RANSACK STATE S ATTORNEY FILES IN GANG KILLING
Chicago reports a large touring car fitted as a police vehicle exploded in Maywood. The blast left a notebook with names of gang victims and associates, linking to the St Valentines Day massacre. Investigators pursued leads as Swanson faces a possible leak of documents.
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Chicago
Detective Bureau
Maywood
al. Weinshank
Ted Newberry
Peerless
Mcensé
Detective’ Bureau Automobles
Cadillac
Pumted
Shermasseere
Silloway
Maron Beer
Atorney
Pote
Geng
Fred Silloway
Prohibition
Scot Swanson
John
Swanson
Chris. Kiessling
Pratt
Chicago’sanitare Clinict
Police Department
Eastern Rivers Rising Ohio Hit by Flood Waters
Flood conditions across the region cause heavy drift buildup at tracks and rail bridge damage. Bus service halted in parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Marshalltown reports 10 inches of snow. Iowa highways near impassable. Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien elevated. further snow and cold precede warming. Ice jam on Sanganinion River tears 200 foot bridge. nearby Jacksonville & Havana line bridge shifted two feet.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Marshalltown
Iowa
Mississippi
Prairie di Chien
Chandlerville
Sanganion
Cass
Mason Counties
Jacksonville & Havana
Thompson Funeral Thursday Morning
Funeral services for Rea G. Thompson former mayor and city clerk of Waterloo will be held Thursday at 10 a m in O Keeffe Towne chapel. Rev Léw C Harris of Central Christian church will preside. Burial will be in Fairfield cemetery.
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Rea G. Thompson
Waterloo
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
Léw C. Harris
Central Christian Church
Fairvinw
Schmeling Honored on Return in Hamburg Welcome
Max Schmeling, the German heavyweight, was greeted by a large crowd of boxing fans in Hamburg upon arrival after his American tour. He expects to return to New York to meet the winner of the Sharkey Stribling bout that night.
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Hamburg
Max Schmeling
Horer
Fiombary
Tetley
New York
Frank Frink, Waterloo Showman, Dies After Car Mishap
Frank Frink, renowned Waterloo showman and theater impresario, died after a car incident while traveling. Born in Leipzig in 1887, he built and led multiple venues including the Rialto Plaza and Palace, innovating stage shows and lifting orchestras to the stage. Survived by widow Lauretta and two sons, with brothers and relatives in Germany. His career spanned Iowa cities and New York film device work, ending after a life devoted to theatrical craft.
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Treamer
Frank
Waterloo
Hay
Balaban & Katz Moving Picture House
Chicago
Plaza
Rialto
the Royal
the Waterloo
The
Crystal
the Palace
Harry Gauder
Alex Frank
Orpheum
New York
Frank ‘Amusement Company
Conard
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Oelwein
Bronx
City
Big
West Coast Theatres, Inc
Los Angeles
Cal
Germany
Leipzig
Elks Club
Lauretta L. Tharp
Hastings
Neb
Gwo
John
Paul
Hans Frank
Conger Street
Sigismund Frink
Dresden
Booster Hockey Dugas On Sale for Fort Snelling Game
Fort Snelling Minnesota booster hockey game planned for Friday March 6 discussed at a noon meeting of businessmen and Legion post leaders. Aiming to sell every hippodrome seat through an intense ticket drive after last year’s $3,000 Legion hockey profit funded band and junior baseball. this year a $2,500 loss jeopardizes next season unless accounts balance. Fort Snelling game will be final of the season. tickets go on sale immediately with a Waterloo firm already buying 100 seats.
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Legion Post
Hippodrome
Legion
Waterloo
Highteen Raiders Raid Des Moines in Five Sweep
An 18 man raid team drawn from city and county law enforcement conducted five raids in Des Moines seeking bootleg liquor suppressing operations. One man was arrested after state, party, county and federal authorities met to address liquor flows into the city. In Florida death notices: A. Cuther, 70, former state road commissioner, died in Miami. he was Madison County's first county attorney.
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Des Moines
U.phk
Dizs
Florida
Winterset
Cal A. Cuther
Miami
Fis
Madison County
Weather Averages and Forecast Fragments
Fragmentary weather notes show Tuesday night and Wednesday values with unclear units and location. The text references maximum and minimum readings and specifies times such as 11 a m and 24. Further details are unreadable.
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Waren OB
Eral
Tor
MT. Seeeveeeraventi
Seesseennee
Heart disease remains Iowa's leading killer in 1928 report
Des Moines Feb 27 Heart disease the leading cause of death in Iowa for 25 years continued its predominance in 1928 the state health department announced. Dr Henry Albert said longer life increases exposure to heart disease cancer and cerebral hemorrhage. Counts show 1928 deaths total 25 217 with heart disease 5 221 and cancer 2 763. measles deaths fell due to 1927 being a measles year and immunization reduced diphtheria deaths.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Health
Henry Albert
Albert Said
Albert
Value of Sweeney Dress Fur Loot at $1700
Complete check of the Sweeney company store at 185 Fourth Street West shows at least 72 dresses, two fox fur scarfs, and a fur coat stolen. Thieves entered Monday night by ladder and forced windows into the rear balcony. About $1,000 worth of dresses remained untouched.
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Sweeney Company
Fourth Street West
N. E. Sweeney
Patriots in Peace Needed by Steiner Asserted
Des Moines on February 27. Dr Edward A Steiner of Grinnell College said patriotism in peace is harder to attain than wartime patriotism. He urged real patriotism requires justice tolerance honesty and righteousness. He warned that opposition can be labeled Bolshevik and repression turns liberals into radicals.
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Des Moines
Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell College
Steiner
Uberals
Altitude Flier Reaches Unofficial 46000 Feet Mark
Dayton reports Lieut. Harry Johnson of Selfridge Field set an estimated and uncalibrated 46 000 foot altitude during a Wright Field attempt as field engineers later verify the final height. Also postponed Baker case and building permit noted.
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Dayton
Harry Johnson
Selfridge Field
Ser
Wright Field
Fire Alarm at Residence on Cascaden Street
Fire alarm reports a 4:55 a.m. blaze in the clothes closet of Albert Peterson at 39 Cascaden. Cause unknown. Estimated damage $50. Advertisement copy notes "Batter be insured than worry." Buys of Hermann Miller. Plan 2404.
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Albert Peterson
Cascaden
Hermann, Miller
Plana
Postoffice Clerk Death Reveals Tiny Stamp Account Balance
Newark reports Albert J. Kubler, 84, a Harrison post office clerk, died by his own hand after writing that he covered a $20 shortage with a bad check. Investigators found the shortage was only in his mind. his stamp account actually showed a 21 cent surplus.
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Newark
N. J
Harrison
Albert J. Kubler
City Pump Sets Alleged World Service Record
City waterworks officials claim a well pump installed February 8, 2018 at city well No 2 on Oak avenues ran continuously for 1,833 days with only motor trouble and no removals. George E Shoemaker and W A Hendry report 1,856,358,000 gallons pumped weighing 20,976,574,090 pounds, enough to flood 5,610 acres to 12 inches. an emergency pump is kept ready for three years.
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City Well No
Oak Avenues
George E. Shoe Maker
W. A. Hendry
City Waterworks
Hendry
Shoemaker
American Well Works
Aurora
Ill
War Veteran Robert Walker Dies at Fort Lyons Colorado
Robert W. Walker aged 28 died this morning in the U S Veterans hospital No 80 at Fort Lyons Colorado after a three year tuberculosis illness. He served in the navy for two years and was discharged in 1922. He married Fern Mussett May 1 1923 and is survived by his wife two children his mother Mrs Bessie West father W H Walker and brothers Franck Walker and Earl Walker. The body will be sent to Waterloo for burial at O Keefe and Towne mortuary. He was born near Newton Indiana November 22 1903 and was formerly an electrician with the W C FL and N railway.
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Robert W. Walker
U. S. Veterans Hospital No
Fort Lyons
Colo
Walker
Sycamore Street
Navy
Waterloo
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Newton
Fern Mussett
W., Co. FL & N. Railway
Bessie West
W. H. Walker
Franck Walker
Earl Walker
Filer
Ida
Amateur Hockey Tournament Set for Saturday at Cedar River Park
The event will feature teams from Dubuque and Waterloo with possible participants from Sioux City and LeMars. Dubuque clubs include the Aces and Vikings, while Waterloo squads Black's Mac's Clute's and Rath's have already joined. The elimination tournament will be held at Cedar River park lagoon rinks, with a championship trophy to be awarded by Attstadt Langlas Braking Company.
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Dubuque
Waterloo
Sioux City
LeMars
Oe A. Read
Playground Direcor
Aces
Vikings
Wateriog
Black's
Mac's
Clute’s
Rath's
Cedar River Park Lagoon
Attstadt & Langlas Braking Company
Crawford Fairbanks Deny Marriage Rumor in San Francisco
Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. visited San Francisco and denied being married though a wedding ring was visible. Crawford called it an engagement ring. Two other notices report a girl coaster killed in Sioux City and J Rex Bryant quarantined with scarlet fever in New York.
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San Francisco
Cal
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Miss Crawford
Bryant
J. Rex Bryant
Broadway
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Sibert announced
Mary Sibert died in a local hospital yesterday morning. Funeral will be at 1 p m in O Keefe y Towne chapel with Rev George Shear, then at 3 p m in Reinbeck Methodist Church. Burial beside her husband Jacob Sibert in Heinbeck cemetery. Harold Waites, 21, will have private services tomorrow at 9 30 p m at Poterson Bros chapel. Burial in Elm cemetery.
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Mary Sibert
O'Keefey& Towne
George Shear
Methodist Church
Cedar Falls
Reinbeck
Shear
Heinbeck
Sibert
Jacob Sibert
Harold Waite
Harold Waits
Locm
Poteraon Brot
Elm
Chaplin Suffers Relapse as Doctor Called in Night
Hollywood, Feb 27. Charles Chaplin, ill from ptomaine poisoning, suffered a relapse today with rising fever after midnight. Dr Cecil Reynolds rushed to his residence as guards and seclusion surround the famed comedian, while Chaplin studio work is suspended indefinitely.
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Chaplin
Hollywood
Cal
Charles Chaplin
Cecil Reynolds
Dr. Reynolds
15 Rooms Added to Fairmont Hotel
Remodeling began this afternoon at the Fairmont hotel 513 Saxon Street. The building will be enlarged to 30 rooms with 15 added on the ground floor and a new front to be built. Improvements cost $2,500 with Amanda M. Coyle, formerly of Waverly, named as manager.
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Fairmont
Saxon Street
Amanda M. Coyle
Waverly
Plane with Trailers Flown in Germany
An air train test in Cassel Germany used a plane with two engineless gliders as trailers. The gliders detached at 1 500 feet and landed safely while the plane continued. The goal was to show trailers could drop off passengers from a nonstop through flight.
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Cassel
Germany
Jacob Bleeker Dies at Ackley Aged 72
Jacob Bleeker former county treasurer and longtime Ackley resident died this afternoon from effects of a stroke. He was 73 years old and counted among Ackley's oldest citizens. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Jacob Bleeker
Ackley
Carine
Ackley, In
Boy May Be Blind After Fall Against Furniture
Dwayne Hoepfiner, 12, son of Hermann Hoepfiner, may lose sight in one eye after a fall against a daybed injuring the eyeball. Other items note Carl Miner’s injuries from being trampled by a cow and Bernbrooks’ return from a southern trip via Havana Cuba.
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Courier Special Service
Valle in Prison as Daughter Dies
Oelwein Iowa February 37 Luiz Valle who killed in defense of his home will serve forty years at Iowa State Prison Madison His eight month old daughter Josephine died here from pneumonia after her father began his journey to prison The family’s remaining member is wife Matilia Henada whose alleged entanglement with Valle’s friend led to the fatal knife attack Valle says he dueled Renada with knives but Renada suffered many wounds Valle alleges Manuel Lopez and Pedro Ramos aided the party Ramos denies the tale and awaits another trial Hevey alias Wesley Mitchell promoter is also sent to prison for eight years for theft of eight thousand dollars.
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Courier Special Service
Oelwein
Luiz Valle
Pts
Madison
Josephine
Matilia Henada
Valle
Reneda
Renada
Manuel Lopez
Pedro Ramos
Ramos
Hevey
A. A. Robertson
Lawrence Hevey
Wesley Mitchell
Anamesa
Rev and Mrs Court to Attend M E Meeting in Washington
Rev. Mr Court of Davenport Iowa and his wife plan to travel to Washington D C this week for the March 1 meeting of the subcommission on interdenominational relations. The visit includes a stop to see their daughter Mildred in Cleveland and ends with the Hoover inauguration. Mrs Alma Snyder of 402 South street sustained bruises after a fall on ice near the Waterloo theatre and was treated at Allen Memorial hospital with no fractures found on x ray.
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Frank W. Court
Davenport
Washington, D. C
Court
Alma Snyder
South Street
Waterloo Theatre
Allen Memorial Hospital
Standard Oil Indiana battle: Stewart claims broad stock support
Col Robert W Stewart reports majority support among Standard Oil of Indiana stockholders while Rockefeller faction claims a large vote majority. Stewart says votes grow daily as Debeyose contests the claim of victory, asserting a foregone outcome.
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Stewart
Debevoise
New York
Robert' W.' Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Rockefeller
Chicago
The
National City Bank
Thomas W. Debeyoise
Colonel Steward
January Building for State Breaks All Month Marks
Dodge corporation releases analysis showing January construction contracts in Iowa totaling 5,508,000 the highest for that month on record with public works and utilities leading at 2,533,200 followed by 1,480,000 for industrial projects 412,700 for residential and 263,100 for commercial buildings totals double December and 38 percent ahead of January 1928 figures.
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Dés Moines
Ki . Dodge Corporation
Currency Increaser Taken to Jailhouse
Police report Thomas Cullett, held for federal authorities, suspected of altering counterfeit bills. The Chicago case centers on ten ten dollar notes altered to create an extra bill, with mutilated currency found in his neighborhood and traced back to his actions.
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Chicago
Thomas Cullett
Cullett
Cutelett
Three Iowa youths begin penitentiary sentences
Three Iowa youths started sentences at a reformatorio here for chicken thefts with terms up to five years. Robert Watson of Fort Dodge received an indeterminate term not exceeding five years. Loren Evans awaits trial. In Atlantic George Johnson and Milo Schwenneker got similar sentences. Three companions were jailed 30 days and fined 100 dollars each.
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Ansmosa
Iowa
Robert Watson
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Loren Evans
Atlantic
George Johnson
Milo Schwenneker
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