Bankers of Iowa oppose branch banks at gala session
Ames delegates at the Iowa Bankers Association convention elected Marc Nary president as Mason City will host next year. Carl Keck became vice president and F. S. Fitchards treasurer. Resolutions urged opposing branch banks, stabilizing money value, condemning big banks, opposing reserve collections, and asking Congress to submit tax free securities to the states. Speakers included Col. MacNider and H. Willis, who warned inflation, deflation, and reserve board criticism while praising Americanization efforts and road funding.
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Grafting Aldermen Indicted in Chicago
Chicago June 14 Joseph H. Smith alderman and former aldermen Franklin Kinna and Stanley Watk owlak faced bribery charges after a special grand jury. They allegedly accepted bribes on alley vacation matters totaling at least 1008 dollars.
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Chicago
Joseph Hugrine Smith
Frank Kinna
Stanley
Watkowlak
Vietaa
Woman Autoist Is Sentenced to Cell for Killing Youth
In New York on June 14, Mrs. Loret ta Thompson of Brooklyn was sentenced to one to three years in Auburn State Prison for the manslaughter of 11-year-old Dominick Lee. Her car crashed into a hedge after crossing a sidewalk, struck another boy who was maimed for life. Witnesses testified she appeared intoxicated, a claim she denied.
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New York
Loretta Thompson
Brooklyn
Auburn State Prison
Dominick Lee
Belgium's Premier and Cabinet Resign Over Language Law
The Belgian cabinet led by Premier Theunis resigned tonight after the senate backed a bill requiring Flemish use in all Ghent University courses. Unrest among students followed the chamber's vote, with injuries reported in street disturbances as measures protected Flemish deputies and homes.
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Belgium
Governor Kendall Returns to Desk After Health Break
Des Moines reports Gov Ken Kendall is back at work after a month’s absence due to overwork strain and a heart attack. He plans to spend a few hours daily in the office as the state executive declares him improved and on the path to full duties.
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Des Moines
Kendall
Smugglers Battle Aboard Mary Beatrice Kills Nine
Nine men die in a sea fight aboard the small vessel Mary Beatrice off New York after a clash between crew and Chinese smugglers. Two white men two blacks and five Chinese among the dead. Twenty Chinese smuggled for 500 each. Wounded, some dying at Bills Island hospital. Vessel sailed from Havana May 8. captain rumored missing with 10,000. Nationality of vessel unestablished.
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Ace
Bills Island ‘Hospital
Mary Beatrice
Havana
Peasant Premier to Take Sofia and Declare Republic
A United Press report from Trieste says Stamboulisky and his peasant followers plan to oust King Boris and declare a Bulgarian republic once Sofia falls. Reports place Varna taken by rebel forces and hint Belgrade may intervene with Yugoslav aid.
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Sofia
Orient Express
Bulgaria
Black Sea
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Jugo-Slavia
Belgrade
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Alsho
Hagen Holds Near Lead in Troon British Open Flight
Walter Hagen, American holder, shot 71 in the afternoon at Troon to post 147 after two rounds, one behind leaders A C Havers and G A Whitcombe who both held 146. Johnny Farrell carded 152, Leo Diegel 160, with other scores listed for 36 holes.
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Hagen
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C. Aa. Whitcombe
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Havers
Johnny Farrell
New York
Leo Diegel
Ancores
John Farrell
G. A. Whitcombe
A. G. Havers
MacDonald Smith
George Aulbach
New Probe Follows Murder Verdict in Mount Hazing Case
Chicago June 14 State's Attorney Robert B Crowe's office reopened its investigation into the death of Leighton Mount Northwestern University freshman whose parents say he was slain by hazers. The coroner's jury had ruled murder and urged justice. Mount disappeared during the 1921 freshman sophomore class fight. his skeleton was found under a Lake Michigan pier eighteen months later. A tip led aides to search Tucson Arizona for a former student said to be an eyewitness.
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Chicago
Robert B. Crowe
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
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Mount
University
Lake Michigan
Tucson
Ariz
Monmouth College Graduates Largest Class to Date
Monmouth IL June 14 61 graduates the largest class in Monmouth College history with honorary Doctor of Divinity awarded to Rev D P McEheem of Indianola. The event marked a significant milestone for the institution and its graduating cohort.
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Monmouth
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Monmouth College
D. P. McEheem
Indianola
Auto Left in Gear Kills Delegate in Nebr
George Palmblade, 45, of Keene, was killed instantly in Kearney Nebraska when he cranked his left-in-gear automobile. He had attended a divisional Baptist church meeting and was preparing to depart after a Sunday school convention delegate duties. The car, left in gear, lurched forward and pinned him to a tree.
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George Palmblade
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Royalty Gracious to American Women at Court
London report from June 14 recounts American women, including Mrs. E. R. Crockett of Kentucky, being presented to King George and Queen Mary. Crockett praised the gracious treatment and noted the event as a remarkable social spectacle with Americans among the best dressed. Princess Mary and Infanta Eulalia attended alongside the royal couple, with Princess Christian’s later funeral casting a somber note.
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al News Wire
London
King George
Queen Mary
E. R. Crockett
Kentucky
Mrs. Crockett
America
Naya Tse
Christian
George
Vistountais Lascelles
Mary
Infanta Eulalia
Spain
Ouija Board Insanity Plea For Murdoch Murder Case
In Oroville California on June 14, Mae Murdock on trial for killing her husband Robert Murdock presented ouija board insanity as a possible defense. She testified the board claimed he had lovers, that she was unwanted, and that he planned to kill her with an ax and bury her body.
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Ouija Board
Mae Murdock
Robert Murdock
Murdock
Judge Wade to Be Made Loyola LL D
Judge M J Wade of Iowa will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws at Loyola University's fifty third commencement in Chicago. More than 1000 alumni and former students are expected for the diploma ceremony and evening reception in the new gymnasium gift of alumni.
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Chicago
M. J. Wade
Iowa
Loyola University
Country at Work as Labor Dept Reports Low Unemployment
Washington, D. C., June 14. The United States labor department reports the nation at work with unemployment at a 12 month low. The survey notes increasing farm labor shortage in some sections, full time or overtime industrial work, and heavy road building absorbing unskilled labor. In the west and north central district including Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, the Dakotas and Nebraska, farm help is in great demand due to a huge wheat harvest and road construction boosts.
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Washington, D. C
United States Labor Department
Department
North Central
Minnesotta
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Drowning death reported at Cedar River beach near Waterloo
Fred Pletman, 24, of Waterloo, drowned in the Cedar River while swimming with three companions. The body was recovered 20 minutes later after volunteers and the Waterloo fire department attempted resuscitation with a pulmotor. Pletman, born June 10, 1906, left home with friends after warning signs against swimming, and his family planned funeral arrangements as authorities investigated the incident.
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Aml Hay Tiller
Tedman
Martin Dayton
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Dayton
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L. R. Jones
Hawkeye
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Howe
Harry Bender
Lawrence Takin
Andrew Fink
Munday
Klatoerchapel
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Gessies
Winfield Tiedman
Parker
Cplo
Scott Medman
Chicago
Benjamin Miller
Crookston
Minn
Mis
Clyde Lee
Mgbert Andreagen
College Graduates Favored for Pulpit by Augustana Synod
Rockford June 14 The sixty fourth annual Augustana synod convention in session here adopted a constitutional change requiring a college degree for all candidates entering a theological seminary. The synod rejected a resolution condemning childless marriages. Dr G E Forsberg of Eric Pa authored the rejected proposal.
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Rockford
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Aphrdie
G. E. Forsberg
Eric
Father of 5 Killed in Playground Row
Pasquale La Mantygno, father of five, was shot to death in a free-for-all brawl among about 50 people over a vacant Racine avenue lot used as a children’s baseball playground. The lot owner is being questioned.
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Chicago
Pasqualé Lamantygno
Racine Avenue
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Paper Delivery Cutoff Notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6 30 o clock. If due to error by the carrier boy or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time please phone. A copy of the paper will be sent and phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
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Joint Reply on Passive Resistance Holds Up Germany Note
Crussels June 14 A joint reply by all powers to Germany's reparations note is seen as likely, with Britain France and Italy seeking a declaration on sabotage and urging the population to refrain from overt acts. Paris June 14 Lord Curzon asks what passive resistance means in relation to Germany's stance and whether cessation could ease Ruhr occupation after cabinet review. Bochum prison authorities seize 80 rifles and 60 pistols while a car found with dynamite bonds near Angermund is suspected for rail sabotage.
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London
Paris
Rome
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France
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Bochum
Angermund
Prohibition Comes Home To English Doorstep
A witty clash over prohibition shows up in UK sentiment as American dry policy is said to press on English doors. The piece notes British concern for home life and legal tradition, with comparisons to America’s temperance drive and a looming three mile limit dispute. It cites Lady Astor's bill and French and British reluctance to scrap long standing international law to aid US domestic policy.
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America
England
Lady Astor
Newport Tribune
International
Washington, D. C
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London
Paris
Tokio
Asi
United States
France
Russia
Progress bill pushes ships to carry quar for British ports
A progress attuned bill outside the House of Commons seeks to compel vessels entering British ports to carry quarantine measures. The measure aims to bolster port health by enforcing required sanitary procedures for incoming ships.
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House of Ecommons
Five Tenths of Veterans Paid in Iowa Bonus Push
Des Moines June 14 Only about 1 000 Iowa World War I veterans have received state bonus money while warrants totaling over 10 000,000 dollars await approval for these and about 76,000 of 97,000 claims are on first reading. The bonus board, besieged by veterans, suspended phone calls to speed work. letters from claimants slow progress. Alexa Stirling Wien won her Metropolitan golf semi final over Nora Touerge 1 up in Nye North Dakota?
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
KLULG
State Bonus Board
State House
Bonus Board
Stirling Wiens
Nye
Alexa Stirling
Nora A. Touerge
Harding Urges Flag Code and Song Victory at Flag Day Meet
President Harding addressed about 180 attendees at the Flag Day conference in Washington urging creation of rules for proper flag display and a provision requiring Americans to learn to sing The Star Spangled Banner. He stressed reverence for the flag and duties of citizens, with labor leader Samuel Gompers also speaking on flag respect. Des Moines held local Flag Day events with Army nurses presenting a flag to Argonne post and Boy Scouts participating.
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