Iowa primary charges and Norway voyage headline era
In TODAY'S Spotlight, charges fill the air as Iowa primary nears with Frank Gue noting spread of rumors by campaign operatives for Brookhart and Cummins. Both deny wrongdoing while voters are urged to focus on real issues. meanwhile plans to revive Norge flights excite, as Nome’s polar expedition memory lingers and Camp Lewis awaits a reassembled dirigible for a national tour. The column also skirts social mores, sports rivalries, and local maritime chatter about Chicago harbor prospects and Great Lakes waterway talk.
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Elavenur Nour
Iowa
Gue
Brookhart
Cummins
Chicago
Middlewest
Antwerp
Es Moinek
Chiense
San Lake
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
United States
Europe
Canada
County Republican convention aims for 107 vote nominating threshold
Precinct leaders submit a 213 delegate list for Waterloo area county attorney race. If primary fails to nominate, 107 votes at convention will choose the nominee. Candidates await strength as lists statewide were prepared by precinct chairs for the July meeting.
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Hy Frank
County Central Committee
Atorner
Bonte
Jon Avill
City of Waterloo
Ives
Ward
Peter Marrell
Alice Ridenour
M. B. Nef
W. PF. Kearns
R. Lackwoad
J. J. Bracdon
Ogle
Harry BE. Kiester
B. Lovejoy
Julia PL iWeisshaar
B. Bragdon
Stuce Gates
E. L. Johnson
India Pickelt
H. C. Bernbrock
C. E.klingaman
Fred S. Pelli
A. W. Brown
T. J. Bender
Agnes Bachtell
W. H. Life
J. W. Roberts
Bailey
D. Jackson
U.S
Wison
J. H. Penly
Ig A. Carpenter
M.A. Parker
Janes B. Graham
OW. Plint
Fel White
B. B. Swisher
Beatrice Duke
J. Miller
Mary E. Chamberlin
Edith Ahiizes
Harry Krensky
J. Spat
Grand Officials Arrive for State Meet of United Travelers
Knights from across Iowa gather for the twenty seventh annual Iowa Grand Council session of the United Commercial Travelers. C W Thekok of Creston and CG L Hanks of Des Moines are among early arrivals. convention opens tomorrow morning in the Couriey building with a two day program.
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United Commercial
Iowa
Iowa Grand Council
United Commercial ‘Travelers
Couriey
C.W. Thekok
Creston
LL. Hanks
Des Moines
Grand Sentinel
Ler
Zeus Guild
Baymen
Bagdad
Ottam
Russell- Lanigan
Focal Councils
Russell-Lamson
Glenn Tibbitts
Hickok
Black
Bagman
Fi Pein
Courier
Waterloo Guardsmen Enlist in 14th Cavalry
Four members of Waterloo national guard infantry unit are enlisted as United States cavalrymen in the Fourteenth Cavalry at the Port Des Moines recruiting station. George W. Shlenberg 19 Vaughan D Owens 18 Cecil W Decker 21 Harold L Decker 18 proceed to Des Moines for final exam and duties. Ralph W Wenthe 21 did not pass the medical exam and will renew at the army post.
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Cs. 8
Waterloo
National Guard
United States
Set. L. GC
Fourteenth
United States Cavalry
Port Des Moines
George W. Shlenberg
Vaughan D. Owens
Cecil W. Decker
Harold L. Decker
Des Moines
Ralph W. Wenthe
Committee Kills All Beer Blue Bills
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to indefinitely postpone action on the wet bills seeking amendments to the Eighteenth Amendment. The measure was shelved, with the panel noting such legislation would contradict the amendment's spirit and purpose. Operators in London reported progress as coal strike negotiations opened following new proposals.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Judiciary Committee
FTC to Probe Gasoline and Oil Costs in Market Inquiry
Washington June 3 The federal trade commission was directed to investigate the increased cost of gasoline and oil in a resolution adopted today by the commission. The action signals a federal probe into price rises affecting consumers and industry.
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Pier Trobe
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Gente
England Sends Battleship to Leyot at Cairo Crisis
Cain June 2. United Press reports the resignation of Judge Kershaw, British president of the native court, amplifying fears of a Langy Anglo Egyptian crisis. Britain sends a note to Egypt over foreigners’ protection as a battleship sails to Egypt to deter potential unrest amid the acute political situation.
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England
Leyot
Cairo
Eaen Peservus
Wherry
Uclon
Egypt
Vyyit
London
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Six Banks Pay Half Million in Depositors’ Dividends
Des Moines reports that six closed banks distributed nearly 500000 dollars to depositors this week. L A Andrew, superintendent of banking, announced the first and subsequent dividends for Marshaltown State Bank Stuart Waterville Savings Bank Pleasanton Savings Bank Washta Farmers Savings Bank. Dividends ranged from 10 to 30 percent, with totals varying by institution.
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Des Moines
State Banking Department
L. A. Andrew
Marshaltown Sfile Bank
Marshalltown
Exchange Bank
Stuart
Waterville Savings Bank
Waterville
Pleasanton Savings Hank
Pleasan
Mers State Bank
Washta
Farmers Savings Bank
Cland
Whittemore Loses New Trial Appeal in Maryland
Baltimore judge schedules sentencing for Richard Heese Whittemore, convicted killer, after supreme bench denies his bid for a new trial. He faces death by hanging or life imprisonment next week for killing a Maryland penitentiary guard during an escape attempt over a year ago. Judge Eugene O Danne presiding.
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Baltimore
Richard Heese
Whittemore
Eugene O'Danne
Maryland
Supreme Bench of
Davidson Realty Sells Major Sioux City Office Building
Sioux City based Davidson Realty announces the sale of a prominent office building, the Bason Wailds, to Metcalf and Cowgill investment bankers of Des Moines and Chicago. The nearly 31,900 deal marks a top local reno transaction completion.
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Sioux City
Tonea
Dave Davidson
Davidson Realty Company
Ken Hin
Bason Wailds
Metcalf and
Cowgill
Des Moines
Chicago
Thirty two Pass Bar Examinations in Des Moines Iowa
Forty six candidates took the state bar examination, with Mary Elizabeth Tirdle the sole woman candidate. The test was conducted over several days by the Iowa state bar examiner, and most candidates were from university law schools.
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Des Moines
Mary
Iowa State Bar
Eh. Searly
Kr University Law School
Elizabeth Tirdle
Courier delivery time notice from the paper
The notice instructs readers the Courier should arrive before 3:80 o clock. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, readers should call 100 for a replacement copy. Phone questions must reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
Two Men Seek Ransom in McPherson Disappearance Case
Police and forest rangers search Bouquet Canyon for the missing evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with a new lead from a note and a $25,000 ransom claim. Investigators also pursue Kenneth Ormiston, ex radio operator, tied to an hotel registry as the case widens from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
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Ap— Depauty
Forest Rangers
Bouquet Canyon
Saugus
aSoles
Here
Ferch
Aimes Semple McPherson
Evangelist
Bouquet
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ocean Park
R.A. Mckinley
Long Beach
Minnie Kennedys
McPherson
McKinley
Kennedy
Promis
Ele Radio
San Pradcisco
INS
Aimee Searple McPherson
San Francisco
Camiain
Cling
Ormistan
Andrews Hotel
San Luis
Obigno
Merank Gibson
Los Angles
Cline
Ormiston
Oaktona
Kenneth c. Ormiston
Ormer
Angelus Temple
Angeles
Aimee Temple McPherson
Broadway booze clubs raided in elite speakeasy sweep
Federal agents and New York police launched a drive on Broadway speakeasies in the white light district. Warrants served on five persons arrested as raiders toured venues. Five cases of champagne and liquor were seized amid the raids. Atlantic City chosen for 1927 Skri ne convention.
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New York
Jane
Broadway White Light
Boos
Cat
Eaile
Farmers told optimism weak at Black Munk County picnic
Henry A Wallace, editor of Wallace's Farmer, spoke to hundreds at Electric Park about postwar trade shifts and farming income. He warned cooperative marketing will not solve issues, urged more money to farmers, and criticized urban optimism as insufficient to lift rural lives.
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Henry A. Wallace
Des’ Moines
Wlaces
Electric Park
Black Munk County
Wallace
Tfl
Nage Nes
Okmulgee Onion Crop Faces Market Shortfall
Okmulgee Oklahoma on June 3 reports farmers who planted more than five million onion plants and now face a saturated market. A cooperative is formed to seek buyers as crops mature with a quarter million-dollar value but no outlet. Local experts warn of severe odor from decaying crops if a market cannot be found.
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Okmolgen
Okla
Towa Coun
Klahome
Okmulgee
Che
Experi Nr
Short Interviews With Home Folks
City engineer Nathan Garber explains that weather observation and rain data are not official duties of the engineering office. He notes the federal weather observer role has lingered due to past appointments and the office’s unclear status since M. J. Newton’s tenure and death.
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Nathan Garber
Dumber
Federal Weather Bureau
M. J. Newton
City
Anil Feof
Cial Volun
Moeller Presents Diploma Milestone for 2000th Graduate
County Superintendent H C Moeller presented diplomas to 97 eighth grade graduates at Fort Bureau Picnic Park. This ceremony marked the 2000th diploma Moeller has awarded during 13 years as county superintendent.
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H. C. Moeller
Fort Bureau
Argentine Seaplane En Route From New York to Buenos Aires
Bernard Duggan and two companions arrived at 10 30 a m aboard the Airplane Buenos Aires in transit from New York to Buenos Aires. They had taken off from Port Au Prince Haiti earlier today and planned to fly next to San Juan Porto Rico via San Pedro de Macoris 300 miles away. Numerous international legs mark the daring journey as reported from San Pedro de Macoris.
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Sun
Pedro de Macoris
San Domingo
Bernard Duggan
Buenos Aires
New York
San Pedro de Macoris
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Duggan
San Jnan
Porto Rico
Constance Binney Weds Boston Banker in Old Lyme
Constance Binney married Charles Edward Cutting of Boston in Old Lyme Connecticut. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Appleton Lawrence of the Old Lyme Episcopal Church. Cutting works with Lee Higginson & Co., a firm of international bankers based in New York.
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Old Lyme, Conn
Hiss
Constance Binney
Ben Stir
Charles Edward Cutting
Boston
Old Lyte Episcopal Church
Appleton Lawrence
Massachusetts
Cutting
Lee Higginson & Co
International Bankers
New York
Bastian
Family of Five Drowns in Oklahoma Storm
Five members of a single family drowned when storms swept northern Oklahoma overnight. A sixth person was killed by a lightning strike. The tragedy occurred near Pawhuska, with six deaths reported in preliminary AP dispatches.
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Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Okla
APJ
Micnight Attack On Girl Brings $25 Court Fine
Bruce Thatsday of Sausis City was fined $25 by Judge J. W. Finynne on charges of assault and battery after a misdirected encounter with a traveling salesman who assaulted a girl seeking help near a lonely spot southwest of the city. The victim Miss Vinten Rien and others described a brutal incident as the man fled the scene.
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Micnight
Bruce Thatsday
Sausis City
Tlan
J. W. Finynne
Sesaatt
Tie Cirlin
Vinten Rien
Geone
Aruyde
Iowa Campaign Probes Open on Misuse of Government Frank
Iowa Republican primary fight draws scrutiny from Des Moines to Washington. Charges allege misuse of the government frank in Brookhart Cummins battle with post office probes planned. Campaign spending and stampings spark inquiries as senators Reed and Brookhart weigh in.
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Davenport
Iowa
Douglas
Sir
Smith W. Brook
Hart
Tadig
Voters of
Howard Wy. Clark
Radia
Republica Torialary
Albert
B. Cumming
Brogkhart Sporting Major
Jas
AL Reed
Missouri
Senare
Brookhart
Senate
SadDaebt Co
Cummins
Dantet
Washington, D. C
Lockhart
Cammins
Post Office Department
Senate Campain
Postonce
Reed
Pennsylvania
Daniel FL Steck
Palgu
Krookbart
Democrat
Benaleve Cummins
Mittee
George Wy Chaitke
Uiuimaming
Des Moines
Pennsylvanis
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