Former federal day chief awarded 525000 prize
Mayor Chester P. Mills, once federal prohibition head for New York, won 25000 for his plan to enforce prohibition laws. A high school student, Malcolm D. Almack, won 5000 with a plan to improve enforcement, while Mills argued for better cooperation among agencies and tighter permit control to curb alcohol diversion and bootlegging. Doran criticized Mills plan as outdated and ineffective for current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chester P. Mills
W. C. Durant
Malcolm D. Almack
Palo Alto
Cal
Mills
Coast Guard, Customs and
Prohibition Forces
United States
Funeral for Mrs Henry Milhiser Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs Henry RR Milhiser 17 died Tuesday at her daughter’s home 227 Fremont Street, conducted at the residence by Rev Leslie Smith Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial Riverside Cemetery Marshalltown. Cause influenza and complications. Emily Jane Patton born Trumbull County Ohio June 3 1851. Married 1870 to Henry R Milhiser. Family lived Tim ber Creek township Marshall County Ta 40 years. Moved to Billings Montana ten years ago. Surviving son Charles S Milhiser Sidney Montana and daughters Mrs Fisher Waterloo and Mrs Pearl Wilson Billings. One daughter died in infancy and a brother died earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry RR. Milhiser
Harry T. Fisher
Fremont Street
Leslie Smith
Grace Methodist
Episcopal “Church
Riverside Cemetery
Marshalltown
Emily Jane Patton
Trumbull County
Ohio
Henry R. Milhiser
Timber Creek Township
Marshall County
Billings
Mont
Milhiser
Charles S. Milhiser
Sidney
Fisher
Waterloo
Pearl ‘Wilson
Waterloo man dies of bronchial pneumonia in city hospital
Irving Chauncie Carpenter 36 of 523 Lelend Avenue died at 4 p m yesterday in a local hospital from bronchial pneumonia. He was born August 25, 1891 in Wayne Michigan and lived in Waterloo 30 years. Survived by widow Evelyn and three sons Irving Willard Raymond and Fred Albert, his parents Mr and Mrs W M Carpenter, two sisters Mrs Jeanette Crawford and Mrs Joe Haney, and four brothers W L and Grant Carpenter of Waterloo Fred and Clifford Carpenter of Omaha. The body is at Kistner mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Chauncie Carpenter
Lelend Avenue
Wayne
Mich
Waterloo
Evelyn Carpenter
Irving
Willard Raymond
Fred Albert
W. M. Carpenter
Jeanette Crawford
Joe Haney
W. L
Grant Carpenter
Fred
Clifford Carpenter
Omaha
Kistner Mortuary
Funeral Services For Charles W. Knoop
Funeral services for Charles W. Knoop former city treasurer and bank official will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in First Congregational church Rockford Indiana with Rev J Richmond Morgan presiding A short service will be held at 1 30 p.m. at the home of his daughter Mrs Loren J Berry 520 Kingsley avenue Burial will be in Elmwood in the family plot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Knoop
Black Hawk National Bank
Rockford
First Congregational Church
J. Richmond Morgan
Loren J. Berry
Kingsley Avenue
Elmwood
Funeral services for Ivy Janet MacDonald
Funeral services for Ivy Janet MacDonald age 2 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry MacDonald of 1017 Sixth Street press will be held tomorrow. Prayer services at the home at 10 am and a church service at 10 15 am at First Baptist Church with Rev Carl L Kenagy in charge. Burial will be in Elmwood. The body may be viewed at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivy Janet MacDonald
Harry MacDonald
Sixth Street Press
First Baptist Church
Carl L. Kenagy
Elmwood
Funeral services set for Mrs Stene Petersen
Funeral services for Mrs Stene Petersen who died late Monday at her daughter’s home Mrs Andrew Petersen 510 Cottage Street will be held in Petersen Bros chapel at 1 30 PM Thursday then at Danish Baptist Church Cedar Falls at 2 PM Burial will be in Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stene Petersen
Andrew Petersen
Cottage Street
Petersen Bros
Danish Baptist Church
Cedar Falls
Gabbiest Marathon crowed by New Yorkers for $1000 prize
In New York a marathon gabfest features 30 contestants, men and women on miniature platforms in a dustily lit armory. They shout, sing, recite, and jabber for a $1000 prize, promoted by Milton Crandall as a publicity stunt to crown the world’s gabbiest person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventy-first Regiment
John
Rose Gildea
Greenwich Village
Tennyson
Allan D
Milton Crandall
Madison Square Garden
Local Names List From Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Others
A readable fragment lists individuals with city affiliations such as Waterloo Cedar Rapids Santa Barbara Columbus and others, showing partial numeric values and suffixes. The reader gains a sense of a community roster or vote tally style entry with multiple names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McDonald
Shell Rock
Irene Schoenfeld
Iona
Seeavad Merald E. Wong
Waterloo
Maurice Conger
Garner
Lawrence Butts
Helen Franzen
Wilma Parkan
Cedar Rapids
John M. Blain
Santa Barbara
Glenna May Blain
Santa Bar- Eee
Marjorie Drehouse
Merlin E. Rees
Columbus
Floyd J. Ernest
CB Chasceveness
Clarence Jack
J. Mildred Welsbard
Canadian Army Veteran Dies After Illness in Waterloo Home
Amasa Drew Woodruff 60 a World War I Canadian veteran died at 11 am at his daughter's Waterloo home after a two week pneumonia illness. Born in Illinois in 1867 he enlisted in 1914 in Winnipeg and served 4 years overseas. Surviving are three daughters a son nine grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral services under Odd Fellows were to be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amasa Drew Woodruff
J. W. McKillip
Hammond Avenue
Woodruff
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Engineers
Illinois
LeRoy Eugene Woodruff
Mary Jane Drew
Waterloo
McKillip
Earl E. Kook
J. F. Houlihan
Aberdeen
S. D
LeRoy Woodruff
Kelso
Wash
Odd Fellows
Petersen Bros.’ Chapel
McKiip
Tunney Party Arrives at Brioni Island for Christmas
Gene Tunney his wife and several friends arrived at Brioni Island Italy for Christmas and are understood to remain in the region until May including plans to stay through spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brioni Island
Italy
Gene Tunney
Brioni
Brain Tests
A page from the Evening Post outlines a set of five true or false style items for IQ rating. It includes questions about Mississippi’s location and capital, gold’s properties, crow characteristics, and Napoleon’s birthplace, actions, and exile with scoring cues and a note that answers appear on the society page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Union
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
George Washington
Napoleon
Corsica
Louis XVI
Elba
Arrests for intoxication rise in 7 year span under Prohibition era
New York reported on Dec 26 that a survey by the Moderation league found police records in 388 cities show drunkenness arrests climbing from 235,612 in 1920 to 557,369 in 1927. The league says Volstead act failed to promote temperance and highlights rising minor drinking and higher dry-state arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moderation League
League
New York City
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Auto theft group member to plead guilty
August Vermaze, 28, part of a four person auto theft ring arrested after stealing from parked cars, confessed this afternoon and indicated a desire to plead guilty to grand larceny in district court under county attorney true information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Vermaze
Cairo Journalist Drakeford Dies Suddenly
Cairo December 26 United Press correspondent in Cairo U R I W Drakeford died unexpectedly yesterday ending a long career reporting events from the Middle East. He reported for United Press from Cairo for many years and was well known among press circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
U.ri
W. E. Drakeford
United Press
New Flu Gates Report Surges Across States
Washington reports 150000 new influenza cases for the week ending December 22 across 18 states. The U S Public Health Service estimates actual cases exceed 420000 due to underreporting. Epidemic spreading in the Midwest and East while weakening in the West. week ending December 15 had an estimated 700000 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U.P
Towa
U. S. Public Health Service
Midwest
CHITA CARDS STILL FILL MAILS
Washington post officials warn Christmas mail volume overwhelmed city carriers. Postmasters labored Sunday in apparent policy breach, with millions of cards and parcels undelivered by Christmas Eve and a backlog likely to clear by next weekend, delaying New Year greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Postoffice Department
William R. Spilman
Division of Postoffice Service
Opt
Roof fire at residence prompts insurance reminder
Wednesday at 2 15 p m a roof fire at the residence of Co L Bennett 271 Hammond avenue caused $750 damage. The ad urges to insure and lists Merman C Milles with phone 2404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L. Bennett
Hammond Avenue
Merman C. Milles
South Dakota Lignite Wealth Aims at Industrial Growth
L N Crill state secretary of agriculture argues South Dakota can save millions in freight, keep profits at home, and fuel industrial expansion by developing northwestern lignite deposits in Butte Harding Perkins Carson Ziebach and Dewey counties. He notes two long lignite veins near the surface and envisions power generation at the mines, with byproducts such as sugar, textiles, canning, fuels, and dyes boosting regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Butte
Harding
Perkins
Carson
Ziebach
Dewey
State Chamber of Commerce Coal Committee
Saskatchewan
Canada
Germany
United States
North Dakota
Paris considers traffic subways and arcade removals
Paris municipal council weighs a plan costing 30 to 40 million dollars over seven to eight years to build three miles of traffic subways and remove sidewalks back under arcades. Emile Masserd leads the commission backing the idea, aiming to ease congestion in the central area with three north south tunnels converging near a subterranean circle by the opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Emile Masserd
Special Commission
Massard
Thieves Pose as Penitents Rob Polish Church in Chicago
Four men posing as penitents robbed the rectory of T. Casimir's Catholic Church in Chicago, seizing about $4,000 from the Christmas and Sunday offerings. Father Krakowski, 70, and Rev. Father Adelbert Furman were present when two men forced the safe open and carried loot away in canvas bags after two trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
T. Casimir’s
Adelbert Furman
EB. S. Krakowski
Father Krakowski
Christmas toll of 170 dead across nation
A United Press survey shows Christmas violence across the U S with 170 deaths by midmorning, likely to surpass 200 later. Traffic crashes, fires, poison liquor and fireworks caused many fatalities, especially in the south and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
United Press
South
Old South
New York City
New York State
Massachusetts
Acuc
Pew
Esyenduece
Wien
To Charge Husband of Slain Phantom Gun Woman
Canton Ohio December 26 Wilbur Heldman Lorain furnace salesman will be charged with murder today in the death of his wife Margaret the phantom gun woman who was shot after he says she admitted killing Vernard Fearn a Waco coal dealer Heldman had been held as a material witness since the woman's death He says she killed herself but officials will submit the case to the county grand jury An hour earlier she confessed the Fearn murder and intimacies with him Heldman was transporting the gun girl from Lorain when she was killed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
U.P
Wilbur Heldman
Lorain
Margaret
Vernard Fearn
Waco
Heldman
Fearn
Changing His Mind Twice He Pleads Guilty
Claude Spiker, arrested in Buchanan county for illegal transportation of liquor, first pleaded guilty, then not guilty, then guilty again before Judge G W Wood. He withdrew earlier pleas, with attorney M F Fields, and the court set sentence for 9 a.m. December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Spiker
Buchanan County
H. P. Mason
E. L. Miller
Black Hawk County
M. F. Fields
G. W. Wood
Dana Bible to coach Nebraska football next season
Dana Bible of Texas A and M has been signed as head football coach at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He succeeds Ernest E Beary whose contract expires next year. Bible will assume duties after signing announced by the university athletic board in Lincoln Nebraska on December 26 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Dana XX
Bible
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
University of Nebraska
Ernest E. Beary
Girl Seeks $2000 in Auto Crash Injuries
Edna Fell 19 filed suit in district court against H. G. Robins seeking 2000 damages for injuries in an August 27 automobile wreck at the Readlyn road intersection on primary road No. 10 in Bremer county. The suit is brought by Herman Fell as next friend of the plaintiff. Robins' car collided with a car driven by Lewis H. Buhr, in which Miss Fell was a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Fell
H. G. Robins
Herman Fell
Bremer County
Readlyn Road
Robins
Lewis H. Buhr
Miss Fell
Temperatures Reported for Tuesday and Wednesday
The record shows Tuesday maximum around 45 degrees after a low near 26 Tuesday night. Wednesday’s forecast lists daytime highs around 37 to 38 degrees with nighttime near 37.
Sunday School Lesson by Rev P B Fitzwater
Rev Fitzwater of Moody Bible Institute presents a Sunday School lesson outline. The article notes the author is dean of day and evening schools and provides copyright details for Western News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
The Life and Teachings of Paul for Adult Classes
A detailed set of old lesson plans for adult classes focusing on Paul. Topics cover Christian doctrine in daily life, love, giving, pastoral duty, overcoming temptations, unity in Christ, civil rights, prayer, and Paul’s ministry in Ephesus. Each lesson lists dates, key teachings, and suggested applications for modern life. The October to December lessons outline Paul's acts, gifts, witness before rulers, and end-of-life reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Ephesus
Jesus
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Rome
Philemon
God
Border Patrol Agent Shot Dead in Border Patrol Duty
Roseau Minnesota December 26 Robert Lobdell of St Paul was shot and killed on border patrol duty near Roseau Tuesday evening. He is believed to have been killed by rum runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Border Patrol
Roseau
Minn
Robert Lobdell
St. Paul
Here
Waterloo to Host Iowa State Trapshooting Meet
Nic Webber, president of Waterloo Gun Club, announced Waterloo will host the Iowa State Trapshooters tournament in June 1929 at Byrnes Park traps. The board recently awarded the meet to Waterloo, with exact dates to be set at the January Waterloo Gun Club dinner meeting where 1929 officers will also be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Trapshooters of
Iowa
Nic Webber
Waterloo Gun Club
Iowa State Trapshooters’ Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry BR. Milhiser
Irving C. Carpenter
Mrs. Stene Petersen
Heads Big Store
Leon Mandel II
Mandel Brothers
Mandel
M. Wilkesbarre
Claude Yeomans
Australia
Crandall
A. D. Woodruff
Jessie B. Lieber
Geneseo
Grinnell
Waterloo Aerie
Order of Eagles
Evening Post, Inc
Quilty
OWA
U. S. Health Service
CHITA
Peter Cardone
Brooklyn
Cardone
Volong Wealth
Bel
Eal
Peere LT
Gungirl
Dana Bible
Nebraska
Girl
Review
the World
Christian
Primar Opico
ONION
Porto
Pauls
West Residence District
South St
Lester W. Miller
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