Northern forces to drive merged army at Hankow
All available northern forces are being gathered to attack Hankow the Cantonese stronghold on the Yangtze while skeleton units defend northern positions. Hankow is more unsettled as Chinese and foreign residents seek refuge. clashes between Cantonese gunboats and northern field batteries continue and 100 wounded are reported from Nanking. American and British crews face restricted shore access amid gunfire and apologies surface over a British cruiser incident. The American Chamber of Commerce calls for the resignation of the China Weekly Review over anti foreign troop stance.
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Shanhhai
Hankow
Nanking
Yangtze
Pukow
Penguin
Kiangyin
Chinkiang
United States
Wuhu
Caradoc
American Chamber of Commerce
China Weekly Review
Shanghai
China
J.P. Powell
Mannibal
Coolidge Third Term Debate Outlined by Washington
The New York Herald Tribune reports Washington expects future contention over a Coolidge third term. Proponents and opponents plan to push arguments and a December congressional joint resolution to declare more than eight years in the White House undesirable.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
White House
New’ York Herald-Tribune
New Orleans to Pay Millions for Safety from Flood
The article reports flood relief efforts across Mississippi and Arkansas. It notes another levee breach near Osceola and flooding of towns Kilso Enmore Dermot Wilson and Tyler. Refugees exceed 2 400 at the Memphis and Vicksburg camps with food and supplies flowing from Memphis and northern trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Memphis
Red Cross
Mississippi River
Osceola
Arkansas
Kilso
Enmore
Dermot
Wilson
Tyler
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Miss
Organization of Rescue
Curtis Green
Mississippi National Buard
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri River
Funeral Thursday for Hudson Woman
Funeral services for Mrs Mary T Gibson 86 early day resident of Hudson who died at her home there Monday will be at 230 pm Thursday in the Brethren Church at Hudson. Prayer services at the home at 2 pm will precede church rites burial will be in the Hudson cemetery grandsons of Mrs Gibson will be pallbearers Floyd S Gibson Pearl N Gibson Charles W Cumming John Cumming Roger C G Brees and Lloyd G Kline
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Mary T. Gibson
Hudson
Brethren Church
Roger CG. Brees
Lloyd G. Kline
Teller
Flood Waters Recede as Great Rise Eases
Flood waters draining from highways in Illinois and Missouri diminish the worst flood in history. A seven and a half inch rise was recorded on the Missouri at St Charles. Bright sun aids relief efforts and refugees housed in tents below here begin to feel relief as the situation improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Missouri
St. Charles
Ilinois
Rickard Eyes Dempsey Comeback Bout in July
New York April 27 Tex Rickard announced plans to match former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey with Paulino Uzendun on or about July 1 likely at Yankee Stadium after obtaining assurances that Dempsey intends a comeback.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Paulino Uzendun
Yankee Stadium
Cedar Falls Bank Wins Store Injunction Against Red Ball Stores
A Cedar Falls National Bank petition for a temporary injunction against Red Ball Stores Inc was granted by Judge E B Stiles in district court. The restraint bars disposal of stock or fixtures at 313 Main Street Cedar Falls except in the ordinary course of retail business until rents are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls National Bank
Red Ball Stores, Inc
Main Street
Cedar Falls
Building Permits For Laura Popejoy And Others
Laura Popejoy residence 349 Albany 1500 dollars Richard Lorenzen heating plant 114 Janney Banks Lawyer residence 1038 Campbell 4000 dollars Banks Lawyer garage 1088 Campbell 150 dollars R A Phares refreshment stand Eleventh and Commercial 150 dollars Fifth and Franklin 150 dollars Fourth and Webster 150 dollars Mullan and Commercial 150 dollars Mrs A Sutherland repair fire damage 1526 Fourth west 900 dollars West Waterloo School Board remodeled Central school 5925 dollars A W Abbey garage 710 Elm 150 dollars
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Laura Popejoy
Albany
Richard Lorenzen
Janney
Banks
Campbell
R. A. Phares
Franklin
Fourth
Webster
Mullan and Commercial
A. Sutherland
Fourth West
West Waterloo School Board
Central School
A. W. Abbey
Elm
Cartoonist's mother dies in Sioux City home
Mrs Anna Veresik mother of John Knott the Dallas News cartoonist died at her Sioux City home last night.
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Sioux City
Anna Veresik
John Knott
Dallas
Tex
Funeral for Edward L Brown Held in Waterloo Area
Edward LeRoy Brown died at 4 a m due to heart disease while visiting his daughter Mrs Will Mullen at rural route La Porte City. Born March 18 1861 in Illinois he married Laura A Call in 1886. He lived in Austin Minnesota and Waterloo before retiring from Town Dairy Separator and Central Iowa Power & Light. Survived by widow three children a sister and a brother, eight grandchildren. Body at Petersen Bros funeral home awaiting arrangements.
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Edward Leroy Brown
Eighth Street
Will Mullen
la Porte City
Ilinois
Laura A. Call
Waterloo
Austin
Minn
Aso Brown
Town Dairy Separator Company
Central Iowa Power & Light Co
Valine Brown
Glen Brown
Elugene Pettys
Joliet
Wilford Brown
New Lennox
First Confession in Snyder Slaying Case
Queens County court heard Henry Judd Gray confess to aiding Mrs. Snyder in the murder of Albert Snyder. Gray says she forced him into the deed after years of alleged threats and love pressure, acting in a hypnotic trance and guiding his every move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens County Courthouse
New York
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Gray
Syracuse
Haddon Gray
James Conroy
Conroy
Tram hits car. two men die or hurt at Aurora crossing
Aurora Newfoundland April 27 Peter Hax was killed and J May injured when their automobile was struck by an Aurora Elgin electric train at a grade crossing. Police and rescue services reported one death and one possibly fatal injury with the survivors transported to local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
INS
Peter Hax
J. May
May
Andrew Ring, Hawarden Bank President, Dies After Pneumonia
Hawarden Iowa April 27 Andrew Ring president of Hawarden State Bank died today after a two week illness from pneumonia. He had led the bank for years and was known in the community. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawarden, Ta
Andrew Ring
Hawarden State Bank
Radio Quiz Questions From The Capitol Theatre
A list of radio trivia prompts asks who is known as The Lark at Capitol theatre Fam. iy and details on a barroom film showman, a Hot Springs station, remedies for static, station locations, and figures like The Red Headed Music Maker. It also inquires which radio manufacturer sponsors artist programs and is dubbed The Henry Ford of Radio, plus which artist has opened every Victor radio concert series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Fam. Iy
Hot Springs
Ark
WGR
KGO
WBBM
GFCFE
Henry Ford
Victor
Sacasa Invited to Conference on Nicaraguan Peace Plans
Managua April 2. Henry Stimson invites Dr Juan B Sacasa president of the liberal government to a Managua meeting to discuss peace proposals. Liberal leaders report a plan including temporary presidency by Adolfo Diaz, general disarmament, a 209 man constabulary under American officers, limited American forces, liberal participation in government and courts, and free elections in 1928 if requested. Confiscated property restoration and damage claims are to be settled.
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Sacasa
Stimson
Managua
Nic
Henry N. Stimson
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Juan B. Sacasa
Fberal
Puerto Cabezass
Uberal
Altho Stimson
Wberal
Adolfo Diay
Iberafa
United States
Drake Co-Eds Plan Joint Conference at Y Camp
Des Moines reports Drake University plans a joint conference for 30 coeds and about as many men at the state YMCA camp in Boone Iowa. The event runs May 7 and 8 with faculty advisors including Dorothy Inskeep Ruby Ann Holton Elma Wheatley and others directing activities.
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Drake
Des Moines
INS
Drake University
Ruby’Ann Holton
Elma Wheatley
Inskeep
Man Who Helped Boost Wilson Dies
James R. Nugent former Democratic leader of New Jersey died after an operation in Trenton on April 27 Funeral arrangements were under way Nugent as state committee chair helped nominate Woodrow Wilson for governor while Wilson was president of Princeton University
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Trenton
N J
INS
James R. Nugent
New Jersey
Nugent
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Six Lives Periled by Bomb Blast in Chicago Building
A black powder bomb exploded against a building owned by James E Burke brother of Judge Joseph Burke in Chicago. Six people endangered as police investigated reports that labor troubles among the decorating contractor may have sparked the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
James E. Burke
Joseph Burke
Domestic Relations Court
Dirigible Los Angeles Housed After Prolonged Flight
Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey reports the dirigible Los Angeles was finally placed in the hangar after a nearly 36 hour flight. Arrival from Pensacola was delayed by shifting winds reaching 45 miles per hour, preventing mooring or landing until today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Calles Sees Open Road to Mexico-US Settlement
Mexico City April 27 Pres Calles says the road now opens for a satisfactory settlement of all difficulties with the United States. He comments on President Coolidge’s New York speech noting misunderstandings of legal issues have not harmed bilateral relations or decorum. He defends Mexico’s laws and says foreign property rights remain intact under international accords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Calles
Mexico
United States
Coolidge
New York
Washington
Ill and Neglected Baby Sentenced to Orphans Home
Betty Jane, two months old and ill, was arraigned and convicted in municipal court by Judge J. C. Beem on the charge of dependent and neglected. Myrtle Dollmire, probation officer, testified as the state’s only witness. The baby was sentenced to the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home at Davenport, after being found shoved between pillows in a dresser drawer. Condition improved after admission to a local hospital.
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Betty Jane
Lowa
J. C. Beem
Beem
Myrtle Dollmire
Davenport
Pola Negri to wed Mdivani in Paris in spring romance
Pola Negri says old titles are useless and only romance could draw her to Prince Serge Mdivani for marriage. In Paris she shows a silver locket with Rudolph Valentino's photo and vows to always keep his memory, whether married or single.
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Paris
Pola Negri
Serge Mdivani
United Press
Hollywood
Miss Negri
Rudolph Valentino
Poole hall operator jailed in weather lottery case
Elmer Lau of Davenport, named as ringleader of a weather lottery, was jailed in Cedar Rapids with agents stating he ran a scheme across Iowa and neighboring states. Tickets with four digit weather based numbers were sold in pool halls and other venues, with prizes from 65 dollars to thousands.
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Elmer Lau
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
A. E. Nugent
George Atkins
Chicago
Waterloo
Guthrie Man Sued for Broken Promise
Beatrice Wall filed a $5,000 breach of promise suit in district court against John Alexander of Panora. Wall, 45, alleges humiliation after Alexander, 48, failed to marry her. The case names both residents of Panora.
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Noe Guthrie Centera
INS
John Alexander
Beatrice Wall
Panora
Miss Wall
Alexander
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Poiice
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Pola
Rudy
Poolaall Man IK
Lau
Iowa City
Oelwein
Burlington
Batavia
Quincy
Galesburg
East Dubuque
Winona
Guthrie
Bell
Bell System
America
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Folger’s
Folger's
Folger
EH Folger
Fea Pacers
J. A. Folger & Co
Heywood-Wakefield
Heywood- Wakefield
U.S. Pat
Nichols & Gates
West Fourth Street
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