Mexican forces press north in bid to crush rebellion
Mexican government columns advance from eastern Coahuila toward Torreon held by Gen J Ganvilo Esco. Rebels retreat skirmish and suffer casualties as Gen Calles redirects forces from Durango to trap the insurgents. Aviators report rebels abandoning trains for fuel shortages.
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Mexico City
Coahula
Torreon
J. Ganvilo Esco
Bar
Calles
Durango
Canitas
Saltillo
Zacatecas
Lazaro
Cardenas
Portes Gi
Callies
Spaitidlo
Monterey
Chihuahua
Tornado Kills Nine in Six Mile Community Near Greenville
A twister struck Six Mile, 27 miles from Greenville, killing nine and injuring about a dozen as it tore through homes, a cotton gin, a church, and Six Mile Academy. Medical help rushed from Pickens and Liberty.
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Greenville
S.C
Maren
Six Mile
Pee Altho -the
Six Mile Academy
Baptist
Pickens
Liberty
School Boy Patrol Puts On First Drill at Sacred Heart
The Iowa Automobile association aided Sacred Heart school as its boy patrol held its first drill at 1 p m to learn duties for guiding students safely across street intersections at dismissal. Captain Eugene R. McGreevy led with lieutenants Thomas E. Daugherty Paul Rt Jungen and others serving as patrolmen and junior officers.
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Sacred, Heart School
Iowa Automobile Association
Eugene R. McGreevy
Thomas E. Daugherty
Paul Rt. Jungen
Hugh T. McManus
Harold Buck
Francis W. Klein
Durward G. Best
Elwyn Bierie
Dale D. Hasbrook
Mrs. Loren Berry's Condition Unchanged at Hospital
The condition of Mrs. Loren Berry of 520 Kingsley Avenue remained unchanged at Allen Memorial Hospital. She is critically ill from septic poisoning, with a second blood transfusion administered yesterday afternoon by Claude Bureight and further serum injections given.
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Loren Berry
Kingsley Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Mary J Wildie death notice and funeral schedule
Mrs Mary J Wildie 66 died yesterday afternoon at her son Cecil Aikin 115 Poplar Street of apoplexy. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at the Methodist Episcopal Church Fredericksburg with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Born March 11 1863 in Cambria Wisconsin she moved to Fredericksburg at age 6. Married 1881 to Louis P Atkin in Fredericksburg. Survived by her mother Clara Bullock Elk River Minnesota two sons Cecil F Waterica and W G Atkin Cook Minnesota a daughter Mrs Bath Guerh Charles City five grandchildren. Funeral services 9 a m Friday at Kearns chapel Rev V W Kelford officiating burial in Fredericksburg.
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Mary J. Wildie
Mars . Wildie
Cecil F. Aikin
Poplar Street
Methodist Episcopal
Fredericksburg
Rose Hill Cemetery
Cambria
Wis
Lous P. Atkin
Frederickaburg
Clara Bullock
Elk River
Minn
Ceril F. Waterica
W. G. Atkin
Cook
Baith Guerh
Charles City
Kearns Chapel
W. ©. Kelford
Fraderickshirg
Fire Alarm Reports and Small Property Damage in City
Fire alarms responded Wednesday at two downtown locations. A minor blaze at 1428 Second West caused slight damage to an awning after a cigarette sparked it. A tote toss incident near Hurst Groceteria caused no major harm.
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Omer Grocery
Hurst Groocteria
Workman saved from death in tee whirl through culvert
City flood reports detail multiple creeks rising around Virden and Black Hawk creeks. A massive ice raft near Parker Street was broken by dynamite to prevent submersion of streets. Residents evacuated then returned as waters receded and officials monitored further ice jams and overflow risks.
First Still Seized in Independence After five Years
Independence Ohio reports officers confiscated a still at the Fred Kane home after a man terrorized his family and neighbors in a drunken incident He threatened the household with a gun and forced others to flee Kane is jailed in default of bond awaiting district court holding by Justice Marinus
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Independence
Fred Kane
Kane
Hun
S Marinus
I District Court
Incense Fire Destroys 700 Homes Killing 20 in Nanking
A large blaze at Bapoda bridge in Nanking today burned 700 homes and killed twenty people with many others injured. The fire started during a Sun Yat Sen tribute ceremony and spread rapidly to nearby huts before it could be controlled. The event marked the anniversary of Sun Yat Sen's death, revered as the founder of the Chinese republic.
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Nanking
China
Bapoda Bridge
Incense
Sun Yat Sen
Sun
Sen
George Washington
Weather Update With Sparse Readable Fragments
Fragmentary forecast notes show temperatures and river stage readings for Thursday with unclear times and measurements. The text mentions minimum Wednesday and readings at several early morning hours, plus a river stage around 3 pm. The fragmentary source lacks complete data and context.
Fletcher Declines Conference On Road Bond Plan
Des Moines March 14 John Fletcher Iowa attorney general refused to attend Gov John Hammills conference on three proposed amendments to the state constitution to authorize a 100 million dollar road bond program. He said only the legislature can consider such matters and he could offer no opinion. The conference included members of the highway commission and lawyers. A third alternative would shift funds to bond indebtedness after a referendum.
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Des Moines
John Fletcher
John Hammill
Supreme Court
State Highway Commission
Fred R. White
General Assembly
Fletcher
House
Bennett
Senate
Cedar Falls Woman Ends Life Morose, Grief Strikes Home
Mrs. Sarah Shanberry, worried after her three sons were released from an orphanage, strangled herself in a bedroom at the West Nineteenth Street home of W. M. Bisterfeld in Cedar Falls this afternoon. Her body was found when a relative failed to receive a response.
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Gourier
Cedar Falls
Sarah Shanberry
Waverly Orphans' Home
W. M. Bisterfeld
West Nineteenth Street
Histerfeld
Rock Island Road Reports Record 1928 Income
Chicago March 14 Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad shows 1928 net income after fixed charges of 13 167 696 37 the largest in its history according to a condensed balance sheet released today. A Jackrabbit can run 25 miles an hour government scientist found when one raced ahead of his automaton.
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Chicago
i/Pi
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Co-Eds Teach Chickens to Sing Like Canaries in Dormitory Test
In Madison Wisconsin on March 14 coeds Nonna Smyers and Evelyn Larson experiment with three baby chicks placed in a bird case with A Canney. They test a professor's claim that a creature can absorb traits from another of a different type. The chicks were hatched on a radiator in the girls dormitory.
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Madison
Wis
Nonna Smyers
Evelyn Larson
Wisconsin
A .Canney
Plan Changes in Diplomats as Stimson Arrives
Washington reports sweeping changes in the diplomatic corps and a state department shakeup to follow Secretary of State nominee Henry L. Stimson’s arrival. President Hoover holds resignations, contemplates realignment, aims for new posts and potential retirements, with several ambassadors and undersecretaries in flux and junior postings in Latin America expected to change. The moves reflect Hoover’s study of foreign service needs and Stimson’s forthcoming homecoming.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Henry L. Stimson
Philippines
Hoover
Department
William R. Castle, Jr
JS Reuben~Clark, Jr
Clark
White House
Latin America
Court of St. James
Alanson B. Houghton
New York
Great Britain
Charles G. Dawes
Brazilians in Clash with Paraguayan River Patrol
A La Prensa report from Asuncion states Brazilian troops clashed with a Paraguayan river patrol near Island of Gargarila by Puerto Martinho. The Paraguayan government called it a personal incident and demanded Brazilian withdrawal from the area.
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Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Asuncion
Paraguay
Gargarila
Puerto Martinho
Shaffer to Officiate at Funeral of Mrs Butler
Rev. T P Shaffer of St Pauls M E church will travel to Northwood to conduct the funeral of Mrs L B Butler a Worth county pioneer and schoolmate of President Hoover's mother Mrs Butler who was 82 and remained a Friends church member He learned of her life from Miss Butler who lived with her daughter Rush Tyler a Chicago lawyer is among her relatives.
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Shaffer
Hoover
T. P. Shaffer
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Northwood
L. 8. Butter
Worth County
Herbert Hoover
Au School
Friends Society
West Branch
Friends Church
Mr. Shakrr
Methodist Church
Families Flee Flood Threat Amid Mason City Ice Jam
Mason City Iowa reports first major flood threat in years as high water and ice jams push families from riverbanks. Basements fill, bridges danger, authorities blast jams to relieve rising water in multiple creeks. Elsewhere Mississippi tributaries flood northwest Missouri and southern Iowa causing widespread damage and isolation.
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Mason City
Courier Costume Wins First Prize at Florida Ball
A New Year s Eve masquerade at a Florida ball featured a woman in a newspaper costume decorated with copies of the Waterloo Evening Courier and won first prize. It is unknown how the barker acquired the Couriers, though she may be a subscriber.
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Courier
Florida’ Ball
St. Petersburg
Fln
Waterloo Evening’ Courier
Twe
Experts Fund War Debt Path Thorny
Paris reports that expert committees on reparations struggle over the size and length of payments for an international reparations bank. Dr Hjalmar Schacht, head of the Reichsbank, arrived with Berlin’s views on concessions for a final settlement.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Berin
First M E Chosen As Principal Place For U S Convention
The First M E church was selected as the site for the state Sunday school convention meetings May 1 2 and 3 following a central committee session in Waukon this afternoon Group and minor meetings will be held in other city churches. Lee Rarick of Cedar Falls was fined 100 dollars and costs for drunken driving after his car collided with another in Waterloo. He began a 30 day jail term in lieu of payment. Building permits were issued for a dry cleaning plant garage at 718 Lincoln and private garages and a dwelling at 1229 Baltimore. Robert Pike of Chicago, 18, was held for investigation after being caught attempting to sell a new coupe to a used car dealer. the engine number was forged.
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M. EB. Church
Central Committee In
W. CA
Lee Rarick
Cedar Falls
L. E. Schwanke
Waterloo
Ralph Hasner
Rob Koen
Lincoln
Salvation Army
Mulberry
Ralph Sherman
Washington
Baltimore
Robert Pike
Chicago
Hugh Crumline
Parole Violator Arrested in Detroit Area Shooting Case
Ernest Martin, 38, of North Barclay Street, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempting to grievously harm Isadore Williams after shooting him in the right hand weeks earlier. Investigators say Martin, a Michigan State Prison Jackson parolee, confessed after questioning. He had prior larceny sentences and was paroled in November to the Salvation Army in Waterloo.
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Ernest Martin
North Barclay Street
Isadore Willams
Michigan State Penitentiary
Jackson
Burr Towne
Emil Steffen
Identifcation Bureau
Charles Mohlis
Martin
Detroit
Salvation Army
Waterloo
Man Paroled After Shooting at East Side Restaurant
The incident occurred at a local café on Fortuity Street East near a venue frequented by African Americans. Martin allegedly fired five times at Williams after an argument about a Seattle to Spokane electric railroad, striking Williams in the hand and wounding him seriously. Martin is in city jail under $1,000 bond. Police have notified Michigan authorities about possible extradition. he faces local prosecution if Michigan refuses.
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Toleve
Cafe Ag
Fétirty
Willams
Seattle
Wash
Martin
Williams
Jackson
Michigan
Mayor's Goiter Operation Delayed by Weather
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts of Waterloo will undergo a goiter operation in Chester Minnesota within three weeks. The procedure was postponed due to ice and flood conditions that affected travel and scheduling. The mayor has suffered the condition for months and plans the operation after medical consultation.
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Glenn A. Tibbitts
Will
Waterloo
Chester
Minn
Editors Converge in Des Moines Thirteenth Annual Convention
Des Moines hosts the editors conference as they open the thirteenth annual convention. The afternoon will focus on round table discussions centered on county official newspapers and related topics.
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OWA
Des Moines
Iews
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Winterlon Chiropractors’ Association
Sioux City
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Alonzo Potter
Waterlag
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