Dramatic rescue as Buford saves Tokuyo Maru survivors
Fifty survivors reached Seattle after the Tokuyo Maru burned off the Oregon coast. The US Army transport Buford evacuated 43 more from lifeboats and sea, while 22 reported recovery. Nine others, including eight dead, were accounted for amid intense heat, explosions, and icy water.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Oregon
Carly
Buford
Alexander Berkman
Mma! Goldman
Russia
Atvide
Tansport
Congress in Brief Faces Currency and Agriculture Actions
Today in Congress, committee sessions tackle a bill to abolish the office of the currency controller, with hearings on related banking and currency issues. The Rules Committee weighs mediation for a joint Senate-House inquiry into the agricultural situation, while the Interstate Commerce subcommittee continues war risk insurance hearings. Naval affairs committees outline the session’s legislative program as the Appropriations panel reviews a deficiency bill and McCumber and Simmons prepare to open debate on the emergency tariff.
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United Ireax
HOUSE
Samuel T. Ansel
Lerge Doll
Banking
Lome Trolier
Senate
Interstate Commerce
Naval Atairs Camelltes
Appropriations Committee
Beach project deemed unwise amid river front funding clash
River front commission opposes the Cedar River park bathing beach plan citing high bids and uncertain permanence. Only about $2,000 on hand, needing $3,175 with delivery, unless city groups propose a financing method. Mayor Prisbie away, project to stay in abeyance pending options.
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River Front Commission
Cedar River Park
Vaterlo Technical Society
River Body
Plowman
H.R. Plowman
Masral
River Front
River Front Commissioners
Park Commission
N. OW. Prisbie
Woman asks city attorney to rule on funeral speed limit
A Dallas woman phoned City Attorney Collins asking for a ruling on funeral procession speed. Under cross examination she admitted as mourner she drove a low powered car unable to keep pace with the hearse, traveling 27 miles per hour.
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Dallas
Tex
Collins
Wage Cut Prevents Settling Sea Strike
Washington May 4 Prospects for an immediate settlement of the shipping wage controversy were not bright after a conference today among Secretaries Davis Hoover and shipping interests. Davis planned to meet again with union spokesmen as shipping men resisted wage cuts and related demands. The Shipping Board would press the 15 percent wage reduction ordered by Chairman Benson last Saturday.
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Associated Phose
Washington, D
Davis
Hoover
Shipping Board
Benson
Newberry Indictments to Be Nolle Prossed
Formal notice sent to United States District Attorney Walker in Grand Rapids Michigan to nolle prose all pending indictments against Senator Newberry. Department of Justice announced the move following the Supreme Court decision on Monday clearing Newberry.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Attorner Walker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nolle Presse
Newberry
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
All France Joins in High Honors to Name of Napoleon
France observes the centenary of Napoleon's death with ceremonies at Paris landmarks and tributes at Notre Dame and the Sorbonne. A grand Arc de Triomphe military review will close the two day observance, with War Minister Louis Barthay presiding and troops saluting the Bonaparte monument. At St Helena, two living tortoises and a parrot named Napoleon recall the emperor's stay as the hundredth anniversary marks the exile legacy.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Gap
Napoleon
the Invalides
Notre Dame
Cardinal Dubois
Berlioz
Victor Berari
Sorbonne
Arc de Triomphe
Louis Barthay
Republic
Millerand
Bonaparte
Jamestown
Island of St. Helena
Gen. Bonaparte
Addie Ades Adventures Chapter 51 A Boss Sees Value In Boy
In a Minute-2-Day Serial scene Addie tells Sal about a boy brought to see the boss for a job in the office. The boss hires the boy on the spot after a brief test and the boy boasts of his business sense. The tale includes a visit to the Courier for ad options and a price dispute over used typewriters.
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Addia
Sal
Cortse
Scott
Boowlegged Actress Undergoes Leg Straightening
Chicago report describes Edna Hodges wife of Jimmy Hodges, a musical company prima donna, having her legs straightened after fractures caused by Dr Max Thorek at American hospital. She will stay in bed six weeks and then wheelchair six weeks. Hodges plans a surprise for her husband and to be photographed in a one piece bathing suit.
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United Press
Chicago
Edna Hodges
Jimmy Hodges
Max Thorek
American Hospital
Hodges
Norfolk
Varl
Local business teachers to attend central convention
The Waterloo Business College full teaching staff will attend the Central Commercial Teachers Association annual convention in Fort Dodge starting tomorrow, lasting three days. Attendees include Miss Nellie Mosier, Mrs Phaye Thompson, Miss Mary S Horner president, and Bruce F Gates among others.
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Waterloo Business College
Central Commercial Teachers' Association
Fort Dodge
Nellie, Mosier
Phaye Thompson
Mary S. Horner
Aimon F. Gates
Bruce F. Gates
Anna Young
Neva Lizer
Horner
Gates
Association
Flood follows levee break near Georgetown Ark
The White River levee roughly 150 feet long gave way about noon five miles above Georgetown Ark flooding a wide area. Georgetown lies about 70 miles northwest of Stelena, as reports from the scene describe. The American Railway Express company told its 80,600 employees it planned wage revisions beginning soon.
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Associated Press
Stelena
Ark
White River
Georgetown
Here
New York
American Railway Express Company
Union Mill Employee Clocks Forty Years Without Missing A Day
68 year old Union Mill worker Payne marks four decades at Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co. never late, often early, with only three weeks sick in total. He started at 28, rising from packer to shipments chief, and recounts first 15 years as a bustle of nonstop work. Payne notes strong management and employer generosity during illness, while continuing to work with a firm sense of duty. He lives on Jefferson Street, lost his wife Effie in 1893, and has two sons Dee (deceased) and Glen, a locomotive engineer in Sioux Falls.
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Union Mill
Sleury Payne
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union MI Co
Payne
Waterloo
Winthrop
W. L. Wwingworth
Cedar Falls
East Mill
Mr. Illingworth
W. A. Dugane
A. McDonald
W. J. Peddicord
Glear Bown
Lllingworth
Altho
Sekferson Street
Wlingworth
Dee
Glen
Milwaukee Railway
Sioux Falls, SD
Payre
Effie Bumgardner
W.V
Hen Without Plumage in Odd Fire Dream Drama
Hablontowr reports the Ford family’s burning hen story advances to a new chapter as Kiddy’s nest burns leaving one chick, eight others survive in the barnyard. The mother hen, bare of feathers, continues caring for her brood though the absence of plumage threatens warmth at night. Neighbors discuss protective inventions to aid the hen and chicks and wish for a full dream to be completed.
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Ford
Kiddy
Altho
Biddy
Germany and allies discuss new bond plan and reparations
London reports the allied government’s financial plan for Germany split into two parts. One legal portion follows the Versailles treaty, the other covers guarantees bonds and interest, with Germany to receive a separate favorable modification later. Officials say form questions, not essentials, are being studied as Fehrenbach refrains from full discussion.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Reparations Commission
Receivership Sought for Kiester-Hall Seed Firm
Application for receivership filed in district court by Jutter Hardware Stewart-Simmons and Repass Auto claiming debts of 344 46 815 and 26 respectively. George Hall named temporary receiver as H E Kiester resigns as president to protect assets and stockholders. Assets listed at 75 000 to 80 000 with about 60 000 liabilities including 24 000 of seed stock and 20 000 in payable bills. Kiester-Hall founded two years ago during a market slump. finances show monthly losses and gradual decline from 1920 to 1921.
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Kiester-Hall Seed Company
Jutter Hardware Company
Stewart-Simmons Company
Repass Auto Company
George Hall
Red
Railroad Y M C A Tops National Drive With 303 Members
The Waterloo Railroad Y M C A reports final membership 303 after close of the national drive, leading Illinois Central western terminals. Centralia follows with 294, aided by its status as a terminal for three railroads, boosting eligible railroad workers.
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Waterloo
Ilinois Central
Faes
Centralia
Ill
Nashua Boy Brave Under Operation
Rex Corey nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Corey in Nashua Iowa underwent an appendectomy Sunday with only local anesthesia due to a persistent coughing spell making general anesthesia risky. He remained awake and talked with the doctors during the procedure and recovery.
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Nashua
Earl Corey
Frozen Credits and Postwar Readjustment Say No General Trouble
W P G Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Board told about 7 000 delegates at the eighth national trade convention there is no danger of a general financial crisis in the United States He described frozen credits and urged a automatic thaw through renewed business activity He warned against forcible liquidation and urged courage confidence and safer business foundations for permanent prosperity In Dallas a negress defends her oil land claim amid a court fight over Homer Louisiana fields worth millions of dollars awaiting further action
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Cleveland
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Eserve Board
Washington
Harding
Harcing
Federal Reserve Board
United Press
Dallas
Tex
Hill Street
Lillie Gussie
Taylor
Louisiana State Supreme Court
Homer
Negress Wins Suit For Louisiana Oil Lands Worth Vast Sum
A Louisiana appeals court case in New Orleans could establish a woman's title to oil lands in Claiborne parish once she proves holdings. Estimates place the lands between 680 thousand and 15 million dollars, with her lawyers taking half of any winnings as compensation while she remains in poverty.
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Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Lend
Claiborne Parish
Lilie
Senator McKinley Elected President of MV Association
New Orleans May 4 Senator William B McKinley campaign Tl was elected president of the Mississippi Valley association at the third annual convention. Gov John A Parker of Louisiana was named Honorary president, McKinley succeeds Harry H Merrick of Chicago who was chosen a vice president.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sena
William B. McKinley
Champaign
Mississippi Valley Association
John A. Parker
Louisiana
McKinley
Harry H. Mer ‘Rick
Chicago
Izade
Building Craftsmen Attend G W A Conciliation Meet
Assurances say Waterloo crafts will be well represented at a meeting of citizens in Greater Waterloo Association rooms tonight. A 19 member committee, formed from a 50 member group, will study the building stagnation and lead efforts to solve the problem with H. M. Reed as chairman. All city building crafts have been invited to participate.
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Waterloo
Greater Waterloo Association
H. M. Reed
City in Brief Des Moines trips and local notices
W. F. Parrott was in Des Moines on business and J. Cleaver, now of Oklahoma City, also visits Waterloo on business. William A. Cooke, Waterland attorney, will be in Hampton for the rest of the week. Miss M. P. Egerton returns from St Paul after her sister Dorcas Edgerton’s death. Miss Blanche Bayless of Waterloo ill with pneumonia after surgery. The Black Hawk County Good Roads committee organized and financed the marking of the B. Y. OD highway 15 miles south of Waterloo. Dental offices deny relocation rumors. A Yyaw Hat Shop sale advertises 50 percent off. The H. and D. Blue Line transport was sold to Woodyard Bros. The Graduate Nurses club meets at Mrs Hokirk’s tomorrow at 2 pm.
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J. ©. Cleaver
Oklahoma City
Okla
William A. Cooke
Hampton
M. P. Egerton
St. Paul
Minn
Dorcas Edgerton
Blanche Bayless
Waterloo
J. C. Des Marins
Grundy Center
Vai
B. Y
Good Roads Committee
Black Hawk
Yyaw Hat Shop
Bridge St
Transport Line
H. & D. Blue Line
Woodyard Bros
Laboratories Sue Serum Firm for 15000 Damages
Waterloo Serum Laboratories files suit in Black Hawk district court against United Serum company Kansas City Mo seeking 15000 and costs. Plaintiffs allege sale of defective improperly prepared serums caused hog deaths while attempting to immunize against disease and harmed local farmers and veterinarians. H C Utley named as Waterloo representative. Joseph D Cecil, president, cites widespread hardship and resulting blacklist for the laboratories.
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Waterloo Serum Laboratories, Inc
Black Hawk County
United Serum Company
Kansas City
H. C. Utley
Waterloo
Joseph D. Cecil
Waterloo Serum Laboratory, Inc
Waterloo Serum Laboratories
Waterloo Serum Labs Firm in Eight Years of Local Business
In a court filing, damages up to fifteen thousand dollars are cited. Mr. Cecil notes Waterloo Serum Laboratories, Inc. has operated in the area for eight years. The plaintiff is represented by Pickett Swisher and Farwell, attorneys.
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Cecil
Waterloo Serum Laboratories, Inc
Pickett, Swisher & Farwell
Paul Tate Hurts In Holland Auto Wreck At 15
Paul Tate age 15 son of Rev M L Tate formerly of this city was badly injured Sunday evening in an automobile crash near Holland Michigan where the family now lives Two companions were severely hurt A letter from Rev Mr Tate says Paul is expected to recover but suffers greatly One leg and an arm are broken the other leg badly cut and the forehead and cheek injured The crash occurred when a freight train crossed the car's path and the driver attempted to miss it hitting a tree destroying the automobile
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Paul Tate
M. L. Tate
Holland
Mich
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