Fight on West to Transfered On Floor of Senate
Washington, Dec 20. A further fight over Roy O. West's nomination as secretary of the interior will occur on the senate floor. The senate public lands committee narrowly favored confirmation 7 to 3 after Nye read a critical statement on West's background and Insull associations. West defended his impartiality, while opposition warned of power-lease and valuation concerns. Confirmation may wait until after the Christmas recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roy O. West
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Senate Public Lands Committee
Nye
West
Commerce
Whiting
Pubic Lands Committee
Salt Creek Royalty
Samuel Insull
Thru
Hubert Work
Interior
Willam
Donovan
Insull
Walsh
Montana
Wagner
New York
Oddie
McNary
Glenn
Larrazolo
Pittman
Kendrick
Ashurst
Smoot
Utah
Federal
Waterpower Commission
War
Agriculture
Good Fellows Aid Needy Children With Christmas Gifts
The Good Fellows fundraiser nears $500 as donations arrive for hospital children and clothing for needy homes. Russell and Marcheta Porte, Le Mars locals, and an Aplington donor include gifts and toys. Irvin Norland donates all shoe-shine proceeds to the Good Fellows fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mas
Russell
Marcheta
Porte “City
Aplington
United Press
Brain Tests and Word Groupings from the Post
The reader is invited to study intelligence tests and word groupings to gauge mental caution. Groups include flowers, winds, bodies of water, and small rivers with several incorrect words to remove, noting only two or three errors per group.
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Adloxn Tyre Muimutes
Pansy
Rose
Violet
Galsy
Pultercur
Tornado
Zephyr
Mistral
Loch
Josk End
Cea
Isthmus
Fragmentary Notice From Aged OCR Page
Fragmented text from an old newspaper page mentions events and names are unclear. The readable bits show references to days and people but no clear event or outcome to summarize into a full item. Further context is needed to craft a precise headline and summary.
Girl Fleeing to Coast in Plane Pursuit of Rich Broker
Salt Lake City dispatch reports Dr. D O Meeker of Rochester chased 20 year old Ruth McConnell from Salt Lake City to the West Coast by private plane after she fled a marriage plan with New York broker Kenneth B Coulter. McConnell traveled by train toward San Francisco while Meeker aimed to intercept by air, both avoiding interviews as specifics of their plan remained unsettled.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
D. O. Meeker
Rochester
San Francisco
Cal
Ruth McConnell
Omaha
Berkeley
Ruth MccConnell
New York
Pullman
Kenneth B. Coulter
McConnell
Coulter
Dispatches
Lane
New ‘York
Miss McConnell
Oakland
United States
Reno
Nev
David O. Meeker
N. Y
J. Meeker
Clifton Springs
Meeker
Salt Lake Beligerentis
Tse
BP Cannell
Congress Today Senate and House Action Described
United Press reports Senate filibuster over navy bill precedence and antiwar treaty, and continued Salt Creek oil probe by public lands committee. House remains in session on labor and commerce state and justice appropriations. foreign affairs committee to hear plan for an international conference on calendar simplification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Senate
Public Lands Committee
Salt Creek
HOUSE
Labor, Commerce, State and Justice Department
Foreign Affairs Committee
Ruth McConnell Fled to San Francisco Amid Passport Tales
In Omaha, December 20, 1947, Ruth McConnell told Union Station staff she was boarding a train to San Francisco bound for Japan. Relatives’ agents pursued her, with hotel porters noting she carried many passports and large sums of money. Detectives credited with tracking her, while Meeker doubted she would stay abroad.
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Omaha
San Francisco
Meeker
Neb
Ruth McConnell
Kenneth Coulter
Clifton Springs
Employés
Union Station
Japan
Employes
Girl Flier Sets Endurance Record For Women
Miss Viola Gentry completed an endurance solo flight of eight hours, six minutes and 37 seconds, landing safely despite heavy rain and showing no fatigue after hours aloft. Roosevelt Weld, N. Dated December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Weld
Viola Gentry
Girl Who Took Expensive Taxi Ride Goes to Jail
Chicago dispatch reports Dorothy Bakkers, known for a $234 New York to Niagara Falls taxi ride, began a nine month term in the house of correction for robbing employer Nellie Bauer. She admitted wanting a good time and said she did not steal $2,090, while Bauer alleged theft of fur coats dresses and $2,900 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dorothhy Bakkers
New York
Niagara Falls
House of Correction
Nellie Bauer
Theodore Hier
Youthful Aviator Plans Solo Flight to Washington
Curtiss Field New York December 20 2052 Richard James a 17 year old youth sets out from transcontinental aviation training. He pilots the Alpha plane toward Washington where he expects reception by President Calvidze. Mortar 2 s fimw from San Francisco to Unewani in the Dole fliercat pel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Richard James
Washington
Cavalidze
Tie
Alpha
Mortar
San Francisco
Unewani
Venison Gift Reported to Local Resident
Mrs. Jennie Iseminger of 4388 Locust Street received venison on Wednesday from her son in law Harry Fills and his wife Beagle Oregon former city residents. Mr Ellis shot the deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Iseminger
Locust Street
Widnesday
Harry Fills
Beagle
Ore
Ellis
National high school orchestra contest announced for May
Towa City in December 2007 reports the first national high school orchestra contest will be held May 27 and 28. C M Tremaine director of the National Bureau for Advancement of Music announced in New York. Winners of state contests will compete in two classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
C. M. Tremaine
National Bureau For Advancement of Music
New York
Treaty First Becomes Senate Standoff Over War Pact
Washington December 20 Senate stalemates over Kellogg antiwar treaty and naval cruiser bill after Christmas recess. Insurgent filibuster demands treaty priority while naval faction resists. Vice President Curtis mediates but talks stall, few expect action before adjournment. House meanwhile advances state justice commerce and labor appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Clarence Saunders’s Honeymoon Secret About to Emerge
Clarence Saunders, once a Piggly Wiggly heir, honeymooned in Chicago with his second wife Patricia Houston of Tunica Tennessee. The license records show her October divorce from another man and Saunders’s own divorce from his first wife last November after 25 years together. The marriage was reportedly officiated by W D Fairchild at the Chicago temple. Saunders, 47, and his bride, 29, kept their location in a Chicago hotel private amid public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Clarence Saunders
Wall Street
Saunders
Patricia Houston
Tunica
W. D. Fairchild
The
Methodist Church
Influenza Epidemic May Reach 3 Million by Christmas
Washington reports public health service officials predicting 3,000,000 influenza cases by Christmas as the epidemic peaks in farm belt states and follows a three to six week cycle. California saw the onset earlier, and experts say little can be done to curb the spread until the cycle ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
California
State Officials at Hogue Funeral in Des Moines
State officials and friends were here today for the funeral of B. L. Hogue state leutert director who died in Des Moines Monday. Services were held at the high school auditorium at 2 p m Rev J R Perkins pastor of the First Congregational church Council Bluffs preaching the sermon. State house offices in Des Moines closed during the funeral. Gov Hamill Ed MM Smith secretary of state R J Johnson treasurer of state J W Long auditor of states John Fletcher attorney general and Mark Thornburg secretary of agriculture attended the services. Mrs Hogue is ill in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Hogue
Leutert
Des Moines
J. R. Perkins
First Congregational Church
Council Bluffs
State House
Gov. Hammill
MM. Smith
Fire Alarms at Grandview Drive Cause No Damage
Advertisement notes a vehicle backfire at 1501 Grandview by M. D. Fury, with no damage. Quote urges insurance, signed Herman Milles and phone 2404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Fury
Grandview
Herman
Milles
Gold Rush Staged in Seattle Street Over Old Bar Site
A Seattle street repair halted when a workman unearthed a gold nugget. Crowds surged as onlookers watched a Klondike era scene play out at the former M and N saloon site. The muddy street yielded gold items and South American currency, delighting locals and recalling past treasure losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Old Bar
Wash
Washington Street
First Avenue
M &N
Klondike
Michigan Woman Faces Habitual Criminal Trial
Mrs. Etta Miller, just convicted of a fourth liquor law felony, stood mute and entered not guilty to a charge of being a habitual criminal. Under Michigan law four felonies carry a mandatory life sentence. Judge Charles B. Collingwood set the trial for December 31 after defense requested a jury trial.
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Lansing
Mich
Etta Miller
Michigan
Miller
Charles B. Collingwood
Foster Parents Face Torture Charges in Wisconsin
In Racine Wisconsin foster parents Charles and Mrs Johnson are charged with torture cruelty and maltreatment after police freed Raymond Stratton 11 who had been chained to a bed with a heavy log chain and two padlocks since Sunday. The orphaned boy from Chicago said he was strapped to the bed after fleeing from a cellar where he had been beaten for not washing dishes quickly enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
INS
Raymond Stratton
Charles Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Doc Sold 7 Million Bottles of Remedy in 14 Years
Los Angeles December 2004 doctor H L Musick testified he sold seven million dollars worth of his remedy at one dollar per package over fourteen years. He said the remedy is his invention and cures many ills, adding he never diagnosed cases or defined customer troubles. A special examiner reported women seeking fat or weight gain sought his product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angles
H. L.*musick
State Medical and Pharmacy Act
Jean
William Borne
Art Goebel Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Wichita report says Art Goebel Pacific Ocean Flight Prize winner is progressing satisfactorily after an appendicitis operation yesterday. He arrived in Wichita from Kansas City in a heavy fog as influenza developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
INS
Art Goebel
Pacific
Kansas City
Worse’s Kick Kills Youth After Six Years
Verne Leroy Randall, 16, died from injuries suffered when a horse kicked him six years ago in Atlantic Indiana. The youth had been an invalid since the accident and partially blind for a year, according to reports from the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Verne
Leroy Randall
Des Moines Reports Two More Flu Deaths This Week
Two additional fatalities from influenza complications were reported in Des Moines, raising the weekly total to ten. Health Commissioner Dr. A. D. Lieber said the epidemic appears to be waning despite the deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. d. Lieber
Embezzlement Confession Ties Bank Clerk and Manager
Fred L. Schmidt a 30 year old commission firm office manager and Merle Kempton an 18 year old bank clerk faced grand jury action after Schmidt confessed to embezzling funds. The confession was made to A. G. Lam president of the Livestock National Bank.
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Sioux City
U.R
Fred L. Schmidt
Merle Kempton
Schmidt
A. G. Lam
Livestock National Bank
Iowa Auto Boost 17 504 for Year
Des Moines reports 1928 motor vehicle registrations rose 17 584 from 1927 with 735 216 total registrations between Dec 1, 1927 and Dec 1, 1928. Automobiles reached 671 880, trucks 61 365, motorcycles 1 734, and trailers 237 as gains offset by a motorcycle drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.2
Ed M. Simith
Iowa
Harrison Thinks Lions Don't Like His Santa Work
Tate J Harrison, annual Santa for the Lions club, notes dwindling audience as he performs in Black’s tearoom. He jokes about the flu and tosses gifts from a Christmas tree, later wrapping them and delivering to the Salvation Army for the poor. Worth Hillman, now in Hollywood, sent a large box of fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate J. Harrison
Lions Club
Santa
Harrison
Black
Salvation Army
Worth Hillman
Hollywood
Cal
Obituary for Mrs Nannie T Barker 71 at Spokane burial planned
Mrs Nannie T Prewitt Barker died at 11 30 am at her daughter's home 1003 Burton Ave Clinton County Mo born Nov 21 1857 in Clinton County Mo married F M Barker in 1876 eight children born four died in childhood survivors include Mrs Brandes Ida Palmeteer Kirkville Herbert Barker Einsel Barker sister Ida M Keck Bowling Green Mo and her husband died in 1918 she had lived with her children since last summer in Spokane Wash came here before Thanksgiving funeral Friday 2 30 pm at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal church Rev Thomas B P Shaffer officiating body to Wellman Ia for burial Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie’ T. Barker
Henry C. Brandes
Burton Avenue
Nannie 'T. Prewitt
Clinton County
F. M. Barker
Brandes
Ida Palmeteer
Kirkville
Herbert M. Barker
Revere
Einsel Barker
Spokane
Wash
Ida
M. Keck
Bowling Green
St. Paul's ‘Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas BP. Shaffer
Wellman, Ja
Death of Louis V. Fitkin at 179
Paralysis, struck in early November, caused the death of Louis V. Fitkin aged 79 at his daughter's home in Cortlandt street. He would have been 80 on January 20. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Kistner chapel. Burial in Janesville family lot. Survived by daughter Mrs. L. L. Bartlett and two grandchildren.
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Louis V. Fitkin
Claude B. Johnson
Cortlandt Street
Kistner Chapel
Andrew Hursch
Manchester
Janesville
Phoebe J. Phelps
Fitkin
L. L. Bartlett
Waterloo
Alfred Peterson
Myrtle Johnson
Funeral services for Frank Simpson Herren 77
Funeral services for Frank Simpson Herren 77 who died at Methodist hospital Des Moines late Monday from complications will be at 8 am Saturday in Petersen Bros chapel with Rev C L Kenagy of First Baptist Church officiating Burial will be at Nashua He is survived by two brothers C L and Harry Herren of Waterloo and a sister Mrs Cora B Moore of Los Angeles California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Simpson Herren
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Petersen Bros
C. L. Kenagy
First Baptist Church
Nashua
C. L
Harry Herren
Waterloo
Cora B. Moore
Los Angeles
Cal
Death of Theodore Ludolph at age six from scarlet fever
Theodore F. Ludolph, age six, son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Ludolph of 606 Hammond Avenue, died at noon today at the family home from scarlet fever. Born April 4, 1922 in Waterloo, he is survived by four brothers and one sister, Charles Jr Robert Thomas Kenneth and Kaymarie. The body awaits at Petersen Bros mortuary.
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Theodore F. Ludolph
Charles E. Ludolph
Hammond Avenue
Waterloo
Charles, Jr
Roberty Thomas
Kenneth
Kaymarie
Petersen Bros
Obituary: Joseph Edward Middelton 1889–? Waterloo man dies
Joseph Edward Middelton, 39, died at noon today at his home on 1981 Franklin street from nephritis. He was employed by John Deere Tractor Co. Born August 4, 1889, he had lived in Waterloo for 10 years. Survived by his widow and seven children. Body at Kistner Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Edward Middelton
Franklin Street
John Deere Tractor Company
Mr. Middleton
Waterloo
Kistner Mortuary
Roscoe G C Clark 18 Dies of Influenza at Dunkerton Farm
Roscoe GC Clark aged 18 died today at his farm home near Dunkerton after a brief influenza illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Clark Sr of Rockford WV. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Dunkerton Baptist Church with burial in Dunkerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe GC. Clark
Dunkerton
Roscoe Clark
Rockford
Baptist Church
Funeral services for Stephen Murphy at St. Joseph's Church
Funeral services for Stephen Murphy who died yesterday at his brother Thomas Murphy's home 1200 Parker Street. Services will be at 9 a m Friday in St Joseph's Church with Rev Fr Edward Slattery in charge. Burial will be in Calvary.
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Stephen Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Parker Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Edward Slattery
Calvary
Funeral Services for Mrs C Lloyd Beckett
Funeral services for Mrs. C Lloyd Beckett of 709 North Barclay street will be held at St Marys church at 9 30 a m Friday. Rev Fr Theodosius Plassmeyer will preside with burial to follow at Calvary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lloyd Beckett
North Barclay Street
St. Mary's Church
Theodosius Plassmeyer
Calvary
Myers Quits U. S. Trade Commission
Abram Myers tendered his resignation from the U. S. Trade Commission to President Coolidge. He plans to join motion picture interests. The president hopes he stays until pending investigations finish. Myers previously worked for the Department of Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
INS
Abram Myers
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Coolidge
Myers
Department of Justice
Rates in State on Packer Product Cut
The state board of railroad commissioners reduced freight rates on a carrot shipment of fresh meats green salted meats and packing house products within the state by about 20 percent. Petitioners gained parity with interstate rates for this class of merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Bank bandits rob Indiana banks in Diazville and Clinton
Three bandits robbed the Danville State Bank in Danville Indiana of forty thousand dollars before a pitched battle with 80 year old bookkeeper Raymond Piercy. In Clinton Indiana five bandits robbed the First National Bank of more than twenty five thousand dollars and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Raymond Piercy
Rob Clinton Bank
Clinton
U P
First National Bank
Cold Wave Beats Chicago Flu Spike Record
Health Commissioner Kegel announced the cold wave has curtailed the flu epidemic. Chicago reported 32 new flu cases and two deaths yesterday, with 18 pneumonia cases and one death, bringing monthly totals to 2,435 flu cases and 84 deaths, and 1,115 pneumonia cases with 351 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Kegel
Waterloo Gets 1929 Hotel Men’s Association Meet
Council Bluffs Iowa December 20 W B Smith of Sioux City was elected president of the Iowa Hotel Men’s association at the closing session of the annual meeting. Fred Horton Eldora Royal H Holbrook Cedar Rapids and George S Dempsey Davenport were named officers with Waterloo awarded next year’s convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
W. B. Smith
Sioux City
Iowa Hotel Men's Association
Fred Horton
Eldora
Royal H. Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
George S. Dempsey
Davenport
Waterloo
Nebergall of Ames Elected State Sheriffs President
Sheriff R W Nebergall of Ames Story County was chosen president of the Iowa State Sheriffs Association at the conference closing in Des Moines. He succeeds G H E Cress of Mason City as president. W H Gochee of Oskaloosa was elected vice president, and I E Hovey of Algona was named secretary treasurer. Roe Thompson of Mason City was to be the association president for the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
R. W. Nebergall
Ames
Story County
State Sheriffs” Association
G. H E. Cress
Mason City
W. H. Gochee
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Nethergall
I. E.’ Hovey
Algona
Kossuth
Gochee
Roe Thompson
Egg futures jump on Chicago board
Chicago December eggs rose to the highest price level in two years on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as oversold conditions and delivery problems spurred a 2 cent per dozen rally, lifting the carload value by over 259 dollars. Despite futures gains, consumer eggs and storage supplies remained plentiful and retail prices were down from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Moving two room school building to Riverview addition
West Waterloo school board approves moving the two room school from Reher and Sullivan to Riverview for an addition. The action appears in local building permits notes as part of district expansion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Waterloo School Board
Reher and Sullivan
Riverview
Paraguay and Bolivia seek reestablished relations talks
Washington D C Dec 20 Paraguay and Bolivian delegates to the inter American conference cabled their governments asking if they will resume diplomatic relations while mediation efforts to conciliate the Paraguay Bolivian boundary clash continue. They were also asked if they would sign a protocol creating a commission to investigate and conciliate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Committee
Commission of Investigation and Conciliation
Dead Man Enjoined Not to Sell Liquor
A liquor injunction issued December 12 against G. M. Jenkins, who died earlier after a jail sentence for a liquor law violation. The writ named Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins. service to Mrs. Jenkins is impossible. County Attorney F. W. Edwards filed the suit September 1, 1927, and judgment and decree were entered December 12 with papers sent to Sheriff H. T. Wagner for enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Jenkins
Jenkins
Servce
F. W. Edwards
Ash Superintends Building of Gold Recovery
T. G. Ash of Hurley New Mexico leaves for home after visiting brother John Ash at 135 Walnut Street and sister Mrs H T Howland 126 Logan Avenue. He recently supervised a cyanide plant project for gold recovery at Amos Quebec in Hudson Bay country, located 50 miles from a railroad. He formerly lived in Cedar township and left Black Hawk county thirty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Ash
Hurley
N. M
John Ash
Walnut Street
H. T. Howland
Logan Avenue
Ash
Amos
Quebec
Hudson Bay Country
Cedar Township
Black Hawk County
Illinois Central Shop Supervisors Attend Banquet
Twenty nine members of the supervisory forces mechanical and store departments at Illinois Central shops attended a banquet last evening at Hotel Russell Lamson with Theodore Winninger as toastmaster. Speakers included Joseph Kurth E S Shapland Adolph Feisner Frank Schrader and Nathaniel Johnson. Afterward they attended the Riviera theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Rusell-Lamson
Theodore Winninger
Joseph Kurth
E. S. Shapland
Adolph ‘“Feisner
Frank Schrader
Nathaniel Johnson
Riviera Theatre
John W Thurston an Odd Fellow for 45 years dies at 78
John W Thurston aged 78 and a 45 year Odd Fellow died at the Odd Fellows home Mason City Ta He was born June 5 1880 in Genoa DL and came to Black Hawk county in 1860 He married Myra S Allen in 1878 and had three children Roy W Thurston Katherine T Douglass and Carl A Thurston who died in 1906 Mrs Thurston died in March 1922 He helped organize lodges at Luverne and Janesville and was a charter member of the Waterloo Black Hawk No 72 lodge Burial is set for Janesville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Thurston
Black Hawk County
Odd Fellows
Mason City
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Janesville
Genoa
Myra
S. Allen
Roy W. Thurston
Los Angeles
Cal
Katherine T. Douglass
Des Moines
Carl A. Thurston
Order’s
Protestant Hospital Association Guest at Allen Today
Dr. Frank C. English of Cincinnati was the guest today of Rev. Clinton F. Smith the superintendent of Allen Memorial Hospital. English is superintendent of Christ Hospital Cincinnati and general secretary of the American Protestant Hospital Association. The association has six hundred hospital members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank, C. English
Cincinnati
Clinton F. Smith
Allen Memorial Hospital
English
Christ Hospital
American Protestant Hospital Association
United States
Canada
Mississippi Barge Lines Show Profit in 10 Months
Washington Dec. 20 The three Mississippi barge lines operated by the government reported a net profit of more than 200000 for the first ten months of 1928 The War Department announced earnings on the lower Mississippi service were 566000 enough to cover operating losses on the upper Mississippi and other services Representatives of railroads and the Mississippi Waterways Corporation plan a meeting to discuss joint rates routes and division of service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Lower
Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Railroads
Mississippi Waterways Corporation
Canners group to discuss Midwest sales unit formation
Des Moines December 20. A committee for the Town Nebraska Canners Association will meet in Chicago December 28 to discuss forming a Midwest sales organization. Members include Lee Argall of Marshalltown and J Leroy Farmer of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Town-Nebraska Canners Association
Chicago
Midwest
Lee Argall
Marshalltown
J. Leroy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
United Commercial Travelers Dance Called Off
The United Commercial Travelers dance set for Friday night at the Elks club is canceled due to many members falling ill with influenza. An extra dance will be held at the end of the season. The next regular dance is slated for Friday night January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. GC. T
United Commercial
Elks Club
Ill From Pneumonia Turns Serious For Charles Brady
Charles Brady aged 22 of 316 Eleventh Street East is seriously ill with pneumonia at St Francis hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
X. Charles’ Brady
Eleventh Street
Pheumonia
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