Marines Move to North China for New War Danger
Washington reports seven American naval vessels in southern Chinese waters heading toward Chefoo near Tientsin to be near the fighting zones. Marines from the Sixth and Tenth Regiments sail for North China aboard the Henderson under Gen. Smedley Butler, with the Richmond cruiser also bound for Tientsin. The Fourth Regiment stays in Shanghai. Britain and France dispatch forces per an international pact to safeguard the Tientsin Pekin railroad. The Chaumont may also head for Tientsin. The U.S. vows swift action, remains neutral between factions, and prioritizes protection of nationals while evacuating Shanghai and Peking missions as needed.
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Washington, D. C
Chefoo
Gulf of Chine
Tientsin
Shanghai
Smedley Butler
North China
Henderson
Takubar
United States
Richmond
Tientsin-Peking
Chaumont
Olongapo
Philippine Islands
U. S
Peking
London
Tokio
China
Tientein
American Legion Band Opens Season in Openair Concert
The Becker-Chapman American Legion band performs its first concert of the season at Gates Park at 8 p m. Directed by Cressy Whaylen the program features marches overtures waltzes and character pieces. The next appearance is at MV league park Thursday June 9 for a patriotic pageant with a sham battle and an aviation exhibition by John W Cable.
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American Legion Band of
Becker-Chapman Post
Gates Park
Cressy Whaylen
Copenhagen
Slippery Hawk
MV League Park
Iowa National Guard
John W. Cable
Waterloo Women Win Two of Six Essay Prizes
Waterloo took two of six prizes in a national essay contest on Life Insurance as Protection of the Home. The winning essays, each earning $20, were submitted by Mrs. George B. Worthen, executive secretary of the American Red Cross, and Mrs. A. G Sawyer, both members of the Women's club.
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Waterloo
National Association of Life Underwriters
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Philadelphia
General Federation of Women's Clubs
George B. Worthen
Fourth Street West
American Red Cross
A. G Sawyer
Fark Avenue West
Woman’s Club
Farmers' Store at Reinbeck Changes Hands
Reinbeck Iowa June 2 Roy C Holck buys the Reinbeck community store long operated cooperatively by local farmers for ten years The sale marks a new ownership for the cooperative outlet serving the town and surrounding area.
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Reinbeck, Ta
Reinbeck
Roy C. Holck
Baumgartner and Wheeler Rites Held in Local Churches
Funeral services for William M. Baumgartner longtime Witnois Central railroad shop employee are set for Friday at 2 30 p.m. at Walnut Street Baptist Church following a 2 p.m. prayer at the family home 705 Nevada Street Rev Warren L Steaves will officiate Burial will be in Fairview Infant James R Wheeler son of Mr and Mrs Fiey d Wheeler of 423 Glenwood Street will be mourned at 10 a.m. by Rev Fe N J Lantz at St Johns Catholic Church with burial in Weivary.
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W. M. Baumgartner
William M. Baumgartner
Witnois Central Railroad
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Nevada Street
Warren L. Steaves
Fairview
James R. Wheeler
Demands for Probe of Iowa University Hearings
In Iowa City a committee of medical college department heads pressed two state board of education members for an investigation into the university administration. The three hour secret conference ended with plans for a special board meeting, Baker opposing and Slager favoring the probe.
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Iowa City
Iowa’ University
State Board of Education
Medical College
Board of Education
George T. Baker
Willard T. Slager
Baker
Slager
Oklahoma Storm Levels Homes and Washes Tracks Out
A central Oklahoma storm battered the region on June 2 with a tornado high winds rain and hail. Dozens of homes were leveled at Stroud and buildings damaged at Onapa and other areas while railroad tracks were washed out near Westville with no reported casualties.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Altho
Stroud
Onapa
Westville
Sammy Mandell Cleared of Criminal Charges in Ring Death
Kansas City official says there is no basis for criminal action against Sammy Mandell the lightweight champion after the death in the ring of Stephen Adamczyk of Chicago. Wyandotte County Attorney Arthur J. Mellett announced following an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Sammy Mandell
Stephen Adamczyk
Chicago
Arthur J. Mellett
Wyandotte County
Tricks of Movies Explained to Lions
Tiry H. Miller a Monarch Film Company cameraman explained the tricks of making motion pictures to Lions Club members in an afterdunction talk. He described studio procedures and expedients used to produce films that seem impossibly difficult. John Liffring with his mother Mrs. Freda Liffring entertained with whistles imitating birds.
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Tiry H. Miller
Monarch Film Company
Lions Club
John Liffring
Freda Ot Lifring
Addition to Sartori Memorial Hospital Planned
Cedar Falls June 2 The board of trustees announces an addition to Sartori Memorial hospital to be used as a maternity ward. The $15 090 two story 30 by 40 foot structure will be completed this fall. J F Sartori of Los Angeles funds the project and will advance $7 000 remaining on his pledge plus $1 000 extra. A committee of three physicians will supervise.
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Cedar Falls
Sartori
Flood Relief Fund and Marriage Licenses Listed
Flood relief fund totals show 6 168 81 with receipts from Tuesday Study club and local groups. Marriage licenses issued include Carl A. Patmore Cedar Rapids Sarah E Hilton Waterloo Harold W K Davis Toledo Esther T Boyer Taniut Wayne Willams Bussey Genevieve Ogden Waterloo with listed fees and dates.
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Hudson T
Harvey Schrock
Carl A. Patmore
Cedar Rapids
Sarah E. Hilton
Waterloo
Harold WK. Davis
Toledo
Esther T. Boyer
Taniut
Wayne Willams
Bussey
Genevieve Ogden
Motor to California Party Plans West Coast Home
Mr and Mrs J F Kearney and daughter Myrtle of 128 Sveamcare Street left by motor today for Long Beach California They intend to make their home on the West Coast and begin a new life there
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MOTOR
California
J. F. Kearney
Dauughter
Myrtle
Sveamcare Street
Motor Atolloa
Long Beach
Cal
Ohio Legislature Applauds Ames College President Hughes
The Ohio General Assembly passed a resolution praising Raymond M. Hughes for his service as president of Miami University and noting his forthcoming move to Iowa State College in Ames. The document highlights his long tenure since 1898, leadership qualities, and expressed regret at his departure. Hughes, born in Atlantic in 1873, will assume duties in August with his wife Ella Brainard Rogers and two college-age children.
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Des Moines
Raymond M. Hughes
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
State Board of Education
Hughes
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Eighty-Seventh General Assembly of Ohio
Iowa State Colege
Senate
Ohio General Assembly
Atlantic
Ella Brainard Rogers
Monmouth
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Phy Beta Kappa
Presbyterian Church
Venable Suspended From Police Force While Out of Town
William Venable, suspended from the police department yesterday and asked to resign, was out of town today and expected to return this evening. Chief Charles Mohlis said filing of charges would be delayed a day or two.
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Wiliam Venable
Charles Mohlis
Meyer Reappointed to State Board of Autometry
Des Moines reports Alfred J. Meyer of Davenport is reappointed by Guy Hammill to the state board of autometry for a three year term starting July 1.
Fuller forms commission on Sacco and Vanzetti case
Boston reports Gov. Fuller creates an advisory commission to review the Sacco and Vanzetti murder case. The panel includes A Lawrence Lowell, Robert Grant, and Samuel W. Stratton and will operate independently of the governor as he reexamines the evidence and the July 10 execution date looms.
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Boston
Mass
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Alvan T. Fuller
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Robert Grant
Samuel W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gov. Fuller
Vanzetti
Sacco
South Braintree
Webster Thayer
Girl's Back Broken in Auto Collision
Miss Madge Bowman is in critical condition with a broken back after a car she rode in with three men hit another car and overturned. Driver Orville Hawkins escaped serious injury. the other car was driven by O. K. Place of Inwood. The party was en route to Porter's Lake.
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Shenandoah, Ja
INS
Madge Bowman
Orville Hawkins
O. K. Place
Inwood
Porter's Lake
Ronald Colman to Wed Rumors Persist in Hollywood
Hollywood rumors say Ronald Colman may wed soon as Betty Jewel, film actress, wore a large solitaire ring and boarded a train to New York while asked about an engagement. Jewel gave evasive remarks and did not confirm the report.
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Hollywood
Cal
Ronald Colman
Betty Jewel
New York
Mrs. Mabon Convicted Of Liquor Nuisance
Mrs Lillian Mabon a Negro woman was found guilty of maintaining a liquor nuisance after a witness testified he bought hard liquor but only sought two bottles of home brew. Court set 9 am Monday for sentencing following jurors considering the seized 12 bottles of beer as evidence.
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Lillian Mabon
G. W. Wood
Building Permits Reported For Several Local Projects
J L Riley moves house from 410 Commercial Street to 223 Leland Avenue. L B Taylor builds a garage at 228 Linden Avenue valued at 100 dollars. Dana Leonard at 631 Dundee Street constructs a garage for 100 dollars and at 631 Dun dee Street another garage for 100 dollars. Wayne Raymond files a heating plant at 136 Prospect Avenue. Dana Leonard adds a garage at 631 Dundee Street for 100 dollars.
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J. L. Riley
Commercial Street
Leland Avenue
L. B. Taylor
Linden Avenue
Dana Leonard
Dundee Street
Harry Murray
Newton
Wayne Raymond
Prospect Avenue
Dundee
Mayor With Hunch Opens 1927 Ball Season at City Hall
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts threw the first ball at Mississippi Valley league park in 1927. The autographed baseball by Manager Cletus Dixon rests on a wooden pedestal flanked by miniature bats on the mayor’s city hall desk, built after Street Commissioner Harvey Will prepared the pedestal.
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Mississippi Valley League Park
Cletus Dixon
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Waterloo
Harvey Will
Iowa Roads and Weather at 10 A.M. Des Moines to Dubuque
Weather and road conditions across Iowa report dirt roads slippery and muddy in Des Moines and Davenport, several towns with cloudy skies, light rain, or showers. Some gravel or dirt roads are good elsewhere with fair to cloudy conditions. specific routes No 20 and No 218 show detours and rough sections.
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Preas
Des Moines
Burlington
Keokuk
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Dubuque
Iowa City
Mason City
Creston
Waterloo
Fair
Brandon
Vinton
Bail Put Up After Two Months in Jail
Sioux City Iowa June 2 After about two months in the county jail in lieu of a 1000 bond Herman Stading former chief of police of South Sioux City Nebraska charged with extortion and conspiracy has posted a 1000 bond and been released He is alleged to have represented himself to liquor dealers as a fixer for prohibition officials and to have obtained money for protection
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Sioux City
Herman Stading
South Sioux City
Neb
Stading
East Junior Senior Banquet At Black's Tomorrow Night
Two hundred seventy five East High students and teachers will assemble in Black's tearoom Friday at 7 p m for the annual junior senior class banquet. Miss Viola Knoche history teacher sponsor of the junior class and a committee of students are in charge. The senior class breakfast and picnic will be held at Elk Run Saturday morning June 11 following commencement in East High auditorium. The baccalaureate address for the class of 1927 is to be delivered by Rev Warren L Steeves next Sunday evening in Walnut Street Baptist church.
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East High
Black
Viola Knoche
Elk Run
Warren L. Steeves
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Know Waterloo Week plan committee named
Herman C. Miller, Jackson McCoy, and Harry Shaw were named to a committee to advance Know Waterloo Week June 20 to 25. Fred C. Miller was chosen chairman to arrange speakers in churches and civic clubs. The week aims to spotlight Waterloo's advantages and resources.
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Herman C. Miller
Greater Waterloo Association
Jackson McCoy
Waterloo Evening Courier
Harry Shaw
Waterloo Tribune
Waterloo
Greater Waterloo Civic Council
Fred C. Miller
East High School
Greene Bank Closes In Greene Iowa
Greene Merchants National Bank is closed by directors order and state banking department officials take charge. The action was reported from Greene Iowa on June 2 in a special dispatch.
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Greene, Ia
Merchants National Bank
State Banking Department
Early American Literature Quiz Questions
What was the first American book to win fame in England Who wrote The Spy Name William Cullen Bryant's first famous poem Who was the first great American short story writer Which American writer gained fame for South Sea Island settings Who wrote Voices of the Night Name five noted New England historians from mid nineteenth century Who wrote Leaves of Grass Name the three most noted works of Lew Wallace Who wrote A Hazard of New Fortunes
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England
William Cullen Bryant
South Sea Island
New England
Lew Wallace
Police Decline Baseball Challenge From Dubuque
Waterloo police declined a baseball challenge from the Dubuque police department. Chief Mohlis said they are out of practice and busy with other duties, cancelling plans for a game.
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Dubuque
Waterloo Police
Mohlis
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