Complications Rise Over Mexican Situation and U S Oil Holdings
The Mexican situation worsens with new proclamations affecting American oil and natural resource holdings. Edgar M. Wilkins, chief engineer for a U S electric firm, was kidnapped near Guadalajara and killed within hours. Kidnappers, fleeing federal troops, reportedly demanded $20,000. Several captors were killed in a brush with forces. others escaped.
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Wilkins
Edgar’ M., Wilkins
Guadalajara
Electric ‘Company
Mexico
National origin dropped as basis immigration act explained
Washington report outlines how national origins were pared from U S immigration policy ongoing debate between Senators Reed of Missouri and Reed of Pennsylvania. The piece traces history from 1920 21 to 1924 law and explains bases for yearly immigrant limits and census use with focus on policy shifts and key figures.
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Marr
Sullivan
Washington, D. C
James
H. Reed
Missouri
David A.reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Reed
Steed
Jim
Dave
Have You Read Your Paper Courier News Columns
Courier News columns answer a series of questions from readers about recent events. The questions cover topics from last year’s mining suspensions to a new speed limit in Iowa districts and the value of diamonds owned in the United States. The set also asks about a foreign trip funded by Iowa state funds, two mine explosions, a presidential possibility urged by a delegation, a billionaire’s motor crash, a local spelling championship, Rogers Hornsby’s playing status with the Giants, a condition affecting his play, and British sanctions in China over reparations for the Wangking rioting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Iowa
United” States
House
Hawk County
Rogers ‘Hornsby
New York Giants
China
Surety concerns lose state license in Iowa
Des Moines April 2 The state Insurance Commission announced that Ray Nenter had switched the license to do business in Iowa from a group of seven eastern surety companies involved in insuring the Southern Surety company's 1 060 000 depository bonds on Carnegie Trust Company funds. The seven firms include Fidelity New York Ocean Accident & Guaranty General Reinsurance American Employers Columbia Casualty Independent Indemnity and Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance. The firms refusing relicensing have resisted paying Carnegie Trust bonds, claiming the bank was insolvent when reinsurance was made.
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Des Moines
INS
Ray Nenter
Iowa
Eastern Surety Companies
Southern Surety Company
Carnegie Trust Company
Carnegie
Fidelity
New -York
Ocean ‘Accident&*.Guaranty
United States
New York
Boston
Columbia, Casualty
Independent Indemnity
Philadelphia
Massachusetts ‘Bonding & Insurance Company
Carnegie Trust, Company
Sectional Teachers Meet Okay Yearly Central Convention
Four sectional meets of the Iowa Teachers associations approved the annual central convention before adjournment last night. Northeastern teachers at Cedar Rapids approved the central meeting but argued the state association should be limited to administrative powers. Southwestern teachers at Council Bluffs joined in limiting powers. the south central group at Creston and southeastern teachers at Keokuk voted in favor of the central meeting. Sectional meetings will continue to be held.
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Des Moines
Iowa Teachers Associations
Cedar Rapids
Southwestern
Council Bluffs
Creston
Southeastern
Keokuk
Mororibesman Slays Eight. Wounds Four in Jo lo Attack
In Jo lo today a deranged assailant killed eight people and wounded four others before he was shot down. Victims named include San Felice, Henry George, Tholita, Martin, Havana Ribbon, and Sc cigars in an advertisement context.
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Manila
P. of
Mororibesman
Jolo
San Felice
Henry George
Tholita
Martin
Havana
Sc Cigars
Delivery deadline noted for Courier paper service
The Courier should be delivered before 5 30. If not due to carrier error, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 36 p m.
Two Girls One Boy Win Talking Contest In Iowa
Winners in the southeastern Iowa district high school declamatory contest were Charles Holbrook Keokuk in oratorical Verna Law Ottumwa in dramatic and Leona Buckridge Bussey in humorous. They will represent this section of Iowa in a state contest at Toledo on April 15.
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Washington
Southeastern Iowa
Charles Holbrook
Keokuk
Verna
Law
Ottumwa
Leona Buckridge
Bussey
Iowa
Toledo
Bowman to Enter Republican Governor Nomination Race
Iowa State Senator M. L. Bowman of Black Hawk County, author of the bank guaranty act, announced unofficially his 1928 gubernatorial candidacy. In a speech to Local 8 Hour Workers, he vowed to run in the primary against all challengers, basing his campaign on enacting the guaranty law and placing on the ticket lawmakers pledged to guarantee private deposits.
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Moines
INS
M. L. Bowman
Black Hawk
Forty- First ‘General. Assembly
Tocal Mini Workers Union
Bowman
Keokuk Power Plant to Gain 40000 Kilowatts
Louis H. Egan of Union Electric Light & Power Co announces plans to raise Keokuk dam capacity by more than one third at an estimated cost of 2,500,000. The project adds 40,000 kilowatts, expanding the 900 foot long power house by 200 feet, building on 1913 construction. The plant, largest water power development in the Midwest, was acquired from Mississippi River Power Co. over a year ago.
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St. Louis
Keokuk
Louis H. Egan
Union Electric Light & Power Co
Mississippi River
Union Company
Middlewest
Mississippi River Power Company
Bruey Girl Loses Fight for Part of Father's Estate
In Fairfield Indiana April 2 1925 Edna Bruey sought a share of her father Bruey s estate after her husband killed Sam McNeese. The district court ruled the transfer to sister Mrs Fred Raible valid and awarded Raible about 19578 dollars. The Bruey sisters claimed their father was insane. the court found him sane and upheld the sister s claim.
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Fairfield
UINS
Edna Bruey
Sam McNeese
District Court
Fred Raible
Ana Bruey
Beulah
Land
Raible
Bruce
Vrarss
American Engineer Wilkins Kidnapped and Slain in Mexico
The US protested to Mexico after Edgar Morris Wilkins, an American citizen and chief engineer from Georgia, was kidnapped near Guadalajara and killed. The body was found near Santa Ana Acatlan after bandits demanded a ransom. federal troops pursued the outlaws. Wilkins had lived in Mexico for years. his wife is Mexican.
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Washington, D. C
INS
State Department
Sheffield
Mexico
City
Edgar
Morris Wilkins
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Edgar Morris Wilkins
el Coli Hill
Santa Ana
Acatlan
Chapala - Electric. Company
Wilkins
Savannah
Son
Severiano Canales
Pansom
Cerro Chine
Advites Evelv
Jacob Rosénthal
New York
Rosenthal
Cuernavaca
Washington
Rep McMillan Run Over by Automobile in Des Moines
State Representative J. McMillan of Benton County was struck by a car at Second and Locust in Des Moines. The vehicle passed over him but he escaped with bruises and minor injuries and was taken home. He blamed himself for stepping into the street and expects to be at his desk in the house today.
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Deg Moines
J. &. McMillan
Benton County
Second
Locust Street
McMillan
Rush Probe After Banker Kills Self
Bluffton, Ind. April 2. State banking department officials rush to complete examination of the Studebaker bank books after its president Ralph Studebaker Todd, 48, shot himself on a near by farm. The Studebaker bank, the largest state bank in Indiana, was closed March 28 when Morris Stultz, state examiner, took charge.
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Bluffton
Ind
TNS
State Banking Department
Studebaker Bank
Ralph Studebaker Todd
Here
Indiana
Morris Stultz
State Examiner
Wilson Boys Get 10 Years for Stealing
Asa and Charles Wilson were sent to Anamosa to serve ten year sentences for staging robberies in several northwest towns. They pleaded guilty in court Friday and received 10 year terms from Judge James Deland.
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Pasa
Charles Wilson
Anamosa
Towa
James Deland
Dubuque Papers Consolidate Into Telegraph Herald
Dubuque’s Telegraph Herald and Times-Journal merge with the plant in use and both titles retained. Morning and evening editions to be issued on leased Associated Press wires, serving about 35 000 circulation. The Telegraph Herald has run since 1836 and the Times-Journal since 1856, creating one morning paper replacing prior dated editions.
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Solidation graph-Herald
du Journal
Lowa’s
Will Bee
Telegraph-Herald
Associated Press
Times-Journal
Times
Des- Moines
Fort
Dodge
Mason City
Bluffs
Clinton
Court Enjoins Six from Selling Rum
Judge R C Popham issued six temporary injunctions restraining sale or manufacture of intoxicants on the properties of six local persons. He denied injunctions against three others. The action followed liquor raids by federal and state agents. Most arrested have been bound over to the grand jury.
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Jowa
City
R. C. Popham
District Court
Balloon Race Set for Detroit July 4 Start
The 1927 Gordon Bennett international balloon races will begin from Detroit Michigan on July 4 likely from Ford Airport. The contest committee of the National Aeronautical Association awarded the event to the motor city in recognition of local civic and industrial support for aviation. Entries close May 1.
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Detroit
St. Louis
New York
Montreal
Quebec
Washington, DC
Mich
Ford Airport
National Aeronautical Association
Motor City
Six Miners Die in Dust Explosion at Cokeburg Mines
In Cokeburg Pennsylvania today a coal dust explosion in an Ellsworth Collieries mine entry killed six miners and injured five, with 400 miners rescued. The deceased identified as Frank Smith Peg Kelly Willan Gibson Easton White Toney Sibotta and Jordan. Injured workers Ott W. Douglas Homer Licht Andy Demeper William Collins and Myeamas ons suffered burns.
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Cokeburg
Ellsworth
In the Spring A Lawyer’s Fancy Turns to Hiking
James C. Murtagh praises spring morning hikes as the best mood of nature. He notes Waterloo hikers average four and a half to five miles daily in just over an hour, calling a crisp morning walk ideal preparation for the day, offering reflection and inspiration.
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James C. Murtagh
Waterloo
Ferdinand Better Bulletin Declares State of King
Bucharest April 2 official bulletin reports King Ferdinand’s condition markedly improved today after yesterday’s note that his health was critical due to influenza complicating a months long illness. Despite the favorable bulletin anxiety remains. some quarters declare his condition hopeless.
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Bucharest
Ferdinand
Johnson Emmons Near Death After Pleural Attack
Reported condition of John Emmons Johnson worsened after pleurisy attack on Wednesday night. Lungs have shrunk? and breathing remains shallow. He has been able to walk short distances with a companion on favorable days. Mind and memory reportedly intact.
Radio Commission Faces Uncertain Licensing Delays
Washington April 25 hearings on granting licenses closed with broadcasters and the public weighing views on how to regulate the industry. A majority opposed concrete proposals, including widening the broadcasting band, reducing wavelength spacing, limiting operation time, and shrinking station numbers, leaving the commission in a confused state.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Radio, Commission
Commission
Admiral Minoru to Attend Arms Parley
Admiral Viscount Minoru Saito was named chief Japanese delegate to the three power arms conference with the United States and Great Britain. He serves as governor general of Korea, with Vice Admiral Kobayashi and Viscount Sushii named as probable delegates. Sadao Saburi, treaty bureau head, known for the Washington conference role.
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Tokio
INS
Minoru Saito
Japan
Tripartite Arms
United States
Great ‘Britain
Saito
Korea
Kobayashi
Sushii
Sadao Saburi
Treaty Bureau
Foreign Office
Saburi
Harding-Hughes
Rough Graveling Adds 70 More Miles in Weekly Settings
In April the Iowa Highway Commission scheduled roughly 70 additional miles of gravelling, 612 miles of paving, and 250000 cubic yards of excavation in this week’s letting report. Ads cover Greene, Madison, Guthrie, Black Hawk, Scott, Crawford and Mahaska counties, adding to prior settings.
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Ames
Towa State Highway Commission
Greene
Madison
Guthrie
Black Hawk
Scott
Crawford
Mahaska
Protest over Nanking killings prompts Shanghai reinforcements
Report from London and Washington describes Chinese nationalist unrest at Nanking, with British, American, and Japanese consulates attacked. Foreign casualties and looting cited as factions clash. Nationalist forces retake the city under Gen Ching-Chien. miaover details vary as officials investigate.
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Nanking
Sibel Reinepiees
Ching-Chien
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