State of Iowa to sue over missing funds in Burbank case
Iowa moves to file suit led by Attorney General Ban Gibson against W J Burbank to recover about 2 060 000 in state funds not produced after he left office January 2 The action aims to protect state interests and may involve surety companies and several depositories including United States Bank and other trust entities amended by executive council decision and ongoing district court action
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Des. Moises
Ban J. Gibson
Executive Council
W. J
Lossie
Burbank
E. Kendall
St Wag
Act United States Bank
Celebrates A03th Birthday With Elusive References
A fragmentary note mentions Kupper Bier and a celebration tied to a birthday. It hints at a controversial figure described as the alchest butener and references the president over several weeks, but key details are unclear and many names are obscured by garbled text.
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Kupper
Butener
Eall Fami
Specific 2 Success Hailed by Health Official
Danish developed remedy praised by Dr. Péter Clemenson of Chicago health department as a powerful new medicine in careful study. In Germany, Koenigsburg education board backs warnings against alcohol and seeks volunteer reports on its impact in communities. Chicago coal teamsters Strike threatens to cripple industry, closing schools and harming thousands as wage dispute escalates with merchants.
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Y Sor
Koenigsburg
Germany
Board of Education
Chicago
Chicago Coal, Merchants’ Association
Two Klansmen Beaten in Bristol Clashes
In Bristol Virginia two kuklus klansmen were beaten after a reported raid on a bootlegging ring. The assault followed friction at a local gathering where violence erupted amid claims of illegal liquor activity and a pending grand jury action related to the death of Walter Kienast.
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Peoria
Nwi
Walter Kienast
Kienast
Cleanup of Washington fixers leads to 1925 trial wave
President Coolidge and Attorney General Stone launch a nationwide cleanup of fixers led to the anticipated opening of the Gaston B. Means Col Thomas B. Felder and Elmer Jeradeke case in New York federal court. The defense headed by Frank P Walsh promises disclosures. Chicago figures and others are named in the bribery conspiracy tied to Washington permits and the Crane system. In Denver a man killed his fiancee Mae Ludwich after a quarrel and then tried to slash his throat.
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New York
Coolidge
Stone
Washington
Gaston B. Means
Thomas B. Felder
Elmer T. Jeradeke
Federal District Court
Forbes
Chicago
Hiram ‘C. Todd
Frank P. Walsh
Ysador
Padorr
Cele Wecke
Felder
Charles
Bainer
Globeville
Mae Ludwich
Genver
Miss Ludwicks
Postoffice Committee Amends Postal Rates
The Senate Post Office Committee reported amended postal rate legislation with a greatly modified second class increase and minor first and fourth class changes. Senator Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, estimated the bill would raise about $20 million in revenue, far below the administration proposal. The plan would be temporary to April 15 and cover public hearings before proposing permanent legislation in the first week of the regular session.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Moses
Republican
New Hampshire
Senate
Congress
Post Office Department
Liquor Label Gang Nabbed in Chicago Bust
Federal officials seized six men linked to Hirschie Miller’s network and two lieutenants in a probe into wholesale counterfeit government label liquor. An eighth suspect, once a city assessor employee, is sought. Months of patient stalking and expert assistance from New York preceded the arrests.
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Chicago
Hirschie -Miller
Board of Assessors
New York
Portugal Recognizes Russia and Signs Trade Pact
Lisbon ministers vote to recognize the Soviet republic of Russia. A one year commercial treaty between Portugal and Germany is signed granting most favored nation terms to signatories.
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Portugal
Russia
Lisbon
Portuguese Council’ of Ministery
Germany
Senate Appropriations Panel Reports Interior Budget Increase
Washington report shows the annual interior department appropriation rising to $208,991,403 as the committee approves the second major supply bill. The measure moves forward after initial committee approval and reflects broader budget increases for federal agencies.
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Washington
Interior Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Des Moines Swindler Sentenced to Five Years in Iowa Prison
Isadore Lucchesi, a Des Moines bank embezzler, arrived at Fort Madison state prison and was fitted with prison garb tied to a cell. He will be known as convict No 12948 for five years. A two point buck deer was captured alive on Main Street near the Columbia River after a chase through town. The animal dodged, leaped fences, and struggled to free itself before being contained.
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Fort Madison
Isadore Lucchesi
Des Moines
Iowa State Prison
Mainsteel
Columbia River
Grocer Killed by Bandit in Baltimore
Samuel Gresser a 30 year old grocer was shot and killed by an unidentified bandit who fled. Less than an hour earlier two women Mrs Pailling Windish 43 and Mrs Bertha Scott 34 were shot and killed at Essex. Reinhold Windisch 44 husband of Windisch surrendered to police. Windisch had met his wife three months ago.
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Baltimore
Samuel Gresser
Essex
Pailling Windish
Bertha Scott
Jerseys Break World Record in Butterfat Production
Roy Buck of Loveland, Colorado owns ten Jersey cows that set a world record for butterfat. Official tester William S Dersham of the Johnstown cow testing station reported their December milk averaged 7.10 percent butterfat.
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Jerseys
Loveland
Colo
Jersey
Roy Buck
Loveland Merchant
William 8. Dersham
Johnstown
Buck
Dersham
Debts to the U S Face Pressure Over Repayment
Washington considers a drive to force France Italy and Belgium to begin paying war debts to the United States. Administration leaders seek a Senate resolution condemning France's repayment stance and disapproving further loans. A tourist boycott would follow if Paris persists, harming American travel abroad. France owes 33 990 695, Italy 2 015 079 296, Belgium 454 463 172. Frost damage to Los orange crops runs about 25 percent in the cold snap.
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Washington
France
Italy
Belgium
United States
Congress
Clementel
Senate
Veterans Bureau completes Arthur Frazier inquiry
The Veterans Bureau finished its inquiry into the Arthur Frazier case and is expected to publish in Washington soon its conclusions on whether Frazier was killed in France or remains alive. The report, received from Sioux Falls, centers on the Chahar district and the Frazier matter.
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Frazier
S. C
Veterans‘ Bureau
Arthur Frazier
Washington
France
Police Check A Rioting Suppressed at Rehon Border
A revolutionary manifestation at Rehon in Meurthe et Moselle near the Belgian frontier sparked rioting that the police barely suppressed, according to a Brussels dispatch from Metin's correspondent.
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Rinters
Paris
Rehon
Meurihe-et-Moselle
Rioling
Metin
Brussels
Mack residence fire claims life of Iswan Burns to Beath
A residence in Manson Iowa burned, with Iswan Burns to Beath reportedly killed by smoke. The Mack family, including father, mother, and five children, escaped in night clothes. Authorities likely classify the tragedy as a fatal fire incident with missing details about the victim.
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Iswan
Manson
John Sr. Stakemiller
Mack
Reward World Flier Washington Plan Approved
Secretary Weeks approved a plan for reward of the army world flyers to advance Capt. Lowell Smith. 1,000 flew on the promotion list and Lieut. Wade, Nelson and Arnold 500 flies each. Four Girls Die in Fire near Haxtun. The four young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stauffer, ranchers, living near here, were burned to death in their home. Two others, a boy and an infant, were saved.
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Washington
Weeks
Army
Lowell 8. Smith
Wade
Nelson
Arnold
Haxtui
Cole
A. B. Stauffer
Smith Inaugurated Governor for Third Term in New York
Alfred E. Smith was inaugurated governor of New York for the third time becoming the second to win three terms in a century.
Fire hits Minnesota town and razes multiple stores
A fire in Currie Minnesota destroyed a general store a cream station and an oil station. Liberty bonds worth 21.00 were recovered in Memphis Tennessee as part of a bank or mail theft tied to Herbert Holliday who is serving 25 years for a 2 million Rondout robbery. Postal inspectors arrived and detained Helen McNeil and Mrs Elien Holliday in Lit He Rock Arkansas following the uncovering of the missing tool.
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Minnesota
Currie
Minn
Liberty
Memphis
Tenn
lLiberty
Herbert Holliday
Lit He Rock
Ark
K. P.aldrich
John Adams Son
Joe Vick
Helen McNeil
Elien Holliday
Albert to Cross Desert Tour with Marshal Petain
Brussels capitol figure King Albert accepts invitation from Marshal Petain to undertake an automobile tour across the Sahara, signaling a notable Franco-Belgian historical collaboration.
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Albert
Desert
Brussels
Marshal Petain
Sahara Desert
Autos Skid Trucker Killed In Icy Tacoma Crash
E A Hamilton was crushed to death when his truck skidded on icy pavement and overturned on him in Tacoma Washington. Authorities investigated the fatal accident and identified the victim as the driver.
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Tacoma, Wash
E. A
Hamilton
Four Members in Fatal Logansport Family Slaying
In Logansport Indiana Mrs Mary Emma Hobough 30 repeats she was abused as she sits in county jail claiming responsibility for the murder of her parents Henry Bassler 69 and Mrs Bassler the three year old Viola and brother John Bassler 21. Neighbors say the killings were uncovered when Daniel Murphy a neighbor visited the home.
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Logansport
Ind
Mary Emma Hobough
Jait
Henry Bassler
Viola
John Bassler
Daniel Murphy
State Farm Bureau to Host Iowa Convention in Des Moines
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will host its annual state convention in Des Moines on January 13 14 and 43. Reports note new deposit guarantee proposals backed by farmers and a Bankers Association summary shows Iowa banks borrowed 314 256 000 from the federal reserve in the year ending December 1. Local news covers Christmas celebrations for wards in state institutions and Sioux City leading in weekly bank debit totals, with Des Moines close behind.
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Iowa Farm Bureau .Federation
del. Moines
Chicago
A T. Smith
Webster City
Iowa State Bankers Association
Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank
Sioux City
Des Moines
Polk County
Lews - Beekeepers’association
Duders' League
Lowe Farm
State Department of Agriculture
Mark G. Thorn Bars
Kendall
State Commission
Star-Highwarket Davenport
Council Bluffs
Louis G. Lasher
Low C. McHenry
A. H. Hoffman
Des
P. C. Davison
Council Bués
Daniel F. Steck
Ottumwa
D. R. Jones
Casey
Burt L. Halligan
Davenport
S. S. Faville
Trefflc
House of Representatives
Washington
House
Senate
Iawn
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Failway
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Chahar
Hawkeye x State News
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Ghesebroungh Mfg
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