Shenandoah disaster blamed on wind and valves change
A naval court of inquiry blames a fierce windstorm and valve changes for the Shenandoah crash, noting that the crew chief’s actions were not clearly a factor and urging that exhibition flights be kept to essential naval operations to protect personnel. The report, presented to Secretary Wilbur, argues for safety over public spectacle.
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Shenandoah
Lansdowne
Naval Court of Inquiry
Wilsuy
Shenandoah Court
Shenandoas
Washington
Chambers of Commerce
Courier Delivery Time and Error Policy Notice
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30. If the carrier is late or you do not receive the paper by then, call 50. A copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach Crisis office before 220 p m.
Man With Stand In Takes Booze Orders and 3000 Cash
Furt Madison, I. (UP) Several pets wonder where the courteous Mr. Frazier has gone to fill liquor orders he took from the city’s best families. He claimed ties to a leading bootlegger and could secure prewar liquor. He collected their orders and $3,000 and still has both.
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Fort Madison
Gaitham
Furt Madison, I
Mr. Frazier
Steek
Frazier
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Times are better than they were a year ago and money is easier, said Ed Madigan county treasurer, after reviewing four weeks. More than $137,000 was collected for motor license fees in Black Fork county in December. Only two checks in payment of motor license fees were returned. the rest will be honored. Competition at the delinquent tax sale last month was vigorous and much property was redeemed. Motor vehicle license fees collected last month totaled nearly $18,000 more than December 1924. Collections in December 1925 amounted to six percent of the total over the 12 months from December 1, 1924, to December 2, 1925.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Congress
Caugudge
Meyer
Coolidge
Ed Madigan
Madigan
Black Phook County
Tunis
Wade Ana
Edward Refshauge Elected Chairman of County Board
Edward Refshauge, Cedar Falls township supervisor, was chosen as chairman of the county board for 1926 by fellow board members. He succeeds F. T. Bentley, who held the role in 1925. Yearly committee appointments will be announced later, and the board preserves its current personnel. A resolution reappointed county poor overseers names R. A. Doty Waterloo, B. J. Hummel La Porte City, and P. A. Dunbar Cedar Falls.
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Edward Refshauge
Cedar Falls
F. T. Bentley
R. A. Doty
Waterloo
Keokuk duo held in $80 oil station holdup
Two men identified as Glen and Royal Stehl were arrested in Clark county Missouri and brought to Keokuk to face robbery charges for the December 15 oil station holdup. The proprieter picked them as the gunmen who stole $80. Each posted 3500 bail and refused to talk.
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Keokuk, Fa
Glen
Royal Stehl
Clark County
Missouri
Keokuk
Avithe
prisoner escapes after five months of six month sentence
Thornton Traines, a county jail inmate serving nearly five months of a six month sentence on a statutory charge, escaped during transport to a downtown dentist and gained liberty. The incident occurred in Mount Pleasant where authorities continued to pursue him.
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Ant
Rying
Thornton Traines
Haines
Mount Pleas
Students Back Abolition of Military Training in Schools
Evanston Illinois January 2 1933 delegates at an interdenominational students conference pledged to oppose war. They adopted a resolution favoring abolition of military training in public schools and colleges, and urged U S entrance into the League of Nations and support for the world court.
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Evanston, Fil
Quake Rocks Venice and Trieste. panic and injuries rise
Rome reports a powerful Italian earthquake with shocks felt in Venice Trieste and beyond. Many injured in Trieste and Venice with extensive property damage and blackout as thousands flee to open areas. Panic eases in Trieste but Venice endures a terrifying night with collapsed walls and disrupted communications.
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Rome
Venice
Trieste
Austria
Jugo-Slavia
Clagenfurt Grantz
Laibach
Zagreb
Dalmatia
Hungarian Plain
Bologna
Moderate Weather May Stick Awhile in Iowa
Des Moines reports New Year’s Day relief from cold with sixteen degrees below zero in Sioux City and warmer readings across the state including Des Moines at nineteen, Dubuque twenty, Charles City eighteen, Keokuk and Davenport twenty four. Forecaster predicts continued warmth through Sunday and into the early part of next week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Two-Year-Old Dies in Fire as Sister Burns
A five-year-old sister tried to save the burning clothing of Oscar Dotsen’s two-year-old son in Newport. The infant died from burns. the sister sustained serious burns to her hands as they played alone and parents could not determine how the garments ignited. In Mason City, the slayer Albright is captured and confesses to killing Walter Vining at Mankato Minnesota.
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Newport. Inc. 1. S
INS
Oscar Dotsen
Mason City
Albright
Walter Vining
Ray Oulman
Outman
Minnesota
Mankato
Minn
St. Peter
Weather Outlook for Week in Washington DC
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern mountains and plateau. Fair skies except for a midweek period of rain or snow with near normal temperatures and a moderate cold spell around the middle of the week.
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Washington, D. C
Mssippi
Lower
Missouri
Forbes Loses Appeal in Hospitals Graft Case
Col Charles R Forbes former director of US veterans bureau loses appeal against conspiracy conviction over hospital contracts for disabled veterans. US circuit court of appeals upholds district court verdict. co defendant John W Thompson also convicted and faces prison and fines. Both may seek Supreme Court review to delay Leavenworth sentence.
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Col. Forbes
Chicago
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Buredin
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
John W. Thompson
St. Louis E
Forbes
United States Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Divorce Double in Webster County and Marriages Decrease
Fort Dodge Iowa records show 354 marriage licenses issued in the past year, 200 fewer than 1920, marking a continued decline in Webster County marriages. Officials report divorces have risen about 50 percent in recent years, reflecting shifting social patterns.
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Webster County
Fort Dodge
Carl F. Heileman
District Court
Fort Georgia Star Fort to Be Restored as National Memorial
Washington January 2 restoration of the Star Fort defense at Fort Neotten in Baltimore begins to recreate the landscape that inspired Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner. Temporary structures from wartime are being removed as army crews plan roads and gardens to make the fort a national historical memorial.
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Washington
PD. C
Start Neottenty
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Warner
Star Fort
Hickelberg Again Files for Senator Nomination
Des Moines Jan 2. L E Eickelberg of Waterloo filed with the secretary of state for nomination for United States senator at the June primary on the No Trip Plan. Eickelberg ran for the same office in 1924.
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Des Moines
Secretary of State
L. E. Eickelberg
Waterloo
United States
June Maries
Eickelberg
Eight Killed in Explosion at Retort Plant in Enssacia
Eight dead, four fatally injured, eight more hurt, and 10 to 15 missing after a retort building exploded at the Newport Rosin & Turpentine Co plant in Enssacia Florida. The blast wrecked the building and disrupted operations at the Pine oil products factory.
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Ensaccia, Fla
Newport Rosin & Turnentine Co
Death of Maj. Gen. William Hart and Army quartermaster turmoil
Maj. Gen. William H. Hart, 1 years old, quartermaster general, died at Walter Reed hospital after a brief illness. His death follows the recent controversy surrounding Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers, Hart’s predecessor, who faced court martial charges based on magazine articles by Teresa Howard Dean. The war department dropped the charges after investigation. Hart, unmarried, had a long career from 1834 at the U.S. Military Academy onward, serving in World War I as base quartermaster at St. Nazaire and earning high honors. Brig. Gen. John B. Bellinger succeeds as quartermaster general.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Hart
Harry L. Rogers
Rogers
Gen
Teresa Howard Dean
Philadelphia
War, Department
Winona
Mimt
United States Military Academy
North Dakota
Twentieth Infantry
St. Navaere
France
Cavalry
Quartermaster Corps
St. Nazaire
Joh B. Bellinger
Two Badly Slashed in Fight of Filipinos Americans and Japs
Stockton California January 2 Ins Peace reigned here today after a bloody race war here yesterday in which two men received four knife wounds which may prove fatal and six others were badly cut and beaten in a riot between Filipinos Americans and Japanese The fight started when Americans attacked a Filipino later both sides brought up more combatants Japanese accused of hiding the Filipinos Was badly beaten The badly wounded were Anglo Rautestini 19 and Frank Vierra 11 Police today were making a more investigation of the affair
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Stockton
Cal
Rautestini
Prank Vierra
Thousand Attend Methodist Meeting in Des Moines Jan 28
More than 100 pastors and church workers from Des Moines and rural areas gather Jan 28 for a two day Methodist conference. Dr. M. I. Burns of Philadelphia will preside with national speakers joining from various churches and Epworth League leaders in a joint session.
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Des Moines
Tilowp
Epworth League Jeaders
M. I. Burns
Philadelphia
Washington May Vote on School Bible
A bill provides for submission to voters of a constitutional amendment to permit reading the Bible in public schools without comment. It passed the lower house and now goes to the Senate for consideration in Olympian Washington.
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Washington
Olympian
Wash
Senate
Two Women Missionaries Kidnapped in Anhwei Province
Report from Washington states two young women missionaries were kidnapped at Pachow in Anhwei province Tiina and another named sister listed as missing for three weeks. The case remains unconfirmed and details are sparse as authorities review the incident.
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Washington
Pachow
Anhwei Province
Tiina
Hammill to Name Committee of 50 on Farm Relief Monday
Nes Moines Jan 2 AP The committee of 40 that will select the place and name the date for the corn areas agricultural marketing conference will be named Monday by Governor Hammill. He has a list of about 100 names and will narrow to 50 by elimination. He believes President Coolidge is open minded on agricultural relief and that if convinced the middle west wants an export corporation his attitude may change.
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Nes Moines
Hammill
Ile
Coolidge
Middle West
Anm Export Corporation
Police Search for Done Cache After Arrest of Peddlers
Federal agents say the nation’s largest narcotic expose may begin here with the arrest of Dr. Jack OD Moses and William Mouzakiotis. They allegedly sold 26 ounces of heroin and Moses is in custody awaiting a thorough search of his premises. Authorities report a tunnel, trap doors, stills and narcotic containers found during the search.
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Chicago
Jack OD
Moses
William Mouzakiotis
Ile
Broadway Slightly Slushed but Free
New York January 2 AP The morning after the New Year saw no arrests for violations of the Volstead act as 150 prohibition agents patrolled Broadway cabarets and other spots. Police records show six arrests for intoxication at Bellevue. US reports note about 10 drunken admissions, compared with zero last year. Des Moines Jan 2 AP State census reports Des Moines population at 150,441. Gary Small files for rehearing in Illinois Supreme Court in a million-dollar civil suit.
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New York
Broadway Cab Larets
Polina
Bellevue Hospital
Small
Springfield
Til
Gary
Small Tornluy
Supreme Court
Mippers Boards Plan Meeting in Chicago January 7
The first joint conference of twelve shippers regional advisers boards will be held in Chicago on January 7, announced by the American Railway Association. It aims to address shippers and carriers problems and organizational questions amid varied economic and transportation conditions across Federal Reserve districts. The railroads’ 1925 freight volume success is credited to active shippers boards.
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Chicago
Andy & the
American Railway Association
Federal Reserve
Major revolts threaten Coolidge at start of congressional session
Washington January 2 President Coolidge faces major revolts within his party as the new session opens with elections only ten months away. Iowa farm bill plans and the McNary-Haugen proposal resurface amid western coalition fears. Congress also threatens to challenge appointments and wage battles over tariffs as Democrats relish insurgent prospects.
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Coolidge
Peiling
Congress
White House
Iowa
Coolidg
Federal Commission
Friends of
McNary-Hauger
B of
Agriculture
Jardine
Middlewest
Richard V. Taylor
Thomas F. Woodlock
Interstate Commerce
Iome
Senate
Interstates Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Tari Commission
Conlidge
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