Liquor blamed in auto crash that killed woman
Charles W. Conger and Jesse Sisco face charges of manslaughter and illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor after a crash at Locust and First Streets killed Miss Fannie Chilberg Childers of Rock Island two hours after the collision with Mrs. Zimmerman. Witnesses say Conger’s car, with strong alcohol odor, struck Zimmerman’s, then overturned, trapping them.
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Charles W. Conger
Fourth Street
A. A. Zimmerman
Western Avenue
Fannie Childers
Rock Island
Frank W. Edwards
Locust
First Streets
Jesse Sisco
Iron Avenue
Conger
Presbyterian Hospital
Never Heard of Kane Says Shelton Gang
Aviators who bombed the Birger roadhouse were in Waterloo and would be arrested if wanted for prosecution. A week passed with no response from Williamson county. Steffen, for Sheriff Wagner, checked with Marion officials. they said Kane and Mundale were not wanted. State's Attorney Boswell wavered, saying he would telegraph a statement if they were wanted. No arrest order arrived. county officials debated legality amid multi county involvement.
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Mundale
Boswell
Kane
Steffen
Hugh Crumrine
W. F. Dilworth
Minnesota
Birger
Waterloo
Williamson County
Biomiv Williamson
Etlii
Wagner
The
Courier
Revolt at La Paz Suppressed by Bolivian Government
Washington report says the La Paz revolt of July 14 was crushed by Bolivian authorities. Police captured 20 suspects including a faction led by Dr Villaneuva, once deposed as president in 1925, and another led by Navarro, a known local communist.
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Washington, D. C
la Paz
State Department
San la Be
Villaneuva
Navarro
Pickpockets Pick $12,500 Payroll in Streetcar Theft
In Pittsburgh on July 16, a $12,500 payroll was stolen from Fred Epler a messenger for Duss Patent company on a street car. Experts think skilled pickpockets slipped the money from his bag during transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pal
Iisi
Fred Epler
Macesenger
Duss Patent Company
Egler
Farmhand killed by bull attack near Le Mars
William Adams, 64, a farm hand for Henry Detloff near Le Mars Iowa, died from injuries after being attacked by a bull. He was unmarried and had no known relatives.
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Euclu
le Mars
William Adams
Henry Detloff
Here
Flight to Hawaii Ends With Tree Crash on Molokai
Ernest L. Smith and Em ory Bronte, first civilians to fly California to Hawaii, crashed their monoplane City of Oakland in a kaiwe tree on Molokai after losing fuel and a trailing antenna. They survived, were aided by rescuers from Wheeler Field, and saluted by locals as they reached Honolulu in 25 hours 36 minutes covering about 2340 miles.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Molokai
Ernest L. Smith
Emory
Bronte
Terra Firma
Navy
Smith and
California
Golden Gate
Smith
Wheeler Field
City of Oakland
George Edward McCorrison
Valaupe Court House
Judge Rules Man on Flagpole Not Breaking Any Law
Buffalo people follow a flagpole sitter case with Justice George Pierce ruling Alvin Shipwreck Kelly did not break any laws. Wiglie Pierce issued a permanent restraining order blocking Mayor Frank Schwab and city officials from forcing Kelly to stop sitting on the flagpole.
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Buffalo
Qily
Supreme Court
George Pierce
Alvin
Kelly
Wiglie Pierce
Frank Schwab
Bomber Pilot Details Plot To Bomb Roadhouse For Pay
A bomber pilot testifies that Sheltons and Adams offered $1000 and a Lincoln to bomb a roadhouse and kill Birger. He recounts reconnaissance flights, a dynamite risk, a gun assault on the house, and receiving $1000 from Joe Adams while Mundale obtained a Chevrolet touring car. The plan failed as bombs did not hit the roadhouse, and the pilot later confessed to authorities.
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Sheltons
Adams
Birger
Mondale
Mundale
Gus Adams
Joe Adams
Adams House
Shelton Brothers
Collinsville
Shelton
Duquoin
Burkville
Columbia
Tennessee
Two Confess Holdup of Man and Woman
Harold Adair of Boone and Cleo Longhenry of Stratford were arrested in Lehigh for holdup of C. C. Finley and a woman companion last Sunday night. They took two diamond rings and a wrist watch, fled in Finley’s car, but crashed nearby. Both confessed after arrest. jewelry found in Boone. Longhenry hospitalized with appendicitis.
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Fort Dodge
Harold Adair
Boone
Cleo Longhenry
Stratford
C. C. Finley
Lehigh
Finley
Longhenry
Rest Camp for Farmers Wives Opens August Fourteen
West Branch Iowa July 16 The Cedar county rest camp for farmers wives will open at Palisade State Park near here Aug 14 The camp bans husbands children and chores and offers a week of rest with swimming boating and leisure activities plus informal recreational and educational talks to guide the attendees through a care free farming lifestyle
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West Branch
Cedar County
Tennessee
Palisade State Park
Here
Sapiro Ford libel suit settled on statement basis
Chicago July 16 Aston Sapiro says the $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford and the Dearborn Independent is settled on a new statement issued by Ford There was no money settlement and the action based on 1925 1926 articles about cooperative associations on the Sapiro plan is terminated.s
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Chicago
Aston Sapiro
Henry Ford
Sapiro
Ford
The
Dearborn Independent
Aaron Sapiro
Davis
Earl Davis
Woman Killed by Rear End Collision in Davenport
Davenport Iowa July 16 Mrs E A Artz 65 was killed last night when her automobile was struck from behind by another car The impact caused fatal shock and the other driver was not detained by authorities An early inquiry indicated the rear impact caused the death with no further details given.
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Davenport
E. A. Artz
Shelby County To Vote On 800000 Road Bonds
Harlan Ioa July 16 news that Shelby county will vote July 28 on an issue of 800000 bonds for paved roads.
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Harlan
Shelby County
Funeral for Katherine Pidgeon Held in O'Keefe Chapel
Katherine Pidgeon 50 died at 5 a m in a local hospital from heart disease. She was a Miller-Wohl saleswoman born Oct 7 1877 in Marshalltown. Survived by daughter Mrs A C McCormick Cedar Rapids. husband preceded her. Royal Neighbors of Gold Leaf camp in charge. services 9 a m Monday. Burial at New Providence family plot. Funeral attendees meet 8 a m at 71012 Sycamore St.
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Katherine Pidgeon
Fifth Street
Miller-Wohl
Marshalltown
Gold Leaf Camp
Royal
Pidgeon
A. C. McCormick
Cedar Rapids
O'Keefe & Towne
New Providence
Order
Harriett Wightman
Sycamore Street
James H. Bartels Dies After Illness at 72
James H. Bartels 72 died at 4 45 p m yesterday at 1109 Berth avenue after a long illness from heart disease. Born March 21 1855 in Indiana he lived in Illinois Fayette Ia and Waterloo since 1906. Survived by widow Celesta Hughbanks two children Emmett Bartels Waterloo and Mrs Arthur D Jackson Huron S D. Funeral Monday 2 30 p m Petersen Bros chapel Rev C W Harrop Linden Methodist Episcopal church burial Elmwood.
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James H. Bartels
Berth Avenue
Indiana
Illinois
Fayette
Bartels
Waterloo
Celesta Hughbanks
Excelsior
Wis
Emmett Bartels
Arthur D. Jackson
Huron
S. D
Petersen Bros
C. W. Harrop
Linden Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmwood
Funeral services for William Emrich set for Monday
Funeral services for William O. Emrich, who died yesterday morning, will be held at 2 p m next Monday from the Hileman and Gindt chapel. Rev. Henry Mueller of First Lutheran church will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William OO. Emrich
Hileman & Gindt
Henry Mueller
First Lutheran Church
Funeral services for Martin Grupp
Funeral services for Martin Grupp, who died yesterday morning at Oak Park, will be held at 2 p m tomorrow from the Janesville M A church.
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Martin Grupp
Oak Park
Janesville M. A
OWA QUERIES FROM STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECORDS
Questions and answers provided to the Associated Press by the State Historical Society of Iowa describe queries about local history. The piece notes the collaboration and archival context for public knowledge.
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OWA
Associated Press
State Historical Society of
Towa
Iowa questions on duties and charters
A scanned quiz item asks readers about Iowa topics: the composer of Pale Moon, the secretary of the League of Iowa Municipalities, four Iowa cities under special charters, how many U S constitutional amendments Iowa has ratified, and which Iowa cities have city managers. Answers appear on another page.
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League of Iowa
Iowa
United States
STATE'S WITNESS PAINTS BIRGER A BOASTFUL KILLER
Benton Ill July 16 INS With court adjourned over the weekend the state today marshaled witnesses to show Charley Birger boasted I am bigger than the law of Franklin county The testimony places Ray Hyland at the wheel of the car that drove killers to Mayor Joe Adams West City Birger threatened a man with death and ordered a tank to Shady Rest as he claimed power over the law Witness Waddell True testified Birger with armed gangsters chased him and demanded location of an armored car The case ties Birger to a conspiracy as prosecutors press the murder investigation
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Benton
Ill
INS
Charley Birger
Franklin County
Roy C. Martin
Southern Illinois
Ray
Adams
Birger
Newman
Sheltons
Shady Rest
Civil War Threat Yet Hangs Over Vienna Capital
Unions press for government ouster while the republican guard appears to hold the city. Reports say looting ash and smoke shrouding Vienna amid unrest. Italy warns Austria with ultimatum over railway passage and rushes 1000 troops toward the frontier as tension flares.
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Vienna
Berlin Tageblatt
Italy
London
Innsbruck
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Austria
United Press
Rome
Elevator op wrecks art collection in Des Moines crime
An elevator operator with a grudge destroyed about 150000 dollars worth of paintings, including a Van Dyke canvas, after boiling over in anger at his employer. Authorities note the act harmed culture and society, with the motive rooted in personal grievance.
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Des Moines
van Dyke
Temperatures Forecast For Friday And Saturday
A local forecast lists a maximum on Friday of 0.94 degrees with a minimum for Saturday night of 67 degrees. Other unreadable text appears to be garbled or stray notes.
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ST Ewes
Gore delays gubernatorial speech after secretary’s death
Charleston, July 16. A few hours before Howard M. Gore, then assistant secretary of agriculture, was to speak in his gubernatorial campaign, word arrived that his chief, Secretary H. C. Wallace, had died. Advisers urged him to stay for the meeting, saying it could cost him the governorship. He left none and took the first train to stay at his Washington desk until inauguration, yet he won by a large majority.
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Charleston
W. Va
Howard M. Gore
H. C. Walace
Gore
Washington
Navy warns on misleading distress calls from trans Pacific fliers
Washington July 16 Secretary of the Navy Wilbur called the distress signals from aviators Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte a serious matter while noting no rebuke for their bravery. He urged future aviators to report their whereabouts accurately to avoid endangering future flights, stressing greater caution for commercial pilots.
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Washington, D. C
trans-Pacific
Ernest Smith
Emory Bronte
Pacific
Navy
Wilbur
Robber Captured in Minneapolis Faces Multiple Robbery Ties
Des Moines reports Jamies Cellan, alias with 17 Oklahoma bank robberies and a $12,000 Kentucky distillery heist, is under arrest in Minneapolis. He faces charges of assault with intent to commit murder in Clinton, and with accomplice Bob Evans at least two officers were assaulted. Evans already sentenced to 40 years in Oklahoma. both had prior escapes and admissions to Wisconsin bank theft schemes.
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Des Moines
Jamies Cellan
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Minneapolis
James Risden
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Cellan
Clinton
Bob Evans
Evans
Gellan
McAlester
Oklahoma State Reformatory
Granite
Jamestown
N. C
Wisconsin
Shanghai Police Raid Soviet Bank for Red Evidence
Shanghai authorities cooperated with Chinese officials to raid the Soviet Far Eastern Bank in Shanghai. Crowds filled the streets as a search warrant and bank seal order were executed. German attorney F Wilhelm was arrested after protesting. Evidence of transactions with Chinese communists was reportedly found, though no documents were seized.
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Shanghai
Provisional Court
F. Wilhelm
Rainbow Division Veterans May Make Oversea Pilgrimage
Des Moines reports preliminary plans to organize a 1923 pilgrimage by Rainbow Division veterans to the World War battlefields in France ten years after their frontline trench fighting. The Rainbow division will hold its annual reunion in Columbus on July 14, Bastille Day in France and the Champagne battle anniversary will be observed.
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Des Moines
France
Rainbow Division
Columbus
Champagne
Handy Mandy Sold for Fifty Thousand at Raceland Park
A Sagacious note reports Three D Stables under trainer C. Darnell purchased the race mare Handy Mandy from Hal Price Headley at Raceland Park in Ashland Kentucky for $50,000. The July 16 dispatch from Lexington Leader details the transfer and price as reported by a Raceland Park source.
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Lexington
Raceland Park
Ashland
C. Darnell
Handy Mandy
Hal Price Headley
Cy Williams Hits Lead With Seventeenth Home Run
Cy Williams of Philadelphia hit his seventeenth homer in the first inning off Hill of the Pirates, moving ahead in the National League home run race ahead of Rogers Hornsby of the Giants during a Philadelphia game dated July 16.
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CY Williams
Homer
Philadelphia
Rogers Hornsby
Giants
Hill
Pittsburgh
Marriage Licenses of Waterloo and Cedar Rapids Couples
Glen Br. Gerholt and Allene M. Nicol of Waterloo granted license on January 19. Karl G. Raths of Cedar Rapids and Thelma L. Amos of Waterloo awarded license on January 18.
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Glen BR. Gerholt
Waterloo
Allene M. Nicol
Karl G. Raths
Cedar Rapids
Thelma L. Amos
Postpones Making of Whisky Until After Elections
Washington July 16 Owing to pressure from dry organizations the government has abandoned plans to replenish the medicinal liquor supply. Officials say five years of supply remain and no steps will be taken to manufacture until after the next presidential election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
INS
Treasury
Dickinson Declares Campaign May See Farm Relief Issue
Mooreheart, US July 16. Congressman L. J. Dickinson tells dairymen that farm relief will be a major campaign issue in 1928 if agricultural groups fail to win a two thirds vote in both houses for legislative control of farm surpluses. He argues deflation in agriculture lacks attention and calls for stable year round prices to aid farmers.
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Mooseheart
House
Senate
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Dickinson
Mlinois Holstein-Friesian Association
Nine Lynchings in First Half of Year Same as for 2 Years
Tuskegee Alabama July 16 according to records at Tuskegee Institute nine lynchings occurred in the United States in the first six months of 1923. The figure matches the first six months of 1925 and 1926, is four more than 1934, six less than 1923, 21 less than 1922, and 27 less than 1921. All victims were Negroes. Offenses included murder rape and related charges with state counts: Arkansas 2 Louisiana 1 Mississippi 4 Missouri 1 Texas 1.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Department of Records and Research
United States
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Seminary Girls Reunion Marks 69 Years Since Seminary
In Springdale Iowa on July 16 a three day reunion drew five of six classmates from a late 19th century seminary. The attendees included Mrs. A V Phelps West Branch and four others living in Iowa and River Forest Illinois. The circle noted the earlier birthdays and remembered one classmate who died young.
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Seminary
Springdale
N. L. Phelps
Iowa City
A. V. Phelps
West Branch
Esther F. Sexsmith
Keokuk
Hattie F. Kinkead
Whittier
Allie Packer
Ollie
Susie Porter
River Forest
Ill
Widow Kills Woman Over Legal Papers in Elevator
In New York on July 16, widow Catharine Barrett, 43, shot and killed Margaret Moore, 47, in the apartment building elevator after a year and a half quarrel over legal papers connected to the late Anthony J. Barrett. Barrett reportedly told detectives, Yes I killed her. She annoyed me, and detailed disputes over Moore’s legal work for her late husband.
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New York
Catherine Barrett
Anthony J. Barrett
Margaret Moore
Moore
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Harry, M. Reed
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Zimmerman Home
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Flora Chilberg
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Saline County
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Army
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Ilinois
Stancel P. Gilley
Kelly Field
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Bluff Street
Herrin
Sioux City
Dyer
Benton, al
Charles Birger
Ili
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Frederick Eberson
University of California
Shelton Gang
Smith and Bronte
Frank Foster
Oakland
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Saratoga
N. Y
Raymond Baker
William O. Emrich
Softdrink
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Sleeping Beauty
Los Angeles
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W. J. Peacock
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