Gunman Wanted for Iowa Crime Slain in Omaha
Earl Williams, a convicted burglar and the man wanted for Deputy Sheriff O L Case of Logan Iowa murder, was shot and killed by Sergeant Potach in a dark Omaha bedroom while Williams wore women's clothing and attempted to resist arrest. The pursuit followed a liquor raid involving 100 gallons of alcohol from Chicago and a police chase ending at 2904 Spring Street. Williams reportedly vowed to kill police before capture.
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Omaha
Neb
Earl Williams
O. L. Case
Logan
Potach
Spring Street
Williams
W. R. Milliman
Case
Frank Vopalka
Spring Sept
Nelson
Vanous
Germans Accept Invitation to Pact Conference
Berlin reports the cabinet under President von Hindenburg agreed to attend the security pact conference. The note of July 20 will guide negotiations and preserve Germany’s right to seek treaty revisions. Delegates named include Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann, with Dr. Friedrich Gauss as secretary general.
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Berlin
A. P
von Hindenburg
Luther
Stresemann
Friedrich Gauss
Foreign Office
Construction Boom in Iowa City Prompts $460000 in Permits
Iowa City reports permits totaling over 460000 in four months. Sixty nine new residences valued at 390000 lead the boom, including a 35000 Phi Gamma Delta fraternity home. Businesses and private garages add 58000 and 14000 respectively as vacancies grow sparse.
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Iowa City
Phi Gamma Delta
Oe Lee Weather Update
Forecast for Oe Lee shows fair tonight with increasing cloudiness. Friday will be somewhat warmer with mild conditions and no precipitation expected.
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Oe Lee
Shenandoah wreckage inspected as court seeks disaster cause
Naval court of inquiry examined Shenandoah wreckage in Lakehurst to corroborate survivor testimony on Sept 3 disaster over Ohio. Barograph records showed sudden rapid ascent, then steep descent before the airship broke up, with calls to summon Admiral Eberle and Admiral Moffett for questioning. Washington proceedings paused until Monday as Col. William Mitchell is slated to testify Tuesday.
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Ohio
Naval Court of Inquiry
Lakehurst
N. J
Eberle
Naval Operations
Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Shenandoah
Washington
D. C
Air Board
War and Navy Departments
War Department
Air Defense Organization
Mitchell
William Mitchell
Air Service
Department of National Defense
Patrick
Army Air Service
Army Air Chief
United States
New
Hoover
Tablet Marks First State Fair Grounds in Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa September 24 A P The bronze tablet marks Fairfield 1854 site of Iowa State Fair placed by Log Cabin Chapter DAR on native boulder at the entrance to six acre grounds now within Fairfield city limits The first fair’s rail fence stood ten feet high the race track stretched 1500 feet tents sheds housed exhibits and about 20000 attended arriving by wagon drawn teams
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Ottumwa
Fairfield
Log Cabin
State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Barnum Was Right Again Proved Fact in LA Case
Gilbert D. Evans paid three strangers 920 dollars for a mysterious machine claimed to turn a five dollar bill into a hundred. He said it failed for him and police seek the trio. The contraption includes two steel plates and acid bottles, worth about 29 to 30 cents.
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Los Angeles
Calif
A. P
Gilbert D. Evans
English Prince Is Reported Dead in Army Exercise
Prince Henry, king's third son, is adjudged killed in action during a live army maneuver in Wiltshire. Leading Hussars, he drew fire from Red forces, his squad wiped out, and the prince became a casualty amid the opening battle of the sham war.
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Wiltshire
England
Prince Henry
Henry
Blue Army
London
Hussars
Earl Haig
French Troops Relieve Besieged Garrison in Syria
A French column entered Sae dia Syria relieving a garrison besieged for two months by revolting Druse tribesmen after an eight hour battle. General Gamelin's forces pressed to aid their countrymen as the tribesmen fled. In Iowa Mrs Hester Sieling was questioned over the murder of Myrtle Underwood Cook. Cook admitted altering some testimony citing publicity. State agents planned further quizzing of Cook and Sieling as coroner Modlin returned from Belle Plaine.
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Damascus
Syria
Saedia
Gamelin
Vinton
Hester Sieling
Sioux City
Myrtle Underwood Cook
Sieling
Cook
Modlin
Belle Paline
Aviators Return Preparations Enthrall San Francisco
San Francisco awaits the arrival of Commander John Rodgers and the PN-91 crew from Honolulu aboard the Battleship Idaho before noon. A harbor salute from planes and ships is planned with a dockside reception, and the fliers will remain in the city through Saturday.
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San Francisco
Calif
A. P
John Rodgers
Navy
PN-91
Honolulu
Idaho
Golden Gate
Parole Board Under Scrutiny For Release Rates
Des Moines Register reports an investigation into parole releases from 1924 to 1925 shows 104 of 700 commitments from the men’s reformatory and 36 of 481 commitments from the state penitentiary paroled. Legislature may order a probe at its next session.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Register
Potato Peeler Keeps Job Despite Big Fortune
Chris Tiernan, 59, works as a potato peeler at a Lincoln restaurant earning 15 a week while claiming an annual income of 700 and a 700000 estate share. He learned of the fortune after his father’s funeral and says he will fight to break the trust so he can receive half the estate now, with the principal eventually going to an orphanage.
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Omaha
Neb
Chris Tiernan
Tiernan
Lincoln
Chris
California Swindle Case Goes to Jury
Arguments to the jury were expected to be completed today in the H. D. Hibbins and Thomas Hennessy case labeled ten for one promoters. They are accused of swindling southern California investors out of hundreds of thousands by promising vast profits in a $6,000,000,000 merger for one third the country’s railroad mileage.
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Los Angeles
Calif
H. D. Hibbins
Thomas Hennessy
Southern California
Denison Bank Case Under Way in Bankruptcy Hearing
Denison Iowa September 24. Ex banker C L Voss quizzed by Lou Salinger at a bankruptcy hearing before referee Paul Richards, adjourned to October 24. Creditors probe asset values as Leslie M Shaw syndicate offers 35000. Voss answered with to the best of my knowledge drawing ire. Trial on a second forgery charge of farm mortgage papers resumes.
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Denison
C. L. Voss
Lou Salinger
Carroll
Paul Richards
Red Oak
Voss
Leslie M. Shaw
Wisconsin Governor Demands Halt in Debt Talks Over Moroccan War
Governor Blaine of Wisconsin calls for stopping talks with France on debt settlement until France halts its Moroccan war. He cites Caillaux seeking extended payments, France sending air planes to bomb Riffians, and a pattern of oppression. He urges America to demand cessation of aggressive arms buildup and violence before any concessions.
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Madison
Wis
Blaine
Wisconsin
Coolidge
France
America
Morocco
Caillaux
Farmhouse party probe implicates Des Moines youths
Twelve young men including two high school students are named by five Des Moines girls in a farmhouse party investigation. Participants include coal miners railway workers and drug clerks. Juvenile officer Stella Fenton says George Daddy Kimball has been exonerated and no charges will be filed.
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Des Moines
Here
Stella Fenton
George
Daddy” Kimball
Freight rate hike opposed by Midwest farm groups
A Des Moines meeting of agricultural leaders from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and nearby states formed a plan for concerted opposition to proposed freight rate increases. The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold hearings, with farm organizations to be represented at each one. E G Wylie said railroads seek up to 80 percent higher rates on farm implements. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Iowa Farmers Union leaders attended.
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Des Moines
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. Wylie
Greater Des
Swindled Prince Inherits Throne In India
London dispatch reports the death of Lieutenant General Sir Pratap Singh Maharajar of Jammu and Kashmir. His nephew Sir Hari Singh inherits the throne, previously tied to a blackmail scandal with Mrs. Charles E. Robinson. The province yields about $6,000,000 yearly and commands 10,000 troops.
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London
A. P
Lahore
Pratap Singh
Jammu and Kashmir
Sir Hari Singh
Charles E. Robinson
Hari
India
Editors Gather for Tri State Editorial Association Meeting
The Tri State Editorial association members meet in Sioux City today. They plan an afternoon at the Interstate Fair and a chamber of commerce dinner tonight with editors as guests.
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Sioux City
Tri-State Editorial Association
Chamber of Commerce
Chinese Gunmen Threaten Chinatown Deportations
City officials in Cleveland order Chinatown razed as fire hazards amid tong war tensions after a murder probe. Boston and New York see raids and deportation threats. authorities vow to condemn buildings and deport Chinese without credentials if violence continues.
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New York N. Y
Cleveland
Boston
Hopkins
Chinatown
New York
Tong
Goodwin
Board of Health
Waterloo Girl Held for Murder in Bootlegger Clash
Grace Fry, 18, companion of Malcolm Harbour and two unknown gangsters, is held on first degree murder charges after Harbour allegedly killed Albert Hertske in Waterloo Iowa. Betty Marx, 15, another Harbour associate, faces juvenile delinquency charges and arraignment.
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Waterloo
Grace Fry
Malcolm Harbour
Harbour
Albert Hertske
Betty Marx
Stage Star Ada Lewis Dies After Nervous Breakdown
Ada Lewis a longtime stage comedienne known as the Tough Girl died at her Hollis Long Island home after a January breakdown. She was 53 and had not missed a performance in over 35 years. She was married to John Parr.
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New York
N. Y
Ada Lewis
Hollis
Long Island
Miss Lewis
John Parr
Slayer Escapes From Illinois Posse in Toluca
A large mob in Toluca Illinois hunted Joseph Stemas for two days and a night after he killed Sheriff Orville Litchfield and Chief of Police John Leonard. The posse searched dense thickets where tracks of a man were spotted as they renewed the chase.
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Toluca
Ill
A. P
Joseph Stemas
Orville Litchfield
John Leonard
French Debt Talks Open In Washington For Four Billion Settlement
French and American debt commissioners met at the Treasury to seek a funding settlement for France's four billion dollar war debt to the United States. Joseph Caillaux led the French side while Secretary Mellon headed the American mission as both sides pledged practical, peaceful effort toward a quick agreement.
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United States
American Debt Commission
American Commission
Washington, D. C
A. P
France
Joseph Caillaux
America
Mellon
M. Caillaux
Treasury
Finance
Sail
Iowa Breeders Score at Tri-State Fair
Sioux City Iowa September 24 Among the grand champions announced at the Tri-State Fair were swine and cattle champions. Swine winners include Poland China boar Answer’s Equal Henry Door and son Marcus Iowa Chester White boar Iowa Monster J W Kempe Hinton sow White Hill Model First J A Swellum Storm Lake Duroc Jersey boar Great Cat's Choice C H Christensen Corty Hereford bull Valley Comfort Charles A Merer and Son Bellevue and female Lassie Stanway E M Cassidy and son Whiting Shorthorn bull Strong Heart Powell and son Linn Grove Iowa and female Snow Flake Missle George W Ratzloff Walton Nebraska Jersey female Youll Do Miss Bertha Campbell Jersey Farms Jesup Iowa Brown Swiss Bull Car Johnnie W Mooney and Larabee Fort Dodge Iowa and female OrfleA owned by the same firm.
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Sioux City
A. P
Poland
Henry Door and Son
Marcus
Chester
Iowa
J. W. Kempe
Hinton
J. A. Swellum
Storm Lake
C. H. Christensen
Corty
Valley Comfort
Charles A- Merer
Bellevue
Lassie Stanway
E. M. Cassidy
Walton, Neb
Jersey
Campbell Jersey Farms
Jessup
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