Four States Weigh Delegates in Early Primary Season
The report describes delegate selections across multiple states as parties prepare for national conventions. Maine Democrats vote 489 to 274 to send 12 delegates pledged to Alfred E. Smith. Wisconsin and New York primaries shape Republican and Democratic delegations. Hoover gains Michigan delegates, Kansas completes its 23-member Republican slate.
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Waterville
Democrats of
Maine
Loyole
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Washington
DE. CG
Benner
Wisconsin
Houston
Kansas
Kansas City
Curls
Kenses
Thost
la Follette
Norris
Hoover
Michigan
Delaware Pays Tribute at Bier of Sen. Frank B. Willis
Last respects were paid to Senator Frank B. Willis who will be laid to rest at Oak Grove cemetery this afternoon. Delaware and Ohio Wesleyan University held services with 200 soldiers on patrol, and schools closed as mourners gathered in Gray Chapel for the services.
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Delaware
UPI
Willis
Oak Grove
Pa Stripling
United States Senate
Gray Chapel
Ohio Wesleyan University
Beady
Wil Sis
Wills
Probe Into Mine Disaster In Bluefield Va Explodes
Investigation into the No 2 operation of Keystone Coal and Coke Co. explosion in Bluefield West Virginia began today led by R M Lamble head of the state department of mines. Eight men died seven miners and a mine inspector as most workers escaped through an air entry at Phinacle creek five and a half miles from the main shaft which opened last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Maine
Keystone Coal & Coke Co
R. M. Lamble
State Department of Mines
Lambie
Phinacle Creek
Supreme Court Affirms Eight Year Manslaughter Sentence
Des Moines April 4 1947 The Iowa Supreme Court upheld an eight year sentence for Bertha M Buck of Davenport for manslaughter in the death of her husband John W Buck The defense appealed claiming insanity and the court noted disputes over insanity standards presented during the trial and appeal Also included is a separate brief on extending airways service to provide a route to New Orleans by May 1 announced by the Post Office Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bertha MM. Buck
Davenport
John W. Buck
Iowa Supreme Court
Ats
Buck
Tey Bashand
Whart
Supreme Court
Washington
Airhvays
Bote
New Orleans
Temperatures and Weather Notes for the Week
A garbled note lists daily temperatures and days of the week. It mentions Monday Tuesday and Thursday with scattered numbers and references to heat and cold, but details remain unclear.
Tunney Heeney Bout Blocked by New York Commission
The New York state boxing commission withholds approval for the Tunney Heeney heavyweight title bout amid a technicality. It requires direct confirmation from Tunney of his chosen opponent, with plans to grant clearance once the champion confirms he will face Tom Heeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York State Commission
Tunney
Federal Men Raid Chicago Bombers Four Are Arrested
Federal agents raid Chicago bombers and arrest four suspects amid a push to curb bootlegging. Thompson protests alleged extraordinary federal activity in Chicago while affirming New York comparisons. Officials say the government aims to disrupt bootleg operations in both cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Altlon
New York
Thompson
Lowiman
Treasury
Mrs Harold Plumb Undergoes Emergency Mastoid Operation
Mrs Harold B Plumb of 601 Broadway underwent an emergency double mastoid operation at 1 am today in Allen Memorial Hospital. She rallied and is as well as can be hoped for, though the condition remains serious. She had been ill for a week and three days before admission, with last night’s fever spiking alarmingly before the operation was decided upon by her physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Plumb
Broadway
Allen Memorial Hospital
Plucb
Miners loyalty to John Lewis voiced in Des Moines
In Des Moines on April 3 Joe H Morris Albia state president of the United Mine Workers of America said Iowa miners remain loyal to national president John Lewis despite criticism from the Save the American move. He noted some miners are working under the 7 40 a day Jacksonville agreement and predicted resumed operation in temporarily shut down mines.
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Des Moines
Joe H. Morris
Albia
United Mine Workers of America
John Lewis
National Presden
Morris
Jacksonville
Teresen
Reed Presidential Candidate Speaks in Des Moines Tonight
Senator Janes A. Reed of Missouri to address Des Moines audience in a preconvention campaign stop broadcast by KTNT Musta ine. Reed will depart for Omaha after the event, with Des Moines figures E. T. Meredith Clyde L. Herring and Mrs. W. E. Maulsby among those invited by GC. Bowers to attend.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Janes A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Midwest
KTNT
Mustaine
Omaha
E. T. Meredith
Clyde L. Herring
W. E. Maulsby
Former Town Sites Theatre Men for Fraud Suit Filed
Don F. Thornburg of Marshalltown Iowa sues R. D. Dawson and John and Jim Hostettler alleging a fraud in selling a nonpaying theatre lease and equipment for 14000 dollars. He claims 6000 dollars paid cash representing their Marshalltown share and that he formerly partnered with the Hostettlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Sites Theatre
Los Angeles
Cal
Don
F. Thornburg
Marshalltown
R. D. Dawson
John
Jin. Hostettler
Thornburg
Hostettlers
30 Years for Man Who Shot Sheriff
An east bound train carried Eugene Glase to Fort Madison Penitentiary to serve a 30 year sentence after pleading guilty to shooting and wounding Sheriff Arthur Greene in a May gun duel. Glase was injured, recovering on a stretcher, as Greene survived with a bullet wound to the temple amid the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Eugene Glase
Fort Madisaty
Sherif Arthur Greene
Mtayeh
Glase
Sherif Greene
Sheriff Greene
Earthquake Leaves Over 3,000 Homeless in Smyrna Area
Reports from Smyrna detail more than 2,008 people displaced by a quake that ruined villages in Smyrni district. Smyrna and Tarball bore the brunt as soldiers clear debris and demolish dangerously damaged buildings. Death toll ranges from forty to sixty with about 150 missing.
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Constantinople
Smyrni
Smyrna
Tarball
University of Iowa Students Held in Tire Theft Probe
Two University of Iowa students Byron Felline and Forrest Brebner face grand larceny charges in a probe into automobile tire thefts in Iowa. They are free on $500 bonds awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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University of Iowa
Byron Felline
Cenenvite
Forrest
Brebner
Gedar Rapids
Iowa
William Stoddard
Mason City
Liberty
Wound Proves Fatal in Stratford Youth Incident
Webster City Iowa April 3 Lee Johnson 18 Stratford died at Boone hospital from a bullet wound caused when he fell while stuntbinding and discharged a revolver he carried.
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Webster City
Lee Johnson
Stratford
g@ Boone hospital
Klan Chief Evans Blamed in Deposition on Atlanta Slaying
A deposition from David C. Stephenson claims Hiram W. Evans, Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard, ordered murders to suppress opponents in a Pennsylvania suit. Stephenson describes Evans as violent, power driven, and in control of juries and courts, with promises tied to political picks. The 177 page document is held by United States Clerk J. Woott Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania
David C. Stephenson
the Klan
Indiana
Michigan City
Ind
Madge Oberholzer
Stephenson
Evans
William S. Coburn
Alana
Klan
Phil Fox
Coburn
Fox
Goburn
W&e
Smith
Mussolini
America
Jackson
Ed Jackson
United States
United States Clerk of Courts
J. Woott Clark
van A. Barvickman
Kia
Representative James Gallivan Dies in Boston at 61
Boston Democrat James Gallivan, a noted prohibition opponent, died at Symines hospital Arlington after being found dead in bed. Officials cite heart trouble as the likely cause.
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Gallivan
Boston
Cins
James Gallivan
Symines Hospital
Arlington
Cambridge
Mass
James A. Gallivan
Massachusetts
Sineeting
Cambridge Hospital
Corey Conviction Reversed by Des Moines High Court
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed Waterloo municipal court in Jack Corey’s case on grounds of insufficient evidence regarding illegal transportation of liquor. The ruling upheld Black Hawk district court denying an injunction over a disputed roadway easement. Corey remains jailed for separate counts including driving while intoxicated and a prior district court conviction.
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Des Moines
Jack Corey
Town Supreme Court
Waterloo Municipal Court
Black Hawk District Court
A. Manning
Eleventh
Jefferson Streets
Corey
George J. Sager
Jeffery Sullivan
Supreme Court
Woman Assists in French Execution
Paris dispatch notes a woman lawyer acting as executioner for two Polish defendants at the guillotine marking a rare public execution in Paris. The report also lists accompanying officials and dates, with details on the broader public notice context.
Stahl Shoots Wife and Himself Before Son in Clinton
Fred Stahl shot his wife and then killed himself at their Clinton home at 10 this morning during a family quarrel. Their 12 year old son Sean, home ill, witnessed the incident. The couple are amid divorce proceedings set for this week in district court.
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Wayne County
Frank Stever Warren
Newark
N. Y
Rochester
Warren
Edith
Boll
Jackson
Natare
Clinton, Ta
Fred Stahl
Sean
Actress Georgia O'Ramey Dies Before Nite Girl Opening
In Haven Conn on April 3 autopsy confirmed musical comedy star Miss Georgia O Ramey died suddenly with heart failure likely cause. She collapsed just before the production Nite Girl was to begin.
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Wow Haven
Conn
Georgia
O'Ramey
Brain Teasers and Verse Riddles From the Evening Post
A fragment shows a column of brain teasers and a verse with bolded words as clues. It asks readers at major universities to study the puzzles and verify answers, then provides a sample riddle about rhymes and missing words, with an example and playful misdirections.
Ettinger Kapp peculiar damage suit on calendar
Ann Ettinger sues her former husband DL G Kapp over injuries from a 1935 auto crash on a primary road near Ames. Insurance defense argues spousal suits are barred by old law and public policy. judge overruled motion to strike.
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Ann Ettinger
Supreme Court
H. B. Boles
Burr C. Towne
W. L. Beecher
EB. J. Wenner
App
Miss Ettinger
Kapp
Medical Life Insurance Company
White Kapp
Kiwanis Lecturer Showcases Pacific Northwest Beauty
Dr Charles A Payne of Milwaukee spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon in Hotel Russell Lamson presenting an illustrated talk The Romance of the Pacific Northwest to preview the June international convention in Seattle Wash Wives of Kiwanians attended and the Minnesingers quartet from Iowa State Teachers College performed with Ellyson also singing two solos.
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Kiwanis Club
Seattle
Wash
Charles A. Payne
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific Railway
Pacific Northwest
Russell- Lamson
Minnesingers
Iowa State Teachers College
Craig Ellyson
Wesley Reed
Minard Stout
Philip Shutt
Ellyson
Year's Plumbing Permits Reach 463 in Fiscal Year
The annual report shows 463 plumbing permits issued and 1030.50 dollars in fees for the year ending March 31, with 509 inspections including 88 sewer checks. Fees peak at 147.50 in September while March yielded 47.50. All money was deposited with the city clerk for credit of the city.
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M. W. H. Berg
Charles ©. MacKay
Berg
Canopus Club Plans Big Waterloo Delegation to Nationals
The Waterloo Canopus club formed plans at its weekly meeting to send a large group to the national convention in St Paul Minnesota during the second week of June. A trip committee will be appointed to handle arrangements and recruit members. The session featured solos by Mrs. C G Bowtman and readings by Mrs. George Buchan with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Karl Krause.
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Waterloo Canopus
St. Paul, Minn
George Buchan
Leaves from My War Diary illustrated by Lieutenant Chapman
A diary excerpt in Liberty magazine depicts Leaves from My War Diary by General William Mitchell. It notes Lieut Charles W Chapman, son of Mr and Mrs C W Chapman of 168 Gates street, as an aviator who served with French and American forces and was the first American aviator killed in France.
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Charles W. Chapman
C. W. Chapman
Gates Street
Liberty
Witliam Mitchell Chapman
France
Three Bandits Hold Millionaire Family in Winnetka Home
Three bandits bound and gagged Henry C. Bertholomay Jr his wife and child and servants at their Winnetka residence on north shore Chicago. They looted $15000 and Bartholomay's private automobile under threat of harm before escaping.
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Chicago
Henry C. Bertholomay, Jr
Winnetka
North Shore
Aheac
Bartholomay
Library Board Reports Yearend Finances
The library board shows receipts of 28436.37 and expenditures of 38416.90 for the year ending March 31. The remaining balance was 20.17 with outstanding warrants around 984 at April 1 and 982.27 at year end. Spending on new books totaled 7872 and repairs to old books 1493.09.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liebrary Board
Charles ©. MacKay
Bogus coins spur magnet demand in Berlin
Berliners report an invasion of counterfeit 50 pfennig pieces. The imitations are non magnetizable unlike genuine coins which are attracted by magnets, prompting a surge in demand for small pocket magnets as people seek verification.
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Berlin
Motom Bus Appeal Hearing Set Today
The Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Co seeks a franchise for a Waterloo to Mason City motor bus line. The full Iowa Supreme Court bench opened hearing in Des Moines, with Pickett Swisher Farwell attorneys noting the proceeding. Includes mention of building permits and local trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Norther Railway Co
Cerro Gordo County
Waterloo
Ma~son City
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Pickett, Swisher & Farwell
Charles £. Pickett
Robs by Note In Chicago A Messenger Impulsive Crime
Emery Sonle a 19 year old messenger for a clothing firm was robbed today en route to the bank with $1,000. A man forced the note into his hand and demanded the money, saying Ive Got it Run. The assailant fled with the cash. More details follow from the fragmentary report.
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Chicago
Ajun of
Emery | Sonle
Emery
Booze Haulers Arrested In Davenport After Fire
Davenport Iowa April 1 two men Ern est Baker 27 and Edwin Parks 21 both of Ollumwa held on bonds after arrest last night for hauling liquor in Baker s car. Des Moines April 3 Halley Jobe 39 Polk county farmer died from burns after attempting to revive a smoldering fire with gasoline leading to an explosion.
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Davenport
Ernest Baker
Edwin Parks
Ollumwa
Mauer
Baker
Des Moines
Halley Jobe
Polk County
Fire Alarm Log Records Small Damages and Grease Fire
Fire alarms noted across several hours in the city. Minor damage reported from a rear frame fire on Washington and a grease fire on Kimball Avenue with no substantial damage. A roof blaze at 442 Kern Street caused minor damage estimated at $10. A grass fire behind J E Ferguson residence caused no damage.
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Washington
M. Bickley
Kimball Avenue
F. Greening
Kern Street
Caure
J. E. Ferguson
Judges Asked to Send More Men to County Jails
Des Moines reports a request to Iowa district court judges urging use of county jails for short term prisoners to relieve Fort Madison and Anamosa crowding and cut maintenance costs. The board cites budget cuts and rising prison populations, noting prisoners would receive clothing and funds upon release, with total added costs around 75 to 80 dollars per man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
District Court
Iowa
State Board of Control
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa
G. L. Hague
J. HH. Strief
Fort Madison
Woman 72 Dies From Burns After March 3 Fire
Maquoketa Iowa April 3 Mrs Eva Henry 72 widow died today from burns received March 3 when her clothing caught fire as she tried to carry out ashes in a newspaper She had been in hospital since the accident and kept house for an invalid Three sons survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Eva Henry
Vienry
Body of Man Drowned Last October Recovered
The body of Harry Davis, 19, who drowned in the Mississippi River last October, was brought to Keokuk today from Hannibal where it was floating yesterday afternoon. The body was in a bad state of decomposition. Davis fell from a government boat at work here.
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Keokuk
Tas
TNS
Harry Davis
Mississippi River
Hannibal
Davis
Mrs Esther Wilson Held for Shooting Husband
New York society woman and big game hunter Esther Evans Wilson was arraigned with $23,000 bail on charges of shooting her husband Nero Dallett H. Wilson, a wealthy attorney and friend of President Coolidge. She lies in a hospital in grave condition. In Des Moines, Joseph Mekota Cedar Rapids attorney filed to run against Cyrenus Cole in the Fifth District, listing counties including Benton Cedar Grundy Jones Tama and Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Esther Evans Wilson
Nero
Dallett H. Wilson
Coolidge
Wilson
Cyrenus Cole
Des Moines
Joseph Mekota
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Lenton
Cedar
Grundy
Jones, Tits, Marshall
Tama
John J. McGarvey Remains Critically Ill At Home
John J. McGarvey of 1036 Fourth Street West remains in critical condition after a stroke suffered recently. His family and doctors report no change in his status today.
Jewel Holdups Shock Highland Park Bank Side
Three gunmen held up a jewelry salesman in front of a bank in Highland Park Mid April 3 and robbed him of diamonds valued at 200000 dollars. Police captured the bandits before they could escape and recovered the loot. El Paso dispatch notes Albert B oril will delay travel to a California sanitarium until Thursday per Mrs Pall.
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Highland Park
Mid
U.P
Fale
el Paso
Tex
Albert Boril
California
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Maximus
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John L. Lewis
Riverside
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Varave Ip
Cunningham
Ie O
Chauncey Depew III
Chancey ME Depew
Aibner
New York ,Central Railroad
Herve
Slaen
New Tremont
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Clinton
Abe
Undertaking
Atlanta
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Paris
Erlich
Zingouk
Pachowski
Joan H. Engelking
Jan
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Bowcovard Arago
Engelking
Celia Dierck
Kluger
0. F. King
Henry Pieper
F. Engelking
Minneapolis
Minn
Walter Engelking
Indianapolis
Walter Meyer
Mathias Recht
Hileman & Gindt
Hillcrest
Ms. Recht
Germany
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Myr
Janes Lang
Denver Street
A. H. Semmann
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Prirsten
Mnear
Richard Kepler
R. P. Kepler
Sidney
Neb
W. D. Kepler
Vermont Street
Martha Sherma
Martha
Joseph Sherman
Cortlandt Street
Kearns Funeral Home
Margaret Gaughan
Marygaret Gaughan
Chiccago
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Evening Post
Earth
Ameya
Ettinger- Kapp
Kiwanis
Conopus
Lieutenant Chapman
Mitchell
Hongkong
Hermes
Dubuque
Maclay
Library Board
Motom Bus
I. L. Moon
Park Road
William A. Coffin
Lafayette
Roy Faktor
Lafayette Street
Forrest Emmons
Seventh Street
Western Avenue
George Potters
Williston Avenue
H. A. Lippert
Fowler Street
C. Stippel
Bluff Street
Marvin Fagerlind
California Street
Springfield
Mlinois
Harry ¥Ushwick
Inois Minors Gard
Wanda Shepherd
Independence Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
G. A. Wright
Waterloo Plumbing & Heating Co
Rickenbacker
Waharian
A. C
URI
E. V. Rickenbacker
Gibraltar
H. M. Daniel
Royal Oak
Malta
Tate
Merman Co. Ar
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Esther Wilson
John J. McGarvey
Tiina
Tlec
Raul
Warwick
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