Tornado toll and volunteers aid repair in Iowa town
In Alexander Iowa and nearby communities a June tornado wrecked homes and churches, killing and injuring several. Volunteers from Belmond and Boy Scouts aided debris removal and roof repairs while authorities assessed property damage across Franklin County.
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International News Wire
Alexander, Ls
Alexander
Congregational Church
St. John’s Lutheran
Methodiat
HE IL
Klinefelter
Cinternational
Manon City
Lawn
Pathe
Iowa
Harry Agnew
Ametsburg
Joseph “Root
Protivin
Howard County
Frank Meyer
Waucoma
Fayette County
Chapin and Greene
Varius Darla
Franklin County
Ouls
Sheffield
Alexaner
Dead Union Chief to Be Buried Monday From Iowa Farm to National Fame
Warren Sanford Stone aged 64, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, died after Bright's disease. Funeral services are set for Monday in Cleveland. Stone built the 14 story Brotherhood Building, created compulsory life insurance for engineers, and helped establish a cooperative bank system with assets near 200 million. Born Feb 1, 1860 on a farm in Iowa, he rose from Rock Island locomotive service to national leadership and civic work in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
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New York
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Brotherhood Investment Company
Bank
Brotherhood Building Association
Erties
Kentucky
West Virginia
Rock Island
Bidon
Thfeat
Central Committee of Adjustment
Mias Carrier, Neweil
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Severe storm floods farm lands south and west of Rochester
Thousands of acres of valuable farm lands were inundated south and west of Rochester. In the low lands crops were totally destroyed. Reports from Albert Lea by courier described a severe storm with water covering fields, barns blown away, and livestock killed.
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Rochester
Albert
Lea
Epworth League District Meet to Convene in Waterloo
Waterloo district of Methodist Episcopal churches will hold its Epworth League session next Friday through Sunday. Dr Blaine Kirkpatrick of Chicago general secretary will speak Friday evening. Delegates are expected to attend. details of the program remain uncertain.
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Cedar
Epworth League Societies
Waterloo
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Blaine “Kirkpatrick
Chicago
College students vote on changing hours
Gates Water ilop Business college students voted yesterday on adopting a new schedule starting the day half an hour later and dismissing half an hour earlier in the afternoon. The vote was nearly split and the matter remained open, with another ballot likely next week. Firemen attack village in Aktooni. Blanbureneac hotel and several houses destroyed, losses exceed $59,000. several dwellings dynamited in attempt to halt the blaze. Jury acquits banker in Galton State Bank case. former president Hohrer freed after embezzlement charges. one of several county bankers indicted in the matter. International News: Des Moines governor Hammill unveils industrial commission plan to boost factory growth, sustain raw-material processing, and expand local markets. Commission members named to draft laws on marketing, collective bargaining, and farm credit programs.
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Gates Waterilop Business College
Tesulla
International News
Des Moines
Iowa
John Hammill
Industrial Commission
FootFaville
Drezent
FL PF. Faville
Dodge
F. L. Maytag
New- Tens O'Leary
Fort Bedge
Anderson
L. A Law
Odunmoen
W. PL Dawson
Aurelia
James Stedman
Fagla Grove
J. G. Mitchell
iArthur Iuntington
Cedar Rapids
Ellsworth Richardson
iPelta
Bedford Woman's Funeral Services Set for Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Warjtha Bedford, who died Thursday afternoon, will be held at her daughter Mrs T F Glenny's home 205 Vermont Street at 2 p m Monday. Burial is in the family lot in Hudson Cemetery. Revs J Redmond Morgan of First Congregational and George F Tatsalon of Cedar Falls First Congregational will conduct.
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Mits
Martita Bedford
Warjtha Bedford
T. F. Glenny
Vermont Street
Hudson
J. Redmond Morgan
First Congregational Church
George FL Tatsalon
First Copecevational Church
Cedar Falls
Accidental Shooting At Blockton Bank Injures Youth
Blockton Iowa June 13 13 year old Howard Poor son of C K Poor Blockton was accidentally shot through the toe this morning by T B Ware cashier during a demonstration of a 22 caliber automatic revolver at the Blockton State Savings bank. Visitor from Chicago Mr William Newton Chicago formerly of via plates ds veining her stepdaughter Mrs S A Cleves in STEP 13 S te.
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Blockson
Howard iPoor
C.K. Poor
Blockton
T. 8
Ware
Blockton State Savings Nk
Chicago
Williamy Newton
Via
S.A Cleves
Shepherd Sled To Keep From Being Bum In Murder Trial
In Chicago June 13 United Press reports Prosecutor Crowe portrays William D Shepherd as a dead broke man who killed Billy McClintock for money. He argues evidence shows motive and plans to prove by circumstantial facts that Shepherd bought typhoid germs to harm his ward. The defense disputes admissibility of a letter. nearly 40 witnesses remain to be heard as trial continues.
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United Preach
Criminal Court
Chicago
Billy McClintock
William JD
Shepherd
Robert B. Crowe
Billy
Crowe
Estelle Gelling
Jerome
Mattilo
Indianapolis
Ind
Willie
Hele
McClintock
Louis Sharbaro
Iowa
Stella Carson
Clinton, Jr
Sharbare
William D. Shepherd
Crewe
United Press
Thomas J. Lynch
Grove
Michigan sprinter claims 100 yard dash record
Dehart Hub sbard of Michigan shattered the national collegiate track record with a 100 yard dash victory in 9.9 seconds, missing the old mark by a tenth of a second. The event occurred in Chicago on June 13, with the rival Grinnell athlete Paula previously holding the standard.
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Chicago
Dehart Hubsbard
Michigan
Viclory
Ingertre Arrives at Advent Bay to Aid Amundsen Search
The Ingertre steamed into Advent Bay Spitzbergen on June 13 bringing the Norwegian government relief expedition. It will search for the missing Amundsen polar voyage and the ship Fram.
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Ingertre
Advent Bay
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Six Executed in Cathedral Bombing Case Tribunal
The Associated Press reports a military tribunal on June 13 sentenced six men to death for involvement in the Sveti Kral cathedral bombing in April and related communist disorders. Four already have been hanged for the cathedral outrage killing 160 people.
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Sveti Kral
Foreigners Build Barricade and Set Up Machine Guns
Foreigners in Shanghai and Hankow face rising danger as mobs clash with residents. Chinese troops guard concessions while foreign guards patrol streets. Reports note barricades rising, machine gun positions, and fears of further violence. American, British, and French forces reinforce to protect staff and civilians amid anti foreign riots.
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Shameen
Constaut
Pampanga
Christian College of Henan
Chang
Shanghai
Onnon
Hankow
Iinternational
Peking
Foreign Concession
United Press
Washington, D. C
China
Foochow
Tiantsin
Tsingtao
Swatow
Mayer
State Department
California Gains Jack London Manuscripts for Huntington Library
Los Angeles June 13 Henry E Huntington California millionaire bought the entire Jack London manuscript collection and turned them over to Leslie E B Bliss curator of the Huntington Library foundation Mrs London widow of the novelist attended the ceremony saying the collection includes London works from his late years and that no other manuscripts exist outside this set She noted the acquisition preserves Jack Londons home state and the complete original copies were kept by Mrs London since their marriage and careful filing after Londons death
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Los Angeles
Jack London
Henry E. Huntington
California
Leslie EB. Bliss
Gharmion -London
London
Huntington
Adam
Martis Hden
Mr .London
Charles Heston Peirson
Fidgeware Road
Jack
England
New York
Iowa labor backs Bowman for 1926 senate bid
Delegates at the Iowa State Federation of Labor convention in Dubuque finish a harmonious gathering. They expect to back Senator M. L. Bowman of Black Hawk County for the 1926 U.S. Senate race amid talk of a three way contest with Cummins and Howard Clark. The meeting also urged medical exams for cooks and waiters, and elected officers for the printers’ council. Brookhart and Legion leader Ben Webster received strong ovations during addresses.
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International News
Dubuque
Iowa State Federation of Labor
J. C. Lewis
Iowa Labor
Buc-Port
M. L. Bowman
Black Hawk County
Bowman
A.B. Cummins
Howard Clark
Des Moines
Iowa
Labor
William Pollock
General Assembly
John Day
Albia
Iowa United Mine Workers
Iowa Stats Allied Printing Trades Council
J. J. Brown
R. J. McAnally Burlington
George ‘Thornton
Charles Smith
Joe
J R Bunyan Heads Waterloo Life Underwriters
J R Bunyan was elected president of the Waterloo Life Underwriters association at the annual luncheon at Black's tea room. J B Bragdon was named first vice president R Dix second vice president and W T Edwards secretary treasurer. Executive committee members include Fred C Repasa and Merle J Brown.
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J. R. Bunyan
Waterloo Life Underwriters Association
Black
J. B. Bragdon
W. T. Edwards
Fred C. Repasa
Merle Jj. Brown
Identify Ex-Convict as Man in Bandit Car
Clinton Ta June 13 Tex Maynard a notorious Sioux City robber released from Fort Madison last October was identified as the third occupant of the automobile involved in a shooting that wounded two Clinton County deputies, George Howland and Perdinand Alexander, who were recovering in Clinton hospital. Earlier photos had named Jim Davis and Ed Welch alias Ed Doyle as the other two occupants.
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Clinton, Ta
Tex Maynard
Sioux City
Fort Madison
Clinton County
George Howland
Perdinand Alexander
Clinton Hospital
Jim Davis
Ed Welch
Ed Doyle
Automobile Party
Greedy Cows Spark Board of Trade Debate at Quesnel
Quesnel British Columbia June 13 the Board of Trade holds a lively talk on enforcing the pound act and protecting the poundkeeper amid threats from cow owners whose animals were impounded. A member notes cows invade storefronts in spring seeking green plants.
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Quesnel
B. C
Board of Trade
Laborites Emphasize English Class Divides in Speech
London June 13 Commander P Harrington Edwards, chairman of the Labor Co Partnership association, stated that he has a cousin out of work drawing the dole and a grandson of a duke. He added that such facts show class feeling should be out of the question under today’s English life. Host to Brother Jonathan Miller of Rock Rapids visits the city.
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London
P. Harrington_ Edwards
Labor Co-Partnership Association
Conein
Duke J
Dole
Mattress Skipper Set for Waterloo Party
Famous mattress stunts return as Sidney Helms of Des Moines headlines a Waterloo celebration June 25 to 27. Helms, famed for crossing 200 tiles on a floating mattress from Kenkux to St. Louis, will again ride a mattress over the dam each afternoon. The Davidson Favoiture company backs the act with floating beds and diving bathing girls for entertainment.
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Sidney Helms
Des Moines
Kenkux
St. Louis
Waterloo
Helms
Davidson Favoiture Company
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Medals Awarded For Junior Olympics At Byrnes Park
Medals for the Junior Olympic event held under the playgrounds commission were announced and will be awarded Tuesday morning by W A Read. Winners include Eugene McManus Emerson School 60 meter dash, Tom Moora Whittier 193 feet 3 inches baseball throw, William Beistle Central 14 feet 3 1 2 inches broad jump, and contenders from West High Sacred Heart and Edison. Medals displayed in the Bashawk camera shop window at 18 Bridge Street.
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Byrnes Park
Playgrounds Commission
W. A. Read
Eugene McManus
Emerson Achool
A. R. Stillwagon
Central School
Tom Moora
Whittier
William Belstle
Central
Harry Kress
Sacred Heart
William Beistle
Robert Miler
Ralph Ebrig
Emerson
Jesse Dickinson
West High
Floyd Johnson
Eddie McKevitt
William Burbank
Kenneth Morse
Edison
Clarmont Troutner
Endia McKevitt
Leo Neuphalin
Poet-Ja Peterson Stops in Waterloo on Homeward Visit
Ja Peterson, poet of Random Rhymes, recently published, visited Waterloo Friday on his way home from a Davenport Masonic meeting. Dr Edwin A Nash, a poet-physician in Iowa, plans to retire from medicine to pursue literature, saying his poems are for common talks about light familiar topics. The To ws press has supported reprinting many verses. Nash formerly practiced in Dundee Iowa.
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Edwin A. Nash
Peterson
Waterloo
Davenport
Nash
Iowa
Dundee
Ft Dodge Man Kills Landlady and Self
Fort Dodge Iowa June 13 Carl Litchfield 33 shot and fatally wounded his landlady Mrs EB Billet and then killed himself at the Elliot home A year old daughter witnessed the shooting Mrs Elliot talked on the telephone when the first shot rang out She ran to another room pursued by Litchfield who fired a second shot and then killed himself Mrs Elliot died shortly after the shooting
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Fort Dodge
Carl Litchfield
EB. R. Billet
Elliot
Town in Peril as Strikers Fire Stores in Cape Breton
Rioting miners in Califonia, Cape Breton, set fire to the Dominion Coal company stores, looting thousands of dollars in weapons. A fourth store was burned after fresh rioting, but Glace Bay fire brigades protected the residences from the flames.
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Halifax
Cape Breton
Dominion Coal Company
Califonia
Glace Bay Fire Company
Lurrish Laws in Syrta Wording for Scrapheap
Beirut Syria Jaume 13 The Ottoman code which has long governed Syria will be replaced by the French system under the Judicial fusion decree. M Vergelot the French sponsor will codify new laws assisted by French magistrates and become legal adviser to the high commissioner. Rash S120 at Supper Cricksville Cleveland 1 Special Women’s Relief collected 129 dollars at a church supper for the fremen last evening.
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Beirut
Syria
Jaume
M. Vergelot
France
Rash
Cricksville
Watmen
Presbyterian Church
Two Boys Nabbed By Cops Confess To Bike Thefts
Kimmett Anderson and Deeil Dawley, both arrested, confessed to stealing upwards of eight bicycles each. Anderson believes he may have stolen more than a dozen. They claimed to act alone, despite a suspected organized gang. Two younger boys admitted mischief such as throwing objects and breaking windows. Fritz Knipp, facing legal possession charges, was bound over to district court and released on bond.
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Kimmett Anderson
Washington Street
Deeil Dawley
Tenth Street
An-derson
Anderson and
Dawley
EB. A. Leighton
Repass Auto Company
Fritz Knipp
District Court
Jona W. Gwynne
Young British inventor claims insomnia cure with color therapy
London reports a Cheshire inventor has patented a device using 12 colored flashes to the retina to induce sleep. The machine resembles a wireless set and is operated from bed. trials claim sleep onset in 10 to 15 minutes and potential daytime use, though the inventor notes no harmful eye effects.
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London
Cheshire
Jon
English Expert Forecasts Radio Control of Raiders
Manchester scientist Dr L L Palmer, head of the applied physics department at the College of Technology, told the Manchester Missionary and Philosophical Society that future warfare could use wireless control to direct boats and bombs from a dugout. He said ships could be guided by radio to a target, bombs released, then returned, with flight paths still mapped on a chart and plane observations enabling precise raids. He described torpedo guidance where a key tap could alter its course toward a submarine target.
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Manchester
England
Br. L. L
Palmer
College of Technology
Manchester Missionary and Philosophical Society
Berlin Talks Urge Local Control Over Liquor Licenses
Berlin officials and welfare workers conclude a week of meetings urging communities to decide licenses for liquor dispensation. They cite rising alcohol abuse since World War I, with courts sentencing thousands and jails and asylums filling.
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Berlin
Berlin Federation of Welfare Workers
Federation of Welfare Workers
Cyclone Injuries Prompt X Ray For Local Boy
Marble Rock Iowa June 13 Special The young son of Fred Abart was to be taken to a hospital today for x ray examination to determine extent of injuries recalled in a Thursday cyclone near Floyd County and Marble Rock with local officials reporting.
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Marble Rock
Fred Abart
Explosion shatters boy's arm in Dumont incident
Dumont Iowa June 13 Special Carl Ensti had his left arm below the elbow shattered by the expansion of a shotgun Friday afternoon the boy was repairing the weapon. Storm victim better Greene Iowa June 12 Frad Fisher reported in serious condition from a heart attack brought on by shock of the explosion Thursday night was slightly improved today.
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Carl Ensti
Greene
Frad Fisher
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