Ponzi Probe and Pressures Weigh on Florida Reform
Florida business leaders and the Florida Chamber of Commerce back stricter oversight as Charles Ponzi’s frauds loom large. The piece notes postal authorities probing his operations and Florida’s effort to avoid a shady reputation. It also covers church temperance positions and state politics including Dr. R. A. Pearson’s potential move, plus Mississippi anti evolution debates and other national concerns.
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Florida
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Department
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Estate tax debate stirs Senate as Coolidge leans cautious
Washington reports stress on the estate tax within the Senate tax bill. Despite controversy, leaders expect retention of the tax as part of nonpartisan compromise. President Coolidge has softened his opposition while Democrats back the tax to sustain bipartisan tax making. Continued discussion urged as conference aims to balance House and Senate positions.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Mellon
Coolidge
Finance Committee
House
Wise Warns Against Mussolini as World Menace
Rabbi Stephen S Wise in New York calls Mussolini the successor to Kaiser Wilhelm and the world s most menacing figure. He says the works waited too long to check the Kaiser and questions delaying action to subdue Mussolini.
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Pittsburgh
Stephen S$. Wise
New York
Mussolinia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Dr. Wise
Mussolini
Blue Sedan Ties Fire Death Mystery
Authorities treat the death of Gene Oakley, a 7-year-old inn dealer, as likely accidental after his charred body was found in a riverfront shack. Neighbors report a blue sedan visiting Oakley’s private road nightly at around 7 o clock for three nights prior to the blaze. A gunshot report heard yesterday morning remains unexplained as investigators pursue the case.
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Altho
Ecorrier
Gene Oakley
Oakley
A. Siegel
Theodore Covell
Coolidge Refuses Senate Request to Act in Coal Strike
The Senate urged President Coolidge to intervene in the anthracite coal strike but he reiterated a policy of no intervention. After two refusals, the Senate adopted a Copeland resolution pressing the president to summon operators and miners for a conference at the White House.
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Coolidge
Senate
Washington
D. C
Hirying
Copeland
Democrat
New York
Tub Mineers
Wichita Charleston Dancers Triumph in West Division Contest
Charleston Stoppers of Charleston S C were outstepped by Memphis shutters in the divisions at Chicago. Freddie Daniel and Anna Duval won silver loving cups for the south group while Waterloo Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport and Omaha entrants competed in the western division. The event seeks the nation’s best dancers with entries from multiple cities across regions.
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Wichita
Chicago
Charleston Stoppers
Charleston
Dante
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas Stoney
Freddie Daniel
Anna Duval
Little Rock
St. Louis
Kansas City
Tulsa
Okla
Thomas Nelan
Sheth
Wittsburgh
Stonk Flowers
Competat
Akron
Cleveland
Canton
McKeesport
Detroit
Jedo
Kan
Sprize
Donald Wilson
Bonnie Stoner
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Tope
Wishita
Omaha
Neb
Stresemann accuses Mussolini of lying over Tyrol crisis
Berlin reports Stresemann in the Reichstag criticizing Mussolini’s Tyrol oppression charges as false while praising Locarno spirit and urging unity with the League of Nations. Ambassadors from the United States and Britain attended as Germany prepares a note seeking admission to the League. The extrem ist press reacts with heated sentiment as Berlin watches Italy.
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Italy
Germany
Tyrol
Mussolini
Herr Stresemann
Berlin
INS
Stresemann
Reichstag
South Tyrol
Locarno
League of Nations
Luther
Geneva
League
Locarino
Umi
United States
London
Newspaper Delivery Instructions and Phone Contact
Notice explains home delivery by 5 30 PM and directs readers to call 5100 if not received by then. It asks callers to reach the office before 6 30 PM for a duplicate copy of the paper.
Cardinal OConnell Rejects Church Entanglement in Dry Controversy
Cardinal OConnell of Boston declares the Catholic Church supports voluntary temperance but rejects compulsory prohibition. He warns Protestant prohibition leaders against using the church as a tool for mandatory abstinence while affirming cooperation with separated brethren in temperance efforts. The piece notes ongoing debates sparked by Episcopal Church actions and the Wool-WStead act reforms.
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Boston
Contro
Temperance Society
New York
Cardion O'Connell
Cardinal O'Connell
Church Temperance Society
Episcopal Church
Wayes
Vatican
James Empringham
Woolstead
Bishons
Bootlegging under the noses of Waterloo officials
County Attorney Wo A. Cook warns that beer and liquor traffic is run on a large cash basis in Waterloo with cleverly hidden operations. A former bootlegger confirms the system and says 20 gallon lots can be delivered quickly, with larger sums possible from Chicago imports. High grade grain alcohol used by small retailers arrives by fast autos from Chicago, all continuing under public notice.
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Waterloo
Wo A. Cook
Cook
Zen
Ballon
Chicago
Negro Convicted in 8 Minutes to Hang in Jailyard
Georgetown Delaware February 9 AP Karry Butler a 21 year old negro was convicted yesterday and sentenced to be hanged in the jailyard February 26. The jury deliberated eight minutes as crowds gathered outside barricaded grounds and guardsmen struggled to maintain order.
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Georgetown
Del
Karry Butler
Elenora Stonemuth
Lato
Swift Treasurer Kidnaped and Robbed in Chicago
Sherman Swift & Co. assistant treasurer was kidnapped early today and robbed of $60 and his car after leaving a friend's home. Police say the assailants may know Sherman. Moments later he reported the abduction. Two robbers then locked three Wilder & Co. employees in a vault and took a $3,200 payroll.
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Chicago
St. Sherman
Swift & Co
Two
Mem
Alsho
Sherman
Wilder & Co
Supreme Court orders governor to account for interest funds
The Illinois Supreme Court today denied a motion to rehear and directed Gov. Len Small to account for $1,100,000 in interest money allegedly withheld while he was state treasurer in 1917 and 1913. The decision was divided with Justices Heard and Duncan emphasizing their original dissent.
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Supreme Court of Illinois
Len Small
Springfield. HL
Tapi
Delon
Supreme Report of
Illnois
warveRearing
Heard
Duncan
Sixteen-Year Marriage Law Proposed by Sioux City Clubwomen
Sioux City clubwomen push a proposed change to Iowa law to raise the marriage age for girls to 16. The move follows a recent marriage and rapid breakup of a romance between 22 year old Rocco Solli and 14 year old Josie Foceit.
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Sioux City
Rocco Solli
Josie Foceit
No Compensation for Injury After Work Fort Madison
Ed Fields was hurt while preparing to leave work when he bent to buckle his overshots and broke his right leg. The construction company where he worked will not provide compensation for the injury. The report was released today.
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Fort Madison
Ed Fields
Vernon Hagum Seeks Nomination Papers for Senate Race
Des Moines reports Vernon Hagum of Fort Dodge applied for nomination papers to run in the June Republican primaries for the United States senate. Also submitting papers were Ellen Lestey Resman and J A King seeking spots in the state House of Representatives as Republicans.
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Des Moines
API
Vernon Hanne
Fort Dodge
United States Senate
Ellen Lestey
Resman
J. A. King
Spencer
House of Representatives
Coolidge Threatens Veto of Separate Air Service Bill
President Coolidge opposes any compromise on aircraft legislation and warned Congress of a veto if a separate air service bill is enacted. He maintains support for the Morgan board report and rejects the idea of expanding funding or authority through a distinct aviation measure.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
White House
Coveress
Senators Catcher Visits Gov Hammill at Statehouse
Severeid, a teacher from Story City, visits Gov John Hammill at the statehouse. The meeting comes as Severeid has longstanding ties with the governor, who has known him for years.
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Senators
Catcher
Gov. Hammill
Qins
Businessman Delivers Address by Mistake at Wrong Church
Shenandoah Telegram notes Blaine Archer, president of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the Christian church after mistakenly entering the Congregational service. He was welcomed and began his talk before realizing the mix up, prompting praise for his good humor and intent. The invitation remains for the proper Congregational gathering.
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Shenandoah
INS
Blaine Archer
Chamber of Commerce
Congregational Church
Christian Church
Te Slill
Short Interviews With Home Folks Trailing Women Locomotive Engineers
Waterloo railroad men oppose women entering locomotive work. N. W. Frisbie, longtime Illinois Central engineer and former Waterloo mayor, says women lack the nervous stamina for daily engine strain and that there is no necessity for their hazardous railroad labor. He adds men would rather avoid women in warlike roles.
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Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Waterloo
N. W. Frisbie
Illingis Central
Bodies Found of Man and Girl Victims in Nebraska Blizzard
A man identified as J E Shea from Alliance and a girl named Miss Jazel Dunbar from Atchison Neb were found dead after a Nebraska blizzard that started December 13. Their bodies were discovered near an abandoned auto by rancher George Fox about two and a half miles from a Bayard shelter.
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Neb
J. E. Shea
Alliance
Jazel Dunbar
Aitehell
Corey
Bayard
George Fox
Shea
Mitchell
Dead Screen Star Barbara LaMarr Left Small Estate
Barbara LaMarr left an estate valued under ten thousand dollars in a petition for administration filed by her father W. W. Watson. The estate includes an interest in a Los Angeles house household furnishings and minor property holdings.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Abo
Barbara LaMarr
W. W. Watson
Hold Official for Stealing $130,000
Los Angeles February 9 A former treasurer of the Los Angeles branch of the Goodyear Rubber Company William K F Newns formerly of Baltimore and Akron was arrested here today accused of embezzling between $130 and $140 thousand. He is ill with neuritis and is confined in the prison ward of the general hospital too ill to be moved to jail.
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Losngeles
Cat
Insi
Los Angeles
Goodyear Rubber Company
William KF. Newns
Baltimore
Akron
Tormer
General Hospital
Dobbin Gives Way to Gas Engine in Iowa Horses
Washington dispatch reports rapid modernization reducing horse numbers. U.S. total horses fell by five million in ten years, with Iowa harboring about 1,170,000 horses, Illinois 985,000, and Kansas rising. Officials estimate trucks and farm carts will cover five times the ground previously driven by horses within ten years.
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Dobbin
Iowa
Washington
PD. C
Vericulum
Kansas
Agricultural Department
Desperadoes in Clinton area fight ends with arrests
A posse from Chadwick Ill captured three bandits after a gun battle near Chadwick. Alfred Fairfield and John Redman alias Frank Sawyer were captured. one gunman died and another is dying in Chadwick. The fugitives surrendered after a second car arrived. Deputy Sheriff and coroner investigations followed as the men were taken to Clinton for custody.
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APJ
Alfred Fairfield
John Redman
Frank Sawyer
Illinois
Chadwick
Herald
Clinton
Sawyer
Fairfield
Carroll County Vigilance Committee
Ill
Lay Hartman
H. &. Spearman
John Birch
Harry Schriener
Huumen
Ray Hartman
Ram Thompson
Ram Morrison
R. Cooke
Ila
Alfred Fairfeld
Troy
Fort Madison
Georen Snell
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