Nineteen Indicted In Des Moines Booze Conspiracy Case
A federal grand jury in Des Moines indicted nine Des Moines Peoria and Peoria men on charges of conspiring to violate Prohibition by shipping alcohol from a Peoria distillery and a Kentucky firm to Des Moines. Officials say 7500 gallons were denatured and moved, with a warehouse theft traced by IRS bank-deposit spikes.
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Des Moines
Associated’ Press
Peoria
Ill
Kentucky Distillery and Wholesale Company of
Acre Oil Company
Red Line Transfer Company
J. Breckenridge
W. Dorney Hannell
Harold Fichauer
Thomas F. Brown
R. M. Brauer
L Louis Fuhrman
John McKinnan
Fred Kruger
W. H. Keenes, Jr
Gippe Bowery Company
Hyman Lipkin
Spraying Recommendation For Soft Fruit Issued
Des Moines May 5 R S Herrick state horticulturist recommends immediate spray for pears cherry plum currants and gooseberries using arsenate of lead 1.5 lbs and 5 quarts liquid lime sulfur or 3.5 lbs dry lime sulfur per fifty gallons of water. He invites growers to write for more information at the state capitol building.
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Associated Presse
Des Moines
R. S. Herrick
Frost General Across Iowa After Killing Night
A widespread killing frost hit Iowa last night per United States Weather Bureau official Charles D. Reed. He notes heaviest fruit damage occurred last Saturday with average temperatures ranging from 29 to 82 across cities like Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Waterloo. In Keokuk frost caused little damage except in river lowlands where tomato beds of the Keokuk Canning Company were badly damaged and will be replaced as warm weather returns.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Keokuk
Des Moines River
Keokuk Canning Company
Hoover Addresses Women’s Council at Capital
Secretary Hoover greets delegates from 38 nations at the Seventh quinquennial convention of the International Council of Women. Meetings focus on child welfare health education and peace as delegates continue sessions in Washington. He warns against letting moral forces lag behind material development.
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Washington
International Council of Women
Hoover
Milo Reno Calls Farmers Meeting in Des Moines
Milo Reno announces a May 12 meeting in Des Moines for all middle west farm organizations to discuss uniting on a common program to secure profits for farm products. He urges cooperation among grain growers, meat producers, and dairy interests to gain cost of production and fair prices. Organizations from the Dakotas, Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota, and Iowa are invited.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Milo Reno
Iowa Farmers Union
Wke
Dakotas
Nebraska
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Andrews Arrested on Second Charge in Auto Smash-up
Harold C. Andrews, a Cedar Rapids coal dealer, was re arrested on a true information by County Attorney Barngrover after his May 28 crash injured nine. He is held on 1600 bail, having previously posted 1000 for intoxicated driving and 600 in police court. The prosecutor aims for a June term trial with a special jury.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold C. Andrews
Barngrover
Andrews
Murphy to deliver graduation address at Iowa State Teachers
D. D. Murphy retiring president of the state board of education will deliver the commencement address at the forty ninth commencement of Iowa State Teachers College on June 2. Festivities begin with the senior class play The Pharaoh's Daughter on May 25 and Baccalaureate on May 21 with President H. H. Seeley delivering the address. Reunions planned for classes 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920.
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Cedar Falls
D. D. Murphy
Lstate Board of Education
Iowa State Teachers College
H. H. Seeley
Peace Based on Good Will Hopes For Europe
Washington reports say President Coolidge hopes Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton’s London Pilgrims dinner address signals American willingness to aid peace in Europe only if nations pursue peaceful reconstruction. British papers stress its political weight and possible impact on German affairs.
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Houghton
London
Coolidge
Europe
Pilgrims Society
Alanson B. Houghton
United States
Kellogg
Court of St. James
Lord Desborough
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
King George
Prince of Wales
the Times
Germany
Atlantic
Iowa G A R Holds 51st State Encampment in Mason City
The Grand Army of the Republic meets in Mason City from June 9 to 11 for the 51st Iowa state encampment. Governors Hammill and other leaders headline programs with a Battle Hymn, campfire, and Farewell salutations. Delegates planning to attend the national encampment in Grand Rapids in August will register.
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Iowa
Mason City
Grand Army of the Republic
Hammill
D. J. Palmer
Grace B. Willard
Relief Corps
Los Angeles
Cal
James W. Willett
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pearl Harbor Underline in Pacific Defense Ties
Honolulu May 5 naval officers and a party of newspapermen visited Pearl Harbor to stress its role as the Pacific defense hub. They urged dredging the channel to 45 feet to allow the battleship entry in all weather and to create a port refuge. They also called for larger air range capabilities and condemned private alien fishing rights as a government condemnation need.
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Treas
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
United States
Young rider killed when horse falls in Ontario
Fifteen year old Max Epstein, aspiring steeple chaser, died after his horse fell and pinned him for fifteen hours following a failed attempt at an irrigation ditch. The horse also died.
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Associated Press
Fowler
Government Influence on Private Loans to Governments and Firms
The Washington government exerts a compelling influence on American financial circles in arranging private loans to governments and industrial concerns, even without formal supervisory authority. It has been publicly noted that no major US financial group would proceed with a major loan if officials believed it did not serve the public interest.
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Washington
Houghton
French Vow to Hold Off Rif War In Morocco
French forces in Fez report Rif tribes preparing three pronged attacks near Djebal Bibani as Colombat’s column relieves besieged outposts. Marshal Lyautet surveys resistance plans while noting Abd el Krim’s fighters show limited tactics against French fire and approximately 8 000 to 20 000 Rif forces.
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Fez
Morocco
Colombat
Djebal Bibani
Marshal Lyautri
Abd-El- Krim
Mirch
Abd-El-Krin
Aviator Oleson addresses Y's Men's on commercial flying
P. Oleson the aviator spoke at the Y's Men's noon meeting in Washington. He compared air navigation safety to driving and urged large scale organization with capital. He noted Henry Ford entering the field as encouraging and answered questions edukationally. The luncheon faced utensil shortages but members managed the pie with knives.
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P. Oleson
Washington
Y's Men's Club
Henry Ford
Oleson
Hart Named Minister to Albania in Historic Appointment
Washington May 6 Charis Co Hart Washington correspondent for the Portland Oregonian and other western papers has been chosen as minister to Albania to fill a long vacant post. Hart a 47 year old Indian native with extensive newspaper experience in the Midwest and Far East previously served as secretary and manager of the National Republican Progressive League during the 1916 Hughes campaign.
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Washington
Charis Co
Hart
Portland Oregonian
Abania
Mr. Hart
Midwest
Far East
Will Renew Effort to Pass Co op Farm Bill
Senator Capper of Kansas said efforts to secure passage of a cooperative marketing bill will be renewed in the next congressional session. He noted President Coolidge’s agricultural commission is to reconvene in the fall to draft its farm relief recommendations anew.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senator Capper
Kansas
Farm Bloc
Coolidge
Capper
President
Agricultural Commission
Judge compares Mrs Shepherd to Lady Macbeth in McClintock inquest
Chicago May 6. Judge Harry Olson used references to Lady Macbeth to describe Mrs William D Shepherd as a strong willed purposeful woman in the McClintock inquest. He connected the death of McClintock to a broader conspiracy involving the Shepherds and noted the couple complemented each other in a court probing the case.
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Chicago
Lady MacBeth
Harry Olson
McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Wm. McClintock
Olson
Big Man Shepherd
MacBeth
Open Shelter For Injured Animals In Sioux City
The Sioux City Humane Society opened a new animal shelter costing about 3000 dollars. The facility houses cats two per pen and dogs individually in a heated sanitary building with cement floors, plus nearby barns for horses and cows. A high picket fence encloses the complex and dogs have daily outdoor exercise. Weekly maintenance rates are posted for large dogs small dogs cats and the shelter uses humane methods of euthanasia by chloroform for injured cats and gas for dogs.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Sioux City Humane Society
Coast Guard Vessels Sail for Rum Row
Twenty one Coast Guard boats depart from Clifton Bay bound for Rum Row to wipe out liquor fleets off the Atlantic by June 1. Captain Jacobs says stricter measures are coming and up to fifty craft will join the blockade as 19 guardsmen face naval court martial or minor infractions surface in a broad reform at base No. 2.
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Associated
Praca
New York
United States Coast Guard
Clifton Bay
Staten Island
Rum Row
Atlantic Seaboard
W. W. E. Jacobs
Coast Guard
New York District
Connecticut
New Jersey
Jacobs
Kit
No. 2
John L. Bryan
Jacob Slater
Postpone Pola Negri Hearing in New York
Pola Negri’s hearing before customs authorities on alleged non declaration of $15,000 jewelry aboard the Berengaria was postponed to later this week. She failed to appear at the customs house.
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New York
Pola Negri
Mellon Calls for Big Tax Reductions and Estate Tax Elimination
Secretary Mellon urged a lowering of the maximum surtax rates and a radical cut or elimination of the federal estate tax with a future recommendation to the House Ways and Means Committee. He said the surplus margin would cover reforms and supported income tax at proper rates as fair and economically sound. He cautioned against high rates that hinder business and investment and said curbing tax exempt securities was unlikely now.
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Jackson
Miss
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Mellon
Mississippi Bankers’ Association
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