Air Bureau urged to bring aviation to Europe
Washington Nov. 1 AP The committee on civil aviation calls for a federal bureau of civil aeronautics in the commerce department with broad powers to regulate and promote all civil flying. It urges a German style ongoing government program and stresses the need for legal status and government control to expand U S aviation, noting current plant reductions and the limited capacity of remaining facilities. The report advocates extending non military use of aircraft and access to airfields, private operation of air mail, and revised government purchase terms to fair compensation and continued development efforts.
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Washington, Db. G
Bureau of Civil Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
United States
Committee On Civil Aviation
Department
American Engineering Council
Water Drake
Congress
Post Office Department
U S Destroyers at Beirut Protect American Interests
Dispatches describe fighting near Damascus between French forces and Druse rebels. Reports say 4000 rebels advance on Damascus while a railway south of the city is cut and communications to the north are severed. Gamelin sends troops, a bridge to Damascus is destroyed, and Britain vows no danger to Palestine.
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U.S
Beirut
Damascus
Cairo
Proclahus Republic
Paris
Navy
INS
Bakri
Liberte
Attipatch
Gamelin
London
Syria
Foreign Office
Palestine
Two Cedar Falls Murderers Seek Release by Writ
The report details a 1816 Cedar Falls bank robbery and murder linked to three men who fled to the Twin Cities after forcing entry to the bank. Gunanas was shot and bled quickly. he had no US relatives, while his wife and children resided in Greece. The trial revealed these details as part of the writ release seek.
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Cedar Falls
eSee
Twin Cities
Gunanas
About & P. m
Bec
United States
Greece
Negro Boy Hit by Auto Injures Arm in City Collision
Willie Lee Reed, 10, of 231 Jackson Street, was struck by a car on Found and Scamore streets at 12 40 pm. The vehicle, license 6 4184, is owned by Leland Cieves of 614 1 2 Mulberry Street. Reed sustained a minor right arm injury.
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Willie Lee Reed
Jackson Street
Found and Scamore
Gadoy
Leland Cieves
Mulberry Street
Gold Digger in Black Hawk Hills Pans His Ore in Police Station
William Wallace a wandering fiddler from Junction City Kan faces police chief EH A Leighton after detectives arrest him for pan handling at the post office. Wallace claims he found gold bearing sand four miles north of the city and returns with a pitcher of brown liquid and glittering particles while officials weigh the tale. Local officers question the tale noting traces of gold found before but not in profitable quantities. Sheriff A T Wagner to investigate further.
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William Wallace
Junction City
Kan
Eh.a. Leighton
Emil Steffen
EB. E. Walker
Mark Rechtfertle
Wallace
Set Arts
Keighton
Ting
Sherif A. T. Wagner
Northeast Iowa druggists meet for parley at Hotel Russell Lamson
Druggists from Black Hawk Buchanan Grundy Tama Butler Payette and Bremer counties gathered at Hotel Russell Lamson for a district meeting of the Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association. Speakers urged legislative amendments to require only registered pharmacists run drugstores and to tighten poison sales laws amid calls for public protection and pharmacy standards.
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Black Hawk
Buchanan
Grundy
Tama
Butler
Payette
Bremer
Iowa State Pharmaceutical
Hotel Russell- Lamson
J. W. Slocum
Indianola
Pac. Maceution Association
State Pharmacy Board
Rother
Fair and Colder Weather Tonight and Friday
Forecast calls for colder conditions in Iowa with a clouded sky clearing later. Tonight will drop well below freezing with icy winds seen as the day turns, while light drizzle occurred yesterday and temperatures ranged from high 30s to 20s.
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Iowa
Oon
Wapterloo Cedar Falls Horseshoe Pitchers Match Tomorrow
Cedar Falls hosts Wapterloo Cedar Falls horseshoe pitching clubs in a Friday evening team match at the Doyerland building fourth floor. Victor Read, playground director, notes steady growth with 50 members anticipated. Lions Club speaker Roy Meeker urges broader Lions spirit and support for community work.
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Wapterloo
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Doyerland
Victor Read
Lors Horsexshoe
Read
Merrer
Roy Meeker
Lloyds Second Wife Bond Annulled In Iowa Case
Des Moines reports Katherine Johnson Lloyd wife two of Raymond Lloyd was freed after Polk County officials in Cedar Rapids arrested him over a prior claim of bigamy. Her marriage to Lloyd was annulled by Polk County judges. charges by his first wife were not pressed.
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Des Moines
Katherine Johnson Lloyd
Raymond Lloyd
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd
Polk County
Cedar
Arl
Poth County
Idovd
Meat Market Proprietor Faces Alienation Suit In Court
Fred Sharar, proprietor of a meat market, sues for 245 000 in a case labeled as alienation of affection, to be heard in the November term of the Lasentine county district court as proceedings begin today.
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Fred Sharar
J. W. Spencer
Meat Market
Lasentine County
Wheeler asserts day league meet now facing crisis
Chicago scene opens a four day Anti saloon League convention with Wayne Wheeler warning the gathering will rival the 1923 launch of the prohibition drive He outlines three measures to strengthen enforcement including civil service for prohibition agents higher penalties and deportation of aliens convicted under prohibition or narcotics acts
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Chicago
INS
Anti-saloon League of America
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Wheeler
Boll
House of Representives
Senate
United States
Hundred Black Hawk Boys Plan to Go to Dubuque Y Meeting
More than 100 boys from Waterloo and Black Hawk county will attend the Older Boys conference in Dubuque November 27 and 28, with simultaneous events in Sioux City and Clinton. J H Godfiring, boys secretary at the YMCA, announced the plans as FB WL Richardson prepares to join Chicago meetings to set the Central Region physical directors conference for next summer.
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Water- 100
Black Hawk County
Dubuque
J. H. Godfiring
Sioux City
Clinton
Waterloo
Chicago
Central Region Physical Directors’ Society
Central Regional Physical Directors
Lake Geneva
M. C. A. College
Sipes receives death for murder in Spencer garage clash
Spencer Louisiana November 5 I Sipes Spencer garage proprietor recently convicted of killing Daniel Delling by stabbing after dispute over repair bill was sentenced to be hanged November 19 1926 by Judge James Deland today The case stems from a heated argument over a small repair bill and ends with a death sentence handed by a local court.
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Spencer
INS
I. &. Sipes
Daniel Delling
George Thurston Pioneer Victim of Heart Attack
George C. Thurston 77 longtime Waterloo resident and horse buyer turned teamster died at 11 30 a m today of heart disease at his daughter’s home Mrs William Bray He was born February 17 1848 in St Joseph county Michigan and moved to Iowa with his parents at age six He lived in Bremer and Black Hawk counties before settling in Waterloo 32 years ago He conducted a meat market then bought horses for shipment to New York He married Janet Barnett in 1869 and survived by four children Mrs Bray Mrs Tiarcy Bartlett Clark Thurston Waterloo Mrs George L Brown Owen Wis a daughter Penc died 32 years ago He also survived by sisters Mrs George Coats Janesville Wis and Mrs Mary A Bennett and two brothers Dwight Thurston South Dakota Body at Hileman Gindt mortuary
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George C. Thurston
Dray
William Bray
Tloe
St. Joseph County
Michigan
Iowa
Bremer County
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Thurston
New York
Janet Barnett
Surv
Bray
Tiarcy Bartlett
Clark Thurston
George L. Brown
Owen
Wis
Penc
Dawes Declared Greatest American by German Banker
Gen Charles G Dawes vice president of the United States praised as the greatest living American by Dr Hjalmer Schacht president of the Reichsbank during a visit to the Dawes Evanston home. Schacht spoke with reporters about Dawes amid entertainment by the Dawes family.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Hjalmer Schact
Reichsbank
Germany
Andrews Hunts for Missing Link in Gobland Expedition
San Francisco dispatch reports Dr Roy Chapman Andrews and his wife returning from the Gobi desert with fossils including dinosaur eggs and Baluchitherium remains. The American Museum of Natural History expeditions aim to uncover evidence linking man with earlier life, supporting evolution theories amid plans for a fourth Gobi trip in April.
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San Francisco
Cal
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Roy Chapman
Andreys
New York
Andrews
Gobi
I. C. Helps to Pay for Elimination Grade Crossings
Illinois Central will pay Buchanan county 8500 to help remove two grade crossings on Grant highway near Winthrop. The crossings on the Waterloo to Dubuque route host two dangerous points as tracks curve. the railroad will finance right of way for a long curve to bypass the bend. Grading to finish this fall and paving of the new road next spring.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Buchanan County
Taylor and Singer
Grant Highway
Winthrop
W. Scott Williams
General
Western Lines
Waterloo
Dubuque
Ilinoiss Central
Tl C
Indiana Klansmen Refute Murder Charge in Oberholtzer Case
Noblesville Indiana November 5 Independent News Service D Stephenson former klan leader and two alleged henchmen Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck began efforts to undermine the state and prove Miss Madge Oberholtzer did not die from self administered poison but from wounds allegedly inflicted by Stephensons teeth The defense dropped an alibi plan and pursued medical tests while fifty witnesses including six doctors were summoned to support the claim of a broader conspiracy in the so called assassination case.
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Noblesville
Ind
INS
Stephenson
Indiana
Iis
Earl Gentry
Earl Klinck
Madge Obberholtzer
Oberholtzer
AlAir
Klans‘ ‘Tat
Smith and Al Smith Politically Brighter After Elections
New York report notes Democratic gains and forecasts a 1926 Democratic Congress with a 1925 Democratic president. Gov. Al Smith's term ends January 1927, but supporters push for a fourth term and potential 1928 presidential bid. Possible Senate bid against James Wadsworth Jr. also discussed. Blame for Prohibition politics cited in New Jersey race. Ku Klux Klan opposition grows as mayoral contests loom in several states, with Paterson district attorney death during voting. Contests loom in Louisville and Kansas City.
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New York
al Smith
Washington
Oldfield
Democratic National Committee
Yale
New York City
Thei Senate
Janes Wadsworth Jr
New Jersey
Harry Moore
Edge
Arthur Whitney
Antisaloon League
Ku Klux Klan
Virginia
Philadelphia
John M. Patterson
Louisville
Kansas City
Inquest in Newcomb Case Delayed by Pathological Test
Coroner T. H. Jones delays final inquest verdict into Mrs. Eva Newcomb death until pathology findings from university laboratories are received. Dr. S. B. Knight, jailed on murder charges, released on bonds. Mrs. Glenn Hall, his alleged assistant, remains confined. Jury had found criminal operation caused death but will not issue verdict until the report arrives.
Five Banks to Pay 10 Percent Depositor Sums
Des Moines Nov 3 AP Five banks that closed will issue payments to depositors per A Andrew superintendent of the banking department. State Savings bank Yetter Hedrick State Savings bank Hedrick 10 percent Nov 10 Exchange State bank Stuart Battle Creek Savings bank Battle Creek 10 percent Nov 15 Webster County Trust & Savings Fort Dodge 30 percent Nov 30.
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Des Moines
A. Andrew
Lowe
State Savings Bank
Yetter
Hedrick State Savings Bank
Hedrick
Exchange State Bank
Stuart
Batte Creek Savings Bank
Battle Creek
J B Carter Named Defendant in Auto Company Plea
An information was filed against J B Carter by the Carter B Hult Motor company charging him with concealing mortgaged property. The company says Carter owes 44 billion dollars on the machine and he withholds its location.
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J. B. Carter
Auto Company
Carter B. Hult Motor Company
Carter
Massingham Woman Dies After Long Illness at Home
Nancy Massingham 74 wife of James B. Massingham of 325 Logan avenue died at 5:30 p.m. yesterday after a long illness. She survived by husband two daughters Mrs W M Clankey Albert lee Minn and Mrs J R Snyder Tampa Fla and a sister Mrs Martha Amende Lincoln Neb. A son died in infancy and another in 1908. The body lies at O Keefe and Towne funeral home.
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JS. FF
B. Massingnam
Nancy Massingham
James B. Massingham
Logan Avenue
Independence
Richland County
Iowa
Magsingham
Rawley
Buchanan County
Western Town
Waterfan
W. M. Clankey
Albert Lee
Minn
J. R. Snyder
Tampa
Pla
Martha
Waterloo Couple Plans Armistice Day Wedding
Lawrence H. Trainor and Rose Eagle, both linked to prior divorces, will wed on Armistice Day to bury past unions. Trainor’s divorce dated Oct 2 1926 and court permission to remarry in a year were noted. The license was issued after Rose Eagle paid 19 30 for her ex-husband’s unpaid costs, with the Oak Avenue home ready for the ceremony.
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Lawrence H. Trainor
Rose U. Eagle
Trainor
Willin
Miss Eagie
Legitimaeans
Eagle
Oak Avenue
Right to Kill for Humanity May Be Doctor's Defense
Colloquially titled trial unfolds in Upton as Dr. Harold Blazer defends murder charges for killing his 22 years cared-for imbecile daughter. Attorneys argued the act could be justifiable to end suffering. defense claims Blazer was sane at the act and acting to prevent a state burden.
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LitUeton
Colo
Harold
Blazer
Joel E. Stone
Louis de R. Mowry
Mowry
Palmer in Charge of Tower Light
CEDAR FALLS NOV 3 Special Harold Palmer under contract to maintain the water tower light for the city for ten dollars annually climbed the 135 ft tower this week to place a new lamp. The city has had difficulty keeping the sights in place due to vibration which damages the filaments in the lamps. Palmer volunteered to maintain the beacon.
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Ceder Falls
Harold Palmer
Palmer
Mainain
Alt Parking Company Expands Near Rialto Theatre
Alt Automobile Parking Co of Des Moines leases vacant property beside Rialto theatre on Commercial Street from Henry W. Grout. Site, formerly Central House Carpenter Hotel, runs 72 feet on Commercial Street to the alley E 4 1/2 and will host a new parking shed and stalls with washing and oiling facilities at an estimated cost of 1006 dollars.
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Alt Automobile Parking Company
Des Steines
Rialto Theatre
Henry W. Grout
Wen
Fot
Old Central House
Carpenter Hotel
Commer
Publicity clause of income tax act stays in force
Washington November 5 The publicity feature of the income tax act remains despite attacks from business interests and calls for repeal. Senate leaders said the clause will stay as administration aims to speed tax reduction and reforms. Senators Watson Norris Borah King defend publicity as public documents and essential to curb corruption, while promising to oppose repeal.
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Washington, D. C
Hill
House
Ways and Means Committee
James E. Watson
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Borah
Idaho
King
Utah
Rev Baxter Returns From Diocesan Meet in Des Moines
Rev. C. W. Baxter rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church arrived from Des Moines where he attended the conference of directors with Bishops Morrison and Langtey. Directors were urged to visit parishes to organize the church's program and plan an every member canvass for support of parochial and diocesan work. Iowa's quotas total 23 400 for general church work and 15 060 for diocesan missions.
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C. W. Baxter
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Des Moines
T.X. Morrison
Alfred Langtey
Iowa
Baxter
Episcopal Church
Ames
Keokuk
Coal thief pays fine after municipal court hearing
A man charged with larceny of coal from Winds Central railway yards faced Judge J.C. Beent in municipal court. He was fined 310 and costs and paid the amount today. Also noted are reports of the arrival of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter Marne of St Louis on Nov 2. Mrs Mayne, formerly Miss Neleny Bailfett, is the mother. The baby is named Margaret Manson Marne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winds Central Railway
Emmet Jiotmenes
J.C. Beent
Margaret Mayne
Walter Marne
St. Louis
Grow's Claim After Dogs Kill 12 Poultry at Cedar Falls
Dozen ducks and geese valued at $1,000 are central as Oscar Grow sues WH Merrill and A B Perkins for $31,000 damages. The Cedar Falls case, heard in Surge F.8. Stites division, seeks redress for imported fowls killed by the dogs in April 1924. Grow, a poultry farmer and frequent exhibition judge, filed the petition.
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Oscar Grow Poultry Taneh
Cedar Falls
Grow
WH. M. Merrill
A. B. Perkins
Stites
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