Rebuilding Waterloo factory aims for profitable revival
The Litchfield Manufacturing Company, once in receivership, plans a rehabilitation with J. E. Johnson as adviser. The Waterloo institution seeks continued operation to conserve stockholders and creditors, citing location advantages and rising farm demand as it conducts rigorous product tests.
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Litchfield Manufacturing’ Company
Waterloo
J. E. Johnson
Waterloo Gas Engine Company
Johnson
Waterloo Savings Bank
Belk
Denby Dies at 49 Former Navy Secretary of Teapot Dome Figure
Detroit obituary notes Franklin MacVeagh Denby former secretary of the navy died at his home from a heart attack at age 49. He resigned after the Teapot Dome leasing scandal and returned to banking and law in Detroit. Denby was celebrated by his hometown and remembered for his public service from the navy to Detroit industry and politics.
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Edwin Deny
Edwin Denby
Navy
Denby
Harding
Detroit
Washington
Dome Qil
Mich
Win Denby
Sem
Altho
Den
Marian
Edwin, Jr
Christ Episcopal Church
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Edward Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Marine Corps
United States Senate
God
Devil Dog
Navy Department
Indiana
China
University of Michigan Law School
Yosemite
Michigan
Nas Wankel House of Representatives
Edwin “Denny
Congress
Whittler
Rates Slashed on Colorado Grain Shipments by ICC
Washington February 5 The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered lower freight rates on corn and other coarse grains moving from Iowa and South Dakota points to Colorado Utah California and other western destinations. The new scale bases rates on Sioux City Missouri river crossings plus additional charges and aims to avoid harming other traffic.
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Washington,d. C
W.A
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Dakota
Coloradoo
Utah
California
Sioux City
Missouri
Ife
Two Held Under Bond for Holdups in Davenport
John Summers and Pete Stallone, both of Springfield, were jailed in Davenport awaiting grand jury action on robbery charges. Bail was set at 15,000 dollars each. They are charged with taking part in holdups at the Peoples Light Company and Campbell Baking Company offices in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
INS
John Summers
Pete Stallone
Springfeld, I
Summers
Stallone
Peoples’ Light Company
Campbell Baking Company
Former Senator Dunnegan Dies in Shenandoah Iowa
Pi J Dunnegan aged 67 former Iowa state senator and head of a construction company dies in Shenandoah on February 8. He was active in Democratic politics. Mentions of Smoke Ban Felice Dutch Master Harry George Harvester appear as ad text or stray items within the clipping.
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Shenandoah
J. J. Dunnegan
Felice
Harry George
Harvester
Martin Clgars
Couriet Delivery Deadline Notice Declares 6:30 Cutoff
The Couriet states home delivery before 6:30 p m. If the carrier or another fault causes late receipt, residents should call 8100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6:30 p m.
Senate Advances War Dept Appropriation Bill Action
Congress Today notes Senate resumes consideration of the war department appropriation bill while Interstate Commerce Committee continues radio hearings and Education and Labor Committee keeps unemployment investigations active. House continues debate on navy appropriation bill as well.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Education and Labor Committee
HOUSE
Hand of Sumner Man Injured by Power Saw
Darrell Forsman, a left handed worker at Wescott and Winks poultry plant in Sumner, was injured while operating a small power saw. He crushed a knuckle and tore away the nail on the middle and ring fingers of his left hand. The injury is painful but not serious. Forsman had operated the machine many times before with this being his first accident.
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Courter Sprolet Sreniee
Sumner
Wescott & Winks
Darrell Persmian
Forsman
Hoover Plans April Congressional Session For Farm Relief
President-elect Hoover has completed plans to summon an extra session of Congress around mid April to address farm relief and tariff revision. Senator Smoot of Utah will on his return brief Republican leaders in Washington on Hoover's proposed ideas. Hoover wants a later date to confer with farm leaders on a relief program.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hoover
Congress
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Weshington
Execution of Jose De Leon Toral Set for Tomorrow
In Mexico City on Feb 8, Jose De Leon Toral will be executed by firing squad at noon in the federal penitentiary for the Gen Alvaro Obregon incident. Only foreign and local press will witness. Toral spends last hours drawing scenes of the execution and writing, saying he awaits passively with no hate and seeking forgiveness.
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Mexico City
Jose de Leon ‘Oral
Alvaro Obregon
Manuel Casaurano
Federal District
Federal Penitentiary
Toral
Farmer Recovers Banknotes Lost in Snow Drift
Independence February 8 A Wieser a farmer north of the city lost a 100 billfold in a snowdrift after shoveling snow from his halted car. Days later a pitchfork uncovered the billfold with the money intact. The notes had been buried deep and unseen until the reveal.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
W. A. Wieser
Lindbergh to Leave Saratoga After Airfield Visit
Col Chad A Lindbergh finishes a stay aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga after observing maneuvers in the Bay of Panama. He is to be hosted by Col Arthur Fisher at the France field before starting return flight to Miami. Open Sac City bank opens with capital of 40 000 and surplus 10 000.
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Aviaion
Balbon
INS
Chad A. Lindbergh
Sojomm
Saratoga
Prancefield
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Bay of Panama
Sitsarziyal
France Field
Arthur Fisher
Lindbergh
Miami
SAC City Bank
Sac City
Citizens Savings Bank
Senate Passes Seven Bills in Swift Session
Des Moines Feb 8 The Iowa senate rapidly passed seven bills three of them house measures now sent to Governor Hammill for executive approval. Bills would strengthen barber regulation require six months school and 18 months apprenticeship for licensure and allow closing shops violating sanitary rules. A coroner reporting bill would push violent deaths to the state bureau of criminal investigation. Also a Tama county Indian school contract bill to operate on the Sac and Fox reservation near Tama. Another bill would permit sheriffs to issue concealed weapon permits only to county residents. A highway bill would let Davenport run its own water works. The senate blocked two newspaper pay raises for official publications with a pair of bills. One would raise pay from 33 1/3 to 50 cents per inch, the other from one third to one half the legal rate. Action on Mason City and Dubuque civil service for police and fire chiefs was deferred, as was a measure to allow prosecutors to remind juries of a defendant’s failure to testify.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Hammill
B. M. Stoddard
Sloan
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
O. P. Bennett
Mapleton
Tama
Tama ‘County
Saé and Fox
Bennett Iit
Sherif S
Davenport
Otto F. Lange
Dubuque
Mason City
D. I. Wilson
Shenandoah
Three Hurt In Cedar Rapids Town City Interurban Crash
Three people were injured when two interurban cars on the Cedar Rapids to Town City line collided head on near Burge, four miles north of the line. Motorman John Smith of Lisbon was injured, nurse Mrs. William Chapman of Corallyne had a nose injury, and stenographer Mrs. Wellington Robinson of Oakdale Hospital suffered bruises. Other passengers shaken but not hurt. Indicted for robbery John Robinson of Sherburn Minnesota charged by grand jury with entering and attempting to rob the Fenton State Bank, trial set next week. Walter C. Drury of Clinton named director of the Midland Confectioners Association. Cold at Sioux City with thirteen below zero, the coldest of the winter.
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Town City
Cedar Rapids
Burge
John ©. Smith
Lisbon
Teg
William Chapman
Coralynle
Oakdale Hospital
Wellington Robinson
Algona
John Robinson
Sherburn
Minn
Fenton State Bank
The Newest Dictates of Fashion in Courier Mittern Designs
The piece showcases daily fashion dictates with distinct styles for the jaunty youth, the discriminating older sister, the comely matron. Read about these delightful outfits on the Society Page.
Blizzard Nips at California Fruit
A major blizzard sweeps the southwest and Rocky Mountain states as frost threatens citrus districts in southern California. Snow blankets Colorado and parts of Kansas and Oklahoma, delaying rail movement and blocking highways in several states. Mercury drops to record lows in parts of Wyoming Basin and other regions.
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Kansas
City
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
California
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nebraska
al Basin
Wyo
Two killed in day of Hindu rioting in Bombay
Rioting between Hindus Pathans and Muslims in Bombay raised the death toll to 65 by noon with about 500 injured. Mosques and temples were reportedly desecrated as clashes followed claims of kidnappings for burials in new buildings.
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Bombay
India
U.ri
Supreme Court weighs validity of Iowa road bonds
Arguments in a pivotal Iowa Supreme Court session focused on the $100,000,000 paved road bond law. Attorney General Fletcher attacked constitutional issues, while Stipp and Senneff for the executive council defended the act as general and within state powers. The court's final ruling will determine if the program proceeds statewide or is void.
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Des Moines
Pen
Feneral Assembly
State Supreme ‘Court
Nnal
Iowa
High Court
Iin
John Hammill
Supreme Court
John i ‘Pletcher
Lattormey
Polk County
Executive Council
Hatley
Stipp
Jo Senneff
Mason City
Executive’ Council
Fletcher
Ilegal
Senneff
State Executive Council
Sfipp
Colorful Scenes Planned for Inauguration Parade
Washington on February 8 reports show 22 state governors reserved parade space with regiments and guards. The inaugural committee plans music concerts and air stunts by Army and Navy fliers plus a Mall fireworks display. Delegations from Alabama Delaware New Jersey Virginia and others arrive with military units and escorts.
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Washington, D.C
Army S and Navy
Alabama
State National Guard
Delaware
New Jersey
Virginia
Richmond Blues
Richmond Howitzers
Richmond Grays
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Navy Yard
Army
Navy
Fort Myer
Washington
Mondry
Read Time to File for New Trial in Creston Bank Case
Thomas H. Read and Elbert Read, former Shenandoah bankers, were convicted in federal court of violating national banking laws. They have until February 17 to file a motion for a new trial. A hearing on the motion is expected in Council Bluffs, and if overruled, sentencing will occur that day.
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Creston
Thomas H
Elbert Read
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Four Thousand Dollars Canada Liquor Confiscated In Plane Seizure
In Marshalltown four thousand dollars worth of Canadian liquor, seized from Milo R. Hilton of Des Moines, was distributed among Marshalltown hospitals and a soldiers home by District Judge B F Cummings. In Belfast DeValera was sentenced to three months in jail for violating Northern Ireland entry restrictions while attempting to address a Gaelic meeting.
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Marshalltown
Feb
INS
Milo. R. Hilton
Des Moines
Tews State Soldiers’ Home
Marshall County
B. F. Cummings
Devalera
Belfast
Ireland
A.rheamonn
Tnial
Order of
Northern Ireland
de Valeri
Ulster
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Selma Burnham
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Burnham
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Hmey W
Uncle Sam
France
Malta
State Board of Halth
Towans
A. V. Hardy
Iowa City
Sinclair
Jessup
Walter A. Jessup
University
National Association of State Universities
University of
Porto Rico
Congress Today
Senator Smoot
Obregon
Bill
GANDY
Walter ¢. Drury
Clinton
Midland Confectioners’ Association
Sioun City
Spain
Primo” de‘ Rivera
Alfonso
California Fruit
Funes
A. Holmvik
Robert
Bee
Counti Elwils
M. Cassat
Clarinda
Southwestern Town Lumbermen’s Association
Dale A. Berry
Charles R. Gatty
Crestan
Isle of Cuba
Allen
Denver Street
Cuba
S. S. Allen
State
Joldiers
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