Matricide Case Wallows In Court On Seventeenth Birthday
Dorothy Ellingson marked her seventeenth birthday in San Francisco by appearing in court as the insanity trial progresses. A nine man, three woman jury was sworn to decide her mental state after prosecutors denied reports she wished to plead guilty. The defense rejected claims she repudiated counsel and criticized trial handling.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
Willebrandt Says Dry Laws Enforced On Atlantic Coast
Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt told a senate committee that prohibition is not properly enforced along the Atlantic seaboard due to limited cooperation among federal agencies political influence lax federal attorneys and insufficient focus on major bootleggers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Atlantic Seaboard
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bankers Buy Dodge Motors in Major Auto Deal
New York reports that a syndicate led by Dillon Read & Co bought Dodge Brothers from Detroit in a cash deal likely over 100 million dollars. The sale ends a behind the scenes battle with J P Morgan Co backing General Motors and hints at a potential 500 million merger involving Packard Hudson and Prizes Body.
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New York
Dodge Brothers Automobile Company
Detroit
Dillon, Read and Company of
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
House of J. P. Morgan and Company
General Motors Company
Dodge Brothers
Dodge
Packard Motor Company
Hudson Motor Company
Prizes Body Corporation
Mt Pleasant High School Break-In Damages Classrooms
Mt Pleasant April 1 Last night the high school building was entered and extensive damage caused to blackboards desks books and other fixtures. The school board convened this morning and requested a detective to investigate. School pupils are suspected.
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MT. Pleasant
South Dakota rail rate complaint seeks fairer eastward charges
The South Dakota board of railroad commissioners filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging that current class and commodity rates from South Dakota stations to eastern points are unreasonable and discriminatory. It names Minneapolis, St Paul, Duluth, Sioux City, Denver and Crawford Neb as favored locations and challenges the overall rate structure and its relation to Minnesota Iowa and other adjacent states.
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Associated Press
Pierre
South Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Iowa
Wood heir returns home amid vanished fortune saga
Osborne Wood arrives in Tampa from Spain aboard West Chetac denying counterfeit charges and libel claims. He concedes heavy spending on gambling abroad but says he still has plenty and hints at moving to California or real estate work while fearing impact on his father Major General Leonard Wood.
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Tampa Fla
Osborne Wood
Europe
Wood
Spain
Federal Shipping Board
West Chetac
Tampa
California
Paris
Chicago
Leonard Wood
The
Philippines
Motor Carrier Fees Increase in Senate Passed Bill
Iowa senate approved a bill raising motor carrier fees for interstate routes. The ten mile charge for common carriers using pneumatic tires climbed from 1/2 to 2/3 cent, while solid tire rates rose from 1/8 to 1/6 cent. The chamber also considered two other motor carrier measures including a move to place all common carriers under the railroad commission's jurisdiction.
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Aecociated
State House
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Railroad Commission
Des Moines Clubs Urge Unified Crime News Desk
The Des Moines federation of women’s clubs appealed to newspapers to create a centralized crime news department akin to sports and commerce. They urged printing crime news in smaller type with small headlines to make worthwhile reports more accessible.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Des Moines Federation of Women’s Clubs
Say Shepherd Framed Ask Speedy Trial
William D Shepherd indicted for murder of his foster son William N McClintock seeks an immediate trial or bail release. Affidavits challenge Farman testimony about typhoid germs used to claim the million dollar estate motive. Chicago health chief Bundesen says germ cultures require two assistants’ consent. Defense aims to speed justice as Chief Justice Hopkins signals willingness to grant an early trial.
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Associated Areaay
Chicago
William DD Shepherd
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Shepherd
Freedom
C. Farman
William N. McClintock
Herman N. Bundesen
Health Department
Farman
Uscago
William
Jacob Hopkins
Robert E. Crowe
Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity Faces Expulsion Threat Over Poopooheuey Front Page
Iowa City April 1 The Sigma Delta Chi journalism fraternity at the University of Iowa faced possible expulsion after university authorities threatened action over the April 1 issue of Tech-PooHooey a magazine exposing campus scandals The planned front page banner naming coeds as neckers was removed after the dean of men intervened The edition appeared without the controversial feature.
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Iowa City
Sigma Delta Chi
University of Iowa
Tech-Pooh-Hooey
Dean of Men
Dr Steindler Plans European Trip for Medical Study
Iowa City physician Dr Arthur Steindler renowned for child surgery will take a two month leave from the University of Iowa and depart later this month for Europe. He is celebrated in the state for work at Perkins Hospital in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Arthur Steindler
University of Iowa
Europe
Steindler
Perkins
Probe of two packing concerns opens Monday hearings
The Farmers National Council asked Secretary Jardine to seek help from the federal trade commission and the justice department to determine the validity of the merger between the Armour and Morris Packing companies. Hearings are set to begin Monday.
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New York
Pri 1
Farners National Couns
Jardine
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Mercer
Armour and Morris Packing Companies
Affidavits on Six Witnesses Hoped to Reopen Ball Hearing
Affidavits from six witnesses, aimed at convincing Judge Hopkins to reopen the Ball hearing, were denied last week. The move sought to compel further consideration after the prior decision.
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Hopkins
Ball
Willis of Ohio Seen as Prohibitionist Presidential Hope
Washington gossip centers on Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio as a leading prohibitionist candidate for 1928. The Anti-Saloon League backs a tough enforcement platform and Willis tours the nation during Congressional recess, aiming to rally Dry supporters while Longworth and other Buckeyes are eyed as potential rivals.
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Willis
Ohio
Harry K. Hentner
Washington D. C
Anti- Saloon League of America
Frank B. Willis
Morris Sheppard
Anti-Saloon League
Ada
Westerville
League
Congress
Crea
Re hearing asked on day law decision
Petition for rehearing and revision of the March 17 supreme court decision was filed by Attorney General Gibson with W C T U support. It seeks clarification of whether the ruling meant warrants cannot be issued on information based on belief alone, impacting state and federal enforcement.
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New Moines
Supreme Court
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Garrett
Prohibition
Roy Bartch
Herman F. Zeuch
Des Moines
Zeuch
Justice DeGraff
Bill seeks 146000 for Iowa at Philadelphia Expo
A Des Moines report states a senate bill proposes a 146000 appropriation for Iowa to participate in the Sesquicentennial International exposition in Philadelphia next year. The bill would appoint a five member, uncompensated commission from the state to manage Iowa’s exhibit, with participation contingent on show of sufficient significance.
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Associated Press State House
Des Moines
Iowa
Philadelphia
Senate
Cunningham Brothers Cage Team Beats Yost Five
The Cunningham Brothers basketball team from Wahoo Neb defeated the Yost Brothers five of Swanton Neb 26 to 6 on the Nebraska Wesleyan University court. Late in the second period the game got rough and both a Yost and a Cunningham were banished, leaving four players per side.
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Cunningham Brothers
Wahoo
Yost Brothers
Swanton
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Yost
Cunningham
Des Moines Faces Long Lull In Iowa Politics
The Associated Press reports Des Moines faces a prolonged political lull as the Iowa legislature nears adjournment with no expected special session. No new laws likely until winter 1927, following last season's short code vision session.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Must Use Old Name in Re issue of Old Films
The Federal Trade Commission ordered four respondents in New York and Boston to not mislead the public by re issuing films under altered titles without prominent old titles. The case involved The Three Musketeers and a re issued TV Artagnan in New York. Respondents Capital Film Exchange William Alexander Herman Rifkin and The Films' Distributors' League were named.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New York
Boston
Capital Film Exchange
Philadelphia
William Alexander
Herman Rifkin
Distributors’ League, Inc
Three Musketeers
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
TV Artagnan
Iowa Senate Approves Child Welfare Bureau Plan
The Iowa state senate passed the basic bill creating a child welfare bureau within the board of control. It provides for a superintendent to work with institutions, courts, and agencies in rehabilitation and placement of children. An annual $5,000 operating appropriation and a $3,000 salary cap for the superintendent are included.
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State House
Des Moines
State Senate
Child Welfare Commission
Board of Centre
Kendall
Iowa
Board of Control
Bandits Target Waterloo Grocer in Night Robbery
Police from surrounding towns joined the search for two men who attacked E. A. Tisdale, a suburban grocer, as he left his store. He was struck twice, rifled of $15, and fired at the pair as they fled down the street. Relatives aided him at the scene.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
E. A. Tisdale
Tisdale
Supreme court to rule on bank guarantee law
Des Moines April 1 A Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Snorrien Brookhart bank law with a sinking fund for public deposits is anticipated following Sioux City Mayor Gilman’s announcement that the bill’s provisions would not be accepted.
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Associated Proje
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Snorrien-Brookhart Bank
Gilman
Sioux City
Mexican General Acosta Shot by Suspected Officers
General Albelardo Acosta was killed outside the War department in Mexico City as three men said to be army officers opened fire. Two bystanders were wounded by stray bullets before the assailants fled the scene.
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Mexico City
Albelardo Acosta
War Department
Assassinas
Glenwood Woman Dies From Kitchen Fire Burns
Glenwood reports Mrs. Al rt Skaggs, 26, died from burns after she poured oil on a kitchen range fire causing an explosion. Her husband and three young children survive.
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Alrt Skaggs
Isten
Ildren
Iowa House Refuses Shaff Highway Control Bill
Des Moines April 1 The Iowa House votes 47 to 61 against the Shaff bill to reform the general road control act to meet federal standards. Lawmakers fear long fights over highway powers and funding with no quick path to a gasoline tax agreement.
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