Mrs Leeper Defends Her Husband in Murder Case
Mrs Beryl Wertz Leeper testifies in Iowa City defense of her husband Roy Wertz charged with murder. She supports her mother's story of self defense claiming Wertz threatened and attempted to control them before the December killing. Cross examination begins after noon adjournment as witnesses outline alleged abuse and motives.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Roy Wertz
Beryl Wertz
Leeper
Wertz
Werts
Wert
Beryl
Frank Vogel
Edward O'Connor
P. JL. Moeller
Chicago
State University of Town
Girl Cleared in Farrar Divorce Case
New York May 28 Supreme Court Justice Lehman rendered a decision vindicating Miss Stella Larrimore, a young actress named by Geraldine Farrar as a chief co respondent in her suit for divorce from Lou Telligen.
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Associated Press
New York
Supreme Court
Lehman Today
Stella Larrimore
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Telligen
Five Convicted Of Illegal Fishing On Des Moines River
DES MOINES IOWA May 28 Five convictions for illegal fishing or hunting followed an inspection trip along a Des Moines river section completed last week. Deputies destroyed 56 wire traps and 2 hoop nets and returned about 175 fish to the water. Mayall says two cases are pending at Bloomfield one at Ottumwa and one at Selma.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Xone
Mayall
Bloomfield
Ottumwa
Selma
Ladies Attend Eastern Star Meeting in Muscatine
Mrs Sam Sigafoose Mrs Lloyd Neiswanger Mrs Lauder Kennedy Mrs Harry Dickersoon and Mrs Tom Carris traveled to Muscatine this morning for the Eastern Star gathering and a banquet the Weld the evening.
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Sam Sigafoose
Lloyd Neiswanger
Lauder Kennedy
Harry Dickersoon
Tom Carris
Muscatine
Eastern Star
Weld
County Attorney Raids Cock Fight in Cedar Rapids
County Attorney W. J. Barngrover led a lone raid disrupting a cock fighting gathering near Cedar Rapids on May 28. Two to three hundred men, many prominent, attended as about one hundred birds were matched and gambling alleged. Fifteen cocks were impounded and up to twenty birds reportedly subdued may be disposed of.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Here
W. J. Barngrover
Fort Madison Bridge Repaired. Opens for All Trains Today
Rapid progress has been made in repairing the Santa Fe bridge over the Mississippi River at Fort Madison Iowa and it will be opened for all trains this afternoon, according to information received at the railroad's general office in Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Mississippi River
Fort Madison
Iowa
Dairy Goods In State Grow Steadily Under Grading Plan
Iowa dairy officials report rapid progress toward standard graded products under state supervision. A 24 member team tours the state installing grading equipment and teaching dairymen, aiming to boost prices for higher grade cream and butter. Next tours cover Marshalltown Cedar Rapids and southern counties from Burlington to Corydon and Council Bluffs to Corydon.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
State Dairy and Food Department
R. G. Clark
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Corydon
Council Bluffs
New German reparations plan outlined in land mortgage scheme
The Associated Press reports Germany's proposed reparations plan would be built from a nationwide land mortgage on all German soil. It would span thirty years, assess fifty percent of gold values, and channel 500 million gold marks annually into the reparation fund. Industrialists would cover forty percent, with banking, shipping and agrarian interests supplying sixty percent. A group of leading industrialists pledges six hundred gold marks annually via railway and telegraph provisions, and the League memorandum calls for intensified labor to meet rising production needs.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ger
Germany
Cuno
Industralists
League
Des Moines Freshman Kidnapped by Masked Students
Des Moines May 28 A campus incident at Johnson Hall Des Moines University saw sophomore fledgling George F Holler a so called Romeo seize held naked subjected to molasses glue and feathers after a protest over female attendance Holler later identified two assailants Charges of assault and flogging filed against the alleged kidnappers who were to be arrested once caught Holler a freshman and son of an Omaha minister.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
George F
Romeo) Holler
Des Moines University
Holler
Johnson Hall
Naturalized Citizens May Expatiate on Returns
May 28. The State Department warns naturalized citizens to watch their step when visiting their birth land, or risk losing citizenship. A naturalized person swears to reside permanently in the United States. permanent relocation abroad within five years may prove lack of intent, potentially canceling citizenship as fraudulently obtained.
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State Department
United States
Low
Cummins Endorses World Court Under Harding Plan
Iowa Senator A B Cummins voiced qualified support for the world court during a Des Moines address He said the United States and other powers should join the court and that he would submit to a properly constituted tribunal for any justifiable dispute with another nation He emphasized safeguards to keep the court within its jurisdiction.
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Des Moines
World Court
Harding
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Permanent Court of International Justice
Cummins
United States
America Going In Wrong Direction Declares Bishop
Archbishop J B Kearn told a May 28 banquet in Mason City that America travels in the wrong direction due to influences undermining society. The Catholic Daughters of America hosted the event with about five hundred attendees. Also noted: Mr and Mrs Dave Temple welcomed a healthy eight pound boy born yesterday morning.
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America
Associated Press
Mason City
Long
J. B. Kearn
Armory
Catholic Daughters of America
Dave Temple
Trouble at Ames Still Unsettled
A three hour conference at Ames between President R A Pearson athletic council members and twenty students failed to resolve control of athletics. Students seek Charles A Mayser as athletic director and the removal of three faculty council members. They accuse the faculty of not supporting athletic activities and Mayser has been urged to resign over his program.
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Associated Press
Ames
R. A. Pearson
Athletic Council
Iowa State College
Atention of
Chas
A. Mayser
Mayser
Three Defendants In Oil Fraud Case Will Plead Guilty
In Fort Worth on May 28 three Chicago defendants Philip Goldestein, Max Hersh, and Walter Marks, named in the General Lee Oil case, announced they would plead guilty at the afternoon session of the trial of 87 oil promoters charged with using the mails to defraud.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Philip Goldestine
Max Hersh
Walter Marks
General Lee
Chicago
England Develops Efficient Type of Airplane Carrier
May 18 London reports that Britain has developed a new style of aircraft carrier with no deck obstructions and side funnels. The design includes two linked decks with lifts, an air drome upper deck, repair workshops below, and cranes for on board aircraft. Night landing is aided by searchlights and a landing tower.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
United States
Great Britain
Japan
British Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Dardanelles
Ruhr miners strike halts work across region
Two million miners and tens of thousands of other Ruhr workers are on strike, with communist actions said to have forced workers from pits. Casualties this week reach seven killed and ninety three wounded as food shortages press on, notably in Gelsenkirchen, while Bochum’s French commander blocks police augmentation.
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Associated Presa
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Voassische-Dipping
Gelsenkirchen
Road Convention To Be Held In Des Moines On June 28
Des Moines May 28 All road boosters in Iowa were invited to attend a road convention here June 28 to form a permanent Iowa Good Roads Association. The group will establish headquarters in Des Moines and organize by congressional districts counties and townships. Henry B Allfree of Newton chairing said the aim is to advance hard surfacing of the primary system, lower construction costs, reduce assessments and improve farmers finances while uniting for progressive road policy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Gooe Roads Association
Henry B. Allfree
Newton
Allfree
Lowa
Towa Good Roads Association
Towa
Ety
Sin Shelters In Darkness Sums and Shadows
A compact reflective line notes that darkness hides wrongdoing while conscience gnaws at the wicked. The verse invokes a Schiller quote about sinners and evil spirits shunning light, framing a moral contrast between truth and concealment.
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Schiller
Resemblance Warns About Savings Account Growth
A reader notes that the longer a savings account remains untouched the larger it grows, likening it to a fish that grows with time in a Boston financial commentary. The remark underscores compounding benefits and prudent saving.
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Lomeone
Boston
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