Stewart Trial Opens In DC On Perjury Charge
200 passengers take to boats as liner links. Col. Robert W. Stewart, head of the Standard Oil Indiana board, goes on trial in the District of Columbia supreme court for perjury before the Teapot Dome inquiry. A possible jury tampering probe unfolds as Caldwell, a prospective juror, testifies he was approached to hold out. The case follows Sinclair and Burns verdicts in oil probe history.
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District of Columbia ‘Supreme Court
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Ons “Company
Indiana
United States ‘Senate
Washington, D. C
U.P
Standard Oil
Robert Caldwell
Caldwell
Maginnis
Bailey
Frank Hogan
U.S
Neil Burkinshaw
Veniremen
U. S
Leo
Rover
Sinclair
Harry P. Sinclair
Wiliam .J
W. Sherman Burns
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair Oil Company
Iw. J
Hogan
Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
District ‘of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate Teapot Dome Committee
Continental Trading Company
Liberty Bonds
Senate
Jennings Bailey
Frank J. Hogan
Edward L. Doheny
Leo A. Rover
Senate Public Lands Committee
Iowa
Althou
Iowa teachers hail annual state convention in Des Moines
Teachers, principals and other officers in Iowa schools and colleges derived much good from the annual state teachers convention in Des Moines last weekend. Charles W. Kline east public school superintendent said 6,000 attendees praised the talks by noted educators and the high school band concerts featuring musicians from across the state.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Charles W. Kline
East
Chicago gangsters vote and a Waterloo Des Moines air line opens
The piece recounts Chicago gangsters celebrating victories and a shooting injuring a New York fullback after a fender bender. It then covers the inaugural Waterloo Des Moines air line with 8 am departures, 4 pm returns, and talks of aviation regulation. It also notes Aimee McPherson investigations, Hoover's South American trip plans, Soviet turmoil, peasant rebellions, and radio wavelength chaos in Iowa.
Police Seek Holdups In Cedar Rapids Robbery
Police hunt two men who in Cedar Rapids on Sunday held up W. A. Dinsmore of Chicago, stealing his car and $50 before fleeing. Dinsmore reported the crime and the pursuit continues as investigators review clues and nearby traffic records.
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Cedar Rapids, Inc
W. A. Dinsmore
Chicago
Parley Planning Iowa Aviation Conference in Des Moines
Des Moines November 12 proposals for state laws regulating air traffic planes and pilots were discussed at the first Iowa aviation conference. Speakers included Major Clarence Young of the commerce department W A Patterson of Chicago Thomas H Kennedy of Boeing Air Transport Frank G Pierce secretary of the Iowa League of Municipalities and Jesse A Miller president of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. Resolutions for presentation to the state legislature were expected at the afternoon session.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clarence Young
Department of Commerce
W. A. Patterson
Chicago
Thomas H. Kennedy
San Francisco
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Frank G. Pierce
Marshalltown
Iowa League of Municipalities
Jesse A. Miller
National Conference of Commissioners On
Standard dollar standardization urged by Farmer Labor party
Sioux Falls November 12 Farmer Labor convention seeks a standardization of the dollar purchasing power to ensure justice in finance. Delegate R Q Richards of Huron proposes a constructive movement urging government to avoid production but to regulate distribution and stabilize prices against labor value.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Farmer- Labor Party
R. QO. Richards
Huron
South Dakota
Courier Delivery Time and Replacement Policy
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, call 5100 for a replacement copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Colonel Judah Injured in Fox Hunt at Hospital Lake Forest
In Hospital Lake Forest Illinois on November 12 Col Noble Brandon Judah United States minister to Cuba was hospitalized with a broken collar bone and other injuries after a fall from his horse during a fox hunt.
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Lake Forest
INS
Noble Brandon Judah
United States
Cuba
Judah
Soviet Officials Targeted as Violence Surges
Moscow reports six Soviet officials including a woman killed in the last week. Pravda demands immediate punitive measures as violence grows, especially in rural districts taxed peasants. Three rich peasants sentenced to death amid ongoing trials. Izvestia dispatches note murders of officials teachers and correspondents and attacks on meetings and libraries.
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Russia
Moscow
Pravda
Izvestia
Damaged Flipper kills Two Fliers in Chicago
Chicago aviators James G. Baird 38 and George Dusek 28 died when a dual control plane crashed from 1300 feet at the Chicago Flying Club. Baird the pilot and Dusek the passenger both from Chicago. Dusek jumped at about 500 feet. Baird remained at the controls as spectators reached the wreck.
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Chicago
James G. Baird
George Dusek
Chicago Flying Club
Baird
Dusek
Kidnapers Take North Shore Ticket Agent in Safe Crime
In Waukegan Illinois on November 12 three men abducted Ralph R. Ross a 26 year old North Shore Electric ticket agent as he walked to work. They forced him to reveal the safe combination, opened the safe and took a strong box containing about $1000 then drove him to Chicago and released him on the North Side after paying him $2. Ross notified police and returned to Waukegan.
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Waukegan
Ill
Ralph R. Ross
North Shore Electric Line
Ross
Chicago
Prairie du Chien businessmen drown in Mississippi canoe capsizing
Clarence Erdenberger aged 29 and Wilbur Weighner aged 31, both Prairie du Chien, were drowned yesterday when their canoe capsized while duck hunting north of Dubuque on the Mississippi River. The bodies were recovered several hours later.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Clarence Erdenberger
Wilbur Weighner
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Northwestern Fullback Shot After Car Collision Standoff
In Chicago a Northwestern University substitute fullback John Acher was shot twice by gangsters after a fender scrape with their car on South Michigan Boulevard. Acher, 17, was recovering in hospital as police pursued the attackers. His brother Chester, 16, and Missouri Military academy teammates were celebrating victories when the incident occurred. Father, Dr. A H Acher of Fort Dodge, Ia., headed to Terre Haute for his mother’s funeral. Northwestern authorities opened an investigation.
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Chicago
John Acher
Northwestern University
Chester
Missouri’ Military Academy
N. Y
Purdue
Northwestern
Grummen
Acher
South Michigan Boulevard
Missouri Military Academy
Morgan Park Military Academy
John
Fort Dodge
A. H. Acher
Fort. Dodge
Terre Haute
Ind
Depot
South Bend
U.P
Notre Dame
New York Central
John Gleason
Canandaigua
Paul Duncan
LaSalle
Ill
Madeline van Hoke
Marjorie Mason
Child Dies After Weed Spear Strike in Sham Battle
Rewenee Os. reports five year old Paul Robert Dailey, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Dailey, died after being struck behind the ear with a weed spear during a playground game. He suffered a skull fracture and died Saturday.
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Rewenee
Paul Robert Dailey
Michael Dailey
Drug clerk flees state line after $300 safe theft
Henry Wood, 18, of Waterloo, is en route from Council Bluffs to face charges of rifling the Blue Cross drug store safe at 319 Fourth Street West, missing about $300. He fled after opening the store and delivering newspapers, was seized on an Illinois Central train, and had $193 remaining when captured. His intent to visit a Beatrice sweetheart is noted as motive. Deputy Sheriff Ed Williams took him from the Council Bluffs train, and Deputy Harry Allen began the return to Waterloo.
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State Line
Henry Wood
Sycamore Street
Council Bluffs
W. C. Strickler
Blue Cross Drug Store
Fourth Street West
Young Wood
Omaha
H. T. Wagner
Waterloo
Beatrice
Neb
Wood
Blue ‘Cross
E. R. Lockwood
Strickler
Ed Williams
Harry Allen
Fletcher to accompany Hoover on South American tour
With Hoover in Washington on November 12, the White House announced ambassador Henry P. Fletcher of Italy will accompany President-elect Hoover on his South American tour as representative of the state department.
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Herbert Hoover
California
San Pedro
U. S. S. Maryland
Uncle Sam
Mr. Hoover
Allan
Mrs. Hoover
George ‘Akerson
Reen
Washington, D. C
U.P
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Hoover
State Department
White House
Millionaires Earning Five Million Annually Rise to Record
Washington reports ten Americans exceed five million dollars in annual income, sharing 89 million dollars among them last year. In 1927, 283 individuals earned million-dollar incomes, paying nearly 497 million dollars in taxes, a new record despite a slight 1926 drop in the top tier.
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INS
International Revenue Bureau
McNary to press new farm relief bill in Congress
Senator McNary says he will introduce the revised farm relief bill when Congress meets and push for immediate action. He calls farm relief a duty for Congress and notes discussions with President Coolidge on the issue and on the Muscle Shoals bill, which Coolidge vetoed.
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McNary
Congress
Washington, D. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Russian Children Die in Movie Fire
Dispatches from Riga report that up to forty children were killed when a cinema in Voronezh caught fire during a special matinee. The panic and crushing caused many to perish while parents at the front hindered orderly exit, creating chaotic scenes across the theater.
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Moscow
U.2
Voronezh
Riga
Latvia
McAnally Named Vice President of L F of L
Des Moines November 12 U P George W Dunlap resigns as vice president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor R J McAnally Burlington was named to succeed him at the federation's annual legislative meeting Davell Williams Cedar Rapids president of the State Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters was elected to the executive board to replace McAnally Four legislative measures old AEE pension prison labor state employment agency and workmen s insurance were adopted by the federation
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Des Moines
U.P
George W. Dunlap
Iowa State Federation of Labor
R. J. McAnally
Burlington
Federation
Davell. Williams
Cedar Rapids
State Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters
McAnally
AEE
State Employment Agency
Workmen's Insurance
Lake Bluff girl Elfrieda Knaak death verdict stands
A coroner's jury ruled Elfrieda Knaak apparently died of burns related to personal safety. The family and State's Attorney A V Smith said the furnace mystery will be pursued until clarified. The jury indicated the evidence allowed no other verdict but did not rule out self harm as cause. The family plans to hire private investigators if needed.
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Lake Bluff
Elfrieda Knaak
A. V. Smith
United’ Press
Smith
Miss Knaak
Young Girl Killed After Auto Plunges From Road
Ila Westein, 15, died when the car carrying her and Dolores Beach, 15, left a county road north of Dows Iowa and overturned after Beach diverted her attention to an open door. Beach escaped with minor injuries. The crash occurred about 200 miles north of Crane Creek bridge over the Iowa river.
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Courier Special Service
Hampton
Ila Westein
Dows
Dolores Beach
Crane Creek Bridge
Iowa River
One Youth Killed Two Hurt in Crash
Iowa City reports a fatal crash near the city limits killed Joe Cerny and injured Ray Hervert and Gari Chopek. They were in a car driven by Harvey Secor. the vehicle left the road struck poles and a tree, rolled several times. An inquest was held.
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Iowa City
Joe Cerny
Ray Hervert
Gari Chopek
Here
Harvey Secor
Burglars Try Safe Break at Drake Stadium
Des Moines reports an attempt to blow open the safe in the Drake stadium office after the Drake versus Washington game. The explosive charge failed to detonate and no second attempt followed. Receipts from the game had already been moved to a bank, Coach Ossie Solem said.
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Des Moines
U.A
Drake Stadium
Drake
Washington
Ossie Solem
Child dies after auto crash in Ames
In Ames on November 12 Billy Breezley a seven year old boy died from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile driven by Ralph Reitz of Nevada. The skull was crushed both thigh bones broken and his right shoulder dislocated. He did not regain consciousness. Police reported brake failure on the car.
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Ames
Billy Breezley
Ralph Reitz
Nevada
Reltz
Pigeon hunt ends in teen's accidental death near Kewanee
Russell Munn, 17, son of Dr. and Mrs. R B Munn formerly of Freeport, was accidentally shot Sunday afternoon south of Kewanee by his companion Melvin Hoppock. He died shortly after.
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Kewanee
Here
Russell Munn
R. B. Munn
Freeport
Melvin Hoppock
Vestris Stricken Amid Rescue Efforts In Heavy Seas
Passengers abandoned the Barbadoes bound liner Vestris as a fierce storm closed in 100 miles off Cape Hatteras. Coast guard cutters from Norfolk and a US destroyer were en route to aid, with other ships speeding to the scene. The vessel listed severely with heavy casualties feared while wireless traffic swirled amid the rescue scramble.
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New York
INS
Vestris
Virginia
U.S
Norfolk
Radio ‘Marine Corporation: ‘of America
U. S
The
Radio Company
trans-Atlantic
Cédric
Starbeam
Cape Hatteras
Atlantic Seaboard
Naval Communications Bureau
Brooklyn
Voltaire
Lamport & Holt Line
Santa Barbara
Grace Line
Creole
Southern Pacific
Ohio Maru
Coast Guard
Davis
Hoboken
N. J
Barbadoes
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British Isles
Los Angeles
jAimee
Mother Minnie
Aimes
Shack
Asa Keyes
McPherson
San Felice
Henry Crarge
Idelita
Havana
Martin Best
Com. Noble B. Judah
Nebraska
Rego
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