Seventieth Congress Opens Amid Pressures and Global News
The Seventieth Congress convened in Washington at noon with little unrest as leaders plan swift action to save the union within three months. Meanwhile King George V’s health remains fragile, oxygen given, fever slight, and recovery uncertain. In sports, Western teams challenge the Big Three showing wide open competition. Alaska’s oil wealth and West interior policy loom large. A Chile earthquake disaster follows, with deaths, injuries, martial law in Talca, and massive rebuilding efforts under President Ibanez. Leadville, Colorado, the so called wickedest town, faces a federal grand jury probe into city governance and saloon activity as its diminished population endures.
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Washington
Senate
House
Union
Coolidge
Chile
Santiago
Talca
Taica
Ibanez
Blanche
Leadville
Colo
Henry Ward Beecher
Pueblo
Christmas Advertisement for Cigars and Gift Box
A vintage ad highlights a Christmas gift idea featuring a box of Martin Ban Pelice Dutch Master cigars. Ideal for holiday celebrations, the ad markets cigar sets as a classy seasonal present and suggests convenient purchase options.
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Martin
Japanese reformer touts Asiatic Union to solve food and population
Tosuke Tsurumi, young Japanese liberal leader, urges an "Asiatic Union" including Japan, China, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies and French Indo China to form a continental economic bloc. He argues it would ease food supply shortages and overpopulation while mirroring the United States model and advancing East Asian integration.
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Washington, D.C
Tosuke Tsurumi
New Liberal Party
United States
Philippine Islands
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Meit Sei-Kai
Tsurumi
Japan
Asia
United States of America
Asiatic Union
China
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
French Indo-China
Mr. Tsurumi
Matthew Arnold
League of Nations
America
First of All Good Fellows Begin Donations Again
The Good Fellows kickoff donations with Hope C. Martin leading the effort in Waterloo. His $25 gift accompanies a note urging more contributions to fund Christmas gifts and cheer for needy Waterloo homes through the Courier office, administered by the Business & Professional Women's club.
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Hope C. Martin
Waterloo
Courier Office
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Seaplane crash in Rio claims twelve lives
In Rio de Janeiro a hydro airship carrying a reception committee for aviator Aldeberto Santos-Dumont plunged into the harbor. Twelve people died, including six Brazilians of social and political prominence, two pilots, two mechanics, an official of Kondor syndicate, and the syndicate owner’s wife. One mechanic survived briefly but died in hospital.
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Rio de Janeiro
Santos Dumont
Aldeberto Santos-Dumont
Kondor Syndicate
Federal Power Commission urges new power control law
Washington December 3. The Federal Power Commission proposed new legislation to give the federal government final authority over interstate electric power projects. The report says current laws fail when states lack power to regulate rates and services. Federal supervision is limited to licensees, and only about half the states grant authority to regulate security issues of power companies.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Cedar Rapids Man Killed in Chicago
The body of Charles J. Stehlik, a former Cedar Rapids resident, was brought home for burial after being beaten to death in Chicago. A niece identified him at the morgue, finding no pockets or clues on the body besides bruising.
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Cedar Ranvids
U.A
Charles J. Stehlik
Chicago
Stehlik
Eva Luke
Stchilk
Courier Delivery Cutoff Notice
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by then due to carrier error call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Burlington Woman Is Found Dead In Timbers
Mrs Hazel Loose 26 was reported missing Sept 1. Her body was found by W H Moyer in a timbered area five miles west of Burlington. Coroner says death by strangulation with a towel around the throat. husband Ed Loose, a Burlington boiler maker, aided in the search and then left the city weeks ago. Sheriff seeks questioning.
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Burlington
Des Moines
Hazel Loose
Fletcher Farm
Here
W. H. Moyer
Delbert Murray
Ed Loose
Moyer
Loose
Pioneer Ezra Meeker Dies at 97 after long Oregon Trail life
Seattle obituary recalls Ezra Meeker born 1830 who became a symbolic pioneer of the Oregon Trail. He died at 4 05 a m aged 97 after stomach illness, having previously retraced the trail by wagon in 1906 and again by airplane recently. He left a legacy as the enduring embodiment of frontier migration.
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Ezra Meeker
Iowa
Oregon
Seattle
Wash
U.P
West
Oregon Trail
Meeker
Alboit
Ezra
Huntsville
Butler County
Covington
Ind
Indianapolis
Eliza Jane Sumner
Missouri River
Meekers
Portland
Ore
Kalama
Puyallup, Wash
King 3 Condition Becomes Serious
London dispatch reports King George VI remains seriously ill as doctors visit him four times. After a difficult night with oxygen administered, he survived the most critical stage yet. Public anxiety grows while crowds gather for updates as the Stock Exchange reflects national worry.
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London
Eng
U.R
George
Buckingham
Stock ‘Exchange
Arrest Man After He Pulls Trigger
Cedar Rapids, Ia., Dec. 3. A.R. reports that C. A. Larkin, 37, was held on a charge of attempted murder after aiming a shotgun at three officers yesterday. The weapon misfired when he pulled the trigger as police approached he kneeling in his yard with gun aimed at them.
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Cedar Rapids
C. A. Larkin
Larkin
Bank Failures in Iowa Declining in 1928
Des Moines reports 31 Iowa banks failed in the first 11 months of 1928. Banking Commissioner L. A. Andrew said overall bank conditions are better now than in the past five years, noting total failures and banks’ capitalization and deposits.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
L. A. Andrew
Andrew
Freighter Chief Maquilla Sinks Off Pacific
The freighter Chief Maquilla sank in the mid Pacific after being abandoned with holds full of water and a list. The ship went down several hours after the Japanese freighter Yogan Maru rescued the crew, leaving the ocean floor to claim the vessel.
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Seattle
Wash
INS
Australian debaters pray for King George V in Des Moines
Three University of Sydney debaters H G Godsall W S Sheldon and N C Nelson paused in Des Moines en route to Iowa City to debate the question Resolved that this house disapproves of nationalism or patriotism. They offered prayers for the king's recovery before continuing to compete in the event on Tuesday.
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Des Moines
George V
Britain
University of Sydney
Sydney
Australia
Iowa City
H. G. Godsall
W. S. Sheldon
N. C. Nelson
Urges merger of UO legal offices in DC report
Attorney General Sargent urged Congress to consolidate all government legal activities under the Justice Department in his annual report. He noted many offices were created over 60 years and now operate independently, echoing pre 1870 division of legal work. The report also contains Taft’s recommendations for extra district judges.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Department of Justice
Congress
Sargent
Justice Department
Taft
Eighteenth Amendment Seen Adding Liberties Here
Iowa City December 3. Catholic chaplain Rev. J Elliott Ross of Columbia University said the eighteenth amendment has added to Americans liberties rather than restricting them. He urged moderate drinkers to quit before it is too late and nondrinkers not to acquire the habit.
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Iowa City
INS
J. Elliott Ross
Columbia University
University of Iowa
Father Ross
Young hunter Arthur Cobb dies in hunting accident
Lovilia Iowa December 3 Funeral services were held for Arthur Cobb a 14 year old Des Moines youth who was killed in a hunting accident while visiting Lovilia relatives during Thanksgiving.
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Lovilia
INS
Arthur Cobb
Des Moines
Marshalltown to Require Five Story Buildings
Marshalltown council in Iowa announces new policy that all future business district construction must reach a minimum height of five stories, signaling a shift toward denser development and a bigger city image.
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Marshalltown
Osage Attorney Kugler's Body Sent Home for Trial
Des Moines reporting that Arthur Alexander Kugler former Osage attorney has died and his body has been sent to Osage for trial. Authorities report the case involving Kugler proceeding locally with the IBNS service noting his death occurred recently and the body will be returned for legal action in Osage.
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OSAGE
DYES
Des Moines
INS
Arthur Alexander Kugler
Jewelry Heist Reported In Chicago Car Theft
Lawson Jaffe, a jewelry salesman, told police two bags containing $594 000 in jewels were stolen from his automobile today in Chicago. The incident occurred on December 3 or 4, according to the report.
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Chicago
Lawson Jaffe
Demurrer Hears Fraud Indictment in Waterloo Lifeco Case
Ivan Londergan, promoter and president of the Medical Life Insurance Co of Waterloo, faces a federal indictment for using the mails to defraud. A Dubuque judge heard a demurrer arguing the two counts, contending the alleged fraud followed the stock sales and that the letters cited postdate the fraud, thus nullifying the charges.
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Courier Special Service
Dubuque
Ivan Londergan
Medical Life Insurance Company of Waterloo
George C. Scott
Pastor Resigns to Take Iowa Synodical Post
Rev. L. Myron Boozer, pastor of the collegiate Presbyterian church in Ames Indiana, announced his resignation yesterday as he awaits congregational action. He accepted election as synodical executive for Iowa at the state synod meeting in Ottumwa in October, with a vote on his resignation set for next Sunday.
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Ames
U.P
L. Myron Boozer
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Boozer
Iowa
Ottumwa
Three Girls Drown After Thin Ice Breaks
Three young sledders drowned at Elkhorn Wisconsin after venturing on a deep pond with a fragile ice crust. Victims Dorothy and Marion Harlow aged 16 and 14 are sisters, and Mary Jane Ridgeway aged 10, daughter of Dr. E G Ridgeway. Earl Harlow, Chicago real estate man, is their father.
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Elkhorn
Wis
INS
Dorothy
Marion Harlow
Mary Jane Ridgeway
E. G. Ridgeway
Harlow
Earl Harlow
Chicago
Boy Killed by Accidental Shot Near Dubuque Wisconsin
In Dubuque Iowa on December 3 a nine year old, Orval Jones, was killed at Sandy Hook Hill just across the river in Wisconsin when a shotgun in the hands of Herbert Schnee, fourteen, was discharged accidentally. The Schnee boy says he did not know the gun was loaded.
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Dubuque
Orval Jones
Sandy Hook Hill
Wisconsin
Herbert Schnee
Schnee
Hunter Fatally Wounded in Accident at Missouri Valley
Porter Mills, 64, accidentally discharged a shotgun wounding hunter George McGarr, 35, in Missouri Valley. McGarr died later at a Council Bluffs hospital Sunday night.
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Hunter
Missouri Valley
Porter Mills
George McGarr
Council Bluffs
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Rev George B Shoemaker spoke from his bed in University hospital after a major operation. Messages of love from Mt Hope Mt Vernon township parishioners buoyed him and brought tears to his eyes. He echoed that life is more than possessions and friendships are precious. He said he feels very well thanks to God and his doctors.
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George B. Shoemaker
University Hospital
Srecovering
Mt. Hope
Mt. Vernon Township
St. Luke
Baldwin evades reply to Britten in naval talks
London reports Stanley Baldwin prime minister told Fred A. Britten Illinois chairman of the US House naval affairs committee that a conference on naval affairs by legislative committees was interesting but he could not express a definite opinion as the US government had not been consulted. The reply was read in the House of Commons and Baldwin noted his Nov 12 statement about lack of personal intercourse referred to executives, not legislators.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
England
Fred A. Britten
Illinois
United States
House of Representatives
House of Commons
Baldwin
Border liquor smuggling rises 75 percent in three years
Washington December 3. Smuggling of liquor across the Canadian border has increased 75 percent over the past three years and remains unsolved. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition prosecutions, reported that border traffic via the Great Lakes and tributaries drives the surge while sea smuggling declines. Prohibition prosecutions started this year totaled 55,729, up 15,020 from the prior year. 58,429 cases were terminated, with 18,259 still pending.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
High Seas
Great Lakes
Leaders Favor Action At Special Session On Farm Relief
Congress opens with debate over the McNary Haugen farm relief bill and tariff revision. Rep. Gilbert Haugen signals a possible push for the bill in the short session, insisting on a measure "or something equally good." Leaders say farm relief and tariff issues will wait for a special session in March or September, with many other Bills pending.
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D. C
INS
Congress
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
House Agriculture Committee
Coolidge
Haugen
McNary-Haugen
Altho
Congressional “Farm
McNary
Oregon
Nicholas
Longworth
Dawes
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Gooding
Hoover
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
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