Husband of Ames girl kills youth at home
Dickson Colorado theatre owner 27 held without charge after admitting shooting Powell the youth who visited his wife once in Ames. He said Powell drew a gun during a struggle near his home and two shots were fired one hitting Powell in the shoulder and one in the head. His wife testified she called him innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nveri Cole
A. E.dicky
Dickson
Colorado
Herr Derk Hy Powell
Bts
Zella Swall
Ames
Powell
Rory
Lynn EB
Caruthersville
Em Dickson
Consolidated Then- Inc
South Dakota
Moral Cause Swings in South Amid Prohibition Debate
A New York Herald Tribune analysis notes shifts in Southern Democratic voters, especially veterans and women, away from party leaders toward a moral crusade on prohibition. It argues temperance supporters increasingly distrust political leadership, voting more on principle than party lines as the issue nears an election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Ohas
Hce
New York Herald-Tribune
Specialists Called For Father-In-Law of Hoover
Two specialists were summoned from San Francisco to Placerville to attend C. D. Henry father in law of Herbert Hoover Republican presidential nominee. Henry suffered a light stroke following a heart attack while camping near Placerville as doctors reported loss of speech and movement on his right side. Mrs Hoover in Washington was notified by Mrs A W Galge in Palo Alto. Henry's home is Monterey California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placerville
Cal
San Francisco
C. D
Hoover
Washington
A. VW. Galge
Man enrolls in cooking class with girls at Ames college
In Ames Iowa July a man named Cross joins a summer course at Town State College focused on home economics. He studies cooking textiles and other subjects with an all girls class to prepare for a hotel manager's role. Marriage licenses listed for Carl W. Teten and Juanita L. Willburg. Building permits include Antone Harter for a garage addition at 2230 Fourth last valued at 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
J. He Cross
Fruitisnd
Town State College
Cross
Antone Harter
Rail Man Dies in Boston At 68 Hart\ford NY New Haven Leader
Howard Elliott former president and chairman of the board of directors of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad died yesterday from a heart attack. Elliott began his rail career with the Burlington system in Missouri at age 20 and rose to lead the Northern Pacific before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Howard Elliott
New York, New Havens Hartford Railroad
Elliott
Burlington
Missouri
Northern Pacific
Police and Firemen Seek Ten Percent Pay Increase
City council to consider a petition from police and firemen demanding a 10 percent pay raise, claiming no raise in nine years while most officers own homes. Current pay ranges from 140 to 150 dollars. other items include waste cabinet contract renewal, an off-station request at Mullan and Sycamore, a railroad right-of-way on Elm near Lafayette, and a hospital update on Mrs Alygre after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle J. Brown
Brown
Waterlan
Mullan Avenue
Sycamore Street
Illinois Gentral Railroad
Elm Street
Lafayette’ Street
Atlantic City Masseur Titman Spends Fortune Before Death
Emory Titman, 49, who weighed up to 700 pounds and died of heart disease, inherited 250000 from his Philadelphia maker father fifteen years earlier. Doctors warned of elephantiasis, yet he spent the money on a lavish party and celebrities on Broadway before aging into poverty. He later worked as a masseur in a Turkish bath and in other odd jobs in New York and Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Emory ‘Titman
Titman
Philadelphia
Broadway
New York
Lions Gather for 1928 International Convention in Des Moines
Thousands of Lions from all states and five foreign countries gathered in Des Moines for the 1928 Lions International Convention. An expected 8,000 to 10,000 attendees arrived by train, car, and bus ahead of the opening tomorrow. A mammoth parade featuring 60 floral floats will cap the week, with Judge Hubert Utterback riding a white mule after a wager. Delegates will tackle care and vocational training for the blind, youth moral code, and promoting unselfish business conduct, with officers to be elected Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toes Moines
U.R
Lions Clubs
Des Moines
Wn Ui
Iowa
Hubert Utterback
Irving Camp
Johnstown
Penn
Lipns International
Iat
Smith
Iot
Police Head Bans Gun Stool Pigeon
Des Moines July 9. Commissioner of public safety William Walker announced that paid informers would no longer be used to obtain evidence against liquor law violators. He doubted the veracity of such witnesses and banned stool pigeons in police work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William ©. Walker
Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff Slashed by Windshield Glass Attack
Des Moines reports Deputy Sheriff William Shuey and three officers were targeted while patrolling. A piece of glass from a shattered windshield struck Shuey in the eye as unknown assailants opened fire on the car. The attackers fled. officers were investigating linked to a Thursday shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William Shuey
Jiwo
Shuey
Upper ‘Sons
Lee Tschantz
Creston Robbery Suspect Caught in Des Moines
Des Moines officers arrested Dick Pershing Saturday in Des Moines and returned him to Creston to face charges of robbing Creston restaurant owner Marshall Shull of 1300 dollars on June 27. Pershing alleges he is Vera Collins’s husband, a Sioux City woman connected to the Leo Tschant2 shooting investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dick Pershing
Creston
Marshall Shull
Pershing
Vera Collins
Sioux
Leo
Maiden air mail route opens with second plane needed
Des Moines dispatch reports the maiden voyage of the new air mail route will require a second plane tomorrow. Postmaster BE. J. Frisk announced the demand as much of the day’s cargo goes by souvenir stamp collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
TNS
BE. J. Frisk
Lana
Farmer attaches plane after forced landing in Centerville
An airplane owned by Max Jones of Hacks, Missouri, was attached in Centerville, Tennessee, following a forced landing that allegedly damaged farm fences on Clarence Bollman’s property. Mrs. Charles Pond and daughter Leota, Nevada, Iowa, spent two days visiting radio stations KFNI and EKMA after firing Pilot Marcellus King, Ames, to bring them in. The Hamburg Republican was merged with the Hamburg Reporter, and Hamburg will publish a single weekly edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Finsi
Max Jones
Hacks
Clarence Bollman
Shenandoah
Charles Pond
Leota
Nevada
KFNI
EKMA
Marcellus King
Ames
Tapers
Mnwamburg
Hamburg Republican
Fred Hill
Hamburg Reporter
Hamburg
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Walters to be held
Mrs Anna Walters aged 86 died Saturday evening at her daughter's home in Waterloo. Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow at the O Keefe Towne chapel with Rev Warren L Steves of Walnut Street Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Born in Stockholm Sweden October 19 1858 she came to the United States at age six. She married W L Walters in Grand Junction in 1880 and moved from Perry to Waterloo twenty five years ago. Surviving are her daughter Mrs C M Fawcett, three brothers Frank John Sleburg and Charles A Sleburg, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body is at the O Keefe Towne mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Walters
C. M. Fawcett
Frank Lit Street
O'Keefe & Towne
Warren L. Steves
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Fairview
Anna
Steburg
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
W. L. Walters
Grand Junction
Ft. In
Perry
Wallers
Degree of Honor Lodge
Waterloo
Order of Eastern Star
Woman's Relief [Corps
Walnut Street
Brain Tests and Word Fragments Challenge Minds
Fragmented word puzzles test reasoning in a feature labeled BRAIN TESTS to MW Evening Past Inc. Readers are invited to combine word parts into ten complete words within three minutes, with answers to appear in the Society Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inc
Radio Stations Seek Time On License Termination
Washington July 3 The federal radio commission opened hearings for stations ordered to cease operations by August 1. About half of 162 stations were deemed unwarranted by public interest and hearings were requested with witnesses ready to testify. Jacob Conn of WCOT Providence Alabama stated he would present up to 500 witnesses to oppose license termination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Radio Commission
Jacob Conn
WCOT
Providence
A. L
Boston Noisy as Amelia Returns
Amelia Earhart lands in Boston after a trans Atlantic flight, greeted by cheers as sirens and harbor whistles echo through the harbor. The Earhart party arrives via Ford plane from New York, with George Palmer Putnam and press aboard. Residents welcome the famous aviator home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Pi—Ame Wa Earhart
Earheart
New York
Ford
Miss Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Republican Leader Admits Bribes for P. O. Jobs
Atlanta July 9 An INS report says Ben J. Davis a Negro Republican leader admitted receiving complaints that money was expected from applicants for post office jobs. He testified that T. J. Mavis postmaster at Stockbridge paid 150 and T. C. Williams at Nabunta paid 200 for a mail carrier position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Senate
Ben J. Davis
National
Davis
T. J. Mavis
Stockbridge
Fie
T. Co. Williams
Nabunta
Mall Cartier
Estate Gives Five Drake Scholarships
The La Verne Noyes estate of Chicago will award five Drake University scholarships for the year 1928-1929. Dr. D. W. Morehouse, Drake president, announced the awards are open to World War I veterans who enlisted before Sept 11 1918 or their widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bandits Threaten to Slash Woman's Ears at Ber Nice Hotel
Chicago reports a daytime hold up where Mrs. Mary Smith proprietor of the Ber Nice hotel, her daughter Bernice twelve, and two guests were robbed of 235 dollars in cash and jewelry valued at 6000 dollars. Bandits threatened to cut off Mrs. Smith's ears and forced the surrender of diamond earrings. In another item, two men drowned in the Mississippi after their boat capsized. Grover Flack and Fulye A7-Charten Westphal, both thirty-something, were among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Smith
Bernice
Tio
Dinton
Charten Westphal
Grover
Flack
Mississippi River
Camanche
Loewenstein Plane Mystery Deepens Over Channel
Alfred Loewenstein, a leading financier, disappeared from a Croydon to St Ingelvert flight. An official inquiry concluded he vanished mid flight over the English Channel while pilot Ronald Drew described a takeoff at Croydon and landing in France. A curator was appointed for Loewenstein’s estate as death certification awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Albert Dever
Loewenstein
United Press
Ronald Drew
Croydon
England
St. Ingelvert
French
Mme. ‘Loewenstein
Corn Roger Varderstraeten-Panther
Channel
Inander
Executive Council Opens Hearings to Fix Property Values
Des Moines reports the Iowa Executive Council began annual property tax valuations with a livestock hearing today. Real property valuations are not set this year as part of the biennial cycle, with farm land valued at 66.21 per acre and town lots fixed at 1978 439 564 actual value, taxable at one quarter. No expected changes in livestock or in money and credits valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lichty Highlights GOP Talks at Rotary Club Luncheon
George W. Lichty, GOP delegate from the Third Town district, spoke at a Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Russell-Lamson, outlining highlights from the Republican national convention in Kansas City. He noted Hoover gained votes from nearly all states and praised the Hoover organization as highly efficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
George W. Lichty
Third Town
Rotory Club
Russell-Lamson
Lichty
Junior Band to Play Tomorrow Night at Gates Park
Waterloo junior band will give a concert at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Gates Park as part of a community festival. An ice cream sale and cake donations by neighbors will support playground activities. Osage band may join the Junior band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Park
Waterloo
Victor Read
Osage
Junter
Seventy Gather for Reunion of Mahnke Family
Seventy Mahnke family members from across the United States met yesterday at Electric park for their annual reunion. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ed Mahnke and family from Greene Iowa, Mr and Mrs Albert Mahnke and family, and John and Henry Mahnke from Waverly, plus relatives from Chicago Toledo and Cherokee Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahnke
United States
Electric Park
Waterloo
Ed Mahnke
Riehl Street
Greene
Albert Mahnke
Waverly
John and
Henry Mahnke
Chicago
Toledo
Cherokee
Back Seat Driver Killed Woman in New Jersey Case
Perth Amboy July 9 George Dieterly explains the death of his wife whose body was found with a fractured skull on a roadside. He claims she was driving from the back seat and jumped out when reproved. He is charged with manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth Amboy
N. J
George Dieterly
Two Boys Drown in Crystal Lake Incident
Two youths Howard Rich age 25 and Harold Brooks age 21, both of De Kalb, NL, drowned yesterday in Crystal Lake. Rich is the son of Wil yan Rich, De Kalb county supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Lake
Howard Rich
Harold Brooks
de Kalb, NL
Rich
Wilyan Rich
de Kalb County
Hill City Town Destroyed By Fire
Reports from St Paul on July 9 indicate Hill City in Hill County, a town of about one thousand residents south of Grand Rapids, was destroyed by fire. Telephone lines to Hill City were down, hindering confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Paul
Minn
U.aars
Hill Cty
Grand Rapids
Hill City
Two Women Own 5. Dakota Town Savoy Adventure
Minneapolis reporters recount how Miss Rallsback of Indiana and Miss Watts of Ontario bought the Black Hills settlement Savoy in Spearfish Canyon. They transformed Inn, store, and post office, attracting trout fishermen with fried chicken and hospitality, and installing latchstrings on doors for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
South. Dakota
Martha Ails
Indianapolis
Maude Watts
Belleville
Ont
Black Hills
South Dakota
Minneapolis Journal
Spearfish Canyon
America
Spearfish Creek
Savoy
Miss Rallshack
Miss Watts
Horever
Lock, Stock and Barrel and
New York
Gopher Prairie
Missrs Rallsback
Watts
Miss Rallsback
United States
Miss Railsback
Walton
Miss Rallsbrck
Woman Printer Wins Fame for Morrill Hall Murals
Elizabeth Honor Dolan, Nebraska artist born in Fort Dodge and trained in Chicago and Paris, painted murals in Morrill Hall at the University of Nebraska. Her fresco works, depicting prehistoric Africa and Nebraska landscapes with elephants, earned praise from critics and officials, including Leha Mechlin. She studied in New York and Paris, earned diplomas in fresco, and created the murals after being commissioned by E. H. Barbour with support from C. H. Morrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Midwest
Elizabeth
Dolan
Lincoln
New York City
Morrill’ Hall
University
Nebraska
América
Eva Mahoney
Omaha World-Herald
Capitol Building
Morrill Halt
Elizabeth Dolan
Miss Dolan
William M. R. French
Daniel
Chester Franch
New York
Chicago
Art League
Louis
Tifany
Paris
Ecole Des Beaux Art
Fontain-ebleau
Kings
America
Stromburg
Neb
Africa
Leeds Hero Brought Blaze to Halt Actress On Boat
William B. Leeds known as the Tinplate King saved the life of Adele AStair when her clothing caught fire on one of his speed boats yesterday. Leeds is recovering from burns on hands and face while the dancer sustains burns to arms and legs but is not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay, WN
INS
William B. Leeds
Adele Astair
Leeds
Good scores at Waterloo Gun Club trapshoot event
Intense heat kept most shooters away but several posted solid scores at Waterloo Gun Club. B White hit 24 of 26, Stevens 46 of 50, Sutcliffe 69 of 75 leading the singles. Abbott led the doubles with 8 of 24 as scores rolled in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adbo
Waterloo
B.white
Stevens
Sutclife
Abbott
Fire alarms spark small roof damage at residence
Fire alarms produced sparks at a home causing minor roof damage on 3220p. R. F. Klein reported the incident from 516 Locus. No injuries. details refer to a local advertisement and a company contact listed as Miller at phone 2404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Klein
Wartime Liberty Bonds and Mass Investment Rise
The United States expanded investor participation from about half a million stock and bond holders before the war to over 20 million after liberty bonds. In the last five years Americans invested nearly 35 billion dollars across 37 thousand issues, with about 20 billion invested last year, far exceeding many measures of national income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam
Liberty
United States
Annulment Asked on Ground Woman Was Already Wed
A petition filed today in the office of Clerk of Courts J. W. Thompson seeks an annulment of the marriage to Isabelle Stafford on grounds she had no legal right to enter the contract. The couple wed in Waverly Indiana on February 25, 1998 and lived as man and wife until April 6 when Stafford learned she was married to Gaul Kranskop of Contiersville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Clerk of Courts
J. W. Thompson
Isabelle Stafford
Waverly
mMan
Gaul Kranskop
Gontiersville
Ind
Kranskoprat
Troy, CO
France May Trade Rubber for Cotton
Paris reports a possible exchange of American cotton for French rubber under a tacit accord. France, second only to England in rubber acreage, faces high tree-raising costs while seeking to boost cotton output. Government experts foresee surplus rubber from colonies, prompting talk of an American market swap and broader trade reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Department of Foreign Commerce
France
England
Pranice
India
China
Chief- Iyastrom
United States
Egypt
Acosta Fined for Low Stunting by Commerce Dept
Washington July 1 Bert Acosta the aviator was fined 1600 by the department of commerce for stunting. He paid 500 for flying that caused an accident at Curtiss field Long Island and 500 for low flying over Chicago municipal airport last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bert Acosta
Department of Commierce
Curtiss Field
Long Island
Chicago Municipal
Barred microphone proposal and liquor law cases reported
Roy Anderson sought county board approval to install a microphone for E. E. Tuttle at KIOGIC poultry talks but the request was denied. Tuttle received six months in jail on liquor law violations. Also reported are three Polk County men indicted for child desertion: Fred Cox in Davenport Walter Cameron in Cedar Rapids and George Fields in Tulea Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
County Board of Supervisors
Roy Anderson
E. Tuttle
Kiogic
Tuttle
Pes
Moines
Polk Nativity Grand Jury
Fred Cox
Davenport
Walter Cameron
Cedar Rapids
George Fields
Tulea
Okla
Shakespeare Prophet Des Moines Sermon Cites Prophet Claims
In a Plymouth Congregational sermon yesterday Rev Burtis R Machattar described Shakespeare as a religious man and prophet. The text references a forest of 12 inch trees, with leaves, and trunks about four feet in diameter along a coastal African tableland description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Des Moines
Burtis R. Machattar
Plymouth Congregational Church
Africa
Boston Wins First Game of Doubleheader 4-0
Beaton July 1 reports Boston took the first game of a doubleheader from Detroit 4 to 0. Whittenhill and Woodall excelled on the mound, holding Detroit to five hits while Whittenhill allowed only four. The Patriots built early runs and maintained the lead through solid defense and timely hitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns
Jan
Wiltes
Beck
Maxions
Battiock
Gna Grabowski
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Mason City
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William Alygre
Winslow
Frank B. Anibal
Jefferson Street
Sir Francis Hospital
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Ilairs Alygre
Farmer
Betty Borden
John Borden
Gertrude Hakanson
Hakanson
Radio Men
Amelia
P. O. Jobs
Drake
Lowenstein
London
UPRA
Dhal Albermsen
Exchange’ Telegraph
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Executive Council
Rotary Club
Pat
Eton
Iic
Pound
Dakota
Smithgorian Institution
Nan
Florida
Fort Dodge
Caves
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