Fighter Rivers jailed for brutal attack on 19 year old
Los Angeles fighter Joe Rivers was jailed on charges of viciously assaulting Christine Baker, 19, leaving her with a fractured jaw and serious injuries that could prove fatal. Rivers denied the accusation. Separate briefs note rate cuts on the New York Call money market, deadly storms in Georgia, and dividend cuts by Anaconda Copper and other miners.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Joe Rivers
Christine Baker
Rivers
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Benton Tama Senatorial Row Heads to Courts
Delle Plain e Ia June 26 A wrangle over the republican nomination for state senator in Benton Tama district appears headed for court. Louis Tobin of Vinton calls a July 8 convention here while E R Harlan of Tama schedules a Tama meeting the same day. The dispute centers on whether Wide Breakin Rice of Dinsdale or Werner Trippel of Vinton receives the nomination after neither candidate cleared 46 percent in the primary. Delegates allotted to the two counties at a joint convention are in question.
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Delle Plaine
N. S
Benton-Tama
Louis P. Tobin
Vinton
Tama
Conflicting Reports on Pontiff Piux XII Health
Conflicting reports from Vatican circles on the current health of Pope Pius XII, with late June dispatches noting intermittent trouble but no definitive state established. The era’s tension centers on confirming the pontiff’s condition amid rumors and official silence.
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Pontiff
City
Vatican
Papa
Ajit
Norway
Hoover Vetoes Veterans' Relief Bill
RESIDENT OF CASS OVER FIFTY YEARS DIES LAST NIGHT Alice A Sherk 77 wife of the late William A Sherk died at 7 40 last evening at the Atlantic hospital where she had been a patient for the last twenty two months Mrs Sherk had been a resident of Cass county for more than fifty years Mrs Sherk was born March 4 1853 in Indiana the daughter of Me and Mrs M B Hubbell She was married to William Sherk on Sept 8 1874 near Martham Ia They moved to Cass county shortly after their marriage and had lived homine They moved to Atlantic in 1888 and lived here parttil their deaths Mr Sherk died in 1926 the deceased had been a member of Methodist Episcopal Church for many years Four Children Surviving are four children George M Sherk of Greeley Colo Herbert Sherk and Mrs George Johnson of Genoa Cols and Miss Inez Sherk of Atlantic four sisters Mrs G W Bales and Mrs F M Chapman of Atlantic Mrs Ella Petty of California and Mrs J H Purdon of Cleveland C and three brothers Ira Hubbell of Bell Cal C E B Hubbell of Wyoming and J M Hubbell of ne Fletcher chapel Funeral services will be held Saturday evening at 6 o'clock at the Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home The Rev Warren H Meredith pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church will officiate and burial will be in the Atlantic cemetery
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Alice A. Sherk
William A. Sherk
Atlantic Hospital
Cass County
Atlantic
Sherk
Method Episcopal Church
George M. Sherk
Greeley
Colo
Herbert Sherk
George ¥. Johnson
Genoa
Cols
Inez ‘Sherk
G. W. Bales
F.M. Chapman
Ella Petty
California
J. H. Purdon
Cleveland
Ira Hubbell
Bell
Cal
C. EB. Hubbell
Wyoming
J.M. Hubbell
Fletcher Chapel
Jones Cleared in Cigarettes Case at Park Billiard Parlor
A second not guilty verdict was returned on a charge of selling cigarettes to a minor against RE. Jones of the Park Billiard Parlor after a hearing before Justice of the Peace George Pennell. The jury, led by foreman J. P. Stetferis, deliberated about three quarters of an hour. Dave Miller of the West Side pool hall was also found not guilty in a separate case, while the third arrestee Mrs Lester Layland had her case dismissed. R. Kent Martin defended Jones. RB. W Cockshoot prosecuted.
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RE. Jones
Park
Justice of the Peace
George EH. Pennell
J. P. Stetferis
Pool Hill
J. J. Hicks
Atte Cigaret
At Minor
Dave Miller
Pennell
Lester Layland
Laykind
R. Kent Martin
Defendimite
W. Cockshoot
Brothers and sister drown in Cedar River incident
In Waterloo Iowa June 26 Robert Whainwell age 14 and his sister Joan 12 of Hudson were drowned while bathing in the Cedar river. Their bodies not recovered. A third child was rescued.
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Waterloo
Robert Whaiinell
Joan
Hudson, In
Cedar River
Early Ball Scores Above Blur
Fragmentary sports note shows scattered ball score terms and names unclear due to OCR. Likely references American League and Chicago and Philadelphia contexts with incomplete numbers. Unable to determine final teams or outcomes from the readable text.
Ruling bans heat from courthouse to nearby residents
Adel residents in Dallas County and elsewhere are prohibited from using heat generated by the courthouse plant. Neil Garrett, assistant attorney general, said the board of supervisors have no authority to supply heat from the courthouse to individuals living near the building. The ruling was issued in Des Moines on June 26.
Flyers May Stop at Old Orchard
AEROPLANE Southern Cross, flying from Harbor Grace to New York, may need refueling at Old Orchard Beach. Captain Harry Jones ordered gasoline rushed to the beach hangar as the plane battled headwinds and fog, repeatedly climbing to clear dense fog banks before attempting a landing at 30 P.M. The tide was out enough to allow a safe landing on the sandy strip.
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Orchard
U.N. S
Southern Cross
Harry Jones
Jones
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
New York
Atlantic Rotary Past Presidents Set Masonry Initiation Record
Members of the Atlantic Rotary club helped initiate Wright Hedges into the third degree at Masonic Blue Lodge Pymosa No. 271. All main offices in the initiation were filled by past Rotary presidents, with the candidate himself a past president. Other Rotary members filled all other chairs and supporting roles. Local Rotarians say they may have set a world record for this unique lineup and have notified Rotary International in Chicago.
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Atlantic Rotary Club
Masonic Blue Lodge
Pymosa
Wright Hedges
Roscoe
L. C. Allender
Rupert Williams
Burdette Roland
J. H. Beacock
International Rotary
Chivage
Cornell Juniors Win Varsity Race in Three Mile Dash
In a tight three mile junior varsity event at Washington, Cornell juniors edged out competitors with a strong late surge. Poughkeepsie area athletes and Columbia figures were noted among the standings as the race concluded.
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Cornell
House Votes 188 to 182 to Sustain Hoover Veto
Washington June 26 The House sustained President Hoover by 188 to 182 in voting to keep the veto on the Rankin world war veterans compensation bill. The body then moved to consider the administration’s pension substitute, aiming for swift action despite a dramatic, partisan clash.
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Washington
I. N
Hoover
House
R Publican
Longworth
Iusid
Garner
Texas
Senate
Thornburg speaks at cooperative creamery meeting in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa June 26 Mark G Thornburg secretary of agriculture led a meeting of Cooperative Creamery Managers and Buttermakers declaring cooperative creameries are generally satisfactory for producer returns He warned too many cows in Iowa cannot be economically produced and urged no cross territory competition between creameries Highlighting organization history he outlined the cooperative process and emphasized producer profit as the key to success
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Mark G. Thornburg
Three Big Oil Wells Brought In Named After Iowa Woman
Oklahoma City June 26. Wealth flooded the Sidick farm as two giant wells were completed, adding to the famed Mary oil gusher saga. The first Mary and No 2 Mary earlier, named for Mary Sudick, brought in by Continental Oil, measured 540 barrels per hour. No 4 Mary, a half mile north, roared in with a可能 spray of oil for two miles, estimated at 20,000 barrels daily and 75,000,000 cubic feet of gas. Vincent Sudick, husband of Mary Sudick, had a day of note as Vincent No 1 was completed.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Sidick
Here
Mary
Mary Sudick
Vincent
Continental Oil Company
Welch-Moore Shoe Company Amnitial Sale Opens
Buyers thronged the doors at Welch-Moore Shoe Company this morning for the opening of the annual shoe sale. The crowd led to an order taker system as the big price reductions attracted many shoppers. Throughout the day buyers visited the store to inspect the large stock of first class merchandise offered at attractive prices.
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Welch-Moore Shoe Company
Markets at a Glance Amid Mixed U S Trading
New York stocks were moderately firmer amid uneven gains while bonds edged lower in dull activity. Call money eased to 1 1 4 percent as traders noted scattered gains in grains and firm cotton futures with several names and places appearing in a jumbled listing.
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New York
Grigsby Grunow Sues Over 30 Million Suit
Grigsby Grunow company of Chicago files a 30 million suit in federal court in Kansas City against RCA, Westinghouse, GE, RCA Victor, and RCA Radiotron. It alleges Sherman anti trust violations, triple damages under the Clayton Act, and royalties totaling about 6 million plus 3 million in alleged damages from tube licensing terms. The petition claims monopolistic pools, high tube prices, and constrained competition in radio sets and tubes.
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Kansas City
Radio Corporation of America
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
General Electric Company
Rca-Victor Company, Inc
RCA Radiotron Company, Inc
Grigsby-Grannow Company
Chicago
Grigsby-Grunowedompany
Gugsby- Grunow Company
Defendannts
Radio Corporation
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Grigsby- Gunnow Company
James A. Reed
Ernest R. Reichmann
Rother
Grigsby-Grunow
Gets 20 years for attack on girl in Council Bluffs
Glen Williams, 23, was sentenced to twenty years at Fort Madison for an attempted attack on a five year old girl in Council Bluffs Iowa. He allegedly tried to slice the child’s throat with a razor when the attack was discovered.
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Council Bluffs
Jane
Glen ‘Williams
Fort
Madison
Willams
Diacavera
Hex
Voting mechanism installed in Iowa General Assembly
Des Moines June 26. Voting mechanism introduced in the Iowa house of representatives allows a color coded system to prevent incorrect aye votes. The green aye button signals an affirmative vote while the red button signals a negative vote, reducing misrecorded ballots due to switch direction.
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Iowa
General Assembly
Des. Moines
House of Representatives
Aator
Stutz Motor Car founder Harry Stutz dies at 53
Harry C Stutz longtime head of Stutz Motor Car and first president dies after an appendicitis operation at Methodist hospital Indianapolis born Ansonia Ohio trained as a mechanic. He came to Indianapolis in 1903 to lead Lindsey Russell Axle and designed the first Stutz car which raced at the 1911 500 mile. He served as president from 1913 until selling his stock in 1919. At death he had nearly completed a four tier airplane motor for small planes intended for manufacturers.
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Ind
Uh N.S
Harry C. Stutz
Stutz Motor Car’ Company
Methodist Hospital
Stutz
Orlando
Fla
Ansonia
Ohio
Dayday
Indianapolis
Lindsey-Russell Axle Company
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Stutz Motor Car Company
Storms and Heat Wave Cause Dozens of Drownings
Across Michigan and neighboring states a severe heat wave and fierce storms left many dead. In Michigan twelve drownings were confirmed, with four at a private lake on a Stator Cousens estate. Chicago faced up to 200000 dollars in damage from a frontline storm that flooded streets and knocked out power and communications. Wind toppled barns and homes in the south, and a Carbondale incident narrowly spared several telephone operators. New York endured extreme heat with deaths and many prostrations as relief remained days away.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Stator
Cousens
Saumerous
Carbondale
Washington Night Marshal and Sheriff Shot Dead
Washington Iowa June 26. Fred Sweet county sheriff and Aeron Bailey night marshal were killed early today by a man arrested for questioning as an auto thief. The killer fled in a stolen 1923 Ford coupe after slaying them. An inquest will be held this afternoon. sheriff Dennison resumes office.
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Washington
Fred Sweet
Aeron Bailey
Sweet
Marshal Bailey
Highway No. 161
Here
Ottumwa
Sac City
Sweet and Bailey
Court House
Sweety
William Bailey
Bailey
Hun Fox
Dennison
Oral
Keith
Mirshal
Mays
Film firm gets tax return for 1917 refunds
Washington June 26 The Bureau of Internal Revenue awarded the Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation of New York a refund of 368036 in its tax payment for 1017 The award was granted by the federal tax appeals round.
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Washington
I. N
The
Bureau, of
Internal Revenue Today
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation of
New York
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Atlanta
Adgateville
Jasper County
Aubie Cox
Dawson
Hoke Irwin
Anarcanda_ Copper
Ybal Diary
Anna- Ponds
Greene
Cananera- Copper
Andes Copper Company
Cass
Alice E. Sherk
Tong
Old Orchard
Poughkeepals
Firag Paca
Columbia
Rankin
Congress
Treasury
Welch-Moore
Adkins
Hrdwne
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Butler
Ore
Ester
Garber
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A. Haus
Willam E. Hull
A Ey
Kendal
A. Ji. Koop
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Tay Mia
Tar
Radio Corporations
Harry Stutz
Auto Head
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Bee Dee
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