Councilmen Plan Rerouting Of 218 Traffic
City council members discuss redirecting Primary Highway 218 from Hotel Russell Lamson west along Fifth and Washington to Falls Avenue and Main, then along Malin Street to Rainbow Drive to ease Westfield Avenue congestion near Electric Park and Dairy Cattle Congress grounds. Funding hoped from budget director via bond issue or levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Coueil
Westfield Avenue
Electric Park
Dairy Cattle Congress
John, Deeree Tractor Company
FE. L. Hogue
Westfield
Russell- Lamson Corner
Kenneth L. Bragdon
J. A. Harship
Hotel Russell‘Lamson
Fifth Street
Washington Street
Falls Avenue
Cleveland Street
Main Street
Malin Street
Rainbow Drive
Sim
Cedar Falls
Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
Rainoon Drive
Rock Island
Hartleip
Farm Aid Dominates G O P Convention Agenda
The Kansas City convention faces a major issue over farm relief with the equalization fee at the center. Critics accuse farm leaders and lawmakers of political motives to press President Coolidge into a veto before the gathering. Some say caravans and large turnout are possible, while others doubt organized plans exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Williams
Coolidge
Kansas City
Washington
Bryan
Midwest
Army of Protest
Iowa Student Dies in Nicaragua Shooting
Des Moines reportsLeonardo Allen, 23, a Des Moines college student, died in a Nicaragua lumber camp attack. An American gunman opened fire killing the foreman and then Allen after Allen reached the camp. Allen, who had gone to Nicaragua for the summer, planned to return to Town State College in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Leonardo Allen
Purr
Gabezas
Nicaragua
Allen
L. 3
Orleans
Nica-ragua
Town State College
Pacific Fliers Land at Honolulu as Gas Tanks Are Emptied
A fragmented report describes Pacific fliers landing in Honolulu after fuel was exhausted, as dusk deepened and a nighttime approach continued with planes at 1200 to 4000 feet above water. A Chicago dog story notes a dog’s bark waking three families from a burning building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Honolulu
Page One
DOG
Chicago
Callie
Strongest Amazon of All Russia Dies at 30
Nadezjda Yakovleff of Yazakova village, famed as Russia’s strongest Amazon weighing 410 pounds, died at age 30 after consuming vast daily meat intake. Married to the village miller, she rarely left home yet drew crowds seeking health tips. Her shoulders measured 40 inches and her waist 72 inches before death from heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Nadezjda Yakovleff
Vilage
Yazakova
Russia
Naderida
Stewart Refusal to Answer Cited in Teapot Dome Case
Washington June reports that Rob ert W Stewart refused to answer questions before the senate Teapot Dome committee on liberty bond profits involving Continental Trading. Stenographers testified he declined to discuss knowledge of recipients, saying the questions were not pertinent and asserting his summons in the Sinclair trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
DB. C
Robert W. Stewart
Senate Teapot Dome
Indiana Standard Oil
Stewart
Senate Oil Committee
Liberty Bond
Continental Trading Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Alberta
Threaten Farm Bolt From GOP Over Platform
Wil liam Hirth of Columbus Missouri, head of the Corn Belt federation, warned that if the Republican national convention in Kansas City fails to adopt a farmer friendly platform and presidential slate, middlewestern states may bolt the party. The federation, claiming about one million farmers, backs Frank Lowden and opposes Coolidge and Hoover. Leaders planned resolutions to press demands at the Kansas City meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Moines
Houston
Kansas City
Willim Hirth
Columbis
Corn Belt. Federation
Federation
Frank ©. Lowden
Witnois
Coolidge
Hoover
Kan- 5As City
Reed to Be Speaker at Memorial Rites for Dead of G A R
Harry M. Reed, commander of Becker-Chapman post, American Legion, will speak at a Memorial service at 3 p.m. Sunday in Memorial hall, arranged by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, to honor comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic who died in the past year. The program includes selections by the First Evangelical church quartet and congregational singing of America. Honored are Alvah Page of Company C, Thirty-second Iowa. W. W. Whitenack of Company D, Twelfth Iowa. Martin Bender of Company A, Forty-sixth Illinois. W. H. Stevens of Company E, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. Co. W Shumaker of Company E, Twelfth Iowa. Jacob Ristine of Company 13, Seventy-second Iowa. Samuel Gushard of Company H, Seventeenth All-Moss Cavalry. and Dr G. W. Bothwell of Company E, Third Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Reed
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic
First Evangelical Church Quartet
Congregational Singing of
Martin Bender
Tinois
W. H. Stevens
Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
Shumaker
Towa
Jacob Ristine
Iowa
Samual Gushard
All- Moss Cavalry
G. W. Bothwell
Wisconsin
German Club and Gesang-Verein Organized Here
Thirty German residents of Waterloo met in the Lafayette building and organized the German club and Gesang-Vermaeng Mig society. The group aims to keep Germans in the community united and preserve old songs and traditions. Gustav Guth was elected president, Emil Brauer secretary, and Henry Renken treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Lafayette
Test
Gesang-Vermaeng Mig
Gustav Guth
Franklin
Emil Brauer
Mulberry
jHenry Renken
Anber Seeks State Presidency of American Legion Auxiliary
Marsnalitown Tadure announces candidacy for state president of the American Legion Auxiliary. The election will take place at the state convention to be held at Country Bluffs by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsnalitown
Tadure
Anber
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Country Bluffs
Iowa Co ed Tries for Olympic Team
A University of Iowa graduate student plans a trek toward the Olympic team by competing in an AAUW trek meet for women in Chicago this Saturday. The article notes her role as a co ed and mentions Iowa City and institutions while detailing travel from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Wa
Hinsi
Wje
Unive of Iowa
Shen Troosa
Iowa City
Slaw University
Chicago
Troops of other nations prepare for Peking
Shanghai and Peking dispatches from June describe a rapid collapse of the northern regime in Manchuria and the advancing nationalist threat. Foreign contingents in Peking, including Britain France Japan Italy and the United States, are coordinating defense plans around concessions while Chang Tso-Lin contemplates abdication and retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Jung
Mukden
Jega- Hon
Fifteenth Americane
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Chang
London
Tokio
Evening News
Chang Tso-Lin
Tuan Chi Jui
Peking-Hankow
Impending Marriage, Estate Award Reported in Fleming Case
Des Moines reports a court decision awarding Mrs Charles Fleming 142050.44 dollars and her share of her late husband s estate. Her impending marriage to BE G Wylie a former Des Moines official was announced in tandem with the ruling. The Fleming Brothers case originated in a 12 year litigation over stock passed to survivors upon a partner s death and reached the supreme court for dower rights before returning to district court for final amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Moines
U.P
Charles Fleming
BE. G. Wylie
Greater
Supreme Court
Tleming
District Court
Iowa ripe for socialism asserts new ticket fielded
Des Moines June 1 ENS. I S MecGrillis secretary of the socialism party announced plans to place an entire state ticket in the field at the state convention in Des Moines July 1. He said Iowa is ripe for socialism due to disaffection in major parties. McGrathics, a 1912 socialist gubernatorial candidate, said Norman Thomas will speak in Des Moines during a countrywide tour late in the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
ENS
Socialist Party
I. S
Information from Battle Shocking Court Details
Martin Gilbert arrested last Sunday for disorderly conduct after claiming intimate knowledge of the Clara Olson slaying at Prairie du Chien Wisconsin He was arraigned and fined five dollars by Judge George A Curran Chapman who noted he had been drinking and mentally calculating how the crime was committed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Martin Gilbert
Clara, Olson
Prairie du Chien
Wis
George A. Curran Chlbert
Mortuary notices for Milonas Besh and St Clair in Waterloo
Samuel Milonas 38 of 713 Sycamore Waterloo died at St Francis hospital after surgery. Burial in Fairview after services at St Demetrios church. Also notices for C Besh 66 obituary at First Methodist and for Mrs Arch St Clair 61 funeral at Westminster Presbyterian with burial in Winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Milonas
Sycamore Street
St. Francis Hospital
Compilations
Mr. Milonas
Isle of Samos
Greece
America
New York City
Gedar Rapids
Waterloo
John
Gus Malorias
Iowa
Kasandra Kazlas
St. Demetrios
Gus Milonas
Seventh Street
John Milonas
Lafayette Street
Petersen Bros. Mortuary
Emmanuel Kafkakis
Fairview Cemetery
Arch ST. Clair
Locust Street
West Virginia
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wintor
Two Killed When Digester Explodes at Arlington Plant
A digester machine exploded in the nitration building at the Arlington plant of the DuPont Nutritions company injuring four workers and killing two. The building was badly damaged by the blast and few workers were present, limiting loss of life. Another report notes eight members of the Albert Kaser family burned to death in a farm home fire near Osborne, Kansas, with the cause under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearny
Noak
Reobe
Arlington
DuPont Nutritions Company
Osborne
Kan
Albert
Kaser
Here
Parklike Tract Planned for New Style Cemetery
A parklike cemetery for 40 acres on the Hudson road hillside near Waterloo is planned by Philip Troeger landscape expert W M Colvin and Thomas B Walton with realtors C and Howard Marquis. They bought the land for 12000 and will invest around 60000 in landscaping to create a ground-level graveyard with slab markers, no mounds, no standing monuments, and extensive trees and flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma T. Adams
Inni
Hudson
Philip Troeger
United States
W. M. Colvin
Thomas B. Walton
Tall
Chicago
C. &. Howard
F. L
Marquis
Troeger
University of Travis
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Lincoln
Net
Philadelphia
Hudson Road
Troeger and Colvin
Hercabeita
Othe
Waterloo
C. E
Howard
Eagle Center
Moose Gathering at Marshalltown Opens Sessions
Hundreds of delegates to the annual Loyal Order of Moose convention in Marshalltown Ia were welcomed by the mayor and chamber of commerce president. About 1,500 members from across the state are expected to attend. James J. Davis, secretary of labor, will speak at tomorrow night's banquet and Mooseheart founder, at the order’s national home for boys and girls. Officers for the coming year were to be elected this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Ju.Ri
Loyal Order of Moose
Chamber of Commerce
James J. Davis
Mooseheart
Order's Nations
Brain Test Word List From 1920s Oral Tests
A list of 35 unusual words with brief definitions and a memory test. The reader studies the meanings and then matches them to the words, using a two minute read and recall exercise. Names include LIDO ALGOL PRATER THALES ZIRKURAT OJO ICOSAHEDRON GAMBIT CALLISTO SICARIUS RANDERILLA LOACH SIBILUS POCOCURANTE and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Prater
Vienna
Thales
Callisto
Traving
Cerner
Iain Zikkurat
Loach— Algol
Ojo
Randerilla
Lido—- Thales
Sicarius
Sibilus
Seven Arrested in $100000 Brosdmoore Club Hold-Up
Indianapolis police report seven youths eight from Chicago and Indianapolis were detained in connection with a $100,000 hold-up at Brosdmoore Country Club. Suspects James Mirabella George Elliott Howard Daily Joseph Hanrahan Dan Ackerman Clarence Forte Carl Scovill denied involvement. Bonds set at five thousand dollars each as authorities seek Bertillon records for past activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Pa- Mee
Brosdmoore Country Club
James Mirabella
George Elliott
Howard Daily
Joseph Hanrahan
Dan Ackerman
Clarence
Forte
Carl Scovill
Glaude M. Worley
Bertillon
Iowan is Champion of Intercollegiate Battle of Brains
Nathan M. Pusey of Council Bluffs Iowa, a Harvard student, won the first intercollegiate brain champion title in an English literature competition between Harvard and Yale. Harvard defeated Yale 93 to 117 under the cross country style scoring. Yale’s top finisher was George T. Washington of Detroit, edged for second by Harvard’s James McLane of Garrison Maryland. Stanton F. Kennedy of Omaha Yale finished fourth, while Harvard’s Richard Sherman of Algona Iowa placed sixteenth in the top twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
INS
Nathan M. Pusey
Council Bluffs
Harvard
Yale
George T. Washington
Detroit
George Washington
James McLane
Garrison
Stanton F. Kennedy
Omaha
Richard Sherman
Algona
Drake University Alumni Return for Commencement
Drake University graduates and alumni from across the United States gathered in Des Moines for the final year end assembly. James J. Davis, secretary of labor, will deliver the commencement address as Jacob M. Wickham of Des Moines, a chemistry freshman, wins $500 for the American Chemical Society essay contest presented by Drake president D. W. Morehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Drake University
United States
Robert L. Finch
Uiversity
James J. Davis
Jacob M. Wickham
American Chemical Society
D. W. Morehouse
Drake
Brandon Re elected by Good Roads Assn
Des Moines, June 1. URW. W. Brandon, former governor of Alabama, was re elected president yesterday of the United States Good Roads association in convention here. J. A. Rountree, Birmingham, was reelected director general. Vice presidents at large: Palen, Kansas. Erickson, Montana. Hammill, Town. Green, Michigan. Moore, New Jersey. Richards, South Carolina. Gore, West Virginia. Tasker L. Oddie, Nevada. Earl W. Watson, president of Black Haws Construction, reported unimproved ten days after breaking a vertex brain and falling down an elevator shaft at 247 Prospect Avenue. hospitalized at St Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Watson
Earl W. Watson
Prospect Avenue
Black Haws Construction Company
St. Francis Hospital
Ames Flying Club Elects Ames Chapter Leaders
Wilford Gerbracht, local aviator, is named president of the newly organized Ames chapter of the National Aeronautic Association. Three members enrolled on the charter. Other officers elected include Harry B. Dunlap as vice president, Joseph H. Ainsworth as secretary treasurer, and J Gerbracht as director alongside EB Daubert D W Patkinson Arthur Pose E B Smith and Marion Wearthn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Wilford Gerbracht
National Aeronautic Association
Harry B. Dunlap
Joseph H. Ainsworth
J. _Gerbracht
EB. Daubert
D. W. Patkinson
Arthur Pose
E. B. Smith
Marion Wearthn
Fifteen Year Old Girl Charged With Theft
A Waterloo girl aged fifteen is held in Floyd county to answer larceny charges after allegedly stealing a bathing suit and a string of beads. She was taken to Charles City by the sheriff. The case involves the Beaton family of Waterloo and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Sumner
Fern
Charles City
Bard
Floyd County
Charles Bard
Clar
Weilnaur
Sugene Weiltnaur
Jeton
C. W. Harrop
Methodist
Explosion in Bakeshop Sparks Mass Meeting Call
A bakery blast in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, killed Victor Christensen and left others burned. lawyer Milton F. Fields announced a mass meeting for voters at Colored Masonic Hall at 8 p m today inviting all candidates to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton F. Fields
Colored Masonic Hall
al- Sioux Rapids
Cal
Sioux City
Bany
Mobile
Fields
Victor Christensen
Bedside Father Dies After Boy’s Death In Wisconsin
Jonn J. Hughes Jr a 15 year old Tampion Academy student died of peritonitis in La Crosse Wisconsin His father Jonn J Hughes and sister flew to be at his bedside from Des Moines The family connected to Northwestern Mutual life insurance and a sister underwent a transfusion in a drastic last effort to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonn J. Hughes, Jr
Tampion Academy
la Crosse
Wis
The
Spectator
West High
Russell Getty
Ira J.’ Getty
Forest Avenue
John Preston
Will Preston
Wellington Street
Getty
Preston
Ex Congressmen Named as Bandit in Grand Trunk Robbery
Chicago June 1 Charles Wharton former congressman and former assistant State's attorney was indicted by a federal grand jury for a role in the Grand Trunk mail train robbery at Evergreen Park months earlier. The raid yielded $133000. six others were indicted and several arrested. John Flannery linked to Henry Fernekes as an accomplice previously mentioned. Wharton’s involvement cited in confessions and intercepted conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles
Wharton
Congress
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
John Flannery
Henry
Fernekes
Butler Takes Up Convention Page
Kansas City Mo June 1 Chairman William M Butler of the Republican national committee arrived to take charge of plans for the GOP convention opening June 12 Senator Reed Smoot chairman of the resolutions committee and Mrs Alvin Hert Kentucky vice chairwoman of the national committee are among those expected to attend In the Republican camp women will play a leading role James W Good Iowa Hoover campaign organizer predicted Herbert Hoover would be nominated early in the convention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
City
U.A
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Reed Smoot
Resolutions Committee
Alvin
T. Hert
Kentucky
James W. Good
Iowa
Hoover Forces
Herbert Hoover
Secretaty of Commerce
Champ Clark Jr to Open Mississippi River Bridge in Louisiana
Champ Clark Jr the grandson of Champ Clark and son of Mr and Mrs Bennett Clark will formally open the bridge across the Mississippi River at Louisiana Missouri with a ribbon cutting on June 9. Governors of Missouri and Illinois will attend the dedication. The bridge will open to traffic June 2 offering a cut from Kansas City to the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark, Jr
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
W. W. Marsh
South Street
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Bennett Clark
St. Louis
Missouri
Tilingis
Kansas City
Camp Pike Rookies to Reunite June 7 at Memorial Hall
Becker-Chapman post of the American Legion will host a Camp Pike reunion at Memorial hall next Thursday evening June 7. Among notable attendees will be the men who entrained from Waterloo for Camp Pike Arkansas on July 26 1918. Tate J Harrison, reunion chairman, urged all veterans who served at Camp Pike to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Becker-Chapman Post
Amnerican Legion
Waterloo
Camp Pike
Ark
Aorder
Tate J. Harrison
Bathing Beach Opening Date Updated
Waterloo plans to open its municipal bathing beach on Sunday June 10 Park Commissioner A C Sherwood announced correcting an earlier misprint that had stated June 3 The new date aligns with the city’s summer schedule and invites residents to enjoy the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
A .C. Sherwood
Courier
Memorial Service Scheduled by Grand International Auxiliary
The Grand International auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will meet Sunday at 2:30 pm at Odd Fellows hall for a memorial service. Rev. T. R. Niven of First Presbyterian Church will give the address, with musical selections by Virginia Fish to close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand International
Brotherhood of “Locomotive Engineers
Odd Fellows’ ‘Hall
T. R. Niven
First Presbyterian Church
Virginia Fish
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Getty and
New York Herald-Tribune
Gov't
Hirth
Gesang-Verein
Legion Auxiliary
Tate
Washington, D.C
Coolidee
I H
Theodore Tate
Tennessee
Ned Glaus
George & Marty
Mason City
Senate
Pieta Mae Spooner
Luverne LW
Shanghai
China
Tientsin
Chang Sun-Chang
Tientsin-Puken
England
Sanford
BESH
Coranford C. Besh
Kingsley Avenue
First Methodist Episcopal Church
CG. L. Kenagy
First Baptist Church
Mr. Besh
Arthur Young
First M. E. Church
Rensselaer County
New York
Minnie
Florence Wheeler
George Besh
Ida M. Bet
Vermont Street
Amanda Hutton
Janesville
Kearns Mortuary
4. T. Farrell
Becker-Chapman American Legion Auxiliary
Farrell
St. John's Church
Nicholas
Lenta
Calvary
Woman’s Labor Bureau
Carpenter's Hall
Mystic Workers
Péter H. Kroger
Falls ‘Avenue
N. J. Nestor
Rosary Society of Sacred Heart Church
P.m
R. J. Nestor
Randolph Siree
Sacred Heart Church
Knights of Columbus
Evening Past, Inc
Anaytra
Katherine Schaub
Tral
United States Radium Corporation of
New Jersey
Iowan
Battle of Brains
Brandon
Good Roads Ass’n
Ames Flying Club
Benjamin Davis
Davis
Robinson
Hinson Auto Accessories Company
Archie Helm
Glenwood Street
Curtis Snyder
Franklin Street
Helm
Snyder
C. McClinton
Mildred Avenue
Bikelberg
Baltimore
George Olivar
Avenue East
Arnold Ritz
J. W. Edlund
Leonard
Hazel Hall
Logan Avenue
Sherwood Cannon
George Hazen
U.R
Shenandoah
Fordham University
Ollie Shaffer
Mary Cheatham
Riehl
William Smith
Glenwood
Leo J. Mak
Second Street
Lesiie H. Schrubbe
Columbia Circle
Mason
Erma Cole
Arthur G. Cole
Fourth Street West
Dorothy Bowman
Arthur W. Bow- Man
Second Street West
Raymond Williams
Charles E. Williams
Cedar Heights
Forum
Smith
Lewis Worthington Smith
S. A. Lynch
Town
State Teachers College
Burton T. Burritt
Waterloo Evening Courier
Fred J. Sluss
West High School
Mabel Heller
Bill Pixley
Don Finlayson
Charles S
Whiarton
Butler
Mississippi Bridge
Bofle
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