Rock Island arrests purge brutal post office gang
Four suspected gang members and two women were captured by Rock Island police and federal officers. The group allegedly burned railroad stations and robbed post offices and Express Company offices across Nebraska and Iowa, with explosives found in rooms and a garage. Authorities estimate losses in the thousands.
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Associated Preac
Rock Island
Ill
Railway Express Company
Nebraska
Iowa
American ‘Railway Express Company
Omaha
Tom Burns
William Burns
Tom
Tom Brown
Harry Boyd
Atlanta
Elkhorn
Neb
Des Moines
Redfield
Underwood
Draft From Anonymous Donor Paid Tax Lapses in Davenport
A $200 bank draft signed John Quincey Jones was received by George W. Bird in Davenport for items overlooked in former tax reports. The Rock Island Savings Bank draft was endorsed by Jones and mailed in a registered letter to the local income tax office. There is no listing for John Quincey Jones in tax records.
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Associated
Treasury Department
Washington
John Quincey Jones
Newton to Get Large Maytag Hotel in Iowa
A $300000 Maytag Hotel will rise in Newton Iowa built by Lanning Construction of Oskaloosa Iowa with Henry Raeder of Chicago as architect. The six story, 100 room hotel will include kitchenette apartments on the top floor and be owned by F L Maytag with H W Stabler to manage.
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Chicago
Maytag
Newton
Lanning Construction Company
Oskaloosa
Henry Raeder
F. L. Maytag
Maytag Company
H. W. Stabler
Irving Hotel
Waterloo
Iowa
Little Church on the Corner Clings to Ground
In Los Angeles the longtime parish known as The Little Church on the Corner rejects a bid exceeding 500000 pounds for its 38 year old building. Rev William S Dysinger says the church will remain on its chosen lot despite rising land values and proximity to a tall office building.
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Hurch
Los Angeles
William S. Dysinger
Killer Identified as Man Who Served Penitentiary Term
Des Moines reports link Frank Carter alias Louis Clark to a tripling sequence of crimes. He previously worked at Pittsburg Des Moines Steel Company under Louis Clark, was paroled to L. Ee Webber, and had served part of a ten year sentence from Orange City. Fort Madison records describe his transfer from the penitentiary as an honor prisoner. He is tied to the Verne Schoeneman case and the murder of Charles Van Meeteren.
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Des Moines
Frank Carter
Louis Clark
Omaha
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company
L. EE. Webber
Orange City
Hi Yackey
Clark
Verne Scheneman
Fort Madison
Schoeneman
Charles van Meeteren
Webber
Steel Company
Sam LD. Woods
Board of Parole
Milwaukees Mystery Gunman O Grady Runs Hold Up Run
A man calling himself Mr. O Grady from Chicago held up six Milwaukee establishments in 26 minutes collecting 446 dollars. He brandished a pistol and announced his message at each stop before departing. Police hunt the suspect as the spree ends.
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Itv
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
O'Grady
Chicago
United States
Pork Trichinosis Claims Woman in Pine Bluff Dinner Case
Mrs. J. H. Shephard dies and six others are seriously ill in Pine Bluff Arkansas after eating pork at a dinner. The illness identified as trichinosis affected her two children, her father, mother, and sister in law.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
J. H. Shephard
Tornado Toll Rises After Mississippi Valley Storm
A tornado crossing from southeastern Arkansas into Mississippi killed three Black residents and injured many more. The storm demolished several buildings near Lake Village and wrecked about 25 homes in southern Greenville suburbs, with barns and tenant houses leveled on plantations in northern Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Lake Village
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi
Greece appeals to the League of Nations over frontier dispute
Greece has appealed to the League of Nations in Geneva seeking settlement of the Greece Turkey frontier dispute. The appeal cites tensions along the Greece Turkish border and requests formal mediation by the international body.
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Greece
Nation League
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Turkey
Vienna public bath houses serve city 100000 daily
Vienna reports twenty six new bath houses built since the war plus three existing ones can serve over 30 000 people at once. About 100 000 residents use these facilities daily paying five cents each for soap towels and access.
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Vienna
Ponzi Surrenders on Federal Mail Fraud Charge in Jacksonville
Charles Ponzi, sought on a federal warrant charging use of the mails to defraud, surrendered to U S marshal in Jacksonville. He posted a $1000 bond set yesterday and left the federal building. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for March 4 and Ponzi appeared jovial despite new charges.
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Itv
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Ponzi
United States
Federal
Ponzv
Candidates Named to Oppose Non-Partisan League in Dakota
In Devil's Lake North Dakota on February 25 the state Republican convention endorsed a candidate to oppose incumbent Gerand P. Nye for the U S Senate. The gathering, calling itself real Republicans, allied with Democrats to nominate a mixed Republican Democrat ticket for June primaries to confront NPL backed contenders. J M Hanley of Mandan was named the gubernatorial candidate as the party approved a platform favoring abandonment of state owned industries.
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N. Dakota
Devil's Lake
N. D
Gerand P. Nye
United States
Nonpartisan League
J. M. Hanley
Mandan
Louis Clark linked to two Omaha killings by shell matching
Omaha and Sioux City detectives tie two September store slayings to Louis Clark using hammer-marked shells from his 22 caliber pistol. Clark, alias Frank Carter, admits using the weapon about fifty times since buying it for his son, denies Sioux City murders, and receives church support while police seek full evidence.
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Precey
Omaha
Nev
Louis Clark
Harry Jones
William Longerson
Sioux City
Clark
Ben Danbaum
Frank Carter
Wm. McDevitt
A. T. Searles
Danbaum
J. R. Perkins
First Congregational Church
Council Bluffs
Fort Madison Prison
Capper proposes limit on grain futures trading
Sen Capper Republican Kansas introduced an amendment to the futures trading act proposing a maximum daily limit of one million bushels for a single operator. The measure aims to curb speculative activity in grain futures.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Capper
Kansas
Mrs Coolidge Active After Short Illness
Mrs Coolidge was up and around the White House today after being confined to bed for two days by a cold. The first lady’s recovery comes as she resumes duties at the executive mansion.
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Mrs. Coolidge
Associated
T Presw
Washington, D
Mitchell Urges Franchise Support for United Air Force
A Feb 24 address by former Colonel William Mitchell urged his audience to use the franchise to back a unified air force. He warned reforms come only through public pressure and emphasized leadership by aviation experts. The Coliseum lecture drew a few hundred attendees.
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America
Air Force
William Mitchell
Cincinnati Man Is To Head Teachers
Randall J. Condon of Cincinnati was elected president as the National Education Association convention near its close in Washington D C Delegates adopted reports and heard Hoover urge teachers to preserve democracy by educating children in its values and methods The resolutions favored a federal child labor law a federal department of education rural school improvement and warned Tennessee laws banning evolution could not alter nature science or God beliefs
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Washington, D. C
Department of Superintendent
National Education Association
Hoover
Randall J. Condon
Cincinnati
Department of Education
Tennessee
Four Juarez Religious Schools Closed by City Authority
Four religious schools in Juarez Mexico including two Catholic and two Protestant were closed by order of Chihuahua City acting Mayor J M Cuaron on Governor J A Almeida's instructions. Some 800+ pupils are affected and teachers plan to meet to discuss the schools future under government supervision. The schools named are the Lydia Patterson Institute the Baptist school of the frontier the Ochoa Academy and the Academy and Orphanage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Associated Press
Paso
Texas
Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua City
J. M. Cuaron
J. A. Almeida
Chihuahua
Mayors’ Office
Lydia Patterson Institute
Baptist School of the Frontier
Ochoa Academy
Academy and Orphanage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Tax Bill Favored by Treasury Head
Secretary Molon said the new tax bill, though slightly exceeding the revenue reduction deemed safe, was generally satisfactory to the administration.
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Treasury
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Molon
Forest City Chosen for Next Luther League Meeting
Representatives of the Iowa District Peoples Luther Leagues gathered in Fort Dodge to select Forest City as the meeting site for the coming year.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Peoples Luther Leagues
Forest City
New Iowa Tax Law Cuts State Income Receipts
Iowa will see about 3.5 million dollars less in income tax receipts in February under the revised national income law. Internal Revenue collector Lars A. Bladine cites higher exemptions, corporate tax revisions, and the elimination of capital stock tax as principal factors. Last year Iowa income tax collections totaled around 14 million dollars, largely from corporations and business firms.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Lars A. Bladine
Internal Revenue Collector
Bladine
State Insurance Commissioner Resigns in Iowa
W R S Kendrick announced his resignation as state insurance commissioner to take effect March 1. Ray A Venter of Iowa City will replace him, after serving as house insurance committee leader last session. Kendrick plans to join an insurance firm in New York.
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Praca
New York
World Court speech planned by Senator Robinson
EAST ST LOUIS Feb 25 Senator Joseph Robinson Arkansas Democratic floor leader and world court proponent will speak here March 16 in reply to Senator James A Reed Missouri who spoke against the court The Illinois primary April 18 pits McKinley the pro court candidate against Smith who opposes it. fort dodge snow and other items follow.
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East ST. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
James A. Reed
Missouri
Chamber
Sinois
Wm. McKinley
Frank L. Smith
Illinois Commerce Commission
Murderer Bunworth Dies in Cicero Shootout Near Chicago
Charles Bunworth, released on parole last March after a life sentence for a bank president slaying, was killed in a pistol fight with Cicero police while fleeing toward Chicago. He had been tied to Milwaukee bootlegger killings and suspected in related slayings.
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Cicero
Chicago
Associated Pre
Charles Bunworth
Milwaukee
Bunworth
Joliet Penitentiary
Paul Honkavar
de Luxe
John Specialia
Jailed Cobb After Many Marriages Revealed in South
Noel Cobb alias Dupree a theology student and former self styled French diplomat is jailed in South Carolina amid a web of bigamy cases. His wanderings took him through Vanderbilt Emory Birmingham and Chattanooga where he allegedly wed twice more, then fell ill as authorities investigated forged marriage legality and a pending annulment suit.
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Tiv
Treas
Louisville
Noel Cobb
Dupree
South Carolina
Cobb
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Peabody College
Jeffersonvile
Ind
Dothan
Ala
Birmingham
Birmingham Southern College
Noel Dupree
Birmingham College
Emory University
Atlanta
Virginia Hollingsworth
Chattanooga
Tenn
Margaret
Miss Hollingsworth
Indiana
Mother Delivers Her Son Over to Police
Mary Bailey of Houston surrendered her 17 year old son John to authorities after a January escape. He faces trial for criminal assault carrying the potential death penalty. The boy fled to New Orleans before returning to Houston.
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Houston
Texas
Mary Bailey
John
New Orleans
Fire in Theater Kills Two in Novo Russia
A moving picture theater in Novo, Nicholaevsk, Russia, suffered a deadly blaze last night. A short circuit started the fire, killing two people, injuring 20 beyond hope, and leaving 30 seriously hurt among the large crowd attending the show.
Navy plans air dreadnoughts to defend against airship attacks
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett outlines a proposed two ship program featuring 6,000 900 cubic foot rigid airships with helium protection and heavy gun armament. The plan highlights nonflammable helium armor, multiple gun mounts, and long endurance, with aircraft bombing challenges described.
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Associated Pres
Washington, D. C
Navy
House Naval Committee
Wm. A. Moffett
Navy Air
Moffet
Roval
Admiral Moffet
Northwestern to Consolidate Control of Railways
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Chicago and Northwestern to acquire further control of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway by stock purchase and allowed up to 15 259 450 dollars of common capital stock exchange. The Northwestern already held a majority of Omaha stock and said combined supervision has saved 212 083 dollars for Northwestern and 406 224 dollars for Omaha, with an estimated further 227 748 dollars in savings from consolidation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
Omaha
Northwestern
Toledo rail official seeks Republican nomination for railway commissioner
Toledo veteran North Western railway station agent E B Arnold announce candidacy for the railway commissioner post in the June primary. Arnold served 32 years at the Toledo station and 2 more years at the current post, seeking party nomination.
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Toledo
E. B. Arnold
Northwestern Railway
Mrs C M Folgs Visits Cedar Falls on Business
Mrs. C M Folgs of Cedar Falls was in town yesterday on business.
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C. M. Folgs of
Cedar Falls
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