Opponents of Prohibition Press Congress For Change
Washington April 5 wets march on Congress in first organized protest in years. Senate hearing fills room as Bruce Edge and Codman urge modification or repeal and a national referendum debated. Four hours daily this week and next week allocated for wets and drys with testimony from officials, ministers and observers nationwide. Mrs Farrow and daughter Wanda of Winfield shopped here Saturday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Bruce
Maryland
Edge
New Jersey
Julien Codman Vo
Boston
Means
Snator Means
Reed
Missouri
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Edwards Democrat
Joint Legislative Committee of Organizations
Wasqae B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Julien Codman
Codman
Emigre Congress in Paris Aims to Oust Bolshevik Rule
Delegates including former czarist officials and workers meet in a Paris hotel to organize Russian political exiles into a body able to negotiate with the League of Nations and states for overthrowing Soviet rule. The congress will run through Friday amid security precautions.
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Tresad
Paris
Russia
League of Nations
Imperial General Staff
Nicholas
Finns Italians and Greeks on Champion Basketball Quintet
A mixed heritage high school team from Fitchburg MA won the state basketball championship, defeating Fargo ND 25 to 14 in the Chicago inter-scholastic tourney final. Salem SD took third by beating Pueblo CO 13 to 12 in the semifinal.
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Fitshburg
Mass
Castern
Fargo
University of Chicago
Salem
S. D
Puello
Colo
Indoor Ball Schedule Opens At 8 30 For Y M C A League
Physical Director Elwood Detrick announces the indoor baseball league at the Y M C A will open this evening at 8 30. The Y's Men face De Molay while B E O meets Button Factory with six Monday games through six weeks. Mrs John Marsh travels to Cedar Rapids to surprise her daughter and son in law for about a week.
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Elwood Detrick
de Molay
B. EF. O
Button Factory
Y's
John Marsh
Cedar Rapids
John Frasier
Senate fight opens on Steck Brookhart loan election contest
Washington April 5 the senate fight over the Steck Brookhart loan election contest opened with resolutions for or against ousting Senator Brookhart. Steck Democrat chair Ernst led the elections subcommittee after Brookhart faced a merit challenge by Steck. Cummins asked to be relieved from judging, citing lack of qualification.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Steck-Brookhart
Prockhart
Daniel F. Steck
Ernst
Senate Elections
Steck
Stephens
Mississippi
Cummins
Brookhart-Steck
Walsh
Demorat Montana
Brookhart
Cumins
Des Moines Man Alleges Fake Wedding Scam
Des Moines businessman Pinly E Richardson 60 rich retired contractor says a planned marriage in Chicago collapsed into a fraud scheme. He claims to have spent 1700 and plans charges against four arrested suspects Mabel Hilaker Doroth Marquis F Doyle Brown and Donald Freeland all from Des Moines or Chicago connected to the failed fake wedding plot.
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Wress
Chicago
Pinly E. Richardson
Des Moines
Richardson
Mabel Wiltaker
F. Doyle Brown
Donald Freeland
Dorothy Marquis
Wanda Neiswanger Returns to Normal School Post
Miss Wanda Neiswanger returns this morning to her teaching position at Normal Illinois after spending her spring vacation at the parental home.
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Wanda Neiswanger
Normal
Ilinois
Opium Den Raided in Chicagos Furnished Apartment
Five men and a woman were arrested in Chicago after a raid by special agents uncovered an opium den in a finely furnished apartment. A large quantity of opium prepared for smoking was seized and the alleged keeper Miss Alice Kantzlar was found adorned with diamonds and other gems. Special Intelligence Agent Patrick Joche led the operation and the men used assumed names.
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Chicago
Ed 1
Alice Kantzlar
Patrick Joche
Enid
Frantic Father Seeks Daughter In Missing Nurse Mystery
Chicago April 5 A frantic father Dr Leroy Dellibac of Kankakee seeks his missing daughter Betty Lee Dellibac 21 a student nurse from Englewood hospital last week. He discovers more than fifty love letters in her room and seeks arrest of Dr Z L Breesler a hospital staff physician. Dr Pressier an ENT specialist is booked on disorderly conduct then released on bond. The daughter planned to graduate next month and had left the hospital for a visit with a friend.
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Rte
Pressier
Moslems and Hindus Riot in Calcutta Claim 23 Dead
Furi ous three day turmoil in northern Calcutta between Hindus and Moslems left 23 dead and many wounded. By Sunday 48 victims were in hospitals with unofficial counts suggesting higher casualties.
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Calcutta
London
Army Flyers Die in Lambert Field Crash Near St Louis
Two army airmen were killed when their plane broke a wing during a loop over Lambert Field in Bridgeton suburb. Lieut Charles E. Smith from Fulton Kentucky and Private J Sweingosch from St Louis of the 83rd Division Air Service Missouri National Guard died as the craft fell about 1500 feet.
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SP. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis
Bridgeton
Charles E. Smith
Fulton
J. Sweingosch
St. Louis
83Rd Division Air Service
Missouri National Guard
Chapman Must Hang Despite His Own Plea
Gerald Chapman is scheduled for execution at midnight after the Connecticut board of pardons unanimously denied his plea for commutation to life imprisonment. Judge Groehl sought a reprieve to present new evidence, but Governor Trumbull rejected the request.
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Chapman
Bandit
Board of Pardons
Wethersfield, Conn
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut Board of Pardons
Groehl
Trumbull
Former Governor Davis Returns To His Farm
Former Kansas governor Jonathan M. Davis was cleared of all charges of seeking pardons and paroles while in office. He declined to state his political plans, saying he wants to return to Bourbon county and his farm. A district court jury acquitted him and his son of taking 1250 dollars from a convicted forger for a pardon, while prior bribery charges involving Carl Peterson were dropped for both.
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Associated Press
Peka
Kan
Kansas
Jonathan M. Davis
New York
Bourbon County
Russel
Fred W. Polman
Perdon
Davis
Carl Peterson
State Bank
Welter Grundy
Armour Company Named in Chicago Damage Suits
Four damage suits totalling about 50000 dollars involve Armour and Company along with Ben Zersen and Harvey Seitz. Plaintiffs Roy McClain, Martha Adams, and G Adams claim the auto crash that fatally injured Frances McClain and harmed Mrs Adams was caused by Seitz. Zersen is an Armour salesman, and plaintiffs seek company responsibility. The case stems from the collision and related injuries.
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Associated Press
Cherokee
Armour and Company
Ben Zersen
Harvey Seitz
Roy McClain
Martha Adams End Kh
G. Adams
Peterson
Frances McClain
Competition Hurts Bootlegging Trade in Chicago Neighborhood
Mrs. Rose Kramar laments overcut bootleg liquor in her area as federal agents seize 10,000 gallons of Witte from her basement. She notes wine selling at ten cents a glass and cites 17 places where "wine" goes for under one cent per glass, calling bootlegging no place for a lady to make money.
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Itv
Associated Treas
Chicago
Rose Kramar
Spanish Fliers Return Home After Atlantic Flight
Commander Ramon Franco and his crew returned to Palos Spain aboard the battleship Buenos Aires after bridging the Atlantic in the seaplane Plus Ultra. They were welcomed by King Alfonso and Argentine officials, with ceremonies aboard Catelina and at sea. Diplomatic envoys including Ogden Hammond witnessed the tribute.
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Palos
Spain
Ramon Franco
Buenos Aires
Ultra
Pouly
Vranco
Alfonso
Franco
Ruiz de Alda
Ensiga Duran
Pablo Itadathe
Plus Ultra
Ogden Hammond
Davenport to Have Second Municipal Golf Links This Year
Davenport plans a new 9 hole municipal course on the east side to join the 18 hole Credit Island layout. If crowded, work on the new course will be rushed to relieve island congestion by spring 1927. The area already has several top courses including Rock Island Arsenal and Springbrook in Dewitt with Hagen setting a course record.
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Old
Amandated Treasey
Davenport
Credit Island
Park Board
Eel Country Club
Chicago
Walter Hagen
Rock Island Arsenal
Moline
Rock Island
Springbrook Country Club
Dewitt
Towa
Banquet Set for 158 Retired Minot Central Railway Workers
Retired employees of the Minnots Central railway company totaling 158, living in Cherokee Waterloo Dubuque and Fort Dodge, will be tendered a banquet by the road at Waterloo on April 15, according to an announcement from Cherokee Iowa.
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Fivm
Associated Press
Cherokee
Minnots Central Railway Company
Waterloo
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Byrd Arctic Expedition Sets Course for Norway
The Byrd Arctic expedition sails from New York for Norway aboard the Chantier this afternoon as the first leg of a planned summer of Arctic missions. Commanded by Byrd with 46 crew and backing from Rockefeller Jr Vincent Astor Edsel Ford and Gov Harry Byrd, the party aims to chart new lands advance commercial aviation and collect meteorological data. An attempt to reach the North Pole is planned as part of the triple mission.
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the Associated Press
New York
Byrd Arctic Expedition
Norway
Byrd
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Nourmahal
Vincent Astor
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Edsel Ford
Harry Flood Byrd
Iowa Supreme Court Session Lists High-Profile Appeals
The full Iowa Supreme Court will hear cases of unusual importance on Tuesday including election contest matters and appeals from Polk county. The first and second divisions will hear multiple cases on Wednesday, with several appeals assigned for each division.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Associated Press
Des Moines
C. J. Richman
F. D. Letts
Iowa Electric Company
District Court of
Henry County
Oscar Hale
B. Kosman
Lester L. Thompson
Polk County
State of Iowa
H. M. Havner
Lark Reynolds
Associated Packing Company
Iowa Motor Vehicle Association
State Board of Railroad
Commissioners
John A. Fleming
Simon Casady
H. G. Deverill
Board of Supervisors
Black Hawk County
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
McKiddy
Des Moines Electric Company
Dondon
Watts
Wright
Philip Carey Company
Maryland
Vanderwilt
Broerman
Coulter
Smith
Williams
Cohn
Glenn
Marshall County
Local shoppers and travels noted in Havre Davenport trip
Mrs. Fred Zuglowsky and Mrs. Ida Koehler Rakened returned to Havre Saturday evening after shopping here. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jones left for Davenport this morning for a brief business stop.
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Fred Zuglowsky
Ida Koehler
Havre
Roger Jones
Davenport
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Winfield
de Molay B. E. O
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B. BE. O
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Erie
Franklin
Oil City
Allegheny
Martha McCreedy
Ross Galloway
Cedar Falls
Harlan McCreedy
Pranco
South America
Byrds Arctic Expedition
George H. Wilkins
Point Barrow
Alaska
Fairbanks
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