Four Iowa counties vote for road bonds in spring drive
Yesterday four counties Dubuque Linn Van Buren and Webster approved road bond measures totaling 1.9 million dollars with Fort Dodge backing the effort. Across 73 of 99 counties bonds reach 84.3 million dollars as rural opposition grows in Webster and more votes loom in Black Hawk and Union.
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Linn
van Buren
Webster
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Union
Black Hawk
Isue
Supreme Court
Big Ten Ban on Iowa May End Quickly
Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten commissioner, said evidence of a slush fund to pay athletes was the sole basis for Iowa’s disciplinary action. He met with Iowa officials including FE. H. Lauer and Walter A. Jessup as the university seeks to return to the conference.
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Big Nine
Iowa U
Thoro
John L. Griffith
Saith
Griffith
Iowa City
John AL. Griffith
University of Iowa
Iowa ‘Athletic Council
Walter A. Jesson
Towa City
Western Conference
Iowa
FE. H. Lauer
Walter A. Jessup
Bush C. Butler
Chicago
Paul E. Belting
E. H. Lauer
T. A. Goodenough
University of Tiinois
University Athletic Department
Grifffith
Mason City
Russ Ce
Butler
F. G. Higbee
Biggen Athletics
James Page
Universite of Minnesota
Cot
Hoover Law Commission Outlines Crime Inquiry Plan
Washington May 28 The Hoover administration's new national law enforcement commission met at the White House and planned to outline its program. Chairman George W Wickersham said the inquiry would not focus on prohibition but on crime justice and penal reform, with hearings open after initial sessions.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
National Law Enforcement Commission
White House
George W. Wickersham
Commission
Washington
Wickersham
United Press
Wickershant
Lindbergh wedding secret honeymoon shock
News wires report Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow quietly wed at the Morrow estate in Englewood New Jersey. The ceremony, performed by Rev William Adams Brown without fanfare, used a simplified service and omitted the word obey. The couple left soon after for an unknown destination amid fresh speculation on their plans.
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New York
INS
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Lindy
Sea Cliff
Long Island
Land’s Boint
5 R. Guggenheim
Harry Guggenheim
Lindbergh
Hempstead Harbor
Beacht
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Trillora
Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Gindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
William Adams Brown
Union Theological Seminary
Morrow
Storm
Evangeline Lindbergh
Elizabeth
Constance
Gen
Jay Johnson Morrow
Abce Morrow
Edwin L. Mclivaine
Meadville
Ambassador Morrow
Anne
Charles
Betty
Annte
Schacht Leaves Paris as Reparations Talks Tentative
In Paris on May 28 AP reports Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German reparations chief, went to a friend’s country home for air, fueling Berlin speculation of a Rhine mission. The Paris conference, thought dormant, showed revival as statisticians assessed three combinations to avert a final failure of the reparations talks.
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Hjalmar Schacht
Berlin
Rhineland
Nine Die in Goaf? Mine Blast at Yolande Coal Mine
Nine men were killed and two others severely burned in a blast 1000 feet underground at the Connersville mine owned by Yolande Coal and Coke Co. Inspectors blamed an overcharge of dynamite. Bodies were recovered after rescue crews battled flames through the night. one crew member escaped unharmed. The dead were seven white men and two Black men.
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Yolande
Ala
Connersville
Yolande Coal A: Coke Co
Green Flash to Fly to Rome From Old Orchard
Old Orchard Me May 28 Capt Lewis A Yancey navigator of the Green Flash announced the plane will leave at 6 a.m. tomorrow for Rome after a telephone conference with New York weather bureau officials. Final preparations for takeoff were underway this afternoon.
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Old Orchard
Lewis A. Yancey
Green Flash
Rome
New York Weather Bureau
Police Find Stew on Water Wagon in Hartford
Hartford police arrest Janifer Grant on a novel charge for driving a horse drawn vehicle while under the influence of liquor. They found him on the water wagon, authorities said, after he appeared intoxicated.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Janifer Grant
Grant
Rowal
Towa City approves bonds to buy and run air field
In a special election Towa City voters backed a 70,000 bond issue to purchase and improve the city air field. The 20 year issue carries 3 percent interest and plans include expansion to meet federal standards with $40,000 in equipment donated by the federal government. A three mill tax will fund the debt.
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Iowa
Towa City
Johnson County Bonds Bought at Auction
Farmers Loan and Trust Co. was the high bidder for 105000 dollars of Johnson county road bonds sold by the county treasurer. The serial bonds mature from 1932 to 1944 at 4.5 percent interest. Bert McCulloch attended as secretary of the bidding company.
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Farmers Loan&Trust Co
Johnson County
Bert McCulloch
Robber band abducts missionary in Fukien province
A 2,000 strong band of communists attacked the Reformed Church of America buildings at Lumg Yen Chow Fukien and kidnapped Dr. C Holleman. His wife and children, plus other missionaries, escaped by hiding until the bandits looted the buildings and left. The group walked 80 miles to Amoy in Chinese disguise. Efforts to apprehend the kidnapers are underway.
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Shanghai
ReformedChurch of America
Lumg-Yen- Chow
Fukien
C. Holleman
F Amoy
Holleman
Amoy
Dr. Holleman
Police Chief Shot by Gangster Dies in Berwyn
U S Chief of Police Charles Levy aged 40 died in Berwyn hospital from revolver wounds suffered during a confrontation with Chicago gangsters Saturday night. Levy was attempting to trap gang leader Doody and several companions when wounded in the abdomen. the suspect was believed to be Bill Dendy. The case follows prior violence including a wounded postal inspector.
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Berwyn
Til
U.S
Charles Levy
Berwyn Hospital
Chicago
Levy
Bill Dendy
Ehe
Willan Jackson
Doody
Council Bluffs Gin Makes Women Sing at Porch
In Council Bluffs Iowa on May 28 two women aged 68 and 82 were arrested after police found them on a vacant porch allegedly drinking a gin that induces yodeling. They were fined $10 each as the court heard Swiss aria howls and loud singing.
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Coumcil Bluffs
Oaeer
Fahy Starts New Endurance Flight
Lieutenant Fahy lifted from Metropolitan Airport at 4 43 05 am Pacific Time in his second try within a week to break the solo endurance record. Fog forced a landing after 21 hours in his previous flight. He aims to surpass the 34 hours 33 minutes 21 seconds set by Martin Jetisen.
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Cal
Rliewtt
Herbert J. Fahy
Metropolitan
Fogg
Lieut. Fahy
Martin Jetisen
Howe Bill Affects Every Person in U S Nations
Bremer county Iowa will vote June 14 on a proposal to issue 400000 in road bonds to supplement a primary system financed by a previous 900000 bond issue. Plan calls paving No 16 east to the county line from the junction with 59 and paving No 10 from Waverly west to the county limits. The last election June 23 1927 favored hard surfacing after a bond reversal, and this vote follows a voter petition.
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Couvier Special Bures
Waverly
Bremer County
End of Secrecy Rule Nears Approval in Senate
Washington May 28. The senate rules committee voted 9 to 3 to end the 150-year secrecy rule, making public executive session roll calls and allowing nominations to be considered in the open when a majority decides. Chairman George Moses said the issue would be brought before the full senate next week. The committee also defeated a proposal to restore floor privileges to press association representatives and Moses's bid to personally determine which newspapersmen may go on the floor.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate
Rules Committee
George Moses
Press Association
Moses
Ford Wn With Ol And Ove Capital Ford Wn With Ol And Ove Capital
Berlin May 28 The Ford company of Berlin and the J G Farben Dye trust have formed an agreement by which the German company acquires 40 per cent of Ford stock The move is seen as signaling closer ties among Ford Standard Oil and Farben The Standard Oil company and the Dye trust recently signed a deal to develop oil resources worldwide Vossische Zeitung says the Ford Farben pact may reverse the General Motors Opel arrangement and notes Ford needs more capital to compete with General Motors after production changes in 1926 1927
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Berlin
Ford Company of
J. G. Farben Dye Trust
Ford Company
Henry Ford
Standard Oil Company
Farden
Dye Trust
Vossische Zeitung
Ford-Farben
Ford
General Motors
Fliers Plan Next Flight in Kansas After Near Crash
Minneapolis. Gene Shank and Owen Haughland, Minnesota fliers, plan a new endurance flight after a near disaster in yesterday’s attempt. Shank piloted the Miss Ranger to a safe landing after fuel refueling failed and a line from the plane tore the wing, plunging the craft toward the ground within 100 feet. They may try again at Wichita, Kansas.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Gene Shank
Owen Haughland
Minnesota
Fiiers
Shank
Miss Ranger
Miss Rangers
Wichita
Kan
Evangeline Booth Remains Seriously Injured After Crash
In Hartsdale New York on May 28 the Salvation Army commander Evangeline Booth remained seriously injured from a Friday automobile accident. She suffered a concussion and possible skull fracture and cannot be moved for an x ray until at least tomorrow as physicians described a miserable day.
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Hartsdale
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Tariff bill boosts duties across many imports
Washington May 28 The House approved the nation’s thirty seventh tariff bill, sending it to the Senate. It raises duties on sugar to 2.40 cents a pound, expands rates on wool cement hides boots and shoes and leathers, and creates a new rayon schedule. The measure reorganizes the tariff commission, allows the president to adjust rates, and targets thousands of farm and factory commodities.
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Archimedes
Congress
Washington, D. C
House
United States
Hoover
Tariff Commission
Paliticzi Ban
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