STATE SENATE CONFIRMS HAMMILL APPOINTEES IN DISTRESS AT SEA AND PROHIBITION FUNDS
Virginia senate confirms Hammill appointees while maritime distress reports unfold in the Atlantic. American tanker Dannedaike and Italian freighter Fiorida report heavy seas as rescue craft hurry to aid crews of 30 on each vessel. Also covered are Mellon’s clash over 24 million for prohibition enforcement, treasury balance estimates, and influenza outbreaks in Europe with reports from London Warsaw and Berlin. The bulletin closes with a Des Moines car explosion killing Rev Le L. Ovwart and the rise of a 4 million dollar aviation credit organization.
Rescue Efforts Rush For Sinking Freighter Florida
A North Atlantic hurricane claims ships and crews as the Italian freighter Florida, with 30 aboard, fights mountainous seas and signals for help. The American tanker Dannedaike with 32 aboard is also in distress, while rescue ships Dollar President Harrison and the United States America rush to reach them before dawn. A British freighter Teesbridge and its 35 crew are presumed lost east of gaps racer.
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Virginia
Capes
Atlantic
Dannedaike
Fiorida
Harrison
America
Yorck
Teesbridge
Newfoundland
New York
Bermuda
Florida
United States
Radio Mining Corporation
Mnet America
United States Line
Pried
Fried
Laddie Boy the White House Airedale Dies at Old Age
Newton Mass Jan 23 INS Laddie Boy the White House Airedale and pet of President Harding has died at age. He passed away peacefully at the home of Secret Service man Harry Barker who cared for him for seven years. Gift to Harding on inauguration day he was a half brother to Laddie Buck and loved by children and coffee with cream and sugar.
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Newton
Mass
White House
Coolidge
Laddie Buck
Harding
Charles We, Quetsehe
Laddie Boy
Public share offering anticipated for Federal Surety firm
New York reports P W Chapman and Co of Chicago and New York expect to publicly offer additional shares of the Federal Surety company of Davenport. The Davenport outfit, part of the Town organization, plans expansion to other states beyond its current 22, where it runs a faculty insurance and bonding business.
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New York
P. W. Chapman & Co
Chicago
Federal Surety Company
Davenport
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Severe cold and storms sweep Midwest with icy streets
Chicago endures drifting snow and slippery avenues as temperatures fall to zero or below. Gale winds lash Lake Michigan while North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota report subzero readings. Schools close roads ice up and power lines suffer outages as rivers rise and highway crews monitor bridges.
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Chicago
Kansas
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Lake Michigan
Middlewest
Black Hills
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Trafic
Imols
Feorla
State Highway Department
Airplanes to be sold on installment plan in new $5 million outfit
New York January 23 Airplanes are to be sold on the installment plan. Howard L Wynegar president of Commercial Credit corp says a $5 million company has been organized to finance the selling of airplanes on time. Details of the organization were not public. Wright Aeronautical and Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor are reportedly financially involved with bankers backing aviation mergers.
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Wright and
Curtiss
Aeronautical
New York
Howard L. Wynegar
Commercial Credit Corporation
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation
Secret Roll Call Stirs Capitol Interest in West Nomination
Washington report notes the secret Senate roll call on Roy West for Interior secretary showed 22 Democrats and 32 Republicans in support, 15 Democrats, 11 Republicans and 1 Farmer-Laborite opposed. The disclosure by United Press sparked debate on senate secrecy and calls to publish votes publicly.
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Washington, D. C
U.R
Senate
Roy
West
Llinois
United Press
Farmer-Laborite
Interior
Georges W. Norris
Judiciary Committee
Willam E. Borah
Idaho
Montana
Walsh
Senate Public Lands Committee
United States
Norris
West Vote
Borah
Nye
Public Lands Committee
Trearn
Tariff Cut For Agent Cigar
Washington Jan 23 The house ways and means committee focused on tariff revision with hearings on tobacco as a key item for households. Thirty six witnesses testified as the panel prepares to tackle the agricultural section tomorrow. A representative plea urged lowering Sumatra wrapped tobacco from 2 10 to 1 50 per pound. Harvey Hirst of Bayuk Cigars urged farmer protection but not at public expense.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Finantachivers
Harvey &. Hirst
Philadelphia
Bayuk Cigars, Inc
Davenport Buys Ottumwa Players in Baseball Deal
Ottumwa sold 12 reserve list players to Davenport for 1250 dollars marking Davenport’s rise in the Mississippi Valley league. Ed Reichle and Max E. Ochs completed the purchase ending Ottumwa’s connection with organized baseball as its franchise moved. Nicholas McKinney, 90, and Mary Peres, 90, wed in Santa Fe after a ceremony in Santa.
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Ottumwa
Davenport
Mississippi Valley League
Ed Reichle
Max E. Ochs
Ottumbva
Warry
Santa
Neyo M
Nicholas McKinney
Mary Peres
Santa Fe
Denies Hearing In Auto Bus Tax Case
Des Moines January 23. The state supreme court denied a hearing in the motor carrier tax case, upholding the ten mile tax as constitutional for public carriers. All carriers have paid except Helen Schultz Brewer of Mason City who posted bond pending final court decision. In a separate ruling the court required utilities to place poles where the state highway commission designates in the Central States Electric Co v Pocahontas County case.
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Des Moines
State-Supreme Court
Helen Schultz Brewer
Mason City
State Highway Commission
Central States Electric Company
Pocahontas County
Dike Reports No Epidemic of Meningitis
No epidemic meningitis in Dike Indiana officials say after rumors. Three families linked to exposure during illness of Alfred and Dana Maag. Maags died and quarantine followed. Manag family released from quarantine. Two die on crossing in Farmland Indiana when a car struck by a train. Frank M Davidson and his wife Suminibville killed instantly en route to grandmother’s home. Mrs Davidson seriously ill.
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Courier Special Service
Dike
Alfred
Dana Maag
Manag
Farmland
Ind
Frank M. Davidson
Suminibville
Tne
Delivery by 6 30 each day for Courier paper
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 6 30. If the carrier boy errs or you do not receive your paper by that time, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Four Die in Coupe Collision Near Dayton
Four people perished in Dayton when a Big Four passenger train struck a crowded coupe carrying two men and two young women. Albert Ingleman aged 25 Charles Walker 18 Effie Powers 21 and Ruth Somers 18 died in the crash believed caused by obscured vision from overcrowded seating as the couples were returning from a dance.
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Dayton
INS
Id Albert Ingleman
Charles Walker
Effie Powers
Ruth Somers
Expert Asked 10 Judge Milk Dispute Chicago
Chicago in January 23 reports Health Commissioner Dr. Arnold Kegel asked Prof. Clyde L. King of the University of Pennsylvania to judge the Chicago farmer dealer milk dispute. Wisconsin and Indiana farmers resumed deliveries averting a milk famine. Retail milk price remained 10 cents a quart for now. producers seek a 35 cent per hundredweight raise which dealers warn could push prices higher.
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Chicago
INS
Clyde L. King
University of Pennsylvania
Arnold Kegel
JiNnoils
Wisconsin
Indiana
Dairy Company
Kegel
Presidents Breakfast Guests Include House Leaders at White House
Seventeen members of the house including Speaker Longworth Majority Leader Tilson and Minority Leader Garrett were guests of President Coolidge at breakfast at the White House. C Dowell of Des Moines was included. Winds in Des Moines shattered a plate glass window and caused injuries while other windows were demolished. Al Jolson arrived in Chicago and denied fathering a child and any rift with his bride Ruby Keeler.
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Washington, D.C
House
Longworth
Tilson
Garrett
Coolidge
White House
Dowell
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
al Jolson
Chicago
Ruby Keeler
Grange backs Ingwersen to build champion Iowa team
Red Grange says Bert Ingwersen can field a Western Conference title team within a couple of years if given the proper material. The famed ghost notes Ingwersen’s coaching skill and ability to handle players, urging supporters to leave him alone to develop a championship squad.
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Red Grange
Ingwersen
Cedar Rapids
Bert Ingwersen
University of Iowa
Opinon
Tnrnersen
Grange
Congress Today Briefs on Deficiency Appropriation Bills
The Senate considers first deficiency appropriation bids while the Judiciary committee handles routine business. House debate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill continues. The Foreign Affairs committee holds a hearing on a Columbus monument at San Domingo. Ways and Means reviews tariff revision proposals.
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Judiciary Committee
Hose
District of Columbia
Foreign Affairs Committee
San Domingo
Ways and Means Committee
Short Interviews With Home Folks
A. L. Porter of Walker Remedy, production manager, says postal rate cuts save his firm over 25 000 dollars this year. He notes about February 1 distribution by mail of 5 000 000 samples to all parts of the United States. The mail rate for this class was reduced from one and a half cents to one cent.
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A. L. Porter
Home Park Boulevard
Walker Remedy Company
United States
Rockefeller Not Yet Sure of Vote
New York January 23. Associates of John D Rockefeller Jr seek enough more proxies to oust Col. Robert W Stewart from the chairmanship of Standard Oil Company of Indiana. They point to a 45 percent threshold as crucial as about 90 percent of shares are expected to be represented at the March 7 annual meeting in Whitinend. Rockefeller backers assure stockholders that dividends will not be jeopardized if they support removing Stewart.
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New York
John. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert. W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Rockefeller
Whitinend
Stewart
Mar ine patrol clash in Nicaragua leaves three dead
From Jinotega region in northern Nicaragua three marines of a seven man patrol were killed in a clash with outlaws northeast of Yali on Monday. The deceased are Privates Everett A. Rector of Des Moines Iowa Rastus Collins of Lyons Georgia and George T Oswill of Miami Florida. Authorities report only meager details as martial law steps are considered and volunteers are being trained for service in the region.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Yali
Department of
Everett A. Rector
Des Moines
Iowa
Rastus Collins
Lyons
George T. Oswill
Miami
Fla
Rector
Marine
Veterans Get Hoover Autographed Pictures
Spencer Indiana reports M W DeWalf county Republican chair received from President-elect Herbert Hoover autographed pictures for Civil War veterans who paraded on election day. Also Des Moines Iowa hosts Iowa Veterinary Association meeting with talks on small animal practice and diseases affecting humans led by Dr. D C Stedlsmith and Dr. Charles Murray.
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Spencer
M. W. DeWalf
Republican Central Committee
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Des Moines
Iowa Veterinary Association
D. C. Stedlsmith
Charles Murray
Ames
Jail Break Plot Thwarted in Anamosa and Slonx City
Jan 23 report states Pi-Guy Hall and Charles Pardes are at Anamosa reformatory while L. J. Smth is at Slonx City Jail. Sheriff Neal says a intercepted letter outlined jail break plans and a deputy attack, which was halted.
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Quawa
Guy Hall
Charles Pardes
Anamosa Reformatory
L. J. Smth
Slonx City
Sherif
W. Neal
Frank Anderson
State senate approves several gubernatorial appointments
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate confirmed Gov John Hammills recent appointments to key state posts including W E Albert state game warden for four years, L A Andrew banking superintendent for four years, Judge John H Henderson commerce counsel to fill a term, and C B Roberts on the board of control for a year. A lobbyist registration bill was introduced to require disclosure of lobbyist identities and expenditures with penalties up to five thousand dollars.
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State House
Des Moines
INS
Senate
John Hammill
W. E. Albert
Lansing
L. A
Andrew
Ottumwa
John H. Henderson
Commerce
Dwight Lewis
C.B. Roberts
Independence
the State
Board of Control
House Chamber
House
Samuel R. Torgeson
Worth
Torgeson
General Assembly
Secretary of State
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