THE CURIOUS SENATE AND A NATION'S WATCHFUL EYE
A Senate probe into a $50 million group tied to naval reserves orders Robert W. Stewart of Standard Oil to testify or face contempt. A separate note covers Clarence Chamberlin and Roger Williams narrowly escaping a crash after takeoff in Richmond as they chase an endurance flight record. The Governors stand outlines Hammill defending a $500 million highway bond plan amid opposition from Lars Skromme and M. L. Bowman.
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Senate
United States Senate
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Eee
Clarence Chamberlin
Roger Q. Williams
Richmond
Chamberlin
Hammill
Tim
Lars Skromme
M. L. Bowman
Intervention Storm Breaks in Havana and G.O.P. Nominee Shuffle
Washington dispatch outlines a stormy view of the 1930s republican nomination race. It argues direct primaries dilute party control, examines Hoover as the leading yet not assured nominee, and notes the distribution of delegates and the role of “favorite sons” in the contest with states set to vote from February into March.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
New Hampshire
Ohio
Michigan
North Dakota
Varias
Roosevelt
Shen
Hoover
Coolidge
Republican
Borah
Curtis
Kanassas
Willis
Watson
Indiana
Lowden
Altho
Dawes
Leb
Ial Dawes
Autopsy to Probe Poisoning Deaths From Sample Tablets
Aledo and Joy deaths prompt coroner to impanel a jury after Mrs. Curtis Lowry 22 died after taking a grippe tablet mailed from St. Joseph Missouri. Maurice A Baker 40 died similarly near Joy Iowa. Lowry stomach to be examined at Iowa City lab.
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Aledo
Curtis Lowry
St. Joseph
Maurice A. Baker
Joy
Grinnell Students Face Rehearing After Drinking Disciplinary Action
Grinnell Iowa February 4 six Grinnell college students expelled for liquor drinking after a dormitory party. They were dismissed by faculty, then reinstated pending a second student court investigation. The group awaited action by the student discipline body as officials kept names confidential.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Uien Antiyy
Avas
Latin Delegates Voicing Opposition to Interference
Delegates to the Pan American conference in Havana oppose intervention and push for a declaration of absolute sovereignty. Charles E Hughes argues for the report as a Magna Charta of American Republics while Honorio Pueyrredon urges firm definitions of state sovereignty and non interference.
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Havana
Victor Mauritia
Charles E. Hughes
United States
Honorio Pueyrredon
Pueyrreden
Maaritia Report
American
Levine Ready to Hop Off on Mystery Flight Postponed by Cross Winds
Roosevelt Field New York reports strong cross winds delaying Charles A. Levine and Wilmer Stultz from launching the monoplane Columbia toward Havana. Mabel Bell, Rochester heiress, planned as passenger with fuel for about 4,000 miles, while observers question the destination beyond Havana.
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Charles A. Levine
Columbia
New York
Havana
Wihner Shultz
Levine
Stellz
Mabel Bell
National Aeronautical Association
Rooservel
Field
Charlies A. Levine
Wilmer Stalte
Mable Bell
Rochester
Roosevelt Field
Wilmer Stultz
Curtiss Reid
Queen of Diamonds
Guban
David H. Strother
French aviators launch nonstop New Orleans flight
Costes and Lebrix, French trans Atlantic pilots, depart Valbuena field at 7 08 a m for a nonstop flight to New Orleans. They plan Tampico then coast line to the United States, aiming to land in New Orleans in about 11 hours. Gasles piloted. Lebrix waved farewell to Mexican people.
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Mexico
Gly
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
Valbuena Flying Field
New Orleans
Tampico
Coast Line
Acros
United States
Trentier
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Gasles
Lebvix
Mellon foe of enforcement sparks WCTU clash
In Kansas City on February 4, Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, blasted Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon over nonenforcement of federal prohibition. She urged parties to include planks demanding stricter enforcement, criticizing Mellon as unsuitable to oversee the eighteenth amendment. Delegates from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa adopted a resolution pressing major party platforms to shift enforcement policy to trusted hands.
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Kansas City
Andrew Mellen
the Treasury
Ella A. Boole
New York
McHon
Blonde Numbers and Telephonelist Puzzle Feature
A curious item lists blonde numbers and asks who presents a list of to complete numbers with names of the blondes whose telephones they are. The Courier offers a 9 prize and 10 more blonde numbers in this puzzle feature.
Weather Outlook For Week In Washington Dc
Weather forecast for Washington Dc and regional areas details mixed with unclear lines. Predicts periods of precipitation with temperatures generally above average in some zones and near normal in others. Contains garbled OCR text affecting readability but conveys a general unsettled pattern through the week.
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Washington, D.C
Mississippi
Missouri
Lemper
Pollon
Short Interviews With Home Folks On Veterans Aid
Hartman C. Miller of the American Legion councils comments on Director General Hines of the War Veterans Bureau not seeking to repeal the $50 a month tuberculosis compensation for arrestee seamen. He labels the repeal as unwise and warns it would harshly impact veterans and risk recurrence of serious illness.
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Hines
The
War Veterans’ Bureau
Hartman C. Miller
American Legion Councils
Jury recommends mercy in guilty murder verdict
Findlay Ohio February 4 A jury finds Leslie Join 28 Detroit guilty of murder in the store raid that killed Peter Grant a night watchman Mercy is recommended sparing Leslie from the electric chair, with the panel citing clemency factors in the deliberations.
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Findlay
Aveleurs
Join Leslie
Detroit
Peter Grant
Lestie
Waterloo aims to crown preferred blonde at Courier-Timers contest
A Waterloo event invites blondes to vie for the title of preferred blonde at a Courier-Timers contest next Wednesday evening. Registered participants include Mrs Mary Wright of 9 Sycamore street, Miss Hazel Phanport of 230 Linwood avenue, and Miss Verity Braniger of 409 Baltimore streets. The contest is open to all blondes aged 16 or over in Black Hawk county.
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Waterloo
Mary Wright
Sycanire Street
Hazel ‘Phanpsort
Linwood Avenue
Verity Braniger
Baltimore
Black Hawk County
U S Would Sink All Wet Subs by Treaty Kellogg Announces
Secretary of State Kellogg said the United States favors negotiating a treaty with major powers to abolish submarine warfare. He endorsed Rep Frothinghams anti submarine resolution and urged Congress to act on an anti submarine treaty proposal.
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U.S
Kellogg
Washington, D. C
United States
Rep
Porter
Pennsylvania
Frothingham
Massachusetts
Congress
Ten Years Ago in the Service Narrative
A veteran recalls wartime service including a hospital stay after an operation for rupture and later transfer to Camp Dodge. He mentions a unit moving toward the front, crossing the Loire River to build a bridge and save 220 miles in supply transport, reflecting on time away from home and a return about thirteen months later.
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Sartort
Cedar Balls
Niele PF. Hansen
Lafayette Street
Todett
Camp Dodge
Kirty-third
Paper Delivery Time and Contact Instructions
The notice states delivery should arrive before 1 30. If thepaper is not received by then due to courier error or other cause, call 4100 and obtain a copy. Phone calls must be received by 8 50 p.m. at the office.
Winter to Stage Weak Comeback Over Weekend
A stormy weekend is forecast across Iowa with unsettled weather and possible light rain or snow. Des Moines saw temperatures near 80 degrees yesterday, besting the previous high by three degrees, while Keokuk Sioux City and Davenport also reported around 80. Temperatures will fall tonight in eastern and central areas to about 25.
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Vsa
Moines
Towa
Des Moines
Keokuk
Sioux City
Davenport
Charlies City
Cattle Congress Dates Rescheduled By Dairy Groups
Dairy Cattle Congress will be a week later than usual with Oct 1 to 7 set after weather and insurance records. The National Dairy association executive committee moved Oct 6 to 13 in response to requests from Dairy Cattle Congress officials. Eastern States Exposition in Springfield runs Sept 15 to 22, creating a one week gap between events.
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Dairy Gatlle Congress
Cates
Board of
Weather Bureau
Insurance Company
Raluy
National
National Dairy Association
Dairy Gatre Congress
Springfield
Mass
Dairy Cattle Concre
Werewolf Killer Hein Captured After Germany Manhunt
Berlin reports Johann Anton Hein, Germany’s killer of policemen, captured near Württemberg after a six day chase by a posse of about five thousand police, soldiers, and civilians. Hein fled on foot and by bicycle from a Thuringian post office robbing spree, having slain three officers before his capture. This ends Germany’s greatest postwar manhunt.
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Berho
Ainhann
Anton Hein
Miter
Thuringia
Berlin
Insi
Johann Anton Hein
Germany
Wurttemberg
Hein
Towan Wins Air Race With Death
Dr. J. E. Packard of Sioux City Iowa won a ram air race against death across half the continent, arriving in Long Beach to visit his dying mother. He flew after leaving Sioux City and reached Long Beach within about 24 hours. His brother G. A. Packard from Cincinnati departed by train after his plane encountered trouble, hoping to catch the train time to reach Long Beach.
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Los Angeles
Gal
J. E. Packard
Sioux City
Long Beard
Omaha
Los Angeees
Sions City
GC. A. Packard
Cincinnati
Ginelinado
Rena
Long Beach
Trce Bombs Tossed in Labor Troubles
Two bomb explosions on Chicago’s west side shook the area within hours. One blast near a restaurant and tenement on Riversland Ave damaged windows and endangered lives. a second hit a shop doorway on West Madison Street. Police link bombings to labor troubles. A separate item reports Joss Wester, 24, jailed for three years for indecent acts with a child in Alamosa.
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Chicago
West Side
Rlversland Avenas
West Madison Street
Towa City
Joss Wester
Yvesterday
Alamosa
Oil Magnate Evades Senate Writ and Bond in Teapot Dome Row
Indiana oil chief Robert W. Stewart won a writ of habeas corpus shielding him from immediate Senate appearance. Justice Bailey set a $1,000 bond with next hearing scheduled, while Senate plans to pursue counsel and possible action via district attorney. The Teapot Dome investigation continued as senators pressed for testimony on Continental Trading bonds.
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Washington, D. C
Fen
Robert W. Stewart
Senate
Indiana
Justice Bailey
District Supreme Court
Bailey
Stewart
McGrain
T Stewart
New York
David Barry
Walsh Montana
Teapot Dome
Audit and Control Committee
Walsh
Dawes
Senate Teapot
Continental Trading Company
W. la Fitzpatrick
The
Prairie Oil & Gas Co
Continental
Fitzpatrick
James E. O'Neil
Harry Sinclair
Fall
Doni
O'Neil
Canada
Sinclair
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tumbles to Death on Railroad Track in Carlisle
W E Batten 66 died after being struck by a Chicago Rock Island Pacific freight engine in Carlisle Iowa on February 4. Coroner to investigate today. Witnesses say Batten was walking along the track when he toppled onto the wheels. injuries were severe.
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Carlisle. Ia
W.E. Batten
Witha
Batten
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