Prohibition Unit Faces Overhaul After Poor Exam Scores
Washington report notes 75 percent of 2,090 prohibition agents and inspectors failed the tests. Prohibition Commissioner Doran calls for a second chance for those failing and warns the enforcement machine may halt without a broader pass rate. Only about 4,000 succeeded but many lack further qualifications. Districts like New York Philadelphia and Chicago show high failure rates and few towns graduates meet standards.
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Washington, D. C
Prohibition
Civil Service Commission
Doran
Chicago
Detroit
Carolina
New York
Philadelphia
University of Town
United States
Coolidge Begins Havana Visit With Caribbean Cruise
President Coolidge travels from Washington by rail to Florida then sails aboard the Texas to Havana. He arrives Sunday afternoon and is met by President Machado for a 26 hour stay including a state banquet. The leaders will open the Pan American conference and Coolidge heads home Tuesday.
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Etaie Kellogg
Hughes
Washington
Havana
Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Rey Test
Key West
Texas
Caribbean
Machado
Coolidge
Jenney Ouster Trial Nears Jury Hands
Des Moines January 14 closing defense arguments wrapped up as jurors prepared to hear the Jenney ouster case. John W Jenney public safety commissioner testified admitting voting to transfer city funds in violation of the budget law but claimed good faith. He also said a city truck was used for personal business and he paid for the use.
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Des Moines
John W. Jenney
Public Safety
Jenney
Mortuary notices for Philip Dwyer and Comeau
Philip Dwyer of Black Hawk county died at 4 a m at his home after a six weeks illness. He was born in Ireland on November 9 1881 and married Cole Garner in Waterloo on August 31 1903. Surviving widow and son Claire, plus father Martin Dwyer and siblings James, Ward, Lawrence, and Mrs Mary Barnabus. Beulah Gladys Comeau died at home Thursday. funeral in Kletner chapel officiated by Rev. Warren L Steever with burial at Fairview. Charles Butts died. funeral at Britt, burial at the cemetery Utley Township.
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Philip Dwyer
Black Hawk County
Park Avenue
Ireland
United States
Finchford
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Cole Garner
Loyall Order of Moose
Swift” & Co
Sre
Claire
St. Louis
Martin Dwyer
James Dwyer
Red Stone
Montward Dwyer
Mason City
Larence Dwyer
Mary Barnabus
Emmetsburg
Beulah Gladys Comeau
Fourth Street East
Bunday
Kletner Chapel
Warren Lb. Steever
Wahiat Stree Baptist Church
Burl Wi Be
Fairview
Combined Radio and Moving Pictures Promised to Reach Homes Soon
London reports that blue pajama fashion is linked to the Prince of Wales and that moving pictures and radio broadcasting face moral scrutiny in Liguria. Belgrade notes Bulgaria’s reparations demand after a Macedonian murder, while a Vienna jury verdict returns manslaughter. Schenectady predicts home television within five years after GE demonstration, detailing a prototype receiver and light-based image transmission.
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London
INS
Prince of Wales
Outfitter
Liguria
Belgrade
Revolutionary
Macedonian Committee
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Velimir Prelitsch
Veskueb
Maria Bouljen
Boulfen
Vienna
Jan
Krems
Alvis Riehl
Jjustice
Bosnia
Montruepro
Novost
Turkey
Parly
Italy
Novara
Varsi
Andrea’ Pozzi
Rome
Schenectady
General Electric Company
Yang
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Dr. &. FW. Alexanderson
Radio Corporation of America
Br. Alexandersor
Eiffer
Man shoots wife in jealous rage after seeing her with grease balls
Walter McFall, 27, an orchard brakeman, shot his wife and then wounded himself after finding her with two other men described as grease balls. The wife died at a Maple tub. McFall is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. He was married three months.
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New York
Breaar
McFall
Union Leader Attacks Injunction Use in Chicago Speech
In Chicago Jan 4 4L union leader William Green president of the American Federation of Labor warned against promiscuous injunctions. Speaking at a Chicago Bar Association dinner Green said such actions embitter labor and threaten workers constitutional freedom and economic rights. Also noted are building permits for Mrs J Benyoth heating plant at 305 Sumner.
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Chicago
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Chicago Bar Association
Temperature forecast fragment for Friday and Saturday
Fragmentary weather note shows maximum and minimum temperatures for Friday night and Saturday with unclear values and garbled words. No solid figures or locations readable.
Two Waterloo Girls in 10 Most Beautiful Cards at Grinnell
Grinnell Iowa announced by editor Joseph McKee list of 19 Waterloo region women named as most beautiful cards. Names include Ruth Aba Chirk Florence Henderson Eleanor Duntan Dundee Martha Lannoman Christine Lorenn Alice Lovejey Fay Rehder Alice Radamar Dorothy Wik. Photographs of four winners to be chosen by Ramon Navarro will appear in the cyclone. Marriage licenses listed for Ernest Venter Tels Behornbarg Sorat Howell Ducia Ast on Thy Ronidalla.
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Grinnell
Wan
PUP Sync College
Joseph Mckee
Arnot Taousse
Ruth Aba Chirk
Florence Henderson
Eleanor Duntan
Dundee
Martha Lannoman
Christine
Lorenn
Bloomfield
Alice Lovejey
Waterloo
Fay Rehder
Fort Detyr
Alice Rad~amar
Dorothy Wik
Marshalltown
Ramon Navarro
Wil
Ernest Venter
Behornbarg
Waterloss
Sorat Howell
Ducia Aslon
Thy
Ronidalla
Coolidge Busy Schedule In Havana For Pan American Meet
President Coolidge arrives in Havana with a busy two day itinerary for the sixth Pan American conference. A welcoming party sails to the harbor, followed by a palace reception, state dinners, and meetings with Cuban officials and foreign heads of mission. The schedule includes a luncheon at Finca Nenita, a game of jalalla, and a banquet before departure to Texas.
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Havana
Coolidge
Texas
Havana Harbor
Rafael Martincz Ortez
Orestes Ferrara
Bf Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
United
Senora Machado
Machado
Palace
Coolige
Statics Ortez
Kellogg
Sanchez de Bustamante
Cuba
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Navy
Wilbur
Ferrara
Judah
Bridge
New Jersey
National Theatre
Bangquet
Finca Nenita
San Hiago de Las Vegas
Jalalla
Dry Tanks Narrow Flight Ends Near Victory
The Miers faced fuel tank failures and poisonous ethyl gasoline contamination that spoiled food. Exhaust heater failure hindered cabin heat as the endurance flight began at 10 12 Thursday morning. Chamberlin and Williams aimed to surpass the American duration record while seeking to beat the German official world record. The American mark was set by Chamberlin and Acosta at 51 hours 1 minute 25 seconds.
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Fage One
Chamberlin
Williams
Bert Acosta
Flagman Rescues Boy From Oncoming Train
David D B Meyer, a crossing flagman, quickly pulled an 11 year old boy from the path of a freight engine at Nagman crossing Union des pot. The boy, unaware of the approaching train, ran into danger but Meyer grabbed him just before the train passed, averting serious injury or death. The boy’s name was not learned.
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David DB. Mpeyer
Nagman
Union Despot
Meyer
Emily
Cedar Rapids Free Feast of Fish Draws Crowd
A feast of fish drew Cedar Rapids residents today as two thousand pounds of bee fish were moved across the river. Onlookers helped themselves before the fish were retrieved and placed back on the truck. Am G Haley of Kaniksa Cedar Co Toledo visits M Z Flicker of Timeds Central.
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Cedar Rapids
Ohto
Am. G. Haley
Kaniksa Cedar Company
Toledo
M. Z. Flicker
Timeds Central
Telerin
Fire in Atlanta Plant Causes Small Damage
A Friday fire at the Pot ter Ice Greant company factory at 226 Tenth West caused rubbish in the basement to burn, with damage estimated at 150 dollars. On Saturday, a second incident at 216 Bitter led to roof remarks and minor damage of five dollars. Authorities insured the cases.
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Potter Ice Greant Company
Tenth West
BE. Patterson
Ontario Lakes Named After Nine Lost Aviators
Ottawa reports Canada will name lakes in northwest Ontario to honor nine aviators who died during trans oceanic attempts. Names include Mildred Doran, Terrence S. Tully, James V. Medenis, and pilots from the Sir John Carling and St. Raphael tragedies, plus others such as Phillip Payne and Lloyd W. Bertaud.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Ontario
Canada
Mildred Doran
Eganville
Pacific
Honolulu
Lake District
Doran Lake
Lifut
Terrence S. Tully
James Vv. Medenis
Sir John Carling
Sumer
German Holders of American Degrees Must Give Origin
German courts rule Prussian citizens who earned degrees abroad may attach the foreign title to their names only with a special permit from the Ministry of Education. A U.S. PhD graduate who did not obtain permission was in court but proved he had consistently used Dr. phil. in U. S. The court noted no legal objection so long as the foreign origin is clearly indicated.
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Chicago
Archie Bacon
Dorothy
Wisconsin
East Tawns
Eaton
Green
Schneider
Germ
Dokversity
Prussia
U. S
Ministry of Education
Berlin
Yale
Carl FP. Schreiber
Yale University
Germany
Steuben
Cay Schurz Society
Gustiv Stresemann
Gafinjres de Witt
Poole
America
Schreiber
Associated Press
Asphyxiation in Burlington Bath Hurts Chauffeur
Edger F. and Hunter, a 45 year old local chauffeur, was found dead from fumes in a garage bath at his home. The incident occurred as he used an improvised shower powered by a Roa water heater, causing fatal gas exposure. Authorities investigated the accident.
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Bath
Burlington
F Edger & Hunter
D. J. Murphy Not Declared Insane by County Commission
Des Moines reports recount that D J Murphy former Waukon banker whose sentence for uttering a forged instrument was affirmed by the Iowa supreme court January 10 was not declared insane by the Allamakee county insanity commission. Records show the mental condition was considered by the state psychopathic commission at Toa City and the supreme court notes clarify Murphy was adjudicated insane March 30 1925 by the psychopathic hospital board in Town City and Independence.
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Des Moines
D. A Murphy
Waukon
Iowaa Supreme Court
Allamakte County Insanity Commission
State Psychopathic Commission
Tawa City
Ale
Tawa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Allamakee Country
Psychopathic
Town City
Commission
State Hospital
Independence
Willam PF. Shafer
District Court
Allamakee County
Allamakee
D. J. Murphy
Psychopathic Hospital Board
Inwa City
Board of Education
Thirteen Superstitions Mark Friday Weddings In Chicago
In Chicago on Friday the thirteenth a judge married Miss Vietta Wexheimer and Lee T. Brozel with thirteen guests. Mrs Brozek urged a thirteen dollar fee. Captain Johnny Tomkutonis scored the thirteenth point in a Thornton win over Harvey, 25 to 17. New York saw only forty two couples applying for marriage licenses, thirteen couples wed by Deputy Clock McCormick.
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Chicago
All- Bush
BR. Zacher
Vietta Wexheimer
Lee T. Brozel
Brozek
Hammond
Johnny Tomkutonis
Thornton
Harvey High
New York
Lcense
Clock McCormick
Orchestra balks at leader's call to share ovations
Berlin reports the Prussian state opera orchestra refused to rise for the conductor’s tribute after a program now titled Klemperer Concerts and Kleinber Concerts. Musicians said they acted to preserve self respect amid the new practice of naming subscriptions after conductors.
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Berlin
State Opera Orchestra
Konzerte der Staats-Kepelle
Prisoners Learn to Like Mush Under Woman Sheriff
In De Kalb county jail Sycamore Wisconsin prisoners initially protested a supper served under new sheriff Mrs Helena Dolder. After she forced order and bed without supper, mush was served again and bowls came back clean. The reaction shifted to acceptance with high attendance.
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Sycamore
DeKalb County
Helena
Dolder
Brain Tests Puzzle From No. 12
The passage presents a set of reasoning prompts asking which item always accompanies a given scenario. It includes examples and four questions: at a lecture, at a meal, a rose bush, and a hotel, followed by a railway station query on items always present.
Governor's wife recalls pioneer days in New Mexico
Mrs. R C Dillon wife of the governor of New Mexico recounts early life living in a railroad house-car during the state's settlement era. She recalls education efforts for children and her shift to public life as governor's wife with more freedom to travel and meet people.
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RS Dillon
Santa Fe
N. M
R. C. Dillon
New Mexico
Winots
BR. Williams
Albuquerque
Mr. Dillon
Toach
Encino
Wonte
Dillon
Nebraska Fox to Serve 1 to 3 Years in State Penitentiary
Dakota City Neb Jan 14 Three days after he attempted to extort 10500 from wealthy Dakota county farmer Henry Johnson Harvey Steffles itinerant farmhand known as The Fox was sentenced by District Judge Mark Ryan to one to three years in the Nebraska penitentiary. The youth pleaded guilty to threatening Johnson with death if he did not mail the money. He was arrested at a mail box last Wednesday.
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Dakota, City
Neb
Henry Johnson
Dakota County
Harrvy Steffles
Atlas “the
Fox
Nebraska Penitentiary
Mark Ryan
Pender
Johnson
Johnson Farm
Tie
Une
Sea Flying Marines Fly Over Yucatan
Major TM M Bourne and two marines flew a Marine Corps transport plane to Nicaragua, passing over Cozumel off the eastern tip of Yucatan shortly after noon. He reported the plane skirting the upper Central American coast and maintaining a 10 mile an hour speed with all well, to Tropical radio in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
M. Bourne
Marine Corps
Nicaragua
Carumel
Yucatan
Harlan Man Killed on Railroad Tracks
Frank Hanney, 35, of Harlan, died after a railroad engine struck him early today. He suffered the loss of an arm and a leg. his father died in a house fire in Harlan a year ago while sleeping.
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Harlan
Omaha
Nrb
Frank Hanney
Hanney
Henney
Auto Stolen Thrice and Recovered Twice
Dr H K Harvey reported three thefts of his automobile at 306 Vermont Ave. The car was stolen last night and recovered today on Center Street near Logan Avenue. Police noted two prior thefts of the same vehicle.
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H. K. Harvey
Vermont
Logan Aveny
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Flint, Mich
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U.S
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Julian Fuchs
Paul Whiteman
Berlin Symphony Orcchestra
Fuchs
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