Utilities probe debate shifts to federal trade commission
Senate last night passed an amendment pushing the public utilities inquiry to the Federal Trade Commission amid a debate over investigative scope. Another amendment limited the inquiry to political contributions in presidential and senatorial campaigns.
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Montana
Jim Reed
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Pennsylvania
Bodies of Two Missing Deputies Found Near Danville
Lafayette officers John P. Grove and Wallace McClure disappeared Feb 7 while transporting two convicts John Burns and Samuel Baxter. Their bodies were found by farmer Charles Addill on his Foster farm between Danville and Covington, covered with a car robe. The windshield bore a bullet hole from the missing auto. Convicts remain at large.
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Covington
John P. Grove
Wallace McClure
Chicago
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
Decatur
Charles Addil
Addill
Wallace McClue
Tippecanoe County
Indiana
State Reformatory
Factories Iowa Need Power Parley Told
Iowa's industrial future hinges on expanding use of abundant raw materials including agricultural waste. E A Kimball of the Iowa Manufacturers Association urged delegates at the power conference that hundreds of factories could arise in Iowa with proper development of local resources. Storm Lake vote approves 165000 bond for a new high school building with auditorium and gymnasium after 742 for and 403 against.
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Towa Power
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Towa
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Iowa Gats
Des Moir
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Iowa Power Conference
Iowa
Storm Lake
Two Men Sue Same Wife for Divorce in Iowa
Tes Moines Feb 16 Waneta Marchant Thrig today faced two divorce suits filed by Clarence Marchant who wed Wanda in 1924 and Law revine Thrig who married her in 1927 both suits brought at once. Both men share the same attorney. Waneta was recently arrested on a bigamy charge but the case was dropped at the urging of her alleged second husband who fled the scene.
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Wanda
Lawrevine Thrig
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Cleveland Ship Passengers Face Smallpox Epidemic
Honolulu port stations prepared to receive passengers from the steamship Cleveland where eight deaths were reported from smallpox and pneumonia. Reports said most fatalities were among steerage travelers as the ship with over 560 people neared Honolulu after leaving Yokohama.
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Marion killer sent up for life in Gibbs death case
Clarence Freeman, 22, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of Rufus Gibbs, 74, Marion area cashier. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Co-defendants George Bulger and George Mevlant, from Marion, pled guilty to robbery with aggravation and received 25-year terms.
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Feo
Clarence Freeman
Rufus Gibbs
Marion
George Bulger
George Me vLand
Gibbs
Ten workmen feared buried in collapsing building in New York
In New York an unoccupied four story brick building slipped from its timbers and collapsed into a subway excavation trapping ten workmen, with rescue efforts under way as debris is cleared. A separate Iowa survey reports farm land price improvements in 26 counties and movement in 67 counties over six months.
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Iowa Farms Corporation
Eddie Foy Dies On Vaudeville Tour At 71
Eddie Foy veteran musical comedy star died in Kansas City at 8:45 am on February 16 while on a vaudeville tour. He suffered angina on the way to the Orpheum Theatre and died in his Hotel Baltimore room with his wife and doctors nearby. He leaves seven children and planned to continue performing. The younger Foys cancelled shows to attend his death and funeral plans were set for New Rochelle New York.
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Elks
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Kansas City Post
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Shay
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Ruiake
John Barrymore
Blur
Packer Haggling Over Hog Buying Sparks Possible Compromise
Kansas City reports a possible compromise between American packers and reformers aimed at halting direct hog purchases from farmers in districts with central markets. Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson and Co supports abolishing direct buying there while keeping it in districts lacking nearby central markets.
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Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
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Ten Years Ago in the Service Reminiscences
B L Schroeder a federal building janitor recalls ten years ago during World War I joining the Faith field artillery first division then the Eighteenth Infantry. He describes rough training and a mischievous prank against a sergeant, notes three wounds and two passes, and mentions later reenlisting in the regular army.
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Radio Links N Y and London Audiences in Joint Convention
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers in New York and the British Institution of Electrical Engineers in London met in a joint convention. They demonstrated the trans Atlantic radio telephone circuit used to connect large audiences across 3000 miles of water for a single auditorium experience.
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British Institution of Electrical Engineers
Nine Des Moines Barbers Face Sanitary Charges
Des Moines barbers were arraigned today on charges of operating unsanitary shops, the first enforcement drive of the state barber sanitation law. Edwin Banks pleaded not guilty while attorney J B Pendergast said he would seek a supreme court ruling on the law.
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Graft 4000 Pieces of Skin in Boy Burn Case
In Jefferson City Missouri a 11 year old Leslie Landrum burned over more than 600 skin grafts have been placed and doctors expect nearly 4000 pieces to be required to save his life. Surgeon Dr S V Bedford at St Marys hospital says grafting must continue for months due to the childs frail condition.
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Leslie Landrum
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Smoke Martin
San Petrce
Harvester
Henry George Clears
Congress Today Faces Broad Senate and House Hearings
The Senate takes up the alien property bill while the Public Lands Committee resumes Teapot Dome hearings. The Judiciary Committee continues Shipstead antiem function bill review as the House considers a claims bill. Naval affairs and Agriculture panels push ahead with building program and farm relief work.
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House Committee Plans MohaloalPPI Tributaries Control and Power Projects
Springlike weather boosts housing in Waterloo with three new lots sold to locals for cottages as spring nears. Casebeer Heights has produced 32 cottages in four years, 12 for full year use, with proprietor Jack Casebeer noting a long career shift from restaurants started in 1886 to outdoor life.
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Two Bombs Hit Chicago Gun Houses in Syndicate Probe
Two dynamite bombs exploded within minutes on Chicago’s south side damaging a warehouse and two bungalows owned by Edward O'Brien. Police link the blasts to whisky bootlegging, finding whisky cans at O'Brien’s basement. Neighbor Erich Adelmeit’s home also damaged. total loss about 10,900 dollars. The warehouse was leased to Blender Furniture, tied to bootlegging operations.
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Edward O'Brien
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Court to direct Jackson verdict in Indiana case
In Indianapolis Judge Charles M. McCabe deferred ruling on a defense motion for a directed verdict of not guilty against Gov. Ed Jackson. The court will decide at 2 PM whether the state failed to prove conspiracy to commit a felony in an attempted bribery case. The state may reopen its case to call Prosecutor Remy to testify he did not know of the alleged bribe until last summer.
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Jurors Deadlocked In Hill Tratricide Trial At Noon
Ottawa Illinois February 16 The jury in the Harry Hill atrictride case reported at 10 a m that they could not reach a verdict and were sent back for further deliberation The jury returned at 1 58 p m Tuesday and remained deadlocked at noon after a tense morning in which Hill paced nervously in the county jail The sheriff ordered no visitors to the youthful defendant’s cell except deputies following a threatening letter received by authorities.
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Joe A. Pagis
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Courier delivery window and rerun policy notice
The Courier should arrive at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive it by then call 5160 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Congress Backing Massive Mississippi Flood Control Plan
The House flood control committee advanced a broad Mississippi valley bill worth about 473.1 million dollars. It funds federal control of works from Cape Girardeau to the Gulf, creates a seven member Mississippi Valley Flood Control Commission, and envisions dams reservoirs and power development. The plan departs from Coolidge recommendations by funding fully from federal sources and could run beyond the Mississippi to Alaska and New England, with state contributions deferred for five years. A separate note discusses a 22 million New Yorker hotel project in New York City.
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