Banker Guilty Embezzlement Sentenced in Iowa Case
E J Thompson assistant cashier at Citizens State Bank Eagle Grove Iowa pleaded guilty to embezzling about 252 000 over four years. He received a twenty year state prison sentence at Fort Madison with a brief stay to visit his ill son. Thompson had repaid the bank roughly 76 000 and had accumulated property including land a home two cars and cattle.
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Associated Press
Clarion
E. J. Thompson
Citizens’ State Bank
Eagle Grove
Fort Madison
Sherwood A. Clock
Thompson
California
Florida
Iowa
Young Iowa Inventor Captures Nationwide Fame
Winfield W. Salisbury an Iowa City youth and University of Iowa student rises to fame through his radio device. Newspapers photo services credit his oscillating instruments for measuring short wavelengths and directing radio waves straight between points.
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Iowa City
Winfield W. Salisbury
Cowboy Kutsch
Governor Hammill
Herbert Quick
Iowa
Salisbury
Acme Co
New York
International Newsreel
Chicago
Underwood and Underwood
Wide World Photos
University of Iowa Laboratories
Eastman to Be I C C Chairman January First
J B Eastman will become chairman of the interstate commerce commission January 1 under a rotation rule. Appointed by Wilson he has led a vigorous minority campaign against the commission majority on railroad findings and consolidations.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Eastman
Wilson
Tornado Toll Likely to Rise in Midwest States
Weather bureau meteorologist H.S. Flora warned in Topeka that tornado deaths will increase as the Midwest settles. He cited Southern Illinois’s 725 fatalities last year and urged stronger construction of homes and public buildings to curb future devastation. He said steel and reinforced concrete insight may reveal tornado limits only after a major city is struck. Flora voiced optimism that mankind can reduce tornado havoc through ingenuity.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Middle-West
Flora
United States Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kansas
American Meteorologist Society
Illinois
Church finance plan urged to secure future stability
Rev. Dr. George F. Atwater of Akron proposes a system of cumulative endowments and alumni memberships to fund parishes. Each member becomes a founder of a distinct endowment. income supports parish needs. Alumni return yearly gifts when relocating, boosting parish ties. Over 1,000 founders enrolled already.
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Chicago
George F. Atwater
Episcopal Church of Saviour
Atwater
Man Won’t Testify Against Anson Brothers in Holdup Case
H V Hein wounded in a grocery-store holdup last fall said he will not testify against Clyde and Leo Anson brothers accused of shooting him. Hein argued testifying would lead to a short prison stay in Fort Madison, not justice for his injuries. Anson brothers are jailed and suspected in other crimes.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
H. V. Hein
Clyde
Leo Anson
Anson Brothers
Hein
Fort Madison
C. R. Stafford
Davenport Man Ends Life Over Ill Health
Peter Henry Beckmann aged 66 a retired farmer in Davenport Iowa ended his life by swallowing poison this morning after 16 months of illness.
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Davenport
Iowa
Peter Henry Beckmann
Peace plans of tribesmen fail amid Syria talks
Druse delegation led by Emir Emin Artvan failed to secure progress with French authorities over Syria and Lebanon border terms. In Des Moines Senator Smith W Brookhart backs farm export plan revising McNary Haugen to create a single export corporation for all farm surpluses, including cotton. Brookhart supports raising capitalization to $1.35 per unit for corn, aligning with the corn belt conference findings.
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Damascus
Syria
Druse
Emin Artvan
Sueila
Hici
Henry de Joval
Beirut
Lebanon
Paris
Quai d’Orsay
Associated Press
Des Moines
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Corn West Committee
American Council of Agricullure
McNary-Haueen Bi
Seid
Brookhart
Butler seeks reentry into the Marines in Washington
Brigadier General Smedley Butler, after resigning last week as Philadelphia safety director, travels to Washington to rejoin the Marines. He criticizes Philadelphia leaders while insisting he will not shoulder the blame alone and notes a battle against corruption across classes. A separate Cairo dispatch says Tutankhamun’s golden coffin will be moved to the Cairo Museum next Thursday under Howard Carter supervision.
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Associated Pres
Pittsburgh
Dee
Smedley Bo Butler
Washington
W. Freeland Kendrick
Philadelphia
Kendrick
London
Daily Mail
Cairo
Tut-Ankh- Amen
Cairo Museum
Howard Carter
Parson's President Granted Six Month Paid Vacation
Parson's College president Dr Howard McDonald is granted a six months paid leave with 2500 dollars for a California family trip. The executive committee cites four years of service and to aid recovery from breakdowns. He and his wife and three children will travel after arrangements for the trip. Carol McDonald recently recovered from double mastoid operation and may join the trip after ten days to two weeks. In Breda Ta a farmer Paul M Willhoite was found dead at his auto wheel from apoplexy after the car skidded into a ditch.
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Yiege
Paireteld
California
Howard McDonald
Persons College
McDonald
Breda, Ta
Paul M. Willhoite
Walt Lake
First Congressional Directory features three women
Washington December 26 Congress issues a new Congressional Directory noted for including three women by name Florence P Kahn Edith Nourse Rogers and Mary T Norton The directory lists senators such as Smith W Brookhart Thomas D Schall and Sam G Bratton with contested seats and mentions Arthur R Robinson George Williams and Young Bob La Follette along with a Progressive note for La Follette and other insurgent Republicans.
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Florence P. Kahn
California
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
George H. Williams
Missouri
Young Bob” la Follette
Wisconsin
Young Bob
House
Brookhart
Frazier
North Dakota
Barberie Bob Latest Haircut for Women in London and Paris
London reports a new hairstyle called the barbaric bob imported from Varig. Skilled barbers create a shingled back line with a right side part and long curly locks framing the ears. The look aims for a modern, dramatic silhouette beyond traditional bob styles.
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London
Paris
Pershing's Health Deteriorates. Return Imminent
General John J. Pershing, in his sixty sixth year, may leave Arica Chile to return to the United States by January 15 due to failing health. Reports describe increased heart pressure and infected teeth complications while he continues to head the Tacna Arica plebiscite commission. Washington notes emphasize the move is not a diplomatic retreat and steps will continue the commission work.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Arica
Chile
President Coolidges
Tacna-Aries
Ilis
General Pershing
United States
South America
Taenarica
Pershing
Pacific Coast
Women Granted Space in New Constantinople Paper
Constantinople December 28 The People's Paper will give women a page of their own with the column Women's Day. Articles include health notes by Ali Hanoum, Turkey's first woman doctor, and critiques of the women's union signed The Mother in Law. Reports cover women's activities nationwide and a suburb story on advances of feminism noting two teas and a ball in one week.
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Constantinople
Turkey
People’s Paper
Fie Ali Hanouman
Restaurant owner slashes two sons in Chicago attack
A father Herman Trievess, 48, and his two sons were shot, slashed and beaten by a restaurant owner who accused them of entering drunk and attempting to steal salt and pepper shakers. Herman Trievess is in critical condition. his sons were not seriously injured. Steve Stein, the owner, was arrested.
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Chicago
Herman Trievess
Steve Stein
IOWA congressmen meet to push farm credit relief
In Des Moines the Iowa delegation to an economic conference declined to spell out views on agricultural credit. They agreed on the need for legislative relief for Midwest farmers. Senator Brookhart criticized administration policy while urging removal of discriminatory credit and transport practices and subsidies.
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Associated Tress
Des Moines
Iown
Congress
Bankers Association
Middle West
Congressnaim
C. Cole
Fifth District
Smith W. Brookhart
Horse barred from four main streets in Washington DC
The horse is barred from Sixteenth Street between H Street and Colorado Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue between Fourteenth and Twenty Second streets, New Hampshire Avenue between Captain Circle and M Street, and Rhodesland Avenue between Connecticut Avenue and North Capitol Street. The streets remain boulevards but motor traffic and automobiles have replaced the horse's era in the capital.
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Oetoted Press
Washington
Capitol
Sixteenth Street
H. Street
Colorado Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Fourteenth
Twenty Second Streets
New Hampshire Ave
Captain Circle
M. Street
Rhodesland Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
North Capitol Street
Believe Men Held at Omaha Bandits Gang Ties
Clarion Iowa December 28 officials believe two men arrested in Omaha for a fur robbery in Saginaw Michigan may be members of the Dows bandits who stole about 860000 from the state bank at Dows. Sheriff Fred Johnson Wright county and Marshal Welzine of Dows traveled to Saginaw with State Agent Yackey to identify suspects. Photos from Omaha police reportedly match two bank robbery suspects.
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Associated Press
Clarion
Omaha
Saginaw Mich
Dows
Fred Johnson
Wright County
Marshal Welzine
Cone
Saginaw
Yackey
New Discoveries by Scientists in 1925
New York December 28 scientists claim three major advances mark the year’s end. At Princeton Dr W B R Scott argues the Java man remains a link in human evolution. MIT reports a beef serum protein food substitute for egg white plus cheap waterproofing and adhesive material.
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Phe
New York
Princeton University
W. BR. Scott
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hodgen Maintains Kansas City Contract Work Visit
C. W. Hodgen, a Kansas City contractor, spent yesterday at the J. I. Mayer residence as part of ongoing work arrangements.
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C. W. Hodgen
Kansas City
J. i. Mayer
Severe Cold Grips Iowa as Temperatures Stay Subzero
Across Iowa on December 28 subzero conditions persisted with readings eight to ten degrees warmer than yesterday in western areas. Reports from Des Moines to Mason City noted coldest weather of the season, while fires displaced six families and left five injured. Nearby states reported similar frigid conditions with Florida and Georgia showing milder points, and several deaths attributed to the cold in Kentucky.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Washington
Charles City
Mason City
Clinton
Mercury
Muscatine
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Davenport
Iowa City
Dee
Marshalltown
Kentucky
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Louisville
New Orleans
Atlanta
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