Youth Describes How Boys Killed on Murder Farm
A 15 year old prisoner at a Riverside area murder farm recounts the deaths of four boys amid graves found on the suspect ranch. Detectives verified parts of the tale, locating graves and confirming the presence of missing Pomona youths Louis and Nelson Winslow, Walter Collins of Los Angeles, and a Mexican child, with Northcott and his mother sought nationwide. The youth linked the slaughter to the Northcott ranch and the nearby chicken house, noting a decapitated head and an ax death. Police tested Clark’s story by presenting 30 photos, from which he identified Collins and the Winslow brothers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Riverside
Miet
Kreesore
Altho
Sanford Clark
Puente
Cyrus George ‘Northcott
Northcott
Stewart Gordon Northcott
Louise Northcott
Young Northcott
Canada
Clark
United States
Young Clark
Northcott Ranch
Louis
Nelson Winslow
Pomona
Walter Collins
William Edward Hickman
Winstow
Pomone
Collins
Winslow Boys
Hurricane Reports Reach Virgin Islands And Florida Threat
Dispatches describe a powerful hurricane devastating San Juan and surrounding areas with extensive crop damage and looming food shortages. The storm’s movement neared Florida coast as forecasts warned ships to proceed with caution and relief efforts organized for affected towns.
Taft Celebrates 71st Birthday at Murray Bay Summer Home
The former president Taft, age 71, marks his birthday at his Murray Bay, Canada retreat. Canadians and locals join in the celebration as friends and family gather on the porch, sharing memories and flowers while Taft enjoys relaxed summer respite away from court duties.
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Pic
United States
Taft
Murray Bay
Helen
Robert
Charles
Workmen Digging in Rockford Ruins for Storm Victims
Workmen at a Rockford chair factory search the ruin of machinery sliding across floors and crashing through girders. Some men escaped through windows dodging posts and splinters as others dig for buried coworkers, while Union Furniture workers fear a comrade lies beneath a high water tank in the basement.
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Rockford
Union Furniture Factory
Chicago Aviator Killed in Crash
Chicago witnesses sought the cause as 21 year old George Eller of Riverside was instantly killed when the airplane he rode in plunged from several hundred feet. Eller was a licensed pilot and the crash occurred this afternoon in Chicago.
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Chicago
INS
George Eller
Riverside
Pahee
Keller
DavenportGetsNewAirport With Triple A Status
Davenport Iowa September 15 The Willneis Iowa Airways Davenport and Rock Island closed a contract to buy 75 acres adjoining the existing field. The new airport will cover 110 acres and work will begin to prepare the site for national recognition as a Triple-A air field next year.
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Davenport
Wllneis-Iowa Airways Company
Rock Island
Feld
Corn Cannery to Close in Cedar Falls This Season
Cedar Falls closes the canning plant after this season with total pack around 700000 cans. The plant ends operations Monday marking the season’s finish for local canning.
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Cedar Falls
Waterloo Post Not Present At National 6 R
The Grand Army of the Republic prepares for its sixty-second annual encampment in Denver while Waterloo sends only a few veterans. Anna Kistner from Waterloo joins the Woman's Relief Corps delegation, and Stanley Planning and Lula Gilley lead Sons and Daughters groups. James S. Wright, 96, a colonel from the Twenty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, will fly from St. Louis to give the official radio address.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Colo
Robert Anderson
Waterloo
Anna Kistner
Third Avenue West
Helief Corps
Stanley GC
Smith Street
Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary
Lula M. Gilley
Cortlandt, Street
Daughters of Union Veterans
Veterans of ‘6
James S. Wright
Twenty-fifth
Indiana Volunteers
St. Louis
Building Permits Issued for Garages and Installations
Mrs Kale Folks received a permit for a garage at Hug Commercial valued at 100 dollars. R H Mueller also obtained a 100 dollar garage permit at 1440 For rest. Roy Peterson secured a 200 dollar garage permit at 545 Bos ton. Additional permits covered installation of junction furnaces for Minnie R Clark and others at multiple addresses including GIB Eighthwest 227 State and 430 Linden, with several named recipients such as T A Morgen 430 Linden and Alfred Roethier 1523 Franklin among others.
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Kale Folks
Hug
Commercial
R. H. Mueller
Forrest
Roy Peterson
Boston
Minnie R. Clark
C. O. Foster
State
T. A. Morgen
Linden
Alfred Roethier
Franklin
C. L. McDermott
Cascaden
W. ©. Garra
Government to aid Porto Rican and Rockford relief
Washington reports all agencies mobilized for relief after the Porto Rico hurricane and Rockford Illinois tornado. President Coolidge orders navy destroyers to rush aid, Red Cross mobilizes experts, War Department to cooperate, and communications in San Juan and surrounding areas suffer outages with extensive damage but no naval casualties.
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Washington, D. C
Rockford, Il
Coolidge
Navy
Porto Rico
Red Cross
Charleston
S.C
War Department
Rockford
San Juan
P. KR
Navy Department
Guantanamo
Cuba
LKA
Candidates Take Chance in Other Men's Territory
In the south Democrats face clashes as convention rigging, pledges, and bolt actions unfold from Texas to Georgia. Senator Robinson pushes party regularity while religious issues stir southern opposition to Smith. The Hoover campaign gains women voters and rumors of Nellie Ross joining Southern efforts as the race nears election day.
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South
Texas
Smith
Dan Moody
Georgia
Congress
Leslie J. Steele
William D. Upshaw
Wotten
Seaboard
Virginia
Florida
Robinson
Hoover
National Women's Party
Equal Rights Crusade
National
McMillan Plans New Nonstop Flight Across United States
Wilkes Barre Pa Sept 15 Captain Clidard McMillan and companion C A Herrick left Berwick for Roosevelt Field after repairs and fueling following a forced landing during a nonstop attempt to Los Angeles He said a new nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field would start tomorrow aiming for Los Angeles Syracuse F F McGlynn helped with repairs and then departed for his headquarters after McMillan took off.
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Wilkes-Barre
Clidard McMillan
C. A. Herrick
Berwick
Roosevelt Field
Chase
Los Angeles
McMillan
F. F. McGlynn
Syracuse
Safety pin removed from boy’s throat after operation
Richard Grimes five year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Grimes of 663 Kernstreet was taken to University hospital Town City yesterday with a safety pin lodged in his throat and returned home last night after a successful operation to remove the pin. Marriage licenses list Louis Peters La Porte City Esther Edwards Vinton John F Furbush Waterloo Wauneta May Bramble Waterloo
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Richard Grimes
Frank Grimes
Kernstreet
University Hospital
Town City
Louis Peters
la Porte City
Esther Edwards
Vinton
John F. Furbush
Waterloo
Waunelta May Bramble
Infant Fowler Funeral Date Changed At O Keefe Towne Chapel
Funeral services for Ralph Edward Fowler infant son of Mr and Mrs Gerald J Fowler of 1105 Franklin Street will be held at 1 30 PM Sunday at the O Keefe Towne chapel. Rev O M Yaggy will conduct with burial in Pairview Cemetery.
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Edward Fowler
Ralph Edward Fowler
Gerald J. Fowler
Franklin Street
O. M. Yaggy
O'Keefe & Towne
Pairview
Temperatures Forecast Fr iday and Saturday Details
Fr iday maximum temperatures are listed with unclear values while Friday night and Saturday readings are partially legible. The碎 forecast includes morning Saturday temperatures and a range near the mid 70s to low 80s with sparse notation throughout.
Billy Sunday and Ma Sunday Lead Milk Can Train Ride
Shenandoah Sept 15 Billy and Ma Sunday left town in two baggage cars on a milk can rail motor train to Red Oak then Chicago. No seats were available in the passenger section as the evangelist spoke on the coming political campaign.
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Shenandoah
Billy
Burlington
Red Oak
Chicago
Humboldt Sheriff hunts gunmen after ambush on road
In Humboldt county two men in a new Ford roadster fired on road patrolman Harry Mason near Cedar Falls at 11:30 AM. Mason wounded by buckshot, described car and suspects. James Risden of the state investigation bureau backs pursuit. Police cordon and vigilante guards mobilized as officers chase suspected shooters through Dike toward No. 20.
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Humboldt County
Harry Mason
Cedar Falls
Mason
F. W. Edwards
Humboldt
Tisden
James E. Risden
State Department of Investigation
Ons
Aa Risden
Wagner
No. 20
Black Hawk
Dike
Mastin
Waterloo
River Bridge
First Street
Maybee Faces District Court Trial For Murder
Des Moines report: Earl Maybee, deemed unable to tell right from wrong by three alionists named by the state, will stand trial in district court Monday for the murder of Court Kirby. Kirby was shot to death weeks ago. the pair were partners in a tricking business. motive cited as fear of being robbed.
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Des Moines
U.R
Earl Maybee
Maybee
Court Kirby
Kirby
Episcopal Laymen Go To Ames Parley
Episcopal laymen Don M Gary and Paul Brumburg travel to Ames Indiana for the annual state conference of Episcopal laymen. Clergy Rev Ernest B Mounsey and Rev J G Creed will attend a clergy conference in Ames Monday and Tuesday. Mes Moines reports Assistant Secretary of State W L Huebner to represent Town at the National Association of State Secretaries conference at the state game lodge near Rapid City SD September 22.
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Don M. Gary
Franklinstreet
Paul Brumburg
Town State Teachers College
Christ Episcopal Church
Ames
Episcopal
Ernest B. Mounsey
Christ Church
J. G. Creed
St. Mark's Church
Mes Moines
U.P
W. L Huebner
National Association of State Secretaries
Rapid City
White House
Bank Robbers Escape from Des Moines Bank Heist
Des Moines authorities hunted yesterday’s bank bandits who robbed the University State Bank. The suspects, about 16, fled the city and were believed to have escaped with a total loot of 0,713.75 dollars according to basic totals.
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Des Moines
INS
Eday
University State Bank
New Minister at Church of Christ Tomorrow Morning
Rev. Lew C. Harris will occupy the pulpit at Central Christian church for the first time at morning worship tomorrow. A veteran pastor with college-town work, he is a Drake University graduate and has led churches in Blue Hill Malvern Logan Onawa Ames Boulder Albia Knoxville and other Iowa communities. His wife Mrs Harris will move here next week as their daughter begins teaching in Knoxville.
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Lew C. Haris
Central Christian Church
Mr. Harris
University of Colorado
Boulder
Iowa
Ad Albia
Mroke University
Knoxville
Knoxville High School
Harris
First frost date forecast and historic records
A 20 year average places the first frost around September 20 based on Ralph B. Suppy’s data. Historical notes show frost occurrences ranging from August 20 to September 30 in past decades with dates listed 1909 through 1927.
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Ralph B. Suppy
Coolidges to Visit Vermont Home in Plymouth
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge will depart Washington to visit Mrs Lemira Goodhue in Northampton Massachusetts then travel to Plymouth Vermont Coolidges home before returning to the capital the following Sunday Their trip marks a brief New England tour with family ties highlighted by the White House announcement on Thursday
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Washington
New England
White House
Lemira Goodhue
Northampton
Mass
Plymsouth
Vermont
Tail of Rockford Storm Hits Chicago
Oliver Stevenson reports an unusually fierce late summer storm in Chicago linked to Rockford events. He and his wife witnessed wind and rain after traveling from Rockford and planned to continue to Oberlin Ohio with their daughter Jean for college, then to northern Minnesota on vacation.
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Oliver Stevenson
Fourth Street West
Chicago
Rockford
Two youths face long terms in reformatory
Bennie Sattta and Robert Williams, both 19, faced reformatory sentences of 16 and 35 years after guilty pleas. Sattta admitted breaking into a filling station while Williams confessed to passing worthless checks, netting nearly $1,900 to entertain girlfriends.
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Marshalltown
Bennie Sattia
Robert Williams
Sattta
Johnstown
Williams
Brinkman Boy Comes Home From Denver Hospital
Jack Brinkman fifteen year old son of Dr and Mrs J E Brinkman, 408 Vermont street, arrived home at 10 35 pm from a Denver hospital where he had pneumonia following mastoid operation. He traveled with his mother and Dr F W Powers, and stood the long trip well. His condition was described as favorable given the seriousness. Geraldine Brinkman will arrive tomorrow, and the family planned a westward vacation before illness interrupted it four months ago. He was treated at St Luke's hospital after being taken to Laramie and received artificial oxygen and pneumonia serum by air from Waterloo.
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Jack Brinkman
J. E. Brinkman
Vermont
Street
Denver
Coro
Chicago Great’ Western
F. W. Powers
Brinkman
Geraldine
Brinkmans
West
Jack
Laramie
Wye
St. Luke's Hospital
Waterloo
Murderer Hauke Chooses Between Hanging Or Electrocuting
Chicago, Sept. 15. William Hauke, 31, convicted of murder by a jury, faces death with a choice of hanging or electric chair. The victim, Mrs. Scheckley, was killed May 28, 1925, before a law change. Hauke rejected offers and seeks a new trial motion for Sept. 22.
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Chicago
INS
Wiliam Hauke
Hauke
George Lavin
Kidnapping Case Involving Chicago Boy Shocks City
Police hold two men in a kidnapping case tied to a ransom of sixty thousand dollars. Detected conspirators Mas troianni and Schiedo allegedly plotted to rescue the boy and threaten to sever his head. Authorities describe multiple walk pattern orders, with others named as accomplices and a past blackhand link surfaced.
Tenders 40 Cent Check Pocketed Change at Corey's Shop
A tall unidentified man paid with a 40 cent check at Corey's Chop House on Fifth Street West and received 39.60 in change before leaving. The check, drawn on H. A. Maine Co., was wrongful. police seek a about 24 year old man, six feet tall, wearing a peaked hat, following the incident shortly after 1 PM.
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Corey
Fifth Street West
H. A. Maine
Mail planes safe after storm report
Officials of Northwest Airways denied an erroneous report that an air mail and passenger plane was forced down by a late yesterday storm near Madison Wisconsin. The Minneapolis to Chicago and Chicago to Minneapolis flights landed on time after avoiding the storm area. In a separate note Earl Bray pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge H B Boies.
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Chicago
The
Northwest Airways
Madison
Wis
Minneapolis
Vice Versa
Earl Bray
H. B. Boies
Fire alarm notes chimney blaze at residence
Today at 1 20 p m a lampman at 208 Third Street reported smoke from a chimney at residence W P Lampman. Fire crews found a small fire in the chimney area causing minor property loss estimated at fifteen dollars. Residents advised to inspect chimneys and have flues cleaned regularly.
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W. P
Lampman
Newcomer Hannasch Takes Rise at WU T.K Store
Harry T. Hannasch, from Carroll Iowa, arrives to manage the WU T.K store. After 11 years at Kelley’s phone star in Carroll, he joins Waterlo’s bachelor newcomers and plans to bring his brother mother and sister later. Store personnel now include Hannasch Warren Gilbert Carl Bruggeman and Agnes Glene non with addresses listed.
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Harry T. Hannasch
Carroll
Raver
WU. T
Fourth Street
Agnes Glene Non
Randolph Street
Smith Drops All State Duties on Start of West Tour
Governor Gaylord Smith, concluding nearly a quarter century in New York politics, leaves Albany for a Westward presidential campaign tour. He will deliver six speeches across Omaha Oklahoma City Denver Helena St Paul and Milwaukee in two weeks, riding by special train with limited on train stops and no speeches from the train.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
New York
Gay
Smith
Uto
West
Almiral
Seth
James J. Riordan
William HH. Todd
Riordan
Todd
Alfred Smith
Crovermar Smith
Middle West
Far West
Rochester
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
Helena
St. Sai
Milwaukee
Smilin
Chicago
Widow Rose Metcalf Suffers Hip Fracture in Fall
Mrs Rose W Metcalf widow of A W Metcalf residing at 1320 Third Avenue West fractured her hip in a fall at her home shortly before noon today. She was taken to St Francis Hospital for treatment.
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Rose W. Metcalf
Myenne West
A. W. Metcalf
St. Francis Hospital
Brain Tests and Analogies from College Study Pages
A reader note describes an analogy based intelligence test used in universities. It explains the method with examples such as Rome to Italy and London to England and provides sample pairs and expected answers. The feature invites readers to study, answer, or refer to the page for solutions.
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Rome
Italy
London
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