Severe penalties threatened for sabotage in Ruhr area
Reports from Gelsenkirchen and Essen say France will impose severe sanctions over sabotage delaying telegraph and telephone links to Paris. Pots of cars seized and a threat to murder chauffeurs emerged as French authorities react. 130 cars reportedly appropriated, drivers paid 35 francs daily, shops reopened with French food embargo eased. Public anger rises as arrests of directors and police actions unfold.
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Germany
Acta
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Stimnes
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Berlin
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Rhine
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House of Commons
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Cologne
Exposing Tutankhamen Tomb Door Preparations
Luxor Egypt Feb 14 United Press reports faint seal impressions on the outer plaster door to King Tutankhamen's inner tomb will be removed tomorrow and Friday. By Sunday the impressions will be chipped away and chisels and crowbars will pierce the door to the mummy's chamber. Queen May Be Present as the great moment of the expedition approaches with Lord Carnarvon overseeing seals of the eighteenth dynasty. Visitors enjoyed a holiday Tuesday and the Belgian queen may attend Sunday's opening, if invited.
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Slow progress in Herrin mine riot jury selection
Marion February 14 The Williamson county circuit court continued the task of selecting the jury for the second Herrin mine riots trial with little progress over the past two days. Only three of two summoned panels were held temporarily by the defense, while the third venire panel arrived for examination.
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Herrin
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Veniremen
Mrs. Eberle Murder Trial Opens March 6
Oskaloosa Indiana February 14 Marsh has been set as the date for the trial of Mrs. Paul L. Bhetie charged with first degree murder in connection with the slaying of her husband in an automobile on a country road near here early in January. Mrs. Eberle is now at liberty on bail of $25,000.
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Oskaloosa
Marsh
Paul L. Bhetie
Here
Eberle
Liberty
Prisoner Hopes Curse of Blood On Freed Husband Brow
International News Wire reports from Los Angeles February 14 that Catherine Arthe once dubbed tollies beauty confessed remorse over her role in freeing her husband Phil Alguin by aiding the extradition of rival Mea Uribe. Alguin, awaiting murder charges in L A, laments Uribe’s interference and vows blood will stain his brow whenever she glances at him. Chief Oakes releases Uribe from custody, leaving it to Mexican officials to act.
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Los Angeles
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Alguin
Mexico
Alguin Gale
Health Conference Opens in Cedar Rapids for Three Days
About 200 delegates from Iowa Sanitarium association United States public health service state board of health Iowa Trudeau society housing bureau and medical societies of the fifth congressional district attend a three day health conference in Cedar Rapids. Dr Rodney P Wagan Dr Wilbur Conkling Dr Florence Johnston and Dr Jeanette Throckmorton are among speakers on the program.
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Wilbur 8. Conkling
Florence Johnston
Infant Welfare Department
State University
Jeanette W. Throckmorton
Des Moines State Briefs and Nearby Reports
Mes Moines: Darry 3 Miller, former city garbage superintendent, charged with defrauding the city out of 5200 by padding payrolls, will get a new trial in March amid an ill juror dismissal. Chariton: Cargo injuries from the Rock Island wreck near here result in the death of Clarence Howe at Chariton hospital. Des Moines: Builders urge fewer immigration restrictions, convention in town. Newton: Chamber of Commerce elects Guy Lambert president. Humboldt: Clubwomen subscribe to 1000 in stock for a 52000 soldiers memorial building. Cedar Rapids: Daughters Blanche and Genevieve Ruhe, 16 and 14, survive after gas fumes. father rescues. Cedar Rapids: Restaurants to serve only milk in original bottles with dairyman’s seal. Cedar Rapids: Giles of Police Morris and aides fined 300 for illegal arrest. Miss Gomrade sues for 10000. Sterling, Ill.: Alex J. Grove injured in car crash near Ottumwa. wife and daughter hospitalized. Tax vote: Mills County residents oppose increasing bonded indebtedness by 120900. suggest special tax. Oskaloosa: W R Lacey, 70, prominent attorney and founder of Lacey Hotel, dies of pneumonia. brother of late Congressman John F. Lacey. Clinton: Washington school 5th graders march to Roosevelt school as boiler fire discovered in Washington basement.
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Morris
Margaret Gomreld
Comreia
Sterling
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Oottumwa
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Clinton
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Washington
Jury's $5000 jury verdict misread in civil suit
Cedar Rapids Feb. 14 Judge F L Anderson to day decides whether the verdict for Miss Clara Landis against J B Huntington remains at 5060 or is cut to 500 The sealed verdict was intended to be 500 but a period mark was mistaken for a digit The suit grew from injuries in an automobile accident while riding with Huntington and sought 320 000
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F. L. Anderson
Clara
Cedar Rapids Yank Brings Family Home from Rhine Watch
New York Feb 14 six soldiers of the American occupation forces who arrived Sunday on the transport Hort St Michiel were provided with transportation for themselves their wives and children to their homes Eighteen married veterans were discharged yesterday but investigations showed only 12 had funds for travel The Brooklyn chapter Red Cross supplied funds to send them and their families to homes in Los Angeles Cedar Rapids Ia Lake City Minn St Paul Minn Portland and Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan
Chinese Cafe Owner Jailed for Shooting in Sioux City
Lee Wing proprietor of a Chinese cafe was formally charged with assault with intent to commit murder after firing several shots at W. A. Ritter of Sioux Falls following a quarrel over the quality of a steak served to Ritter’s party. The incident caps a six month pattern of disorders in Chinese restaurants, with authorities weighing closure steps.
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Lee Wing
W. A. Ritter
Sioux Falls
Wing
Ritter
Millions in Gold and Jewels Lost in Large Fire
Fire in New York reduced a jewelry district building to smouldering debris. Police and detectives, aided by 60 jewelers and goldsmiths, searched the ruins for strongboxes said to contain a fortune valued at 2,000,600.
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New York
Pursuit of Phantom Reds Cost 80 Millions
Chicago February 14 Phantom radicals cost American industry hundreds of millions over a decade, labor attorney Frank Fort Walsh told reporters. He cited Burns and Thiel detective agencies and Ballin as key figures in allegedly fabricating radical plots to extract money from bankers and merchants. Walsh plans to use Ballin’s deposition at the Michigan trial to prove radical actions were false.
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Thial
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Tor Y
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Cold Wave Grips Northwest as Snow Drifts Halt Travel
Winter’s severest cold spread from Alaska into the Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley forcing rail delays and widespread travel disruption. Reading plunged to 20 below in St Paul and Omaha forecast, as storms dropped heavy snows in the Pacific Northwest and windstorms lashed the Sierras, with widespread subzero temperatures and warnings across Missouri and Kansas.
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Illinois Gold Find Sparks Backyard Grabbing
Feb 14 Pearl City HH: George A. Rubin and Ralph B. Jones announced they found gold 40 feet underground a mile from town. An assay purportedly shows $22.40 in gold ore. They claimed broader deposits of silver and zinc beside the find. Local residents swarm yards hoping for fortune.
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Pearl City
George A. Rubin
Ralph B. Jones
Four Children Die in Flames at Pine City Farm
Four children under 12 perished when a farm home burned in Pine City Minnesota. A mother Mrs Genorga Gibbs and a 4 year old child escaped from a second story window. both were badly burned. Blizzard isolation left the district without physicians through noon today.
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Pine City
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Genorga Gibbs
University Dropping Flappers and Sheiks
Chicago Feb 14 Flappers and shieks who attend Northwestern university for no good reason at all are being weeded out, it was revealed today by Ray C Flickinger dean of the college of Liberal Arts. Work and less attention to social activities will be essential to be a student at the university. Ten students were asked last month not in return. A few more have been placed on probation and will be dropped this month unless improvement is marked.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Ray C. Flickinger
College of Liberal Arts
Suit to Foreclose Contract on Farm
A suit to foreclose a real estate contract was heard this afternoon by Judge H. B. Boles. Plaintiffs H. A. Wilson Ja Brongon J. H. Runst and J. J. Kent of Meinbeck allege a default by Cecil B. Lee on a March 1949 sale of a 160 acre farm six miles north of the city. The plaintiffs were represented by Sherman W. DeWolf. Lee by Walter P. Jensen.
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J. H. Runst
J. J. Kent
Meinbeck
Cecil BD. Lee
H. B. Boles
Sherman W. DeWolf
Walter P. Jensen
Lee
Eat Heartily Never Feel Old With Stuart's Tablets
A 1900s era advertisement urges readers to stay youthful by eating freely and using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It promotes foods like pie and doughnuts and claims the tablets neutralize acidity, prevent sour belching and indigestion, and keep the stomach balanced after meals. A 60 cent box is offered at druggists.
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Stuart
British Debt Bill Seen Near Senate Passage
Washington February 14 An informal accord between Republican Senate leaders and Democratic defectors aims to strip the House provision allowing presidential approval of similar settlements with other debtors. It would replace it with Senator Robinson's amendment mandating future proposals go to Congress. Administration leaders, hoping to push through the bill and then the Senate, planned a lengthy 12 hour session to finish the objective.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
Mabel Normand Denies Marriage Rumor On Ship
New York February nineteenth Mabel Normand movie star denied being married today after arriving on the Baltic with a diamond ring visible on her left hand She dismissed gossip of a December London wedding and told reporters Dont be silly as she kept smiling and refused to explain the ring
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New York
Mabel Normand
Movia Star
London
Mine Workers Say No Coal Strike This Year
Washington report states the last year's coal strike will not recur in the coming year. Wage agreements between bituminous coal operators and miners in nearly all soft coal fields have been signed, aligning with a basic plan approved by the general joint conference in New York to ensure continuous production.
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Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers
General Joint Conference
New York
Saskatchewan Town Destroyed by Fire
A Saskatchewan town about twenty miles south of Moosejaw was destroyed by fire last night. Advices say the town, described as meagre in population, suffered extensive damage with unclear details available today.
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Saskatchewan
Trux
Saska
Widow seeks lost fortune in Jake Hamon case
Ardmore Oklahoma February 14 Widow of Jake Hamon financial wizard of the southwest returns to the scene of her former husband's sensational murder to investigate the fortune she says has dwindled away. Mrs Rohrer is accompanied by William Rohrer with whom she recently reconciled after a public financial dispute.
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Ardmore
Okla
Mree
Wiliam Rohrer
Jake Hamon
Southwest
Wurster Named Third Vice President of Iowa Oil Men
H C Wurster, secretary of Hawkeye Oil Co in Waterloo, was chosen third vice president of the Independent Oil Men's Association of Iowa at the annual Des Moines session. The meeting discussed a proposal for a state tax on oil.
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H.C. Wurster
Hawkeye Oil Company
Waterloo
Independent Oil Men's Association of Iowa
Des Moines
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Credit for Stomach Relief
A longtime sufferer with eight years of stomach trouble swore off medicines but tried Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after a friend's success. The simple preparation claims to remove mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract, aiding stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose covers costs or money back. Available at all druggists.
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Mayr
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Quick Gentle Relief
This old ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for pale skin dull appetite and coated tongue. It claims to improve the liver and bowels like calomel without dangers and to produce pink skin bright eyes and buoyancy. One or two tablets nightly are recommended with millions sold at 15 and 30 cents.
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Edwards
Eli's Cream Balm Narrows Nostrils Stop Sniffles Now
An ad style pitch promotes Eli's Cream Balm to relieve stuffed head and catarrh. It claims the antiseptic cream penetrates air passages, soothes swollen membranes, and gives instant relief with clear nostrils and no more hawking. A small bottle at drug stores is suggested.
Gasoline Discussion Yields No Definite Action
A report notes the topic of gasoline was discussed but no concrete measures or decisions were adopted. The article records deliberation without any formal policy change or implemented plan.
Pape's Dispepsin Ad Promises Quick Digestive Help
An advertisement claims Pape's Dispepsin will end indigestion and digestive distress. It assures relief from sour stomach, acid upset, flatulence, heartburn, and misery, with a low cost and a druggist guaranteed remedy for stomach trouble.
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Back Pain Relief
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as fast relief for backache lumbago and sciatica by rubbing it on the back. It claims the product is harmless non burning and suitable for a one time trial to end misery and restore mobility with decades of trust.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacob’s
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