Canton Captured In New Outbreak Of War In China
Shanghai May 20 Canton the southern capital of the nationalist government was captured by Kwangsi forces. General Ghen Chi-Tang fled. Feng Yu-Halang opposed to the national government continued to concentrate troops at Cheng Chow. War outlook centered on Fengs declaration and Chiang Kai-Shek ultimatum. Surprises Wongkong Hongkong May 26 rapid Kwangsi advance caused news of Samshul capture and rail links toward Canton Hankow. Foreign evacuation boats stood by.
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Shanghai
China
U.R
Canton
Ghen Chi-Tang
Feng Yu-Halang
Cheng Chow
Sin Yat-Sen
London
U.A
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chiang Hai-Shek
Feng
Chiang
Marshal Feng
Henan
Shensi
Wongkong
Hongkong
U.P
Kwaigs Province
Samshul
Kwangsi
Pet Chung-Hsi
Ita
En Rentung
Hahn Department Stores Add Three Units in South
Hahn Department Stores Inc of the James Black Dry Goods Company Waterloo announced acquisition of three stores with a combined capital of 4 million dollars and annual sales of 25 million. Include Joske Bros in San Antonio with over 6 million in sales, Moss Bros in Tampa, and Horick's Dry Goods in Phoenix, expanding Hahn to 32 stores.
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Tampa
Pia
Horick
Photonix
Ariz
Deaths and funerals in Rowley and nearby towns
Obituaries report George W. Smith of Rowley dying after a stroke aged 60. Services at his home and in Rowley Methodist Church, burial in Rowley cemetery. Surviving daughter Pearl and five sons, with siblings in Indiana and Michigan. Also death notices for George Pedersen of Davenport, and Mrs John Cumming of Relobock, with funeral details and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Smith
F.C. la Tour
Berteh Avenue
J. Arthur Young
First M. E. Church
Rowley
Mr. Young
Mr. Smith
Ohio
Independence
Mattie M. Patton
John Cumming
John
Castle Hill
Renbeck
Reinbeck
Genevieve Smith
Eldora
C. J. Smith
Mis
Harriet Cumming
Claude Mith
Hoover Offers to Seale German War Debt to Aid Parley
Cabinet meeting reports show President Hoover and Secretary Stimson discussing a German war debt reduction. Owen D Young relayed a message from the American embassy easing tensions at the conference. Creditors anticipate a possible concession by the United States to satisfy Belgium and Italy and to enable acceptance of Youngs plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Stimson
Hoover King
Owen D. Young
Young
United States
Belgium
Iitaly
Youngs
Hight awaits repair to fly US as Graf Zeppelin tour resumes
Large crowds lined the hangar as the Graf Zeppelin repairs near completion. Dr Hugo Eckener plans to pilot from Germany to Friedrichshafen with six French officers as guests. Officials expect a United States leg within a fortnight and a world circumnavigation later, weather permitting.
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Hugo Eckener
Air Giant
Towlon
Germany
Friedrichshafen
France
Hengrr
Kans von Schiller
United States
America
shaHoter
Frank Nicholson
New York
Lilet
Vincent Clarke
U. G B
Seven Dead High Hurt in Sunday's Airplane Crashes
In Alberta and Oklahoma incidents, a Calgary Aero club plane crashed killing 19 year old Lowa Scntt and injuring others. a pilot was slightly hurt, and a crash near Pawhuska damaged the plane after engine trouble. A Roosevelt Field collision left four injured, two seriously, while a small takeoff at Lambert Field ended with minor injuries to two men.
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Calgary Aero Club
Calgary
Alberta
Stevens
D. E. McCallum
Laon
Lowa Scntt
G. Corben
Pawhuska
Oklo
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Lambert Field
Osear Heintz
Will Langedorf
Ames Women's Club Honored for Health Work
Ames Ta May 20 10LY Mia John Fox Lake general director of the Federated Women's Clubs of Town will report at the national entines meeting at Swamp peat Mass May 31 on the Ames club health work. Early spring Mrs Lake sent a quest to all federated clubs asking for reports of outstanding work. Ames club health program and achievements were judged best in the state.
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Ames
John Fox Lake
Bhenandoah
Federated Women's Clubs of
Swamppeat
Mass
Ames Club
Weather report fragment with numeric gaps
Readable weather notes show temperatures for Saturday and Sunday cut by OCR. Several values are garbled and missing, including maximum Saturday, minimum Saturday night, maximum Sunday, and Sunday night. A Monday forecast line is also unreadable.
Farm Woman Becomes Noted Ozark Sculptor at Resort Farm
Mrs Dan Sayre wife of Colonel Sayre McDonald county Missouri hosts at Placdaz ranch near Nael she creates plaster of Paris plaques landscapes and medallions earning Kansas City stores orders. She uses improvised tools sketches subjects then carves from plaster and plans to supply Confederate memorials while continuing other art work.
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Jefferson Oliv
Ozark Hills
McDonald County
Missouri
Ima
Naion
Kansas City
University of North Dakota
Chicago Art Institute
Dan Sayre
Colonel Sayre
House of Representatives
Arst
Placdaz
Nael
Kansas
Capital Building
Thomas Jefferson
Capital
Sayre
Jefferson
Sions Mountain Memorial Group
United Daughters of the Confederacy
United States
Havre
Missouri Writers’ Guild
Chicago
Congress Doings and Debates Across Bodies Today
Congress actions span tariff debate in the House and Senate, with Norris addressing the Federal Trade Commission probe of power company newspaper interests. Hoover discusses reparations with lenders as authorities announce prisoner transfers amid illegal transportation charges in Iowa towns.
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Associated Prent
US Senate
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Federal Trade Commission
House
Ways and Means
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
Anil
Congress
Hoover
Sunta
Treasury
Lindberghs Guarded at Morrow Home in North Haven
Reports of threats against Charles A. Lindbergh's wife to be, and a vow to bolster security at the Lindbergh Morrow estate. North Haven officials prepared to swear in volunteer officers as a larger guard arrives amid heavy media attention and public curiosity about the anticipated ceremony.
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Morrow
North Haven
Col. Charles Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Ambassador Morrow
Lso
Ife
Gol
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mor- Tow
America
Herman Crockett
Maritime
Marie
Avistor
Colonel
Welther Lindy
Sasters
United States
Lindbergh
Morrows
Anne
Morrow Estate
Iowa City hosts second annual Towa sales conference
The May 20 conference draws URK Wholesalers retailers advertisers and manufacturers from across the state for a three day event ending Tuesday noon. Dean Chester A Phillips of the college of commerce opens with a keynote. Five national speakers Fogelman Fierpont Nix Hardy Brayton will address attendees.
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Town City
Towa
Dean Chester A. Phillips
College of Commerce
H. L. Fogelman
Chicago
Walter L. Fierpont
Omaha
BE. D. Nix
St. Linuis
Ray M. Hardy
Detroit
Arthur L. Brayton
Des Maines
Scarlet Fever Tops Diseases for Week
Scarlet fever led contagious diseases per the State health department with 108 cases. Measles was second with 8 cases and mumps third with 73. Other illnesses reported included chickenpox 55 smallpox 9 whooping cough 21 tuberculosis 20 diphtheria 5 meningitis 1 and pneumonia 1. social diseases numbered 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mainers
State Health Department
Lost brushes and paint sought in city dumps search
City employees combed the dumps after a request from Street Commissioner Harvey Will and H J Brown of 480 Oak Lawn Ave for two print brushes and a can of paint believed lost in yesterday’s garbage. A quake report from Washington notes a 12:06 to 4 hour event east southeast of here traced to Georgetown University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Will
H. J. Brown
Oak Lawn Avemut
Washington, D. C
U.P
Here
Thea Solamogranl
Georgetown University
Harald
Bark in New York Tale Shapes Cyrus Field’s Venture
The anecdote about Cyrus West Field describes his failed attempts to attract capital in America and England. He gains the interest of a wealthy country squire by a dog analogy, explaining that pinching a dog’s tail in Liverpool would make it bark in New York. The squire subscribes a large sum and lends influence, turning Field’s effort from defeat to success.
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Liverpool
New York
Cyrus West Field
Taid
Field
Atlantic
England
America
Atlantic Cable
London
Corse
Gyrus Feld
Cyrus Field
Railroad Valuation Case Weighs Billion Dollar Question
The court review of railroad valuation in a major case notes the commission’s methods. It rejects a simple cost of reproduction approach and argues that $18.5 billion, rising by $11 billion with further tensions, would force fare hikes about 60 percent. The commission defends liberal weighting of factors used in rate making, citing pre 1914 operations and subsequent additions in depreciation calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ference
Senate
O'Fallon
IMIG
Vandals Strike Fairview Cemetery Again
Fireman John Maricle reported plant theft at his mother in law’s grave after discovering polled plants removed from the plot. This marks the second vandalism in three weeks, following an earlier incident where a man and woman stole flowers and fled in a car before license plates could be read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
John Maricle
Central Station
Maricle
Filing stations robbed in Des Moines two nights apart
Des Moines police seek two bandits who robbed two filing stations last night and escaped with 140 dollars. Authorities say the method matched a recent similar pair of robberies at nearby stations, raising concerns of a coordinated spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Rubbish Fire at White Bea Inn and Easley Clothing
Fire alarm reported Monday at 8 46 a m for a rubbish fire burning behind the White Bea Inn and Easley Clothing store at 04 Fourth West. No damage was caused.消防?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Bea Inn
Easley Clothing
Robbers murder three and steal worthless safe in Waseca
In Waseca Minnesota on May 20 a hammer killed farmer Julius Schuck aged 54 his son Ernest 9 and daughter Ida 11. Robbers fled with a nearly valueless safe, leaving footprints suggesting two men carried it away. Elizabeth 17 and Wilhelmine 15 found their sister and reported the crime as authorities investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waseca, Minn
Julius Senuck
Here
Ernest
Ida
Schuck
Waseca
Lice
Elizaveth
Wilhelmine
Strick
Marie Maharras to Go to Prison Tuesday Morning
Marie Maharras, who pushed her stepson Nick Maharras to Cedar River in 1924, will leave for Rockwell City at 8 16 a m tomorrow in custody to serve 25 years in the women’s penitentiary for murder. Her husband Nick Mahharras sr will accompany her to the prison gates. Attorney J T Sullivan conferred with Sheriff H T Wigner this afternoon to arrange surrender.
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Marie Maharras
Nick Maharras
Cedar River
Rockwell City
Marguerite Saul
Women's Penitentiary
Nick Mahharras
Maharras
J. T. Sullivan
H. T. Wigner
Marie
Suspect in Gilmore Bank Holdup Jailed
Harold Ball 32 of Livermore Iowa held in Pocahontas for Gilmore City bank robbery on May 13. Bandits escaped with 5000 dollars. Van Alstine family identified Ball as a gang member, dressed as a woman guarding them. Arms and ammo found in his Livermore room.
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Fecahontas
Harold Ball
Livermore
Gilmore City
Ball
H. S. van Alstine
van Alstine
Pocahontas
Dall St Livermore
Royal Theatre cash missing from dressing room hat
Charles Sawyer manager of the Royal theatre reported to police that someone took 12 to 15 dollars in change from a hat left on a dressing room table Saturday night. The money came from candy sales at the theatre. Emil Steffen led the identification bureau investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sawyer
Royal Theatre
Emil Steffen
Identification Bureau
Record of 9,000 dwelling permits issued this year
Permits were issued today for private dwellings and additions totaling about 9,000. Notable entries include A. Lasser at 1404 Second Street West for a two story brick dwelling with garage, Thompson at 433 Reber Avenue for a one story brick dwelling at 605 Campbell Avenue, and Kirk V. Gross at Wellington Apartments for a two story dwelling addition at 197 Prospect Boulevard. Other permits cover factory additions, refreshment stand, remodeling, furnace work, porch glazing, and a frame dwelling at Cornell and Garson. Total listed value around 64,000.
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A. Lasser
Atreet West
TV. OG
Peoria
Fiurpien
Blavehe Sehmidt
Fourth West
Vern Rendall
Cornell
Ganron
Dorothy Wilde
Western
Man pushes peanut with his nose to Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs May 30 A man named Williams plans a bold feat to push a peanut up Pike's Peak using his nose. The stunt follows a quirky long run of persistence as he positions a clothes-pin like device on his nose to move the peanut uphill toward the 14,000 foot summit.
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Will
Peanut
Pike’s Peak
Colorado‘ Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Willams
al Smith
Texas
Rio Hondo
Williams
Formal Approval of New 218 Route By Board
State Highway Commission approved transferring the old Cedar Falls west road into the primary highway system as part of 218. Rainbow drive will revert to county road status, with county supervisors already indicating acceptance. A $1,000,000 bond issue is planned for a May 31 special election to fund the Waterloo Cedar Falls route.
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State Highway Commission
Cedar Falls West
Board of Supervisors
Rainbow Drive
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hunter Boosted for State Chief of Elks Lodges
A Waterloo lodge delegation backs B B Hunter for president of the Iowa State Association of Elks at the Cedar Rapids convention on June 4 5 66. Hunter, past exalted ruler and 20 year Elk advocate, was state association vice president last year and chairs relations to other groups. He led Waterloo lodge twice and served during the Elks home dedication year.
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Elks
Waterloo Lodge
B. B. Hunter
Iowa State Association of Elks
Cedar Rapids
Hunter
Cedar Falls
Dempsey Denies Plan for Comeback in Agua Caliente
Jack Dempsey, in New York, said he has signed no contracts for a comeback fight in Agua Caliente or elsewhere. He acknowledged a million-dollar offer is worth considering but stated he has no current plans to regain the heavyweight crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Dempsey
Associated Press
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Theft case over Chicago train wreck watch theft
Edwin Banks, a porter on a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train hit by a landslide at Riggs Indiana in 1927, was sentenced to six months in the county jail for stealing a watch from a man killed in the wreck. The watch was later found in a Chicago pawnshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Edwin Banks
Chicago
Porter
Riggs
Theody
Speciman Boulevard Light Posts Trigger Wide Comment
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts noted broad interest in the bronze boulevard lights in front of the Pioneer Bank building. The 18 foot post with two lanterns and reflector was erected Saturday by General Electric, matching Cedar Rapids style with bronze paint. A second lighting project on the Fourth street bridge east end features copper colored 1,000 watt flood lights to showcase Midwest Refrigerator windows, as explained by manager A. Gerstenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Bank
Glenn A. Tibbitts
General Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Fourth Street
Midwest Refrigerator Company
A. Gerstenberger
Ralph Jones To Manage Roadhouse East Of City
Ralph Jones, formerly at the Riviera theatre, will manage the Roadside Home roadhouse on Grant Highway next Saturday. William Kahn, proprietor, announced the opening with two days of closing for remodeling. An orchestra will perform at the debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Jones
Mains
Riviera Theatre
Grant Highway
William Kahn
Three Paths Seen for Farm Relief Debenture Clash
Washington May 1930 Hoover administration optimistic over farm relief as Senate endorses debenture plan while House resistance blocks it. Three options outlined: House challenge Senate authority, conference to reconcile, or House rule to strip debenture. Administration expects a non debenture bill eventually. Senate insurgents Norris and Purine cited as irreconcilables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic William Wise Washington, DB
Hoover ‘Administration
Congress
Senate
House
House of Representatives
White House
Hoover
Whits House
Norris
Nebraska
Biraine
Wsconsin
Elma Schoot Bids To Be Taken June 17
Bids for a new Elma Iowa school building to be fireproof will be opened at 2 30 p m Monday June 17 in the city hall announced by architect J S Bartley. The project aims for sturdy modern construction and local bidding details referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma Schoot
Elma
J. 8. Bartley
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Ganton-Hankow
Wachow
Moth
Guam
Hahn Department Stores
South
Morthars
George E Pedersen
George A. Peaersen
Help & Doller Cori Co
Iowa Street
Pedersen
Davenpor
Jie
Marion
Winifred M. Carpenter
O'Keefe& Towne Mortuary
Lindy
U.S
Women’s Club
Onirks Aclist
Despita
Marlan
Bamini
Tipton
Lewis Earl
Herber Swanson
Plattsmouth
Neb
Lawden
Lindy Vick
Lindbergh~ Morrow
Grant
Miss Morrow Cane
Gindbergh
Miss Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Iowa City
Cyrus Fields
Imaginary Dog
Cable
Fairview Cemetery
Bhe Inaurdd Bhan Agrey
Herman GO. Milter
Phono
Odyer Leama
Farmer
Hammer
Gilmore Bank
Laauel
T. C. Thompson
Campbell Ave
Old Falls Road
Elks Lodges
Dempsey
Speciman Boulevard
Roadhouse
A. J. Gray
Charles Olty
A. J. Fish
Western Avenue
Covert
Mary Weir
Evanston
Dedting
Edwin Dutton
Gambol
Black Hawk County
Byrnes Park
Jewett
J. F. Nolte
Hudson
Comoto
Eharae
Peacox
White Plains
N.J
Dorothy Heinzleman Peftcox
Earle Francis Peacox
Mount Vernon
Frank H. Coyne
Aveshillinga
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