Smith Confident Will Get States On Present Tour
Governor Smith arrives in Chicago during a 60 hour swing through Illinois as Democrats rally behind him. He will speak at the One Hundred Thirty-first regiment armory and later return to prepare for the final stretch of the campaign. In Alton, Springfield, Bloomington and Joliet he told crowds the party was hopeful about carrying five southern and border states.
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Harold Oliver
Associated Press Star
Chicago
Tlinois Democracy
Smith
One Hundred Thirty-first Regiment Armory
Sedalia
John A. Warner
Francis J. Quillinan
Clinois Party
New York
Illinois
Alton
Springfield
Bloomington
Joliet
Ilinois
St. Louis
Southern Gunman Grilled Here in Sheriff Shooting
Articles describe a backstreet gun battle involving Deputy Sheriffs Allen and Dillworth and Motorcycle Patrolman Walter Line. Wagner was shot and rushed to hospital after three men were captured. a high powered sheriff car was damaged, three windows broken, and Wagner was stunned. In a separate robbery attempt, Lutran and engineer Fred Taylor confronted the gunman. Lutran was shot in the hip as the suspect fled after grappling. Police traced the suspect’s license to a car involved in the attacks.
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Harry Allen
William Dillworth
Walter Line
Wagner
Willard
Third Avenue
Davis
Leighton
Jell
Sipe
Bandit
Sutton
Water Street
Lutran
Fred B. Taylor
Franklin Street
Illinsis
Wes
Lattan
Taylor
Gattan
Gourier
Police
Painp J
Melech & Pint Rovers
Police Aay
Luttatt
Weteway
Waterloo Police Hunt Willard After Highway Shootout
Detectives Crumrine and Davis trailed Willard and accomplice after a fatal shooting on Grant Highway. A high speed chase ended with a crash in a cornfield. Willard, identified by the Waterloo bureau, had previously stolen a car in 1923 and served five years. Police widened the search with roadblocks, airplanes, and beacons as witnesses described the suspect's red sweater and unkempt hair.
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Grant Highway
Crumrine
Lutton
Willard
Waterloo
Davis
Slim's Fling
Munshine
Eggert
Glenn A. Tibpitts
Ray Epgegert
Anamosa
Emil Steffen
Chapman Field
Crumline
May Wave
Great Western
Cornfield
Tibbitts
Wagner
Rock Island
Fourth Street
Washington
Third Street
Jefferson Street
Union Depot
McKenzie
Ernie Roppe
Manly
Worth County
Olsohi Motor Company
Mason City
W. J. Neu
Courier
Altha
H. T. Wagner
Gud
Mien
E. A. Leighton
Reinbeck
Fred Scheuffle
Independence
Sherif W. ¥. Dilworth
Hugh R. Crumline
Scheuffle
Scheuffie
Mt Vernon
Tring
Dillworth
Mexican Troops Battle Rebels Across Three States
Mexico City dispatches report fierce hand to hand fighting between insurgents and government troops. In Querataro 10 rebels were killed after a 180-strong band was overpowered, with one soldier dead and eight wounded. The pursuit continued north as more insurgents fled across the countryside. In Guadalajara area another band led by Victoriano Ramirez was routed after a brisk clash at La Mesa De San Juan. Dispatches from Zacatecas note an energetic crackdown on 20 men who robbed two buses and looted mail along the highway.
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Mexico City
Querataro
Baltzar Leyva
Colon
Cal. Leyva
Guadalajara
Victoriano Ramirez
Miguel Martinez
Tepatitalan
la Mesa de San Juan
Ramirez
Zacatecas
Anacleto Lopez
Vilcanueva
Dynamite Blast Shatters Windows in Chicago Bakery Area
A dynamite blast in front of a vacant bakery shattered windows and alarmed a Chicago neighborhood. Police reported this was the second explosion in 48 hours near a shoe store. no motive was known.
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Chicago
West High journalist attends Iowa conference in Iowa City
George Fields, science teacher and faculty director of The Spectator at West High, will attend the annual Iowa high school journalists conference at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The event includes Quirk and Scroll’s third annual conference and the formation of an Iowa chapter of the national journalism teachers association. About 400 students from across the state will attend, with Richard Henry Little among the speakers.
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George Fields
The
Spectator
West High
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Quirk and Scroll
High School Journalistic Society
National Association of Teachers and Supervisors of Journalism
Richard Henry Little
Chicago Tribune
Mortuary C E Titus Dies Suddenly at Isabel Kansas
O E Titus son of Tom Titus early Black Hawk county settler died suddenly yesterday at Isabel Kansas relatives here were advised to Gay Mr Titus born north of Waterloo May 30 1859 lived in this county until 1895 then moved to Oklahoma where he farmed Surviving are widow Jane McClellan and sons and daughters including W A Titus Tilimas Central engineer Dubuque Roy Titus Carmage Okla Mildred Evans Condon Ore O P Titus Wichita Kan Walter Titus Seiling Okla Clarence Titus Isabel Kan and Howard Titus Wichita Kan
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C. E. Titus
O. E. Titus
Tom Titus
Black Hawk County
Isabel
Kan
Waterloo
Oklahoma
Seiling
Okle
Jane McClellan
W. A. Titus
Tilinais Central
Dubuque
Roy Titus
Car Mage
Okla
Mildred Evans
Condon
Ore
O. P. Titus
Wichita
Walter Titus
Clarence ‘Titus
Howard ‘Titus
Brain Tests Vocabulary and Definitions Puzzle
A page item describes intelligence tests at leading universities and asks readers to choose best definitions for items like a church table and a star. It explains defining correctly as essential to clear thinking and provides example options and answer note.
Communist First Man Executed in Italy Since 1860
Lucca Italy October 48 A Communist convicted of assassinating two fascists was executed this morning He is the first person condemned to death in Italy since 1860 and his sentence was carried out by a platoon of 12 fascist militiamen who fired at him while he was tied to a chair
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Lucca
Italy
Michele Delis Maggiore
Homefolks meet Adgkford flierd in Chicago welcome
Chicago residents welcomed Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, Rockford aviators who attempted a Rockford to Stockholm flight last August and were forced down in Greenland. A throng greeted them, including Hassell’s mother, wife, and two children, as Rockford Chamber of Commerce members announced a celebration upon their return.
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Chicago
Rockford
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Stockholm
Sweden
Greenland
Hassell
Elizabeth Hassell
City Takes Stand in Fifth Street Paying Battle
Mayor G A Tibbitts for Waterloo sent a formal note to Black Hawk Construction demanding full legal adherence on the Fifth Street resurfacing contract. The city requires the firm to repair any surface faults within five years, asserting responsibility if paving fails after resurfacing. The dispute centers on base cuts near pipe repairs, which the company argues are typical but were filled with extra material and a heavier base. If base fails under the pavers heavy roller before paving, changes will be made. if paving later fails within five years, the city will seek liability from the company.
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G. A. Tibbitts
City of
Waterloo
Black Hawk Construction Company
Fifth Street
Tibbitts
Wurster Elected District Leaders at Kiwanis Meet
Omaha chosen as 1929 Kiwanis International Nebraska Iowa district convention city at annual meeting in Wurster Newton Ta. Ernest E. Folsom of Lincoln Neb. elected district governor succeeding Henry K. Peterson Des Moines Cyril Coussens Des Moines H G C Wurster Waterloo M L Waler Sioux City J Howard Heine Fremont Neb R M Armstrong Auburn Neb and J E Whitney Grand Island Neb named lieutenant governors Grand Island bid for next year convention.
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Newton
Omaha
Nebraska-Iowa
Kiwanis International
Ernest E. Folsom
Lincoln
Neb
Henry K. Peterson
Council Bluffs
Cyril Coussens
Des Moines
H. GC. Wurster
Waterloo
ML. Waler
Sioux City
J. Howard Heine
Fremont
R. M. Armstrong
Auburn
J. E. Whitney
Grand Island
Diamond’s Value Tied to Color Brilliancy and Perfection
Leoni Campbell of Fess Jer Jewelry spoke to Lions at Black's tearoom about what gives diamonds value. He outlined color, brilliancy and perfection as key factors, described African diamond operations, and explained Kimberley mining goes 3,000 feet underground with long apprenticeship paths for cutters.
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Leoni Campbell
Fess Jer Jewelry Company
Lions Club
Black’s Tearoom
Campbell
Africa
Kimberley Fields
Quarantines for Diphtheria Scarlet Fever and Mumps
Mrs. Paul West at 223 Fogle is quarantined for diphtheria. Samuel and Leland Brallier of 1322 Avalon are quarantined for scarlet fever. Jimmie Friedl of 302 1-2 Commercial and Douglas Wagner of 1135 South are quarantined for mumps.
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Paul West
Fogle
Samuel and
Leland Brallier
Avalon
Jimmie Friedl
Douglas Wagner
South
Political radios feature tonight across major networks
New York dispatch lists Republican speakers Senator Charles Curtis from Camden North Dakota at 8 PM central time on WMCA former Senator James W Wadsworth at 6 30 PM on WIZ James M Beck at 8 PM on WEAF Mayor Malcolm E Nichols at 5 40 PM on WBZA Democratic rally at 10 PM on WARC and Columbia chain Rosamond Pinchot Gaston Edward Milton Royle E A Thomas Eddie Cantor and William Gustafson also named Senator Royal Copeland at 9 PM on WPCH Socialist Norman Thomas at 9 30 PM on WIZ and network
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New York
Charles Curtis
Camden
N. d
WMCA
James W. Wadsworth
WIZ
James MM. Beck
United States Solicitor General
WEAF
Malcom E. Nichols
Boston
WBZA
WARC
Columbia Broadcasting Chain
Rosamond Pinchot Gaston
Edward Milton Royle
E. A. Thomas
Eddie Cantor
William Gustafson
Senator Royal
Copeland
WPCH
Norman Thomas
Revised Prayers In Episcopal Book Completed
Washington, Oct 18. After 12 years of study the Episcopal church house of bishops completed revision of the Book of Common Prayer. Hundreds of changes modernize phrases and add new prayers, balancing tradition with social progress. The house of deputies must concur before ratification.
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Washington
D. C
U.R
House of Bishops
Episcopal Church General Convention
House of Deputies
Slattery
Massachusetts
Commission On
Episcopal Church
Gaylor
Tennessee
Brewster
Maine
Durant offers 25000 for Prohi Enforcement Plan
W C Durant announces a contest offering 25000 to any citizen of Waterloo who submits an enforcement plan for the eighteenth amendment. C A Hanson of the Chamber of Commerce says the plan must address prohibition enforcement with 120 million affected by campaign talk. An extra 5000 prize will go to a high school plan. details by writing Mr Durant at 250 West Fifty seventh Street New York.
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Smith
Hoover
Waterloo
W. C. Durant
C. A. Hanson
Chamber of Commerce
Durant
West Fifty-seventh Street
New York
Woman Challenges Mrs Willebrandt Over Farm Debate
Des Moines on October 18 saw W Ainsworth of the Iowa Agricultural Equality Voters league propose Des Moines as the site for a debate on the Farm Problem as the Great Moral Issue. Verna Hatch of Indiana challenged Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, alleging she injected prohibition and religion into the campaign to divert attention from farm relief.
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Des Moines
W. Ainsworth
Iowa Agricultural Equality Voters League
Verna Hstch
Indiana
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Hatch
Welare
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Willebrandt
Bryant President of Veterinarians Eighth Annual Session
At the closing session of the fourteenth annual Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association convention in Cedar Rapids Dr John Bryant Mount Vernon was elected president succeeding Dr A R Menary Dr J B Crow Iowa City was elected vice president and Dr P B W Wenzel Blairstown secretary treasurer Dr F L Roach Preston was elected to the board of trustees succeeding the late H A McIntire. In Cedar Rapids directors of Coe College re elected Robert Sinclair as president and named George Laird and James E Hamilton to the board.
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Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
John Bryant
Mount Vernon
A. BR. Menary
J. B. Crow
Iowa City
PB. W. Wenzel
Blairstown
F. L. Roach
Preston
H. A. McIntire
COE Mead
Gedar Rapids
Coe College
Robert Sinclair
George Laird
James E. Hamilton
Godard Rapids
Temperatures and Rainfall Report
A brief weather bulletin notes maximum Wednesday around .02 inches of rainfall by 7 am. The minimum Wednesday night shows a low before Thursday morning with temperatures near Li a.m. and another reading at 3 Dp. Mm. Rainfall through 7 am today recorded as 1.48 inches.
Fire alarms report two incidents in city
Wednesday at 9 25 p m an automobile owned by H A Maine at 131 Leland sustained slight damage from defective wiring. At 10 p m a residence at 345 Columbia Circle owned by H C Cummings had no damage due to an overheated furnace.
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H. A. Maine
Leland
H.C. Cummings
Columbia Circle
Willand Alias Alfred Lynch Identified In Description
A. J. Willard also known as Alfred Lynch, 24, with a medium build, five feet four inches tall, dark chestnut hair and brown eyes, fair complexion, common laborer. He was described wearing a cap and a red sweater or feather hunting coat.
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A. J. Willard
Alfred Lynch
Two Forced Down on Island Rescued from Flight
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Oct 18 Two people Thomas Mitchell 27 and his wife were forced down en route from Sturgeon Bay to Menominee Mich. Their plane landed on Green Island about 10 miles away and both were found unharmed officials said the rescue followed the forced landing on the lake island event details indicate minor distress and successful recovery by local authorities.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Thomas Mitchell
Menominee
Mich
Green Island
Tugboat Rescue Amid Fog and Storm At Sea Port
Reports say Tug ceptaing pushed free from the port in thick fog and rough seas. Mitchell notes a motor bearing burned out while crossing the inlet yesterday forcing a beach landing. Pus serum given, Prin appears paralyzed and unable to move limbs. Building permits list several furnace installations and remodels across multiple addresses with values noted.
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Ceptaing
Mitchell
Inet
Man Paralyzed by Toy Cannon Wound on Legion Train
LeMars Iowa October 18 UP Fred Prink American Legion delegate was wounded when a toy cannon fired against his arm on a legion special train en route to San Antonio. The explosion tore away his coach sleeve and severely burned his arm. He is reported in serious condition at home.
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LeMars
Fred Prink
American Legion
Legion
San Antonio
Frink
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