Gillis theatre blast halts live search for bodies
Kansas City dispatch reports a deadly Gillis theatre explosion and fire that wrecked the Gillis, Sanderson’s restaurant and nearby shops. Fire Chief Henderson ordered a halt to search efforts as walls were torn down and estimates of deaths varied. Firemen entered the ruins at dawn after the blast that struck just before midnight.
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International News
Kansas City, Mo
Jane
Gillisheatre
Alex Henderson
Bezecke Wettl
Ginternational News Wire
Kansas City
F. H. Tuey
Gillis
Amail Wight
Sanderson
A. C. Buckley
Hubert Carey
HY Schraedlen
KF. Greene
Grant
Gills
Fifth Street
Pells
Fred Wright
Lynn
Vern McCollum
Wright
Hames
Vern
al Rorner
Walter Smith
Smith
Police
North End
Reserve Decision in Freight Rate Hearing
In Des Moines on June 26 a hearing on the petition of the western classification committee seeking substitution of the western freight classification for the Iowa classification before railroad commissioners concluded last night. A decision will be announced later.
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Des Moines
Western Classification Committee
Western
Iowa
Clinton Iowa Hopes for Trio Suspects After Shootout
Release for Tex Maynard and reports sighting Jim Davis and Ed Welch alias Doyle describe ongoing efforts to capture three men who shot Clinton county officers George Howland and Ferdinand Alexander on the DeWitt Davenport highway. Police in Ames pursued suspects after Maynard alibi check, while a second car with three men and two women fled. Authorities warn Mississippi River area sheriffs to watch for the sedan and follow leads.
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Associated Press
Clnton
Tex
Maynard
Jim Davis
Ed Welch
Doyle
Ames
Clinton County
George Howland
Ferdinand Alexander
DeWitt
Davenport
Freeport
Davis
Welch
Hale Kinzie
Sulliven
Nebraska
Sherif E.R. Cooke
Mississippi River
George Watkins
Jubilee parade to boost crowds in downtown Waterloo
A city Jubilee program promises strong turnout as a top band attracts crowds and a jovial mood pervades the downtown area. One intoxicated individual faced municipal court fines amid traffic regulation confusion while police and judges note a remarkable level of order in the celebration.
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Waterloo
Justice Faville and Wife Injured In Auto Crash
Des Moines reports say Justice BL FL Faville of the Tawi supreme court and his wife were injured when their auto overturned near Ames on the way to Storm Lake. Faville suffered a scalp wound needing stitches and minor scratches. Mrs Faville had severe cuts. They were taken to Ames hospital and then to their Des Moines home.
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Des Moines
FL Faville
Tawi Supreme Court
Ames
Storm Lake
Faville
State House
Favill
Police on lookout for fake stock promoters
Waterloo police were asked by a Cedar Rapids detective agency to monitor for Gay Miller buttermaker and others tied to fake stock manipulations. Prominent figure Mains was named in Des Moines records as former vice president of the Federal Gattle Loan Company. Pobuiskey and Matis were reported as involved.
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Ce Rapids
Waterloo
RCL
Dobuiskey
Cedar Rapids
Pobuiskey
Matis
Matns
Federal Gattle Loan Company
Des Moines
World Chamber of Commerce Urges Easter Date Fix
The International Chamber of Commerce at its final session adopts resolutions favoring a fixed Easter date and Dawes Plan fulfilment by Germany. It also backs international bills of exchange unification, civil law conventions, freer travel and freight across frontiers, and reduced discriminatory banking rules. Dr. Waller Leaf becomes chamber president, succeeding Willis H. Booth Jr.
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Associated Press
Brussels
International Chamber of Commmerce
Germany
Rontiers
Waller Leaf
I the Westminster Bank
London
Chamber
Willis H. Booth, Jr
New York
Guaranty Trust Company
One Dead Many Hurt in Train Collision
Chicago June 26 Pierce Moore an employee was killed and a number of passengers injured in a rear end collision of two elevated trains on the Southside line near the Thirty-fifth street station today. An empty train crashed into a northbound express train and one coach was thrown from the rails but remained on the elevated structure.
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Chicago
Pierce Moore
Chicago Rapids Transit Company
Thirty-fifth Street
Iowa's Oldest Mason Dies at Oskaloosa
Henry R. Kendig aged 95, claimed as Iowa's oldest Mason, died at his home in Oskaloosa. A mason for 73 years, he helped charter Trihuminal Lodge No. 18 in 1556 and served as master and grand warden of the Iowa Grand Lodge. A grand lodge funeral is planned at St. James Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon.
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Oskaloosa
Funes
Henry R. Kendig
Trihuminal Lodge
Mendig
Home Lodge
Iowa
Japan China tensions rise as Bombay reports war fear
Dispatches from Bombay quote British papers claiming Japan prepares for war with China. Cotton market activity and large U S purchases feed the belief. Shanghai students call for war training while general strike wanes as stores reopen. Possible U S diplomacy teased amid Shanghai unrest. Tokyo cabinet plans to reject treaty revisions while signaling sympathy.
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London
Bombay
Baily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Japan
China
Japan Ia
Algo
United States
Shanghai
Shanghai Students ‘Union
18 Sentenced to Die for Bulgarian Plots
London reports a Sofia court martial sentenced six to death at Sliven and four men and a girl to death at Philippopolis for conspiring against the government. Earlier messages noted seven others had been sentenced at Samokov.
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London
Central News
Sofia
Frank to Address Library Conference in Iowa City
Glen Frank, new president of the University of Wisconsin, will lead the principal speaker lineup at the Midwestern Library Workers conference to be held in Iowa City for two days starting June 26.
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Iowa City
Jum
Glen
Frank
University of Wisconsin
Middlewestern Library
Perry Farmer Notes Incredible Corn Growth Rate
A Perry farmer reported a field observation noting a corn stalk grew about three inches in a single day. The claim notes one plant in the field reached an extraordinary height growth, suggesting rapid development compared with typical growth rates.
Knights Templar Iowa elects grand commander at conclave
In Muscatine the Knights Templar of Iowa elected a new grand commander at their annual conclave held yesterday. The weekend forecast from a government meteorologist hinted at warmer weather, with scattered reports of activity and local town events surrounding the gathering and regional updates.
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Spiriy Vaskoba
A. We
Muscatine
Knights Templar of
Iowa
Detectives Leave Chicago on Secret Mission with Bombs
A five detective unit led by Lieut. Al Wiege departed Chicago at 7:30 p m heading toward Milwaukee to aid local police in hunting slayings of a Chicago officer. Police chief Morgan C authorizes the mission on a tip but withholds suspects while the group carries shotguns tear gas bombs and provisions for days.
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Uhicago
Uad
Cedar Falls Men Named Delegates to NEA Convention
Des Moines June delegates from Cedar Falls will attend the National Education Association annual convention in Indianapolis from June 28 to July 3. Appointed by district associations of the town Teachers association, the delegates include A C Fuller Fred Bl Farmer A L Mare and others from Clarion Cedar Falls Ottumwa Montezuma and Des Moines. Additional delegates will be named from local teachers associations.
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Des Moines
National Eleation Association
Indianapolis
A.C. Fuller
Cedar Pals
Fred Bl Farmer
Lake
A. Er. Nauman
George D. Eaton
Clarion
Rs AL Kittrell
Fe Mare
Oh. F. Winckmar
Ottumwa
Misanda McKee
Montezuma
Charles P. Pye
Des
Suit Filed Over Football Collision In Court
Flora G. Ramage sues Frank Snyder in municipal court for 17.40 dollars alleging a football collision damaged her automobile when Snyder was playing last Oct 16 and struck her windshield.
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Flora G. Ramage
Rasig
Frank Snyder
Snyder
In Love Lottery: Lorenzo and Lorelle Courtship Twist
In Florida City Florida two sisters Lorenzo and Lorelle gamble on marriage fate. A coin toss decides which sister marries Cris, the man both admire, with Cris chosen as the preferred groom and Lorelle stepping up to wed him.
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Lorenzo
Lovelle
Florida City
Fla
Cris
Lorelle
Defense Counsel in Shepherd Case Tactics Revealed
States Attorney flags alleged mishandling of the Shepherd case. Olson, judge and counsel for the dead, demanded an official investigation. Key witness statements shift as Faiman changes stories. A typhoid death, a disputed will, and a looming estate split fuel a high profile murder inquiry in Chicago.
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Sepnilworth
North Shore
Shepherds
Young McClintock
Olson
Dean
Harry Olson
Municipal Court
Chicago
Albuquerque
N. M
Charles C. Faiman
Wactional
University of Sciences
Paiman
Faiman
Isabelle Pope
Lilly McClintork
Miss Pope
Gank
Billy
Iown
New Argument on Dawes Plan Shifts Burden to U.S.
An article notes a new debate over Dawes Plan as American business groups push for high tariffs, contrasting with prior tariff fights where orthodox Republicans stood firm. The piece reflects the shifting burden onto the United States amid ongoing debates.
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Burden
U.S
Upo
N.Y. Merald-Tribune
Conservatives Win Majority in Nova Scotia Election
Halifax June 26 conservatives secure 40 of 42 seats signaling a sweeping victory over Liberals. Premier Armstrong and all ministers defeated, ending 43 years of liberal rule as conservatives prepare to form the government.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Armstrong
Iowa Man Appointed Minister to Finland
Alfred J. Pearson of Des Moines was named by President Coolidge to be minister to Finland. Pearson currently serves as minister to Poland, while a man identifing as William M. Harris was detained by police for investigation after attempting to incite a crowd outside Black's department store. A separate deserter notice lists Gerald Butterfield of 528 Third Street East, who enlisted January 16, and is described as a deserter.
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William M. Harris
Polles
Black's
Gerald Butterfield
Third Street Éast
Pangalos Likeliest Choice for Greek Premiership
In Athens Gen Pangalos, former war minister, emerged as the likeliest premier after yesterday's bloodless coup. He aims to form a new cabinet as revolutionary forces secured key positions, while navy and army units backed him and the government debated a new ministerial lineup.
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Pangalos
God
Disu
National Assembly
Greece
Pangaios
Michalakopoulo
Salonski
Engineers
Navy
Hadjikiriakos
Salonte
Loysl
Coundouriotis
Teaders
Like Married Life Fine Missing Girl of 14
Centerville, Iowa. Mr and Mrs Seth Cooley of South Centerville plan a Des Moines trip to meet a new son in law and their 14 year old daughter Rose Cooley who had been missing for over a month. A letter from Des Moines says she is all right and that she has married Ira Gilpin a former Centerville miner.
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Centerville
Seth Cooley
South Centerville
Des Moines
Rose Cooley
Ira Gilpin
Gilpin
Iowa Shippers to Get Square Deal in Rates Study
C A Hanson of the Great Waterloo association notes Iowa shippers may prove entitlement to lower intrastate rates or minimums for their commodities. He says a Des Moines meeting before the Iowa railroad commission discussed exceptions to adopting the Western classification and aligning Iowa intrastate rates with interstate scales.
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Iowa
C. A. Hanson
Great Waterloo Association
Des Moines
Iowa Railway Commission
R. C.fife
Western Classification Committee
Vearriers
Neu
Oil Well Pauses as Funds List Halt Drilling
Cleo Donald Oil Well near Seymour stops operations after reaching 750 feet. John Morrison head of the Keosauqua company says the program is halted until more funds are subscribed and paid in. District officials report no immediate plan to resume drilling.
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Seymour
Cleo Donald
John Morrison
Keosauqua Company
Bourbon bandits executed for Clintonville bank attack
George Farrell Richard Newhouse and Elmer Hall three Newport Ky youths known as the Bourbon bandits were electrocuted in the State Penitentiary Eddyville Ky for the killing of Frank Buchanan during an attempted bank robbery at Clintonville a year earlier.
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State Penitentiary
Eddyville
George Farrell
Richard Newhouse
Elmer Hall
Frank Buchanan
Clintonville
Newport. Ky
Funeral Rites Held For Paul Donald Paden at Westminster
Funeral services for Paul Donald Paden were held yesterday at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Charles D. Darling officiating. Two numbers were sung by a state quartet, and floral offerings accompanied the rites. The body was later taken for burial in Sumner after a brief prayer service at the family home. Out of town mourners included Rose I. Patten of Des Moines and Robert W. Paten of Sumner, among others. Pallbearers included Douglas Darling and Robert Tabor.
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Donald Paden
Paul Donald Paden
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Charles D. Darling
Lestie Wilharm
Robert Walterson
Douglas Darling
Laurence Lutson
A. G. Waderlein
Roland Taylor
Leonard, Cleveland
Charles Golding
Fredarika
Sumner
Mr. Vine
United Brethren Church
Peter Smith
Miss Dawson
J. M. Murphy
Mahon
Paul
Laude William
Howard Stafford
Loyal Smith
Floyd Olds
Claude Heyer
All Business to Improve Realty Men Are Assured
Delegates at the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention in Detroit heard optimism for a downturn in business spurring a lasting upturn. Lester W. Miller noted a record 5,500 delegates and strong activity in building and prosperity, with Iowa crops highlighted as exceptionally good.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Detroit
Lester W. Miller
Waterloo Real Estate Board
National Association
I Miller
Middlewestern States
Iowa
Iowa Dry Director Opposes Sweeping Changes in System
Des Moines June 26 Glen A Brunson algona director of prohibition enforcement at Iowa declares opposition to a Washington reorganization set for Aug 1 The plan would centralize permits and enforcement in Omaha abolish the Des Moines office and remove the director from the state system Brunson questions how politics will be kept out of an office that pays 10000 a year and warns the present efficient news staff could suffer with new appointees
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Des Moines
Glen A. Brunson
Algona
Iowa
Washington
Towa
Omaha
Brunson
Host to Roosevelt Held in Mail Fraud
Stephen Dent mon, an attorney and former club member who once entertained Theodore Roosevelt, was arrested in Chicago on a Baker Nevada fugitive warrant charging use of the mails to defraud.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Stephen Dentmon
Theodore Roosevelt
Baker
Nev
Riffs Heavy Losers in Battle at Taza Fez
Abd El Krim Riffian forces began a vigorous offensive near Tara as French troops counterattacked. The battle continued this afternoon with heavy Riffian losses and ongoing fighting near Fez in French Morocco.
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Taza
Associated Press
Fez
French Morocco
Tennessee edict peril education in Dayton trial plan
United Press reports in Chicago that Clarence Darrow, a chief defense lawyer, says the Tennessee anti evolution law must be overturned and the case used to test educational freedom. He plans to bring scientists and preachers to testify and to extend the fight to Oregon Washington and California. Witnesses include Dr George Crate Stewart and Rev J M Smith with others from Chicago divinity schools.
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United Press
Chicago
Fame
Tennessee
Clarence Darrow
Brillant
Dayton
Darrow
Gol Hey
Stewart
William Jennings Bryan
J. M. Smith
Shirley Casa
Divinity Schools
University of Chicago
Darjrow
Baseball Bullseye Prank Unmasks Chicago Burglary Suspect
In Venice California a man paid a silver piece for three throws at a bullseye amusement game that dropped a man in blackface into water. Police then removed makeup revealing Jack Durand, adopted son of a Chicago millionaire, wanted for a burglary series. Three detectives identified him.
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Venice
Cali
Jack
Durand
Chicago
Auto Caravan Stops in Waterloo Tonight
A caravan of 12 Star and Durant cars from the Durant Motor Company Lansing Mich arrives this evening in Waterloo to visit at Quality Motor Company 617 Jefferson Street. The tour showcases automobiles and promotes the Durant line to local buyers and dealership staff.
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Star
Durant
Durant Motor Company
Lansing
Mich
Artive
Waterloo
Quality Motor Company
Jefferson Street
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