Insurgent Fight Foreshadowed by GOP Leaders Across States
New York reports forecast a hard battle by the Republican senatorial campaign committee against insurgent and progressive Republicans who oppose President Hoover on tariffs. Otto H. Kann was named treasurer, signaling preparation for an intense 1930s Senate contest.
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New York
Hoover
Otto H. Kann
Jeremiah Milbank
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Kahn
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
National Committee
Contry
the Times
Mosts
Senate
Times
Moses
James F. Watson
India
Watson
LaFollette
Words
Borah
Capper
Ater
Progressive Republic
Mike
Jury Awards Spanking Victim Thaw Damages of 875 000
A New York jury ruled Jiarry SK Thaw must pay 75,000 in damages for spanking Marcie Estardus, a night club dancer, with a hell brush on New Year’s Day 1927. Thaw’s lawyers asked the judge to set aside the verdict as excessive and vowed an appeal. Estardus’s attorneys sought time to file briefs.
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New York
Jiarry SK. Thaw
Marcie Estardus
Iestess
Thaw
Thew
Supreme Court
Levy
Miss Estardus
Life Insurance Sales Congress Here on Nov 23
Waterloo will host a state sales congress for life underwriters on November 23. The announcement came at the Waterloo Life Underwriters meeting in Black's tearoom. Noted speakers include Dr Charles Owell of Chicago head of the Rockwell School of Life Insurance and Roger B Hull of New York managing director of the National Association of Life Underwriters. Ray Short reported on the national association meeting held recently in Washington.
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Waterloo
Life Underwriters
Waterloo Life Underwriters
Tearoom
Charles Owell
Chicago
Rockwell School of Life Insurance
Roger B. Hull
New York
National Association of Life Underwriters
Ray Short
National Association
Washington
Waterloo Underwriters
Davenport Raiders Locate Distilleries
Distilling equipment valued at over 20000 dollars was seized last night near Breakton railroad station after state agents and sheriffs from Muscatine and Davenport raided a barn distillery. R Hanson, living near the barn, was arrested and jailed in Muscatine with charges pending.
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Davenport
Stockton
Durant
Muscatine
Breakton
R. Hanson
Tuthill Emphasizes Work Men Can Do To Build Up Church
Tuthill emphasized active participation by the Westminster Presbyterian Church Men’s Club to advance the kingdom. Thirty five members attended as church auxiliaries served supper. Louis Heinzman and Kent auditioned with vocal solos, and Ed Arthur performed on xylophone. C A Tabor reported on a Cedar Rapids meeting, and a chicken stag dinner was voted for Friday night Nov. 6 with West and the committee in charge.
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Tuthill
Rtarney
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Louis Heinzman
Black Hawk County
Ed Arthur
C.A. Tabor
Presbyterian Men's Club
Cedar Rapids
Actress Doris May Finalizes Divorce From Wallace MacDonald
In Hollywood on October 24 an interlocutory decree of divorce for actress Doris May against actor Wallace MacDonald was not pressed to final. Miss May decided she did not want her decree finalized and halted further action.
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Holywood
Cal
U.A
Doris May
Wallace MacDonald
Miss May
Senate tariff debate continues in Congress by AP
In Congress the Senate continued tariff bill discussions on Saturday after approving 28 amendments to the chemical schedule on Friday. The Senate lobby committee recalled Joseph R. Grundy to testify next week. Senator Heflin attacked the conscription of Italians into Italy's army as outrageous. Senator King urged immediate investigation of financial matters. the Senate approved granting New York access to federal power commission records on public utilities. Laws E. Graham's nomination to be federal attorney in Pennsylvania was approved by a Senate judiciary subcommittee.
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Associated Press
Senate
Joseph R. Grundy
Heflin
Alabama
Italy
King
Utah
New York
Federal Power Commission
E. Graham
Pennsylvania
Senator Bingham May Be Prosecuted for Lobby Activity
The committee warned of possible prosecution for government employees taking private pay for work. It described Bingham directing Evanson to be sworn in as secretary to the senate committee and to attend secret sessions as a means to discipline Syarison. Evanson kept his salary, then turned funds to another worker. No censure was recommended. rumors spoke of resubmitting to the district attorney for action.
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Bingham
Evanson
Byanson
Senate Committee On Territories and Insular Affairs
Senate Ananee
Syarison
Senate
Ryanson
Bingham-Evanson
District of Columbia
Detective's Death Echoes Filmland Mystery
Los Angeles reports the death of Long Beach detective Harl Boruff, who allegedly knew more about the 1923 William Desmond Taylor murder mystery. He was found dying from a gunshot, with his pocketbook found a mile away, fueling murder suspicions and linking to Taylor's famous case that drew many film stars into its investigation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond ‘Taylor
Ilmland
Harl Boruf
Long Beach
Boruff
William Desmond Taylor
California
Bornf
Taylor
Yicie
Suave Bank Bandit Faces Fate in Colorado Case
In Lames, Colorado, on October 26, the suave gang leader A R Fleagle, who led the First National Bank heist that left three bank officials and a physician dead, could learn his fate today as the jury is expected to retire. The defense will rest after calling Attorney General William Smith. Mrs Parrish testified she did not agree to a deal that would hang Fleagle higher than Hayman.
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A. M. Parrish
Prengle
Fiengle
Hayman
Six Die When Bus Plunges 600 Feet in Peru Cliff Crash
Lima dispatches report a 34 passenger motorbus plunged about 600 feet from a cliff between Chiclete and Cajamarara in Cajamarca. Six persons were killed and seven injured. The chauffeur fled the scene.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Chiclete
Cajamarara
Department
Councilman Bribe Charge Involves Fire Engine Deal
Minneapolis Oct 26 The salesman Ron Green of American LaFrance Foamfte company faces district court on a charge of giving a 500 bribe to Alderman Touls N Ritten. The alleged payment relates to the citys purchase of a fire engine.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Ron Green
la France Foamfte Company
Touls N. Ritten
Temperatures Forecast For Friday Through Saturday
A fragment reports temperatures including a Friday maximum and Friday night low around eighty degrees. Saturday readings show about 89 degrees at 7 am and 11 am, with a 3 pm value also noted.
Rescue In Freezing Gale Prevented For 31 Sailors
In Lake Superior a fifty mile gale traps 31 sailors from the freighter Chicago. The tug Whalen awaits clearance to resume a dangerous crossing of marshes to Quebec for food and aid. Island terrain and brambles hinder rescue attempts as Indians deem the crossing impossible. The men face starvation and exposure amid craggy Michipicoten island in a broad wilderness.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Michipteatensland
Lake Superior
Chicago
Ons
Quebec
Whalen
Great Lakes ‘Transit
Charles City Girl to Recover from Skull Fracture
Helen Blunt a 16 year old of Charles City expected to recover from a skull fracture after falling from a running board of a car while en route to a Halloween hall. She will likely remain in hospital about two weeks. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W P Blunt.
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Gourier
Charles City
Helen Blunt
City Hospital
Hallowe'en Hall
Jolind
W. P. Blunt
Baby with Skull Fracture Dying in Minnesota
Ray Valter Kennicott aged three, once of La Porte City, is reported dying in Rochester Minnesota hospital from meningitis. The child suffered a skull fracture Wednesday when kicked by a horse near the family home and was taken for brain pressure operation, which could not be performed. Parents are Dallas and Pay Kennicott. mother is Miss Pay Baird of La Porte City.
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Cuarter
la Porte City
Ray Valter Kennicott
Rochester
Minn
Dallas Kennicott
Pay Baird
This Place
A. M. Thompson
Rooachester
Two Churches Form Membership Merger
At Fiquea on October 26 the national council of Congregational churches merged with the General Convention of the Christian Church. The new General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches will unite about 1,600,000 parishioners and aims to attract millions more by absorbing other evangelical bodies.
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Fiquea
U.P
National Council of Congregational Churches
General Convention of
The
Christian Church
General Council of
Judge Frees Cassius Devault on Statutory Charge
Judge Kenneth Cook directed a verdict yesterday freeing Cassius Devault on a statutory charge. Denzil Kinman, convicted on the same charge, awaits sentencing. An alleged companion, Wilson Bradley, received 30 days for assault.
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Shenanaran
Get
Kenneth Cook
Cassius Devault
Denzil Kinman
Wison Bradley
Draws Farm Aid Line in Mason City Remarks
W F Schilling of Northfield Minnesota told a gathering in Mason City yesterday that no federal Farm Board aid would go to competing cooperative marketing organizations. The brief statement concerned farm product marketing and current federal policy.
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Mason City
Ots
Federal Farm Board
W. F. Schilling
Northfield
Minn
Baby swap by nurse sparks solomonic test in Havana
In Havana October 26, two mothers one black one white argue their babies may have been switched at maternity ward. Senora Carmen Perez and Bernadina Vega reflect fears as doctors arrange to place the children side by side to determine true parentage amid concerns of darker skin and kinky hair in the newborns.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
Solomon
Hoad
No Hospital
Senora Carklad Perez
Saladrigas
Bernandina Vega
Weera
Senora Perez
Anti-Saloon Head in Iowa Likely Choice for Chief in Indiana
Ethan A. Miles says the Antisaloon League will carry on after the death of Dr. Edward S. Shumaker, Indiana’s long serving rescue superintendent. S. B. McNaught, head of Iowa Antisaloon League, is viewed as a strong candidate to succeed him. Dr. Shumaker died from liver cancer following time in Indiana’s penal farm and a 60 day contempt sentence. Funeral Monday at Broadway Methodist Church, with family ties to the church.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Antisaloon League
Ethan A. Miles
Edward S. Shumaker
S. BP. McNaught
Iowa Antisaloon League
Indiana
National League
Indiana League
Shumaker
Antisaloga League
Indiana State Penal Farm
State Supreme Court
Midnight Close of Famous Cutups of History Contest
The Waterloo Evening Courier invites entries for the Famous Cutups of History contest. Entries must be postmarked or received by midnight tonight to count, with mail-in entries eligible if postmarked before midnight. A $200 prize includes $100 for first place. entrants assemble 30 cutup pictures and write a letter explaining why one is the standout.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Courier
Wox
Waterloo real estate board luncheon address by NACARB president
Harry H. Culver, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will speak at the Waterloo Real Estate board luncheon at Black's tearoom. Community groups plan Halloween celebrations Thursday. Iowa Electric Railway Association opens two day convention Wednesday.
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Harry H. Culver
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Waterloo Real Estate Board
Iowa Electric Railway Association
Hoover Reminds of Roosevelt Birthday
President Hoover issues statement commemorating Theodore Roosevelt birthday and praising naval upbuilding. Roosevelt's birthday falls on Sunday, so Navy Day observance will be moved to Monday and marked by official ceremonies. The remark highlights Roosevelt's wartime leadership and character.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevelt
St Francis to honor chaplain on golden jubilee day
St Francis hospital will host a 10 A M service in its chapel to mark the golden jubilee of Rev Joseph Nacke the chaplain since 1913 Bishop Henry Rohiman of the Bar copa diocese will attend the observance The event recalls five decades of service at St Francis
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St. Francis
St. Francis Hospital
Joseph Nacke
Henry Rohiman
Barcopart
Mr. Nacke
St Francis
Pantages Held In Custody As Jury Weighs Verdict
Los Angeles October 28 Two strong deputy sheriffs kept affluent vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages in custody at his home while a jury of seven women and five men deliberates on whether he assaulted Eunice Pringle an 11 year old dancer on August 9. The jury was locked in for the night after about three hours without a verdict.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
George Fricke
Gilbert
Joseph Ford
Lloyd
Rodney
Carmen
John Considine
Dixie Martin
Patter
Miss Pringle
Burom Fitts
Courh
Archery Shoot Draws Habin Hood Club Monday at Byrnes Park
About 18 to 20 Habin Hood members are slated to compete in an archery shoot Monday at 4 p.m. at Byrnes Park. Victor Read, city playground director, urged interested community members to contact him for participation details.
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Byrnes Park
Victor Read
Read
Auto Casualties During the Week Reported Injuries
Five people suffered injuries in a week of traffic incidents. Mrs Sara Mary of Lafayette street sustained lacerations and bruises in a collision between a car she rode in and a commerce truck driven by John O Connor on Manson and Gnelda streets. Dunkerton teachers Miss Alice Sellman and Miss Helen Fike and student Arthur Campbell were cut and bruised when their auto, driven by Campbell, collided with George Smith’s car at Eleventh and Commercial streets. Mrs Wilmer Griffith of Plymouth Avenue was bruised after being thrown from her husband’s car at Sixteenth and Commercial during a collision with a Franklin caittg machine driven by a man named L W Empely.
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Sara Mary
Lafayette Street
W. L. Becker
Commerce
John O’connor
Independent Meat & Grocery Co
Manson and
Gnelda Streets
Alice Sellman
Helen Fike
Dunkerton
Arthur Campbell
Campbell
George Smith
Cortlands Street
Wilmer Griffith
Plymouth Avenke
L. W. Empely
Hitt-and-Run and Hit-Again Driver Bother Motorist
Pauline Stasiak, accused in a Chicago case, damaged a motorist's car twice in separate incidents. Peter Pennacchia testified the driver fled after the first impact and returned to strike again at a stoplight. Mina Stasink was fined 75 and costs and ordered to refrain from driving until learning proper conduct.
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Chicago
U.P
Pauline Stasiak
Peter Pennacchia
Pennacchia
Mina Stasink
Ranch Girl Kills 75 Rattlesnakes in Two Days
Grace Kirkpatrick, an 8 year old ranch girl in Urigesdale Colorado, claims a world record by slaughtering 75 rattlesnakes in two days. Surrounded by snakes, she rode to safety then armed herself with clubs and killed the reptiles as winter hibernation began, noting the cold dulled their movements.
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Urigesdale
Colo
Grace Eekpatrick
Miss Kirkpatrick
Death notices in Waterloo area stir multiple memorials
Funeral and burial arrangements announced for William J. St. Clair 49 of Waterloo born 1886 near Mount Auburn died in University Hospital Iowa City services in Kearns chapel with burial at Mount Auburn. Other obituaries include Mrs Susan Bloes 72 Gilbertville Donald Devere Frank infant Miriam Alice Asquith 67 Waterloo E M Joines Jane Cunningham Ward Arensen and J G Barney James Cook notices summarize memorials and burials across local towns.
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Clair
William J. St. Clair
Wellington Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mondey
Kearns
W. O. Chisholm
United Presbyterian Church
Burles
Mount Auburn
Alice Furry
Rose, Colo
Waterloo
St. Clair
Christian Church
Masonic Order
Modern Woodmen of America
Arch St. Clair
Locust Street
Robert
Harry
Donald Devere Frank
Garl
Frank
Hawthorne Avenue
Estyle
Claire
Calvin
Frieda
Nesemi
J. L. Brown
Quasqueton
Burlat
Kearns Funeral Home
Miriam Alice Asquith
Herold Ball
Third Avenue West
First Brethren Church
M. Whetstone
Offles Ang
Elmwood
Linen
G. A. BR
E. M
M! Joines
First Street West
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. P. McCormick
Memorial Park Cemetery
Kearns Mortuary
Jane Gulligndus
J. CG. Cunningham
Wendbury
Miaon
Purdal
Roland Arensen
Edwin L. Arensen
Fellsayenne
Petersen Bros
F. Herbert Moeehlmann
Trinity American Lutheran Church
World’s oil supply to end in 20 years predicts Goode
In Council Buffs at the University of Town science conference, Prof John P. Goode of the University of Chicago forecast the world's oil supply would be exhausted in 20 years while coal would last 900 years. He warned energy shifts and water power substitutes may be required as substitutes emerge.
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Jana City
John P. Goode
University of Chicago
University of Town
Stuaght
MacDonald sails back to England from North America
Ramsay MacDonald Britain's prime minister and his daughter Ishbel are en route to England after three weeks in the United States and Canada visiting Anglo-American relations. Parliament opens soon and the labor government faces tests. The Duchess of York docked at Liverpool early Friday after a Quebec departure.
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Duchess of York
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Ishbel
England
United States
Canada
London
Liverpool
MacDonald
Miss Istbel
Quebec
Fall Will Know Sentence Friday
Washington December 26 Former Secretary of Interior Albert Fall faces likely sentencing next Friday after a jury convicted him of taking a $100000 bribe from E L Doheny while in the Harding cabinet. The panel recommended mercy, but the three penalties of imprisonment fine and disqualification are mandatory and a new trial motion will also be argued Friday.
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Washington, D. C
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Harding
E. L. Doheny
Waterlooan Struck by Car in Illinois
Belvidere Illinois October 26 Ross Sheffer 27 of Waterloo Iowa was hospitalized with a deep scalp wound after being struck by a car while walking toward Chicago. He was hitchhiking to Chicago for work and had lived in Waterloo since 1920. The hit and run driver was arrested and held pending outcome of Sheffer’s condition after an operation. Also notes marriage licenses and a Walnut Street Baptist class Halloween party with prize winner Eileen Barnard.
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Belvidere
Ross Sheffer
Waterloo
Chicago
Sheffer
William Field
Glenswood Avenue
Wisconsin
Percy Field
Field
Loyal Workers
Walnut Street
Woman Drowns Self After Bank Failure in Iowa Cistern
In Tripoli Iowa, on October 26, Emma Frese 45 mother of two, despondent over a bank failure and financial losses, drowned herself in the cistern at her home. A note said my money is gone I have nothing to live for. Her 11 year old daughter Florence was sent away before the tragedy and her son Herold 17 survived. The body was found by a search party after 11 o'clock. Mrs Frese had suffered a nervous breakdown and poor health for some time.
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Tripoli
Emma Frese
Frese
Herold
Florence
University of Town
Italian Ambassador Denies Charges of Fascist Invasion
Senator Heflin introduces a resolution demanding full Senate reporting on fascist activities in the United States. The measure cites confiscation of passports and arrests of Italian descent citizens like F. N. Diayi of New York and Carlo Ragno of Hoboken as alleged actions by fascist groups.
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Wier
Heflin
United Press
Jabama
Secretary of State
Senate
Idenniston Hearing Postponed Again By Police Fire Panel
The police and fire commission postponed the hearing on charges against Frank Denniston, a suspended patrolman, due to the absence of commissioner Bruce Gates. W L Beecher, the chairman, said the hearing would be held early next week. Also notes from Des Moines Pigeon Association: J J Klee named president with Holley, Hetrick, and Sandin as officers. secretary treasurer Lyle Reynolds announced. In Urbana, Johnny Thornburn, president of Urbana Banking Co, was held on $200000 bond after confessing to misappropriating $100000 in school funds.
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Police and Fire Commission
Frank Denniston
W. L. Beecher
Bruce F. Gates
Beecher
Des Moines
Iowa State Pigeon Association
J. J. Klee
Eldora
J. F Sandin
A. C. Holley
Mason City
O. L. Hetrick
Alce
Lyle E. Reynolds
Eagle Grove
Urbana
U.9
Johnny Thornburn
Urbana Banking Company
Malibu Beach houses burn in 200,600 damage fire
Ten houses at Malibu Beach, a fashionable seaside colony favored by wealthy residents and motion picture stars, were destroyed by fire. Damage was estimated at 200,600 dollars. Other brief items include returns from Oregon, Farm Bureau elections in Cedar Falls, Beecher's father improving from a heart attack, West High seconds beating Hampton, and a hunting party bagging six brant.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Malibu Beach
Seaside Colony
Friedl's Apartments Fire Reported for Oil Burner Overflow
Fire alarm Friday at 4 37 p m prompted response to Friedl's Apartments at 209 Commercial. Cause cited as overflowing oil burner with no damage reported.
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Friedl
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