Britain Moves Toward Severing Ties With Soviet Russia
London and Moscow exchange signals as Britain edges toward breaking relations with Soviet Russia over subversive activity linked to Arcos Ltd and the Russian trade delegation. Baldwin frames missing War Office documents, while opposition fears European fallout and Labor leaders question the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Baldwin
Moscow
England
Arcos, Ltd
United States
Labor Party
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Europe
Austen Chamberlain
European
Russia
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Agia
Far East
Soviet Union
Poll Tax Notices Start Issuance in City
City Assessor J A Townsley filed 1927 poll tax lists and city clerk Charles announced notices will go out immediately. About six thousand names on the list. Tax due now to save clerical delay. Mail notices will keep summer busy. Tax due set at 5 with 1.50 discount if paid within 15 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Townsley
Charles
MacKay
Visitor from California stays with cousin in city
Miss Aldora Babcock of Waverly, recently at University of California Berkeley, is spending a few days at the home of her cousin Neil McDermott located at 163 Harrison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visiior
California
Aldora Babcock
Waverly
University of California At Berkeley
Neil McDermott
Harrison Street
Distant Royal Nuptials Mentioned In Current Dispatches
Questions reference a recent royal marriage abroad and the Sugar Bowl's prominence in reporting. Additional items discuss Atlantic coast searches off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, a current battlefield, London offices raid tensions, a Coolidge address before a convention, California syndicalism legality, taxation for bootleg earnings, and a former English prime minister's stopover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Treeka
San Antonio
Tex
London
Coolidge
Supreme Court
California
Charlies A. Lind
Answure
Temperatures and Tuesday Night Forecast
Temperature readings appear garbled with Tuesday night values unclear. The snippet mentions low ranges around 50s and 60s but lacks coherent data or locations. No clear date, place, or organization identifiable to anchor a full report.
Flood Relief Delays and Rail Losses Across Deep South
National Relief Director Henry M. Baker outlined shifts to New Orleans headquarters as flood damage spreads. Arkansas rail lines and cotton farmlands suffer heavy losses with 1,800 miles of tracks out and 2,400 square miles submerged. War Secretary Davis warned the worst may pass soon if levees hold, after touring the affected Lower Mississippi Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Baker
New Orleans
Crescent City
Arkansas
Hoover
Washington, D. C
INS
Mississippi Valley
Davis
Wallace Survives Death Cell Slash Then Is Executed
John Henry Wallace, a Black inmate at the Tennessee state prison, survived a throat slash attempt last night but was executed early today for the 1925 murder of Everitt Hedgecoth, a Marshall County farmer. He reportedly found a razor in his cell and attempted suicide before the death sentence was carried out.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Prison
John Henry Wallace
Everitt Hedgecoth
Marshall County
Wallace
Iowa Newspaperman S. E. Carroll Dead at Keokuk
S. E. Carroll general manager of the Keokuk Gate City died in Keokuk hospital at 2:10 AM after two weeks of illness following an operation. Born April 1, 1862 in Illinois, he lived in Washington and Adel before graduating high school there. Survived by widow and two sons. Funeral tomorrow in Keokuk. burial in Perry, Iowa. He came to Keokuk in 1922 from Iowa City.
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Keokuk
S. E. Carroll
Keokuk Gate City
Iowa City
Perry
Carroll
Illinois
Washington, Ia
Adel
William Reichal Funeral in Fredericksburg
William Reichal died Monday after a stroke of paralysis and was buried at Hawkeye after a funeral at the Evangelical church in Fredericksburg. He was 71. L. M. Taylor sought care in Rochester, Minn. for heart disease. The senior class completed regular school work. Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Zoller returned from Washington, D. C. J. D. Herrick drove James Potter to New Hampton to visit comrade Riley Benedict, aged 91, a Civil War veteran.
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Fredericksburg
William Reichal
Evangelical Church
W. A. Koch
Hawkeye
L. M. Taylor
Rochester
Minn
S. B. Zoller
Washington, D. C
J. D. Herrick
James Potter
New Hampton
Riley Benedict
Elsie McHenry Found Guilty Again in Burglar Tools Case
Des Moines May 25. For the second time in two months Elsie McHenry heard a jury report finding her guilty of possession of burglar tools after a district court jury deliberated all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie McHenry
Des Moines
INS
Flood Relief Fund Receipts Total $6110.39
A report lists donations to flood relief including Reading Circle Randalla 25.00 Emma Anderson Randalia 1.00 Effin A Johnson 1.00 Church of Brethren Orange Township 53.00 W M Howell Co 19.00 Bee and Billy Widlik 2 HC Knuden 10.00 bringing the total to 6110.39.
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Reading Circle
Randalla
Emma Anderson
Rand Alia
Effin A. Johnson
Church of Brethren
Orange Township
MB. Howell & Co
Bee
Billy Widlmek
Acee and Demation
Knudaen
Danish farmer Andrew P Johnson dies in Waterloo at 79
Andrew P Johnson 79 a Waterloo resident for 50 years died at his home 1727 Washington street of age related complications. Born May 18 1848 in Nykobing Denmark he married Wilhelmine Anderson March 8 1876 and came to the United States sailing three days later arriving Cedar Falls April 1876 then Waterloo July 4 1876. Survived by widow two children Chris Johnson and Mrs J Miller several grandchildren one great grandchild a sister in Madison S D and a brother in Denmark. Funeral Thursday 2:30 pm at St Ansgar s Danish Lutheran church with Rev Otto Jorgensen burial Elmwood. Body at Petersen Bros mortuary until Thursday morning.
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Andrew P. Johnson
Waterloo
Washington Street
Nykobing
Denmark
Wilhelmine Anderson
United States
Cedar Falls
Johnson
Chris Johnson
J. ©. Miller
Marie Christensen
Madison
S. D
Frederick Jensen
Holbach
St. Ansgar’s
Danish Lutheran Church
Otto Jorgensen
Elmwood
Petersen Bros
Funeral services held for Howard B. Taylor
Funeral services for Howard B. Taylor aged, 620 Third avenue west, were conducted at 2 p m Tuesday in the Kistner chapel with Rev J Arthur Young of First Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood. Pallbearers included Charles Jamison Coy Jamison William F Close E P Pashby Ben Urbine and M D Raftery. Out of town attendees were Mrs E M Shaw of Chicago John Coyne and Mrs Mary and Miss Lucy Evans of Marshalltown.
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Howard B. Taylor
Third Avenue West
Kistner Chapel
J. Arthur Young
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmwood
Charles Jamison
Coy Jamison
William F. Close
E. P. Pashby
Ben Urbine
M. D. Raftery
Out of the City
E. M. Shaw
Chicago
John Coyne
Mary
Lucy Evans
Marshalltown
Funeral services for Mary Jane Peterson
Funeral services for Mary Jane Peterson a four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Nels Peterson of 22 Broadway will be Thursday at 2 pm in the O Keefe Towne chapel with Rev George Woodall of St Pauls Methodist Episcopal church officiating Burial will be at Cedar Falls The child died yesterday at Woodward Ia Surviving besides the parents are two sisters Margaret 7 and Jeanette Lois 8 months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Peterson
Nels Peterson
Broadway
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
George Woodall
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Falls
Woodward
Mar-garet
Jeanette Lois
Red Cross Flood Relief Fund Tops 14 Million
Washington May 25 The flood relief fund of the American Red Cross crossed the 14 million dollar line today totaling 14 043 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
the American Red Cross
Woman Shot 98 At Kansas State Trapshoot
Mrs. J W Phillips of Bartlesville Oklahoma scored 98 of 100 in the Kansas state trapshoot at Wichita. Her score was the second best overall, surpassed only by the winning male contestant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Wichita
Church Temperance Society Pushes Moderate Regulatory Laws
New York May 25 Resolutions by the board of the Church Temperance Society Protestant Episcopal call for a nationwide campaign for moderate regulatory measures to replace prohibition laws. The group faults the Eighteenth Amendment as unenforceable and urges clergy laity and lawmakers to support temperance through sermons lectures and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New +York
Church Temperance Society
New York
Episcopal Church
West Arichat Shows High Cost of Tiny Customs Port
Canadian ports review notes West Arichat Nova Scotia collected only 2.31 in duties and 0.60 in excise in 1925. Three shipments and three entry forms cost 201.73 to collect 2.81. Newcastle Ontario and Timagami Ontario cited as wasteful ports with small proceeds.
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Toronto
Can
West Arichat
Canada
Nova Scotia
United States
Great Britain
Australia
Canadian Customs Department
Newcastle
Ontario
Massey
Washington
Vincent Massey
Massey Company
Timagami
Bombay Death Rate Is Called Appalling
London reports on Shapurji Saklatvala's Indian tour stating Bombay infant mortality under 12 months is 830 per 1000. He contrasts this with 609 per 1000 in other industrial districts, and 60 per 1000 among English wealthy, 100 per 1000 for the poor, blaming destitution and unsanitary conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bombay
Shapurji Saklatvala
India
Saklatvala
England
Kiwanis President Attends Fort Dodge Get Together
J. Miller president of the Kiwanis Club and East Wick School principal travels to Fort Dodge for a regional Kiwanis gathering. Towns within 76 miles send representatives. the Port Dodge club sponsors the event and a dance is planned as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red J. Miller
Iwanis Club
East Wick School
Fort Dodge
Port Dodge Kiwanis Club
Building Permits Reported for Poultry House Garage and Move
T. E. Dolan builds a poultry house at 496 Cable for 60 dollars. Nick Gales constructs a garage at 2601 Lafayette for 100 dollars. Fred Andrews moves a garage from 609 Leonard outside of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Dolan
Cable
Nick Gales
Lafayette
Fred Andrews
Leonard
City
Marriage Licenses Issued in Mt. Auburn
Ray Dawen and Geanette Karr of Mt. Auburn obtained licenses in Mt. Auburn, signaling upcoming marriage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Dawen
Mt. Auburn
Geanette Karr
Kansas Woman Twila Shoemaker Wins KU Sweater
Centralia Kansas student Twila Shoemaker earns a University of Kansas sweater as one of eight girls among 2200 to win the prize. She set a college record with straight A grades in every subject during four years, is Phi Beta Kappa, and supported herself through college while planning to teach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twila Shoemaker
Centralia
Kan
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Parochial High Schools Prepare 41 Diplomas
Three parochial high schools grant diplomas this week. Our Lady of Victory Academy confers 41 diplomas with Rev. Edward Slattery presiding. St Mary’s honors 13 graduates at Sunday exercises. Sacred Heart seals eight graduates with Rev J M Molloy delivering the address. St John’s eighth grade graduates 13 as Rev Nicholas Lentz speaks. All parochial schools dismiss for summer May 29 week.
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Our Lady of Victory Academy
Edward Slattery
St. Joseph's Church
St. Mary’s High School
St. Mary's Auditorium
Sacred Heart High School
Sacred Heart Church
J. M. Molloy
St. John’s School
Nicholas J. Lentz
St. John's
Mayo Clinic Doctor Speaker Tonight at Waterloo Meeting
Dr. W F Braasch of the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn will address the Waterloo Medical Society gathering in Black's tearoom this evening. The meeting opens at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Braasch
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Waterloo Medical Society
Boozer Sentenced to Nights in Jail and to Work Days
Charles Mathews pleaded guilty to spending 10 nights in a barroom and was sentenced by Municipal Judge Sophus Neble to 69 nights in jail. The unique sentence frees him each morning at 6 o clock to work for the family and requires nightly jail duty, with Sundays entirely in jail.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles Mathews
Sophus Neble
Neble
Mathews
Nehle
Rotary International Convention Opens in Ostend Belgium
New York May 25 Six trans Atlantic liners carry Rotarians and families to Ostend for Rotary International's eighteenth annual convention opening Monday. Some 8000 delegates from 40 countries expected as European travel inches forward postwar. King Albert to welcome. passport waivers aid travel for members.
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New York
North America
New York Harbor
Rotary International
Ostend
Belgium
Europe
Tokio
Paris
British Isles
Albert
European
Real Estate Board Leader Urges Civic Beauty Effort
Waterloo Real Estate board luncheon speaker J. C. Ferguson from Des Moines urged boards to lead civic beautification to lift confidence and counter gloom. He predicted Iowa license bill passage next session and said confidence is key to improving real estate business and pricing.
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J. C. Ferguson
Des Moines
Waterloo Real Estate Board
Ferguson
Iowa State Real Estate Boards Association
Immanuel School Graduation on June 8
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran school will graduate 15 eighth grade pupils at exercises Wednesday night June 8 in the school auditorium. Rev. A. H. Lemmann, pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran church, will give the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School
A. H. Lemmann
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Irresistible Beauty with Danderine Hair Care
Advertises Danderine hair product claiming to refresh hair color and texture. Encourages brushing with Danderine, promises glossy strands free of dandruff and oil, and asserts wide usage among girls. Ends by touting hair waves and daily use.
New Storage Plan to Revolutionize Fruit Transport
London May 21 A report from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research details a new fruit storage method that could transform Atlantic produce shipments. The technique restricts fruit respiration by replacing part of the air’s oxygen with carbon dioxide to slow ripening during transit.
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London
America
Britain
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Aberdonian Londoner notes whiskey invitations
A fragment discusses a discovery that retards fruit ripening without harming taste or storage when brought to normal atmosphere. It mentions a large field of practical investigation and quotes an Aberdonian in London about invitations and whiskey, with garbled dialogue.
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Brooklyn
Felica Vallone
Red Cross
Iowa
WM. Reichal
Flood Relief Fund
Kiwanis
St. Mary’s
Sacred Heart
Boozer
Garry Rotary
Immanuel School
Landerine
Kingsley Avenue
Tiffany
Lester W. Miller
Pioneer Bld
Morgan's Millinery
Morris Plan
Morris
PTT
Rau Ag Ny
Yu Ra
Mormsy
Chicago, Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Cubs
Pittsburgh
White Sox
St. Loui
Marvelous Theatres
Riverview
White City
R. H. Johnston
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