Ralph Alexander Burns In Fireman Conduit Explosion
Ralph Alexander a fireman at Station No 1 was seriously burned about the face and hands by a flare of gas from an explosion in a conduit manhole at the Watertoo Manufacturing plant in Sn. m. He had fought a previous arm burn at Electric Park fire a few days earlier and his clothing burned. He was taken to a physician then home to 22S Lafayette street. Other firemen injured at Waterloo Sash and Fixture works are recovering. Joseph Briggs faces extended recovery and James Pett will be off duty for days. Emil Flieder returned to duty today.
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Ralph Alexander
Alexander
Sen
Lafayette Street
Waterloo Sash & Fixture
Joseph Briggs
Janes Pett
Emil Flieder
Harding Court Opposed by Three Separate Groups
The piece discusses Senator Borah's idea to outlaw war through a judicial framework as an alternative to President Harding's plan and the league of nations. It notes strong support among dealists and questions whether Borah’s court could supplant or displace the league itself as the senate debate unfolds.
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Harding Court
Cecil
Shade
Matty
Borah
Sayin
Borak
Hardine
League of Nations
Senate
Senator Borah
Harding
eCopyright
New York
Mayday Uprisings Fear Red Menace in Germany
Front page relato describes German panic over Mayday uprisings and a funeral scene at Krupp victims' burial. Red banners near a choir boy behind a crucifix amid a sermon move Cardinal Schulte to tears, fearing ominous future.
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Germany
Rus
Germa
Schulte
Kamps
Ceimentery
Cardinal Senulte
Dow
Executive Council Bars Band Proposal in Iowa Meeting
Des Moines reports the state executive council held a session with no action on the ongoing impasse over Iowa’s soldier bonus bands. A local broker’s proposal, tied to New York interests, was opened but barred from consideration. Bonds were offered for sale but drew no bidders, postponing the sale until tomorrow.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Iowa
New York
Houses
Two Iowa Posts Lead American Legion Membership
Omaha Douglas county post No 1 reports 2415 paid up members the highest in the nation. National adjutant Jennel Belles notes Omaha aims to hit 3000 with a new drive expected to add about 500 names. Other strong posts include Monahan Sioux City Argonne Des Moines Learned Detroit and Portland Oregon.
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Omaha
Nob
Douglas
Sargast
National American Legion Organization
Jennel Belles
National Adjuanc
H.C. Hough
Dowgins
Omaka Chamber of Coama
Monahan
Sioux 4
Ohler
Raubink
aAtuung
Argoyne Post
Des Moines
Detroit
Portland
Ore
Klux Klan Aims to End Parochial Schools in Iowa Sermon
In Cedar Rapids, April 20, Rev. BR Edwards, pastor of the Library Baptist Church, denounced parochial schools and urged support for public education. He cited a claim about immigrant children in New York who attend parochial schools, arguing such education harms American officials.
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Cadar Rapids
America
Rey. Tra BR. Edwards
Klokach
Sipphe
Pasetor
Ubrary Baptist Church
Ftw Kermon
New York City
Armerica
Old Country
Students Near Death in Des Moines Auto Crash May Recover
Des Moines April 39. Walter Francs, 24, Guthrie Center, and five others were injured in an auto collision Friday. France had a fractured skull and was in critical condition yesterday. Leo Chase, 16, Guthrie Center, suffered internal injuries but likely will recover. his brother Earl, 18, left the hospital yesterday. Officers said if any injured youths die, manslaughter charges would be brought against widam McDonough, driver of the struck vehicle.
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Des Moines
Walter Francs
Guencie Center
Slx
France
Leo Chase
Guthrie, Center
Earl
Boreau
Widam McDonough
Many Candidates for Towner's Place
Greston April 30 Eleven counties will be represented by 130 delegates at the Eighth district Republican convention opening tomorrow to nominate one candidate for the June 4 special election to fill the Horace Mann Towner vacancy. Candidates named include Charles I Thomas Oreston J C Tuck and others across García Corydon Decatur Centerville Fort Dodge Shenandoah Chariton Clarinda Cedar Falls Des Moines. State chairman ex senator Charles A Rawson and Lars Bladine are expected at a leaders conference today.
Des Moines Thieves Rob Filling Station
Des Moines police seek two armed men who robbed the Standard Oil station at Twenty ninth and University last night obtaining about $100. They forced the attendant to drive to their awaiting car and threatened to shoot if he cried out. The suspects fled after the holdup.
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Des Moines
Standard Oil
Twenty-ninth
University Avenues
Four Hurt in Midnight Joyride Near Sioux City
Four persons were injured in a midnight auto accident in Sioux City. Lionel Burrell lost control at high speed, the car veered into a ditch and rolled twice. Injured residents of Quana, Pa include Burrell Ralph Nessie Ted Whittemore and Rose Carter Nessle may die.
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Sioux City
Lionel Burrell
Quana
Burrell
Ralph Nessie
Ted Whittemore
Rose Carter
Nessle
Kendall declares Iowa will enforce day prohibition nationwide drive
Des Moines April 30 The text reports Governor Kendall pledging full support for enforcing liquor laws and urging harsher penalties for violators. Prohibition leaders and national speakers urged constant agitation and a united, intensified push to curb the liquor traffic. 50 Polk county pulpits heard prohibition rhetoric and calls for enhanced enforcement and new legislation.
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Preas i
Des Moines
Towa
Kendell
RN. Holsapte
Sia- Gay
Gev
Kendall
Polk County
United States
W W. Chertington
World League Against Alcoholism
International Prohibition Workers
Man Kills Wife and Mother-in-Law Then Commits Suicide
Maquoketa Iowa April 30 Chas ner Carrell 40 shot his divorced wife and her mother Mrs George Gibson at Mrs Gibson s home He fired at Mrs Gibson in the yard wounding her in the temple then went into the house shot his wife in the jaw and killed himself Mrs Gibson not expected to live Mrs Correll will recover
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Maquoketa
Chasner Carrell
George Gibson
Carrell
Walt
Pair Breaks Dubuque Jail Escape in Car
Dubuque police search for James Bannock of Minneapolis and Blair of Philadelphia after they broke jail and fled in a high powered car. Hamnock, a youth, is charged with robbing Rath Packing of 1000 dollars and Blair with passing worthless checks. Police reported injuries to a keeper during the escape.
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Dubuque
Mid- West
James Bannock
Minneapolis
Blair
Philadelphia
Pho
Goxlsitar
Boxlgster
Hamnock
Rath Packing Company
Duubuque, Thockford and
Cascade
Des Moines Briefs Highlight Tragic Poisoning and Kidnapping Hints
Des Moines reports death of William Fish, 23, from suspected poisoning after receiving two small cats, while Melcher manned concrete mixers. Other items note a six year old possibly kidnapped by two women, Grinnell matrimony questions, and state tax board advocacy.
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Des Moines
William Fish
Monteith
Melcher
Robert Andrews
Thebes
Crinnell
Grinnell
Mason City
Worlieth General Assembly
E. Wiehman
Gardner
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Audubon
Audubon Sheley
Farm Bureau
Ames
E. M. Smith
Winterset
State Tax Board
General Assembly
Sugar Prices Fall Amid Women Led Boycott
Raw sugar futures declined as much as 42 points at open amid a housewives boycott and government injunction talks. Officials pursue an injunction against the New York Sugar Exchange over alleged price fixing while brokers cite the boycott and market uncertainty about ownership controls as reasons for the drop.
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New York
lM.lée
Frrom
International News Wire
New York Swear Exchange
Metropolis
Five Boroughs
Louis R. Welameller
Sugar Exchange
William Mason Smith
The
Exchange
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Washington
Supreme Court
Germany offers France 830 billion gold marks in Ruhr settlement
The German cabinet decided to offer France 830 billion gold marks as a settlement over the Ruhr crisis instead of 20. An additional rise could be agreed if experts judge Germany able to pay. The offer, to be sent Tuesday night, would also safeguard France from German military attacks and demands immediate Ruhr evacuation at signing.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Ruhr
De Valera's Proclamation Ignored by Irregulars in Cochin
Reports from Cochin say De Valera's order to suspend hostilities at noon was ignored. Irregulars attacked in several communities while Free State troops continue rounding up suspects and arresting many.
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Cochin
Hamonn de Valera
Free State
Sheiks at Marion Face Horsewhipping
Marion Iowa April 30 residents organize a horsewhipping committee to target alleged sheiks and cake eaters blamed for preying on young women in the city. The vow involves fathers and mothers mobilizing local action against the supposed criminals.
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Marion
Trate
Supreme Court rules stock swap income not taxable under Tavennes Act
In Washington April 20 the Supreme Court held that incomes from exchanging stock in a corporation for stock in a new corporation during reincorporation are not taxable again under the Tavannes Act. The decision clarifies tax treatment for corporate reorganizations and untaxable exchanges.
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Washington, D. C
The
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Wifford Thorne Plans World Tour With Family
Chicago April 30 Clifford Thorne former Iowa railroad board chairman announced that Mrs Thorne their daughter Frances and he will start next month on a journey around the world.
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Chicago
Clifford Thorne
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
SRAKHR Corporation declares quarterly dividends in South Bend
Studebaker corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on preferred stock and 2 percent on common stock payable June 1 to stockholders of record May 10 in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Thirty Two Die in Weekend Car Crashes Across U S
United Press tally shows thirty two killed and 219 injured in auto wrecks across 28 cities over the weekend. Five deaths near Los Angeles and four at Cleveland are among the fatalities with additional victims in Charleston West Virginia New York Akron Chicago Detroit St Louis Ypsilanti Mount Sterling Toledo and other locales.
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United Press
United Press Today
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Charleston
W. Va
New York
Akron
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Ypsilanti
Mich
Kansas City
New Orleans
St. Paul
Falls City
Neb
Mount Sterling
Toledo
Beatrice Nuttall Fights Custody Divide in Illinois Case
Beatrice Nuttall a 12 year old pleads to live with her foster mother Mrs. James Nuttall after a 12 year search by her real mother Mrs. Charles Morris for custody. The child warns she will flee if placed with her birth mother and ministers urge prudent court judgment ahead of two Superior Court judges tomorrow in Chicago.
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United Press
Chicago
Beatrice Nuttall
James
Nuttall
Charles Morris
Beatrice
Lumber Trust Target for Federal Guns in Injunction Pleading
Federal government files injunction in St Paul at request of Attorney General Daugher to end operations of the Western Pine Manufacturers association, about 50 corporations. Petition says the group is a price fixing cartel restraining interstate trade in lumber and creating a fictitious price level to eliminate competition.
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Washington, D. C
Western Pine Manufacturers Association
St. Paul
Guards Fire On Plane Over San Quentin Prison
San Quentin Cal April 30 Guards fired on a plane circling the prison during filming. The aircraft suffered a shattered propeller blade and plunged into a marsh a thousand feet below. Pilot A C Cultenbach and photographer John Stout escaped harm.Officials claim the flight violated prison air rules by a film company.
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San Quentin
Cal
Johnston
A. C. Cultenbach
John Stout
Daugherty Returns to Washington Work
Attorney General Daugherty returns to Washington after nearly two months away in Florida and North Carolina for illness recovery. He resumes duties at the Department of Justice and will tackle important matters he has been kept informed about during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Florida
North Carolina
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Shanewise Wins G W A Billiard Meet in Waterloo
Maurice Shanewise captured first place in the Greater Waterloo Billiard Association 1$2 balkline tournament by defeating E. D. Yahnke 150 to 11. Yahnke made several long runs late, but Shanewise held a solid lead and received an ivory mounted cue. Other cue winners were FE, D. Yahnke, A. B. Lovejoy, J. R. James, and M. Q O. Bowen in order of scores.
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Maurice Shanewise
Greater Waterloo Association
E. D. Yahke
APB
Yahnke
Shanewise
D. Yahnke
A. B. Lovejoy
J. R. James
M. Q O. Bowen
Bids Sought for Waterloo Post Office Roof Repair
The Waterloo post office seeks bids this week for roof repair and repainting work. Orvie B. Beckwith wins again a Washington contract to provide screened wagon service hauling mail between trains and the post office, running July 1, 1923 to June 30, 1927.
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Waterloo
Orvie B. Beckwith
Postal Department
Washington
Bert Schultz Losses Fingers In Buzzsaw Accident
Bert Schultz an employee of Construction Machinery Corp was injured when his hand touched a buzzsaw this morning. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital and lost part of a thumb and a finger.
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Bert Schultz
Construction Machinery Corporation
Presbyterian Hospital
Phi Sigs Open Season With Ring Tut Party
Phi Sigma Chi plans a Summer dancing season opening at Johnson's pavilion on Friday evening. The Pharaoh’s court theme will feature Egyptian decorations and lighting with Egyptian novelties in the program. The party is open and informal with Paul Manning and Joe Turner heading the arrangements committee.
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PHI Sigs
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Johnson's Pavilion
Paul Manning
Joe Turner
Waterloo physicians return from historic medical train tour
Four physicians from Waterloo led the first special clinic train in U S history with 306 doctors aboard. The tour, under Tri-State Medical Society auspices, visited Harvard Yale New Haven Johns Hopkins and Walter Reed among others, with lectures clinics and hospital demonstrations. President Harding received the visitors at the White House.
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United States
Trdin
Tri-State Medical Society
Waterloo
FP. Stevenson
J. E. O'Keefe
C. A. Waterbury
Joslin
Harvard Club
Harvard Medical College
Sir Harold Styles
Edinburgh
Scotland
Boston
Copley Plaza
Lenox
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Medical College
University Medical Faculty
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Reading Hospitals
Philadelphia
DeCosta
Hare
Dever
Clark
Stingle
Gibbon
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Medical School
University of Maryland
Washington, D. C
New Willard Hotel
Walter Reed Government Hospital
Arlington Heights
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
President Harding
White House
Protest Against Proposed Paving By WCF & N Facing Tax Burden
C D Cass general manager files protest against city council paving resolutions for Park road Broadway and Fletcher avenue claiming WCF & N will bear the major share of $19,125.62 in special assessments. He notes additional track work already underway and cites 1922 taxes unpaid totaling $42,964.85 with $10,329.59 tied to paving. Diamonds note gem production details follow.
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Park Road
Broadway
Fletcher Avenue
C. D. Cass
Bottle of Pop Used to Christen Large Sand Barge
The Waterloo Dredging company launched a 69 by 30 foot sand barge on the Cedar river. With a 30 foot high bank and 100 foot trestle skids, the large vessel slid into the river after a two day preparation. Manager F J Cole used a pop bottle in place of champagne to christen the barge. The barge will haul sand from upstream.
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Waterloo Dredging Company
Muilan Avenue
Cedar River
F. J. Cole
Rotary Retiring Officers Report At Noonday Club Meeting
Rotary club officers retired at the Hotel Russell Lamson noon meeting. Retiring serjeant at arms V Sibert reported a 15.60 collection. Frank Fowler instructed the new sergeant at arms and formed a committee to study the Walstead act. Fred Adams became president, receiving a gavel and oak relic symbolizing Rotary’s enduring strength. Adams thanked members and urged cooperation. Carleton Sias received a brown toupe in appreciation.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Russell Lamson
V. Sibert
Carleton Sias
Frank Fowler
Rotary Reserve
Rotary
Adams
Milk Quality Report Names Iowa Dealers’ Safe Supply
Analysis received by milk inspector C. L. McDermott from the Iowa pure food commission shows Waterloo households receive a safe, excellent milk supply. Twelve dealers were sampled April 23 without notice. all passed strict bacteria and purity tests except one slightly off color. Gates dairy topped bacteria cleanliness, Parrott second. school milk samples were exceptionally pure.
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Waterloo
C. L. McDermott
Iowa Pure Food Commission
Des Moines
Ali
B. A. Gates
W. F. Parrott
W M Erpelding to Erect Brick House on Cutler Street
Building permits issued by Commissioner Charles Wasson include W M Erpelding for a brick residence at 337 Cutler Street costing 6250. A J Schmitt to build a one story frame dwelling at B17 Cutler Street costing 3000. Other permits granted: O H Gruhn 309 State garage 160 Miss Lotie Rash 1120 Fifth West addition 100 Charles Igon 830 Willow remodeling 400 J H Fuess 117 Mulberry remodeling 3300 OZARIS KIN death by own action. Berlin April 30 Prince Bamarkoff of Russia relative to the former czar committed death by own action today in a hotel.
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Charles Wasson
W. M. Erpelding
Cutler Street
A. J. Schmitt
O.H. Gruhn
State
Lottie Rash
Fifth West
Charles Igon
Willow
H. Fuess
Mulberry
Ozaris
Berlin
Prince Bamarkoff
Russia
Murtich
Colored youth shot after freight-yard chase in Rock Island
Patrolman R A Michaels fired at two colored youths fleeing freight train No 1 in Rock Island yards. One youth identified as Jesse Johnson from Tulsa Okla was shot in the thigh and taken to St Francis hospital. Doctors said the wound was not serious and expects discharge in a few days. Johnson said he was visiting an uncle in Manly Ind. A message was sent to that address for the uncle to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island “Yards
Pa. Wm
R. A. Michael
Jesse Johnson
Tulsa
Okla
Michael
jPolice
St. Francis Hospital
Johnson
Manly
P. E. Walker
Auto Drivers Fall in Clutches of Law
William Sall, an auto repair worker, was found guilty of speeding on Franklin Street at 38 miles per hour and fined 21.50 with costs, with part suspended if he stays within the limit. Four motorists faced parking charges on Fourth or Fifth Streets with fines and forfeited bonds. one car owner lost a bond for parking near a hydrant. A disturbance charge was continued indefinitely, requiring the defendant to behave. the case stemmed from a complaint by his wife.
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William Sall
Franklin Street
Co. B. Court
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Executive Council
American Legion
Kluxer Klan
Towner
Kenall
Antisaloon League
Fort. Madison
Mississippi River
Rayeux Klan
Boone
A. PB. Ogg
Eastern Star
Chicago & Northwestern
Keokuk
Charles Allen
Cedar Rapids
Godfrey Smahel
Davenport
John M. Cash
Peptia
Cash
Detroit Vapor
Commany
S Moines
National Women’s Overseas Service League
Doris Marksey
Iowa City
Towa City High School
Edwin Shrader
Tawa City
A. TL Lamdholm
Gowrie
Augustana Synod
Town Lutheran Conference
Gov't
N. Y
de Valera
Wifford Thorne
Srakhr Corporations
Irl
Lumber Trust
San Quentin Prison
G. W. A. Billiard
Four Physicians OF Waterloo
C.D. Cass
Street Car Co
Burden
Crystal Ice & Fuel
Wartey’s Wall Paper, Paint & Glass Store
West Fourth St
R. A. Michaels
W. A. Covell
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