Berlin Riots Claim 24 Lives Over Four Days
Berlin reports show 24 people killed and over 150 wounded in four days of May Day riots across Neukolln and Wedding districts. Charles Mackay of the Waitara Daily News was among the dead. police used machine guns as barricades rose and snipers fired, with 36 officers wounded and dozens treated at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
JIKS
Charles Mackay
Paul Waymar
Vossische Zeitung
Mackay
Nelson
New Zealand
Hermann Street
Neukoolln
Waitara Daily News New Zealand
Prnce
Wedding
Selchawer Strest
Georges Lueppke
Democrats Plan to Use Business in Party Lineup
The piece discusses Democratic strategy leveraging business interests to attack the G O P on trade and foreign affairs. It notes fears of tariff retaliation harming prosperity and disputes over Hoover administration policies affecting farmers and western states. It also lists building permits and marriage licenses in a local notices section.
U S Germany Reach Agreement on Reparation Total
Reports say the reparations package totals about 456 million dollars with a 11th year increase and provisions for paid merchandise as partial settlement. Morgan plans leave May 3. Berlin chatter hints at further talks with the Reichsbank. Hoover aides reaffirm US stance on land armaments while Geneva talks remain technical.
Flames Damage Upper Floors of Lutheran College
A fire at Grand View College in Des Moines damaged upper floors, with losses estimated at $15,000. The dormitory assembly and recitation hall were ruined but six residents escaped unharmed. Rev. Dr. Redholm said classes will continue in the gymnasium until repairs are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Grand View College
Danish Lutheran Synod
Mem
Wonrten
Redholm
Iowa Banker's Wife Ends Life With Gas
Mrs Chrriotta Bopp 60 wife of Ta E Bopp Hawkeye va tanker committed suicide by inhaling gas in her hotel apartment in Minneapolis. Health issues believed cause. She left notes asking Miss Laure Betty of West Vancouver Canada and E J Porter and Bougal McKilleop of Partage Laprintiio Kenya to be fled of her path.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chrriotta Bopp
E. Bopp
Hawkeye
Laure Betty
Sixth Avenue
West Vancouver
B. C
E. J. Porter
Bougal McKilleop
Partage Laprntiio, Kiettioba
Canada
Swindler Making Fifties Out of Tens in Milwaukee
Milwaukee police said a con artist skilled at altering serial digits of small banknotes has passed about 20 counterfeit fifties in the city area. The suspect, described as an expert at tampering with tens to create fifties, has distributed the notes locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Win
PHA
House Bill Hike FA-Farm Tariff Rate Completed
Washington D C May 4 a new tariff bill revising the Fordney McCumber act and carrying large increases to protect American industries and agriculture was virtually completed by the house ways and means committee today It will be presented to congress Tuesday Chairman Hawley said the bill is completed and ready for a final vote with no anticipated further changes About 15 percent of the rates have been raised with increases in textile duties wool and cotton cement and other agricultural products Also higher duties on flax corn and several chemical schedules Sugar, cement and other items remain the center of debate as the committee plans days of scrutiny before final passage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House, Ways and Means
Congress
Hawley
Oregon
Hoover
Des Moines Pilot Killed in Spin Over Davenport
Des Moines pilot Chester P. Sutherland age 92 died when his plane fell 1000 feet at the Davenport airport while teaching student Jack Coin age 21 to fly. Coin was severely injured with a broken leg and internal injuries. recovery doubtful. Sutherland a World War veteran resigned as rural mail carrier last week and came to Davenport as flying instructor. He will be buried in Des Moines where his widow two children and father reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
A.R
Chester P. Sutherland
Des Moines
Jack Coin
Sutherland
Coln
Congress Doings Snapshot From Recent Sessions
Congress activities through Friday show House adjournment for the weekend while Senate panels pursue farm relief, Mellon probe, and election contest actions. Senate moves include tax and licensing bills, Shipstead appointment, and Hurley nomination. Fed Reserve raises rediscount rate in Kansas City to 5 percent effective next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Pjn
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Three Children Die in Flames of Home
A gasoline stove explosion ignited a fire in Newcastle Pennsylvania killing Dorothy Stevens 14 William Stevens 13 and Virginia Stevens 9 who were asleep in bed. Their mother Mrs William Stevens escaped with Eleanor 4 but was seriously burned. Margaret Stevens 19 had left for work at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Wir
William Stevens
Dorothy
Willam
Virginia
Eleanor
Stevens
Margaret
Hold Three Men in Lace Peddling Case
Cedar Rapids police held three men William Williamson 27 William McMillan 23 and David McMillan 24 on charges of peddling lace of questionable value without a license. A woman buyer's complaint led to arrests after she suspected the lace’s quality. They claimed the lace was Scottish made and sold hundreds of dollars of it locally, though authorities say it was cheap machine made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
WAR— Police
William Williamson
William McMiLan
David McMillan
Scotland
Altho
Woman Slayer Hangs Self in Cell
Mrs Stella Mae Johnson a county jail prisoner who shot and killed her husband while he slept April 2 hanged herself in her cell today awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge. Despondent over confinement she used a blanket tied to the cell window to end her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow
IRS
Stella Mae Johnson
Hersel
Fearful mother doubts elopement in Tennessee case
Atlantic Tennessee on May 4 reports Mrs. Leon Marvin expressing fear that her daughter Fay Marvin 14 and Kenneth Judd 18 who disappeared Monday may have been harmed. She rejects elopement as a possibility and voices concern over foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Fay Marvin
Kenneth Judd
Leon Marvin
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Compiled
Mortuary notices report the burial for Christian Weise 79 who died in Los Angeles from a stroke. He will be buried in Ackley within days with survivors in Gladbrook and Minneapolis among others. Funeral plans remain uncompleted per daughter Mrs Snyder. Ellen Breck of Charles City dies at her son's home and funeral will be at Kerkhoven Minnesota. Peter Krpon killed after being run over by a locomotive to be buried at Calvary. Dale Haut dies in Nashua with services pending in Nashua and at her home.
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Christian Wesse
Christian Weise
Werterloo
Ackley
Hubbard and
Mooreville
Los Angeles
M. OH
Snyder
Mobile Street
Na Aon
A C
Weise
Gladbrook
Faether
Boyder
N. H. Morehead
Minneapolis
N. H. Norton
Frank Bros
Germany
Flubbard
Ackrey
Ellen Breck
Elen Breck
Charles City
Walter Beck
Secor
Kerkhoven
Mini
Bartal
Peter Krpon
Tay Pater i
Rpon
Mary's Catholic Church
Theodosius Plassmeyer
Calvary
Dale Haut
Mra
Dale Hall
Tne
Nashua
Nashue
Temperatures Forecast a Wide Friday to Saturday Drop
Frigid air moves in with lower highs expected Friday and Saturday. The forecast calls for plunging temperatures across the region with overnight lows dipping near freezing in many towns.
Hobo knocked out by auto while leaving train
Ernest Batley of New London Conn 46 was struck by a hit and run driver as he swung from an Illinois Central freight train at Independence avenue crossing. He remained in very serious condition at St Francis hospital with a possible skull fracture and shock.
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Ernest Batley
New London
Conn
Illinois Central
Independence Avenue
St. Francis J Hospital
Bailey
Sel. P. E
Walker
Charles Pickens
St. Francis Hospital
U C Troops Begin Border Withdrawal In Mexico
U S troops start pulling back from the Arizona Mexico border under Maj Gen Willian Lassiter orders. Twelve planes return to Fort Crockett, six to Fort Sam Houston, field artillery heads home, cavalry and machine guns stay a week. The Bisbee contingent heads back to Fort D A Russell as rebel leaders flee north, reducing border protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Arizona-Mexico
Willan Lassiter
Eighth Corps
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Fort Sam Houston
Bisbee
Ariz
Naco
Mexico
Fort D. A. Russell
Lassiter
United States
Des Moines Hosts Central Commercial Teachers Meet
More than 200 typists and shorthand experts from Iowa compete in commerce tests at the convention. W. R. Hamilton of Mason City is elected president, succeeding R. M. Phillips of Des Moines. Other officers include Chester Jones Des Moines vice president W. M. Bryant Lincoln Neb treasurer and Mrs Nellie Poe Waterloo secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Central Commercial Teachers’ Association
W. R. Hamilton
Mason City
R. M. Phillips
Chester Jones
W. M. Bryant
Lincoln
Neb
Nellie Poe
Waterloo
Oakland Chassis Center of Interest at Morris Showroom
The Oakland Pontiac division of Morris Motor Co shows a copper plated cutaway Oakland chassis at 308 Fifth Street East. The model is demonstrated with an electric motor powering its moving parts, drawing scores of curious visitors today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Morris Motor Company
Fifth Street East
Witness Held In Torch Slaying Case In White Plains
Gene Bussey a Johns Hopkins student told of a love affair with Mrs Dorothy Peacock and is held as a material witness in the torch slaying of a young woman. Police report Karl Cox the husband confessed to strangling his wife and burning the body in a White Plains incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Gene Bussey
Johns, Hopkins University
Dorothy Peacox
Bussey
New York
Karl F. Peacox
Three Die in Home Explosion in Lebanon Family
Mrs. Frank Carter dies as death toll reaches three from a fire caused by a coal stove explosion at the Carter home. Two of the deceased are sons Willard, 2, and Harold, 2 months. Paul, 4, lies near death. the blaze started after coal gas likely accumulated in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Frank Carter
Carter
Willard
Harold
Paul
Yanks Win Special Golf Foursome at Edinburgh
Edinburgh May 4. Bobby Cruleckshank and Tommy Armour Americans slated for the British Open at Muirfield beat British players Henry Cotton and Charles Whitcombe in a 36 hole practice foursome. The Americans won 4 up and 2 to play with $2,500 inside bets on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
Iks
Bobby Cruleckshank
Tommy Armour
Muirfield
Henry Cotton
Charles Whitcombe
Motorcycle Officer Hoke Injured in Cedar Rapids Crash
In Cedar Rapids on May 4 officer George Hoke was seriously hurt after colliding with a car driven by Davis Mackey. He suffered a fractured right leg, a chipped calf bone, and possible internal injuries. He was in the hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
U.P
George Hoke
Davis Mackey
Hoke
Mickey
Pull Out of Snow Drift Leads to Arrest on False Pretense
City Detective Hugh Crumline arrested Henry Mehl near Casebeer Heights after a $2 check bounced, tied to a claim of pulling a Fayette county farmer from a snowdrift. The warrant, issued by a Justice at West Union, charged Mehl with obtaining money by false pretenses. Mehl later made good the check and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh R. Crumline
Fayette County
Henry Mehl
Casebeer Heights
Justice of the Place
West Union
Mehl
Lone Delegate at Woman's Meeting Subdues Intruder
Sioux City Iowa May 4 A national convention of B P O Does closed ahead of schedule yesterday after an intruder disrupted the session. Mrs Lulu Walrod of Fort Dodge saved the meeting by stepping on a mouse and carrying it outside before the delegates could continue.
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Sioux City
Lulu Gollson Walred
Fort Dodge
Mohawk Flood Wrecks Kidderville After Dam Burst
A Mohawk river flood from Balsam dam in Colebrook New Hampshire devastated the Kidderville hamlet. Water rose 20 feet in minutes washing out highways and eight to nine houses disappeared into the river. Dam failure followed heavy rain prompting evacuation warnings for local families.
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Colebrook
N. H
Mohawk River
Connecticut River
Dixville Notch
Balsam Dam
Kidderville
Fraulein Stinnes Visits Des Moines
Fraulein Clairemore Stinnes daughter of Hugo Stinnes the German steel magnate visited Des Moines on May 4 travelling by motor from Kansas City with C A Soderstrom of Sweden and H L Dickey of New York. They plan to continue to Chicago as her two year world journey continues.
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Des Moines
W.P
Fraulein Clairemore Stinnes
Hugo Stinnes
der Molina
Remembering Stephen Foster’s Daughter Marion Welch
In a New York hotel room Marion Foster Welch, daughter of Stephen Foster, recalls her father’s life and songs My Old Kentucky Home and Way Down Upon the Swanee River. She visits with family, recounting memories of Pittsburgh, Ohio, and the American Society for Composers Authors and Publishers event at the Ritz.
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New York
Marion Foster Welch
Stephen Collings Foster
America
Old
Kentucky Home
Swanee River
Pittsburgh
Aiden
Marion Foster
Jennie
Stephen
Ohio
Stephen’ S. Foster
Jessie Rosa
Jessie
Matthew
American Society For Composers, Authors and Publishers
Ritz
Dow
Stephen Foster
Bellevue
bin Welch
Madison Avenue
West High and Grundy Center Tennis Tie in Matches
West High and Grundy Center tied a set of tennis matches at Byrnes park courts today with three points for singles wins and five for doubles. Individual results include Weissman and Watte for West High prevailing in singles while Dickinson and Kerr led Grundy Center in doubles. A Cedar Falls Teachers College–Byrnes park dual is slated for Tuesday afternoon. The page also notes a fatal train incident in Moline.
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West High
Guundy Center
Byrnes Park
Toell
Weissman
Robinson
Grundy
Center
Watte
Cassbarth
Guiney
Dickinson
Hoxie
Jand Kerr
Ruston
Waite
Kerr
Huston
Gel
Teachers College High of
Cedar Falls
Dead Man Who Didn't Die Opens Shop for Hand Finishing
Pete Welsh a disabled World War veteran once reported dead opens a downtown shop at 502% Commercial street opposite the Courier building. He will craft hand finished home articles from original designs and has arranged to receive milled pieces from a Chicago manufacturer for order by hand.
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Commercial
Courier
Pete Welsh
South Street
Welsh
Sional Furnitaire
Chicago
Iitlle
George Smith Elected Chairman of Waterloo Township Farm Bureau
George Smith was elected chairman of the Waterloo Township Farm Bureau at a meeting last evening in the county school house. His wife was elected vice chairman. Mrs Lewis Turner was named secretary and Mrs A J Hewitt publicity director. Miss Merle Shover spoke on Music Appreciation and J L Uban conducted the meeting. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Waterloo Township
Lewis Turner
A. J. Hewitt
Merle Shover
J. L. Uban
Mellon Approval Vote Split in Senate Committee
The Senate committee endorsed and rejected reports on Mellon stock ownership. Steiner's report found the law forbids a treasury secretary from direct or indirect involvement in trade or commerce through stock ownership, while Norris's report declaring Mellon disqualified was rejected 10 to 3.
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Montana
Norris
Steiner
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
King
Utah
Senate
Burton
Ohio
Hastings
Delaware
Waterman
Colorado
Dease
Tiinois
Gillett
Massachusetts
Robinson
Indiana
Overman
North Carolina
Melon
Mellon
Boreh
Icing
Secretary of the Treasury
Walsh
Canada
Aluminum Company of America
Secretary of Treasury
House
Ashurst
Arizona
Caraway
Arkansas
Dill
Washington
Stephens
Mississippi
Blaine
Klog
Reward Spurs Hunt for Missing Child in Des Moines River
A $100 reward offered by Ben Stone spurs new search efforts for five year old Wilma Stone who vanished April 25 after last seen on Tigard Creek bank. Believed to have fallen into the creek and drifted toward the swollen Des Moines River, the hunt under the city water department extends about 40 miles downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
U.P
Wuina Stone
Des Moines
Ben Stone
Tigard Creek
City Water Department
Stone
Tragic Drowning as Car Plunges from Viaduct
Three people two adults and two children drowned when their car plunged through the railing on the Harahan viaduct into 16 feet of backwater from the Mississippi River near Memphis Tennessee. Divers were dispatched to recover the bodies after the diver reportedly lost control while attempting to pass another vehicle on the viaduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Harahan
Minstsaippi
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G. O.fp
Republican Party
F. A. Kiessling
Fourth East
W. C. Lubbs
Wellington
W. H. Button
Fremont
Howard Beerd
Franklin
Waterloo Building & Loan Associaton
Fifth East
Furnace Ab
Dal Crescent
W. H. McGinnis
Hartman
Joseph Unterhersch
Eva Leachman
Watlerlon Secienes
Dalton Melugen
Marble Rock
Houaker
Lay
Rosalie Rizzo
John Rooney
Sleepy
U. S
Morgan
B. Morgan
Paria May
Reichsbank
Bank of England
U.S
Washington, D.C
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
Geneva
Lutheran College
Senate Judiciary Committee
William &. Ware
Renate
Mississisipi Valley
Crean
Shipstead
Minnesota
Melson
Intative Black
Administration of Justice
Senale Agucanture
Boral
Will
Patrick J. Hurley
Oklahoma
Albert Cornsweet
Pi Lamda Phi
Brown University
Otis E. Randall
Brown
Hobo
Auto
Connecticut
P. E Crowley
New York Central Lines
Randin
National Broadcasting Company
Red Network
U.C
Mexican
Sinclair
Supreme Court of the United States
Harry F. Sinclair
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Lower Court
Nellie Poe New
Yanks
Edinbergit
Fraulein Stinnes
Grundy Center
Moline
Msi
Lynn B&tmonson
Charlotte
Itis
George
Treasury
Committee On the Judiciary
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