Convicts Surrounded After Prison Break in Madisonville
About 35 long term white convicts escaped Ferguson state prison near Madisonville and fled into the Trinity river valley. Madison County volunteers and guards converged along thickets by the river, pursuing on foot as guards report no weapons and dogs expected to track them. Fugitives cut phone lines, bunkhouse walls, and headed toward a ferry on the Trinity river before being surrounded by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Atea
Ferguson State Prison
Madisonville
Trinity
Madison County
Lindbergh Considers Nationwide Lecture Tour for Capital
Washington June 22 Col Charles Lindbergh plans a two month lecture tour to raise working capital and promote aviation He aims to tour the country on a chautauqua circuit and then likely join a St Louis aircraft firm as general manager He will confer with government officials in Washington and may meet Orville Wright in Dayton as a guest before proceeding to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Charles Lindbergh
United Press
New York-to
Lindbergh
St. Louis Aircraft Corporation
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dayton
Washington
Thomas Lanphier
Selfridge Field
New York
Paris
Harry H. Hail
Wright
Army
Navy and Commerce
Flet
Col. Lindbergh
Orville Wright
National Capital
Fort Des Moines to Train 800 Iowa Youths This Summer
Des Moines June 22 More than 800 Iowa young men will attend the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines in July with 80 reserve officers in active duty for 15 days. An estimated 1,650 will be in attendance this year, distributed between Fort Des Moines and Fort Crook Omaha and other posts in the Army Corps area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des. Moines
Fort. Des. Moines
Iowa
Des Moines
Crook
Omaha
Fort.Snelling
Leaven"worth
Kan
Wheteean Army ‘Corps
M.T. D
Fort’ Des Moines
West High ‘School
Des’Moines
Sme Sterley
Teselve Organization
Teselve ‘Corps
Fort Des Moines
Fort Snelling
Minn
C. Mot
C.B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Love
War
State
Tony The Wop Jewel Thief Identified in Iowa
Des Moines based Tony The Wop alias Frank Perelle seen by theatre owner I H Ruben as one of two bandits who stole 15000 dollars in jewels from Minneapolis on April 10. He was among seven arrested in a raid Monday. deputies seek Perelle to return to Des Moines and he is wanted in Emmetsburg. Others held include William Barrington Patrick Hanley and their spouses from Des Moines and Sioux City and Roy Gerst the Minneapolis gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul
Minn
Frank Perelle
Tony Petrolle
Tony the Wop
Des Moines
I. H. Ruben
Imotion
Picture” Theatre
Minneapolis
Perelle
Emmetsburg
William Barrington
Patrick Hanley
James McBride
Sioux City
Roy Gerst
Marriage Licenses Listed for Edward Petersen and Others
Edward Petersen of Mt. Auburn and Minnie Elliott of Jesup are issued a marriage license joined by Ole E. Sheldon of Thor and Ante E. Olson of Cedar Falls. Raymond C. Gates of Independence with Nesida Abbott of Independence are also listed with ages 37 and 25 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Petersen
Mt. Auburn
Minnie Elliott
Jesup
Ole E. Sheldon
Thor
Ante E. Olson
Cedar Falls
Raymond C. Gates
Independence
Nesida Abbott
General Knowledge Quiz Questions From a 1920s Page
A list of trivia items asks who conducts the Philadelphia orchestra and how billiards is played with balls. It includes authorship queries and asks about art schools, poets, melodies, tourist patterns to Russia in 1928, a baseball feat by Babs Ruth, color names, and a note that answers are on another page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ernest Hemingway
Ben Hecht
Louis Bromfield
el- Ten
Glasgow
Dante Gabriel Rosett
Hellespont
Leander
Russia
Babs Ruth
Appeal Filed Over Riverview Assessment On 560 Lots
Edward J. Wenner files notice of appeal from board of review action alleging excessive assessment averaging $8 on some Riverview lots and $4 on others. City assessor figures not changed by board. Taxes proposed at 20 and 40 cents per lot for a quarter of value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview Addition
Edward J. Wenner
Board of Review
Belgian National Bank cuts discount rate to five percent
Brussels reports the Belgian National Bank reduced its discount rate today from 5 12 to 5 percent, signaling tighter monetary policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Temperatures Recorded For Tuesday And Wednesday
Readings show Tuesday maximum 2.85. Minimum Tuesday night not stated. Wednesday figures at 7 am 25.65, 11 pm 2.71, and 3 pm 0.93. Includes multiple time stamps and values for the same day.
Collie dog breaks out of pound and frees 24 dogs
A collie held in Chaffee Missouri pound after a license fee nonpayment led a jailbreak. The dog slipped through an open gate, returned at night, dug under a fence, and released 24 other dogs. No trace of the escapees was found by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Liberty
Fire Claims Four In Back Bay Mansion Blaze
Boston dispatch reports a deadly Back Bay fire at W. L. Shearer’s residence killing two debutantes Janet Shearer and Betty Howes, a maid Alice Scott, and maid Helen McLaughlin. Governess Anna Dixon leaped to safety but later died, while two firemen were injured. An electric iron is suspected as the ignition source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Back Bay
W. L. Shearer
Paine Furniture Company
Anna Dixon
Shearer
City Hospital
Janet Shearer
Betty Howes
Henry Howes
Alice Scott
Helen McLaughlin
Helen
Frank Melcedy
Story County G. O. F. Leader Is Stricken
W P P McCord postmaster at Nevada Iowa and Story county Republican figure died at Mercy hospital Des Moines from a stroke suffered on a street corner. He leaves a widow a son and three daughters. Body to Nevada for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
McCord
Nevada
Story County
Mercy Hospital
Kiwanis Pay Way for 48 Boys to Camps on Cedar
Forty eight Kiwanis members will fund travel and camp costs for 48 boys aged 11 to 14 at Y M C A and Boy Scout camps on the Cedar River. Eleven are Boy Scouts and 37 were selected for YMCA camp who could not afford fees. Costs run 5 to send a boy to Today camp and 7.56 for a 10 day camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Boy Scout
Cedar
Kiwanis Club
Cedar River
Rev. C. F. Smith
Dr. BE
BR. Magee
Cal. J. Miller
J. OC
Murphy
G. H. Trunkey
Cne
Social Welfare League
Salvation Army
Liquor raid leads to arraignment for Beard in Millerdale
Clifton M. Beard, in city jail for investigation, to be arraigned today on liquor law violations after arrest at his Millerdale addition home. Officers seized two complete stills, one incomplete still, 650 gallons of mash, sugar whisky mash, and finished liquor. Stills not operating. basement still and attic still with oil burner appeared recently used. equipment and samples collected for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton M. Beard
Millerdale Addition
George Gilles- Pie
Harry P. Mason
George Atkins
W. F. Dilworth
Beard
H. T. Wagner
Waterloo unit backs Mrs Frances Whitley for Iowa Izaak Walton post
Waterloo chapter okays a unit vote for Mrs Frances Whitley of Webster City to lead Iowa Izaak Walton league. Des Moines convention set for June 28 29. Delegates and alternates elected praise Whitley to restore league after Shimek controversies. News notes discuss Shimek criticism and local leaders call for unity and continued conservation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Whitley
Webster City
Izaak Walton League
Iowa
Hugh
National Council of Women’s Clubs
Waterloo
Des Moines
Whitley
Hendry
W. A. Hendry
Shimek
League
Wilford
Izack Walton League
F. Jh. Northey
Burr C. Towne
M. OC
Coburn
A. ©. Willford
Burr G. Lichty
J. C. Murtegh
L. W. Witty
Charles Wright
J. C C. Hartman
Henry Chapman
Holdups proved to be Buchanan's sheriff and men
Sheriff Harry R. Willey of Buchanan county and deputies said an attempted holdup near Waterloo at Independence edge was by officers, not highwaymen. The Bopps reported four to five shots, but Willey said only two shots went into the air. The fleeing car carried liquor, a man and woman escaped, and officers avoided shooting the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ston Cecil
Paul Bopp
Waterloo
Independence
Harry R. Willey
Buchanan County
Willey
Courier
Bopps
Bopp
Hudspeth
Kansas
Obituary of Johanna Brundidge Barnes in Waterloo
Mrs. L. J. Barnes 19 died this morning at 327 Seventh Street West after eight weeks with dropsy. Johanna Dorothy Brundidge born November 25 1907 in Tama County Iowa was the only child of F. P. and Mrs. Brundidge. She moved to Waterloo sixteen years ago and married L. J. Barnes December 5 1926 at Elmhurst Illinois. Survived by husband and parents. Funeral Friday at Sacred Heart Church with Fr. John M. Molloy officiating. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Barnes
Seventh Street West
Johanna Dorothy Brundidge
Tama County
Iowa
F. P. Brundidge
Waterloo
Elmhurst
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John M. Molloy
Calvary
Mrs Arthur F. Brown Funeral Services Updated
Funeral services for Mrs Arthur F. Brown, former Water loo resident, who died in Des Moines, will be at 10 a m Thursday instead of 9 a m as previously announced. Rev Fr Theodosius Plassmeyer will conduct the rosary in St Marys Catholic church and burial will be in Calvary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Brown
Waterloo
Des Moines
Theodosius Plassmeyer
St.Mary’s Cathie Church
Calvary
Schaller Elected President of Iowa Bankers Association
Des Moines June 22 George J Schaller president of Citizens First National Bank Storm Lake was named head of the Iowa Bankers Association at the conclusion of the two day convention Schaller succeeds A C Smith Clinton as president has chaired the association legislative committee for two years Charles T Schenk president First National Bank Hed Oak vice president Verne Bonesteel Security National Bank Sioux City treasurer Frank Warner Des Moines continues as secretary Cedar Rapids gets next year's convention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George J. Schaller
Citizens First National Bank
Storm Lake
Iowa Bankers Association
Schaller
A. C. Smith
Clinton
Charles T. Schenk
First National Bank of
Hed Oak
Verne
Bonesteel
The
Security
National Bank
Sioux City
Frank Warner
Cedar Rapids
Rats Clutter Idaho Street Nuisance Abated by City Scavenger
Acting on a police report about dead sewer rats filling the 300 block, city scavenger George Carpenter began clearing the street this afternoon to remove the nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Street
George Carpenter
Cable adds two planes to outfit at a sport here
John W. Cable, local aviator on the Hudson road, will travel to Cedar Rapids Thursday to acquire a Waco Nine, a three seat bi plane for passenger use near Waterloo this summer. A second Waco Ten, similar to the Nine, is due by July 4. Herbert McKahin of Campbell DeSchepper Airplane Co. will pilot the current plane while Cable flies the new ship. The planes feature steel tubular fuselage, unpadded passenger seats, and di Cestral for student fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Cable
Hudson Road
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Advance Aircraft Company
Troy
Cable
Waco Nine
Herbert McKahin
Campbell-DeSchepper Airplane Company
Moline, I
Hunger cure ordered to quell Kansas prison riot
Lansing Kansas June 22 4P State penitentiary officials ordered continued hunger cure for 328 convicts who barricaded themselves in the coal mine as a protest over cigarette access. Fourteen guards held by the mutineers faced hunger as authorities warned the standoff would end only when the prisoners yielded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Kan
State
R. H. Hudspeth
Kansas Pendnary
Prise
Delno Lautner
Thomas
W. H. Mackey
Lindbergh to Head Unified U S Air Department
Washington June 22. A department of air to unify army navy post office commerce and other aviation activities was proposed today with Col Charles Lindbergh at its head as announced by Representative Bloom Democrat of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Air
Army, Navy
Post Office
Commerce Department
Charles Lindbergh
Representative Bloom
Democrat
New York
Byrd Flight to Paris Delayed by Atlantic Storms
New York June 22 weather again stalled Commander Richard E Byrd on the America cross Atlantic expedition. Wanamaker financed the venture with about 250000 spent to date. overall cost nears 500000 as the trimotor Fokker seeks permission to depart from Roosevelt Field for Paris. Byrd planned Yale master of arts degree at today’s exercises, with a possible takeoff postponed to tomorrow if conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Paris
Rodman Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Richard E. Byrd
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fenck
Roosevelt Field
Rene Fonck
Fonck
Byrd
Europe
Richard HE. Byrd
Yale
Greater Waterloo Dream Display At Local Meeting
A Waterloo meeting tonight sketches a town wide dream of commerce and industry. Window displays across Bridge street showcase barber supplies clothing and ready to wear, with Laurene's products, Coca Cola Bottling, and Waterloo manufactured goods. Prominent displays highlight gas engines, ice cream, hats, luggage, and skylights, illustrating a thriving local trade scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Rose
Barber Supply
Bridge Street
Waterloo Savings Bank
Rose Company
Laurene
Walker Remedy Company
Pioneer National Bank
Associated Manufacturers
Potter Ice Gream Company
Potter's
F. W. Woolworth Company
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Commercial Street
Coca Cola
Palais Royal
Powers Manufacturing Company
Gem Doughnut Machine Company
New York
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Dotson's Clothing Company
Fourth Street
Lichty Metal Products Company
Wangler Drug Store
Lichty
Know Waterloo Week Window Displays Feature Local Goods
The Courier previews Waterloo Week displays in Davidson and Waterloo windows. Stewart Manufacturing shows the Cycle Swing for kiddies at 177 Bridge street, a metal pedal operated piece. The Waterloo Monument company exhibits cemetery monuments and granite samples, and the Waterloo Register company showcases iron products including indestructible cast iron smoke pipes and air registers. Orange butter, made in Waterloo for over 25 years, appears in H F Greten’s window at 184 Bridge street with pyramids of milk bottles. More displays will be reviewed tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Manufacturing Company
Bridge Street
Stewart
Waterloo Monument Company
Davidson Company
Waterloo
Davidson
Waterloo Register Company
H. F. Greten Fur Store
Waterloo Week
The
Courier
National Adjutant of American Legion to Arrive Tomorrow
James F. Barton national adjutant of the American Legion and Mrs Barton will arrive in Waterloo for a short visit with Mr and Mrs George H Crowl at 1495 Fourth street west. Barton travels from Indianapolis where national headquarters are located and recently returned from Paris after planning the Legion meeting there next September. He was Iowa state adjutant before becoming national adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Barton
The
American Legion
Barton
George H. Crowl
Fourth Street West
Urges Pensions for Disabled Chaplains
Omaha Neb June 22 After urging congress on pensions for chaplains disabled in the world war appointing a committee to translate the synod constitution from Swedish to English and refusing to grant a petition to admit women to the governing board the sixty third annual convention of the Augustana Lutheran synod closed here last night Next year s convention will be held at Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Congress iv
Augustana
Lutheran Synod
Des Moines
Mrs John Fox Lake Named to Library Commission
Mrs John Fox Lake of Shenatdosh in Des Moines has been appointed to the state library commission by Governor John Hammill. She succeeds Mrs A J Barkley of Boone. Lake will serve a five year term beginning July 1. The governor also named E J Wideman of Des Moines to the state board of accountancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
John Fox Lake
Shenatdosh
Lbrary Commission
John Hammill
Lake
A. J. Barkley
Boone
E. J. Wideman
State Board of Accountancy
Drew Near Death as Arthritis Strikes Actor
John Drew, veteran actor, grew weaker with rising temperature in San Francisco. Doctor Lawrence Hoffman said the actor’s illness is the sole hope for recovery. Drew was seized by arthritis in Portland, Oregon, and brought to the city for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
John Drew
Lawrence Hoffman
Drew
Portland
Ore
Weather Dampens Skating Trip For Pfetzings In Kansas City
Women skaters Mrs Henry Pfetzing and her daughter Anna Catherine Pfetzing faced a soaking rain during a ten mile trek in Kansas City Kansas. They said they were drenched and later picked up by car, reaching Columbia Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Henry Pfetzing
Anna Catherine Pfetzing
Raller
Havana
Columbia
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Texas
China
Shanghai
Canton
Shameen
Ft. Des Moines
Otius
Millerdale
Plant
Wood
G. W. Wood
Izank Walton’ League
Judge Wood
Mississippi
Holdups
Buchanan
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Pacific
Lester J. Maitland
Albert H Hegenberger
Hawaii
Offigerg
Kansas Prison
Lindy
U.S. Air Dept
BYRDS
Ulimak
Scientific Overseas Air Expedition
Greater Waterloo
U.S
State Department
United States
Timothy Smiddy
Scarsfield
Smiddy
National Adjutant of American Legion
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