Train incident and political intrigue strike in early headlines
Three men halted an attempted derailment on President Hoover's special train near Washington. Two alleged plotters were arrested as investigators downplay wider threats. Also: Hollywood fire at film lab causes massive loss, one death, rare explosions. Sonnenberg retains heavyweight title in Los Angeles. Waves and weather impact Great Lakes shipping reported.
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Hollywood
Sonnenberg
Gus” Sontenberg
Los Angeles
Lewis
Secords
Great Lakes
Calder
Red River Valley
Waterloo Elects Dr Edward Peek Mayor in Place of Tibbitts
Dr Edward E Peak elected mayor of Waterloo at a special council meeting to fill the unexpired term of Glenn A Tibbitts who resigns to become postmaster. Tibbitts will be succeeded by Peak at noon tomorrow. Peak a Waterloo Building & Loan official and former city educator is sworn in at noon tomorrow.
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Edward E. Peak
Independence Avenue
Waterloo Building & Loan Associaion
City of
Waterloo
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Tibbitts
Harold B. Plumb
Peek
City Hall
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Hoon
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Soe
al Stedly
Peck
Cowmell
Stez Construction
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Ily Council
Tib Bitty
Clyl Mfe
Wasterloo
Utica
Tobin's Business College
Dental College
University of Town
Town City
Christina A. Thrower
Associaton
Board of Education of
East Waterloo
Covneil
OWS
Sts
Glenn A, Tibbitts
T. &. Leeper
R. A. Buck
A. F E. Gnagy
Sgze
Gnagy
Leading bankers act to halt market panic and grain losses
A wall street crash unfolds with bankers meeting at J P Morgan Co to steady stocks as grain prices swing. U S Steel slides to new lows while traders dump margins. a day of record turnover and widespread declines signals a historic panic.
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New York
America
United States Steel Common
Jotims Manville
Lad
American Telephone
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Wall Street
Yorts
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J. P. Morgan É> Co
Charles 5. Mitchell
National City Bank
A. H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
U. S. Steel
Stock Exchange
General Motors
Fall Bribery Case Deliberations Reach Jury in 1920s Oil Feud
The jury began deliberations on whether Interior Secretary in the Harding era took a 100000 bribe from Edward L Doheny for Elk Hills naval oil reserve lease. Judge Hitz urged verdict based on merits, not sympathy or outside influence.
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Washington, D. C
Sunshine of
New Mexico
Hitz
Lake Michigan storm lashes vessels with wreckage found
Rescue reports say two bodies found off Kenosha as Milwaukee car ferry feared sunk with 63 aboard. Windy gale actions sent crates and cabin parts adrift while coast guards search 156 miles of lake shore. Temperatures plunge across Midwest with ice and snow predicted.
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Wis
Grand Trunk
Lake Michigan
Racine
Ray Hayward
Grand. Trunk
Bedell
Chicago
Middle West
Great Lakes
Grand ‘Trunk
Grand Haven
Mich
C. E. Mclaren
Coast Guards
Hones
William B. Pilkey
Detour
Sault Ste. Marie
Coal Guard
Maple Court
Magnetic Reef
Cockburn Island
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Leamington
Hoover Tours Midwest Then Heads Home for Washington
President Hoover sped back to Washington aboard a luxury special after three days of exposure and hardship. He spoke in Louisville on an inland waterways program costing about 20 million dollars annually and urged naval limitation moving swords to plowshares. A driving rain greeted him in Dearborn and followed to Louisville for the Edison garden jubilee event.
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Hoover
Washington
Louisville
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Kentucky
New Memorial
Cover
Mississippi
London
Navy
Ohio
Dearborn
Thomas A. Edison
Tragedy in Moville: Husband Kills Wife and Suicide
Guy Haskell fatally wounds his recently divorced wife in her apartment and then shoots himself at his residence two blocks away in Moville Oct 24 17. The couple had recently separated.
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Moville
Herve Rest Hight
Guy Haskell
Courier Delivery Window Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 6100 for a copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
Kidnapped Boy Reunites With Family After $25,000 Ransom
Five year old Jackie Thompson is back home in Detroit as police search for more gang members who abducted him on Sept 30. Henry S Thompson paid the final $6,000 ransom to two men, with $5,000 found on suspect James Fernando. Emil Souave, 33, claims no involvement. Police withhold details to avoid hindering the case.
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Detroit
Aupi
Jackie Thompson
Henry S. Thompson
Jamen Fernando
Emil Souave
Eldnapers
Convict Warehouse Man of Booze Plot
Sioux City October 24. Barney Rosenthal wealthy warehouse operator was found guilty in federal court here today of conspiracy to violate liquor laws. His arrest followed seizure of a monster still in a building Rosenthal leased and sub leased to a New Ulm Minnesota man now serving time at Leavenworth. Rosenthal had another trial previously but the jury disagreed on guilt.
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Sioux City
Nerve Specialist Plunges to Death at Savoy Plaza
New York October 24 A man believed to be Dr Otto Mathis internationally known nerve specialist leaped or fell from a fourteenth floor room at the Savoy Plaza hotel His body crashed onto a glass and metal canopy over the lobby startling scores of guests below
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New York
Otto Mathis
Savoy Plaza
Toray
Bank Robbery Rumors Hit Huron Dakota Bank
Reported robbery of the Community Bank at Rasholt in Roberts County shortly before noon by two men who fled in an automobile. Authorities believe about $0,000 was obta ined. Also a paint fire in Alurns Oct 24 caused $500 damage at Hartley electric and battery Shop.
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Huron
Conmimunity Bank
Rasholt
Roberts County
South Dakota Bankers Association
Alurns
Hartley Electric and Battery
Iowa Men Die After 160 Foot Tank Fall
Four steel workers died today after falling 160 feet from the top of a tank under construction in Wibosha Minnesota. The victims were Henry Zits La Clain Mo Wayne R Wetzel F J Taylor and Fred Compton all employed by the Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel company Des Moines Iowa contractors building the tank which was to be completed tomorrow.
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Wiboha
Minn
Henry Zits
la Clain
Wayne R. Wetzel
Oklahoma
F. J. Taylor
Grinnell
Fred Compton
Winterset
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Des Moines
Mrs Asquith Again Heads W B M S
Delegates from the Town Associations of Baptist and Disciples of Christ churches will meet in Des Moines in February to discuss the possible merging of delegates to the State Baptist convention. Pastors at the Baptist conference chose Rev. F. G. Codd of Davenport as president and Mrs. F. P. Asquith of Waterloo was re elected president of the Women's Baptist Mission Society.
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Davenport
of Baptist and
Disciple of Christ Churches
Des Moines
Disciples of Christ
Baptist Conference
F. G. Codd
FP. R. Asquith
Waterloo
Wamhan’s
Baptist Mission Society
Warmer Weather May Follow Frosts
Forecasts from Charles D. Reed Iowa weather observer say frosts will be followed by warmer conditions. Reports of snow yesterday ranged up to an inch, but all melted today. Temperatures cooled to 28 to 38 degrees with Des Moines highest and Sloak City lowest.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Federal Weather Observer
Iowa
Reed
Davenport
Near-Crash Plot Foiled On Hoover Special Tracks
New Albany Indiana October 24 an alleged plot to damage President Hoover s special train nearly succeeded when a sedan was placed on a steep grade on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. Three men reportedly removed the obstruction but were later arrested after the train halted for 18 minutes. Police traced the car to Charles W Bullock and John Ed Wright two Negroes who confessed to placing it for a payoff Wright paid Bullock 25 for the act. The suspects were jailed without charge.
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Hoover
Washington
New Albany
Ind
Here
Baltimore & Gkie
Secret Service
Railroad Deter
Enoch Keller
Edward Hopson
Armice
George Weir
Jeffersonville
Tnd
Louisville
Charles W. Bullock
Johnn Ed Wright
Bullock
Wright
Bandits Active in Des Moines Shops
Des Moines police stepped up manhunts for unmasked bandits who robbed five Des Moines businesses in four days, with the latest hold up at French Way Cleaners and Dyers netting $56. Earlier a der aungkinan suspect stole $60 from an orchestration sales outlet while the attendant was away. In the first three robberies, occurring nightly over a 72 hour span, the bandits took $399.
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Des Moines
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