years ago, then assumed another man’s name and prospered in real estate. The case may be kept alive to pressure fulfillment of the bargain.
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Chicago
IGP
Bern McCaine
Dan McCaine
McCaine
Galena
New York
Wrights
Wright
Eugene Wright
Lombard, T
County Cedes Primary Highway Maintenance to State
The Black Hawke county will turn over maintenance of its 50 miles of paved and 25 miles of graveled primary roads to the state highway commission starting tomorrow. The move shifts upkeep from a local budget of about $10,000 for 1925 per road type to state control funded by a $4,000,000 road development fund. County engineer W. D. Johnston notes the long-standing costs include resurfacing, shoulders upkeep, crack filling, weed cutting, and snow fences.
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Black Hawke
State Highway Commission
W. D. Johnston
Cedar Falls Grid Player Stricken by Sleeping Sickness
Cedar Falls Nov 30 Special Herluf Petersen 16 year old left guard on Cedar Walls high school football team is gravely ill at Sartori hospital with suspected sleeping sickness He collapsed into a coma about 5 pm Saturday and has been unconscious since He played in the final game of the season against Waverly on Nov 21 He is the son of Mrs J A Petersen
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Cedar Falls
Herluf Petersen
Cedar Walls
Waverly
Young Petersen
J. A. Petersen
Allison Man Is Killed by Fall at La Plata Mo
Abe Kramer, son of D. Kramer of this place, was killed in a fall from a tower while working on a construction crew in La Plata, Missouri. His father and brother Dave retrieved the body and returned home. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the German Lutheran church. Surviving are the parents, a widow, three brothers and three sisters.
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Allison Man
Fall
la Plata, Mo
10 Acre Ice Cover Floated To Lake Center
In Giearieke, Iowa, November 30, a 10 acre sheet of ice was cut from a frozen lake by the N. H. Culver Ice Company and pushed to the center. The feat, first of its kind here, created a clear, new ice field suitable for harvest use.
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Clear Lake
Giearieke
N. H. Culver Ice Company
Courier Delivery Deadline Misprint Notice
The Courier aims for delivery before 5 30 or clock. If the paper is late due to cartier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
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Cartier
Toll of Ant Accidents Inland Des Moines Grinds On
Des Moines and surrounding towns report a weekend surge of automobile and train accidents. Multiple fatalities include switchman William Bennett in Cedar Rapids and engineer Thomas Murphy in Iowa City. The roundup notes 110 road deaths across nine Midwest states last week, with Chicago and Iowa among the hardest hit. Nearby towns report two dead and 28 injured in a spree of collisions, along with other scattered injuries and a fatal freight-train strike in Davenport. Continuous incidents highlight ongoing dangers on roads and rails nationwide.
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Chicago
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Texas
Minnesota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
South Dakota
Cook County
Iowa
Assumption
Altoona
Graham
Ont
Chillicothe
Washburn
Wis
Culver City
Cal
Des Moines
Settlement of Hard Coal Strike Now Under Way
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the anthracite coal operators and Governor Pinchot observed the miners acceptance of the peace plan. Pinchot resumes his Western Pennsylvania tour of state institutions paused by illness. Operators' next move remained speculative as miners’ president John J. Lewis faced pressure from the immediate acceptance and a planned conference.
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Sense Committee
United Mine Workers
Gov. Pluehot
Harrisburg
Navy
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
John JT. Lewis
British Evacuation of Cologne Zone Under Way
British troops began evacuating the occupied Cologne zone in Germany, a day ahead of schedule and before the Locarno security agreement details in London. The move follows earlier extensions due to Germany delaying disarmament steps and later satisfaction of allied demands prompting the evacuation order this week.
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Cologne
Germany
London
Allied Council of Ambassadors
I O O F Plans Orphan Farm Near Cherokee
Grand Master Cornel of the I O O F of Iowa said the order would establish a farm near Cherokee Iowa, bequeathed by the late Banks Perry, to build and maintain a home for orphans. The farm is under a mortgage and held in trust by the National Bank of Cherokee until the debt is paid by farm proceeds.
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Cornel
Iowa
Banks Perry
Legion of Honor Runs Its Own Paris Employment Shop
In Paris on the Quai dOrsay the Legion of Honor Employment Bureau advertises workers of experience and reputation. The bureau, tied to the legion’s technical and professional school, has largely served former pupils by matching them with employers.
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Legion of Honor In
Paris
Legion of Honor Employment Bureau
Paris de la Legion
Quai d'Orsay
Legion’s Bureau
Legion
Fort Dodge Busses and Jitneys Fight for Street Car Business
Fort Dodge Iowa on November 20 AP reports kart dodge entering a third week without streetcar service while busses and jitneys provide transit. A leasing plan for former streetcars is discussed by a local syndicate as transportation costs rise. Fares drop with jitneys offering five cent cash fares and ticket deals, while buses charge eight cents per ride.
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Fort Dodge
Kart Dodge
Fort Dodgers
Fitness Arid
Jitmneys
Former Iowa Editor Kills Wife and Man Found Dead
Frank Williams a 40 year old Iowa editor returning from Sioux City shot his wife Hazel and fatally wounded Louis Weymuller 26 roenter at the home when found in a compromising position. Williams then fired four more shots at Hazel and waited at his doorstep for police arrival. He had previously operated a newspaper at Carroll Iowa.
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Omaha
Neb
Lioux City
Frank Williams
Hazel
Louis Weymuller
Roenter
Williams
Carroll
Hammill and Lowden to Speak in Cedar Falls Thursday
Governors Hammill of Iowa and Lowden, former governor of Illinois, visit Cedar Falls Thursday to address rural schools conference. Lars Bladine chairs the greeting committee. J Bowman handles Hammill reception. Luncheon at Hotel Black Hawk honors both visitors with arrival times of Lowden at 9 45 a m and Hammill at 1 25 p m.
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Cedar Falls
John Hammill
Iowa
Frank O. Lowden
Minois
Rural Schools Conference
Atch
Lars Bladine
Lowden
Hammill
J. Bowman
Hoth
Black Hawk
Lowen
Peking Conference Opens Under Guard Amid Tense City
Police ring off streets as foreign delegates meet at the customs conference in Peking. A state policeman in Abbottstown was electrocuted while pursuing an allegation of bank robbery. the slaying is linked to the same case with no other suspects named.
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Peking
INS
X. Trartman
L. Mary
Abbottstown
Public Welfare Workers Win Exemption in Iowa Statehouse
Four Des Moines businessmen pressured Gov. Hammill to lift the ban on soliciting state employees. The executive committee, which barred canvassers from the state house, agreed at a conference to exempt welfare solicitors and allow the drive to proceed.
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Iowa
Des Moines
IUP
John Vammill
Executive Council
Todis
Coke
State House
Aly
Public Welfare Committee
Hammill
Bristling Criticism Marks Army Command Report
Washington observers report the aircraft committee will fault the army and navy for hindering aviation progress and push for a unified defense procurement system plus a merger of defense departments. The panel backs Mitchell on a strong national air policy but stops short of a separate air service, aiming to bolster aircraft production, update bases, and train reserve pilots while awaiting the Morrow board's safety-focused conclusions.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
William Mitchell
Department of National Defense
United Press
House
Morrow Board
National Defense Organizations
Mitchell
Defense Departments
United States
Nave
Art ’ Mitchell
Lassiter Board
Naval Aircraft Factory
Philadelphia
Army Experimental Station
McConk Field
Dayton
Tnelude
Um Bureau of Civil Vieranandics
Department of Commitrce
Marrow Board
Boy loses eye in culvert rabbit hunting accident
In Cedar Rapids on November 30 11 year old Lloyd Temerer peered into a culvert for a rabbit as a companion fired from the other end. The rifle ball struck the boy in the eye leaving him blinded.
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Cedar Rapads
Lloyd Temerer
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Russia
Nussia
Japan
Janan
Sam
Sakhalin
Rau
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Carr
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H. C. Mauck
Harvester
San Felteo
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Martin
Wodead
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Iowa City
William Bennett
Northwestern Railroad
West Side
Thomas Murphy
Rock Island
Town City
Roy H. Bigelow
Louis Harker
Grocer
Harker
Robert Shepherd
Alice Murphy
Dorothy Book
North High School
L. J. Murray
Fred McCall
Altho
Panora Speedway
Grimes
Madrid
Perry
Davenport
Theodore Koch
Rock Island Road
Lincoln
Alfl Rhanney
American Legion
Havelock
Massena
Edith Kreiger
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Griswold
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Ted
Margaret Pirie
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