Missing U S Aviator Frederick L Martin Near Alaska Coast
Alaska May 5 Major Frederick L Martin American flight commander missing since April 28 was reported yesterday to be flying about the Alaska peninsula seven hours after takeoff from Chignik with searches continuing from Nelson Lagoon to Unalaska.
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False Pass
Alaska
Frederick L. Martin
Alaska Peninsula
Meen
Chignik
Major Martin
Chignik Lake
Nelson Lagoon
Port Moller
Ering Sea
Washington
Calyton L. Bissell
Army
War Department
Peninsula
F. & Martin
Ttack Lake
Unalaska
Agashik
Pértage
Coast Guard
Haida
Dutch Harbor
Lowell H. Smith
Martin
Piasel
Heida
Toklo
Bedford Man Found Guilty of Arson
The district court in Bedford found Thos. Clarey guilty of arson after a trial stretching nearly a week. The jury retired at six oclock Saturday and returned the verdict at 3 am Sunday. Clarey was accused of setting fire to a farm building he owned, with a mortgage foreclosed on the property.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Thos
Clarey
Suspension of Southwest Rate Revisions Extended to Sept
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a four month deferral of proposed rate revisions on iron and steel meats packing house products and other southwest commodities until September 1924. The decision was announced in Washington on May 5.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Engineer Waldo Backs Ford Bid for Muscle Shoals
W G Waldo of the Tennessee River Improvement Association urged acceptance of Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals bid before the senate agriculture committee. He argued the site should focus on fertilizer production rather than power, noting nitrogen fertilizer could drop to five cents per pound versus 20 to 25 cents now.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
W. G. Waldo
Tennessee River Improvement Asociation
Senate Agriculture
Waldo
Southeast
Ford
Endorsement Move in Iowa Labor Meeting Endorses Brockhart
Iowa labor and farmer groups prepared to endorse primary candidates in nearly all counties after a cooperative council conference. The group backed Senator Smith W. Brockhart without opposition and deferred other state candidates to county units for independent review.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cooperative Legislative Council
Smith W. Brockhart
J. C. Lewin
Iowa Federation of Labor
Council
Brockhart
Dyerville Bank Closes After Frozen Loans
The Farmers' State Bank of Dyerville shuts its doors as frozen loans cause trouble. The bank held $100,000 in capital and about $1.5 million in deposits. Officials from the state banking department said it was too early to determine if reorganization would occur.
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Associates Prees Des Moines
State Banking Department
Farmers’ State Bank
Dyerville
Banking Department
Explosion in Strabane Grain Market Stuns Border Town
An explosion rang out in the grain market of Strabane on the Tyrone-Donegal border on Saturday night. No injuries were reported as residents heard the blast for miles.
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Belfast
Strabane
Tyrone-Donegal
Son Saves Mother From Death in Fire
George Miller Jr. saved his mother from a fatal burn at their Marion home when he tore off her clothing ignited by a gas flame. Mrs. Miller suffered severe burns while her son sustained burns to his hands and arms.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
George Miller, Jr
Marion
Passenger Boat Seized by Pirates Off China Coast
A passenger motor boat Oporto sailing from Canton to Kongmoon was seized by pirates. They killed the Portuguese skipper and an Indian guard and kidnapped forty passengers during the attack near Hong Kong on May 5.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Oporto
Canton
Kongmoon
Allies Plan To Confer On Dawes Report
London May 5 British officials say Chequers talk between Prime Minister MacDonald and Belgian Premier Theunis moved allies closer to implementing the Dawes reparations plan. They foresee milestones in French elections and Mussolini talks at Milan May 28, with possible June meetings in London or Paris among the four premiers.
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London
MacDonald
Theunis
Belgium
Chequers Court
Mussolini
Milan
Poincare
Theunts
Paris
Ruhr
France
Piers MacDonald
Theuntis
Chicago Father Kills Son After Family Rift
Frank Knight Sr is held by police after shooting his son Frank Knight Jr who had married against his father's wishes. The couple, recently married, sought reconciliation with a planned dinner. Knight Sr denied them entry, and later killed Knight Jr in the yard before authorities arrested him. The son had been acquitted of robbery and had faced job and marriage disputes with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Knight
Knight
Broadcast Rattle Snakes At State College Radio
State College Pa May 5 The rattle of a rattle snake will be broadcast by the State College radio station next Wednesday night. The snakes will be placed in a wire cage and coaxed to emit their warning signals at the WBAP studio.
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State College
WBAP
United States Soccer Picks Sixteen for Olympic Team
Sixteen players were chosen at Paterson New Jersey tryouts to represent the United States in the Olympic games. A seventeenth player will be selected later. Included is A E Brix of Los Angeles. They will sail on the steamship America next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Paterson
N. J
A. E. Brix
Los Angeles
America
Kindergarten Meet Held in Minneapolis
Minneapolis May 5 delegates to the International Kindergarten Union opened their annual meeting with visits to the city’s kindergarten and primary grades. Convention leaders announced registration indicates more than 1,000 delegates expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
The
Associated Press
Minneapolis. Minn
International Kindergarten Union
Legislation for Farm Relief Moves After Tax Bills
Senate Republicans decide farm relief legislation will follow the tax and appropriation bills. To speed passage before adjournment and the Republican convention in Cleveland, night sessions will begin tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Cleveland
House Advances Railway Labor Board Bill to Floor Action
Washington May The House moved the Berkley bill to abolish the railroad labor board from the commerce committee and brought it to the floor for action. The measure passed the committee 194 to 181 after weeks of inaction while the House declined immediate consideration 143 to 131 demanding a roll call.
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Washington, May
Nouse
Berkley
Railroad Labor Board
House
Crippled veteran hurt in Cedar Rapids auto crash
Major Frederick Doetzel, band master for local high schools and Canadian war veteran of Ypres, was struck by an automobile driven by W. A. Kall in Cedar Rapids last night. He was hurled twenty feet and sustained serious injuries including a shattered wooden leg.
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Cedar Rapids
Frederick Doetzel
W. A. Kall
A Doetzel
Ypres
Minister insists on serving in jail in traffic case
Rev. H. J. Shutt, 60, a retired Baptist minister and graduate of Michigan and Iowa university law schools, in Cedar Falls Iowa today insisted on receiving a jail sentence for a minor traffic violation rather than paying a small fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
H. J. Shutt
Michigan
Iowa University
Senate Approves Demo Income Tax Plan in Senate Vote
The Senate approved the Democratic income tax schedule on May 5, with a maximum 40 percent surtax and a 60 percent cut in normal taxes for incomes under 8,000 dollars. The vote stood 42 to 46 with Republican insurgents and several Democrats supporting the Mellan substitute. two Democrats opposed it. The panel also approved a 37.5 percent Longworth surtax rate in the house, not adopted by the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bruce
Maryland
Edwards
New Jersey
House
Senate Finance Committee
Parent-Teachers Convention Opens Today in St. Paul
The 28th annual convention of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers Association opens in St. Paul Minnesota. Delegates from 48 states join sessions with cooperators including the International Kindergarten Union and the National Conference on Home Education. Five hundred delegates expected over five days.
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ST. Paul, Minn
National Congress of the
Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Association
International Kindergarten Union
National Conference On Home Education
Minneapolis
Portuguese Aviators Repair Plane in Karachi Route
Portuguese aviators Brito Paes and Sarmento Bieros reported arrival yesterday at Karachi on their way to Macao China. They said two days would be required to repair the radiator of their machine.
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Lisbon
Brito Paes
Sarmento Bieros
Karachi
British India
Macao
China
First Drowning of Year Reported on Mississippi River
Jacob Norman, 46, unmarried, is identified as the Mississippi river's first drowning victim of the season. He disappeared after drowning yesterday and his body has not yet been recovered.
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The
Associated Press
Fulton
Jacob Norman
Mississippi River
Minister's Wife Burned to Death in Hagley Home
Mrs. Arthur M. Eastman wife of the local Methodist Episcopal minister was found dead in the basement of their Hagley home. Her body lay wrapped in a scorched blanket and authorities believe she was burned while starting a fire with kerosene.
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Associated
Preas
Hagley
Arthur M. Eastman
Bank in Mitchell SD Closed by State Banking Dept
Mitchell South Dakota May 6 L B Bransom and Company bankers was closed today by order of the state department of banking. Deposits total 190 000 with Db C McKee of Des Moines Iowa named president.
How Liquor Company Disposed of Large Stock
The Grommes and Ullrich Company described a plan to dissolve the firm and distribute 5000 cases of whisky wine and cordials to 1230 Chicago citizens who bought stock. Attorney Charles Williams claimed the transfers were legal under the Volstead Act despite ongoing prosecutions. Senator Wheeler pressed for admissions about stockholders knowing the assets were liquor.
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Washington
Grommes and Ullrich Company
Chicago
Senate
Daugherty
Charles Williams
Williams
Wheeler
Montana
Williame
Desire Women on Methodist Boards
Springfield Mass May 6 A movement to place women on the boards of the Methodist Episcopal church was started in the quadren nial general conference with a resolution from Mrs Madelline Southard for the southwest Kansas delegation. The deportation of aliens who persist in violating prohibition and narcotic laws was asked in another resolution. W B McCutcheon treasurer of Queens College Melbourne urged unity with British Australian Methodists for world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
Madelline Southard
Southwest Kansas
W.B. McCutcheon
Queens College
Melbourne
McAdoo Leads in Texas Democratic Precinct Returns
Dallas Texas May 5 922 precincts reporting from Saturday conventions show 497 for William G McAdoo for the presidential nomination 92 for Senator Underwood and 333 non committal Virtually all large counties represented in the totals
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Dallas
Texas
Wm. G. McAdoo
Underwood
Hooch King Bert Williams Arrested at Quincy Distillery
Albert Bluett known as Bert Williams, famed bootlegger, was seized by federal agents at his distillery plant 12 miles east of Quincy along with three workers. He lived in Quincy but ran operations outside the county, and the plant could produce several hundred gallons daily. Bluett reportedly once worked at a Peoria distillery.
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Quincy
Albert Bluett
Bert Williams
Here
Bluett
Peoria
Earth Shocks Recorded in England Near Derbyshire Incident
Earthquakes of similar magnitude to the Derbyshire intensity were detected over seven minutes on the West Bromwich observatory seismograph. The center of the disturbance is believed to lie about 40 miles from the facility in London May 5.
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London
Monarchical Faction Gains Seen in German Vote
Partial returns show moderates allied bloc assured with socialist clerical democratic and people's parties. Ludendorff ultra monarchists lag behind hopes as socialists remain strongest with about 110 deputies. Nationalists gain to around 60 seats while communists rise to 45 to 50.
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Fiy
Associated Press
Perlin
Moderates
Germany
Ludendorff
Ars
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Marx
Wirth
Prince von Bismarck
von Tirpitz
Reichstag
London
Berlin
Light Wines and Beer League Formed in America Inc
New York May 5 Permanent organizations of the Light Wines and Beer League of America Inc were announced. Albert E Wonderly former National Guard officer was elected national chairman. Backing figures include Hudson Maxim Senator Edward J Edwards C Floyd Haviland Mrs Herbert L Saterlee Mrs John Purroy Mitchell Harrison Gray Fiske and Joseph M Schwab in support of legalizing light wines and beer.
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Resa
New York
Light Wines and Beer League of America, Inc
Albert E. Wonderly
National Guard
League
Hudson Maxim
Edward J. Edwards
New Jersey
C. Floyd Haviland
New York Hospital Commission
Herbert L. Saterlee
John Purroy Mitchell
Harison Gray
Woman kills baby then takes own life in Adair
Mrs. J. E. Larson shot and killed her one year old child before taking her own life at home in Adair on May 4. Authorities said ill health prompted the tragedy discovered by the couple’s third child. The bodies were moved to Des Moines for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
J. EB. Larson
Des Moines
French Flyer Reaches Calcutta on Long Flight
Lieutenant Pelletier Daisy arrived in Calcutta from France as part of a flight to Japan. He covered 750 miles in six and a half hours and expects to stay two or three days for repairs to his aircraft wings.
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London
Pelletier Doisy
Calcutta
Paris
Tokio
Lieutenant Doisy
Stuart MacLaren
Parlu
Sund District
Daisy
Aluetian Islands
Japan
Dotsy
Pelletier Daisy
France
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U. S
Engineer Waldo
Mr. Ford
Brookhart
Dyersville Bank
Ireland
Dawes
McDonald Theunis
Railway Labor Board
Chrysalis
Carl Akeley
New York Academy of Design
Charles E. Potter
St. Paul
Portugese
Mississippi
South Dakota Bank
Methodist
McAdoo
Quincy, Hooch King
England
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