Angry Vesuvius erupts as lava floods near villages
Reports detail a towering volcanic paroxysm at Vesuvius with lava streams widening to 200 yards and 24 feet deep. Explosions send molten rock skyward while observers note new blasts every several hours. Estimates claim 3,000,000 tons of lava erupted in 48 hours, as bystanders and students narrowly escape dangers. Cameramen risked death seeking closeups of the flow.
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Yesuvius
Pormpelt
Herculaneum
Big Ten Probe Widens to Take in Purdue
Big Ten turmoil widens as Everett Case of Frankfort high school offers to present proof that Purdue and Iowa subsidized athletes. He claims Purdue revealed a credit mix-up with Iowa after Case refused recruiting for Ward Lambert. Griffith says he will welcome evidence and pursue the bottom of the trouble. Iowa faces a Jan 1 1930 deadline to prove it can eliminate abuses and restore faculty control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Everett Case
Frankfort
John L. Griffith
Purdue
Towa
Case
Griffith
Iowa
Ward “Piggy" Lambert
Doyal Phuinkett
Bob Spradling
Gase
James Page
University of Minnesotan
Thomas E. French
Ohio State
George A. Goodenough
University of Tlinois
Big Ten
Walter Jessup
Petit
Town Guard
BE. H. Lauer
Thore
Town City
NIP PLANE THEFT FOR ROME FLIGHT
In Wilmington Delaware the Bellanca Aircraft Corp officials report a plot to steal the Sesquiplane Roma and fly it to Rome was thwarted during the night. Six workers were implicated and state police were alerted with arrests expected. Bellanca noted the Roma was built for a flight to Rome but the plan collapsed after pilot Roger Williams moved the plane to Old Orchard Beach Maine for a test takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
Roma
Rome
Bellanca
Here
Alfred D. Chandler
G. M. Bellanca
The
Aircraft Corporation
Roger Williams
Old Orchard Beach
Conference Fails to Develop Battle Plan for Swindle
Des Moines June 5 Iowa and Minnesota officials failed to agree on methods to curb solicitation funds for the mythical Sir Francis Drake estate. Participants included state securities chiefs, attorneys general, and banking commissioners. Oscar Hartzell, formerly of Iowa and now in London, is the fund collector. Estimates say $350,000 has been contributed, despite letters from English and American officials denying the estate’s existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Minnesota
Sir Prancis Drake
Altho
Co. W. Gilliam
Securities Commissione of
W. H. Gumiec
G. B. Brubaker
Securiies Department
John Hammill
Ed M. Smith
L. A. Andrew
S. I. Ostrem
Securities
Carl Stephens
Hammill
Town
Oscar Hartzell
London
Anl
Five Hundred Delegates Attend Wartburg Synod Convention
Five hundred delegates including pastors from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa attend the opening sessions of the fifty fourth annual Wartburg synod convention in Joliet Illinois. The Lutheran brotherhood holds its Anche convention here simultaneously as the synod meets. The synod will close Friday night.
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Joliet, ML
Amos Tlinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Towa
Wartburg
United Lutheran Church
Lutheran Brotherhood
Synod
Equity union plans halt on talking pictures sparks industry clash
New York date June 3 1950 an Actors Equity strike threat aims to gag talkies unless arbitration rules are accepted. Equity demands contracts only with all cast Equity members while Warner Brothers and Will Hays oppose the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actors’ Equity Association
Hollywood
Frank Gilmore
Equity
New York
Talkies
Moving Picture
Actors' Equity Association
Freel Bectson
Will Hays
Motion Picture Sphere
International
WHS
Albert Warner
Warner Brothers
Two Men Missing After Refinery Blast in Braintree
A refinery blast at Cites Service Refining in Braintree Massachusetts left two men missing. The explosion caused a $500000 fire then spread over the area, injuring about a score of workers with four in serious condition. Multiple fire departments secured the scene as crews searched the debris for the missing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braintree
Mass
Cites Service Refining Company
Courier delivery by 9 30 o clock guarantee
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 9 30 o'clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please call 4100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
Tragedy in Los Angeles Ties Iowa Woman to Triangle Murder
Virginia Patty, 28, once of Sioux City and former wife of an Iowa lawyer, is found murdered in a Los Angeles apartment. Police label it a mysterious triangle case as William Tallman, a radio operator linked to Patty, is jailed aboard a San Francisco bound ship. Key figures include Mrs M W Wilson who found the body, attorney Clarence Booth, and Patty's husband Frank E Patty. The case unfolds with witnesses hearing screams early morning and detectives tracing an alias used to rent the apartment. Patty’s family connections root the tragedy in Iowa and Oregon before her Los Angeles death. The report notes a prior marriage and a daughter, with background on Patty’s Sioux City roots and later life.
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Los Angeles
Union Street
Virginia Patty
Portland, Ore
Sioux City
M. W. Wilson
William Tallman
Admiral Benson
San Francisco
Herman Cline
Capt
Short
Miral Benson
Talliman
Tallman
Flood
Frank E. Patty
Patty
Portland
Clarence Booth
Wilshire
Miss Tipton
Earl
Admiral Beacon
T. F. Sroth
John Wissmath
Irs
Wissmath
Remsen
University of Minnesotan
Mia
MM. J. Heyman
Moyille
Dera Scott
Irvin
Julesburg
Cola
Bowery Theatre Destroyed By Spectacular Blaze
The Bowery theatre, a 100 year old New York landmark noted for actors Booth, Forrest and Gilbert, was destroyed today by a wide area fire. The blaze ends a century of dramatic productions and marks a loss for American stage history.
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New York
Juno
Bowery Theatre
Booth
Forrest
Gilbert
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Five-Man Teams Quarter Events in Iowa At State Meet
Jim Groves of Chicago led early finishers with 194 of 200 at Waterloo Gun club traps in Cedar Bend during the annual Towa State Sportsmen's Association tournament. Frank Smith of Iowa City followed with 191. Groves not eligible for trophy as tally counts for individual only, while teams vie for Tangney McGinn Hotels company trophy and cash prizes. Seventeen five-man squads began today with 200 singles at 16 yards, aiming for team championship with $25, $15 and $10 to top finishers.
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Jim Groves
Chicago
Frank Smith
Towa City
Groves
Towa
Towa State Sportsmen's Association
Tangney-McGinn Hotels Company
Waterloo
Clothier and Clerk Win Derby Fortunes
Capetown reports Clothier Wins 337,500 dollars after the Calcutta sweep stakes result. G L Brill, a 26 year old clothier from Leerds, drew Walter Gay to place second, winning 437,500 dollars. James Munckle, of the Commercial Cuble company recounts, earned 160,000 dollars for a third place ticket.
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Trigo
Epsom Downs
Walter Gay
Brienz
Clothier
London
G. L. Brill
Clothier of
Leerds
Calcutta
Epsom
Brient
James Munckle
Commercial Cuble Company
Hunter Nominated to Head Iowa Elks at State Convention
Nominations for state officers of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks were made at the state convention. B. B. Hunter, Watterson, and Clyde E. Jones of Ottumwa were put forward for state president. S. H. Longstreet of Red Oak for first vice president, Leroy Nichols of Clinton and Rayti F. AteQuirre of Boone for second vice president. Dr. Jess Ward of Town City named for secretary, and B. A. Erb of Burlington for treasurer.
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Order Rapids
Uri
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Gol
B. B. Hunter
Watterson
Clyde E. Jones
Ottumwa
S. H. Longstreet
Red Oak
Leroy Nichols
Clinton
Rayti F. AteQuirre
Boone
Jess
Ward
Town City
A. Erb
Burlington
Towan Elected Los Angeles Mayor
John Porter, 58, native of Leon, retired automobile man and 1928 grand jury member, is elected mayor of Los Angeles. He defeats William Bonelli, president of the city council, by about 45,000 votes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John ©. Porter
Leon
Decatur County
Asi Keyes
William @. Bonelli
Counci
Fear 700 Drowned When Ship Burned
Dispatches from Tokyo report the Japanese steamer Wogil Mari destroyed by fire off the eastern coast of Kamchatka May 28. About seven hundred persons are believed drowned. The vessel was bound from Vladivostok to Kamchatka. Cause of the fire has not been determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kaomehatka
Toklo
Vladivostock Io
Senate Conferees Strike Out Bounty Clause
Washington June 5. Senate and House conferees agree to remove the tariff bounty debenture plan from the farm relief bill amid administration opposition. The panel preserved the act’s broader framework and aims to rush House action, with Norris planning to fight the move and Nye pursuing migration act repeal discussions.
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House
Conference Committee
Senate
McNary
George Norris
White House
Washington
BD. C
Hoover
Capper
Kansas
Ransdell
Louisiana
Norris
Nebraska
Smith
Caroline
Federal Farm Board
Aly Tw
Nye
Giraposinr
Lindbergh Yacht Bes Botonway Inbound From Provincetown
A motor yacht believed to be the honeymoon Mouette of Col. Charles A Lindbergh and his bride entered Provincetown harbor near midnight with a searchlight across Massachusetts Bay bound for Boston or the Cape Cod Canal. Reporters failed to interview a man believed to be Lindbergh aboard.
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Provincetown
Maes
Dune
INS
Charles A. Ligedbergiy
Witen
Massachusetts Bay
Boston
Sandwich
Gape Cod Canal
Long
Forne
Jeng Yalenman
Lindbergh
Oegy Good May Take Work's Job
A new chairman will guide the Republican National Committee through the approaching campaign. Dr Hubert Work, who accepted the chairmanship last June to conduct the Taover campaign, plans a restoration and discusses a new page. His name Paige is proposed and an early fall meeting is planned to set plans. Hoover and committee members have been informed of his readiness to lead. Potential successors include James Wo Good of the Darark riveitt.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Hubert
Work
Annel
Paige
Woeker
Wark
Hoover
Rail Interlock Decision Delayed on City Routes
The town commissioners delayed the installation of interlocking switches on the Rock Island and Crest Western routes along THuff street and on the Great Western and Oinels Central lines on Water streets. Officials indicated a report would be presented by June 5 after meetings in Wardedloe.
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Towa Yathynd Coms
Rock Island
Crest Western
Thuff
Great Western
Oinels
Ratiragd
Todey
Ronnission
Waredloe
Diel
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Springfield
Jimmy Harrison
Norman Conwill
Jimmy
Fuvenre
School of Correction
Bleven
Hawkeye School
Purdue University
Boilermakers
Friends of Upper Town University At
Fayette
Gage
Mexico
Mgr
Leopold Ruiz Y Flores
Morelia
Katherine Dexter McCormick
Stanley McCormick
Agtora
DOMG
Union 1
Cedar Rapids
Arié Kool
Knoxville
President Motel
Reo
Slam
Burns
H. A. Carstens
H. A
Hank) Carstens, Ackley
Capetown
South Africa
Ovdishvorn
Cape Province
Hunter
Iowa Elks
Towan
Fomou
Eine
Suidthe Garmiy
Samuel Smith
Maryland
Wis
Adis
Iam Executive Department
Senate Angriculture Committee
Lindbergh Yaght
BES Botonway
Lowan
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