Federals Battle Gristeads For 4 Drown Jalio
Violent clashes erupt in southern Sonora and Jalisco as federal forces confront Cristeros in Tepatitlan and nearby towns. About twenty thousand troops, including 12,000 federals and 8,000 rebels, engage along a seven mile front with heavy artillery and bayonet assaults. Reports from Guadalajara say the fighting continues with numerous casualties amid rebel fortifications and strategic withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Sonam Atl
U.P
Tepativian
Jalisco
Guadalajara
la Prensa
Saturnino Cedullo
Gornelieta
Cedillo
Worst Storm in History Sweeps Wyoming Towns
A massive storm swept across Wyoming causing abnormally heavy rainfall and widespread damage. Highways and bridges were washed out. towns faced flooded streets and disrupted communications. In Texas two tornadoes struck East Texas near Palestine and Slocum, killing seven and injuring dozens as homes and a school were destroyed. Relief efforts rushed shelter and food to the homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omahe
Lincoln
Burlington
Chalco
Texas
Palestine
Tex
East
Uttle
Slocum
Here
Benson Springs
James
Center
Louisiana
Stocum
P. BE. McDaniels
P. ©. McDaniels
Ben Hirkwood
Edna Gatlin
Claude Melver
Red Cross
Walk Ends in Death in Council Bluffs Park
R P Etter 76 a retired carpenter died of natural causes after leaving his home for a walk in Council Bluffs Iowa. He was found on a park bench last night and his daughter who lived with him alerted police after locating the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Uup
R. P. Etter
Mk Walk
Etter
Temperatures and rainfall report for the period
The record notes Wednesday high 56 degrees with a minimum for Thursday around 7A. Thursday forecasts mention several time entries, and rainfall up to 7 mm is reported today with 0.6 inch noted.
Coast Guard gun plays spark congress row
Washington April 25 Congress grows irritated over heavy handed coast guard firearms in prohibition enforcement. Incidents from I'm Alone sinking to Miami waterfront machine gun fire and the Jones vessel boardings trigger protests from foreign governments. Calls mount to weed out trigger happy guardsmen as state department defends actions amid escalating diplomatic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
U. S. Cossh Guard
Capitol Hill
Juan
Miami
Stuyvesant Fish
New York Harbor
T. A. D. Jones
Treasury Department
Capitol
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
U. S. Coast Guard
State Department
Sitiullins
Bingham
Jones
Great Britain
France
Canada
Norway
Department
Washington
Ottawa
Mystery assault puzzles city police on missing girl
Police puzzled over the identity of a 15 year old girl who, with another girl, was forced into a car at Logan avenue and Lincoln street yesterday morning. Investigators search for two men in an old sedan as a second girl remains unconfirmed and no missing persons report has been filed. A physician’s exam confirmed the assault on Rainbow drive and Jonesy sideroad, while questions about the other girl’s identity and school remain unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Avenue
Lincoln Street
Rainbow Drive
Center Street
Hugh Crum~rine
Ralph Davis
Pollet
Charles Pickens
Sach
East
W. W. Warsaw
Crumtine
Crumline
Warsaw
Jonesy Sideroad
Close Testimony in Hardy Impeachment Trial
Sacramento report on April 25 details the closing testimony in Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy’s impeachment trial. Aimee Semple McPherson appeared, answering mostly I do not remember, acknowledging she testified that Hardy spoke of meeting Wallace Moore amid the 1920s kidnaping case, and Moore testified Hardy warned him against testifying falsely. The prosecution argues Hardy sought to intimidate witnesses and push a false kidnapping narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Carlos S. Hardy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Moore
Hardy
McPherson
Twenty-two Injured in Bus Train Crash at Michigan City
Michigan City Ind April 25 Twenty two persons were injured when a motor coach collided head on with a railroad freight train. Passengers were trapped in the wreckage and motorists freed several. Sterling Peak driver of the bus was not expected to recover J E Kinney Detroit was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
tNs
Sterling Peak
Detroit
J. E. Kinney
Farm for hogs no trade
Eighty acres of unencumbered Johnson county land is not worth as much to Jake Wildman as 2498.60 dollars. When Wildman sold eighty seven head of fine hogs to a local buyer he was offered his choice between the two and chose the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Jake Wildman
Here
Wildman
Dentist slain amid bandit ties in Chicago
In Chicago on April 25 Dr Frank Brady a 32 year old dentist was shot dead in his private office amid claims of ties to safe blowers dope peddlers and gangsters. Detectives traced a ten year pattern of criminal dealings and suggested theories that Brady was killed for betraying gang associates or assisting addicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Best
Brady
Bragg
Hiad
Anna Beauchamp
Henry J
Midget
Frank Black
Fernekes
Ferhekes
Joliet
Rising Mississippi Flood Crisis Deepens as Levees Weaken
The Mississippi flood worsens as levees falter near the southern end. One resident, carrying stove and blankets to the levee crown, watches a partner haul corn up a slope. He has moved six times already and declares, "The bottoms have me licked."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
No Commencement Speech for Iowa '29
Iowa City April 25 Members of the University of Iowa class of 1929 will hear no commencement speech at the exercises. Emphasis will be on senior prizes and awards, scholastic recognition, and a symbolic procession. President Walter A. Jessup will speak briefly after which degrees and certificates will be awarded to more than 1,100 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Inn
University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
Heller and Bell Obituaries Highlight Iowa News
The notice reports Maorinary Henry Heller of Orange township near Rock Lake North Dakota died likely from heart disease after a life split between North Dakota and Iowa. It lists survivors including widow Mary, son John, brother George in Rock Lake and sister Anna in Spokane. Also noted are funeral details for Mrs. William Niedert at 1236 Ashland Avenue and a deferred service for Mrs. Thomas Fuller in Stanley, Pennsylvania, plus Katherine Bell of 208 Shilliam Avenue dying of heart disease at University Hospital Iowa with parents Ben and Mrs. Bell and two sisters Muldred and Leona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Sever
Charles Heller
Orange Township
Rock Lake
N. D
W. 4. Blough
Fifth Street West
Mr. Heller
North Dakota
Waterloo
Mary Heller
John
George Heller
Anna Heller
Spokane
Wash
W. W. Niedert
William W. Niedert
Ashland Avenue
First Lutheran Church
Henry Mueller
Fairview
Katherine Bell
Ben Bell
Shilliam Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa
Muldred
Leona
Prohibition Officers Suspected in Robbery and Buick Theft
A man named Anello Lazzo reported three men posing as prohibition officers robbed him of $96 and his Buick coupe near St Francis Hospital after a highway encounter. Police traced the incident with Floyd and Hotel Russell Lamson noted. The case ties to a broader probe with federal officers, Roadside Inn manager George Thompson observed suspicious activity ahead of the alleged theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sictlan
Anello Lazzo
Rockford
Prohibition
St. Francis Hospital
Ralph Davis
Bert Douglass
Lazzo
Nash
Chrysler
Thamah
Bineck Hawk County
Dubuque
George Thompson
Thompson
Reichsbank Raises Rediscount Rate
Berlin on April 25 Reichsbank increased the rediscount rate from 6.12 to 7.12 percent after a special board meeting. The move reflected drains on Germanys gold supply and the Paris reparations crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichsbank
Paris
Auto wraps pole hits Rainbow drive crash injures none
Four persons escaped injury when a large sedan driven by Floyd Albright, 15, east Cedar Falls road, crashed into and knocked down a telephone pole on Rainbow drive near the Rock Island tracks last night. The machine was severely damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Albright
Cedar Falls Road
A& Telephone
Rainbow Drive
Rock Island
Police official installs Jiquor cabinet in office
Emil Steffen, identification expert of the police department, arranged today for the installation of a liquor cabinet in his office to prevent further damage like that caused Wednesday by an explosion of many bottles of home brew seized in a raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Steffen
Police Department
Senate to Defeat Heflin Resolution
Washington April 25 The Senate plans to defeat Senator Heflin’s resolution condemning last month’s Brockton attack after a Republican poll and several Democrats showed opposition due to Heflin’s frequent attacks on the Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
INS
J. Thomes Heffin
Alabama
Senate
Brockton
Mass
Dirt and Gravel Roads Turn Into Mud Bogs Again
Iowa reports widespread road misery as rain swells mud on dirt and gravel routes. No. 164 Fayette County and routes No. 18 West Union to Postville and No. 11 West Union to Calmar are largely impassable, with No. 55 north of Burrack and Delaware and Dubuque also difficult. Road work continues statewide amid poor conditions and limited bus service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Paulsen
Iowa High Way
Commission
Waterloo
Fayette County
West Union
Postville
Calmar
Burrack
Delaware
Dubuque
Buchanan
Iowa
Conditon
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa No.2
Ainsworth
U. S. No. 75
Blencoe
South End
J. A. Edwards
Repass Automobile Company
Des Moines
Tama
Hudson
C. G. Sweitzer
Pins
Rehabilitation Services Offered to Iowa Handicapped
James M Mitchel of the state board of education visited Des Moines today with Miss Jane Thompson of the Social Welfare League to review Waterland residents in state vocational service for the disabled. Iowa and federal cooperation provide a free rehabilitation program to help employable residents with physical impairments become self supporting, with no upper age limit and a 16 year lower limit. Women are included and workers covered by the workmen’s compensation act are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Mitchel
State Board of Education
Des Moines
Jane Thompson
Social Welfare League
Waterlnn
Iowa
Mitchell
Three More Typhoid Cases Reported Since Floodtime
The typhoid fever count rose to 15 this morning with Dane Lembke a 55 year old Narthey Manufacturing employee, Orville Penticoff 17 and Bernard Penticoff 6 residents of Conger street added to the tally reported to City Clerk Charles MacKay. Officials warned that boiling water for drinking alone is insufficient and water used for washing vegetables and dishes must also be boiled to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dane Lembke
Bates Street
Narthey Manufacturing Company
Orville Penticoff
Bernard Penticoff
Conger Street
Charles MacKay
Highest Engineering Award to Hoover
Washington DC April 25 President Hoover today received the John Fritz gold medal the top honor in engineering conferred by four major technical societies at the White House. The award has previously gone to Bell Edison Goethals Wright Marconi and other notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U.P
Hoover
John Fritz
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Gen
George W. Goethals
Orville Wright
Guglielmo Marconi
White House
American Society of Givd Engineers
American ‘Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Lusty Beautiful Women Face Poor Outlook for Men
Chicago report from the Midwest Society of Physical Education warns that men are becoming enfeebled by office life while women grow physically fit through outdoor athletics. The convention in Chicago emphasizes improved national fitness to balance gendered vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Midwest Society of Physical Education
Hera Ta RY
Scientist A Michelson Aims To Live 200 Years
Albert A. Michelson, aged 60, says he would live to 200 if possible to enjoy diversions such as science, painting, tennis, billiards, and playing the violin. He plans another experiment to calculate the speed of light with a new method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmer Area
Albert A. Michelson
Surplus of 100 Million Seen in U S Finances
Washington April 25. A surplus of more than 100 million dollars for the fiscal year is assured by internal revenue figures. Collections to date show March income tax returns totaling 695,987,410 and the year’s total at 1,689,168,158. Treasury statisticians revised estimates upward, erasing a prior expected deficit of 34 million and signaling a robust surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
U.P
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury- Statiaticians
Girl's Death Highlights Need for Free Tonsil Operations
Katherine Bell eight year old daughter of a colored war veteran died from a heart lesion caused by infected tonsils. Her family could not afford hospital costs, prompting the Social Welfare League to secure county funding for necessary operations. A tentative county league agreement aims to start the program soon after school ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Bell
Ben Bell
Shilliam Avenue
Miss Dance Thompson
Social Welfare League
Witte
Miss Thompson
League
University Hospital
Iowa City
Lions Club Elects Four Delegates to State Convention
Eerl C. Glasson Kirk Gross John W. Koch and Rev F Herbert Moehlmann were elected delegates to the state Lions convention at Cornell Butts May 24 end 35. Lamar Duke of the Waterloo Insurance Agency spoke on insurance noting insurers oppose compulsory risks by state law for motor cars due to rising accident rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eerl C. Glasson
Kirk Gross
John W. Koch
F. Herbert Moehlmann
Lions Clus
Cornell Butts
Lamar Duke
Waterloo Insurance Agency
Duke
Passes Halfway in Long Nonstop Flight
Royal Air Force monoplane attempting a world non stop distance record passes Baghdad at 1 50 p m British time en route from Cranwell to India. Piloted by Arthur G Jones Williams and N H Jenkins, the craft has covered about 2500 miles of a 5000 mile target to beat the 4850 mile Rome to Brazil record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Bagdad
Arthur G. Jones-Wiliams
Fuleht
N. H. Jenkins
Cranwell
India
Rome
Brazil
Italy
Leather company president visits Waterloo plant leader
Dayton E. Smith of General Leather Industries and Richard Hall of the Waterloo company conferred in Waterloo today after addressing a luncheon of district salesmen at Hotel Russell Lamson. The visit included an inspection of the local plant as General Leather Industries oversees its Waterloo Saddlery division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton E. Smith
Kansas City
French Pint Agent Seeks Passengers in Waterloo Call
H. B. Chynoweth of Chicago, assistant general agent for Compagnie Generales Transatlantique, was in Waterloo today meeting local agents to promote European travel aboard the Trench steamship line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Chynoweth
Chicago
Campagnie Generales Transatlantique
Trench
Steamshin One
Waterloo
Iseal
Powers to attend Illinois Central railway surgeons convention
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Powers, residents of 110 Hillcrest apartments, left for Biloxi Mississippi to attend the annual convention of Illinois Central railway surgeons. They will visit three daughters in Detroit and Dr. Powers will conduct clinics at Ford and Harper hospitals before returning in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
F. W. Powers
Hillcrest Apartments
Biloxi
Illinois Central Railway
Powers
Waterloo
Detroit
Gladys Ackerman
Evangeline Stoner
Fanchon Powers
Ford
Harper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federals
Gristeads
Masiaca
Aoslaca
San Antonio
Federal
Misiaca
Sonora
Muasinca
Gonzalo Escobar
Coasul
Enrique Santibanez
Escobar
Fort Bliss
Juan Almazan
Pulpito Pass
Wyoming
Marian Courtney
Eddie Courtney
Hawthorne Arms
Courtney
Byen Johnson
Coast Guard
Sen. Bingham
Floyd McKinney
Denver
Whittamore
Gaskins
Grant
Randolph
F. W. Mosher
Independence
F. L. Wortham
Eleventh West
N. J. Gibbs
Mulherry
Delmar I. Ritchey
Reinbeck
Irene E. Johns
Justin
Howard
Cedar Falls
Esther Hauge
Rand Ruben J. Oostretch
Fprenees M
Weyland
Cilbertvijte
Carl Bell
St. Paul
Minn
Irene Newell
Val
Grok
Henry W. Jieller
Thomas Fuller
Fowler Street
Stanley
Hileman & Gindt
Menta
Caroline Phelan
James Phelan
Boston
Joe Norton
Albany
N. Y
Joe
Caroline
Gicilian
Larg
Russell- Lamson
Sycamore Street
Centerville
U.R
George Domyancich
Fulton Rice
Domyanesen
E. 5S
Wells
Fife
Fort Madison
Domyanchich
Domyancich
Hice
Domygnelek
Rice
Tony Karlotta
Karlotta
Senial Register
Otlumwna
Domyaneich
Heflin
Des’ Moines
Wlost
Meson City
Treasury Fund
Lions Club
Leather Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!