RIVALS OF THE AIR Aims at Trans Atlantic Flight
The Junkers pilots D 1220 and D-1240 press toward a westward trans Atlantic flight as Hamburg American backs the effort. D 1220 is an amphibian monoplane with three Packard engines and plans to depart Lisbon for the Azores, part of revived trans oceanic service plans amid weather and air league activity.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Sur- Luansa
Harbor Grace
N. F
United States
European Trust Form Menace and Mergers Probe
A Washington dispatch outlines Senate investigations into electric industry mergers and a 1928 campaign issue on Big Business opposition. Col William Donovan warns European government backed trusts threaten American competition and call for stronger consolidation and defense by U S industry while Hoover blocks foreign monopoly financing, noting potash controls and price impacts on American farmers.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Willam J. Donovan
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Cel. Donovan
South America
East
America
Department of Justice
Hoover
New York
Floods Sweep New England Dams Blown Up to Save Property
Vast floods across three New England states left at least five dead and millions in damage. Rivers rose to record levels, power and rail service faltered, and hundreds fled to high ground as towns like Pittsfield and Rutland faced destruction. Dam safety and rescue efforts dominated reports as more details emerged.
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Associated Prose
New York
Albany
Hudson
Weather Bureau
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Mass
Gustine Carroll
Lyman
Becket
William Ballou
Boston & Albany Mall
Becker
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Chittenden
Rutland
Westfield
Barre
Sinking ferry disaster claims 21 bodies in harbor
Sydney reports 21 bodies recovered from the ferry disaster after a Tahiti steamer rammed the vessel yesterday in the harbor. Divers say at least 40 more are still inside the sunken craft, pushing the death toll to about 61 with over 50 injured.
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Sydney
Australia
lPi
Tahiti
Thompson calls for Chicago library board resignations
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson ordered library board members to resign after he criticized their response to his demand for clarification on reading courses. He claimed the programs promoted British propaganda and the board defended the shelves as containing only excellent books, urging removal of unwanted material.
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William Ale Thompson
Chicago Public Library Board
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Insyor
Library Board
Andrew J. Kolar
National Red Cross Declines Miners Relief Campaign
Des Moines November 4 Pi The National Red Cross will not join a relief drive for families of Iowa coal miners. John C Lewis president of the Town Federation of Labor will organize local relief in Appanoose and Monroe counties as privation follows labor difficulties. Individually Inge Hubert Utterback chairman of the Red Cross chapter and EB L Hogue budget director plan to sponsor a relief fund campaign accepting clothing and supplies.
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National Red Cross
Iowa
Red Cross
John C. Lewis
Town Federation of Labor
Jeff
Centerville
Appanoose
Monroe
Inge Hubert Utterback
Ista
EB. L. Hogue
Courier delivery note for timely home arrival
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5190 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach us before 6:30 p.m.
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Phatte
Fis
Nocturnal Visitor Drives Farmer and Family from Home
Arnold Alberts and his family fled their farm five miles southeast of Tipton after repeated visits by a gigantic prowler. Bloodhounds failed to track him, and rumors spread the countryside. Some say the intruder is insane while others seek a hidden treasure on the Alberts farm. The latest visit ended with shots exchanged and the prowler vanishing into the dark.
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Tipton
Arnold Alberts
Here
Alberts
Dismiss Insanity Hearing for Remus in Cincinnati
Attorneys and the court agreed to cancel the insanity hearing for George Remus a former bootlegger charged with murdering his wife Imogene Remus. The case will proceed to trial on November 14 with prosecutors and Remus’s representatives present. A separate brief notes that a brass weighing beam was stolen from Peerless Casting at 245 Nevada Street.
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Cincinnati
Ilpi
George Remus
Remus
Imogene Remus
Jigge Chester Shook
Charles H. Ston
Charles P. Taft
Peerless Casting Company
Nevada Street
FOSTER Named Head of State Teachers Association
Dean John E. Foster of Iowa State College Ames selected by nominating committee to chair the State Teachers Association for president and succeed F T Vasey Mason City. Other officers named include R C Williams Jesup Lucille March Sioux City and Frank Lindeman Adel. Des Moines banker Clay Slinker elected treasurer. Urges unified supervision of city and country schools and a teacher annuity law.
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INS
John E. Foster
Iowa State College
Ames
State Teachers’ Association
F. T. Vasey
Mason City
Dean Foster
Irma Krout
Oskaloosa
Northeastern
R. C. Williams
Jesup
Northwestern
Lucille March
Sioux City
Jouth
Frank Lindeman
Adel
North Central
Elizabeth Gray
L. R. Taylor
Corning
R. Hb. Barnes
Burlington
Russell J. Moorer
Thurman
Clay G. Slinker
Theodore Saam
Cornell Bluffs
Statenoon
Agnes Sam ‘Uelson
United Supervision
Towa State Teachers’ Association
F. Z. Wasey
Vasey
Teachers’ Association
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Local Officials Cleared in Grant Highway Shooting Case
Mason Freed, county road patrolman, deputy Lloyd Halleck, and state agent George Gillespie were released yesterday after a grand jury returned no bills on an assault with intent to commit murder charge tied to the Roscoe T. Flack shooting on Grant highway.
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Harry P. Mason
Lloyd Halleck
George Gillespie
Quakes Shake Up California Coast
An earthquake struck the southern California coast in three shocks from Santa Maria to Los Angeles. In Santa Maria windows shattered at the First National Bank and bricks toppled from chimneys. San Luis Obispo felt quakes at 3 05, 5 50 and 7 o clock with no damage reported. Ventura pipeline broke, while clocks stopped in Los Angeles facing north and south.
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Los Angeles
California
San Luis Obispo
Santa Maria
Here
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Temblor
Reveals Carol Plot For Throne In Romania
In Bucharest an official statement says former secretary Mangilescu planned to overthrow King Michael and place Carol on the throne. Decoded documents claimed to show Carol’s return plans before Michael's coronation were released by the Bretiano ministry amid government treason charges against Mangilescu.
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Carol
Manoliescu
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Plst
Possamts’ Party
Dry Law Violator Fined After Guilty Plea
John Tyras of Clinton pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the national prohibition act and was fined 500 pounds with costs. Trial notes mention the first prohibition cases tried by a federal jury here, with acquittals for Augusta Frett of Lyons and Robert Lynel Fennert yesterday.
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Davenport
John Tyras
Clinton
Augusa Frett
Lyons
Robert Lynel Fennert
Halts Assessment to Make Up Deficit in Drainage Funds
Worth County supervisors halted a drainage district special assessment intended to cover a $17,000 deficit caused by delayed taxes on one owner. Unable to sell the property for the unpaid taxes, the board sought to levy on other property owners, but district court granted an injunction yesterday.
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LPI
Worth County
Iran
Oil Conspiracy Case Warrant Arrests And Subpoenas
Washington reports show District Attorney Gordon revoking a warrant for oil magnate Harry F. Sinclair amid trials over jury tampering in Fall Sinclair conspiracy. A. Mason Day is arrested on conspiracy to influence jurors while missing witnesses are sought by federal authorities in Washington.
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Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
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Hutty Sinclair
A. Mason Day
Sinclair
Nlock
Clues
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Sinclair Renning Company
Burns Detective Agency
Burns
Washington
State Ant
Neil Burkin
United States
Burkinshaw
Junot
District Supreme
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Sinclais
Burkinkin
Ruddy
Corps of Burns Men
David Mark
Courts Guard Against Jury Tampering Highlighted by Lawyer
Former district judge Charles BE Ransier comments on the abrupt end of the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy trial due to alleged jury tampering. He praises judges from all levels for safeguarding impartial justice and recalls a past mistrial caused by a juror being invited to a litigant's home.
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Charles BE. Ransier
Frederick L. Siddons
Halts Farm Blog Broadcast Plans
Washington Nov 4 The senate farm bloc will not get short wave channels to send farm relief information to Muscatine Ia for rebroadcast nationwide from KTNT. Senator Brookhart and McNary Haugen supporters eyed a broad radio push to gain support. Norman Baker of Iowa backed the plan and sought a 14 000 watt broadcasting license for his station.
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Senate Farm Bloc
Muscatine
KTNT
International News Service Today
Brookhart
Iowa
Vie
Norman Baker
Brookham
Baker
That Flanagan Ask Gopher Boys Bread Truck Incident
The Minnesota Gopher football squad traveling to South Bend for the Notre Dame game faced a puzzling scene as a bread truck accident near Waterloo left a vehicle resembling a cocked hat. The report hints at a prank tied to Altstadt Langlas bakery and a fund wire.
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Gopher Boys
Tro Uhiver
Minnnesota
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