Rum Row War Flares as Coast Guard Faces Threats
Evidence grows that Rum Row off New York will fight back. Coast guard headquar ters report a looming war to the death with employ ees on a death list and threats to resign. Carrier pigeons aid runners, one message led to a liquor seizure. Admiral Billard asks Congress for more men and boats to tighten smuggling defenses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coastguard
New York
Billard
Eastguard
Yeandle
Mr. Yeandle
Rum Row
Coast Guard
Admiral Billard
Believe Malnutrition Caused Baby's Death
A ten month old inmate at a baby hospital run by Mrs Hele Auguste Geisen Volk died after transfer to another hospital. An autopsy was ordered as authorities investigate reports that numerous infants under her care died from malnutrition. Officials said as many as 12 infants may have died in one month with nurses informing investigators.
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Associated Press
New Onk
Hele Auguste Geisen-Volk
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mre. Geisen-Volk
Police Sought To Aid Search For Sister In Iowa
Mrs Edward J Dvorsky of Solon asks Cedar Rapids police to help locate her sister Miss Charlotte Mae Sheppard of Morse who vanished from home on April 18 1924. Authorities have no address and no motive is known for the disappearance.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. Dvorsky
Solon
Charlotte Mae Sheppard
Morse
R. T. Shephard
Girl Struck by Truck Leaves Margaret Langer Seriously Hurt
Margaret Langer age 10 was hit by a construction company truck on her way to school in Burlington Iowa. Both legs broken just below the hips. Driver Charles Lightfoot detained by police after arriving from Omaha two months ago.
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Acecciated
Burlington, Ia
Margaret Langer
Charles Lightfoot
Omaha
Freezing Temperatures Reported Across Iowa North
The United States Weather Bureau reported freezing temperatures in various sections of the northern half of Iowa last night, as observed in Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
College Baseball Scores and Upsets Across U.S. Schools
Asa related Presa reports college baseball results with mixed outcomes. Heunayiveaia 7 beat Harvard 5 while Luther 12 defeated Cornell 4. Oklahoma Aggies 4 edged Oklahoma ? Iowa Wesleyan 6 Central 2.
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Asa
Harvard
Luther
Cornell
Oklahoma
Aggies
Capitol Policeman Kills Supreme Court Clerk in State House
In Columbia South Carolina on May 8 Harry I. McCaw clerk of the state supreme court was killed by capitol policeman Joseph J Lucas who surrendered soon after. Lucas said he acted in self defense after McCaw fired twice at him and that he had to shoot a man.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
Harry I. McCaw
State Supreme Court
State House
Joseph J. ‘Lucas
Capitol
Lucas
McCaw
Creston to Host Fourth Blue Grass Track Meet
Creston high school's athletic department plans the fourth annual Blue Grass track and field meet at Irving field Saturday May 16. Eight teams from Murray Stu art Guthrie Center Greenfield Abraham Lincoln Council Bluffs Chariton and Indianola are entered. Entries close tomorrow with postmarks accepted.
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Irving Field
Creston High School
Southwestern Tonk
Murray, Stuart
Guthrie Center
Greenfield
Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Chariton Jf
Indianola
Creston
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Irving
Death of Retired Farmer Joslin Under Investigation
Perry May 8. Police investigate the death of P. B. Joslin 71 a well to do retired farmer found dead at his isolated Perry home with throat slashed in a suspected suicide. Dr I O Pond said Joslin had been in ill health and coroner Powers to hold inquest at 2 pm. Joslin left no will but hoped to leave his estate about 50 000 to charity.
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Associated Press
Perry, Ja
P. B. Joslin
Perry
I. O. Pond
Undertaker Identifies Body of Denver Realtor
Denver reports the grave of real estate operator Co. H. Blank was opened and his body identified by the undertaking firm handling the funeral. C. F. Gustin confirmed the identification after knowing Blank for 15 years. District attorney Foster W. Cline ordered the exhumation amid rumors of possible death by poison, with toxicologists to examine viscera at Denver General Hospital.
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Associated Press
Denver
Co. H. Blank
Blank
Undertaking Establishment
C. F. Gustin
Foster W. Cline
Denver General Hospital
Hammill Proclaims Mother's Day in Iowa
Des Moines reports Governor Hammill designated Sunday May 10 as Mother's Day. He urged a public expression of reverence for the homes of our state in the proclamation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Hammill
Woman Claims McClintock Boy Was Poisoned Suspect
A Houston woman alleging William N. McClintock believed his mother Emma Nelson McClintock was poisoned sent a signed letter to Chief Justice Olson. The note recounts seeing Billy in Chicago in 1920 and 1921 and references a coroner's inquest that blamed foster father William D. Shepherd for murder by inoculation and poisoning.
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Associated Press
Chiargo
Miunie Osborn
Houston
Tex
William N. McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Olson
Municipal Court
Billy” McClintock
Chicago
William D Shepherd
Young McClintock
Iriswold May Not Accept Health Commissioner Job
Dr. Don F. Griswold of the University of Iowa medical school says he sent a communication to Governor Hammill and President Walter A. Jessup about possibly declining the state health commissioner post he recently was appointed to. He did not disclose the letter’s contents, requesting public release by the governor or state board of education.
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Associated Prenes
Griswold
Coach L B Martin Targets 1925 Football Team
Sioux City coach L B Martin told 700 students the high school is filled with lounge lizards and other distractions. He urged at least 100 candidates join the 1925 football team, saying youth’s faults include girls and idle behavior. He allowed only two excuses for skipping football: disability or work obligations.
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Sioux
Entra High School
L. B. Martin
Martin
War veteran on trial for father’s murder in December
Hazel Howard testified that George Shaw a shell shocked veteran took her to a roadhouse party on December 15 where she feared for her safety. She said a scuffle occurred when Shaw’s father Bruce Shiaw appeared and Shaw stabbed him in the chest.
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Chicago
Hazel Howard
George Shaw
Shiaw
Shaw
Bruce Shiaw
Refuse To Have Grant's Likeness Carved in Stone
Tallahassee Florida May 8 A house vote 69 to 9 adopts a resolution to amend the constitution to exclude Japanese from ownership in Florida A separate resolution by Representative Byrd calls Stone Mountain Memorial directors to carve General Ulysses G Grant joining General Robert E Lee on the Confederate monument The measure is defeated overwhelmingly
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Tallphasse
Fla
Florida
House
Byrd of
Flagle
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Ulysses G. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Bank executives attend Chariton meeting and city appoints fire chief
T L Dougherty of Farmers and Merchants Bank and secretary of group nine Iowa Bankers attended the annual meeting at Chariton with E V Ferris. They returned to Creston Thursday evening. Harley Harshaw assumed duties as Creston fire chief replacing Francis Walters after council approval. F J Cihak seeks 250 dollars rent judgment against Julia Dean and D C Winterstein in district court. Beulah Spencer county auditor issued last dog license call and delinquent owners will be listed in three county newspapers with costs due upon publication plus a June 1 penalty. 847 dogs licensed to date in the county.
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T. L. Dougherty
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Iowa Bankers
Chariton
E. V. Ferris
Mr. Dougherty
Mr. Ferris
Creston
Harley Harshaw
Creston Fire Department
Francis Walters
F. J. Cihak
Julia Dean
D.C Winterstein
Beulah Spencer
Union County Spellers Compete at Omaha InterstateContest
Wayne Blair of the Afton school and Gerald Swan of Highland township rural school No 5 compete today in the interstate spelling contest in Omaha. Winners from county contests in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas participate with Wayne having won oral spelling and George written spelling in the local meet held April 11. They traveled by train with Mrs Ella Day and Mrs George Swan. The event began at 9 AM and should conclude so spellers can return home today.
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Wayne Blair
Afton
Gerald Swan
Highland Township
Omaha
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Wayne
George
Ella Day
George Swan
Omaha Interstate Spelling Bee Winners Named
Marie Mason aged 12 of Ashland school Omaha won first in the written test against 60 county champions from Iowa Nebraska Kansas Minnesota and South Dakota at the interstate spelling bee. Mary Currie 12 of Sac County Iowa was second and Walter Inman of Palo Alto Iowa was third. The oral tests are scheduled for this afternoon with entrants to participate in a spell-down.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Marie Mason
Ashland School
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mary Currie
Sac County
Walter Inman
Palo Alto
Judge Approves Final Report of Junkin Paper Mill Receiver
Judge Wade signs an order in Keokuk approving the final report of receiver Newell H. Crockett for the Junkin paper mills case. The final distribution totals 13724.35 dollars with 8600.98 dollars allocated to receivers and attorneys fees and expenses.
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Junkin Paper Mill
Associated Press
Keokuk
Wade
Newell H. Crockett
Junkin Paper Mille
Fort Madison
Montgomery Ward
Co eds Ordered to Wear Stockings at UC Extravagan
Berkeley May 8. University of California officials ordered senior class performers in the Greek theater extravaganza to wear stockings and skirts of proper length to avoid any unseemly exposure. President W. W. Campbell announced the dress requirement to keep attendance focus on the program.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
W. W. Campbell
Crestmoor Hosts Mothers Day Musical at Club
Crestmoor Golf club announces a special Mothers Day program from 4 to 5 Sunday afternoon in the clubhouse. Mothers of club members will be guests of honor as Crest ton instrumentalists and vocalists perform the program.
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Crestmoor Golf Club
Mothers of Club
Creston
Music caravan moves Creston glee club to state contest
Elmo Roper announces plans for a motor caravan transporting Creston high school's mixed glee club to the state music contest at Ames on May 15 and 16. Seven cars are pledged with space for 22 singers and chaperones, extra cars needed, and funds sought for fuel and hotel expenses.
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Creston High School
Elmo Roper
Chamber of Commerce
Ames
Creston Chorus
Herriet Goodsell
Stuart
Orient High School Girls’ Glee Club
Suart
Creston
Roper
C. B. McGregor
WC Bearr
Eller Metzger
WF F Pinefield
Creston Auto Company
Harold Cobert
Joel Goodsell
Chamber of Commerce Committee
O Ames
Chamber
Glee Club
Ames Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield Murder Grand Jury Adjourns
Clinton May 8 The grand jury investigating the double murder of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Brownfield at their Low Moor corners store on the Lincoln highway west of Clinton adjourned until next Tuesday. William Buck McLaughlin and Dantel ONeil are linked to the case with circumstantial testimony. ONeil is jailed in Clinton. McLaughlin serves a term in Lansing Kansas for robbery.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Homer Brownfield
Lincoln Highway
Grand
William
Buck) Mclaughlin
Dantel O'Neil
Cedar Rapids
O'Neil
McLaughlin
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kan
Swedish Death Notice Reaches John Benson in Town
John Benson of 605 West Mills street received formal notice of his brother in law Axel Andersson of Rydaholm Sweden. Andersson, husband of Benson’s sister Mia, died April 15. The Swedish memorial uses a folded folder envelope and an eight by ten inch plate with survivors’ names and a solid black edged border.
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John Benson
West Mills Street
Sweden
Axel Andersson
Rydaholm
Mia
Benson
Hull Funeral Sunday in Leon for Mrs. O. E. Hull
Mrs. O. E. Hull of Leon dies Wednesday afternoon in Rochester Minnesota. Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Leon home with burial in Leon Cemetery.
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Hull
Leon
O. E. Hull
Rochester
Minn
Miley appeals to Creston residents to feed birds
J. L. Miley of Creston asks Advertiser readers to feed garden birds during cold weather. He notes Mrs. Miley feeds birds daily and urges every family to scatter a handful of feed so a steady supply is available for the birds as winter bites.
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J. L. Miley
Creston
J. la Miley
Catholics Plan Sisters Hospital in Creston
The Catholic church has secured a city block bounded by Adair Howard Stone and Poureau streets for a sisters hospital in Creston. Rev. H V Malone says preliminary plans are under way with Bishop Drumm approving the site and construction likely within a year. Dominican nuns from Cologne will run the hospital with their mother house in Germany.
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Adair
Howard
Stone
Poureau
J. Swilivan
Catholic Church
Creston
H. V. Malone
Immaculate Conception Church
Thomas Drumm
Des Moines
Father Malone
Dominican Order
Cologne
Germany
Eistern
Berlin
Bonds Recovered In Mail Truck Robbery Case
John J. Phalan, 37, arrested in Harlem on a grand larceny charge connected to an $8500 loan taken on bonds tied to Gerald Chapman loot. Bonds matching those stolen in the Broadway mail truck robbery and 1923 Wilton Trust raid were linked to the case. Phalan pleaded not guilty and was held for the grand jury.
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Associated Press
Hempstead
N. Y
John J. Phalan
New York Today
Nashau
Gerald Chapman
Juhn
Walter J. Jones
New York, May
First National Bank
Iynchbrook
L. I
Nashau County
Phalan
Broadway
Chapman
Wilton Trust Company
Wilton
Maine
Seventh Avenue
125Th Street
Harlem
British to Exploit Siberian Gold Fields
The Soviet government ratified a 36 year concession with Ayan Corporation a British concern to exploit gold fields in the Okhotsk and Kamchatka regions of eastern Siberia. The government may buy all extracted gold or allow export. Ayan pays five percent of output and the enterprise reverts to the state at term end. This marks the third large concession granted this month.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Concessions Commission
Ayan Corporation
Okhotsk
Kramchatka
Gibern
Western Nebraska Sees Two Inch Snowfall
The Associated Press reports two inches of snow covered western Nebraska from Seneca to the state line widening about 175 miles and then melted as temperatures rose later in the day. Farmers expect the moisture to help offset drought damage.
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Associated Press
Ellsworth, Neb
Seneo
State Line
Groen
Operetta Presented Before Record Park Audience
"Once in a Pine Moon" staged in costume by Creaton high school glee clubs repeated at McKinley park auditorium on Thursday night as part of Nations Music Week. Miss Harriet Goodsell directed the performance with sixty boys and girls in the cast.
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McKinley Park Auditorium
Creaton High School
Harriet Goodsell
Boya Ag
Evening concert lineup at Cromwell and Afton schools
Tonight at McKinley park auditorium Cromwell consolidated school chorus directed by Mrs Woodward performs at 8 00 followed by Afton high girls glee club with Miss Grace Giles Mrs Lyle Perry of Afton soprano and Miss Giilea violinist. Saturday downtown bandstand features Sterling Syncopatore directed by Russell Hinte at 2 00 and Creeton Concert Band directed by Charles A Hayden at 3 00 final program of week.
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McKinley Park
Cromwell Consolidated School Chorus
Mra. Woodward
Afton High Achoo Gir
Sterling Syncopetore
Russell Hinte
Creeton
Charles A. Hayden
Local Operetta Delights Sterling Audiences In Winter Show
A large crowd attended the operetta presented last winter with putouts, lattice backdrops, and gowns from a Creston store. The Sterling Syncopators led by Russell Hints opened with four dances, praised by the audience. Capped by a piano recital at the Congregational church, the Music Week program featured multiple ensembles and is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Congregational Church
McKinley Park
Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Hayden
Tobacco Company Declared Insolvent in New York Bankruptcy
The American Sumatra Tobacco Company, a $17.5 million concern, was declared insolvent in a federal court bankruptcy petition filed today by three creditors. The firm was placed in equity receivership Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Sumatra Tobacco Company
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