Huge merger hinted in today’s spotlight of Ss 5 News
The paper notes a possible merger of implement factories with 94 graduates entering professions after June 3 as the State University of Iowa awards degrees to 994 students including 86 MDs 57 DDSs 47 lawyers and 89 pharmacists likely to practice in Iowa. It also covers Mexico’s heavy guard for Ambassador Morrow’s return for his daughter’s wedding with Lindbergh, mushroom dangers, bond issue momentum, voter registration ahead of May 31, saloon persistence in Chicago, tobacco ban for clergy by United Brethren, and a cooler trend forecast with remarks on July 4 weather.
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State University of Iowa
Iowa
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hervick
Horticultural Society
Tariff Amendments Rise as House Rows Over Rule
Washington May 23 The Ways and Means panel faced scores of amendments to the tariff bill during a three hour secret conference. Proposals include 10 percent ad valorem on hides 12 to 30 percent leather duties 20 percent on boots and shoes and higher cattle and dairy rates. The group failed to agree on a rule to govern floor consideration and adjourned without action.
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Washington, D. c
Republican House
Republicans of the
Ways and Means Committee
House
Hawley
Senate
Garner
Texas
Ways and Means
Guarded Flight to North Haven for Lindbergh Wedding
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow travels guarded by a full regiment to attend the marriage of his daughter Anne Morrow to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. An exploration train carrying 200 soldiers accompanies the express, under Gen. Miguel Acosta, with plans to stop in Wigeningtat before North Haven for the June 15 ceremony.
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Mexico
Morrow
Ambassador Morrow
Lindbergh
North Haven
Gil
Mexico City
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Anne Spencer
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Portes Gil
Miguel Acosta
Vera Cruz
Merrow
Wigeningtat
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Colonel Lindbergh
Constance Morrow
Elizabeth Morrow
Josephine Graeme
French Seaplane Start Delayed by Atlantic Storm
Old Orchard Beach Maine May 23 Captains Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey delay the Rome Night takeoff of the Green Flash due to unfavorable winds and Atlantic storms. Simultaneous landing trials for Bernard-191 from Roosevelt Field to Paris are planned if weather cooperates. Lotti Assolent and Lefevre named as occupants.
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Orchard
Atlantic
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Green Flash
Rome
Old Orchard Beach
Paris
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Armano Lotti, Jr
Lotti
Jean Assolent
Rene Lefevre
Roger
Williams
Lewis A
Annulment Sought in 25 Year Marriage in Des Moines
George Miller filed in district court asking annulment of his 25 year union with Rosey Miller alleging she was previously married to another man and that the prior marriage was not terminated by divorce or annulment. He learned of the facts only recently after courtship in 1907.
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Des Moines
Mile
District Cour
George Miller
Rosey
Witchcraft Slayers Denied New Trials in York County
May 23. New trials were denied for John Blym yer and John Curry, two of the slayers of Nelson D. Rehmoeyar, a farmer, in the York county witchcraft case. Judge R B Sherwood sentenced each to life in prison. Wilbert G. Jess, convicted of second degree murder, received ten to twelve years. Curry received fifteen to fourteen years.
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York
John Blymyer
John Curry
Nelson D. Rehmoeyar
York County
R. BP. Sherwood
Wilbert G. Jess
Curry
Warning on Picking the Wrong Mushrooms in Iowa
Ames Ta May 23 Warns mushroom collectors to avoid toadstools and umbrella shaped fungi. Dr J C Gilman plant pathologist at Iowa State college cautions misidentification may cause upset digestion for days and even illness. Pick edible varieties with sponge like conical heads on open wooded hillsides.
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J. C. Gilman
Town State College
Ames
U.R
Iowa State College
Srv. Gilman
Prohibition on Tobacco Use by Brethren Clergy
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on May 23 the Church of the United Brethren in Christ general conference adopted a resolution to revoke minister licenses for smoking chewing tobacco or using snuff. The quadrennial session approved the measure by an overwhelming majority.
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Conference of the Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Lancaster
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rome
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
General Conference of the Church
Cooler Weather on Way Predictors Say Des Moines
Weathermen forecast a return of cooler conditions tonight, delaying summer. In Nebraska, a steer at the stockyards gored M. A. Bangs, a Shenandoah, Ta. resident, severely injuring him as the horn penetrated his stomach.
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Ontarin
Neb
M. A. Bangs
Shenandoah, Ta
Bangs
Two tired Texas pliers fear fire peril inth day
Fort Worth pilots Reg Robbins and Jim Kelly push past 100 hours in a bid to exceed 151 hours for a refueling endurance record aboard the Fort Worth monoplane. Kelly’s wife signaled from another plane as a hammock mishap bruised a rib and burns festered during the grueling test.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Reg Robbins
Jim Kelly
Kelly
Robbins
Newspaper Delivery Instructions and Contact Times
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive the paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, phone 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Presidents Rise in Associated Manufacturers Reorg
The president who served as vice president and secretary of Associated Manufacturers becomes president of the reorganized Associated Manufacturers corporation after eastern capital purchases a substantial stake. W. W. Marsh, former president, becomes chairman of the board.
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Associated Manufacturers Company
Associated Manufacturers Corporation
Eastern Capital
W. W. Marsh
Bank hold up thwarted by teller defense in Indianapolis
May 23 Indianapolis report: Val Snyder, a bank teller, tackled a robber as president William Wackengour faced two bandits at Fountain Square bank. Snyder grabbed the shotgun turned the barrel, causing the bandit to wound himself. A second robber was wounded by staff but escaped. The wounded man, J. P. Larkin, 30, of Ivry, La., had $1600 cash and three $1000 bonds from Lafayette South Side Bank in his pockets.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Fountain Square Bank
Val Snyder
William Wnackengorul
Snyder
J. P. Larkins
Ivevoria
Lafayette South Side Bank
St. Louis
Musicians Start War on Talkies at AFM Convention
Denver May 22 The American Federation of Musicians opens its 34th annual convention with a war on canned music. Resolutions condemning talkies are expected. Joseph N Weber president predicts music in America may be within 20 years if talkie production continues. High school band contest begins with 32 bands, ages 50 to 106 pieces, split into classes A and B by school enrollment.
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Denver
Colo
American Federaton of Musicians
America
Joseph N. Weber
Youthful Slayer to Get Hearing May 29
Richard W. Burrows a 19 year old foster son of wealthy Chicago parents will have a preliminary hearing May 22 on a charge of murdering Jack Martin a traveling salesman. He confessed to killing Martin during a desert trip took the man s money and automobile after the killing. Burrows waives reading of charges at arraignment and his foster father W M Burrows has provided him with an attorney.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Insi
Richard W. Burrows
Chicago
Jack Martin
Martin
Burrows
W. M. Burrows
Wet First Dubuque Cedar Rapids Game Postponed
The opening game of the Dubuque Cedar Rapids series was postponed due to wet grounds in Dubuque Iowa on May 23.
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Dubuquek
Dubuque, Is
Dubluque-Cedar Rapids
Associated Manufacturers reorganized with eastern interests
Eastern financiers acquire substantial holdings in Associated Manufacturers of Waterloo as it reorganizes into Associated Manufacturers corporation Harold B. Plumb named president and Wilbur W. Marsh chairman. High tension magneto promises tractor field place while expansion plans aim to hire hundreds in next year. notes on related mergers and industry consolidation amid a revival in farming demand.
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Harold B. Plumb
New Corporation
W. W. Marsh
Magneto
Eastern
Associated Manufacturers Company
Waterloo
Wilbur W. Marsh
San Francisco
Associated Manufacturers Corporation
the. Agtalrs & the. Peal Company
New York
ReShe Sheehy
Middle West
Mart-Parr
Hart-Parr Company
Oliver Plow Company
Nichols-Shepard Company
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company
Moline Plow Company
Minneapolis Steel Machinery Company
Chicago
United Tractors& Equipment Corp
Maine Steel Products, Company
Port
Jland
Marsh
Ford E. Fisher
Public Resations
Russell- Lamson Hotel
Certifed Public Accountants
Revolution Costs 50 Million 4000 Killed in Battles
Mexico City reports the Mexican revolution killed about 4000 and wounded 11000 since starting March 4. War department figures show total army expenses and losses to trade around 50 million dollars. About 370 miles of railway were destroyed, with a loss near 10 million.
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Mexico City
URI
War Department
Department
Bullet Price Of Boy S Nip Of Gin
In Milwaukee on May 23 a 22-year-old youth named Claude Seeley was wounded critically after fleeing from police who pursued him and Marquette student Edward Jacobson following a reported alleyway stop for a nip of gin. The officers fired into the air then aimed as the youths ran. Seeley collapsed with a bullet wound to the head. Jacobson escaped and hid until detectives found him nearby.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Claude Seeley
Edward Jacobson
Marquette University
Seeley
Jacobson
Child of Six Guilty of Manslaughter
Paintsville Kentucky May 23 a jury found Carl Newton Mahan six and one half years old son of John Mahan railroad fireman guilty of manslaughter for killing eight year old Cecile Van Hoose after an argument over a scrap iron piece.
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Paintsville
Carl Newton Mahan
John Mahan
Cecile van Hoose
Roosevelt to Take Porto Rico Proffer
Shanghai May 23 Roosevelt to take Porto Rico proffer as Ker mit Roosevelt a member of the Roosevelt Field museum expedition to interior Asia, arrived en route home and said his brother Theodore sr had decided to accept the governorship of Porto Rico. Ames Ia May 23 Nelson PB Horn named professor of religious education at Iowa State college after two years on Methodist church board with Chicago HQ. Minneapolis Minn May 23 Burkelia Snyder reelected supreme auditor of the Royal Neighbors of America in convention here.
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Shanghai
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt Field Museum
Asia
Theodore
Porto Rica
Ames
R—Nelson PB. Horn
Ames School of Religion
Iowa State College
Horn
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
Burkelia Snyder
Counc! Bluffs
Royal Neighbors of America
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