Prohibition graft probe targets Chicago dry agents
Federal authorities probe alleged $100000 alcohol graft involving about 30 dry agents in Chicago. Evidence includes a Little black book and confessions by two convicted violators. investigation may reach Washington officials. Roy C. Swanson and Samuel Weinberg linked to the Shirley Laboratories conspiracy to divert 100000 gallons of liquor into illegal channels. James W. Good once held stock in Shirley laboratories. Names of agents not released until the inquiry ends.
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Chicago
UINSI
Daniel Anderson
Washington
Roy C. Swanson
Samuel Weinberg
Shirley Laboratories
Swanson
Weinberg
Good
James W. Good
Herbert Hoover
Harper Re-Elected President of Iowa Christian Endavor
Rev. Mr. Miller addressed the Iowa Christian Endeavor gathering urging humility and spiritual renewal amid modern doubts. He warned against overreliance on material culture and emphasized Jesus as adequate savior while urging commitment through prayer and personal reform. The program featured Floyd Jones and the Cotton Blossom singers, with further talks on Christ’s teachings and living closely with Jesus.
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Harper
Iowa Christian Endeavor
Christ
Miller
Jesus Christ
God
Jesus
Kansas City
Donald Tippett
Church of All Nations
New York
Mr. Miller
Train Robbery at Blissfield Alaska Express Car Heist
An express messenger reported a 19 year old lone bandit held him at gunpoint on a Chicago bound train between Adrian and Blissfield, escaping with about 50 000 dollars in small denomination bills. The robber fled in a waiting car, with authorities seeking accomplices and broadcasts issued from New York with details. A second item notes the Houston Democratic convention to be broadcast nationwide starting June 26 with 42 stations and a cost of about 1 per second.
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Blissfeld
Mich
Adrian
Bay
Chicago
Buffalo
Blissfield
Toledo
New York
U.J
Houston
National Broadcasting Company
United States
Kansas City
Windsor Aviators Begin Direct Flight to Mexico City
Pi Joaquin Pacheco and Fritz Bieler, Mexican City aviators, started from Walker Field Windsor at 7 32 a m EST on a projected nonstop flight to Mexico City. Weather altered the plan, now a direct line to the capital with a slight swing west of Dayton, instead of Washington, circled as a gesture before heading toward the Gulf coast.
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Windsor
Ont
Pi— Joaquin Pacheco
Fritz Bieler
Mexico City
Walker Field
Whith
Washington
Dayton
Galveston
Mexico
Colored Knights Templar 1929 Convention Settled for Waterloo
Negro Knights Templar of Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska closed their annual Des Moines convention and chose Waterloo for the 1929 sessions. Post officer W J Hopkins reports a large five day meeting but no details on 1929 arrangements have been released yet.
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Negro Knights Templar
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Des Moines
Waterloo
WJ. D. Hopkins
Sumner Street
Grand Lodge
Hopkins
Ruth Hits No. 26 in Homerun Race
Ruth belted his twenty sixth home run of the season in the seventh inning of the Yankees vs Red Sox game, tying the score at 4 to 4. He remains two homers ahead of his 1927 pace, and matched last year’s tally with his fifty ninth appearance.
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New York
Babe "Ruth
Yankee Red Sox
Stenographer Attempts Irish Channel Swim From Donaghader
Miss Mercedes Gleitar of London begins an Irish channel swim from Donaghader at 4:40 a m toward Britain. The report notes prior swimmer Miss Glelize Nas completed the English channel and the Strait of Gibraltar.
Bailie Defends DAR Expulsion Seeks Appeal
Cambridge Massachusetts June 23 Mrs Helen Tufts Bailie denounced her expulsion from the Daughters of the American Revolution calling it a courtmare dal She plans to appeal to the thirty eighth continental congress in April and if rejected will seek federal court review to obtain an impartial hearing Her remarks followed a statement by Mrs Alfred Brosseau asserting the national society was not linked to a blacklist
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Cambridge
Mass
Helen Tufts Bailie
Daughters of the American Revolution
Thirty-Eighth
Continental Congress
National Board
Alfred J. Brosseau
Connecticut
Stabilized Franc Plan Introduced In French Chamber
Paris June 23 Premier Poincare introduced his stabilization plan for the franc in the chamber of deputies at 5 40 p m. He presented the document to the presiding official Pierre Etienne Flam in and retired. The bill was sent to the finance committee where he would disclose official gold ratio figures tonight as the chamber adjourned until tomorrow.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Etienne Flamin
Finance Committee
Iane
Chamber
Draft of War Pact Delivered In London
London June 23 The new and amended draft of the proposed American treaty to outlaw war was handed to the British foreign office this afternoon. In Ambassador Houghton’s absence the note was delivered by Charge d Affaires Ray Atherton. Also noted are visits by Dr D W Knepper and Mrs Knepper of Columbus Mississippi visiting his mother Mrs Addie R Knepper at 1145 South Street. Dr Kneper is professor of government and economics at Mississippi State College Columbus.
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London
Foreign Office
Alonson B. Houghton
Ray Atherton
D. W. Knepper
Columbus
Addie R. Knepper
South Street
Kepner
Mississippi State College At
West High School
Three Marines Die in Navy Plane Crash Near Washington
A new tri motor Fokker monoplane en route to Nicaragua crashed after takeoff from Anacostia, killing Major C. A. Lutz and Lieut. H. T. Busbey instantly. Corporal D. C. McChesney died on the field two hours later. Machinist’s Mate Nichols injured. Four other planes of similar design have flown to Nicaragua. Lutz, aged among Marine aviators, had proposed a nonstop Washington to Nicaragua flight but was overruled. He had recently won the Curtis Marine Trophy in a Curtis Hawk pursuit plane.
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Washington
U.pe
Nicaragua
Nuse
Mile
C. A. Lutz
Ea H. T. Busbey
D.C. McChesney
Navy Department
Machinisis
Reederpiohdis
Will Ve
Fokker
Anacostia Air Station
Miami
Fla
Nichols
Sandino
Lutz
Marine Corps
Brown
Marine Aviation
Quantico
Potomac River
South Organizes to Wreck Smith Vote Bandwagon
The South unites to block Gov. Smith for the nomination amid rival candidates Hull and Cordell Hull arrives with allies, claiming opposition to federal prohibition change. Smith's camp, led by George Van Namee, expects broad support and a first ballot surge toward 733 1/3 votes as New York figures forecast around 700. Olvany predicts Smith’s nomination and victory. A.C. Coburn elected junior warden. Ada Gee to Turtle River trip.
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Gov. Smith
Georgia
George
Reed
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Hull
South
Daniel Roper
Internal Revenue
Woodrow Wilson
George Fort Milton
Chattanooga, Tenn. News
Smith
New York
Friends of the
Smith Teutenants
George R. van Namee
George W. Olvany
Tammany Hall
John F. Carew
Tammany
Congress
Olvany
Abraham Lincoln
Femnine Curves Still the Style Expert Declares
Dr. Caroline Hedger of Chicago told a state convention on child welfare and parent education that personal beauty should come from proper living, warning against reliance on manufactured prescriptions. She argued curves reflect health and warned against absence of masculine admiration as a factor in beauty.
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Towa City
Caroline Hedger
Chicago
Coors
Sioux City Woman Fears Robbers After Car Mixup
Mrs W J Kennedy of Sioux City says two Chicago salesmen stole her car by mistake and she demanded arrests. Police escorted her to a magistrate who explained it was a misunderstanding. The sales manager then offered to swear out a peace violation warrant against Kennedy before she fled toward Iowa.
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Chicago
W. J. Kennedy
Gioux City
Hyanston
North Shore
George Hasty
Combined Garage and Automobile Agency
Mrs. Kennedy
Iowa
Former Iowa Legislator Dr Prentiss Dies in Detroit
Detroit obituary notes Dr BP Prentiss 57 formerly a member of the Iowa house of representatives and district director of immigration, died after a year long illness. A graduate of Ohio State University Medical School, he had lived in Delphos Ringgold County Iowa and served in sessions numbered twenty six through twenty eight. Since 1903 he worked in the labor department immigration service. Also reports Brethren conference travelers from Orange Township bound for Laverne California for June 27 to July 4, listing Rev Fike and family among others.
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Detroit
Mich
BP. L. Prentiss
Iowa House of Representatives
Ohio State University
Delphos
Ringgold Eountu
Iowa
Orange Township
Laverne
Cal
Samuel Fike
Lulu
C. J. Fike
AL SL Lichty
Veteran Actor Robert Mantell in Serious Condition
Robert B. Mantell, veteran actor, remains in a serious condition at his Brucewood country home. Family said today his status has not changed in 24 hours and he is suffering from a general breakdown.
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WW. J
Robert B. Mantell
Brucewood
Mantell
Moberly and Murphy Deaths and Local Notices
Multiple Waterloo area obituaries and funeral notices. Mrs Oberton Moberly, 27, of 224 Anthony Street dies of peritonitis at a local hospital. Eva Lena Ishman born March 10, 1901, earlier married Fay D. Hand and latter wed Oberton Moberly. four brothers and two sisters listed. Mrs Michael Murphy, 82, Luxemburg-born, dies after illness. survived by three sons, two daughters and numerous grandchildren. Henry W. Pond, 40, of Walter Montana, dies after recent surgery. funeral arrangements pending in Waterloo. Margaret V Barrett, 4, daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Barrett, dies of pneumonia. services arranged at O Keefe & Towne Mortuary.
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Oberton Moberly
Anthony Street
Eva Lena Ishman
Auburn
John L. Ishman
West Union
Fayette
Fay D. Hand
Henry Louis Moberly
J. B. Ishman
Remner
Minn
Albert Ishman
Clarence Ishman
William
Ishman
Roy Ludrick
Chester Stanmard
Fifteenth Street West
Waterloo
Petersen Bros
West Unidon
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Michael Murphy
Luxemburg
Germany
F. J. Stanton
Almand Street
Gella Heintz
United States
Mendota
Murphy
Stanton
Andrew
W. J. Stalth
Dixon
Dennis Murphy
Stillwater
Louise
John
Frederick
Henry
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Henry W. Pond
Walter
Mont
Great Falls
E. W. Hetple
Logan Avenue
Bunal
Fairview
Mr. Pond
Stanley
Earl
Martha
Margaret V. Barrett
Margaret Viola Barrett
Milton O. Barrett
First Street
Margaret
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth
O'Keefe & Towne
Congo Missionary Talks Of Slaves and Progress
Dr Royal J Dye, veteran Congo medical missionary, describes a slave boy sold for a fish who rose to captain and engineer of a two deck steamer. He cites 73,600 natives treated last year and the erasure of heathenism, praising King Leopold and King Albert for peace, liberty and vast river systems. He notes rich Congo resources, diamond deposits, copper mines, radium discovery, and large scale farming. he recalls the witch doctor’s power fading as sanitation improved living conditions and literacy spread through missionary work.
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Iatience
Congo
Africa
Royal J. Dye
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Dye
Crusaders
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Central Africa
Leopold
Albert
Belgium
Peebles
Aviatrix Dies in 1500 Foot Fall near Norfolk
Norfolk Nebraska June 23. Nebraska's first aviatrix Mrs Charlies Tillotson of Battle Creek Neb was killed in a plane crash at the Norfolk flying field last night. Eyewitnesses said she was at about 1500 feet and appeared to be returning to land when the plane dipped and crashed through telephone wires, nose buried in ground. The pilot died at once. Tillotson had made several solo flights and recently used the plane on a shopping trip to Omaha.
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Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
Charlies Tillotson
Battle Creek
Black Hawk County Hoovers rally behind Herbert
A survey shows six Hoover families in Black Hawk County fully backing Herbert. Mrs. J Hoover of 22 First Street West says they are for Hoover since he’s a distant relative of the Republican nominee. Sam Hoover, Route 2, joins the booster effort as others rush to the bandwagon. Kiwanis program features Westminster quartet and readings at luncheon. A Keokuk train incident kills 76 year old Mrs. Sarah Baragan. Building permits include D L Smith remodeling at 428 Idaho for 200 and J H Cummings two story dwelling at 335 Columbia Circle for 7000.
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Black Hawk County
Herbert
J. Hoover
First Street West
Hoover
Sam Hoover
D. L. Smith
Idaho
H. Cummings
Columbia Circle
Icebreaker Reports Hearing Radio Call on Amundsen Course
Unconfirmed radio report suggests a rescue ship carries the Amundsen party crew. Braganza sails to King's Bay to join the search for Roald Amundsen and five others, despite ice delays off North Cape. Strasbourg cruiser, ready for northern deployment, is fitted with ice crushers for the relief mission.
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Italy
Virgo Bay
Magdelena Bay
Spitebergen
King’s Bay
Maddalena
Penvo
Quebec
Que
le Soleil
Marconi
Tatia
le Boleil
Braganza
North East Land
Roald Amundsen
J. Roald Amundsen
Jnd
Army squadrons to attend Waterloo dedication July 14
The Seventh corps area commander at Fort Omaha Neb directs war department to send as many airplanes as possible to Waterloo July 14 for the Chapman field dedication. Becker Chapman post American Legion and Adjutant Brucher report officials will send craft from Chamblet field Rantoul Ill as well. Army planes will arrive in formation to honor a local son killed in France.
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Seventh Corps
United States Army
Fort Omaha
Neb
War Department
Waterloo
Chapman Field
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
EB. J. Brucher
C. B. Robbins
Chamute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Itation
Robbins
France
Brucher
Cable's Placing in Iowa Air Tour Not Yet Known
Waterloo aviator John Gable who flew a Monocoupe for Des Moines' Yellow Cab on the Around Iowa Good Will tour will learn his final placing in two or three days after judges sort through data on piston displacement weight load and other factors. Dan Hunter won first and Gail Christensen second. Two killed at a Minnesota grade crossing near Winona. Lions picnic postponed. licensed marriages listed for Waterloo Cedar Rapids Grundy Center and Chicago residents.
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John Gable
Waterloo
Yellow Cab Taxi Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Brain Tests for WN at Leading Universities
The Evening Post outlines brain tests used by Thess Intelligence Leste at major universities. It describes solvable letter-grid puzzles, rules for tracing paths from bottom to top, and hints to identify valid letter sequences within the square.
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Evening Post, Inc
Lowden Campaign Expenditures Totals Reported
Former Gov. Frank Lowden’s late campaign expenditures reached $78,955.14 with total receipts of $88,976.31 and about $10,000 unspent, testified Clarence F. Buck before the Senate committee. Minnesota spent $16,062.63, Wisconsin $39,844, and Lafollette faction $6,276. Buck noted $10,000 came from him, plus other large donors, as structures for London support and farm relief were discussed.
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Chicago
Frank
Cowden
Illinois
Lowden
Clarence F. Buck
London
United States
Senatorial Committee
Presidental
Buck
Washington
Frederick Steinner
Oregon
William H. McMaster
South Dakota
Claude H. MacKengle
National Republican
Minnesota
Wisconsin
A. B. Fontaine
Green Bay
Fontaine
Norris
Steiner
Lafollette
Ths
Hoover
Senator McMaster
Senate
MacKenzie
Eb, W. Baccus
Minneapolis
Charles H. Marks
Litchfeld
Minn
Coolidge
Black Hills
Robert M. Chambers
Gov. Lowden
Prince of Wales 34th birthday marked quietly at Sunningdale
London marked the Prince of Wales thirty fourth birthday with no public celebration. He spent a quiet weekend at Sunningdale sharpening his golf. He ended the year with a speech to London School of Economics students on the roof of their new building before a dance inside.
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London
Britain
Prince of Wales
Sunningdale
Fie
London School of Economics
Conger Iowa Head for Bell Telephone
Des Moines June 23 UPI appointment of H C Conger Des Moines as general manager for the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company was announced today Conger has aided Iowa telephone development and long operated independent firms He is a native of Manchester Indiana Knights of Pythianism Helmet lodge No 89 will confer knight on five candidates Monday night in IofP hall luncheon to follow
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UPI
H. C. Conger
Towa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Conger
Iowa
Manchester
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