Waterloo Cleanup Week to Run May 6 to 10
City and state officials join residents in a broad Waterloo cleanup drive May 6 through May 10 aimed at cleaning streets yards and public property. The program stresses written notices to owners empty premises landscaping and repainting plus fire and disease prevention and increased property values.
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Weterloo
Af Gnagy
Ala
Melermot
Taber
McNermitt
Waterloo
Galion
Cam-paign Bureau
St. Louis
Brookhart Daugherty Charge Case Moves Forward
Washington May 3 Col William T Chandler appointed special assistant to the attorney general to represent the Wheeler Brookhart senator committee in lawsuits arising from a department of justice probe. The move follows a suit for injunction filed by Daugherty’s counsel.
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Annie Eiet
Harry MM. Daugherty
Daughberty
Iinternational News
Washington, D. C
William T. Chandler
Feneral
Ag Fores Amens
Wheeler-Brookhart’ Senatorial Committee
Department of Justice
Globetrotter planes fly on without chief in peril
A crew of eight Globe girdling Yank planes continues its transoceanic mission as search efforts for a missing leader proceed. coast and river sweeps along Alaska are scouted by multiple groups. Paris reports France’s air force advances in long distance flight with Lieut Pellatier Noisy reaching Agra from Karachi, aiming to Japan solo with one mechanic.
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Alaskan
Dierg
Kinkur Bay
Tuar Me
Cite
Algon- Guin
Otsy
Pressey
Paris
France
Eforia
Pellatier N'Oisy
Agra
British India
Karachi
Air Ministry
D'Olsy Fe
Japan
Teachers College Students Win Two Oratory Prizes
Stevens Point Wisconsin May 3 Miss Gladys Lynch of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Ia won first in the oratorical division and Miss Lueing Knickerbocker of the same school took first in the extemporaneous division at a contest held under the Interstate League of State Teachers Colleges Miss Lynch spoke on Education for Peace and Miss Knickerbaker on The Eighteenth Amendment
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Stevens Point
wWis
Gladys Uynch
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Fails
I- Vision
Misa Lueing
Boozemaker Hurt After 50 Gallon Still Explodes
A 50 gallon still exploded in the basement of a Sioux City home, injuring the occupant severely and causing a house fire. The blast shattered windows, damaged the foundation, and fire crews found over 100 gallons of alcohol at the scene. Medical staff feared possible amputation as injuries to the man’s face and arm were serious.
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Sioux City
W. Heks
Weir
Mremon
Spirit Baby Near Death After Windmill Ladder Rescue
Dysart May 3 Vivian Con stance Robbins four years old narrowly escaped death when climbing forty feet up a windmill ladder near the revolving blades. Rescued by her mother, the child who attracted nationwide attention as an infant after a spirit medium linked her fate to Mrs Robbins great faith, had been restored to life by Mrs Sithons. The family later moved to California to head a Spiritualist colony before returning a year ago.
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Dysart
Iona
Vivian Constance Robbins
California
Mr. Robbins
Drag River Search for Body of Suspected Wife Slayer
Davenport Iowa authorities pressed a river search for Edward Vance feared to have drowned after killing his former wife Pearl Vance, a teacher and church worker. Inquest evidence showed Vance planned the murder, bought a revolver in Rock Island, and rode to the woman's house by taxi. A heavy guard surrounds local homes as Vance threatened to target others before his presumed suicide.
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Davenport
Mississippi
Edward Vance
Pearl Vance
Vance
Rock Island
Vanes
Lowden Declares He Will Not Seek Republican VP Nomination
Former candidate Lowden states under no circumstances will he be a vice presidential candidate. He announced today to Lieut. Gov. Siepeling that his decision is final and irrevocable after considering matters.
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K O. Lowden
Coal Lowden
Fred Siepeling
Students Strike Over Professor Not Rehired at University
Students walked out today after the Board of Managers refused to renew the contracts of two professors. Acting president Gean Waid submitted his resignation amid the controversy.
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Necaine
Likin University
Board of Managers ' Day
Gean Waid
Funeral services for Sarah Ham- Wigan at Petersen Bros.
Mortara MRS. SARAGT HAMILTON announces funeral services for Sarah Ham- Wigan at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Petersen Bros. undertaking parlors. Officers of Becker chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and the usual rites will be followed. Chapter officers to meet at Masonic temple 12:39 p.m. Members meet at First Congregational church 1:18 p.m. for body transport. Religious rites by Rev. C. I. Darling. Burial in Spring Creek township cemetery.
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Saragt Hamilton
Sarah Ham- Wigan
Petersen Bros
Chatre
Becker Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Firat Congregational Thureh
Ati
Darling
Spring Creak Township
Oldest English Bank to Be Consolidated by Cyn. Mils & Co
London May 3 Child a private bank traced to 1560 and famed as the oldest in England and perhaps the world will be absorbed by Cyn. Mils & Co under the will of the eighth Earl of lerses who died December 31. The bank housed historic figures from Oliver Cromwell to Nell Gwynn and James II, and is linked with Dickens era tale in Tolson’s.
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London
Child & A
England
Cyn. Mils & Co
Methodists Adopt Resolution Flaying Ku Klux Klanism
Springfield Mass May 3 A quadrennial Methodist convention adopted a resolution condemning the Ku Klux Klan and its hidden methods Proposed by Rev Robert Hayes of the Centre Missouri conference The resolution denounces disrespect and disobedience to the laws of the country and calls for firm stance against the Klan The measure was unanimously adopted a separate declaration of faith referred to a committee on the church
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Springfeid
Mass
Ku Klux Klan
Methodist Church
Robert Hayes
Centre Missouri
Actors Equity Wins Victory Over New York Managers
New York May 3 members of Actors Equity Association were assured that about 75 percent of legitimate theatres in New York and on the road would keep to the equity shop agreement. The Producing Managers' Association failed to reconsider its prior refusal to accept an equity casting rule requiring at least 80 percent equity actors in productions.
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New York
Actor's Equity Association
Producing Managers’ Association
Equity
Police Seek Klan Branch in Canada in Vancouver May 5
Police investigate reports that a Canadian Ku Klux Klan branch is being organized in Vancouver British Columbia. A Klan officer from the American Midwest is said to be overseeing initiation ceremonies in a ritual chamber with pomp and ceremony.
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Klan
Canada
Vancouver
B.C
Ku Klux, Klan
Middle West
Tepost
Boy Walks 188 Miles for Job as Reporter
Norwegian youth Olaf Larsen, age 19, walked from Burlington North Carolina to this city, a distance of 188 miles, to seek a position as reporter after reading articles by a famed editor in a popular War monthly. He secured the job on the local newspaper.
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Elizabeth Gitr
Olaf Larsen
Burlington
Senator McCormick Will Ask Recount in Illinois Primary
Senator McCormick said he would seek a recount of the Illinois Republican primary results where former Gov. Charles Doneen was reported to lead by about 5,000 votes. In Des Moines the Farmers' Savings Bank at Beaver, Illinois, with capitalization of 320,000, received a charter. officers listed include President Henry Bruns and Vice President E.R. Dorwn with H. A. Brice as cashier.
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Chicago
Medilt. McCormick
Charles Doneen
Beaver
Des Moines
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Ty Secretares
Walter Ramsey
Ibresident
Henry Bruns
E.R. Dorwn
Caghter
H. A.brice
Hicks
Leighton to Be Police Chief Beginning May
E A Leighton is named Waterloo police chief by mayoral appointment, taking over from W Walker on the first Monday in May. Leighton, 20 years in railroad policing, returns to Waterloo after senior roles with Rock Island and Illinois Central, commanding 24 officers on three eight hour shifts with three detectives and motorcycle officers. Walker remains on force. Leighton previously led Waterloo police from 1906 to 1910 and 1912 to 1916, later serving as a railroad special agent with Rock Island and Illinois Central, while residing at 1238 Wellington Street with his son Russell. Walker, chief for two years, will stay in the department and may assume a different assignment on Monday.
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Inijndis Central Aid
Rock Island
Ed Leighton
Police Department
Tme
Alghes
Leighton
Waterloo Police’ Department
Ichief
R. A. Doty
J. R. Ree J
M. Shores
RC. Thompson
Im Tope
Council Bluffs
Wanterloo
Wellington Strees
Russell
West High Fir
Orron Laighton
Walker
Gnacr
Tie
Pallinman
Civil Service
Rafter
Chier Walker
Waterine
Police de Ipartment
Waterloo
Tha’ Fess
Wafering State Briefs and Local Feats Across Iowa
Sac City notes two Iowa girls Misa and Carlie Williamson from Oskaloosa and Miss Eleanor Bumann from Hartley pass through on their way to the Pacific coast. Des Moines reports bachelors are cowards, quotes Douglas Araloch to Chamber of Commerce members. Marshalltown notes Frank Matschie survived a suicide attempt with a rifle. Centerville funeral services set for Senator James M. Wilson at the Methodist church with cremation in Des Moines.
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Sac City
Misa
Carlie Williamson
Oskaloosa
Eleanor Bumann
Hartley
Pacific Coast
Des Moines
Douglas Araloch
Chicaen
Chamber of Commerce
Frank
Matschie
Centerville
James M. Wilson
Centerville Methodist Church
Couzens and Mellon clash over tax and prohibition probe
The piece argues Senator Couzens used the Senate committee to pursue a personal feud with Secretary Mellon, aided by Gov. Pinchot, and to push an inquiry into prohibition enforcement. It cites Coolidge’s disapproval, Hepresented conflicts with the Pennsylvanian GOP, and calls for a focused probe of prohibition enforcement rather than tax issues.
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Couzen
Couzens
Senate
Congress
Melton
Pinchot
Frank Heney
Ileney
Heney
Treasury Department
Mellon
Coolidge
Income Tax Bureau
Givat
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senator Couzens
Poles vow faith in nation’s economic stability
Polish economist Antonie Wieniawski, member of the League of Nations advisory committee, says despite Bolshevik danger receding, the 1919 20 crisis nearly crippled the economy. He cites currency stabilization steps, a gold tax plan, a fortune tax expected to yield large revenue, and plans for a central bank under League guidance to restore confidence and balance.
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Precisunera
Mass
Polunk
Astria
Hungary
Antonie Wieniawski
Permanent
Hig
League of Nations
Wieciawski
Telegraph Briefs Roundup From Across The Nation
Annapolis reports secretary of the navy urged moderation in fleet winter maneuvers and praised its accomplishments. New York notes McClure syndicate profits split among nine principals and Clinton T. Brainard, ex-owner of Asheville. Washington records Att Gen Daugherty saying his suit against the Senate committee seeks to define a committee’s overreach into courts. Los Angeles mentions Pullman fare surcharges deemed unreasonable with a recommendation for their discontinuance. Los Angeles also notes the death of Mrs. Frank Wynkoop, 78, tied to Ford's Theatre era and Lincoln’s assassination inquiry.
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Annapolis
Curtis D. Waybur
Gald
United States
New York
McClure
Albest
Clinton T. Brainard
Asheville
N. C
Attorjney
Daugherty
yaanKako
Helen Truman
Ford’s
Washington
Lincoln
National Guards to Hold Elk Run Encampment Three Days
National Guard Company B plans a three day outdoor encampment at Elk Run from May 30 to June 1. Forty to sixty members will visit May 29 to set up a mesa hall and field range and will sleep in tents on Decoration Day. A parade, public tours, and a scouting demonstration are scheduled for Sunday June 1 with officers Capt Clyde Davis Lieut Ralph Ony and Second Lieut Otto Kaberly leading.
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Co. BR
National Guard
Mik Run
Co. B
Pplirs
Cody
Clyde Davis
Ralphony
Otto Kabérly
Attorneys Seek Discharge of Polk County Petit Jury
Des Moines May 3 attorneys investigating juror selection demanded the discharge of the May term Polk County district court petit jury panel and resignation of jury commission member Jen D Sims. They urged district court judges to act on the recommendation later today citing alleged improper juror placement on the January March and May term panels this year.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Jen D. Sims
Sims
Galli-Curci Enters Arizona Quarantine With Song
Opera star Madame Galli-Curci travels through Yuma quarantine in California to Phoenix for a concert, hums a tune as she endures disinfection and inspection. She travels with her husband Homer Samuels and party, stressing measures to prevent spread of foot and mouth disease.
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Yuma
Ariz
Madame Galli-Curci
California
Phoenix
Draise
Arizona
Rar
Homer Samuels
Bob-Hair Bootlegger Beats Bullet Barrage
Des Moines reports a bobbed hair bootlegger escaped a gunfire barrage during a pursuit after leaving a sack of several alcohol bottles with a man who aided her. The man, Pauw H. Surns, was arrested but claimed ignorance of the girl’s identity and the sack’s contents.
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Des Moines
Pauw H. Surns
Will Ask Rehearing for Condemned Man
A notice of intention to file a petition for rehearing of Archie Burris, colored, condemned to die for the killing of Hattie Renten in Ottumwa Iowa, was received by the supreme court clerk from attorney Dan Sterk Burris has until June 3 to submit the petition and a ruling will follow. If rehearing is granted the case will be reviewed as the January 1 term in 1925.
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Archie Burris
Hattie Renten
Ottumwa
Jsierk
Supreme Court
Dan Sterk
Burris
Secretary Weeks Urges One Year Enlistment Law Change
Washington May 2 The secretary urges amendment of the National Defense Act to end the authorization of one year enlistments in the army. Weeks sent letters to Senator Wadsworth and Representative McKenzie, chairmen of military committees, made public at the War Department. The department had not applied the provision before a recent attorney general opinion, but original one year enlistments resumed March 27.
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Washington, D. C
Wadsworth
McKenzie
War Department
Gustafson to Head Lutheran Brotherhood in Iowa
Gustafson of Des Moines, chief clerk of the state house, was chosen president of the Iowa Conference of the Lutheran Brotherhood at the annual meeting of Augustana Synod. Claus Anderson of Stanton is vice president with G L Lindquist of Fort Dodge as secretary and treasurer.
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Ottumwa
A. C. Gustafson
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Iowa
Luther Brotherhood
Augustana Synod
Lutheran Church
Claus L. Anderson
Stanton
G. L. Lindquist
Fort Dodge
New NY Chicago Airline Launches on Regular Schedule
Charles Dickinson aged 63, president of the Aero club of Minors, started a New York to Chicago passenger service on a regular schedule. He made the trip yesterday in eight hours and 15 minutes. The item notes consistent bobbed hair trends in a separate local school report with one teacher resisting full adoption.
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Chicago
Charles Dickinson
Aero Club of Minors
Guests of 2 Buckley at residence in Dubuque
Mr and Mrs Eldon Pischer and Mrs John Schoeder and their children Frank and Clara are guests at the C J Buckley residence 20 Wellington Dubuque. At the White House in Washington May 3 Edwin Denby former Secretary of the Navy called on President Onlidce but said it was merely a friendly visit.
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Buckley
Eldon Pischer
John Schoeder
Frank
Clara
Dubuque
C. J. Buckley
Wellington
Radio Corp Favoring Japanese Propaganda Claims Rise
Washington May 3 Senator Shartridge says Hoover was asked about investigations into the Radio Corporation of America and its dealings with foreign governments. He claims Japanese propaganda had free circulation at a local broadcasting station and five congressmen wanted to broadcast on the subject.
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Washington, D. C
Radio ~ Corporaton of America
Hoover
Shartridge
Radio Corporation
Preacher Pursues Daughter to Altar in Iowa Town
In Council Bluffs on May 3 Rev. W. Goodrow a preacher and businessman from New Underwood South Dakota pursued his 19 year old daughter Hester to marry Ray E. Edie formerly principal of the consolidated school at New Underwood Edie lists Emerson Iowa as his home as the wedding closes the pursuit amid unusual social shock and local attention
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Council Bluffs, Te
W. Goodrow
New Underwood
Ss. B
Hester
Council Bluffs
Ray E. Edie
Tacentiy
Edie
Emerson
Dr G K K Initiation Planned for May 8
Omar temple No 188 D A K I K plans a large ceremonial and initiation on May 8 in Maquoketa. Grand vizier Walter IR French announces a big class, featuring a famous drill team from Ben de Mycer tent. Dinner is at 6 30 PM at K P hall, parade to follow at 7 18 AM with drill team officers band candidates and members.
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Omar Temple
Walter IR
Ben de Mycer
Maquoketa
K. of P. Hall
Half Minute Tornado Wrecks Three Buildings
Whitehall May 3 a freak twister lasting seconds wrecked three buildings with no injuries. The tornado, believed to be tail end of south Atlantic event, caused rain and lightning. Estimated damage about 1,000 dollars.
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Whitehall
South Atlantic
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