Congress Sets Speedy Pace on Four Supply Bills
Washington dispatches report Congress adjourned after a 35 minute session as members shopped for Christmas. Four annual supply bills totaling 2.9127 billion dollars passed the House and are under Senate action, with significant budget cuts and expectations of further legislation after a holiday recess.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House
INS
Coolidge
Treasury
Post Office
Agriculture
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Treasury Post Office
Interior
State
Justice
Commerce
P. O
Treasury-Post Office
Tilson
Connecticut
Altho
Fenn
Tules
Waterloo Archery Club Plans Rabbit Hunt With Bow and Arrow
Members of the Waterloo Archery Club will hunt rabbits using bow and arrow Saturday. They will assemble at East Junior High at 7 a.m. in the Littleton area near Goose Lake, where rabbits are plentiful. Bring provisions and change for expenses. If successful, fried rabbit will be the prize. Russell Vanda recently killed five rabbits with his bow and arrow.
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Waterloo Archery ‘Club
East Junior High School
Littleton
Goose Lake
Moon
Russell Vanda
Degree recipients named at Iowa State College ceremony
Ames Iowa Dec 21 Commencement exercises at Iowa State College are concluded with Leo McGlade of Waterloo earning a bachelor of science in architectural engineering.
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Ames. Ta
Iowa State College
Leo
McGlade
Waterloo
Tunney sails for home from Naples on Vulcania maiden voyage
Gene Tunney the retired heavyweight champion and his bride Josephine Polly Lauder sailed from Naples, Italy, for New York today aboard the new trans Atlantic liner Vulcania on its maiden voyage.
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Tunney
Naples
Italy
INS
Gene Tunney
Josephine Polly Lauder
New York
Vulcania
Brain Tests and Averages Puzzles from Evening Fest
Test of averages with a sample set and seven groups. Instructions note quick mental calculation without paper and pencil. Readers are invited to study groups A through F, estimate or compute the averages, and write the whole number answers, labeled as ANSWERS ON SOCIETY WAGE.
Mafia figure held in Chicago kidnap and ransom case
Salvatore Mastroianni godfather to 10 year old William Ranieri is among three held in Chicago for kidnapping. He faces prosecution over the death of a witness and threats to others amid a $60,000 ransom demand.
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Salvatore Mastroianni
Wiliam Ranieri
Chicago
Capital Guesses About Coolidge in Private Life
An article continues on Coolidge private life with Mellon’s remarks read into the congressional Record. It notes Mellon’s view that Washington should express the soul of America and cites social talks with the secretary of the treasury. It also reports Prof. John Dewey urging Kellogg to reveal American financial interests in Bolivia and Paraguay and warns of alleged banker and oil meddling.
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Coolidge
Mr. Mellon
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Senator Capper
Kansas
Senate Committee On
District of Columbia
Mellon
Washington
America
Secretary
Treasury
People’s Lobby
John Dewey
Columbia University
People's Lobby
Kellogg
Bolivia
Paraguay
Dewey
Secretary of State
Hold Robber Suspect Under $100000 Bond
Memphis Tennessee December 21 William Dever 38 alias Frank Dever held on 100000 bond after U S Commissioner Lester Brennan continued hearing on an indictment from Hibbing Minnesota charging mail robbery The bond the highest ever in Memphis Brennan granted continuance as courtesy to Dever s attorney who must leave the city Dever continued to deny theft claims including an 83000 jewel theft in Minneapolis
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Memphis
Tenn
William Dever
Frank Dever
U. S
Lester Brennan
Hibbing
Minn
Brennan
Dever
Ralph Davis
Minneapolis
Mortuary notices for Wetlaufer Perry Clay and Olds terse items
Funeral and burial notices list Mrs. Charles W. Wetlaufer to arrive Christmas day for burial in Waterloo after living with daughter in Los Angeles. Infant Betty Lou Perry dies at 5 p.m. and is interred at Kistner chapel Elmwood. Roy E. Clay, 42, dies of pneumonia in Waterloo. Melvin Lewis Olds, 5, dies after nine weeks illness. services at Petersen Bros. chapel with burial Elmwood. siblings noted.
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Charles W. Wetlaufer
Frank McCabe
Los Angeles
Cal
Third Avenue
Ramona Wet- Jaufer
First Street
Betty Lou Perry
William E. Perry
Commercial Street
Kistner Chapel
Joseph Yates
Linden Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmwood
Waterloo
Gilbert
Patricia
Donna Fay
Roy E. Clay
Hummel
Berth Avenue
Mr. Clay
Jo Daviess County
Illinois
H. B. Clay
Lodenia Witgrup
Turtle Lake
N. D
O'Keefe &Towne Mortuary
Melvin Lewis Olds
Harry W. Olds
Tenth Street
West
Petersen Bros
Sophie Smalley
Everett
Josephine
Private funeral for Theodore Ludolph at Elmwood Cemetery
Private funeral services were held for Theodore F. Ludolph six year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Ludolph at Elmwood cemetery at 10 am today. Rev O M Yargy of First Evangelical church officiated.
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Theodore F. Ludolpi
Theodore F. Ludolph
Charles FE. Ludolph
Hammond Avenue
Elmwood Cemetery
0. M. Yargy
First Evangelican Church
President Coolidge signs Boulder dam bill to fund $165 million project
President Coolidge signed the Colorado river dam bill at 10:20 AM, authorizing a 550 foot dam at Black or Boulder Canyon to water the southwest, control floods, and generate power. The act finalizes an eight year congressional fight with Arizona opposing California benefits, outlines payment via water and power sales, and sets construction under interior authority within six months if water contracts and interstate pact ratifications hold. The measure, desk-pen signed, included ceremony with Swing and Johnson and featured photos on the White House south lawn.
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Washington, D. C
U.S
Coolidge
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Southwest
Black
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Congress
Arizona
California
Secretary of Interior
White House
Swing
Johnson
Elwood Meade
Bureau of Reclamation
W. B. Mathews
Bureau of Power and Light
Los Angeles
Smith
Idaho
George Young
The
Los Angeles Examiner
Sheffler Pleads Acquittal on One Count Killed Other
Clayton Sheffler a farmer near La Porte City faced sentencing for illegal liquor possession. His lawyers argued count two of the indictment was illegal because count one alleged illegal possession, implying the verdict on the second count could not stand. An appeal to the supreme court was possible if the motion fails.
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Clayton Sheffler
Sheffler
la Porte City
G. W. Wood
Wenner & Mosier
E. J. Wenner
Supreme Court
Fleeing Heiress and Doctor May Be Traveling Together
In San Francisco a young New York heiress Miss Ruth McConnell arrived a day before Dr. David O. Meeker who followed by air across the country. Meeker, who reached the city after aerial feats, vanished on arrival. He said he had spoken with McConnell from Reno last night, and she left no forwarding address while under a local physician’s care after a heat collapse.
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San Francisco
Cal
INS
New York
Ruth McConnell
David O. Meeker
Meeker
Dr. Meeker
Miss McConnell
Reno
Nevada
Grand Jurors Drawn to Fill Vacancies in County
Three grand jurors were chosen to fill vacancies. E. J. Kileckner from Lester township M. G. Burk of Waterloo township and Arthur W. Wood of Washington township will serve under newly elected county attorney J. W. Gwynne reporting January 7. They replace H. G. Northey William Weigle and E. E. Wittum who were excused.
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E. J. Kileckner
Lester
M. G. Burk
Waterloo Township
Arthur W. Wood
Washington Township
H. G. Northey
William Weigle
Eagle Township
E. E. Wittum
Lincoln Township
J. W. Gwynne
Temperature forecast for Thursday to Friday
The fragment shows a weather table with expected temperatures for Thursday maximum and Thursday night minimum, and partial Friday readings at 7 am and 11 am, plus a late Friday 3 pm value. Names of locations or units are unclear in the OCR.
Coal Miners in Bicknell Trust Santa This Christmas
In Bicknell Indiana on December 21 1931 3500 children of coal miners face a bare Christmas as strike driven poverty leaves stockings empty and toys scarce. Mothers cite dwindling food rations two pounds of lard and limited sugar while unions and charities rally to aid. Despite a glimmer of help from surrounding miners groups Indianapolis press and Labor Secretary Davis aid efforts though faith remains cautious.
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Bicknell
Ind
U.P
Santa Claus
Santa
Dole
Indianapolis
James J. Davis
Davis
United Mine
First Official Winter Blizzard Hits With Fatal Toll
Seven deaths are attributed to the first official winter blizzard as persistent cold grips the region. A day of plummeting temperatures follows springlike warmth, with Milwaukee reporting readings far below zero and snow hindering traffic while trains lag. Elsewhere, Missouri sees clear skies and milder late December weather.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas City
U.P
Congress Today Senate and House Actions Noted
Senate takes up calendar bills and resumes hearings on three nominations before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Military affairs committee reviews calendar bills. House meets to handle routine matters as foreign affairs committee considers calendar simplification resolution.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
HOUSE
Foreign Affairs Committee
Man's Back May Be Broken in Curbin Collision
Cedar Falls report of a noon collision at Ninth and State streets left J. Minnis with possible spinal fracture and critical condition at Sartori hospital. He was thrown from a truck after it collided with an automobile driven by a man named Smith. Hugh Kendelan rode with Minnis.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
J. Minnis
Sartori Hospital
Minnis
Hugh Kendelan
Smith
Ninth
State Streets
Fire Alarm Calls and Tiny Roof Spark Damage Ad
Fire alarms report two incidents. At 4 44 p m R J Hoxie 304 South backfired car causing slight damage. At 7 05 p m S D Mc Grumphy 106 Virden spark on roof caused $10 damage. Advertisement notes Better be insured than sorry. of Herman Miller Phone 2404 Lay it
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R. J. Hoxie
South
D. McGrumphy
Virden
Herman
Miller
Hoover Rides in Confetti Shower for Three Miles
President-elect Hoover arrives in Rio de Janeiro amid a vast popular demonstration. He and Washington Luis ride at the head of a long procession as confetti showers blanket Avenida Rio Branco. The U S S Utah salutes Hoover on his goodwill tour while flags adorn the city and spectators cheer from windows and rooftops.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Hoover
Guanabaro Palace
United States
Lancers
Giryen
U. S. S. Utah
Atlantic
Patient Improves After Monday Operation
Mrs. James Preston of 807 Grant Avenue underwent an operation Monday and was reported improved today at Presbyterian Hospital.
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James Preston
Grant Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Man’s Head Cut in Auto Collision With Street Car
Moud Russell of 1703 Lafayette street suffered a severe head cut when his car collided with an outbound Highland street car at Lafayette and Tenth streets shortly after noon. Passenger Mrs L B Miller of 1207 Mulberry street was bruised along with an unidentified woman on the street car. Miller’s cat received care then returned home. Street car operator was M A Rosen.
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Moud Russell
Lafayette Street
Highland Street
Lafayette
Tenth Streets
L. B. Miller
Mulberry Street
Russell
Miller
M. A. Rosen
Two Men Fined For Liquor Nuisance Action
J. E. Green and Fred Ackers pleaded guilty to liquor nuisance and appeared before Judge G. W. Wood for sentence. Each fined 300 dollars and costs, paroled from an additional 90 day jail term. Paroled to Sheriff H. T. Wagner.
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J. E. Green
Fred Ackers
G. W. Wood
H.T. Wagner
Boxing bill filed by Iowa colleges outline commission
Des Moines December 21 the American Legion legislative committee decided to submit a bill to the next legislature providing for a state boxing commission. The commission would be composed of athletic directors from the University of Iowa Iowa State College and State Teachers College.
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Des Moines
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
State Teachers College
American Legion Legislative Committee
Boy Flier Richard James Sees President Coolidge
Richard James a 17 year old winner of a 1000 prize for crossing the continent under 18 was received by President Coolidge at the White House in Washington on December 21.
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White House
Washington, D. C
U.P
Richard James
Coolidge
Marriage Licenses Recorded in Waterloo and Brandon
Charles E Winn and Bessie M Winn listed in Waterloo and Minneapolis ages 44 and 41 respectively. Johny Thompson of Waterloo aged 50 to Mildred Lane of Waterloo aged 50. Raleigh C Winsor of Brandon aged 22 to Myrtle Pearl Sorenson of Forest City aged 20.
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Charles E. Winn
Waterloo
Bessie M. Winn
Minneapolis
Johny Thompson
Mildred Lane
Raleigh C. Winsor
Brandon
Myrtle Pearl Sorenson
Forest City
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