Search for Lost College Girl on Washington Club
New York detectives head to Washington to chase the strongest lead in the disappearance of Frances St John Smith an 18 year old Smith College student and New York heiress. A ransom demand of 2400 followed by a raised 10000 reward prompts national attention as sightings in Washington are reported and Massachusetts troopers sweep a 20 mile area aided by federal agents and private detectives.
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Washington
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
St. John Smith
Charles H. Sabin
Smith
Frances
Miss Smith
Fvo
Northampton
Seaven
Mass
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Freshaman
Gen. Foote
United States
New York City
John Smith
Shell-Shocked Soldier Insane, Says Commission
John Hannaman, a shell shocked former German soldier, was declared sane by the Black Hawk county sanity commission. The ruling lays a legal basis for his deportation as a public charge, with Immigration Inspector Carl B. Nelson planning to return him to New York for deportation as soon as convenient.
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John Hannaman
Carl B. Nelson
Omaha
Black Hawk County
Mobile Rebukes Heflin Over Tar and Feathers Remark
Mobile city commission adopts a resolution condemning Senator Thomas J Heflin for his tar and feathers remark aimed at Senator Robinson of Arkansas. The document states the utterance harmed Alabama and its people and urges allowing Robinson to express views on religious tolerance and freedom.
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Mobile
Ala
LPI
Seri
Thomas J. Heflin
Robinson
Arkansas
Cuban Decree Places Cap on Sugar Production
President Machado in Havana signed a decree limiting Cuban sugar output to four million tons annually to stabilize prices and boost returns for producers. The measure, following a guest commission report, plans a proration plan among mills and assigns portions for export and delivery to the sugar export commission, affecting U S consumers.
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Havana
Machado
United States
Guest Commission
Mugar Commission
Sugar Export Commission
Friends Confirm Cromwell Split
Friends confirm reports that James R. Cromwell and his wife have separated. Mrs Cromwell has been living with her mother, Mrs Hugh Dillman, and Cromwell has been staying with his mother, Mrs K T Stoteebury, in Philadelphia.
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Fin
INS
Altao
James R. Cromwell
Cromwell
Hugh Dillman
Hierane Dadar
KF. T. Stoteebury
Philadelphia
Lindy May Take Ocean Hop to China Next June
Major Tien Lai Huang of the Chinese nationalist army announced in San Francisco that he asked Col. Charles Lindbergh to join a tri motor flight from San Francisco to Shanghai in June or July, via Honolulu and Midway. Other crew would include Floyd Bennett and Harold Lynch, with Huang transporting six American built planes to his government before final prep for the trans Pacific hop. Huang said Lindbergh has known him three years and he expects the former's consent.
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Cal
Tien Lai Huang
Charles Lindbergh
Shanghai
Fonolulu
Midway Island
Floyd Bennett
Richard Byrd
Harold Lynch
Lindy
Colon
Panama
St. Louis
Cat
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fler
David
Caracas
Venezuela
St.Thomas
Haiti
Port Rico
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St.° S Louis
Tariff revision faces uphill fight in congress
Washington January 21 Representatives Dickinson Republican Iowa introduces a bill to revise farm product tariffs. House leaders oppose changes in a presidential year, while Democrat Garner signals support to move the measure to the Ways and Means Committee. Dickinson cautions Senate amendments could stall action. Meanwhile, farmer interests urge targeted relief to boost Midwest GOP standing. Separate item notes Miss Louise Turner to wed Henry Windsor in Evanston.
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UWF
House
Dickinson
Towa
Nrm
Boc
Madden
Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Garner
Texas
McMaster
Senate
Death notices from Waterloo area residents and relatives
Obituaries for Oscar Frank Stromgren 60 of 602 Vinton Waterloo. Mrs G H Wellman 70 of Walnut Court Waterloo. Louis Kramer 21 Hollywood pneumonia. Mrs Frances Lee 36 former Poudre Puff owner. Minnie Murphy 60 Orange Township resident. Deaths occurred in Waterloo area with funeral plans in Petersen Bros and local chapels.
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Minnie Murphy
Orange Township
Petersen Bros
J. Arthur Young
Fliat
Elmwood
Federal Reserve shows reduction in bank failures in 1927
Washington report states 614 banks suspended in 11 months of 1927, down from 840 in 1926, with deposits totaling 221.9 million. Federal Reserve member banks had 117 failures, 16 fewer than 1926, while nonmember failures fell by 210 to 497. November saw no failures in several districts, and Minneapolis led with 125 suspensions.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
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New York
SHU Adelphia
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Minneapolis
Chicago
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Atlanta
Dallas
Richmond
Cleveland
United States
William Du Pont Death Triggers Wilmington Funeral
Funeral services for William Du Pont 73 millionaire industrialist will be held in Wilmington tomorrow after he died suddenly at his winter home near Brunswick Georgia. Death due to heart disease followed a recent illness. He was born August 21 1855 son of Henry Gerard Du Pont and brother of Col Henry A Du Pont Civil War veteran and recently deceased United States senator.
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Oscar
Frank Stromgren
Oscar Frank Stromgren
Vinton Street
Waterloo
Germany
United States
Chicago
Dubuque
Effie Jennings
Cedar Falls
Silvers Manufacturing Company
John
Iowa City
Alice Stromeren
Davenport
Rudolph
Charles
Alberta Stamgran
Hves
Kansas City
Petersen Bros. Mortuary
Petersen Bros.’ Chapel
Clarence Miller
Christian Science Reader
Fairview
Louis Kramer
Hollywood
Cal
J. P. Kiefer
Josephine Wiefer
Kramer
WB. Kiefer
Marie Westlake
Berton E.thatcher
Wilmington
Del
Willam du Pont
Brunswick
William du Pont
du Pont
Henry Gerard du Pont
Col
Henry A. du Pont
No Trace of Lost Plane Discovered
Hope faded today when no trace of the Miss Shell, the bi plane piloted by Tel Mosely and Fred Herring, who left Daytona Beach for New York, was found. A fruitless search combed the seaboard from northern Georgia to Delaware.
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N. Y
Miss Shell
Tel Mosely
Fred Herring
Daytona Beach
Fis
New York
Georgia
Delaware
Chinese Execute 30 in Drive on Reds
In Hankow and surrounding Wuhan cities Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang martial law remains in force as authorities report thirty communists executed in the last 24 hours amid renewed efforts to suppress an alleged uprising. The government blames the communists for fomenting the revolt and tightening control across the region.
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Hankow
China
Wuhan
Hanyang
Wuchang
New York Shivers From Freezing East Winds
New York Jan 21 reports say a frigid east wind chilled the seaboard with temperatures plunging from the upper forties to 20s and 24 degrees overnight. Little relief was promised for Sunday as warning winds persisted.
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New York
Seaboard
Cobham Takes Air in World Flight From Malta
Sir Alan Cobham, British aviation pioneer, began a leg toward Benghazi from Malta after weather delays and required repairs. His circumnavigation of Africa had started in England months ago, with further legs planned across the continent. Robert Bentley, former Regent of the Ohio Iron and Steel Co, died at his Youngstown home after a weeks long illness. He was a prominent figure in the iron and steel industry.
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Malta
Alan Cobham
Benghazi
North Africa
Cobham
England
Stedman
Youngstown
Robert Bentley
Ohio Iron End Steel Company
Bentley
Rar
Golden Eagles at Iowa Game Farm Report
Des Moines reports a new companion at the state game farm near Clive, captured near Hamburg with a broken wing now healing under care. The six foot six inch wingspan marks a fine specimen. An older eagle, kept at the farm for years, was captured near Davenport along the Mississippi River.
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S Courier Special Service
Des Mores
Jan
Clive
Hamburg
Davenport
Mississippi River
Capone Told to Leave Miami Beach by Police
Miami Beach Jan 21 Capone and a group of friends have been along here for nearly a month. Police requested Capone depart from the area with the request reported in terse terms.
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Capone
Miami Beach
Pia
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Teer Baron
Policy for flood relief urged by Pinchot plans for Mississippi
Former Gov Gifford Pinchot urged Roosevelt flood control policy as a model for the house flood control committee. He proposed federal funding for all flood control costs, immediate relief for the lower Mississippi, and a nationwide survey led by engineers and specialists in soil forestry social and financial issues. He favored reforestation and reservoirs to supply electric power to ease taxpayer burden.
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Gifford Pinchot
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House
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Mississippi
Army
Chicago Wage Settlement Ends Street Car Strike Threat
Chicago street car workers won wage increases totaling 3.825 million dollars, ending threats of a citywide strike. The accord provides 1 cent per hour raises for surface and elevated car men starting June 1, 1928, and an additional 1 cent per hour from June 1, 1929, through May 31, 1930, totaling major outlays over the contract period.
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Chicago
Samuel Blames Geneva Arms Conference Failure in Britain
Plymouth England January 21 Sir Herbert Samuel chairman of the Liberal party organization declared the Geneva arms conference failure the worst thing to happen to Great Britain since the world war He attributed the blame to the present Conservative government and voiced strong criticism.
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Sirj Herbert Samuel
Lberal
Great Britain
Sir Samuel
One Dead In Michigan Snowstorm Toll Rises
Detroit news reports one person dead and two injured as a snowstorm and subfreezing temps grip Michigan. John Ripstra of Grand Rapids died when blinded by snow he steered onto Michigan Central tracks. two others were struck by trains. Also lists marriage licenses and a note on Harry E. ONeill, longtime Interstate Commerce Commission official, dying in Washington hospital.
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John Ripstra
Grand Rapids
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Ottumwa
Harry E. O'Neill
Jin
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Interstate Commerce Commission
O'Neill
County Agent Quits in Washington County
Washington County Farm Bureau agent Wilbur C. Molison resigns effective March, leaving duties on stock and grain farming near Grinnell. Molison announced the decision from Washington, with duties shifting to other farm advisory roles.
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Washington, Ta
Wilbur C. Molison
Washington
Grinnell
Interventions Narrowed by Pan American Conference Statement
Havana reports a Pan American conference public committee on International law endorses a No Intervention principle. The declaration requires recognition only for governments with effective authority and ability to meet international obligations. Observers debated whether U S policies in Latin America would be impacted.
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Havana
United States
Latin America
Vare Denies All Fraud in Election to Senate Seat
William S. Vare, Republican senator elect from Pennsylvania, denies charges of fraud and corruption in response to William B. Wilson’s contest to his Senate seat. The answer, filed in Washington, refutes allegations of a voter conspiracy across Philadelphia and other counties, including underage and non-resident registrations, and asserts no such fraud occurred.
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Senate
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William B. Wilson
William S. Vare
Pennsylvania
Ware
Wilson
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Delaware
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Schuylkill
Frisby Arrested in Connection With Local Burglary Case
Harold Frisby, 38, ex convict and former Elk Run resident, was arrested after police found a revolver stolen in the Auto Service Station burglary at 217 Sixth Street West. Detectives say Frisby hid the weapon and threatened to shoot. No charges filed yet.
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Elk Run
Sixth Street West
Carl Peek
Commercial Street
Frisby- Frisby
Ralph Davis
Davis
Frisby
Man kills woman then self at Fairfield Ta
Fairfield Ta Jan 21 A coroner jury returned a verdict of murder and suicide after Lee Ross of Washington Ir stabbed his former wife Mrs Jack West and then killed himself at her home Four children were taken to an uncle's home The tragedy appears linked to custody of Ross two children A letter from Jack West notified Mrs West of his departure for Chicago with another woman and divorce options Mrs West had been married three times
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Macomb, I
Chicago
Mrs. West
Bowmans in Panama on month long cruise from New York
Glenn Bown of 825 Third Street West received a letter from his father J A Bown dated in Panama recounting a pleasant voyage. The party including Mrs Bown, Nathan Northey, and Mr and Mrs Harry Northey sailed from New York planning a month at sea then a return to Los Angeles for the winter.
Court Grants Stay of Death Sentence for Kentucky Dog
Kaiser Bill the German police dog sentenced to die for killing 36 sheep had his appeal heard in Mount Sterling Kentucky today. Circuit Judge Henry R. Prewitt affirmed the lower court’s death sentence but a stay was granted pending an appeal to the Kentucky court of appeals. Mrs Minnie Gay, Kaiser Bills' mistress, said she would carry the case to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Kaiser Bil
Circuit
Lfe
Henry R. Prewitt
Lnwer
Minnie Gay
Kaiser Bill
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Gay
United States Supreme Court
Mind Bending Alphabet Test From Vintage Study Page
An old brain teaser asks to cross out letters whose positions match their place in the alphabet. Apply the rule to words like Cauliflower redeem rehabilitation cenbriolet thor oughts necessarily giraffes predestination mispronunciation Mephistopheles and report the letters removed. The exercise aims to reveal mental rating through careful deduction.
Irving hotel lease sold to Milwaukee buyer
Milwaukee businessman L W Davis purchased the Irving hotel on Bridge street from J D Rawlings, taking immediate possession to run the Radlord owned property under existing policies. The Rawlings retire due to Mrs. Rawlings health, plan to move to New Mexico. Improvements and refurnishing are planned, lease runs to 1937.
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Bridge Street
J. D. Rawings
L. W. Davis
Milwaukee
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Gold Nuggets Mystery In Sheep Herder Case
William McMaster the 70 year old Montana sheep herder sought a sheriff led search for a suitcase packed with gold nuggets and jewelry claiming theft. The case grew curious as the suitcase reappeared later with McMaster and Hildebrand admitting the lock needed repair and nothing was stolen.
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William McMaster
McMaster
Polkce
Montana
Stone Matlock
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MacMaster
Fargo
Catherine Lissman
H. G. Hildebrand
Henderson elected secretary of playground commission
Mrs J L Henderson was elected secretary of the playground commission to fill the unexpired term of A E Gnagy at a meeting this afternoon in Black's tearoom.
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J. DG. Henderson
Playground Commission
A. E B. Gnagy
Black's
British Admiral Sir John de Rabeck Dies in London at 65
Sir John Michael de Rabeck admiral of the British fleet died in London today aged 65 from heart disease. Appointed admiral of the fleet in 1925 he shaped British naval actions for years. He commanded naval forces in the Dardanelles as rear admiral during the war and later rose to vice admiral in 2017.
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London
INS
John Michael de Rabeck
John
Dardanelles
Cammandarda-Chiat
Defense Attacks Identification Of Body In Hill Case
Ottawa Jan 21 The defense in the Harry Hill murder trial questions the identified body of Mrs Eliza Hill found buried in a basement. Attorney Arthur Shay suggests the body may not be Mrs Hill and notes lack of positive identification. Witnesses will describe the house construction and basement burial. Prosecution seeks the death penalty. Peter Busch is key witness saying Hill ordered cleanup of the basement but hinted at bricks near a fresh section.
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CINI
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Eliza Hill
Arthur H. Shay
Hill
Treater
Hil
Shay
Streator
Tom
Ernest L. Stouler
Harry Hi
Eliza A. Hill
Stoufer
Hin
J. G. Hill
Peter Busch
Busch
Dr. Hill
Harry
Mrs. Hill
Mrs. Will
Two Children Die in Iowa Auto Accidents
Des Moines reports three state motor incidents in 24 hours resulting in two deaths and one serious injury. Frances Reed, 10, Norwoodville, died from skull fractures after falling beneath a moving truck as she tried to ride it. John Wakovitch, driver, claimed he did not know a second child had boarded. Donald Quade, 9, Fort Dodge, died after being struck by an auto driven by A. B. Sayles. Sayles said the boy crossed suddenly. Flora Merrill, 8, Fort Dodge area, remained semiconscious after being struck by G. B. Hall. Hall said the girl ran into the road.
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Frances Reed
Norwoodville
John Wakovitch
Donald Quade
Fort Dodge
A. B. Sayles
Sayles
Flora Merrill
G. B. Hall
Hall
Wounded Rebel Leader Sandino Reported Wounded
Reports from Quatamala and Nicoal towns indicate rebel general Augusto Sandino was wounded in the Hi Chi pote bombardment last Sunday. Confirmation of his death was not received. Garrison sources say he was hit in the head and shoulder and treated by a Mexican doctor.
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Qcotal
Augusting Sanding
Hi Chipote
Sandinno
Sandino
Marina
Qeotal
State of Iowa pays out over 52 million in 1927
Des Moines reports 1927 disbursements from the Iowa state treasury totaled 52,596,596.37 dollars. Treasurer Ray E. Johnson released the breakdown by funds including general revenue, primary road, trusts accounts, sinking fund for public deposits, gasoline tax refunds, bonus funds, capital expenditures, Soldiers' bonus bonds and interest, county gasoline license fees, and federal items such as vocational education and maternity hygiene.
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Des Moines
Towa Atate
Ray EB. Johnson
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