McPherson Case Warms West Coast Turmoil
In a flare within the McPherson saga, Rev H H Clark of Gentle claims Mrs Kennedy promised marriage then refused, seeking court action for $50,000 damages. Iowa employment improves with spring openings, highway woes and rising factory activity noted. Story County votes 1.3 million for highway hard surface work, Amies Nevada backing strong. Also reports on a New York city incident with Thomas Heflin Jr and a Chicago church robbery with $75,000 loot and notable jewelry.
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H. H. Clark
Genttle
Hoover campaign ready for real fight over Coolidge flare
Washington dispatch details Frederick William Wile reporting that Calvin Coolidge would have faced a brutal convention fight had he pursued the nomination in Kansas City. Hoover editors, aides, and backers remained united, Vermont and other delegations sought guidance, and Mrs. Stimson prepared for Washington stay as Col. Stimson stayed sharp. Hoover adds the chief executive flag to the White House, avoiding ceremonial forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic William Wile
Washington
Calvin Goolidge
Kansas City
Coolidge
Chicago
Hoover
White House
Coalidyn
Taft
Smith
Hoorer
Herbert Hoover
U U
Delivery cutoff notice for home Courier service
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 oclock. If due to carrier error or other cause you miss the paper by that time call 5100 and obtain a copy for one cent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Bulls and sheriff shootout ends with suspect jailed
Mickey Williams threatened a storekeeper I H Luttan and fired after a previous shooting of Sheriff Wagner. The fugitive then fled in a car that Bulls tracked to Columbus where Williams is jailed, awaiting further action.
House Farm Bill Near Completion
Washington April 9 The house farm relief bill is virtually completed by the drafting subcommittee and ready for proposal to the house at the opening of the special session. It follows Republican platform calls for a federal farm board to dispense a large revolving fund in loans to cooperatives and stabilization corporations. A subcommittee member said the measure would not force federal aid on any commodity group that does not desire it.
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Washington, D. C
House
Monay
Federal Farm Board
Frank H. Stimson
Flora
Wil
Williams
Republican
Unois
Charges Dismissed Against Crew Of Sunken Schooner I'm Alone
In New Orleans on April 9 1947 charges of conspiracy against Captain John Thomas Randell and seven crew members of the sunken Canadian schooner I'm Alone were dismissed at a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Reginald Carter Jr The district attorney Edmund Talbot argued the pursuit and sinking by the coast guard Dexter in the Gulf of Mexico was justified and any future indemnity actions would be between Canada and the United States governments
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New Orleans
U.A
John Thomas Randell
United States
Reginald Carter, Jr
U.S
Edmund Talbot
Coast Guard Dexter
Gulf of Mexico
Girl Whipped by Father Sues for 16000 in Butler
Miss Chloe Ehart 22 daughter of prominent farmer sues her father Sylvester V Ehart for 16000 damages claiming humiliation and nervous shock after a whipping at home following a Wiener roast. Her mother Nellie Ehart seeks divorce from the same man citing fanatical religious conversion. Court action to be heard in Bates county circuit court next month.
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Butler
Chloe Ehart
Nellie Ehart
Sylvester V. Ehart
Eharta
Bates County
Mickey Williams Captured After Sheriff Shooting
Mickey Williams alias A T Willard alias Alfred Lynch alias Morgan, wanted in Rochester and Cedar Rapids for a sheriff shooting and multiple robberies, was arrested in Columbus Ohio. He had shot Sheriff Wag ner in Waterloo and Robbed stores, gas stations, and stole cars in Iowa. Williams, 27, faced five year reformatory term in 1923 after auto larceny charges.
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Mickey Williams
A. T. Willard
Alfred Lynch
Morgan
Sherif H
Tl. Wagner
Jefferson Street
Columbus
Wagner
Cleveland
Williams
J. H. Lutton
Water Street
Leslie Hartmann
Melsch & Pint
Franklin Street
M. R. Seaman
Third Avenue West
Grant Highway
Studebaker
Max Gerber
Cortlandt Street
United Press
Evening Courier
Willams
Gerber
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Harold
Raymond
Rochester
N. Y
Donald McKenzie
W. F. Dilworth
Fourth Street
Bluff Street
McKenzie
Hummel Hotel
W. L. Waldron
Glen Bsugh
Jefferson
Luttan
I. CG
Lutton
Philip J. Phyt
Metsch & Pint
St. Francis Hospital
Slim
Pal
Minneapolis
Anamosa
Ray C. Eggert
State Reformatory
Court Rule Bars Hundreds of Laborers from Canada
Detroit and Buffalo reports note U S supreme court ruling bars Canadian commuters from daily employment in the United States without proper visas. The decision affects hundreds of workers crossing the Niagara frontier and raises implications for labor, immigration policy, and treaty interpretations.
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Canada
Detroit
Buffalo
Niagara Frontier
Mich
U.R
Supreme Court
United States
John WL. Zurbrick
Zurbrick
Washington, D. C
U.A
International Law
Great Britain
Ganiads
Labor Department
American
Federation of Labor
Court of Appeals
PLAN HOTEL FIRE INQUEST TONIGHT
Des Moines reports a coroner saying an inquest into the Kirkwood Hotel fire will start tonight. Six lives are believed lost and several injured remain in hospitals. Ted Watson and Cora Broeeker are listed among the injured with improving conditions, alongside Louis Strait.
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Des Moines
Kirkwood
William Carpenter
Polk County
Ted Watson
Cora Broeeker
Minneapolis
Louis Strait
Dawes Named Envoy to Britain as London Acceptance Sought
The White House silent but Dawes widely reported as proposed ambassador to the court of St James. Pending London acceptance to succeed Alanson B. Houghton, Dawes directs a Santo Domingo mission reorganizing the finances of the West Indian republic and would depart for London after.
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Washington, D. GC
K— Altho
White House
Charles Gates Dawes
Court of St. James
London
Dawes
Alanson B. Houghton
United States
Santo Dominggo
Freends
London Post
Five Die in Ranch House Fire Near Akron Colo
A two story frame ranch home belonging to Clark Phelps burned today, killing five members of the Phelps family. Victims were Clark Phelps 65 Levi Phelps 46 his son Florence Phelps 30 his daughter Emma Phelps 14 and Susie Phelps 12 daughters of Levi. Cause of the fire undetermined.
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Akron
Colo
Clark Phelps
Here
Levi Phelps
Florence Phelps
Daugher
Emma Phelps
Susie “Phelps
Levi
Southern Cross Plane Found Report
Report from Sydney dated April 9 states natives located the missing Southern Cross plane near Wyndham after it was forced down March 30. A mission lugger was sent along the coast to inspect the reported wreck near the Drysdale mission about 30 miles away.
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Sydney
Southern Cross
Wyndham
Drysdale
Short Interviews Highlight Waterloo Housing Shortage
Local realtor O. M. Allen says Waterloo has unusually few houses for rent with listings snapped up within minutes. Spring exodus from apartments to houses is stalled as scarcity persists, while many homes are for sale for profit and quick resale.
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Waterloo
O. M. Allen
Lawmakers Plan Arm Discussion In Five Power Meeting
Washington reports Chairman Britten of the house naval committee says an informal August meeting of delegation heads from five world powers will discuss naval armament limits as an assured fact. The gathering may be at Biarritz on August 21 or Geneva on August 25 after the inter parliamentary union session. Attending groups include British Parliament, Japanese diet, French and Italian chambers plus 9 to 10 US senators and representatives.
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Washington
D. C
Britten
House Naval Committee
Biarritz
France
Geneva
Inter-Parliamentary Union
United States
Senate
House
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House Under Scrutiny
The University of Virginia Delta Tau Delta chapter faces potential charter revocation after reports of liquor service and heavy drinking in the chapter house basement. A fraternity alumni investigative body will be named to conduct the inquiry.
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Baltimore
U.P
Baltimore Sun
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Delta Tau Delta
Wquor
Sun
Wyver
Boy near death in Exeter from train accident
Exeter New Hampshire April 9 mystery surrounds an unconscious 17 year old youth at Exeter hospital with head injuries after falling from a train near the town. Claimed identity varies as John Doren Waterloo Iowa or John Hogan Waterloo Iowa. Contents of clothing bore address John Hogan 158 Argyle Street. another Hogan and Doran names linked to Columbia College and local farms. Injury and confusion leave identity unresolved as details emerge.
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Courier Special Service
Exeter
N. H
Exeter Hospital
John Doren
Waterloo
John Hogan
John Deere “Tractor ‘Company
Thomas . Hogan
Argyle Street
Columbia College
Dubuque
Jesup
John” Doran
Wisconsin
Toay
Lindbergh Heads Home to Attend Herrick Funeral
Col Charles A Lindbergh departed Mexico City by air at 12 20 pm for the United States to join in the reception of Myron T Herrick's body arriving from Paris and to attend funeral services in Cleveland. He had spent a week with his fiance Miss Anne Morrow and declined to reveal his destination.
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Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Rhonar
Paris
New York
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Cleveland
Fire in Pootung Kills 300 Chinese Residents
A Shanghai dispatch to the London Times reports a massive blaze in Pootung opposite Shanghai killing about 300 Chinese residents. The fire began before discovery and its cause is unknown. Victims include many women and children.
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London
iNi
Pootung
Shanghai
London Times
Footung
Des Moines Road Bond Plan for 100 Million Long Term
Des Moines April 1 44 The Town senate passed Governor Hammill road bill authorizing a state constitutional amendment for a six year primary road expansion with a bond program not exceeding 100 million dollars for 20 years. Bond retirement funded by primary revenues gasoline and license fees and other added revenues. Plans call for more than 3 500 miles of primary roads to be hard surfaced.
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Des Moines
Town Senate
Hammill
House ‘of Representatives
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Woith
Moleland
Marshall
Gunderson
Winnebago
Forest City
Minnesota
Klemme
Winneshiek
West Union
Galmary
Brookins
Chickasaw
Gilchrist
Leonard
MacDonald
McLeland
Patterson
Thompson
Ulstad
Merritt
Moen
House Chamber
Greene
Iowa
Corning
Highway Commission
Nodaway River
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McPherson
McPherson News
Love Nest
Shack
Kennedy
A. L. Urick
Iron and Steel Works
Federal Reserve
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Berlin
Towa
Story County
Amies
Nevada
Thomas
Thomas Heflin, Jr
Alabama
Manhattan
Papa
Panama
Thomas, Jr
Galt
Harry Goldman
Victor Phillips
Studes
Northwestern
Evanstone
Ohio
Magazine
Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
Philippines
Tropics
Nicaragua
Manila
San Frile
Henry George
Harvester
Martin Cigaras
Bulls
I. H. Luttan
Sheriff Wagner
HUM
Gov't
Dues Hin
Garre
Rochester, N. Y
Sutton
Honduran
Managua
United States Army
Las Limas
Honduras
Las Linas
Britain
Virginia University
Mills
Elia A. Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Arthur Young
Fox Township
Lindy Winging
Aeraige Funeral
Wara
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