Chicago Gang War Sprints Federal Inquiry After Slaying
In Chicago a gangland feud widens after the killing of Carmen Ferras. The federal government plans to present evidence tying Ferras to a moonshine ring as police probe a series of bombings tied to gambling interests on Halsted Street. Twelve arrested in a barn seizure. witnesses note a growing crackdown.
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Chicago
Carmen Ferras
Ferre
Bernsenville
United States
Fideral
Perry
Attornes
Ferras
Ferro
Halsted Street
Soviet Proposal Aims to Disarm World In One Year
Geneva November report notes Litvinov and Soviet delegates push drastic antiwar plan including banning military propaganda and patenting war tech. US envoy Hugh R Wilson states America cannot join the security committee but will review its recommendations when sent to the preparatory disarmament commission.
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Litvinoff
Litvinof
Litvinol
U.S
Geneva
United States
Special Security Committee
Hugh R. Wilson
Preparatory Disermanent Commission
Wilson
Security Committee
Preparatory Commission
Miss Mary Pratt's Memory Honored in Service to Mission
Friends and supporters of Mary E Pratt gather at First Presbyterian to honor the aged missionary who served in India. She died Monday after brief illness at 87, with tributes from Dr J A Larr and Dr Clintoy P Smith. Burial at Cedar Falls cemetery.
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Mary Pratt
Ales
Mary E. Pratt
India
Presbyterian Church
Miss Drath
Jesus
J. A. Laur
Cedar Heights Church
Hornig
Mist Pratt
Clintoy PF Sraith
Taylor
First Presbyterian Church
Nisa Pratt
Honorthy
James Grain
FT. Bentley
John W. Raith
L. B. Larsen
J. K. McQuilkin
J.D. Lifiing
Alan
H. A. Boysen
E. Denty
Baron
GW. Kline
Got. Patterson
Fearetew
Eeanebory
Cedar
Mir
Bratt Pieneer
Former Bremer County Resident Dies in Lawn City Hospital
Mrs. L A Shipp, 2110 Ole Street, Cedar Falls, died shortly after noonday from diabetes and complications She formerly resided in Bremer County and passed away at Lawn City Hospital in November.
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Bremer Co
Lawn City Hospital
Grosrier Meres Ferigey
Cedar Falls
Seeks Way to End Coalfield Strike
Denver reports Gov Adams weighing plan to end the coalfield strike as operators and miners in the northern field seek a state backed pacification. An investigating committee may be named while the industrial commission could take the lead. Four more northern field mines were due to open, with National Guard troops protecting workers.
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Denver
Gov. We. HL
Adams
J. We W
State Industrial Commission
National Guard
Lifelong Iowa man Giles Whitman dies after age burden
Giles Whitman aged 96 died at his daughter's home 1125 Eighth Street West from complications of age. Born 1845 in Elmira New York he moved with family to Norton's Corners Illinois then Frederika Indiana. Surviving four sons a daughter 23 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Frederika Methodist Church. Body at O'Keefe Towne mortuary.
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Giles Whitman
W. E. Pike
Eighth Street West
Elmira
N.Y
Norton's Corners
Frederika, In
Frederika
Whitman
Bliss Sarah Lindfield
Grdar Parls
Charles Whitman
Cass Leake
Minn
Willem Whitman
Walter Whitman
Roby Street
G. L. Whitman
Franklin Street
Pike
Frank
Nettle
Tim
Priday
Prederika
O’keefe & Towne Mortuary
Bowser Sights Coons In Saturday Hunt Report
Chas Bowser of 1724 Sycamore Street hunted southwest of Waterloo in a Saturday contest and shot a raccoon weighing 26 pounds. Hunters also brought home Loren, while a Clinton, Indiana incident notes a fatal domestic accident yesterday involving a daughter.
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Chas Bowser
Sycamore Street
Hawk Creek
Waterloo
Bud Davin
Hunters
Npos Suns
Temperatures Forecast Amid Weather Notes
The report lists maximum temperatures for Tuesday and minimums for Tuesday and Wednesday. Early morning readings at 7 am and later times show variable values, with Wednesday afternoon expectations noted as well.
November Temperature Variability in Des Moines 1927
Des Moines records show a broad November temperature range with a mean around 39 degrees to date, a high of 77 on November 10, and a low of 2 above on November 18. Past trends note a generally mild month with historical extremes from 86 above to 24 below, and a mix of warm and cold days shaping outdoor work.
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Courier
Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
Nativity cast selection announced by East High officials
The Nativity cantata cast for East High’s annual production was announced by Ruth Hiller and Grace Ullemeyer. The show opens Sunday December 18 at 4 p.m. Admission is free with Frank Beattie in the lead role of Scribe and a large choir to be joined by shepherds, angels, and six additional wait roles.
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Frank Beattie
East High
Ruth Hiller
Grace Ullemeyer
Scribe
Sertbe
Joseph
Harold Roeper
Mary
Marjorie Grendy
Angel—Arnine Peters
Three Kings
George Davis
Eugene Kuebensteyn
Wright Sleeves
Shuepherds
Robert Pritchard
Richard Shane
Harvey Littrell
Joseph Morris
Robert Wright
Russell Sohner
Robert Kenny
Annels-Mable Clark
Nina Hadley
Bradfield
Grace Harper
Marie Avia Parrot
Eva Overman
Brainve Rebs
November Fires Cause $750 in November Damage
A monthly fire summary shows fifty November fires causing $750 total damage. Fires mainly hit dwellings. the worst loss in a single blaze was $200. Compared to last November, there were 899 fires with $1,454 lost, with furnace, chimney, sparks, and overheated furnaces as common causes.
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Ray Tiller
Lilliendahl Jury Will Dance Tonight
In Mays Landing New Jersey jurors from the Litendaahl-Brach murder trial plan a private dance tonight in the Bethlehem Inn annex. Twelve jurors, five women and seven men, will enjoy music from a radio amid a strict no-media private gathering.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Bethlehem Inn
Margaret Lillendahl
Willis Beach
Plan Monument to Lief Ericson Found Minnesota
Eight thousand Scandinavian descendants in Alexandria Minnesota gathered to discuss plans for a monument to commemorate the discovery of Minnesota by Norsemen in 1962. A stone tablet on a local farm, found twenty years ago, supports that Lief Ericson’s party reached as far west as 28 Minnesota. The Ken singington Runestone Foundation Inc organized the event to raise 300000 dollars for the project with Gov Sorlle of North Dakota and Prof H R Holland of the University of Wisconsin co operating.
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Alexandria
Minn
Minnesota
Lief Ericson
Here
Foundation, Inc
Sorlle
North Dakota
H. R. Holland
University of Wisconsin
Christmas verdict may save Remus from electric chair
In Cincinnati on November 30 a Christmas verdict may spare George Remus from execution for the murder of his wife Imogene. The long bootlegging trial drags, with Remus planning 90 to 125 witnesses while only a few defense witnesses have testified. The defense foresees two to three weeks of Remus on the stand, followed by state rebuttals, as jurors may soften at Christmas time.
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Cincinnati
George Renns
Imogene
Remus
Afong
Hinman
Fake Eye Specialists Conned Blind Woman for 676
Two men posing as renowned eye specialists from Buffalo and Chicago operated on Mrs. J. M. Robinson in Green River, billed as sight restoration, and fled with 676 in cash. After she failed to regain sight, authorities launched an inquiry amid prior similar scams in other cities.
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Moline
Buf- Talo
Chicago
J. M. Robinson
Green River
Henry County
Dr. Brown
Buffalo
Thompson
Recipes for Beer Prosecution Warned Over Ingredients
Sioux City Iowa November 30 Correction to report dealers are safe from arrest for selling malt hops and other home brew materials. GA Brunson head of federal prohibition for Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota says prosecutions will follow if recipes are provided with all ingredients. He says Max Silberman arrest in Des Moines was a test case and others were not safe.
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Sioux City
Brunson
Towa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Max Silberman
Des Moines
Gas Tax Receipts Drop in October
Des Moines reports October gasoline tax receipts fell due to rainy autumn weather. The three cent gallon tax totaled 675264 dollars and 10 cents, down from September’s 880828 dollars and 24 cents.
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Des Moines
Fknsi
Ray E. Johnson
Former Waterlooan Is Most Beautiful Negro Girl in Hutchinson
Miss Eloise Sydnor, 17, a former Waterloo resident and East Junior High student, has been named the most beautiful Negro girl in Hutchinson Kansas. She also won first prize in a vocal contest at Second Baptist Church tied to the beauty pageant. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Aydnor and related to Edward Saunders of 732 Quincy Street.
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Eloise Sydnor
Waterloo
East Junior High School
Hutchinson
Kan
Sydnor
Second Baptist
Prisoner to Face Wife Desertion Charge in Chippewa Falls
An officer from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin expected this afternoon to return W C Baldwin of 337 Dearborn Street to answer a charge of wife desertion. Baldwin was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant by Deputy Sheriff W F Dilworth.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
W. C. Baldwin
Dearborn Street
Baldwin
W. F. Dilworth
Frank Cale Sentenced After Guilty Plea on Nuisance Charge
Frank Cale pled guilty to signal nuisance and was fined 299 dollars with 400 dollars in costs assessed. A 90 day jail term was suspended during good behavior, and Cale was paroled to Sheriff H T Wagner for supervision.
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Frank Cale
Hasner
Cale
H.T. Wagner
Fall Fatality Shakes Glidden Farmer Community
Glidden Iowa November 30 A farmer named Jarob Heston died after a windmill accident last night. He fell from the windmill, no witnesses to the fall, and died three hours later before he could reach hospital officials reported.
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Glidden
Jarob Heston
Farmer
Ames Team Wins Meat Judging Championship at Exposition
Iowa State College captured the meat judging title at the International Livestock Exposition, finishing first among 12 agricultural colleges with 2397 points. South Dakota State finished second and Kansas State third. Minnesota led the barrow class. Herman Treille of Wembley Alberta won the oats title with the heaviest oats yet shown, preserving a two-leg lead toward the permanent cup.
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Chicago
Iowa State College
Hawkeyes
South Dakota State
Kansas State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ilnois
Pennsylvania State
Wyoming
Nebraska
West Virginia
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Minnie W. Muller
Thousand Springs
Wendall
Ida
North America
John Clay Company
Chicago Packers
Iowa
Minnesota
Herman Treille
Wembley
Alberta
Trelle
L. E. Peterson
Victor
Mont
Peterson
Acre
Canada
Police Still Hold McKittrick Money
A petition filed in the St. Louis probate court asks the police department to relinquish more than 49000 in assets from the estate of Mrs Elizabeth McKittrick the recluse slain at her Dubuque Iowa home on November 1 Public Administrator Hampe says the assets were seized after the arrest of her grandson Leonard Cota and Howard Kramer on November 5 who confessed to strangling and robbing the woman Hampe also stated he has taken charge of Mrs McKittricks affairs in Missouri.
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Hampe
Parents Drown But Daughters Saved
South Dartmouth Mass Nov 30 Arthur Holden 46 a New Bedford shoe dealer tried to brake for a red flag on a draw bridge and slid off into the Pada maram river drowning him and his wife 42 Their two daughters Margaret 22 and Monica 20 were in the rear seat broke a side window and swam to the surface.
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South Dartmouth
Mass
Insi
Arthur Holden
New Bedford
Padamaram
Margaret
Monica
Fair Managers to Meet Dec 12 and 13
Des Moines reports the twentieth annual meeting of the Fair Managers Association of Iowa will be held December 12 and 13, with the following day, December 14, set for the state agricultural convention at the capitol. Speakers include R. M. Hughes, president of Iowa State College in Ames.
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Des Moines
Fair Managers’ Association of Tawa
State Fair Board
Capitol
R. M. Hughes
Iowa State College
Ames
Savage Funeral to Be Held Thursday
Boston news reports funeral services for Henry W. Savage a Boston and Jensen Fla producer who died at 68, a pioneer in English opera and creator of many musical comedies and comic operas.
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Boston
Henry W. Savage
Jensen, Fla
Snavace
Engish
Memorial Sunday for Thirteen Elks in Waterloo
Waterloo Elks Lodge 290 plans a Memorial Sunday ceremony at 2 30 PM at the Elks club home to honor 13 members who died in the past year. Exalted Ruler Frank G Fish leads opening with the Cedar Falls Band. eulogies by several members follow, then a memorial address by John E Regan of Mankato Minnesota. Music and Auld Lang Syne close the service. Marriage licenses listed: Erich W Johnson and Esther MacKray both of Vinton.
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Faye
Waterloo Lodge No. 290
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Club
Cedar Falls
Kand
Frank G. Fish
Henry W. Hammond
Henry Weis
C. L. Langfeldt
Harry Kiesler
D. W. Baldwecker
Albert Nelson
L. F. Hefner
Gus W. Thode
Frank G. Wight
Clinton P. Shackley
D. Bolte
George Shoemaker
Arthur F. Decker
Jack Dettner
Albert Greeley
Robert Parrott
John BE. Regan
Mankato
Minn
HOUSES BUILT BY WATERLOOANS IN LAST MONTH
Permits issued for 20 dwellings in November boosted Waterloo building value to $119 100 the largest since earlier months. Compared with 1926 November total of $548 600 included Riviera theatre at $275 000 and Rat Packing warehouse at $200 000. Remodeling of business buildings led with $21 250. other permits totaled $21 125. There were 49 heating plant permits in the month.
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Waterloo
Riviera Theatre
Rat Packing Company
Hudson Church to Host Funeral for Rev Henry Stuers
Last services for Rev Henry Stuers will be held at Zion Lutheran church in Hudson Iowa at 1 p m tomorrow with Rev Fred Braun officiating. Burial follows in the church yard cemetery. Stuers aged 82, born December 24 1845 in Zdikosvelsky Bohemia. He immigrated 1882, ordained 1884, served Riceville Ta and Hudson from 1886, wife Marie Helbing survives with three of four children Martha and Elizabeth live in Minneapolis and Los Angeles respectively. Building permits listed for Dave Rosen garage 424 Broadway costs 100, H A Duke gasoline tanks 1302 Jefferson Thomas Creighton dwelling 809 Wellington 3000 Thomas Creighton garage 805 Wellington 200.
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Courier
Hudson
Henry Stuers
Zion Lutheran Church
Fred Braun
Mr. Stuers
Zdikosvelsky
Bohemiia
United States
Stuers
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Mendota
Riceville
Ta. Zion
Marie Helbing
Rose
Henry Gutknecht
Elizabeth
Los Angeles
Cal
Martha
Minneapolis
Dave Rosen
Broadway
H. A. Duke
Jefferson
Thomas Creighton
Wellington
Publisher's Estate Tax Payment Highlights November Revenue
Des Moines November inheritance tax receipts totaled 131582.71 dollars per state treasurer Ray E. Johnson. The largest single levy was about 15000 dollars on the estate of Lafayette Young, publisher of the Des Moines Capital.
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Des Moines
Ray E. Johnson
Lafayette Young
Kidwell Is Denied Intervention Right
The petition of Edgward v. Kidwell, a trial juror in the Fall-Sinclair case, to intervene in contempt proceedings growing from the mistrial, was denied today by Justice Siddons in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Edgward
Duty 1926 1927 Water loo city financial report pamphlet
An exhaustive Water loo city report printed in pamphlet form covers the financial condition as of April 1 1927 with a historical sketch from 1853 to present. Compiled by city auditor Charles C MacKay the volume lists city officers notes on water works street lighting paving sewers sidewalks and parks before detailing assets liabilities receipts and expenditures for 1926 27.
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Waterloo
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Indigestion Is Done He Gains Twenty Pounds
A Waterloo drugstore demonstrator promotes Plant Juice as a cure for indigestion and related ailments. Harry Kollias, an Louisville enameler, reports relief after using Plant Juice, noting weight gain, improved appetite, sleep, and regular bowels. The public sample and endorsements are offered at Wangler's Drug Store, 229 East Fourth Street.
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W. Gawbert Avenue
Lowsville
Dukce
Wangler
East Fourth Street
Waterloo
Ty Svork O
Kollias
Standard Manufacturing Co
Louisville
Duke Manly
Wangler’s
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