British Aviators Seek Nonstop Flight to India
Capt B. McIntosh and Bert Finkter aboard the Princess Xenia launched from Upavon aiming to set a world distance record by flying over Germany Poland southern Russia the Caspian and Afghanistan toward Karachi India. Clouds and bad weather hindered radio silence and visibility as search teams traced their route. The 50 hour fuel supply promised a possible dawn landing in India if they survived the course.
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Leman
Alentationa Shruc
Europe
B.ow. McIntosh
Bert Finkter
India
London
Russia
Caspian Sea
Afghanistan
Princess Xenia
BR. H. McIntosh
Hert Hinkler
Manson Airdrome
Kent
England
McIntosh
Atlantic
Karachi
Germany
Poland
Caspiania
Levine
Walter Hinchcliffe
Royal Air Force
Earth
Head of Lottery Ring Fined $1,000
Elmer Lau aged 35 who was named as leader of a statewide gambling ring paid a $1,000 fine and costs for conspiracy to violate the liquor laws with a three year sentence suspended upon payment. Lau had earlier attempted suicide in a Chicago hotel last summer after state agents confiscated thousands of dollars in lottery pools. three confederates pleaded guilty and paid fines.
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Cedar Rapids
INS
Elmer Lau
Davenport
A. B. Clark
Lau
Chicago
Boy Dies of Burns After Kitchen Fire
Three year old Carl Wallace Dueling died from burns received while playing near a kitchen stove at his parents home in Troy County. His sister Ernestine, five, was present. Officials say matches ignited his clothing and the body was nearly cremated.
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Atlantic
Burns
Carl Wallace
Troy
Ernestine
Friends Search for Cedar Falls Woman
Cedar Falls officers conducted a search for Mrs. Sarah Johnson who has been missing from her Grant street home for about two to three days. Neighbors say the 65 year old woman may have wandered away and is the subject of an active missing person inquiry.
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Courier Special Servicr
Cedar Falls
Sarah Johnson
Grant Street
Death notices and obituaries from Watrrlos area
Friends report the death of Mrs. Charles J. Isaacson at her Wheaton home after seven years past in Mason City and Giry. James Allen dies at 12:30 a m as an only child. services set for 8 p m at Kistner chapel with burial at Elmwood tomorrow. Mrs. G F Potter, 72, 1326 Washington Stress, funeral at Church of the Brethren with burial in Orange Township Cemetery.
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Charles J. Isaacson
Wheaton, Ui
Charles J.’ Isaacson
Watrrlos
Isaacson
Severn
Bureh
Mason City
Giry
James Allen
Allen James Peverill
Aveniue West
Kistner Chapel
2. W. Main
Pasetor
Graves Memorial Church
Elnowood Cemetery
G. F. Potter
G Potter
Washington
Church of the Brethren
Roy A. DP. Blough
Potter
Yose Terday
Orange Towne Ship Cemetery
Temperatures Forecast for Tuesday to Wednesday
Weather notice lists maximum on Tuesday and minimum Tuesday night with broken readings for Wednesday. The readable figures show 78 in the daytime and 0 or 118 for other times, but the data is garbled and unclear.
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Esewarewer
Blackmer Seizure Under Walsh Act In Teapot Dome Case
Washington authorities seize 100000 worth of Henry M. Blackmer property under the Walsh act. The oilman, now in Europe, is ordered to appear January 6 to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to return to testify in the Teapot Dome conspiracy inquiry. Attorneys challenge the law’s constitutionality.
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Washington, D. C
Henry M. Blackmer
United States
Frederic L. Siddons
District Supreme Court
Blackmer
Europe
Siddons
Two Seek Place as Farm Union Head
Two active candidates vie for the presidency of the National Farmers Union as delegates convene in Des Moines. E. M. Pollard of Nehawka Nebraska enjoys strong western support while Charles S Barrett of Union City Georgia seeks re election. Pollard previously served in Congress representing Nebraska’s first district.
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Des Moines
INS
National Farmers Union
E. M. Pollard
Nehawka
Neb
Charles S. Barrett
Union City
Pollard
Farmers’ Union Exchange Board
Oimahie
Congress
Nebraska
Insanity Tests Placed For Remus Murder Trial
Cincinnati Ohio November 16 Judge Chester R Shook approves applying Ohio temporary insanity tests to George Remus murder trial. Remus argues for broader testing potentially 10 15 or 20 tests as jury is sent out during heated appeal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George Remus
Chester R. Shook Remus
Remus
Vice Crusader on Way Back to Iowa
Des Moines reports former Iowa lawmaker and Pittsburgh anti-vice crusader L. King, who resigns Pittsburgh Citizens league directorship, travels to Iowa to reopen his law practice. His wife Mrs. King is said to have visited in the past week amid about 100 unprosecuted law violation cases left behind.
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Des Moines
W. L. King
Iown
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Citizens League
King
Child Cough Relieves Longstanding Ailment in Iowa Town
In North English Iowa the three year struggle of Mary Gowera ended when a coughing spell yesterday dislodged a rubber eraser from a dead pencil thought to have caused a throat obstruction. An X ray had failed to reveal the cause and doctors had tried multiple treatments without success.
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Mary Gowera
Jung
Galloway Booster Dinner Plans in Waterloo
A booster dinner hosted by a William Galloway group is set for Monday at Hotel Russell Lamson at 7 pm with several hundred invited. Speakers from out of town will discuss industrial projects expected to boost Waterloo's population payroll and facilities.
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Russell-Lamson
William Galloway
Hts
Waterloo
Iowa
Galloway
J. E. Bennett
Black
Porter Proposed for Hall's Place on Interstate Commission
Claude R Porter Center ville Iowa has been proposed as a candidate for the interstate commerce commission to fill the Hall vacancy President Coolidge is asked to consider Porter is described as able fair conservative and just Cyrenus Cole Cedar Rapids has urged a conference and many Republicans back the Iowa option resumes Porters career and legal qualifications are noted in the request
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Courier Sportal Service
Washington, D. C
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hall
Porter
Iowa
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
Cole
Towan
Secret Divorce Ties To Student Marriage In Town
In Town City Iowa two Students Mrs Garl G Seashore obtained an uncontested divorce from her husband on a Saturday. The couple wed last March in Rock Island Illinois with Seashore using the license name Carl G Sjorstrand. Mrs Seashore says they were only intermittently married and he failed to provide a home, deserting her for Cleveland Ohio.
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Town City
INS
Garl G. Seashore
Seashore
Carl E. Seashore
University of Town Graduate College
Rock Island
Carl G. Sjorstrand
Student nabbed after auto load of radio parts
In Cedar Rapids Indiana on November 16 a 19 year old student Samuel Lee was arrested on grand larceny after a car load of radio supplies valued at several hundred dollars was found in his room. He worked part time at Western Radio Motor Supply and allegedly stole items including four high priced loud speakers two storage batteries and many cables plugs and coils of wire. A search warrant led to the seizure of the loot.
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Cedar Rapids
Samuel Lée
Lee
Western Radio Motor Supply Company
Lindbergh Relieved From Flying Field Duty
Col. Charles Lindbergh, recently ordered to active duty with the army reserve at Selfridge Field Michigan until December 31, was today relieved of duty at his own request. The War Department said other matters had arisen changing his plans.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Lindbergh
Army
Self~ridge Flying Field
Michigan
Lindbergh
War Department
Clark Will Not Seek Governorship
Des Moines reports Republican former U S Senate candidate Howard Clark will not run for governor. The notice appears in local political circles as the 1941 campaign moves forward. In other briefs Edward Levans and Carl Van Wey, both 22 and 24, signed for Navy enlistment at Cedar Rapids drive and will report to Des Moines then Great Lakes. A Sioux City hospital case ends with the death of Howard Gamble of McCook South Dakota after swallowing a tin piece and surgery.
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Des Moines
Howard Clark
United States
NAVY
Edward Thomas Levans
Carl Clay van Wey
Franklin Street
T. B Burns
Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Burns
Howard Gamble
J. McCook
S. D
Sioux City
Fire alarms and basement blaze cause minor damage
Tuesday at 3 28 p m Lafayette building heating plant overheated fault set ten window casings on fire. later Tuesday at 11 50 p m Brown 214 Glenwood reported rubbish in basement causing about 50 dollars damage. note insured in voided ad text with unclear names and numbers.
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Lafayette
Od. Brown
Glenwood
Zimmerman Tells State Story in Conger Trial
County Attorney F W Edwards leads the prosecution while local witnesses describe the collision at the Waterloo Waterloo inter intersection. Reed testifies Conger car hit Zimmerman car at 40 mph just after 6 in daylight. Jurors questioned about drinking and liquor law enforcement as defense lawyer McCoy probes admissible facts. The veniremen list includes Della Acuff D T Moore Mildred Bartz G M Christensen Ed Arthur Johnner Mary Tall Malinda J Clements Gertrude Perkins Stella A Biller Pearl Seheel.
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F. W. Edwards
Zimmerman
Reed
Edwards
McCoy
Wood
Waterloo
BE. H. McCoy
W. A. Renn
Della Acuff
D. T. Moore
Mildred Bartz
G. M. Christensen
Arthur
Johnner
Mary
Tall
Malinda J. Clements
Gertrude Perkins
Stella A. Biller
Pearl Seheel
Bride and Babe Help Prisoner Seek Clemency
Cedar Rapids, Nov 16. A bride and a baby left behind as T. B. McNelley heads to the state prison may aid in clemency efforts. McNelley, 35, received a 10 year sentence for liquor law violations. He was married to Miss Thenez Warbury and was jailed shortly after a divorce filing. The woman had earlier been arrested on a statutory offense and brought their three month old baby to jail.
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Cedar Rapids
T. B. McNelley
McNeeley
Tnez Warbury
Giles Expects Flight to Australia From San Francisco
Capt. Frederick A. Giles plans to depart Thursday from San Francisco for Honolulu marking the first leg of his air journey to Australia. A prior start was postponed by adverse weather as forecast.
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Giles
San Franksco
Cal
Frederick A. Giles
Honolulu
Australia
Prize Reporter to Speak at Grinnell
The eighth annual Town High School Press association convention in Grinnell will feature James Mulroy, noted for the Bobbie Franks murder coverage in Chicago, as a principal speaker. Hans Langseth, famed for his 17 foot beard, dies at Richland county home and is buried in Kensett Iowa. long beard holder since 1875.
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Wahpeton
N. D
Hans Langseth
Richland County
Lang‘seth
Sacramento
Grinnell
INSI
Kensett
James Mulroy
Chicago
Mulroy
Bobbie Franks
Ritchie Declares Gov Smith Comes First
In Washington in November 1916 Gov Albert C Ritchie of Maryland said Gov Alfred Smith of New York deserves first consideration for the Democratic nomination. Ritchie, seen as a potential presidential candidate, commented while speaking in Washington.
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Ritchie
Gov. Smith
Washington, D. C
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Alfred Smith
New York
West High to stage three student entertainments
West High school will present a trio of joint programs by the music and dramatic departments starting Friday night December 16 in the auditorium. Ralph Pronk directs instrumental music as the orchestra performs a recital. Ruth Rodamar and Payne present a one act comedy A Happy Pair, directed by Agnes Thomas. Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment opera selections, featuring 17 movements, will finish with a full symphonic arrangement by the orchestra.
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West High School
Ralph Pronk
West High
F Fom Payne
Ruth Rodamar
Agnes Thomas
Donizetti
Ruth Elder to Tour Loew Circuit for 100 Days
Ruth Elder, the star, signed a Loew contract to perform in Loew theatres nationwide for 100 days for a total of 100000 dollars. Her pilot George Haldeman will accompany and introduce her to audiences. The trip aims to raise funds for another overseas flight or a world tour.
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New York
Ruth Elder
Miatrix
Loew
George Haldeman
Miss Elder
Still 30 Missing After Pittsburgh Gas Explosion
In Pittsburgh 30 workers remained unaccounted for after a gas tank explosion. At least 27 are confirmed dead and many more may be buried beneath debris at the Pittsburgh Clay Pot plant where 217 were on duty. Nearly 100 of about 800 injured linger in hospitals.
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Fittsburgh
Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company
Equitable Gas Company
Kiwanis Club Holds Annual Election Next Tuesday
Primary election of the Kiwanis club will be next Tuesday noon at Hotel Russell Lamson. The annual election is scheduled for Tuesday December 6.
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Kiwanis Club
Russell-Lamson
Kingbard Home on Kingbard Hill a West End bungalow
An attractive bungalow in Kingbard Hill sits amid high grade shrubbery in the west end. It features a large living room with fireplace, tiled bath, a well equipped kitchen with plenty of cupboard space, broom closet, breakfast room, high grade heating, storm windows, and a large double garage with cement drive. Priced at 7,200 to present strong value.
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Kingbard Hill
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