Count Bernadotte to Wed Miss Manville in Pleasantville
New York date: Count Folke Bernadotte nephew of King Gustaf of Sweden plans to marry Estelle R. Manville in Pleasantville New York next Saturday. The wedding to be lavish with an estimated cost of 750000 and to include a radio electric refrigerator and a vacuum cleaner as part of the bride’s dowry. The couple met in Monte Carlo last spring and the count jokes about asking many questions.
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New York
Folke Bernadotte
Gustaf of Sweden
Swedish Horse Guards
Pleasantville
N. Y
Estelle
R. Manville
Stockholm
Sweden
Joral
Gustaf Adolphus
Sigvard
Miss Manville
Hiram
Arbitration Will Be Sole Text of Pan-Am Meeting
The Washington arbitration gathering will feature speeches by scholarly statesmen urging juridical dispute resolution. Notable delegates include Cuba’s Senor Bustamte, Paraguay’s Senor Ayala, Brazil’s Senor Araujo Jorge, Chile’s Senor Manuel Foster, and Peru’s Senor Meurtua and Dr Herman Velarde, with Argentina absent amid tariff tensions and a diplomatic rift. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, Panama’s minister, helped author the Havana resolution.
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Washington
United States
Hughes
Havana
Senor Bustamente
Cuba
Paraguay
Senor Ayala
Brazil
Senor Amaral
Senor Araujo Jorge
Chile
Senor Manuel Foster
Senor Antonio
Planet
Peru
Senor Meurtua
Herman Velarde
Argentina
Banquo
Alvear
Carlos Alberto Alcorta
Luis A. Podesta Cesca
Malbran
Senoror
Don Ricardo J. Alfaro
Panama
Prince of Wales Sinks Near Heceta Island
A radio message indicates the 98 ton gasoline schooner Prince of Wales owned by Neill Transportation of Ketchikan sank off Heceta Island about 50 miles south of Wrangel. The crew and mail were saved.
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Bremerton
Wash
Prince of Wales
Neill Transportation Company
Ketchikan
Alaska
Heceta Island
Wrangell
Brain Tests Puzzle from NW Evening Post Society Page
A fragment from the NW Evening Post presents a geometry minded brain test. It lists questions on figures intersecting and asks readers to select the correct options with two minutes per problem. Answers are promised on the society page.
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Evening Post, Inc
Former Liquor Sleuth Leaves His Jug in Car
Police seek Mel ford Riley once a liquor violation informant who aided Waterloo officers. They found his car near his former wife’s home with a half gallon jug under the front seat. Riley fled along railroad tracks toward Rainbow Drive and was last seen by children. Officers filed Riley's car, shotgun, ammunition, violin, clothing, liquor and other items at the station for identification.
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Melford Riley
Waterloo
Ansboro Avenue
Riley
Rainbow Drive
E. Walker
Charles Pickens
Axe Man's Victim Points to Jake Bird in Jail Probe
In Omaha Nebraska on November 27 192? a statement from Mrs. Harold Stribling fifth victim in the citys hatchet case identifies Jake Bird a negro suspect held in Lincoln penitentiary as the hacker The Stribling home in Iowa was attacked last Tuesday morning Chief Ollie Arnold and a deputy sheriff team pursued new leads after Mrs Stribling linked Birds belt and buckle to the assault Bird says he will fight extradition if identified and insists on innocence while authorities press for confirmation of the suspect link
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Omaha
Neb
Harold Stribling
Jake Bird
Lincoln
Ollie Arnold
Council Bluffs, In
Arnold
Stribling
European Storm Toll Rises Across Coast and Rivers
Storms battered Antwerp and Holland as dykes failed and waters flooded lowlands from Ostend to Hamburg. Cities evacuated, ships damaged, and communications crippled as Britain tallies losses above a million pounds, with SOS calls rescued at sea.
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Antwerp
Scheldt
Hoboken
Grand Palace
Ostend
Belgium
Flanders
Grembergen
Moorseele
Termonde
Rotterdam
Holland
Bergen-Op- Zoom
Sylt Island
Heligoland
Elbe
Hamburg
Vosges
Rhine
Ruhr
Mulheim
Saar
Germany
North Sea
Carinthia
Liverpool
England
Great Britain
Man on Trial for Shooting His Son in Burlington
In Burlington Iowa November 27 4.7 Evi dence for the state was heard in district court in the trial of J J Eccles charged with man slaughter in the shooting of his son Harold Eccles Defense lawyers hoped to open their case tomorrow Eccles confessed to police saying he and his son had not quarreled and he was grief stricken over the death hoping to find reason for the act The father said I dont know why I shot him
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Burlington
J. J. Eccles
Harold Eccles
Eccles
Nquor
Arizona Senator Clashes With Governor in Capitol Water Row
In Phoenix on November 27 a clash broke out in the Arizona capitol during a Colorado river argument between Governor G. W. P. Hunt and State Senator Fred Colter. Strode said Hunt staggered from a blow Colter allegedly delivered as lawmakers closed in. Hunt claimed the hit was accidental. Hunt, 69, had been Arizona’s first governor in 1911.
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Phoenix
Ariz
G. W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Fred Colter
Congress
Hunt
Colorado River Commission
Colter
J. W. Strode
Strode
Davenport Family Injured In Auto Capsize Near Waterloo
W. H. McNary proprietor of the Columbia hotel in Davenport Iowa his wife and their children Elsie Marie 11 and Billie 6 were badly injured when their car left the La Porte road southeast of Waterloo at 9:40 this morning plunging over an embankment tearing down 75 feet of fence and bursting into flames Passing motorists freed the family who were pinned under the blaze The car burned completely and the four were treated for severe head cuts at a local physician then travelled by interurban car to Cedar Rapids on their way home
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W. H. McNary
Columbia
Davenport
Elsie Marie
Billie
Minneapolis
la Porte Road
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Builder Ernest Swanstrom Missing After Trip to Ames
Chicago reports say Mrs. Hulda Swanstrom told police her husband Ernest Swanstrom a 38 year old prosperous builder has been missing since November 20 after he left to drive to Ames Iowa to inspect farm property. She has not heard from him since.
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Chicago
INS
Hulda Swanstrom
Ernest
Ames
Death takes Mrs W M Glasener at Waterloo
Mrs W M Glasener aged 67 of 727 Wellington Street died at 7 15 am at her home of heart trouble. She lived 48 years in Black Hawk county and 18 in Waterloo born Lydia Easterday in Ashland county May 6 1861. She married W M Glasener January 13 1880. they farmed near Cedar Falls 30 years. Survived by husband seven children, eighteen grandchildren, one great grandchild. Body at Kearns funeral home.
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W. M. Glasener
Wellington Street
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Lydia Easterday
Ashland County
Cedar Falls
Alice Henderson
Tracy H. Glasener
C. D. Ingols
Gertrude Glasener
Howard Glasener
George Glasener
Russell Glasener
Kearns’ Funeral Home
Death of Cedar Rapids Resident Miss Elizabeth Abrams
Miss Elizabeth Abrams 59 a former Cedar Rapids resident died yesterday at her home. Word reached her caregiver Mrs W H Fay 1012 Williston Ave. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in Cedar Rapids. Miss Abrams father Rev John Abrams formerly pastor of First Evangelical Church. Survived by sister Ars John Messner Cedar Rapids and brothers Harry Minneapolis and Charles Oskaloosa.
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Elizabeth Abrams
Cedar Rapids
Uicer
W. H. Fay
Williston Avenue
Fay
Miss Abrams
John Abrams
First Evangelcal Church
Ars
John Messner
Cedar Apids
Harry
Minneapolis
Charles
Oskaloosa
Holy Name Members to View Koegler Remains at St Marys
Members of the Holy Name society of St. Marys parish will meet at St. Marys school at 7:30 p m today to view in a body the remains of Alphonse Koegler who died Sunday afternoon of peritonitis Funeral services for Mr Koegler are to be in St Marys Catholic church at 9 a m Wednesday
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Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Parish
St.Mary’s School
Alphonse Koegler
Forecasts Colder Weather and Snow for Thanksgiving
A white Thanksgiving is forecast for large areas in the middlewest. The weather bureau said rain and snow are indicated for the plains states and across the central valleys and lakes region. Temperatures will rise today in the central states then fall Wednesday and Thanksgiving to below seasonal normals.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Central States
Violinist Casts Spell on Canopus Club Meeting
Miss Elizabeth Green, violin teacher at East High, performed for Canopus club with Mrs. Oliver Stevenson, drawing applause as the bow drew sighs and laughter. Maurice A. Welsh, formerly a railroad detective, spoke on duty, bribery, and policing, eliciting gales of laughter. Next week’s meeting remains Tuesday at Black's tearoom.
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Elizabeth Green
East High School
Canopus Club
Oliver Stevenson
Maurice A. Welsh
Black's
B. J. Palmer
Davenport
Riley and His Laughterinspired Riley tribute at Kiwanis
Arthur McArthur of Traverse City spoke at the noon Kiwanis luncheon in Hotel Russell Lamson praising James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet. He recalled a warm friendship and read poems with insight into Riley’s ideals. Miss Elizabeth Green performed violin with Mrs. Oliver Stevenson accompanying.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Arthur McArthur
Traverse City
Mich
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Russell-Lamson
McArthur
Riley
Elizabeth Green
East High School
Oliver Stevenson
West Branch May See Inauguration Train Trip
West Branch Iowa residents recall the president elect as a grade school boy and plan a special train from West Liberty to attend the inauguration. A band will accompany passengers and the five day trip would include nearly three days in Washington.
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West Branch
A.R
Hoover
West Liberty
Washington
Neighborhood vaccination list appears in clinic record
A compact list records names and addresses of individuals with mumps smallpox chickenpox and scarlet fever under a clinic or school health notice. Names include Junior Potter Robert Manahl Marie Wilson Ruth Wilson Maxine Holt Betty Lawson Marion Goddard Donald Rouse Ruth Buehler Fonda Bittner Frances Stannard Robert Wilson and others with addresses on First West Commercial Frank lin Eleventh West and Argyle along with George Feely Otto Johnson A Webber and Mrs W H Gier.
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Junior Potter
Robert Manahl
Polk
Marie and
Ruth Wilson
Maxine Holt
Betty Lawson
Marion Goddard
Franklin
Donald Rouse
Smith
Ruth Buehler
Fonda Bittner
Frances Jean Stannard
Robert Wilson
George Feely
Florence
Otto Johnson
Building Permits for Heating Plants in Waterloo Area
Waterloo Building and Loan association files show heating plant permits at 110 Ackerman S. S. Groce reports permits for heating plants at 927 Kingsley 923 S. S. Groce 812 Home Park and 818 A. E. Smith lists 234 Vaughan J. F. McGovern furnishes heating plant at 1520 Fifth West WwW. Co. F. & WN. freight house site Utica and Lafayette Harry Burd applies for heating plant at 1206ক্ষ
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Waterloo Building & Loan Association
Ackermant
S. S. Groce
Kingsley
S.S. Groce
Home Park
A. E. Smith
Vaughan
J. F. McGovern
Fifth West
Www
Utica
Lafayette
Harry Burd
Forest
Husband Asks Decree In Tolliver Divorce
Lorenzo Tolliver filed a petition for divorce from Ruby Tolliver this afternoon. The action seeks dissolution of their marriage and relief as provided by law.
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Lorenzo Tolliver
Ruby Tolliver
Anxiety over King George's illness eases slightly
London reports a more restful night for King George amid fever and pleurisy. Physicians Hewitt and Dawson, recalled to Buckingham Palace, said his condition was unchanged with a lower temperature and no pneumonia progression. Crowd watchers stayed near the palace as bulletins continued to shape public mood.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Stanley Hewitt
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Sir Stanley
Lord Dawson
The
Daily Mail
Aged Resident of Clarksville Dies
Wesley Culver aged 81 died in Clarksville Iowa from cancer this morning He had stayed at the home of Mr and Mrs C M Pitcher for the last week after leaving his long occupied home A nephew George Colver is due from Illinois to take the body to Marengo for interment
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Clarksville
Wesley Culver
C. M. Pitcher
George Colver
Ilinois
Marengo
One Life Lost in Coastguard Blaze
A November 27 Coast Guard base fire in New London Connecticut killed one guardsman, with fifty escaping uninjured. Two guard buildings burned, losses totaled about $100,000. Jacob B. Tatelman of Chelsea Massachusetts, attached to the destroyer Ericsson, was found burned beyond recognition in the hospital ruins.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Jacob B. Tatelman
Chelsea
Mass
Ericsson
Health officials oversee city inoculation drive
Doctors immunize many children with diphtheria toxin antitoxin in a mass health campaign. The serum is provided free by the state board of health and Waterloo Medical Society, but physicians may charge for the three required injections unless the family cannot pay.
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J. R. Thompson
State Board of Health
Waterloo Medical Society
Rat-a-Tat-Tat Machine Guns Added to Peace Officers
The Black Hawk county board of supervisors ordered two Thompson sub machine guns for Sheriff H. T. Wagner and Road Patrolman Marty Mason. The guns fire 500 to 1,000 rounds a minute with 50 round magazines. Wagner was recently wounded in the face and Mason was shot at while pursuing a fleeing car, highlighting the patrols need for better weapons.
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Black Hawk County
County Board of Supervisors
H. T. Wagner
Marty Mason
Chicago
Wagner
Alfred Lynch
Willard
Lynch
Mason
Nonstop Flier to Cuba Passes Tampa
Leonard Flo a 26 year old airplane pilot attempting a nonstop flight from Walkerville Ontario to Cuba passed over Tampa at 12 41 p m today The route and timing mark a key milestone in the improvised cross border trip with the Canadian aviator seeking a direct Havana destination after departure from Walkerville Ontario two days earlier
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Tampa
Fla
Leonard Flo
Walkerville
Ontario
Cuba
Plaza Named for Roosevelt in Panama City
President Arosemena approved a measure to perpetuate Theodore Roosevelt by naming a plaza in Panama. The site was formerly named for Count des Lesseps, the French canal constructor.
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Roosevelt
Panama
Arosemena
Theodore Roosevelt
Count Des Lesseps
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