Men in High Place Guilty in Prohibition Violations
New York April 6 A. P. Federal Prohibition Commissioner Hayes told the New York Annual Methodist Episcopal conference that prominent clubs men business and professional people are more guilty than bootleggers for defying the prohibition laws. He warned that elite wrongdoing erodes respect for all laws and jeopardizes government. He cited census figures showing a drop in alcoholism related deaths and a fall in arrests for sunkenness across 28 cities, including New York City, from 1916–1917 to 1919–1920.
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Associated Press
New York
Hayes
Haynes
Waynes Wald
New York City
Iowa Bonus: $22,000,000 Needed to Pay Claims
Des Moines reports an April 6 estimate that $22,000,000 is required to pay Iowa bonus to Town soldiers. Gen Harry E Wilkins, executive secretary of the bonus board, says the tally rests on an average bonus of 209. About 32,000 claims filed and vouchers drawn for 15,000 so far.
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Des Moines
Harry E. Wilkins
Bonus Board
Dubuque Police Seek Slayer After Infant Found Dead
Police hunt for the killer of a newborn in Dubuque after the infant’s mutilated body was found in a vacant lot yesterday. The report cites severed ear and severe injuries as investigators respond to the shocking case.
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Dubugque
Me Yant
Dubuque
Carr Rider & Adams Sash’ & Door
Keokuk
Edward 1
Field Artillery
1H. N. G
Soone. Ta
Margaret Miller
Switzerland
Hcer
Alphonse H. Vite
Eber Hves
Ames
Indianola
Walter Dillon, Garrisle
Simpson Coliese
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
C. M. Lansky
Teersity
Hoover
Towa State College
Des Moines
Hendrik van Loon
Central Division
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Ww. N. Ferris
Michigan
Fairfax
Michael Curran
Moline
Northwestern
Mda
Cedar Rapids
William Tial
Aingscon Hall
Frantic Iowa Legislature Drama and Yeomen Hospitals Plan
In Iowa political moves continue as the Mead ten year auto plate plan and tobacco tax debate advance. The Brotherhood of American Yeomen vow to keep their Juwa home office and push a $10 million children’s home if the judiciary bill allowing fraternal societies to build hospitals passes. Senate action on various measures includes five year auto license plates and a basic tobacco license proposal, while Edson and Crisswell bills on mine inspections heads to the governor. Senate gains a full membership with William Schmedika succeeding the late Senator D C Chase. A memorial for Horace Boies is set for 3 p.m. today in the house.
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General Sehinol Fund
Brother
W. R. Shirley
Yeoman Executive Board
Yeoman
Iowa
Shixey
Towa
Senate
Mead
House Committee On Ways and Means
Passaee
House
Edson Farm
Crisswell
Edson
Severat Wi
William Schmedika
D.C. Chase
Hammil
Sterday
Iorace Boies
Omia
Disturbing German Claims Rise of Death Likely
Digest notes two German attendees warning Lenin premier may face treatment and that 88 will inevitably cause death. Washington reports general slackening of morale across Europe. Asheville recalls Attorney General Daugherty may join proceedings on railway shopmen injunction. Toronto observers report Toronto evidence favorable to Einstein relativity theory.
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Spe
Nikolai
Washington, D
Europe
A van Winkle
Constantinople
Asheville
NL. C
Peral Daugherty
Toronto
Watlat
University of Toronto
Mender
Judge cites prohibition boosts for Chicago life
In Chicago, Judge Willian Gemmill reports from court, poorhouse and coroner data that prohibition cut breakage, reduced juvenile delinquency by about half and cut dependency 46 percent. He claims crime and death rates declined as residents grew sober since prohibition began.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Willian Gem-mill
Chip
Cazo
Union Signal
Womens ‘Christian Temperance Union
United Press
Elmer KE. Williams
Illinois Antisaloon League
League
Williams
E. J. Davis
Sioux City Odor Elimination Machine Installed at Packing Yard
Sioux City undertakes odor control at the Cudahy Packing Company with a $4060 air washing system. Officials say odors are removed by water and ozone treatment after the US Department of Agriculture approval, improving city air near stockyards.
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Sioux City
City Board of Health
Cudahy Packing Company
Short
United States Department of Agriculture
Siokx
Regulars Put on Big Show at Des Moines
Governor Kendall and the administration observed a grand military exhibition at Fort Des Moines. A large crowd attended as cavalry and infantry performed prized drills in the state capital arena, with three thousand spectators applauding last night. The spectacular show continues tonight and wraps up Saturday.
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Des Moines
Kenndall
Tlankerai
Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Curse in Tomb of Tutankhamen Shocks Readers Abroad
London reports that Americans may run the expedition to exhume Tutankhamen’s mummy while Lord Carnarvon’s death sparks curse theories. Howard Carter and financiers discuss continuing work, with Egyptology experts debunking curses and poisons as motive, awaiting Carnarvon’s will and death certificate.
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King Tut
Cby United Presay
London
Mary
Carnarvon
Porchester
Howard Carter
Lord Carnarvon
Catafalqua
Valley of the Kings
Carter
Metropolitan Art Museum
New York
Catafalque
Luxor
Conan Doyle
Rosh
Chicago
Charles J. Owen
Charisa i Breasted
Chicago University
Toma
Egypt
Owen
Cleopatra
Breasted
Negroes Broadcast News by Drums in Jungles of Africa
Drums carry news across Africa well before radio, linking events from Paris to upper Volta within hours. Reports say drum talk spreads news of arrivals of American notables to Marshal Lyautey in Morocco and alerts of deaths of chiefs and dangers, fueling unrest across eastern west and southern Africa.
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Africa
London
Yates
Marshal Lyautey
Morocco
Upper Volta
King Benjamin of David's House Feeds to Unknown Retreat
St Joseph Mich April 6 Benjamin Purnell leader of the Israel ite house of Walid is not at the Benton Harbor colony according to Francis Thorpe assistant secretary of the organization Thorpe says he does not know the cult leader's whereabouts He denies a huge fortune claim and says 85 percent of the colony's members were people of small means upon admission
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St. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
Walid
Lansing
Benton Harbor Ecolony
Francis Thorpe
Thorpe
Parnell
Bishop Spreng Guides Iowa Evangelicals Sessions
Bishop S P Spreng directs a Waterloo held session of the Iowa center with Naperville leadership shaping the agenda. Delegates note his keen sensibilities and calm reasoning as optimism and good spirit prevail during the meetings.
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Bishop Spreng
Iowa
S. P. Spreng
Naperville
Iowa Center
Waterloo
Spreng
Hig
War Finance Chief's Narrow Texas Flight Thrill
Fred Starek, managing director of the War Finance corporation, rode a perilous flight from San Antonio to El Paso, climbing to 9,300 feet over the Sierra Blanca range with less than a gallon of fuel. The forced but safe landing was hailed as an unmatched feat in southwest aviation by air officers. Starek described it as the most thrilling adventure of his life.
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el Paso
Tex
Fred Starek
War Finance Corporation
Sierra Blanca Range
Starek
San Antonio
B. BR. Gates
Oldest Hot Springs Hotel Destroyed by Fire
Hot Springs Arkansas April 6 One man is dead and two injured as fire destroys the Arlington hotel the oldest hostelry in Hot Springs The blaze ruins the building and leaves more than 3600 people affected by loss of household goods and clothing Fireman George Ford and John Wood were crushed by a falling wall and Butlee Brown died later in hospital Ford died shortly after arrival at the hospital
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arlington Hotel
George Ford
John Wood
Butlee Brown
Randles Dismiss $100,000 Suit Against Col Conger
San Antonio April 6 Capt and Mrs Edwin H Rangle filed suit for 10000 against Col A L Conger commanding the Twentieth Infantry at Camp Travis for defamation of character. The case was dismissed following a settlement agreement between counsel with no party statements on the reason.
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San Antonio
Tex
Edwin H. Range
A. L. Conger
Twentieth Infantry
Camp Travis
Randle
Big Tim Murphy in federal pen as wife leads gas union
Chicago April 6. While Big Tim Murphy sits in federal prison for a mail robbery his wife Florence V Murphy runs the city gas workers union. Murphy organized the union and his brother James Murphy is its president. Florence arrives at union headquarters each morning to direct activities and settle disputes.
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Chicago
Big Tim" Murphy
Chisego Labor Jeader
Federal Penitentiary
Florence V. Murphy
Onion
Gas Worke
Murphy
Tim
James Murphy
Iowa and Nebraska exhibitors oppose Will ITN uniform contract
Motion picture exhibitors of Nebraska and Iowa meeting in Omaha yesterday refused the Will ITN uniform contract and pledged support to Sidney H. Cohn, president of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, in the fight against Hays.
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Omaha
Neb
Motion Picture
Nebraska
Iowa
Sidney H. Cohn
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America
Hays
Phi Kappa Pi Fifth District Meet Opens in Lincoln
The annual council of the Phi Kappa Pi fifth district began in Lincoln and runs three days. Nebraska Alpha hosts about 50 delegates from Iowa Missouri Texas Kansas Colorado and Oklahoma.
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PHI Kappa Pis
Lincoln
Neb
Phi Kappa Pi Society
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoms
Bandit Gerald Chapman Flees Guards Again From Athens Hospital
Gerald Chapman, the New York mail robber, escaped from guards at Athens General Hospital for the third time in 19 days. A nurse and Deputy Warden H. L. Bishop found him in the basement, he talked his way toward bed, then with renewed strength he dragged himself toward freedom past attendants and guards.
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International News Wire
Athens
Gerald Chapman
New York Mail
Athens General Hospital
Bishop
Chapman
Miss Scott
Nur
Migs Scott
Nurgs
Man Admits Forging Checks Targeting City Merchants
W H Schilling admitted forging the name of John G Miller to a check cashed at Roth grocery on Sycamore Street after identification by J S Roth. He allegedly victimized other merchants with grocery orders paid by checks from fictitious addresses, with $22.50 the amount cashed at Roth’s store.
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W.H. Schilling
John G. Miller
Roth Frocery
Sycamore Street
J. S. Roth
Schilling
Mr. Roth
Retail Merchants to Form Local Credit Association
C T Yountz of St Louis addressed Waterloo Retail Merchants at a luncheon announcing plans to form a local credit association allied with the Retail Credit Association. He urged merchants to educate themselves on setting sale terms, interview customers, and support nationwide guidance while addressing credit and overbuying issues.
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C. 'T. Yountz
St. Louis
Men's National Association
Waterloo Retail Merchants’ Association
Greater Waterloo Association
Jereait Whanters
Retail Merchants’ Association
Aker
Yountz
Associa
Young Elopers Returned to Homes in Dubuque Today
Miss Aberta Glesman and her 17 year old male companion ran away from Dubuque in a car owned by the girl's mother. They were arrested in the city jail by Roy Aitchison from the Dubuque hotel department who had a warrant for taking and operating a motorcar without the owner's consent. The car was released and the couple were taken back toward Dubuque to determine future action. The girl is 16 and her companion 17.
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Aberta Glesman
Charleyson
Dunque
City
Roy
Aitchison
Dubugue Hotel
Dubuque
21 Motortrucks Licensed Today In Waterloo Contract
The Bryant Paving company secured 21 new motortruck licenses as part of the Waterloo street resurfacing project. The total tax collected exceeded $200.
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Bryant Paving Company
Waterloo
Springlike Weather Again Is Evident
The article notes warmer springlike conditions with a high near 56 degrees and a low around 25. River levels were slightly lower by about three inches, with snow farther north diminishing. dam work is to resume.
Food price changes vary city by city in US
The Department of Labor reports from Feb 14 to March 15 shows 18 of 95 cities with lower food costs, 30 with higher. One percent increases occurred in Jacksonville and Omaha, with smaller rises in several others, while New Orleans saw a slight yearly drop.
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Uinternational News Wire
Washington
B. C
United States
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cleveland
Portland
Boston
Manchester
New Haven
Denver
Newark
Rochester
Baltimore
Fail River
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Columbus
Dallas
Louisville
D.C
Jacksonville
Richmond
St. Pauli
Salt Lake City
Scranton
Seat.ie
New Orleans
Omaha
Hitchcock Faces Plastic Surgery in Hollywood
Hollywood reports Raymond Hitchcock is undergoing facial reconstruction following a trend set by Fanny Ward and Edna Wallace Hopper. The actor, first non war or accident case, is in Los Angeles submitting to a facial reno vator with few friends aware of his presence until now.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fanny Ward
Edna Wallace Hopper
Raymond Hitchcock
Hollywood
Hitchcock
Women armed patrols blamed for crimes in Council Bluffs
Police Chief Nicoll disclosed that two women armed with pistols patrol the residence district in Council Bluffs to trap the so called apeman who attacked at least 14 women recently. He condemned unofficial attempts to catch the alleged figure and warned against prank arrests in disguise.
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Council Bluffs
Nicoll
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