In Mexico Revolt Fades and Forces Shift
A dated report outlines that Mexican factions led by Gen. Almazan and Gen. Cedillo waged battles in Chihuahua Durango and Jalisco with federal forces under Gen. Cardenas achieving the upper hand. The rebellion appears checked though some combat persists near Jiminez with heavy losses.
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Mexico
Almazan
Escobar
Chihuahua
Cedillo
Jalisco
Durango
Sinaloa
Cardenas
Plutarco Calles
Portes Gil
la Reforma
Jiminez
Mystery of captainless yacht Nomad captivates officials
Paris reports Gen. Pershing chilled at Herrick funeral. In Philadelphia a coast guard rescued the Nomad after an 11 day storm. Millionaire owner Leland H. Ross and two crewmen face questions as the ship’s log remains missing and Capt. Schofield is presumed dead.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Leland H. Ross
New York
Richard J. French
Brooklyn
Henry G. Bush
Coast Guard
Cape May
N. J
Boss
Gustoims
Ross
Schofield
Rossauld
Sterner
Joseph Schofield
Tom Brown
Brown
Hoover uses daily newspaper clippings for policy gauge
Washington April S U R reports President Hoover treats newspapers as his main information source. White House aide John McCabe compiles clippings from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. daily, classifies every presidency related item, and Hoover reviews the batch each night.
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Washington, D. C
U.R
Hoover
Department of Commerce
John McCabe
White House
Affidavits Reveal Campaign Donations From Post Masters
Washington April 5 affidavits show large sums were given to Republican funds by post masters and federal officials in Mississippi Arkansas Alabama and Tennessee. The records presented to the senate patronage committee detail more than 12000 contributed by 110 Mississippi postmasters with one giving 2125. Some funds reportedly went to E P Booze husband of the Negro Republican woman from that state. A total of 144 postmasters said they never contributed.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Pennessee
Senate
Brookhart
Post Office Department
E. P. Booze
Republican National
Baseball Umpire Dies After Bus Crash Near Quantico
Thomas Crooke of Washington, D. C., umpire for Cornell University, died at Marine base hospital from injuries after a bus carrying the team plunged off the Richmond Washington highway last night. Twenty seven passengers, mostly ball players, were hurt and expected to recover.
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Quantico
Thomas Crooke
Washington, D. C
Cornell University
Marine Base Hospital
Richmond, Washington
Glenna Collett Wins North and South Title 4 Up
Glenna Collett of Providence Rhode Island defeated Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago 4 up with 3 to play to capture the twenty seventh annual Women’s North and South golf tournament in Pinehurst North Carolina on April 1.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Glenna Collett
Providence
Te. L
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Student dies after auto driver shooting on highway
Chicago April 4. An 18 year old former Lake View High School student Argeropoulos died at St Francis hospital in Blue Island from wounds believed caused by gangsters. He was found unconscious on the highway and claimed he had accidentally bumped another car before being shot.
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Chicago
Stude Argeropoulos
Lake View High School
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Argeropoulos
Enforcers’ death toll under dry law rising in 41 months
Washington April 5 report by Assistant Secretary Seymour Lowman shows 25 lives lost in 41 months due to federal prohibition raids. Twenty three civilians were killed in 1928 raids and two more in early 1941. coast guard had no fatalities, while nine government operatives perished. Two civilian drownings and a shooting by Agent Patterson are noted among the year’s deaths.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Prohibition
United States
Prohibition Bureau
Customs Patrol
Coast Guard
Sean Mangay
Gulf of Mexico
Joseph P. McQuire
Laramie
Wye
Charles F. Patterson
Edwin A. Baily
Wyoming
McGuire
Cooler Weather Follows Hot Wave In Des Moines
Des Moines reports a weather shift as a heat wave breaks with storms possible today. Yesterday's peak hit 89 degrees, the hottest ever for the date in the weather bureau records, with nearby towns posting similarly high readings.
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Des Moines
Towa
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Drake Co-Eds Win Michigan Debate in Des Moines
Drake University co-eds defeated University of Michigan debaters in Des Moines after a debate on replacing trial by jury with a substitute. The Michigan team toured through Iowa Missouri and Ohio defending the affirmative.
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Drake
Michigan
Des Moines
Drake University
University of Michigan
Towa
Missouri
Ohio
Snappy Magazines Put On Police Blacklist
Sioux City with a censorship committee under the city council has blacklisted nine magazines for being naughty. Four are short story periodicals four are illustrated monthlies of the snappy story type and the ninth focuses mainly on verse.
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Sioux City
tIs
Eity Council
Nlnih
Two Renville couples face court over remarriage after divorce
Minot North Dakota April 5. Trouble arises as two farm couples who divorced and remarried, then honeymooned and posed for wedding photos, may have invalid rematings. District Judge Lowe in Minas forwards to State's Attorney Rod Sater, urging criminal action for alleged violations. Willis Knight and Lawrence Rikanerud, about 28 miles northwest, are named in the dispute.
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Minot
N. D
Renville County
George Rod Sater
Mohall
John GC. Lowe
Minas
Lowe
Willis Knight
Lawrence Rikanerud
Here
Parley on basis of horse trading in Paris talks
Diplomatic brief reports Owen D Young and J P Morgan now favor combining Germanys war debts with reparations as the basis of payments, abandoning detailed capacity studies. American delegates are described as mediating a bargaining process amid Allied pressure and German demand.
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Gomyright
Berlin
Owen D. Young
J. P. Morgan
Paris
Eastern bankers plan gab merger
New York based Checker Cab Manufacturing seeks to acquire Chicago Yellow Cab and Parmelee Transfer, combining Chicago and New York cab interests in a historic merger. Banking interests representing Checker reportedly will announce details within weeks to shift replacement business to Checker Cab.
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Checker Cab
Yellow Cab
Parmelee Transfer Company
New York
Wsi
Tanicab
Chicago
Checker Cab Manufacturing Corporation
Plazis
Checksrork
Chicago Yellow Cab Company
Short Interviews With Home Folks on Waterloo Property Sale
Ralph B. Slippy, civil engineer, discusses the unsurveyed portion of the Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mil Co property southwest of the M. G. A. building. Recently sold to Schulte Realty, the street frontage is clear but depth remains uncertain. The mill company and predecessors owned the land since Waterloo’s early days.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls Union Mil Co
Schulte Realty Company
Ralph B. Slippy
Slippy
Des Moines Court Upheld Maharras Manslaughter Conviction
The Iowa state supreme court affirmed Marie Maharras of Waterloo for drowning her six year old stepson in the Cedar River on August 7 1924. Initially ruled insane, a later jury found her sane and she received a 25 year sentence at Rockwell City reform school. The case spanned psychiatric testimony, feeblemindedness, and two trials before a final manslaughter verdict.
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Des Moines
Lins
State Supreme Court
Marie Maharras
Waterloo
Cedar River
Black Hawk County
Maharras
Rockwell City Reformatory
University Hospital
Rockwell City
Edwards
Frank W. Edwards
W. A. Cook
Cook
Jong Coung
G. Murtagh
Jeffery G. Sullivan
E. B. Stiles
State Board of Control
Town City
G. W. Wond
Women's Reformatory
Measure Provides Generous TAK Levy and Highway Increase
Des Moines April 5 INS Family discord and spats between fathers and mothers are identified as prime causes of juvenile delinquency by Prof Ernest R Mowver of Northwestern University. Domestic discord influences child personality as children align with parents, though no definite link between divorce and delinquency is found since discord does not always reach the divorce court.
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Ernest BR. Mowrer
Northwestern University
Imestle
Des Moines
INS
The
Religious Education Association
Ernest R. Mowver
North~ Western University
Mowrer
Moline Weighs Exit From Mississippi Valley League
League directors will meet at Fort Armstrong hotel in Rock Island next Monday April 4 to discuss appeasing Moline and keeping it in the Mississippi Valley baseball league. Belden Will Cedar Rapids presides, while secretary Ian Frank at Waterloo reports the telegram triggering the special session. Moline argues Rock Island holds the best dates and offers exchanges for the first half of the season. fairs prevent changes in the second half.
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Moline
Fort Armstrong Hotel
Hock Island
Belden
Cedar Rapida
Ian Frank
Waterloo Ck
Frank
Hill
Rock Island
Ihis
Ambassador Herrick Sails Home From France
In Brest France on April 4 the body of Myron T Herrick American ambassador to France was mounted aboard the Tourville for the voyage back to America Commandant Abrial of the Tourville saluted the body and a 19 gun salute marked the ceremonial transfer The cruiser is slated to reach New York on April 13 with the remains aboard
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Paris
Ku.a
John J. Pershing
Myron T. Herrick
Brest
Ambassador Herrick
N.Y
France
Goodby
Tourville
America
J. M. GC
Abrial
New York
Body found of boy Melvin Reeves after big Nebraska snowstorm
Melvin Reeves Jr. was located near the Reeves ranch in Gordon Nebraska by George Davis after a three week search by about 400 men and boys. He disappeared March 12 during a snowstorm while hunting for a mitten, and his body was discovered within 200 yards of the Hillery home as melting snow revealed the remains.
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Nebraska
Pine Ridge Reservation
House Cuts 478,840 From Budget Total
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate passed the Bergman road financing bill 33 to 13, expanding local and county highway levies and changing petition thresholds for special assessments. The House, meanwhile, added 50,950 to the state budget bill, cutting 478,840 overall while boosting district court and mining camp school funds.
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Senate Chamber
Des Maines
Senate
Boards of Supervisors
McFarlane
House
Harry
House Chamber
Des Moines
INS
Iowe
House of Representatives
Messare
Altho
Budget Department
Chamber
Lovelorn Youth Is Let Out of Jail No Charges Filed
Dorenz Wedeking a 21 year old from Charles City was detained after breaking into John Boerschel’s home near Powersville and firing a .22 pistol. He was released from custody with no charges filed as relatives and officers conferred. He returned to his parents.
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Courier Special
Charles City, Jr
Dorenz Wedeking
John Boreschel
Powersville
Lorenz
Hilda Boerschel
Wedeking
Paper delivery deadline and contact instructions
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Duten
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Martin Cigars
Yaght
Lawrence Rikansrud
N. T
Knight
Rikansrud
P.O
Glenna
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