In Spotlight of Today’s News and Veto Echoes
A column reviews President Coolidge vetoing Philippine plebiscite and McNary Haugen bill, citing cautious U S policy toward self rule for Philippines and continued American aid. It notes Tharpson crime warnings and de Pinedo’s fire, Lowden presidential chatter, and vivid human-interest vignettes from New York transit to a custody case and a reform tale of facial plastic surgery for convicts.
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McNary
Francisco de Pinedo
Roosevelt
Amazon
de Pinedo
Apache Lodge
Italy
Mussolini
Leaders Split Over Wet Debate on Borah Butler
Washington reports reveal Republican leaders dislike the Borah Butler debate on prohibition and fear it highlights intra party differences. Butler pushes for a formal party stance endorsing repeal while Borah demands explicit support for enforcement, signaling a possible push to name the eighteenth amendment in the next platform.
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Washington, D. C
Dispatch
Boston
Frank W. Stearns
Coolidge
Roosevelt Club
Wiliam
Borah
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Stearns
Washington
Dr. Butler
Republican
Butler
San Welice and Havana Tibbon Advertise Cigars
An old newspaper ad promotes cigars priced at 4¢ and lists the names San Welice Henry Geares Toolita Mardin Havana Tibbon as part of the торгов.
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San Welice
Henry Geares
Toolita
Mardin
Havana
Tibbon
Stimson Named Special Representative to Nicaragua Mission
Secretary Kellogg announced at the White House that Henry L. Stimson of New York, former secretary of war, is appointed by President Coolidge as special representative to investigate the Nicaraguan situation. Stimson plans to sail Saturday from New York to Nicaragua via Panama.
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Washington, D.F.C
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Coolidge
Kelloggs
White House
Stimson
Nicaragua
Panama
Kellogg
Olds
Robber shot and brother captured in Sioux City raid
Anton Van Ossbree 24 was killed and his brother Ray 20 captured when police surprised two men robbing a suburban store. Officers fired as the elder reached for a revolver. the younger fled but was apprehended. The brothers, laborers, formerly lived in Orange City Iowa and Crookston Minnesota.
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Sioux City
INS
Anton van’ Ossbree
Ray
Ossbree
Orange City
Crookston
Minn
Lowden Boom Started in East
An organized effort to nominate former Gov. Frank Lowden of Illinois as a Republican candidate for president began in three eastern states. New headquarters opened in New York with moves also to New Jersey and Connecticut. James B. Garrett, treasurer of the Lowden-For-President Association of New York, Inc., said Lowden had not acknowledged or committed to the effort.
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Lowden
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
East
Frank
Iinois
James B. Garrett
Association of New York, Inc
Garrett
Memorial Services Honor Iowa House Members Dead
The Des Moines Iowa House of Representatives held special memorial services tonight for members who died in the past two years. Resolutions praising the deceased were read and adopted. Tomorrow the St Olaf singers from Northfield Minnesota will perform from 11 43 a m to noon.
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Des Moines
Iown
House of Representatives
St. Olaf's Choir
Northfield
Minn
Guilty Plea Halts Des Moines Robbery Trial
Des Moines on April 7. Paul Norman, on trial for robbery with firearms, halted his case by entering a guilty plea to robbery. He was sentenced to one year in prison. Norman and Tom Moore had been indicted for a filling station hold up.
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Des Moines
INS
Paul Norman
Tom Moore
Big Bill vows 90 day drive to drive crooks from Chicago
Chicago mayor elect Big Bill Thompson promises a 90 day crackdown to chase gunmen crooks and stickup men from the city. He pledges officers will patrol manse districts and restore police presence, aiming to push criminals toward New York London or Loveland.
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Thompson
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
London
Big Bill
Crooks
Loveland
Louis
Peking Moscow severance seen after Shanghai consul raid
Shanghai reports riot around the Soviet consulate as Peking Moscow ties likely to crack. Western pressure grows after a raid on the Soviet embassy and allied northern army actions in Peking. Consular corps warned of responsibility if Shanghai consulate is raided.
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Peking
Moscow
Soviet Union
China
London
Chang Tso-Lin
Westminster Gazette
Shanghai
Great Britain
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Foriegn
U. Ss
Yangtze
Hankow
Tchang
INS
Soviet Foreign Office
Soviet Trade Union International Today
Chinese Federation of Labor
International
Communist Youths of
Thenr
Wilhem F. Linde
Minnesota missionary missing in China report
Peking April 7. Lutheran missionary Dr. c. Pp. Friberg of St. Peter Minnesota is missing in Northern Henan province. It is feared he has been captured by bandits.
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Peking
China
C. Pp. Friberg
St. Peter, Minn
Henan
Courier delivery timing and contact instruction
The notice states home delivery should occur before 5 30. If the carrier fails to deliver, call 5100 to arrange a replacement copy, with calls to be made before 6 30 am and copies provided.
Adoption Offers Pour In For Burned Foster Child
New York April 7 Offers to adopt Roberta Jane Pratt six who accuses her Des Moines foster mother Mrs Everett Pratt of burning her with a curling iron while punishment for leaving her room The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children reports twelve more offers from prominent New York residents The child awaits a hearing on assault charges against Mrs Pratt while her stepbrother and half brother contest custody efforts
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New York
Chicago
Little Roberta
Jane Pratt
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Roberta Jane Pratt
Des Moines
Joab Banton
Pratt
Roberta
Everett S.pratt
Dianese
King Ferdinand Still Improving Despite Varying Reports
Paris reports indicate King Ferdinand of Roumania remains alive with physicians noting continued improvement. Indirect sources hint the progress may be temporary, with death possible within hours. Former Crown Prince Carol stays at home in Neuilly awaiting any summons.
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Paris
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Vienna
Belgrade
Carol of
Des Moines Painter Proves He Is Alive
Mason City April 7. Phil Schell a Des Moines painter walked into Sheriff Cress office to prove he is alive after his brother James Schell Run nels Ta claimed he was dead. The brother identified a dead man in a box car by a nose scar and a foot scar, but the living Schell arrived to deny the death and confirm his own identity.
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Cress
Schell
James
Oil Explosion May Take Six More Lives
A funeral service was planned for Ib Victims of an explosion at the Producers and Refiners plant in Taree Wyoming as officials focus on repairs. Seven of the 23 workers escaped death and are hospitalized in Rawlins with six others feared dead.
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Taree
Wyo
Producers & Refiners
Rawlins
Dharters
Irene Rich Weds Real Estate Dealer Del Montt
Film star Irene Rich and Los Angeles realtor Travid Blankenhorn married in a surprise ceremony yesterday in California. The wedding was anticipated in gossip columns for months, and Rich is noted to have children by a former marriage.
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Irene Rich
del Montt
Cal
Travid Blankenhorn
Los Angeles
Thamors
Tollsaweed
Maeh Hes Tye
Railroads Continue Rate Case Testimony
Kansas City, Mo April 7 Completion of testimony by nearly 100 railroads will begin today as the Interstate Commerce Commission resumes the class rate investigation. Arguments for and against higher freight rates in the Midwest are heard. If carriers win their rate request shippers could pay an extra 40 million dollars annually. The hearing moved here from Omaha after three weeks of sessions.
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Kansas
City
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Middlewest
Omaha
Prohibition Agents Raid Campus Rum Shop in Chicago
Prohibition agents raided the Maison des Allies on South Michigan avenue after a tip from University of Chicago authorities. The raid yielded wet foods and led to the arrest of the owner and a waiter, with injunctions planned to padlock the venue as a public nuisance.
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Chicago
Herald and Examiner
University of Chicago
Maison Des Allies
Michigan Avenue
Prohibition
Prohibition Agents Raid Des Moines Apartment
Prohibition agents raided an Des Moines apartment house last night and seized a gallon of alleged alcohol and two quarts of beer. Ralph Switzer and Dorothy Terry were arrested and charged with violating the national prohibition act.
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Des Moines
Prohibition
Ralph Switzer
Dorothy Terry
Public urged to improve interurban transport cars
C M Cheney, president and manager of the W C F F N X Railroad Co, says the public has been educated to luxurious transportation facilities. He notes interurban lines, street cars and buses now aim to attract riders by making equipment as attractive as possible.
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The
W.C. FF. & NX. Railroad Co
Monarch Film Signs Five Year Victor Contract
Monarch Film signs a five year contract with Victor Talking Machine for Waterloo imprint film and phonograph record scenes to be shown in theatres nationwide. The plan covers biweekly releases and a guaranteed spread to half of Victor's 6,000 dealers, with previews five weeks ahead.
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Victor Talking Machine
Camden
N. J
Waterloo
United Stat
J.C. Woltz
Montarch
Ilm
Fifth
Lafayette Streets
Phonograph Records
Phonography Records
Waltz
Th Victory
Chicago
Victor
Monarch Company
Government to use liners for China crisis evacuation
Washington April reports say the government will use passenger liners to repatriate Americans from China and to move the marines mobilizing at San Diego to China. Pacific lines have arranged emergency facilities after exhausting regular transport, with the Dollar liner President Pierce set to sail from Shanghai Saturday carrying about 300 refugees, mainly missionaries, homeward.
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Washington
DD. C
INS
China
Marines
San Diego
Pacific Lines
Navy Department
Far East
Pierce
Shanghai
United States
Transport Packed With Marines and Artillery Sails to Shanghai
A San Diego transport loaded with artillery, airplanes, machine guns and supplies carried 1,560 Marines of the Sixth Regiment under Col. Harold Snyder. The Henderson departed from the Municipal deck for Shanghai, with repairs underway and additional Marines arriving to reinforce the force.
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San Diego
Cal
Hungary
Shanghai
Aaid Goodby
Harold Snyder
Henderson
Robert Morris
Dink
Te Henderson
Vane
Stimson Named Special Representative on Nicaragua Mission
Washington announces Henry L. Stimson former secretary of war is appointed special representative of President Coolidge to visit Nicaragua. The state department says he will report to Minister Eberhart and the Kaléocean government to appraise the entire situation and protect U.S. citizens and interests amid fighting and tensions in Central America.
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Washington, D.C
Henry L.’ Stimson
Coolidge
Nicaragua
State Department
Stimson
Eberhart and Tear
United States
Fear of Hereafter Makes Inman Plead Guilty to Murder
Tipton Iowa April 7 Ollie Inman a West Liberty farmer pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of his wife beaten with a meat hammer on New Year's Eve He cited fear of afterlife punishment and was sentenced by Judge Atherton EB Clark to life imprisonment at Fort Madison penitentiary after a prior attempt at suicide in Cedar County jail.
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Tipton
Ollie Inman
West Liberty
Atherton EB. Clark
Lfe
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Cedar County
Seeks Extradition of Slayer Suspects Des Moines April
Governor Trammell seeks extradition of Raleigh Blackburn and Frank Harris from Colorado authorities at Sioux City officials request. The two men are believed involved in the murder of Charles Launsbach in January, the governor stated.
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Des Moings
Itp
Trammill
Raleigh Blackburn
Frank Harris
Colorado
Sioux City
Charles Launsbach
Januaecy
Trads Fair Association elects secretary in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown on an April meeting day Miss Tou A Voreh was elected secretary of the Ventral Iowa Battle association. The secretary resignation from WOAL Buchanan and other changes were noted, with the event described in local terms.
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Trads Fair Association
Marshalltown
Vege
Ventral
Iowa Batre Association
Buchanan
Dean Thes
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