Louisiana couple faces last appeal before gallows
New Orleans reports detail Dr. T E B Dreher and Ada Leboud fighting for reprieve as state supreme court reviews their sanity hearing for the double murder case tied to James Lebouer. Gov. Huey Long stands against commutations while a habeas corpus could ensue if relief fails. Public tensions rise as Beadle’s claimed confession is debated.
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New Orleans
T. EB. Dreher
James Lebouer
Dar
State Supreme Court
St. Mary's Parish
James Beadle
Trapper
Ada Leboud
Sanity’ Commission
Wves
Huey P. Long
Supreme Court
James Simon
St. Mary Parish
Charles A. O'Well
Sanity Commission
Long
Paul W. Cyr
State Pardon Board
Beadle
Gyr
Cyr
Lang
Wey
Penel Farm
Graney
Hoover Era Still In Balance as Coolidge Looms
The piece notes an unusual convergence with the president, president-elect, and living ex president in one capital. It cites Borah, Reed, and McLean as leaders opposing the Kellogg pact in the Senate and describes Borah’s fatigue during the debate. It also reports Langley, pardoned by Coolidge, drafting a sensational book on his prohibition conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Senate
Bruce
Maryland
Reed
Missouri
McLean
Connecticut
Shain
Langley
Flay Enerles
Kentucky
President Coolidge
Atlanta
Lexington
Brain Tests Coded In Traffic of Odds and Ends
The page presents a playful multiple choice brain teaser with five items. Each item gives three possible answers where two are wrong and one is right. The teaser claims to provide the answers elsewhere on the society page.
Captain Ettinger Dies at 88 in Waterloo
Captain Ettinger, a former Pennsylvania captain and longtime Oregon resident, died at 88. He survived by son Victor Ettinger of St. Louis and daughter Mrs. R J Tompkins of Waterloo, with services at Petersen Bros Mortuary. He and his wife were active in Universalist and First M churches and he belonged to local business and fraternal groups.
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Oregon
Tawa Falls
Internal Revenue Department
Tinois
Ettinger
Universalist Church
Church
Rose Ettinger Braun
London
England
Adam Ettinger
Evangelical Church
Jesse Ettinger
York
Rose Ettinger
Pennsylvania Company
One Hundred Sixty-sixth
Pennsylvania Regiment
R. J. Tompkins
Rosebud Avenue
Waterloo
Victor Ettinger
United Commercial Travelers
Waterloo Traveling and Business Men's Association
First M. , Church
Petersen Bros.’ Mortuary
Witt and Morgenstern Ito Talk to Hebrew Union
Rabbi Louis Witt of Dayton will deliver the convention address Sunday evening Feb 10 at the thirty first council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Dr Julian Morgenstern president of the Hebrew Union College will speak on Judaism and the Modern World the theme of the convention to be held Feb 10 15.
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Cincinnai
Louis Witt
Dayton
Thirty-First Council
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Julian Morgenstern
Hebrew Union College
Rabbinical Training School
Selver's Furniture Mart opens on Ninth Street
Large crowd attends the opening of Selver's Furniture Mart a branch of Selzer's store on Ninth Street between Commercial and Jefferson. The store will stay open until 9 p m for the first two weeks. Creditors receive a 1 percent dividend of 17.94 in the Siegel bankruptcy case. Marriage licenses issued to Arthur H. Claus and Blanche Cook both of Waterloo and to Norman Smith and Clementine Jackson of Waterloo.
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Selver's
Furniture Marvt
Ninth Street
Commercial
Jefferson
the Mart
Selzer's
Furniture Store
Com- Thereta Street
J. H. Sieped
Gordon
Teluree
Siegel
Arthur H. Claus
Waterloo
Blanche Cook
Norman
Smith
Clementine Jackson
Gasoline stove explosion damages Grant residence
Fire alarms reported Friday at 10 53 pm at 759 Grant Avenue. John Canningprem or residence referenced as the scene. Cause listed as gasoline stove explosion with no damage to nearby property. Advertisement for Herman C. Biller with phone 7404 notes purchase details.
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John Canningrem
Grant
Abe
Rescue Thrilling Fire Drama at Glazing Hotel Sees Narrow Exit
Thrilling rescues during a downtown fire in Beattle Washington left ten guests unconscious in the Seneca hotel and others fleeing the blaze at the Victoria and nearby buildings. Patrolman W M Palmer carried a woman from a third story window as flames spread from a stationery store to a laundry and caused a gasoline explosion. Fire crews from twenty four companies battled the blaze, saving occupants and even a man who leaped to an extension roof with eight canaries. No one was seriously hurt.
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Beattle
Wash
Dan
Seneca
Victoria Hotel
Bulildings
Sineca
Nellie Ashton
Ww. M. Palmer
Seneca Hotel
J. B. Wood
Iremen
Local Obituaries Include Mrs Bessie Johnson and David Irvine
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs. Bessie Johnson 63 of 429 La Porte Road from influenza at her daughter’s home in Waterloo also mentioning her Bristol England birth and survivors. Separate notices list David Irvine who died at his Second Street West home from influenza with funeral set at Westminster Presbyterian Church and burial in Geneseo township cemetery. Additional lines cover Mrs Elizabeth Kubly sent to Monroe Wis for burial and Ernest Lloyd Overton whose funeral was held in Decatur with Mason ic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Johnson
Hessie C. Johnson
la Porte Road
W. W. Johnson
R. E. Wagner
Randolph Street
Beste Champeny
Bristol
England
United States
Herbert Champeny
Glandville CG. Johnson
Los Angeles
Cal
Waterloo
Iistner Chapel
J. CG. Greade
St. Mark's Church
David Irvine
W. P. McCormick
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Genesia Township
Ibbs
Elizabethe I Kubly
Elizabeth Kubly
Robert Francis
Williston Avenues
Monroe
Wis
First Evangelical Church
Oo. M. Yaggy
Ernest Lloyd Overton
Sixth Street
Decatur
Masonic Fraternity
North Fork
Widow Rickard Inherits Bulk of Estate of Tex Rickard
New York January 11 1925 Mrs Maxine Eliott Rickard widow of the late Tex Rickard inherits the bulk of the millionaire promoter's estate with an estimated total of 1 000 000 to 1 500 000 while the remainder goes to their daughter on reaching 21 or upon marriage. The will provides a series of trusts and payments to family members and named heirs with specific yearly sums and contingencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eomaxine Eliott Rickard
Tex Rickard
Sport Promoters
Jack Dempsey
Rickard
Alexard
Maxine Elliott Rickard
Prorida
Maxine Eliott Rickard
South America
Land & Cattle Company
Para
Buay
Alice J. Burk
Jesse H. Adams
Sylvian Hedman
Merle Rickard
Ruby Rickard
Maude M. Johnson
William Z. Jennings
Robert '’. Jennings
George R. Jenning
Cecil M. Jennings
Lou J. Adams
Maxine Texas Rickard
Flora Haig
Captain of liner grounded off Balboa reef. captain survives overboard incident
The Dollar line ship President Adams ran aground on a reef outside Balboa's west breakwater with clear weather. Captain W. O. Morris reportedly fell overboard, swam ashore, and returned to the vessel as three tugs tried to pull it off. Passengers and crew were uninjured and not in danger. The liner had come from Havana en route to San Pedro, Cal on the round-the-world schedule.
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Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Jan
Dollar Ner
Adams
W. O. Morris
Othe Reef
Havana
San Pedro
Cal
Dollar Line
Navy
Burglars Loot Paul Motor Car Co.. $400 Stolen
Burglars broke a front door glass at 10% Commercial street and stole tools and auto equipment valued at 300 to 400 dollars from the Paul Motor Car company. Loot included patteries chains generators spark plugs. Several other motor establishments have been robbed recently.
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C. F. Paul Motor Car Company
Funeral service for Edna Wolfe set for Saturday
Cedar Falls reports the funeral for Edna Wolfe who died Wednesday night of pneumonia will be held at First M E church Saturday at 2 30 p m Rev W G Rowley will officiate and the body will be placed in Greenwood cemetery mausoleum. In Mt Vernon Illinois three men robbed the First National Bank in Allendale Wabash county early today escaping with about 6000 to 7000. one suspect was captured nearby and part of the loot recovered.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Edna Wolfe
M. EB
W. G. Rowley
M. E. Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Illinois Bank
Mt. Vernon
First National Bank
Allendale
Wabash County
Temperatures and Forecast Fragments
Temperature chart shows Thursday high 92 and Thursday night low 4. Fragmentary lines mention Friday morning 11 am and Friday 2 pm with unreadable text.
Gwynne's First Cases: Two Men Sentenced in Bootlegging and Vagrancy
In Black Hawk county district court, two men pled guilty in the first cases prosecuted by county attorney John W. Gwynne. Judge H. B. Boles imposed 90 days for bootlegging on Dave Stranahan with a $300 fine. failure to pay adds 90 days. Jack Williams received 30 days for vagrancy after already serving 43 days.
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John W. Gwynne
Black Hawk County
H. B. Boles
Dave Stranahan
Jack Willams
Baptist Meeting Tells Of Lord's Power In Japan
Miss Evelyn Camp described miracles and Christian influence spread by Japanese converts in Osaka. The Cedar Valley Baptist association midyear session at Burton Avenue Baptist Church drew about 50 pastors and lay members from Osage Shell Rock Dunbarton Oelwein New Hampton Cedar Falls Coldwater Dougherty and other towns.
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Osaka
Japan
Globe
Evelyn Camp
Cedar Valley Baptist Association
Burton Avenue Baptist Church
Osage
Shell Bock
Dunbarton
Oelwein
New Hampton
Cedar Falls
Coldwater
Dougherty
Miss Camp
Osake
J. S. Tuthill
Waterloo
Burton Avenue Baptist! Church
Frank Anderson
Des Moinés
Ioewn Baptist Convention
C.O. Loken
Burton Avenue
Warren L. Steeves
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Agar
Frederick A. Agar
Northern Baptist Convention
Steeves
Anderson
Hardboiled Baby Bad Man Wanted Chance to Shoot
Francis Globons an 11 year old self styled bad mini was picked up by police in Cedar Rapids Iowa after a hotel stay under the alias Francis Farley A rifle was found on him He carried 10 in cash and a hunting license Francis fled from home December 14 and threatened officers when confronted by police
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Cedar Rapids
Francis Globons
Francis
Francis Farley
Holdup Man Beaten by Resort Patrons
Patrons of the White Owl resort in East Dubuque thwarted a robbery attempt as K. B. Corey a one armed man, was beaten and hospitalized in Dubuque after he and an unidentified accomplice tried to rob resort habitues. Gorey was captured in a local hotel after escaping from police.
Foreign Inheritance Tax Case to Courts
A Plymouth county Iowa inheritance case raising state power to levy higher taxes on property willed to foreigners has been submitted to the U S Supreme Court. The 1923 will left Anders Anderson’s $3 000 Iowa estate to his mother in Denmark. Arguments centered on whether existing treaties bar higher taxes on foreigners while Iowa opposes.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Plymouth County
Anders Anderson
Denmark
Iowa
El Crouse Very Ill in Stuttgart Ark
El Crouse longtime Grundy County resident is seriously ill at a daughter’s home in Stuttgart Arkansas. A son Ray of this place is advised. Crouse went to Stuttgart before the holidays and is a Civil War veteran.
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EL Crouse
Stuttgart, Ark
Courier
Cedar Falls
Grundy County
Stuttgart
Ark
Ray
Crouse
Boy of 14 found guilty in witch trial in York
In York Pennsylvania on January 11 a jury convicted 14 year old John Curry of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of imprisonment. District Attorney Herrmann urged full accountability despite the defendant being a boy. Curry’s mother cried as the verdict was read.
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York, Pa
John Curry
John Brymer
Wilbert Hess
Nelson D. Rehmeyer
Rehmeyer
York
John Blymyer
INS
Amos W. Herrmann
Qgarry
Witel
Nelson D. Relmeyer
Alice Curry McLane
Wilkins Postpones Polar Exploration Until Next Season
Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins leader of the Wilkins Hearst antarctic expedition states the team will postpone further exploration to the next season. He cites unusual early season weather and findings that Graham Land is a group of islands not part of the antarctic continent, affecting potential overland routes in engine failure scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Sir Wilbert Wilking
New York American
Associated
Hearst
Wilkins-Hearst
Sir .Hubert
Graham Land
Antarctic
Home for Holidays and Lands in Jail
Frank Hamilton, jailed for a year on bootlegging charges, was rearrested after returning to Toledo seeking Christmas at home. Indicted two years ago, he previously posted bond and fled town before pleading guilty when the case was called. He faces a $300 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Frank Hamilton
Hamilton
Two Bandits Hold Up Taxicab on Lake Shore Drive
Two bandits robbed a taxicab on South Lake Shore Drive and took jewelry fur coats and cash valued over 30 000 dollars. A matched pearl necklace worth 40 000 dollars was taken from one passenger. Victims were Mr and Mrs C H Murphy Detroit Drs and Mrs F P Pierce and Mr and Mrs L S Hammond Chicago.
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Chicago
South Lake Shore Drive
C. H. Murphy
Detroit
FP. E. Pierce
L.S. Hammond
Start Revival of Prohibition Party in Iowa
An executive committee led by Joh B. Hammond Frank Fetter J Alvin Mitchell and Fred Moore will meet in Des Moines next week to reorganize the Prohibition Party in Iowa Hammond was named national committeeman and state chairman Fetter secretary and Mitchell treasurer Delegates came from Des Moines Iowa City Keokuk and Marshalltown.
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Des Moines
Man
Joh B. Hammond
Frank Fetter
J. Alvin Mitchel
Fred Moore
Perry
Prohibition Party
Iowa
Hammond
Fetter
Mitchell
Iowa City
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Master Painters and Decorators elect new officers at annual session
Michael Secretary of Master Painters and Decorators in Des Moines leads the council meeting held yesterday. Officers named include Carl Mobley vice president from Valley Junction and F M Michael from Waterloo as secretary and treasurer. C R Clifford of Cedar Rapids named trustee. Invitations for next year’s convention extended by Waterloo and Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. F. Bull
Mason City
Carl Mobley
Valley Junction
F. M. Michael
Waterloo
C. R. Clifford
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Government Wants To Keep Old Post Office
Washington January 11 1944 the treasury department selling the Des Moines federal building would be repealed by a bill favorable to the house committee on public buildings the west office department says the building will always be needed. Creston Iowa January 11 1944 Frank Blanchard age 4 had an arm amputated after it was crushed in a washing machine wringer and he was recovering.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Federal
Des Moines
House Committee On Public Buildings
West Office Department
Ciuild
Creston
Frank Blanchard
Train collision claims Lamont man in Indiana
In Dubuque Indiana on January 11 68 year old Luther Brewer Cedar Rapids publisher and Republican leader retires as Torch Press owner. separate note reports a man named Thompson 68 Lamont Indiana killed when his truck was struck by a Great Western train.
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Dubtuque
Jan
Vp. Thompson
Lamont
Great Western
Luther Brewer
Cedar. Rapids
Luther A. Brewer
Torch Press
Col Stewart Plans to Fight Rockefeller in Indiana Oil Battle
Col Stewart prepares to defend his chair and influence at the Standard Oil of Indiana meeting on March 7. Backed by western financiers and thousands of small stockholders, he aims to repel Rockefeller proxies in what observers call a high stakes clash in the oil industry. Stewart, cleared by federal juries in related inquiries, intensifies building support as proxies circulate and Wall Street eyes the outcome.
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Col. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Gaptonel
Rockefeller
Stewart
Senate Committee
Standard ON
New York Social Leader Arrested in Multimillion Dollar Bankruptcy Sting
New York social leader SK Owindle Net and attorney Merril E. Gates Jr were arrested as investigators pursue a ring accused of bilking investors out of millions. David Steinhardt is named as the alleged mastermind. Mintzer and court officials report embezzlement charges and a related suicide attempt by Max Pinner after questioning over $100,000 in cancelled checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
United States
David Steinhardt
Merril E. Gates, Jr
United States District
George Mintzer
Mintzer
Gates
Fat Rapp
Max Pinner
Federal District Court
Steinhardt
Central City Colorado recalls prosperous mining days
In Central City Colorado residents recall a once thriving mining era from 1859 onward. The town grew with gold rush traffic and the Teller House hotel while ore prices later sank and mining faded, leaving a memory of golden years and a potential future boom if metal prices rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Col
Rocky Mountains
Clear Creek Valley
Idaho Springs
California
Mississippi
Pacific
Colorado
Gilpin County
Teller
Henry Moore Teller
Rulh
Walking Fish From French Senegal Arrives in Boston
Boston January 11 the Boston fish pier welcomed a walking fish aboard the freighter West Hum haw from Dakar French Senegal. The radio operator Alfred Eisinger declared the fish stood sunning on a tree branch, a sight unlike any local finny resident.
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Boston
Fsh
Dakar
Senegal
Alfred Eisinger
Value of Tree Is Rated in Thousands
Branford Conn Jan 11 What is the money value of a tree Dr E P Felt of the Bartlett Re search laboratories here says that refusal to part with a tree for 10 000 is not unusual and that he knows of 50 fair sized trees that sold for 5 000 each He estimates the trees for which the town of Greenwich Conn is celebrated at not less than one fourth the town s mis e such valuation which would put their figure at about 25 000 000 Mr Felt says that from his point of view the value ought to rate at 50 000 000 BUILDING PERMITS Cutler Hardware company 400 Sycamore street remodeling build the 200 t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branford
Conn
E. P. Felt
Bartlett Research Laboratories
Greenwich
Cond
Felt
England Gambling Craze Mirrors Nineties Boom
England faces a gambling surge as rich and poor alike flock to roulette faro and bridge games in Mayfair houses. Police surveil London’s gambling rooms for months before raids, with protection payments prolific and raids infrequent. A sergeant reportedly earned around 250000 in a year or two through protection money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margland
England
New York
Herve
Poliree
Denver Freshman Class Limited at 402 Enrollees
University of Denver announces annual freshman cap of 402 students across liberal arts engineering and pharmacy. Business, law, dentistry and graduate extension departments unaffected. The move aims to balance capacity after high enrollment in the three core schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
University of Denver
Uberal Arts
Pharmacy
Rantees
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Coolidge
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Evenfeg Post, Inc
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Witt
Morgenstern Ito
Hebrew Union
Furniture Mart
Herman C. Biller
Paul Motor Car Co
Gwynne
F. A. Agar
Burton
Chance
Herman Zeueh
Mike Hartney
Charles Flynn
Wilkins
Prohibition
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Master Painters
SK N.Y. Owindle
Cutler Hardware Company
Sycamore Street
Wiliam Johynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
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Hiya
Robert West
J. W. Gwynne
Justee
N. C
Daniel Boone
Boone
Deniel ‘Boone
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