Cruel Indifference Cited Over S 4 Rescue Efforts
Parents of Commander Roy K. Jones accuse the Navy of evident cruelty and indifference toward the S 4 crew. Representative McClintic demands a congressional inquiry as Secretary Wilbur orders a special probe to supplement the naval court of inquiry, focusing on rescue attempts after the sub sank.
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Washington
Navy Department
Roy K. Jones
John M. Jones
Representative McClintic
Oklahoma
House Naval Committee
Near Department
McClintic
Congress
Wilbur
Navy
Naval Court of Inquiry
Will H. Dilg League of Iowa Breaks with Its National Body
Iowa City officials reveal the Will H. Dilg league of Iowa cut ties with its national organization. Professor Bohumil Shimek notes the national group proved unsatisfactory as top down, while local leagues consider forming a new national body with state leagues as members.
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Will H. Dilg
League of
Iowa
Iowa City
Will H. Dilg League of
Bohumil Shimek
University of Iowa
Dilg League
Izaak Walton League
Shimek
Walton League
Will H. Dilg League
Blackmer Asks Dismissal In Teapot Dome Case
Washington December 21 AP A motion to dismiss contempt proceedings against H M Blackmer missing Teapot Dome oil witness on grounds the citation was unconstitutional was made before Justice Frederick L Siddons today by Blackmers counsel George Gordon Battle
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Blackmer
Washington
H. M. Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Frederick IL. Siddons
George Gordon Battle
Dismissal of Federal Charges in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
In Sioux City Iowa on December 31 the federal case against Harry Klass Joe Shulkin Sam Shulkin Jess Marshall a former policeman William Dougherty and George Dougherty charging conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws was dismissed. The 1926 Dougherty warehouse raid yielding $50 000 worth of seized liquor prompted the action though some defendants still face district court liquor nuisance indictments.
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Sioux City
Harry Klass
Joe Shulkin
Sam Shulkin
Jess Marshall
William Dougherty
George Dougherty
Dougherty
New Angles in Hickman Case Puzzle Police
Los Angeles reports show police push to prove Welby Hunt aided the Hickman Parker kidnapping and murder. Detroit confession to Elisworth is discounted. Hunt’s whereabouts and Hickman’s knowledge remain under study as investigators probe Alhambra leads and a Bellevue Arms visit.
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Los Angeles
Welby Hunt
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Detroit
Elisworth
Cottonwedd Falls
Kas
Hunt
Ellsworth
Hickman
Kansas City
Young Hunt
Little Marian
Alhambra
Jerome Walsh
Walsh
Parker
A. R. Driskell
Bellevue Arms Apartments
Marian
S. M. Rowley
Mason City
Davenport Boys Confess Thefts
Davenport youths Richard Connell and Fred Hass, aged 17 and 18, confessed to stealing three automobiles during Christmas week and using them for joy rides in Davenport Iowa. Police say a wine cellar break in may have occurred during the spree and that a stolen car crossing into Illinois could bring federal charges under the Dyer Act.
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Davenport
Richard Connell
Fred Hass
Illinois
New Year Weather Promises Warmth After Subzero Iowa Nights
Cold stretches grip Iowa with subzero readings across Sioux City Charles City and Omaha. Des Moines forecasts a further drop to ten below before a warm up on New Year’s Day with temperatures rising to ten to fifteen degrees above zero. Keokuk logged five inches of snow while other areas saw light flurries as the cold persists.
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Iowa
Keokuk
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Mercury
Sioux City
Charles City
Omaha
Shenandoah
Es Moines
Remus Plans Fight Against Confinement in Insanity Hospital
George Remus, declared insane, vows to continue challenging lifetime confinement at Lima state hospital for the criminal insane in a drawn out legal battle. Charles H. Elston, defending alone after Remus shot his estranged wife Imogene, seeks a rehearing to force another sanity test and pursue an appeal in common pleas after an insanity verdict.
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Remus
Criminal
Cincinnati
George Remus
State Hospital
Lima
Charles H. Elston
Imogene
William H. Lued
Probate
Elston
Lueders
Court of Common Pleas
New York Prepares Message New Year Welcome
New York anticipates a madder merrier welcome to 1928 with crowded streets night clubs and hotels packed. Broadway shows high ticket prices and dining rooms filled at major hotels mark the celebrations as Urban Ledoux plans a no cover feed for the needy near Fifth Avenue. Clarence D Chamberlin plans to greet 1928 by flying over Manhattan at midnight in a lit plane.
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New York
McAlpin
Astor
Urban Ledoux
Mr. Zero
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Manhattan
Weather forecast for Iowa and Illinois regions
Abnormally cold start to the week with a warm midweek rebound. In Iowa and Illinois the forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with colder spells. The upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys expect a cold beginning, then rising temperatures midweek followed by a potential precipitation period.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi
Missouri
Lowden Men Seek Uniform Timing for Caucuses and Conventions
Iowa Lowden-for-President club district chairmen urge the Republican state central committee to call an early state convention to elect delegates to the national convention in Kansas City. They propose uniform times for all precinct caucuses at 7 30 p m and county conventions to ensure open, informed balloting across counties.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Kansas City
Iowa
College Library Buildings Seldom Adequate Claim
Frances Warner and Charles H Brown of the Iowa State college library told delegates to the American Library association that library buildings fail to meet university needs more than any other campus building. They cited the University of Chicago library built in 1911 and the Ohio State library built in 1905 as examples of unsuitable structures.
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Chicago
Frances. Warner
Charles H. Brown
Iowa State College Library
Ames
American Library Association
University of Chicago
Ohio State University
Lindbergh lands with skill in Belize flight
crowds at the Belize course welcomed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as he landed the Spirit of St. Louis on a narrow field near the grand stand after a 250 mile Belize City to San Salvador leg. He later toured three clubs with Sir John Burdon and agreed to paint the colony flag on the aircraft.
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Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
John Bardon
Dee
Central America
St. Louis
Guatemala City
Lone Eagle
Lindbergh
Golf
Sir John Burdon
Honduras
Colony
Spirit of St. Louis
Big game hunters sail for Black Sudan expedition
A party of six big game hunters sailed on the Cunard liner Mauretania for Africa. The journey will follow the Nile toward the Black Sudan. Lead hunter Dan W. Streeter, author and humorist, says the group will trace the route of George Eastman. companions include H F Evans Davenport Iowa Harper Sibley Walter Oakman Rochester NY Hudson Plumb George Goodyear Buffalo.
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New York
Cunard
Mauretania
Africa
Nile
Black
Sudan
Dan W. Streeter
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Kodak
Streeter
H. F. Evans
Davenport
Harper Sibley
Walter Oakman
N Y
Hudson Plumb
George Goodyear
Buffalo
Burns Prove Fatal in Illinois Incident
Nicholas Anthony Hagg, 54, of Cambridge, died at home in Kewanee Illinois after sustaining burns when a kerosene lamp was overturned Monday. He died last night from injuries.
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Kewanee, Ill
Nicholas Anthony Hagg
Cambridge
Appleby Death in Los Angeles Stirs Prosecution
Los Angeles detectives press charges against Dr. Charles M. McMillan in the slaying of Amelia Appleby widow of a Chicago inventor. Canvas and rope fragments tie the crime to a north rear room of her home and to the body’s transport to the city outskirts. Authorities question the doctor over shoe inconsistencies and why he rented the victim’s house the day the body was found.
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Los Angeles
Amelia Appleby
Chicago
Charles M. McMillan
McMillan
Isirian
Fireman Fatally Injured as Lumber Yard Burns in Cedar Rapids
Manuel G. Vinch 35, a Cedar Rapids city fireman, died in hospital from injuries after a fire at Hatch Brookman Lumber company office last night. Loss is estimated at 150000 dollars. Origin undetermined. Fire began shortly after 9 p.m. in the office and spread to the lumber yard. the wind and a falling wall contributed to the damage. The yard had burned before five years ago under Linn County Lumber ownership.
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Cedar Rapids
Manuel G. Vinch
Hatch- Brookman Lumber Company
Linn County Lumber Company
Noted Modernist Dies in New York
Dr. Algernon Sidney Crapsey author lecturer and former Episcopalian clergyman died today at his Rochester New York home at age eighty. His writings on theology helped shape modernist literature and led to a heresy charge in his career.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bee
Algernon Sidney Crapsey
Family tensions over sewing chores in comic aside
A family joke centers on Joe and his brother in law whose wife hires out sewing tasks. The piece notes other relatives worry about this arrangement while Joe remains unconcerned.
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Joe
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