Congress Debates Haugen Bill and Political Scrutiny
The House passes the Haugen farm relief measure with a 204 to 121 vote, rejecting Aswell’s identical substitute. observers doubt President Coolidge will sign. Other items cover liquor law issues, third-term fears in Iowa politics, and a Washington editorial threat about intoxicated lawmakers.
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Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Representative Aswell
Liouwisiana
House
Padlocked Chicago cafes emblem of postwar night life crackdown
Chicago May 4 padlocking of Fred Manns Rainbo gardens and a dozen other famed cafes ends a era of postwar speak easy nightlife. Federal judge Lindley ordered a one year closure after Mann pled guilty to permitting drinking on premises. Undercover agents testified patrons drank from hip flasks as ginger ale and ice were supplied.
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Chicago
Near North Side
Fred Mann
Mann
Walter G. Lindley
Benedict Short
Jef Mann
Althe Fit
Rainbow Gardens
Rainbo Gardens
William Hale Thompson
Gardens
Washington
Mellon
Hero Ben Jackson Rescues Three Youths at City Reservoir
In Mb Vernon on May 4 Ben Jackson was hailed as a hero after rescuing Howard Warren Wheeler Warren and Les from drowning. He paddled a damaged boat with a board to reach the floundering youths and pulled them to safety despite his own danger of drowning.
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Mb Vernon
INS
Ben Jackson
Jackson
Howard
Wheeler Warren
Les
Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Wife Slaying
Ta. May 4 A- Waller BE Johnson was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury for the December killing of his wife. He faced a first degree charge, admitted ignorance of the night’s events, and was wounded. Testimony highlighted heavy drinking. Johnson’s young daughter testified for the state.
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Bere
Council Biuits
Johson
Johnson
T Hut
Former Town State Co ed Granted Divorce in Denver
Denver May 4 A divorce decree was granted to Mrs Helen Montgomery former Town State college co ed from Cleli V Montgomery former Ames football star. She charged nonsupport and was awarded custody of two sons. They wed in Grand Junction April 1919.
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Denver
Colo
Helen Montgomery
Town State College
Cleli V. Montgomery
Ames
Montgomery
Grand Junction
Paper Delivery Cutoff Notice
The Courier will be delivered at your home before 30 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, please phone the office before 6 58 p.m. A copy of the paper will be sent to you.
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Sia
Men Who Are Making Waterloo
L. D. Miller arrived in Waterloo in 1887 with 17 cents and built a career. He now leads Crystal Ice & Fuel Co., serves on the Waterloo Building & Loan board, and holds posts at Commercial National, Morris Plan, and Dairy Cattle Congress.
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L. D. Miller
Waterloo
Crystal Ice & Furl Co
Aghicucture
Dairy Cattle Congress
Morris Plan
Andloaw
Bate
Denison bill to extend government barge line service
Washington D C Mass The Denison bill to extend the government barge line service to tributaries of the Mississippi river was approved today by the house commerce committee. The Inland Waterways corporation would have its capital stock trebled to 15 million dollars and the secretary of war would oversee extension and operation after safe navigation channels and adequate terminals are established.
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Washington, D. C
Mass
Denison
Mississippi River
House Commerce Committee
Inland Waterways Corporation
Secretary of War
Surgeons Remove Pin From Youth’s Appendix
In Des Moines on May 4, surgeons operated on Chester Howell, 16, for appendicitis and found a brass pin about two inches long lodged in the appendix. The pin had pierced the organ and may have been in his body since early childhood.
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Des Moines
Chester Howell
Iowa Weather and Highways Report Snapshot
Waterloo reports cloudy with dirt roads muddy but passable without chains. Council Bluffs cloudy and muddy. Boone cloudy and cool with side roads muddy. Fort Dodge fair and good. Creston cloudy with mud. Cedar Rapids cloudy and good. Dubuque rAL dirt roads slippery. Clinton cloudy and good. Davenport cloudy and good. Muscatine cloudy and good. Keokuk partly cloudy and good. Town City fair and good. Sioux City cloudy and muddy. Mason City cloudy and fair.
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Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Boone
Fort Dodge
Creston
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Town City
Sioux City
Mason City
Status of Homebrew in Iowa Undecided by Federal Jurors
A Des Moines jury deadlocked on whether selling materials for homebrew with knowledge of illicit use is illegal in Iowa. The panel, nine to three for acquittal, was discharged by District Judge Martin J. Wade after seven hours of deliberation in the case against Max Silberman. Re trial date not set.
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Commonwealth
Des Moines
Iowa
Martin J. Wade
Max Silberman
Wade
Civil War veteran E B McKeever dies at 83
Moline Illinois May 4 E B McKeever a Civil War veteran and former newspaper publisher died early today at age 83 He enlisted at 18 and served through many engagements He was at one time superintendent of schools of Rock Island County His son J H McKeever edits the Aberdeen American in South Dakota
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Moline
Mie
Canot
E. B. McKeever
Rock Island County
J. H. McKeever
Aberdeen
S. D
General Motors Leads Price Rally On Wall Street
New York stock market today saw a sharp advance led by General Motors along with American Can United States Steel and General Electric. GM rose above 200 a share for the first time in its current form as demand surged with over 4 million shares traded and about 36 percent converted.
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New York
General Motors
American Can
United , States Steel
General Electric
General
Washington Daily News Calls Out Quoted Drunk Legislators
The Washington Daily News editorial proposes publishing visible intoxication of any dry member of the house or senate on duty. It condemns lawmakers discussing state affairs while drunk and accuses pro prohibition voting members of hypocrisy and privilege.
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Washington Daily News
House
Senate
Washington, D. C
Three Boys Die in Farm House Fire
In Tasterville Iowa a farm house fire killed three boys Lee 4 Lovell 6 and 7 sons of William Mathis. Mathis was badly burned while trying to rescue them from the blaze.
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Tasterville
U.P
Lee
Lovell
William Mathiis
Mathis
Bishop Bast Trial Looms at Methodist Conference
A 17 member church jury at Kansas City presides over the Bishoy Anton Bast case. Bishop Francis J. McConnell leads proceedings as defense centered on a book about charity funds. The conference faces a clash between fundamentalists and modernists over biblical interpretation and alleged modernistic teachings.
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Kansas City
UWP
Bishoy Anton Bast
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Bast
Methodist
Episcopal General Conferences
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh
Bishop Bast
Bishop Gast
Harold P. Sloan
Haddonfield
N. J
Dr. Sloan
Standing Committee On
Church
Chicago Woman Is Auto Wreck Victim
Mrs. Carrie Chapman 42 is fatally injured and Mrs. Elizabeth Chicago is in hospital with a fractured skull after an automobile wreck near Odessa Missouri on the St Louis Kansas City road. S W Chapman 24, son of Mrs Chapman, was badly bruised as the car overturned and burned, trapping her under the steering wheel.
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Kansas Gilby
INS
Carrie Chapman
Lally
Elizabeth
Chicago
S. W. Chapman
Chapman
Odessa
St. Louis
Kansas City
Gas Leak Forces Time Flier Down
Lieut Royal Thomas was forced to descend at 11 50 p m after gasoline leakage during a flight that began Wednesday. He had broken the longest solo flight record held by Col Charles A Lindbergh by about one and a half hours, with a 20 hour run before the issue forced a return.
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Roosevelt. Field
U.P
Royal Thomas
Thomas
Charles A. Lindbergh
British Ship Sinks Steamer and Rescues Crew
The Greek steamer Toannis Fatalios sank in the English Channel a day after a collision with the British supply ship Bacchus. The crew were believed to have jumped into the water but were rescued by Bacchus and are being taken to Portsmouth.
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London
U.P
Toannis Fatalios
English
Bacchus
Portsmouth
Remembrances of War Time Food Shortages in France
Erville C. Andrews recalls postarmistice Yanks near Bordeaux, describing a large government warehouse with sugar and frozen beer and the difficulty in obtaining rations. He notes food tending to the front and scarce serving for troops at the camp near Paris.
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France
Erville C. Andrews
Commercial Street
Andrews
Thirtythird Field Artillery
Eighth
Bordeaux
Paris
Ships crash sinks Bacchus May 4 near Dorset coast
London May 4 U P reports the British naval supply ship Bacchus sinking off the south coast after colliding with the Greek steamer Ioannis Fafalios of 3122 tons. Ioannis Fafallos sank fast with 22 crew rescued by Bacchus. Bacchus headed to Portsmouth dockyard with bow damage.
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London
U.P
Bacchus
Ioannis Fafalios
Shy
Walsh withdraws from Montana primary bid after Smith support
Senator Thomas J. Walsh announces he is dropping all further efforts to promote his candidacy. He cites the California primary result showing Democrats favor Governor Smith and predicts other states will follow.
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Washington
D.C
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
W. W. McDowell
New York
California
Guv. Smith
Smith
McDewelt
Condemnation Hearing Planned For Deere Switch Land
The state railroad commission set May 37 for a hearing on the Wa tterton Cedar Falls Northern rail road petition to condemn 3.11 acres northwest of Thompson avenue near Washburn to build switching facilities for the Deere tractor company expansion. Ann Beeson Purdy owns the land and has refused to sell.
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The
State Railroad Commission
Watterton, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
Jam Deere “Tractor Company
Ann Beeson Purdy
Thompson Avenue
Washburn Pone
Short Interviews With Home Folks
A resident from Williston Avenue describes Martha Street as a one block long quagmire during spring melts. Walter B. Manahh a post office clerk cites a neighbor’s car getting stuck in the mud and swampy street conditions after a recent rain.
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Martha Street
Walter BE
Manahh
Williston Avenue
Uye
Japanese Send More Troops and Warships to China
Reports from Tokio and Shanghai detail Japan routing 46 officers and 2000 troops to Tsingtao, with four destroyers ordered to China as clashes at Tsinanfu intensify. Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-Shek attack Japanese positions, many civilians and foreigners killed, and looting continues amid fragile order.
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Tokio
China
Tsinan
Shantung
Tokyo
T'sinan
Shanghai
W.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsinar
Chiang ai-Shek
Chiang
Dairen
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Chiang Keal-Shek
Sinan
Japan
Tsinfan
Althe
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Mutth
Henry George
Clyars
Bruce
Griggs
MO Miller
Island
Stectss
SMU
Cichwty
Amiman Ford
L. D. Miller Tei
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Mississippi
Price Ale
Nawkeye
Iowa City
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Seco
Bishop MrsConnell
Toingtag
Omith
Deere
May
United States
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Sharighsi
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