Mysterious Cook murder probe stalls as coroner’s jury lists no culprit
VINTON Ind Oct 1 The coroner’s jury investigating the death of Mrs Myrtle Underwood Cook failed to name a suspect in the September 7 shooting but urged continued inquiry into her husband Clifford B Cook on perjury charges. Cook posted $5,000 bond and faces upcoming district court action as the jury reconvenes amid ongoing questioning of Mrs Hester Sielinn of Sioux City about alleged ties to Cook.
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Associated Press
Vinton
C. BR. Cook
Clifford Bh. Cook
Cook
Hester Sielinn
Sioux City
C. B. Cook
S. W. Cook
Vinton. In
Clifford B. Cook
Myrtle Underwood Cook
M. J. Tobin
L. J. Wickland
J. M. Willett
Ames Memorial Gift Pushes Union Fund Past Milestone
A $5,000 gift from Chicago residents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones boosts the Memorial Union drive at Iowa State College beyond $820,000 in subscriptions. The Joneses, graduates of 1891 and 1892, join a growing list of donors as Iowa State alumni lead in overall giving percentages, with nearly 8,000 subscribers to date.
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Ames Fn
Memorial Union
Towa State College
Walter Jones
Chicago
Jones
Iowa State
Bogus Shenandoah Survivors Arrested in Two Cities
Two men claiming to have survived the Shenandoah disaster appeared in Champaign Illinois and Zanesville Ohio and were jailed as imposters. James Murphy East St Louis said he was saved in the wreck while Karl Larson Los Angeles claimed to investigate wreck parts theft. He confessed to desertion from the U S Idaho three months ago.
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Associated Pres
Chicago
Oct
James F. Murphy
East St. Louis
Champaign
Ill
Zanesville
Ohio
Karl H. Larson
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
U. S
Idaho
Navy
Farm Bureau seeks federal aid to handle surplus
Iowa farm leaders told Senator Cummins that federal action is needed to make farming profitable. They pressed for a farm products corporation and export options, saying Iowa farmers back aid despite earlier reservations by Secretary Jardine. Attendees included L J Dickinson George N Peek Nay Gribbon Chester Davis and others.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Eaders
Cummins
Washington
Coolidge
Jardine
Clartes B. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Senat Cummins
Ames
Hearst
L. J. Dickinson
Tenth District
George N. Peek
Moline
American Council of Agriculture
Nay Gribbon
Chester Davis
Chicago
Thellinois Agricultural Association
Manture
Supreme court rules on re hearing petitions in Iowa cases
Des Moines reports overruled petitions for re hearing in two Lee county cases. The high court handed down opinions in several matters including denial of re hearings in Thomas Printy vs John Reimbold and Dolan vs Newberry Rosalie Newberry. An Antonette Breza administratrix won a decision for rescission of a stock purchase contract and return of notes from her deceased husband. Partial relief had been granted in Johnson county. The plaintiff charged irregular stock sale solicitation by the Federal Cattle Loan Society.
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Des Moines
Lee County
Supreme Court
Thomas Printy
John Reimbold
Bb. A. Dolan
Orson v. Newberry
Rosalie Newberry
High Court
Antoinette Breza
Joseph Breza
Johnson County Court
Federal Cattle Loan Society
Plan to complete contracts and begin campus building
Officials say winter work will finalize plans and contracts early spring with construction starting around April first. The campaign targets one million dollars for the building and aims to raise an additional fifty thousand from alumni subscriptions to push the goal over soon.
Turkish mobilization in near eastern waters linked to tensions
British officials in London call the Constantinople report about Turkish recruits and a stronger Near East fleet a coincidence with no significance. The Ottoman mobilization involves four classes of recruits aged 22 to 25 while Britain maintains a strong Mediterranean fleet amid Mesopotamian Mosul dispute.
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Turkey
Great Britain
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Kingdom of
Irak
Hague Court
London
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Hague
Violinist and Pianist Do Radio Duet Five Miles Apart
In Chicago on October 1 a violinist and pianist performed a synchronized radio duet five miles apart. Each musician heard the other through headphones as tests by station KYW aired the experiment for the experiment in radio casting.
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Chicago
KYW
Waterloo residents seek removal of Blackhawk County attorney
An application to assign a special judge to hear charges against William A. Cook Blackhawk County attorney was filed with the Supreme Court by John B. Blam mond a Waterloo investigator whose findings underpin the complaint filed by five Waterloo residents seeking his removal from office.
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Des Moines
Get
Guinet
William A. Cook
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Supreme Court
John B. Blammond
Negro progress cited by Dr Penn at Northwest Iowa meeting
Dr Fr Garland Penn of Cincinnati told the Northwest Iowa Methodist conference that education and church support have dramatically advanced African Americans. He cited gains in schools, leadership, literacy, and church property, urging endowment for Negro schools and colleges.
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Lemars
Towa
America
Garland Penn
Cincinnati
Necro
Methodist Education Board
Northwest Iowa Methodist Conference
Penn
Methodist Epicopal Church
Morling Named Supreme Justice
Governor Hammill appoints Morling of Emmetsburg to fill the vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court created by the death of Judge Thomas Arthur of Logan. Morling has long practiced law in the northwest and previously aspired to a U S district judgeship.
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Itv
Des Moines
Hammill
RE. A. Morling
Emmetsburg
Supreme Court
Thomas Arthur
Logan
Iowa
Morling
United States
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Two Parties Claim Control of Next Congress
Washington report analyzes how Republicans and Democrats project gains in the Senate and House. It notes Republicans face likely losses of Senate seats and Democrats may gain in the House only with a landslide, while many seats favor their usual party.
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U.S
Congress
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Repubican
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
University of Dubuque Considers Dropping High School
The University of Dubuque weighs discontinuing its University High School due to better facilities elsewhere and few local students needing preparatory courses. Registrar John Zimmerman cites enrollments under half of last year, noting most attendees are foreigners needing English to enter other departments. Negotiate for first semester totals 181. Seminary opening next month will marginally raise figures.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Towa
University of
Midland Packing case affirmed in eighth circuit
The eighth circuit affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing ancillary proceedings by C. W. Britton receiver of Midland Packing Company seeking about 3 million dollars in unpaid stock subscriptions from Sioux City stockholders. The court said Britton must assess each subscriber and sue individually to preserve trial by jury.
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ST. Louis
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
C. W. Britton
Midland Packing Company
Sioux City
Wilbur F. Booth
Robert E. Lewis
Orie L. Philipps
Britton
Packing Company
Parliamentarians Meet in Washington Conference Opens
The chamber of the United States House hosts four hundred parliamentarians from 38 unions for the twenty third Inter Parliamentary Union conference. The six day session will cover global issues with debates and studies, marking the first formally authorized use of the chamber for a non national legislature assembly. Senator William B. McKinley gives welcome with Kellogg presiding.
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Washington
Chamber
United States
House of Representatives
Iowa Professors Named to National Child Welfare Panel
Prof Bird T Baldwin director of Iowa University child welfare research station is new chair of a National Research Council child development committee. He, Prof Amy L Daniels and Dr Philip C Jeans of Iowa will attend a New York conference October 23 24 and 26 to formalize a comprehensive child research program.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bird T. Baldwin
University of Iowa
National Research Council of Washington
Baldwin
Amy L. Daniels
Philip C. Jeans
New York
Lain KO Touches Down in Des Moines Bout
In Des Moines last night Jack Lamb of Muscatine was knocked out in the third round of a scheduled match with Jack Conway of Minneapolis. Lamb claimed a foul as the referee counted him out. many in the audience believed the blow was legal.
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Des Moines
Jack Lamb
Muscatine
Jack Conway
Minneapolis
Lamb
Mans
French debt talks end in five year funding plan
The Franco American debt funding talks ended with a temporary five year arrangement. The French plan proposes $6,620,000,000 in principal and interest over 62 years with $40 million annual payments for five years, then rising to $100 million later. The American commission split over acceptance and sent a four member delegation to present to President Coolidge.
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Washington
Coolidge
American Commission
Mellon
Hoover
Smoot
Utah
Crisp
Georgia
Catching Criminals Now Harder Than In Early Years
Des Moines Iowa October 1 1940 veteran state agent H M Stoner argues crime has grown tougher to solve due to autos paved roads and motorcycles aiding rapid escapes and alibis. He notes younger smarter criminals working in larger gangs using scientific methods while fingerprinting and radio aid detectives though disguises are rare.
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Rey
Associated Press
Des Moines
Jaws
H. M. Stoner
State Bureau of Investigation
Stoner
Myrtle Underwood Cook
Vinton
Submarine Lift Attempt Fails at New London
In New London Conn Oct 1 the Monarch and Century cranes failed to raise the submarine U S 8S despite full lifting capacity, the vessel showing no movement. Local officials stated the effort to salvage the submerged sub remains unresolved.
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U. S
New London
Conn
Monarch
Century
Swine Herds Prove Profitable Under Clean Pasture Method
Five Johnson county farmers in Iowa City area boosted this year’s swine income by five thousand dollars by adopting the McLellan clean pasture system advised by Dr. J L Buffington and County Agent Harley Hunt. The study tracked 122 sows yielding 281 hogs in 1924 and 57 sows yielding 362 hogs in 1925 with higher average weights.
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Associated Treee
Iowa City
Johnson County
JL. M Buffington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Harley Hunt
McLellan
Srong
William Ryan
Clifford Eden
Ben Blenneman
John ©. Miller
Francis Ward
Hunt
Imperial Airways to run England India mail service
A weekly mail service between England and India will be operated by Imperial Airways under a five year air ministry subsidy. Mails reach Bombay in five days, down from 15, with future passenger service beginning next summer between Cairo and Basra. The route runs Kantara Ramleh Amman Baghdad Basra Karachi, using three engine aircraft to avoid forced landings.
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India
London
Imperial Airways, Limited
Air Ministry
Bombay
Cairo
Basra
Kantara
Ramleh
Amman
Bagdad
Karachi
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