Hoover Protection Tightens in Buenos Aires Welcome
Buenos Aires on December 14 reports heightened safety for President-elect Herbert Hoover after four men detained for a Sandino protest plot. Argentine and American secret service teams shield Hoover as more than 100000 Argentines cheer him at Retiro station. Police raids found bombs and ammunition. two men and two girls were arrested, with the girls released.
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Buenos Aires
Herbert
Hoover
Augustino Sandino
Secret Service
Santiago
Chile
Elpidi Gonzalez
Greneros
Retiro Station
Hipolito Irigoyen
Argentina
United States
Auto
Irigoyen
Paris
Enrique Martinez
Senate
Andres Ferreyra
José
Luis
Cantilo
Chamber. of Deputies
Trigoyen
Government ‘House
Cruiser Forces in Senate Rally for 16 Ships
The piece reports President Coolidge backing a 1929 start for constructing five cruisers annually for three years, while the White House seeks a general authorization to build at unspecified intervals. It notes tensions with the Senate over indefinite postponement of cruiser-building and aims to persuade Britain on naval limits.
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Senate
Great Britain
Coolidge
Two Drug Addicts Committed to Cherokee Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles Graham of Sioux Rapids Iowa were adjudged insane at Storm Lake and sent to the state hospital in Cherokee. The commitment followed Grahams attempted suicide and the wifes arrest for shoplifting at Spencer. Both are about 45.
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Cherokee
Charles Graham
Sioux Rapids
State Hospital
Storm Lake
Graham
Spencer
Brain Tests in Evening Post Solve Averages
Puzzle item announcing a series of intelligence test questions to be answered without paper and pencil. It guides readers to estimate averages in several number sequences and notes that some cases require addition and division while others yield whole numbers. Answers appear on the society page.
Taft's Secretary of War Dickinson Dies at 78
Jacob M. Dickinson, Democratic secretary of war under Taft, died after weeks of illness following an operation. He was 78. A Confederate veterans funeral will be held in Nashville with his body in state at the state capitol. He practiced law in Chicago for over two decades and is survived by two sons, Henry and John M., of Nashville.
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Chicago
Jacob M. Dickinson
Taft
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Capitol
Dickinson
St. Luke's Hospital
Bryan
Henry
John M
Nashville, Tenn
Republicans Plan Meetings For County Committee Work
A dinner meeting of the Republican county central committee in Black's tearoom discussed continuing luncheon gatherings to study government and public policy. A Bowen-led committee was appointed to assess feasibility and report later. Speakers at the event included Pressey H. Frank and Lieutenant-Governor A. W. McFarlane.
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Republican County Central Committee
Black’s
Pressey H. Frank
W. A. Bowen
Etta H. Worthen
A. 8
Weishaar
George Carpenter
J. R. Howard
Frank
A. W. McFarlane
Clara Merrill
Cedar Falls
E. L. Esher
Nathan Northey
Effie Pilson
E. J. Wenner
J. R. Rector
Death of 10 year old Carl Miller Jr in Readlyn Iowa
Carl Miller Jr 10 son of Mr and Mrs Carl G Miller Dunkerton died at 3 pm yesterday in a Readlyn hospital from pneumonia and complications born November 1 1918 in Bennington township He is survived by his parents a brother Gordon L grandparents Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Miller Waterloo and Mr and Mrs FP W Magee Dunkerton Funeral services will be at 1 pm Sunday at the Dunkerton home and 2 pm at the Methodist church with Rev Samuel Khmoer officiating
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Carl Miller
Carl G. Miller
Dunkerton
Readlyn
Bennington Township
Gordon L
Gottlieb Miller
Waterloo
FP. W. Magee
Methodist Church
Samuel Khamoer
Marshall Gage 80 Dies After Illness at County Home
Marshall Gage age 80 died at 11 40 p m Thursday at the Black Hawk county home from frailties of old age. He had lived there 12 years and was born in Indiana on August 19 1848 before moving to Iowa as a young man. Survived by sister Mrs Lewis Simerson of 1227 Howrey avenue. Body at Hileman and Gindt mortuary.
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Marshall Gage
Black Hawk County
Flinmess
Gage
Indiana
Iowa
Lewis
Simerson
Howrey Avenue
Hileman & Gindt Mortuary
Death of Stella M Speake in Cedar Rapids
Stella M Speake of Cedar Rapids died this morning at her sister Ellen Cullom’s home on Vine Street from complications. A graduate of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls she taught in Cedar Rapids for many years. Born in Linn County she leaves funeral plans awaiting word from relatives.
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Stella M. Speake
Cedar Rapids
Ellen Cullom
Vine Street
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Linn County
Funeral services for Gerald D. Latch held today
Funeral services for Gerald Dean Latch infant son of Mr and Mrs Verne H Latch of 317 Fremont were conducted at 10 30 a m in the Kistner chapel with Rev W C Kelford Bethel Church officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery.
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Gerald Dean Latch
Verne H. Latch
Fremont Street
Kistner
W. C. Kelford
Bethel Church
Fairview
Senate Debates Prohibition Enforcement Budget Fight
Washington coverage notes the senate's one man appropriation of 270,627,384 for enforcement sparks a show down over the Volstead act. Bruce defends a $300,000,000 figure while others call $270,000,000 too high and expect a conference cut back to about $13,500,000.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Senate
William Cabell Bruce
Maryland
Treasury
House
Coolidge
Budget Bureau
Bruce
Doran
Walter F. Edge
New Jersey
Edge
Sheppard
Texas
Prohibition Bureau
Dill
Washington
Mother Loses Suit to Get Lincoln's Watch from San
Sioux City Ia December 14 INS A watch worn by Abraham Lincoln and presented to him by the Springfield watchmaker passed through several hands after the president’s death. Henry Speulda a railroad brakeman finally kept the timepiece after a court battle before Justice Lockie. The plaintiff Mrs Speulda claimed replevin but the court ruled Henry the rightful owner.
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Sioux City
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Speulda
Speulda
W. H. Speulda
Springfield
Til
Lincoln
Congress
Henry
Justice Lockie
Hold Slayer Suspect in Penitentiary
Burlington December 14 Ed Loose is held in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison awaiting grand jury action in January on a charge of first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Hazel Loose. Deputy sheriffs took him to the penitentiary after he confessed Wednesday to the crime.
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Burlington
Ed Loose
Fort Madison
Hazel Loose
Loose
Burglary at Hawthorne School Leaves Records Behind
A burglar at Hawthorne School, 927 Franklin Street, stole a portable phonograph from principal Miss Mary Christie last night and left behind the records. The thief did not take the tunes, implying the records may be recovered or the thief will return for them.
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Hawthorne School
Franklin Street
Jury Acquits Girl in Slaying at Hayward Wisconsin
In Sawyer county circuit court Miss Valerie Cox, a 21 year old violinist, was found not guilty of murder in the death of Elmer Olson a well known song writer. The jury’s ruling followed a stormy session and a deadlocked start. The court noted insufficient evidence to prove Cox killed Olson and defense did not call witnesses.
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Hayward
Wis
INS
Valerie Cox
Elmer Olson
Olson
Sawyer County
Iowa High Court Upholds Area Rule in Tuberculosis Case
Des Moines report notes Iowa Supreme Court again upholding Black Hawk county board of supervisors and state secretary of agriculture in the bovine tuberculosis law matter. Decision sustains dismissal of the second objectors’ suit, ruling petition sufficiency, law constitutionality, and police power use as upheld. Also mentions influenza outbreaks and institution closures in universities and academies across the region.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors
Agriculture
Black Hawk County
Board of Supercourt
Black Hawk County District Court
John R. Reuter
H. G. Peverill
Peverill
John Reuter
U S Surgeon Urges Serious View Of Flu
Des Moines reports influenza sweeping the nation with increasing severity in Iowa. Dr Henry Albert, state health chief, estimates about 5000 genuine flu cases and around 10000 cold cases in the state. He says the epidemic is the worst since 1918 but milder than wartime outbreaks and emphasizes rest and self care to stave off illness. Deaths have occurred but none officially tallied by the state. Omaha reports 18000 sick.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Council Bluffs
Henry Albert
Albert
State Department
Lamp Display Shines in Davidson’s Windows
An unusual lamp display runs this week at Davidson’s store featuring shelves in a modernistic design. The lighting creates a riot of color signaling the approach of Christmas.
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Davidson’s
Davidsons
Gov Small declines to save Slater trio
Chicago December 14 Gov Len Small denied pleas for executive clemency for Dominic Bres Sitii Indian Washburn Wis John Brown and Claude Ola sentenced to die Saturday for the murder of Will Beck Lake county farmer. An odd apple with a stem and two cores was picked from Edward Miller’s orchard near Aura M
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Chicago
Dominic Bres‘sitii
Washburn
Wis
John Brown
Claude Ola
Will Beck
Lake County
Len Small
Edward Miller
Aura
Senate continues Boulder Dam debate with Johnson bill
Congress Today reports Senate debate on Boulder Dam and the Johnson bill, with House activity including votes on department appropriations and talks by Rep. La Guardia on Vestris sinking and Rep. Swing on Boulder Dam, plus census committee reapportionment consideration.
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United Press
Senate
Boulder Dam
Post Ofice
HOUSE
la Guardia
New York
Vestris
California
Census Committee
Environment shapes tribe, study finds links Kiowa Taos
Washington reports J P Harrington’s summer fieldwork among Taos Pueblo and Kiowa groups shows language ties and culture diverged by environment and contact. The Kiowas resemble plains tribes in customs while Taos kept New Mexican agricultural life, suggesting long term influence of surroundings on peoples. Similar patterns noted worldwide.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of American Ethnology
J. P. Harrington
Southwest
Harrington
Oklahoma
Taos Pueblos
Rocky Mountains
Santa iFe
N. M
Great Plains
Montana
Canada
Expedition Leader Tests New Drugs in Africa
News brief reports Dr. Warren Stratman Thomas, 28, leading an expedition that took 18,000 doses of six new drugs to Africa to test as potential sleeping sickness cures. Guggenheim secretary Henry Allen More says a cure could unlock African commerce and industry. In Knoxville Randolph Knight, 20, UT sophomore and head cheerleader, died from knife wounds believed caused by a vendor.
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Courier Special Service
New York
Warren K. Stratman-Thomas
Africa
Henry Allen More
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Knoxville
Randolph Knight
University of Tennessee
State University Hospital Cuts Down List of Pay Patients
Des Moines reports the State University hospital will cap pay patient use at 5 percent of facilities. The move, announced by Dean Henry S. Houghton before Iowa State Medical Society officials, directs 95 percent for charity or partial-pay patients. All admits must file sworn property statements.
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Des Moines
U.R
State University Hospital
Town City
State Board of Education
Henry S. Houghton
University Medical College
Iowa State Medical Society
Dean Houghton
Bandits Capture 22 Girls in Mexican Raid
Mexico City report says 70 bandits raided Jico tepec at night, blew up the city hall, seized 22 young women including the most attractive residents, while families watched from outside during a picture show. Federal troops moved into the hills of Jalisco to find the captives and halt the attackers.
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Mexico City
U.P
Jicotepec
Jalisco
Mexico
Grafico
The Mysterious Car and the Tombs Rescue
Harkins retrieves his car after a mistaken capture by a woman claiming his car for her father J B Porter. The pair are jailed but bail is posted by Porter. romance blossoms as Porter's daughter apologizes and vows forgiveness.
Waterloo Scouts Executive Committee Names Nominating Subcommittee
Waterloo council Boy Scouts of America executive committee met this afternoon in Black's tearoom and appointed a subcommittee to nominate officers for next year. A report will be made at the annual meeting in January, date not yet set.
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Waterloo
Temperatures and Rainfall Report
The report lists Thursday maximums and Friday highs with unclear values. It notes Thursday night minimums around 36 degrees and rainfall yesterday at 0.65 inches. The data contains garbled text making several figures unreadable.
Mystery Waif Tale Broadcast From Boston to Chicago
A wealthy benefactor seeks to solve the nine year old waif mystery abandoned at Randolph and State in Chicago. Arthur Tyne calls himself Arthur Tyne or Frank Thomas claiming his mother murdered his father and he recalls murder scenes in pantomime. A nationwide radio appeal drew no help beyond interest from a Mrs. Smith seeking adoption.
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Boston
Mass
INS
Randolph
State Streets
Chicago
Cena Ae
Price Iad
Arthur Tyne
Tine
Frank Thomas
Arthur
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Little Russell E Smith
Dighton
Eatontown
East Taunton
Clarence A. Smith
Russell
Maine
Bobby
Choquette
Water
New York
St. Louis
Hahn Department Stores Offerings Rise Rapidly
New York December 14 U P More than 40 million dollars of Hahn Department Stores stock was offered for sale in New York and 21 other cities. The offering includes 22 million 12- per cent convertible preferred stock at 103 and accrued dividends and 17 million 252 thousand dollars of common stock at 38 a share. Lehman Brothers and Prince Whitely head the group with W D Hanna Co joining in Des Moines. Hahn stock opened strong at 46 1 2 and approached 50 in large volume before noon trading.
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New York
U.P
Hahn Department Stores, Inc
Lehman Brothers and
Prince & Whitely
Des Moines
W. D. Hanna & Co
Hahn Department Stores
Queen Mary Sends Cable to President Coolidge on King George
Queen Mary telegraphed President Coolidge acknowledging his message wishing King George speedy recovery. She said the king will be informed when strength allows, noting surgery treated one phase of illness but infection may bring weeks of slow progress before convalescence. Sent via Lord Stamfordham.
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London
Queen Mary
President Coolidge
George
Lord Stamfordham
Chicken Thieves Prey for Four Sheriffs
Four sheriffs from three states met in police court in Sioux City to decide which state prosecutes Harry Barkley 25 and F E Carr 60 for confessed chicken thefts across South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska. The 300 dollar thefts spanned 10 raids. the men confessed after arrest and said the chickens were sold to a Sioux City produce company.
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Sioux City
U.P
Harry Barkley
F. E. Carr
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Iowan
Nebraska
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