Banker's Son and Ministers Stopped on Road
A banner across US highway 270 near Jesup halted motorists last night, with one man identified as Road Patrolman H. P. Mason among those present. Frank B. Miller Jr and his party reported being pursued and fired upon, while three Evans Belical ministers in a separate car were stopped. a local judge later fined Christ Kamineneras $400 for illegal alcohol transport in a separate incident nearby.
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U. S&s
New York
H. J. Faust
W. C. Lang
Old People's Home
Cedar Falls
H. R.willey
Independence
Mason
Jesup
Rufiner
R. W. Hasner
Christ’ Kamineneras
Hegal
Kamineneras
George Christ
Florence Severs
Freeport
Berlin Takes Hand as Deadlock Threatens Reparations
Paris April 19 The reparations conference adjourned after the sudden death of Lord Revelstoke of England leaving the German and Allied delegations facing a near collapse. Dr Hilmar Schacht urged political concessions while Germany pressed for Saar and Danzig settlements and Rhine withdrawal, as Americans and creditors blamed Berlin for the stalemate.
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Paris
Lord Revelstoke
England
Owen
D. Young
Use
Germany
Rue, Faubourg
Saint Honore
Hilalmar Schacht
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Italy
Saar
Danzig
Prussia
Upper Silesia
Rhineland
Schacht
Reich
Bechacht
Divorce Sought by Will Hays Against Helen Thomas Hays
In Sullivan Indiana on April 19 Will Hays petitioned for divorce and child custody citing incompatibility. Will Hays, former president of the motion picture producers and distributors of America and 1920 Republican national chairman later served as postmaster general in the Harding cabinet. The couple married in 1902 and have not lived together for years.
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Sullivan
Ind
Will H. Hays
Helen Thomas Hays
Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributts of America
Harding Cabi
Net
Allies Reject German Offer in Reparations Talks
In postwar talks the Allies refused to consider a German annuity of about 393 million francs yearly, arguing it would cover only war debts. The Lord Revelstoke Committee pressed Schacht to raise the figure by six million, but he refused. France’s official reparations position to be given by Premier Poincare Monday at Bar Le Due.
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Lord Revelstoke
Schacht
France
Raymond Poincare
Bar le Due
Bound Over Negro In Mann Act Case At Waterloo
Robert Hickey, a negro, was bound over to the U. S. Court on Mann Act charges after arrest by Dubuque deputy marshal. He is held in county jail on $500 bond. a federal grand jury in Dubuque will hear the case. A complainant, Garry Kemp, 22, says Hickey brought her from Milwaukee to Waterloo for immoral purposes and she is jailed as a material witness on $6,800 bond. The article also notes Lester Henry, 380 Bates street, appearing in municipal court on assault charges, with further evidence awaiting Judge Sager's ruling.
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Robert Hickey
John J. Brown
Dubuque
Dempster
U. S
Hickey
Garry Kemp
Nepress
Waterloo
Milwaukee
Lester Henry
Bates Street
George J. Sager
Henry
Kemp
Jali
Mayor to attend Cedar Rapids street light system opening
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts and Cedar Rapids city council received an invitation from Mayor J. F. Ral to attend the opening ceremony for Cedar Rapids new boulevard lighting system on the evening of April 27. Tibbitts will assess the invitation and inspect the system within days depending on road conditions. plans to visit Davenport tomorrow may be postponed due to weather.
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Glenn A. Tibbitts
J. F. Ral
Cedar Rapids
Tibbitts
Davenport
Chamber of Commerce Membership Dinner Set as Surprise
About 50 reservations have been received for the second general membership dinner to be held next Tuesday evening. Secretary Hanson urged those planning to attend to secure reservations quickly. The program will be kept secret until the meeting and is promised to interest every member of the association.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hanson
Hansen
Arrested as prank says NFL day officer
William Price of Des Moines, age 70, claimed to be a prohibition officer when he was arrested early today on intoxication charges. Price posted a $10 bond and was released. he said he planned to continue work as a dry agent in Wisconsin.
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William Price
Des Moines
Price
Wisconsin
Infant Deaths and Family Obituaries in Alabama
Carl Edward Baker, 18 months, died at home near Waterloo of pneumonia. Born Oct 23, 1927, he leaves parents Mr and Mrs Charles W Baker and siblings Helena Vivian Florence Charles Jr. Funeral arrangements through O'Keefe and Towne Mortuary. Fuller Babe, infant son of Mr and Mrs T A Puller, died 24 hours after birth at a local hospital. Body at Hileman and Glad mortuary pending service details.
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Carl Edward Baker
Charles W. Baker
Waterloo
Grant Highway
Helena
Vivian
Florence
Charles
O’keefe & Towne Mortuary
Fuller Babe
T. A. Puller
Fowler Street
Oolweth
Hileman & Gladmortuary
Arrest of Elizabeth Murray for mail fraud in San Jose
Elizabeth Murray daughter of former Iowa official Benjamin Murray was arrested in San Jose on charges of using the mails to defraud. Investigators say she operated across the country, selling questionable memberships via letters after giving speeches to women’s clubs.
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San Jose
Cal
Elizabeth Murray
Benjamin Murray
Winterset
Forth Worth
Tex
Lila May Barnum
Amarillo
Senate
California
Murmnay
Elizabeth
Chicago
Elizabeth Murrey
Frank Shepard
Northwestern
Stanford
Salem College
West Virginia
Training School of Farm Bureaus at Lake Minnetonka
Daisy Wilems named registrar for the fourth annual farm bureau training school at Lake Minnetonka. Charles E. Hearst announces the event will run the week of June 24 with C. W. Martindale as dean. Lake Minnetonka near Minneapolis hosts the four day program expecting 300 attendees.
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Des Moines
Daisy ¥. Wilems
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Lake Minnetonka
Charles E. Hearst
Bureau
Chicago
C. W. Martindale
Indiana Farm Bureau
Q . Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis
Speculative Fever Drops Warns Boston Fed Leader
W P G Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston told Chicago and Cook County bankers that speculative fever in the stock market is abating but warned the market could falter if credit absorption continues. He suggested a rapid Fed rediscount rate rise could end the danger by mid next June.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Cook County
Harding
Train Derailment Near Quililagua Kills 14 Reported
Reports from Santiago Chile state 14 killed and AO injured when a passenger train derailed near Quililagua late last night. a second dispatch cites one dead and six injured. Relief trains rushed to the wreck area. SAMPLE CASE RECOVERED after a theft report tied to a Minneapolis sedan.
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Santiago
Chile
U.pi
la Nacian
Toropiila
Quililagua
Estado
Ralms
Leavitt & Johnson Trust President to Return From Gulf Trip
Johnson, head of the Leavitt and Johnson Trust, will return tomorrow morning after a weeklong southern trip along the Gulf coast. Also noted are a visitor from Evanston and a marriage license listing Lambert Lowe and Lucille Huntington.
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Johnson
Leavitt 4 Johnson Trust
Gulf Coast
Lambert I
Lowe, Auroms, III
Lucille Huntington, Watrwine
Congress Debates Mellon Office Tenure and Farm Relief Tariffs
A merged judiciary and congressional panel presses inquiry into Secretary Mellon’s eligibility to hold office. The Ways and Means Committee advances farm relief discussions and drafts a new tariff act amid ongoing debate.
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Mot Wiseesinn
Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Nouse
TEMPENATORES AND SCHEDULE NOTES FOR FRIDAY EVENTS
The fragment lists timing mentions for Thursday night and Friday with scattered references to times and locations. It appears to be a rough schedule note noting early period and evening activity without clear events or participants.
Blease to Demand Senate Inquiry on Panama Junket Drinking
Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina announced he would press for a senatorial inquiry into drinking by congressmen on the Panama voyage aboard the government ship Ancon. He said he will seek details on how many members drank how much and what liquor was brought ashore at Port au Prince Haiti, and noted affidavits alleging cabinet officers and senators consumed liquor at capital social functions.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Hoover
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Panama
Congress
Port Au
Prince
Haiti
Blease
Mexican Flier Shot While Reading Anti Morrow Poster
In Mexico City Lieutenant Joaquin Garcia Bolanos, 22, was shot while trying to remove posters accusing President Portes Gil and U S Ambassador Morrow of conspiring against Mexico. He died from his wound early today as police cleared walls of hundreds of posters.
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Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Joaquin Garcia Bolanos
Portes Gil
Morrow
Mexico
Llauteneant
Bolanos
Dle
Ambassador Murrow
Wortes Gil
Artillery Explosion Kills Three Soldiers
An army report says a 155 millimeter gun exploded at Fort Kamehamha killing three artillerymen, injuring eight. Victims include Sergeant R Webb and Privates Roy Wood and Herman Parks. cause undetermined though breach issues are suspected.
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Konolulu
T. Hu
U. Pia
Fort Kamehamha
R. Webb
Faxon
W. Va
Roy 5. Wood
Acona
N. Y
Herman Parks
Red Bird
German engineer foresees meal as motor fuel for farmers
Goerlitz April 19 Rudolph Pawlikowski head of Kosmos Machine works predicts farmers will use maize meal and other pulverized fuels as engine fuel. He cites 12 years of experiments with powdered fuels for diesel engines noting lower cost and no preheating, with rice husks and peat among tested substitutes.
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Goerlitz
Germany
Rudolph Pawikowski
Kosmos Machine Works
Pawitkowski
Pawlikowski
Herr Pawlikowski
Herr Pawiikowski
City Receives $178,685 from County Treasury
The city received a check of 178,685.26 from County Treasurer Ed Madigan, drawn on March tax collections. This is down from 196,798.29 received in March 1928, a decrease of 18,113.03. The consolidated fund shows the largest drop, with 60,170.91 this year vs 73,252.71 last year. Fire department took 17,419.21, down 1,782.94. waterworks 12,317.87, down 217.99. East sanitary district 2,687.96 vs 2,888.30, down 200.394. West district 2,288.96, down 308.90.
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Ed Madigan
Lsx
East Sanitary District
West Sanitary District
Dickinson to Seek Seat in U S Senate
Des Moines reports Congressman L J Dickinson of Algona will run for United States senator from Iowa. He describes a constructive aggressive campaign in letters to friends this week. Auto theft reported in Des Moines as Mrs Lee McCalley says her sedan was stolen on Waters street. Governor Roosevelt pocket vetoed a lantern bill requiring pedestrians on state highways to carry lights at night.
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Des Moines
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
United States
Towa
Dickinson
Lee McCalley
Ninth Street West
Waters Street
Fourth
Fifth
Albany
Roosevelt
Reserve Board Secret Meeting Stuns Finance Officials
The Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve advisory council met without advance notice in Washington. Officials say the session aimed to reinforce policy against speculative credit as brokers' loans shift direction unfavorably. March talks already backed the board's stance with no details released. Reporters were kept far from the Reserve chamber as President Frank O Wetmore noted unease over press presence.
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Washington, D
Federal Reserve Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Council
Charges leak in new tariff data
Representative Garner of Texas accuses GOP Ways and Means members of leaking information from executive tariff discussions. He says reports show committee actions becoming known to tariff rate interests while other members are kept in the dark, calling it wrong and unfair. He demands Chairman Hawley respond.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means Committee
House
Garner
Texas
Hawley
Woman Puts Man on Spot for Death in Chicago
A 40 year old Chicago man, Tony Rosa, was shot dead by a woman and her companion who fled after the attack. Witnesses saw the pair nearby. they attempted to enter a taxi but the driver refused. Detectives cite jealousy as the motive.
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Chicago
Tony Rosa
Rosa
Saltzman OK'd for Radio Commission and Rail Board Nominees
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee reported favorably on Maj. Charles Moss Saltzman of Iowa for the Radio Commission fourth zone seat and Oscar B. Colquitt, former Texas governor, for the Railway Board of Mediation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Charles Moss Saltzman
Iowa
Radio Commission
Oscar B. Colquitt
Texas
Railway Board of Mediation
Tragic Gas Death of Mrs Worthington in Cedar Rapids
Coroner reports no clear motive after Mrs Lila Worthington 10 took fatal gas dose. Neighbors found her body last night. her husband had died years before. No known OM tied to the act.
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Cedar Raplds
APM
Lila Worthington
R. A. Vorphal
Bankers Life Faces Temporary Injunction
Des Moines based Bankers Life Insurance is under a temporary injunction restricting distribution of 300 000 to assessment certificate members from level premium policy funds. Judge B F Cummings issued the order in Marshalltown on petition by policyholder C H F Boardman.
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Bankers Life
Marshalltown
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
B. F. Cummings
C. H. F. Boardman
Britain urges focus on land and air arms at disarmament talks
In Geneva on April 15 Lord Cushendun pressed to delay naval arms while push for land and air limits continued. He warned progress is essential before Britain risks losing credibility and urged unanimous support for any approved schemes. Russian objections to the process were noted as the session moved toward writing proposals. Separately in Dana Indiana intruders pried open the Bank of Dana vault but did not gain entry, fingerprints and sheriff investigators reported.
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Geneva
Lord ‘Cushendun
M. Litvinoff
Jonkheer Loudon
Holland
Lord Cushendun
Washington
Great Britain
Legislature Public Expense Report Details Large House and Senate Costs
The Des Moines session costs total 316776 over all branches with the governor signing off on the appropriation. House members listing 110933.40 for salaries and mileage dominates, while Senate costs reach 62893.40 with various expenses including inauguration library janitorial and staff costs totaling 45309 for house employees and 31310 for custodial staff.
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Des Moines
J. W. Long
the. Castodian
Millionaire Doherty Announces New Year Wedding
Henry J. Doherty famed public utility leader and billionaire bachelor marries widow Mrs. Percy Frank Eames. The couple announced at Doherty Co. offices as they return from a belated wedding trip to Atlantic City after a two year illness. Wealth estimated between 25 million and 200 million.
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New York
Henry J. Doherty
Lash
New
Percy Frank Eames
Henry
Atlantic ‘City
Doherty
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Johnny Miles Wins Boston Marathon Again
Johnny Miles of Hamilton Ontario won the Boston Athletic Association marathon for the second time, setting a course record with 2 hours 33 minutes 8.45 seconds for the 26 miles 385 yards from Hopkinton to Boston. Kart Koski of the Finnish American A C, New York, was runner up, also breaking the course record, with Will Kyronen finishing third.
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Boston
U.P
Johnny Miles
Hamilton
Ont
Boston A. A
Hopkinton
Kart Koski
A. C
Willia Kyronen
Plans to Rebuild Saint Olaf and Farmersburg Creamery
Elkader Iowa April 19 plans for rebuilding the $25 000 creamery of the Saint Olaf and Farmersburg company near here which was destroyed by fire last night were announced today Insurance totaling $11 000 was carried.
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Elkader
Iss
Saint Olaf and Farmersburg Company
Here
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