Campaign funds panel shuts down Willebrandt inquiry push
The House special campaign funds investigating committee rejected a motion to probe Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt’s campaign activities by a 3 to 1 vote. Rep. Lehbach said the panel is not a board of censors while Democrats pressed for examining financing of her speaking tours.
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Washington, D. C
Bom Pj
House
Blick
Dem
New York
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Asgstant U. S
Washington
D. C
House Special Campaign Funds
Mabel Walker Willebrands
al Simith
Board of Censors
Frederick EB
Lehbach
New Jersey
Rep
Loring Black
Byrd Prepares Polar Expedition From New Zealand Port
The Byrd party will transfer to the three masted barque City of New York at Bunedin New Zealand about Dec 15. The voyage uses six ships with Larsens radio gear and aims to establish multiple subbases in the Ross Sea region, building a grand polar base for aircraft and sled expeditions. Costs exceed $600,000 with backers including the US government and Edsel Ford.
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City of New York
Bunedin
New Zealand
Ross Quadrant
United States
Edsel Ford
Julius Rossnwald
Chicago
Frederick Rawson
Larsen
Ite
Antarctic
Russ Whaling’ Company
Bergen
New York
Tile Wemack
Ruth Elder
Avia
Eleanor Bolling
Ross Sea
San Pedro
Byre
Grand Base
Crowds Surge as Daily Congress Nears Its Close
Crowds packed the Hippodrome entrance last evening, an unprecedented rush estimated at 3,000. Officers struggled to control the throng as clothing was disarrayed and attendees surged toward the doors.
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Congress
Hippodrome capacity questioned as crowds surge
Directors weigh seating needs for the entertainment program as demand grows. The Hippodrome, once ample for about 5,000, now faces days when 10,000 seats would be required. Patrons lined up at 11 a.m. for reserved seats and formed a 150 foot queue by noon amid a strong showing for Dairy Cattle Congress events and judging across multiple breeds.
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Jaiger
East Waterloo
Waterloo
Cedar Heights
Educational Department
Women's
Dairy Cattle Congress
Consolidated Schools
Hudson
Janes~ Yilly
Jubilee
Elmwood Farms
Folsteins
Elmwood Farm
Deerfield
Rasmussen Enivies
Forbes Ormsby Hengerveld
W. S. Moserip
Lake Elmo
Minn
Ormsby Legis
John R. Logan Herd
Seward
Ringside
Tolowers
Netherland Belle Homestead
Wisconsin School For the Blind
Janesville
Kathleen Ormsby
Elmwood
Nother
Hawkeye
Pontiac Angie Ormsby
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
G. Good & Sons
Ogden
Earle Brown
Minneapolis
HyVemede Farm
Beaver
Boulder Bridge Farm
Excelsior. Minn
Amierican Legion
Creme
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Black's Tearoom
Fifteen Iowa bar exam passers named in Des Moines list
Fifteen men and one woman, including Mark M Butterfield of Waterloo and Helen Mary Consildine, were admitted to practice law in Iowa after passing bar examinations. One examinee, Elmer Bester of Davenport, attended hospital and another dictation from a stenographer. Vie had surgery for appendicitis and could not appear. The group spans cities such as Dubuque Sioux City Keokuk Clinton and Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
U.A
Helen Mary Consildine
Shelby
Iowa
Elmer Bester
Davenport
Notre Dame
Vie
Pressly R Baldridge
Dubuque
Raymond FP. Balkena
Sioux City
Mark M. Butterfield
Waterloo
Arthur J. Hodgson
Keokuk
Leon P. Molloy
Clinton
M. Wellman
Gountil Bluffs
Approval Sought for 25500 Sale of Farm for Bank
L. A. Andrew receiver of Hudson Savings Bank seeks court approval to sell the 160 acre Charles C. Griffith farm, three miles southwest of Hudson, to Yale Gould of Des Moines and C. A. Stewart of Tripoli for 24500. Of the price 16000 will pay a mortgage and 9500 goes to the receiver. hearing set for Oct 11 at 10 8. TM m. Objections by stockholders or creditors will be considered by the presiding judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Andrew
Hudson Savings Bank of
Hudson
Charles C. Griffith
Yale Gould
Des Moines
C. A. Stewart
Tripoli
Black Hawk
Swiss Hotels Offer Transients Church Service
Swiss alpine hotels cater to foreign guests by adding spiritual care alongside entertainment. In Villars they arrange for nearby dioceses to provide temporary chaplains for transient visitors, ensuring a church presence amid jazz bands and cabaret.
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Villars
Switzerland
Power Lines Out in Cedar Rapids Storm
Wind and rain caused extensive damage in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Trolley wires and gales blew down on the Iowa City Interurban railway delaying traffic for hours. A high tension feeder failing left North Liberty Tiffin and Oxford in darkness for hours. Trees felled, streets flooded, and transmission lines damaged.
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Cedar Rapids
Hall
Iowa City
North Liberty
Tiffin
Oxford
Funds sought for Jewish Tubercular Ex-Patients' Home
Rev J Lavin, Chicago representative and field solicitor for the Tubercular Jewish Ex-Patients Home, Los Angeles, cal, is in the city to secure support from Jewish people for this enterprise.
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Rev. J. Lavin
Chicago
Homme
Los Angeles
Calis
Ibis
Police notes report car theft and arrest warrants
E Carleton of Plainfield reported his roadster stolen from Fourth and Franklin streets. Madison officers seek Adrian Roberto Boncouer, 30, driving with a woman. Madison holds him for arrest. Morris Wart z found guilty of first degree murder in Tinkham robbery. sentence pending. Zeppelin flight to the United States postponed after Oct 9. Marriage licenses issued to Wellwood Williams and Ruth Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Rogers Endorsed for MFarlane Post by Grundy County
The Thirty eighth district Republican convention will meet at the courthouse to choose a candidate for state senator to fill Arch McFarlane's vacancy. Grundy County endorses Charles T. Rogers, Grundy Center attorney, with 27 unwritten delegates from Black Hawk and 11 from Grundy. Black Hawk deliberations provided no endorsement. Possible rivals include W H Bouin and H A Willoughby as campaigns begin. Arbuckle presided, and new naming rules were proposed to reuse the June 30 delegates with minor substitutions.
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Arch McFarlane
Black Hawk County
Grundy County
Charles. T. Rogers
Grundy Center
Rogers
Grundy’ County
Republican
Soring
State Central Committee
McFarlane
Mawk County
W. H. Bouin
Waterloo Buildings& Loan Association
H. A. Willoughby
Grundy Cenner
Willoughby
Grondy County
Arbuckie
A. W. Arbuckle
George D. Harris
J. B. Newman
J. Foy Cross
Cedar Falls
P. H. Frank
Stanley D. Moore
George &. Lichty
Mrs. C. BD. Gass
W. C. Strickler
Bembrick
Eggert
Miles Potter
George Carpenter
Etta H. ‘Worthen
C. J. Spafford
Peter Mavrelis
Frances
Hemsworth
H.B. Phunb
W. J. Keefe
E. W. Miller
A. W. McPar
Jail Promoter of Scheme to Sue 48 Governors
Detroit, Oct 5. Cecil L. Snyder, 36, was jailed on a blue sky law charge for selling more than 500000 in stock tied to a plan to sue all 48 US state governors for a billion dollars. Victims accuse him of selling stock without authority as he claimed states used his automobile title and abstract plan to curb theft. He allegedly notified stockholders of a plan to pursue 1 billion against governors, boosting share value.
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Detroit
Mich
INS
Cecil L. Snyder
Snyder
Public Securities Commission
Women Chiefs of Democrats Conference in Des Moines
Women Democratic state central committee members met in Des Moines on October 3 to discuss state activity for state and national tickets. Called by Mrs. C. J. Gash Anamosa and Mrs. W. L. Etter Sigourney the meeting replaces district caucuses. Each member will report district conditions and discuss campaign speakers and efforts to mobilize Democratic women voters.
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Des Moines
U.ai
Democratic State Central Committee
C. J. Gash
Anamosa
Central Committee
W. L. Etter
Sigourney
Educators Hear Three Speeches at Conference in Town City
About 200 educators attending the fifteenth annual administration and supervision conference heard addresses this morning by G. N. Ghild Salt Lake City superintendent Dean J. J. Oppenheimer Columbus Ma and Prof H Morrison of the University of Chicago. The convention closes tomorrow noon.
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Town City
Get
G. N. Ghild
Salt Lake City
J. J. Oppenheimer
Columbus
H. ©. Morrison
University of Chicago
Rainfall and temperatures data fragment
A fragmented weather note reports Thursday and Friday temperatures and rainfall. The text is garbled but mentions a Thursday minimum, Friday readings, and rainfall of about 0.22 inches with unclear units and timing.
Youths Weep at Death Sentences in Chicago Crime Case
Oct 5 Chicago report states 18 year old Charles Walz and 19 year old Tony Grecca were found guilty of killing Patrolman Easau during a drug store robbery. Both youths faced the electric chair. their sweetheart Miss Dally Razor supplied key testimony about the killing.
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Chicago
U.R
Charles Walz
Tony Grecca
Easau
Loeb
Leopold
Bobb Franks
Walz
Grecco
Western Indians Prisoners Break Decline to Vote in Kentucky
In Nevada a large group of western Indians at Fort McDermothyesterd ay pledged non cooperation with politicians. Some 400 Indians from tribes across Idaho Utah Nevada California Oregon signed a pact vowing not to vote for the paleface government. Separately in Kentucky twelve prisoners escaped from Franklin county jail in a carefully timed breakout as the warden left briefly, while 68 others remained.
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Kentucky
Winnamucet
Nev
Fort McDermoth
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Califortua
Oregon
Frankfort
Franklin County
Steven Topnas
Bossy Gillis Ordered Jailed In Gas Station Case
Salem mass Oct 5 An drew Joseph Bossy Gillis a special mayor of Newburyport was jailed in Essex county jail after a sentence of months in jail and 543 in fines for operating a gas crime filling station without a permit He may use a telephone and visitors rights will be lifted to handle city business in jail Edward P Bass president of the city council acts as mayor in his absence.
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Salem
Mass
Andrew Joseph ‘Bossy’ Gillis
Spectaclor
Newburyport
Essex County
Edward P. Bass
Funeral services for Gus C Reupke in Tama county
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Petersen Bros. chapel for Gus C. Reupke who died yesterday at his home 224 Utica Street after a stroke. Born April 2, 1864 in Hanover Germany he came to Tama county at age 14 and worked as a blacksmith for 35 years. He lived in Waterloo before moving to the area and was twice married to Mrs Linda Batley of Chicago. Surviving are his widow and children W A Repke Mrs Jack Costello Mrs George Saucer and Miss Elizabeth Reupke plus three grandchildren and one brother Henry Reupke in Germany. Burial will be in Elmwood. He was a member of the Lutheran church.
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Gus C. Reupke
Utica Street
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Petersen Bros
Echehel
P. J. Mochimann
Trinity American Lutheran Church
Elmwood
Defeared
Hanover
Germany
Tama County
Waterloo
Bradley & Westcott Livers
Lutheran Church
Reupke
Linda Batley
Chicago
Rockford
W. A. Repke
Commercial Strep
Jack Costello
Grand Rapids
Minn
George Saucer
Clear Lake
Elizabeth Reupke
Newton
Henry Reupke
Atlantic Prisoner Gashes His Throat
Gus Tave Hendrickson, believed to live at Wahoo Nebraska, was in critical condition at a hospital after slashing his throat with tin in a county jail cell yesterday afternoon. He had asked to be jailed, saying he feared members of an alcohol ring would kill him. Authorities said he appeared mentally deranged.
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Atlantic
U.A
Gustave Hendrickson
Wahoo
Neb
Hendrickson
Curtis Campaigns in Spite of Doctors
Senator Charles Curtis resumed his vice presidential campaign with a grueling motor tour of northern Indiana defying doctors orders for rest. After an afternoon at Lincoln Fields horse races he planned eight short speeches today and a longer address tonight.
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En Revie
Senator Curtis
Indiana
Charles Curtis
Lincoln Fields
Brain Tests For Students At Leading Universities
In a society page feature, readers are invited to tackle a set of scrambled word sentences designed to reveal mental ratings. Ten samples mix letters in ordinary phrases, testing recognition of proper words despite misordering. Time limit four minutes. correct answers illuminate the sentence’s meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siana
Daring Birds Seize Clams That Maine Diggers Let Fall
In Fort Popham Maine on October 3, gulls and crows follow clam diggers on Atkins Say flats. The birds pluck stray clams from the sand, then fly higher to drop them, smashing shells to claim the meat.
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Maine
Fort Popham
Atkins
Tunneys Pile Up Congratulations in Rome and Florence
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and his bride Polly Tander continued to draw congratulations after their wedding. Messages came from Jack Dempsey, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Gimbels, while the couple rested in Florence after a Florentine honeymoon arrival on October 5. The pair traveled by car from Perugia, then to the Hotel Excelsior, amid quiet fanfare.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Jack Dempsey
Oct
INS
Gene Tunney
Polly Tander
Tunney
Pride and Groom
United States Marine Corps
Theodore, Roosevelt
Bernard Gimbel
Florence
Italy
Gene “Tunney
Excelsior
Perugia
Police Finances in Des Moines May Be Taken to Capital
Des Moines officials face a critical financial crisis as Safety Commissioner Williar Welker states the issue will be taken to the legislature after city leaders balked three times at spreading 640,000 on the 1928 tax roll for police maintenance. Chief Henry Alber notes since 1924 the annual appropriation fell by 19,161 dollars and a further 40,000 dollars must be cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.A
Williar
Welker
Henry Y A. Alber
Towa City and Ames to Let Commission Weigh Radio Needs
Towa City and Ames plan to defer actions on radio station WSUL and rely on the federal radio commission to protect their interests. University of Iowa and Town State College, Ames, will follow the same approach, despite protest actions by WHO Des Moines and WOC Davenport.
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Towa City
Ames
Commission
Des Moines
WOC
Davenport
University of Towa
WSUL
Federal Radio Commission
E. H. Lauer
Town State College
Yankees Take Early Lead In Second Game Against Cardinals
In a high pace game, the Yankees build an early edge over the Cardinals. Ruth and Gehrig start the scoring with key hits and Meusel later drives in runs as Pittsburgh tossed. Robertson shines in defense, while Pipgras earns support before a quiet sixth inning with no runs or hits.
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Yankees
Primitive Language Absorbs New Words
A report from the International Congress of Americanists describes Navaho verbal stems and how a single word like heestl's can express tying relations across materials. Rev Bernard Haile cites examples linking language to everyday tethering concepts such as garters, cords, and tying.
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Cardinals
Maranville
Meranville
Mitchell
Robertson
Douthit
Paschal
Aerus
Yankkees
Meusel
Lazzeri
Lazeeri
Dugan
Robetson
Tpugen
Harper
Bengough
Frisch
European Railways Spend On Wages And Coal Costs
Paris reports that European railways devote about one third of revenue to payrolls and one eighth to coal. Stockholders receive income from only four days in the year. Comparisons show European systems wage four months, pay for materials two months, and fuel about a month and a half, with various other obligations spread across the year.
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Paris
Revise Generale Des Chemins de Fer
Niles Snow Visitor At Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Clifford Niles of Anamosa and Postmaster Ray Egert attended the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo today as members of the Town State Highway commission. They were seen inspecting exhibits and meeting with local officials during the event.
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Niles
Clifford Niles
Anamosa
Waterloo
Ray C. Egert
Cardinals Lose Inning Events Amid Defensive Shuffle
In the eighth inning Dugan moved to third for the Yankees and Durocher to second. Lazzeri exited. Frisch singled, Bottomley struck out as Frisch stole second, Hafey flied out. No runs, one hit, no errors. Paschal and Koenig also failed to produce offense. In the ninth Harper popped to Dugan, Wilson struck out, Martryl walked, Orsatil grounded out, with no runs, no hits, no errors, one left.
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Cardinals
Frisch
Lazzer
Bottonley
Bottomley
Hafey
Pipgras
Laz
Koenig
Harper
Ruth
Gehrig
Meuse
Meusel
Tarvers
High
Usereri
Robert~ Son
Robertson
Bengough
Alexander
Mitchell
Paschal
Durst
Douthit
Yankees
Frisch Strick
Ewlnging
Gardinals
Buith
Wilson
Puth
Givn
Babe
Dugan
Durocher
Lazzeri
Bottomiey
Meéusel
Yankkees
Plostaz
Pingras
Maratyil
Orsatil
Million for Needy Children Fund Founded in Memory of Son
A $1,000,000 foundation for relief and assistance to needy children was created by John J. Raskob and wife, in memory of their son William S. Raskob II, who died in an automobile accident. The couple have 11 children. James L. Kever of Stillwater Oklahoma was named concert master of the University of Iowa RO-piece orchestra, earning a scholarship in the university school of music.
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New York
Oct
John J. Raskov
Democratic National Committee
William 5S. Raskov
Raskoks
Neadsowa Orchestra
Towa City
James JL. Kever
Stillwater
Okla
University of Iowa
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Willebrandt
House Funds Investigating Committee
Lebibach
Black
Lehrbach
Ste Lehrbach
Qhindblom
Tiliais
Nelson
Meine
Ragon
Byrd
Mae ‘West
West Side Court
New York City
Stan Stanley
Miss
Mark Butterfield
Friedrichshafen
Wellwood R. Williams
la Porte
Ruth Davis
Shell Lake
Wis
Grundy Indorses
T. Rogers
Mfarlane Post
Democratic Party
Democrats
Jeff
Anthony Grecco
Gertrude Pistkowski
Dolly Razor
Greece
Wala
Bossy Gillis
Curtis
Eventing Post, Inc
Prisch
Hopper
Trisch
Cup Robertson
Matonville
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