Governor Smith Hanes Tangles Over New York Repealer
Albany and Washington debates center on Governor Al Smith weighing to sign or veto the state enforcement repeal act amid wet versus dry pressure. Supporters warn signing could end his presidential hopes while opponents claim failure would wreck his political future in New York and beyond. Hearings loom as Smith weighs state sentiment against party and national pressures.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
A Smith
New York
Boby Partel
Smith
Haisin
New York State
Harding
White House
Washington
Tha Epesier
Ign
Albany
N. Y
al Smith
Ephins-Like
ReLes
Tiger Woman Put in Irons Again as Boat Nears Dock
A troubled tale unfolds as the woman slayer, Mrs. Phillips, is confined again aboard a riverboat heading toward New Orleans after a fruit ship arrival. Officers guard the crowd and extra precautions are in place to prevent a break for freedom. En route, she hints at love complications linked to the crime and possibly involves international celebrities. Plans call for a late return to Los Angeles unless altered.
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Jared
New Orleans
Phillips
Eha
Los Angeles
Daughter Sues Father for Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars
Omaha Neb May 29 Lawrence Michealis a well known manufacturer is defendant in a 75000 damage suit filed by his daughter Mrs W E Wetler 45. The plaintiff accuses her aged father of beating and striking her in an orchard in July 1922 causing her baby to be born dead and injuring her health.
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Omaha
Neb
Lawrence Michealis
Tia
W. E. Wetler
Iowa Girl Killed After Crossing Street in Burlington
Four year old Marcy Frances Lemon the daughter of E. H. and Mrs. Lemon was fatally struck by a car driven by Ralph Nees while attempting to buy milk. Eye witnesses say she dashed into the street to avoid a truck and was run over, death instantaneous from a broken neck. The driver agreed to pay funeral expenses and was exonerated from blame. This marks the second such fatal incident at the same spot in two years.
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Burlington
Ill
Marcy Frances Lemon
E. H. Lemon
Ralph Nees
William Nees
Nees
Mary
Manchester Youth Wins Lowden Prize in Mathematics
Manchester youth Har old Hickox, a sophomore engineering student at the University of Iowa, wins the Lowden prize of 50 dollars awarded annually to the second year mathematics finalist. Sixteen students took the exam covering high school through calculus. The prize is among five annual awards established by Frank C. Lowden, former Illinois governor.
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Town City
Harold Hickox
Manchester
Jaws
Paddled Freshman Ordered to Apologize
Des Moines May 29 Gordoni Holler a 19 year old freshman at Des Moines University was paddled and doused with molasses and feathers after filing assault and battery charges against William Eaton and William Clifton. He was ordered to withdraw the charges and apologize by 3 p m today. Holler withdrew his charges at police headquarters later, saying he would start anew and forget past indiscretions.
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Des Moines
Gordoni Holler
Des Moines University
William Eaton
William Clifton
Holler
Eaton
Clifton
Girl Dies After Auto Crash Near Mason City
Gladys Regal 18 Colwell died at Park Hospital after a Sunday night crash near Mason City in which a party of five returning from a Clear Lake dance struck a fence. Ward Pantier, driver, held for investigation while Mrs Pearl Regal and Dorothy Regal stood by as she died.
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Mason City
Gladys Regal
Colwell
the Park Hospital
Pearl Regal
Dorothy
Ward Pantier
Clear Lake
Leeper Denies Plot In Father-in-Law Killing Testimony
Robert Leeper testifies in his murder trial that he was not in the Wertz cellar when Roy Wertz was shot. He backs his wife and mother-in-law claims that Mrs Wertz fired the fatal shots in self defense and denies telling William Barth he planned to kill the father, marry the daughter, and seize the estate.
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Leeper
Iowa City
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
Wertz
Former Iowan Headache Mogul Dies in St Louis
A. Aut reared in Des Moines died at his St Louis home from rheumatic ailments. He built a fortune selling a headache remedy after moving to St Louis at age 13 and working in drug stores. He was an art collector and received Persian insignia. Knights of Columbus Iowa elected McGinn of Council Bluffs deputy. McDermaott and Judge McGuire contested. other officers named include McCormick, Gatewood, and O'Brien.
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St. Louis
Des Moines
Magon City
Albert
Persia
McGinn
Council Bluffs
Knights of Columbus of
Iowa
John McDermaott
Dan McGuire
Joan McCormick
Uma
James Gatelowa Clty
Rayl O'Brien
Oclwein
Iowa to Stop Offering 4 1-4 Percent Bonds Again
Des Moines May 2 There will be no more attempts to sell the 22 million dollar Iowa soldiers bond issue at the old rate of 4 1-4 percent interest after yesterday's sale drew no bids. Adjournment was taken until 1 o clock Saturday morning when offers at a higher rate will be sought. State officials think the treasurer will have no trouble selling at 4 percent and may receive a small premium.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Corn Products Placed Into Receiver's Hands
Des Moines May 29 Oscar Thorson was appointed temporary receiver for the Iowa Corn Products company by Judge L L Thompson. The move was requested by stockholder and director A W Keeney to conserve creditors and stockholders. Assets are listed at 300000 with liabilities of 150000.
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Des Moines
Oscar Thorson
Iowa Corn Products Company
L. L. Thompson
A. W. Keeney
Cedar Falls Council Orders Electroliers Project
Cedar Falls council awarded the electroliers contract on College hill from Twentieth to Twenty third streets to Cedar Falls Electric & Hardware Co for 2089 dollars beating Cole Bros of Waterloo at 2700. Storm sewer work goes to Cedar Falls Construction company for 1620 dollars 30 cents and Dearborn Construction of Waterloo to build the Mercer avenue sanitary sewer for 700 dollars 24 cents.
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Cedar Falls
Electroliers
College Hill
Cedar Falls Electric & Hardware Co
Cole Bros
Waterloo
Cedar Falls Construction Company
Dearborn Construction Company
Mercer Avenue
State Briefs Span Deaths and Accidents Across Iowa
John Maier a 50 year old retir ed farmhand was found with his throat cut at Dominick Gross home near Avoca. Health officials say self inflicted injury caused death. Maier unmarried. In Jes Moines Bar Struder driver was trapped under a fallen oil truck and severely injured with both ankles broken and serious internal injuries. Fort Madison farmers and business leaders plan to fight bovine tuberculosis in Lee county. A survey will gauge how many herd owners want tests. In Lewis Theodore Albright 17 died from injuries from a football incident two years earlier and his foot was amputated after infection. Town City Jack E Harmon sues J R Memler for 16000 alleging false and malicious burglary charges following a store robbery in North Liberty. Harmon was jailed briefly.
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Atlantic
John Maier
Dominick Gross
Avoca
Maier
Jes Moines
Bar Struder
Fort Madison
Lee County Farmers
Town City
Jack E. Harmon
J. R. Memler
North Liberty Grocer
Hay
Harmon
No Holiday Taken in Coopers Trial
Dubuque Iowa May 29 Judge George C Scott extended daily court sessions to six oclock to speed the governments income tax conspiracy trial of A A and W F Cooper The trial will run through the Memorial holiday Wednesday with the defense pressing its challenge to the sensational testimony of Gordon Ball a former Cooper bookkeeper
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Dubuque, Ta
A. A
W. F. Cooper
George C. Scott
Gordon Ball
Iowa Farmhands to Handle 1923 Harvest in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the 1923 harvest will be managed mainly by native farm labor with few imported hands due to a labor shortage. C. W. Hunt, secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, said there will be little trouble and reliance on local workers for threshing and harvest duties.
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Des Moines
C. W. Hunt
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Hunt
Kinderlan Corrigan Wedding at St Patrick’s Church
Miss Mary Corrigan and Hugh Kinderlan were married at 6 am by Rev Father J C Wieneke at St Patrick's church Cedar Falls. They will reside here after a weeklong trip. Mrs Kinderlan worked in Merner and Merner office. Mr Kinderlan is an electrician with the municipal plant.
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Kinderlan-Corrigan
Cedar Fails
Mary Corrigan
Hugh Kinderlan
J. Co. Wieneke
St. Patrick's Church
Mystery surrounds death of Chicago typewriter manager
Chicago police probe the death of Charles A. Sturtz, Corona Typewriter manager, found with bullet wounds beside his car on Kimball avenue road. A note on his coat lapel directed calls to his home number. Mrs. Sturtz cites ill health but gave no hint of suicide.
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Chicago
Charles A. Sturtz
Corona Typewriter Company
Sturtz
Kimball Avenue Road
Plague Report Moves Through Paris Suburbs and Ports
Reports of plague spread from Paris outskirts to Algiers and Egypt. Four cases in Paris with two deaths prompt health measures like sewer cleaning. quarantine of ships at Gibraltar and in Oran. Tutankhamun tomb linked superstition adds motive to fear amid Mediterranean port curbs.
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United Preas
New York
Lurenpe
Paris
Algeria
Bata
Beypt
Mediterranean
Saville
Oran
ful-Ankh-Amen
Red Valley of the Kings
Luxor
Egypt
Gibraltar
Ministry of Health
Paris Journal
Alexandria
Tut-Ankh- Amen
Catafalque
Lord Sararvon
George J. Gould
Bride Sends Man Back to Family of Stix Via Cell Route
Chicago May 29 Arthur Matthie faces 18 months in the house of correction after a dual life scandal in a domestic relations court. Hilma Nelson claimed a former boarder as her husband ten years ago and now Ruth Coogan, daughter of a respected family, is his wife. Matthie’s bride of recent months seeks divorce while a previous partner bears him five children and awaits the sixth birth. Divorce papers were filed just before sentencing as he is sent to do right by his children.
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Chicago
Arthur Matthie
House of Correction
Ceourt
Hilma Nelson
Ruth Coogan
Matthie
Forest Fires in Vacation Districts Report
St. Paul Minn May 29 Between 40 and 60 small forest fires burn in the territory from Ithaca state park east and along the north shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon river. No Minnesota fire is serious as winds abate aiding fighters. In Douglas county Wisconsin cottages were destroyed on Nancy and Railroad lakes and others threatened on Whitefish lake.
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St. Paul
Mion
Ithaca State Park
Lake Superior
Pigeon River
Minnesota
Forestry Office
Douglas County
Wis
Nancy
Railroad Lakes
Gordon
Whitefish Lake
Embezzler Arthur Meininger Goes on Trial in Union
The trial of Arthur Meininger, former Night and Day Bank cashier, opens in Union with a jury selected in two hours. He faces embezzlement charges totaling 167,677 dollars as part of a wider indictment of bank officers tied to the St. Louis bank’s collapse and depositor losses.
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Union Mo
Arthur
Meininger
St. Louis Bank
Daugherty Denies Resignation Rumor in Washington
Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty returned to Washington from Ohio and immediately denied reports he planned to resign. He called the rumors absolutely false and said his health is improving day by day.
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Washington, D. C
Harry M. Daugherty
Washington
Ohio
Committee to Probe Boozing Legislators
Madison officials report the executive committee of the Committee of 100, a local prohibition group, appointed Thomas Gales and Robert N. Nelson to investigate reports that legislators and lobbyists drank at AOULS.
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Madison
Wis
Committee of 100
Thomas Gales
Robert, N. Nelsson
Sixth Victim Recovered After Bridge Leap Tragedy
In Moline Illinois on May 29 the body of Mrs. Mary Newton was found on a Mississippi River dam. She was one of six people who leaped from a trestle to avoid an electric car collision. All six victims have now been recovered.
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Moline
Mary Newton
Mississippi River
Character Growing Finer Banker Finds Character Growing Finer
United Press report from French Lick Indiana May 29 quotes J P Puelicher president of the American Bankers Association stating nine tenths of business is done by credit and it comes from banks. He says credit rests on character and trust and raises national ethical standards. Bankers report business nationwide on a firm basis though farmers seek fairer prosperity. Jack Gillespie of Dallas National City Bank foresees a southern wave of prosperity and predicts Texas will have its greatest year yet.
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United Press
French Lick
Ind
J. P. Puelicher
American Bankers’ Association
National Association of Reserve City Banks
Jack GB. Gillespie
Dallas National City Bank
Texan
Ford Declines to Talk on Presidency
Detroit May 29 Henry Ford refused to discuss a possible presidential run noting no authoritative group has signified support He said he would talk about national problems and identified railroads and the judiciary as the two current priorities He urged central leadership for railroads and fair judge salaries to prevent corporate retention abuses
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ashurst
Arizona
Ford
Italian Storekeeper Fatally Axed in Birmingham
Birmingham police report Charles Graffo, Italian grocer, was found dead in his store from an ax murder in the Latin colony. The crime loot scattered nearby. He is said to be the twelfth Italian grocer killed in two years by a suspected same killer. Police note 14 Italians wounded in similar attacks on grocers or their families.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles Graffo
Graffo
Beerbohm Cartoon Sparks Criticism Over Prince Marriage
London May 29 A Beerbohm caricature exhibition drew sharp commentary. One image shows the Prince of Wales aged, marrying a landlady’s daughter in 1972. The piece mocks his apparent reluctance to wed despite links to English socialite names. Chicago May 29 Police widen hunt for John Whitfield accused of slaying a Cleveland officer. A Chicago rooming house keeper said Whitfield stayed at her place.
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London
Max Beerbohm
Prince of Wales
Seck Whitfield
Chigago
Chicago
South Side
John Whitfield
Persian Earthquake Kills About 1000 in Teheran Region
Advices to the newspaper from Teheran report a devastating earthquake at Turbat-i-Haidar causing about 1000 deaths. The shocks lasted several hours and many buildings were destroyed.
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Associated Press
Allahabad
British India
Oneer
Teheran
Turbat- Ll Haidar
PLANES SPY OVER BANDITS PARLEY PROGRESSES
Shanghai reports two Chinese army planes watching Shantung bandits holding foreign prisoners near Paoteuku to ensure safe release negotiations. Officials fear captives may be moved to remote Tan Shan mountains as talks continue with brigand chiefs.
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Shanghai
Paoteuku
Shanghai-Peking
Jincheng
Tan Shan
Peking
Tang Province
L. ©. Solomon
Associated Press
Tiantsin
Tsanpechwang
Padzukuountain
Tsaochwang
Tuchun
Shantune
China
Nine Deaths Tied to Michigan Woman Probe
Lansing authorities investigate nine mysterious deaths in Emma Kopple’s homes over 25 years while she faces a charge of poisoning her 12 year old foster son Harry. Six deaths traced to Deckerville where she lived 1893 to 1904, three others from St Louis, Michigan. Kopple and James Shannon are indicted for arsenic poisoning with motive to collect $1200 insurance.
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Lansing
Mich
Emma Kenple
Harry
Deckerville
Kopple
Seymour
St. Louis
Ten bullets end life of Italian merchant in Chicago
Charles Gullo, 49, a commission merchant, was shot to death within two blocks of his home in Chicago's Italian district. Police labeled it a mafia style killing and said the assailants were “black handers” whom Gullo had refused to pay tribute to. Gullo left a wife and 11 children. His wife was first on the scene along with 203 other persons as gunmen fled down the street.
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Chicago
Charles Gulfo
Commission
Gullo
Belgium proposes new reparations plan to France
Paris May 29 Belgium has proposed a reparations plan to France aiming to collect 2.49 billion gold marks annually from Germany. The plan includes using German railways for reparations revenue, turning over coal mine profits, and letting Belgium troops guard the Ruhr as a non-interfering guarantee. Premier Poincare will meet Belgian officials in Brussels next week to discuss the offer with French economists present.
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Paris
Belgium
France
Germany
Rhineland
Ruhr
Poincare
Brussels
Shows Why Farms Should Be Run on Industrial Basis
Raleigh, N. C., May 29 Discussing the lack of prosperity among farmers and its causes, Senator FR. Copeland of New York told North Carolina state college commencements that a Virginia farmer’s letter contrasted farm values with building trades wages. He cited ratios showing how much produce buys a day’s skilled labor, and urged educating farmers in modern, efficient methods to improve the farm industry.
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Raleigh
N. C
Copeland
New York
North Carolina State College
Virginia
Kiwanis Aims and Ideals Set Forth at Meeting Today
Judge George W. Wood Rev Fred J. Clark and W F Huxford spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Russell Lamson outlining the club’s leadership aim in the community. They highlighted civic projects such as the summer tourist camp program and helping high school boys find summer work while noting the benefits of weekly business meetings. The Kiwanis quartet sang two numbers.
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George W. Wood
Fred J. Clark
W. F. Huxford
Kiwanis
Russell-Lamson
Wood
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Huxford
Hoya
Mr. Clark
Claude Kitchin Near Death Report Shocks Wilson era
May 29 report says Representative Claude Kitchin is critically ill and growing worse with little hope for recovery. Also notes a marriage license list and local notices including a basement fire with no damage, a scheduled gun club shoot, and a Homemakers Class fundraiser with post cards for chimes proceeds.
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Wilson
Claude Kitchin
Tokio Churchman urges Japan to propitiate States
Sidney Gulick, secretary of the Federation of American Churches, told a meeting in Tokio that while he is not opposed to Japanese immigration, U S sentiment is high and the problem cannot continue. He said Japan should compromise on emigration issues to ease tensions with the United States and California, urging better relations.
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Tokio
United States
Sidney Gulick
Federation of American Churches
America
Japan
Gulick
California
Ice to Be Served from Log Cabin in Cedar Heights
Artificial Tce and Fuel Go plans a cash and carry ice depot at a Cedar Heights log cabin to serve residents and automobile tourists. An initial ice supply is expected tomorrow with full operation by Saturday, offering convenience for nearby households and ethnic parties that frequent the Secior Heights park. The venture may expand to a wider territory later.
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Tce & Fuel Go
Cedar Heights
Secior Heights Park
Waterloo Rotarians at Oelwein Meeting
Sixty Waterloo Rotarians traveled to Oelwein by autos loaned by C A Morris to witness the chartering of a new club. Des Moines governor Carl Weeks presented the charter with 20 names as Dave Rath presided and Dave Darrah spoke. Each club performed a stunt while Austrian kronen were given to charter members, part of a wider gift totaling about 700 crowns.
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Waterloo
Oelwein
C. A. Morris
Carl Weeks
Des Moines
Dubuqua
Charles City
Independence
Monticello
Hotel Mealy
Dave Rath
Dubuque
Dave Darrah
Charles Stty
Flower Sale Sparks Nearby Riot At James Sisack Dry Goods
Apanic rush at the James Sisack dry goods store as 7000 flowers including roses and carnations sold at 50 cents a dozen. The sale, lasting three days, moved 20 000 flowers in three days and 18 dozens per minute at the peak morning rush.
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James Bsisack Dry Goods
County Home to See Movies on Holiday
Black Hawk County Y M C A under direction of F P Rebmeier will present a movies program at the county home tomorrow at 7 30 p m Farmers of the county and others who wish to do so have been invited to attend Several films educational and entertaining will be presented Two of them are Poultry Their Care and Evolution of Harvestry Marriage licenses
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Black Hawk County
F. P. Rebmeier
Heavenly Slush Prize Recipe From Waterloo Contest
A Waterloo Fruit and Commission Co competition awarded prizes for best recipes using Sunkist oranges. Heavenly Slush combines orange sections bananas walnuts strawberries or peaches with sugar, orange jelly, lemon and orange juice, chilled with whipped cream. Recipe credited to H. Scully of Waterloc.
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Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
Sunkist
Marar
Sweden
G. H. Scully
Alta Vista Avenue
Waterloc
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Edgar C. Harris
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Volga City
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