Jersey grand jury probes Sabbath law curb crackdown
In New Jersey a few thousand people face grand jury action for strolling on Sundays riding streetcars buying newspapers gasoline and other items under a colonial era vice law. The enforcement drive aims to show the antiquated statute has little force today.
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Jersey
New Jersey
News Dispatch
Littleton
Colo
Blazee
Joel E. Stone
Lewis Mowry
Mowry
Associated Press
Stone
Moose Parade Honors Armistice in Waterlyn
An Armistice Day observance in Waterlyn features a Moose lodge parade with a 42 piece band led by Maj. George W. Weilein, followed by an American Legion party and school programs. West High holds patriotic assembly. county offices close. police allow fireworks with caution amid nationwide remembrance.
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Moose Lodge
Moose
Legion Post
Auxiliaey
Waterlyn
George W. Weilein
Major Weilein
Moose Order
Moose Band
Order
Moose Hall
Fifth Street
Washington
Fourth
Mulberry
Fifth
American Legion
Becker-Chapman Post
Committee On Entertainment
Towt National Guard
West High
West High School
Rotary Club
Harry Fifield
Robert Cass
C. T. Willson
FP. W. Esher
William A. Cook
O. K. Waterloo
E. A. Leighton
Milliken Ray Described as Cosmic Radiation Breakthrough
Matison Wisconsin November 10. The Milliken Ray, a new cosmic ray with a frequency 1,000 times greater than violet x rays, is being identified by Dr R A Milliken of Caltech. The ray results from atoms transferring to other atoms, showing extraordinary absorbing powers and present from all directions.
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Matison
Wis
Milliken
R. A. Milliken
California Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences
Milliken Dellared
Bank hearing draws hundreds of creditors and 20 attorneys
In district court Judge G W Wood heard the Waterloo Bank and Trust Co receivers report with about 7 000 creditors listed and some 250 objections filed. B B Courtright argued most depositors claims were already allowed from bank books and lime deposits certificates and checking accounts were first claims.
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B. Courtright
Winnie Stephens
Waterloo Bank & Trawst Co
G. W. Wood
O. B. Courtright
Courtright
Armistice Day Reflections On Peace and Balkan Crises
Reports from Washington and Geneva compare Armistice day with Locarno, praising peace gestures by Austen Chamberlain and reflections by Sir Eric Drummond. They note rapid League of Nations mediation in the Greco Bulgarian clash and question whether 1914 might have avoided catastrophe.
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United Press
Europe
League of Nations
London
Austen Chamberlain
Sthamer
Raymond Poincare
France
Locarno
Germany
Sterlile
Geneva
Rie Drummond
Sir Eric
Balkaan
Balkans
League of Nations Council
Community Chest Total Advances to Twenty Six Thousand Five Hundred Forty Four
Community Chest total advances to 26544 today with 441 donors contributing through multiple divisions. Major Frank Collard led pledges while Major Morris recorded the largest cash total of 1568. citizen committee and other divisions added several hundred dollars in pledges.
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Frank Collard
C. A. Morris
Citizen's Committee
A. E. Guagy
J. &. Armstrong
Herman C. Miller
W. H. Langlas
Sues Governor's Daughter for $939
Mrs. Onida Ferguson Naile daughter of Gov Ferguson was sued in district court by Mrs Rush Yett her partner in the insurance business and daughter in law of Mayor Yett. The suit claims $859 owed on a commission of 21 878 from a surety bond on a road construction contract with the state highway commission.
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Austin Te
Onida Ferguson Naile
Ferguson
Rush Yett
Mayror Yett
Austin
State Highway Commission
Communists Thwarted in Ambush on Romanian King
In Vienna on November 10 an attempted royal assassination was stopped. Communist fighters lying in wait at a country inn for King Ferdinand of Romania were captured after a brief battle by troops. One soldier and one gendarme were wounded.
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Washington, D. C
Coollge
Vienna
Ferdinand
Romania
Galatz
Roumania
Chicago & Northwestern to test oil electric and gas engines
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad plans a 60 day test of oil electric and gasoline locomotives on Chicago downtown tracks and in Iowa and Wisconsin. Two engines 60 ton 800 hp and 100 ton 600 hp will run December trials between Clinton Anamosa and Kenosha Mockford. Gasoline units claim one third the cost of steam and potential air rights gains in Chicago yards.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Chicago Fowntown
Iowa
Wisconsin
Gines
Sanford
N. C
Clinton
Anamosa
Kenosha
Wis
Mockford
Denial of Spirit Lake Bus Route by Interurban Line
Des Moines November 10 AP The Fort Dolge Des Moines and Southern Transportation Co has been denied the right to establish a bus line between Algona and Spirit Lake. Commissioners Webster Richardson voted against while Commissioner Lewis voted for. The majority upheld objections by established carriers that traffic would fall and noted there is no direct service between the two points. This marks the first such railway carrier bus-operating denial in the state.
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Des Moines
Fort Dolge
Des Moines & Southern Transportation Co
Haseon
Algona
Spirit Lake
Webster and
Richardson
Lewis
Still Orders Inch New York Steel In Oct Public
Unfilled orders of United States Steel on Oct 31 totaled 4 109 133 tons, up 341 thousands from the end of the prior month.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Marion Man Killed Crossing Tracks In Train Collision
Morrison California reports a Marion man John Ox ty from Marion IA was killed when his automobile was struck by a train at a crossing on a highway. The fatal crash occurred November 1 as the vehicle crossed the tracks.
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Marion
Morrison
Ohn Oxtty
House committee eases auto and tobacco taxes in proposal
Washington D C Nov 10 AP The house pay's and means committee votes to ease automobile taxes from 5 to 3 percent and wipe out truck and accessory levies. Cigars tax lowered, alcohol levy cut, and many nuisance taxes repealed including jewelry cameras and theaters may escape admissions tax. Revenue loss estimated over 100 million dollars annually.
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Washington, D. G C
House
Treasury
Green
Tepral
Green S2
10000 Residents Face Jury Action Over Sabbath Walks
About 7000 to 10000 Middlesex county residents were named as low violators under a colonial era vice and morality act for strolling on Sunday. Offenders include those who walked beyond church, bought items, or sold goods. Names go to Prosecutor Stricker for grand jury action.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Middlesex County
Joseph E. Stricker
Bomb Blast Kills Chicago Policeman
Police investigated a blast near the home of Fred Mo Schmitz a trench officer in Chicago killing him. The blast occurred at his residence basement while his wife and three children outside and police suspected the target may have been Police Captain T J McDowell next door a stern enforcer of gambling and vice laws.
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Fred Mo Schmitz
Trencc
Schmitz
T. J. McDowell
Dowell
Courier Delivery Deadline and Reprint Policy
The Courier may be delivered before 5 30. If the paper arrives late due to carrier error or other cause call 5190 for a reprint. Phone calls must reach the area before 6 30 p m.
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hOy
London Cellist Sheridan Russell Plays Private New York Concert
Famously traveling cellist Sheridan Russell of London crossed the ocean to perform a private concert in New York returning after his engagement. He stayed in New York for less than one hour.
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Sheridan Russell
London
New York
Florida land values and boom zones described by Buchanan
Thomas M. Buchanan of Buchanan Optical discusses Florida acreage value noting today’s $1 500 price tag versus past bargains. He cites celery land and Teal estate developments as examples of boom areas with growth capacities in separate zones. He adds that one zone grows celery while thirty miles away another yields strawberries.
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Thomas M. Buchanan
The
Buchanan Optical Company
Florida
Car Thief Suspects Caught at Oelwein
Deputy Sheriff Roy Armstrong went to Oelwein to bring back two suspects for the Sunday theft of a Hudson coach owned by Mrs. L. J. Powers of 210 Irving Street. The car was recovered at Oelwein. Suspects H. Washby and E. J. Dee, about 22 and 24, were jailed. one confessed and one is an ex convict released from Cedar Rapids penitentiary after 30 years for assault with intent to murder. Fred Harris and Claire Layton are jailed for stealing T. C. Keene’s car and were captured after a gun incident.
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Roy Armstrong
Oelwein
L. J. Powers
Irving Street
H. Washby
E. J. Dee
Herbert Stoner
Cedar Rapids
Fred Harris
Claire Layton
T. C. Keene
Sweathy
Attorneys in Blazer Trial Gather Around Telegraph Room
In Jattleton Colorado on November 10 Associated Press report describes district attorney Joel E. Stone and defense chief Lewis Mowry, both former telegraph operators, meeting in the courthouse telegraph room as trial testimony is prepared for dispatch to newspapers.
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Jattleton
Colo
Associated Press
Joel E. Stone
Lewis Mowry
Mowry
Stone
Prince of Wales May Wed Spanish Girl
Madrid reports say the Prince of Wales is to marry the daughter of a wealthy Spanish army officer retired in Buenos Aires. Newspapers tie the romance to the prince's South American visit.
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Prince of Wales
Madrid
Buenos Aires
South America
Delwein Woman's Skull Fractured in Auto Crash
Miss Vera Kahagen Delwein is in critical condition with skull fractures after the automobile she rode in collided with a taxi on a downtown corner. The Bishard family of five, passengers in the taxi, were not seriously hurt. The Ferris car operator Charles Ferris survived with less injury. An operation removed bone fragments and both vehicles were wrecked.
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Delwein
Spe Cial
Vera Kahagen
del- Wein
Bishard
Bishards
Kehagen
Charles Ferris
Miss Kehagen
Loving Church Votes for Execution of a Friend
Denver November 10 AP The board of directors of a Denver church voted in favor of a warm blooded execution for Barney Haughey a 67 year old attorney and politician suffering a malignant disease if he is incurable and a legal way can be found. Bishop Frank H Rice says the church acts officially in supporting the act of killing for love and affection. Haughey was an independent mayoral candidate in the last election.
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Denver
Irving
Blaser
Littleton
Cala
Denver Church
Barney Haughey
Haughey
Durkin Finds Haven in Hollywood After Chase
State sheriff reports Durkin, the Chicago gunman sought nationwide after a recent aerial shooting, has fled to Hollywood. A former associate, now a secret sheriff operative, identified him from undisclosed channels.
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Los Angeles
Martin
Simpson Roosevelt Expedition Finds Forefathers of Sheep
The James Simpson Roosevelt expedition reports capturing four Ovis Poli rams in the Pamir region near the top of the world. Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt led the party to Sel nagar India where the United Press confirms arrival. The Ovis Poli, also called Marco Polo sheep, live high in the Pamirs with spiraled horns 56 to 75 inches.
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Chicago
James Simpson- Roosevelt
Seth Mueum
United Pr
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Selnagar
India
Pamir Plateau
Mnntseum
Pamir Mountains
Marco Sheen
Pamirs
Rocky Mountains
Defense testimony in Mitchell court martial
Washington reports on a critical air policy defense during Col. Mitchell's court martial. Capt. Oldys quoted a 1923 letter warning of alien interests in Central America and cited the Lassiter board's 1923 aviation report on defense of the Philippines and Hawaii. Evidence delays arose over the letter.
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Washington,d
Oday
Mitchell
Robert Oldys
The
Air Service
Guatemala
Central America
Panama Canal
Washington
Oldys
Lassiter Board of Army
Philippines
Wawaii
Secretary of War
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Howze
Rockwell Field
General Staff
HW. H. Arnold
Col. Mitchell
Army
Navy
Defense Coun 3A
Maj. Arnold
Hilary Jones
Strauson
Drum
United States Air Service
Prono
House
Col. Moreland
Pacific
Cal. Moreland
Army Air Service
Iors
1925 Corn Crop Estimated At 3,013,390,000 Bushels
The Agriculture Department released a preliminary November crop report placing this year's corn production at 3.013 billion bushels. A month earlier indications pointed to 2.918 billion. The prior year produced 3.436 billion bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
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