Aurora Slaying of Mrs De King Ties Prohibition Battle
AURORA IL March 28 NSI preliminary exam of the body of Mrs Lillian de King suggests a liquor raid led to her death as she sat in a chair on the telephone. State Attorney Carbury said he will ask the attorney general Oscar Carlstrom to take charge while Milroy and Kelly push for evidence. Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith wounded in the incident remains hospitalized amid fear of blood poisoning. The De King attorneys accuse investigator Fairchild of being a carpetbagger sleuth and press for his sworn testimony while maintaining Smith acted in self defense during the raid that killed Mrs de King.
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Aurora
NSI
Lillian de King
Joseph Springer
U.P
Mia
Iquor
George D. Carbury
de King
Oscar E., Carlstrom
Roy Smith
Robert A. Milroy
Albert Kelly
de. Kings
Boyd Fairchild
de. King
Fairchild
Milroy
Kelly
Smith
Aera Mulray
Ste
Springfield
Tolse
State Assembly
Tower House
Drys
Iiser
Altho
Teport
Darrow
Springfeld
Clarence Darrow
Swhin
Weather forecast snippets for a midweek period
The readable fragments show a midweek temperature forecast with days named Wednesday and Thursday followed by times such as 2 PM. The text mentions highs and lows with generic labels and appears to be an OCR of a local weather page without complete data or locations.
New Major General Gilchrist Named Chemical Warfare Chief
Col. Harry K. Gilchrist, born in Waterloo January 16, 1870, named chief of the U S Army chemical warfare service with the rank of major general. A Western Reserve University medical graduate, he served in the Spanish American War and World War I in France, receiving several decorations. He later led the American typhus relief expedition to Poland and has worked in the chemical warfare medical division since 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Gilchrist
Chemical Warfare Service
United States Army
Waterloo
Alonzo Gilchrist
Harry
Cutler Hardware Company
Third
Sycramore
William Starr
Chemical Warfare Department
France
England
Poland
United States
Raler
Fries
Col
Gilchrist
Amos A. Fries
Belle D. Wise
Independence Avenue
Hazel Dietrick
Fifth Street East
C. W. Keagy
Manchester
Ice jam on Missouri River in North Dakota reaches 20 miles
Bismarck ND March 28 Army engineers estimate 60 000 000 tons of ice obstructing Missouri River flow the jam spans 20 miles Three bombers ready and 1000 pounds of dynamite deployed as gauge readings show flood levels cresting at 18 5 feet while lowlands stay flooded and efforts to dynamite the ice continue
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Bismarck
N. D
Missouri River
Here
G. R. Young
Altho
Muchua- Hons
Major Young
Police chiefs in Douglas charged with gun sales to rebels
Douglas Ariz March 26 Charges that two city owned machine guns and 37 000 rounds of ammunition were sold to Mexican rebels for 2 000 with the city receiving only 300 prompt the resignation of the entire city administration by the US Department of Justice Chief of Police Lestie Gori and Post Captain Walter Morris were arrested and arraigned on conspiracy to smuggle arms across the border Federal officials made 19 arrests after a preliminary investigation A J Duarte swore in an affidavit that the guns and ammunition moved to Agua Prieta Sonora across the border and that Major Rodygen Elmer Kaupp Loreta and others were involved in moving war materials into Mexico from the United States
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Douglas
Ariz
United States Department of Justice
Lestie Gori
Walter Morris
Bath
A. J. Duarte
Plotte Duarte
Rogerio Linehan
Tgee Adense Municipal
Agua Puta
Sonora
Thrafidavit
Elmer Kaupp
Loreta
Mexico
United States
Fire alarm incidents report several minor blazes
On Wednesday at 2 59 p m at T J Gayman 400 Fourth West minor damage from rubbish and ai aening noted. At 3 93 p m a fire broke at Litchfield Manufacturing Co plant 207 Logan causing 40 damage. Thursday 9 p m residence of Y T Fordyce 1306 Forest had spark on shingle with $5 damage. Thursday 2 p m gas fire at vacant lot at Vinton and Cortlands Streets. Advertisement urges insured protection.
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T. J. Gayman
Fourth West
Chass
Buck
Litchfield Manufacuring Company
Logan
Y. T. Fordyce
Gass
Vinton and
Cortlands
Ro Ramage
Los Angeles Flies Over Sea in Search for Missing Plane
The navy dirigible Los Angeles searched the Atlantic toward Norfolk, Virginia for the Sikor sky amphibian plane carrying Raymond Finucane and three companions missing since Friday. Lieut. Commander Rosendahl planned to fly 100 miles offshore to locate a possible sea landing, with the Los Angeles expected to return if no trace is found.
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New York
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Norfolk
Raymond Finucane
Rochester
Charles . E. Rosendahl
Fish hatchery output enlarging nationwide 1928 report
The federal government and many states expand fish propagation facilities. In 1928 Wisconsin hatcheries planted 289 million fish including trout and bass, Michigan produced 140 million similar species, and California's 23 hatcheries plus 12 egg stations yielded about 52 million trout and 27 million salmon.
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American Game Protective Association
Wisconsin
Michigan
California
Riparian rights debate heats Oregon sportsmen
Oregon debates over public access to banks of navigable streams for hunting and fishing. State statutes guarantee public use below high water mark and allow license holders to access banks for hunting and fishing, reversing earlier court rulings. The American Game Protective Association reports on the issue.
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Oregon
Cour
American Game Protective Association News Service
Memorial Day plans set by city patriots at Memorial Hall
Memorial Day observance plans to be made Saturday as city patriot groups meet at Memorial Hall at 2 p.m. Committees will be appointed to arrange details of the service and related observances.
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Memorial Hall
Boy Leaves Grandparents Over Religious Pressure in Iowa
In Council Bluffs Iowa fourteen year old Merwin Good man fled his grandparents home to escape constant religious preaching. With Municipal Judge John Blanchard the boy will live with an aunt avoiding sleepless psalm singing and exhorting. He seeks normal meals and sleep while his father remarried and lives in Cleveland. Police later seek Theodore H. Gorman regarding a brother's death in Racine Wisconsin.
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Bluffs
INS
Merwin Goodman
J. E. Grimm
John Blanchard
Merwin
Tye
Grandfather Grimm
Clarinda
Earl Keppler
Lves
Cleveland
Darrow Denounces Court Reform in Illinois Hearing
Clarence Darrow arrived in Springfield to oppose proposed criminal court procedure reforms backed by the Chicago Bar association. He charged the program would expand judiciary power and favor special interests, clashing with lawmakers as he denounced rushed hearings and cited past cases to defend defendants.
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Springfield
Clarence Darrow
Titnois
Loeb-Leopold
Scopes
Dr. Sweet
Darrow
State Senate
House
Judiciary Committees
Chicago Bar Association
Judicial Advisory Council of
Cook County
Chicago
Darten
Roy C. Wood
Wood
Criminal Court
James Barbour
Senate
Teacher's College Student Held on Serious Charges
Miss Mary Horsfield, 19, a first year student at State Teachers College Bloomsburg, is under observation after a newborn was found in a metal box in her trunk. Roommate Lotta Zembruski alerted authorities. The infant died from a fractured skull and throat wound. autopsy confirms live birth. Horsfield to be held pending the Columbia county grand jury.
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Bloomsburg
Mary’ Horesfield
Plymouth
State ‘Teachers College
College
Lottie Zembruski
Margin Call Disputed by Broker on Stock Crash
Lamson Bros local manager said reports overstated the margin call during New York stock market crash. He put the add-on margin at 60,000 dollars, far below the 108,000 dollar claim, noting it was the largest call ever on a Waterloo stock tracer.
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New York
Lamson Bros. & Co
Waterloo
Churches Prepare Good Friday Services Across Faiths
Tomorrow Christians across Catholic Episcopal Lutheran and Protestant churches mark Good Friday with solemn observances. In First Presbyterian at noon seven ministers will preach on Christ last words between hymns. St Marks Christ Episcopal churches host similar three hour service with sermons by the rectors. Catholic churches devote the period to meditation and many churches plan evening services.
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Christ
Calvary
First Presbyterian Church
St. Mark's
Christ Episcopal
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Nurse Mabel Diegel to Join Alten Memorial Staff
Miss Mabel Diegel of Nora Springs will arrive April 1 to become supervisor of surgical cases on the hospital’s third floor at Alten Memorial. She completed six months postgraduate study at New York Polyclinic and is a graduate of Park Hospital nurses' training in Mason City. She also attended Nora Springs High School and North Central College at Naperville, Michigan.
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Mabel Diegel
Nora Springs
Alten Memorial Hospital
New York Polyclinic Hospital
New York City
Park Hospital Nurses' Training School
Mason City
Nora Springs High School
North Central College
Naperville
Visite Ing
Gilbertville Hole Delays Interurban Repairs
Repairs to washouts on the Waterloo to La Porte City interurban line are nearly complete except for a large hole at the Gilbertville bridge. Piling will be driven for a temporary bridge, delaying progress by several days. Interurban passenger service to Cedar Rapids continues by bus between Waterloo and La Porte City and by rail the rest of the way. bus service to Cedar Rapids expected to resume tomorrow barring further storm damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Rabn
Edward A Berkley 64 Waterloo paint contractor dies
Edward Milter Berkley 64 of 1117 Leavitt Street died at 12 40 p m after a paralytic stroke suffered a week earlier. Born October 8 1864 in Somerset County Pennsylvania, he lived in Chicago before moving to Waterloo 15 years ago. He was a painting contractor and member of First Brethren Church and Knights of Pythias. Survived by widow Frances G Mays two brothers C M Berkley Waterloo and John Berkley Washington D C and one sister Mrs Charles M Beal Washington. preceded by several siblings. Body at Kistner Mortuary.
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Edward A. Berkley
Edward Milter Berkley
Leavitt Street
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Lydian
Ezra J. Berkley
Frances G. Mays
Chicago
Waterloo
First Brethren Church
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Iowa
C. M. Berkley
John Berkley
Weahington
D. C
Charles M. Beal
Washington
N. J
Hervey
Frank
William Bieldel
Mia
Harry Lance
Sam Bot
Misa Elizabeth Barkley
Kistner Mortuary
Old Man Seeks Divorce in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids March 28 4 After a long marriage 85 year old Simon J Martin seeks a divorce from his 57 year old spouse.
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Cedar Rapids
Aye Yrars
Simon J. Martin
Whic
Federal Cavalry Ready to Occupy Late Rebel Camp
Mexico City March 28. General Calles army advances north, plans to occupy Jimenez as Orde cavalry nears the city. Rebel forces reportedly evacuated toward Bachimba pass while Almazan’s main force sits south of Escalon. Planes bomb two rebel troop trains and scout between Escalon and Jimenez.
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Mexico City
Calles
Jimenez
Escobar
Chihuahua
Portes’ Gil
Eulogio Orde
Bachimba Pass
Almazan
Escalon
Andreu Almazan
Cedilio
Jalisco
Guanajuato
Ejiers
Lazaro Cardenas
Mazatlan
Jose Carrillo
Sinaloa
Carillo
Queilte
Warden John Jago Equipped With Fish Rescue Seine
Deputy John Jago with a rescue snine prepares to aid stranded fish in flood affected bottom lands. The operation aims to return fish to streams and involve Waltonians and others. Jago holds seventh Commission as U S deputy game warden with authority to arrest violators of federal game laws.
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John Jago
Jago
U. S
Case of Ransacked Medicine Vase Reported
Dr F W Powers of Hillcrest Apartments reported a man, possibly a drug addict, ransacked his medicine vase. The incident occurred near Sycamore Street and Park Avenue at noon. Nothing was stolen and no narcotics were found, the physician stated.
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F. W. Powers
Hillcrest Apartments
Jeff
Sycamore ‘Street
Pupils Return After East End Spring Vacation
East side schools finished their spring break as classes were dismissed yesterday afternoon and will resume Tuesday morning. West side schools canceled spring break due to an extended Christmas vacation during the contagious disease epidemic.
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East Schools
West
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Reese
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