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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1924
Page
1
Governor Kendalllate yesterday named Glen C. Haynes for budget director and George Wark as member of the budget board appeals. The senate must confirm before adjournment sine die. If approved, J C McClune of Oskaloosa could fill Haynes's auditor term.
President Coolidge rebuked pacifist groups opposing defense day on September 12, saying the test would strengthen national security and mobilize citizen responsibility. He defended the effort as a measured step toward trimming the standing army while preserving protection for the nation.
The La Follette forces will issue a white list to guide independent voters toward congressional candidates. The list targets eight August primaries in Kentucky Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Virginia Tennessee Ohio and Arkansas. Labor declares its own black list amid ties to railroad unions and the Howell Barkley bill.
In Chicago on July 26, the murder case against Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold moved forward as Chief Defense Attorney Clarence Darrow challenged state witness Sergt James Gortland. Darrow questioned memory vs written record and pressed for official notes, while the defendants appeared calm but attentive to court proceedings.
Buenos Aires reports say President Bernardes ready to flee by launch if needed, while official Brazilian lines around Sao Paulo hold steady. Censorship blocks battle details. rebels claim northward advances and capture of small villages as civilians retreat to Paula before a planned federal attack.
The federal court could not disturb Ramirez the dope queen of the colored community. Judge George C sentenced her to 18 months for narcotics possession in a colored women's reformatory at Rockwell City. She will be sent to the Sioux Falls penitentiary. transfers were refused by Essex Inworth and Rockwell City reformatories. The Falls institution will take her, with the government paying for care. Deputy Kilby escorted her there this morning.
Federal court will convene in Bronx City at 10 a.m. Monday with Judge George E. Scott presiding to hear bankruptcy proceedings and special matters. Officials say this session will be the last to Sioux City for some time.
Charles W. Mason aged 89 described as the oldest circus clown in the nation is awaiting death in Old Settlers Park Fairfield Iowa. He refuses hospital care and remains outdoors beside his ancient covered wagon with the log cabin backdrop. Citizens and patriotic groups tend to him and feed his dogs and aged horses. Mason says he will never leave the park alive. He arrived from Oklahoma on the way to his Ohio boyhood home.
Hinsdale Illinois July 26 Harrison H Johnston of St Paul rallied with birdies on the 17th and 18th holes to square the western amateur championship match with Albert Seckel of Chicago as play ended in a dramatic finish.
Frederick Maryland July 26. Nine suspects were bound over to the grand jury in bonds of 2000 each after a mob tarred and feathered a 17 year old girl identified as Dorothy Grandon who was beaten by Mrs Mary Shank and others in Middletown. The girl was sheltered at James Whipp’s farm as the mob assembled on the highway. The assailants face 10 year minimums for their actions under Maryland law. The incident followed allegations of the girl’s relationship with a married man.
Mason City Iowa July 26 Preparations for a Ku Klux Klan meeting today are complete. A large tent was not erected but numerous smaller tents rose from a pasture for ceremonial work. An estimated 70 000 members would attend from northern Iowa and southern Minnesota with plans for a monster parade.
An explosion at the Gates mine of the H. C. Frick Coal company in Gates, Pennsylvania, last night left ten miners dead. One hundred twenty men were in the mine at the time. bodies were recovered today.
Dine Franklin a 28 year old from LeMars was sentenced to seven years in the Anamosa Iowa state penitentiary after pleading guilty to cheating by false pretenses. The case arose from cashing a $50 check at Davidson Brothers department store on June 10 with no funds in the bank. He claimed he intended to cover it, believing his mother would fix the issue, and prosecutors noted prior similar offenses handled by his parents.
Maj. Petro Zanni, Argentine aviator, started from Amsterdam at 6 29 a m on a world flight heading for Paris. He diverted to Rotterdam due to poor visibility and later reached Paris at 3 03 p m after battling windstorms across Belgium and France.
London July 26 The inter allied conference atmosphere brightens as Hughes and Kellogg stay at Chivenden with Lord and Lady Astor. Delegates attend naval near Portsmouth while talks on guarantees and sanctions resume ahead of Monday plenary. A two day search for a compromise among De Fréenech and the Anglo-American banking group pauses with Kellogg luncheon.
In Columbus Nebraska on July 25 a car carrying Mr and Mrs R E Johnson of Seattle and their daughter Vera R Johnson was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train at a crossing. The impact hurled the victims about 60 feet. The train was traveling about 50 miles per hour. Trainmen say Johnson apparently tried to beat the train to the crossing.
Two bandits held up cashier Jacob Weisberg of E. Gelman & Co auto supply firm after he drew $2,500 from the Green State bank. They fired at him but missed as he escaped with the cash in Chicago.
Inclement weather and unfinished repairs delayed test flights of American round the world planes at Brough England. The schedule shifts push tests to Monday and Wednesday with the crews awaiting clearer conditions.
Cleveland July 26 Seven officials of the Municipal Savings and Pan company charged by the special grand jury with embezzlement false financial statements perjury and related offenses in a widening banking case.
The municipal market shows strong week performance as C F Hood reports high demand. Friday morning 22 loads of pro gabon entered the market and were disposed of by 1 a m.
Mrs. Winnie Morey, 41, died at Methodist hospital after a kerosene lit stove explosion at her rural home four miles from Oto. Her husband drove her to Climbing Hill then Sioux City for treatment but she died at 2 a.m. Two children, Eileen 3, and Cecil 6, were nearby as neighbors put out the flames. Body at Westcott's funeral parlors awaiting arrangements.
In Des Moines on July 26, two conventions decide Iowa party tickets for vacancies on the state supreme bench. Republicans nominate next Tuesday, Democrats in August. Clyde Herring wins control of the Democratic central committee, unity cited. Klan issue omitted from platform. governor candidate J C Murtagh urges separation of church and state in politics.
Ray Johalski of Janesville C placed in custody to answer auto thievery charge. He was arrested with a stolen car and found broke, having left Janesville with his wife and two children. The mother and babies are under county care.
Paddy Ryan of Miles City Montana led Yakima Canute of Hollywood California by 40 points at half time in the Roosevelt hotel trophy contest at Cheyenne frontier days. Ryan totaled 120 points to Canute's 80. The second half moves to Pendleton Oregon roundup in September.
Des Moines Iowa July 26 attorney general Ben J Gibson denied contention that Judge I D Leets Davenport candidate for congress cannot run because state constitution bars judges from federal candidacy. Gibson says Article 5 section 5 applies only to state officers and cites federal judges Wade and Bois to support his position.
In Clinton Iowa on July 26 the Iowa Second District race faces a hurdle as Judge F D Letts of Davenport, who won the June primary, may be ineligible for Congress under article 5 section 5 of the state constitution which bars a district court judge from holding another office during his term. The Clinton Advertiser cites the rule suggesting resignation would not restore eligibility before 1926.
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