In the Spotlight Senate campaign fund probes and more
A sweeping inquiry looms as the Senate presidential campaign fund committee plans to summon fifteen aspirants and their staff to testify on money handling and expenditures. After establishing identities, managers and treasurers will be heard, aiming to complete formalities before the Kansas City gathering June 12. The piece also notes censorship in Hungary and reports of personal crises, the doomed Gull aircraft by Leonard W. Bonney with his death, and other varied items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Presidential Campaign Fund Committee
Kansas City
Hungary
Gos- Bip
Mtasks
WEAF
New York
Anna Case
Charles Hackett
Toscha Seidel
Graham McNamee
Sleaver
Hoover
Corn Belt
White House
Wse
Midwest
Lowdon
Curtis
Kansas
Agreement Stabilizes Building Status
Washington opinion argues Hoover likely to secure the Republican nomination barring unlikely upsets. It notesIndiana and West Virginia contests, plus a shift by Pennsylvania's uninstructed delegates, would be needed to derail Hoover. The sole principled opposition cited came from the corn belt led by Lowden, seen as a rare sincere stand against Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mak Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Indiana
West
Mellan
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Gov. Fisher
Ihney
Oklahoma
Curtis
Indian Territory
Washington
Willis
Watson
Goff
West Virginia
Dawes
Warn
Lowden
Brockhart Urges Chain Store Probe Resolution
Senator Brockhart of Iowa introduced a resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate chain stores. The measure, to be considered Monday, argues chains account for a large share of retail trade and could restrain competition, prompting calls for possible new regulation.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Brockhart
Government loses ten million tax suit over Couzens
Washington May 5 The government fails to collect about ten million dollars in back taxes from Senator Couzens Republican Michigan after a three year battle. The case centered on Foard stock bought by Henry Ford at twelve thousand five hundred dollars a share and later valued downward by the Internal Revenue Service. The board of tax appeals ruled the government could not demand the ten million based on later lower valuations.
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Washington
DD. C
Uri
Couzens
Michiga
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Internal Revenue Bureau
Henry Ford
Ford
Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Mysterious Letter Claims Taylor Murder Solved
A letter from Folsom Prison claims the 1922 shooting death of film director William Desmond Taylor was solved and identifies an alleged killer. The author, possibly J. G. Bannett, says he was paid in 1923 to commit the murder and will reveal who paid him and how the crime was carried out.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William’ Desmond ‘Taylor
Folsom Prison
J. G. Barnett
Bannett
Taylor
Contractors and craftsmen unite in wage pact
Waterloo newsroom reports journeymen plumbers will resume work Monday at the 1927 wage rate of $9 a day after a citywide settlement. Master Builders and Building Trades councils credit joint effort, deny threats, and affirm no changes to working conditions or wage scales for 1928. The union confirms return to work to avoid halting city projects.
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Waterloo
Jnabor
Black Hawk County
Tatest
Tribune
Courier
Building Trades Council
Whon ‘Crafts
J. E. Currie
H. A. Maine
John G. Miller
P. C
Johnson
T. M. Weodruff
Plumbers & Steamfitters Union
Courier delivery deadline note for home copies
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 20 o clock. If you do not receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, call 5188. A copy will be sent. Phone reach the office before 6 38 p.m.
Wilking declines polar trip offer amid weather and book work
In Spitzbergen on May 5 Gen Umberto Nobile invited Capt George Wilkins to join him on three Italia polar trips to Greenland the north pole and Nicholas Island but Wilkins refused while finishing a self written book about his polar journey. Weather worsens for the Italia flight as a northwest snowstorm hits Svalbard and Hobby readiness to transport the aircraft is noted.
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Green
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
George Wilkins
Italia
Greenland
North Pole
Nicholas Island
Wilkins
Hielson
Norway
Svalbard
Family Fight Turns Fatal as Son Is Stabbed by Father
Des Moines May 5. David Saunders 19 was stabbed by his father J R Saunders 43 during a dispute over alleged mistreatment of the elder Satinders' wife. The youth, initially near death, has a chance to recover as the father is jailed. Neighbors reported the granddaughter cried that grandpa was hitting grandma.
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Des Moines
David Saunders
J. R. Saunders
Satinders
Saunders
Grandpa
Grandma
Iowa Weather and Highways Report Mix of Vague Conditions
Iowa cities show varied conditions with many reports of clear and good roads while several entries note dirt or gravel roads and rough stretches. Observations cover Waterloo Des Moines Council Bluffs Keokuk Marshalltown Fort Dodge Cedar Rapids Boone Ottumwa Mason City Clinton Davenport Muscatine and Dubuque with inconsistent phrasing throughout.
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Moines
Council
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Fort. Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Ottumwa
Mason City
Cigar
Dirk
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Dubuque
Seaplane Breaks Endurance Mark
Washington May A new world endurance record for seaplanes was set by U.S. Navy aviators at Philadelphia as Siruts Arthur Gavin and Zeus Soucek piloted the PN-12 in 56 hours 50 minutes 44 seconds. The flight began Thursday afternoon above the Delaware river near the naval aircraft factory. A mechanic and a company representative accompanied them.
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Washington
D.D. C
U.paj
U. Ss. Navy
Philadelphia
Siruts
Arthur Gavin
Léeuts
C. H. Schijhauer
J. BR. Kyle
Navy
Charles Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Delaware River
Naval Aircraft Factory
Ward
Wright Aeroquantical Corporation
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys
Weather outlook for the week starting May T covers the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains. Mostly fair early in the week with some precipitation likely later. Temperatures near or somewhat above normal in the first part.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Woman Bomber Triggers Blast At Chicago Barbershop
In Chicago on May 5 1951 a woman bomber and two men fled a parked car and a small black object detonated at a barbershop door. Two policemen in sight fired as the getaway car sped off. Labor trouble was blamed for the incident.
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Chicago
Parker
Labor Trowble
Ten Years Ago in the Service in France
Thomas W. Fowers recalls ten years past in the army. He drove an ambulance attached to the chief surgeon's office after arriving in Tours and working to gather patients for the base hospital at Marseilles. He praises the Riviera's weather and scenery while noting Tours in Brittany offered a different view.
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France
Tours
Thomas W. Fowers
Eighth Street
Powers
Army
Bob the Riviera
Hon
The
Riviera
Brittany
Marseilles
Deere Building Operations Start Monday
J E Currie of Currie Construction announced that work will begin Monday to clear the site and excavate for John Deere Tractor company plant expansion. A detailed layout map from Deere & Co arrives tomorrow. operations may run day and night to install machinery by November 1 and to accommodate a larger workforce and population growth in Waterloo.
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J. EL Currie
Currie Construction Company
John Deere Tractor Company
Currie Company
Deere Company
Deere & Co
Moline
Tractor Company
Miltons
Commpany
Waterloo
East Waterloo Orchestra Reaches State Contest Finals
Town City, Ia May 5 East Waterloo High School's orchestra performed in the final competition for top honors in its class at the state music contest. The opponent in the final included an organization from Council Bluffs, with Mason City and Council Bluffs bands vying for premier honors in the division.
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Town City
East Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Short Interviews With Home Folks in Waterloo
R C Moore of the Tl & M bootery lauds the plumbers strike settlement as a credit to journeymen and master plumbers and builders. He says the amicable agreement amid a city expansion shows business and tradesmen’s shared interest in Waterloo’s future.
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Waterloo
R. C. Moore
Tl & M Bootery
Japan Presses to Reinforce Shantung as Tsinan Burns
Reports from Tokio and Shanghai indicate Japan plans a large reinforcement to Shantung, possibly the Nagoya division, amid widespread fighting around Tsinanfu. Casualties are estimated in the hundreds, with extensive urban destruction and nationalists vowing to resist Japanese forces.
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Shanghai
INS
Tanakan
Japan
Tsinan
Tsinanfu
Shantung Province
T’sinan
Feng Yu Hsiang
Chiang Fai Shek
Standard Ol Company of
New York
Taiwan
American Presbyterian Mission
Peking
Tsiwan
Tsing Tao
Manchuria
Shantung
Wennslen
Tainan
Lungkow
Shanhing
Reqd
Cheefu
Sinanfu
Canton
Klangs Province
Colias
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Leonard W. Bonney
Curtiss Field
Bonney
Orville Wright
Alr
Arronautics
Dayton
G. Pyle
Red Grange
Illinois
Valeska Suratt
Saluday River
South Carolina
Table Rock Cove
Greenville
California
Saluda
Bmoke Martin
San Felice
Imarvester
Henry George
Philberta Elizabeth Arnold
Hugo Arnold
Arnold
Gov't
William Desmond Taylor
Master Builders’ Committee
Effingham
West Frankfort
Altamont
Anton Busi
Copenhagen
Denmark
Methodist Board of Bishops
Wilking
Mon
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anton Bast
McConnell
Pittsburgh
George A. Cooke
Wilmington
Del
Cooke
Boston ‘Theological Seminary
Tabs Hla
Indianola
Herold Bittino
Parsons College
Simpson College
Robert Cable
Penn College
Carrollla
Charlest Stolis
Haone
Chicago & Northwestern
Onimbha
Tokio
Currie Construction Co
E. A. Orchestra
Shantung Providence
China
Nagoya
Fientsin
Gerlin
Nanking
Telegraphen Union
Canital
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