Train wreck fears and gun safety in nationwide spotlights
Reports reveal derailed train plots near Los Angeles and San Francisco amid a spike in deranged activity. A Waterloo incident underscores gun safety as a boy is accidentally shot, with warnings about handling firearms. Also noted are protests by Delta Kappa Epsilon members at a Boston theatre and Iowa moves toward stricter auto licensing. A proposed transcontinental air route and a health update on Dr. Joseph Goldberger are included, along with springtime weather quips from Cedar Rapids.
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Santa Fe
Crack Limited
Hesperia
Cal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Boston
Dekes
United States
Alleghenies
St. Louis
Kansas City
W. I.glover
Air Madi
New York
Transcontinental Airways
Col. Lindbergh
Columbus
Prophet Michelet Forecasts 1928 Vote Total
Simon Michelet, president of the National Get-Out-The-Vote club, claimed a 37,000,000 presidential vote total for 1928 based on a hunch. He notes an expected 8,000,000 vote rise from 1924 and cites Hoover Smith fervor, with further estimates on turnout near 39,000,000 to 40,000,000.
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Washington
D. C
Simon Michelet
Michelet
Associated Press
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
Congress
Nelson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ed” Smith
Minneanolis
Smith
Gopher Commonwealth
Hoover- Smith
Radio interference prompts travel plan and interview note
Radio fans praise federal radio commission for giving chain programs to WHO and WOC but report worsening nationwide interference this winter. Karl Updegraf of Hub Electric notes improving program delivery yet ongoing issues. A fan paying $25 daily hires an engineer from Town State College Ames to locate interference sources.
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Federal Radio Commission
WHO
WOC
Altho
Karl C. Updegraf
Hub Electric Company
Town State College
Ames
Firearms Update Ends With Death of Louis Walker
A holiday outing ended in tragedy when Louis Walker died from a forehead gunshot wound at Presbyterian hospital. The 11 year old, son of Mr and Mrs D J Walker of 504 Maryland Ave, was accidentally shot by a companion while four boys played with airguns and a .22 rifle east of the Maxwell Dairy Farm on Eagle Center Road. Louis, who would have turned twelve tomorrow, died at 9 45 p m. Nathan Barber Jr and another boy were with the group earlier. two more joined later as the incident unfolded.
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Louis Walker
D. Jd. Walker
Maryland Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Maxwell Dairy Farm
Eagle Center Road
Walker Remedy Company
Commercial Street
Shumaker Plays Tag With Prison In Indiana
Dr E S Shumaker superintendent of the State Antisaloon league faced arrest and a writ of habeas corpus after the Indiana supreme court vacated a pardon by Gov Ed Jackson. He argued the court was wet and faced 60 days at the prison farm while attorneys seek to keep him out of jail on contempt charges.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
E. S. Shumaker
Supreme Court
Ed Jackson
Robert C. Baltzell
Shumaker
State Supreme Court
Indiana
Family quarrel ends in mother and two children deaths
Chicago dispatch reports Mrs. Mary Zahradnik a 30 year old mother and her two children Otto and four year old stepson Joe died in a gas filled kitchen after a week long quarrel sparked by the stepchild’s broken nose from Mary’s slap. The husband a baker found them.
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Chicago
INS
Mary Zahradnik
Joe
Moving van seized with 1000 gallons alcohol
A Cedar Falls police action halted a Milwaukee owned moving van loaded with 1000 gallons of grain alcohol valued at 10000. Two drivers, Reichert and Johnson, were arrested after guards with machine guns pursued the truck. The haul was en route from Chicago to Mason City when stopped near Cedar Falls. The case marks the county’s largest single seizure of pure grain alcohol.
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Cedar Falls
George Bell
Milwaukee
Wis
Harry P. Mason
George Sloan
BH. L. Miller
Kenneth Johnson
Bell
Mason
Miller
Cedar. Falls
Sloan
Louis Schwanke
Cedar . Falls
Chicago
Mason City
Minneapolis
Reichert
Charles City
Thirteenth Street
F. W. Edwards
Edwards
Salvation Army Leader in Serious Condition in London
Gen Bramwell Booth, longtime head of the Salvation Army, lies in serious condition in London as his physician orders that he must not be told of the arrival of his sister Commander Evangeline Booth in England. The high council plans a Jan 8 meeting at Sunbury on Thames to consider succession questions tied to founder William Booth. Delegates from the United States accompany Miss Booth, with five more US delegates due next week.
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London
U.P
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
England
Evangeline Booth
United States
High Council of the
Sunbury-on- Thames
Booth
William Booth
Miss Booth
William Peart
Adam Gifford
High Council
Bramwel Scot
Salvation Army of the World
Evangeline
High Council of the Army
Mian Hunt Helped by Airship and Troops
In Trenton on December 29, the navy airship J-3 along with two Lakehurst planes 50 troopers bloodhounds and nearly 100 volunteers searched Robbinssville area for David Ware a 50 year old suspect in the killing of state trooper Peter Gladyes. Ware was to be taken to Hightstown for a disorderly conduct complaint when he allegedly opened fire using the trooper's revolver and ammunition. The search included air observers and ground cordon around swamps and woods as precautions against further danger.
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Trenton
N. J
Navy
Lakehurst
Peter Gladyes
Robbinsville
Gladyes
David Ware
Cleveland Crackdown Nets 201 Arrested in Crime Sweep
Cleveland, December 29. Police arrested 201 suspected gunmen, gamblers, robbers and thugs in a sweeping crime cleanup after 13 murders in the final month. Several detainees face accusations, including robbery and firearm offenses, with no formal charges yet filed.
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Cleveland
U.R
Weather For Week In Washington DC Outlook
Weather outlook for the period Dec 31 to Jan 5. Precipitation expected near the start of the week and again by the middle or end, with frequent temperature changes in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains.
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Washington, D. C
U.ri
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Courier Delivery Time and Reprint Instructions
The notice confirms home delivery before 5 30 p m and offers a reprint if late due to carrier error. Customers should call 5100 to request a copy, with calls received before 6 39 p m ensuring dispatch.
Wife Held for Plot to Poison Husband in Missouri
Nora Edwards, 37, wife of J. W. Edwards, is held on $2,000 bond in Poplar Bluff awaiting trial on charges of attempting to poison her husband with arsenic. Edwards, a paper hanger, is in a St. Louis hospital for tests. A preliminary hearing before Judge W. C. McPheeters revealed arsenic found in the home and remarks suggesting her desire to kill Edwards.
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Poplar Bluff
U.P
Nora Edwards
J. W. Edwards
Liberty
Edwards
St. Louis
McAvoy Engaged to Maurice Cleary in Hollywood
Hollywood gossip reports actress May McAvoy announced her engagement to Maurice Cleary, manager of the British Dominion Film company. The wedding is planned for April. New Year's suggestion promotes Martin San Felice Dutch Master cigars.
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Hollywood
Cal
May McAvoy
Maurice Cleary
British Dominion Film Company
Martin, San Felice
Chase Bootlegger Suspect and Find Famous Minister
Two motorcycle police in Washington, D C pursued a speeding car on a rural road and stopped the Stratons, Rev Dr John Roach Straton pastor of Cavalry Baptist Church New York and his son John, as passengers. They admitted haste to a religious meeting in Richmond and paid $10 in traffic court. Police estimated their speed at 50 mph.
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Washington
John Roach Straton
Cavalry Baptist Church
New York
John
Stratons
Richmond
Bombs Found in Vespucci Palace in Milan
Twelve bombs discovered in the Vespucci palace in Milan, seat of the archbishop, police said. Earlier reports had noted two nitroglycerin bombs found the day before. Police believe the devices were planted in the basement to blow up the building and possibly harm Cardinal Eugenio Tosi who was in his private office.
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Milan
Italy
U.P
Vespucci Palace
Eugenio Tosi
Tosi
Rome
Tribesmen Stop Attack On Kabul In Revolt
Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec 26. Rebels revolting against King Amanullah's westernization policy ceased their attack and retired to Kohistan. Peace talks were under way as Amanullah’s brother-in-law led loyal troops to drive rebels from Kabul. The king remained in the capital amid the disorders.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
United Press
Amanullah
Kohbistan
Bolivia Reports Moving Troops in the Chaco
Buenos Aires reports from Asuncion say Bolivia is concentrating forces in all sectors and may advance. The La Prensa correspondent notes Paraguayan anxiety as Bolivia continues activity, despite Pan American arbitration efforts in Washington and the hope for peaceful good offices.
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Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Paraguay
Chaco
Bolivia
la Prensa
Tha
Washington
Millikan Elected President of AAAS for 1929
New York December 29 election of Dr Robert A Millikan California physicist as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 1929 was announced today He is director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at California Institute of Technology Pasadena
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New York
Robert Andrews Millikan
California
American Association For the
Millikan
Norman Bridge
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Hoover to reach Washington with minimal public reception
President elect Herbert Hoover plans a quiet homecoming from the Utah voyage after reporting to President Coolidge on his South American goodwill tour. He will avoid a public reception, likely staying in a hotel, and will discuss cabinet plans with Coolidge while rights of Americans abroad are considered. The Utah increases speed to reach Virginia Capes by Sunday morning.
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Utah
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
South America
Hipolito Irigoyen
Argentina
Irigoyen
Hoover
United States
Nicaragua
U. S
Mussolini
Italy
Raymond’ Poincare
France
South” América
Hampton Roads
Washington
U. S. S. Utah
Arlington
INS
Virginia Capes
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Old Point Comfort
Massachusetts Avenue
Republican Nations
Allen Hoover
California
Stanford University
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Whittier
Waterloo
Sioux City Auto Club
Iowa
Pellagra
Naval Hospital
Joseph Goldberger
Goldberger
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Hag
Minnesotan _ Labors
Frederic William Wile
Coolioce
Louis
Nathan Barber, Jr
Nathan Barber
Sheridan Road
Nathan
Walker
Falls
Falls City Hall
Cives Vielo
Chase
Cardinal Eugenio Tosi
Frankness
Hamp
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