Cedar Rapids Inquiry Into Murder Case Involving Robert Rockette
County Attorney Gwynne traveled to Cedar Rapids to corroborate claims by Mrs. Hattie Wortham that Robert Rockette killed Thadore Anthony near Fourth and Sumner streets. Wortham, jailed for a beating claim against Rockette, says she heard he planned robbery and threatened her. Authorities seek two Cedar Rapids witnesses and background on Rockette as they pursue all leads, noting Anthony’s money remained intact.
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John W. Gwynne
Cedar. Rapids
Robert Rockette
Thadore Anthony
Fourth
Sumner
Rockette
Hattie Wor
Negress
North Barclay
Arid
Mrs. Wortham
Althe
Guynne
Det
Anthony
Jess’ Taylor
Cate
Oneiday Street
Hartley Williams
Cafa
North Barclay Street
Rockette Same Jr
Sumner Street
Minois’ Central
Wor
Gwynne
Cedar Rapids
Tennessee
Rock
Cattle Congress Attendance Hits New Week’s Record
The cattle congress drew strong entries with Joseph Severson of Eagle Grove contesting Artis Matus, while Leonard Talcott of Randolph and Rex Pleplow of Aurora placed in top divisions. Senior Jerseys saw Coferma Sweet Sue win, Peggy Ann second, with other bidders including Epperson Vinton and the Lyon brothers among noted entrants. County groups dominated Ayrshire and Brown Swiss showings across the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Union
Joseph Severson
Eagle Grove
Artis Mutus
Legis
Leonard Talcott
Randalia
Rex Pleplow
Aurora
Henry
Gross
Eldorado
Raymond Kuethe
Waverly
Vincent McLaury
Oelwein
LeNore Cole
Dysart
Kleiss
Sumner
Leland Benter
Lyons
Pieterti
Bentler
Coferma Sweet Sue
Claire Wambold
Stuart
You
Oxford
Peggy Ann
Kenneth Kramer
Jesup
John Epperson
Vinton
William and
Fred Thompson
Lavonne Fueher
Shellsburg
Earl and Russell Lyon
Feredo
Robert Wade
Toledo Ayrshires
Buchanan
Webster County
MacDonald Plans Courtesy Calls on Capital Officials
Ishbel MacDonald will visit British officials in London during her stay, with social calls arranged around meetings with Mrs Edward E Gann, Mrs Henry AL Stimson, wife of the Secretary of State, and Mrs William Howard Taft, wife of the Chief Justice. The order and exact combinations may shift in the hours ahead as Ishbel settles the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
London
Hoover
MacDonald
Edward E. Gann
Henry AL. Stimson
William Howard Tait
Ishbel
General
South America
White House
Death of Mrs. Vernon Archibald in Rutherford N J
Friends report the death of Bertha Ball Archibald born in Waterino and educated at West High. She married Vernon Archibald ten years ago in New York and was active in music. Her parents Mr. and Mrs Frank Ball reside in Rutherford. She died suddenly after an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Archibald
Vernon Archibald
Rutherford
N. J
Frank Ball
Waterino
Bertha Ball
Waexha
West High
Mmnushe
Maine bidder buys top Belgian mares at Dairy Cattle sale
A Maine bidder, William Pierson Hamilton of Thirlstane Ranch, led the bid at the Earl Brown Belgian horse sale at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds. He purchased 13 mares for $9,550, with total Belgians selling for $14,210. Top animal Range Line Mazie sold for $1,850, Hamilton also bought other high valued mares and will ship the stock to Ellsworth, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Maine
Dairy Cattle Congress
Champion
Hamilton
Ellsworth
Thirlstane Ranch
Omer Loudex
Belle Louraine
Queen de Fournes
Thirlstae Ranch
Hampshire
Julius Porath & Son
Detroit
Mich
Town
Thomas Holbert Company
Gresley
Cloverdale Stock Farms
Fort Madisson
Cy Good & Sans
Ogden
Use Machineguns to Protect Payrolls in Detroit
Police in Detroit augmented security in industrial and financial districts after a Browning machine gun was stolen from the marine corps reserve armory. For the first time, machine guns were issued to officers guarding banks and factories as payrolls worth hundreds of thousands of dollars moved through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
UPI
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Warmer Weather Reed's Prediction
Des Moines reports warmer weather predicted for tonight and tomorrow by United States weather observer Charles D. Reed. He said the south and east portions of the state would feel the change tonight with the extreme southeast tomorrow. Frost was noted at Davenport and Dubuque but not enough to threaten crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
United States
Reed
Tawa
Davenport
Dubuane
Ohio Man Gets New Aeronautic Position
Cleveland man Gilbert G Budwig was appointed assistant director of aeronautics in the commerce department in Washington DC. He will supervise licensing of aircraft and aviators as part of a rest created due to a rise in licensing activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Gilbert G. Budwig
Cleveland, O
Commerce Department
Young Sata
Activi
Service clubs to hear fire prevention speech
Members of Rotary Lions Optimist Kiwanis and Y's Men will gather in a joint meeting Monday noon during Fire Prevention Week. The speaker will be Al L. Sale of Chicago, an advertising specialist, who will discuss fire prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Lions, Optimist
Kiwanis
Y's Men
AL L. Sale
Chicago
Auto Casualties During the Week
Weekly auto accident report shows one death and four injuries. Monday Mrs. Harry Marting and sister Russ Mary Lamkin were bruised after a triple crash at Fourth street and Grant avenue. Tuesday William Shook, 26, suffered a broken neck when a truck passed over him. he died early Wednesday at Allen Memorial hospital. Harold Register was bruised with a deep facial cut when struck by a company truck at Independence avenue and Steely street. Carroll Secor received severe flesh wounds on his right leg from a truck collision at Third and Commercial streets while riding a motorcycle. He was taken to Allen Memorial hospital.
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Harry Marting
Russ Mary Lamkin
Third Street West
Fourth Street
Grant Avenue
William Shook
Route 7
Eddie Probert
Kothe Avenue
Iowa Warehouse Company
Falls Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Harold Register
Visia Avenue
Cohn Auto Supply ‘Company
Willam Byerly
Argyle Street
Independence Avenue
Steely Street
St. Francis Hospital
Carroll’ Secor
Cedar Pally
Matt Parrott & Sons Co
Secor
Allen Memorial
Indiana federal indictments target East Chicago officials and crime ring
Federal grand jury in northern Indiana returns 181 indictments after five weeks of probe. More than 390 people named, including Meyer the police chief and several vice lords and bootleggers. Among those charged are Mayor Raleigh P. Hale of East Chicago, a candidate for re election, Police Chief James Regan, and Chief Detective Martin Zarkavich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Benet
Ind
Oct
Meyer
Indiana
Raleigh P. Hale
East Chicago
al Rominer
James Regan
Martin Zarkavich
Coming Events in Oct Honoring Foe of Rum
Famed anti rum advocate Sionday Johnson will speak at Greece M.E. church at 3:40 pm on Wednesday Oct 9. Black Hawk County Civil War Veterans reunion set for Memorial Hall with John K. Ewing commander of the G A R to speak. Northeastern Iowa Teachers association opens a two day session in West Fleh school with convention headquarters at Hotel Russell Lamson.
Bandits Steal 23000 From Theatre Party In Chicago
Five bandits posing as officers plus a theatre party led by broker James G Hodgkin robbed guests of 23000 in jewelry and cash before fleeing in an automobile. Separate items note marriage licenses in Cedar Falls and Parkersburg, and news that Milton Girard of the Associated Press retires after 42 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James G. Hodgkin
Carl W Neuenkirk
Cedar Falls
Alles Gardner
Parkersburg
Wallace TL. Brown
Nell B. Frandsen
Cedar Parts
Jesse RB. Wiggins
Fast Dubudie
Mamie Smith
Waterland
Donald Snyder
Waterloo
Cecilia Sterle
Watering Free
Gerald Younger
Alice Wagstrom
Heey
M. L. Goleman
Elmo
Marcella M. Merelli
John R. Welgle
Alberta
M. Miller
A. P
New York
UPI
Milton Giraed
Associatid Press
Associated Press
Lloyd George Ordered to Bed with Illness
Notting ham report says wartime prime minister David Lloyd George is confined to bed by his physician after catching a chill. He is resting at a local friend’s home, with an official statement noting he is improving but still has a high temperature and abnormal pulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
Eng
Chicago Zoo Accepts Milk Cow for Educational Show
Chicago's zoo adds a dairy cow to its exhibit to teach children how milk is produced. Zoo director Alrad E. Parker says the move targets kids who have rarely seen a cow, noting previous exposure to rhinoceroses and giraffes. Senatorial candidate Mrs. Tuth Fianna McCormick donated the cow from her farm to the zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ita
Alrad E. Parker
Zoo
Tuth Fianna McCormick
Senate
Friendship Drive Shapes Hoover MacDonald Talks
Washington reports that Herbert Hoover and Ramsay MacDonald began frank talks focused on mending U S British relations, denying any alliance aims. MacDonald outlined a cordial, global approach, stressing no exclusive commitments while planning open dialogue with other nations. Hoover welcomed personal contact as quickest path to understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
White House
Presidential Lodge
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Great
Britain
United States
Americca
Great Britain
Hoover
State Near Close in Yarnes Trial
Spirit Lake Iowa Oct 5 10 2 With the state finishing its testimony save one witness the Harold Yarnes trial for manslaughter in the Lake Okobogee boat crash paused until Monday afternoon The defense will move for dismissal then and if denied will summon seven or eight witnesses for the pilot Yarnes denied aiding passengers of the Zipper to obtain life preservers after the collision which killed nine people
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Harold Yarnes
Lake Okobofi
Yarnes
Perfect Bridge Hand Yields Grand Slam in Ames
In Ames Iowa on October 5 Mrs. W. P. Nichols received a flawless bridge hand in an after-dinner game. She held the ace king queen jack ten nine spades plus ace king hearts ace diamond and ace of clubs. She bid no trump then shifted to spades, scoring a grand slam and later estimation suggested the second bid yielded fewer saver points than a successful no trump would have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
W. P. Nichols
Missionaries Hold Silent Convention in Kansas City
Seventeen missionaries of the Lutheran church gather in Kansas City for a four day silent convention. The delegates serve in eighteen missions across 144 cities in the United States and Canada. They will sing pray read theological essays and converse in sign language to increase efficiency of missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Conference of Missionaries of the Lutheran Church
United States
Canada
Ex Dry Agent Held for Reckless Driving
Davenport police arrested Roy E. Muhs, former federal prohibition enforcement officer, after a collision with a handling machine injured a female passenger. He allegedly was drinking. Muhs was to appear in police court on October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
U.P
Roy E. Muhs
Prohibition Enforcement
Governor Hammill Urges Cooperation With Federal Farm Board
Iowa Governor John Hammill calls for constructive cooperation with the federal farm board to solve agricultural problems, urging lawmakers and citizens to support organized marketing and stabilized prices. He defends Hoover and stresses unity, noting coal mining and unemployment issues, and praises local cattle congress attendance and prosperity in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammill
Iowa
Federal Farm Board
Rus- Seli-Lamson
Hoover
GAIN'S HOLSTEINS WIN TROPHY FOR HERD PRODUCTION
One hundred twenty five Iowa cow testers and many state cow testing members gathered for the annual banquet. H. G. Cain Hartley won the H. H. Kildee trophy for high producing herd with 16 005 pounds milk and 554 1/2 pounds butterfat. Lenth Etkader and Taylor Story County followed. High Guernsey Jersey and Brown Swiss herds were also honored. The contest judging title went to Bill Henn with 436 points, Roy Erickson 422, and others receiving medals. The toastmaster and speakers lauded cow testing work and praised dairying as crucial to agriculture.
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Iowa
Ab Black
Toom
H. H. Kildee
H. G. Cain
Hartley
Kildee
H. H.‘Kildes
Iowa’ State College
Cain
Lenth
L. ©. Lenth
Etkader
R. L. Taylor
Story County
William Batha& Son
Schaller
J. N. Marlin
New Providence
High Jersey
W. Hasbrouck
Grundy Center
Hendrickson
Martin Hendrickson
Story
Guernsey
C. ©. Epperson
Benton County
George Fraser
Cedar County
J. FE. Sunmoe
Hamilton County
Gdekirk
H. R. Searles
University of Minnesota
W. B. Barney
Holstein-Frieslen Association
Bert Odekirk
Iowa State College
Odekirk
Red Cap
Wilma Schrag
Helen Louise
Bermibrock
Jeanette Troup
Inez Ellison
Ruth Gabriel Kammeyer
Man
Ver
Mita Braniger
R. K. Bliss
Town State College Extension Service
Testing Association
Lews
Pioneer Cow Testing Association
Black Hawk County
Bliss
Peder Pederson
Cedar Falls
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Waterloo
Iowa Creamery Secretaries & Managers Association
Iowa Dairy Council
Missing Canadian Flier Ex-Iowan
Des Moines reports aviator Russell H. Merrill missing in Alaska for 17 days. Merrill, son of late A. Merrill, is Grinnell College graduate who has been flying in Alaska since February 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Russell H. Merill
Wilds
Alaska
A. Merrill
Grinnell College
Merril
Temperatures and Weekend Forecast Frightfully Fragmented
Readable fragments indicate Friday high around 61 by thermometers and a low Friday night. Saturday’s forecast shows a cooler period with morning readings near 11 a.m. and potential uncertainty in the remaining hours.
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M. Weesee
Champion of Orange town wins trip to National Dairy Show
Champion of Orange township earned a free trip to the National Dairy Show in St Louis after being named outstanding dairy calf club Key of Town for 1929. Hamer also was named Brand champion showman over all breeds at the Dairy Cattle Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Congress
Jrown
Lacalnia
Waterloo Dairy Griyle Congress
Orange Township
St. Louis
Key of Town
Hamer
Dairy Cattle Congress
Native Village Annihilated in Mountain Battle
Dispatch from Iba Zambales province reports a fierce clash between constabulary soldiers and natives in a defiant Negrito village. All inhabitants were killed or mortally wounded except a four year old girl, said to have survived after poisoned arrows and rifle fire ended the battle. Authorities justify the action as necessary for self preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Zambles
Luzon
Iba
Zambales
O Doul and Klein Break NL Records in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on October 4 5 Frank O Doul and Charlie Klein set two National League records. O Doul collected three hits to raise his season total to 251 beating the Hornsby mark of 250. Klein hit his 43rd home run of the year to surpass Hornsby’s NL single season record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’doul
Klein
Philadelphia
Rogers Hornsby
Frank O'Doul
Charlie Klein
O Doul
Hornsby
Irish orphans sail to join Iowa family in October move
Three Irish children Maureen 15 Patrick 7 and Maurice 5 crossed the sea and land alone to reach Iowa town Ta on October 5 to live with their mother Mrs F Bannon. They journeyed from Dublin to join the family at their new home.
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Trish
Town City
Dubily
Ireland
Maureen
Patrick
Maurice Bannon
F. Bannon
Maurce
Minnesota herdsman wins nooble honors at banquet
Olaf Skrome of Boulder Bridge Guernsey farm Excelsior Minn wins double honors at the grooms and herdsmen banquet by the Dairy Cattle Congress in the Elks club He receives a cane for best herdsman in Guernsey class and a grand prize watch Noah Beery sued for 100000 by Raymond Wells in Los Angeles superior court over an alleged blackjack beating Wells claims skull fracture and ear drum damage Edna Hayes reports thieves stole 159 from a Des Moines home in a mattress hidden wallet
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Olaf Skrome
Boulder Bridge
Guernsey
Excelsior
Minn
Dairy Cattle Congress Management
Elks Club
Noaji Beery
Los Angeles
Noah Beery
Raymond Wells
Beery
Wells
Arm
Bex Moines
Arbuckle divorce case cites alleged desertion by Fatty
In Los Angeles Donna Deat testified in superior court that Fatty Arbuckle deserted her because she would not fight back. She sought a divorce decree from the silent film comedian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatty
Los Angeles
Fatty Arbuckle
Donna Deat
Lone Tune
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Arc
Ishbel MacDonald
R. Craigiey
American Department of Foreign Service
Thomas Jones
Theatre Party
Canon City
Adams
Colo
U.rlin
State’ Penitentiary
Aimes
Willam H. Adams
Eugene Crawford
National Guard
Governor Adams
Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Cerecal Department of Justice
Sanford Bates
State Board of Corrections
Coroner's Jury
State Eivil Service Commission
Crawford
Lloyd George
Bum
N. Ya Get
Willanvidi
Conners, &R
Courier-Express
Great Lakes ‘Transit Corporation
Buffalo
Florida
Ami Cubs
Ton Isy
Delaware
Ievenue
of & Hysatt
Farm Board
Towa
GOV
Gain's
Elkport Bank
Eikport State Bank
Elkader State Bank
Elkader Concern
State Banking Department
Elkader
H. H. Hagensick
Elkader Bank
Raymond Rambo
Fort Madison
D. Hopkins
Donald Hamer
Minnesota
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