Germany's von Hindenburg touted by some as defeat for communism
A Berlin communist open letter urges a 24 hour strike on von Hindenburg's entry to the city. Moscow reacts with astonishment as Western observers mark the new president as no friend to Bolsheviks. Crosscut notes on music and public band concerts resuming in Berlin, and White House diplomacy expected as Coolidge congratulates Germany’s president-to-be.
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Courier Delivery Reminder Before 3 30 P M
The notice reminds readers the Courier is delivered at home before 3 30 PM. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call S100 to report and a copy will be sent. Call volume cutoff is 30 minutes before 3 30 PM.
Eleanor Sparks to Wed Gordon L. Matto in June
Miss Eleanor Sparks daughter of Sir Ashley and Lady Sparks of London arrived on the liner Aquitania. She will wed Gordon L. Matto of New York on June 27.
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Keokuk Woman Sues Police Chief in District Court
Mrs. Blanche Mortimer sues Keokuk police chief L. D. Fuqua for $3,000 claiming unlawful malicious trespass. Fuqua says he went to her house at her request to obtain information about her missing brother during the incident.
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L. D. Fugan
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Father of Kidnaped Child Roams Woods
Walter Ghaderton, father of an 11 year old abducted by Earl Woodward, a black ex-convict, roams Grantville woods after seventy five hours in a manhunt. Armed posses chase Woodward dead or alive as the search continues for the child.
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Atlanta Warden Fails Smugglers of Opium
Opium valued at 5000 dollars seized in the United States penitentiary as Warden John W. Snook reports the drug was smuggled in cans and turned over to a trusty prisoner. Des Moines Boy Scouts plan to plant 1000 elm trees this week in Arbor Day observances.
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Farm youth who shot his mother re enacts crime
Emmett Schoen a 19 year old farm lad who confessed to shooting his mother Mrs Anna Schoen at their Grimes area home last week will be taken to a re enactment of the events today. He has been held in the county jail since the affair. The mother was initially said to be shot by an unknown assailant but later he confessed claiming he mistook her for a chicken thief. No charges have been filed. Mrs Schoen is in a local hospital with a shotgun wound in the abdomen and is believed out of danger barring complications.
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Berlin Reds Strike Over Hindenburg Inauguration
United Press from Berlin reports a general strike called by Berlin communists to protest the May 9 inauguration of Presidentelect Hindenburg. Demands include dissolution of the Reichswehr, reorganization of the police, abolition of the TechNische Nothilfe, confiscation of princely fortunes, expulsion of former ruling houses, and eight hour workday amid proproletariat measures. Admirers greet the aged veteran at Gross Schwelper while Berlin braces with republican and monarchist tensions.
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Man with $50,000 May Be Wandering Waterloo Streets
Police across Iowa asked help to locate Gotloh Hoffmeister 65 missing from his Ackley home since Saturday. He is believed wandering the state with a fortune estimated at 50,000 to 78,000 dollars in cash. Hoffmeister, believed to have had a mental breakdown, gathered wealth Saturday and started away from home. A son named Wil Mam followed him to Waterloo but could not trace him farther.
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Wheat Prices Jump on English Credit News
Chicago April 28 Unusual advances in wheat prices occurred today with May futures near 1.49 2-3 as markets spiked on news that England arranged 300 million dollars in U S credit. Small supplies for May 1 delivery and scarce speculative offerings buoyed prices while corn followed wheat higher.
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Canada Counterfeit Notes Fool Russians
Moscow reports the Russian state bank forbids accepting Canadian paper dollars at its branches after counterfeit notes, likely from Montreal, circulated in Soviet Russia in recent weeks, making Canadian money dubious in the region.
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No Trace Found of Missing War Bride in Kansas City
Kansas City report states Mrs. Nancy Jordan Clarke, once linked to a wartime romance with Kansas City attorney Frank G. Warren, remains missing from her home. Divorcee Claude H. Clarke of Chicago claimed his wife spent days and nights at dances amid ongoing inquiries.
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Organize Investment Firm at Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls April 28 Special Black Hawk Investment company to transact a general loaning business was organized here today with 14 stockholders, who elected Fred Schmidt president D W Moss vice president R S Merner secretary J J Kuhl treasurer DIRIG THELE DELAYED. Lakehurst N J April 2 The United States dirigible Los Angeles which was to have started for Porto Rico today will not leave until tomorrow it was indicated this morning Weather conditions were unsatisfactory.
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Mimic Naval Maneuvers See Blue and Black Claim Wins
Conflicting reports from Washington and Honolulu detail the grand mimic naval exercise off Hawaii. Umpires aboard Seattle will judge the outcomes as Blues attack and Blacks defend, with aerial and sea combat shaping the verdicts.
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Churchill Budget Announces Gold Standard Return and Tax Cuts
Winston Churchill unveiled a maiden budget in the House of Commons detailing a return to the gold standard, reimposed McKenna duties on luxuries, and a sixpence cut in income tax. He projected credits of up to 300 million dollars from the United States and a 26 million pound surplus under the existing tax base with adjustments for spirits and tobacco.
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State Convention Opens At Stanton Iowa Lutherans Meet
The seventh annual Iowa Lutheran conference opens at the Stanton Lutheran church with sermon by Rev. A. T. Lunholm. Gowrie presides as conference president. About 200 attendees expected from 25,000 Lutherans in town and surrounding Midwest. Mamre Lutheran Church is largest in the conference, organized in 1870 with 1,500 membership. Expenditures for the conference estimated at $450,000 by the state executive committee.
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Young Auto Thieves Returned to Chicago
Sergeant Joseph Betskey and Fred Banack of Chicago arrived to take Fred Gridspy, plus youths Joseph Greco Fred Beaman and Frank Logan, back to Chicago to face trial for stealing a mobile auto. They were arrested near London on Lincoln highway while begging for gasoline and a ride, confessing the theft as they headed toward Omaha seeking work.
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Joseph Betskey
Chicago
Po-Ice Department
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Fred Beaman
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Lincoln Highway
Omaha
Makers Look Into Synthetic Alcohol Discovery Shocks Industry
Washington April 28 chemical manufacturers in the United States opened an investigation into synthetic alcohol production. Secretary Hoover announced the industry valued at about 100 million dollars has been nearly wiped out by a cheaper German process, signaling a major shift in alcohol manufacture.
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Dirigible Shénan'togh To Get Longer Range Engines
Telegraph briefs report new engines will be installed in the dirigible Shénan'togh to extend cruising range from 4000 to 5000 miles. London notes the Earl of Balfour Way becomes Lord President of the Council after Mar quis Curzon. New York cites calls for more judges to boost efficiency and justice. Los Angeles says sex plays are replaced by comedy films. New York notes Madna Werber won a $1000 Pulitzer and donated the prize to the Authors' League fund.
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Paris Police Seize Daggers and Members Lists
Paris authorities searched houses of secretaries for communist organizations and seized literature, member lists, daggers, and revolvers. No direct link found to last Thursday’s clash that left three dead and 43 wounded among communists and the Young Patriots. Frost reports freezing weather across several Iowa cities with Cedar Rapids hitting 32 degrees.
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Belts How Fair Crooks Fewer Or Harder To Catch
Rockwell City April 28 crime among women in Iowa is on the wane says Eleanor Hutchinson superintendent of the state women’s reformatory. She notes inmate count 62 today vs 40 a year ago and that 14 are held on murder charges with long terms. Probationary work credited for the apparent drop.
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