In the Spotlight of Todays News in the Spotlight
In the Spotlight of Todays News In China and beyond a gunboat attack on a French vessel wounds an officer and two sailors. Yangtze traffic halts as unrest spreads. Communists blamed for church and shop burnings. U S consul urges missionaries to flee. Uncertain reports of a Seventh Day Adventist missionary death. Elsewhere news on Hollywood talkies and Mexico Portes Gil anti liquor push. Capone in Florida and the 1909 Ford relic highlighted. Waterloo Chamber of Commerce outlines a broad community program. Reparations talks show dwindling optimism as Schacht offers 1.6 billion marks over 37 years.
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China
Mexico
Central America
Balkans
Yangtze Ts
Douglas Jenkins
United States
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Paris
Schacht
J. P. Morgan
State Faces Prohibition Issue as Key National Topic
Washington dispatch finds prohibition the sole nationwide issue of interest while farming relief, tariff talks, and finance stir regional concerns. President Hoover's plea to enforce liquor laws fuels wets hopes, with observers noting a mixed reception to his leadership and a flying start for the administration.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Congress
Batk
Union
Mississippi
Hoover Administration
Federal Reserve Board
Capitol Hill
Hoover
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
House of Representatives
White House
Vox Popula
Mr. Meaver
Eoldinn
Courier Delivery Deadline Notice
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5730 o'clock. If the carrier error or any case causes non receipt by that time, call 5100 and one copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:30 p.m.
Soviet Plan Gets Chilly Reception At Geneva
Geneva April 17 The Soviet plan for reducing world armaments drew a chilly reception at the preparatory disarmament commission. Germany questioned endorsing figures now, Count von Bernstorff urged delaying until a later conference, while Japan Chile and France rejected the project as impracticable.
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Geneva
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Maxim Litvinoff
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Japan
Chile
France
Rebels Prepare for Final Fights Near Agua Prieta
Mexican rebel fortifications at Nogales and Agua Prieta were reinforced as federal troops closed in on Agua Prieta where about 1,800 rebels from Chihuahua under Gen. Martin Barcenas prepared to repel an approaching federal assault. Unemployed Nogales residents were set to digging trenches while U S troops manned border points to protect lives.
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Nogales
Ariz
Agia Frida
Sonora
Revolutionary Movement
Agua Prieta
Ahat
Chihuahua
Martin Barcenas
Pilpitq Pass
Naco
Plans to build $50,000 horse barn addition at Iowa fair
Des Moines April 17. Iowa state fair board approved a $50,000 addition to the horse barns on the fairgrounds. The new unit aims to be ready for the diamond rubber fair on August 21. A special appropriation from the legislature funds construction and bids will be opened April 27.
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Des Moines
NSI
State Fair Board
Dissolution Sought of Dairy Tuberculin Test Injunction
Iowa officials seek dissolving a court injunction shielding 400 dairy cattle owners in Black Hawk County from state tuberculin testing. The motion in district court argues no constitutional violation and that police power lies with the legislature, not the courts.
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John M. Frost
Black Hawk County
State Department of Agriculture
M. G. Thornburg
Board of Supervisors
John Fletcher
Earl FP. Wisdom
John W. Gwynne
Wisdom
Gwynne
United States
Department of Agriculture
Inwa
Secretary of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Price Cutting War on Cigarettes Looms
New York April 17 UP David A Schulle head of a chain of cigar stores Mik issued an ultimatum to the tobacco Industry to stand price cutting within 60 days or take the consequences He announced that if his warning goes unheeded the Belutire stores and the United Cigar stores will institute the most drastic price cuts in clear years The war will be carried on selling cigarettes at reduced rates
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New York
David A. Schulle
Mik
Belutire
United Cigar Stores
Fnrcely Af Dualnard
Cary” Rlores
Senate holds no session as farm relief bill debated
Congress Today reports Senate not in session while Agriculture committees plan to vote on the farm relief measure and open Mellon investigation. House convenes at noon as Ways and Means pursues a new tariff act with Rep. Diack of New York discussing the Federal Reserve Board.
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Senate
Agriculture
HOUSE
Ways and Means
Diack
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Judge Falls Ill at Helen's Trial in New York
The trial of Helen Morgan, Broadway's "Helen of Troy," on charges of maintaining a nuisance tied to alleged liquor sales at her nightclub, Helen Morgan's summer home, was halted after Federal Judge Edwin Thomas collapsed following the first witness. The austere courtroom reportedly resembled a barroom as bottles lined the stand.
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New York
Helen Morgan
Broadway
Helen of Troy
Edwin Thomas
Hadeen
Thomas
Connecticut
Committee gives Mellon half or committee gives Mellon half
Washington secretary of the treasury Mellon kept office despite not being renominated by President Hoover. The Senate Judiciary Committee informally agreed there are precedents for a cabinet officer moving to a new administration without renomination. They asked Mellon to appear or send a statement on his financial connections to see if he violates an old law on treasury secretaries and commerce.
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Washington, D. C
O.R
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Hoover
Senate
Reno Critiques Hoover Farm Relief Message
Milo Reno president of the Igwa Farmers union says Hoover's farm relief message is as meaningless as past proposals, while agreeing with some points. He mocks Brookhart Dickinson and other farm relief supporters for their reaction. Charles Hearst of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation criticizes the lack of a concrete action plan for a farm board.
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Ors Moines
Milo Reno
Igwa Farmers Union
Hoover
Congress
Coolidge
Brookhart, Dickinson
Charles ©. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin Assembly Votes to Repeal Enforcement Law
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill to repeal the state pitchthicien enforcement law in Madison. The measure now moves to the Senate following a referendum on April 2 where voters endorsed abolishing the law.
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Wisconsin Assembly
Madison
Wis
Bush
Assembly
Senate
Waterloo Traffic Arrest Drive Sets Record In April
A concerted effort to curb unsafe driving has produced 415 traffic arrests in Waterloo since the month began, shattering previous red tag records. The April total tops all prior months as officials anticipate surpassing 600 arrests by month end, with overparking and double parking the most common violations.
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Waterloo
Polles
Emil Steffen
Charles Mohlis
Cedar Rapids
Mohlis
Peller
Hospital Fund Near Goal Aspledges Hit $72 965
Assurance that Allen Memorial hospital's campaign for a 90000 expansion would succeed came at a luncheon for 125 workers at the Hotel President. Total pledges stood at 72965 with 22849 since Tuesday. Two days remain needing 17085 to reach the goal. Initial gifts 18000 and general sales army 4849. Top divisions led by Conagan 1923 Eickelberg 1241 Lohner 1001 Tesmer 684. Leading teams include Schrag 881 McGinn 725 Miller 425 Steely 407. Initial gifts group chaired by Brunn contributed 4500, Armstrong 4000, Hendley 3500, Fowler 3000, Rath 3000.
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Allen Memorial Hospital
Daily Report
General Sales Army
General Army
Maj. S. A. Conagan
R. Ss. Eickelberg
A. A. Lohner
Steely's
Lohner
W. H. Brunn
J. E. Armstrong
W. A. Hendley
J. EB. Fowler
R. A. Rath
Mumps Tops City Week Disease Totals
Des Moines reports 138 mumps cases for the week ending April 16, the leading communicable disease. Other diseases listed include scarlet fever 120, measles 83, smallpox 46, whooping cough 30, chickenpox 31, tuberculosis 18, diphtheria 9, undulant fever 43, typhoid and poliomyelitis 4 each, and erysipelas 2. Social diseases numbered 69, the 8Ts at Reatth ir.
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Des Moines
U.ri
Towa
State Department
Ced
Indulgent parenting blamed as truancy arrests rise
In Chicago on April 17 coroner's jury probes a high school death after a motor crash tied to drinking. Fifty six parents were arrested in routine truancy raids and 33 paid fines totaling 478 dollars for letting their children skip school. A mother and father jailed for unpaid penalties. Superintendent Bodine dispatched 124 truancy officers to target speakeasies near schools, blaming parental neglect for about 75 percent of juvenile delinquency.
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Chicago
Bridewell
William L. Bodine
Know Waterloo Week June 10 15
Know Waterloo Week sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce runs June 10 to 15 to showcase Waterloo’s industrial diversity. O A Hanson of the Chamber announces preparations and invites manufacturers to exhibit and merchants to offer window space for gasoline engines cement mixers tractors cream separators and other local products.
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Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
O. A. Hanson
Texie
German reparations plan faces hard bargaining in Paris
Berlin reports the German offered 1.5 billion marks yearly for 37 years, with 800 to 1,000 million paid outright and the rest under transfer protection. Schacht may push for up to 2 billion if export drives and transfer protections are found. Allies seek full delivery in kind abolition and reject higher sums beyond 2 billion.
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Berlin
Paris
J. P. Morgan
Altho
Hjalmar Schacht
Keiter
Schacht
Nak
Germany
Owen D. Young
Mittee
United States
Mason and Federal Officers Seize Auto With 180 Gallons
Mason and eight federal prohibition officers stopped a Hudson coupe on highway No 20 west of Buchanan county line at 11 PM yesterday. The car held 100 gallons of alcohol. Jamies Emerson of Sioux City was arrested at the scene and arraigned today before US Commissioner J Demster on a federal prohibition charge, bond set at 500 dollars, failed to meet bond and placed in county jail. Marker trial opens in Burlington as Harry Chanen faces district court for receiving and concealing stolen memorial markers from Crapo Park.
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Harry P. Mason
Buchanan County
Jamies Emerson
Sioux City
United States
J. &. Dempster
Emerson
Jal
Burlington
Int
iNs
Harry Chanen
Jin
Shanen
Crapo Park
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