Question Mark ends endur ance run with fuel transfers
Los Angeles January 4 The Fokker tri motor set new endurance marks surpassing the German rivals. Ques tion Mark refueled in air for the fifteenth time at El Centro transferring 250 gallons. Five Army airmen sailed on, awaiting the engines to wear out from fatigue with bridge games and nightly meals aboard.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.A
California
Johann Risner
Wilhelm Zimmerman
Imperial Airport
Pacific Coast
United States
Imperial Valley
Army
Lowell Smith
Paul Richter
San Diego
el Centro
Ballon Bea
Pioneer
el Gentro
Carl Spatz
Lieuts
Elwood
Quesada
Hearty Halverson
Sergt
Rey Howe
Fokker
Project of Home for V. President Is Again Revived
The piece discusses expectations for the new vice president’s role, noting Hoover and wife’s preference for restrained hospitality. It suggests Curt Humide’s financial support would be needed for a suitable residence and furnishings, while praising his unostentatious nature and readiness to uphold the office’s dignity.
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Supreme Court
Hoover
White House
Mrs. Hoover
Curt
Adams cites export share of farm products in 1927
Fred D. Adams of Adams Paper & Specialties Co. told Lions Club members after lunch on Black's Tearoom that one-seventh to one-eighth of all farm products were exported in 1927. He cited the latest Commerce Department report praised by Hoover for aiding U S industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Adams
Adams Paper & Specialties Co
Lions Club
Black
Department of Commerce
Herbert C. Hoover
Temperatures and forecast snippets for an upcoming period
Fragmentary weather notes show Thursday temperatures and Friday night lows. The garbled text references minimums and possible precipitation, but key details like exact temperatures, forecasts, or regional area are unreadable.
Hoxie Holds Own Interm Battle With Meningitis
Wirt P. Hoxie of Waterloo Fruit & Commission Og., former county attorney, remained holding his own at Allen Memorial hospital as meningitis fight continued. A doctor said he had a fairly good night and had not lost ground in 24 hours. He was conscious and had taken nourishment after falling ill Tuesday from a severe head cold. Dr. Glancee Van Epps from University hospital, Iowa City, joined the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirt P. Hoxie
Prospect Avenue
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Og
Allen Memorial Hospital
Wie
Glancee van Epps
University Hospital
Iowa City
Local Youth Held to Delaware Jury on Alleged Theft
A 17 year old Edward Jones and a 19 year old Willant Banks faced a Delaware jury after being linked to the December 27 theft of a Chevrolet coupe owned by William J. Kurth. Banks waived preliminary hearing and faces a March grand jury. Jones posted bond and was released. Banks admitted involvement and directed police to Jones. Both suspects were from Waterloo.
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Delaware
Manchester
Dan
Willant Banks
J. 5. Pentone
Edward Jones
William J. Kurth
Banks
Waterloo
J. A. May
Jones
Schoolboy Kills Man and Self in Mystery Attack Grang Rapids
An 11 year old high school student, Orrin H Hoover, shot Joe Skablankas at his home near Grang Rapids Michigan then killed himself. The motive is not known and details from the doorway confrontation are reported as the incident unfolded.
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Schoolboy
Man
Self
Grang Rapids
Mich
Orrin H. Hoover
Clayton Hoover
Joe Skablankas
Brain Tests in N Y Evening Post Society Page
A puzzle feature presents an arithmetical test where readers mark adjacent number pairs differing by three. Time limit three minutes. Solutions promised on the society page.
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N.Y
European storm toll rises across coastlines
A severe European storm battered France Italy and the Mediterranean with gales and floods. The French vessel Malakoff is believed sunk near Minorca with all hands lost. The French trawler Pacifique went missing with 38 crew. Naples and Rome faced heavy damage from flooding and snow with vessels driven ashore and fishermen at risk at sea. The British steamer Sultan ran aground near Quistreham as storms persisted.
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Paris
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Marseilles
Minorca
United Press
Madrid
Fecamp
Channel
Pacifique
Thaly
Tiber
Rome
Naples
Capo di Monte
de Posillipo
Arno
Plst
Tombelo
Sultan
Quistreham
King George Improves as Doctors Report Better Lung Condition
London Jan 4 King George had a good night and his lung condition shows further slight improvement, according to a Buckingham Palace medical bulletin issued at 11 30 am. It was signed by Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn. No material change in his majesty's condition occurred during the last two days and nights, and hopeful sentiment for his ultimate recovery remains widespread.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson
Penn
Alsho
Timate
MRS CHARLES F KANODE DIES AT DAWN IN IOWA INFLUENZA
Mrs Charles F Kanode 33 former Waterloo resident died at 6 am at her farm home one mile south of Dunkerton of influenza She worked nine years as bookkeeper for the Overland Hannon company and moved to the Dunkerton farm two years ago She married Charles E Kanode in 192 August at San Francisco Surviving include her parents Otis and Mrs Bernice Berg a son Charles Irving and a sister Mrs Bernice Wood Funeral details at Kearns funeral home.
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Charles F. Kanode
Charles &. Kanode
Waterloo
Dunkerton
Overland-Hanson Company
Fay Valera Berg
Black Hawk County
Peter M
Building permits filed for repairs and heating work
Mike George listed to repair a fire damage at 440 Allen for about $100. Ray Brown to install a heating plant at 1015 Ballinare. The notices name owners and locations with basic project details.
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Mike George
Allen
Ray Brown
Ballinare
Peace Pact Debate and Naval Bill Clash in Senate
Reservationists and Democrats clash over the Kellogg treaty and naval expansion. Senator King proposes limiting cruisers and calls for another conference while Norris and King vow no filibuster. Prohibition debate flares as Ketcham defends Michigan harsher sentences for liquor violations amid partisan exchanges.
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Johnson
Republican
California
Reed
Hale
Naval Committee
Great Britain
King
Utah
Senate
Norris
Republian
Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Dan
U.R
Ketcham
Michigan
Etta Nae Miller
New York
Illinois
Laguardia
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Aviation to Have Full Recognition in Iowa Senate
A Waterloo meeting at Black's tearoom discussed state wide aviation policy and city powers to acquire land for airports. Legislators including Senator P Rogers and Representatives Lichty Hollis, with Lt Governor McFarlane, reviewed draft bills enabling cities to purchase ground for landing fields and regulate licenses by ordinance. Mayor Tibbitts joined, noting tax levy provisions to fund airport development as a new freight and passenger transport option. Towns near Waterloo may back the legislation to expand airport access beyond municipal boundaries.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Waterloo Airport, Inc
Chapman Field
A. Morris
General Assembly
P. Rogers
Grundy Center
E. M. Lichty
C. A. Hollis
McFarlane
Tibbitts
Glenn A. Tibbitts
League of Iowa Municipalities
Paving on Curve Jensen Hazard at Busy Corner
Traffic hazard at Commercial and Miles streets near the John Deere trailer offices eases as inner curb paving laid by the railroad is now straw-covered and soon to open to traffic. The corner on the main artery has seen several motor accidents during rush hours when employees approach or leave the Deere plant. Marriages licenses listed include George Studebaker and Mrs Beas Foy of Tipton and Charles Murphy and Agnes Gilmore of Waterloo with Act 2d noted.
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Miles Street
John Deere Trailer Company
Tainbow Drive
John Deere, Plant
George Studebaker
Tipton
Beas Foy
Charles Murphy
Waterloo
Agnes Gilmore
Bank Robbery in Mexico Missouri Ends With One Dead
Mexico Mo Jan 4 with lone bandit dead one in custody and third trapped in woods authorities expect to close in on the missing bandit after a bank raid on the First National Bank of Mexico. The trio fled in a car taking 31500 in cash and liberty bonds. A gun battle followed. two wounded men were taken to a hospital where one died. Suspects identified include Joan Matthey Dallas Tex and Willy Hightower Fort Worth Tex with Tom Davis Chicago named as the escapee. Ten thousand dollars in currency recovered. bonds believed taken by the fugitive. Citizens and the sheriff’s posse pressed the search for the missing bandit.
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Mexico
First National Bank ‘of
Battin
Joan Matthey
Dallas
Tex
Wily Hightower
Fort Worth
Alcohol seized, shipped to hospitals and ISU college
Sheriff H T Wagner and Deputy Roy Allen with a truck driver delivered 9 3 gallons of ethyl alcohol seized last Saturday from a Milwaukee moving van to Allen Memorial Presbyterian and St Francis hospitals in Waterloo and Sartori hospital in Cedar Falls. Ninety nine gallons went to the chemical laboratory of Iowa State Teachers College. The thousandth gallon was used for analysis by Prof R W Getchell. Street reports that many of the cans contained water were disproved by testing. The alcohol tested 188 proof.
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Sheriff's Office
H. T. Wagner
Roy Allen
Milwaukee
Allen Memorial
Presbyterian
St. Francis
Waterloo
Sartori
Cedar Falls
Chemical Laboratory
Iowa State Teachers College
R. W. Getchell
Street
Sanity Experts Named for Northcott in Murder Case
Three sanity experts were appointed by Superior Judge G. K. Freeman to examine Gordon Stewart Northcott. The commission includes Dr. Edson Steele and Dr. M. S. Carter of Los Angeles and Dr. G. M. Webster, superintendent of the Patton State Hospital.
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Hiverside
Cal
INS
Gordon Stewart Northcott
G. K. Freeman
M Northcott
der. Edson Steele
M. S. Carter
Los Angeles
G. M. Webster
Patton
Prisoner Identified as Waverly Robber
Memphis Tennessee January 4 identified today as one of four men who on October 30 robbed the State Bank of Waverly Indiana of five thousand eight hundred dollars. Identification was made at police headquarters by KE Moehling a bank teller of Waverly who notified police that Devers was suspected.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Devers
Tom Underwood
Waverly
KE. Moehling
Devers
Papers Recorded Rise 270 in Buchanan County
Independence Iowa January 4 1929 The County Recorder Hazel F Ensminger reports 3335 instruments filed in 1928 an increase of 270 from 1927 when 3085 were recorded The year saw land deeds as the largest category of business with officials noting steady activity in property transfers
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Buchanan County
Courier Special Science
Independence
Hazel F. Ensminger
Hoxie Declines C of C Presidency In Waterloo Notice
Ralph J. Hoxie president of the Waterloo Fruit and Commission Company yesterday elected as Chamber of Commerce president withdrew. An effort was under way to name another president as of this afternoon.
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Ralph J. Hoxie
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Cio
Chamber of Commerce
Ruccord
Herman C. Miller
Defective Heating Plant Causes Damage at Cedar Falls Road
Priday at 11:30 a.m. B. A. Blessing reports a malfunctioning heating plant on the north side of old Cedar Falls road causing damage but no injuries.
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Priday
Cedar Falls Road
Koepke Buys Robinson Interest in B. H. Sport Shop
Ernest W. Koepke announces the purchase of Zari M. Robinsons stake in the Black Hawk Sport Shop, making Koepke sole proprietor. Robinson leaves for Lincoln to supervise for United Leather Industries. The store will relocate to 61 Lafayette Street by January 15, with Chalmera McKinson of the American Legion hockey team named manager.
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Ernest W. ‘Koepke
Zari M. Robinson
Black Hawk
Robert L. Apfel
Koepke
Sele
Robinson
Lincoln
Neb
United Leather Industries, Inc
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Chalmera McKinsion
American Legion
Governor Grants Clemency To Slayer Beler
Madison Wisconsin January 4 Governor Zimmerman granted clemency to John Beler a farm boy who killed a man after a love entanglement at Chipmunk Coulee Beler age 29 has served a long life sentence and the governor reduced it to 14 years making him eligible for immediate parole
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Madison
Wis
John Beler
Chipmunk Coulee
Wisconsin
Beler
Zimmerman
Court Examined Slayers Vanity
In Franklin Louisiana on January 4 Judge James D. Simon refused a request to appoint a commission to determine the sanity of the condemned killers who will die by gallows this Saturday for murdering Ada Leboeuf’s husband. The judge allowed a sanity hearing in the courtroom while the condemned, not expected to testify, were brought in as observers. Mrs Leboeuf, ill with a tumor and recent cold, rode in on a stretcher. Dr. Dreher appeared weak and pale under escort.
Waterloo Man Hurt When Icebox Wall Fails in Vinton
Leonard Hoel a Hutchinson Ice Cream truck driver was injured when a side of a large icebox he was building at a store in Vinton Iowa collapsed. He suffered bruises to the head and shoulders and chest pains, was taken to Allen Memorial hospital for X ray examination, and later returned home.
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Leonard Hoel
Bratnaber Street
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Sixth Street
Hutch
Vinton
Alen Memorial Hospital
Lnter
Bootleggers Expand Mail Order to Reach Customers
Washington DC reports bootleggers are using mail order to ship smuggled liquor to interior markets. Prohibition officials say labels hide the product and prices via mail orders exceed local purchases by 56 to 200 percent, with main hubs in New York City Seattle and border cities. Truck and train networks move vast quantities to Detroit Buffalo Florida and western states, while Washington remains a major consumer drawn from southern Maryland rye stocks.
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Washington, DC
United States
Off Clals
Prohibition Bureau
Postoffice Department
Prohibition
Lincoln
Andrews
Rycfor
The
Rum Trust
Florida
Detroit District
Buffalo
Far Western
Washington
National Capital
Maryland
Asylum Probable for Mexican Jesus in Waterloo
Jesus a homeless Mexican in Waterloo faces probable asylum for the insane after an insanity commission stalled awaiting state board orders. Immigration officials vow deportation to Mexico, noting he has avoided work and caused no harm. Gideons to meet at Gnagy home January 6 for a picnic dinner and new member canvass.
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Jesus
Waterloo
State Board of Control
Gideons
Waterloo Gideons
CG. H. Gnagy
Vermont Street
F. Edwards
Fp. m
Dismissal Threat Over 300 Municipal Court Cases
Municipal Judge George J. Sager warned that more than 300 civil and equity cases may be dismissed for failing to proceed within 18 months. Attorneys must show cause for continuances and file affidavits if cases reach the limit. The court will issue letters to local lawyers urging prompt action to clear the dockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Sager
Sager
Students Giggle At Murder Trial In Elkhart
In Elkhart Indiana on January 4 to 10, a Superior Court trial of Harvey L Smith a former circus banker and private detective drew two dozen high school students who giggled as 14 exhibits including a human skull were shown in the jury box. The exhibits were linked to the murder of Mrs Genevieve Brutz a beauty culturist as Smith stands accused. A rosary a watch and 204 dollars were among the items displayed during the civics lesson observation.
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Elkhart
Ind
Superior Court
Harvey L. Smith
Wahilla
Genevieve Btultz
Smith
First Evangelical Elects Langlas and Sehrag as Trustees
W F Langlas and W F Sehrag were elected to the board of trustees at the First Evangelical church annual meeting held in the church parlors last night. Harold J Miller was chosen superintendent of the Simolay school with EB Geiger first assistant Merrill Knott second assistant Glen Eickelberg secretary and Dr Artyss Rarecker treasurer.
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W. F. Langlas
W. F. Sehrag
First Evangelical Church
Harold J. Miller
Simolay School
EB. ©. Geiger
Merrill Knott
Glen Eickelberg
Artyss Rarecker
Christadelphians Elect Trustees at Annual Meeting
Christadelphian church trustees J Reynolds John G Miller and W H Button were elected at the annual meeting held in the Fifth street west church building. Other officers chosen include Harry Button as secretary W H Button as treasurer and Alvin Phillips as Sunday school superintendent. Reports for 1928 show denomination growth. Fire loss $40000 to Council Bluffs Grape Growers association offices and warehouse damaged with most loss insured. University of Iowa music director Philip Greeley Clapp to direct American Orchestral Society of New York in three spring concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Reynolds
John G. Miller
W. H. Button
Christadelphian Church
Fifth Street West
Harry Button
W. H Button
Tracsurer
Alvin Phillips
Council Bluffs
Towa City
Philip Greeley Clapp
University of Town Sehool of Music
American Orchestral Society of New York
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E.e
Raymond F. Walker
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
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Howlotts
Continent
Lung
Miritary
Kennetil Sherwood
Wen Neth Sherwood
Albert C. Sherwood
Edwards Street
Kistner Chapel
Thomas P. Shafer
St. Paul's M. E. Church
EB. Lace
Rockford
St. Paul's
Fairview Ceemetery
A. C. Sherwood
Yesherdas
Nora Barry Woon
Nora Barry Wood
Somerville
Mass
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
A. P. Blough
Church of the Brethren
Gramwood Cemetery
Ceder Falls
Wiliam W. West
Merni
William W. West
Cedar Heights
J. A. Lauri
Cedar Community Presbyterian
Tacoma
Wash
Shell Rock
Mr. West
Joseph Sherman
Midmont
Corllandt Street
Margaret
Kearns Mortuary
Robert Nelson
Otto Nelson
Jenney Avenue
Pneumoniia
Greenwood Cemetery
Cedar Halls
Jensen Hazard
Missouri
Northcott
C. Presidency
Herman G. Miler
Armory
B. H. Sport Shop
Mrs. Leboeuf
Dr. Dreher
AUM
Gov't
First Evangelical
Langlas and
Sehrag
Christadelphians
Madam Janette Serrec
International Authority
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo Daily
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