Beveridge Picked to Place Coolidge Before Delegates
Albert Beveridge, former Indiana senator, has been asked to place President Coolidge in nomination at the Cleveland convention, contingent on a truce with foes New and Watson. Borah endorsed Beveridge, while McAdoo's choice for had its own backing. Smith supporters plan a waiting game at the convention to leverage delegate strength and the hope of victory.
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International News
Washington, D. C
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United States
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James E. Watson
Conlidge
Borah
William E. Borah
Idaho
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Chicago
Daphelan
San Francisco
Ote Sadaite
California
William G. Meadgo-betété
New York
McAdoo
David Eada Rockwell
McAdoo For President
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Smith
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Ray
Democrats
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Weilein
Waterloo
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Weslein
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Neon Camorra
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Tomorro
Toy Order
AL HE. Gnagy
Moose
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C. Cal Koons
the Woman of Manscheart Legion
Eva Wotlein
Moose Hall
Des Moines
J. Willis Pierson
New Orleans
Pase Supreme Inictator
Y A.m
Willian Bohen
Rolleull
Edward UO. Meyer
F. HL. Kroeger
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Thivenport
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Wenquet
Bananet
Russell-Lamson
Courier delivers before 5 20 o clock and phone follow up
The notice directs readers that the Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 20. If the paper is not received by then due to carrier error, call 54100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
Hospital Fund subscriptions energize Waterloo community drive
Committees report strong public interest in funding a new Allen hospital, with many donations toward furnishings. Elks Lodge chapter contributes the first organizational gift, opening doors for other groups. Subscriptions of 60 and 100 are welcome, with donors assured public acknowledgment.
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New Allen Hospital
Waterloo
Doolittle Attacks Brookhart Over Rail Funding Charges
Des Moines May 27 Associated Press Senator Brookhart charged that railroads spend large sums in Iowa to defeat him in the upcoming primary. Clyde H. Doolittle, Sweet campaign manager, called the accusation a desperate eleventh hour effort to cloud issues. He praised Burton B. Sweet as a loyal Republican candidate who upholds Iowa’s name and farmers’ credit against what he terms Brookhart's attacks.
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Des Moines
Brookhart
United States Senate
Iowa
Clyde H. Doolittle
Burton E. Sweet
United States
Doolittle
Burton B. Sweet
Brankhart
Burton, Sweet
Hunt's Nomination Pleases Farm Bureau Friends
Des Moines reports that Charles W. Hunt's nomination to the federal trade commission pleases coworkers in the Town Farm Bureau federation. Confirmation is expected, reflecting the federation's pattern of placing leaders on major governmental bodies. Hunt previously filled a vacancy in the broader farm bureau leadership, as E. H. Quaningham moved to the federal reserve board last year.
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Des Moines
Charles W. Hunt
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Considce
Hunt
Federal Trade Commission
Lowa Farm Bureau Federation
E. H. Quaningham
Federal Reserve Board
Government Sues Coca Cola for 36 Million Tax Claim
In Atlanta on May 27 a suit for 36 832 469 62 was filed in the U S district court against the Coca Cola Company alleging unpaid income and excess profits taxes for 1919 and a 50 percent penalty assessed by the commissioner of internal revenue for alleged fraudulent and false return.
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Atlanta
United States District Court
Coca Cola Company
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Public disclosure urged for all campaign contributions
The Associated Press reports that a Senate amendment to the postal pay bill would require publication every 16 days of every donation to support or oppose any federal candidate. It would name the contributor, residence, and position, with penalties for noncompliance, affecting all committees and parties involved in congressional campaigns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Impri
CAMAR
Itg
United States
Stand Straight and Stay Young Advice of Dr Coffey
Kirksville Missouri May 27 AOA delegate Dr Eva Kate Coffey urged correct living to avoid needless deaths. She said you can live to 100 if you live right and that old age stems from ailments caused by incorrect living. She warned that old age does not cause rounded shoulders and that posture can prevent aging.
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Kate Coffey
Kirksville
Eva Kate Coffey
Los Angeles
American Osteopathic Association
Six Men Die In Windsor Hotel Fire In Newark
May 27 Newark reports six men killed as Windsor hotel on Halsey street burns. Firemen fear more bodies in debris. The four story frame building housed about 100 men last night. A police officer saw an escape door opened before flames trapped inmates. The hotel sits in a busy district near the mob il e area. many roomers linked to a circus.
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Newark
Noot
Windsor Hotel
Halsey Street
Motomobile District
McAdoo Leaders Confident of Texas Delegation Vote
Waco May 27. A resolution directing the Texas delegation to the Democratic national convention to support William G. McAdoo was the main item in a program drafted by the McAdoo forces for the state Democratic convention. McAdoo leaders expressed confidence they could control the convention with ease.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo Farcces
McAdoo
Texas GOP Seeks Creager for National Ticket
Calis Tex May 27 The Texas Republican convention expected to endorse Brownsville national committeeman R B Creager for the vice presidential nomination. The gathering carries 19 delegates and four delegates at large to the national convention. A resolution denouncing the Ku Klux Klan was also on the agenda.
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Calis
Tex
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Minnesota Demos Select Delegates
Minnesota Democrats choose delegates in county conventions statewide ahead of the state convention in St Paul. The meeting will endorse a state ticket for primaries, settle on a state platform, and pick delegates to the national convention in New York.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
New York
Schoolboy Confesses Murdering Teacher in Elsworth
Rol land MacDonald, a 13 year old boy, was jailed after confessing to killing his teacher Louise Gerrish, 19, in Elsworth. He shot her with a buckshot gun, took her rings and water jug, and buried the body in a shallow grave. His 15 year old brother is held as a material witness.
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Elsworth
Rolland
House Passes Postal Salary Boost Bill In Senate Action
Washington May 27 The Edge bill to raise postal salaries passed the senate by a vote of two to one and now moves to the house. The measure would cost an estimated 60 thousand to 1.0 million dollars and would boost clerks and carriers pay by about 300 dollars a year.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Goa
Detectives Track Murder Case Amid Sewer Digging
Chicago May 27 detectives pressed the investigation into the Robert Franks murder centering on two Harvard school instructors Matt Kirk Mitchell and Walter Wilson amid sewer digging near the boy’s home. A man calling himself George Johnson was arrested but later claimed innocence as efforts to locate the ransom typewriter and missing clothing continued with rewards boosted to 15000.
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Harvard School
Mitchell
Walter Wilson
Associated Press
Chicago
Arcrest
George Johnson
Lin Ransom leL‘ler
Acon Franks
Robert
Wnth
Young Franks
Tyde Park
Franks
Avtrash
Thes
Mott Kirk Mitchell
Chicarn Tribune
Chicago Herald A Examiner
Jacob Janks
Methodists Lift Ban on Dances and Sunday Theatre
The Methodist Episcopal General Conference in Springfield Mass voted 460 to 895 to remove the ban on dancing and all theatre attendance. A minority report opposing Sunday theatre attendance and dancing was tabled. Leader Dr George Ebinit and Dr Dyellott defended the change, arguing it strengthens outreach and conscience over restraint.
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Springfield
Mass
Lord Jesus
Ivan
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
George Ebinit
Detroit
Fort Worth
Tex
Br. Shere
Dyellott
Norris Shoals Plan Faces Fresh Committee Report
Washington May 27 The Senate agriculture committee today favorably reported the Norris government ownership plan for the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project. A motion to report the Fort offer favorably failed 5 to 2 with two present. The Norris plan was reported two years ago but stalled. Henry Ford and private offers are contended as possible substitutes to the Norris plan, and Ford’s bid may be presented to the full House for action.
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Wily United Press
Washington, D. C
Setute Agriculture Eminimitine Today
Noris
Fort
Wis
Aiken
Dereline
Norris
Andyoentes
Henry Ford
Noor
Ford
Missing Girl Found After Apparent Kidnaping in Apartment
Gertrude Barker, 17, of Yakima, was found in an apartment with Bert Ht. Jefferey, a riding master, after disappearing last week while living with her aunt and attending St. Navier's school. She said she ran away seeking adventure and planned marriage, and she will return to school.
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Chicago
Ter
Taynmuance
Gertrude Barker
Yakima
Wehl
St. Navier’s
Gertrude
Avine
Bert Ht. Jefferey
Stilr
Cornerstone laid for new Masonic Temple at Dewitt Ta
The Iowa Grand Lodge of Masons laid the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple in Dewitt Iowa this afternoon. Rev Fania Hogan Clinton grand chaplain addressed the gathering as Gabriel Clin Ton presided. M J Curtis Stanwood and other grand lodge officers attended along with residents visiting masons and the public.
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Dewitt, Ta
Dewitt
Fania Hogan
Clinton
Grand Lodge of
Iowe
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Iowa Grand Lodge
Flagf
Gabriel
Clin- Ton
Ms. Ans
Towa
Grand Lodge
M. J. Curtis
Stanwood
Las Soninr Grand Dearon
Anil
American Fliers to Hop Of Thursday
The War Department announced that the American airmen would depart Tokly Thursday for Kagoshima and are expected to leave Kagoshima on the first or second of June for Indo China. The advisory came in a telegram from Lowell Smith.
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Niers
Tokly
Kagoshima
War Department
Indo-China
Liew
Lowell
Smith
ROLDAY HELD UP IN CAMBRIDGE ROBBERY OF 15000
Four men robbed Herbert Warne a Wesioneer for Guaranty Trust in Cambridge Massachusetts today taking 15000 in cash. Warne was held up as he left a bank and fled without serious injuries. Police investigate the street crime with suspects sought.
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Rolday
Cambridge
Mass
Herbert Warne
Guaranty Trust Company
Trial of Arkansas Bishop Opens Over Canon Law Dispute
Nine bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church prepare to hear charges against William Montgomery Brown, former bishop of Arkansas, in Trinity Cathedral. Brown faces accusations of teaching doctrines opposed to the church, rooted in passages from his October 1920 publication. The case hinges on conflicts with the Book of Common Prayer and the Apostles and Nicene creeds, marking a historic trial for a bishop on such charges.
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Cleveland
Wilhan Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
Triad
Trinity Cathedral
Brown
Two Missionaries Killed in Chinese City Attack
Pekin reports two American missionaries killed during the siege of a northern Chinese city. The unnamed report, received at the American legation via the Shanghai consulate, lists Miss Emma Doupal Miss Posey Cunningham and his wife and Miss Alvarson as occupants of the mission.
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Pekin
Kwelin Kwangsai
Shanghai
Emma Doupal
Posey Cunningham
Mise Alvarson
Two Die as Old Feud Sparks Town Riots
Santa Fe area miners erupt after an ancient feud flared into two deaths and multiple injuries. Jamas Aranda faces murder charges as officers struggle to suppress widespread unrest from Santa Fe to the scene near Los Cerillos.
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Santa Fe
Los Ceriliog
Jamas Aranda
Weis
Mellon Desk Final Criticisms On Tax Bill
May 27 Washington reports Secretary Mellon oversees revenue experts comparing tax reduction bill with existing law. Mellon to report to President Coolidge within a few days before presenting to Congress. Indications suggest Coolidge may sign the bill, with an official statement noting concessions but deeming further improvement unlikely from the current Congress.
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International News Wire
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Metlon
Coolidge
Congress
Storm toll rises across d states in twin tornado outbreak
A devastating storm system sweeping across Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana left at least eleven dead in Jackson and Collins and triggered widespread damage. Seven Broadway family members died near Hrewer Mississippi while other communities including Bay Springs Collins Vicksburg and Summit reported deaths and injuries. Widespread power and communications outages hindered reports as two families were wiped out near Empire Alabama and two teenage girls perished in Collins.
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