Cat Raider Terrorizes Chicago Women In String Of Attacks
Police hunt the Cat, a nocturnal robber attacking women across Rogers Park. Descriptions place him as 22 to 24, medium height with a sallow face and dark eyes. He wears a gray topcoat and gray fedora with a silk handkerchief over his face. Victims include Mrs. Sobel and Miss Snyder. two purses stolen, one near capture when he masked and threatened with a revolver in Sobel home. Police mounted patrols city wide to deter further assaults.
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Chicago
Rogers Park
Max. Sobel
Camille’ Snyder
Ictms
Artesth
Parral Captured by Mexican Rebels Reported
Unconfirmed private advices received in El Paso on April 23 state that General Octavio Galin was involved as Mexican rebels captured Parral. The report is not verified by official sources.
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Parral
el Paso
Tex
INS
Octavio Galin
Three Women of Beauty and Brains at Spring Festival
Three notable young women musicians join the spring festival at Jjast High auditorium in Waterloo. Frederica Chicago sings the leading feminine role in Elijah on Friday evening. a duo piano concert features Alma Sturkow Ryder and Miss Georgia Kober. Opening program includes Bach, Arensky, Saint-Saens, Litolff and Chopin pieces and a Spanish Rhapsody.
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Jjast
Waterloo Music Festival Association
Frederica
Gerhardt Downing
Chicago
Eijah
Alme
Sturkow Ryder
Georgia Ixober
Saint-Saens
Litolff
Sturkow-Ryder
Scherzette
Mme
Miss Kober
Albeniz
Rebel garrison seizes Parral in Chihuahua clash
Do, chief of the federal garrison at Camargo with 500 men, rebelled against the Calles government on Wednesday and marched to Parral, a mining town in southwestern Chihuahua, where they captured the city on Thursday. American Mining Company offices report no messages from their superintendents at Parral.
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Camargo
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Calles
Parral
American Mining Company
Parra
Three Planes to Be Stationed at New Waterloo Airport
Cedar Falls official Kane announced a new airport one mile north of Cedar River park on the east Cedar Falls highway. Asmer M. Lane, an eight year veteran pilot with government service, will supervise. A plane named the Waterloo is on the ground, and exhibitions, passenger flights, parachute jumps, and instruction will be offered under licensed, former Army pilots.
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Cedar River Park
Cedar Falls
Asmer M. Lane
Waterloo
Kane
Welsh Evangelist to Speak at Gospel Hall Next Week
William Thomas, a Welsh evangelist from Toronto, will preach at Gospel hall 726 Western avenue starting Sunday evening April 24 and continue nightly through the week except Saturday. He was a singing evangelist with the Pilgrim Preachers during a tour of England, Scotland, and Ireland two years ago, drawing thousands with both preaching and singing.
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William Thomas
Gospel Hall
Western Avenue
Mr. Thomas
England
Scotland
Ireland
Thomas
Toronto
James Buchanan and the prelude to the Civil War
James Buchanan served as the fifteenth U S president from 1857 to 1861 amid slavery, states rights tensions, and events like the Dred Scott decision and John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid. He opposed secession, negotiated British affairs, and oversaw early Atlantic Cable ventures before his death on June 1, 1868.
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James Buchanan
United States
Buchanan
South Carolina
Dred Scott
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Central America
Great
East Sixth Street property owners seek better street lighting
Property owners on East Sixth Street between Lafayette and Mulberry petitioned the city council to replace present area lights with single globe pedestal street lights. They argue brighter lighting will attract motorists to park, easing congestion on nearby streets, and note many blocks lack curbing, risking bumper damage from poor visibility. Signers include C. A. Chickering, Dr. T. L. P. Scott, Morris Realty Co, Fowler Bros Realty Co, and Mrs. Adella F. Scott. council to consider at the next regular meeting Monday evening.
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Sixth Street
Lafayette
Mulberry Streets
City .Council
C. A. Chickering
Cleanup Week cards collected. 25,000 achievements expected
Boy Scouts started collecting cards distributed last Saturday and Monday to record Cleanup Week results. A check by scout officials will determine the outcome over several days. A New York laundry operates its own electricity generation using two steam turbine generators and exhaust steam for washing clothes.
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Boy Scouts
New York State
Welker Repeater as Cook at Scout Camp Ingawanis
George Welker will be cook for the annual summer camp at Camp Ingawanis starting June 13, announced by A K Jury. Leaders James Nielsen and Ermil B Frye are expected to return. a third leader may join. Merit badges awarded to several scouts. several achieved higher ranks.
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George Welker
Yesteryear
Camp
Ingawanis
A. K. Jury
James Nielsen
Ermil B. Frye
Cornell College
Craig Mosier
Harold *Phompson
Leon Harrington
Raymond Sulentic
Robert Sackett
Howard Keene
Ervin Sternbergh
William Penly
Carroll Colby
Elmer Rickson
Donovan Dietz
John McCarthy
Harold Thompson
Historic Scout Court Names Leaders and Officials
Archie Shannon leads Troop 2 in blacksmithing and chemistry while Troop 7 participates. Judge George W. Wood chairs the court of honor with John W. Gwynne Willis Johnson and A. C. Willford. Joe Snively presides over the court of review with D. J. Litchfield and A. BK assisting the jury.
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Ard
Archie Shannon
George W. Wood
Court of Honor
John W. Gwynne
Willis Johnson
A. C. Willford
Joe Snively
Court of Review
D. J. Litchfield
A. BK
Hosteter Mission Church Still Functioning in China
A letter from Mrs Willam N Brewster, secretary of Hinghwa conference, confirms Hosteter Chinese Mission Church in Hinch wa Fukien China remains active and unbroken. It notes low labor costs allowed church buildings to be erected cheaply, and comments on foreign mission privileges under treaties. The Hinghwa group seeks Chinese Christian control, opposing permanent foreign institutions in China.
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E. L. Hosteter
Hinchwa
Fukien
China
Hosteter
Willam
N. Brewster
Hinghwa Conference
Chautauqua Head Dead In Waterloo News
Rev A P Blough president of the Waterloo Chautauqua association learned of the death of J D L Loar head of the J L Loar Chautauqua bureau Bloomington Ill. Loar had visited Waterloo several times and the bureau will carry on under contract if he had lived.
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A. P. Blough
Waterloo Chautauqua Association
Mission and Publication Board
Church of the Brethren
Elgin
J. D L. Loar
J. L. Loar Chautauqua Bureau
Bloomington
Til
Loar
Waterloo
Waterloo Assembly
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Three Women of Beauty and Brains
Sturrow Ryder
Pianist
Georgia Kober
Frederica G. Downing
Contralte
New Airport
Kane Field
East C. F. Road
Chamberlain
Kasnian
Dia
Sik Department
East Sth Street
Mulberry
Welker Repeater
Hosteter Chinese Mission Church
Artificial Ice & Fuel Company
East Ninth St
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