Parents Cited As Judge Sentences Messner To Life
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 4 Igle Messner fifteen year old Cedar Rapids junior high student must spend the remainder of his life in the state penitentiary because he murdered Kathleen Forrest aged four The youth stood before Judge John T Moffitt in brown suit and heard the sentence The courtroom heard how he enticed the child from playmates and killed her by suffocation The judge blamed parents for the crime and declared the youth guilty of first degree murder Life imprisonment in Fort Madison penitentiary was imposed The mother and sisters sobbed Messner was linked to the disappearance and death of Kathleen Forrest whose body was found in a basement hole A rescue mission arrest followed and confession came later The case ends with Messner to be taken to the state prison likely this afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids, II
Igle Messner
Cedar Rapids
State
Kathleen Forrest
John T. Moffitt
Moffitt
Fort Madison Penitentiary
William Messner
John Forrest
Kathleen
R.A. Vorphal
Forrest
Rock Island
Mexico City Rebels Crushed as Government Gains Control
Federal forces defeated about 400 rebels who briefly encamped outside Mexico City. Gen Escobar rallied loyal troops to rout the uprising, while Gen Gomez fled to Vera Cruz amid reports he leads a new rebel army. About 300 rebels reached Texoco and Teotihuacan preparing for battle as authorities say the government has strengthened its position within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escobar
Saltillo
Coahuila
Mexico City
HS Almada
Texecoceo
Teotihuacan
Puebla
Amnulfo Gomez
Vera’ Cruz
Francisco Serrano
Federal District
Gomez
Vera Cruz
Calles
Peérote
X Ray of Science Debate in Parley on Radio Problems
The speech critiques radio’s lack of communications and notes radio offers a method to read and develop them. The president argues radio requires little literacy but fails to create a permanent record for future consideration.
Prince Mia m of Sweden studies cowboys and Indians in New York
New York on October 4 reports Prince Miam of Sweden preparing to depart for the West to observe cowboys and Indians. The royal visit focuses on cultural exchange and frontier life as part of a broader tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince ‘Miam of
Sweden
West
Woman Battles Bachelor for Mayoralty in Norwalk
Helena Weed, a grandmother and Democrat chosen on a nonpartisan ticket, challenges Anson B. Keeler in Norwalk Connecticut for mayor. Weed, a Vassar graduate and keen political theorist, argues that devoted homemakers can lead a city, while Keeler is a popular bachelor laundry operator. The race pits a seasoned Housekeeping approach against a beloved local rival.
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Norwalk
Conn
New England
Helena Weed
Connecticut
Anson B. Keeler
Keeler
Anson B. Keeler Kight
Weed
Amusement Co Plans Expansion to Three States
Jack Retlaw new president of the Frank Amusement company spoke at the Canopus club in Black's tearoom in Waterloo today. Representing West Coast Theatres Inc he announced plans to reorganize and expand the Frank Amusement company to include Iowa Illinois and Missouri with Waterloo as the hub. He noted a long stay in Waterloo after finding the city dandy. He reviewed the motion picture industry with focus on production distribution and exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Retlaw
Frank Amusement Company
Canopus Club
Black
Waterloo
Retlaw
West Coast Theatres, Inc
Hollywood
Cal
Frank
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Shoemaker Kills Two in Joke Gone Wrong
In Chicago a shoemaker is held after two men died in his repair shop during a staged arrest joke. William Hinz, 37, and Charles Sirovatka, 27, were stabbed. Joseph Zalenka was arrested as police investigate the fatal confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Hinz
Charles Sirovatka
Joseph Zalenka
Hinz
Sirovatke
Zalenka
Coolidge Seeks Debt Reduction As National Aim
Washington October 4 President Coolidge is said to regard reducing the public debt as the United States dominant necessity. The White House announced he believes the debt is large and grave and government energy should be devoted to its retirement. The statement followed a surge of requests from senators and congressmen for presidential approval of federal projects in their states.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
United States
White House
Teachers Dispay Fashionable Hose in Hazel Park
Hazel Park Michigan October 4 41p) teachers showed legs in classrooms despite a prior smock order. The board of education revoked the ankle length covering rule after state authorities ruled it unenforceable. Three hundred parents cheered the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Park
Mich
Board of Education
Robbery with Aggravation Yields 23 Year Sentence
Fort Dodge Iowa October 4 Harold Adair Boone began serving a 23 year penitentiary term for robbery with aggravation. He pled guilty in district court as police tied him to a gang that robbed Charles Findlay superintendent of a sewer pipe plant at Lehigh and a woman companion last summer of diamonds and money.
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Fort Dodge
Harold Adair
Boone
State Penitentiary
Charles Findlay
Lehigh
Mexico seeks indemnity for convicted murderers clan
Springfield Oct 4 Demand has been made on the United States by the Mexican government for 70000 to indemnify the families of Bernardo Roa and Roberto Torrez convicted murderers of Deputy Warden Peter Klein of the Thinots penitentiary Torrez was hanged but Roa is at large Governor Len Small was advised here today by the United States claims agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
United States
Bernardo Roa
Roberto Torrez
Peter Klein
Thinots
Len Small
United States Claims Agent
Torrez
Roa
Lindbergh Says "We" About Flight Was Misunderstood
Col. Lindbergh told reporters in Memphis that the so-called mental partnership with the Spirit of St. Louis did not exist. He emphasized that the pronoun "we" referred only to himself and the organization backing the transatlantic flight and expressed regret at any mistaken impression.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles Lindbergh
Spirit of
St. Louis
Col. Lindbergh
City in Brief Broken lens duplicated at Buchanan's ad
City in Brief notes several local moves and visits. Mr and Mrs H C Wilbur return from a three month visit with a son at Winnebago Minnesota. Mrs Agnes Flieder leaves for University Hospital Iowa City for an operation. Mrs A A Bontrager heads to Leon Iowa for a Brethren district conference. Mae Dacey, formerly Waterloo resident, visiting the Lawton home. C M Cheney of the W C F N Railway Co leaves for Cleveland to attend a railroads convention. Mr and Mrs H S Calvert and Mrs Albert Ewers travel home after visiting E J Robb. Mrs Alfred Olson heads to New York City to join her husband. Clyde Ackerman and family return from the Cattle Congress. Local CGW officials invited to Halloween dance in Chicago. Burials and travel notes follow, with a brief update on Charles Swisher’s illness and a pending extradition case involving Oscar Walker. Advertisement mentions Chicago Great Western travel to Chicago.
Two Murders Reported in Minneapolis Since Sunday
Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 4. Another brutal murder, the second since Sunday, was reported today. Mrs. Adolphe Duplin, 50, was found dead at her home apparently killed by blows on the head. The body of Pearl Osten, 21, a college student, was found in a barn Sunday. Several suspects have been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
INS
Adolphe Duplin
Pearl Osten
Fort Dodge Fights Proposed Power Dam in Des Moines River
Fort Dodge citizens led by State Senator E. E. Cavanaugh attacked a $1,000,000 power and light dam project on the Des Moines River at Kal o near Fort Dodge. The hearing by the state board of conservation adjourned at noon with a decision due later that day. They argued pollution would accompany the dam and urged the board to oppose the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort. Dodge
Des Moines
Kalo
Fort Dodge
State Board of Conservation
E. E. Cavanaugh
Iowa Izaak Walton League
Religion Controls Selfishness Says Endres to Clubmen
Rev W D Endres pastor of Central Christian church spoke to Kiwanis members at a noon luncheon in Hotel Russell Lamson on An Approach to the Problem of Control. He argued laws cannot promote welfare and inner self discipline is the underpinning of the state. Mrs Herbert Marshall played three violin solos with Mrs Robert Parrott accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Endres
Central Christian Church
Kiwanis Club
Russell-Lamson
Herbert Marshall
Robert Parrott
Robbed Mails for Pictures Girl 10 Threw Checks Away
In Escanaba Michigan a 10 year old girl Ellen Minor admitted taking all mail from a National Bank postal box. She opened letters and discarded them when she did not find pictures she sought. The hoard included checks totaling 50,000 dollars.
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Escanaba
Mich
Ellen Minor
National Bank
Expect Clear Skies for World Series Opener
Pittsburgh officials forecast clear skies and 70 degrees for the opening of the world series games tomorrow afternoon. Forbes Field enjoyed bright sun as a high pressure area over the Mississippi Valley moves east toward the Atlantic coast. Thursday’s outlook is less favorable.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Forbes Field
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennock Injury Narrows World Series Question
Yankee southpaw Herb Pennock was struck by a line drive at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on October 4 sustaining a ruptured vessel in his left leg. Doctor Schoell of St. Petersburg evaluated him, saying the injury might not keep him from the series. Pennock has never lost a world series game and was expected to pitch for manager Miller Huggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Herb Pennock
Forbes Field
Schoell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Yankee
Pennock
Miller Huggins
Resigns Under Fire Protestes Innocence in Indiana
Virgil Vandagrifft, president of the board of public works in Indianapolis, tendered his resignation to Mayor John L. Duvall after being indicted by the Marion county grand jury on a securities act violation. He protested his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Virgil Vandagrifft
Board of Public Works
John L. Duvall
Vandagrift
Marion County Grand Jury
Pleads Not Guilty to Disorderly House Charge
Walter Brown age 60 of 819 Mobile Street pleaded not guilty to being an inmate of a disorder ly house before Judge J C Beem in district court. The city proceeded to trial.
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Walter Brown
Mobile Street
J. C. Beem
Miners clash as Ohio strike unrest widens
In Belmont County Ohio a wave of disturbances erupts at three mines as Sheriff Hardesty reports being blocked by a thousand-strong crowd of union sympathizers while escorting nonunion workers to the Webb mine. Five arrests occur at the Florence and Provident mines amid ongoing federal injunctions. no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clairsville
Belmont County
Ohio
C. C. Hardesty
Webb Mine
Shadyside
Hardesty
W. T. Roberts
United Mines Workers of America
Adolpho Pacifico
Ettore del Guzzo
Steubenville
Provident
Harry Baslek
John Jabrosky
United States
Florence
Martins Ferry
Barnesville
Young Sworn In to Be New Governor of Reserve Board
D. Roy A. Young of Minneapolis took the oath as a member of the federal reserve board. President Coolidge is expected to designate him governor soon, filling the vacancy from D. R. Crissinger's resignation. Young has been governor of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank and was sworn in by the treasury chief clerk in the board's presence, with Secretary of the Treasury and Controller General McCarl witnessing.
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Washington
D. C
P .Roy A. Young
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Board
Coolidge
D. R. Crissinger
Ohio
Young
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
the Treasury
Eon
McCarl
Film Magnate Sam Warner Stricken With Sinus Trouble
Los Angeles October 4. Sam Warner film magnate is seriously ill in a Los Angeles hospital. He is very low but fighting on the Warner brothers associate says. Sinus trouble a long standing ailment reached an acute condition yesterday per his attending physician Dr. George McCoy. Warner head of the Vitaphone interests. He is 40 and husband of Lina Basquette dancer.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sam Warner
A. Warner
Warner Brothers Film Combination
United Press
Sam Warners
George McCoy
Warner
Vitaphone
Lina Basquette
Probe conflict in shooting accounts in Chariton
Chariton Iowa October 4 conflicting stories from Harry Hooper and Robert Denton about a Friday night shooting in which Hooper was seriously wounded are under investigation. Hooper says a second shot hit him while on the ground. Denton says he fired once after telling Hooper to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Harry Hooper
Robert Denton
Hooper
Denton
French dramatist writes Lindbergh play in Paris
Paris dispatch says Sacha Guitry, famed French dramatist and actor, is drafting a play about Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and plans to star in the lead role when produced. The report appeared in Daily Express via London on October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Daily Express
Paris Today
Sacha Guitry
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Scheufele Assault Trial Set for Early Next Week
Trial of Fred Scheufele on an assault with intent to murder charge is scheduled for early next week as district court assigns criminal cases for the weeks of Oct 10 and Oct 17. The assignment also lists a large number of liquor cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Scheufele
Indictment of 14 Bootleggers in Sioux City
Sioux City January October 4 arrest of 14 persons on secret indictments by the September term grand jury for alleged violations of the national prohibition law announced by Sheriff Paul Beardsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Paul Beardsley
Streetcar makers unveil brighter cars at Cleveland show
Cleveland O Oct 4 4 The electric railway industry unveiled new models at the American Electric Railway association convention and fashion show. Exteriors will feature red yellow blue and light green and interiors will add leather seats and linoleum floors to lure riders. R P Stevens Youngstown Ohio is slated for president succeeding W H Sawyer East St Louis Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
American Electric Railway Association
R. P. Stevens
Youngstown
Larceny Charge Brought Against Younger Brother in Auto Theft
Cedar Rapids IA Oct 4. Glen Curl filed a larceny information against Wesley Curl for borrowing his mother's car with two youths. They allegedly took the vehicle Friday for a joy ride and did not return it. Found later in Iowa City. Wesley on parole from Eldora.
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Cedar Rapids
Glen Curl
Wesley Curl
Wilbur Talley
Ernest Hahn
Iowa City
Wesley
Eldora
Schlee and Brock on Way to Detroit
Ed ward F. Schlee and WilliamS. Brock, around the world fliers, departed St Louis bound for Detroit and home. They planned to reach Ford airport in Dearborn at 3 p.m., with a stop at Indianapolis. They left Detroit a bit over a month earlier in the Stinson-Detroiter monoplane Pride of Detroit, aiming to fly eastward around the world and concluded the journey in Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Edward F. Schlee
Williams
Brock
Detroit
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Indianapolis
Tokio
Floods Receding in Four States
Fair weather was predicted for Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Missouri as floods waned across the region. Heavy crop damage was reported near Independence Kansas where Verdigris River and Rock Creek caused overflows. Elk River floodwaters receded from bottomlands near Elk City Kansas and all rivers were reported to be falling.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Independence
Kan
Rock Creek
Elk City
Student Struck by Train Badly Injured
Lambert Van Wyhe an 18 year old high school student was seriously injured when his car was struck by a passenger train near Perkins Iowa. He suffered a fractured skull and deep cuts to arms legs and body as he traveled from home to school. He lives on a farm near Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Lambert van Wyhe
Perkins
Motorist Killed by Interurban Car near Cedar Rapids
James Connor, 50, was fatally injured when his closed motor car was struck at a grade crossing by a Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern interurban car. He likely did not hear the electric train and was en route to a sick relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
INS
James Connor
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Connor
Turkey Sends War Threat to Persia Over Captured Officers
Constantinople Oct. 4 Turkish authorities demanded the immediate release of Turkish officers captured by bandits on the Turco Persian frontier. The note warns the incident could be a casus belli unless satisfaction is rendered, with Turkish newspapers declaring the nation's honor at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Persia
Ruth Elder Haldeman Flight Postponed by Weather Reports
Curtiss Field, Oct 4. Unfavorable weather today threatens further postponement of the proposed flight of Miss Ruth Elder and Captain George Haldeman to Paris in the monoplane American Girl. They are watching weather reports and will depart at the first opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss Field
L. 1
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
Paris
Barber in Paris Refuses Women Patrons
Paris reports a barber in the Luxembourg palace refused a German woman delegate a haircut during the Interparliamentary conference saying he had never cut a woman’s hair and was too old to learn. The incident stands with other Paris notes on doughnuts for American Legion visitors and stamp misuse by wine growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Senate
Madame
le Conference
Mussolini Receives Levine and His Pilot
Rome October 4 Charles A Levine and his British pilot Captain Walter Hinchcliffe were received by Premier Benito Mussolini. Mussolini congratulated Levine on his Atlantic flight and thanked him for planning to fly to Villa Caprena near Florence to drop a gift for Mussolini’s newborn. The audience was cordial and Levine was impressed by the dictator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Charles A. Levine
Walter Hinchcliffe
Benito Mussolini
Levine
Atlantic
Mussolini
Villa Caprena
Flori
Drink in Dark May Cost Life of Girl
Wilma Graves, a 22 year old Sioux City woman, died after reportedly drinking antiseptic solution she mistook for water. Police stated the incident occurred as she failed to turn on a light, and she had been drinking from a glass containing the antiseptic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux’. City
Wilma Graves
Sioux City
Ruby Johnson Fined for Contempt of Liquor Injunction
Judge R W Hasner ordered Ruby Johnson fined 300 dollars for contempt of court for violating a liquor injunction. Johnson paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Johnson
R. W. Hasner
Johnson
Tramp Found Dead in Chariton Railroad Yards
In Chariton Iowa on October 4 a man described as a tramp was found dead in the Burlington railroad yards. The unidentified man, believed to be over sixty, showed no marks and authorities think death was from natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton, Ia
Burlington
Marriage Licenses Granted in Iowa Towns
David Rowray of Waverly aged 22 married Ardjith Bovie of Waverly aged 19. Norman A. Card of Parkersburg aged 22 wed Helen Parsons of Parkersburg aged 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rowray
Waverly
Ardjith Bovie
Norman A. Card
Parkersburg
Helen Parsons
Byrd Plans Antarctic Flight From New Zealand
Commander Richard E Byrd aims to venture from New Zealand into the Antarctic to fly over the south pole and scout the unknown region between the pole and the Antarctic circle. His route would use the Ross Sea as the nearest seasonally open water for supply and approach, a water zone conquered by Scott and Shackleton in prior expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
South Pole
Antarctic Circle
Pole
Ross Sea
Scott
Shackleton
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Twoshay
Shoemaker
Mexico
Lindy’s
Buchanan’s
Y. M.C. A. Bldg
H. C. Wilbur
Sycamore Street
Winnebago, Minn
Agnes Flieder
Fowler Street
University Hospital
Fourth Street
Leon
The
Brethren Church
Mae Dacey
A. E. Lawton
Argyle Street
C. M. Cheney
Cleveland, O
American Electric Railroads Association
H. S. Calvert
Albert Ewers
Logansport
E. J. Robb
Alfred Olson
Third Street West
New York City
Europe
Olson
A. Olson
Clyde Ackerman
Alder
Norman Holler
Chicago Great Western Railroad
C. G. W. Welfare Club
Rainbow Gardens
Fred Burk
Ninth Street East
Ida Kuehnie
Brainerd, Minn
Charles Krech
Frank Collord, Jr
Charles Swisher
B. F. Swisher
Sunset Road
Decatur
Oscar Walker
A. Thrift
Macon County
Clinois
Walker
Tlinois
S&s. F Heverly
Chicago Great Western
Endres
Herb Pennoche
Yankee Southpaw
Norunion
Low
RF Stevens
Schlee
Ruth
Legion
American Legion
France
Salvation Army
Legionnaires
Salvation. Army
Midi
Beziers
Pasteur
Frech
Max Dearly
Leon Daudet
League of the Rights of Man
Minister of Commerce
League For All Employes
Tramp
Byrd
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