Women to work on modification of Volstead law
Washington reports a drive by women's groups to modify the Volstead Act. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment announces a national volunteer committee with two senators wives and two congresswomen among its members. They plan to press planks for modification and seek repeal support while arguing the prohibition framework has failed to curb liquor in the nation.
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Washington, D.C
Association Against the
Association
Sominatee
Anmene Ibem
Florence Kalin
California
Mary J. Norton
New Jersey
Willam Cabell Bruce
Maryland
Thomas F. Favard
Delaware
W. K. Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Charles 5. Sabin
New York
Man who built Waterloo bank assets under Lane leadership
The article profiles a longtime bank executive in Waterloo, detailing his rise from janitor messenger at his father's bank to cashier, then moving to Waterloo in 1920 to lead First National. Under his management assets grew by about 10 percent, with deposits in savings surpassing 10.2 million. He focused growth in Waterloo and Black Hawk county, aided local home industry, and held roles in Masonic bodies, Shrine, Waterloo Credit Mews, Sunnyside Country Club, and Sons of the American Revolution. Personal life notes include golfing, fishing, and time with his children Billie and Betty.
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Page
Balai Ee
Guthrie Center
First National of
Indianola
Waterloo
First National
Lane
Black Hawk County
First National ‘Bank
The
Shrine
Waterloo Credit Mews Association
Sunnyside Country Club
Sons of the American Revolution
Billie
Betty
State Closes Oil Stations for Taxes in Council Bluffs
The east Omaha Michels Oil Company plant and two filling stations in Council Bluffs were shut on a writ of attachment by State Treasurer BR.EB Johnson. The action follows a May filing for 4,679.13 dollars claimed as gasoline tax due on 78,007 gallons sold in March and 62,891 gallons in April, plus 10 percent penalty.
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Council Bluffs
East Omaha
Michels All Company
Gasoline Distributors
Br.eb
Johnson
Pleads Guilty to Save Brothers in Love Case
In St. Joseph Michigan on June 8 Marguerite Bumbaugh pleaded guilty to manslaughter amid a split joint trial involving her brothers for the murder of Walter H. Cook in a famed love hysteria case. Prosecutor Bookwalter agreed to drop murder charges. she faced 3 to 15 years in the Detroit House of Correction.
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Girard Bumibaugh
Marfierieight
St. Joseph
Mich
Miss Bumbaugh
Gil
U.P
Marguerite Bumbaugh
George H. Bookwalter
Walter H. Cook
Niles
Mick
Charles D. White
Allen S Widaman
Miss Bumbangah
Fee
Bookwalter
Natal
George
Girard
Charles E. White
Harry
Beather
White
Detroit House of Correction
LW Burnham 16 Apoplexy Victim at West Union
West Union mourns veteran businessman LW Burnham found dead in his garage from apoplexy while removing work attire after evening chores. He founded a furniture store and undertaker parlor here in 1888, survived by wife Kate Newromb, two sons Wallace and Clarence, daughter Mrs Roy Mahoney, and several siblings. Funeral planned for Monday.
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West Union
Dune
L. W. Burnham
Buchanan County
Kate Newromb
Roy Mahoney
Hazleton
Ira. Hosmer
Independence
A. Burgham
S. C
Della Rantz
Group Threatens to Go Democratic in May Artuary Rally
A mass meeting last night in Fort Dodge Iowa featured threats to vote Democratic next fall unless the Republican national convention nominates a presidential candidate favorable to farm relief. Speakers included Congressman J. Dickinson Henry C Wallace and Major Lund. Also noted were notices of deaths Mary Wengart Anna C Advan and Lawrence J Bubners with scattered biographical details as the page mixed political remarks and obituaries.
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Fort Dodge
Jd. Dickinson
Henry C. Wallace
Major Lund
Webster Civ
Lawden
Ays
Mary Wengart
Ester
McNary-Haygen
Anna C. Advan
Ouesnoi
Lawrence J. Bubners
Mobile Street
Ghouteau
Siont
Weneart
Mary Buhser
Nan Vty Das
Geom B. Weneart
Waterloo
Warer Ta
Ralfo
Bank Robbery Report From Local County Now Under Review
A garbled field report describes a bank robbery in a local area with references to Shawne and Wah Sanden. The text mentions possible suspects and unclear details about the incident and timing. Local authorities are assessing the information amid limited readable facts.
Temperatures Forecast From Thursday To Friday
Fragmentary weather snippet notes a Thursday high near 89 and a cooler Friday. Mentions of locations and dates are illegible. no clear city or station identified.
Woman Named as Booze Tester in Des Moines Caps
Des Moines officials today announced a new role for Miss Nelle Misthel of Dow Cut Ta as a booze tester. The appointment by Commissioner Wilker follows a campaign by local groups to curb illicit drinking and promote safety.
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Des Moines Caps
Wilker
Nelle
Tecumseh Groves Paints a Dozen Pictures Daily
Tecumseh Groves known as Tom works this week in a doorway at 218 Fourth Street painting scenes of the mountainous west and the marine west. For four years he has roamed the northwest making paintings on wood boards and often reproducing photos. He says he was named after a young Native American chief who resisted western encroachment. Groves turns out 10 to 12 paintings per day and sometimes answers requests to create reproductions from photographs. He was born in a place not specified in the readable text.
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Fourth Street
West
Marine West
Tecumseh Groves
Tom
Groves
Northwest
Yobuut
Fou Pere
Glasson Elected Lions President in Local Election
In a turbulent local meeting last night Glasson was elected president of the Lions club amid a flurry of names. The slate also elevated vice president Ye Ngot Play and treasurer Gol Grok, with several Messingham family members named in association with club roles.
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Tiana
Pyisitha
CT Oglaeon
Blige Haws Counby Abstract
Tymt Viet
Ye Ngot
Rashyet
Gol Grok
Vottyny
Upper Oway's Position Stated to Finance Body
At 2 p m today the executive committee of the Cornell Upper Town college campaign for funds meets at Grace Methodist Episcopal church. It deliberates on endowments for Upper Iowa confer ence schools and the proposed merger with Cornell. Dr O W Stevenson presented Upper Iowa's stance, but committee members declined to reveal its wishes. Attending are Dr J W Hancher Chicago Dr Frank Cole Mt Vernon Dr H J Burgstabler president Cornell Mt Vernon Dr W C Cleworth Cedar Rapids Dr E A Baker Cedar Rapids Dr F G Witzgiten Cedar Falls and Dr E J Lockwood Waterloo, committee chairman.
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Cornell-Upper Town College
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Upper Iowa
Upper Iowa-Corneil College
O. W. Stevenson
Upper Iowa University
Gornell
J. W. Hancher
Chicago
Frank Cole
Mt. Vernon
H. J. Burgstabler
Cornell College
Storm Levels Wires Near Cedar Rapids
A severe electrical and wind storm near Cedar Rapids last night damaged light, power and telephone lines. Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas lost service for hours, with outages in Atkins and Newhall. Winds felled trees and a barn near Mount Vernon. Rain totaled .65 inches.
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Cedar Rapids
Atkins
Newhell
Mount Vernon
Rockford Aviator Heads to Stockholm Tour
Rockford aviator Hassell begins a two week United States tour with navigator Parker Cramer aboard. He plans a summer flight from Rockford to Stockholm, Sweden, if government approval is granted, departing from Rockford today en route to Washington D.C. for the first stop.
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Rockford
Jame B
WAF
Bert R. J. Hassell
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Hassell
Parker Cramer
Department of Commerce
Monoplane Yankee Doodle Lands in Fog near Columbus
The Yankee Doodle flown by Lee Shoenhair and Harry Tucker, attempting a San Diego to New York nonstop flight, landed at Morton field Columbus at 9:44 AM after reaching Hartisburg Pa. They could not break through fog and returned, stating they had enough fuel to reach New York.
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Columbus
Lee Shoenhair
Harry Tucker
San Diego
New York
Morton Field
Otlock
Hartisburg
Cal
Convention Notes Kansas City June 8 Republican prep for convention
The report details early convention activity in Kansas City with a focus on the Republican headquarters of Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut. John Jay Hopkins oversees the office as the first VP candidate represented by staff, and young party members join as delegates and committee figures. Osro Cobb, 23, and Gladys Terhune, 28, emerge as youngest delegate and committee woman respectively, with Madam Ernestine Schumann-Heink returning to sing and aid young singers. The National Woman's party names a committee demanding equal rights in the platform, led by Mrs Jane Norman Smith.
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Kansas City
John Q. ‘Tilson
Connecticut
Tilson
House
John Jay Hopkins
New York
Osro Cobb
Arkansas Legislabure
Montgomery County
Gladys ‘Terhune
Cwin Falls
Ida
Terhune
Ernestine Schumandemk
Asesist & Group
Wormai’s
United States
Jane Norman Smith
National Council of the Woman's Priv
Marriage Licenses for Kaiser and Garling in La Porte City
Phil 4 Kaiser of La Porte City aged 27 wed Norma M Garling of Va Porte City aged 21 under marriage licenses. South African Taways expanded water road service Milonge nearly fourfold last year aiding Matty district with heavy LAPORDG tractors and trailers.
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Phil
Kaiser
la Porte City
Norma M. Garling
Va. Porte City
Taways
Modern Woman Breaks Ground in Business World
Chicago readers learn how women, once confined to home crafts, now fill over a hundred professions once held by men. Helen Bennett notes economic shifts, higher education, and rising living standards opened aviation, dairying, manufacturing, and design to women, with room for all on the ladder of success.
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Chicago
dJuet
Helen Bennett
Bennett
Joseph Bowen
Women's World
Juvenile Protective Association
Ore Synder
Tris
Mann
Harvard Crew Manager Neff Missing in Cambridge Mass
William W Neff assistant manager of the Harvard varsity crew and son of Chicago financier Nettleton Neff was reported mysteriously missing. Grimson athletic circles worry but speculate he may have gone to New York to visit friends while Harvard crews practice for the annual boat race with Yale at Top, Conn. Also, Des Moines and Drake universities begin summer course registrations with Des Moines classes starting today.
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Cambridge
Mass
William W Neff
Harvard
Vars
Nettleton Neff
Grimson
Neff
New York
Yale
Navy Always Fit for Fight Sunday Address at Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur told the U S Naval Academy Middy class that the fleet remains ready for combat. He cited a relentless program of replacement and experimentation, noting more than 1.25 billion dollars spent in four years to keep the Navy on par with other great powers.
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Navy
Wilbur
Annapolis
U. S Naval Academy
Elgin Prisoners Fight Extradition Rumors Rise
Sheriff Wagner races to file for extradition of two youths in Elgin Illinois after police seize a Chrysler sedan. Frank J Tyrrell provides a defense claiming misidentification while Milton Furnett of Chicago is named as Edward Anderson. Bail in Chicago stands at $5,000 for auto theft charges as extradition looms.
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Edward Anderson
Raymond Garfield
Elgin
Ill
W. H. Hilmer
Waterloo
H. J. Wagner
Small
Frank J. Tyrrell
Chicago
W. F. Dilworth
Wagner
Des Moines
Hammill
Tyrrell
Milton Furnett
Furnett
Cook County
Grand Jury
Philip J. Finnegan
Tyrell
Iowa
Radium painter linked to deaths and a groom’s wedding in Albany
New York Times notes Dr S A von So shocky, inventor of radium paint blamed for deaths of five New Jersey women, shows signs of radium necrosis while Albany reports the wedding of Gov Smith’s daughter Catherine to Troy lawyer Francis J Quillinan at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In London Harry K Thaw seeks entry relief as officials press to withdraw ban. Coxey Jr. files GOP senate bid in Columbus as Chicago forecasts postal growth. Paris hosts polar fliers Wilkins and Eielson after London visit. Pullman car porters strike postponed in New York. Superior Wisconsin approves 24000 for highways and 5600 for welcome funds for President Coolidge.
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The
New York Times
S. A. von Soshocky
New Jersey
al Tho
Albany
Catherine A. Smith
Gov. Smith
Francis J. Quillinan
Troy
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cardinal Hayes
London
Harry K. Thaw
England
Southampton
Home Secretary
Columbus
Jacob Sechler Coxey, Jr
Massillon
U. S
Coxey
Chicago
Chicago Association of Gommette
Paris
George H. Wilkins
Gert B. Eielson
Polar Fliers
French Aero Club
Superior
Wis
Douglas County
Coolidge
Boy Scouts Hold Field Day At County Meeting
In June 8 event, about 100 scouts gathered for the annual field meet featuring swimming water boiling cooking scout pace rope relay signaling and first aid drills. Cups and ribbons will be awarded to winners.
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Ames
U.P
Escaped Convict Sought in Detroit Payroll Holdup
Detroit June 8 An escaped Pennsylvania jail fugitive Paul Jaworski is being hunted for a $25,000 payroll holdup at the Detroit News in which three were wounded. Jaworski, at large since an Allegheny County jail break, has been in Detroit most of the time. companion escapee John Vassbinder is also sought._teachers entertained at Edison school_
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Detroit
Paulj Jaworski
Itverty
Allegheny County
Detroit News
Jaworski
Pennsylvania
John Vass-binder
Alarming Vehicle Fire and Leaky Carburetor Incident
A Friday incident at Ninth and League involved a parked car with a leaky carburetor causing a minor fire. Earlier, at 4:50 p m Thursday, John Dunt of 417 Town Street reported a short circuit damage to another auto. Advertisement for merchant services follows.
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John Dunt
Town Street
Br. B
Waterloo Plane to Fly Entire Around Iowa Tour
Waterloo plans for one or two planes to fly the entire Around Iowa Good Will tour June 14 to 22. Norman J. Graham announces the National Aeronautical Association Waterloo chapter aims to win the 5000 prize in a handicap race. W. Fiske Marshall pilots a Hawk Air Transport plane the full distance. John Cable may fly Hawkeye Air Transport on at least one leg. The first plane is expected to appear near Waterloo airport around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, with Cedar Rapids as the starting point.
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Waterloo
Norman J. Graham
National Aeronautical Association
W. Fiske Marshall
Hawk Air
John Cable
Hawkeye Air
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids- Waterloo
A. J. Binsfield
Des Moines
Mason City
Explosion Kills Six Sailors in Mine Incident
Six sailors were killed and six seriously wounded when a mine exploded aboard a minesweeper during naval maneuvers off Schleimünde near Kiel in the Baltic. The explosion occurred at 7 p.m. yesterday, according to Naval Staff Headquarters.
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Berlin
Schleimurde
Naval Staff
United Press
Sechlel
Keil
Baltic Sea
Stull Elected Secretary of Iowa S C V for Eleventh Term
Frank M. Stull of 246 Denver Street was re elected secretary treasurer of the Sons of Veterans Iowa department of the Grand Army of the Republic at the closing session of the fifty fourth annual encampment in Cedar Rapids. Mrs J E Crisp of 613 Randall Street and son Marlin left for a long trip to Nebraska and Colorado.
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Frank MM. Stull
Denver Street
Sons of Veterans
Iowa
West
J. E. Crisp
Randall Street
Marlin
Nebraska
Colorado
Brain Tests and Historical Sobriquets Quiz
The Evening Post notes intelligence tests at leading universities and lists famous nicknames for historic figures in writing and the arts. Readers are invited to answer or refer to the correct answers. The quiz includes Isis, the Father of Angling, Mother Goose, Volpone, the Bard of Avon, and others.
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Ang
Young Isis
Mother Goose
Volpone
Bard of
Avon
Prince of
Shawmen
Madame Veto
America
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