Bomb Found Addressed to Governor Roosevelt in New York
April 1971 a parcel addressed to Gov Franklin D Roosevelt at the New York post office contained only black powder and was labeled a scare bomb. Bomb squad traced sender records while Fire Chief and police investigated an incendiary house fire causing major damage. Roosevelt remained unhurt and acknowledged, with police protection discussed for future safety.
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New York
Gov. Franklin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Post Office
Gov. Roosevelt
Malls
Post Office
Oosevelt
Albany
Capitol
New York City
Executive Mansion
Navy
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Executive
Altho
Hyde Park
Grover Whalen
Whalen
F. D. Rooseveltt
Manston House
Big Business in Line to Conform to U S Statutes
The U S Attorney General warns that curtailment plans would violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by restraining output and boosting prices. The American Petroleum Institute and government committees previously found such curtailment illegal, a view now revived by the Petroleum Institute with counsel Charles Evans Hughes arguing for defense. A second item reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert R Nicol of Niagara Falls, nee Mae Slaughter of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Herbert Hoover
Institute
American Bar Association
The
Petroleum Institute
Charles Evans Hughes
Washington
Naugiter
J. We. Blaughter
Sycamore
Robert R. Nicol
Niagara Falls
Nicol
Mics Mae Slaughter
Waterloo
U.S. Fliers Patrol Border as Rebel Moves Suppressed
United States army authorities report the Mexican rebel garrison at Palomas evacuated, with troops returning to farms. reports say General Escobar detoured to Casas Grandes and aims for Pulpit Pass en route to Sonora as federals mend lines. Rebel leaders in Juarez plan a three week concentration in Sonora to seize Naco and press a new offensive with Tonete and Manzo.
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Columbus
N. M
United States Army
Palomas
Escobar
Chihuahua
Juarez
Mexico
J. G. Escobar
Sonora
Naco
Chihuahua City
Fausto Tonete
Francisco Manzo
Mazatlan
Two Youths Shot After Attempted Attacks in Chicago
Chicago youths William Regalado and Walter Wajlezek attempted to abduct two girls causing injuries. Regalado was shot by a policeman after resisting and threatening the patrolman. Wajlezek suffered a fractured skull during a pursuit by Brondview’s police chief as the girl screamed for help. The victims were identified as Katherine Kulevitz and Marie Sedaro.
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Chicago
T '& Suburban
Wiliam Regalado
Katherine Kulevitz
Regalado
Marie Sedaro
Walter Wajlezek
Poice
Brondview
French Family Plans Move to Oklahoma City
W. J. French and his wife and daughter Lelia J will leave Waterloo after 25 years at 1012 Third Avenue West. They will drive to Wright County to visit friends and then relocate to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since 1904 they have been active in First United Presbyterian Church and civic improvements. Mr French previously worked in banking with W. R. Jameson. Daughter Miss Hisse serves as a missionary for the United Presbyterian Church in Egypt.
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W. J. French
Lelia J
Third Avenue
Wes
Waterloo
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wright County
First United Presbyterian Church
French
W. R. Jameson
Miss Hisse
United Presbyterian Chirch
Egypt
Highland Home Burglarized During Family Absence
The Landsea residence at 224 Highland Boulevard was entered and ransacked while the family was away in Chicago. Police report clothing stolen and items scattered. full extent of loss awaits the owners' return.
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Highland Home
Chcago
A. F. Landsea
Highland Boulevard
Landsea
Fleeing convicts trigger Louisiana manhunt near Magnolia
Four convicts escaped from Louisiana State Penitentiary by overpowering guards and seizing a prison car. Two, Steven J. Beck and Jim Heard, faced murder trial today in St Francisville. Adam Webster and Fred Wilson were also sought. A gun battle occurred in Magnolia with lawmen, then the group fled. Webster was captured, Beck reported dead earlier, and the others were later cornered near Magnolia.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana States Penitentiary
Magnolia
Steven J. Beck
Bark
Jim Heard
St. Francisville
Adam Webster
Fred Wilson
Webster
Beck
Alexandria
One-Minute Tornado Strikes Chicago Suburb
A brief tornado in Chicago's south shore district damaged roofs along an eighty five street path a hundred feet wide and five blocks long last night. The twister uprooted trees blew down garages and caused about 50000 dollars in damage. fires and further storms were reported in nearby Hammond Indiana where lightning struck a Roxana Petroleum refinery tank killing 23 year old J E Pemberton and igniting 4000 gallons of油.
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Chicago
South Shore
Eighty-fifth Street
Dante
End Avenue
Middlewest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Tiftons
Michigan
Indiana
Hammond
Ind
Blame Racketeers for Mans Murder
Howard Ryan, 26, was shot and killed while talking with Irene Walker in Detroit as authorities blame racketeers after a second murder in three days. The killer rode in an automobile with two accomplices. In a separate case Walter Munchow, 28, a Checker Cab driver, was found stabbed to death in his cab on Saturday. Weekend visitors Mr and Mrs Charles Buelow and four children from Dubuque Iowa visited George Kreiman for his forty ninth birthday at 733 Winton Street, deputies of municipal court reported.
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Detroit
U.ph
Howard Ryan
Irene Walker
Ryan
Walter Munchow
Charles Buelow
Dubuque
George Kreiman
Winton Street
Batiff
Municcipal Court
Kreiman
Obituaries Share Losses Across Three Families in Iowa
Mrs. John H. Horsley of Dubuque dies in Los Angeles after a long illness at age unknown. Funeral planned Tuesday in Dubuque. she was Miss Mae Hipman before marriage and lived in Dubuque 18 years. Also noted is Bridget Dolan of Waterloo who died in a local hospital after heart trouble. born 1860 in Ireland, survived by multiple Dolan and Hipman relatives with husband John Dolan predeceasing. Bodies to be moved to mortuary and home for services.
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John H. Horsley
Fourth Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Dubuque
Thorsley
Mae Hipman
Horsley
Llinois Central Railroad
W. B. Hipman
H. Hipman
Gary
Ind
Frank Hipman
Wheaton
Chicago
Anne Sullivan
Ricker Street
Waterloo
Clemens
GC. Ticker
Dubhuque
Bridget Dolan
Adams Street
Bridget Prior
County Cavan
Ireland
John Dolan
United States
W. FE. Wary
L. A. Bernard
T. E. Dolan
Windstorm Injures Twins in Medora Farm House Collapse
Heavy windstorms across the region wrecked two farm homes injuring eight. Dorathea Schee, 14, in critical condition with a fractured skull, and Doris Schee, 14, treated for cuts. Other family members, including Ralph Laughlin 17, suffered minor injuries. A cow and hog were killed, and additional buildings were damaged.
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Medora
Roe. Laughlin
Elmer .Schee
Dorathea
Doris’ Schee
Rolla Lauguin
Indianola
Doris
Schee
Ees Laughiliy
Ralph Laughiin
Dhee
Laughily
Thayer
Creston
Hoeia
Valencia
Free Methodists Lead in Listing Delegates for May Convention
Free Methodist church led reporting of fall quotas with 15 delegates for the Town State Sunday School association convention to be held May 2 3. Waterloo church registration chair Mrs Pauline Wisner said all are due by April 21 and churches may request speakers for next Sunday via the M G A publicity chair A Cohagan. A Baptist preacher James Roberts of Ferrell Texas reportedly decapitated his wife with an axe at their home and is jailed pending examination. The Woman's Labor Bureau will meet Tuesday evening in Carpenters hall.
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Free Methodist Church
Town State Sunday School Association
Pauline Wisner
Waterloo
A. Cohagan
Tastor Ghops
Fire Alarms Reported At Local Residences
Saturday afternoon alarms at 289 Jackson Street attributed to matches in a closet causing bedroom damage. A second alarm at 233 Gerth Avenue noted a lightning strike with slight damage and completion of inspection.
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G. L. Mimger
Jackson Street
Wo OW. Beek
Gerthh Avenue
More Than Creed Needed for Life Rotary Club Told
Dr Howland Hansen Cedar Falls pastor told Cedar Falls Rotary Club luncheon crowd at Hotel Russell Lamson that youth need more than creed they must develop inner character to resist destruction He praised Rotary's work and introduced by Joan Berg Cedar Falls Rotarians A C Puller BE Rit ter Roger Leavitt WC Lang P C Witalgman Fred L Broom W Kirkpatrick brass quartet and Dene May provided vocals Three candidates named for president and others for sergeant at arms and park commission member election set Monday April 23
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Howland Hansen
Cedar Falls
Community Church of
College Hill
Rotary Club
Russell- Lamson
Dr. Hansen
Cédar Falls
Kirk Olson
Reuben Miller
Leo Hughes
H. .T. Hyatt
Miss Dene May
W. H. Beverstock
J. W. Rath
GC. W Chapman
Sam Silvers
L.W. Witty
B. M. Henderson
Sergeamub-At
Typhoid Outbreak Traced to Flooded Jefferson Street Well
An apparent typhoid outbreak in lower Jefferson street may stem from a flooded private well. Residents including Mrs. Fred D. Dumire and Mrs. Bert Smith, all at 1707 Jefferson, plus relatives at 1709 Jefferson, had been drinking water from the 1703 Jefferson well, now flooded. They boil water for drinking and cooking, and the property belongs to Fred Fortsch of 1200 Commercial street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Street
Fred D. Dumire
St Francis Hospital
Bert Smith
Ben Hoffman
Fred Fortsch
Commercial Street
School Head Killed on Railway Crossing
Mrs. A. M. Weyrauch of Ames suffered injuries in an automobile crash Sunday that killed her husband. Their car was struck by an eastbound freight train at a crossing a mile east of Ames. Weyrauch, 43, was superintendent of Milford school.
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Ames
A. M. Weyrauch
Toin
Weyrauchs
Weyrauch
Milford School
Here
Standard Oil Holds All Day Meeting at President Hotel
Officials and salesmen of the Marion City se division of Standard Oil Company of Indiana will hold an all day meeting at Hotel President on Wednesday about 40 attending. A body found in the Mississippi River at Liefer's Landing near Keokuk is believed to be Harold Foulds of Carthage. W V Sibert of Sibert's White Laundry is in Allen Memorial hospital for medical observation and rest with no serious condition. The Social Welfare League holds its regular monthly meeting at the YWCA on Wednesday April 10 at 12 16 in the committee room on the second floor.
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Liefer
Sibert
W. V. Sibert
Allen Memorial Hospital
Social Welfare League
Hoover Pushes Broad Money For Farm Relief
President Hoover seeks a large federal farm relief fund with expansive powers for a new farm board. White House guidance suggests $300 million to $400 million or more, aimed at speedy congressional action after the upcoming session. Committees plan rapid drafting and simultaneous action on the farm bill with swift congressional processing thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Hoover
Federal Farm’, Board
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
White House
Hyde
Congress
Senate
Katherine Sennett Dies at Waverly Requiem Wednesday
Katherine Sennett, 26, former Litchfield Manufacturing employee and former Bremer county teacher, died Sunday at Mercy hospital Waverly from gall duct infection after Tuesday operation. Funeral at St Marys in Waverly Wednesday. Survivors: parents M J Sennett. sisters Ethel Dubuque Madeline Kellner Minneapolis and Margaret Sennett Waterloo. an uncle and three aunts in Waterloo and Waterloo born July 5 1902. Home in Waterloo 404 Third Street East.
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M. J. Sennett
Ethel Sennett
Dubuque
Madeline Kellner
Mineaapolis
MiInn
Margaret’ Sennett
Waverly
Waterloo
T. EB. McCoy
J. J. Gorman
John Conry
John Coonrod
Sennett
Third Street East
Murdered News Girl Round in Creek with hands and Feet Tied
Edith Mae Dierdorf a 10 year old West Terre Haute girl who vanished January 27 was found dead in Busseran Creek near Paxton Indiana. Lodged against a log with hands and feet wired together and a deep hole in the head the body was identified by her parents in Sullivan. Police suspect murder and disposal by tossing from a bridge as the creek was flood swollen at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Edith Mae Dierdorf
West Terre Haute
Busseran Creek
Paxton
Nimrod Slaven
Pleasantville
H. H. Harvey
Slaven
Sullivan
Fred Dierdorf
Missing Central City Woman Searched After Disappearance
Police and neighbors search Cedar River for Mrs Daisy Miller 59 a retired businesswoman missing since Friday night and thought despondent authorities planned river drag tonight amid concerns she may have drowned.
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Central City
Daisy Miller
Cedar River
Tragedy in Springfield. husband kills wife then takes own life
In Springfield Illinois on April 4 James Carpenter 27 a coal miner shot and killed his estranged wife Crystal and seriously wounded Jewel Mawoeck 20 before shooting himself. The incident followed domestic troubles as reported by U P.
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Springfield
U.P
James Carpenter
Crystal
Jewel Ma~ Woeck
Lutheran pastor Swertz accepts pulpit at Trinity Church
Sioux City Iowa April Reverend A B Swertz pastor of Kountze Memorial Lutheran church in Omaha has accepted a call to the pulpit of Trinity Lutheran church here. Swertz succeeds Reverend Franklin Knoch who has accepted a call to Richmond Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
A. B. Swertz
Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
Omana
Trinity Lutheran Church
Swertz
Franklin ‘Knoch
Richmond
Spring Tenics Are Not Necessary for Moderns
State College April 8 Dr R A Dutcher Penn State professor says spring fever is not excused by science and modern dietary habits prevent rundown conditions making tonics unnecessary. He warns against unreliable remedies and notes that sulphur and molasses experiments are outdated.
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Doc
State College
Young America
R. A. Dutcher
Pennsylvania State College
Ditcher
German payment proffer refused by France and Italy
Paris April 8. Hjalmar Schacht offered a starting annuity of about 300 million dollars a year with growth to 3730? million over 37 years, but French and Italian delegates rejected. They demanded 4500 million dollars annually rising to 625 million the Dawes plan level over 52 years.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Prohibition Lets Small Fish Testify Against Bigger Targets
Chicago report says Edwin K. Walker announces a policy to let small offenders pass to trap larger bootleggers. Two north side hotel bellboys Alvin Kellogg and Eugene Kalin freed pending arraignment of alleged bootlegger Nathan Handler after agreeing immunity for testimony. The government aims to use their statements to prosecute Handler.
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Chicago
INSI
Prohibition
United States
Edwin K. Walker
Prohibition Office
North Side
Alvin Kellogg
Eugene Kalin
Manor
Nathan Handler
Hellboys
Walker
Prombition
Lord Northesk Engaged to Betty Viaste in Paris Link
London April 3. Lord Northesk ex-husband of Jessica Brown is engaged to Miss Betty Viaste cousin of French tennis star Mlle Vieste. After his first marriage dissolved he was linked with Peggy Hopkins Joyce reports.
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London
Lord Northesk
Jessica Brown
Betty Viaste
Mlle. Vieste
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Frost Covers All Areas as Temperatures Drop
Des Moines area reports a heavy frost across all sections after warm weekend days. Weather bureau officials say little planting was done and damage is minor despite the cold stretch.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Fight Over Shovel Ends With Hospital and Jail
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on April 8 a quarrel over a broken borrowed shovel led to a serious stabbing. Will McKee 55 stabbed his nephew Danny Powell 26. McKee was to be arraigned while Powell remained hospitalized.
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Cedar Rapids
Iish
Will McKee
Danny Powell
McKee
Powell
Mrs. Lucinda Hoxie Critically Ill at Home
Mrs. Lucinda J. Hoxie widow of Charles Hoxie is critically ill at 2065 Home Far boulevard after a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks ago. She rallied briefly then worsened and has been unconscious for some time.
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Lucinda J. Hoxie
Charles Hoxie
Social Agencies Debate Tonsil Ops in County Aid
Waterloo Council of Social Agencies met in Black's tearoom to discuss social cases and the performance of tonsil operations on needy children of Black Hawk county funded by the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Council of Social Agencies
Black Hawk County
County Boards Raises Payment to Cedar Falls Medical Society
The Black Hawk county board voted to increase the annual payment to the Cedar Falls Medical Society for services to the poor of Washington Union Cedar Falls and part of Mount Vernon townships from 600 to 700 dollars.
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Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls
Building Permits Listed for Various Locations
Building permits issued for multiple properties including 523 Newton for $2000, 1020 Second West for $100, 1039 Newton for $100, 203 Washington for $1000, 823 Berth Avenue for $3000 plus a garage, 625 Indiana for $100, 1428 Prank-Wn for $200, and 339 Slough for unspecified work. names include Dantenithe Maidams Frank Fortner David Wills Arthur Young G W Isenhower Mary Miller mer Fay and Gillpatelek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M. Pennans
Mary Miller
Mer Fay
Slough
Unrequited Love Motive Cites Death at Northwestern
Timond Coston a 27 year old Paris graduate who loved Northwestern co ed Margaret Walker drank poison on the lake shore of the campus after declaring he could not win her. He left a $5 000 life policy naming Miss Walker. Coston said his father the French government official disinherited him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Lons
Northwestern University
Timond Teandede
Coston
Sorbonne Academy
Paris
Northwestern
Margaret Walker
College of Mbneral Arts
Nin
de Coston
Chicago
France
Miss Walker
Armand de Coston
Constantinople
Record High February Auto Exports Value at 561 Million
The commerce department announced February exports of American automotive products rose to 561,529,748 dollars, up 13,936,000 from January. AWashington report notes this surge reflects strengthening trade in autos amid broader economic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Commerce Department
Explorers Plan Deep Search for Rare Tropical Flora
Two Smithsonian funded expeditions led by Ellsworth Killin will penetrate Peru and Ecuador below the equator to collect tropical plants. Accompanied by Albert Smith and William Dennis, the team will travel from Callao to Lima then inland by mule and river boats, aiming to gather up to 30 000 plant specimens before the wet season ends in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. G
Peru
Ecuador
Smithsonian Institution
America
Richard Spruce
Plebis
Police report of child injury after auto incident
Police note a seven-year-old girl of A W Haymaker was struck by a car in Waterloo or near Second Street West. The child suffered only minor injuries with scrapes and bruises after a physician treated her. Red Cross relief funds in Waterloo rose to 2 087 63 dollars with a 25 donation from Campbell Baking company. A census shows about 38000 Navajo Indians in the tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Hoffman
Hillcrest Apartments
A. W. Haymaker
Muffan Avenue West
Second Street West
Waterloo
Red Cross
Campball Baking Company
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Boms
Ton Y
U. S
U.S
Villa Acuna
Minnimura
Ee Ratitall
Mississippi
Bridget Nolan
Fairchild
Boyd Fairchild
Aurora
de King
Charles B. Dickerson
Free Methodists
S. 8
Woman's Labor Bureau
Carpenters’ Hall
Rose
Herman
I, Miller
Creed
Standard Oil
Katherine Sennett
Creek
Towa
Lucinda Hoxie
G. F. Medical Society
Dantenithe Maidams
Suitor
Goodby
Awashington
D. C
E. B. Meritt
Indian Affairs
Budget Department of Indian Affairs
Columbia, Broadcasting System
Waatington
Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Sydney
Charles Kinesford Smith
Southern Cross
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Fremont
Sandusky Bay
Police
Censon
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