Question Mark flies record trip while crew plays bridge
In a remarkable day the tri motored Question Mark, carrying five United States Army airmen, continued flight over southern California, while the crew relaxed at a card table playing bridge and planning meals with roast chicken. Engines can be serviced in flight, raising expectations beyond the 300 hour mark. reports of the broader news also describe reparations debates, Boston baseball scandal whispers, and a Mexico bank chase ending in a fatal shootout.
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Conference Adopts Arbitration Treaty
Washington dispatch reports a revived push in Congress to provide a formal vice presidential residence. With Vice President-elect Charles Curtis consulted but not involved, leaders debate funding and location while Curtis, a widower with modest means, braces for a public hostess role in a dignified home. The piece notes historic shifts from modest hotel quarters to a leveraged private mansion as precedent.
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Congress Today. War treaty talks and reforms debated
United States Senate topics include Kellogg war treaty discussions and Borah’s long speech. Reed committee to hear Vare attorney. House reviews war department appropriation and census apportionment. Irrigation and foreign affairs panels address Columbian treaty and Kellogg peace pact. Flood control review and a revenue resolution proposal for back taxes considered.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Hoover Chile Visit Sparks Talk of Enforcement Reform
Washington signals propose transferring prohibition enforcement from Treasury to Justice. President-elect Hoover favors a commissioned study on enforcement abuses and farm relief, urging an early, coordinated plan with leaders to back a special congressional message. He plans a conference before Congress to finalize a relief program for crops.
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Woman, 36, Gives Birth to Sixth Set of Twins in Scranton
Scranton, Pa. Jan. 4. Mrs. Jacob Bertriscky, 36, has given birth to her sixth set of twins, bringing her total children to nineteen. The twin girls Bridgie and Rosie are healthy, and their mother and thirteen of her children remain alive.
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Miles Potter to Leave Deere for Modine Heating Division
Allen H. Head announced the resignation of Miles Potter general superintendent and purchasing agent of Deere and Company effective February 1. Potter will become general manager of Modine Manufacturing Racine Wisconsin heating division, which posted 5 million dollars in sales last year. Joseph L. Cramer will succeed Potter as purchasing agent. Potter joined Deere in 1918 after earlier roles and will move with his wife and three children to Waterloo until June. Cramer, with Deere since 1915, will relocate from Moline to succeed Potter.
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Duke of Gloucester Thrown From Horse in Hunt
The Duke of Gloucester was thrown from his horse during a hunt at Melton Mowbray Leicestershire England on January 4 He escaped with a shaken condition as the horse fell into a stream The Prince of Wales rode in the same hunt.
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Jail Two for Taking Funds of A O U W
Des Moines jail today after indictments accuse Isi J A Lowenberg former grand master and H E Blackledge of Keosauqua in irregular land deals involving 10 000 to 12 000 of Ancient Order of United Workmen funds. County Attorney Carl Missildine cites misappropriation while lodge officers deny financial distress.
Plan Campaign to Make Washington Dry as Example
Washington D C Jan 4 A 10 week campaign to dry up the nations capital will start here Sunday All pastors have been asked by the National United Committee for Law Enforcement to aid the drive to make Washington an example and encouragement to the cities of the nation Mass meetings will be held and observance and enforcement of the prohibition law will be stressed from the pulpit during the campaign
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Pan American war prevention scope widened with treaties
Washington dispatch reports the Pan American conciliation conference approved a convention of conciliation and a treaty of arbitration, expanding obligatory arbitration and creating a permanent conciliation body. A protocol settling the Bolivia Paraguay border dispute was signed, with adjournment expected Saturday.
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Aerial Rum Runner Pleads Fin e in Federal Court Case
Des Moines reports aerial rum runner Milo Hilton paid a 1000 fine and posted 4000 bond after appearing in Marshalltown to answer state charges. Cedar Rapids partner Leonard Carothers faced a 300 fine, 30 days, and pauper’s oath while awaiting release. Hilton’s plane worth 12500 was held for confiscation proceedings by Marshall county authorities.
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Hilton
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Leonard Carothers
Cedar Rapids
Hoth
Carathers
Physician Held for Slaying His Sons in Belleville
Dr. Charles W. Twells a qualified physician and alleged slayer of his two sons Kenneth aged 11 and Coling was held on a murder charge in Belleville Ontario. He reportedly planned to practice medicine in India before coming to Canada and operating a modern farm. Twells also shot and seriously wounded his farming partner and brother-in-law Arthur Corfield over a dispute of a few hundred dollars. The motive for the boys’ deaths remains undetermined.
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Charles W. Tells
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Twells
India
Canada
Arthur Corfield
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Russian Grand Duke to Speak in Iowa City Jan 14
Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovich of Russia, dethroned royal family member, will appear on the University of Iowa lecture series January 14. He served as inspector general of aviation for the Russian army in WWI and is an intimate acquaintance of European royal families and an advocate for abolition of war.
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Nicholas II
Alexander Michaelovich
Russia
University of Iowa
Europe
Cholera Epidemic Kills Thousands in India
In Travancore state a fierce cholera epidemic has caused 562 deaths in December and 7,860 deaths over four months among 14,000 affected. Many families lost all adult members, leaving children destitute. The outbreak has spanned Bombay and surrounding regions.
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Travancore
Aviation 10 Have Full Recognition by Iowa Senate
Lieutenant Governor Arch W McFarlane announced he will appoint a state senate aviation committee when DES MOINES convenes, giving aviation formal recognition as a separate entity and new enterprise as it rapidly develops.
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Severed Limb Found. Troopers Probe Murder Near Lake Galway
In Saratoga County, authorities search woods near Lake Galway road after a human foot and leg are found. The boy's limb is believed to be 14 or 15, suggesting an expert dismemberment. A shepherd dog led troopers to farmer John Giblowski's yard, raising questions about a murder hidden in the secluded area.
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Old Men Marry As Mercury Drops In Chicago
In Chicago on January 4, over a dozen men past 60 obtained marriage licenses as cold weather grips the city. Notables include Congressman Henry Niedtinghaus of St Louis, 61, who wed Arlen Cavan, and 78 year old Edwin Heywood, set to marry Georgina McIntyre, 68, per County Clerk Robert Sweitzer.
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Georgina McIntyre
Two Women Fail in Attempts to Take Own Lives
Galesburg Iowa January 4 two middle aged women tried to end their lives last night. Mrs G B Worden 45 attempted drowning herself in Highland Lake but failed to cut a large enough hole in the ice and was found unconscious hours later hospitalized in serious condition from exposure. Mrs A J Crew 42 also attempted suicide but was blocked by gas supply and was found with self inflicting injuries in her room and will recover.
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G. B. Worden
Highland Ire
A. J. Crew
Bankers Correct Early Mistake Highlights Local Interview
In a glimpse of early banking, H W Miller recalls a cash error at Leavitt and Johnson. He forgot to count the $10 short, the bank president John H Leavitt promptly rectified the mistake by delivering $10 that evening, driving to Miller's farm in Orange township to apologize.
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Orders Lock European Mail from Berengaria and Other Sailed Ships
New York officials sought an official explanation for United States post office orders withdrawing European mail from Berengaria the Sonia and Andania unless addressed via specific ships. Post office and shipping board deny war over Cunard entering New York Cuba tourist trade as first step in generalized mail rerouting. Berengaria sails midnight tonight with Baltic to follow. delivery now 3 to 6 days. Battle crosses in eight.
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Indians Threaten Riobamba In Ecuador Mutiny
Quayrqul Ecuador reports say about four thousand Indians in Riobamba area threaten to attack the city in a mutiny against the government. The uprising stems from friction with regional army officers doing topo graphical work. One government troop was killed and another wounded in a skirmish. Several Americans reside in Bellavista, a Riobamba suburb.
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Master debaters stage heated Senate clash over Kellogg pact
Washington talks turn charged as Republican reservationists and Democrats grill Chairman Borah on the Kellogg antiwar treaty. Senator McLean accuses lack of a safeguarding clause tied to the Monroe doctrine. Borah defends self defense scope. Debate features Robinson’s plea for arbitration and Bowing to League of Nations questions. Prohibition measures and reapportionment moves also noted as Congress debates policy and war-era appropriations.
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