Air Mail Pilot Is Killed As Cold Wave Hits East
The January cold wave grips New York and New England with subzero readings and frozen waters. Shipping suffers inland as tugboats face ice and a missing vessel. One death is reported in New York as hundreds seek shelter in churches. record lows hit Des Moines and Waterloo with frigid nights.
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New York
New York City
New England
New Ineland
Provincetown
Manacus
Nantucket
Boston
Havana
Tampa
Lake Ontario
Chicago
Mid-West
Hilinos
Middle-West
Des Moines
Iowa
Webster City
Sioux City
Charles City
Iowa Banks Borrow From U S Reserve
The Iowa Bankers Association released a report showing Iowa banks borrowed 14.256 million dollars from the Federal Reserve Bank for the year ending Dec 1. It also notes War Finance Corporation borrowings of 3.365 million dollars as of Nov 1, 1924.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank
War Finance Corporation
Demented man wounds three. one dead in Rochester street shooting
Theodore Tantals, 46, died after being shot in the back as he walked with two companions in Rochester. Police arrested Joseph Caruso, a deranged man, who faced examination by alienists after the incident yesterday.
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Assoeciated Press
Rochester
N. Y. Dee
Theodore Tantals
Joseph Caruso
Probe Links Politicians to East Liquor Conspiracy
Hudson county prosecutors investigate reports tying Republican David J. Allen and ex assemblyman John J. Coyle to the Weehawken liquor ring. Both men, released on 10000 bail after grand larceny charges in Schenectady, face possible indictments Tuesday if the claims hold. Paretta of Schenectady swore payment of 6200 for whiskey release, made in a Jersey City club.
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Associated Penks
Jersey City
N. J
Hudson County Prosecutor's Office
Wih
Weehawken
David J. Allen
John J. Coyle
Schnectady
McMahon
Hudson County Grand Jury
Alien
Coyle
Rocco Paretta
Two Iowa State Offices to Change Heads in New Year
Des Moines Iowa December 29 1915 two state offices will change leadership as a new administration begins after Kendall leaves only the state auditor and state treasurer will have new heads both elected November 4. The other departments including agriculture attorney general secretary of state public instruction adjutant general budget board of control banking and insurance will keep their current leadership. Ray E Johnston will leave the executive council secretary post to become state treasurer.
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Associated Pree
Des Moines
Iowa
Kendall
State Agricultural Department
Secretary of State
Public Instruction
Adjutant General
Budget
Board of Control
Banking and Insurance
Executive Council
Ray E. Johnston
Council
Bank at Creston Closes Its Doors
Creston December 22 The First National Bank of Creston fails to reopen with its closure blamed on Western livestock paper. J W Richardson vice president led a night session as directors halted operations Gerald B Sadlock of Des Moines national bank examiner takes charge. Deposits total about 1.28 million with 38 percent in vaults. Majority stock linked to H S Clarke of Omaha. New Hamburg bank opens in Council Bluffs area with 50 600 capitalization and 10 000 surplus. John Lingo leads as president.
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Creston
Western Livestock Paper
First National Bank of
J W. Richardson
Wyoming
Gerald B. Sadlock
Des Mones
National Bank Examiner
H. S. Clarke
Omaha
Corn Exchange National Bank
Omaha National Bank
Hamburg
Council Bluffs
E. B. Wilson
F’ret National Bank
John Lingo
J. F E. Morgan
James Bogan
N. W Irwin
Sioux City Water Works Profit Reported
The Sioux City water works system valued at about 3 million dollars is near completing its biggest year. Receipts for the year total approximately 312 thousand dollars, yielding a profit over operating costs of about 94 thousand dollars. Operational costs are estimated at 117 thousand dollars, with profits used for improvements and extensions.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
Law Enforcement Outlook Better in Iowa in 1925
Des Moines December 22. James Risden head of Iowa’s Bureau of Investigation says law enforcement outlook for 1925 is brighter than ever due to closer cooperation among county city state and federal officers. County law enforcement associations are forming in Davenport Des Moines Cedar Rapids Sioux City Dubuque and other large cities to unify police and sheriff offices.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Risden
Bureau of Investigation
Risden
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Dubuque
Sheriff Park A. Findlay
Polk County
Cavender
Aviator Son Secretly Married Revealed at Funeral
At the funeral of Lieut. Herbert T. Schaeffer in Storm Lake Iowa his parents learned he had secretly married Miss Roslin Morelock a trained nurse. The ceremony occurred in New York on June 16 and the widow delivered the news at Beatrice Nebraska.
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Storm Lake
Herbert T. Schaeffer
San Antonio
Tex
W. W. Schaeffer
Roslin Morelock
New York
Beatrice
Neb
St Johns Episcopal Church Dedication Falls on Sunday
Los Angeles reports the dedication of St Johns Episcopal Church a $600000 edifice modeled after a sixth century Toscanella Italy church. The ceremony occurred yesterday drawing local church leaders and residents to celebrate the historical design and funding milestone.
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Los Angeles
Calif
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Toscanella
Italy
One in Three in Britain Connected to Church
London report shows British churches gained 110000 communicants in the past year led by Welsh, Scottish and Free churches. Total communicants and members reach 54,6187. Sunday school scholars 5,495,292. Catholic population England and Wales 1,997,250. total Christian associations 12,325,729.
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London
Great Britain
Church In Wales
Scottish Episcopal Church
United. Free Church of Scotland
England and
Wales
Salvation Army
Free Church of Scotland
Unitarians
Plymouth Brethren
Pope Honors Three Washington Laymen with St Sylvester Knighthood
Pope Pius XI designated Patrick J. Hartigan, Karry A. Walsh and J. Leo Kolb of Washington for the Knighthood of St. Sylvester in recognition of their services at the Holy Name Society national convention in Washington. Archbishop Curley of Baltimore conveyed the honor.
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Washington
Pope Pius XI
Patrick J. Hartigan
Karry A. Walsh
J. Leo Kolb
St. Sylvester
Curley
Baltimore
Holy Name Society
Girl Attacks Man in Los Angeles Robbery
Deputy sheriffs pursued a gun wielding assailant after Troy W. Woodward, 54, was beaten and robbed. He said a man and an 18 year old woman attacked him, the woman delivering the beating with a revolver butt and escaping with 550 dollars.
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Praga
Los Angeles
Calif
Troy W. Woodward
Woodward
Woman Burned to Death in Explosion Near Saxton
Mrs. Peter Draut age 69 died when an acetylene lamp she tried to light exploded at their home near Saxton Missouri. Her husband was injured leaping from a second story window as the house burned.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Peter Draut
Saxton
Earthquake Shocks Modena Area Early This Morning
An earthquake shock lasting five seconds was observed at 7 58 this morning in Modena Italy. The Associated Press reports the tremor was detected in the early hours today.
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Italy
Modena
Claim rates in midwest are too high
Examiners reported freight rates south of Kansas City and between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River are unreasonable and prejudicial to locals and shippers. They urged railroads with state commissions and the interstate commerce commission to work out broad changes and submit plans for approval. Oklahoma, Iowa, and commercial bodies in St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, and Fort Worth filed complaints alleging preferential rates in Kansas and Missouri for manufactured goods.
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Washington
Kansas City
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Iowa Railroad Commission
Payne Party Joins President On Potomac Cruise
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge sail from Washington on the Mayflower with a small party including Secretary Gore and notable guests William Allen White and Eugene Meyer Jr. The plan is a Sunday down the Potomac to Quantico and back, with the president's son returning from college to join the voyage.
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Washington
DD. C
Coolidge
Potomac
Quantico
John
Gore
William Allen White
Kansas
White
George Harvey
England
Harvey
Logan Payne
David Lawrence
Eugene Meyer Jr
The
War Finance Corporation
Meyer
Dr. W. H. Slingerland Dies in Denver at 70
Dr. W H Slingerland former state superintendent of the Town Children's Home Society and long time head of the Children's Helping department of the Russell Sage Foundation died at his Denver home after a brief illness of paralysis He had lived in Denver for four years and will be buried in Mount Vernon Iowa with the body to be sent to Cedar Rapids today.
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Associated Press
Denver
W. H. Slingerland
Town Children’s Home Society
Children’s Helping Department
Russell Sare Foundation
New York City
Slingerland
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapide
Des Moines Hotel Faces Possible Closure After Raid
Des Moines authorities move to close the Kirkwood hotel under liquor and gambling charges. Manager J. J. Harris pleaded not guilty as Chief James Cavender announced the filing of the nuisance and gambling allegations following the raid on one of the city’s oldest hotels.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Kirkwood
James Cavender
J. J. Harris
Old City Auditorium Collapse Causes Narrow Workman Injuries
Des Moines December 22 report that during remodeling into a garage a portion of the old city auditorium fell, causing several workmen to suffer narrow injuries.
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Des Moines
Old City Auditorium
Purses Valued at 10000 Stolen in West Side Burglary
Burglars stole purses valued at $10 000 from a west side Chicago store, a loss discovered when the shop opened today.
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Chicago
West Side
Millerand Opens Campaign Against Premier Herriot
In Paris on December 22 former President Millerand launched his campaign against the Herriot government. His lieutenant Maginot denounced the left bloc at Epinal, marking NRL’s first provincial maneuver and replying to Herriot’s Vosges speech. The diatribe warned that leftist policy leads to revolution or dictatorship.
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Associated Press
Paris
Millerand
Herriot
Maginot
Epinal
National Republican League
Vosges
Left Bioe
Puzzle dated 1597 found in Iowa library
Iowa City reports Professor E N S Thompson of the University of Iowa Belnlich department discovered a crossword style puzzle dating to 1597. Instead of words the squares form poetry of an ancient style and weave author Henry Lok into the pattern. The puzzle appeared in a London published book.
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Iowa City
E. N. S Thompson
University of Iowa Bnelich Department
University
Thompson
Henry Lok
London
Probe wreck in which eight died
Rail officials and the district attorney's office probed the Soo Line observation car plunge into the Chippewa River after a train passage over a fifty foot bridge. Eight people died and seven were injured as the car, submerged in icy waters, left the tracks due to a switch bolt snapping in the extreme cold. Two youths helped rescue seven survivors with a skiff.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Soo Line
Chippewa River
May Morrisey
Steven's Point
Barbara Spencer
Harry Jones
Sioux City
Chas. M. Pardoe
Minneapolis
Florence Higgs
Kenneth J. Henderson
Moosejaw, Sask
Canada
Richard W. Sharp
Toronto
Ont
John Dunne
New York City
M. E. Spencer
Journalism School
University of Washington
Payton Gonyea
Raymond Walthers
Identified Youth Held on Robbery Charge in Fairfield
Fairfield authorities identify Alphonso Gregory of Dubuque as the boy held on a robbery charge. He had been in custody since December 11, sheriff confirmed.
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Associated Press
Fairfield
Alphonso Gregory
Dubuque
Kennedy
Forbes Thompson veterans bureau conspiracy case continued
The Forbes Thompson case was moved to December 29 after Judge George A. Carpenter stayed home with a severe cold. Defense witness Major Frederick L. Martin testified to his knowledge of Silas Mortimer, the principal witness, during the Chicago trial session.
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Ted
Chicago
Forbes-Thompson Veterans’ Bureau
George A. Carpenter
Frederick L. Martin
Army World Fliers
Silas MH Mortimer
First of the Night Flyers to Lose Life
Clarence Gilbert, first night air mail pilot to die in service since 1919, found dead near Kaneville Illinois after a snowstorm crash. He jumped from a torn parachute, body located a half mile from wreckage. Search parties from Chicago to Kaneville widely organized.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Clarence Gilbert
Air Mail
Cleveland
Mc.Kusker
Aurora
Lll
Kaneville
Ill
Chicago
Gilbert
George Daubermann
Mayhood
R. G. Page
Iowa City
Maywood Field
Maywood
R. L. Wagner
Wagner
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Waterloo
U. S. Reserve
East
Bank AT
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Vestmonster
Harry 8
Richard Breaden
Berwyn
Pope
Interstate Commerce Body
Mrs. Payne Cruise
DR. Slingerland
Forbes
DeKalb
McGuire
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