Prisoner Ben Bess Back Behind Bars After Pardon
Columbia, June 22. Ben Bess a negro sentenced to years for assaulting three white women was jailed again after a pardon deemed likely by misreading an affidavit. Gov Richards says the woman later stated she forgave him and did not claim innocence. Grand jury found no proof of wrongful imprisonment. Double jeopardy concerns rise as officials seek guidance. Mob violence feared. Bess held at state penitentiary with new charges pending.
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Columbia
D. C
Ben Bess
John G. Richards
Bess
Granfl
Grand Jury
Town Crusaders Hear Cry for Peace
A fragmented report from a multi-church convention in Waterloo shows delegates from Grace M E and other churches, with Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts welcoming attendees. Rev R H Miller of Kansas City was slated to speak as parts of an Iowa Christian Endeavor union program unfold across sessions and rooms.
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Glenn A. Tibbitts
Grace M E. Church
BE. W. Main
Waterloo
R. SB. Haney
State Organization
West Church
Floyd Jones
R. H. Miller
Independence Boulevard Church of Christ
Kansas City
Grace
The
Cotton Blossom Singers of
Piney Woods
RH. Miller
Grace M. E
Doneld Tippett
Fexiod
Hougand Folks Join A. J. Picnic At Electric Park
About one thousand Rock Island railroad employees and families from the Cedar Rapids and Minnesota division will attend the fourth annual picnic at Electric park next Sunday. A 12 car special train will depart Cedar Rapids at 8 am, with no cars from Manly. The day includes a ball game and a picnic dinner, with A L Haldeman of Cedar Rapids in charge. Four annual picnics have been held at Electric park in Waterloo.
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Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Electric Park
Manly
A. L. Haldeman
Rock Island
Waterloo
Bookkeeper Near Death After 147000 Shortage Found
Noblesville Indiana June 22 Shortly after the discovery of an alleged shortage of 147000 in his accounts Omer G Patterson 30 book keeper for the Citizens State bank here was found near death in a hotel room The bank was closed today by Thomas Barr state examiner after discovery of the alleged shortage A search for Patterson was pursued and the bookkeeper located in the hotel Barr said he had taken poison.
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Noblesville
Ind
U.A
Omer G. Patterson
Citizens State Bank
Thomas Barr
Patterson
Shepu
Barr
Fayette County Fairgrounds to Open Large Dance Pavilion
West Union Iowa June 22 opening of the Fayette county fairgrounds dance pavilion is set for June 28. The structure touted as one of the largest in this region, signals a busy event schedule for the upcoming county fair. The notice also lists marriage licenses for Jake DeVoogh and Minnie Frikken, Floyd E Mathews and Gladys Philips among others.
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West Union
Fayette County Fairgrounds
Jake DeVoogh
Grundy Center
Minnie Frikken
Grundy Crater
Tos
Floyd £. Mathews
Waterloo
Gladys Philips
Brain Tests Provide Mental Rating Challenge
A column on intelligence tests at major universities asks readers to estimate proportions and count letters across groups. It presents three groups with letter strings and prompts choosing the group matching a given proportion, noting answers appear on the Society Page.
Smith May Make Statement of Stand on Booze Question
From Washington a report cites Governor Smith facing pressure at the convention over prohibition. Drys promote his alleged wet stance while Smith's allies urge a clear public position before nominating, amid dry prayers and factional debates.
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Smith
Cole on Iowa's Greatest Problem Safe Investments
Cedar Rapids June 22 Officers were to be elected at the closing of the twenty third annual convention of the Iowa Branch of the National League of District Postmasters. Senator Smith W Brookhart spoke as the principal address while Cyrenus Cole congressman urged the west to avoid industrial bias and warned that securing safe investments for surplus funds is Iowa’s top issue.
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Cedar Rapids
Towa
National League of District
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Cyrenus Cole
Lweeenly
Cole
Towan
O Hara Elected Secretary at Iowa Eagles Meet
Iowa Eaglers convened in Clinton with Milo J. Hotay elected president and Fred Holmer as vice president. Other officers include Rev. David Ferguson chaplain, O Hara Waterloo secretary, A R Florence Mason City treasurer, Van Doran Keokuk conductor. A four month old girl, Gloria Walker, died in Rosehill accident as parents drove home.
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Sear
Cliton
Tari Offierre
Iowa Eagler
Milo J. Hotay
Glnton
Fred © Holmer
Davport
David Ferguson
Ges Moines
P O'Hara
Waterloo
Oskalonea
Tadane
Inis Gloria Walker
Dachter
Ais Ane
Earl Walker
Rosehill
Temperatures Forecast For Thursday To Friday
Readable fragments note mist on Thursday morning with low temperatures and a trend toward warm afternoon. Forecast shows mist and cool start with warming by afternoon on Thursday and continued mild temps into Friday.
Silent L ips Take Two Companions to Doom in Chair
District of Columbia reports its first triple execution since Lincoln era as three men die in the electric chair for murder during a robbery attempt. Nicholas Lee Hagles, 32, sang a lament and protested innocence. Samuel Morello, 20, kissed a cross and sat to die. John Proctor, 19, was brought in unconscious and pronounced dead after the shock. Updates note attempts at confessions and last moments. Four Chinese men were hanged at Florence Idaho, with Wong Long spared after being found 17 at the time of murder.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
District of Columbia
Surratt
Lincoln
Leo W. K. Burch
Nicholas Lee Hagles
Hill
Bill
Samuel Morello
John Proctor
Busch
Proctor
Fagles
Moreno
Frotter
Florence
Ariz
U,p
Tom King
State Penitentiary
B. W. L. Lam
Chew Chin
Jew Har
Gee King Long
Wong Long
Pang
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Long
Former Banker Faces Liquor Law Charges in Virginia
Isadore Lucchesi a former Des Moines banker released from Fort Madison penitentiary today faced state liquor law charges in Spirit Lake Virginia. He was arrested last night at Arnold's Park where he runs a summer hotel. Sheriff George Paulsen said several gallons of alcohol were found hidden in the hotel.
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Spirit Lake
Isadore Lucchesi
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Arnold's Park
George Paulsen
Lucchesi
Twenty Killed in Swedish Express Wreck Near Bollnas
Twenty people were killed and 40 injured when the northern express from Stockholm wrecked near Bollnas Sweden. The train crashed into an auxiliary locomotive en route to assist another train.
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Sweden
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bollnas
Stockholm
Muriel Court and John Staffeld Wed Last October
News arrives of the marriage between Muriel Court and John D. Staffeld in the previous October, kept private due to their educational posts. Muriel is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frank W. Court, while John is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Staffeld. His father serves as secretary of the council of churches in Minneapolis and formerly led instruction in Naperville, Illinois. Dr. Court formerly led the First M. E. church and now pastors St. John's M. E. in Davenport. Building permits issued for three one story houses at 2201 Williston, 1207 Williston, and 2013 Third West, each valued at 4500. additional notes include furnace work at 333 Reed.
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Muriel Court
John D.staffeld
Frank W. Court
Staffeld
Council of Churches
Minneapolis
Department of Instruction
Naperville, Ill
St. John’s
M. E
Davenport
Jons MM
Fell
Williston
Third West
Webster
Furnace
Reed
Mortuary Notice for Mrs Celia Welter in LeMars Iowa
Funeral services planned for Mrs Celia Welter who died yesterday in LeMars Iowa while visiting a sister of Mrs Frank Silaebell. Services expected tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church LeMars with burial in the local Catholic cemetery. Surviving relatives include siblings and children across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
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Celia Welter
Serviers
Gelia Welter
Adams Strest
LeMars
Slater
Frank Silaebell
Sacred Heart Church
Mrs Welter
Chicago
John Welter
Waterton
LeMar
Fred Welter
Marion
Doe Welter
Madison
Minn
Stella Lingelbach
Savannah
Willan Hemer
Adams Street
Martha Hoffman
Perry
Okla
A. R. Fell
Cortland Street
Ray Reihsen
Franklin ‘Streel
Nicee
Italian fliers launch search for Amundsen party near Spitzbergen
King's Bay June 22 Italian Maj Maddalena and FPenzo took off in large naval seaplanes to aid the marooned Nobile party and hunt for Roald Amundsen. Weather improved after fog. Isbjorn reported no sign of Amundsen's hydro air craft. Svalbard headed to South Cape seeking traces.
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Associated Press
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
LFI
Maddalena
Roald Amundsen
Isbjorn
Tromsoe
Norway
Amundsen
Svalbard
Advent Bay
South Cape
Fugitive Arrested at Ames Identified as Greenley Youth
Ames June 22 One of three boys captured after escaping from the state training school at Eldora Tuesday night was identified as Hartnell Greenley of Waterloos. His mother telegraphed from Waterloo to confirm the boy’s identity as Robert Keeler. Greenley and the two boys with him were held while police searched for the remaining three escapees who left them in Nevada Wednesday night.
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Ames
Uspl
Eldora
Hartnell Greenley
Waterios
Robert
Keeler
Waterloo
Greenley
Nevada
Iown Al Smith Not Permitted to Vote for New York Namesake
Des Moines report notes 18 year old Al Smith admirer, Alved E. B. Smith, plans to vote for Governor Alfred E. Smith in New York but is barred by age. The article highlights youth enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate and his school music director role.
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Iown al Smith
N.Y
Des Moines
Alved EB. Smith
Des Motes
Alfred FE. Smith
New York
Alfred Hl Smith
Smith
Immigrants Seen as Cultured by New York Pastor
Dr Donald Tippett of the Church of All Nations in New York declares immigrants from foreign countries are intelligent and eager to assimilate American ideals. He notes Russians in his church fluent in seven languages and heads a staff of 108 serving 34 nationalities with 8,000 weekly participants. The interdenominational effort runs clinics, social settlement work, and 15 services weekly, including an East Side open forum. Also reports Luther League convention opening in Sioux City with 300 delegates expected.
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Donald Tippett
Church of All Nations
New York City
the Cour
Tippett
Christian Endeavor Crusaders
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Heart of “East
Second Avenue
Lower East Side
New York
America
East Side
Home Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church
Submarine Sweet Shop Date Sparks Headlines
A playful note from a local diary hints at a date following a dance at the Submarine Sweet Shop. The fragment mentions a person taking someone there and jokes about being never short of that.
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Submarine Sweet Shop
Hoover 70 Start West July 2
Washington, D. C. June 22. Secretary Hoover, Republican nominee, plans to depart for Palo Alto between July 2 and July 5 and may stop to visit President Coolidge at Brule. Republican leaders opened active campaign work as soon as at desks. Work and Fort seek national headquarters while Hoover holds conferences. Drake and Rep. Newton were among early callers.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
Coolidge
Brule
Wis
Franklin W. Fort
Lightning Hits Iowa Family in Morning Lightning Kills Boy, Burns Others
In Conesville Iowa on June 22 1947 Eldon Wall nine died at once after a lightning bolt struck their home. Norman wall seven and their mother Mrs Frank Wall suffered burns and shock but survived. Mrs Wall had been washing clothes when the strike traveled from a tree along the line into the house.
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Conesville
Eldon ‘Wall
Norman
Frank Wall
Eldon
Wail
Iowa Farmers on Political Fence
Des Moines reports Iowa farmers are not likely to join the Democratic party but have not declared their stance on Herbert Hoover. Mrs William Cat Still, a Polk county Republican official, noted a committee picnic dinner meeting. Dale Griswold, committee chair, urged Hoover as the presidential nominee, contending he would address the farmer problem.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
William Catstill
Polk County
Republican Central Committee
Dale Griswold
Hoover
Convicted Slayer Serves Six Years
Raymond Wren of Gower Missouri was convicted in 1921 of second degree murder in the death of Ross Hammond Baker Oregon. He was released from Fort Madison penitentiary after serving six years and three months of a 15 year sentence. He testified self defense.
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Shenandoah
Raymond Wren
Gower
Wmo
Ross Hammond
Baker
Ore
Fort Madison
Beulah Terry Granted Divorce on Cruelty Charge
Judge R W Maaner grants Beulah Terry divorce from Claire 5 Terry on cruelty charge. Custody of their son Claire Gorr, 5, and alimony of 10 dollars weekly awarded. Married in Waverly March 17, 1916.
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R. W. Maaner
Beulah Terry
Claire
Terry
Claire Gorr
Waverly
Prohibition Note Highlights Club Rules Near Baltimore
San Francisco Argonaut discusses contrasts between constitutional principles and local rules. Twin notices on a country club door declare liquor prohibition for members and a ban on dogs, with enforcement implied by board authority.
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San Francisco
Tent Town Mayor Leads Ames Summer Student Camp
Bert Willard of Climbing Hill is mayor of a tent city housing no residents. Elected to oversee a college camp for Iowa State summer session students, the settlement sits in a wooded area north of campus. Most occupants are high school educators with families. Camp includes families from Canada and five states: Iowa Illinois Oklahoma Utah and South Dakota.
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Ames
INS
Bert Willard
Iowa State College
Canada
Iowa
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Utah
South Dakota
Bank Bandits Take $10,000 in Holdup at Grand Avenue Bank
Four men robbed the Grand Avenue state bank near downtown St Paul on June 22 seizing about $10,000 and fleeing in a truck. Police believe the same vehicle carried the robbers. This is the bank’s second robbery after a $5,000 holdup last November.
Quarantines Reported for Several Patients
Quarantines fever: Gail Bandfield, 8. Scarlet 308 Bates. Chickenpox: Mary Jean Bandfield, 1, 614 Lindale. Mumps: Joe Bowers, 6, 1314 Sixth West.
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Scarlet
Bates
Mary Jean Bandfield
Lindale
Joe Bowers
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