Famine Scourges Russia's Northeastern Districts Reported
Refugees arriving at Baranowitchi describe drought and heat destroying grain across lower Volga and Dnieper regions. They cite hunger and disease, with villagers moving toward Siberia and Poland as government troops relocate to favored areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baranowitchi
Russia
Rus Sia
Volga
Don River
Dnieper
Bux
Roy Smith
American Red Cross
Ishim River
Siberia
Itlig
Poland
Astrakan
Saratov
Simbirsk
Samara
Kazan
Ufa
Dan Cossack
Kubate Cossack
Taurida
Kherson
Ekaterinoslav
Voronezh
Tombay
Penza
Kharkov
Orenberg
Tambov
Penze
Ishim
Ryazan
Orela
Kursek
Turkestan
Dneiper Valley
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Tvar
Moscow
Kiev
Red Cross
Paris
American Relief Administration
Rusclared
Albern Ross Hill
Europe
Albania
Austria
Belgium
Constantinople
Czecho-Slovakia
Esthenia
France
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Roumania
Jugo-Slavia
Peroxide Drunk Lands Man in Jail
Jim Jensen of Gilbertrile Ta was brought to the station at 1240 a m with a bottle of peroxide and 338 in change. He was too intoxicated to answer police questions and remained indisposed at 9 am police court with bail set and further intoxication charges continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Jensen
Gilbertrile
Enifé
Jensen
Doailegger
Veteran Q Engineer Clem Nichter Dies After Operation
Clem ens Nichter, a veteran Burlington route engineer and third on Ottumwa division seniority, died Friday at 7 p m in Wesley Memorial hospital Chicago after an operation. He lived in Ottumwa years and in Burlington the last 20. He leaves 2 wives and 10 children. funeral set for Labor Day with burial in Ottumwa.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Clemens Nichter
Ottumwa
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Miner Dies Over Missing Teeth In Harco Mine Blast
Harrisburg report shows Thomas Ritzon, 34, a member of the mine rescue team, killed while investigating the Harco mine explosion that left 11 miners dead. He allegedly died because he could not seal his helmet mouthpiece due to missing teeth.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Thomas Ritzon
Ritzon
Harco
Fas
Death in famine shadows Russia as aid urged
Moscow dispatch reports grim hunger in the Samara region with 25 percent of children doomed without relief. Anna Haines, a Quaker aid observer, warns that over half could die in two to three weeks if food delays persist. American relief workers rush toward Volga valleys to deliver bread to families and mothers with babies amid desperate scenes.
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Russia
John Graudenz
dUnited Press
Moscow
Tamine
Anna Haines
Samara
Kazan
Saratov
Volga
Novorosalk
America
United States
Police recover large tires haul as grocer is arrested
Police seize about 30 automobile tires rims and tubes in a major theft recovery at a grocery store run by C. B. Anderson 825 Mobile street Anderson is held on $1000 bond. Two tires identified include one marked by a red leather case. Officers say the haul points to a well organized fence ring and may link to other stolen tires in Mason City.
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Boon
Young
C. B. Anderson
Mobile Street
Mason City
Joe
Ralph Davis
P. B. Walker
Anderson
Anderson’s Grocery
Hej
Bill
Plan Government Law for Air Traffic
Washington D C Sept 3 In vestigation into the probable scope of government regulation of commercial aviation under proposed legislation has begun the commerce department secretary Hoover said today Government supervision of air traffic along rail and water lines was recommended by a committee of experts to increase safety and efficiency Enactment of enabling legislation would create a bureau of aviation charged with enforcing air travel rules similar to the bureau of navigation with water carriers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Commerce Department
Hoover
War
Navy
Bureau of Aviation
Bureau of Navigation
Veteran railroad man ends life after retirement
Charles E. Allen, a long time Chicago Great Western conductor from Des Moines, shot himself in the garage at his home on Fourteenth Street after being retired for about ten days due to ill health. His wife and son were away. the son found the body after 6 p.m. Allen, past 60, had worked for the railroad for many years.
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Charles BE. Allen
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Sycamore Street
Fourteenth Street
Des Moines
Charlie Allen
Waterloo
Allen
Great Western
Labor Day Picnic and Athletic Fete Planned
Waterloo labor unions announce Labor Day events at Electric Park with morning field events and a noon basket dinner. M. W. Martin editor of the Blacksmiths Journal in Chicago and noted labor orator will give the principal address at 2 p.m.
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Waterloo
Electric Park
M. W. Martin
Blacksmiths’ Journal
Chicago
Died in Presbyterian Hospital Eleven-Year-Old Evelyn Ridpath
Evelyn Marie Ridpath six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Ridpath 143 Duryea street died at 8 am today in Presbyterian hospital believed to be blood poisoning She was born in Waterloo Australia February 2 1915 Funeral services will be Monday at 239 pm at O keefe Towne chapel and burial in Elmwood Amanda Meyers former Waterloo resident body to arrive tonight from Sioux City Ia where death occurred Remains at O keefe Towne funeral home pending burial in Fairview beside her husband W H Meyers
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Evelyn Marie
C. M. Ridpath
Duryea Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Waterloo
Aus
O'Keefe & Towne
Elmwood
Amanda Meyers
Sioux City
O'Keefe & Towne Funeral Home
Fairview
W. H. Meyers
Notables Coming for M. W. A. Meet Here in October
The Mississippi Valley Association plans its annual meeting in Waterloo in early October led by E F Mac Donough and Ralph H Faxon. W L Harding former Iowa governor and zone VP will attend along with Burdik and French as Iowa directors. A city tour is proposed to showcase Waterloo and a car shortage hampers Deaf Iowa touring efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley Association
Waterloo
E. F. MacDonough
Greater Waterloo Association
Ralph H.faxon
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Faxon
W. D. Burdick
G. W. French
Davenport
Middlewest
Greater Waterloo
Cara
Towa Association of Deaf
H. C. Kelley
Bank Has Bad Luck With Paying Tellers
Denver reports the arrest of B H Connor 34 former senior paying teller at International Trust charged with theft of 1364. Edwin F Morse former teller absconded weeks earlier with 78000. Morse and Connor were close friends and Connor is said to belong to a prominent Fort Smith Arkansas family.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
B. H. Connor
The
International Trust Company
Edwin F. Morse
Morse
Connor
Fort Smith, Ark
Retail Food Prices Rise in August Across Major Cities
August increases in retail food prices were reported by the Department of Labor across 14 principal cities. Washington New Haven Bridgeport and Providence up 5 percent. Kansas City St Louis Springfield Birmingham up 3 percent. Peoria 2 percent. Salt Lake City Denver and Little Rock up 1 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Washington
New Haven
Bridgeport
Providence
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
Ill
Birmingham
Ala
Peloria
Salt Lake City
Denver
Little Rock
Voliva Says Baldheads Signal Brains at Zion Rally
Zion, Sept. 3. Wilbur Glenn Voliva told Shiloh tabernacle attendees that a baldhead proves character and brains. He warned women to avoid hatless men and equated long hair with insanity while claiming hatless men should not work in Zen institutions.
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Associated Press
Zion
Wilbur Glenn Volva
Shiloh Tabernacle
Hearing on Grain Case Delayed in Missouri Suit
Hearing on an injunction to restrain the Miles marketing law will not occur until Judge Van Valkenburg returns to the U S district court in Kansas City Missouri. Three local board of trade members filed the suit against Missouri Attorney General Jesse W Barrett seeking to block enforcement of the act.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Board of Trade
Jesse W. Barrett
Missouri
A. S. van Valkenburg
Lower prices named for Overland and Willys-Knight cars
John M Willys, president of the Willys-Overland company, announced radical cuts in all Overland and Willys-Knight models effective immediately. He cited manufacturing efficiency and lower material costs as reasons, noting last year’s sales reached 65 million dollars as part of the context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
John M Willys
Willys-Overland Company
Overlands
Willys-Knight
Willys
Co operative Livestock Marketing Talks Rally in Chicago
Telegraph briefs report 2200 co operative livestock marketing associations meeting to push local and county unit plans for organized shipping. Other items note federal troops in St Albans West Virginia to quell miner disorder and a plane crash near Fairmont West Virginia with no serious injuries.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Albans
W. Va
Fairmont
MOXIE CHILD QUARANTINED FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
A five year old boy Hiram Hoxie son of Mr and Mrs R J Hoxie 304 South street 1811 is quarantined for infantile paralysis. A typhoid fever case is reported. Mrs B W Van Arnam 916 Fairview Avenue and Lucile Webster age 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs W Webster 450 Parker Street ill with scarlet fever.
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Hiram Hoxie
R. J. Hoxie
South Street
City Health Department
B. W. van Arnam
Fairview Avenue
Lucile Webster
W. Webster
Parker Street
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Chief Young
Hoover’s Department
C. E. Allen
Evelyn M. Ridpath
Kistners
Voliva
Overseer of
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Willys Overland Automobiles
Knight
Overland Waterloo Company
West Virginia
Wastington
D C
Trident
Harding
Peter of Serbia
Washington Cathedral
Charles W. French
Moines
MOXIE
Kcoffee
Ghereo
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