Fires Devastate Southern California Towns and Cabins
Brush fires raging across four southern California districts since Saturday continue out of control. Estimated losses range from 500000 to over 10000000 as more than 3000 workers battle flames. Fires threaten Glendale and burn Verdugo hills Sunset Canyon and Sunset Country Club area, while another fire on San Bernardino Mountains destroys 60 to 75 cabins. Actor Ronald Denny helps fight a blaze near Camp Baldy as crews declare several battles under control after a long 18 hour effort.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Red Army
Glendale
Verdugo Hills
Burbank
Tujunga Canyon
Mages
Canyon
la Crescenta
Sunset Canyon
Sunset Country Club
Wes
Tvas
San Bernardio No Mountains
Redlands
James
Tront
Lytle Creek
San Bernardino
Rialto
Fontana
Rerinald Denny
Denny
Forest Service
San Antonio Canyon
Camp Baldy
Senate Faces Big Problem in Ware and Smith Cases
The piece analyzes Senate disputes over Ware and Smith credentials and possible expulsions, noting a one vote Republican edge with them versus minority status without. It cites public utility funding by Samuel Insell and hints at broader investigations into utilities as Senate balance teeters amid potential chaos.
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Senate
Ware
Smith
Teisure
Jatrex
TE South
Ware Neer
Himelf
Ilinois
Samuel
Smith and Ware
New York Herald-Tiibune
Slippery Street Blamed For Fire Car Crash
G E Stollopeirr of 410 Randall Street said the slick street caused his car to skid into the curb while approaching a fire vehicle. He described hearing warnings and applying brakes, hoping to avoid a crash though fearing impact with the curb and injuries. The incident highlights hazardous road conditions reported in Aska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray ‘Tier
G. E. Stollopeirr
Randall Street
Healthpeter
Widow on Trial for Murder in New Jersey Case
Mrs. Margaret Lilliondahl testifies in her own defense at Mays Landing Court House, saying two negros shot Dr William A Lilliondahl as he sat beside her in an automobile during a lonely drive, while witnesses near the scene support her story as the jury nears deliberation.
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Margaret Lilliundahl
Mays Landing
N. J
Alfred
Witow
Mays Landing Court House
Margaret Oil- Mendahi
Wills Beach
South Vineland
Willian A. Lilliondahl
St Mark's Young People Organized
A chapter of the Young People's Fellowship society of the Episcopal church was organized at St Mark's church with officers elected. William Ashmore Jr was elected president, Dorothy Breckenridge vice president, Rosina Blackfmar secretary, and Emma Cowan treasurer. Meetings set for Sundays 5:40 to 7:30 pm with light refreshments.
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Young People’s Fellowship Society
Episcopal Church
St Mark's Church
William Ashmore, Jr
Dorothy Brecken- Tidge
Rosina Blackfmar
Emma Cowan
Fire Alarm Report At 721 South Street
A Sunday 4 35 p m fire alarm logged for a house owned by Ellen Necker at 721 South street. Possible combustion damage estimated at 100 dollars. Advertisement note urges insurance and includes contact for Herman Afiicer at phone 2404.
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Ellen Necker
South, Sanse
Ponangous Combustion
Darage
Herman
Afiicer
ABE MARTIN On Business Letters In Early Commerce
Abe Martin explains how business letters and circulars grew from simple notices to mass mailings. He recalls the era of yellow envelopes and purple ink, with merchants briskly ordering oysters, prunes, or hats. The piece notes the evolution of advertising mail and the changing mood of letter carriers amid the rise of organized commerce.
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Uncle Niles
Nealell
Prince Albert
Pusu
Farmers of America gather to mold farm policy
Chicago hosts the American Federation convention with delegates from over 40 states. Ian H. Thompson, president, cites bleak agricultural conditions and rejects government price fixing or subsidies, urging a shared overhead cost approach for crop stabilization.
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Chicago
Farmers of America
American Bureau Federation
Ian H. Thompson
Federation
Department of Agriculture
Thompson
Congress
Europe
America
United States
William E. Dodd
University of Chicago
Dedds
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Farmers Seek Unification At Regional Convention
The article notes farmers urge unification to relieve a low mood and unstable condition caused by selling below cost. It highlights a convention with an exposition on the farmer's daily life and products, featuring exhibits of farm machinery, heads of household work by farmers' wives, and efforts to bring metropolitan life to the farm.
Washington Leads Attendance Records for East Schools
The East Public School District reports district wide attendance during the second six weeks of the current semester. Washington leads with 98.06 percent, Roosevelt 98.03, and John Fiske and Paragette tied at 97.65.
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Washington
East Public School
Charles W. Kline
Roosevelt
John Fiske
Paragette
Alcott
Frances Grout
Sven
Grant
Frances Grant
Hawthorne
Enfayette
Lincoln
McKinley
East Public
East High
Three Indicted for Slaying Rum Runner in Hijackers Fight
Johnson county grand jury returned a first degree murder indictment against Joe Kinney Francis J Donohue and John W Guffey all of Oxford for the slaying on November 18 in Oxford of Milo Slezak alleged Wisconsin rum runner in a hijackers fight. All three are jailed with arraignment set for Tuesday Judge Otto fixed the time Bond set at 25000 for Kinney and 20000 for the other defendants.
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Iowa City
Joe Kinney
Francis J. Donohue
John W. Guffey
Oxford
Johnson County
Grand Jury
Milo Slezak
Wisconsin
Otto
Kintrey
Odd Fellows Elect Officers Tonight and Wednesday
Waterloo lodge No. 716 will elect officers tonight in O. G. F. hall with installation planned in January. Nominations were made last Monday evening. Black Hawk lodge No. 72 will hold its annual election Wednesday night at 3061-2 Fourth street east with officers nominated last Wednesday.
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Waterloo Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Otcers
Waterloo
G. F. Hall
Black Hawk Lodge No. 72
Fourth Street East
Nonskid Artificial Stone Paving Trial in France
French engineers test a yellowish artificial stone pavement in Nice streets. Blocks measure 0 by 4 1 2 by 3 inches, laid diagonally with joints cemented, promising 35 year durability and better wear than cobblestones while resisting slickness. Cost estimated at about 285 dollars per square yard.
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Paris
Nice
France
East Grade School Pupils Prepare Kay and Gerda Pageant
About 200 grade school pupils rehearse for the East District pageant Kay and Gerda based on Hans Christian Andersen. Rehearsals occur in East High auditorium under Grace Ullemeyer directing, with half the students performing Thursday and the other half Friday.
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Kay
Gerda
East District
East High
Grace Ullemeyer
Thurasday
Kay and
Hans Christian Anderson
Service Station for Paris Smokers
In Paris on rue de la Paix a corner of a store hosts a new service station for smokers and gas fumes. An Anglo-Saxon firm offers rapid bench repairs usually free, unlike French delays for repairs. Minneapolis judge Ital and University of Minnesota student Dale appear in court. Dale speeds, offers $10 cash and the car, judge delays verdict.
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Paris
Rue de la Paix
Temperatures Forecast Despite Gaps in Text
Weather notes show Saturday maximum around 5.26 with a 15 degree minimum Saturday night and a Sunday high near 127 while Sunday night is unclear. The fragmentary report hints at temperature trends but lacks complete data and locations.
Waterloo Gift to Flood Relief Totals 5772
Waterloo contributed 45,772.42 to the Mississippi Mood flood relief, per Red Cross field rep Miss Kathryn Glerum who left for Webster City after counseling Teed Cross officers on a permanent disaster relief committee. Miller chairs a committee seeking club support. Red Cross notes varied peace time work including home service for veterans with service related disabilities and pending claims.
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Waterloo
Mississippi
Red Cross
Kathryn Gleram
St. Louis
Webster City
Herman
Miss Glerum
Veterans’ Bureau
Qlerum
Soldier of Fortune 100 Years of War Across Five Flags
A Detroit man in a poorhouse recounts a life spanning the Charge of the Light Brigade to Garibaldi and Li Hung Chang. He served under Custer and Butler, mapped Gettysburg, saw action in the Indian mutiny, and dreamed of air warfare at 100, claiming a century of service across five flags and continents.
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Detroit
Mich
Light Brigade
Florence Nightingale
Garibald
Carlotta
Ins
Roland Walpole
Crimea
Alma
Bala- Klava
Inkerman
Sebastopol
Lucknow
Delhi
Peking
Egypt
Omar Pasha
Crimean
Persia
England
Italy
Garibaldi
China
Li Hung Chang
George B. McClelland
United States
Walpole
Custer
Butler
Bermuda
Oettysburg
French Tax on Stock Dividends Full Amounts Charged
Paris reports France has the world’s heavy tax on stock dividends. Premier Poincare taxes every cent on two stocks and over half on many others. Budget notes call for relief for security owners as taxes on bonds and utilities bite deeply. Despite exemptions by registration, many investors still face higher assessments.
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Paris
France
Poincare
Chamber
al Nantes
Serrue Shadlu PI Pup
Youth in Jail for Intoxication and Robbery Details
A youth jailed for intoxication confesses to additional robberies while in custody. He admitted taking loose items found about locations and even lifted a watch and chain during a visit to his cousin Stanley Knapp in Cedar Rapids. Police report the suspect named others as accomplices while in detention.
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Chapman
Pollen
Stanley Knapp
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Breeders Profit From Chicago Show Wins
Des Moines reports Iowa won 32 championships and 89 ribbons at the Chicago International Livestock Show, more than twice ahead of Ohio. Observers say the results boost future business as breeders in Iowa gain status, radio and newspapers spreading word across the West. Secretary Thornburg touts Iowa as a leader in livestock production and a steady path back from recent downturns.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Lve
Iowa
Chicago
Ohio
Hawkeye
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Texas
Chicago International
the International
M. G. Thornburg
Lowa
World’s aristocracy by rights claims 1928 edition
Robert Wilberforce editor of a new international biographical volume argues only about twenty thousand people worldwide merit world aristocracy. The project, aided by the League of Nations Institute of Intellectual Cooperation, will profile leading men and women with national balance, promising a first edition ready before year end 1928.
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Parik
Dee
Robert Wilberforce
League of Nations Institute of Intellectual Co-operation
British Foreign Office
America
France
India
England
Ministers Plan All Day Retreat
Waterloo Ministerial association plans an all day retreat on January 8 at the M C A. Arrangements will be led by the program committee with Rev. O M Ying by as chairman and Rev J Arthur Young heading the fellowship committee. The retreat includes a communion service and Dr George Kale spoke on what makes a good minister, urging vigilance patience strength and community involvement.
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Waterloo Ministerial Association
O. M. Yng- By
First Evangelical Church
Good Fellowship
J. Arthur Young
First Methodist Church
George Kale
Fhrst Baptist Church
Association
Jesus Christ
Welfare groups plan city relief clearing house
Welfare and service organizations in Waterloo met to discuss a city bureau acting as a clearing house for all relief work. J F H Godtfrying chaired, with a three member committee to study the proposal alongside T D Teeter. Representatives from medical society, schools, Red Cross, Salvation Army and county officials attended.
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Black
J. F H. Godtfring
T. D. Teeter
Board of Supervisors
Ater
Waterloo Medical Society
Public Schools
Red Cross
Social Welfare League
Y. M. and
YY. W. C.A
Salvation Army
Farm Lands Bid at Black Hawk Tax Sale Courtroom Crowded
Black Hawk county real estate valued in the delinquent tax sale drew a crowded courtroom today. County Treasurer Ed Madigan oversaw the proceedings with Deputy A I Bunn assisting as mortgage holders and banks stood ready for deferred purchases as lands from various townships went to eager title buyers. The sale is expected to continue all day with adjournment set for Monday January 23 when unsold properties may face another round and a scavenger sale.
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Black Hawk County
Ed Madigan
A. I. Bunn
Madigan
Fly Low and Slow Motto At Rotary Club Luncheon
Rob ert Cole of Cole Electric Company, former army aviator, urged Rotarians to aim for high altitude, not speed, when piloting future personal planes at a noon luncheon in Hotel Russel Lanson. He noted letters from mothers praising “fly low and slow” often amused instructors and warned that altitude improves safety as faster planes demand quicker control responses.
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Robert Cole
Cole Electric Company
Army
Rotary Club Today
Hotel Russel-Lanson
Cole
Bishop Stamm to Address Evangelical School Board Tuesday
Bishop John 8 Stamm of Kansas City Missouri will speak at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Calvary Evangelical church on Religious Education and Evangelism He will also confer with the state board of religious education of the Evangelical church in Waterloo with sessions at First Evangelical church The conference year program will be outlined and departmental workers named
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John 8. Stamm
Kansas City
Calvary Evangelical Church
Stamm
Waterloo
State Board of Relgious Education
The
Evangelical Church
First Evangelical Church
Frank and Wagner to Address 6 P M Political Club
P H Prank attorney and chair of Black Hawk county Republican central committee will be principal speaker at a meeting of the Republican Political club Friday night in the Union Baptist church Shilliam and Ma Dile streets. Sheriff H T Wagner also will speak.
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P. H. Prank
Black Hawk County
Republican Central Committee
Republican Political Club
Union Baptist Church
Shilliam
Ma Dile
H. T. Wagner
Community notices mix at local halls and churches
A series of upcoming meetings and elections are listed across local groups. Elections for West Side Modern Woodmen of America benes, and officers at Buchanan's Y M C A and K P hall are set for tomorrow evening. Prayer meetings and a religious census plan involve several churches and venues. A deputy clerk goes to St Francis Hospital for gall bladder surgery. a Camp Thorne bond house sales crew plans a Chicago trip. Plans for a west section religious census for Sunday include Dr J Arthur Young as general chairman with eleven churches contributing. Gospel meetings at Gospelhall, Olver G C Smith and related evangelism are noted with a public welcome.
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C. EB. Smith
Black Street
Joseph Hasterner
Rhey Street
M. Eva Welres
St. Francis Hospital
W. Noonan
Locust Street
New York City
Camp Thorne
Bond House
Chicago
Divera Tes
J. Arthur Young
Flrat
Methodist Church
Gospelhaft
Western Avenue
Olver GC. Smith
Ecvangelat
Hill
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Eoperanenta
Aska
Wrnday
Whs Fa Ie Cartee
Charles WI. Ade
Charles H. Ade
San Antonio
Tex
Punerd
Elizabeth Berberich
New York
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Guild
the Daughters of the King
Sorosis
Woman's Clubs
Nicholas Corvin Hall
J. A. Berberich
Caroline Fullerton
Richard L. Hall
Independence Avenue
Tjossen
Olive Tjossen
West Side Schools
Pailling
Miss Tjossen
Cneck
Thomas Nissen
Grundy Genter
New Hartford
W. F. Dilworth
ST. Mark’s
Board OF Health
J. R. Thompson
A. J. Staudt
Ok’s City
Washington, D. C
Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Abe Martin
Portage
Fey
Pony Moppa Della
St Palent Garage Coor
Jobn F
Dille Co
Odd Fellows
EAST
Minneapolis Journal
Nicholas Mireculous
Mrony
Ohio State Journal
Wilbur
Admiral Magruder
OWA
Bishop Stamm
Evangelical School Board
Frank and Wagner
Srief
Buchanan's
Cadvert
Canapis Club
St. Lineheon
Searoom
West Side Camp
Wooodmen of America
Benes
P. Hall
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