Spotlight on Politics and Tech in Early Des Moines News
Dr Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin urged Iowa teachers in Des Moines to choose leaders with superior qualities, contrasting regular fellows with the ideal elite. Bell labs described a dial telephony speaker that reproduces clear voices, while tariff debates stalled in Congress amid GOP splits. Separate items covered Lily bulbs scam, counterfeit poison wine controls, and the Guatemala Santa Maria quake devastations.
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Bell Laboratories
New York
Telephone Pioneers' Society
Bell
Edge Linked to Southern Tariff Trades
Senator Edge of New Jersey allied with J A Arnold of the Southern Tariff association to pressure southern senators for tariff protection on state products. A Senate lobby panel reviewed letters showing attempts to align votes, with Florida and other states accused of manipulation. The committee also examined records about auditor William A. Gillespie’s prior conviction and questioned Arnold about Gillespie’s reliability.
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Washington, D. C
Edge
New Jersey
J. A. Arnold
Southern Tariff Association
American Taxpayers League
Wage
Arnold
Senate
Caraway
Art Kansas
Joye Jetters
Lester
Matis
BEC
Florida
Hegislature
Arkansas
Thas
The
Tariff Association
National Council
Deiil
Washington
Gillespie
Seek Power Data In Control Plan Sit Sought
Washington D C Information about the amount of electrical energy transmitted between states was sought by a senate resolution. The measure by Chairman Couzens directs the fed eral trade commission to obtain the data quickly as part of an investigation into federal control over interstate transmission of power and related communications.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Couzens
Interstate Commercce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Dorothy Parker Wins Henry Memorial Prize for Big Blonde
Dorothy Parker wins the eleventh Henry Memorial Award for best short story written in 1929 by an American author. Her story Big Blonde, published in The Bookman, earns a $400 cash prize. Sidney Howard takes second for Homesick Ladies, and Katharine Brush earns third for Her and Him.
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Doratiss Parker
Glave
Big Blonde
Bookman
Ridney Howard
Katherine Brush
Mim
Miss Parker
East
New York
Dorothy Parker
Henry Memorial Award
Helicopter aided flight lifts Hamilton monoplane in Milwaukee
Victor Allison of West Palm Beach flied the Hamilton monoplane to 1000 feet with two 19 foot helicopters. The craft rose after a 75 foot run and stayed aloft for 15 minutes before adjustments were completed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Hamilton
Victor Allison
West Palm Beach
Fla
Alison
Government tightens poison booze supply for holiday drinks
Washington reports the Treasury with Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran says denatured alcohol formulas have been strengthened to curb bootleggers. He notes over 106 million gallons of industrial alcohol are produced yearly and largely used for antifreeze, with wood alcohol regulated by state laws.
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Washington
Treasury
Daran
Washington, D. C
James M. Doran
Doran
Doren
Alcatel
Nevada man chosen for Iowa State Teachers head
Des Moines County superintendent George H Kellogg of Nevada Story County is the committee’s choice for president. Other nominees include Clay D. Slinker Des Moines for treasurer and Fred Kloss Cedar Rapids on the executive committee. Six of seven district vice presidents named: Ritter Cedar Falls Myers Forest City Ross Forest City Pence Fairfield Cox Avoca Dow Villisea. Nomination is effectively election.
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Des
W. H. Myers
Valley Junction
Gc.m. Ross
Forest City
WW. G. Pence
Fairfield
Beard Cox
Avoca
TH. E. Dow
Villisea
Marion Woman Dead in Waterloo Trip Crash
Miss Etta Kerns 44 chief telephone operator at Marion died in a Gedar Rapids hospital from injuries after an automobile collision on the Lincoln highway west of here. Miss Myrtle Campbell 30 deputy county treasurer of Marion suffered a fractured arm and facial injuries after her car struck a parked truck. she said glare from an approaching car blinded her. They were returning from a trip to Waterloo.
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Gedar Rapids
Etta Kerns
Marion
Myrtle Campbell
Waterloo
Fair Weather Forecast For Saturday In Des Moines Area
Charlies D Reed predicted fair weather with little temperature variation for Friday night and Saturday. He noted excellent football weather ahead. Thursday night temps ranged from 28 at Charles City to 38 at Davenport, with the thermometer near freezing across the state.
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Des Moines
U.P
Charlies D. Reed
Reed
Charles City
Davenport
Police Repel 206 Reds in N Y Raid
In New York on Friday a raid by 206 alleged communists targeted the Italian consulate at Broadway and Twenty-second Street but police repulsed the action. Nine men and two women were arrested including Vinvana Ribbon San Feliec Martin Henry George Idolits Best se Cigars. The ad notes Courier delivery by 5 30 with a phone number for reprint if late.
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New York
Brothwey
Twenty-second Street
Tinvana Ribbon
San Feliec
Martin
Henry George
Idolits
Best Se Cigars
Wall Street Breathing Spell As Trade Slows
Wall Street paused in a breathing spell with New York trading easing to normal levels in the three hour session. Total turnover was 2,199,000 shares, well below Thursday’s 7,184,000, as profit taking and weekend selling trimmed gains.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
V/P
Chicago Stock Exchange
Auburmaucomobile
Commonwealth Edison
Cities Service
Grigsby-Grunow
Insull Utitities
Middlewest Utilities New
Cord Corporation
Hunter shoots man mistaken for moose near Allain’s lake
Charles Adams, a hunter from Middleton, shot Osman Johnson to death at Allain’s lake after misidentifying an upraised ax as moose antlers. Johnson hid in alders when Adams fired, hitting him in the heart. Adams collapsed and was hospitalized at Middleton hospital. The victim was the father of seven.
Court orders 14 held in fatal Wiggins shooting case
In Gastonia North Carolina a special investigation into the September 14 fatal shooting of Mrs Ella May Wiggins concluded with 14 men held for further investigation and a grand jury, while two defendants were dismissed. Horace Wheeler led the group charged with conspiracy to murder with a $5000 bond. others were set at $3300.
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Max Gardner
Dabove
Ella May Wiggins
Pender A. McElroy
Gastonia
N. G—Auri
O. Max Gardner
P.E. McElroy
Senator Norris Run Down by Auto Near Capitol
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, a veteran insurgent aboard the senate, was bruised when hit by an automobile near the Capitol Thursday night. He suffered a sprained wrist and an injured leg but declined medical help and went home. Driver Milton G. Wood, 31, posted $200 bond on a reckless driving charge.
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Washington, D. C
INSI
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Capitol
Italy approves ban on narcotics and related plan
The Italian government informed the League of Nations it approves the U S model for restricting narcotics manufacturing. France and Belgium have accepted the plan to bar domestic production above set limits. In Worcester Massachusetts a premature dynamite blast at the Metropolitan Water development shaft killed five workers.
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Worcester
Mass
Flyewarts
Metropolitan Water Development
Coldrook
Camp Fire Girls pledge to aid international peace
The Camp Fire Girls of New York addressed a telegram to President Hoover promising efforts to foster world peace. The message says beauty lies in peaceful relations between nations as well as among individuals and invites the English organization to join in similar work.
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New York
Camp Hive Girls
United States
Hoover
Camp Fire Girls
Willard Hotel Manager to testify on Wall Street dinner
Washington D C December 1926 Willard hotel manager Frank Hight has been ordered by District Attorney Rover to appear before the grand jury Monday and bring hotel records for the Wall Street apole party dinner. Also summoned are Walter Fahy of New York who arranged for new senate members and Edward Loomis president of Lehigh Valley railroad as the dinner invitee.
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Washington, D. C
Frank 5. Hight
Willard Hotel
Senator Brackhart
Wall Street
Rover
Hight
Elven
Walter Fahy
New York
Senate
Edward 2. Loomis
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Monty
Snow Blankets Five Western States Running From Colorado to Goodland
A major blizzard left a snow cover from three inches to two feet across five western states, blocking highways and isolating livestock. Frigid air from the Rockies dropped temperatures, slowing beet sugar and winter wheat activities while moisture arrived for crops in Goodland Kansas.
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Denver
Calo
Rocky Mountains
King Winter
Kangas- Colorado
Goodland
Kan
Two Die in Raid on Outlaws Retreat
Seminole Oklahoma police officer Jim Kiersey, age 40, and outlaw Owen Edwards were killed during a gun battle in a raid on an outlaw retreat near Harjo oil field. Claude Cuyler, a state officer, killed Edwards. Two other gang members escaped. they were sought for robberies at Prague and Hendricks.
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Harjo
Jim Kiersey
Owen Edwards
Claude Cuyler
Edwards
Prague
Hendricks
Okla
Glass Blames Bankers for Stock Exchange Chaos in Speech
Senator Carter Glass, author of the Federal Reserve Act, blamed big private bankers for chaotic stock market conditions. He urged legislation to curb speculation and widen reserve profits while calling for stricter penalties to discipline financial leaders. Glass warned against men acting above government banking controls amid a dispute with Charley E. Mitchell of National City Bank.
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Glass
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Benar Tor Garter Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Gary Harding
Boston Reserve Bank
New England
National Bank
Bia
Charley E. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Reserve Board
Calls Fight to Kick Eastern Leaders Out
Washington lawmakers clash as Independent Republican Democrat coalition is attacked over tariff policy. Senators Brookhart Nye Norbeck and Wheeler sharpen blame toward President Pro Tempore George Moses and Reed for favoring eastern tariff protection while denying Northwestern raw materials. The bitter debate centers on party unity and regional interests amid a push to reduce tariffs on automobiles and motorcycles.
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Washington
BRBC
Republican Party
Senate
Independent
Republican-Democratic Coalitics
George Moses
New Hampshire
New England
Brookhart
Nye
North “Dakota
Norbeck
South Dakota
Wheeler
Montana
Moses
Reed
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Grand Jury
Wall Street
Borah
Coalition
Priday
Nin
Joseph R. Gruney
Pennsylvania Manu
Hon
Han
Fender
Bvot
Moss
Ottor Kahn
New York
Tari
Matory
Reet
Sir Grundy
Omindy
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Poer
Lily Bulls
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Santa Maria
Guatemala
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Wolf
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Jefferson
Madison
Endeavor
Roscoe C. McCgulloch
Canton
Theodore E. Burton
Gov't
Nevada
Story County
N.Y
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
U. S. Steel Common
Americath Telephone
American & Foreign Power
Radio
Sears Roebuck
Johns Manville
Auburn Auto
Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
American Waterworks
Houston Ol
National Biscuit
Goodyear Rubber
Davison Chemical
AlHed Chemical
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mack ‘Truck
United Aircraft
Commercial
American Telephone
Federal Reserve
Publc
Curb Exchange
Hunter
Man
Moose
Wiggins
Norris
Italy
FLAY
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Rocky Mountain
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