AT&T Tops Wealth List With 4-Billion Dollar Valuation
The 1927 AT&T annual report places the company as the richest U S concern with assets around four billion dollars. It notes nearly 309000 employees and 423580 stockholders, 10932420 shares outstanding, earnings of 128.6 million in 1926, and a long record of dividends. The report highlights telephony as main revenue, plus wire leasing to press and brokerage firms, and outlines expansion into trans Atlantic radio telephony television and cross oceanic photo transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
American ‘Telephone & Teelegraph Co
To & Tt
United States Steel Corporation
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
New York Central Railroad
Standard
New Jersey
Union Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Ita Lead
Bell Telephone System
Heil System
Columbus
Ford Company
Beary Ford
Edsel
America
Thounain
Plain
Bell System
Moon
Altho
United Press
Mexico
Europe
Atlantic
Stewart Indicted on Two Charges of Contempt of Senate
Col Robert Stewart, a director of the Standard Oil Indiana, faces two contempt charges as a Senate probe continues. A Rockefeller associate issued a statement from 26 Broadway noting Stewart offered to resign if asked and that resignation is available. Rockefeller will act to uncover facts and avoid precipitate moves with 50,000+ stockholders involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Joey
Rockefeller
Broadway
Walsh
Stewart
Indiana Company
Cpl. Stewart
Htis
Col. Stewart
Mexican Immigration Issue Stalls Congressional Debate
Congress discusses the Mexican aspect of immigration causing delays and uncertainty. Lawmakers note strong voting support but contend the topic intertwines with broader immigration and labor restrictions. International relations and domestic concerns complicate any immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
California primary race a three way clash for 26 Democratic votes
Los Angeles March 2 The three cornered race for California’s 26 Democratic national convention votes pits William G McAdoo James A Reed and Gov Al Smith with Reed declaring candidacy for the May 1 state primary. Reed assailed Coolidge and Hoover amid a 1600 strong Democratic crowd.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William G. McAdoo
James A. Reed
al Smith
California
Houston
Rees
Missouri
Altho
Wisconsin
New York
Altho McAdoo
Coolidge
Senate
The
Missourian
Hoover
Reed
Herbert Hoover
Mortal details of Mrs. Charles W. Henry obituary
Mrs. Charles W. Henry, 63, died at 12:20 a.m. at her home 1907 Washington Street after a stroke. Born Mary Jane Russell in Kansas October 45 1864, she moved to Clinton County then Waterloo 15 years ago. Survived by husband Charles W. Henry and 15 children: five sons and six daughters named with addresses. Funeral at First Brethren church with Rev. Edwin Boardman officiating. Burial planned at Elmwood Cemetery. Burial cost listed as $100,000 in record.
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Charles W. Henry
Washington
Mary Jane Russell
Kansas
Clinton County
William Henry
Waterloo
First Brethren Church
Walter H. Henry
Myuon Street
R. C. Henry
Lent Street
Mabil Chase
Catamus
Nora Williams
Fikhart
Tad. Sys
Florence Vance
Guron
Ploy Y. Hers
Black Han Street
Karl B. Heary
Planstreau
Lloyd Hundley
Leonardaeenne
Ela Irene Landb
Washington Street
Harold L. Henry
Melrose Park
Gadiye McGonigh
Adams Street
Filsie Tay He Henry
Aund Willam
Cikeele
Burst Brethren Church
Edwin Boardman
Aosaulus
Teachers High Wins Over West in Basket Tourney
Teachers High defeats West 24 to 22 to claim the title with Stetzel of West and Olson of Teachers High each scoring five in a tense finish. Oelwein hosts regional action asClass B and A games unfold with Reinbeck, Strawberry Point, Randalia, and others in morning programs. Building permits list several home improvements and new heating plants in Reinbeck area.
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Teachers High
West
Stetzel
Olson
Teachers
Oelweine
Osiwein
Stanley
Guttenberg
Strawberry Point
Maynard
Randalia
Volga City
Reinbeck
Des Moines Budget Lets Five Live On 81.65 A Month
A Des Moines council of social agencies reports a decency budget of 81.65 monthly for a thrifty family of five led by a woman. The plan itemizes 39.65 for food 17 for clothing 5.50 for furniture 3.78 for fuel 1.80 oil 1.25 electricity 0.50 newspapers 0.40 magazines 1 recreation 1 religion 5 carfare 1.806 insurance and 13 housing. The family comprises a mother two boys aged 14 and 10 and a girl aged 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.R
Council of Social Agencies
Inauguration of Franco-Argentine air service opens mail line
The new Franco-Argentine steamer-airplane air service begins operations here. Fast dispatch boats will carry mail across the Atlantic to an island off St. Louis, Senegal, then airships will complete the run to Paris, promising rapid transatlantic mail delivery.
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Bitons Ayres Maren 2
Uel
Atlantic
St. Lows
Senegal
Paris
Fire Alarm Report From Howrey Street Dwelling
Friday at 3 12 a m a dwelling on Howrey Street was alarmed by a chimney or vent disturbance but caused no damage. Preliminary report lists occupants Lou Shmerson and Herman C Milley with a clock repair note and a phone contact.
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Louis Shmerson
Howrey
Chimmey Brrang
Conference Aims to Avert New York Transit Strike
New York March 2 A conference between Amalgamated Association leaders and Interborough officials sought to prevent a subway and elevated line walkout. About 700 strikebreakers were housed in company barns as unions and management clash over union strength and discharge disputes. The transit commission said emergency bus plans could be activated quickly if needed.
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New York
Maynor Walker
William D. Mahon
William B. Fitzpatrick
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Workers
Interborough Rapid ‘Transit Company
Subway
Devn
Washington, D. C
Interborough
A. F. of
I. R. T. Brotherhood
Amalgamated
The
Transit Commission
Corey Given Six Month Sentence On Second Charge
Jack Corey pleaded to driving while intoxicated in Waterloo on Oct 1 and received six months in county jail. Judge H B Boyes ordered this sentence to run concurrently with a four month term from a prior conviction for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor. The bootlegging charge was dismissed.
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Jack Corey
Waterloo
H. B. Boyes
Corey
City Obligations Rise in February Reported
City finances show obligations increased by 1.555 during February due to uncashed warrants. Operating fund warrants rose from 4,449.81 on Feb 1 to 7,228.92 on Mar 1, with canceled warrants at 20,470.63 and issued 23,240.72. Cash balance in the operating fund stood at 94,030.90 with no bond fund maturities that month. Outstanding general levy bonds total 662,888 and special assessment bonds 257,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Waterlin
Charles Co Macklerk
Uae
Hiram Reed Denies He Placed Schoolhouse Dynamite
Hiram Reed testified at his burial that he did not dynamite the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse. He said he never entered the building with dynamite or a key and disputed his prior confession. The case centers on the explosion that injured Iola Bradford, the schoolteacher.
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Ottawa
Hiram Reed
Pleasant Valley
Iola Bradford
George Springer
Young Reed
Reed
Dooley Brothers
Peoria
Young
Sprenger
Tala Bradford
Hanson
Tale of Two Cities episode ends with jail term swap
Wheaton Illinois March 2 A romance tale ends in jail as Thomas Novilla admits he took John Rinill’s place to let Rinill marry on his honeymoon. Rinill faced prohibition charges with a trial date set. Novilla received 180 days but may face further time for deceiving the court.
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Wheaton
Charles Dickens
Two Cities
Thomas Novilla
John Rinill
Rinill
Rinilli
Novilla
Ainie
Thomas
John
Laurence Hattendorf
Police Notes Pin Stolen Swift & Co Checks In Dewitt Ia
Police sought two men after they cashed three checks from Swift & Co branch in Dewitt Iowa. Each for 12.82, numbered 2301 to 2400, at three local stores. Descriptions: man one 5 ft 11 in dark hair brown overcoat, man two slightly shorter light hair overalls. Also two bicycles stolen from West High School. five youths reported. Melvin Fay and William Filloon named as losers. Tire and rim stolen from automobile at Third and Sycamore.
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Swift& Co
Dewitt
West High School
Melvin Fay
Kimball Avenue
William Filloon
Lupton
E. E. Nichols
Mapie Street
Third
Sycamore Streets
Bulgarian in Jail Ordered Deported
Viliia Georgeff, an 11 year resident, faces deportation after a solicitation charge. A telegram from Omaha Immigrant Bureau directs preparation for a long journey via New York and then by boat. He will surrender belongings he cannot carry and bid farewell to friends. Two women connected to the case remain in town as he is taken Tuesday evening by an immigration officer.
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Bulgaria
Viliia Georgeff
H. T. Wagner
United States Immigration Bureau
Omaha
Georgeff
Immigration Bureau
New York
Bat
Georges
Ite
Walton's Iowa pollution fight held up two weeks
In Des Moines March 2 4 the Izaak Walton league pressed Gov Hammill to summon the attorney general to begin nuisance abatement against Decker Packing American Beet Sugar and Mason City for Shell Rock river and Lime Creek pollution. The meeting adjourned to March 16 after health chief A H Wieters reported Decker Packing is installing treatment to curb pollution with completion expected by November. The league seeks drastic action after ten years of efforts, noting about 18 tons of dead fish buried by members.
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Des Moines
Izaak Waltort
Iowa
Hamoill
American Beet Sugar Company
Decker Packing Company
Mason City
Shell Rock River
Lime Creek
League
State Executive Council
Henry Albert
A. H. Wieters
State Department of Health
Decker Pecking
Hammill
Maron
Izaak Walton League
John Fletcher
Shell Rock
Greene
Rockford
Marshalltown
Town Falls
Eldora
Waterloo
Waverly
Izaak Walton
Henderson Judge Appointed in Eleventh Judicial District
Des Moines March 2. U Ri Gav Hammill appointed O J Henderson of Webster City as Judge in the Eleventh judicial district, succeeding D G Thompson who died last week. The notice lists names Scar let Jefferson and Wanda Smith with mumps and smallpox notes in the same report.
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Henderson
Des Moines
U.ri—-Gav
Liquor throwing woman disappears as jail looms
Nearly a year after Mrs Minnie Davis hurled a liquor jug from a Jefferson street porch during a police raid, attorney Elmer Feely pleaded guilty for her in State vs Minnie Davis. Judge George J. Sager fined $100 with 30 days in jail or in lieu. Davis says she did not authorize the plea and intends to pay the fine or face arrest. she has left town. Deputy bondholder Harry Lyons remains on bond. A contempt action tied to the search continues pending.
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Minnie Davis
Jefferson Street
Elmer Feely
State
George J. Sager
Feely
Travis
Davis
Veteran United Press employee Edward Conkle dies
Edward T. Conkle, longtime United Press employee and former central division manager, died at his Los Angeles home after years of ill health. He began in Akron, moved to the Cleveland World, joined UP in 1907 as Cleveland bureau manager, and rose to superintendent of bureaus before retirement a year ago. Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Edward T. Conkle
United Press Associations
Conkle
United Press
Gonkle
Akron
Cleveland World
Cleveland
Drugists urged to advertise more at Des Moines convention
At the Town Pharmaceutical association convention in Des Moines, George Jay of Shenandoah urged greater advertising of corner drug stores services to aid public appreciation. The meeting, closing today, will elect officers and conclude the conference with the northwest drug show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.R
George
Jay
Shenandoah
Town Pharmaceutical Association
THREE AVIATORS KILLED IN MID AIR COLLISION
London Mong March 2 Three military aviators were killed near Sheerness today when two Royal Air Force planes crashed in midair. Injuries and fatalities reported. Salem Oregon March 2 An airplane crash near here killed passenger V Dave Sloper and injured pilot Everett Boedeker who died in hospital. A ship fire was extinguished aboard the liner Ata laya after an early blaze in its hold threatening major damage. British tanks and 25 airplanes attacked 6000 Wahabis besieging Ma an in the Jordan theater with reported successes.
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London
INS
Sheerness
Royal Air Force
Salem
Ore
U.R
Everett Boedeker
Here
V. Dave Sloper
Rio de Janeiro
Atalaya
Jerusalem
Maan
Am- Tha
Brain tests test punctuation in society page
An Evening Post sample presents a punctuation test with a short story about a boy and his engineer father. It asks readers to identify errors and reflect on mental rating, with references to parents and ambitions and a call to consult the society page for answers.
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Altho
Jimmy the Bum Ends Life After Family Struggles
Chicago report on Jimmy Gapassa eldest of six who, unable to find work in hard times, declares himself a bum. After a gunshot and hospital drama surgeons perform emergency heart removal but fail to save him, and Jimmy dies.
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Chicago
Jimmy
Jimmy Gapassa
Two Boys Orphaned After Mother's Death and Father in Jail
Two young brothers Charles Johnson five and Leeteen Johnson three are orphaned after their mother died of tuberculosis in Oakdale state sanitarium. The father Clifford Johnson is serving a six month county jail sentence for narcotics possession. The children, cared for by grandmother Lizzie Newman, are from 499 William street. The mother had been sent to University hospital Iowa City by Social Welfare League and transferred to Oakdale recently. Germany has established 2000 ald atahlons along roads to aid motorists with emergency repairs.
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Charles Johnson
Leeteen Johnson
Clifford Johnson
Oakdale
Moter
University Hospital
Lows City
Social Welfare League
Lizzie Newman
Swilliam Street
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Telegraph Company
Dom International
AL Right
Charlie" Cleaver
Mike Meccia
Frank Merrin
Smith
McAdoo
Page
Little Tutors
West High
Litle Tutors
Laurier Paiches Orrin
Green Mountain
Lincomb
Wellsburg
Geneseo
Orange Township
Hudson
Ivan R. Broshar
Idaho
J. F. HK. Guuler
Louise West
Klempau
Gallup
A.W. Peverill
Fourth West
Fermanack
Yeachers High
Moore
West Waterloo
Waterloo East High
Monticello
Allernoon
Pipf West High
Waite
Pixing
Taror
F Stelzel
O Ae Brown
A Moore
Graham
Sherman
Formanack
Prnmenet Terris
PIRE
Wein Corry
Herman C. Milley
Hiram
WITS
Fort Madison
Stile
Neal Orvis
Polk County
White Byan
T. P. O'Connor
House of Commons
Waltons
Scarlet Jefferson
Rebret Satterlee
Independence
Dean Smart
Hate Gon
Wanda Smith
Dawson
M. D. Evening Post
Ibe
Germany
Money
Morris N Tyoans
Morris Plan
Morris Plan Company
March Investments
Yonny County
Monona
Towa
Scott County
Furdling
Public Service
Amjelican Tel
Tel
Tlinois Power & Light Corp
Ist
Fisk Rubber Co
Veemeegen Rers Co Aone Libby
McNeal & Libby
Securities Company
W. W. Beal
203 East Ltd
A. K. Smith
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