Heavy Rains Cover State and First Frost in Iowa
Severe weather sweeps Iowa with snow and frost as tornadoes strike near Keokuk and Summitville. Five deaths attributed to snow and wind, damage reported across the state from Keokuk to Iowa City. University of Iowa campus flooded basements and shattered store windows amid high winds.
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Chicago
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri Valley
Canada
Kuk
Towa City
Des Moines
Towa
Keokuk
Town
J.T. Vermilion
Summitville
Vermillion
Nail
University of Towa
Margaret Hise
Council Blufts
C. L. Lawrence
James Nelson
Albia
Burlingford
Clara Bow Warned to Watch Her Step in Hollywood
Clara Bow, under warning from studio officials to watch her step, prepared to report to work amid a dispute over stopped checks at a Camera gambling venue. Paramount-Publix attorney Henry Hergbrun cautioned that further publicity could jeopardize her one year contract signed August 20 for a new film starting October 6.
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Clara Bow
Hollywood
Cal
Moving Picture Studio
Miss Bonard
Miss How
Henry Hergbrun
Paramount-Publix
How Gangsters Evade Officers in Chicago
A federal and city hunt for Scarface Al Capone failed partly because a confidential memorandum listed 91 gangsters and the officers assigned to arrest them. The document showed gangsters were tipped off about which policemen would confront them, explaining difficulties in capturing 26 “pure enemies” ordered into Judge John Lyle’s vagrancy case.
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Chicago
Scarface al Capone
Carleon
John Tyan
John Norton
John Lyle
Committee Seeks Part New York Brokers In Soviet Grain Deal
The congressional committee investigating communist activity returned to New York to question brokers from three New York houses handling Soviet wheat orders on the Chicago Board of Trade. Chairman Hamilton Fish said the panel will probe whether the transactions were part of a scheme to depress American wheat prices as alleged by Secretary Hyde. The first hearing was set for this afternoon with five subpoenaed witnesses. the wheat selling inquiry starts tomorrow.
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New York
Congressional Committee
Chicago Board of Trade
Hyde
Little change in feeding of stock in corn belt
Ames, Iowa Sept. 26. Little change in normal feeding operations of livestock in the corn belt states west of the Mississippi was agreed upon at the farm outlook conference. The farm board suggestion to substitute wheat feeding was not viewed as likely. A. Collier predicted grain prices would fall little from present levels with the drought offset by reduced purchasing power of feeders, dairymen and farmers.
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Ames
Towa
Mississippi River
Farm Outlook
Farm Board
A. Collier
Federal
Burea of Agriculture
Washington Teams Set for Tomorrow Football Action
Washington junior college meets Bloomfield junior college at home while Washington high school faces Ottumwa high school in Ottumwa. Coach Freshwaters and Coach Shultz express guarded optimism, with a 3:30 kickoff for both games. Officials include Fimmen, Storey, and Hartzel. Shultz plans a 24-man squad and expects a tough Little Six affair.
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Washington
Bloomfield Junior College
Ottumwa High School
Ottumwa
Freshwaters
Jim Shultz
Erisp
Weshoomfield
Hnew
Fuhr
Little
Ahrens
Bain
Kort
Turner
Fisher
1Pooth
Johnson ¢ ‘Alton
Zeck Miler
Reinet
Baker
Ted Saur
Repass
DeKalb
Fimmen
Bloomfield
Storey
Fairfield
Hartzel
Albia
Oskaloosa
Eleven men drowned in Lake Michigan near Muskegon
Eleven men are believed drowned after the barge Salvor sank two miles off Muskegon as a fierce storm lashed Lake Michigan. The barge was towed by the tug Fitzgerald when the tow line snapped, swamping the craft and leaving the crew unaccounted. A second report says the schooner Ourv ed distress southeast of Ludington with an unidentified boat nearby offering aid.
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Muskegon
Mich
Lake Mich
Fitzgerald
Coach Harbor
Milwaukee
Lake Michi
Ludington
Sable Island
Soviet Trading Must Be Ended Says Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago reports a telegram from President John Bunnell of the board of trade to Secretary Hyde condemning foreign governments influence on U S grain futures. He alleges Soviet Russia sold millions of bushels short in the Chicago pit to depress prices and demands action to stop it.
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Chcago Board of Trade Wires
Hyde
Chicago
United States
John Bunnell
Go Board of Trade
Rotary of Agriculture
Soviet Russia
Schauf Verdict Not Guilty In Town Case
Jury returned a not guilty verdict for Doyle Schauf of Wellman after a trial begun last Monday on a charge of carnal knowledge of an imbecile female. Opening statements were heard for a separate suit, Daryl Bell v Walter S Brown, regarding July 1928 farm tractor injuring Bell.
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Town
Doyle Schauf
Wellman
J. G. Patterson
Daryl Bell
Walter S. Brown
Brown
Bell
Ralph Munro
Fairfield
8. W. Livingston
Cora Carris
W. H. Mitchell
Edna Darfan
Jean Be
Russia activity chatter and four congress seats noted
AILL Roches reports from Merly Hills Sept 25 about jokes on travel to Europe and a serious note on Russia. The writer recalls a letter joking that Leonard De Cinet painted a picture without a ticket, and comments that Russia might reach a breakthrough while the US has four Congress seats.
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Mfverly Hills
Calif
Mr. Brisbane
Europe
Leonard de Cinet
Russia
Methods of Pastors to Draw Big Crowds Condemned
Storm Lake Iowa September 26. Critics at the Northwest Town conference of the Methodist church condemned Rev Roy J Smith of Minneapolis for modernistic crowd drawing methods used in church services. At a business session Rev J J Davies of Sinrity and Rev William L Stolger of Boston denounced his grants at Sunday services and the shift from Bible stories to social discussions. Some younger pastors defended the new methods as putting religion into modern dress while politics and worldliness were condemned.
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Storm Lake
Roy J. Smith
Minneapolis
Northwest Town Conference
The
Methodist Church
Smith
J. J. Davies
Sin Rity
William L. Stolger
Boston
Davies
TR. J. Wade
Torget
Jubilee Singers to Perform at Local High School
Announcement today of a Jubilee Singers program from Prentiss Normal Institute presenting plantation melodies spirituals and humorous selections in the high school auditorium next Tuesday evening. Admission is free with a voluntary offering for the school.
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Jubilee Singers
Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute of Prentiss
Heavy rain and sharp temperature drop sweep the area
A powerful midnight rainstorm lasted about two hours, with a peak near nine o'clock and total precipitation of 0.10 inches plus a day total around 4.88 inches. The event followed by a fall in temperatures from 83 to 59 as a wintry chill set in today.
First Lesson in Business for Carriers
The Evening Journal describes carriers taking their first steps in their own business. They buy papers at wholesale from the Journal and sell to subscribers, with routes listed and exact addresses verified. Carriers are arranging substitutes, counting subscribers, and setting delivery and payment terms, aiming for reliable service and gradual credit-based growth.
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Evening Journal
Journal
Anadeva Essary
Thieves Enter City Library and Schools in Night Burglary
Thieves broke into the city library the junior high and three ward school buildings last night. They secured a small amount of change in some of the buildings, police said.
Three Electrocuted in Pine Bluff Rescue Attempt
Pine Bluff Arkansas September 26 Three men died last night after being electrocuted while trying to rescue Eulas Long 26 who was working on a radio aerial at a utility site. The incident occurred at the scene with two fatalities during the attempted rescue effort and a third victim nearby. Police and investigators were awaiting further details and autopsy results.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Eulas Long
New York Republicans Adopt Wet Platform At Convention
New York state Republicans adopted a pro repeal platform at Albany, driven by Charles Tuttle and urging repeal of prohibition. Wets hailed it as a top development, while Senator Brookhart criticized the move as a Wall Street fuelled ploy. The convention also endorsed state option and federal measures to curb returns to saloons and assist enforcement.
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HALA
Albany
New York State
Charles Tuttle
United States
New York
Tuttle
New York Republicans
Wets
Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Brookhart
Wall Street
Wadsworth
Hrookhart
James W. Wadsworth
N. Y
William M. Calder
Drys
Balte
Hoover
New York City
Average Man Told to Continue Buying Needs to Boost Trade
Secretary of Commerce Robert J Lamont told United Press that the average man will keep buying necessities, aiding retail trade and signaling a possible upturn. He cited government reports as encouraging, saying the downward business trend appears halted and the country could be on the threshold of an upswing. He urged avoidance of pessimism in light of the factual data.
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United Pres
Washington
Robert J Lamont
Commerce
United Press Today
Ers
Lamont
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