Desperate Whittemore Gang Busted in Large jewel theft ring
New York March 24 the Whittemore gang long regarded as the most desperate criminal band in years is in custody. The loot is estimated at 1 000 000 from sensational jewel robberies aided by two murders. The last man Unkelback was arrested after two diamond robberies worth 150 000. The gang used expensive cars frequented night clubs and cabarets to plan coups. Leader Richard Reese Whittemore is wanted in Baltimore for murder. The tiger girl described as a moll carried weapons and aided concealment in armed robberies.
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New York
Whittemore
William J. Ankel- Lack
Unkelback
Simon Gilden
Trinity Churchyard
Joseph Ross
Elizabeth N. J
Banton
Richard Reese Whittemore
Baltimore
Robert Holtman
Jefferson Votes on Roads April 14
Jefferson county will vote on an 800000 bond issue to finance primary road paving. The plan, agreed by county supervisors and the state highway commission in Ames, funds hard surfacing of Primary No. 8 across the county to connect with Henry and Wapello counties and Primary No. 11 south to Van Buren county line. Primary No. 11 north to the junction with Primary No. 77 will be graveled, and No. 11 will be graveled to the Washington county line if adopted.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
State Highway Commission
Ames
Henry
Wapel'o
van Buren County
Washington County
Linns Return After Attending Washington Funeral
Mr and Mrs T A Linn return home to Galesburg Illinois after traveling to Washington to attend the funeral of Mrs Curtis Peterson.
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T. A. Linn
Galesburg
Illinois
Washington
Curtis Peterson
Revivalist Arrest Halts Roadhouse Revival Services
Chicago report says Rev. Benjamin M. Brown, leading revivalist, was arrested on a peace disturbance complaint from a roadhouse operator in Lansing WL. After an hour in jail he was released on his own recognizance. Yvodera officers had raided ten roadhouses the prior night.
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Chicago
Lansing
Benjamin M. Brown
Yvodera
Keyes Says Taylor Murder Slayer Nearing Reveal
Los Angeles district attorney Asa Keyes announced the 1922 William Desmond Taylor murder solution was near. Keyes and Harold L. Davis, after an eastern investigation, held talks in Chicago with state officials while shadowing two men tied to the case. Authorities planned to return to California with more questions for individuals linked to the crime.
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Associated Treas
Chicago
William Desmond Taylor
Hollywood
California
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
Taylor
Keyes
Herald and Examiner
Harold L. Davis
Crowe
William S Clark dies in Montana accident
Washington relatives learn of William S Clark’s death in a Montana beet ranch accident near Ballentine. Telegraph from Billings undertaker gave no details. the body to be brought to Washington for burial beside parents in Woodlawn cemetery. He was about sixty, a former government irrigation engineer, and beet grower in Wyoming. brother Frank A Clark died February 1. sisters Elizabeth Miksch of Ainsworth and W B Earnhart of Long Beach survive.
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Washington
Wiliam S. Clark
Ballentine
Montana
Billings
Arive
Wils
William Clark
Woodlawn Cemetery
Wyoming
Frank A. Clark
Elizabeth Miksch
Ainsworth
W. B. Earnhart
Long Beach
Calif
Brazilian steamer Paes de Carvalho burns on Amazon
A Manaus dispatch reports 104 people died when the Brazilian steamer Paes de Carvalho, carrying inflammable cargo, caught fire on the Amazon River near Coury on March 22 while en route from Manaus to Torijura.
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Associated
London
Lloyd’s
Manaus
Brazil
Paes de Carvalho
Amazon
Man“aos
Torijura
Coury
Convict Marshall of Killing Woman in Delaware County
Davis L. Marshall was convicted of second degree murder for the killing of Anna Mae Dietrich in Philadelphia area. The verdict carries a 10 to 20 year sentence. Dietrich, 35, a milliner, was dismembered and parts found a forested area 15 miles from the city.
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Associated Preas
Philadelphia
Davis L. Marshall
Anna Mae Dietrich
State
Miss Dietrich
Delaware County
Marshall
By-Wood Heights
Dietrich
Fox
Philadelphia County
Delaware
Beatty or Boice to Lead Iowa Relay at Texas Meets
Iowa plans a one mile relay squad for trips to the Texas Relays in Austin and Rice Relays in Houston. Four regular quarter milers with an alternate travel, led by Beatty or Boice or Milner off, anchor Frank Cuhel, with Swerson Phelps and Roberts in key spots. Swerson second, Phelps third, Roberts usually second.
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Iowa City
Texas
Iowa
Southwest
Austin
Houston
Frank Cuhel
Swerson
Phelps
Roberts
Beatty
Boice
Milner
Mrs J Martin Spends Day in Keota
Mrs J B Martin traveled to Keota this morning to spend the day, planning visits and local engagements during her stay.
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Martin
Keota
House agrees to speed farm hearings with night sessions
Washington DPD March 24 The house agricultural committee adjourned to speed hearings on farm relief legislation by night sessions. The F R delegation plans to appear before the senate agriculture committee next week to discuss a levy on basic farm commodities to finance surplus. Rep Kincheloe Democrat Kentucky claims the majority awaits White House orders while Republican members deny the charge.
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Washington
Dpd. C
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Farm Relief
Senate Agriculture Committee
F. W. Murphy
American Council of Agriculture
House
Senate
Kincheloe
Kentucky
House Committee
White House
Republican
Blind man faces death sentence in New York case
Harry W. Cowan 57, a blind hotel clerk and former embezzler, was convicted of first degree murder in the December shooting death of Edith Burton and faces the death penalty under New York law. The jury deliberated five hours before recommending sentence, with Cowan claiming Burton killed herself after a pact with former State Senator Arthur B. Lewis.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry W. Cowan
Edith Burton
Cowan
Miss Burton
Arthur B. Lewis
Utah
Lewis
Steve Cowan
Burton
Gooding pill defeated by senate in Washington
In Washington on March 24, the Gooding long and short haul pill was defeated today by the senate.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Passive Resistance Urged by Mexican Bishop in Pastoral Letter
In a pastoral letter Bishop Hishon Herrera Y Pina of Monterrey urges Catholic priests and worshippers to practice passive resistance to Mexico's anti religious constitutional sections. Priests should refuse to fulfill non ecclesiastical requirements and worshippers should skip services when a priest disobeys. He calls for a peaceful movement to amend the anti religious provisions.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Hishon Herrera Y
Pina of Montery
Former Kansas governor faces second trial on pardon bid
Jonathan M. Davis ex governor of Kansas appears in court for a second trial charged with attempting to collect money for pardons. His son Russell allegedly acted for him in a $1,250 deal with Fred W. Pollman. Davis denies involvement, says he planned a pardon, while witnesses were secretly listened to in a Topeka hotel.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Parsons
Russel
Fred W. Pollman
Russell
Kansas City Journal
Young Davis
Pullman
Polman
Carl J. Peterson
State Bank
Walter Grundy
Hutchinson
Peterson
Carter sentenced to death in chair in Nebraska
Omaha AP reports Frank Carter known as the Omaha sniper was sentenced to be electrocuted at the state prison on July 9 for the murder of Dr. A. D. Searles, a local Omaha specialist.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Frank Carter
Nebraska State Prison
A. D. Searles
Italian Miner Slashes Throat. Found Dead by Iowa River
Joe Ravera, Italian mine worker for Consol, was found dead by the Iowa River in Iowa City with his throat slashed, the razor gripped in his hand. Authorities report the manner of death as suicide or unknown, with investigation underway.
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Ity
The
Associated Press
Iowa City
Joe Ravera
Consol
Iowa River
Girl Heroine in Lighthouse Guards Light During Storm
A four year old daughter of a lighthouse keeper on the Isle of Wilt kept Saint Helen's beacon lit for three nights. With parents unable to return, she wound the clockwork and ensured the lamp flashed at the appointed hours, amid violent seas and gale conditions.
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Associated Press
London
Isle of
Wilt
Saint Helen's
Cambridge
Langton
Daily Mail
Mahaska County to vote on road bond April 14
Mahaska county residents will vote April 14 on a 1,000,000 bond issue to pave 2 miles of the primary road system and finish grading and gravelling the remaining eighty five miles of primary roads. The election was ordered by the Mahaska county supervisors late yesterday.
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My Thsepciated
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Page Opposes the Flexible Tariff Ideas
Washington March 26 Thomas Walker Page former second chairman of the tariff commission testified before the senate committee that he quit in 1922 in protest against the flexible provisions of the tariff law He said the flexible tariff is impracticable and a bad policy and that fixed rates are needed He added Harding pressured for staff appointments and once became angry when a commissioner declined to back a preferred secretary of the commission.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Tariff Commission
Thomas Walker Page
Commission
Page
White House
Harding
Hoover
Smoot
Utah
House
Senate Finance Committee
Limestone rock in pavement eyed for Iowa roads
Chariton Iowa March 24 the discovery of black limestone rock a bi product of nearby coal mines shows superior qualities for road building and construction. Endorsed by the state highway commission it withstands acid and temperature changes better than steel has a 10000 psi crushing strength and minimal absorption. Vast quantities remain from mining for future hard surfaced roads at reduced cost.
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Associated Press
Chariton
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Senator Norbeck Leads On Returns In South Dakota
Sioux Falls March 24 858 of 1858 precincts reported in the Republican Senate race Norbeck 34420 Danforth 16328 For governor Republican 872 precincts Gunderson 30981 Coyne 20843
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Norbeck
Sioux Falls
S. D
Danforth
Gunderson
Coyne
Lawrence Snider in Serious Condition After Appendectomy
Lawrence Snider of near Eureka Kansas underwent surgery for appendicitis at County Hospital early Sunday morning and remains in serious condition. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Snider.
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Lawrence Snider
Eureka
Frank Snider
County Roads Association submits paving program to board
Delegations from every township in the county submitted their proposed paving program to the county board for consideration.
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Roads Association
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Whittemore Band
Buffalo
Cleveland
Jefferson
Roadhouse Keeper
Autoeandy
Herald Examiner
Davis
William
Clark
Ken
Lloyd
NEA
Hirsch
Warm Springs
Benjamin Torrey
W. A. Geary
Torrey
House Agriculture Committee
Dib Meer
Carter
Mahaska
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