Municipal aid plan urged to fix electric railway woes
Melvin A. Traylor of Chicago urged adoption of a service-at-cost operation with municipal financial aid at a midyear American Electric Railway association meeting. He argued public fairness and potential new districts, noting municipalities may finance extensions through increased property values and credit access, while municipal ownership proved uneconomical.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mel- Yin A. Traylor
American Electric Railway Association
Traylor
Greater
New York
Bashful Men Choose Mailorder Wives Through Brokers
Chicago report says hundreds of men select wives from mailorder catalogs via love brokers. Brokers charge at least twenty five dollars, mailing catalogs with photos and descriptions to single people. Social investigator R W Stanley notes laws curb little, catalogs replace courtship in this business.
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Chicago
R. W. Staniey
Stapsey
Colby refuses to turn over report on Japanese treaty
Secretary Colby declined to send to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Morris report on negotiations with Japan. He cited misunderstandings about the status of the talks and said the State Department could not submit the documents now.
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Colby
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Foreign Rele Lens Committee
Japan
California
Lodge
Morris
Baron Shic¢ehara
State Department
Enginemen Killed in Hot Springs Wreck
Two enginemen died and ten passengers were injured when Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 17, the Hot Springs Special, derailed six miles east of Hot Springs Arkansas at 10 04 this morning. Engineer Jack Sullivan and fireman Felix Blackburn, both of Little Rock, are the dead. The cause of the wreck is not yet known.
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iBy
Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Jack Sullvan
Felix Blackburn
Little Rock
Railroad wage appeals spark board and House clash
Lawmakers and railroad unions clash over wage control as railroads accuse Atterbury of pressuring the board to overturn the national agreement. Jewell labels Atterbury the mouth of a powerful financial bloc seeking to push back living wages and force government payment, threatening union disruption unless the wage decision is resisted.
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W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Road
American Association of Railway Executives
Money Ring
Jewell
Mr. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sebor
Association of Railway Executives
Atterbury
Mr. Jewell
Yates
Iivatervice
Mortuary services held for Lucius W. Colby at Walnut Street Baptist
Lucius W. Colby, long associated with Joe Schiel hardware, received funeral rites at Walnut Street Baptist Church at 2 31 p m with Rev. D J Purser officiating. Friends and fellow workers attended as the store closed in his honor. Burial followed at Elmwood.
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Lucius W. Colby
Lucius W. Colbr
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Joe Schiel
Rev
D. J. Purser
Elmwood
Astoriatad Prem Orders Decrease Report
New York Feb 16 monthly tonnage report of United States Slee corporation shows 64 tons of orders on hand Jan 31 and unfilled forward orders totaling 148 tons. Names include Harvey Belz Dina Sechell W Griner Etta Geisemain Cedar Falls.
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New York
United Vcr States Slee
Harvey Belz
Cedar Falls
Dina Sehell
Uoward
W.griner
Etta Geisema
Cedar Ivalls
Bill to limit to 54 hours for women workers
Des Moines reports a bill to cap women’s industrial hours at 54 per week, covering clerks, factory and laundry workers, hotel staff, and telephone operators while exempting canning workers and executives. Penalties range from 25 to 100 dollars and up to 80 days in jail for violations. The measure is sold as a compromise amid debates on a 60 hour maximum.
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Des Moines
Parker
Senate
Representative Weaver
House
Knietkerbocker
Valjes
Raii
House Ways and Means
Senate Judiciary Committee
Contractor Claims High Labor Prices Hold Up Building
Davenport reports a master builders meeting to authorize a about 20 percent wage reduction for building trades. J F Nebergall, of Nebergall & Sons, says wages in 12 crafts exceed prewar levels by 30 to 40 percent and awaits tonight's action. In Webster City Iowa the Master Builders Association proposes a 20 percent wage cut for new contracts to take effect next year.
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Associated Press
Davenport
J. F. Nebergall
Nebergall & Sons
Quad Cities Master Builders Association
Nebergal
Des Moines
Altho
Nehergall
Webster City
Iowa
Tremere
Master Builders” Association of Iowa
Thief Escapes Under Statute in Iowa Court
Joseph Hillery admitted stealing goods from a dry goods store in Inbugue Iowa. Officers had pursued him since 1917. He pleaded the statute of limitations had expired and was discharged.
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The
Associated Press
Inbugue
Joseph Hillery
Iegmont
Hillery
Tariff clash over violins halts in Arkansas traveller tone
Washington Feb 10 The House Ways and Means Committee heard Arkansas Traveller on tariff of fiddles as W R Climer of Columbus presented a case for no tariff difference. A violinist demonstrated tones on varied priced fiddles while the Arkansas Traveller tune drew lawmakers into a musical interlude, ending with jokes and questions about record keeping.
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House Tariff Committee
Arkansas
Associated Press
Washington, D
House
Ways and Means
R. Climer
Columbus
Climer
Fordney
Stradagarius
Mr. Fortney
U S Officials Join Police in New War on Bomb Throwers
Federal and state authorities battle dynamite and odor bomb outrages in Chicago linked to a labor dispute at a dairy plant. Victims include Victory Kalosah and his wife Clara, with Kalosah losing sight temporarily, while a janitor at an uptown apartment house was targeted. Bombs hit a loop department store and several movie theatres, injuring passersby and prompting theater owners to sign an electrical maintenance contract.
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U.S
Associated P’ress
Chicago
Pfederal
Victory Kalesab
Clara
Milk Drivers’ Union
Moving Picture Houses
Moving Picture Theatre
Nebraska House Refuses Miss MacSwiney Speech
Lincoln legislators vote 48 to 44 to bar Miss Mary MacSwiney sister of the Cork lord mayor from addressing the Nebraska House on the Irish question. They say her mission to the United States is not of importance to Nebraska. Donal O Callaghan says he will stay in the United States a month or two despite press reports of a government order to leave.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska House of Representatives
Mary MacSwiney
Cork
Donal O'Callaghan
State Department
Ireland
Fletcher
Fletcher’s
Armory Robbery Reported at Des Moines Armory
Forty automatic revolvers and over 320 rifles valued at $1200 were stolen from the state armory at Des Moines area town last night. Police reported no clues to the identity of the robbers as information reached the desk today.
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United Press
Des Moines
Gskaloosa
Passes Deficiency Appropriation Bill by House
United Press reports Washington February 10 the deficiency appropriation bill carrying 208 893 476 dollars passed by the house today securing funds for federal operations and programs nationwide amidst debate on budget priorities and emergency spending.
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United Press
Waehington
House
Two Workmen Drown After Mississippi Mishap
Davenport Iowa February incident reports two workers, Heavy 49 and George Miller, drowning when they stepped into a low pen channel in the Mississippi River early today during an early morning shift. The accident occurred as darkness lingered before sunrise.
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United Press
Davenport
George Miller
Mississippi
Negro Held Off 100 Police in 6 Hour Siege
Philadelphia, Feb 10 A six hour battle ended with the capture of a wounded Negro barricaded in a house after firing on police and firemen. He had killed a woman, Grace Robinson, and injured several officers. Police, fire crews and hospital staff fought the siege using water hoses gas and later sulphur candles before Richard Anderson, a Negro police squad member, shot the attacker at the stairs and he fell. Seven officers were injured and the suspect sustained multiple gunshot wounds before capture.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
William Dresen
Alabama Joe
Grace Robinson
Negress
Dresen
Fire Department
Bose
Richard Anderson
Police
Ice Squad
Alabama
Joe
Anderson
Ford Plant to Hire Second 10 000 Shift
Detroit February 20 starting next Monday 10 000 more men will start work at the Ward Motor company's Highland Park plant They replace men now at work In two weeks the 111 000 going to work next Monday will be laid off and those whose places they take next Monday will resume work for two weeks It is the plan to keep as many married employees as much of the time as possible
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Ward Motor Company
Highland Park
Movie Director Is Sued for Divorce
United Press reports motion picture director Marshal Neilan named as defendant in a divorce suit filed by Mrs. Gertrude Neilan in Los Angeles California. Desertion alleged. A settlement of about 156000 reported. Neilan and Gertrude married in Hoboken New Jersey in December 1915 and separated in March 1925. They have a son Marshal Jr now three. Neither side commented.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Marshall Neilan
Gertrude Nefisn
Neilans
Hoboken
Hey
Marshal, Jr
Wold
Union Settles Case on Business Basis
Topeka Feb 10 admission by prison officials that the close shop one man one inch rule was not ironclad and that adjustment for labor in dull reasons must be made in keeping with business sense brought about an early agreement in the Fort Scott Sershum Syrup Company case before the industrial tour today.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Prion
Fort Scott Sershum Syrup Company
Packard Plant Adds 1 000 to Present Force
Detroit February 1 Alvin MacAuley president of Packard Motor Co announced 1 000 additional workers will be added to the Packard plant force in Metro Detroit efforts to expand production and meet demand of auto customers
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Packard
Detroit, Mich
Alvin MacAuley
Packard Motor Co
Mooney and MacDonald rise hope for innocence case
San Francisco reports renewed momentum in the Thomas Mooney case as John MacDonald gives an affidavit challenging his testimony. Mooney, serving life for the 1918 preparedness day bombing, and his wife Rena express confidence the truth will prevail. The district attorney orders a grand jury probe while former prosecutor Fickert’s health falters.
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M.D. Tracy
United Press Star
San Francisco
Thomas Mooney
Mooney
Rena
John MacDonald
San Quentin Penitentiary
Tom
Mrs. Mooney
San Francisco Bay
San Quentin
Warren Billings
Captain Dreyfuss
Bulings
Charles M. Fickert
Hetta Knapp
Alameda
Cal
New York
Rolph, Jr
Griffin
Matthew Brady
MacDonald
Brady
Fickert
Cheaper Oil for Fuel Reaches Waterloo Stations
A 4 cent drop in gasoline price at Waterloo stations since Jan 25 brings current gasoline to 25.8 cents per gallon and kerosene to 14.4 cents. Dealers expect further declines amid crude market volatility, with Hawk Eye Oil secretary Henry C. Woerster noting multiple midcontinent crude price cuts and rumors of more drops before year end.
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Waterloo
Henry C. Woerster
Hawkeye Oil Company
SOMO
Fed
Wuerster
Lwe
Modern Outlaw Blushes at Real Bandit Standards
New York Feb 10 The modern bandit is no gentleman declared former outlaw Al Jennings after a holdup in which his purse containing 84 and his Roosevelt pardon were taken He said New York is too wild to stay long and he may remain in his hotel Jennings contrasted old time outriders who could still be gentlemen with today s thieves noting the robber jabbed him and cursed him as he fumbled for humor He retained the pardon but lost the money and reflected that old deeds would have kept the pardon and a share of the loot.
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United Press
New York
al ‘Jennings
Jennings
Roosevelt
Gould
Electric Lights Put In On Black Hawk Road
Eight electric street lamps, ordered by the city council, have been installed on Black Hawk Road between Howard Street and the city limits, per a Citizens Gas & Electric Co. report. The council favored replacing gas lamps in outlying districts with electric ones to improve reliability, noting gas lamps from the Welshach Lighting Co. often fail. plan is to reduce gas lamps and illuminate new districts with electricity, aiming to eventually end gas lighting. Also, Chicago hotels cut menu prices by 10 to 30 percent, with others following.
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Black Hawk Road
Black Hawk
Howard Street
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
W. E. Ogie
Welsbach Company
United Press
Chicago
France Approves German Reparations and Disarmament Terms
France’s deputies back Premie Briand’s German settlement 887 to 125, with Briand set to attend London talks March 1. He defends the plan as best for France, while Hindenburg denounces allied demands and warns Germany will resist concessions at Ruhr.
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John de Gandt
United Press
Paris
France
Briand
Germany
London
Hindenburg
Bremen
Marshal Vo Hindenburg
Ruhr
von Hindenburg
Entente
Daughter-in-Law Admits Marriage After Slayings
Edna Daly Lereau, previously denying being married to George D. Lereau, confessed to the marriage in Chicago on November 9. She stated she killed her father-in-law after learning of the murder and said she sought an annulment, explaining that her family and the Dailys did not know of the union. Lereau, in custody, commented that he was glad she admitted being his wife.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
George D. Lereau
W. Daly
Daly
Constance Lahey
Edna Daly Lereau
Lereau
Herbert McCabe
Chicago
Naval committee backs strong navy and rejects holiday plan
Washington reports the Senate naval committee recommends an American navy equal to any power and votes down the Borah naval holiday resolution. Other briefs note Coco's threat to execute Lonnie Eaton, Oklahoma potato king Joe Alexander’s death, indictments of 29 corporations for building trust, a $412 million sundry civil bill, wage and price policy for U S Steel, looming $5 billion in house appropriations, Bergdoll habeas case in Leavenworth, Bryan planning a Democratic revival, and a train robber arrest involving Al Jennings.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate’ Naval Committee
Senate
New Orleans
Coco
Lonnie Eaton
Fort Smith
Ark
Joe Alexander
Oklahoma
New York
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Representative Good
House Appropriations Committee
House
Kansas City
Pollock
Erwin C. Bergdoll
Leavenworth Prison
Roper
Nebraska
W. Be
Bryan
al Jennings
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