Hearst accused by Norris over published slush fund documents
Senator Norris, from his sick bed in Nebraska, attacks William Randolph Hearst over published documents claiming a $1,215,000 Mexican fund for four U.S. senators. Norris questions Hearst’s fairness and honor while noting Hearst gave the papers to the Senate committee.
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Washington
D. C
William Randolph Hearst
United States
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Boran
Idaho
Heflin
Alabama
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Hearst
Hearst the Nebraskan
Mexico
New Goal for United States Navy Policy Advocates Largest World Power
The piece argues the United States is moving toward building the greatest navy in the world, stating momentum from Navy Department, Congress, and public support will not be halted. It recalls past policy shifts under Wilson and disarmament moves, insisting current direction marks a historic, global moral power ascent.
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United States
Navy Department
Congress
America
Wilson
Pubric
New York Herald-Tribune
Two Children Die in Wisconsin Farm Home Fire
Merrill Wisconsin December 19 two children Eugene Donovan age 2 and Geraldine 1 burned to death in their farm home as parents tried to rescue them A third child Harold Jr 4 survived The father had left to work near the barn The mother gave the babies candy and told them to stay inside a defective heater is blamed for the blaze authorities said before help arrived
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Merrill
Wis
Eugene Donovan
Geralding
Harold, Jr
Stan
Win Cook Jr Wins Mayor's Prize in Knot Hole Club
Win A Cook Jr will be presented the prize by Mayor Honn A Tibbitts for the best essay on Waterloo at a Knot Hole Club meeting. Walter B Jensen, attorney, will present the trophy on behalf of the mayor. Fare Will De fursts of the club assists.
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A. Cook, Jr
Knot Hole Club
Willam A. Cook
Chonn A
New Comet Visible by Christmas, Says Observer
A Melbourne discovered comet may appear before Christmas as predicted by an astronomer from New York. Reports indicate amateur observers in Melbourne tracked the object toward the western horizon and expected it to become visible this evening before Christmas.
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New York
Dee
Marvid Jacobs
Columbia Annoversity
Melbourne
Australia
Lindbergh Guests of Honor at Gen Obregon Event
Charles A. Lindbergh attends a luncheon at Chimlico The Venice of Mexico in honor of his visit with Gen Obregon. A labor parade of 82,000 Mexican workers passes by to show pro American sentiment with banners praising Lindbergh and U S relations. Col Lindbergh plans engagements only through Wednesday as Mrs Lindbergh may join him.
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Mexico City
LFI
Charles A. Lindbergh
Detroit
Col. Lindbergh
Venice of Mexico
Chimlico
Gen. Obregon
Callies
Lindbergh
Humane Societies
United States
Mexico
Calles
Survivors in S-4 Sunken Sub Plead for Food and Air
Survivors from the S-4 wreck off Provincetown plead for food and oxygen after 40 hours underwater. The crew of four officers and 26 men were saved when W. G. Grace cut a hole in the stern compartment to surface them. Navy to conduct probe. Bullard discusses Coast Guard involvement. Falcon diver injured. pontoons en route to assist.
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Fuernoon
Provincetown
Mass
Delaware
W. G. Grace
George W. Goethals
Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Billard
Coast Guard
Bullard
Fortie Guard
Paulos
Charing F Hughes
Naval
Towans Urge Law to Protect Girls
In Des Moines today judges bar associations medical experts and peace officers urged immediate incarceration and sterilization of criminals and potential criminals with psychopathic tendencies following the slaying of 12 year old Marian Parker in Los Angeles.
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Des Moines
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Eastern Concern May Get Central States Power Co
Davenport Iowa December reports negotiations for the sale of Central States Power and Light to Central States Utilities of New York are pending, with no price disclosed. The company supplies power to 187 northeastern Iowa communities and surrounding states, led by Tom Walsh of Walsh Construction as president, with a roster of officers.
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Davenport
Central States Power & Light Corporation
Central States
Utilities Company
New York
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Local Capital
Tom Walsh
Walsh Construction Company
W. C. Tegtmeier
E. C. Mueller
R. G. Gundy
H. Murray
Ray Nyemaster
Central States Utilities Company
Utilities Power & Light Corporation
Canada
Clintonne Dubuque
Indianapolis
Ind
Mounts
Waterloo
Utilities Power & Leht Corporation
Interstate Power Company
Dubuque
Bancroft
Buffalo Center
Carpenter
Clinton
Cresco
Decorah
Fair- Dank
Fertile
Hanlontown
Hazeltown
Doice
Lake Mills
Lakota
Lran
Sing
Oelwein
C. Postville
Rake
Ansgar
Scare
Sprigueville
Swea City
Thompson
Titonka
Waukon
New Year Service Attracts Many Nationalities
Sioux City reports a New Year service drawing participants from diverse nationalities. The event, held at Bay Street line Methodist church, featured readings and prayers from workers returning home for evangelical and educational missions. Notable attendees included Edgar Sehiger and Albert Ghatst, with guests from China, the Philippine Islands, Greece, and other nations. The gathering emphasized goodwill and religious renewal as the year opens.
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Sioux City
Dee
United States
Bay St Line
Osage Co-Ed Wins Free Carnival Trip
Osage girl Dorothy Gillis wins a free Mardi Gras trip to New Orleans as part of a fall sales campaign promotion by the town university yearbook. The contest highlights campus activities and beauty contest plans, with fifteen girls to be rewarded in the drawing announced Tuesday morning.
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Osage
Dorothy
Gillis
Gauge
New Orleans
Vni
Warkere
University of Town
Murfin bond set at 16000 for preliminary embezzlement hearing
Olin W. Murfin former cashier of Farmers Merchants Savings Bank Lancaster Pa faces a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of embezzling about 30000 from the bank. His $16000 bond remains in effect as he remains jailed after disappearing November 4 and the bank failed for about 60000. Murfin was located in Waterloo South Dakota with Mrs Gladys Young and traced by letters found in the Young home.
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Lancaster
Mfc
Olin W. Murfin
Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank
Murfin
Muffin
Waterloo
Dee
Gladys Young
Hills
Pasadena
Marian Parker
Merian
Marjorie
Mary Ward Holt
Marian
Teacher or Dana Explodes Suitor in Dynamite Case
Miss Iola Bradford, a school teacher near Ottawa, Illinois, declared she will not marry Hiram Reed after he dynamited the school where she taught. Reed, jailed with no bonds, confessed to the act to avoid marriage and a future claim to the child, then recanted. Bradford fears further harm to herself and her baby if Reed is released.
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Ottawa
Hiram Reed
Iola Bradford
Asuse
Reed
Obituaries and notices from Waterloo area deaths and births
Mortuary notices report Abs Susan Tomlin 81 dies in Kent England with six children and numerous grandchildren among Waterloo residents. Olga Lease 24 dies after pneumonia in hospital. survivor details include parents and siblings. Infant Frank, son of Mr and Mrs Davies, dies shortly after birth with funeral arrangements noted.
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Waterloo
Abs
Wast Milling
Kent
England
C. W. Young
Forest Avenue
Walter Woot
At Home Avenue
William Bartholomety
Hartman Avenue
Arthur Te Tomlin
Seri West
Osm
James
Edward Over
Enghnd
James Tomin
Olga Lease
Presbsterian Hospital
Entzeatt
Fist National Bank
Sumner
Bai
Foy Lease
Owith
Glenn
Olive
Othe Okerfe & Towne Warkary
Frank
Davies
Wutumory Street
Aleman & Gindl Chapel
Mt. Vernon Township
Temperatures Forecast For Weekend And Monday
Weekend outlook shows maximum Saturday around 0 to 0 degrees and minimum Saturday night near zero. Sunday expect highs near 4 to 6 degrees with Sunday night lows close to zero. Monday's temperatures remain near single digits with chilly overnight conditions.
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Tame
Cs Cece
Johnston Quits as Black Hawk County Engineer
Wardell D. Johnston resigned as Black Hawk county engineer after seven years. His letter to the county board stated Feb 1 as the effective date, with reports he may continue in highway work elsewhere. Questions about salary and future state highway work circulated at the courthouse.
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Wardell D. Johnston
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk
Johnston
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Lindbergh Flight Voted Year’s Top Event in Iowa
Iowa citizens name Charles A. Lindberghs Atlantic flight the outstanding event of the year. Gov Hammill and Des Moines Mayor Fred Hunter vote for Lindbergh while Claude R Porter backs the League of Nations. Frank Miles lists Lindbergh and the Paris American Legion convention. other votes mention Henry Ford, Rabbi Mannheimer and Bishop Drumm.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Paris
Lindbergh
Hammill
Fred Hunter
Claude R. Porter
League of Nations
League
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionnaire
American Legion
Eugene Mannheimer
Henry Ford
Thomas Drumm
President Coolidge
Bloomington Trades Dwindle Mistletoe at Christmas
Bloomington residents see mistletoe sales plummet as merchants stock minimally for the season. Florists report few orders since demand for the traditional romance plant declined, ending a once thriving Christmas trade.
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Bloomington
Marshalltown Fire Destroys Cooper Plant in Eight Hours
A fire in Marshalltown Iowa started early yesterday and burned for eight hours, destroying the Cooper manufacturing plant and causing losses between seventy five thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. Firemen fought the blaze in sub zero weather, preventing spread to a nearby coal yard. The plant employed about 100 workers. Cause remains unknown.
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Marshalltown
JPI
Cooper Manufacturing
Yellow fever story told to Rotarians
Dr. W A Rohlf of Waverly spoke at a noon Rotary club luncheon in the Hotel Russell Lafran about Cuba’s purge of yellow fever and malaria and how Panama Canal Zone mosquito control methods were applied to eliminate the diseases.
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Cuba
Panama Canal Zone
W. A. Rohlf
Waverly
Rotary Club
Hotel Russeil-Lamsan
Question Hoover Eligibility Ten Be President
New York dispatch says Hoover’s constitutional eligibility for the presidency is under debate. It notes the requirement of 14 years residence in the United States and hints his residence may not have been continuous before assuming office. Hoover, born Aug 11 1874 in West Branch, remained in the U S until 1897.
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New York
Democratic
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United Stat
Hoover
Orient
Europe
United States
West Branch
Senate weighs Walsh resolution on power business probe
Congress Today notes Senate consideration of a Walsh resolution for investigation of the so called power business. Finance committee meets on ax reduction bill. House considers alien property bill as Admiral Magruder continues testimony before Naval Affairs Committee.
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United Press
Senate
Walsh
HOUSE
Admiral Magruder
Naval Affairs Committee
Woman Jailed in Search for Slayer of Kidnaped Girl
A complex case unfolds as police raid a mysterious house linked to Marian Parker's murder. Evidence includes bloodstains, torn clothing, and a wall drawing of Judas Iscariot. Suspects Long and Barnaman held. Parker faces grief and a ransom tragedy with a dismembered body recovered and a large reward offered.
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Long
Perry M. Parker
Mrs. Parker
Judas Iscariot
Parker
Barnaman
Los Angeles
George Fox
Marian
Marjorie
Little Marian
Ethel Swapp
Pasadena
Capone Seeks Court Order to Shield Capone from Police
Chicago dispatch reports gangster leaders including Al Capone planning to seek court protection against police actions in Chicago. Capone, recently expelled from the city, remains under guard at his mother’s home as police halt his movements. Rival leader Joe Reille faces similar scrutiny while John Saltis and Dingbat Oberta clash with law enforcement over weapons charges. Police continue the crackdown on known gangsters, with Capone and others threatening injunctions if harassment continues.
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Chicago
al (Scarface) Capone
Los Angeles
Joe Reille
Joe Sultis
John
Dingbat) Oberta
Joseph Martin
King Ben Dead Died Friday Sparks Resurrection Belief
Rumors spread in the colony that leader Benjamin Purnell had died last Friday at 11:30 am. Dr. C N Sowers confirmed the death but said the colony withheld public notice to honor their belief in a resurrection. The body remains held on Britain Avenue as the three day period begins for burial logistics.
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C. N. Sowers
Sowers
Benjamin
Dee
Christ
Britain Avenue
Dr. Sowers
Farmers Hearty Eaters Despite Lack of Relief
County farm bureau notes include stronger membership and solid finances with December balance around 1100.7. annual meeting moved to third Monday in December due to state law. new articles permit amendments. Mrs Heike Rust heads women’s division. Mattingly reports on American Farm Bureau convention. program features slums, demonstrations, and Linchford quartet.
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E. Mattingly
Mattingly
Buryeau
Heike Rust
Sheffield
Farm Bureau
Iowa
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Local 1927 Farm Clubs Reach Eight Members
Wes Schemes reports seven clubs with a total of eight members in 1927 as part of county plans to grow to ten clubs with more girls. County Agent Uben notes educational and business projects undertaken in 1927 were valued near $100 000 for farmers.
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B. L. Priedley
Sestlers Training
Uben
Boxing bill action promised by Iowa Legion post
Des Moines dispatch reports R. J. Laird adjutant of the Legion Town department says the Becker Chapman post at Waterloo demands legalizing boxing in Iowa. The Waterloo post resolution will be sent to J. R. Murphy of Ida Grove, legislative committee chairman, for immediate attention.
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Des Moines
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Waterloo
Iowa
Towa
R. J. Laird
Laird
J. R. Murphy
Ida Grove
Rise of Temperature Expected Across Midwest Today
Chicago weather bureau reports relief from the cold wave is expected today, with warmer temperatures and light snow flurries anticipated in higher elevations. Four deaths attributed to the cold spell have occurred in Chicago, as authorities monitor the ongoing impact.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Chicago Weather Bureau
Canada
Waterlooo Workers Oppose Charles City Truck Line Permit
Waterloo 7000 Illinois Central employees and families petition Iowa railroad commissioners against a proposed motor freight line from Waterloo to Charles City. The petition argues current rail service is sufficient, winter operations depend on rail for reliability, and a motor line would harm employment, tax revenue, and public welfare.
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Waterloo
Iown State Railroad Commission
Charles City
M. F. Sehlick
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen
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Salle Road
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Tfe
Tramic
Charing City
Tt le
Tlinois
Iowa
Wineis
Wikness Central System
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