TWO YOUTHS PAY LIVES FOR SHORT FLING AS THIEVES
In Cook County's first electrocution, Anthony Greece aged 19 and Charles Walz 19 were executed within minutes for the murder of Policeman Arthur Esau during a North Side drug store robbery. The executions followed trials in which two accomplices, Dolly Razor and Trudy Platkowski, testified, aiding prosecutors in securing death penalties.
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Francis
Chicago
Cook County
Anthony Greece
Charles Walz
Francis McNamore
Constantine Theodore
Victor Lebenhanz
Grecco
Walz
Goodby
Father Earnest
Walt
Greece
Wala
Grecep
Arthur Esau
North Bide
Dolly Razor
Trudy Platkowski
Bus to Dubuque Is Considered by R. R. Commission
The R R Commission weighs a proposal to run a Waterloo to Dubuque bus line amid counterclaims by the W and C L & N and the Central Transportation company. Intervening parties claim local service should extend from Independence to Dubuque and defend railway passenger interests. Witnesses and officials from multiple lines present schedules and arguments for and against the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
R. R. Commission
Page Water 4
Wilmols Central Railway Company
Th Central Transportation Company
Waterloo
Dubuqua
Royal Rapid Corponation
Wass
JL. Wiliams
Minneapolis
Geveral
Tlinois Central
W. Scott Williams
Gene Frel
Western Iines
L. BE. McCabe
Minnesota
B. L. Bowden
H. G. Brown
Waterton
Maurice Welsh
Rail and bus routes plan Waterloo Dubuque schedule
The proposal outlines two daily rail trips Waterloo to Dubuque with morning and evening departures, and two Dubuque to Waterloo bus runs. Times show arrivals around late morning and night, with connections at Waterloo and Dubuque. Central proposes buses from Dubuque at 7:45 a.m. to Waterloo by noon and return at 4 p.m. to Dubuque.
Hanna Starts His Last Long Journey to Iowa Homeland
General Phil C. Hanna began his final voyage from San Diego toward Iowa to be laid to rest with the pioneers he championed and loved the flag. The hearse train travels along the Mexican border route as private services were held yesterday in San Diego where he died last Sunday. Reverend John Bunyan Smith and Mrs. W. R. Hanna attended.
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Phil C. Hanna
San Diego
Cal
Tad
Mexico
United States
Hanna
John Bunyan Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Church
W. R. Hanna
Fourth Street
West
Waterloo
Three of Five Escapees Captured Near Columbus Prison
In Columbus Ohio three of five convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary were recaptured within 24 hours. Pat McDermott and Mike Jacko were cornered in a power house tower five miles north of the city, while Jon Rosso was seized at a farm south of Columbus. McDermott and Jacko, both serving life terms, fled with others who had broken from the jail through a tunnel and water pipe system aided by a guard’s negligence. The owner of a store reported hearing prisoners’ uniforms and knives, as authorities hunted the remaining fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Pat McDermott
Don R. Meter
Canton
Mike Jacko
Cleveland
Here
Jon Rosso
McDermott
Jacko
William W. Young
Marietta
James A. Walden
Philadelphia
FoKso
Stere
Kairs
McMermott
Preston E. Thomas
Charles Stivney
J. B. Isines
New Evidence Links Police to Chicago Shootings
Chicago reports a federal state and city inquiry into last Thursday's sevenfold gang slaying. A secret informant offered decisive details suggesting Chicago police may have participated, tying Moran gang to the crime via a liquor theft motive. A new witness claimed the murderers used a police squad car. Moran reportedly fled toward Miami Beach, Fla.
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Chicago
United States
Cook
Moran
Bugs Moran
Herman OD. Bundesen
Herald and Examiner
Miami Beach
Pla
al (Scarface
Ca+pone
Joe Saltis
Convicted Slayer Wins Writ of Error in Death Penalty Case
Springfield Feb 20 UPI The state supreme court set aside earlier orders and granted a writ of error and superseders for William Hauke who faces execution in Cook County for murder. The court stayed the death pending review by the supreme court. Hauke killed Mrs Louis Scheckley in Chicago and was to die before an electric chair substitution law. Divorces and separate maintenance cases were filed in district court including Mollig Simmons Willie Simmons Rose Howrey Ray Howrey William Seemann Dora Seemann. Thieves begin five year terms Anthony Benda Maurice Betel Jon for automobile theft at Fort Madison. Lenten service at Trinity American Lutheran Church announced for 7:30 p.m. tonight with Mrs Carl Meyer singing.
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Springfield
UPI
State Supreme Court
William Hauke
Cook County
Supreme Court
Louis Scheckley
Chicago
Mollig Simmons
Willie Simmons
Rose Howrey
Ray Howrey
Wiliam Seemann
Dora Seemenn
Dubuque
U.R
Anthony Benda
Maurice Atel Jon
Fort Madison
D. E. McQuire
Byrd Planes Over Ice on New Porto Tap
New York February 20. A Byrd Antarctic expedition flight began using two planes to circle King Edward VII Land and south of the mountain. Commander Byrd Bernalehen and Lloyd Berens operate the planes, with Captain Mark er and Marold Jive as pilots and radio operators. A dog-team relay from Little America sent the dispatch to New York for wireless transmission. The fore report notes the flight underway and already yielding discoveries to be announced on return.
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New York
The
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Din
Patch
Haven
Devel
Bob
Fronir
Byred Antarctic Expedition
Byrd
Edward VIII
Bernalehen
Pling
Lloyd Berens
Yarna
Marker
Marold Jive
Rndia
Little America
Ashorn
Dealer in Bottles Kidnapped for $25,000 Ransom
Detroit, Feb 20. Ad or Fearing, 37, a dealer in bottles, disappeared after going to his backyard to meet a supposed customer. His wife received a ransom call saying he was being held for $25,000. The man had visited the home twice before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Diadore Fearing
Fearing
Campaigner Army Reaches Halfway Mark in Wa terloo Chamber Drive
The Forward Expansion movement of the Waterloo Chamber reports at noon today that 169 memberships have been sold and $4,225 raised, with an additional $4,808 from the activities committee, totaling $8,733 toward the $17,500 goal. Majors Miller and McCoy led in new memberships, with 20 and 19 respectively, as captains and other leaders contributed. A follow up luncheon is set for Thursday at 12:15 pm and a victory dinner Friday at 6:30 pm as the drive aims to reach 400 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Sales Army
Waterloo
Lester Miller
Jackson McCoy
Arthur Hussman
George Harris
Activities Committee
S. F. McGinn
McGoy
Wiliam Davenport
Herman ©. Miller
C. D. Alan
Chamber of Commerce
Robinson Charges Salt Creek Leases Defrauded U.S. Oil
Senator Robinson of Indiana accused the government of being defrauded of hundreds of millions of dollars in Salt Creek Wyoming oil field leases. He urged hiring Robert C. Bell as counsel after a Sands committee report deemed the leases valid, critiquing Senator Walsh's move to censure Interior and Justice over the Sinclair royalty contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Salt Creek
Wyo
Robinson
Indiana
Senate
Robert C. Bell
Sands Committee
Thoms Sterling
Walsh
Mottana
Interior
Juts- Nee
Sinclair
Oklahoma delegation seeks radio speech protection clash
A strong Oklahoma group pressed the federal radio commission to bar profane language on KWKH and to grant WISH wavelength to station KYO Tulsa. Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce official W. Estes led the delegation while KWKH owner W. Henderson listened, defending his nightly broadcasts as not profane. In a separate report in Henderson context, a separate incident notes a man shot his wife Virginia Falcone, 38, then killed himself after a quarrel in their home.
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Washington, D. GC
Oklahoma
Federal Radio
KWKH
Kennynead
W. B. Estes
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
KYO
Skelly OU Company
Tulsa
Okla
Henderson
West
Neago
INS
Virginia Falcone
Falcone
Schoplhoy Son
Miners Train Wreck in Illinois Kills Several
A Peoria to Crescent coal mine miners train derailed near Hollis Illinois killing at least five and injuring about 200. Engineers traced the accident to a broken fish plate as cars rolled down a 25 foot embankment while fire and rescue crews battled subzero conditions and coaches left tracks. Identified dead include George Jones William Brown Geoff Water and George Wilkinson.
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Feorla
Peoria
Hollis
Ill
Here
Crescent
F. C. Fisher
Martinvilla State Hospital
Railways
Kim Clark
George Jones
William Brown
Geoff Water
George Wilkinson
Brown Ivas
Mercury Tumbles to 25 Below for All Winter Record
Last night the government thermometer at Ralph B Slippy's home registered 94 degrees below zero, the coldest reading of the season. The prior low was 22 below on January 15 morning. Downtown instruments showed 19 below. Heating pigots and air tempering likely affected readings. By noon the mercury climbed to 10 above as the tube hovered near the night minimum at 7 am.
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Ralph B. Slippy
Mt. Carmel Pastor to Celebrate 22nd Year in Ministry
Rev. J. H. Patten, pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist church, will celebrate the twenty second anniversary of his ordination next Sunday. He was ordained at Lufkin Texas. Special music will be provided at both services. The morning sermon topic will be The Judgment and Its Objects and the evening sermon will be Sin Wrongs the Soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Patten
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Lufkin
Tex
Coolidge Furniture in Automobile Crash
Walter H. Borden of Angawam Mass was seriously injured when his car skidded into a parked army truck carrying President Coolidge's personal effects. The truck tipped and damaged its contents of furniture curios and gifts during transit to Northampton Mass.
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Springfield
Mass
Walter H. Borden
Angawam
Presiden Coolidge
Coolidge
Northampton
Mayo Doctor Lecture Draws 150 Physicians to Waterloo
More than 150 physicians from northern Iowa are expected at the Waterloo Medical Society meeting in Hotel Russell Lamson. Dr Charles Mayo of Mayo Brothers clinic Rochester Minn will speak on The Cancer Problem. Dr J W Rowntree, president of the Waterloo Medical Society, arranged the event with attendees from Dubuque Mason City and Fort Dodge.
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Iowa
Waterloo Medical Society
Hotel
Russell- Lamson
Charles Mayo
Mayo Bros. Clinic
Rochester
Loomis elected circulation manager of Iowa Agriculturist
Nathaniel H. Loomis of 229 Sheridan Road was elected circulation manager of the Iowa Agriculturist, the official student publication at Iowa State College of Agriculture in Ames, for the coming year. William Bowie, Ames, was chosen editor. In Chicago, Mrs Grace De La Rocco, 86, died in a house fire sparked by an overheated stove.
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Nathaniel H. Loomis
N. H. Loomis
Sheridan Road
West High School
Iowa Agriculturist
Iowa State College Students of Agriculture
Ames
Wiliam Bowie
Chicago
Grace de la Rocco
Waterloo Eyes Emergency Detention Hospital For Contagious Disease
Waterloo officials consider housing contagious disease patients in a new emergency detention hospital. City Clerk Charles O. MacKay says the county jail detention infirmary is inadequate. Health committee leaders Steely Bragdon Robinson push to find a suitable city structure as scarlet fever cases rise. County law may require funding if the county has no detention hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Charles O. MacKay
Black Hawk County
A. W. Steely
Kenneth Bragdon
James A. Robinson
Steely
Coun
Doty
R. A. Doty
MacKay
Couner
Board of Health
Mortuary notices for John Miller Donald Monahan and Henry Mills
Death notices list John Miller 73 who died at Black Hawk county home with wife and Cedar Falls stepson as survivors. Donald Eugene Monahan 16 months died at parents home and was buried at Calvary after requiem at St Johns Church. Henry Mills 77 died at sister’s home and funeral at Hileman Gindt with burial in Poyner township cemetery.
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Jonan Miller
John Miller
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls
Hileman & Gindt
Donald Eugene Monahan
Donald Eugene
Monahan
Irving P. Monahan
Beech Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
Pr. N. J. Lentz
Calvary
Donald
Waterloo
Henry Mills
G. S. Mullen
Independence Avenue
Hileman & Gindt Mortuary
Hileman & Gindt Funeral Home
Roy Leslie Smith
Grace M. E. Church
Poyner Township
How Thin Men and Women Gain Weight
McCoy's Tablets claim to build strength and weight with sugar coated tablets sold across North America. The ad guarantees a refund after trial if the user does not gain at least 3S ends of health and satisfaction, offering purchase at Robert Drug Co. and C. J. Miller among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
North America
McCoy's
Robert Drug Co
C. J. Miller
America
Temperatures and Tuesday to Wednesday Time Slots
Temperatures show a maximum for Tuesday and a minimum for Tuesday night. Readings for Wednesday include 7 2 m morning, 11 am, and 2 pm time slots.
Calls for an Emergency City Hospital to Isolate Contagious Diseases
The city faces a growing health threat as patients with contagious diseases are turned away due to crowded county facilities. Dr Mackay reports deluges of scarlet fever calls and urges a permanently staffed emergency hospital for rapid treatment and isolation, noting access issues during rain and spring breakups.
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MacKay
Dealers Name Grundy Center Man as President
J. F P. Stevens of Grundy Center was elected president of Ideal club No. 4 of the Iowa Implement Dealers association at a meeting at Hotel President yesterday afternoon and evening. H. A. Watters of Waterloo was named vice president and B. L. Robinson of Reinbeck as secretary treasurer. Twenty eight dealers from Black Hawk Grundy Benton Buchanan Fayette and Tama counties attended. H. L. Chase of Ames explained club functions and noted the Towns association is now the third largest state interstate body within the American Federation of Implement Dealers associations. The next Ideal club meeting will be at Hotel President on March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F P. Stevens
Grundy Center
Ideal Club No. 4
Iowa Implement Dealers‘ Association
H. A. Watters
Waterloo
B. L. Robinson
Reinbeck
Black Hawk
Grundy
Benton
Buchanan
Fayette
Tama
H. L. Chase
Ames
Sims
Americans Federation of Imple
Ideal Club
Bombing Tied to Alcohol Warfare in Chicago
A black powder bomb exploded behind a three story building housing the Pete Coriolo Patent Medicine company in Chicago. Damage was about 500 dollars. No one was inside. Police link the blast to ongoing alcohol warfare on the south side. Coriolo denied accusations of using alcohol for packing.
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Chicago
UPI
Pete+Coriolo Patent Medicine company
Corlolo
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New Porto Tap
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