Federal agents probe big booze haul in Waterloo
Waterloo police recovered 300 gallons of alcohol tied to a Chicago to Austin Minnesota run. John Burns and James Posner pleaded guilty to illegal transportation and were fined $100 plus costs. federal officials seek the alcohol's source and owners.
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Waterloo
Mqnor
Chicago
Austin
Minn
J. E. Dempster
U. S
James Posner
New York City
James Burns
St. Paul
Calumet Avenue
Twentieth
al Place
Louis
Burns
St. Ul
Parec
H Im
Posner
St Paul
Adams
Joseph Posner
Washington Street
John Burns
Edmund Street
T Paul
Hauer
B. Courtright
Municipal Court
J. E. Wenner
Milan
Posner and Burnsi
Wenner
Waterloo Booze Ring Tied to County Court Proceedings
Authorities seize a large liquor shipment and place it under district court jurisdiction. Attorney Wenner proposes allocating part to Allen Memorial Hospital. A Chicago owner and two suspects fled, while five Waterloo men were released. Police note a larger booze-running network and reluctance of key figures to testify.
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Thiet
District Court
Thospital
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Wenner
Allen Memorial Hospital
Wii
Joseph Posner
Clycle Taylor
Grand Boulevard
Chica-Go
Burns
Alaster
Taylor
Young
Janesville
Rainbow Drive
Fortune
Posner
Meredith Enjoined in Commission Rate Order on Livestock
A permanent injunction was granted in a U.S. district court restraining the secretary of agriculture from enforcing his order restoring the war time commission rate for handling livestock. Judge Arba Van Valkenburgh called Merediths action an arbitrary executive order in granting the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
United States District Court
Secretary of Agriculture
War Time Commission
Arba
van Valkenpurgh
Meredith
One Dead in Fort Worth Hotel Fire
Fort Worth Texas December 31 one man died in a fire at the Mansion hotel on Fourth Street and Commerce. several people are reported missing and adjoining buildings damaged. Property loss estimated at 150000 dollars. body of J O Russel an express messenger recovered. he was sleeping in the hotel. The Mansion hotel was a city landmark from frontier days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Mansion Hotel
Fourth
Commerce Streets
J. O. Russel
Texas
Ministers Move Ban on Sunday Funerals in McKeesport
The McKeesport Ministerial Association seeks a resident-approved ban on Sunday funerals to spare workers from Sunday duty. Richland Cemetery near McKeesport has already joined by enforcing Sunday burials ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Richland Cemeery
Lias
Telegraph Rival Granted Credit Line Extension
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a credit extension for the Telegraph Rival to receive messages routed from the Postal Telegraph Company, enabling ongoing telegraph operations and settlement of transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gton
D. G
Ern
Union Telegraph Cormpanr
Interstate Commerce Commission
Postal Telegraph Company
1000 Men Apply for Jobs Offered to 20
Kansas City Missouri December 31 More than 2.06 men applied yesterday after an advertisement from a Kansas City Kansas tractor seeking 20 workers. Bandits Kill Chaffeur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Kansas City
Cleveland Welcomes New Year With Dance and Feasts
Clevelanders ring in 1931 with dances and dinners at downtown hotels and clubs. Managers announce no liquor allowed, enforcing sobriety for New Year celebrations.
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Associated Press
Neveland
New Year's Eve Street Car Service Details
The report describes celebrations at theatres and hotels with the fastest cars on all lines making last trips at 12 45 a m from 4th and Lafayette streets. Waterloo Cedar Falls RocateseRy Co offers an advertised service.
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4Th
Lafayette
Waterloo
Cedar Faxiz & Rocatesew RY. CO
Hotels Targeted as Sinn Fein Leader Suspects Sought in Dublin
Dublin reports detail heavy military police raids across city districts aided by the Black and Tans. Authorities press searches for fugitives believed wanted by the government, with hotels repeatedly invaded while residents fear harboring suspects and gossip tracks the manhunt.
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Dublin
Payroll Bandits Kill Two Officers in Cleveland Robbery
W. W. Sly president and George Fanner vice president of W. W. Sly Manufacturing were shot and killed by five bandits on a Cleveland street at noon. The robbers escaped with $4,500 payroll after crashing into the officials’ car and seizing the bag. Detectives report the bandits opened fire without warning after a brief parley.
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United Press
Cleveland
W. W.sly
George Fanner
W. W. Sly Manufacturing Company
Etane
Sly
Fanner
Bigl
Knox and irreconcilables oppose League of Nations stand
The piece reports that Senator Knox plans a separate peace with Germany and adds a proposed paragraph forming a de facto alternative to the League of Nations. It suggests Knox leads a faction of Republican senators ready to challenge Harding’s approach and push for a larger say in foreign policy.
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Harding
Knox
Germany
Senate
Congress
United States
League of Nations
Europe
Friends of Civilization
Association of Nations
Marion
Washington
McClure Yndicate
Germans' Hidden Weapons Bar France In Pact
The article outlines massive German arms, including 3.7 million rifles and 160000 machine guns, with Germany controlling production. It notes France's armament and says Germany would mobilize between the Elbe and Weser, while the Allies would seize left bank Rhine bridgeheads during treaty suspension. Premier talks and Ruhr prospects are also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbe
Weser
Metz
Strasbourg
France
Rhine
iBy
Associated Press
Paris
Walter Simons
Germany
Ruhr
Ork
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Hotel
Vanderbilt
Penrose to Oppose Tariff and Bonus Bills
In Washington D C Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chairman of the senate finance committee, announced opposition to the house emergency tariff bill and to the soldiers bonus bill during this session. He returned to Washington after nearly a year away due to serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senzstor Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Murtagh Receives Silk Flag From Des Moines Elks
Des Moines Elks presented J C Murtaugh of Waterloo with a silk flag after a banquet. A committee was appointed to arrange the 1921 Elks convention. In Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons had a restless night and was reported weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Des Moines
J. C
Murtash
Waterloo
State Elks Association
Des Moines Lodge
State Association
Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Leaders rush Sunday debate on Sundry Civil appropriation
Washington December 31 The House races to finish general debate on the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill before adjournment over Saturday. The measure totals 1096 items with an aggregate of 382 611 292 dollars. Controversy centers on the Shipping Board and the Muscle Shoals dam funding.
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Associated
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Byrnes
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
President Outlines Armenian Boundary and Arbitration Drop
President Wilson sketches a Armenian frontier extending into Erzurum, Erzincan, Van and Bitlis areas, excluding Diarbakir Sivas Harpoot Adana. Allies reportedly suspend implementing the line as chaos in Armenia delays arbitration missions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Armenia
Wilson
White House
Erzercum
Terbizond
Van
Bitlis
Mr. Wilson
Black Sea
Tireboli
Keikat
Erzingan
Mitikan
Mush
Lake, van
Azerbeishar
Diarbexir
Sivas
Harpoot
Adana
Adjutant General Harris Sentenced to Ten Days Jail
Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris, adjutant general of the army, was sentenced to ten days in jail by Justice Siddons of the District of Columbia Supreme Court for contempt. He refused to obey an order to exhibit an affidavit filed in the War Department under the selective service act and noted an appeal, avoiding immediate imprisonment via a government official appeal provision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Peter C. Harris
Army
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Harris
Siddons
War Department
Selective Service Act
Bob Roper Edges Walker in Ten-Round Heavyweight Bout
Chicago fighter Captain Bob Roper defeats Hugh Walker of Kansas City in a grueling ten round heavyweight bout with a newspaper tint toward Roper. No decision was declared in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Roper
Walker
Associated Press
Kansas , City
Chicago
Hugh Walker
Kansas_ City
Roper
Beats Wife and Kicks Sort Lead to Police Standoff
Chicago reports a domestic assault case where Dec 31 events left a man named Jan Ochal and coworker Ed Dupe under arrest after police found a still in Ochal's bedroom. The incident interrupted New Year plans as officers seized the illicit distilling operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Jan Ochal
Qchal
Ed Dupe
Sheriff Ends Bank Robbery Killing in Tennessee
In Springfeld Tennessee a lone daylight bank robbery at Peoples' Bank yielded about 50000 in liberty bonds before Sheriff A L Jett killed the fleeing suspect Hobart Austin 32 during a gun duel. Bonds recovered. In Cleveland Ohio a jury in the Harold Kagy murder case against Judge William H McGannon remained out after 40 hours of deliberation.
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United Press
Springfeld
Tenn
Peoples’ Bank
Liberty
Hobart Austin
A. L. Jett
Legankon
Willam H. McGannon
Harold Kagy
Navy Plane Fleet Begins Second Leg Toward Panama
Thirteen Navy planes at San Bartolome Bay 400 miles south of San Diego ready for the second hop toward Magdalena Bay. Crew replenishes fuel and oil as repairs are made on the NG-5 after a leaking hull forced a return.
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Navy
Panama
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
North Island Naval Air Station
Magdalena Bay
Burglary convict cites parrot racket in Central Park plea
New York Frederick Katlabo, jailed for burglary after trying to steal four parrots, says they made so much noise he was just trying to spank them. In Milwaukee a deer, a wolf, a bear and an elephant are sighted in Shoreward with prohibition agents alerted. Paul Banksoff buys an over coat from a dummy, unaware a policeman watches.
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United Press
New York
Frederick Katlabo
Central Park
Milwaukee
Wis
Shoreward
Paul Banksoff
Mexican Consul Teodora Beltran Removed in San Antonio
Teodora Beltran, Mexican consul in San Antonio for eight years under several Mexican governments, was relieved from office by Dr. Hildego, Mexico’s minister of foreign relations, over a month ago after chamber of deputies charged her as a Carrancista.
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
Teodora Beltran
Physical Directors to Talk Organization in Iowa Meeting
Des Moines reports further details of a proposed state association of physical directors of colleges and high schools will be considered at a meeting Monday afternoon. Subjects include the Fess-Capper bill proposing national legislation for physical education.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Association of Physical Directors of Colleges and
Iowa
New Year to Open Rush of Work in Halls
Washington December 31 The change of administration early next year will bring a new foreign policy and a shakeup in federal departments. Republicans prepare a broad program including peace with Germany tariff and revenue revision and a federal budget system with urgent legislative needs for next year.
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Associated’ Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Germany
Harding
Army
Italy Hopes For Peace And Prosperity In 1921
Rome reports show Italian optimism for 1921 centered on Adriatic settlement and adherence to the Rapallo treaty. government actions in Fiume and goodwill toward Yugoslavia and Roumania aim to secure a shield for the little Entente, while industry and labor trends point to rising production and steady employment. Italy also seeks to revive tourism and restore prewar ties with America as it stabilizes politically.
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Associated Press
Rome
Itallans
D’andunzio
al Fiume
Rapallo
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Roumania
America
Kenyon Urges Dry Law for Virgin Islands
Senator Kenyon of Iowa pressed a special act to apply constitutional prohibition to the Virgin Islands, while the Volstead Act would not bind the island. D. Hamilton Jackson testified distillation of West Indian rum resumed under a treasury order, sold freely to residents, estimated at about 60 cents a gallon. Wheeler of the Antisaloon League urged enforcing present dry laws.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Virgin Islands
Congressional Commission
Kenyon
Iowa
Commission
D. Hamilton Jackson
Treasury
Antisaleon League
American
Wayne B. Wheeler
Theeague
Bricklayers Union Cuts Wages In Orlando
Orlando bricklayers announce a voluntary 20 percent wage cut from $1.25 to $1.00 an hour, effective January 18 as part of a broader “live and let live” policy shift to adjust to national conditions.
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Associated Press
Orlando
Fla
Man Pays for Hat Retrieval as Cedar River Claims Prize
Fred Stuckenberg pays four boys $1 each to recover his velour hat from the icy Cedar River near the Fourth Street bridge. Despite jabbing with a broken-ice pole and a final shove, the hat sinks and Stuckenberg sustains an injury requiring medical attention. He remains hospitalized but is reported doing as well as might be expected.
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Fred Stuckenberg
Third Avenue West
Cedar River
Mr.Stuckenberg
Fourth Street Bridge
Stuckenberg
Milk price set at $2.50 per hundred pounds for January
Milk Producers Co operative Marketing Company officials in Elgin announce January prices at $2.50 per hundred pounds, a 10 cent drop from December. Minneapolis dispatch reports John Htheridge, broker and clubman, arrested in Portland and to be returned there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Elgin, Ill
Produsers’ Co-operative Marketing Company
Htheridge
The
United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
John Htheridge
Portland
De Valera Lands in Ireland After Atlantic Voyage
Eamonn de Valera arrives safely in Ireland aboard a U S presidential yacht after crossing the Atlantic. Boland confirms landing to resume leadership of the Irish provisional government while a farewell message to the United States is released. British troops raid the Moore McCormick steamer Pontia in Dublin harbor amid rumors of de Valera's presence.
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Associated Press
New York
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Ireland
Harry Boland
de Valera
Boland
America
de. Valera
Trish
Sinn Fein
Sinc Fein
U. S
United Press
Dublin
United States Shipping Board
Pontia
Moore-McCormick Line
Wall Street Ends Year With Higher Shares And Cash Volume
The New York financial review notes Cheerful sentiment lifting prices on the stock exchange by one to four points. Large cash transactions dominated as shareholders tried to offset 1929 tax returns while bears covered positions. Industrials closed ahead of rails and money markets show call loans at 7 percent.
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United Press
New York
the Sun
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Bears
Jail delivery aide pleads guilty in bank robbery case
Kid Brady, captured in Des Moines, admits aiding the Westfield Indiana robbers in the 1919 LeMars jail delivery. He receives a sentence not exceeding 20 years at the Anamosa reformatory. The completed gang killed Plymouth County Sheriff Maxwell’s son and earned life terms. two members escaped on Christmas Day and remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Sioux City
Kid” Brady
Des Moines
Westfield
LeMers
Day
Anamosa Reformatory
Brady
Maxwell
Plymouth County
Fort Madison
Smith
O'Keefe
Relief drive plan for Waterloo next week
A meeting of all European relief representatives in Waterloo was scheduled at the Greater Waterloo association offices to form a temporary committee and set the time and place for a campaign to raise 12000 for European and Near East relief efforts.
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Waterloo
Greater Waterloo Association
W. J. Keste
B. A. Boxes
Rev. A. CO. Praston
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Joseph Posper
J. B. Dempster
Kili
Joseph Sweitzer
Edward Ridell
Pug
San Francisco
Kruvosky
Jessie Montgomery
Reno
Nevada
Nation’s League
Fear Garago
Penrose
Murtagh
DES Moines Elks
Echo of Good
Ship Board
U.S. Army
Nobel
Adriatic
River
Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
Shelbyville
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