Two youths drown saving girls at dam in Cedar Falls
In Cedar Falls Iowa May 24 two girls Miss Mary Vietor 20 of Ackley and Miss Mineva M Starnaker 20 of Littleport drowned while being rescued by Philip Lund 20 Cedar Falls. A third rescuer Robert Riker paddled to shore. Mrs Vietor remains in critical condition. The river ran high and swift as Lund and Riker tried to save the trio after Miss Vietor and Miss Starnaker leaped into a boat then overran the dam. A reward of 106 was proclaimed for recovery of the bodies.
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Cedar Falls
Mary Vietor
Ackey
Iowa State Teachrs College
Philip Lund
Mineva M. Stalnaker
Ittleport
N. M. Vietor
Ackley
August
Vietor
Philip Lands
Tragic Cedar Falls Rescue Efforts and Heroic Act
Victims of Sunday tragedy tell a tale of swift currents and a fatal plunge over the dam. Jordan raced to the east bank to aid, Miss Stalnaker called for help, and James Fora carried her to shore. Riker recounted efforts to calm the girls as their canoe overturned, Lund heroically tried to save both, then they disappeared under the dam. The city lacked a life line and the Carnegie Hero Fund may note Lind's selfless act.
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Riker
Franklin Street
Miss Victor
Miss Stalaker
Miss Starmaker
Miss Vicker
Milton Jordan
Nphilip Lund
Lund
Khem
Jordan
Victor
Miss Stalnaker
James W. Fora
Ehum
Rikers
Uch
college #8
Fund
Lind
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsbursh
Musician Found Dead After Tragic Apartment Note
Mrs Maree Skeels, a well known musician formerly with the Skeets orchestra and later organist at the Plaza theatre, was found dead in her Lafayette street apartment. A handwritten note to a fellow musician revealed a broken heart and financial woes. She left two children, Leela and Dojores, with her former husband’s family, and her latest husband Lloyd Skeels is said to be in Waco. Coroner S. D. Smith said she died by hanging, the body cut down around 2 p.m. today.
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Maree’ Skeels
Lloyd Skeels
Lafeyette Street
D. Smith
Skeets
Plaza Theatre
Skeels
Peterson
Brandon
President Harding Seeks Never Again War at Hoboken War Dead Rite
President Harding pays tribute at a Hoboken pier funeral for 5,000 war dead, including a private who died in Alsace in 1918. He pledges the republic will never forget their sacrifices and warns that millennial peace is not yet here. He vows a potent motion to deter future war as Mrs. Harding weeps beside the flag draped coffins.
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Republic
Landing Pier
Associated Press
New York
Harding
Army
Hoboken
Hudson
Mrs. Harding
Leno
Joseph Guyton
Evars
Mich
One Hundred Twenty-sixth
United States Infantry
Gildwilder
Alsace
President Harding
Manhattan
Academy of Political Science
Hotel Astor
One Hundred Sixth United States Infantry
Brooklyn
Court of Eternal Justice
Farmer's Son Killed When Auto Tips Over
Oliver Siegler, son of Alonzo Siegler, a farmer near Charlies City, Ia, died from a broken neck when the automobile he rode in overturned between here and Floyd. The father and three other children escaped uninjured.
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Associated Press
Charlies City
Oliver Siegler
Alonzo Siegler
Here
Floyd
Weather summary for several towns across the Midwest
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau dated May 23 1931 reports unpaved roads dry and smooth in some areas with showers probable in the west and north portions tonight and Tuesday. Towns listed include Albert le s Minn Algona Charlem City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dudvane Werlantz Minn Lai Crosse Wis Masonly Marshall town New Hamiton Pontyite Water.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Chares City
Albert Les
Minn
Algona
Charlem City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dew Moines
Dudvane
Werlantz
Lai Crosse
Wis
Masonly
Marshalltown
New Hamiton
Pontyite
Qwestarp
American Sailors Clash With Japs in China Report
Tokio dispatch reports American and Japanese bluejackets clashed at Woosung, China on May 22 with several casualties. The Japanese navy department said no official report had been received.
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China
United Press
Anthon Boy Buried in 9 Foot 9 Inch Casket
Bernard Coyne an 18 year old from Anthon Iowa was buried Sunday in his hometown. At a foot 2 inches tall he was believed to be the tallest man in Iowa or possibly the nation. A local casket firm crafted a cloth covered casket from special lumber since no prior order approached this size. The casket measured nine feet nine inches, while the rough box stood at ten feet.
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Associated Preas
Dubuque
Bernard Coyne
Anthon
Coyne
United States
Knights of Columbus Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines May 23 Knights of Columbus representatives from every Iowa organization gather for the state convention. A major topic is a plan to aid disabled soldiers. Supreme Knight James J. Flaherty of New Haven Conn attends. Iowa reports about 18 088 members and ranks seventh in state membership.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Knights of Columbus
James J. Flaherty
New Haven
Conn
Supreme Knight
Iowa
Two Day Delay In Mrs Orthwein Trial
Mrs Cora C Orthwein confessed singer linked to Herbert Pe Ziegler faced a postponed murder trial in Chicago as a crowded docket delayed proceedings. The charge stems from her alleged shot of Ziegler, a Goodyear executive, in her North Shore Drive apartment.
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United Press
Chicago
Cora C., Orthwein
Herbert Pe Ziegler
Sinn Feiners Bomb Cork Examiner Staff
Sinn Feiners attacked the Cork Examiner staff as they were returning home. Four newspaper workers were targeted. one man lost a leg to a bomb and the other three were seriously wounded by pistol fire in Cork on May 22.
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United Press Cork
Sinn Weiners
The
Cork Examiner
Chicago Bankers Tour Des Moines State Delegation Visit
Des Moines bankers travel across the state from May 23 in a banking tour with stops at LeMars Fort Dodge Osage Cresco and Clinton. Sixteen Chicago bankers accompany the Des Moines delegation for group meetings and discussions.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
LeMars
Fort Dodge
Osage
Cresco
Clinton
Chicago
Mooney Taken to Court in Drive for New Trial
United Press San Francisco reports Thomas Mooney arrived in San Francisco from San Quentin to renew his bid for a new trial. His wife and brother greeted him aboard the ferry as proceedings were set to open, with attorney Byron C. Parker to present new testimony from about six potential witnesses.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Thomas Mooney
Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Quentin
John Mooney
Mooner
Byron C. Parker
Allied Delegations Seek To Intervene In Silesia Crisis
Paris reports May 23 that the allied high commission comprising France Great Britain and Italy plans to send delegations to urge an end to all military operations in Upper Silesia German irregulars are active while Polish insurgents consolidate gains in the industrial district reports from Oppeln Katowice and Beuthen reveal cut power and food shortages as battles continue along routes to Gleiwitz and Kattowitz.
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Associated Press
Paris
Allied High Commission
Upper Silesia
France
Great Britain
Italy
Oppeln
Wirth
Berin
Silesian
London
London Times
Spain
Silesia
Kattowitz
Gleiwitz
Beuthen
Kat‘towitz
Germany
eBy United Press
Iemi
Foreign Office
Mattowitz
War Office
Rhine
Kreuzberg
Rosenberg
Wappitz
Grosidnier Forest
Sovietzce
Grossteiner Castle
Courier delivery notice requests timely arrival before 5 30
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5:30 o'clock. If through error of the carrier or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time, please phone 230 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:20 p m
Balloons Down Five Flying East Toward New York
From Birmingham Alabama May 23 four of nine balloons starting late Saturday in the national elimination contest are down. Officials say they are over Ohio and heading toward New York with the flight eastward. The Army No 1 City of Akyon Chamber of Commerce City of Birmingham had forced landings near Nashville. Weather forecasters cite high pressure banks meeting a low in the Mississippi Valley as causing disturbances. St Louis reports two more balloons landed, joining five already accounted for.
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Prear
Birmingham
Ala
Aero Club of America
Ohio
New York
Army No. 1
Columbia
Tenn
Akyon
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Nashville
Mississippi Valley
Priest Shoots Intruder At Detroit Rectory
In Hamtramck suburb Michigan on May 23, Rev John Kovatsiy of St Cyril church shot Andrew Kulick 37 after Kulick and three accomplices allegedly tried to break into the rectory. The priest said intruders threw flower pots at windows and planned to kill him. Kulick was wounded in the chest and hospital reports said he may die.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Andrew Kulick
John Kovatsiy
St. Cyril's Catholic Church
Hamtramck
Father Kovalsky
Bigs Patish
Kulick
Emergency Tariff Bill Approved and Sent to President
Washington May 23 Congress approved the emergency tariff bill and sent it to President Harding after the conference report settled differences between the houses. Harding is expected to sign, marking the second congressional passage after a previous veto by President Wilson.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Harding
House
Senate
Wilson
Rioting Irish Soldiers Riot Aveley Town in London
May 238 reports leaders of an uprising by 200 Irish soldiers in Aveley were arrested and interrogated after looting a hotel and smashing windows. They halted motorists and pedestrians until other military units suppressed the riot. motive unclear.
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United Press
London
Aveley
Harding Urges Deep Government Reorganization Plan
President Harding addresses the Academy of Political Science in New York May 22, outlining a long term federal reorganization effort. He argues government must cut costs, extend efficiency, and apply private sector principles while resisting entrenchment of officeholders. He stresses citizen cooperation and continued official accountability.
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Associated Press
New York
Harding
Academy of Political Scheme
Congress
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