Arkansas Valley Waits for Guest of Flood Waters
Flood warnings sweep the Arkansas river valley as Little Rock forecasts 7 feet and Pine Bluff 29 feet. Fort Smith braced for 34 to 35 feet with 200000 acres flooded by two broken levees in Crawford county. Tulsa reports 19.8 feet at the crest, refugees count rising, and $2 million in anticipated damage. Gasoline conservation urged as refineries pause. river rising causes widespread farm inundation from Fort Gibson to Dardanelle.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Weather Bureau
Vine Bluff
Pine Bluff Dlonday
Kanaes
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Fort Smith
Crawford County
Tulsa
Oklo
Here
Sand Springs
Water Department
Throg Yesteray
Chicago
Arkansas Valley
American Oil Slen’s Association
United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fort Givson
Dardanelle
Mothers in Church Paged for Nursery by Electric Board
Pine Bluff Arkansas June 14 The First Christian church installs a nursery with an electric signal system. A cabinet with lighted mem bers is in the auditorium. When a baby is left, the mother receives a tag and the baby is marked with a number showing when the mother is needed.
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Electric Board
Pine Bluff
Ark
First Christian Church
Klansmen Officers Summoned for Grand Jury Probe
Minneapolis, June 14. Floyd B Olsen, Hennepin county attorney, announced a sweep investigation into Ku Klux Klan activities in the northwest. Subpoenas were issued for Milton Elrod editor of the Fiary Cross Indianaypolls Judge Phil Smythe legal counsel for the imperial palace of the klan and Clark Gross. Perjury charges expected against witnesses in a recent trial where five were convicted for alleged libel of Mayor George E Leach in a single edition paper claimed as the Klan organ.
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Minneapolis
Ming
Ku Klux Klan
Northwest
Floyd B. Olsen
Hennepin County
Milton Elrod
Fiary Cross
Indianaypolls
Phil Smythe
Imperial Pelace of
Klan
Atlanta, Ga
Clark Gross
Iibel
George BE
Leach
Orgnan
Ku Klux .Klan
Two Mothers Contest Child Awarded To Polish Woman
Chicago June 14 Superior Judge David Prybylski awarded Leona Fellela to Mrs Julia Prybylski after a four day battle in which both Mrs Violet Lenz and Mrs Prybylski claimed the five year old as their daughter. Witnesses supported Prybylski while Lenz faltered over a physician witness.
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Chicago
Leona Fellela
David
Julia Prybyleki
Violet Lenz
Leona
Britain to Save 1.4 Million With Liberty Bond Payment
New York reports Great Britain will save about 1.4 million dollars tomorrow by paying 70 million in Liberty bonds to the United States as the first interest and principal payment on its 4.6 billion war debt. The bonds are bought by Britain at 2 percent below par and redeemed by the U S at par. This move also reduces the U S war debt by 370 million, effectively settling part of both nations' debts in one stroke.
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New York
Great Britain
United States Treasury
United States
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Tonight at Memorial Hall
The American Legion auxiliary will hold a meeting in Memorial hall at 7 30 p m today. A short program will follow the business session.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
French Army as Safeguard Against New War, Spencer Says
Washington June 14 Senator Selden P B Spencer Republican Missouri review of his European tour said the French army of 800000 would be disbanded 30 days after the reparations agreement is slowed and settlement of reparations will bring lasting peace to Europe. He argued France must maintain a large force for security while Germany booms.
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International
Washington, D. C
Selden PB
Spencer
Missouri
France
Europe
Bandits in Army Havoc Ended Captivity
Forty Chinese prisoners remained with Shanutung bandits after foreigners were freed. Gen Che and Wu urged release terms including $87,000 back pay. A triumphal train carried released captives to Shanghai station where 500 greeted them. Names include Mal, Roland Pineger, and R A Rowlatt describing escapes, privation, and harsh captors. Roy Anderson praised. American Chamber of Commerce and Red Cross lauded for food and medical aid saving lives.
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International
Shanghai
Che
Band ‘ Camp Ag
Tsaochwang
Cane
Mal
Roland Plneger
R. A. Rowlatt
Tisa- Tesi
Rarilling
Roy Anderson
American Chamber of Commerce
American Red Cross
Railroads Brace for Fall Crop Movement in 1941
Washington D C July 14 Railroads anticipate a huge movement of food products and fuel this fall. American Railway Association records show 41,000 empty box cars moved from eastern railroads to Western Lines between April 26 and June 8 and parked on sidings in cereal belts for harvest. Railroads plan to move about 1,150 cars daily after June 15. New equipment is arriving with 65,860 freight cars data between June 1 and June 1 and 107,709 in production.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
American Railway Association
Eastern Railroads
Che
Stationary Engineers Elect New Officers in Iowa
Charles Amos of Sioux City was elected president of the Iowa section of the National Association of Stationary Engineers at its final session in Mason City. Sioux City will host next year’s convention. New officers include F. L. Stocker Ottumwa vice president Abner Davis Cedar Rapids secretary Alec Colsen Sioux Stry treasurer W E Hughes Keokuk conductor Hans Peterson Marshalltown doorkeeper and L T Hazelwood Des Moines state deputy. National VP Royal H Holbrook of Ames installed them.
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Mason City
Charles Amos
Sioux City
Iowa
National Association of Stationary Engineers
F. L. Stocker
Ottumwa
Abner Davis
Cedar Rapids
Alec Colsen
Sioux Stry
W. E. Hughes
Keokuk
Hans Peterson
Marshalltown
L. T. Hazelwood
Des Moines
National
Royal
H. Holbrook
Ames
Bootleg brides at three mile limit sparks Syrian suggestion
New York dispatch reports that Sidon residents urged Near East Relief to charter a ship near the three mile limit to ship orphans to the ship select a free bride for New Yorkers and marry them there. The plan would make wives U S citizens not subject to immigration quotas. The proposal was not adopted.
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New York
New Jersey
Syria
Near East Relief
Sidon
Florence 5
Kalk
Omaha
Tansport
United States
Harnessmakers Pick New List of Officers
In Cedar Rapids Iowa June 14 the closing session of the fourteenth annual convention of the Retail Harnessmakers association of Iowa elected officers. A M Friedell Sioux City was unanimously chosen president H D Ryan New Sharon vice president Frank Proescheldt Manilla Ia secretary John E B Schwaner Winterset Ia treasurer. The convention will close after a short business meeting this afternoon.
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Cedar Rapidg
Retail Harnessmakers' Association of Iowa
M. Friedell
Sioux City
H.D. Ryan
New Sharon
Frank Proescheldt
Manilla
John EB. Schwaner
Winterset
This Man Has House But No Place to Put It in Oakland
In Oakland on June 14 Thom as H Small moved a house from the school property to a lot he owned. After complaints from the park department and neighborhood protests the moving permit was cancelled. A temporary injunction was revoked and he has until tomorrow night to remove the house, but no site or equipment could lift or relocate it.
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Oakland
Cal
Thomas H. Small
Smnl
Sark Department
Small
Y Jot
Harwood Street
Gand
Water Rushes Through West Gate Dam Damages Woodwork
Unexpected developments at the Cedar Valley Hydraulic dam project saw the west gate extend about 11 a.m. and its false woodwork on the eastern floodgate washed away. Workers recovered most pieces from the river and now seal the eastern gap with a cofferdam. Officials say the incidents will not seriously delay completion.
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Cedar Valley Hydraulic Company
President Harding Sued Over New Jersey Bank Reopenings
Washington June 14 The president of the United States was sued today for the second time in history. Willian B. Bean of Paterson N J named President Harding as defendant in a district supreme court suit asking to reopen a bank in Paterson New Jersey. Bean alleged the conversion of Paterson Safe Deposit and Trust Co into the National Trust Bank of Paterson was wrong.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Harding
District Supreme Court
Willian B. Bean
Paterson
N. J
Bean
Paterson Safe Deposit & Trust Co
National Trust Bank of
Andrew Johnson
Morphine Theft Recovered in Major Minneapolis Raid
Police and federal agents recovered nearly $100,000 worth of morphine tablets stolen from a Minneapolis hospital. Two men were arrested in what authorities call one of the biggest raids in the north. The June 14 operation involved local and federal officers.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Harding Talks to Audience at Flagday Meet
Harding addresses about 150 listeners on patriotism and youth at a Flagday gathering. He reflects on the flag as a symbol of brotherhood, relief missions, and the Civil War veterans who preserved the Union, praising the flag’s enduring meaning and the role of veterans in its presentation.
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Harding
America
Wisconsin Rejects Investigation Of Booze Scandal
Wisconsin senate votes 18 to 12 against Severson resolution to probe malfeasance in state offices and alleged liquor parties involving legislators. Also reported is J F Sexton pleading guilty to forgery and receiving a 60 day county jail sentence for cashing an $18.50 check using another’s signature.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate Today
Severson
State Briefs report death causes in early events
University chemists confirmed Earl Schlotterback died from strychnine effects after his body was exhumed to challenge alleged self death. EB Beechler, 83, pioneer druggist and longtime Mason, died at home. B H Wild elected president of Iowa Funeral Directors association. Cedar Rapids named 1984 convention city. German Baptists union reelected officers. Elgin chosen for 1934 convention.
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Earl Schlotterback
Noison
Oskaloosa
R. G. Beechler
Dubuque
B.H. Wild
Humboldt
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
Cedar Rapids
Roy Smith
Buriington
C. H. Gregoire
Muscatine
B. Wissley
Appleton
German Baptists’Young People’s Union
Arthur Long
Victor
L. G. Johnson
Steamboat Rock
Elgin
Chicago moves to legalize light wines and beer sales
Brief notes report Chicago council backing legalizing manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. Other items include Seattle club sale tied to Wrigley and gum funds claim, Ohio prohibition officers charged with terror methods, a flood fear in Oklahoma City, and the Galveston detective death and loss of a federal officer in a clash.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Wade Killefer
Charles Lockard
Seattle Club
Pacific Coast League
William Wrigley, Jr
Washington
Prohibition
Ohio
W. H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition
Oklahoma City
Okla
Galveston
Perdius Wilson
J. C. Dilworth
Dillworth
Auto Hit Injures Carpenter A L Flickinger
A L Flickinger, 70, a carpenter living at 1026 Randolph Street, was struck by a car driven by Mrs. George Olson of Parkersburg at about 11 45 a m near Hotel Hummel on Fourth Street. He was dragged by the car, front and rear wheels passed over his head and shoulder, but later examination found no serious injuries though a possible broken arm was suspected. The auto sustained no damage.
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A. L. Filckinger
Randolph Street
George Olson
Parkersburg
Humnwé
Fourth Street
Filekinger
Olson
Rock Island and
Great Western
Flickinger
Union Depot
Pickinger
Hiz Home
Busby Elected Vice President of Iowa Poster Association
J B Stewart of Clinton was elected president of the Iowa Poster Advertising Association at the convention in Mason City. Davenport named 1924 convention city. A J Bushy of Waterloo named vice president. Fred E B Trainer of Ackley secretary. Elbert Payton of Centerville treasurer. H B Farrer of Mason City becomes national delegate. others named alternates J K Toms Cedar Rapids and D J Jones Sioux City. Mrs E R Busby of Dubuque elected president of the Town Poster Art Alliance. other officers include Mrs J W Ocker West Union vice president. Mrs H B Farrer Mason City secretary. Mrs Earl Coombs Charlton treasurer.
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Mason City
J. B Stewart
Clinton
Iowa
Davenport
A. J. Bushy
Waterloo
Fred EB
Trainer
Ackley
Elbert Payton
Centerville
H. B. Farrer
Kk. J. Toms
Cedar Rapids
D. J. Jones
Sioux City
E. R. Busby
Dubuque
Town
J. W. Ocker
West Union
Earl Coombs
Charlton
Money to Pay Dempsey for Shelby Fight
Great Falls Montana June 14 the second hundred thousand of the three hundred thousand guaranteed for Jack Dempsey’s July 4 match with Tommy Gibbons will be paid tomorrow Jack Kearns manager of the heavyweight champion will leave for Shelby tonight to receive the money Shelby mayor and American Legion treasurer say funds from tickets already cover all obligations and a bank in Shelby holds a reserve in support
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Shelby
Mayor Johnson
American Legion
Major Johnson
First State Bank of
Contest of Croker's Will in Irish Court Nearing Completion
Dublin sees the Croker will case near verdict as counsel for Mrs. Buia Croker argues the plaintiffs failed to prove she was the legal wife of Guy Marone when she married the American politician in New York in 19 4. They also claim the evidence does not show undue influence on Croker when he drafted his will cutting off his children from his first marriage.
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Dublin
Croker
Buia Croker
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
New York
Bucketshop Broker Collapses in Cell After Guilty Plea
New York on June 14 Edward M Fuller collapsed in his cell on the eve of a hearing where he was to discuss All bucket ing operations and names of men higher up He and W F McGee pled guilty to an indictment charging FE M Fuller Co with operating a bucketshop Fuller faced a possible two and a half to five year term but was to be taken to a referee in bankruptcy under guard today
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New York
Edward M. Fuller
Fuller
W. F. McGee
FE. M. Fuller & Co
Mayors Decline to Praise Al's Action
The resolutions committee of the conference of mayors refused to report out a resolution by Mayor Schwab of Buffalo commending Governor Smith for signing the Cuvillier bill that reveals the Mullan Gage state enforcement act.
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Buftato
Conference of Mayors
Schwab
Buffalo
Smith
Lenine Is Better Read Newspapers Despite Danger
Moscow reports Premier Le nine has recovered enough to read newspapers, though his condition remains dangerous. Official notice stated he was allowed to read while still under medical scrutiny.
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Lenine
Moscow
Maughan Maps Out Routes for Dawn to Dark Flight
Lieut. Russell Maughan arrived in Dayton by air phone from Boulin field as he charts the dawn to dark cross country flight. He stopped briefly at Moundsville West Virginia and plans a 1 30 p m hop to St Joseph Missouri for a dinner appointment, covering about 8570 miles.
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Maughan
Dayton
Russell Maughan
Bouian Field
Moundsville
W. Va
St. Joseph
Y. m
Karl Danton Wins Prize for Picture of Little Brown Church
Karl Danton of Waterloo earned $10 for his photo and description of The Lite Brown Church in the Vale at Radford near Nashua. The national contest by Save the Surface drew entries from every state plus Alaska Canada Mexico and Puerto Rico. First prize was $250 to B Irvine Haines New York City.
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The
Vale
Radford
Nashua
Waterloo
Karl Danton
Save the Surface
Irvine Haines
New York City
Pelea
Walter Alderman
New Haven
Conn
Danton
Alaska
Canada
Mexico
Porto Rico
Herbert W. Hess
University of Pennsylvania
J. Russell Daubman
Franklin R. Carve
Universily
Little Brown
Bradford
William S. Pitts
Government drive closes 150 Detroit liquor spots
In Detroit on June 14 federal injunctions were issued in U S district court against about 150 liquor-sellers in the Detroit district. The aim is to close these establishments for one year under the state padlock law. Federal officers began serving injunctions immediately. more are planned.
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Detroit
Mich
United States District Court
Score
U. 58
Davis
Anheuser Busch Loses Govt Beverage Contract
St Louis June 14 Retaliation by higher ups in the United States Shipping Board for disclosures of alleged liquor sales on Shipping Board vessels led to the sudden cancellation of a contract with Anheuser Busch Inc to furnish beverages for the steamer Leviathan. The contract would have stocked the tanker on a trial trip to the West Indies for 600 guests at government expense.
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St. Louis
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Leviathan
Augusta Busch
Anneuser-Busch Company
West Indies
Missing Minister Reported Delayed by Bad Roads
Des Moines on June 14 reports minister Ray L. McCannon and his young son missing since Saturday after leaving Des Moines by car for Hopkins Missouri. He phoned his wife from Hopkins saying he was delayed by bad roads, and Drake University officials were notified. search was then discontinued.
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Des Moines
Ray, Li
L. McCannon
Hopkins
Drake University
Clinton Man Heads Town Grand Lodge
Sioux City Illinois June 14 Officers elected for the coming year at the state Masonic grand lodge include Milo John Gabriel of Clinton as worshipful grand master H C Hessar of Jac City senior grand warden Charles Percival of Bonaparte janitor grand warden Leroy C Dunn of Des Moines grand treasurer Newton Ray Parvin of Cedar Rapids grand secretary David R Tripp of Colfax grand custodian
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Sioux City
State Masonic Grand Lodge
Milo John Gabriel
Clinton
H. C. Hessar
Jac City
Charles Percival
Bonaparte
Leroy C. Dunn
Des Moinas
Newton
Ray Parvin
Cedar Rapids
David R. Tripp
Colfax
Iowa Woman Re-elected Leader of Degree of Honor
Mrs Francis Buell Olson of St Paul was re-elected president of the National Degree of Honor Protective association at its triennial convention in Minneapolis. Other officers named include Mrs Etta Branson of Spencer as usher and Mrs Florence Owens of Omaha as national watch. J C Murtagh of Waterloo will deliver the Flag Day address at Newton tonight, arranged by Newton Elks.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Francis Buell Olson
St. Paul
National
Degree of Honor Protective Association
Etta Branson
Spencer
Florence Owens
Omaha
National Watch
J. C. Murtagh
Newton
Waterloo
Newton Elks
Bellis Couple Return From Western Vacation
Mr and Mrs A A Bellis have come back from a vacation traveling through Denver Colored Springs and Salt Lake City.
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West
A. A. Bellis
Denver
Colored Springs
Lakays
Rudderless China Floats Peacefully
London dispatch reports President Li Yuan Hung resigned and turned over to captors at Tlents with government seals. Five ministerial representatives pressed a provisional government as Premier Chang Shao Tzeng and cabinet consider return. Metropolitan troops commander Feng Yu Helang and police chief Wang Huai Ching pledged order as Peking begins a rudderless regime.
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Associated Press
London
Li Yuso Hung
China
Tlents
Evening News
Tienisin
Peking
Li Yuan Hung
Bhen Jui Ling
Department of Finance, Navy and Foreign Affairs
Chang Shao Tzeng
Feng Yu Helang
Wang Huai Ching
Smiling Slayer Identified in Tesmer Killing
Chicago police declared Miss Bertha Schillo, 21, identified by Mrs. Richard G. Tesmer as the smiling flapper who shot and killed Tesmer in the rear. The suspect was labeled the Smiling Slayer in city reports issued this afternoon.
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Chicago
Bertha Schillo
Richard G. Tesmer
Thea
Tesmer
Marks Are Cheaper Amid German Currency Slump
London reports a dramatic devaluation as the German mark sank nearing 540,000 to the pound and over 108,000 to the dollar after a torrid trading session. Economists warn of sharp inflationary pressures and volatility in foreign exchange markets.
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London
Schillo girl arrested after Austin hold up case
Police and state attorney staff pressed questions on Miss Schillo who is in custody after a holdup here last week. She was arrested last night in Austin with two young men, sparking a fast moving investigation.
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Atste's
Miss Schillo
Schillo
Austin
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Iowa Poster Association
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