Death sentences set for Mrs Snyder and Gray at Sing Sing
May 13 reports from Queens County Court announce Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing the week of June 20 for the murder of Mrs Snyder’s husband Albert Snyder. Both showed little emotion as Justice Townsend Scudder imposed the sentence amid motions to set aside the verdict.
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Queen County Courthouse
New York
Ruth ‘Brown’ Snyder
Henry Judd ‘Gray
Sing Sing
Gray
Snyder
Scudder
Itate
My&. Snyder
Goodbys
Obituary notes for Mrs F M Hites and Dr R C Baker
Morinary Mrs F M Hites of Florida and 210 Norimer, Iowa, moved with her parents to Boone County Illinois then Kansas, married Francis son Hites on May 25 1893 in Ellington Kansas, later living in Butler County. Surviving are two daughters Leura L Hites and Mrs John Kreb of Dunkerton. The body is at Kearns Funeral Home pending arrangements. Dr R C Baker formerly of Waterloo, practiced in Oelwein for 25 years and then Kansas City for 10 years. His brothers B Hallowell and Charles Baker travel to Kansas City to attend the funeral.
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F. M. Hites
Norimer
Boone County
Winois
Iowa
Kansas
Francis
Hites
Ell
Kan
Butter
Butler Coun
Mr -Yohn Kreb, Dunkerton
Ea Leura L.hites
Herband
Kearns Fortuary
B. Hallowell
Steeley Reet
Charles Baker
Dams ‘Street
Kansas City
R.C. Baker
Baker
Waterloo
J.E. Baker
Waiterloo
Oelwein
Flood Relief Fund Grows After Bridge Accident
Des Moines dispatch reports Robert Stephenson, 22, of Chatham, Vaz, severely injured when struck by a bridge wire while clinging to a Rock Island freight train. He was hospitalized with critical injuries after the incident near Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Robt
Stephenson
Chatham
Vaz
Rock Island
Mephenson
Monmouth
Confession at heart of Maharras murder trial continues
Testimony details Mrs. Marie Maharras admitting pushing her 6 year old stepson Nick Jr. into the river near the city riverbank on August 7 1924 with officers describing her as dazed and seeking death. Opening statements preview insanity defense while jurors hear witness accounts from Leighton Davis and Hurd about the confession and sequence of events. Eight men and four women are chosen for the jury with ten alternates summoned as the trial proceeds in Waterloo.
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Armstrong
Juan Armstrong
Life Saving Corps
Fire Department
Davis
Lee Smith
Nick
Marie Maharras
F. W. Edwards
J. C. Murtagh
Murtash
Fourteenth Street
Maharras
Leighton
Nick, Jr
J. F. Jago
Waterloo
East Side
Davidson Bros
Carlton WW
McDougall
American Railway Express Company
W. A. Covell
John Reuter
Poyner Township
Mra
Jennie Baxter
Cedar Falls
A. R. Baxter
G. J. Wright
Harold Miller
Altstadt & Langlas Baking Co Op
John C. Jago
O. B Higdon
Lulu B. Santee
C. B. Santee
Bessie Daniels
James Black Dry Goods Company
Nancy Y. Haffa
Walnut Court Apartments
EB. F
J. C. Jago
Baxter
G. W. Wood
Wayne Wheeler May Quit as Head Prohibition Body
Prohibition leaders contemplate Wayne Wheeler stepping down as head of the movement. Some observers urge a statesman with stature like Irving Fisher to guide the cause, while critics note current political leadership by figures such as Representatives Tinkham and Gallivan is lacking unity.
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Wayne Wheeler
Prohibition
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Tinkle
James Gallivan
Boston
New York Herald-Tribune
May Send Dirigible to Hunt Lost Fliers
The Navy Department weighs ordering the dirigible Los Angeles to Labrador to search for missing French aviators Captain Nungesser and Coll. Officials believe they may have crashed or been forced down on the Labrador coast while the ship Los Angeles conducts a training flight near Long Island.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Dirigible
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Nungesser and
Coli
Washington, D. C
INS
Navy Department
Labrador
Nungesser
Coll
Tuabrador
Jong Island
Towa Quiz Questions and Answers Furnished by AP
A reader quiz from the Iowa State Historical Society presents five items about Iowa history. It asks for Iowa’s first newspaper, Iowa’s first governor, the president of Iowa State Teachers College, the first railroad in Iowa, and the person in charge of relics assembly for the state historical department. answers appear on another page.
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Associated Press
Iowa State Historical Society
Iowa
State of
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Towa
Assembly of Relics of the State Historical Department
Search For Lost Fliers Reaches Atlantic Coast
Washington and New York report a $5,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli or their plane. President Coolidge expresses hope for their recovery as coordinated searches by America France and Canada expand along the Atlantic coast and in surrounding waters.
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Washington, D. C
Ramond Orteig
Coolidge
Doumergue
France
Nungesses
Coli
New York
Atlantic
St. Mary’s Bayes
Harbor Grace
America
English Channel
Ireland
Newfoundland
Maritime Provinces
Clarence Chamberlin to cross Atlantic flight
Three planes wait as favorable weather for the Atlantic race promises a cross Atlantic attempt by Clarence Chamberlin and Berteaud. Mrs. Chamberlin asks the Associated Press to convey luck to her son. Chamberlin senior predicts success and notes Clarence’s long drive toward aviation history. The Iowa town rallies for a possible double celebration if the flight succeeds.
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Chamberlin
Clarence
Marriage Licenses for Rasmussen and Graf in Cedar Falls
Couple names Rasmussen and Helen Graf appear in Cedar Falls marriage license notices with details obscured by OCR. Additional readable elements indicate license activity and involved parties in the local registry.
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Rasmussen
Cedar Walls
Helen Graf
Cedar Falla
Social Work Convention Chooses 1928 Site Vote
Des Moines May 13 The time and place committee of the National Conference of Social Work resumes sessions to pick the 1928 convention city after hours of debate. Delegations from Memphis Dallas and Detroit influence the choice with invites from Omaha Chicago Louisville Hot Springs Atlanta Rochester Philadelphia St Louis California and Texas. Officers to be elected by ballot Monday Sherman Kingsley unopposed for president. Foreign delegates exceed fifteen with total national delegates surpassing 3 000.
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Des Moines
National Conference of Social Work
Memphis
Dallas
Detroit
Omaha
Chicago
Louisville
Hot Springs
Atlanta
Rochester
Philadelphia
St. Louis
California
Texas
Boy Abandoned by Parents Carves Toys for Groceries
Twelve year old Joey Netley living alone at 655 Summit Avenue since March, caring for himself by making toys, buying food on credit from a grocery, and cooking meals. County probation officer Miss Myrtle Dollmire took him into custody for custody and investigation. Stepfather works nights at the Iowa Dairy Separator company.
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Summit Avenue
Joey Netley
Myrtle Dollmire
Joseph Netley
Missouri Floods Iowa Farms From Sioux City to Omaha
Missouri river highs inundate thousands of acres along a 100 mile stretch from Sioux City Iowa to Omaha Nebraska. Crescent Iowa battles levees as towns flood, Lake Manawa rises, and Carter Lake fears overflow while Sioux City reports crest near 17 feet and widespread inundation of farms and basements.
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Omaha, Neb
Sioux City
Omaha
Weather Bureau
Crescent
Council Bluffs
Onawa
Blair
Neb
Iowa
Carter Lake
Nebraska
Lake Manawa
Summer Cottage
Yankton
S. C
Greening
Jackson
Big Sioux
Missouri
Fireman Sizzles as Switch Closes Nice Day for It
Everett Crisman, a Cen tral station fireman, was abruptly jolted from sleep when a hidden electric trap sprang his bed into a ten foot leap. A battery and switch dangled wired into the mattress, leaving Crisman chasing the prankster and the culprit behind the dangerous setup.
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Everett Crisman
Central Station
Crisman
Thousand Dozen Doughnuts Aid Camp Pool Fund
Boy Scouts plan a house to house canvass tomorrow to sell 600 to 1,000 dozen doughnuts. Proceeds will go to the Camp Ingawanis swimming pool fund as work clears the pool site and piping to the site is expected to start. Executive committee met at Black's tearoom for financial reports.
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Boy Scouts
Camp Ingawanis
Black's Tearoom
Waukon Man Sentenced to Indeterminate Term
Waukon May 13. John Cherwalk convicted of assault with intent to murder John Lutz after a fight. He was sentenced to Fort Madison penitentiary for an indeterminate term not to exceed 30 years by District Judge Wi L Eichendorf.
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Waukon
John Cherwalk
John Lutz
Fort Madison
Wi. L. Eichendorf
Service Ahead of Quality or Price, Admen Told
Pastor W P McCormick of Westminster Presbyterian spoke to Waterloo Advertising Club at Hotel Russell Lamson urging service first in merchant customer relations. He said quality and price come afterward and noted goodwill in business is intangible, citing a large rubber company's goodwill as about $40 million. He argued the public now trusts big business mergers and that big business has ideals.
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Clarence
Chamberlin
Clarence Chamberlin
Bertaud
France
Iowa
New York
Paris
W. P. McCormick
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Waterloo Advertising Club
Russell-Lamson
Morgan Chosen to Give Sermon at Conference
Rev J Richmond Morgan, formally installed as permanent pastor of First Congregational Church, was selected to deliver the conference sermon at the 1928 annual meeting of the Congregational Conference of Iowa. The closing session of the three day convention was held here yesterday and the next session will be in Des Moines. The church was filled for the ceremonies honoring Morgan with many ministers from city churches and conference delegates present.
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J. Richmond Morgan
First Congregational Church
Congregational Conference of Iowa
Des Moines
Mr. Morgan
Shingler's Leg Broken in Roof Fall
Karl Wyckonn an eight year old boy of 329 Irving street suffered a fracture of his left leg after falling about 20 feet from the roof while shingling. He was removed to St Francis Hospital where his condition was reported as resting comfortably today.
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Karl Wyckonn
Irving
Treel
St. Francis Hoapital
Wyckonn
Temperatures Ahead For Thursday Through Friday Forecast
The report lists Thursday maximums followed by Thursday night minimums and Friday readings at 7 am 11 am and 3 pm. It provides a sequence of temperature points without accompanying weather conditions or locations.
Vermont Governor Weeks Opens Prayers in Office
Montpelier Vermont May 13 Gov John J Weeks aged 72 assumed the governorship and pledged practical Christian principles He opened and closed the last legislative session with prayers offered by himself Weeks had previously gained national notice for humanizing Vermonts penal institutions and prison system reforms
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Montpelier, Vt
John J. Weeks
Vermont
Gov
Weeks
Uwons
Fair Managers Meet to Discuss Prospect for Season
Forty six members of the North eastern Iowa Fair Managers association representing 40 fairs gathered at Hotel Russell Lamson to discuss prospects for the coming fair season. Speeches were delivered by BE Williams of Manchester secretary of the Iowa Fair Managers association R N Buckner of Cedar Rapids president of the association John Mullen of Fonda vice president of the Iowa State fair and C N Curtain of Decorah secretary of the Race Horse Association of America.
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Iowa Fair Managers Association
Hotel Russell Lamson
BE. M. Williams
Manchester
Iowa Fair Managers’ Association
R. N. Buckner
Cedar Rapids
John Mullen
Fonda
C. N. Curtain
Decorah
Race Horse Association of America
Booster Class Meets at Black's Tearoom Banquet
The Booster class of Firstvan gelical Sunday school held its annual banquet and officer elections in Black's tearoom last night. Glenn Bleckelbert was elected president, Milton Felsing vice president, and Chester Schneider secretary and treasurer.
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Firstvangelical Sunday School
Black
Glenn Bleckelbert
Milton Felsing
Chester Schneider
Rope Dangles as Lyons Attorney Rages for Last-Minute Stay
Chicago May 13 The execution of Elin Livens alias Lyons, condemned for police slaying, faced a possible halt as attorney Irving Breakstone obtained a last minute writ of superseders from Justice Warren Duncan. The sheriff delayed the hanging to sunset pending filing and delivery of the writ to Springfield. Breakstone tours from Springfield to Chicago to present the stay. the 30 day stay would be operative if filed before sundown. The condemned man, claiming adoption by a former customs official in Colombia, awaits the outcome with the zero hour set for 8 o clock.
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Chicago
INS
Elin Livens
Lyons
Irving Breakstone
Supreme Court
Warren Duncan
Marion
Ill
Springfield
Sherif
Breakstone
Graydon
Julian Banfield
Uttle South American Republic
Two Raids Net Liquor and Prisoners Near Nora Springs
Floyd County sheriff's office aided by eight federal officers conducted two big raids near Marble Rock and Nora Springs. Four prisoners were captured and a large quantity of mash liquor and containers seized. One man escaped after a four mile foot chase during which officers fired several shots. Charles Baker, found filling bottles at Mrs Ollie Smith farm, fled but was later reported among town arrests along with Mrs Smith and Marvin Parks. Mike Guranji, twice jailed on liquor charges, was arrested on his farm near Nora Springs with a still and 100 gallons of mash. Ceophus Crawford of Marble Rock and Eva Damro were taken on a complaint by Crawford's wife.
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Courier &Secial Service
Charles City
Country Sheriff's Office
Mable Rock
Nora Springs
Charles Baker
Ollie Smith
Young Chicken Thief Harold Fuller Bonded After Arrest
Harold Fuller aged 21 of Jesup confessed to stealing chickens and was arrested by Deputy Sheriff W N Dilworth. He posted a 500 dollar bond and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for 10 a m on July 13.
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Harold Fuller
Jesup
W. N. Dilworth
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