Lindbergh opens new lobbyist role at Albany for aviation laws
In a notable shift Charles Lindbergh appears at the New York legislature as a lobbyist for aviation, potentially shaping bills through the statehouse. The era's prominent figures including Lindbergh and Gov. Smith plan coordinated publicity to influence policy.
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Cal. Charles
Augustus Lindbergh
America
New York
Avia‘tion
Albany
Statehouse
Lindy
Gov. Smith
Carter's Condition Slightly Improves at Eldora
Eldora Iowa February 28 Barely perceptible improvement is reported in Luther W Carter who has been in a local hospital since a paralytic Saturday His condition is described as alarming by attendants while a largely political crowd debates his influence as a Republican delegate in the county convention The item blends medical update with local political commentary and stray notes on unlikely rewards from moral acts.
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I Gaither
Eldora
Luther W. Carter
Lawn Hil
Carter
Uardin County Republican
Diogenes
Man Testifies Confession Was Coerced In Schoolhouse Explosion Trial
Hiram Reed testified that his December confession about the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse dynamite plot was coerced and that he signed it hoping it would help Miss Tola Bradford. He denied planting dynamite and blamed state coercion and misrepresentation for the confession.
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Ottawa
Hiram Reed
Pleasant Valley
Tola Bradford
H. O. Hanson
Tola
Reed
Iis Teory Centalion
Hanson
Sorf
Ioa Bradford
George Sprenger
Tom Bradford
Farmer Denies He Bombed Teacher Sweetheart
Washington reports on a broad Agriculture Department appropriation bill funding weather service for aviation, plant and animal disease control, crop protection, and rural development. It includes large totals for road construction, extension work, and wildlife refuges, with specific sums for pest control and farm demonstrations.
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Farmer
Mittons
Eradica
Bureau of Plant Industry
Forest Service
Bureau
Bureau” of Etymology
Burea
Tobin Named Keynoter After Pickett Refuses
M J Tobin Vinton attorney will serve as temporary chairman for the Republican state convention in Des Moines replacing Charles E Pickett Waterloo who could not attend due to a severe cold Tobin supports Frank O Lowden for the presidential nomination and is a former U S attorney for the northern Iowa district
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Des Moines
M. J. Tobin
Vinton
Charles E. Pickett
Waterloo
Willis Lt. Stern
Pickett
Tobin
Frank O. Lowden
United States
Towa
Courier delivery deadline note and phone protocol
The notice states home delivery before 6 30 and that if the paper is late due to carrier bay issues or other causes you should call 5100 for a copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 50 p.m.
Lindy Lands Broken Plane With Four Passengers Safely
Col. Lindbergh landed a damaged Ryan plane at Schenectady with four passengers aboard. The group included Major William Robertson, Harold Bixby, Henry Breckenridge, and James Wilson, all noted associates and sponsors connected to the Lindbergh flight.
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Lindy
Schenectady
Col. Lindbergh
Ryan
William B. Robertson
Curtiss- Robertson Company
Harold M. Bixby
St. Louis
Isregards
Curtiss Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Albany Lo-Gay
Lindbergh
Page Tira
Coluni Threci
Teachers Waving Tomahawks Startle Night Watchman at Old Boston Wharf
At the National Education Association convention in Boston 15 000 delegates hear a spectacle as 100 women teachers in Indian attire raid the old T wharf. Miss Elizabeth Hall leads the group with feathery tomahawks, recreating the tea party with small sacks tossed into the harbor. A banquet precedes the raid with Miss Lillie Ernst toastmaster.
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Boston
Mass
King George
Chicago
National Education Association
Old 'T. Wharf
Elizabeth Hall
Minneapolis
Lillie
Ernst
St. Louis
McAndrew
Four Marines Killed in Rebel Battle in Nicaragua
Marines suffered four fatalities and nine wounded in a clash with Sandinista forces led by Augustino Sandino near Yall and Gondega in northern Nicaragua. The engagement occurred close to the American stake at Ovatal, under the command of Lieutenant Edward F. O'Day of New Hampshire. identities of the dead and wounded pending at Managua noon.
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Shanonaea
Augustino Sandino
Managua
Daraili
Yall
Gondega
Nicaragua
Ovatal
Edward F. O'Day
New Hampshire
Fire on Atalaya with Passengers and Explosives
A Brazilian steamer Atalaya carrying passengers and explosives caught fire off Moreio after an SOS. Two vessels responded to the distress call before noon. Maccio lies 120 tiles south of Pernambuco. In Washington a dirigible Los Angeles completed its flight from Panama to Suacanavabo bay and moored at the Pateka.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Atalaya
Moreio
Washington, D
Los Angeles
Panama
Suacanavabo Bay
Navy Department
Ten Years Ago in the Service with Sir Harry Lauder
Sylvester Howell recalls driving Sir Harry Lauder in 1918 at a Winchester England camp. The chauffeur raced between stations to catch a train to London, covering 18 miles in 21 minutes, though trains repeatedly slipped away. Howell served with Company G, 168th Infantry, logging 60,000 overseas miles in 12 months.
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Harry Lauder
Sylvester Howell
Hillcrest Apartments
Rainbow Division
Winchester
England
Frest
Harry
London
Lauder
Lander
Lattier
Howell
Co. G
Ten Hundred Sixty-eight Infantry
Snyder
Waterloo
Lindbergh to Receive Gold Medal. $1500 Medal Funds Approved
The House voted without dissent to award Col. Charles A. Lindbergh a gold medal and authorize a $1,500 appropriation for the medal and bronze duplicates. Lindbergh landed at Schenectady airport en route to Albany, citing cross winds at Albany as unsafe for a descent. He then continued by auto to Albany after a brief halt.
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Washington, D. C
House
Charles A. Lindbergh
Schenectady
N.Y
New York
Albany
Col. Lindbergh
Reed Endorsed by Missouri Democrats for Presidential Nomination
Missouri Democrats at the state convention unanimously endorsed Senator James A. Reed for the presidential nomination. The party adopted a resolution praising his senate service and instructed a 36 member delegation to Houston to vote for Reed at the national convention.
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St. Joseph
James A. Reed
Jerday
Reed
Houston
Tex
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Senate
Poor Father Charged With Infant Death In Salina
John Cramer, 20, confessed he suffocated his infant son because he was too poor to support a child. The infant’s body was found in an alley in Salina. Mrs. Cramer, 21, was reported in critical condition from alleged lack of medical attention at birth.
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Salina. Kan
John Cramer
Weis Estate Pays $21,849 Tax Receipt in January
Des Moines reports January inheritance tax receipts totaling $100,039.27, nearly double the prior year’s $53,521.05. The largest single payment came from the Henry Weis estate in Black Hawk county at $21,849.13, per Treasurer Ray Johnson.
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Des Moines
Ray Johnson
Henry Weis
Black Hawk County
Osceola Legislator Temple Dies at 79 in Iowa
Osceola Ta Feb 29 Col M Temple prominent lawyer and legislator died in a hospital after a stroke. Temple who served seven terms in state assemblies was United States district attorney for southern Iowa 1907 to 1914 and Clarke County attorney 1924 to 1928. Ground cleared for new $600 000 federal court building near Des Moines river east bank.
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Des Moines
INS
Federal
Osceola
Col. M
Herve mm
Temple
Edwin Frisk
Loralltawa
Sis
United States
Iowa
Clarke County
University of Iowa Law College
Iowa Death Rate Drops Slightly in 1927 Health Report
Des Moines reports 1927 Iowa deaths total 24 237, down from 25 466 in 1923. Measles and infantile paralysis rose, with 210 measles and 29 paralysis deaths. Heart disease led with 4 846 deaths, cancer 2 646, followed by cerebral hemorrhage pneumonia nephritis tuberculosis and influenza.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Albert
Albers
Albert
Alvert
Iown
Jobless Man Finds 52000 in Brooklyn Bag Returns It
Alexander Lubow a 40 year old painter found a sack with 52000 in a gutter in Brooklyn and returned it to its owners. The reward is not yet decided as officials review the incident. The money came from an armored car and the path of the bag remains a mystery. The police blotter cites "vibration" as the listed reason.
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New ‘York
Alexander Lubowsky
Brooklyn
United States Trucking Corporation
Bowery
East River National Bank
Eee
Federal Reserve Bank
Leap Year Baby Born Near Dewar
A son was born early this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hogan at their farm home near Dewar. The leap year baby weighs nine pounds and will not have a birthday for four years.
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Ray Hogan
Dewar
Youth Protests Confession of Attack in Midwest
Edward Carriveau, held in jail over a week after capture in La Crosse Wis on a charge of attempted assault on a Marquette high school girl, was released when Parkersburg Iowa residents verified he was in town the night of Feb 10 the attack occurred. A confession he made under fear of authorities was presented.
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Elkader
Fey
Edward
Lichty Endorsed as National Delegate Candidate
George Lichty of Smith Lichity Hillman Co was endorsed for delegate to the Republican national convention in Kansas City on June 12 by Black Hawk county delegates at the state convention meeting in the courthouse. W Leon Belt was named chair. The Des Moines state convention on March 7 will list Lichty for the Third district delegates, with two district and seven at large delegates elected.
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George BE. Lichty
Smith, Lichity & Hillman Co
Kansas City
Black Hawk County
W. Leon Belt
Des Moines
Lichtys
Skromme Announces Test of Iowa Gas Tax Law
State Senator Lars Skromme of Roland, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said a court case would test the constitutionality of Iowa's gasoline tax law. He did not name the plaintiff. Skromme argues the tax, including the one cent levy, is unconstitutional, aligning with reasons cited by Illinois Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
Lars Skromme
Roland
Skromme
Supreme Court of
Minois
Illinois
Iowa
Japanese Aviator Killed in Test Flight Crash
Tokio reports Yukichi Go, one of four pilots chosen for a Japan Seattle flight in July, died in a Kyushu hill crash during a test. Vight Suwa age 36 and Lt. Oka moto aviation instructor were severely burned.
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Tokio
Yukichi
Goto
Kyushu
Vight Suwa
Okamoto
Kiwanis Convention Set for Sept. 24 25 26 in Waukegan
Kiwanis clubs from Illinois and eastern Iowa will convene in Waukegan September 24 to 26 for their annual meeting. The program includes Sham battles and a sailors dress parade from the Great Lakes naval training station. District Governor Kaywin Kennedy announced after a Chicago meeting.
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Waukegan
Tlinois
Towa
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Kaywin Kennedy
Chicago
Thirteen Schools Remain in April Debating Finals
Fifteen high school debating deans survive the second round of state eliminations and will meet in April 37 in the finals at Jown City. The finalists include Davenport Waverly Clarion Belmond Jefferson Minburn Abraham Lincoln of Council Bluffs Chariton Keswick Washington Spencer East Sioux City and Hawarden.
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Jown City
High Schol
Davenport
Waverly
Clarion
Belmond
Jefferson
Minburn
Abraham
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Chariton
Keswick
Washington
Spencer
Sioux City
Hawarden
Short Interviews With Home Folks at Des Moines Concert
Mrs Charles Young of 218 Alta Vista Avenue and her daughter Betty met Paderewski in Des Moines after a Monday night concert. The Polish pianist spoke warmly about Miss Marion Ransier, recalling her music teacher and greeting the interviewer with fond notes from years past.
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Paderewski
Charles
Marion Ransier
Ransier
Sam
Men Making Waterloo portraits featured by Evening Courier
The Evening Courier will publish a series titled Men Who Are Making Waterloo. Artist Herb Mason will provide pen and ink sketches of local men responsible for regional development, with Bruce E. Griggs writing accompanying biographies. Watch for the forthcoming features.
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Herb Mason
Bruce Griggs
Evening Courier
Waterloo
the Courier
Gartoonist
Bruce E. Griggs
Mason
Far West
Lowden lines up for a. d. primary
Frank O. Lowden officially lists as a Republican presidential candidate in the North Dakota primary. He filed with the secretary of state and is assured a place on the preferential ballot by petition. No other Republican filings expected. filing deadline is midnight tomorrow.
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Bismarck
Frank O. Lowden
Worth Dakota
Ilinois
W C7 Condemns So Called Boxing Matches as Killers
Woman's Christian Temperance Union passed a resolution condemning all so called boxing matches or prize fights. The record notes the group acted because many bouts end with injuries or unconsciousness and even death in some cases.
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Woman's Christian Temperance
W. Cgal
Iowa U Watchman Bridenstine Dies After Streetcar Crash
Martin Bridenstine, watchman at the University of Iowa for 12 years, is near death in a hospital after a streetcar strike in Iowa City last night. He suffered a basal skull fracture while standing on the tracks.
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Towa City
Martin” Bridenstine
University of Towa
Bridensting
Escapes Gallows Faces Booze Trial in Wisconsin
Joe Kinney of Oxford is acquitted of first degree murder in the death of Milo Slezak. Kinney will face trial next Wednesday on illegal transportation of liquor charges. Everett Snider Ward Shorts and Harley Shonts stand trial Monday on arson charges for allegedly firing Snider’s home to collect insurance.
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Town City
Joe Kinney
Oxford
Milo Slezak
Wisconsin
Boozerunner
Everett Snider
Ward Shorts
Harley Shonts
Tral Mondry
Snider
Farmers and Merchants Meet at Annual Dinner
Cedar Rapids hosts the first annual Lin County dinner where about 550 farmers and Cedar Rapids business men gathered to foster goodwill and discuss local needs. A separate note from Los Angeles reports a Mexican jewelry worker returning $10,000 worth of jewelry to a resident, earning a $20 reward for honesty.
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Cedar Rapids
Ins Angeles
Cal
INS
Gralinds
W. T. Ferguson
Lincoln
Neb
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