Floods Hit Three Southern States Isolating Towns
Isolated towns across Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana face widespread flood damage from heavy five day rainfall. Six dead and extensive crop losses reported as rain-swollen creeks became torrents. Rail service disrupted and a highway bridge washed away near Covington. Fatalities include a car accident near Birmingham and a drowning in Louisiana.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf
Lake Martin
Mobile
Covington
Pearl River
Birmingham
Marion
Hammond
Farm Bloc Weighs Coolidge Over Hoover In 1920 Race
The Farm bloc favors Calvin Coolidge but dislikes Herbert Hoover. Analysts note disputes over farm relief plans and farmer sentiment in the West. Some western voters support Hoover, while others resist his policies. the strength of McNury-Hangen style relief remains debated.
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Coolidge
Hoover
New York
Condition Still Critical For Thierer And Others
The condition of Joseph Thierer Dysart is critical after his rush caught fire and he turned over on Eagle Center road Saturday. Presbyterian hospital reports Thierer remains critical. Nearby, J C McParlane 1128 Hawthorne Avenue lost three toes working with a steam shovel crew near the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds Monday. Hari W Watson 247 Prospect Avenue who fell in an elevator shaft at the Laurier Building Sunday evening is improving after a stay at Allen Memorial hospital. Lewis Miller Jr 265 Hammond Avenue, son of SMA Miller, has been released from Allen Memorial hospital after suffering from swallowing an Army button.
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Joseph Thierer
Dysart
Eagle Center Road
Thierer
Presbyterian Hospital
Lauermen Building
St. Francis
Lewis Miller
Young Son
SMA. Miller
Hammond Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Building Termites
Ole Madsen at 1633 Mulberry shows a one story frame dwelling with improvements valued at 3509 dollars. Augie at 100 Randolph adds a sun porch for 100 dollars. Elmer P. Smith at 1403 Black Hawk adds improvements valued at 150 dollars. J Archibald at 338 Alta Vista expands a porch for 20 dollars. Bill Dawson at J Lauriston enlarges a porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Madsen
Mulberry
F. MM
Augie
Randolph
Elmer P. Smith
Black Hawk
Archibald
Alta Vista
J. Lauriston
Bill Dawson
Brain Tests for Readers at Leading Universities and Answers
The notice describes an IQ style brain test offered at major universities. It explains the format with true false and partly true items. It lists example statements about gold versus silver, Caesar, ice and flight, feathered weights, postage costs, vowels, Rhode Island, typewriter keys, and Malta. Answers appear on the society page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Rome
United States
Malta
Mediterranean
Coolidge Nomination Fight Echoes Through National Committee
A heated national committee session touched off by Coolidge Hoover delegate contests continues as supporters seek proxies for absent members. Texas controversy dominates, with R B Creager and Rep. Wurzbach leading Hoover factions amid Mississippi and Louisiana disputes.
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National Committee
Hoover
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Charles D.hilles
New York
Butler
Perry Howard
Howard
R. B. Creager
Hoover Champion
Wurzbach
Amelia Earhart and team brace for Atlantic flight start
Flierd wait for favorable winds as Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon prepare to launch the Friendship monoplane from Trepassey Newfoundland. Wind delays late preparations while Earhart expresses excitement about becoming the first woman to cross the North Atlantic despite dangers reported in earlier attempts.
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Stullz
Gordon
Lindbergh Flies From Indianapolis After Surprise Stop
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh ends a surprise visit to Indianapolis by taking off at 6 50 a m in his Bran monoplane for an undisclosed destination. He is escorted by Maj. Thomas Lanphier and Col. Henry Breckenridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Thomas Lanphier
Gelfridge Field
Michigan
Henry Breckenridge
Plans Forge Ahead for Ulnoia Central Picnic at Nashua Fairgrounds
Plans move forward for Ulnoia Central railroad employee picnic at Nashua fairgrounds on July 4. A local shops committee led by Alvie Allen William Mal kowsky and Otto Nelson will meet Nasnua officials to finalize a parade games prizes dancingDinner and fireworks. Also notes graduation travel for Mr and Mrs DS Ramage of 261 Alta Vista and their children to Davenport Iowa for St Catherine School exercises with Miss Mary Hum prey performing.
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Ulnoia Central Railroad
Nashua Fairgrounds
Alvie Allen
William Malkowsky
Otto Nelson
Nasnua
Iteam
DS. Ramage
Alta Vista Avenue
Sean
Belly
Waterloo
Davenport
St. Catherine's School
Temperatures Forecast With Sparse Readable Fragments
Fragmentary weather notes show temps for Tuesday maximum and Tuesday night minimum with a Wednesday forecast. Data appears incomplete with unclear times and units.
Smith Delegates Behind Ticket in Florida Returns
Meager early returns show candidates favoring Gov. Smith of New York trailing the ticket for state delegation to the Democratic national convention. Florida leaders Mrs Myrtle W Felkel and Mrs Howard Goulding sit down in standings. Carlton leads for governor with about 2 000 votes, and Trammell leads Martin for Senate as Sears trails Owen in the fourth district.
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Ohe
Smith
New York
Myrtle W. Felkel
St. Augustine
H. C. Armstrong
John G. Beard
Pensacola
Carlton
Dorle E. Carlton
Tampa
Fons A. Hathaway
State Road Department
Sidney J. Catts
John S. Taylor
James M. Garson
Miami
United States
Park Trammell
Lakeland
John W. Martin
Sears
Ruth Bryan Owen
Trammell
Martin
W. J. Sears
William Jennings Bryan
Congress
Coral Gables
Jacksonville
Fla
Pullman Porters to Strike Friday
A nationwide strike of 7,000 sleeping car porters has been ordered for Friday. A. L. Totten assistant general organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters said orders came from the Brotherhood central offices in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.R
Fridex
A. L. Totten
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Brotherhood
New York
Totten
Precinct Chiefs Named at Polls Across Waterloo and Cedar Falls
Voters elected precinct committeemen and women for two years. The lists show top votegetters in Waterloo wards and Cedar Falls, with dozens of names across townships and precincts, followed by a note that J A Young and family drove to Des Moines and on to Los Angeles tonight.
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Waterloo
Peter Mavrelis
Silvia Kearns
W. E. Ogle
Iola P. Weishaar
W. E. Mayne
Etta H. Worthen
P. H. Frank
Frances B. Hemsworth
A. G. Reid
Nettie L. Prosser
T. J. Bender
Elva Wanamaker
Neil D. Jackson
Rose M. Hollis
George M. Grapesina L. Penley
George D. Harris
Jean Sardeson
C. J. Spafford
Martha Sweeney
J. Wenner
Margaret Watkins
E. H. McGoy
Margaret Sporle
C. C. MacKay
Effie L. Pilson
Rh. C. Nopel
Florence May Goodwin
J. R. Howard
Ella R. Kibler
W. L. Belt
Florence L. Barrett
Fourth Ward
C. O Gronen
Rose T. Ingebritten
Roy Metzger
Myrtie Barr
Stanley D. Moore
Maude Snane
W. A. Bowen
M. C G. Keagy
C. E. Carr
Harriett Finn
Cedar Falls
J. L. Bailey
J. B. Newman
Clara H. Merrill
Dr. W. L. Hearst
Frederic
Youngs
J. A. Young
Vermont Street
Jand
Richard
DesMoines
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Funeral services for Conrad Faust
Funeral services for Conrad Faust, 72, who died at his home on Second Street West yesterday, will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the residence and at 2 30 p m at First Evangelical church. Rev M Varey and Rev Canton P F Smith will officiate. Burial will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Faust
Conrad Paust
Second Street West
First Evangelical Church
M. Varey
Canton PF. Smith
Clubwomen Vote on Officers Today in Texas
San Antonio June 6 delegates to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs biennial convention filed to the polls to elect officers for the coming term. Mrs. Edward Franklin White of Indianapolis challenged Mrs. John Gippel of Baltimore for the presidency with spirited campaigning. White backed law enforcement and uniform marriage and divorce laws. Gippel pushed Prohibition and a plan to beautify the American home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mia
Edward Franklin White
Indianapolis
John Gippel
Baltimore
White
Sippel
Thaw Refused Landing Permit in England on Arrival
Harry K Thaw was denied permission to land in Southampton after arriving from the United States aboard the Cunard liner Acquitania. Immigration officers cited an extraditable crime clause, detaining him on ship and sending baggage back as he faces possible return to the United States.
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Southampton
England
Harry K. Thaw
United States
Cheribourg
Thaw
Filiner
Southamnpton
Tea‘sons
France
C. H. Stephens
Stephens
Home Office
London
New York
Willford to Confer on Pollution Peril at MLC
Willford of the Izaak Walton League will travel to Mason City to confer with state health officials and the North American Beet Sugar plant manager about measures to correct Lime creek and Shell Rock river pollution. The sugar company recently outlined a program to address the pollution problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willford
A. CG. Willford
Izaak Walton League of America
Mason City
Henry Albert
Des Moines
A. H H. Wieter
Desi Moines
Harry Erwin
Grand Junction
Baird
North American Beet Sugar Company
Lime Creek
Shell Rock River
Sugar Company
Drouth Strains Iowa Crops As Rain Remains Sparse
Drouth tightens across eastern Iowa while corn grows slowly. Weather bureau reports June conditions show corn at 95 percent normal, pastures failing, hay and truck crops needing rain. Winter wheat heads in north and west, tree fruits fair, cutworm damage down, planting 98 percent complete. Returns example from Dubuque visit ends.
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Des Moines
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Crop Bureau
Reed
Towa
City preacher appeals for donated rural pews for new chapels
Pastor Warren L. Steeves of Walnut Street Baptist Church asks for pews from forsaken country churches to furnish three city chapels. He stresses use of sturdy fundamentalist pews and rejects modernist styles, noting urban worship grows as rural churches close.
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Warren L. Steeves
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Lafayette Street
Hagerman Addition
Hawthorne Avenue
Steeves
Forsaken Country Churches
Greeves
Town
Christian Fundamentalists’ Association
Pullman Diner progress near Rock Island rail line in California
Work on the Pullman Diner cafe along primary road 218 advances with the building enclosed. meals will follow Harvey dining car style and be available to travelers. Excavation for fifth and sixth homes in California addition begins today and no opening date given. A separate case reports Marie Lee held on $500 bond for marijuana related charges after a prior liquor nuisance warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Farm Bureau Tour Includes Ames College Visit
Ames Iowa June 6 Farm Bureau party of 160 people from Dallas and Adair counties toured Iowa State College. Grant Chapman and Dr L H Pammel coordinated the inspection visit as botany head addressed the delegation. Auto Kills Horse near Fredericksburg. A horse owned by Herman Zupke was struck by a tourist car five miles east of Fredericksburg on Tuesday, the car sustaining minor damage.
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Ames
U.pi
Dallas
Adair
Iowa State College
Grant Chapman
Extension Service
L. H. Pammel
Fredericksburg
Herman Zupke
Here
Residents plan playground at Chautauqua Park edge
Waterloo residents near Chautauqua Park win approval from the park commission to set up a supervised children’s playground at the park edge beside Conger Street. They have raised 45 dollars by private subscription to fund equipment and hope to reach 100.48 dollars for swings a slide and sand pile. Local leaders include W F Trask 1108 Conger Street and C E Rohrer Oakland and Conger streets with Julius Stammer 547 Burton avenue among organizers.
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Waterloo Playground Commission
Chautauqua Park
Park Commission
Conger Street
Playground Commission
W. F. Trask
John Fiske
C. E. Rohrer
Oakland
Conger
Julius Stammer
Burton Avenue
American flyer plans Brisbane leg of record Southern Cross flight
Suva Fiji June 7 Fully rested after a 3 130 mile Hawaii to Fiji leg Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and crew search for a takeoff point to Brisbane as the third lap of their 7 800 mile journey unfolds Radio operator James Watter and navigator Harry Lyon will accompany Smith and co pilot Charles T P Tim to Australia The route passes New Hebrides Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia before crossing open water to Australia Weather and wind conditions are described as favorable with head winds likely 15 to 25 miles an hour through the first half of the hop.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
INS
Hawii
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Brisbane
Australia
James Watter
Harry Lyon
Smith
Charles T. P. Tim
Hebrides
Loyalty Group
New Caledonia
Hilmer Auto and Drivers Held by Police at Elgin
Elgin police detained Hilmer Auto and its drivers after a stolen marriage license and car were traced to a coach type vehicle. Warrant issued for Raymond Garfield and Edward Anderson with $1,000 bond. Arrest followed reports from Waterloo and Des Moines officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilmer
Elgin
H. T. Wagher
Raymond Garfield
Edward Anderson
Garfield
Anderson
W. H. Hilmer
J. W. Whitlock
Cedar Falls
Washington Street
Lida A. Stoops
Waterloo
Arthur FL Woods
Averil Leffler
Washington
Edward L. Grimes
Des Moines
Marie Esther Drew
Iowa Pilot Lost With Fox Flight in North Alaska
Fairbanks Alaska June 6 Hardships suffered by members of the Fox film aerial expedition were revealed in messages from Point Barrow after being forced down by fog in northern Alaska. Three members walked nearly 100 miles in snow. relief planes located Merrill Clarke and Robertson. Wien Hart and others continued a search and were later reached by dog team.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Fox Film Aerial Expedition
Point Barrow
Kotzebue
Matt Nieminen
Richard Heyser
Hart
Wren
Wien
Lake Deep
Gart
Altie
Dogteam
Merrill
Nieminen
Roberson and
Clark
Clarke
Robertson
Iskan Barrow
Woodruff Sentenced to Six Months for Check Alteration
Floyd Woodruff was sentenced by Judge H. Boles in district court to six months in jail after pleading guilty to falsely altering a check. Woodruff had been arrested in Jefferson after an automobile sale dispute and the check related to the final payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Woodruff
H. Boles
Woodruff
Jefferson
Judge Rules Against 8 Hour Referendum in Cedar Rapids
Judge FL Anderson ruled in district court that fixing eight hours for police work is not a proper matter for initiative and referendum. The petition to compel the city council to put the issue to a vote was dismissed. Police officers seek an eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
FL. Anderson
Spectator Wing Highest Rating
The Spectator a West High school paper is rated All American in a University of Minnesota journalism contest. Don Finlayson is editor and Robert Northey business manager with Miss Juillet C Devin teacher of journalism. News of the rating was received today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Spectator
West High School
Department of Journalism
University of Minnesota
The
Spectator
Minnesota
Don Finlayson
Robert Northey
Juillet C. Devin
West High
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Society
Miss Earhart
North Atlantic
Althosh
I. C. Picnic
Rep
Pullman
Barclay
R. F. McDonald
Jessie King
Bennington
BE. H. Stubbs
Hizabeth Sere
Big Creek
EL L. Esher
Mary Lizer
A. H. Brandhurst
Mary M. Bowen
Cedar
Eara Kober
Cedar Fails
George Mathes
Katherine Hearst
East Waterloo
Glen Leland
Eagle
Alfred Kerr
Adelaide Gunn
Lester
F. P. Davis
Flo Francis
Lincoln
E. E. Wittum
Mt. Vernon
A. J. Henry
G. W. Morris
Orange da
W. Miler
Hazel M. Miller
Poyner
E. E. Tinkle
Union
George Pashby
Jessie M. Plantz
J. BE. Rundles
Amanda Shafer
William Galloway
Thames Eaton
Ofhcers
Acquitania
Drouth
Fasten
Dubuque
J. H. Cummings
Subuque
Arthur Graham
Center Street
Waterloo Folk
Nake
Rurel
Warie Lee
Marie Lee
Negress
Barclay Street North
Farm Bureau
Ames College
Warner and
Lyon
Louise Hillis
Albany
Robert Downs
Lf Peek
Betty Anne Boyd
Malin
Robert J. Nestor
Ida M
Mike Tulp
Tulp
West 4Th
Forest Ave
Kenwood Park
Lester W.miller
Iowa
FOX
Lazere
State Bank
U,phthe State Bank
Blairsburg
State Department of Banking
J. W. McNew
J. W. McKee
Archie Helm
Judge & C. Beem
Cherub
Folger
Folgers Pa Dee Rt E
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