Prohibition Chief Mulls Resignation Amid Congress Slows Enforcement
Gen Lincain Andrews, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement, weighs quitting as Congress stalls vital measures. Filings show a $39 million enforcement push depends on new teeth in the Volstead act, though adjournment looms. A separate Kansas City distillery seizure underscores enforcement challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Lincain C. Andrews
the Treasury
Congress
House
Senate
Gen. Andrews
Prohibition and Customs Bureaus
Henry Ford Opposed Installment Plans In Fair To People
Washington July 3 Henry Ford opposed installment buying while others push the plan for sales of autos and goods. The piece notes Ford benefited from low first payments yet distrusted the system, arguing it strained purchasing power and compelled reluctant adoption by manufacturers and financiers. Strong concern from bankers and merchants is cited, with mixed views among manufacturers and credit men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mak Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Henry Ford
Ford
Fune
Magazine of Wall Street
Chantel Mertkages
Magazine of
Wall Street
Damel Ur. Perkins
Farmers Loan & Trust. Co
New York City
Perkins
Lke
Courier Deliv ery Before 5 80 O Clock Notice
The courier will be delivered to your home before 5 80 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 30 p.m. 7.
Coue Dies After Overwork and Lectures in Nancy
Philippe Emil Coue, famed for auto suggestion and the simple recipe for health and happiness, died at his Nancy home of general fatigue after weeks of illness and extensive lectures. Once a pharmacist turned psychologist, he promoted self mastery by conscious autosuggestion and lectured across France the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
France
Philip Emil BH
Coue
Caue
A. S
United States
England
Spain
Thangs
Cave
Younds Clinic
Short Interviews With Home Folks Firecracker worries from Chief Mobilis
Chief of Police Charles Mobilis warns premature Fourth of July celebrations will burden the police. He notes a surge in calls about noisy celebrations by youths and says the department will tolerate a noisy Monday but will crack down on fighting with firecrackers and throwing them at cars to protect life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mobilis
No Trace Found Of Missing Banker In Nebraska
Omaha dispatch reports Edward F. Goerke, president of Papillion State Bank, missing after bank examiners uncovered a nearly $200 000 shortage. He reportedly possessed a revolver and poison. sheriff Condit and deputies searched through the night. Rooms here yielded only old clothes suggesting hurried departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Edward F. Goerke
Papillion State Bank
Papillion |Eb
Goerke
W. O. Condit
Gaines Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of Co-Ed Daughter
Seattle July 3 Judge Robert H. Jones holds under advisement Wallace Gaines plea for an early trial. Gaines, 22 year old Sylvia Gaines, a Smith College graduate, was murdered June 16. Gaines proclaimed I plead not guilty in a crowded courtroom. Attorney Robert MacFarlane challenged the first degree murder charge and requested a speedy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Ins
Robert H. Jones
Wallace GC
Bob) Gaines
Sylvia
Smith Colege
Gaines
Jones
Robert MacFarlane
Mae
Piates
Lewis Stern
MacFarlane
Scott Denied Sanity Hearing. Execution Date Set
Chicago July 18. Scott was denied a new sanity hearing and a date for his execution was set for Oct 15. He is on death row for the murder of Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk, though he previously escaped death by pleas of insanity. A jury recently ruled he sane and thus eligible for hanging. Attorney Scott Stewart plans to appeal to the supreme court. Robert Scott, Russell's brother, faces trial in July for the same murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russell Scott
Scott
Joseph Maurer
Scott Stewart
Supreme Court
Robert Scott
Half Million Dollar Distillery Found in K C Kansas
A complete illicit distillery estimated at over 200800 dollars was seized by the county attorney and 12 deputies in Kansas City Kansas. The plant included a 40000 gallon still in a three story building on four city lots, with office records showing orders from Billings Montana and a shipping area spanning Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kansas City
Kan
Billings
Mont
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Misouri
Missouri
Monat
Congress Quietly Quits After Final Bill-Passing Rot
Congress winds up its final five hours of the session with both chambers in session from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. They approve many bills and resolutions, withholding adjournment until the deficiency appropriation bill for public buildings and other purposes is sent to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Hose
White House
Seven Iowa Revenue Offices Are Closed
President Coolidge signed rapid measures as the session closed and planned final actions before adjournment. Discontinuance of internal revenue branch offices, including Burlington and Cedar Rapids, was announced as part of a nationwide cutback reducing offices to 95 since April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Capitol
House
Senate
Washington, D. C
Internal Revene Bureau
Blair
Iowa
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Ottumwa
Internal Revenue Stamp
Gas Well Explosion Hurts Three Workers Near Cambridge
A blast at Easwell No. 2 on the Ford base, three miles west of Cambridge, Ohio, wrecked Easwell No. 2 of Channel Supply company. Flames rose 30 feet as three workmen were badly hurt and the cause remained undetermined. Local responders battled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Easwell No. 2
Channel Supply Company
Ford Base
Here
Danish Methodists Bar Bishop Bast From Work
The Danish Methodist conference in secret last night approved a resolution barring Bishop Anton Bast from Methodist work in Denmark until his case is settled by the Methodist general convention in America in 1828.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Luis
Methodist Church
Anton Bast
Denmark
America
One Iowa Farm In Five Has Radio Set
Assessors reporting to the Iowa department of agriculture found about 43.499 radios on Iowa farms as of January 1. This equals roughly one radio for every five farms. The data shows a fatal number, with 40 of those radios linked to crying?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tes Maines
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agricuter
Radio Bill Pending As Congress Closes Session
Congress nears adjournment with radio broadcast controls debated by both houses and stalled plans for uniform legislation. Senate and House clash over mechanisms while committees prepare for a summer recess and hearings. Impeachment actions against George E. English proceed as House solons return to Washington. Continuous coverage notes no fireworks as leaders tally seven months of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Altho
Jude George E. English
Illnois
Washiton
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Washington
BD. C
Congress
New Auto Licenses Jump in Black Hawk County
Black Hawk county records show 71 new motor cars registered in two days in early July, with 31 new cars and two trucks on July 1 alone. The June total for 1924 reached 205 cars, surpassing 156 registrations in the same month last year, and the first half of 1926 nears 14,082 automobiles registered, approaching the 1925 yearly total of 14,085.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Uhe
W. F L. Jeffrey
Automobile Department
Death in Chicago Apartment Ends Two Lives
July 3 report from the ex east north side district details a woman in men’s clothing found dead beside Russell La Frenzh in a Hagbelor apartment. A .32 caliber revolver lay between the bodies. police say the woman, likely La Frenzh’s divorced wife, killed him and then herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UNS
Russell la Frenzh
Hagbelor
Exe North Side
la Frough
Green bugs damage Minnesota crops in statewide survey
St Paul Minn July 3 AP Green bugs have caused considerable damage to gardens and crops across Minnesota. University of Minnesota farm investigators report that among 100 fields on a 100 mile trip none was exempt from green bug invasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
New York Transit Strike Threat Looms This Week
Thousands of workers may walk off the job as transit union members vote to strike, potentially crippling subways and elevated lines in New York. The walkout could begin at midnight, with 379 of 7 Color: Ten and switchmen reportedly joining the action, signaling widespread disruption of city transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theistrike
Nomination on fifth ballot for county attorney Edwards wins
Republican county convention after five formal ballots nominates Frank W. Edwards for county attorney, with W A Cook and B Towne fading as votes shift. Edwards tops on the fifth ballot with 114 to 45 for Towne and 27 for Cook, 107 needed. Adjournment votes fail amid debate. Resolutions urge a national agricultural policy and farm relief. Delegates named to state and judicial conventions in Des Moines and district gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Edwards
W. A. Cook
Burry C. Towne
Edwards
Dia
Towne
Cook
Birdsall
Neilson
Alfred Long
Ley
Utill
Calvin Coolidge
Nante
Des Moines
P. H. Frank
H. C. Bernbrook
Burton T. Burritt
George M. Carpenter
TF. P. Davis
T. F. Shannon
W. H. Brunn
Robert P. Ensley
Harry Shaw
E.A. Bogis
F. FE. Farwell
Join _ Mulkern
B. Plumb
EB. L. Johnson
W__D. Ives
C. S. Coddington
Joan Kyh
Fredlerika Stiles
R.A. Santee
W. L. Hearst
A. A. Rhonalt
B. F. Swisher
G. W. Woot
J. W. Gwynne
C. E. Pickett
Carletonsias
George EB. Pike
C. B H. Bronson
H. W.W. Grout
Frank
II McCoy
J. E. Johnson
Harold Plumb
J. G Bragdon
Mrs
Eme Pilson
GQ. W. Dawson
Harry Reed
Hal Moss
J. BR. Newman
W. H. Merrier
Dynamite Fatality in Piedmont Restaurant Incident
Giovanni Gabnon, a mine foreman, died after holding a dynamite stick in his teeth and igniting it in a Piedmont restaurant. Ten others were seriously injured as the blast destroyed the eatery. Gabnon’s head was found about fifty yards from the explosion site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Giovanni Gabnon
Piedmont
Italy
Milan
Gagnon
Gag-non
Democrats Clear Convention Deck In APIO Fashion
Democrats of Black Hawk county quickly selected delegates to state and judicial conventions in the courthouse. Veteran leaders spoke as M. H. Kelly presided, with J. T. Sullivan and others organizing the delegation. Delegates were named to Des Moines and to county committees, while attendees teased the Republicans meeting elsewhere and adjourned after a lengthy session. Later, Tink gets five years in Fort Madison for Checkers case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
M. H. Kelly
En County
Waterloo
James C. Murtagh
Clange R. Porter
United States
Des
W. W. Marek
J. C. J.C. Murtagh
J. T. Sullivan
Hermann Miller
Jack Casebaer
Wilson
Fred Buck
D. Tm. Conns
A. Schildmier
Ray Kelly
M. Ti. Kelly
E. R. Miller
G. W. Hughes
Ple. McGarvey
J. Bowler
Charles F. J. Meany
G. F. Scully
Sllivan
W. S. Beacher
Ue Witerion
Tinglet
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. Cooe
Emile Coue
Prof. Coye
United States Air Mail Service
Omaha
Iowa City
Jaiver
India
Mindar
Chivaco
Texas
Charles Ponzi
Flouston
Gov Fuller
Massachusetts
San Felice Clear
The Magazine of Wall _ Street
Paris
Earl Curzon
Oh Aeton
Lady Beatty
Earl Beatty
SGOT
K. C
Do. G
Dr. Bast
W. Edwar
Gil
Man
Subway
Apio
Tink
Leon Wo
Checkers
Nanidit
Fort Madison
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!