Bandits Rob Peddler of Wionews in Des Moines Heist
Des Moines police search for two bandits who robbed bed Wionews of 52 dollars last night. They forced him into an alley and escaped in a small touring car. Nearby Mason City prepares for a historic federal court criminal docket opening with Judge George C. Scott.
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Des Moines
W. W. Wionews
Wion
Mason City
Federal Court
George C. Scott
Long
Granger
Lawa
H. A. McCahill
Melvin
Lloyd Cunningham
Well Known Atlantic Lady Doris Paulsen Dies at Home
Doris Paulsen a longtime Atlantic resident born in Schleswig Germany died at 4 30 yesterday after a long illness begun with apoplexy. She came to America in 1894 with husband Jacob Paulsen settling near Atlantic then moving to the town. Survived by seven children, ten grandchildren and a brother, funeral Monday at two with Rev G E Hensel officiating. Interment in Atlantic cemetery beside her husband.
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Doris Paulsen
Atlantic
Germany
Jast Hiness
Ase
John
William Nettz
Griswold
Paul Paulsen
Denver
Carlo
Henry Paulaen
John Walter
Henry Dimig
Ray Malone
Clint Herbert
Fulton
Christian Bahnsen
Lyons
Iowa
G. E. Hensel
Atlantic Cemetery
No Land at the North Pole Says Capt Amundsen
Oslo June 20 In a telegram received by the Norwegian premier Captain Roald Amundsen states there is no land at the North Pole. He reports reaching within about 100 miles of the pole and notes that the eastern, most northern latitude shows 3750 meters depth, suggesting no land exists in the Norwegian polar basin.
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Oslo
Norway
INS
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
Pole
Spitzenbergen
Polar Basin
Mason City Seeks National Meet of Rural Carriers
Mason City, Ia June 20 An effort will be made to bring the national convention of rural mail carriers to Mason City in 1927 after a resolution approved at a county meeting.
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Mason City
INS
National Convention of
Iowa sweeping to easy victory in Midwestern AAU meet
Iowa led the fourth annual Midwestern AAU championships at Iowa City with points in every event as records fell in the opening minutes. The team dominated the early events, signaling a strong pursuit of the title.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Services for late Marne banker held today
Funeral services for the late John Ty Clasen former Marne banker were held at 2 20 p m in Shelby where he formerly resided after dying in Stockton California The brief notice notes his connection to Marne and the timing of the service.
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Hwa
John Ty Clasen
Marne Banker
Stockton
Calif
Shelby
Death toll rises as radium necrosis linked to factory
Eight investigations begin into a deadly new agency blamed for seven deaths at the United States Radium Corporation of America. Autopsy planned for Mrs. Sarah Maillefer, the latest victim. Six other fatalities cited among women workers painting luminous watches. Poison likely entered workers through brushing lips with wet brushes.
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New York
INS
United States
Radium Corporation of America
Sarah Maillefer
Townsleague to hold annual convention at Spirit Lake
The Iowa League of Municipalities will meet August 25 to 27 at Spirit Lake. A. E. Gnocy mayor of Waterloo and S. R. Pierce secretary of Marshalltown announced the decision.
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Iowa League OF Municipalities
Waterloo
Spirit Lake
A. E. Gnocy
S. R. Pierce
Marshalltown
Bluffs Mail Bandits Appeal Granted in Retrial Review
June 20 Bluff s mail bandits Fred Poffenbarger and Keith Collins received formal orders authorizing an appeal of retrials. The moves were signed by Judge Colin Neblett and sent back to federal court in St. Louis for the court of appeals review on August 15. Bond remained at 50 000 for Collins and 10 000 for Poffenbarger while they remain in Atlanta Ga prison.
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Council Bluffs
Fred Poffenbarger
Keith Collins
Federal
Federal Cours
Colin Neblett
St. Louis
Court of Appeals
Collins
Poffenbarger
Atlanta,Ga
Storm relief fund game results and scattered scores
Baseball scores from various leagues show American and college matchups. New York defeated Chicago 8 1 in seven innings while Detroit and Boston were tied 7 7 in the fifth. Philadelphia beat St. Louis 8 5 in the seventh, Princeton trailed in the third inning, and other games including Pittsburgh Brooklyn and Washington Cleveland posted partial innings.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Princeton
Faiman Seen at Health Department Laboratory in Chicago Trial
The defense in the trial of William Faiman heard testimony from Dr. Toney of the Chicago health department laboratory. He admitted that an dishonest employee could hand out cultures and that a lab with such equipment could transfer germs. The testimony covered lab procedures, record keeping since 1923, and ways bacteria can be transferred, with questions about virulence and disease effects.
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Chicago
Jane
William
Clinton
Frederick Toney
Health Department
Ross
Crowe
White
Charles C. Faiman
Toney
Faiman
Stewart
Shepherd
Farman
Mother's long vigil ends as Cedar creek body found
Fairfield Indiana June 20 Harold Stanley 17 drowned last Monday when he fell from a Cedar creek bridge. His mother kept vigil on the bridge day and night as volunteers searched. The body was recovered late yesterday afternoon and rests in the cemetery today.
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Fairfield
INS
Harold Stanley
Cedar Creek
Harold
German French industrialists sign trade pact
German and French industrial groups sign a treaty at Luxemberg promising mutual concessions. Germany will allow French and Luxembourg concerns to import 1.7 million tons of half ready wares at half tariff and the French will sell iron to Germany at global prices. In return, steel and iron firms gain a monopoly on importing half ready wares. Notable German signatories include Florian Klöckner Phoenix group and Krupp.
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S&s
Germany
Florian Kloeckner
Phoenix Group
Krupps
Rail employee clears death mystery in Linn Junction field
Cedar Rapids June 20 Edwin Anderson’s death was cleared by Milwaukee railroad employee James Riddell. He told the coroner his train passed the scene and he saw a flare fired into the air then fired twice toward the ground before his train continued.
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Cedar Rapids
James Riddell
Milwaukee Railroad
Edwin Anderson
Linn Junction
Riddell
Anderson
Abe Dell
Wisconsin waits arrival of La Follette body on funeral train
Aboard the La Follette funeral train the Wisconsin statesman’s body travels toward Madison after a journey through Indiana and Illinois. The body will lie in state in the state capitol rotunda before funeral services at 11 a.m. Monday, with burial at Forest Hills Cemetery beside his parents.
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Wisconsin
LA Follette
Kenneth Clark
LN. S
Madison
Wis
Best
Robert M. LaPollette
Indiana
Iainois
Chicago
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
State Capitol
Capitol
LaFollette
Little Green Spot
Forest Hills Cemetery
Amundsen's Failures Spur Renewed Arctic Quest Start
Commander MacMillan leads the Bowdoin and Peary on a new ninth Arctic expedition from Maine. The goal is a polar air route to the north pole and a likely discovery of a “lost continent” north of Alaska. Navy support, weather stations, and radio links are planned as 20,000 people bid farewell.
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Bert Ford
U. N.S
Wiscassett
Maine
Donald B. MacMillan
Sheppeat Peary
North Pole
Alaska
Far North
Uncle Sam
Roald Amundsen
Bowdoin and
Peary
Fortie
National Geographic Society
Navy
Robert E. Peary
Marie Stafford
Peary “Snow Baby
Gilbert Grosvenor
Explorer
Momgehan Island
Brayton Ladies Aid Opens Treasury for Neola Storm Aid
Brayton Ladies Aid society and Helping Hand club collected funds for storm relief north of Neola. The group forwarded a $20 donation to the News-Telegraph, with prior acknowledgment dated the 27th. Marie Ortgies Clair and D. Becker credited in the record.
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Neola
Brayton Ladies Aid Society
News-Telegraph
Brayton Ladies Aid
iMra
Marie Ortgies Clair
D. Becker
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