Klanman resigns from Ku Klux Klan in Alabama
Montgomery Oct 20 A klansman resigns from the Ku Klux Klan calling it the greatest menace to authority after an extensive probe into reported floggings in Oneonta Blount and Crenshaw counties. Attorney General Charlie C McCall says the Klan leadership is lawless and implicated in crimes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ku. Klux Klan
Alabama
Charlie C. McCall
Cyclops
Klan
Province No
Realm of Alabama
Lawhess
Debates on companionate marriage draw Seattle crowd
Seattle October 20 The first in a series of debates on companionate marriage between Judge Ben Lindsey and Rabbi Louis L Newman drew a 4000 strong audience, mainly women. Lindsey outlined the concept as current wedlock with birth control for mutual consent, while Newman opposed it, urging restraint and character before marriage. The audience welcomed open discussion and Lindsey defended his 27 years in Denver courts.
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Seattle
Wash
INS
Ben
Lindsey
Denver
Louis L Newman
San Francisco
Ifree
Rabbi Newman
Woman Gets Stay Of Death Sentence In Chicago Case
Mrs Cath Cassler was sentenced to death for the murder of William Lindstrom. Chief Justice Wil granted a stay pending Judge Phillip Sullivan's return to Chicago. Attorneys will seek further delay to permit appeals.
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Chicago
Cathrassler
Tod
Wil
Phillip Sullivan
Cassler
Troops Round Up Shansi Stragglers
Troops of Chang-Tso-Lin scoured recent battle lines near Peking to round up Shansi stragglers left behind during retreats. Many had disguised themselves in peasant clothing.
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Peking
INS
Chang-Tso-Lin
Stinson in Crash Escapes Injury at Marion Airfield
Eddie Stinson, president of the Stinson Detroit Aircraft corporation, narrowly escaped injury when his plane crashed into a stone wall on takeoff from a wet Marion airfield. The incident occurred today as the aircraft encountered trouble noted in the report.
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Rochester
Eddie Stinson
Stinson-Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Marion
Stinson
Unique Cleaners and other property entries in city list
A compiled list of property items with owners and values including Unique Cleaners at 621 Washington valued at 200 dollars and other entries such as A. E. Biggie at 301 Leonard heating plant. Davis at 1958 Franklin garage. C W Chapman Lumber at 107 Seventh East sign. Frank E. Watkins dwelling 1026 Grant with garage valued 5,000 and 150. R E Olmstead wrecked house 303 Washington. 8. D. Mitchell heating plant 630 Wellington. E C Parkin garage 1927 Mulberry 100. Lamson frame shed 155 and Lamson milk house 1590 on farm. J C Hartman garage 2425 Fourth West 1,000. Ida Ayer remodel dwelling 411 Eleventh West 200. Henry Sessar heating plant 847 Dawson. P H Lynch heating plant 119 Irving. John M Sheets heating plant 317 Charles. Charles Werner coal office and shed Riverview addition 300.
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Seventh East
Frank E. Watkins
Grant
R. E. Olmstead
Washington
D. Mitchell
Wellington
E. C. Parkin
Mulberry
Lamson
J. C. Hartman
Fourth West
Ida Ayer
Eleventh West
Henry Sessar
Dawson
P. H. Lynch
Irving
John M. Sheets
Charles
Charles Werner
Riverview
Americans honor British war dead at cenotaph
The American Zouaves, a U S military organization, visited the Cenotaph in London and laid a wreath in tribute to the empire's war dead, observing the event on October 20.
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Aonor
London
INS
Zouaves
United States
Fall Letters Show Navy Oil Reserve Influence Exposed
A court record reveals letters between Fall and Edwin Denby and a Doheny note, showing Fall sought to control and dispose of naval oil reserves with private fuel oil exchanges, contradicting defense claims about Navy-originated ideas. The documents include Denby’s approval and a boastful letter to Doheny.
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Fall
Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Navy
John Robison
Supreme Court
Edward L. Doheny
Prince Mehmed Seifeddin Dies in Nice France
Prince Mehmed Seifeddin son of the late Turkish sultan died in Nice France last night at the age of.
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Prince Mehmed
Nice
France
Prince Mehmed Seifeddin
Turkey
Gets Decree As Husband Beats Her With Wooden Leg
Chicago Oct 20 A divorce was granted to Mrs Clarence Johnson after she testified Judge he beat me with his wooden leg She said she met him at a dance and fell in love only to learn after three months of marriage that he had a wooden leg and sold pencils in a tin cup on the street corner One night he unfastened his wooden leg and beat me
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Chicago
Clarence Johnson
Western Pennsylvanians Suffer From Severe Storm Flooding
Western and central Pennsylvania endure the storm with flooded homes, downed bridges, and interrupted rail service. In Wilkes Barre area the Susquehanna rose to flood level. Two deaths occurred near Hallstead when a Lackawanna train hit a washout. Residents rescued by boats amid widespread damage.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Manuyak
Schuylkill
Hallstead
Susquehanna County
Lackawanna
Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna
Avoca
Scranton
Carbonale
Two Trainmen Die in Washout Wreck near Mallstead
In Scranton reporters say a Lackawanna passenger train was wrecked by a washout near Mallstead Pennsylvania last night. Engineer Milton Esterbrook and fireman Luke Monroe, both from Elmira New York, were killed when the locomotive plunged 15 feet off an embankment. Several trainmen were injured though no passengers suffered serious harm.
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Scranton
Lackawanna
Mallstead
Milton Esterbrook
Luke Monroe
Elmira
N. Y
Maj Pierson Goes to Post in Texas
Maj. E. P. Pierson of Fort Des Moines will depart for Fort Sam Houston Texas to join the inspector general department of the Eighth corps area after a period on temporary duty at Fort Omaha. He has commanded the Second Squadron Fourteenth Cavalry at Fort Des Moines for two years.
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Des Moines
E. P. Pierson
Fort Des Moines
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Eighth Corps
Maj. Pierson
Fort Omaha
Fourteenth Cavalry
Flapper of 19 Too Old to Be Spanked in Court
In Hammond Indiana Judge John Sullivan fined Mrs Catherine Latzko of Whiting one dollar and costs for spanking her 19 year old daughter Emma after Emma filed a warrant charging assault and battery. The ruling said a 19 year old is too old to be spanked.
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Hammond
Ind
INS
John Sullivan
Catherine Latzko
Whiting
Emma
Democrats Split on Smith Hoodoo Claims Dividing Leaders
Washington leaders react to Gov. Smith presidential bid with Copeland predicting southern aid and victory while Pomerene praises Smith and warns against rigid stances. Mrs. Florence Atkins says Smith would spell party death, and Senator Walsh predicts a midwest revolution if a pro farm relief candidate loses.
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Washington
D. C
Copeland
New York
Pomerene
Ohio
Florence Atkins
Georgia
Smith
South
Pomerone
Atkins
Walsh
Montana
Middlewest
Coolidge
Dixie
Middlewestern
New England
Atlantic Coast
Gov. Smith
Farmer gives bond on mortgage larceny charge
Hugh L. Walker a farmer near Atlantic Indiana posted a $2000 bond after being arrested on a larceny related to mortgaged property sales. He was indicted by the last grand jury. In Clarion Iowa E C Platt president of the Citizens state bank of Eagle Grove was acquitted of making false statements to the state banking department after a week long trial.
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Atlantic, In
Hugh L. Walker
Clarion
E. C. Platt
Citizens’ State Bank of
Eagle Grove
State Baking Department
Oil Stations Robbed In Des Moines
Des Moines reports two gasoline filling stations robbed by a lone unshaven bandit who escaped with about 100 dollars in cash. Police believed the same suspect carried out both holdups overnight.
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Des Moines
New York Women Plan Nationwide Day Showdown
A national drive led by the national committee for law enforcement aims to force political leaders to declare their stance on enforcing Prohibition. New York state and city committees will hold Nov 12 13 meetings with church services and gatherings as part of a nationwide push to make enforcement a 1928 issue.
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New York
INS
National Committee For Law
Enforcement
America
New York State Women’s Committee
National Committee
National Committee For Law Enforcement
Samuel Bens
New York Women's Committee For Law Enforcement
Borah
New York City
Mexicans to Guard New Ambassador Morrow
Mexican federal forces will provide a heavy escort for U S ambassador Dwight Morrow when his train crosses from Laredo into Mexico Saturday amid heightened security after Tuesday's dynamiting of the Mexico City Laredo line. The Neuvo Laredo military center ordered plans for the guard to accompany Morrow to Mexico City.
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Laredo
Tex
Dwight Morrow
United States
Mexico
Neuvo Laredo
Morrow
Mexico’ City
Mexico City-Laredo
Victim of Hit-and-Run Motorist Dies in Sioux City
T B E Hartwell 44 of Woodbury county died from injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run auto in Sioux City. He never regained consciousness after Sunday night crash. Hartwell, a Shrine and consistory member, was en route to his boyhood home in Austin Minnesota. No clue to the driver's identity was found.
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Sioux City
T. BE. Hartwell
Woodbury County
Austin
Minn
Hartwell
Bankers' Specials Leave for Houston Convention
Two special trains will leave New York this afternoon carrying 500 delegates to the fifty third annual convention of the American Bankers association in Houston Texas. The convention opens next Monday and runs through Thursday.
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New York
INS
Houston
Tex
American Bankers’ Association
James Eugene Trask 68 Dies At Waterloo Home
James Eugene Trask 68 of 902 Newton street died at his home at 7 10 p m yesterday after a heart attack He had been in poor health for a year but mobile after dinner He was born in Chickasaw County Iowa Aug 11 1859 He married Viola Stearns April 3 1884 They moved to Waterloo Sept 30 1899 He worked 21 years for Crystal Ice Fuel and since 1922 for Young Coal Co He belonged to Hawkeye Camp No 37 Modern Woodmen of the World Surviving are his widow a son Walter F Trask a daughter Mrs F W Knipp two brothers J W Trask C W Trask and a sister Mrs Hattie Pussley The body remains at Kistner Mortuary awaiting funeral plans.
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James Eugene Trask
Newton Street
Chickasaw County
Viola Stearns
Nashua
Waterloo
Crystal Ice & Fuel Co
Young Coal. Company
Hawkeye Camp No
Walter F. Trask
Falls Avenue
F. W. Knipp
Route 6
J. W. Trask
Wellstone
Mich
C. W. Trask
Hattie Pussley
Des Moines
Kistner Mortuary
Infant Clara Tanner Dies at 7:30 A.M.
Clara infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Tanner of 2809 Lafayette Street died at 7:30 this morning. Born October 17 1927 she leaves two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held at Petersen Bros chapel at 1 P M with Rev G W Day officiating and burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Clara
James Tanner
Lafayette Street
Petersen Bros
Rev
G. W. Day
Elmwood
Death of Mrs. Nell Brown Oldenberger Feared in Waterloo
Carl Brown of 622 Eureka avenue learned of his sister Mrs Edward Oldenberg er dying in Chicago. She was formerly Miss Nell Brown and had lived in Waterloo for a period.
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Edward Oldenberger
Carl Brown
Eureka Avenue
Chicago
Oldenberger
Nell Brown
Waterloo
D. J. Hicks Fined $500 for Illegal Transport of Liquor
D. J. Hicks was fined $500 and costs today in district court by Judge R. W. Hasner for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor. Hicks, arrested Oct. 8 in Chickasaw County by Sheriff A. Upham, is the second defendant with prior evidence gathered by state agents last summer. Hicks paid total fines and costs of $539.65.
Des Moines Ok in Aurora Provokes Fine in Lap Sit Case
In Aurora police court Police Magistrate John Weber fined 22 year old Miss Beryl Mason twenty five dollars for sitting in a young man's lap in a car on an Aurora street. The Des Moines origin woman said such conduct is acceptable there, calling Aurora a hick town.
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Aurora
Des Moines
John Weber
Weber
Beryl Mason
Paycheck Buyer Is Acquitted by Jury
Des Moines reports C A Graves freed of criminal charges after a jury acquitted him of executing chattel mortgages without a license. He had been arrested for buying paychecks from railroad men before they received them, with the men paying 20 percent interest.
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Des Moines
INS
C. ‘A. Graves
Death Toll From Autos Near Two Thousand In September
Chicago oct 20 the national safety council reported a daily toll of seventy lives from automobile accidents last month estimating 2080 fatalities in September men women and children killed in auto crashes nationwide last month
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Chicago
National Safety Council
School Boards Agree To Maintain Schedule Of Building Fees
East and West school boards conference committees met in Black's tearoom today and decided not to grant exceptions for any organization using school buildings gymnasiums or auditoriums. Uniform charges adopted last year stay in force with 3 per night for opening grade buildings 25 for high school auditoriums 50 if admission is charged and free if entertainment is free.
Bus Driver Struck Ill on Route Near Cedar Falls
Helmuth Shorty Ball driver for Red Ball Motorbus company was seized with a serious illness on his route near Cedar Falls this morning. He was taken to Presbyterian hospital where doctors believed an operation might be necessary later today.
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Helmuth
Shorty) Ball
Ninth Street
West
Red Ball Motorbus Company
Cedar Falls
Presbyterian Hospital
Arrest Warrant Issued For Ruby Johnson Liquor Nuisance
Ruby Johnson was arrested last evening on a warrant by Officer Warren Buckley for alleged liquor nuisance operations and illegal transport of liquor from June 1 to November 6, 1926. She was released on a $500 bond.
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Ruby Johnson
Warren Buckley
Warden Installed At I O O F Encampment In Keokuk
E. B. Hill of 221 Mullan Avenue East was installed grand senior warden of Patriarchs Militant for the coming year during the grand Iodge annual encampment in session at Keokuk Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. BE. Hill
Mullan Avenue
Patriarchs
Grand Iodge
Keokuk
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Health and Beauty
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural laxative alternative to calomel. It claims they cleanse the bowels and liver, improve energy and appearance, and come in 15c 30c and 60c sizes, recommended for nightly use.
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Dr. Edwards
Mind to do arithmetic adds machine to MIT work
Cambridge Mass Oct 20 An electrical machine with a mechanical mind that solves complex mathematical problems has been perfected at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Dr Vannevar Bush and a staff of researchers The apparatus called integraph plots equations on paper as pointers pass under them and the meter records power used The machine aims to handle curves and graphs beyond human calculation Associated with Bush were F G Keag H L Hazen H R Stewart and F D Gage.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts’ Institute of ‘Technology
Vannevar’ Bush
Integraph
Bush
F. G. Keag
H. R. Stewart
F. D. Gage
Quits Job After Raising 20 Children
Washington man Conrad Zeller aged 65 retired from the post office service after 28 years. He supported a family of 20 children on a salary never above 85 dollars a month, and he chose to quit work to enjoy a well earned rest.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Conrad Zeller
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Halliburton to Speak at East High School Tonight
Renowned author Richard Halliburton, known for The Royal Road to Romance, will give a talk at East High School this evening. The visit highlights his travel writing career and draws attention from students and staff alike.
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Richard Haliburton
East High School
Duck and Mongrel Dog Stage Modern Damon-Pythias Act
Shanghai report describes an unusual pair of companions in Kiukiang road neighborhood a mongrel dog and a duck who act together as inseparable partners since puppyhood. The duck reportedly barks and the dog quacks and they share a den behind the British army hospital. They eat play fight and sleep together with the duck assisting the dog in battles by grabbing opponents tails.
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Duck and Mongrel Dog
Damon-Pythias
Shanghai
Kiukiang Road
British Army Hospital
Marion County Jury Awards $250 in Wife Affection Suit
Thomas G. Forst, a Marion county farmer, won $250 damages from B. B. Long in a suit for 15 000 alleging his wife's affections. The jury deliberated nine hours. The case drew one of the largest crowds in Marion county court history in Knoxville Indiana on October 20.
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Knoxville
Thomas G. Forst
Marion County
B. B. Long
Fire Alarms Sound After Stove Test At City Home
Fire crews responded to a Wednesday afternoon blaze at 610 Eleventh West caused by testing a gas stove with a match. Minor damage reported with an insurance note. Advertised by Herman C. Miller, Phone 2408.
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Myron Kitterlain
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Franklin
Texas
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Madison
Wis
Senator Walsh
Leonard Jacobs
Hudson
Luella Schmidt
Reinbeck
Burdette Evans
Manchester
Gladys H. Rossow
Bankers
Tanner
Frank. R.mccoy
Leonard Wood
The
Philippines
D. J. Hicks
Conduct OK
Halliburton
Richard” Halliburton
Herman C. Miller
Kingbard Hill
Kingbard Boulevard
Columbia Circle
Fletcher Avenue
Lester W
Pioneer Bank
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