Tire shop owner fined for role in tire thefts
Darvles Tires Shop proprietor Vance Lystik at 726 Lafayette street received a £100 fine plus costs after pleading guilty to receiving stolen tires used by Ray Wheeler who confessed to stealing about 60 tires since April 21. Wheeler, 27, was captured at gunpoint and faces ongoing investigations into additional thefts and other batteries sold to local garages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Lyshik
Darvles
Lafayette Street
George J. Sager
Ray Wheeler
Commercial Street
Wheeler
Lystik
Hecht
Lindbergh and Bride Honeymoon Disappearance Report
The article reports Lindbergh and his bride left for a honeymoon with a simple ceremony, no attendants, and minimal vows. Amb. Merrow announced the wedding. license issued May 20, five days before the second anniversary of the Paris flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Lindbergh
Miss Murray
Lindbergh
la Bourge Field
Paris
John A. Manson
Englewood Board of Health
A. H. Springer
Merrow
Hoover Confers on Farm Bill Deadlock
In Washington D C May 28 Senator McNary and Rep Williams Illinois discussed the farm relief conferees dispute over the debenture plan with President Hoover. Both predicted an early session to resume work and adjust differences between the house and senate on retention of the debenture proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Farm Relief Conference Committee
Hoover
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
McéNery
Williams Miinois
House Agriculture Committee
Charles M Jennings In Critical Condition At Home
Charles M Jennings of 399 Vermont Street remains in critical condition after a serious kidney infection. Local reports early this morning suggested he might not survive the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Jennings
Vermont Street
Burlington to vote on bonds for city auditorium
Burlington will hold a special election June 4 to decide whether to issue 290000 dollars in bonds to build a city auditorium. The measure was approved by the city council with core and patriotic organizations sponsoring the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Counci
Core
Chimney Climber Captured After Jail Escape
Iowa City May 28 1931 Don Robertson 27 a 6 year old prisoner escaped from the county jail by scaling a 30 foot chimney and leaping from the roof. He was recaptured in Grinnell after being found driving a stolen car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Don Robertson
Oly Pegry
Stody
Robertson
Grinnell
Temperatures Forecast With Variable Monday Readings
A weather note outlines Monday temperatures with a high range of .24 to .81 and a low Monday night around .60. It mentions Tuesday's expected milder conditions with possible changes later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tesday
Flesee
Enenenes
Deaf hired man plants four acres with wrong corn
Fireman Everett Bailey complains as a hired worker plants four acres in the 1600 block of Burton Avenue with field corn instead of the intended sweet corn. Bailey had spent weeks plowing the land and treasuring a special brand. He remains upset and venting at friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Everett Bailey
Bealey
Bailey
Burton Avenas
Big Ten faces pressure on athletic policies and probes
Northwestern welcomes Big Ten scrutiny of its athletics amid reports of Iowa and Purdue investigations. Northwestern athletic director Kenneth Wilson and President Walter Dill Scott defend standards and offer to suspend athletes if eligibility questions arise. Michigan coach Tad Wieman denies resigning amid board disputes. Indiana official dismisses rumors of investigations into Indiana, Purdue, and Northwestern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Northwestern University
Big Ten
Kenneth L
Tug” Wilson
North- Western
Towa
Wilson
Northwestern
Walter Dill Scott
Iowa
University of Iowa
Griffith
Sowsa
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Wileman
Ann Arbor
Mich
Elton BE
Tad Wieman
Michigan
Board of
Athletic Control
Wieman
Fielding
Yost
Ohio Wesleyan
Bentes
Bloomington
Ind
U.P
Indiana University
Purdue
Iowa University
W. J. Moenkhaus
Indiana
May Wheat Price Slump Hits Farmers Millions
May wheat fell to 83 cents a bushel in Chicago trading, the lowest since September 1916, with July September and December futures also at historic lows. Heavy rains in the Canadian northwest blamed for the drop, while marketing experts estimate American farmers face billions in lost value as Argentina promotes its ample surplus. Favorable weather in the wheat belt may restrain any near term price rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canadian Northwest
Druggist Gets Six Months for Gin Sale in Des Moines
Des Moines: Neal Brady, owner of a local drug store, was sentenced to six months in county jail and fined 1600 by Judge Martin Wade after being found guilty of illegal handling and sale of alcohol. Employee William Brady received four months and 500 fine, while James Kinney the drug clerk was fined 80. Brady is the second Des Moines drug store owner to get a federal jail sentence in the last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Neal Brady
Martin Wade
Brady
William Brady
James Kinney
Dmg
Clara A Hunt 69 longtime Central school teacher dies
Clara A Hunt 69 longtime West Waterloo resident and first primary teacher’s certificate holder dies at home after paralytic illness and strokes. Born January 17 1860 in Waterloo she taught at Central school 15 years after earlier work at Aplington and Reinbeck and rural schools. Funeral set at First Congregational Church with burial at Elmwood. surviving relatives include cousin Charles Downs New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara A. Hunt
Central School
Iowa
Park Avenue West
Miss Hunt
Waterloo
CG. P. Hunt
West District
West High
Towa
First Congregational Sunday School
New Hampshire
Waterlon
Park Avenue
Emma
Alice
Lilly
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Charles Downs
New York City
First Congregational Church
J. Richmond Morgan
Elmwood
Memorial Program at Parkersburg on Memorial Day
Memorial day exercises will be held Thursday morning in Parkersburg starting at 10 with grave decorations, followed by a program at the Wolf estate at 11. Rev. B A Davis of the M E church will give the address. Music by the high school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Parkersburg
Jaen
Wolf Estate
B. A. Davis
M. E. Church
High Choo! Orchestra
Viking Pump Sets First Annual Meeting at Cedar Falls Plant
The Viking Pump company will hold its first annual meeting since reincorporation under Delaware law this afternoon at the Cedar Falls plant. New directors CG. H. Best of Chicago and Richard Hawes of St. Louis, representing the new financial interests, are in attendance for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Cedar Falls
Viking Pump Company
Delaware
CG. H. Best
Chicago
Richard Hawes
St. Louis
Coe College Sophomore Killed In Iowa Collision
Elmo Holland nineteen year old sophomore at Coe college was killed in a crash nine miles east of Cedar Rapids. Fellow student Frank Buresh nineteen suffered a fractured skull and chest injuries while driver Ralph Byerly from Lisbon and passengers Louis and Hulda Guhl of Olin sustained cuts and bruises. An inquest will be held after the injured recover. Holland served as business manager of the Acorn yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Elmo Holland
Coe ‘College
Ralph Byerly
Lisbon
Here
Frank Buresh
Coe
Byerly
Louis
Hulda Guhl
Olin
Holland
Acorn
Jessup Denies He Intends to Resign
Towa City Iowa May 28 Dr Walter A Jessup president of the University of Iowa denies rumors that he will resign He says he is complimented by being considered for Michigan but has no intention of leaving Iowa The local Elks lodge passed a resolution backing him for the Michigan post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Walter A. Jessip
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
Michigan
Iowa
Mexican Deputies Expel Opposition Members
In Mexico City on May 28, fifty two Valenzuelistas were expelled from the chamber after a lengthy session. They faced charges of taking part in the March 3 revolt, denied the accusation, and called the expulsion political. Antonio Boto Y Gama, an agrarian leader, was among those expelled. The Valenzuelistas support Gilberto V. Valenzuela, former minister to Great Britain and a former Independent presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
U.pi
Valenzuelistas
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Antonio Boto Y Gama
Ieader
Gilberto V. Valenzuela
Cireat Britain
Canate
Publisher Col. Ira C. Copley Summoned by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission summons Col. Ira Copley of Illinois and California to appear June 3 in Washington D C to probe newspaper stock acquisitions by public utility companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copely Callen
Washington, D. C
U.P
The
Federal Trade Commission Today
Ira C. Copley
Sinois
California
Uncle Charlie Myers of Dike Remembers Civil War Dead
This tribute recalls Uncle Charlie Myers the lone surviving Civil War veteran in Dike as he honors a fallen comrade each Memorial Day. Born in Illinois, he served in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, endured Nashville and Grierson’s raid, later settled in Cedar Falls and Dike, built a farming implements business, and remains a beloved elder for four generations while tending hollyhocks and awaiting future memorial salutes at the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie’ Myers
Dike
Uncle Charlie
Myers
Lttle
Charlie
Uttle
Altho
Runn
Litle
Run
Charlie Myers
Lincoln
Ilinois
Seventh
Illinois Cavalry
Lightsville
Springfield
Corinth
Mississippi
Nashville
Grierson
LaGrange
Tenn
Baton Rouge
Tellahatehle River
Port Hudson
Graham
Hoad
Hatch
Grant Junction
Snudger
Davenport
Matser
Cedar Falls
Black Hills
Gedar Falls
Cnll
Tang
Long Beach
Hollywood
Cal
Springs
Ark
South Dakota
Charle
Rate Increase for Grain Exports Sparks Western Farm Fears
Governor Clyde M. Reed of Kansas led interstate commerce hearings opposing proposed grain rate hikes west of the Mississippi and for export. He warned the increases would devastate grain farmers already facing hardship, with estimated costs to Iowa 1.596 million, Kansas 2.305 million, and Minnesota 2.458 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi River
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reed
Commission
Allen
Iowa
Minnesota
House Tariff Bill Expands Duties on Thousands of Goods
The measure would raise duties on numerous items and allow reclassification to adjust rates. It also authorizes an executive study on basing import duties on domestic valuation rather than foreign valuation, with a report to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rules Bootleggers Must Pay U.S. Tax
New Orleans officials report bootleggers must pay tax under internal revenue law. Judge Ben C. Dawkins ruled the Volstead act did not nullify the old law. Prohibition officers will maintain records of convicted bootleggers to collect the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ben C. Dawkins
Prohibition
Boozerunner Hannon pays fine and released from jail
James Hannon of Chicago, part of a trio arrested after a highway chase, pleaded guilty to illegal transportation of liquor in district court. He was fined 700 dollars plus costs totaling 8913.15 and released from Black Hawk county jail after nine days. Other charges were dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hannon
Chicago
J. H. Moyers
Black Hawk County
Watts Charged With Assault to Murder in Formed Information
Fred Watts was charged in municipal court by County Attorney John Gwynne with assault to commit murder. The information states he slashed the throat of John King with a razor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Watts
John Gwynne
John King
Gardner air race spans five cities to East St. Louis hub
Marvin Odell in a Cessna wins the Buffalo to East St. Louis leg in nine hours, with Arthur Davis close behind after fuel loss. Sydnor Hall leads Jacksonville leg in a Travelair, while 19 of 24 scheduled planes started amid delays and weather. Five planes launched from Denver toward St. Louis in the Gardner trophy race toward Memorial Day leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
Ill
Gardner Air
Buffalo
Parks Airport
Marvin ©. Odell
Arthur J. Davis
Odell
Davis
Jacksonville
Fla
Sydnor Hall
St. Louis
Hall
Dale Jackson
Jackson
Curtis Robin
San Antonio
Fargo
N. C
Nell Mea- Cray
Erie
Waco
Denver
Indianapolis
George Lea Lambert
Rowland
Tex
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
Winburn Field
J. J. Mastern
Fort Worth
Boys in Blue Are Honored by Y's Men's Speaker
Glenn Beers addresses the Y's Men at the M G A hall honoring Civil War veterans from Robert Anderson post G A R. He praises their patriotism and civic example as eight members receive guest status. Entertainment includes West High girls sextet and multiple vocal solos and dances. Elmer Mason presides and Earl G. Smith introduces. taps by Henry W. Daliman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Beers
Chll
Lindy Leu
West High Girls
Jean Burton
June Miller
Helen Martin
Katherine Dougherty
Edith Laurence
Geraldine Smith
Ruth Hey
Florence Sawyer
Eleanor Pru
Betty Grange
Nadine Heicher
Audrey Sieg
Dorothy Decker
Elmer Mason
Earl G. Smith
Henry W. Daliman
Ex-Mayor Dirvall Ordered to Serve 30 Day Jail Term
Indianapolis leader John L. Dirvall, 85, must serve a 30 day jail sentence and pay a $1,000 fine for alleged political corruption. The appellate court upheld the fine and jail term but ruled invalid the four year ban on holding public office or employment from 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indian Appellate Court Today
John LG. Dirvall
Duvall
Four Presbyterian nurses stay, three promoted to special
Four of seven Presbyterian hospital graduates from May 1 remain at the institution. The staying nurses are Lou Dean Coffey Humeston Elizabeth Laird Jesup Minnie G Jensen Williams Ta and Helen Cowan Chariton. The three promoted to special nurses are Irma Manley Galva Amanda L Ganschow Nashua and Naomi W Roloff New Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
Lou Dean Coffey
Humeston
Elizabeth Laird
Jesup
Minnie G. Jensen
Williams
Helen Cowan
Chariton
Irma Manley
Galva
Amanda Ll. Ganschow
Nashua
Naomi W. Roloff
New Hartford
Two Fined In Municipal Court In Separate Counts
Judge J G Beem fined Margaret Carmen of 106 1-2 Fourth Street East 190 dollars and costs for illegal possession of liquor and Howard Webber of 222 Bath Street 100 dollars and costs for assault and battery in municipal court this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Beem
Margaret Carmen
Fourth Street
Howard Webber
Bath Street
Schroeder to Report for Medical Exam and Hospitalization
L R Schroeder a partially disabled war veteran of 820 Berth Avenue goes for his medical examination and hospitalization. He is a janitor at the post office and a member of Eugene Clark post Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Schroeder
Berth Avenue
Des Moinen
Eugene Clark Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bruggeman Carey Ransom Elected Optimist Delegates
Bruggeman and E G Carey were elected delegates of the Waterloo Optimist Club to the international convention in Tulsa Oklahoma June 19 33. C E Butler and George Harris will also attend. Prof R O Skar Teachers College Cedar Falls spoke on nature classification and purpose of wit and humor outlining seven original jokes and six joke classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell O.ransom
BR. Bruggeman
E. G. Carey
Optimist Club of Waterloo
Tulsa
Oklo
C. E. Butler
George Harris
R. O. Skar
Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Prof
Skar
New Officer Seizes Suspect in Street Assault Incident
Oliver Nelson, a new recruit under Police Chief Charles Mohlis, subdued Jack Ellis with Atlas George Greene and others watching. Ellis faces assault and battery charges from Ed Clark after a reported attack during an automobile ride near the Jewish cemetery on Lafayette Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mohlis
Oliver Nelson
Peek Street
Jack Ellis
Atlas George Greene
Wellington Street West
Welson
Charles Pickens
Ellis
Fourth Street
Pickens
Melson
Bert Douglass
Willam Uri
Ed Clark
Sycamore Street
Lafayette Street
Airplanes Safety Recognized At Iowa Aeronautic Meet
Col C B Robbins of Cedar Rapids, former assistant secretary of war, opened the Iowa aeronautic conference at Iowa State College with notes that airplane safety is rapidly recognized. He forecast more airplane production and new aviation laws, and named additional speakers including George Yates Russell Reel and Roy B Dotson. Governor Hammill was slated for the conference banquet as the meeting continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Col
C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Robbins
War Department
George Yates
Des Moines
Iowa Aeronautic Association
Russell Reel
Yellow Gale Airways
Roy B. Dotson
Kirksville
Covernor Hammill
Prince De Sagan dies after self inflicted wound
Paris reports the 19 year old Prince De Sagan son of the Duchess de Talleyrand died from complications after a self inflicted bullet wound. He shot himself over a thwarted romance with a French girl he met at school. Pleural infection followed an operation to remove the bullet from his abdomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Iths
Howard
Prince de Sagan
Duchess de Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Coburns to Attend Shrine Council in California
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Coburn of Waterloo will fly to Los Angeles where Mr Coburn serves as a delegate to the Imperial Council of the Shriners from June 4 to 6. They plan deep sea fishing for barracuda at Santa Monica and a side trip to see bullfights in Tia Juana after visiting San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
San Diego
Tia Juana
Adelyn Van Doren to Graduate Nurse at University of Oklahoma
Miss Adelyn Julia Van Doren, daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Van Doren of 724 Randolph Street, will graduate from the University of Oklahoma Norman school of nursing at the thirty sixth annual commencement on June 4. She is a West High school alumna and took part in local musical charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelyn Julia van Doren
A. J. van Doren
Randolph Street
School of Nursing
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Okla
West High School
Gillam Johnson Assaults Wife. Sentence Begun in County Jail
Gillam Johnson of 1218 Water Street completed the first day of a suspended 23 day jail term for wife beating when he assaulted his wife again. The prior sentence, imposed Feb 17, totaled 30 days. Also listed is a marriage license notice for Harry Earl Stronberg and Josephine Doris Baruth of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillam Johnson
Water Street
Harry Earl Stronberg
Waterloo
Josephine Doris’ Baruth
Aged Man Struck by Car in Castle Hill
C H Gates a Lobdell hatchery employee aged about 65 was badly injured when a car swung wide to pass a bus and veered off the road near Rainbow Drive. He suffered a left wrist fracture, a right leg fracture and other injuries and was taken to Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo. The driver T O Tamblin of Mid-Continent corporation Waterloo fled the scene after avoiding a car driven by Mrs Helen Kiness and her passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Castle Hil
C. H. Gates
Lobdell
Rainbow Drive
Gates
T. O. Tamblin
Mid-Continent Corporation
Waterloo
Helen Kiness
Beech Street
William Broe
Presbyterian Hospital
Head Crashes as Man Struck by Two Autos in Iowa
Norm Val Flynn of Riverside is in critical condition with a fractured skull after being struck while crossing a street by a car driven by Mrs. E C Wagner of Cedar Rapids. He was then hit by a second car driven by Dr. George Light of Milwaukee. Neither driver is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
Norm Val Flynn
Riverside
E. C.wagner
Cedar Rapids
George Light
Milwaukee
Wis
Grant as Tragic Figure Pictured to Kiwanis Club
General Ulysses S. Grant was described as one of history’s most tragic figures in a Kiwanis Club luncheon talk at Hotel Russell Lamson. Speaker Pike praised Grant as a great fighter and honest gentleman who met the nation’s needs, despite gaps in politics and finance during his presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 5
Grant
Army of the Potomac
Kiwanis Club
Robert Anderson Post
Hotel
Russell- Lamson
Grand Army
J. F. Armstrong
Joe Grimm
Joseph Schuler
Julius Dennis
Isaac Gushard
Peter Wood
Ing
John Moyer
Henry Woore
Teatre
W. H. Wilson
G. F. Brown
Pike
Etiquette lesson costs two men 11.50 each
W. M. Riley and Ed Hansen were fined 10 dollars and 1.50 costs each after being arrested for taking a taxi and fleeing. Larceny charges were dropped and an intoxication charge added when the cab driver refused to push the case. The two men, traveling salesmen from Chicago and Milwaukee, were with two girls who screamed during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Riley
Chicago
Ed Hansen
Milwaukee
Wis
George J. Sager
Hansen
Riley
Missing Boy Berwin Ford Sought In Urbana
Police seek Berwin Ford a 14 year old Urbana boy who ran away from home Saturday evening. He is light complexioned with light brown hair, 145 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches, wearing a light suit and black shoes. A father’s request asks to be notified if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwin Ford
Urbana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fifth Street West
Emil Steffen
Burr Towne
Pat Lege
Dr. Brown
Lindy
Iris
Ambassador Morrow
Viking Pump
C.F
Jessup
Owls
Uncle Charilo” Myers
U.S
Hannon
Boozerunner
Watts
Assadet
Boys In Blue
Y’s
Bruggeman
Carey Ransom
Meet
Prince
Coburns
Shrine Council
Barracuda
Adelyn van Proren
Oklahodia U
Jatl
Frodi Urbana
Frank Hummel
Ninth
Falls
Olesen Simonsen Realty Co
Sycamore
Linden
Lafayette
E. Smalley
Franklin
Spiritualist Church
Richard
Seventh West
TFL
J. J. Masteller
Greenwood
Aviatrix
Phoebe Fairgrave
Ford Reliability Air Four
Chapman Field
Farego
N. D
Pava
Frank Lindsey
Central Fire Station
Tpava
Lindsey
J. W. Thompson
Arthur M
Lillian H. Shaffer
Frances E. Graff
John Graff
Alice Hanna
Gifford H. Hanna
George W. Wood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!