In the Spotlight and Nearby News Items
Captain Frederick A. Giles, a British flyer, departed San Francisco for Hawaii in the Wanda, loaded with 390 gallons of fuel and emergency cigarettes borrowed from a bystander, marking his second attempt after fog halted the first. Contempt cited for Harry Sinclair and W. J. Burns in DC court. Kearns negotiates a quiet end to his suit over Dempsey. Turkey prices amid seasonal demand, cold wave forecasts sweep through western regions, and county bond issues push paved highways. Colorado coalfields quiet as martial law looms. Remus murder trial faces a 12 000 word appeal setback. a corn atlas maps Iowa by kernels.
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Frederick A. Giles
San Francisco
Hawaii
Giles
Contempt trial set for Sinclair and Burns aides
Washington, Nov 24. A rule requiring Harry F. Sinclair, William J. Burns and four others to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt of court was issued by Associate Justice Siddons. The action grows from the oil conspiracy mistrial and jury surveillance by Burns agency staff. Also named are Henry Mason Day, Sheldon Clark, W. Sherman Burns and Charles L. Weitsch. Kidwell Jr. juror No. 11 faces separate contempt questions.
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Washington, D. C
Harry F. Sinclair
Wiliam J. Burns
Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Henry Mason Day
Sheldon Clark
W. Shennan Burns
Burns International Detective Agency
Charles 8. Wicisch
Burns Baltimore Bureau
Kidwell
Justice Biddens
Gordon
Edward J. Kidwell, Jr
United States of America
Justice Siddons
Burns
Burns Agents Inn
Sinclair
Burns Mien
W. Sherman Burns
Charles L. Weitsch
The
Burns Agency
Des Moines Considers Extra Police to Curb Crime
Des Moines authorities contemplated deploying a squad of special police after a crime wave renewed last night. Superintendent John W. Jenney said a surplus in the police fund could cover extra officers. A bandit forced customers at D. L. Veath grocery to the floor and fled with 80 dollars. another robed an oil station attendant of 20 dollars.
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Des Moines
Police Department
John W. Jenney
Public Safety
D. L. Veath
Two Women Hurt in Five-Auto Crash Near Cedar Rapids
A highway collision near Cedar Rapids injured two women and wrecked two automobiles with three others damaged. Donald Miller of Marion and Mrs J Ingram of Marion started the pileup when their cars collided. E R Norst of Mount Vernon rammed the wreckage and, as bystanders helped, two more drivers collided. Norst was unconscious briefly and Gladys Lentz of Mount Vernon, riding with Miller, broke her leg.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald Miller
Marion
J. &. Ingram
E. R. Norst
Mount Vernon
Ingram
Sues film chief for divorce and $5500 a month
In Los Angeles on November 22 Sidwell Raymond Kent, Paramount Famous Lasky general manager, was served with a divorce suit filed by his wife Mabel Kent. She accuses cruelty and desertion and seeks $5000 monthly support, $10,000 in attorneys fees, and $500 monthly for their 10 year old daughter Peggy. Her filing states Kent’s salary as $3000 weekly.
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Los Angeles
Sidwell
Raymond Kent
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Mabel Kent
Peggy
Coolidge Opposes Chain Letter Petition Drive
President Coolidge disapproved today of nationwide chain letters urging his 1928 re nomination. At the White House officials said he hoped the endless chain petitions would be halted, arguing no good would come from their circulation.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
White House
Giles Flies From San Francisco To Honolulu Attempt
British aviator Captain Frederick A. Giles began a second attempt to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu on a 2,400 mile leg toward New Zealand. He took off in a 6,000 pound plane with 390 gallons of fuel, dressed in a suit with no radio or parachute, relying on dead reckoning as he headed over the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Cal
Here
Honolulu
Frederick A. Giles
Hawaii
Mills Field
New Zealand
Land's End
Westermost
San Francisc
Giles
Dole
Detroit
Wanda
Wanda Hess
Wyandotte
Michigan
Elko
Nevada
Mexico City
Billee
Me Leese Cium
Alvaro Obregon
Roberto Chuz
Gen. Obregon
Luis Segura Vilchis
Mexican Light & Power Co
Miguel Agustin Pra Juarez
Humberto
Commission Man and Banker Found Dead in Highway
El File, 65, director of the Farmers' Commission Co and Security Trust Savings Bank at Ryan Iowa, was found dead in the middle of primary road No 13 north of town with his overturned submobile in a ditch. Police believe a paralysis stroke caused his car to swerve into the ditch, throwing him out as he headed to a directors meeting.
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Ryan
el. File
Farmers’ Commission Company
Security Trust Savings Bank
Here
File
Commission Company
Cobham Fliers Take Off for Ajaccio
Sir Alan Cobham, Lady Cobham, and a four member crew launched at 9 05 a m from Berre France to continue a 20000 mile aerial survey of London to South Africa air routes Their next stop is Ajaccio on Corsica The flight began Nov 17 in Rochester England and will run three months in 43 stages aboard the largest all metal flying boat in the world.
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Berre
France
Alan Cobham
Lady Cobham
Pen Manufacturer in Fort Madison Weds Local Woman
Fort Madison Iowa Nov 22 Walter A Sheaffer president of the W A Sheaffer Pen company and Mrs John Lawrener Kansas City were married there Saturday afternoon they plan to reside here after the Christmas holidays.
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Fort Madison
Walter A. Sheaffer
W. A. Sheaffer Pen
John Lawrener
Kansas City
Mexico Chamber Approves Six-Year Presidential Term
Mexico City November 22 The chamber of deputies approved unanimously a proposal to extend the president’s term to six years. The measure sets four year terms currently and two months as the interim. It now goes to state legislatures for two-thirds approval after senate unanimous support.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
Senate
Legislaures
Lawyer Gets Year for Drunken Driving in Perry
Ja Nov 22 Perry reports local attorney E. M. Dillon was preparing to enter the penitentiary to begin a year’s sentence for driving a motor car while drunk after pleading guilty to the charge.
Actress Katherine Wilson Breaks Engagement With Barthelmess
New York in November report: actress Katherine Wilson says her engagement to Richard Barthelmess is off as she plans to return to the stage. They remain friends after the split decided weeks ago. Barthelmess is away making a picture on the coast while Wilson prepares rehearsals in New York. The engagement had been announced last August, a year after Barthelmess’s Paris divorce from Mary Hay.
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New York
Katherine ¥. Wilson
Associated Press Today
Richard Barthelmess
Aormen
Barthelmess
Paris
Mary Hay
Weather forecast for Great Lakes storm in Midwest
Chicago reports predicting rain turning to snow in the Great Lakes region driven by a northwest gale. A cold wave with near zero temperatures moves toward Iowa Nebraska and Wisconsin as storm warnings are issued for Lakes Superior Huron and Michigan.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Lakes Superior
Huron
Michigan
Texas Panhandle
Rocky Mountain
Junkers Plane Plans Sea Hop to Newfoundland
At Horta Azores Island on November 22 a Junkers airplane C-1230 prepared to take off at 5 p m for a Germany to New York flight with Alle Lillie Dil-Jenz, a Viennese actress, aboard as passenger.
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Horta
Azores Island
Newfoundland
Alle
Lillie Dil- Jenz
Honeymooner Held for Car Theft in Fort Dodge
John Jacobs 21 was arrested in Council Bluffs with a borrowed Fort Dodge "Drive Yourself" car and held to the grand jury on a theft charge. He and his one week bride toured Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Kansas claiming they could not pay for mileage.
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Fort. Dodge
John Jacobs
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Grand Jury
Jacobs
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansa
Mrs Snyder and Gray Denied New Trial In NY Court
Ruth Snyder and Henry Gray were denied a new trial in New York Court of Appeals, losing their appeal after a 2 pm decision. The case centers on the murder of Ruth Snyder's husband Albert Snyder, a noted incident in Queens County. The high court upheld the conviction, confirming the scandal surrounding the couple and the controversial execution methods later associated with the crime.
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Aloniy. WN
Many Die as Severe Spanish Gale Rips South Spain
A hurricane like storm battered southern Spain causing heavy loss of life and vast property damage. In Malaga 15 fishing boats sank with 28 missing. Tarragona saw many small vessels wrecked. an eleven year old boy died at Huelva from downed power lines. Communications disrupted and church towers toppled amid the gale.
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Madrid
INS
Spain
Malaga
Tarragona
Huelva
Scene of antisoviet fighting in Odessa
Berlin dispatches report street fighting in Odessa after a mutiny in the red garrison and an attempted uprising by Trotzky Zinoviet opposition adherents. Romanian papers quote Constantinople travelers about Odessa clashes. Soviet embassy attaches deny any counter revolt in South Russia. A large portion of Trotzky followers in the region have been expelled from the party.
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Berlin
INS
Odessa
Red
Trotzky- Zinoviet
Bucharest
Constantinople
Russia
Trotzky
Communist Party
Congress No Relief for Marine Subsidy Doubts
President Coolidge doubts direct subsidy passage for the merchant marine. Washington reports indirect measures are being studied. The Commerce Department is examining the situation as the White House notes uncertainty in Congress.
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Washington, D. C
IPIR
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Commeree Department
Courier delivery by 3 20 each day and phone for corrections
The courier will deliver to your home before 3 20. If a carrier error occurs you may request a copy of the paper by calling 5100. Calls should be made before 6 30 to ensure delivery or correction.
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Unis
Chicago Gang War Sparks Open War After OConnor Decree
Chicago dispatch details a police manhunt and gang tensions after Chief of Detectives William O Connor orders a kill all gangsters policy. Frank Herbert, lieutenant of Joe Saltis, is shot during a roundup as rival factions including Capone Lombardo Moran and O Brannon factions prepare for renewed violence in the Badlands. Authorities seize weapons and dynamite as raids unfold at the Aix hotel and other sites ahead of potential ambushes.
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Chicago
INS
Willam O'Connor
Frank Berbert
Joe Saltis
Chicago Badlands
Chief O'Connor
John Gibbons
Tonevestigate
Herbert
Gibbons
James
Connors
Detective Bureau
Michael Hoban
Joe Baltibeer
Hoban
Notheing
Saltis
South Side
Gare
William O'Connor
Dec Ts
al Capone
Tony Lombardo
North Side Gang
Dean O'Banion
Christian P. Sertsche
Barney
George Moran
Dean O'Brannon
Aiello Brothers
Anthony
Joseph
Dominick
Angela la Mantle
Sirested
Capone
Lombardo
Auisntic
Lombardia
Connor
Durcan
Yoann
Rene Leo
Wolhau
Benefit Movie Time Changed to 5 p.m. Wednesday
The Plaza benefit show time moved from 10 30 a m to 5 p m on Wednesday to boost attendance. Admission was set at tea potatoes but other vegetables were welcomed if guests lacked the fixed amount. Donated produce will be collected by the Waterloo Evening Courier and distributed by Salvation Army homes on Thanksgiving to aid the poor.
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Theatre Management
Waterloo Evening Courier
Salvation Army Homes
Short Interviews With Home Folks
In Waterloo veteran Jacop Demme recalls the history of his butcher shop. He and his brother Charley opened in 1870 in a small frame building on Commercial street, expanded to 620 Commercial, hunted live cattle and hogs, slaughtered and dressed meat, and delivered to customers. Demme retired in 1900 reflecting on the shift to modern quick-delivery markets with white jackets and telephones.
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Charley
Waterloo
Jacop Demme
Third Street
Demmel
One Link Left in Paving Plan for Des Moines to KC
Indiagola Iowa November 22. Warren county today nearly completed the paving path from Des Moines to Kansas City with a proposed bond issue in Decatur county set to close the final gap. Warren county voters approved a $1,200,000 bond to pave 70 miles of federal and state primary roads including No 6a bisecting north to south, No 3 east to west, No 4 in the northeast corner and No 28 in the northwest corner.
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Warren
Warren County
Detatur County
Des Moines
Kansas City
Indiagola
Wwateren
Ffty-Sixth
Iowa
Companionate Marriage Rush To Beat Photographers
Josephine Haldeman-Julius and Aubrey Roselle wed at 10 in Girard Kansas to avoid film crews. The ceremony at the bride’s home was conducted by Rev L Birkhead of the All Souls Unitarian Church in Kansas City. The nuptials were moved from Thanksgiving to today after photographers announced plans to film the event.
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Girard
Kan
J.P
Josephine Haldeman-Julius
E. Haldeman-Julius
Aubrey Clay Roselle
University of Kansas
L. Birkhead
All Souls
Kansas City
Woman Razor Attack Shocks Chicago Police Take Holder
A woman identified as Edith McShann alias Ella Mack, 27, alleged to have a record of shooting stabbing and robbing in six states, was subdued and arrested after a struggle during which she slashed an officer with a razor. Police say she is Mexican but also call her a negress and hold her on multiple charges. She is reportedly sought in several cities including Mexico City for stabbing three, in Kansas City for stabbing a policeman, Lansing for shooting, South Bend for robbery, and Chicago for robbery and assault with lye.
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Chicago
Edith McShann
Ella Mack
Mexico City
Fatty
Kansas City
Lansing
Mich
South Bend
Ind
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W. J. Burns
Supreme Court of
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Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Fishana
Turkey
Antimyn Seb
Williston
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Moorhead
Minn
Edmonton
Alberta
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Columbia
George Remus
Cincinnati
Remus
Warburton
Independence
Oaders Sinclair
Burns and Associates
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A Giles
W. H. Rosewame
Fred A. Giles
Pacific
Marine Department
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Fanilion Islands
Vase
Iler
San Francisco Bay
Obregon
Religious Defense League
Cobham
Ajaccio
Katherine Wilson
Amqwest
Junkers
Odegoa
Cigat
Frank Herbert
Joe Salt
Badlands
Detr Tives
Ormed
Collee
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