May Ask Good to Round Up Farmer Vote for Hoover
Washington D C June 20 A proposal for a sectional organization based in Chicago to aid Hoover in the coming presidential campaign was discussed by Republican national committee members arriving for a conference with nominee Herbert Hoover It suggests James W Good be named western campaign chairman to win farmer districts for Secretary of the Interior Harold L I Work Hoovers favored choice for national committee chair. Senator Curtis Kansas vice presidential nominee arrived and planned to stay for the meeting. Curtis said he would rest briefly before the campaign. Hoover held meetings with party leaders as delegates from the Kansas City convention arrive Good was delayed in Chicago by his wife illness and may not reach Washington until early next week
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Washington, D.C
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Thal
James W. Good
Hoover
Commerce
National Committee
Work
Interior Department
Curtis
Kansas
Washington
Tr Hoover
Kansas City
Good
Water Pole of Air Tour Lands at Waterloo Airport
A 1000 strong crowd at Waterloo Airport watches a 13 plane Good Will tour progress from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Lead pilot John Cable flies in at 9 22 p m. 12 more planes land by 6 18 p m as officials note improved field conditions and plan continued leg to Belinda. A dinner and program at Hotel Russell Lamson follows with Hawkeye Air Transport officials praising Waterloo’s aviation potential.
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I Ag
Waterloo
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Airport, Inc
Gedar Rapids
Cedars Rapids
John Cable
Mpilng
Waterloo Airport
Carl Christenson
Waco
Weterloo Aireport
Wiliam Gerbracht
Travel Air
Cedar _Rapids
Waterloo Sairport
George D. Lowers
Eagle Rock
Paul Shaw
Air Ring
Waterloo Air Spark
George Powers
Cepilar Rapids
Roy B. Dodson
Alexander Eagle
Karl Lorenzen
Standard
Herman Banning
Rumming Bird
Dan Hunter
Stinson-Detroiter
Waterloo S
Wil
Marshall Pane
W. Fiske Marshall
John Cable Will
Belinda
Marshall
Leonard Carothers
Filois Mine
Hawkeye Air
Transport Company
Russell-Lamson
C. A. Morris
Hawkeye Air Transport Company
Meyer Glenn
Tibbitts
Slore
George Yates
Des Moines
National Aeronautic Association
Aviation pioneers honored by Yates at Good Will tour reception
Sideline prettiest from the air as Yates paid tribute to pilots who pioneered aviation. The event introduced Jack Walton, Henry Bolte, Loretta Carlson, A W Chambers, Robert Cole, and W Fiske Marshall. After talks, attendees toured Plaza theatre. Art Stolte filmed arrivals and parachute jump for Strand theatre showings tonight.
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Yates
Jack Walton
Henry Bolte
Des Moines
Loretta Carlson
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Chambers
Robert Cole
W. Fiske Marshall
Waterloo
Plaza Theatre
Art Stolte
Strand Theatre
Lour Filers
Strand
French Flier Seeks Nobile Camp Amid Missing Amundsen
A search for Umberto Nobile and five companions continues as Italia crewmen and rescuers attempt new flights. Profs Finn Malmgren leads a dog sled patrol toward North Eastland while Major Maddalena's S-55 seaplane flies from King's Bay. Riiser-Larsen's seaplane suffers a mechanical fault needing repair before another sparrow flight.
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Umberto Nobile
Italia
North Eastland
Maddalena
King's Bay
Nobile
Riiser-Larsen
Clarksville Stars Entertain Eastern Star Members
Clarksville chapter hosted visiting officers from Mitchell Alley and other towns for dinner and a ceremonial, as 102 attendees gathered. Guests included Norma Banton of Charles City, Margaret Martin of Nora Springs, Viola Nichols of Alison, Harry Hill of Allison, Sherman Fyler of Shell Rock, and Edward Brockman of Colfax, all serving as officers or patrons in the order.
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Couier
Clarksville
Tadone
Allison
Shell Rock
Order of Eastern Star
Focal Chapter
Norma Banton
Charles City
Grand Adair
Margaret Martin
Nora Springs
Viola Nichols
Alison
Harry Hill
Sherman Fyler
Edward Brockman
Colfax
Local girl advances in state tennis tourney
Des Moines reports Marjorie Mace of Waterloo reached the third round of the state women singles event by defeating Augusta Coleman of Kansas City. In other notes, Frank Fisher of Fisher Tent & Awning Co. and his brother Rev. Fred Fisher celebrate a joint birthday in Iowa Falls. A drowning accident near Hamburg involves Rex Bennett, 10, who fell into a waterfilled hole dug for a bridge project.
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Des Moines
Lunes
Marjorie Mace
Waterloo
Defanitria Augusta
Coleman
Kansas City
Frank BR. Fisher
The
Fisher Tent & Awning Co
Fred Fisher
Iowa Falls
Frank
Fred
Major Fisher
Sidney
Rex
Bennett
Hamburg
Infant Funk Dies One Day After Birth
Betty Jean Funk infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J O Funk of 414 Forest avenue died at 530 am one day after birth Survivors include sister Helen and brother Billy Brief prayer services were held at 1 pm today at Kistner chapel then the body was sent to Nashua for burial
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Funk
Betty Jean Funk
J. O. Funk
Forest Avenue
Helen
Billy
Kistner Chapel
Nashua
Earhart in London Wears Borrowed Clothes Amid Fame
London June 20 1947 Miss Amelia Earhart Boston social worker and first woman to fly the Atlantic arrived with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. She wore a loose floral dress at a hotel reception while flowers poured in. Earhart said borrowed items exist but she is not vain, deflecting hero worship and praising Stultz for the flight. Stultz and Gordon preferred rest, awaiting time to sleep before plans.
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London
Ame Ya Earhart
Boston
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Gir
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Miss Earhart
England
H. Bailey
Stultz
U.P
Amelia Earhart
Lou Bordon
Hyde Park
Plucky Pilots and Parachutist Fire Up Iowa Air Tour
Herman Banting of Ames, the only colored pilot on the tour, battles motor trouble at Cedar Rapids yet continues racing for aviation glory. He seeks official checkout after motor overhaul, a three hour fix. The field features three Wright powered ships including Good News and Goat News with notable passengers and officials. Loretta Carlson refuses to speak at dinner while others revel in daring parachute jumps. Hangar space at Waterloo airport fills as six planes lodge for the night amid fielded aircraft lining the field.
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Herman Banting
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Banning
Wright Whirkelnd
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Des Moines Register-Tribune
Altho Loretta Carlson
Waterloo
City in Brief: Stolen Bicycle and Local Visits
City notes report a bicycle theft from Joe Hoover at 826 Columbia Street. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Bates and son from Milwaukee at Mrs. Elliott B. Wise’s home. Thomas Buchanan returns from the Des Moines optical convention. Mrs. A. J. Howard and daughter plan Minneapolis visit. Melbourne-area visitors, radio man Walter Shumaker, and a recovered touring car stolen earlier. Evalyn Peterson operated on for appendicitis at St Francis. Lintners plan five-month California trip. Election board compensation checks available. Early Ohio potatoes harvested. Young Gray injured in a pasture mishap. Pugilist Albert Knipp fined for disturbing the peace.
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Joe Hoover
Columbia Street
BR. M. Bates
Kirk
Milwaukee
Wis
Bates
Elliott B. Wise
Third Avenue
Thomas M. Buchanan
Third Street
Des Moines
A. J. Howard
Mary Jayne
Fourth Street
Minneapolis
Minn
F. A. Wiley
Frank E. Boughton
Evanston, Til
H. B. Maynard
Walter Shumaker
J. W. Shumaker
California
J. M. Mendelson
Washington Street
Walter J. Sipe
South Street
Sixth
Seventh
Evalyn Bernadett Peterson
Tenth Street
West
St. Francis Hospital
Wellington
Portland
Ore
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Black Hawk County
Katherine Barlow
Thomas
Mitchell
Kimeball
Charles Gray
G. Gray
Commercial Street
Washington Township
Soldier Who Died of His War Wounds Buried Tomorrow
Last honors for a comrade who died in the war will be paid tomorrow afternoon when an honor squad from Becker-Chapman post American Legion buries the body of Fimil Nissen in Fairview cemetery. Nissen, who died Monday in a veterans bureau hospital at Excelsior Springs, Mo., was 33 years old. He served in France and in Siberia during the world war and died of diseases contracted in those campaigns. Survived by widow May Nissen and his father Hans Nissen, Waterloo, and six sisters. He was a member of the region and of the Trinity American Lutheran church. Rev. F. Herbert Mahlmann will officiate at funeral services in the church at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Fimil Nissen
Fairview
Nissen
Veterans’ Bureau
Excelsior Springs
France
Siberia
May Nissen
Hans Nissen
Waterloo
Peter
Freda
Hilda
Ella Crawford
Margaret Miller
Emma Miller
Mary Bailey
Trinity American Lutheran Church
F. Herbert
Mahlmann
Athletics Win First Game of Yankee Series
The Athletics beat the Yankees 10 to 5 in New York to take the opening game of a five game series. Pat Collins hit a homer for New York as Pennock allowed five runs in the third inning. The A’s added runs in the sixth and ninth to seal the win, with Wiley Moore finishing the game after Pennock’s rough stretch.
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New York
Athletics
Yankees
Yanks
Pat Collins
Homer
Pennock
Koenig
Gehrig
Durst
Ruth
A's
Wiley Moore
Philadelphia
Quinn
Cochrane
Moore
P. Collins
Hold Salesman for Stealing Car Near Columbus Junction
URIous J. Millsap an auto salesman claimed he was geeged and robbed of a car he demonstrated Saturday night near Columbus Junction. He faced a 2900 bond on larceny charges after a preliminary hearing. Investigators found Millsap’s story full of discrepancies. The car owned by Clarence Shafer, local dealer, has not been found. Millsap came here from Cedar Rapids.
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Washington. In
URI
Ous
J. Millsap
Columbus Junction
Offets
Millsap
Clarence Shafer
Cedar Rapids
Derelict Seaplane Indicates Disaster
A derelict seaplane bearing the Department of Commerce markings RR-43 was adrift 83 miles east of Ambrose Light after a crash. No signs of pilot or crew were found by the freighter Heffron, and coastguard officials fear all aboard may have been killed or drowned.
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New York
JTNSI
Yter
Department of Commerce
Ambrose Light
Heffron
Waterloo Week Show Windows Highlight City Manufacturing
Waterloo Week draws crowds as over 60 local factories showcase products. Displays include Jerald Sulky racing carts, Boogee Furnace cast iron furnaces, Rath Packing meats, Sinclair oils, Silvers mirrors, Sunshine cookies, Chamberlain wringers, Hinson auto accessories, and Waterloo Saddlery leather goods.
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Waterloo
United States
Jerald Sulky
Hall-Bkfelt
Boogee
Davidson
Rath Packing Company
Rath
Sinclair Refining Company
Bur Echanan Optical Company
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Royal Partners
Silvers
Fourth Street
Black's
Silvers Manufacturing Company
Mendelson's
Loose- Wiles Biscuit Company
Woodrow Washers
Automatic
One Minute
Hart-Parr
Chamberlain
New York
Anon
Hinson
Sycamore
Fifth Streets
Hinson Manufacturing Company
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Jane Gray
Riviera Theatre
Prisoner Poison Drink Fails to Harm Inmate in Des Moines
A man naming himself A. Graves of Davis City drank poison in his city hall cell yesterday. He is recovering at Broadlawns General Hospital from the poisoning, held on an intoxication charge awaiting further investigation after allegedly attempting to pass a $15 bogus check.
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Des Moines
A. &. Graves
Davis City
Broadlayns General Hospital
City Hall
Matching famous men to fields test from Evening Post
A brain test from Evening Post introduces a Carnegie Foundation style matching question. List of famous men includes Shakespeare, Rodin, Corot, Hals, Rossetti, Keats, Movart, and others with numbered fields to match Sculptor Painter Musician Poet None of the above. Time limit two minutes.
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Carnegie Foundation
Shakespeare
Bathna Cy Rodin
Retin
Teslit
Schilter
Rossetti
190000 10 Meet Crew of Bremen
Berlin June 29 officials and thousands greeted the Bremen crew at Tempelhof after their trans Atlantic flight to Labrador. Vice Chancellor Hergt welcomed them on a special tribune and American Ambassador Schurman spoke. crowds were broadcast across the country as the fliers replied.-estimated attendance ranged up to 200000 people at Tempelhof.
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Berlin
Yempelhof Field
Six Boys Escape from Eldora Two Are Waterloo
Six boy inmates escaped today from the state industrial school for boys at Eldora. Two Waterloo fugitives were identified as Donald King, 17, 403 Second Street East, and Isad Hartsell Greaniee, 16, 16 Mal Barry Street. They were committed after being found guilty of automobile thefts.
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Tom
Waterloo
State Industrial School
Eldora
Donald ‘King
Second Street
Isad Hartsell Greaniee
Malbarry Street
Power Trust Snares Chautauqua Speaker in Public Ownership Push
Washington June 20 A Missouri information bureau official testified before the Federal Trade Commission that a power trust tried to suppress a Chautauqua speaker advocating public ownership. Agents reportedly pressed for changes to the lecture by agreeing with the lecturer to modify content.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
Michigan
J. P. Sheridan
Missouri Information Bureau
Federal Trade Commission Today
Power Trust
Carl D
Lifeguard Drowns Saving Girl Near Ottumwa Boat House
In Ottumwa Iowa a lifeguard George Gee drowned at 9 pm while trying to rescue Beatrice Freeman an inexperienced swimmer. His boat capsized and sank and he was pulled under by cramps surfacing only once. Edward Anderson nearby swam to assist and rescued Freeman.
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Ottumwa, In
George Gee
Ottumwa
Des Moines River
Beatrice Freeman
Edward Anderson
Freeman
Harvard Grants Degree Without Examination Under Death Threat
Harvard college authorities awarded a degree without examination to Dinsmore Wheeler, a Chicago student near death at Stillman infirmary, breaking a 292 year old rule to honor him. Wheeler showed cheering upon news, and doctors say his odds of recovery may improve.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College
Dinsmore Wheeler
Chicago
Stillman Infirmary
Wheeler
Eight Men Lynch Negro at Houston
The body of Robert Powell, 24, abducted from Jefferson Davis Hospital by eight masked men, was found hanging from a bridge eight miles from Houston at 6:30 a.m. Powell had been charged with killing a city detective and was guarded by Deputy Sheriff Brizenbine before being taken from the hospital.
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Houston
Robert Powell
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Powell
Brizenbine
Colleague Praises Haugen's Strength at Farm Gathering
Washington colleague Representative Charles Byand of Ohin lauded Congressman Gilbert NL Haugen as the strongest force for agricultural relief in the United States. The praise came at a picnic of the Unted Co' asive Organizations, described as one of the region's largest farm gatherings. Nearby Cedar Falls hosted a luncheon with Mrs. Eugene Reet of Waterloo entertaining the Birthday club of Waterloo at Hotel Black Hawk.
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Mason City
Tadue
ITNS
Gilbert NL Haugen
United States
Washington
Charles Byand
Ohin
Nostess
Cedar Falls
Dune
Eugene Reet
Waterloo
Birthday Club of
Black Hawk
Mason City Celebrates Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Parade
Mason City Iowa marks the 75th founding anniversary with a mardi gras parade and canoe event. Nearly 25,000 spectators watched yesterday’s historic parade through the city’s celebrations and landmarks.
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Mason City
Fayette Masons Annual Picnic Thursday
Fayette county Masons set their annual outing at the fairgrounds for Thursday Rev Gilbert Chalke of Cedar Rapids to give the address Officers include Ray Rowland president EB Eker vice president L R Layton secretary Hillcrest Club hosts children of members with Jessie Byers as hostess Picnic dinner and program planned Also notes on marriages Rainbow Assembly and local business changes in Bemus hardware sale and a Hawkeye banking case follow ups
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rCourier
West Union
Mazonic Picnic Association
Fayette County
Fairgrounds
Gilbert Chalke
Cedar Rapids
Ray Rowland
EB. Eker
Maynard
L. R. Layton
Hillcrest
Jessie Byers
Eva Jordan
Faith Jordan
Peter Paul Hayes
Clayton County
McGregor
State Board of Health
Two Men Die in Falls in Danville and Chicago
Clarence Ross 27 was killed instantly after falling into an elevator shaft at a Danville produce company where he worked. In Chicago 68 year old Ellis Hart died after leaping or falling from a third story apartment window.
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Danville
INS
Clarence Ross
Chicago
Jame
Eliis Hart
Stimson Loses in State Golf Meet
Waterloo representative Merle Stimson drops a title match at the Iowa state golf tournament on the Hyperion course in Des Moines. He loses to Denmar Miller, Des Moines, by one up after 19 holes.
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Stimson
Merle Stimson
Waterloo
Des Moines
Denmar Miller
Des Moines Woman Seeks Divorce After 49 Years of Marriage
Margaret Allen Minnis of Des Moines files suit for divorce from Wathaniel Dimes Minnis after 40 years of marriage, citing desertion and cruelty. She seeks $50 monthly alimony and a restraining order to prevent harassment.
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Des Moines
Margaret Allen Minnis
Wathaniel Dimes Minnis
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