Lindbergh Arrives In San Salvador For Two Day Visit
Col Charles A Lindbergh lands in San Salvador for a two day goodwill mission. Crowds welcome the Lone Eagle as he prepares to depart for Tegucigalpa and follow a route over Nicaragua. Presidents cabinets and dignitaries extend receptions as taxis and crowds throng the streets.
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San Salvador
Charles A. Lingbergh
Lindbergh
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Nicaragua
United States
Managua
St. Louis
Viva Lindy
Bosque
Ises Senoritas
Public schools reopen Tuesday after holidays
East and west public schools will reopen tomorrow to conclude the first semester's work after Christmas vacation. Parochial schools resume in the area with St. Mary's today and Sacred Heart, St. John's and Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran schools starting tomorrow. Our Lady of Victory academy resumes Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East and West
St. Mary's
Sacred Heart
St. John's
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Mortuary Notices for Graf and Family in Local Obituary Page
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank A. Graf 56 who died at home near Cedar Falls will be held Tuesday at 1 pm in the Kistner chapel with Rev G L Kenagy officiating Burial will follow in Oakwood Independence Iowa She was born September 10 1871 at Independence and married Frank A Graf September 4 1900 They moved to Waterson then Cedar Falls Surviving are husband daughter Helena Rasmussen Waterloo son Robert F at home a granddaughter four brothers and two sisters She was a member of First Baptist Church and Modern Brotherhood of America Also noted is the death of Mrs Chapman 74 a pioneer on Black Hawk County line died Saturday after stroke Burial in Elmwood. She was born December 29 1853 in Mexico New York and came to Raymond with her parents in 123. Also mentioned is Mrs Josephine McGuire 60 who died Saturday. her sister Mrs McGarvey and husband plan to attend funeral in Los Angeles California. Surviving McGarvey include two other sisters Mrs Julia Orhill and Mrs John Glenson.
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Frank A. Graf
Gedar Falls
Kistner Chapel
First Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Independence
Derth
Elizabeth A. Courtnage
Frank A. Grat
Waterson
Cedar Falls
Helena E. Rasmussen
Waterloo
Robert F
Chapman
Black Hawk
Minnie Humball
Vermont
Orly
Spar
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
B. Mounsey
Cbrist
Episcopal Church
Elmwood
Mexico
Raymond, da
Josephine McGuire
KL. F. McGarvey
Locust Street
Los Angeles
Cal
McGarry
Josephne McGuire
McGuire
Eagle Township
McGarvey
Jula Orhill
Allen Street
Waco
John Glenson
Elma
Weather data fragment with unclear values
Readable fragments show temperatures for Saturday and Sunday with rough times but many words are garbled. The line hints at maximum and minimum readings for Saturday and Sunday plus early Monday values around 7 am.
King Amanullah's White Hat Sparks Afghan Religious Protest
A Cairo report to the Daily Mail notes Muslim religious leaders objected to Afghanistan's King Amanullah wearing a white top hat during his visit. They cancelled a farewell reception in response to the headgear, arguing it conflicts with Afghan tradition. The king defended the hat as an old Afghan and European import claim.
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London
Daily Mail
Cairo
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Europe
Five Marines Slain and 28 Wounded in Nicaragua Fight
Reported on January 24 a clash in Nicaragua left five Marines dead and 28 wounded with additional details on the wounded being transported by mule to a landing area before flight to a base. The dead include First Sergeant John Hemphill of Chicago and Corporal Adolph Thellhart of New York, among others, with listed wounded Marines led by Captain Richard Livingston. The fighting occurred near Quillali, as Managua awaits word and the body recovery and casualty lists expand.
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Cabo Gracias
Managua
Ocotal
Telpancea
Quillali
Nicastagua
Lst
John &. Hemphill
Chicago
Adolph Thellhart
Middle Village
L. Z
New York
Eorge E. Goldsmith
Deerpark
Wis
Grady W. Watson
Pointe Coupee
Berard Wn
Coyne
Framingham
Mass
Charles ©. Turner
Terre Haute
Ind
Leonard J. Smith
New York City
Weekend News From Iowa Highlights Various Local Incidents
Weekend reports from Iowa cover a sheriff sale halted by replevin involving a senator’s automobile, a livestock disease prevention convention set for January 1019, a Lindbergh parachute request sent to commerce officials, a fatal street crash involving minister Rey Frank Stultman, murder charges adjusted for Erma Williams in the Oscar Brown case, Violet Alexander fatally wounded by a shotgun misfire, Mrs. Thomas Kay burned to death in Mantrose, a man passing as cattle buyer leaving after giving worthless hospital checks, and hospital supporters backing Japan forest preservation efforts totaling nearly 2.9 million acres.
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Associated
Prev
Nevada
Lars J. Skromme
Neébergall
Axel Skromrme
Des Moines
Towa State Veterinary Medical Association
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Young
Air Regulations Division
Department of Commerce
Fred Hunter
Sioux City
Rey
Stultman
Swedish Evangelist Lutheran Church
Erma Williams
Oscar Brown
Fort Des Moines
Moline
Brown
Williams
Violet Alexander
Berlin Slogan and Gypsy FingerPrint Plan Highlight 1925
Berlin boosters promote the slogan Everybody once in Berlin to attract tourists as Hugo Hirsch composes a marching song. Gypsies face new fingerprint registration in Munich under the Reich. German higher education fears limited job prospects for 85,000 students. Stork statistics report twins and triplets across 15,904 families, with several quadruples reported.
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Hugo Hirsch
Lola
Berlin
Nso
Reich
Former V P of Illinois Central Dies in Chicago
Charles M. Kittle, president of Sears Roebuck Co Chicago Jnr Mery senior vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, died at 5 am in Chicago. Announcement came via telegram to W Scott Walliams, general superintendent. At 47 he held a high position in railroad and commercial life and was well known to railroad men of Waterinn.
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Charles M. Kittle
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Jnr
Mery
Ilnois Central Railroad Company
W. Scott’ Walliams
Timeis Central Western Lines
Althout
Kittle
Waterinn
Murder Trial Opens for Oxford Man Kinney in Slezak Slaying
The murder trial of Joe Kinney of Oxford, charged with killing Milo Slezak of Wisconsin near Oxford on a lonely road, is to begin with juror selection. Sixty jurors impaneled. Kinney's trial precedes those of J W Guffey and Fra Donahue, also Oxford indictments. Kinney admitted involvement to a coroner's jury. Two hunters missing near Shoals Indiana believed drowned in Lost River. Lamer Albright and Thomas Jones being sought by a river search team amid frigid conditions.
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Iowa
Oltw
INS
Joe Kinney
Oxford
Milo Slezak
Wisconsin
Mini Junner
Kinney
J. W. Guffey
Fra Donahue
Slezak
Ionely
Evene
Shoats
Ind
Lost River
Here
Lamer Ailbright
Thomas Jones
Bachelors Band Together to Foil Leap Year Maids
Centerville residents report a plan by local bachelors to block leap year marriage efforts. Photos of confirmed bachelors will be displayed publicly to deter hopeful flappers and steer attention to eligibles in a humorous civic stunt.
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Centerville
Fireman dies rescuing wife in Charlton blaze
Merrill Nolan, 35, a fireman, died after entering a Hollinger Larimer Clothing building to reach his wife believed trapped on an upper floor. An unidentified man had earlier rescued her. Nolan perished from smoke as fellow firefighters worked to recover him. The blaze caused about 100000 dollars in damage, partly insured. His wife, though affected by smoke, is expected to recover.
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Chariton
Taian
Merrill Nolan
Hollinger-Larimer Clothing Company
Nolan
Altho
Mysterious defense hinted in Hickman case
In Los Angeles on January 2, 1927, Willan Edward Hickman, jailed for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker, faced hints of a surprise defense as his lawyers conferred with possible new assistant, ex-prosecutor Joseph W. Ryan. The district attorney pursued leads on Abner Driskell’s May death and the Rose Hill pharmacy holdup connected to Hickman’s circle.
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Los Angeles
Cal
INS
Willan Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Hickman
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Joseph W. Ryan
Ryan
Aimee Semple McPherson
Walsh
Abner Driskell
Arroyo Seco Bridge
Pasadena
Driskel
Driskell
Welby Hunt
Rose Hill
Ivy Thoms
Thoms
District Attorney
Garrrit M. Driskell
United States Tops Millionaire Taxpayers in 1926 Figures
Washington D C Jan 2-4 UP The treasury announced today that the United States has more high earners than ever before with 228 persons paying income tax on over one million dollars in 1926. Several others showed equally large incomes despite widespread economic swings.
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Washington, D. C
United States
The
Treasury
Claims 1 350 900 Offer to Forget New Fuel Formula
Jacksonville Florida January 2.1 If allegations in court are correct there is a secret about a wonderful new fuel part of which will make an automobile go 48 2 miles Nathanial BP Pratt and George L Pratt seek an injunction to restrain Co J Weeks railroad engineer from revealing his invention They allege they loaned him money and quote him as saying somebody in the gasoline industry has offered him 1 350 000 to forget his formula.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fle
Nathanial BP
Pratt
George L. Pratt
Co. J. Weeks
Wealthy earners in 1927 top the million mark
Officials said internal revenue bureau estimates show at least one billionaire and possibly two millionaires in America, with 115 people reporting incomes over 1,000,000 in 1927. The wealthiest brackets include 43 earners from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000, 33 from 2,066,000 to 32,000,000, and several others above 3,000,000 up to over 5,000,000.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
America
English girl abandons Gibraltar Strait swim attempt
Miss Mercedes Gieitze, an English swimmer, abandoned her attempt to swim the Strait of Gibraltar at 3:30 this afternoon after starting from Tangier at 3:30 this morning. She had covered about one mile of Tarifa by 1:30 this afternoon.
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Gibraltar
Jan
Mercedes Gieitze
Strait of Gibraltar
Gieitze
Tangier
Tarifa
Logical riddle about two workers with faces soot stained
A puzzle from a Harvard style test describes two white workers who fall through a chimney and into a fireplace. One arrives with a soot stained face, the other clean. The clean face washes, the dirty face does not, despite both returning to work. Explain logically why.
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Harvard University
Ing & Roof
Daughter of Actor Tries to Kill Self
Elizabeth Hopper 20 daughter of motion picture actor Frank Hopper was in critical condition in a Chicago hospital after an attempt to end her life by poison. She and a roommate at the Girls' Friendly Society lodge marked the old year with a farewell note to her father and a cousin Eldridge Smith of Washington, D.C.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Hopper
Frank Hopper
Girls’ Friendly Society
Oine
Eldridge Smith
Washington, D.C
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Belize
Republic of
Central America
Trvederoocs
King’s White Hat
Africa
Willam T. Minnick
Pittsburgh, Pa
Moses J. Gould
Paterson, N. J
Field
Warnville
S. Cc
Jom Meel
Dakota City
Anthony J. Leach
Detroit
Raleigh R. Brandenberg
Louisville
Thomas Francis Dowd
Orange
Jason Little
Taylorville
Nlc
Arthur J. Fitzpatrick
Colorado Springs
Cola
Albert H. Newberg
Pine Lawn
Clifford G. Endreww
Youngstown
William B. Merchant
Newberry
S. C
Paul Huska
Torrington
Conn
Glenn Smith
Warren
Edgar B. Walker
Clay
Harry M. Blanchard
Vic
Tet
Marine Corps
Washington
John FP. Coyle
Guana Castillo
News of
Thomas Kay
Amer
Ald
Kiokuk
William Long
Gregory
Japan
Waiteo
Wilhelm
Hamburg
Kaiser Wilhelm
Piscator
Communist Theatre
Alexei Tolstoy
William II
Associated Press
Albert Krinet
Kaiser
Kiwat
Germany
V. P
Illinois Central
Iowa City
Legger
Stayer
Theas
East Fourth St
Coats
Siison
Derassy
Beaver
Bess and Women's
Staes
Northern
Wienen
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