End of Mexican Civil War Hints From Escobar Disappearance
Mixed brief items report a possible end to the Mexican civil war as Gen. Escobar is said to have left leadership to surrender or flee to the United States. Other notices cover a Florida anti-gambling campaign, a torch murder case in New York and New Jersey, Iowa political rumors, track records, a cross-continent air race to save a sick father, and the Cedar River flood crest and recession.
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Nix
Escobar
el Paso
Douglas
Ariz
United States
Calles
Gil
Sonora
Rowa
Dickinson
Hammill
Dave Stewart
Sioux City
Cummins
Fletcher
Washington
Two Sisters Fly to Aid Father Amid Critical Illness
Mrs F W Jasper and Miss Stella McCord rushed from New York to Newton Iowa to reach their ailing 85 year old father M A McCord. The trip began after radio word of his condition and involved a Baltic quarantine landing, a tug, and a Fairchild cabin plane piloted by Randy Enslow. McCord, a former Newton mayor and congress candidate, remains in very low condition with only a few days to live.
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Newton
Stella McCord
F. W. Jasper
M. A. McCord
Roosevelt Field
Des Moines
Mediterranean
N. Y
Wenton
F. L. Maytag
Baltic
New York
Maytag
Mner
Curtiss Flying Service
Randy Enslow
Ald
F. J. Maytag
Lib Moraling
McCord
Randy Estow
Fairchild
Mediterranean Sea
Leroy
Chicago
Anguta
Senate Debenture Plan Faces Vote As Farm Relief Advances
Washington April 29 The senate considered the administration debenture farm relief plan amid debate on Hyde and the agriculture department. A private poll showed 63 to 38 against debentures, while four supplementary farm relief bills were favorably reported to the House for immediate action.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Hoover
Arthur M. Hyde
Senate
Congress
Nouse
Hyde
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Joseph T. Robinson
Norris
Nebraska
McNary
Agriculture Committee
Hoovers
Democras
Washington
D. C
U.R
Federal Farm Board
Davenporter Wins Rotary Golf Meet
Davenport golfer Chris Heuck captured the annual Rotary golf tournament opening the Eleventh district convention in Cedar Rapids Iowa with about 1500 Rotarians in attendance. S.A. Knapp and George Young led low scores on first and second nines while A H Pulley took the consolation prize. Clyde L Hulsizer district governor will preside over the two day conference with May John L Griffith and Dr. Charles Barker slated to speak.
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Cedar Rapids
U.A
Chris Heuck
Davenport
S.A. Knapp
Ames
George Young
Clarion
A. H. Pulley
Clyde L. Hulsizer
Des Moines
John L. Griffith
Big Ten
Charles Barker
Burglars Seize Alemite Plant Grease Caps
Chicago April 29 A gang of 12 burglars captured plant employees and seized control of the Alemite Manufacturing plant early today. They looted five truckloads of grease caps valued between 50 000 and 60 000 dollars. The invasion began at 130 and lasted until 5 o'clock.
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Chicago
Hoelding
Alemite Manufacturing Company
Mellon decision delayed again in Senate panel hearing
Washington, Apr 22. The Senate Judiciary Committee again deferred ruling on Andrew W. Mellon's eligibility to be secretary of the treasury after a fourth closed session. A vote was anticipated tomorrow as one faction argues Mellon’s business holdings violate a century-old law while another says his wealth does not render him ineligible.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Nortis
Nebraska
Walsh
Montana
Bellon
Three Film Figures Die In Stunt Plane Crash
In Los Angeles on April 29 three men prominent in the film colony were killed when a stunt planned for a movie went wrong. William Oviatt 22 plane owner, Ray N Scott 25 actor, and Mack A Finkr 25 film character actor died when their aircraft plunged from about 400 feet and burst into flames. Japanese farm hands witnessed the crash.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nsi
William Oviatt
William H. Qvintt
Morris Gest
Ray
Hip Boots Drown Young Swimmer in Mississippi
Keokuk Iowa April 29 Free man Clark 17 was drowned in the Mississippi River. His body remained unfound today after he and a companion built log rafts and played on them. A raft Clark stood on was pulled into an eddy and he attempted to swim to a nearby post but sank as hip boots filled with water.
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Keokuk
U.R
Freeman Clark
Mississippi
Clark
Belief of 17 Lost in Steamer Viking Disaster
From Manila Illinois April 25 seventeen were believed to have perished when the Inter island steamer Viking burned and sank in the Vasayan sea en route to Gebu. The Delhi radioed rescue of crew including the first second and third officers. The captain was reported missing. The blaze, tapping large gasoline drums, forced many crew to jump overboard. Only one lifeboat was launched safely. Rescue ships were drawn by smoke.
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Manilla
P. IL
U.pi
Viking
Vasayan Sea
Gebu
Delhi
Former Lowan Man Dead in Wisconsin
Manitowoc Wis April 29 A man believed to be W H Kirkpatrick 50 formerly of Council Bluffs Ind was found dead yesterday in a hotel room He had been here a few weeks employed in printing and binding ships Letters on his person were the only means of identification
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Manitowoc
Wis
W. H. Kirkpatrick
Council Bluffs, In
Dartmouth Outing Club man Lost in White River Rapids
A 40 member Dartmouth Outing Club party and river men search White river for R G Blickensderfer Jr a 23 year old medical student who drowned after a canoe overturned near Bethel Vermont. Other students rescued. body not recovered as of nightfall amid heavy rain and darkness. (Continued on page two column 8).
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
White River
R. G. Blickensderfer
Denver
Cole
Blickensderfer
Buchtel
Uchtel
W. W. Fenton
Westport
Conn
Blair Wood
Waterloo
West Hartford
Canon
W. N. Fenton
Connecticut
White River Junction
Parish
Rogers
R. G. Blickensderfer, Jr
Henry Buchtel
Three Dead Score Hurt in L Train Wreck in Bronx
In New York on April 29 three people were confirmed dead and police searched for another body after a rear end collision between an R T Express train and an elevated line in the Bronx during rush hour. Over twenty were injured as the two tracks above ground, shared by subway and elevated lines, collided and caught fire. The dead include J Callen, an LR T Express motorman, and students William Sachs and William Schultz.
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New York
Anel
R. T. Express
Bronx
Steals Automobile to Escape Whipping in Iowa
In Cotncil Bluffs Richard Wells fourteen fled his father's whipping by stealing a car to reach home by the expected time. Judge Sheehan ordered the boy to the state training school at Eldorn but parole was granted to his father, who admitted harsh discipline may have driven the act. Separately Des Moines reports W O W town camp meeting opens with delegates from Boone Ames Newton and Marshalltown to be initiated.
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Cotncil Bluffs
Frarofa
Richard Wells
Sheehan
Ealdorn
W. C. Wells
Richard
Des Moines
Boone, Ames
Newton
Marshalltown
Board in heated session over Mason persecution claims
The county board, amid electricity in the air, faced charges of persecuting Road Patrolman Harry P. Mason after his testimony on arresting rum runners. Nations of debate centered on John R. Rector's opposition to Mason, claims of legal authority, and the sheriff's request for guns for Mason and himself. Mason defended stop-and-check practices, while Rector and Northey argued legality and restraint.
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Harry P. Mason
Matt
Abies
Gilbertville
John R. Rector
East Waterloo
Mason
Northey
Nathan Northey
Waterloo
California
Rector
Risden
State Bureau of Investigation
Cedar Falls
Ed Refshange
Mec
Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
California and
Towa
Ilegal
Colonists Caven Away By Flood
Quincy April 29 A flood sweeps away colonists in Helland Dutch farm area as levees fail on the Mississippi. Families abandon sprouting onions and move to Chicago Wisconsin and Michigan. Some sell possessions, borrow money, or await aid while fears linger that dikes may fail again.
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Quincy
Mississippi
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cuba Nabs Major Booze Smuggling Ring In Havana
Cuban secret police exposed a million dollar liquor smuggling plot spanning the United States with Havana as central hub. Leader Sydney Hoffman, an American chemist, confessed before deportation. Eight Americans in Cuba are said to be implicated.
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Havana
United States
Alfonso Fors
Sydney Hoffman
Hoffman
Cuba
84 Killed in Auto Weekend Crashes
A United Press report tallies 84 automobile deaths across the weekend with New York state suffering 23 fatalities, including nine from one family. Other fatalities occurred in Indiana, Chicago area, Philadelphia suburbs, and several states, as vacationers crowded highways after rainy weather.
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New York
United Press
New York State
Bristol
Ind
Annther
Jeffersonvile
Chicago
Philadelphia
Sunlave
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