Winter Storm Ravages Chicago Area and Cold Wave Spreads
A sweeping Midwest storm battered Chicago with winds strong enough to topple buildings and cut power lines as temperatures plunged from 71 to 46 degrees. Milwaukee reported fatalities and injuries from lightning and debris, while Indiana and Michigan endured high winds. A separate cold wave chilled Montana and the Dakotas with subzero readings and several inches of snow, followed by frigid temps across the Plains and Rockies.
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Hyde Park
Inddana
Michigan
Milwaukee
Springfield
Wiles Center
Niles
Morton Crrove
Lmits
Indiana
Montana
Kansas City
Mercury
Lewistown
Havre
State Point
Wyoming
Idaho
Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
Mometers
West
Des Moines
Iowa
Government Weather Bureau
Des Moines Yester- Gay
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Charles City
Omaha
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Rockies
Denver
Colo
United States Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Mont
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Four killed two shot in Alabama street battle
In a southern Alabama town a daytime shootout left four dead and two injured. Police reported several officers and bystanders wounded as gunfire erupted on a street with chaos and crowded onlookers.
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Alabama
Bridge superintendent George Barnard dies of heart attack
George Anson Barnard 62 a bridge superintendent for the W G F N railroad collapsed yesterday afternoon while supervising a bridge job between Urbana and Center Point. He leaves a widow Lillian Bevia and children Lloyd, Charles, Albert, Irene, and Mrs. R K Chapman. Funeral Sunday at Walnut Street Baptist Church with burial in Fairview. Burial follows, and Mrs. Bolte 65 died at her daughter’s Des Moines home. Dr W M Gillian obituary note follows.
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George Anson Barnard
Oneida Street
Illinois Gentral Railroad
Woodmen of the World
The
Baptist Church
Llnyd, Harles
Albert
Irene Barnard
R. K. Chapman
South Street
Fannie Hayden
Fredericksburg
Ruth Bell
Sumner
Nell Barnard
New Hampton
Jasper Barnard
Billings
Mont
Fred Winkler
George Bolte
Hertha Shores
Des Moines
Hileman & Gindt
H. W. Mueller
First Lutheran Church
Mt. Vernon Township
Caroline Heiser
Philip Bolte
Hayfield
Minn
Claude Briden
Waverly
Herman Bolte
Waterloo
Shores
George Hausman
Austin Mishier
Louis Nauman
Henry Heiser
Badake Heiser
Coleman
John Heiser
Fred Heiser
St. Paul
Fragmented OCR Weather Snippet Offers Sparse Details
The readable lines show garbled text about temperatures and people named Hardy and Pay dy but contain no clear event, date, place, or organizations to confirm. The fragment provides little usable context for a news-style summary.
West High Welcomes Vocational Guidance for Boys
A new vocational guidance department at West High, led by C. C. Dunsmoor under Superintendent Charles A. Kittrell, aims to aid the 60 percent of graduates who do not attend college. The program surveys students, arranges interviews with local business leaders, and plans group meetings and future classes to match occupations with student interests and promote thrift and citizenship.
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West High School
Charles A. Kittrell
C. C. Dunsmoor
Dunsmoor
Densmoor
Waterloo
Dahiman Disputes Rolphs Claim to Mayoralty Record
Dahiman and Rolph dispute who holds the mayoral record with Dahiman noting a long tenure. The text recalls prior terms and a defeat in 1918, then a return to Chicago before moving to Omaha. It references Dahiman as former mayor of Ghudwen and Nevsy years.
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Rolph
Nereuy
Fanoyeer
James
Abla
Omealae
M. Dahimaty
Joy
Tai He
Chicaire
Combs
Omaha
Dohiwen
Ghudwen
Nevsy Sears
English Education Lessons Told By Ensign at West High
Dr. Forrest Ensign of the University of Iowa spoke to parents at West High in a Parente Night program about England’s school system. He noted England’s state church funding, limited co education in basics, and that American schooling borrows from English origins while urging better understanding between nations. Superintendent Kittrell praised staff loyalty and thanked parents as they toured classrooms with teachers.
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Forrest
Ensign
University of Iowa
West High School
Bristol
Little Empire
Towa
Iowa
America
Spek
Harvard
Cambridge
Kit
Roumania Reveals Carol Love Letters and Renunciations
In Bucharest on Nov 12 documents reveal former Crown Prince Carol’s letters to Zizi Lambrino affirming he would never cease to consider her his wife. The records cover his three renunciations of succession and a note about his later marriage to Helen, amid political debate on a Roumanian republic and regency for King Michael.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Carol
Zizi Lambring
Carols
Bratiano
Zizi Lambrino
Magda Dupescu
Leal Wolf
Elisa Falk
M. Manoilescu
Michael
Caral
Zizi Lambr
Odessa
Hus
Ferdnand
Fincy
Ywarmage
Helen
Greer
Bras Mano
WIBM Signs Off Tonight in Waterloo Radio Run
Waterloo Evening Courier reports WIBM will end its run with a Forum Hall broadcast featuring Herman C. Miller on Why I Believe in Waterloo. Verne Blumelodians return for a half hour dance segment with a lineup of vocalists and instrumentalists concluding with radio fiddler BH L Goss at 9 15.
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WIBM
Waterloo Evening Courier
Herman C. Miller
Waterloo
Verne
Biomelodians
Betty Cimoprich
Andes
Zell Wiliams
A. L. Sauls
Springer Treatment Device Company
Marjory Arlene Warner
John W. Ocker
West Tinton
Ruth Leffler Gilbert
Ramona Smith
Gerald Schmidt
Barlene
BE. L. Goss
Max Wilson
St Prano
Martin Heyde
Everett Swank
WISM
Iowa
Miller
Bettly Cimprich
Middlewest
Martin Herds
John Ocker
West Union
Zell Williams
BH. L. Goss
Genevieve Ho Falls
Kent
Coxey to Advocate Government Bond Plan at Parley
Des Moines reports Gen. Jacob S. Coxey Jr. will push his nommierest bearing bonds at the national monetary reform conference. He proposes borrowing money from the government at cost and repaying the principal over 25 years at 4 percent, a scheme he has backed for 33 years.
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Des Moines
Jacob 8. Coxey, Jr
Massillon
Coxey
Washington
Government notes on holiday poison deaths from moonshine
Federal prohibition officials warn a heavy toll of poison deaths from illegal liquor is possible this holiday season. Dr J M Doran says deaths will stem from raw moonshine and overindulgence not denatured industrial alcohol. New denaturant formulas aim to reduce harm while moonshining persists.
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Washington, D, CG
Tns
Treasury Department
J. NM. Doran
Internatonal News Service
Treasury
Mellon
Prohibition Bureau
Doran
Haveeen
Form Organization to Improve Waste Disposal in Iowa
The Iowa Waste Disposal association was completed yesterday with C. H. Currie presiding in Webster City. The group forms from a sewage treatment conference to boost efficiency and status of operators of disposal plants for industrial and domestic wastes. Officers include Jack J. Hinman vice president Ts. J. Murphy secretary treasurer H. V. Pedersen and M. E. Shade.
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H. V. Pedersen
Marshalltown
M. E. iShade
Spirit Lake
Quentin Roosevelt Air Flaregun Found in West Virginia
Glenville West Virginia November twelve news item notes an airman's flare gun bearing the name Quentin Roosevelt is exhibited by Charles Bass. Bass says the gun was found in a hut near Belleau Wood in France while visiting battlefields. He did not know the name until returning home and cleaning the rust.
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Glenville
W. Va
Quentin Roosevelt
Charles Bass
Bass
France
Belleau Wood
International VP Goss Addresses Iowa Elks Club Meeting
Birmingham, Alabama born W J Goss as international vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers spoke at a state Brotherhood of Elks meeting. Attendees included grand officers, town and state legislative board members, general grievances committee, and trunk line chairmen from Iowa. A banquet and dance were planned for this evening.
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W. J. Goss
Birmingham
Ala
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
State Brotherhood of the Elks’ Club
Goss
E. D. Robertson
Town State Legislative Board
Minisls Central
Towa
Weather Outlook for Midwest Valleys and North South
Ai Weather outlook for the week beginning Oct. 18 for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Some rain in south portions and snow in north portions. First part of week and again at close with fair weather intervening in middle portion. Variable temperatures, mostly below normal in north portions and near normal in south portions. Marriage licenses Carl F F Ewing and Chrisica Avis Sewick Waterloo.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Sheriff Office School of Instruction Des MoinesNov 15 18
The annual school of instruction for Town Sheriffs Administration will be held in Des Moines November 15 to 18. Sheriff H T Wagner will attend. Calvin Stet New York will discuss firearm and bullet identification. Victor I Ry neat Cleveland will address crime matters. W J Teeters of TEWS State University will speak on his department. Jay Fordyce Wood Chicago on handwriting. Neal Cerrett assistant attorney general on criminal evidence and preservation. Other speakers with topics of interest.
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Des Moines
HT. Wagner
Calvin Stet New
Neal Cerrett
Penitentiary bound Banty Hotchkiss linked to liquor case
Des Moines police arrest Banty Hotchkiss and Harold Tibbetts after 84 gallons of liquor and weapons found in their sedan. Hotchkiss, a third offender, faces penitentiary as county forfeit bond. Edwards seeks Des Moines hold. Mason City and Floyd County ties noted. other suspect Ray Roushia surrendered after bond forfeiture.
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Fred W
Bantry) Hotchkiss
Magon City
Des Moines
F. W. Edwards
Hotchkiss
Harolld Tibbetts
Cerro Gordo County
Tibbetts
Edwards
H. E. Wright
E. 5. Johnson
Mason City
H. T. Wagner
Floyd County
Black Hawk County
Chandler
Ray Roushia
Dodge
Roushta
France and U S reach temporary tariff agreement
Paris announces end of talks on a temporary tariff pact between France and the United States. France will issue a decree setting new duties on American imports. The dispute centered on France’s higher charges for U S goods vs Germany. The pact lasts until a new commercial treaty is signed.
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Paris
INSI
France
United States
Washington
Germany
Survivors Describe Narrow Escape After Tanker Explosion
The oil tanker Beta limped into a Brooklyn dry dock with a jagged bow. Thirty two survivors recounted a three hour battle against fire after an explosion at sea. Three men died and another was severely burned as Captain J B Kehoe praised crew members who stayed at their posts.
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New York
Brooklyn
Kingdom Come
J. B. Kehoe
Kaltenbach Leader in Scout Movement in Whitefish
Reverend A Kaltenbach pastor of the Presbyterian church in Whitefish Montana is a leader in the local Boy Scout movement. He serves as scoutmaster of Troop 2 and, speaking at a Father and Son banquet, urged cooperation with scout organizations and more teachers to assist in scout work.
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Presbyterian Church
Whitefish
Mont
A. Kaltenbach
Dohh Kaltenbach
Conger Street
Great Falls
Tribans
Local Man Held to Grand Jury on Two Charges
Paul W Redd Dwyer 28 of 506 Second Street West was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary examination in municipal court on charges of driving an automobile while intoxicated and sodomy. Bonds set at 8500 and 2000 respectively. Building permits listed for Harry Hummel 2003 Third West 4500 and other residential projects.
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Paul W.redd Dwyer
Second Street West
George J. Sager
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