Revolt in the Desert linked to Lawrence of Arabia
The Afghan revolt leads King Amanullah to yield to rebels ending reforms and prompting recall of girls from Turkey. Lawrence of Arabia is named as leader. Spring weather returns with a cold wave as Town braces for lower temperatures. Iowa caucuses pivot to senate presidency and house speaker races. Fashion cruelty and death row appeals headline a busy week.
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Joe H. Johnson
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Hoover Faces Cabinet Shuffle and Coolidge Ties
President-elect Hoover navigates reshaping the cabinet with lingering ties to Calvin Coolidge. Two top advisers, Wilbur and Jardine, loom large as potential blockers to new posts, while Mellon and Ware hint at factional support shaping the lineup before March 4.
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Boss” Ware
Philadephia
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Senate and House Panels Hear Various Policy Debates
Congress Today reports Senate rules committee weighing revised procedures as antiwar treaty deadlock persists. Commerce committee discusses Mississippi River commission. House continues reapportionment debate. Military affairs weighs army educational orders. Ways and Means reviews tariff revision. Foreign Affairs on calendar simplification. Merchant marine on radio. Flood central committee studies Florida policy. Public Lands panel addresses national park policy.
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Public Lands Committee
Plane Crash Kills Five in Royalton Pennsylvania
A large passenger plane crashed in Royalton, Pennsylvania, killing five men and injuring three others who were taken to Harrisburg hospital. The craft plunged into a garden behind a residence store building after losing altitude and entering a sideslip before burning. The pilot fought to regain control but the ship was destroyed.
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Royalton
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Blizzard Halts Interurban Lines and Bus Routes
A Cedar Rapids blizzard blocks interurban service to Iowa City and Waterloo line traffic. Snowdrifts stall an interurban freight train north of the city and delay Davenport, Tipton, and Tow cities. Several primary roads are reported blocked, including routes 161 and 13.
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Lone Hansen Sentenced to Ten Years for Pelt Theft
In Ottumwa Iowa Lone Hansen received a ten year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to stealing animal pelts from Herman Carlson at Munterville before Judge R W Smith. The case records the conviction and sentence in the local criminal docket.
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R. W. Smith
Herman Carlson
Smith May Take Charge Of Party
Alfred E. Smith may declare himself both actual and titular head of the Democratic party in a nationwide radio address next Wednesday evening. The former governor will speak over WHAF and 37 associated stations beginning at 7 30 p m central standard time. The Democratic committee arranged the speech after thousands of requests.
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New York Times Today
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WHAF
Rapeet, Broadcasting Company
Democratic National Committee
Hoover and Root Hold Conference in Washington
President-elect Hoover and Secretary of State-elect Root met for over an hour at the Hoover home in Washington. The talks centered on Latin American affairs with Root’s past South American experience noted. A luncheon with Senator Watson of Indiana was postponed. Hoover spoke with many Western senators about farm relief and an extra congressional session.
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D.C
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Root
South America
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Indiana
Congress
Rongetti Escapes Death In Manslaughter Verdict
Chicago Jan 11 A jur y at Dr Amante Rongetti second trial convicted him of manslaughter for Loretta Enders death after an illegal operation at his Ashland boulevard hospital in 1927 He was previously sentenced to death but the state supreme court granted a new trial The penalty ranges from one to 14 years in prison The physician who once saved Evelyn Nesbit Thaw escaped a death sentence in this retrial.
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U.R
Amantel Rongetti
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Loretta Enders
Ashland Boulevard
Ronget
Courier Delivery Deadline Notice
The courier should bring the paper to your home before 6 30 p m If you do not receive it by that time due to carrier error or other cause call 6100 for a copy to be sent Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m
Reed Attacks Kellogg Pact Amid Senate Snarl and War Debate
Senator Reed of Missouri denounces the Kellogg antiwar treaty as full of exceptions that undo its aim to renounce war. The Senate fights farm relief and cruiser bills as leaders seek an early vote, while Borah defends the pact and resists interpretive declarations. Opponents and supporters clash over timing and strategy in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Missourian
Kelloge
Kellogg
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Ratificertian
Des Moines Trust Trustees End Indigent Olson Case
Elmer W. Olson, dying of tuberculosis, died after trustees of the county sanitarium disputed his residency and a city official paid his hospital costs. Olson had sought admission as an indigent while living in Des Moines and Milwaukee previously. He wished to go to his parents’ home before death, where he passed away.
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U.P
Elmer W. Olson
Gilson
Milwaukee
Willam Walker
Olson
Cold Wave Forecast Hits Chicago as Zero Temps Loom
A new cold snap moves into the middle and northwest promising zero and subzero readings. Chicago and Great Lakes forecasts call for temperatures well below freezing tonight with very cold winds. In other news, The Press Citizen faces a 25000 damages suit from the estate of Frank A. Roberts, the late workman killed last November.
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U.ri
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Caanadian Plains
Town City
Press-Citizen
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Workman
Captain Ettinger Dies at Age of 88
Captain Alonzo L. Ettinger dies after an illness of pneumonia at his home in Waterloo at 11 15 am in his eightyninth year. He helped found the Black Hawk Coffee and Spice Co in 1900 and remained financially involved until his death. He had been a traveling salesman for the company since 1900 and came to Waterloo in 1886. Funeral plans are private due to Mrs Ettinger’s influenza illness.
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Alonzo L. Ettinger
Fourth Street West
Gen Booth to Decide Monday on Retirement Plan
Gen Bramwell Booth plans to answer to the Salvation Army retirement proposal next Monday after a deputation from the grand council urged him to step down. Evangeline Booth, his sister and reform leader, visited him in England as the mand council convened.
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Booth
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Evangeline Booth
Evangeline
Senate approves big rise in prohibition enforcement funding
The Senate appropriations committee authorized a 25 million increase to the prohibition enforcement budget, pushing total next year to 38.5 million. Championed by Senator Harris after city leaders urged more support for government city services.
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INS
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Georgia
House
Senate
Prohibition Bureau
Fighter Held for Beating Brother in New York
Vic tory Whitree known as Sonny Smith, 23, a prelim fighter, is held without bail after his younger brother Anthony 14 accused him of beating him severely. Anthony is hospitalized in critical condition with black eyes chipped teeth and internal injuries. The elder brother denies the charges.
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INS
Victory Whitree
Sonny” Smith
Anthony
Rockefeller aide fights Standard Oil board clash
Coronel Robert W. Stewart, chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana, prepares a finish fight against John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s push to elect a new board head. Stewart seeks re election as director and chairman at the Whiting Indiana meeting March 7, while Rockefeller seeks proxies to end Stewart’s tenure. Stewart, former Iowan, vows to oppose Rockefeller despite tensions and city disruptions.
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Coronel
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Standard Oil Company of Indians
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Rockefeller
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Standard of
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Amanullah Abandons Reform Program Amid Afghan Uprising
Afghan king Amanullah reportedly yields to rebels and withdraws most western reform program. Proclamation calls recall of Afghan girls from Turkey, restoration of purdah, conscription removal, closure of women’s associations, and permissive shift to traditional dress. Hazrat Salih released from prison as signatory.
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India
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Turkey
Hazrat Salith
Severe winter grippe hits Berlin and Europe
London reports severe winter weather bringing grippe and influenza to Scotland Germany and the Balkans. Berlin sees about one in fifteen with grippe as hospitals strain staff. Glasgow after ten days of frost reports an influenza outbreak with thousands affected in Zagreb and across Yugoslavia.
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Dugoslavia
Claims Cocktail Lags Flu Cause In Conference
Washington January 11 The national conference on epidemic influenza met with no leader present Surgeon General Cumming reported ill Dr G H Bigelow Massachusetts state health officer said no influenza epidemic exists and dismissed charts and graphs as panic reports.
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Creneral Cumming
G. HB. Bigelow
Massachusetts
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