Relief plan for wheat farmers proposed at conference
International Farm Congress in Kansas City considers a government wheat purchase and export program to raise prices. Henry Wallace travels to discuss the plan with delegates as Coolidge administration weighs federal guarantees and a small excise tax to offset losses.
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United Prices
Kansas City
Coolidge
International Farm Congress
Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Congress
Wallace
Henry ©. Wallace
Minneapolia
International
Chicago
Minneapolis
Eugene Meyer
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
RB. W. Bingham
Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Carl Williams
American Cotton: Growers’ Exchange
Eugene C._ Jewett
American Wheats Growers’ Association
Thur Capper
Kansas
W. C. Serve
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Daniel Wallace
the Farmer
Minn
Eugene Meyer,Jr
War Finance Corporation
Frank W. Mondeil
H. S. Yohe
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Floyd R. Harrison
Meyer
Harvester Cigar
Gan Feifee
Delivery deadline notice for Courier newspaper
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 20. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Governor McCray Faces Ouster Over State Funds Use
Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray stands accused of using state money for private financing, triggering ouster proceedings. The probe expands to more than 180 banks with an alleged sum near 3 million dollars.
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Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Minister Ends Life After Wife Theatrical Link
Rev. John William Jones a 47 year old Episcopal minister was found dead in a Kansas City hotel room after shooting himself. Police believe his unfulfilled wish to provide a home for his five children aged 12 to 19 motivated the suicide. In a letter to his wife, the actress Pauline La Verne he blamed unresolved divorce and lack of a home for the children. He once held a pastorate in Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Kansas City
John William Jones
New York
Jones
Towa
Pauline la Verne
Mary Tupper Jones
Mary Tupper
Council ‘Bluffs, Ta
Bellboys Rally to Bury Sioux City Bellhop
Bellboys from hotels nationwide contribute to funeral costs for Herbert Darrar night bellhop at the Martin hotel Sioux City who died Sunday. His father in Marshfield Wis could not cover expenses prompting a hotel staff collection. Bellhops from Sioux City hotels will act as pallbearers.
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Sioux City
United States
Herbert Darrar
Martin Hote
Marshfields
Wis
Kels to Be Sentenced for Slaying Stranger
Judge D M Young announced no insanity commission will be appointed unless new facts appear before Wednesday sentencing date. Four-hour interrogation of Alex Kels followed his court appearance on the charge of murdering an itinerant workman and burning the body in his car. no mitigating circumstances were found in the case.
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Stockton
Cal
D. M. Young
Alex Kels
Mystery in Death of Salesman’s Wife in Sioux City
Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs. Dorothy Gearson 25 wife of Arthur Gearson a New York traveling salesman She became suddenly ill during a shopping tour in Sioux City Was taken to a hospital an operation was performed and she died shortly after Hospital authorities said the illness was undetermined.
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Sioux City
Dorothy Gearson
Arthur Gearson
Reading Titles Provokes Murder Charge In Nashville
Lizzie May Bryans was killed after reading aloud movie titles at a local theater. Mary Martin of Chicago is held on a murder charge in Nashville as the incident is investigated.
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Nashville
Lizzie May Bryans
Wextress
Mary Martin
Chicago
Giant Attacks University Women on Clinton Street
Ruth Williams of Odebolt and three other women students at the university report being tripped by a powerful assailant on Clinton Street across from Currier hall. In the latest incident Ruth MacWilliams and a companion were approached at 10 40 PM Saturday as the giant tore at her clothing, prompting bystander students to intervene and force the attacker to flee.
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United Prees
Iowa City
Ruth Willams
Odebolt
Clinton Street
Currier Hall
Ruth MacWilliams
Tudor Cartage
Miss McWilliams
Laws University
Misa McWilliams Caims
Body of Woman Found After Three Days in Iowa Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Metcalf Hunt, about 65, was found dead in her clothes closet in Earlville Iowa at 7 30 p m yesterday by her son Arthur after worried neighbors reported she had not been seen since Saturday. Cause appears to be apoplexy. She had lived alone since her husband’s death last winter. Surviving are two brothers and a sister in Illinois. Funeral to be Wednesday at the Methodist church with burial in Salsville.
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Earlville
Slizabeth Metcalf-Hunt
Arthur Metcalf
Blunt
Ross
Ealf
Waterloo
Methodist Church
Salsville
Perilous Sea Evacuations After Multiple Ship Distresses
Reported incidents in the English Channel and Pacific coast include the Admiral line steamer Sebree drifting 145 miles north of San Francisco after losing a propeller, with tugs en route while Dorothy Alexander aids. Kennecott, also sent SOS, went aground. Queen crippled by a cracked cylinder, anchored safely. Normandie sunk with 42 dead. Harfleur missing 19. weather gale conditions hinder rescue efforts. Nara chi and Sunland also report distress.
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International News Wire
San Francisco
Tacoma
Wash
Admiral Line
Sebree
Dorothy Alexander
Kennecott
Dixon
Vancouver Istana
Queen
Associated Press
Seattle
Alaska
Portland
Ore
Qev
Federal Telegraph Company
British Columbia
Alaskan
Chiternatlanal
Cherbourg
Get
Normandie
Caen
Harfleur
Tourville
English Channel
Atlantic
Mayre
Key West
Fla
Ratia Sos
Narachi
Taro- Nina
Vicinily
Karachi
Asho
Pres
Sunland
Meadow Point
Farmers by Means of Motors Become Football Patrons
Major advance in Midwestern football crowds as paved roads spark car trips to games. Big Ten commissioner Maj. John L. Griffith notes farmers from many counties turn out in automobiles to events, filling stadiums and boosting attendance.
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John L. Griffith
Big Ten
Criqui Fractures Hand Forfeits Charity Tour
Paris reports that Eugene Criqui fractured his left hand while defeating Henry Hebrana last Saturday and will be sidelined for months. He forfeits nearly one million francs in purses from three no decision eight round bouts in the United States and abandons October and November European exhibition tours to honor a charity pledge.
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Paris
Eugene Criqui
Henrys Hebrana
Criqui
United States
Europe
Grand Jury Quiz of Gov. McCray Halted in Indiana
The Marion county grand jury adjourned to widen the probe into Gov. Warren McCray's finances. Witnesses will be called from across the state as the inquiry shifts toward McCray’s Kentland ties and 21 civil suits totaling 102100 dollars on notes signed by McCray and associates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T
Kentland
McCray
Bus Companies Unite to Contest Railroads in Iowa
Mason City Iowa October conference ends with a united front by Red Ball and Jefferson Highway Transporta tion firms against railroads. They plan joint action to stop timetable duplication between Mason City and Minneapolis and will appear at Movies on October 23 with six railroads lineup.
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Mason City
Jefferson Highway Transportation
Iowa
Masoy City
Minneapolis
Palticinis Sa
Grand Jury Indicts Two Deputies in Schoolboy Death
Charles City Iowa October 9 a grand jury indicted Vern Cutler and Ralph Johnson former deputy sheriffs on first degree murder charges in the slaying of Mayor Melvin Stocker and a high school youth shot after being mistaken for a rum runner bonds set at ten thousand dollars each. Also reports Henry Harrison Markham former California governor and congressman died at his San Viero home.
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Charles City
Grand Jury
Vern
Cutler
Ralph Johnson
Melvin Stocker
J. Clark
Liberty
Hi. Markham
San Viero
Cal
Henry Harrison Markham
California
Young Patient Observes Stomach Operation by Austrian Surgeon
A two year old in Chicago yesterday watched a stomach operation performed by an Austrian surgeon. He felt no pain as the procedure began, cited as the first abdominal operation by the surgeon on an aged patient without relying on general anesthesia.
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Chicago
Actress Ends Love Tangle With Death
Los Angeles on October 3 reports that Emlyn Glover 27 a Seattle born actress committed suicide in her Hollywood apartment. She left notes for Blair Coan and her ex husband J S Glover asking Coan to attend her funeral and to sing at services. The notes reveal a fractured romance and a plan to divorce Glover.
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International News Wire
Los Angeles
Cal
Get
Mrs. L
Zeigley
Seattle
Emlyn G. Glover
Inox
Blair Coan
Chicago
Motion Picture Prodiucer
Blair Coan Products Company
Dean
J. S. Glover
Slollywood Boulevard
Priest's Slayer Awaits Gallows in Chicago Cell
Emily Strutynsy sits in a Chicago jail cell awaiting execution for the killing of Rev. Pathe r Stetzuk rector of St Nicholas Church. She says she killed the priest over issues with Ukran tuts and denies personal vengeance noting Stetzuk’s leadership and a prior controversy with her husband.
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Chicago
Emily Strutynsy
Patheer Stetzuk
Church of St. Nicholas
Stetsuk
Stetzuk
Aged Reinbeck Man Killed When Car Flips in Ditch
Henry Voege, 71, of Reinbeck, died after his roadster left the grade near town and overturned. Georges Sibert of Waterloo took him to town, but he died about 3000 after arrival. Voege, returning from a fishing trip, is believed to have lost control. the car was badly damaged. He previously resided near Lincoln before moving to Reinbeck.
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Heinbeck
Del
Henry Voege
Town
Ture
Georges Sibert
Waterloo
Voege
Lincoln
Reinheei
Prohibition dominates Vermont party primaries in 1926
In Montpelier voters chose party nominees for the November special election to fill the late Senator William P. Dillingham and Rep. Porter H. Dale seats. Democrats back Park H. Pollard for senator and Burton E. Bailey for congress. Republicans list Dale Redmond Wilson Hapgood for senator and six contenders for congress while Prohibition and the Antisaloon League backed Dale.
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Associated Press
Montpelier
Vermont
United States
William P. Dillingham
Porter H. Dale
Second
Park H. Pollard
President Coolidge
Burton Eb, Bailey
Congressman Dale
John W. Redmond
Stanley ©. Wilson
Marshall Hapgood
Antisaloon League
Dale
Red Cross Nurses Open State Conference Tonight
Red Cross nurses from Iowa gather for the annual conference at First Methodist Episcopal church in collaboration with the state nurses association. Miss G Elizabeth Reynolds presided this morning as reports highlighted school lunches health education and rural child health measures. Miss Minnie H Ahrens outlined the forward outlook for Red Cross town health work and praised nurses for national service.
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Red Cross
Minnie H. Ahrens
Ingle
Central Division Nursing Service
Thea Forward
Io News
Japanese Red Cross
Japan
Miss Ahrens
Mary DelLaskey
Jones County
de Boleh
Frances Hersey
Benton County
Jean Clark
Bremer County
State Association
M. E. Church
Sarah BR. Placa
Chicago
Infant Welfare Society
Albert E. Scholin
Grand Jury Seeks Webb Death Case Testimony
Westchester County grand jury continues probe into the death of Mrs. Certrude Gorman Webb, a wealthy New York and Philadelphia society figure, despite testimony that no sufficient poison was found. District Attorney Rowland urged dropping the inquiry, but the jury voted to summon more witnesses and to hear Charles H. Webb, husband of the deceased, in person tomorrow.
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N. Y
Westchester County Grand Jury
Certrude Gorman
Webb
New York
Philadelphia
Rowland
Thenet
Charles Tt. Webb
Fire destroys farm structures near Littleton Iowa
A haymow fire on Roy Masters's Littleton area farm last evening consumed the barn silo hoghouse pumphouse and a frame residence that formerly housed the family. Neighbors could save only the home as pumps were out of service and water had to be hauled. Seven horses and other animals in the barn were saved. insurance will not cover the damage.
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Independence
Roy Masters
Littleton
Munsters
Judge Salinger Loses Damage Suit Against Paper
Des Moines judge Ben J. Salinger, former state supreme court member, lost an $18,000 damage suit against the Des Moines Capital after the editor directed verdict for the defendant. The suit stemmed from an editorial about Salinger lobbying for a tent? justice bill on the state Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Ben J. Salinger
Supreme Bench
Lost
O. S. Franklin
Salinger
Cummins Opposes Government Ownership of Railroads
Senator A B Cummins told a Mason City chamber meeting that government ownership or operation of railroads would be fatal. He argued government rail operation has not improved experiences abroad and warned about the growing use of autos and trucks for short hauls as rail capacity expands.
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International News Service
Mason City
A. B. Cummins
Chamber of Commerce and Joint Clubs
Cummins
United States
Witness Admits False Testimony In Stokes Suit
Rosa Nell Miller a Chicago resort witness admitted under cross examination that she testified falsely about marriages and relationships connected to the W E D Stokes hotel owner case against Mrs Helen Blwood Stokes. She said she had lived under four names and used Murphy for marriage promises, and she refused to answer further questions.
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iBy
Associated Press
New York
Rosa Nell Miller
Chicago
W. E.D. Stokes
Helen Blwood Stokes
Samuel Untermyer
Stokes
Untermyet
Miller
Murphy
City Hall
Millar
West Thirty-fifth Street
New
Untermyer
Haying
Untermeyer
Ar. Untermyer
Nox
Max Steuer
Justice Mahoney
Linas
Nugent
Untermy
Nell Rose Miller
Nepress
Edgar T. Wallace
Alice S. Mills
Kansas City
Wallace
Stakes
Helen Elwood
Bunceton
Clarence McCormick
Catherine Kramer
Buncleton
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