Senate inquiry opens into DOJ delays on Aluminum Company case
Attorney General Sargent testifies as the Senate Judiciary Committee probes why contempt actions against the Aluminum Company of America were not pursued. Witnesses Donovan and others discuss the case tied to Mellon stockholding and 1912 consent decrees, while Sargent defers to Donovan’s handling and notes the matter lies with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Washington
Sargent
Senate Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Aluminum Company of America
Secretarry Mellon
Donovan
Vernon W. van Fleet
Otis 2. Johnson
Millard Hudson
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
Trade Commission
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Harlan F. Stone
Federal Trade Commission For
Stone
Colonel Donovan
Senator King
Utah
Oklahoma man hanged in Arizona for Phoenix police murder
W. A. Lawrence, 27, of Muskogee Oklahoma, was hanged at 5 22 a m in Florence Arizona for the murder of a Phoenix police officer. He declared himself not guilty and led a seven minute silent prayer with those present before stepping on the trap. He sat in his cell singing a Spanish love song prior to the execution.
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Associated Press
State Penitentiary
Florence
Ariz
Wm. A. Lawrence
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Phoenix
Lawrence
Nog
Andy Smith Dies After An Operation
Andy Smith, coach of the University of California football, died at six this morning in University of Pennsylvania hospital from pulmonary pneumonia after an operation. The report comes from Philadelphia via the Associated Press. In MOVIES Iowa, tuberculosis eradication work began in seven counties Boone Muscatine Linn Howard Lyon Cerro Gordo and Louisa. Officials expect testing in Calhoun and Fremont counties to finish soon, bringing the total to sixteen counties.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Andy Smith
University of California
University of Pennsylvania Hospital of
Boone
Muscatine
Linn
Howard
Lyon
Cerro Gordo
Louisa
Department of Agriculture
Calhoun
Fremont
Herring Exits Des Moines Ford Agency After Long Service
Clyde L. Herring, president of Herring Motor Company, relinquishes the Ford Motor agency in Des Moines to focus on wholesale automotive accessories. The cancellation was sent to Detroit. Herring notes the wholesale department has long been the firm’s largest business and this shift redirects effort. He began as a Ford dealer in Atlanta and later moved to Des Moines in 1916 to organize the Herring Motor Company for 53 Iowa counties.
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Clyde Herring
Ford Agency
Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Presse
Clyde L. Herring
Herring Motor Company
Ford Motor Agency
Detroit
Herring
Henry Ford
Atlantic
Ford
Berlin and Bride Not Guests at Vanderbilt Wedding
New York reports show Mrs. Irving Berlin did not attend Consuelo Vanderbilt and Ear E K T Smith's wedding. Berlin and her husband stayed in their apartment guarded by a Russian escort, while guests noted her absence amid speculation about her plans abroad.
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Associated Press
New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Irving Berlin
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Ear E K. T. Smith
Berlin
Atlantic City
46Th Street
Ivan
Vanderbilt
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
John W. Mackay
James G. Fair
Wm. K. Vanderbilt
Mackay
Edgar Llewyn
Ruth V. Wilcox
William A. Brady, Jr
Katherine Alexander
Italian Audience Hisses Valentino Film in Bergamo
In Bergamo Italy last night the Valentino film Monsieur Maucaire was hissed off the screen by an audience. The protest followed Valentino’s bid for American citizenship and echoes a Rome boycott urged by Premier Mussolini.
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Bergamo
Italy
Rudolph Valentine
Monseiur Maucaire
Ciema
Valentino
Rome
Mussolini
Four Die From Bootleg Liquor in New York Camp
A New Year’s celebration near Hancock ended with four men dead from bootleg liquor. A fifth man near death wandered in woods while a sixth collapsed inside Thomas Kerry Chemical Company camp. Relief workers found three dead in the camp and a fourth died at home. Searchers combed the woods for the missing survivor.
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Associated Press
Binghamton, N. Y
Hancock
Thomas Kerry Chemical Company
Dr Day Battles Illness From Pioneering X Rays
Dr James A May a pioneer of New England X ray use fights for life at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prolonged exposure has led to amputation of his right arm at the elbow and three fingers of his left hand. Infection from old X ray burns continues to spread despite six operations.
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Boston
Mass
James A. May
New England
Massachusetts General Hospital
State Spelling Bee Promoted by Paper
The Register and Tribune-News announced a state wide spelling bee to be held, with the winner advancing to the National Spelling Contest conducted by the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Register
Tribune-News
Courier-Journal
Louisville
Women overcome by smoke at New Stadium Hotel blaze
Two women were overcome by smoke and carried from their rooms as fire swept the New Stadium Hotel on the edge of the loop in Chicago. Hotel guests fled into the streets as flames caused about 20000 dollars in damage.
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Chicago
New Stadium
Loop
Party Lines Drag Over Roosevelt and Lincoln Memorials Debate
Washington debate splits along party lines over memorials for Col. Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Both factions want the same Potomac Park site, raising bitterness as Congress weighs honoring the two figures.
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Roosevelt
Lincoln
Washington, Dr. C. Jan
Col. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Washington
Chicago firm seeks corn at $1 per bushel
A Chicago firm offers to accept merchantable corn at $1.00 per bushel for No. 2 grade in exchange for farm implements. Secretary Thornburg of the agriculture department sees this as optimism, predicting corn will rise to the $1 level by late spring or early summer, with Governor Yarmill endorsing the plan.
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Rio
Associated Press
Des Moines
Jan
Middle-West
M. G. Thornburg
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Thornburg
U S Professor Seeks Crankless Butter Process
Iowa City Iowa January Farmers wives may not need to churn butter by hand says Professor Gilbert N Houser University of Iowa He explains butter fat is held by milk protein and could be released by chemical means without beating the cream This emulsion theory suggests breaking protein shells around fat to produce butter with less effort and more leisure for farm wives
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Iowa
City
Gilbert N. Houser
University of Iown
Wilk
Houser
Town Magazine Suspended After Sixty Five Papers Included
Des Moines Iowa January 8 The Town Magazine, a supplement to sixty five county newspapers in the state, has suspended publication. The last issue appeared in November. Founder Mr Murphy and advertising manager Gordon S Broholm accepted positions with the Iowa Homestead Company.
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Des Moines. Ie
Town Magazine
Murphy
Gorden
Broholm
Towa Homestead Company
Ames girl first to enroll in electrical engineering at Iowa college
Marian Orchard daughter of a Bluffs editor enrolls in the electrical engineering course at Iowa State College, believing there is an untapped field for women in engineering. She aims to pursue the profession and rejects the idea that her choice is merely for distinction.
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Cyr the Asseciated Press
Ames
Marian Orchard
W. R. Orchard
Coune Bluffs
Laws State College
Miss Orchard
Sister of D An nunzio Seen Roaming In Bloomsburg Store
A sister of Gabriel T D An nunzio is reported roaming inside a Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania store, details unclear and local witnesses describe the scene.
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Bloomsburg
Gabriel T D'Annunzio
Big Motion Picture Holding Plan Aims at National Theater Chain
The New York World reports a proposed $1 billion motion picture holding company to own 3000 first run houses in the U. S. Publix Theatres Corp would acquire 700 theatres valued at $200 million as a first step financed by stock. Publix combines 200 theatres from Famous Players Lasky and 500 from Balaban and Katz. Samuel Katz becomes Publix president while Adolph Zukor says Famous Players will focus on production.
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New York
Jan
Plannet
New York World Saga
United
Publix Theaters Corporation
Publc
Publix Theatres Corporation
Famous Players-Laskey Corporation
Balaban and
Katz
Samuel Katz
Publix Company
Adoph Zukor
Famous Players
Corn Stored Under Town Warehouse Act Totals 866965 Bushels
Des Moines reports 866965 bushels of corn along with 95800 oats 12000 timothy seed and 4423 wheat stored under the Town Warehouse Act. Secretary Thornburg says January and February will show higher totals and aims for 2000000 bushels of corn under seal by season's end.
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Des Moines
Jan
Secretary of Agricoulture Thornburg
Cirl Missing Girl Found With Chicago Uncle
Elsie Dunlavy, 15, of Manchester Iowa, who vanished last February, was found with her sixty year old uncle John Dunlavy in a Chicago North Side apartment. She accused him of kidnapping, beating, and threats. police say he admitted the accusations and he is under arrest. The girl is in the custody of relatives as parents travel to Chicago.
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Chicago
Elsie Dunlavy
Manchester
John Dunlavy
North Side
Dunlavy
Rochester
N.Y
Failure to ID Robbery Suspect Delays Case
Des Moines January 8 witnesses could not identify Clarence Doc Eaton former road house owner held as one of the Dows Bank bandits. Eaton was moved to the city jail then held for Minnesota Bankers Association for alleged Minneapolis bank robbery. A habeas corpus writ and subpoenas disrupted proceedings as officials prepared for a hearing before Judge Joseph Meyer.
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Pras
Des Moines
Clarence
Doc” Eaton
Dows Bank
Finley
Eaton
James O'Brien
O'Brien
Minnesota Bankers Association
Minneapolis
Joseph Meyer
Ames
Salmon hunted by ice bound snapper in Fort William
In Fort William Ontario a large snapper pursues salmon trapped under the ice. The unusual scene features a powerful predator breaking through to feed as winter ice covers the river.
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Fort William
Ont
Iowa fire losses rise in 1925 with heavy farm dwelling damage
Iowa fire losses for 1925 appear higher than 1924. J A Tracy notes farm dwelling and farm building fires will be especially costly. Major blazes include Council BluffsHunters district 1000000 port Madison 1550000 LeMars 197000 Cedar Rapids 129000 and 145000 Des Moines lumber yard 130000 clothing store 5000 and at least 75 Iowa towns lacked fire protection during the year.
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Itv
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Jan
J. A. Tracy
Council Bluffs
Othumwa
Port Madison
LeMara
Cedar Rapids
Wandered for Years After Killing Friend Freed
Jimmy Sublette, who killed friend Joe Dillard in 1905 and fled the country, was freed after 20 years in flight. A Galena jail visit and family sympathy led Judge Stewart and Prosecutor Hicks to waive charges, returning Sublette to Piney, Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Jan
Jimmy Sublette
Sublette
Joe Dillard
Galena
Pallie
Stewart
Atty. Hicks
Piney
Ark
Damaging Floods Sweep Mexican Districts Kill Count Estimated
A Los Angeles Times dispatch reports devastating floods in Santiago Iucuintla district Nayarit Mexico with governor estimating 500 lives lost and three million pesos in damage. Rail lines cut and villages destroyed as three days of torrential rain flood rivers five feet above normal.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles Times
Santiago Iucuintla District
State of Nayarit
Mexico
Nayarit
Mexico City
Mesages
Durango
Camden man loses alimony after jug shopping habit
In Camden New Jersey Frank T Hullings loses extra weekly funds after his wife wins alimony amid a divorce claim that his payday knick knack buying spree drained their finances.
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Camden
N. J
Frank T. Hullings
Agriculture advisory group names leaders and finance panel
An Iowa advisory committee selected John F. D. Aue as chairman and Clifford DePuy as secretary. A resolutions and fin erce committee was formed with named members. Milo Reno did not attend as Governor Hamel urged unity and a concrete program to boost industry and agriculture, including promoting corn product consumption.
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Associated Press
DSS Moines
John F. D. Aue
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Clifford DePuy
Northwestern Banker
Des Moines
Taneh
J. W. McCord
Spencer
C. K. Markins
Burlington
M. W. Elis
Charles City
A. H. Bergman
Newton
Emil Webbles
KE. Hearst
H. B. Piumb
Waterloo
J. W. Bettendorf
Pivenport
Mr. DePuy
Farmers Union
Milo Reno
Speaks
Hamel
Iowans Named for National Outdoor Recreation Meet
Eleven Iowans were chosen to attend the second annual national outdoor recreation conference in Washington D C on January 20 and 21. Delegates include W E G Saunders Emmetsburg Clifford L Niles Anamosa Mrs C H McNider Mason City Mrs bk H Armstrong Fort Dodge Dr L H Pammel Ames Miss Margaret McKee Des Moines Miss Winifred Tilden Iowa State College Ames Miss Elizabeth Halsey Iowa City Miss Clara Anderson Grinnell Otto Work Council Bluffs Lewis Barrett Des Moines. The group urged Governors to appoint representatives to coordinate state interests as President Coolidge favors. A probable outcome is a permanent state outdoor recreation committee, with Governor Hammill indicating he would appoint such one if approved.
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Des Moines
Margaret McKee
Deg Moines
Winifred Tilden
Iowa Stateollege
Ames
Elizabeth Halsey
Iowa City
Clara Anderson
Gringgll
Otto Work
Council Bluffs
Lewis Barrett
Davis
Coolidge
Hammill
Evelyn Thaw Expected to Be Well in a Week
Chicago dispatch reports Evelyn Thaw improved last night enough for transfer to another hospital for convalescence. Her pulse and temperature are normal and she can speak in near normal tones. Doctors say she will be entirely well in a week.
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Associated Press
Chicago
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