Sinclair Defense Calls Teapot Dome Trail Lies and Faces Jury
Washington April 26 government prosecutor Roberts accused Harry F. Sinclair of lying and misrepresentation regarding the Teapot Dome lease and related cash and bonds. He asserted Sinclair, to cover his trail, did not partner in Fall's New Mexico ranch and aimed to conceal dealings with Fall. The government won a key deposition ruling as evidence.
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Washington,d. C
Harry FP. Sinclair
Sinclair
Ownon Z. Roberig
Roberts
Domeo Sinclair
Fall
Pall
New Mexico
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Justice Bailey
Martin W. Lgutleton
M. T. Everhart
Southern Demos Split Over Smith Nomination in South Carolina
Unclear movement among Southern Democrats to oppose a Smith nomination by supporting the Republican ticket in the presidential race. The plan aims to remove the pledge that allows Democratic primary participation but vote Republican later. Senator Blease disapproves, while Gov. Richards cites statements by Guy Richards about not supporting any candidate who is not a Democrat. If Smith is nominated, observers expect a decisive defeat regardless of party alignment.
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Birase
Gov. Richards
Guy Richards
South Carolina
Orm
Smith
Stith
South Garotuna
Sonny Pumalon
Caroling
Tor
Enougt
Leah Caraifina
New York
Weather notice scattered but unclear dates
Fragmentary forecast items mention temperatures and daily lights around Midway with vague weekday references. The readable bits are disjoint, lacking clear locations or times to form a full weather summary.
Doctor Puts People Before Cases Says Iowa Medical Dean
Dr Henry S Houghton dean of the State University of Iowa Medical College urged physicians to treat patients as individuals not as cases He argued against expanding medicine by overproducing doctors and favored selective admission and early removal of poorer students He also said surgeons are born artists and emphasized preventive care while noting prospects of a future where everyone may be well enough to have other work to do.
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John Doe
Henry S. Houghton
Medical College
State University of Iowa
the Courier
Thire Wa
Houghton
Grease Dumping Crashes City Sewers Prompt Action
City officials report heavy grease and mud blocking the sewer lines in West Street alley and Mulberry to Eighth, with repeated cleanings. Street Department, Plumbing Inspector, and City Engineer urge immediate steps to disconnect grease waste from sewers and ensure proper treatment, citing repeated closures and hazardous buildup in several blocks.
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Harvey Wil
M. W. H. Borg
Nathan Barber
West Street
Crew
Washington
Blury
Fourth
Parth
Mulberry
Sracuthy
Eighth
Lafayette
Peaucers
Munk Company
Salesman Al Cut Jailed for Boozing
A terse report states salesman Al Cut was jailed after an alleged drinking spree. Details are sparse due to the fragmentary OCR text. no clear dates, locations, or additional names are confirmed in the readable portion.
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al Cut
Unclear obituary fragment with scattered names and details
Fragmentary death notice with multiple garbled names and locations. Mentions Howard and Macon Moward, age terms unclear, and scattered place references including Line Passport and Chester areas. Content is highly corrupted and not clearly extractable.
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Howard Atr
Ginle
Street
Macon
Moward
Chale
Peo Walivloe
Pusport
Courier Editor to Address Press Meet at Town College
The annual Town College Press Association convention opened at the University of Town today with talks by Sherman J. McNally Waterloo editor and Evening Courier writer, Clifford Depuy Des Moines, and H. B. Tavliny Traep. Round table discussions and an exhibit of college newspapers will be held with awards for best makeup and best editorial.
Damage Suit Follows Attachment in Bank Case
A suit seeks 5000 damages after an attachment involving farm animals, implements, and corn valued at 5400. The case cites wrongful conversion and an exempt chattel mortgage tied to a 1927 agreement with First National Bank of Independence. Defendant allegedly took possession Feb 190 and claims the chattel was set aside as exempt.
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Hanna
Plantify Get
First National Bank
Independence
Bayehie the
Navy and Chattel Mortgage Chain
Site Bank
Messinghamt
City Sets May 1 Tag Law for Dogs
City officials, led by City Clerk Charles MacKay, warn that starting May 1 all dogs must wear current identification tags. An intensive drive against unlicensed dogs is planned next month to curb the dog population and enforce the tag rule.
Longtime official declines comment on stake office bid
Vidar Hap and county attorney Wool rover attended a session yesterday and reported no comment on plans to seek a stake in public office. The article notes he refused to comment amid ongoing political speculation.
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Vidar
VIN Wool ' Rover
County
Attopnes
Ostek
van Wieramar Hot Ae
Fire alarm report at Priday residence on Franklin Street
A fire alarm was recorded at 2210 p m at the residence of J Tsuibo on 66 Franklin Street. Damage described as shingles with a cost of 25 dollars. Advisory note urges insurance. Contact Huy Wotterman or C Miller at 24000 for cadvertivomayt details.
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Priday
Huy
Wotterman C. Miller
Forest Fire Destroys Pine Woods Near Barnegat NJ
A large forest fire in central New Jersey burned about 3000 acres of pine woods, threatening Barnegat city. Firefighters from 159 coast guards and 1000 firemen battled for hours, as the blaze raged from Eight Miles, destroying nine houses near Barnegat before being controlled shortly before midnight.
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Bat, NL
New Jersey
Barnegat
Coast Guards
Great Pine Woods
Demo Convention Delegates Battle On Floor
Amid a heated Iowa Democratic convention scene, contested delegates and war-rule disputes dominate proceedings. Key figures include Gov. Alfred Smith supporters, Wilbur Marsh, and state leaders from Des Moines to Sioux City, with caucuses signaling possible alignment shifts before final seating.
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George — Finch
Lions City
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Atternates
John Starzl
LeMars
G. W. McFarland
Sanborn
Nes Mohies
Vecemo
Bremen Plan to Fly Atlantic Return Flight From New York
The Bremen monoplane aims to fly from New York to Germany, completing the first roundtrip across the Atlantic. Repairs at Greenly Island require six to seven days, with Major Fitzmaurice preparing to accompany the Bremen’s crew back to New York after fixes.
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Murray Bay
Canada
James G. Fitzmaurice
Greenly Island
Horta Junkers
Bremen
Fizmaurice
Atlantic
Wanderbar
Fitemaurice
Plant
New York
Chicago
ALT. & T.wi
Avening Courier
Lake Ste. Agnes
Quo
Germany
Atlantic Ocean
Koehl
Ford
Ftes
North
Detroit
Mich
Bernt Balchen
Floyd Bennett
Que
Shelfridge Field
Balehen
Bennett
Balchen
Herta Junkers
vPi
James Fitzmaurice
Schedue
Greenly Istead
Fitzmaurice
Hermann Koch
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Junkers
Little Pond
Bodies Sought for Seven Drowned Tennessee Workers
Savannah fire crews battled Tennessee River floods to recover seven men who died when their bridge construction crew’s boat capsized. Names listed include B. M. Sloap, Frank Pawk, Ellis Scull, and four crewmen. Also reported: two convicts hanged at Salem Oregon and marriage licenses for Donald Cornelius and Viola Parkin and Gale Berlined and Helen Layher.
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Savannah
Tenn
u.Py
Tennessee River
B. M. Sloap
Frank Pawk
Ellis Scull
Donald Cornelius
Waterloo
Viola Parkin
Gale Berliered
Independence
Helen Layher
Chicago Plans Big Fair to Wipe Out Towns Bad Name
Chicago moves to erase the city’s bad name with a 1933 world’s fair financing plan announced after a meeting of fair officials. The drive seeks contributions from Chicago’s 900000 families to fund the effort and promote the city’s attractiveness abroad.
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Chicago
United States
Americans urged to flee Chinese battlefield area
A 1930s style dispatch reports 500 Japanese Marines landed at Tsingtao to safeguard Japanese lives and property as nationalists and northern armies fight in Shantung. Edwin F. Stanton counsels Americans to leave Tsinan as nationalist control grows. Chinese forces claim major gains with Chiang Kai-shek’s united front driving toward Peking, amid heavy casualties on both sides.
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Peking
Tsingtao
Shantung
Edwin F. Stanton
Tsinan
Yenchonfu
Japan
Tientsin
Shantung Province
Yenchowru
Sun Chuan-Fang
Shiaotung
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Sun
Sunghai
Eweiteh
Henan
Chiang- Sek Nak
Shanghai
U.P
Chiang- Kei-Shek
Pe-king
Chang Tso-Lin
Chiang- Kai-Shek
Chiang
Sun Chuan-Pang
Kasuga
Urges Expansion of Barge Service
Former Congressman Newton from St. Louis urged expansion of federal barge line service on the Mississippi river to Calumet Seaways in east Chicago. He noted Pittsburgh steel producers gain advantage via Ohio river barge lines and cited a bill in Congress to raise Mississippi line capital from 5 million to 10 million.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
Newton
St. Louis
Calumet Seaways Association
Pittsbburgh Steel
Congress
Wake student voters register for election
Iowa City April 20. The student council passed a rule requiring registration of University of Iowa voters a week before the balloting next fall after previous elections saw ballot stuffing double voting and other technical irregularities. The action followed the voiding of a winter referendum on Burton Ingerson, head football coach, due to technical irregularities.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Burton Ingverson
Brain Tests and Word Classification Drill
A reader notes an education column on intelligence tests used at universities. It explains a general method: group each noun into its broader genus, omitting adjectives, with one minute for the task and a provided list of items to classify, ending with an answer key on the Society Page.
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Chicago
Master model plane builder may visit Waterloo
John Reppold, national model airplane champion, showcased a three quarters of an ounce rubber powered monoplane in Black's tearoom in Waterloo. The event, arranged with Victor Read and John Batchelor, aims to start a local model plane program for youths and may bring Reppold to Waterloo for a two week instructional visit.
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Johnny Rappold
Black
John R. Batchelor
Midwest Playgrounds’ Asociation
Victor A. Read
Waterloo
Read
Batchelor
Kiwanis Club
Chaibman
Johnny Reppold
Reppold
Chicago
Motorist Finds Oil Attendant on Repe Des Moines
A motorist arriving at a Des Moines gas station found Charles Hess 55 hanging from a rope inside the locked station door. Police removed the body and Coroner H J Wright said an investigation would determine if the death was self inflicted. Friends said Hess had no reason to end his life.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles Hess
H. J. Wright
Hess
Lfe
World Fliers Hurt in Crash of Autos
Edwin F. Schlee and William S. Brock of the Pride of Detroit were injured in a three car crash on the way to a firmmen banquet in Detroit. Schlee suffered a gash and possible rib fracture while Brock had facial contusions and lacerations.
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Detroit
INS
Edwin F. Schlee
William S. Brock
Schree
Brock
Arbor Day Observance In Waterloo Yields No New Trees
Arbor day events at Sloane Wallace Junior High featured pupil discussions on reforestation but no tree planting occurred. Mrs W E Spencer of 114 Park Avenue West spoke on Trees of Japan after a summer in Nippon.
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W. E. Spencer
Park Avenue West
Sloane Wallace
Japan
Spencer
Nippon
Cass Freed Of Game Charge In Municipal Court
Judge George J. Sager found L. S. Cass not guilty of illegal possession of game birds after Cass testified the birds were legally shot in Louisiana. Other brief items note a boxing execution in New Orleans, a Des Moines man found dead in a car from likely heart attack, a German Irish aircrew invited to Iowa, a farmer’s accidental self injury, Lindbergh’s departure from Detroit, and a wife filing for divorce with custody of three children.
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George J. Sager
L. S. Cass
Cass
Louisiana
Hold Woman for Attempt to Poison Estranged Husband
Cedar Rapids Virginia April 20. Rachel Waterbury 45 was held in county Jail pending investigation of charges that she tried to kill her estranged husband John R. Waterbury with poisoned candy. He said a March 27 chocolate box carried her photo and return address. the candy smelled of phosphorous and analysis found rat poison enough to kill several people. They have been separated about ten weeks.
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Cedar Rapids
U.ri
Rachel Waterbury
Waterbury
Federals Kill Seventy Three Rebels in Four Fights
From Mexico City dispatches, federal forces reported 73 insurgents slain in four engagements in Jalisco. General Ascension Escalante defeated Jose Trinidad Guillen's band at Las Habillas with 26 killed and 19 captured after a drum court martial. In Los Altos, 15 insurgents fell in one battle and three in another. The remaining insurgents dispersed.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Ascension Escalante
Jose Trinidad Guiller
Las Habillas
Guillen
Los Altos
Washing Machine Sparks Separation in Des Moines Divorce
S. G. Williams testified that a washing machine, seen as a symbol of blue Monday, caused friction leading to separation from Ada Williams. Williams helped assemble the unit in a factory and valued it highly, but Ada wished to sell it. Judge Joseph Meyer to rule today.
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Des Moines
U.A
S. G. Williams
Ada Williams
Joseph Meyer
Williams
Chen
Building Permits and Local Notices
Building permits listed for Schulte Reality with 101 to 175 Bridge Street, notes a business building 170 by 80 feet costing 35000, Dale Constantine at 1400 Second Street West with 200, Mike George at 282 Kenilworth Road with residence at 270 Kenilworth and garage costs 4500 and 400, George Corey at 122 Gates Street adding to dwelling for 100. Bandits shoot detective in Chicago. detective Sgt. Donald McIntosh shot near west side drug store, likely fatally, bandits escape after revolver battle. S. & R. elect officers in Des Moines with Snyder as president and Long and Pratt as VPs, Jewett as secretary and Barrett as treasurer. Sues oil company in Iowa City for 15800 after tank explosion while soldering empty Skelly tank. Lund endorses Bowman for GOP governor in Webster City. Funeral attendance planned for Mrs Emma Ofledinger in Ops Maines. Clarence L. Thompson traveling to attend.
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Schulte Reality Company
Bridge Street
Dale Constantine
Castle Hill
Second Street
Mike George
Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth
George Corey
Chicago
U.F
Donald McIntosh
West Side
McIntosh
Des Moines
Iowa Association of the Sons of the American Revolution
Charles EB. Snyder
Sioux City
F. W. Long
Keokuk
H. M. Pratt
Fort Dodge
George A. Jewett
W. E. Barrett
Wanted 50 Thousand Skinny Men
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a weight gain remedy for underweight individuals. It claims a tested result of 6 to 28 pounds gained and offers an ironclad guarantee with refunds if users do not reach the target gain and feel better after a specified number of boxes. The ad promotes easy purchase through druggists and Robert Grey Co. and names C. J. Miller.
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Atlantic City
McCoy
Robert Grey Co
C. J. Miller
America
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House Naval Affairs Committee
Harry F Sinclair
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L. E. Gregory
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Britten
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Midway
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Iowa Medical College
China
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Cagle
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Rex
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Pinters
Courier
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A.M. Fagan
Guthrie Center
John P. Thiney
Council Bluffs
M. P. Conway
D. EB
Shranger
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Walnut
Mary Estes
Glenwood
I. M. Martin
Richard J. Mitchell
Douglas Rodgers
Carroll
Gertrude Atwell
L. W. Powers
Refara
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Sayitin
Meredith
Cape
Shaith
Nike Elateae
Meu Mwor
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Ehaire
Bo. Feuling
New Hampton
Grave Tullman
J. W. Reynolds
Creston
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Developak
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Wilbur Marsh
Ona
Aldin Marsh
Mars
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Reynolds
Marsh
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Cooh Teen
Mak Mo Erin
Tistuel
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Noa. m
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Tao
UPI
Atnve
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Shenandoah
Balchen and
Island
Fitz+ maurice
Frautein Junkers
Fraulein Junkers
Quebec
Duke" Schiller
Fitamaurice
Baldonnel
Ireland
Maloy
Tennessee
EWO
State Penitentiary
Salem
Ore
U.R
Ellsworth Kelley
James Willos
Kelley
Willos
Battle District
Society
Boxer
New Orleans
Joe
Nelson
Parish
Lillian Hoyle
Ralph Sturdy
Page
Bruce O. Hunter
Burlington Railroad
Hunter
ASK Fliers
George Yates
Towa
National Aérohautie Association
Algona, Ja
John Studer
St. Benedict
Lindy
Mt. Clemens
Charles A. Lindbergh
Selfridge Field
Zatha House
Glenn House
Arline
Lorraine
Inverne
Sues Oil Company
Skelly Oi Company
Chase Reuter
Oil Company
Lund Indorses Bowman
Webster City
Frank J. Lund
Iowa Lowdon-for
Indorsee
M. L. Bowman
Bowman
Clarence L. Thompson
Brat- Hober Street
Ops Maines
Emma Ofledinger
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