French recall Sarrail in Syria shift civilian oversight
Paris orders General Sarrail, Syria's high commissioner, home to report on the Damascus bombardment and switches mandate supervision from military to civilian leadership. Syria unrest grows with revolts near Damascus and Aleppo, while protests to the League of Nations mandate commission await France's explanation in February.
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Sarrail
Mandate
Damascus
Geneve
League of Nations Mandates Commission
Syria
France
Commission
Dr A H McKellar to Move Family to Florida
Dr A H McKellar a long time veterinary surgeon here has sold his practice and will move with his family by auto to Florida on Tuesday. His two sons Howard and Ivan will enroll in Deland University near Jacksonville. Howard attended Town University and Ivan is a East High senior. McKellar born near Waterloo in 1870 is a Blacks Hawk county native and Spanish American War veteran.
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A. H. McKellar
Florida
Howard
Ivan
Wil
University
Deland
Jacksonville
Town University
East High
McKellar
Blacks Hawk County
Waterloo
Plot To Assassinate Lord Birkenhead Foiled In Dublin
Dublin police uncovered a plot to kill Lord Birkenhead secretary of India in Dublin. The plan to visit Dublin last Wednesday was canceled amid security concerns. Birkenhead has criticized the Free State government and supported Ulster in the border dispute.
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London
INS
Lord Birkenhead
India
Dublin
Central News
Free State
Ulster
London County births every three minutes and more than ten thousand infant deaths
London statistics reveal a birth every three minutes in the county of London. More than 10,000 babies die before age one year each year. Marriages exceed 29,900 annually. 3,500 bridegrooms are widowers. London has 5,593 drinking saloons and 2,210 miles of streets.
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London
London County Council
Telephone Company Offers Home Radio Concerts by Wire
The Platte County Independent Telephone Company in Columbus Nebraska announces a wired radio service. Long distance broadcasts will be received at a central set and distributed to private homes via telephone lines creating home radio concerts.
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Telephone Company
Columbus
Neb
Platte County
Eastern Football Fields Under Snow
October snow and freezes sweep the Atlantic seaboard and parts of the Midwest. Football fields, from Connecticut to Virginia, are snow covered with record early falls. New Haven reports an inch and a half the heaviest in 52 years while Washington and northern Virginia see about two inches.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Entenne
Connecticut
Washington
Virginia
New Haven
Conn
Women Hunters Target Wild Ducks in Centerville
Centerville, Oct 31. Records show a record number of women taking up hunting licenses in Appandose county with duck hunting becoming a key recreational activity. Diana, a noted female nimrod, leads the movement and spurs growing female participation in the area.
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Centerville
Diana
Appandose
Centerville Acciely
Halloween Party Held by Black Hawk and Caward-Dart Firms
Eighty five employes from Black Hawk Oil and Caward-Dart gathered in Pinkerton hall for a Halloween party. Attendees wore costumes, with decorations of carnstathy pumpkins, and a program featured music and dancing led by Mrs. W. S. Bowen Miss Ruth Merrill Mrs. Frances Guinn and Mary Jean Caward, granddaughter of AL award, president of Black Jenk company.
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Hallowe'en
Pinkerton Hall
Black Hawk O31 Company
Caward-Dart Company
W. S. Bowen
Ruth Merrill
Frances Guinn
Fit
le Mary Jean Caward
AL Award
Black Jenk Company
Mrs Nicholas Sulentic Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Mrs Sulentic wife of Nicholas Sulentic of 1404 Fourth Street East will be held at St Marys Catholic Church at 9 am Monday conducted by Rev Meyer. Burial follows at Calvary. She was born May 2 1892 in Aurora Illinois and lived in Waterloo several years with husband who ran the North Waterloo meat market. Survived by husband and three sons Reymond 12 Donald 16 and Robert 22 months. Parents Mr and Mrs Ramutter and sister Anne Ramutter of Aurora Illinois also survive. The body lies at the family home until the time of services and friends may call there.
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Nicholas Sulentic
Sir Sulentie
Nicholas
Fourth Street East
T 25 Meyer
St. Mary's Catholic Chures
Calvary
Sulentie
Aurora
Til
Waterloo
North Waterloo
Reymond
Donald
Robert
Mra. Ramutter
Anne Ramutter
Mhi
Doily
Ceneral
Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty in Iowa City Slaying
Johnson county attorney BE L O'Connor rests the state case in the second murder trial of Robert Leeper. Leeper faces a murder charge in the December 1522 killing of his father in law Her Wertz in Iowa City. The defense will pursue a not guilty plea and the jury may hear it by early evening. Wertz's wife Mina Wertz has already been tried and acquitted.
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Marenega
Gert
L. O'Connor
Johnson County
Robert Leeper
Leeper
Her Wertz
Iowa City
Mina Wertz
Death verdict for garageman slayer in Spencer trial
A Spencer jury returned a guilty verdict with a recommendation of death for Jack Sipes, the garage man who fatally stabbed Dan Detling during a dispute over a garage bill. The verdict was delivered at noon after a trial that began with tensions over the slain veteran’s debt.
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Spencer, Ta
Jack Sipes
Spencer
Dan Detling
Hearst Sells Fort Worth Newspaper to Amon G. Carter
The Fort Worth Record, once owned by William Randolph Hearst, was sold to Amon G. Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The daily will continue as a morning paper under Carter.
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Hearst
Fort Worth
Tex
Oct
Amon G. Carter
The
Four Hundred Book Posters Enter Waterloo Library Contest
The Waterloo Public Library sponsors a large poster contest with over 450 entries expected. Theresa Fergereisen says many Wastecon schools are involved and posters depict characters from favorite children’s books.
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Waterloo Public Library
Theresa Fergereisen
Wastecloo
Alcott
Our Lady of Victory School
Linden Station
Disabled Veterans Hearing Speakers Discuss County Support
Disabled veterans of Blacktink and surrounding counties are invited to attend a meeting of the Disabled American Veterans in Memorial Hall Monday. State officers C. P. Mullen and Stalin A Campbell will speak about county and state support and veteran welfare.
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Black Tink
Kine- Marront
Memorial Hall
B. J
C.p. Mullen
Stalin A. Campbell
Will Epezk
Weather Outlook for Week with Fair Conditions
Week forecast calls for mostly fair conditions with some rain or snow possible in the northern portion around Wednesday or Thursday. Temperatures near or slightly above normal early, then cooler later in the period.
Coal Prices Rise as 1925 Strike Shoppers Pay More
Waterloo residents accept higher coal costs amid the antivacita strike with Pocahontas coal at 13 to 13.50 dollars per ton and Kentucky from 10.25 to 11.50, as rail rate cuts spur demand and Chicago markets echo increased prices. Southern Illinois and northern Illinois ranges run 9 to 9.50 and 7.75 to 8.25 respectively.
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Pocahontas
Kentucky
Kingis
Ceaters
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Chicago
Illinois
Waterloo
Illois
Sheriff Killed in Texarkana Store Shooting
Sheriff ER Barber of Miller county was shot and killed in Texarkana along with Deputy Boo Smith who was dangerously wounded. Henry Adams and his sons Wallace and Allen Adams, partners with Constable Virgil Grigson, are under arrest after a confrontation that brought the sheriff and deputy to a store.
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Texarkana
Ark
PF. Barber
Milter
Boo Smith
Herry Adams
Adams
Virgil Grigson
Grigson
Smith
Wallace
Allen Adams
Tex
Durand Denied New Trial in Armour & Co Robbery
Jack Durand, adopted son of prominent North Shore figures, denied a new trial and sentenced to Joliet prison for three to 20 years for the robbery of the home of FL Edeon Waite, Armour & Co president. Father and mother posted $10,000 bond. Miller, who testified, was not sentenced today. Patterson had been sentenced earlier to Pontiae reformatory.
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Waukegan
Jack
Durand
Scott
North Shore
Joliet Prison
Edwards
FL Edeon Waite
Armour &Co
James Miller
Miller
Franklin Patterson
Pontiae Reformatory
Wealthy Couple Escape Jail Terms
Chicago Oct. 31 Thomas F. Lawrence a wealthy Louis businessman and Mrs Ja Gruner widow of the same city were freed from jail terms. Municipal Judge Helander reversed a prior judgment and imposed a $100 fine on Lawrence while dismissing the case against the widow. The couple had been implicated in an immorality raid at a local hotel prompted by Lawrence’s wife. Mrs Gruner reportedly is in a sanitarium with a nervous breakdown linked to the affair.
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Chicago
Thomas F. Lawrence
Louis
Ja Gruner
Helander
Lawrence
James Miller Remains Semi Conscious After Crash
Attendants at Allen Memorial hospital report little change in the condition of James Miller aged Reinbeck man who suffered severe head injuries in a railway crossing crash last Monday. His son Elwood Milley and others were injured and the day’s notes describe ongoing care and cautious prognosis.
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Allen Memorial Hospital
James Miller
Reinbeck
Elwood Milley
Koch
Re- CH Vary
Union of Christian Churches Foreseen by Bishop Randolph
Bishop Robert L. Randolph predicts a union of Christian churches into a single denomination within the modern era. Phiphia dean of the Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary spoke last night, noting the sixteenth century began tolerance and suggesting the twentieth century may finish uniting churches.
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Ghigage
Robert L. Randolph
Phiphia
Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary
Brunson Aims to Test Judge’s Auto Search Ruling
In Des Moines Oct 31 an INS report notes Glen A Brunson federal prohibition director says state and national forces may ignore Judge Woodrough’s ruling that warrantless auto searches are illegal. He hints at providing test cases to gauge reaction and says he doubts the ruling will hold.
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Des Moines
INS
J. W. Woodrough
Dubuque
Sai Glen A. Brunson
Escaped Convict Caught by Ticket Clues on Way to Cedar Rapids
Kansas City man R. C. Williamson, 26, who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing on September 10, was captured at Columbus Junction, Texas, after detectives traced a baggage check and railroad tickets. Williamson, serving a five year forgery term, was en route to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to visit his mother‑in‑law when arrested.
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Kansas City
Alo
Lberty
R. C. Williamson
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Williamson
Columbus Junction
Taz
Jie
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Wilted Geraniums Save Family from Gas Peril
Centerville Pennsylvania October 31 wilted geraniums likely saved Mr. and Mrs. R J Raney from a deadly gas leak. Returning home late they smelled nothing but wilted plants signaled danger. An investigation found a broken street main allowing gas to seep along the sewer into their house.
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Centerville
R. J. Raney
Hold Man in Probe of Divorcee's Death at Boone Hospital
Eva Newcomb a 23 year old divorcee died suddenly at a private hospital in Boone. A coroner's jury investigates with officials holding one man for questioning though his name was not released. The case concerns her death and whether it occurred here in town or after arrival from a northern town. She had two children in school.
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Boone
Ita
Qet
Eva Newcomb
Airs
Newcomb
Frunze Dies, Trotsky Rival Sees Shift in War Chief
Moscow reports that Michael Frunze, war commissar of the Soviet government, died after an operation for stomach trouble. Frunze had succeeded Trotzky as head of the Red Army. Trotzky will not succeed Frunze. Joseph Unsehnt, vice commissar for war, will assume Frunze’s duties temporarily.
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Moscow
INS
Michael Frunze
Sovies Zovernment
Fied
Ronze
Trotzky
Red Army
Trottzky
Prunze
Joseph Unsehtent
Frunze
Prohibition Agent Escapes From Wine Vat Trap
Oakland California amid the Prohibition crackdown a warehouse illicit wine tank trapped agent Sivard eight foot deep vat contained 35 000 gallons of wine heavy flow forced him to climb to a ventilating window to escape his clothes damaged by the liquid during the ordeal
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Oakland
Cal
Sivard
Wartime potato prices forecast to rise before winter ends
Wirt P Hoxie of Waterloo Fruit and Commission Co predicts wartime potato prices will rise as winter ends. Potatoes sell 2.50 to 3.00 per bushel, up several cents in 10 days, with wholesalers unable to match capload costs. Weather and crop losses in Idaho Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas spur concerns. Cabbage and other farm produce expected to follow higher prices due to unseasonable weather.
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Wirt P. Hoxie
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
Saya
Hoxie
Waterloo
Jain
Altha
Middlewest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Idaho
New York
United States
Four Hundred Cornell C Men Invited Back for Homecoming
Mount Vernon Indiana hosts Cornell college homecoming on November 4 with 400 alumni invited for the university’s C club breakfast at 9 am at the Knox grill. O L Allagson, secretary, and E West, club president, chair events and officer elections. Coach Dick Barker issued Monmouth game tickets to the C clan. Eight members of the 1902 championship team plan to attend along with other famed Cornelians.
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Mount Vernon
Qet
Cornell College
Cornell
Knox Grill
O. L. Allagson
E. West
Waterloo
Miller House
Dick” Barker
Monmouth
C” Clan
Cornel
Two 18 Year Olds Admit Bank Robbery Near Waubay
Webster Oct 31 AP Two 18 year old Waubay youths confessed to robbing the First State Bank of Granville near Waubay in the early morning. They used tools from a looted garage, gained only 135 in loose change after failing to break the vault, and fled with a stolen team of horses when their car stalled before being captured.
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Webster
Waubay
Bank of
Alleged embezzler held after Kansas City arrest
Ib ert Dennis was jailed today charged with embezzling 683.53 from Hawk Eye Oil where he worked as collector. A warrant was issued Monday and Waterloo police provided information leading to his arrest by Kansas City officers. Deputy Sheriff Joseph Halker returned Dennis.
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Ibert Dennis
Hawkeye Oil Company
Dennis
Kansas City
Waterloo
Joseph Halker
Dex- Bis
Anderson Hall of Forestry Memorial Dedicated at UW
Seattle date Oct 31 Alfred Hy Anderson Hall of Forestry at the University of Washington will be dedicated Oct 27. The $256000 gift from Mrs Agnes H Anderson memorializes her husband a Washington lumber industry figure and former state legislator. Charles Lathrop Pack attends per invitation. Dr Henry Suzzalo notes benefits to forestry education and regional prosperity.
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Seattle
Alfred Hy ‘Anderson
University of Washington
Erder
Charles Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
Henry Suzzalo
Drug suspect stalls on Coolidge name in police interview
Boston man James Elliott, brought to the U S marshal's office for drug selling, struggles to recall Calvin Coolidge when asked who the noted figure is. He admits ignorance of the famous president while being questioned by Special Deputy Marshal James Tige.
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Boston
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
James Elliott
United States
Calvin Caiidge
James 4. Tige
Calvin Coolidee
Calvin
Elliott
Al Hennie Retires After 40 Years On The Road
Mason City Iowa reports the retirement of veteran yardmaster Al Hennie known to travelers from Mason City to Albert Lea. He made his last trip yesterday after four decades of service and was pensioned at age 75.
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Mason City
Hennie
Albert Lea
Northern Territory
Cornell students take charge of college social events
At Cornell college Mount Vernon Iowa the social program shifts to student control under a cooperative plan backed by President Harlan Updegraff. Women’s self government and the men’s senate manage house parties while the W S G A runs Sunday teas. Literary societies plan open house events and a student forum with national speakers, coordinated by Prof N Himes.
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Mount Vernon
Harlan Updegraff
Cornell College
Alice S. Betts
Enire College
N. —. Himes
Department of
Ou c Speecking
Thirty Millions In Marks Go Up In German Smorts
Berlin reports 30 billion marks worth of cigarettes and cigars consumed in the past year. With Germany's population around 63 million, about 13,63 cigarets and 13 cigars per person were smoked daily, influenced by rising female smoking.
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Berlin
Germany
Arctic Teacher Expands Education Far Beyond Last Outpost
Alien Supplee of Seattle taught school a thousand miles beyond any outpost in Alaska. He used the cabin of the sailing vessel Maid of Orleans as a classroom while the ice trapped the ship and crew in a frozen harbor.
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Alaska
Seattle
Maid of Orleans
Lincoln Almanac Refuted Abolition of Out of Date Claim
Jacksonville reports Captain W H Weaver recounts at a centennial pageant how Abraham Lincoln used a lunar almanac to expose a key timing detail in the Armstrong Metzger murder trial of 1838. Weaver recalls Lincoln showing the moon phase to jurors to challenge witness testimony and obtain a venue change.
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Jacksonville
Abraham Lincoln
Duff
Armstrong
W. H. Weaver
Léreed
Hannah Arimetrong
Lincoln
Bayuna
Cass County
Beardstown
Mason County
Henry Sh. W
Heards Town
Harriett
Pekin
Metzger
Allen
Wilton Logan
Wer
Play Opens Upper Iowa Homecoming Festivity
Fayette Iowa October 21 The homecoming festivity opened with a joint presentation by Zeta Alpha and Zethegatheon societies of the play You and I The production directed by Miss Licile Gay featured Eleanor Parker Fayette Waylard Warmence Summer in leading roles with Neil Pierce Adeline Gallerson Fayette Arthur Carpenter Fayette Mabel Boehm Greeley and Fred Lyforet in key parts.
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Fayette
Zeta Alpha J
Zethegatheon
Mabel Boehm
Greeley
Fred Lyforet
Payette
POUKET ACCUMULATOR DRIVES MOTOR 16 DAYS
Moscow reports Professor Jolfe of the Russian Academy of Science has devised a laboratory accumulator. It supposedly stores enough chemical energy to drive an automobile for ten days.
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Moscow
Oqvet
Jolfe
Aacademy of Science
Porket
Furnach Overheated Firemen Called To Small Garage Fire
Firemen responded at 4 51 p m to a furnace overheating at 423 roadway where an overheated furnace ignited joists above causing minimal damage. The ad copy mentions insurance and names two individuals in a garbled advertisement text.
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Furnach
I, Kari
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