Thrilling chase target girl pursuer plans by air
A sensational chase unfolds as a young woman, Miss Ruth McConnell, seeks to reach San Francisco then sail for the Orient while a man, David O. Meeker, flies after her. Rumors point to Kenneth B. Coulter of Clifton Springs as the uncle behind Meeker, with Meeker leaving Omaha and missing connections in Salt Lake City.
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San Francisco
Ruth McConnell
Kenneth B. Coulter
Clifton Springs
N. Y
David O. Meeker
Rochester
Coulter
Meeker
Omaha
Neb
Miss McConnell
Salt Lake City
Anglo American naval talks seen guiding treaty path
Washington source predicts senate approval of the cruiser bill could spark an Anglo American naval understanding. The view is that U.S. naval expansion may prompt Britain to accept an agreement, echoing the Geneva talks of 1927. The piece cautions relations depend on statesmen steering, not admirals.
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Senate
Britain
Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Uncle Sam
John Bull
United States
Great Britain
America
Frederick, H. Gillett
Massachusetts
House
Inge
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Shylock
Europe
Gillett
St. Paul's
Allen W. Dulles
American Foreign Service
Dulles
Mr. Dulles
Treasury Funds Hasten Testimony In Panzeri Boy Case
Treasury funds push to speed testimony in the Panzeri boy case as state witnesses are pursued. Frank Kirkner, YMCA physical director, cautioned against overexertion in gym routines warning that sudden high intensity can lead to sickness. He noted conditioned individuals can train long hours, but businessmen often cannot tolerate such strain.
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Frank Kirkner
Kirkner
Iowa sheriffs seek guns and planes for bandit fights
Des Moines report from the state sheriffs association session cites rising banditry and road mileage as forcing action. G. E. Cress notes 15 to 20 officers have been killed in four years, and urges machine guns and airplanes for pursuits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
G. E. Cress
State Sheriffs Association
Cress
Tim Runner
Busses to Replace Iowa Rail Runs Under Ruling
Des Moines reports that two more Rock Island and Milwaukee passenger runs in Iowa will be replaced by buses. The Rock Island line Des Moines to Winterset will be bused, with a mixed freight train operating for remaining patrons. Milwaukee service from Rockwell City to Storm Lake also replaced by busses handling passengers and limited freight.
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State Railroad Commission
Rock Island
Des Moines
Winterset
Milwaukee
Rockwell City
Storm Lake
Towa
Private Car Party Loses Jewels in Chicago
Chicago police and investigators for an insurance company hunt for jewels valued at 47000 belonging to Mrs. B F Johnston wife of a Rye N Y sugar magnate. The loss occurred between the Blackstone hotel and the Inez car at LaSalle street station after a theatre party. A maid and a butler had earlier moved the baggage to the hotel without result.
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Chicago
B. F. Johnston
N. Y
LaSalle Street
Johnston
Answers Charge Made by Garner in House Speech
The dispute centers on Garner's claim that Mellon misstated treasury conditions. Mills says early budget figures are unreliable and deficits depend on congressional spending. Mellon defends tax refund estimates as close to fact, noting early budget figures.
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Garner
Speecr
Washington, D. C
Texas
House
Mellon
Treasury
Congress
Mills
United States Steel Corporation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Iowa State College to Add Bells From England
Congress will be asked to pass a special act admitting duty free 26 bells to the campus campanile at Iowa State College. The chimes are a bequest from the late Dean Edgar W. Stanton. ten bells already in place were brought duty free in 1899. The new bells, weighing 17,000 pounds and costing about $25,000, are due July 1, 1929, if approved.
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Ames
Congress
England
Iowa State College
Herman Knapp
Edgar W. Stanton
Kabul quiet as Soviet envoy says city safe amid Afghan revolt
King Amanullah and family remain safe in Kabul after insurgents from Jalalabad failed to seize the city around 11 p.m. Moscow reports Kabul line restored by 3 a.m. and Kabul embassy functioning. The revolt over shaving laws fuels Afghan dissent as British legation warns royal plane not to land.
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Moscow
U.A
Jalalabad
Kabul
Leonid Stark
Afghanistan
Foreign Office
Tashkent
Asiatic
Russia
United Press
Amanullah
New York
U.P
Asadollah Beijan
Columbia . University
Ali Abker Kiachif
Mohammed
New Delhi
India
Legation
Royal Air Force
London gas main explosions injure dozen in Holborn
In Holborn central London a series of gas main explosions caused by leaks ripped streets, injuring 12 people and shattering hundreds of windows. A taxi was wrecked, a horse and cart were tossed, and giant holes disrupted traffic as police and fire crews battled the scene. Crowds gathered, hampering firefighting efforts.
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London
Holborn
Railroads Seek to Buy Express Lines
Washington December 20 rail executives asked the interstate commerce commission to approve an agreement for railroads to take over and operate the American Railway Express Company. The New York Central, Pennsylvania and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe reps said they would acquire the company’s properties by March 1, 1929 and run it as a subsidiary agency of the railroads.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Express Company
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Good Fellows Treats To Be Given To Waterloo Children
Distributions of the Good Fellows Christmas treats will be made Friday at Waterloo area schools. Mrs. A E Johnson and Mrs. W P Kearns announce tickets required for admission. Each child will receive candy, fruit, nuts, food, stockings, and a doll or toy. A separate delivery will reach quarantined children including a blind man’s daughter in Lincoln park.
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A. E. Johnson
Business & Professional Women’s Club
W. P. Kearns
Good Fellows
Lincoln Park
Christ
May Call Widow to Explain Fatal Love
Mrs. Lydia Corby a widow was due to be called at an inquest to explain her acquaintance with Waldemar J Reinke 53 who shot and killed himself in a downtown hotel yesterday over a hopeless love Reinke was married His wife Mrs Minnie Reinke disputed motives noting a note from her husband about love for Corby Reinke was treasurer at Just Rite Manufacturing makers of hardware specialties associates denied business troubles
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Chicago
Lydia Corby
Waldemar J. Reinke
Reinke
Minnie Reinke
Farmer Ends Life in Iowa After Financial Worries
Bloomfield Iowa December 20 A prominent farmer Frank Martin aged 78 of two miles north of town died by his own hand due to financial worries. His housekeeper Mrs Eliza Rhodes found his body yesterday a bullet wound to the right temple. Christmas advertisement notes a box of cigars.
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Bloomfield
Frank Martin
Here
Eliza Rhodes
Courier delivery notice for timely paper arrival
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If through error of the carrier bay or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time, please Phone 5100 and copy of the paper will be sent. Phone calls must reach this once before 6 30 p.m.
King George’s Condition Edging Toward Recovery
London reports a slow upward trend in King George’s health as bulletins note another good night’s rest. It marks the fifth straight day of small gains, boosting public cheer while palace circles remain cautious until physicians see real strength for a full recovery.
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London
George
Palace
British in peril of Chinese guns
From Hong Kong dated December 20 British vessels face enemy action as fighting rages at Chungking 1000 miles up the Yangtse. British steamers come under machine gun and artillery fire while the Asiatic Petroleum compound bears the main assault. The gunboat Tern heads toward Chungking to safeguard lives as authorities plan evacuations and bridges are set to ease movement. Anxiety grows in Hankow as tax officials threaten seizure of British property under treaty rights.
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Hongkong
Chungking
Yangtse River
Shanghai
Szechwan
Kangting
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Tern
Wan-Shien
Hankow
Tax Bureau
Food prices for November show small rise in 1913 era report
Washington report notes retail food prices edged up one third of one percent in November over October, matching the year earlier rise. Egg prices led increases at 9 percent while bananas and leg of lamb rose 2 percent. oranges, porch chops, round steak and other items fell by 2 to 12 percent. World War I era labor context referenced.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Prominent South Dakota Attorney Charles Bailey Dies
Charles Bailey, 68, longtime South Dakota attorney, died today from influenza. Son of the late Joseph M. Bailey, former chief justice of the Trials supreme court, he practiced law in Iowa in the early 1880s, was elected mayor of Eagle Grove in 1885, and spent 41 years practicing before South Dakota courts.
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Sioux Falls
Charles ©. Bailey
South Dakota
Bailey
Joseph M. Bailey
The
Trials Supreme Court
Iowa
Eagle Grove
Habeas Corpus Hearing for Three Postponed
Chicago report on a habeas corpus hearing delay as threats loom. Judge Robert Gentzel resumed the Billy Ranieri kidnaping trial while a death threat letter arrived, targeting him and key witnesses including Mike de Vito. Defendants Angelo Petitti Andrew Capellano and Tony Capellano faced renewed delays as warnings spread among jurors and officials.
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Chicago
Robert E. Gentzel
Billy Ranieri
Ranieri
Mike de Vito
de Vito
Gentzel
Muguil
Ole: Scully
Billy
Angelo. Petitti
Scully
Kankakee
State's Attorney’s Office
Angelo ‘Petitti
Robert Gentzel
Petitti
Mueller
Ates de Vito
Ole Scully
Andrew Capellano
Tony Capellano
Pititti
Pasquale Capitosto
Salvatore Mastoianti
Fred Petitti
Angelo
Pon Bleau
Adolph Goselin
Capellanos
London reports Lloyd George ill with chills and fever
Veteran British wartime prime minister David Lloyd George is reported ill with chills and fever in London as of today. The brief dispatch notes his condition without detailing medical treatment or prognosis.
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Lloyd George III
London
David Liord Chorge
Britain
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