Ford Defers Citing Hearings on Army Ford Offer
Henry Ford tells the House Military Committee that further hearings would delay action and waste the time of a busy congress. He notes the Muscle Shoals bid was submitted in February 1922 and the committee has had the proposal for nearly two years. He urges acceptance of the offer without additional questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Synthe Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
House Military Committee
Cass
Mirsvie
Puether
Ford
Kaba
Congress
Kahn
Military Affairs Committee
Mayo
Bill Nash Leaves for Deadwood to Claim Fortune
Waterloo resident William Gideon Nash, also known as Wik-Quant Gideon Nash, left for Deadwood to pursue inheritance claims after years of denying his identity. Police say Nash, born in Bolivar, Mo, and first married to Mattie Green, may be linked to a fortune reportedly valued around $900,600, with investigators noting his reticence about relatives and past life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourne Ashery
Waterloo
William
Sycamore
Gatlton Nash
Henry Clay Nash
Tfiss French
Wicle
Nash
Fred Nash
Chicago
Mysters Salt Singers
Tives
Gideon
Kiown
Deadwood
PE. Walker
Painl
Fie
Vera Cruz Honors Americans Killed in Tacoma Wreck
In Vera Cruz on January 2 ceremonies honored Capt Sparrow of the USS Tacoma and two sailors killed in a wreck aboard the Prometheus. Marines from the naval school assisted processing, with the American consul and colony present as flowers were scattered from a passing hydroplane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Tacoma
Sparrow
United States
Vessil
Prometheus
Naval School
Omaha
Yroces
Water Rates Rise at Marshalltown City Water Dept
Water rates in Marshalltown increase by about 70 percent, boosting the water department’s annual revenue by roughly $15,000. The new schedule takes effect with May quarterly bills and March monthly bills, with no discount applicable. The trustees announced the revised rates, noting a 30 percent prompt-pay discount under the old schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
City Water Department
Waterworks
Waterrarks
Northern Town Clears Snow After Heavy Storm
Jan 29 report details snow removal efforts in Charles City and surrounding areas. Vehicles progress varies with some roads open to Austin and Waterton routes. Osage bus service operates peculiarly while Red Ball Transport heavier buses await reopening. Cerro Gordo County buys a rotary snow plow costing 150 dollars, clearing a 12 foot wide strip. supervisors express satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles’ City
Austin
Minn
Waterton
Osage
Red Ball Tansportation Company
Carro Gordo County
Mason
Nora Springs
Cerny
Turkey Restores Liquor Monopoly After Prohibition Ends
London dispatch reports in Constantinople that Premier remet Pasha's proposal to restore liquor state monopoly won unanimous approval of the Turkish national assembly. The move marks the end of prohibition in Turkey as of Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkey
Constantinople
Daily Mail
Remet Pasha
Two Shotfirers Killed in Dust Explosion Near Hera
In a first explosion in the Shuler mine Alpha 30 miles south of Hera, two shotfirers Charitas aged years old and Vincent the only persons it the Fhatt were killed. The day shift had cut the mine a short time before the explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Shuler
Hera
Charitas
Vincent
Cable Briefs From Lisbon Berlin and Shanghai
Lisbon Lisbon Lisboa brief notes say first president of the Portuguese Tablic died today. Berlin dispatch says former Crown Prince Frederick has rejected a national presidential bid. Shanghai reports bandits held up a freight train near the city, wounding two sailors while seeking opium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Senhor Braga
Berlin
Frederick ‘Heli
Germany
Qelston
Mantli
Leonard Wood
Low
United States
Lin Soln Terray
Shanghai
Harding girl lashed by society life father says
The Harding family mourns Margaret Harding age 23 after a suicide note says she could not bear life and asked forgiveness. Her father, head of the Medea Reserve Bank of Boston, recalls her rising social prominence and declining health from constant social duties.
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Harding
Mars
Inn
Margarest
Wie
Yarn Poy
Arding
Medea Reserve Bank of Boston
Hergelt
Hinckley
Stanley Trawickes
Washington
Margaret Harding
Ife
Hawkes
Ling
Boston
Obregon forces receive 30000 rounds across border
In El Vase a shipment of 30000 rounds for Obregon forces against rebels crossed the border. Washington reports a petition two miles long with 2,500,000 names asking the German ambassador to release Wooven Griffis jailed for alleged kidnapping Greg Bergdorf. The Washington superdreadnought Washington was towed to Philadelphia as a target. Mexican embassy says eastern and western revolutionary fronts have been split in two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Vase
Tex
Washington
D. C
Wooven Griffis
Greg
Bergdorf
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Davenport Creditors Placed in Davenport Dry Goods Filing
Davenport Dry Goods lists creditors near 300 with liabilities of 327,943.25 and assets of 446,902.25 in a bankruptcy schedules filing. Charles City notes show Atherton shipped 304 carloads worth over 500000, largest buyer of hogs in the state. Harlin reports Blair in beer business buying Korn Record Inc. in a management shift in February. Nevada mentions wedge shop cement and a fragment found in the chest. Hospers: Hog Town moves to operate a municipal moving picture plant this week. Gov Pinchot speakers are sought for a national conference in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Davenport Dry Goods Company
Charles City
F. Atherton
Tim
Harlin
H. B. Blair
Iast
Hospers
Hog
Iners
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Tntercollegiate Association of Fa Clubs
Viking Pump to Add Two Story Plant Extension
Cedar Falls January 29 Speeviat Erection of a two story addition 60 by 80 feet to the Viking Pump company plant will begin soon. Officials say material is being assembled on Fourth and State streets adjacent to the current plant. The project will cost about 95000 with a first floor for offices shipping and state rooms and the second floor devoted to manufacturing of tight pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Speeviat
Viking Pump Company
Inet Psecond
Davenport Booze Raiders Seize Barrels and Whisky
Ory agents from Des Moines raided five local bars in Davenport last night, arrested 13 people and seized 40 quarts of whisky and 16 barrels of beer. A man entered one bar offering 26 pints of liquor as officers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Jan
Ory
Des Moines
Mionsawalls
Fall Scandal Surpasses Ballinger in Washington Battle
The article portrays President Harding’s cabinet split over forest service control and herb Wallace Falls controversy, labeling the Fall affair worse than Ballinger and predicting lasting political and conservation impacts amid a struggle between Fall and Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PACE
Tom Page
N Lischarge
Wallace
Capartment of Agriculture
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Falls Interior Department
Fall
Roosevelt
Ing
S Senate
Harding
Colombia
Wall
Stacy
Cone
Alaska
War Veterans’ Bureau
Ballinger
Washington
Waly
Batlinger
New York
Pribuney
Practice Teacher System of Cedar Falls Abolished
A fragment notes the abolition of the practice teacher system in Cedar Falls and discusses related Iowa state college law matters. It mentions landscape services for parks, road funding provisions for small towns, and debates over highway condemnation disputes and noxious weed control along highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Card of Conservation
Iowa State College
Smith
Madison
Shinn. Harrison
State Highway Commission
Ethel. Harrison
Landscape Architect Addresses Kiwanis on Civic Art
Hutchinson landscape architect urged Kiwanis to treat civic art as key to a better city. He cited unity variety and harmony in planning and urged practical philanthropy through playgrounds and beautification, noting concessions for extensions and public spaces. Marlin Weyde and Albert Schotin accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. OR
Hutchinson
Kiwanis Club
Eor
Russell-Lamson Radar
Greece
Rome
Limes
Agni
Aye City
Ana
Tomorroyw
Marlin Weyde
Albert Schotin
Goan Show Opens With Many Entries and School Displays
North Iowa farmers submit hundreds of entries for the third annual Waterloo Corn Congress opening tomorrow in Greater Waterloo association rooms. The four day exhibit features school displays from Eludson to Orange consolidated schools with 60 students showing corn. Judges M A Hauser and E B Dyas Ames will assess entries Thursday. A yield contest adds to the event with more than 1500 farmers from ten counties expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Waterloo Corn Congress
Greater
Waterloo
Finchford
Waterigo
Buchanan
Benton
Tama
Grundy
Hardin
Franklin
Butler
Bremer
Fayette
Black Hawk
E. D. Ackerman
Cedar Falls
Minnesota
Benton County
Charles Myckoff
John C. Gardemain
Atkins
A. 4. Burger
Sly
M. A. Hauser
S. Dyas Ames
Des Moines Labor College to Open Near March First
Des Moines officials announced the Des Moines labor college will open about March 1 after a board election and the selection of Dr. R. O. C. McCarthy as temporary president. Board members include Dante Pierce publisher D W Morehouse Drake University and J W Stridebaker superintendent of Des Moines schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Moines Labor College
Planus
Straton Wins Second Debate Against Potter in Series
New York, Jan. 29. Dr. John R. Straton, a fundamentalist, won the second of five debates with Dr. Charles F. Potter, a modernist, on the federal topic of Fundamentalism. Potter won the first debate. Judges were Frank Walsh, former Justice S. Jenks and Philip J. McCook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John R. Straton
Charles F. Potter
Potter
Frank Walsh
S. Jenks
Philip J. McCook
Iowa Chapter Boys' Work Re-Elects Officers
Cedar Rapids January 25 at the annual conference of the Iowa chapter national Boys' Work secretaries re elected president Wo Crawford Des Moines vice president Paul Somers Des Moines and Paul Zieke Council Bluffs secretary treasurer
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Cedar Rapids
Iown
National
OM. C. AL
Wo Crawford
Des Moines
Paul Somers
Paul Zieke
Council Blutts
Andrew Jackson Priest dies after stroke at daughter's home
Andrew Jackson Priest known as Yee died at midnight after a stroke eight weeks earlier. He was night watchman for Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co and lived with his daughter Mrs. A D Hayes at 1532 Fowler. Born November 29 1855 in Madison Wisconsin he had two sons and a daughter. Funeral from Hileman Gindt chapel at 2:90 tomorrow with Rev CW Harrop officiating. Burial in Fairview. Requiem services for Barney Redden at St Joseph Catholic Church. body to Independence for burial after services.
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson Priest
A. D. Hayes
Fowler
Priest
Waterloo Fruit ”& Commission Co
Madison
Wis
Wiverloo
H Faterloo
Lip Cal
Aves
Lisle
Los Angeles
Hileman & Gindt
CW. Harrop
Fairview
Congress May Act Today Upon Ouster of Two Secretaries
The article reports on the fallout from the Teapot Dome scandal with President Coolidge under fire. Ex Secretary Albert Fall is excused from testifying due to health, while his physicians are summoned to appear. The committee questions Bain and reviews a Pearl Harbor contract memo as Fall's condition worsens. Johnson denies receiving an $68 000 payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ninistration
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Naval Reserve
Dent Coolidge
Presi ‘Dent
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Public Lands Committee
Tom Johnson
Fal
New Mexico
Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
Bain
Denby Refuses to Resign Convinced Action Was Right
Senate debate centers on leasing questions as Secretary Denby is urged to resign. President Coolidge declines to disclose stance, citing crux of whether leases involve criminal activity and government interests. Cabinet session and forthcoming counsel selection loom as the administration weighs legal action.
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Denby
Gil
Senate
Walsh
Department At Justice
Lee'y Daugherty
Florida
Wheeler
Mont
Jana
Coolidge
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Robinson
Troe
Spetial
White House
Hereford Breeders Meet Opens Des Moines Convention
About 300 breeders from across the country gather in Des Moines for the open session of the National Hereford Breeders association convention. Stock sales accompany the event with buyers expected from as far west as Nevada. the sale opens tomorrow at the state fair pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nevada
Supply bill funds Treasury and Post Office to near one billion
The 1929-30 annual supply bill totals 729.86 million dollars for the treasury and post office departments, up from the current year by 476.89 thousand but under budget estimates by 5.45 million. Post Office gets 609.98 million and Treasury 115.86 million, with enforcement of prohibition and coast guard measures shaping the allocations. The report notes anticipated revenue growth of about 7.5 percent next year and a projected deficit of just over 2 million dollars under the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Post Ofice
House
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Coroner Probes Blast that Killed 33 Miners
The coroner's inquest opened in Johnston City Ti to determine the cause of an explosion that claimed 33 miners at the Crerar Clinch Coal mine East Side colliery. More than 20 witnesses and company officials testified or were summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
East Side
Crerar-Clinch Coal Company
McClune Seeks Republican Nomination for State Auditor
Des Moines report notes J. C. McClune of Oskaloosa Mahaska county state representative filed nomination papers for the Republican nomination for state auditor marking his entry into the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClune
Des Moines
J. c. McClune
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Magnolia Pierce and Cities Service oil price hike
Houston reports Magnolia Pierce and Cities Service Oil companies raised wholesale and retail fuel prices by 2 cents a gallon. The new wholesale price stands at 17 cents per gallon and retail at 21 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Houston
Tex
Magnolia, Pierce and
Cities
Henry D Smith 78 Civil War Vet Dies at Waterloo
Henry D Smith 78 died at his home 501 Archer Ave Waterloo of paralysis after a stroke. Born Oct 1845 in Green County Wisconsin he served in the 14th Cavalry from Feb 1868 until mustered out July 31 1866 in Nashville. Survived by father Albert Smith a sister Mrs Lillian Schultz of Chicago and a son Whitehall Jr with burial in Independence. Funeral by Robert Anderson post at O Keefe Towns chapel with Rev GW Harrop officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Anderson
GALR
Vni
Henry D. Smith
Archer Avenue
Green County
Wisconsin
Fourteenth Trials Cavalry
Nashville
Tenn
Iowa
Independence
Elizabeth Landis
Albert Smith
Whitehall, Jr
Lillian Schultz
Chicago
Man Believed Dead Returns to Home After Sioux Floods
In Council Bluffs Iowa Dan 29 Theodore Crane who vanished after his boat overturned on the Little Sioux River Sept 29 returned home today. His wife and two daughters mourned him for weeks while workers dredged dammed and blasted the river seeking his body. He explained his disappearance and his wife welcomed him back without further questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Heodore Crane
Little Sioux River
Fred Crane
Little ‘Sioux Station
British Rail Strike Ends as Workers Read Return to Duty
London, Jan. 29. A locomotive strike that disrupted British rail traffic since Jan. 20 ended at 4:40 this morning after a settlement reached by the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and railway companies through the trade union congress mediation committee. Terms of the agreement were not announced, but strikers were told to return to work immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelishin
Associated Tress
Paris
Harry F. Sinclair
Learoot
Coolidge
Sinclair
Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Trade Union Congress
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Fuad
Mohammed
Mecca
Bill Nash
Derdwood 10
Cable Briefs
Gov. Harding
Viking Pump Co
Greater Waterloo
Ass'n
New Labor College
Straton
Boys' Work
Mortundy
Barney Redden
Barney
Tredéien
Morrow
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Cook
Johnson
Case
P.O
British Rail
Tlen
Oarygs
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