Bankers Rally Market as Stocks Rebound After Selloff
Five leaders from J P Morgan & Co and major banks gathered at Morgan offices in New York to reassure investors after a sweeping market decline. They said fundamentals remained sound, margins were well maintained, and key stocks recovered late in the session. The day set volume records with nearly 13 million shares traded across 914 issues. No firms were in trouble according to the bankers. They offered no forecast for the next days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan &_ Co
Wall Street
Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
Teker
Charles F. Mitchell
National City Bank
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
William Potter
Guaranty Trust Company
Seward Prosser
Bankers’ ‘Trust. Company
Lamont
House of Morgan
Stock Exchange
Althothers
Law College Dean dies after long illness in Iowa City
Henry Craig Jones aged 50, dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, died at a local hospital after more than a year of illness from heart disease following malaria fever. He led the law school since 1922 after posts at West Virginia and Illinois. Born in Central City in 1875, he held degrees from Cornell College and Harvard, with an honorary LLD from Cornell. Funeral Sunday. classes suspended and flags at half staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yowa City
Henry Craig Jones
University of Iowa College of Law
E& Hospital
Dean Jones
Law College
West Virginia University
University of Ilinois
Cornell College
Hasysit
Gornell College
Central City
Tama and
Clarence
Algona High School
Deaths and Obituaries In Local Area
Multiple obituaries note Mrs John P Conrad of 408 Logan avenue died at 3 30 am after a year long illness. Survived by husband two sons Herbert and Cletus one daughter Mrs P M Martin and many relatives. Also William J St Clair 49 insurance man of 117 Wellington street died at University hospital Iowa City after seven weeks with abdominal tumor. Survived by wife father Arch Sinclair two brothers and a sister. Also Arensen infant son died at local hospital. body taken to Peleren Bros mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John FP
Conrad
John P. Conrad
Logan Avenue
Katherine Stiimunkes
Sherrill
Dubuque County
Dubuque
John Conrad
Waterloo i
Dunkerton
Hye
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Herbert
Minneapolis
Minn
Cletus
Lafayette Street
P. M. Martin
Waterloo
Peter Bilii- Tmunkes
Bherrill
Frank
Edward Slattery
Calvary
William
Coleman
Harry Marsh
Vinton
Edmonds
Forth Dodge
Mount
Auburn
Jolly Crood Fellows Yearly Iowa Press Convention Tribute
The Traer Stay Clipper presides over a northeastern Iowa gathering at Hotel Russell Lamson, honoring long serving editorial families. Elmer E Taylor began the Treer Clipper fifty-one years ago, with sons I. E. and Elmer Jr, plus Mrs Taylor head of the women’s department for four decades. Industry veterans from Manchester, Britt, Algona, Hampton, and surrounding towns mingle, recounting careers and local press legacies amid new print facilities and convention chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Press Association
Russell-Lamson
Traer
Elmer E. Taylor
Treer Star
Tama Jim" Wson
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Treer Clpper
Elmer
The
Clipper
Biar
Tawa
Taylor
Elmer, Jr
Woman's Department
Tanin County
Wee Willie Doody Sentenced to Electric Chair in Berwyn Murder
A jury in Berwyn, near Chicago, sentenced Wee Willie Doody to the electric chair for the murder of Follee Chief Charles Levy. The verdict came at 1 a.m. after three hours of deliberation despite Doody’s claim of no involvement in the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wee Willie” Doody
Follee Ohief Charles Levy
Berwyn
Doody
Lash Summer
Levy
Traveling Salesman Taken Ill in Hotel Dies in Hospital
J. G. Berney a 32 year old traveling salesman from Omaha died at 5 30 a m in a Waterloo hospital a few hours after suffering a sudden attack of heart disease in his hotel room He was a representative of the DeVilbiss company Toledo Ohio and had been a frequent visitor to the city He called the hotel manager about nine thirty last night saying he was ill and an O Keefe Towne ambulance took him to the hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Berney
Omaha
Waterloo
Berney
DeVilbiss Company
Toledo
O'Keefe& Towne
Sims Named Head of Bar Association
Memphis, Oct. 25. Henry Upson Sims of Birmingham was elected president of the American Bar Association at the final business session of its fifty second annual meeting. Sims succeeds Gurney E. Newlin. John H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls was elected treasurer and William P. McCracken of Chicago secretary.
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Memphis
Henry Upson Sims
Birmingham
Ala
American Bar
Slims
Gurney E. New In
Los Angeles
John H. Voorhees
Sioux Fails
William P. McCracken
Chicago
Death ends long hospital illness of Mag Goodhue
Mrs Lamira Barrett Goodhue mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge died in Northampton Massachusetts at Cooley Dickinson Hospital after nearly two years ill with influenza and age related decline. The Coolidges were at her bedside. born Nashua New Hampshire 1856 she moved to Burlington Vermont then Northampton to be near her daughter.
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Mag. Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
United States
Goodhue
Cooley-Dickinson
Coolidge
Cholldge
Washington
White House
New Hampshire
Lamira Barrett Goodhue
Nashua
N. W
New England
Iveet
Capital
Wormer Secretary Fall Convicted of Taking Doheny Bride
Fall convicted of bribery involving a $100,000 bribe to Doheny’s wife. Maximum penalty is $300,000 fine and up to three years in prison plus disqualification from federal office. Jury shifts toward conviction across ballots. Fall and Mrs. Fall leave court for their hotel by auto. Senator Welsh hails the verdict as justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Albert B. Fall
Shell
United States
Fall
Jury awards $825.45 to wage claimant in Cedar Falls case
In Cedar Falls at 10 30 am today a jury verdict awarded Tom Malagaris 825 45 against candy kitchen proprietor George Bliss for wages due plus interest. Judge R W Hasner presided, with one juror ill and excused. The trial stemmed from a disputed wage claim for work performed in the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Malagaris
George Bliss
Cedar Falls
R. W. Hasner
Malagaris
Rose Hayzletu
Temperatures Forecast Amid Unclear Fragments
Weather notes show Thursday maximum and Friday morning low figures but are garbled. The readable pieces suggest temperatures for Thursday and Friday with partial time stamps and values, yet key numbers and locations are missing, leaving an incomplete forecast.
Painting worth huge value found under shabby cover
In San Francisco a neglected Persian scene painted on an old canvas sold for 7.50 at auction. Clark Johnson bought it and, after examining the aging surface, a museum curator uncovered what is believed to be a previously unknown sixteenth century El Greco painting of Saint Francis of Assisi valued at about 56 000.
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San Francisco
Cal
Clark Johnson
Johnson
Focal Museum
St. Francis of Assisi
el Greco
Planes Fly Over Lake As Crew Bodies Are Sought
Mills of Milwaukee car ferry Milwaukee and Grand Trunk disaster unfold in Lake Michigan search. Coast guard aircraft and boats scour windswept waters for more than 50 sailors. Five bodies recovered including Capt Robert Melway and Capt Robert McKay with purser Albert Shraden later found near Kenosha. Elbert H Gary recovered a fifth body aboard a carrier. Milwaukee ship, 338 feet long valued at 1 million, sank after storm near Wind Point. Inspectors launch inquiry into catastrophe.
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Chicago
Get
Lake Michigan
Grand Trunk
Milwaukee
Coast Guard
Robert Melway
Inkeeresh
Coast
Wind Point
Racine
McKay
Albert BR. Shraden
Kenosha
Elbert H. Gary
Robert McKay
Great Lakes
United States
Boy Scouts Court Of Honor Promotes Members Tonight
The Waterloo monthly Boy Scout court of honor convenes at 7 30 PM in the municipal court room to consider promotions to second class and an Eagle rating. James Jordan Billy Braylon Robert Zeln Floyd Stanton Robert Cert Wahiren Lasser Ralph Lincoln Richard Watters seek second class, with Jack Cook pursuing Eagle. Merit badge applicants include Jack Stussell Jake Strong Harry Dunlap and others in athletics cooking firemanship bird study camping health and scholarship.
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Jake Strong
Harry Dunlap
Ralph Aldrich
Jack Cook
Arthur Water Doren
Ernest Mohr
Jack Russell
Robert Fowler
Jeathercraft
Durward Lockey
Suit Over 11550 Unpaid Checks Targets Glazer Produce
Eugene Higgin of Marshalltown files suit against Meyer Glazer owner of Glazer Produce seeking attachment of Glazer property and a receiver. Higgin says Glazer gave 11550 in checks for produce all were dishonored by banks. A temporary writ of attachment was issued and a hearing set for Monday. Glazer surrendered at Ames on a charge of false drawing and uttering checks.
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Marshalltown
Meyer Glazer
Glazer Produce Company
Jim
Eugene Higgin
Higgin
Glazer
Ames
Fearful film vault fire in Hollywood labs risks millions
Officials estimated potential losses up to 4.506 million dollars after a major blaze at the Consolidated Film Laboratories vaults damaged master negatives and film stock. One life was lost and several vaults were heavily affected, with officials noting a known loss of 1.5 million dollars already recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Consolidated Filmaboratories, Inc
Satel
Grain elevator burns in Mediapolis fire
Mediapolis Iowa October 25 a grain elevator owned by Farmers Supply company burned today fire origin unknown. Damage estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Mediapolis
Farmers Supply Company
Miners Feast on Roast Goose After Flock Cracks Up
Ishpeming Michigan October 25 The scene describes 200 wild geese colliding with the Tillden open pit night shift workers as a blizzard breaks up their flight The geese attempt to roost near mine facilities and the miners surge to capture as many geese as possible amid the chaos and odor of roasting goose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishpeming
Mich
U.p
Tillden
Quiness on too sound basis for market reaction
Washington observers see the stock market decline as not indicating a general business slump. Officials note no change in rediscount rates and expect money to flow back to normal trade, while a congressional investigation into bank credit and stocks is debated.
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Washington
D. C
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Mellon
Larmont
Grosvenor Jones
Commerce Department
Usu
Wil
King
Utah
Norbeck
Senate Banking’ Committee
Edge
New York Federal Reserve
Kenagy Named First Vice President at Baptists Convention
Kenagy is named first vice president at the Iowa Baptist convention. Henry K. Peterson of Council Bluffs was re elected president. Mason City selected as the 1990s meeting place. Other officers named include Rev. GC Kenrgy Waterloo first vice president and Rev. WJ Colston Newton recording secretary Rev J J Brame Indianola treasurer J H Cochran Des Moines.
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Davenport
Henry K. Peterson
Council Bluffs
Iowa Baptist Convention
Mason City
Alvin J. Lee
Des Moines
Kerman
GC. K. Kenrgy
Waterloo
W. .J. Colston
Newton
J. J. Brame
Indianola
J. Hi. Cochrane
Board of Managers
Elinor Wilson
Charlton
J. F. Levereth
WR. Yard
Marshalltown
A. Riggs
Burlington
C. FB. Holler
Ottumwa
A. M.piner
J. S. Harrington
Dewitt
H. H. Sadler
2Cila
Reports See Big Ship Sink in Lake Erie Storm
Toronto reports a large freighter seen sinking four miles offshore in Lake Erie. E Foster of Port Royal claims a field glass view showed the vessel go down gradually amid steam. He thinks boiler explosion caused the disaster. A search plane found no sign of wreckage.
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Toronto
UNSJ
Lake Erie
E. Foster
Port Royal
J Foster
Victim of Shooting Succumbs in Keokuk
Keokuk October 25. Urk Boert Fuller, of Keokuk, dies from infections after being shot and severely wounded by Jack Lider last Wednesday. Lider is held in the county jail on attempted murder charges. Officials say additional charges will be filed, with bond set at 5090 dollars not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Urkboert
Fuller
Jack Lider
Taider
Jall
Lisider
Thieves Take Cash from Frat Houses
Unknown thieves robbed two University of Tawa fraternity houses last night stealing $160 in cash along with watches and valuables. Delta Upsiloty cost $120 cash. James Nield Marcus reported $45 stolen. Nu Sigma Nu house lost $30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Tawa
Delta
James Nield
Marcus
Nu Sigma Nu
Ed Smith Boomed for Governor by N E Town Editors
A long list of editors and newspapers from towns including Hopkinton, Union, Osage, Tama, Manchester, and Waterloo endorses Ed Smith for governor. Names like Nora Springs J A Larson and Independence Mrs. Mary Rankins appear among many local outlets backing the bid.
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Ed Smith
N. E. Town
Page Ore
Hopkinton
Will, Beals
Will S Beels
Union
West Union
E. A. Melree
E. A. Meliree
Stu
Clarksville
J. “W. Ramsey
Advertiser
Nora Springs
J. A. Larson
Life
R. L. Ross
RL. Ross
Maurine Lindeman
Independence
Belmond
Mary Rankins
Gertrude Gedow
Osage
C. J. Twomey
Tryomey
Tama Northern
Gladbreak
G. &. Tulse
U. S. Hulse
Register
Grundy Genter
Dunkerton Teachers Hurt in Auto Crash
Dunkerton teachers Alice Gellmans and Ailis He lene Fike were treated at Presbyterian Hospital for leg injuries after a car collision at Eleventh and Commercial streets. The crash involved a mobile driven by Arthur Campbell of Dunkerton and a car driven by George Smith of 227 Cortlandé Street. Both women avoided fractures. Campbell was bruised. They were transported by police ambulance with Sgt. William Ure and Patrol Driver James Lammert assisting.
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Mths
Alice Gellmans
Ailis Helene Fike
Dunkerton
Presbyterian Hospital
Arthur” Campbell
George Smith
Cortlandé Street
Commercial
W William Ure
James Lammert
Campbell
Movie Makers' Club to Meet Saturday
The Movie Makers' Club at Waterloo will meet tomorrow night at Mack's Photo Shop to discuss the next play and cast parts. If weather permits, outdoor shooting may begin Sunday for a rural romance about a schoolteacher who finds love at a wealthy farmer's home during a Halloween party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Movie Makers
Etd
Mack
Peek Takes Oath as Mayor of Waterloo in 1929
Dr. B. E. Peek was sworn in at noon to begin his mayoral term in Waterloo as the resignation of Glenn A. Tibbitts took effect. The council approved Peek’s selection amid praise from local business leaders and legal officials.
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Waterloo
Glenn
A. Tibbitts
Tibbitts
Dr. Peek
Charles C. Mackay
Harold B. Plumb
Br. Peek
Dir. Peek
A. B. Lovejoy
Black Hawk
James Graham
James Black Dry Goods Company
Peek
Clyde W. Allen
Standard Paint & Glass Co
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo ¥. C. A
Harry M. Reed
Tuthill, Reeds & Beers
People of
Siayor
Lonnecker to Address Technicians Tonight on Smoke Abatement
George B. Lonnecker division plant superintendent of Town Public Service will discuss city measures to reduce smoke nuisance before the Waterloo Technical Society in Black's tearoom after a 6:20 dinner. Supplemental talks will be by George E. Rath Rust J. P. Wilson W. A. Hendry and M. Pars. The meeting opens the fall and winter series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Lonnecker
Town Public Service Company
Waterloo Technical Society
Black
George E. Rath
T, Eb, Rust
J. P. W Wilson
W. A. Hendry
MW. Pars
Unknown Soldier Poem Wins Poetry Peace Prize
New York October 25 Charles Wagner’s poem The Unknown Soldier won first prize in Poetry magazine’s peace poem contest. The award honors a work promoting peace and marks a notable recognition for Wagner in literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Wagner
Poetry
Aydrant Wrench Is More Important Than Shiny Helmets
Rev W W Bowers of First Methodist Episcopal Church urged Fra Tell club members to value life’s wrench over flashy gear. He recalled a fire department tale where water failed because firefighters forgot the wrench to turn it on. He urged understanding and a true perspective of life, not just equipment. Agnes Brown performed piano accordion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bowers
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Fratell Club
United States
Agnes Brown
Four Girls Win Dramatic Class at East High Declam
Ruth Miller Evelyn Cousins Rose Tembere and Helen Leona McComb won the dramatic division of the East High declamatory contest. The quartet will face East Junior High winners to form the school team. Preliminary oratorical contest set for Oct 30 with humorous selections also rehearsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Miller
Evelyn Cousins
Rose Tembere
Helen Leona McComb
East High
Queriet
East Junior High
Medical board selects 1930 convention city Detroit
Delegates to the Interstate Post Graduate Medical Association of North America chose the 1930 convention city in Detroit Michigan. Dr William O D Haggard of Nashville Tenn assumed the presidency. New officers elected include Dr Henry Langworthy of Dubuque and director of foundation. John E O Keefe of Waterloo named as a board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Minneapolis
Interstate Post - Graduate Medical Association of North America
William 0D. Haggard
Nashville
Bus Line Pleas to Be Heard Nov 19
Des Moines notices set November 19 for hearings on a joint request by Pickwick Greyhound and Iowa Railway and Light to operate a bus line on highway 32 between Des Moines and Council Bluffs. The Rock Island railroad objects to the permit.
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Des Moines
Pickwick Greyhound Corporation
Iowa Railway& Light Corporation
Council Bluff
Rock Island Railroad
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Iowa City
Howard L. Rann
Manchester Press
Rann
L. H. Henry
Charles City Daily Press
R. R. Roberts
Britt News-Tribune
Tom W. Puree
Hampton Chronicle
Sherwood
Eclipse
Parkersburg
B. &. Schrack
Britt, Algona
Laverne
Dickinson
W. S. Beele
Iowa
Tax Commission
F. W. Hermann
Manchester Democrat
EB. M. Carr
Sid Backus
Algona
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register
William W. Sturdivant
Wesley -News-World
W. T. Davidson
Alison’ Tribune
State Teachers ‘College
Cedar Fails
Wand
Horace Boies
Inwn
Govermor
Irving House
John Hynek
Tama News-Herald
V. H. Manta
Clayton County Press Journal
Fred Huebsch
North Town Times
McGregor
J. A. Druger
Clayton County Register
el. Kader
John K. Gruebel
Democrat
Waukon
E. A. Meliice
Reveys County Union
F. C. Latter
News Letter
Wee Willie Doody
Sims
Bar Association
Wormer
Doheny Bride
Walsh
Welsh
Montana
Senate
Iginto Gomez
Esidora Carranza
Gomez
Frank K. Dunn
Hannah Washington
Waterton
Raymond J. Taylor
Enric Garrett
Boy Scouts
Sues
Kenagy
Baptists’ Convention
Carl L. Hogendorn
Victor H. Mantz
Plain Dealer
Gresco
D. D. Mead
Herald-News
Tama
Alice M. Bed
Britt News and Tribune
Britt
B. R. Roberts
Upper Des Moines
Paul von Dovtken
News-World
Wesley
W. Sturdnantz
Journal
Dumont
L.A
McMillan
Cresco
F. D. Mead
Chronicle
Sumner
Vernon M. Vierth
V. M. Vierth
Eeno
Elgin
R. P. Strauch
Dyersville
Lawrence
Smith
Western “Newspaper Union
Movie Makers’ Club
MacKay
Lonnecker
Ald
Fireside
Harwich
East Fifth Street
St Furniture Store
Eside Agency
O’keefe
del Park
Griffon
Gordon and
Longley
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