Hylan Defeated by Walker in New York Mayor Fight
State Senator James Walker backed by Tammany Hall and Gov. Smith won a decisive Democratic primary mayoralty over Mayor Hylan. Waterman captured the Republican nomination, Lyons and Bennett were insurgents, and Hearst-backed prospects spurred talk of independent tickets. Police reported few arrests and Gov. Smith protested voter intimidation.
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James Walker
Tammany Hall
Smith
John F. Ivlan
W. R. Hearst
Nowinaiton
Pugpet
Tammany
Hylan
Frank
Waterman
Case
John J Lyons
William Bennett
The
New York Times Today
Sam
Los Angeles
Hearst
Priy Party
New York World
New York Evening Journal
William R. Hearst
Janesville Fire Destroys Building, Damages 5 000
Fire swept through a Janesville building damaging the structure and property totals surpassing five thousand dollars. Firemen from Cedar Falls aided by bucket brigades protected the A Y P cafe and Red Ball garage while Postmaster Ilone moved mail and supplies to safety.
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Page m
Red Ball
Cédar Falls
C. H. Dapke
A. Y. FP
Ulrich
Ilone
Jantaville
Milkwagon Drivers Stranglehold Milk Supply in Chicago
Chicago officials accuse milk wagon drivers of monopoly power hindering deliveries and pressuring unions. The Chicago Employers Association cites intimidation and violence to block nonunion deliveries, while union leaders defend the stance as mutual benefit. A grand jury may hear the case as evidence is compiled.
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Chicago
Chicago Employers’ Association
G. J
Hostetter
Employers Association
Hoyt
Combine
Strke
Janesville Fire Devours Row in Massive Blaze
Firefighters battled a severe blaze that intactly consumed a row of wooden buildings in Janesville. The Waterloo pumper aided Lieut Powers and team with 700 feet of hose and 44 gallons of chemicals as flames overwhelmed the village. Citizens mood soured by loss and lack of rebuilding.
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Waterloo
Thomas Powers
Pi. Melniee
Earl Minkel
Clint Lindsey
J. W. Smeltzer
Janesville
Waterloo Doctor Named Defendant in $30,000 Suit
Nellie W Thomas of Oelwein sues Dr. Dell Ward of Oelwein and Dr. J. K. O’Keefe of Waterloo in Black Hawk county district court for $30,000 alleging malpractice in treating a broken leg after a June 29 accident. The petition claims negligent operation at a Waterloo hospital severed muscles and left her unable to move her legs. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Lehmann Seebers & Hurlburt.
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Nellie W Thomas
Oelwein
Black Hawk County
Dell Ward
J. K. O'Keefe
Waterloo
Mlaintiff
Lehmann, Seebers & Hurlburt
School Banking to Resume Tuesday Unless Board Vetoes
Schools in the west will restart the school bank program next Tuesday unless the board blocks the plan. Children will save weekly via deposits collected by principals and by Eugene Bayatt at West High, with funds entrusted to a local bank.
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West
West High School
Eugene Bayatt
Pageant on early county days staged at Vinton fairgrounds
The county history pageant presented at the Vinton fair grounds last night was repeated tonight. About 300 people participated in the production sponsored by the American Legion.
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Vinton
Fair Grounds
Leelon
Marsh Edwin L dies. rites set in Oak Park area
Funeral services for Edwin L. Marsh who died Monday night at his Oak Park home from ulcers of the stomach will be held at 9:30 p.m. Thursday at his sister Mrs R R Core’s residence with Rev. R Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Elannwood. Marsh, a World War I aviator, lived in Waterloo earlier and worked in the county treasurer’s office. Survived by his sister and three brothers.
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Edwly L. Marsh
Edwin L. Marsh
Oak Park
R. Core
Te Mullan Avenue
Rev
R. Williamson
First Bay Tist Church
Elannaood
Plainfield
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
United States
Marsh
Army
Treasuers
Black Hawk County
Taxi Mechanic Victor Bernstein Improves After Burn Injury
Victor Bernstein, a Yellow Cab taxi mechanic, suffered severe burns to his right foot when a pan of gasoline tipped and ignited in the company garage. He is at Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to be discharged in a few days after steady improvement.
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Victor Bernstein
Presbyterian Hospital
Chief Leighton Attends Osage Family Reunion
Police Chief EB A Leighton and his father Byron Leighton travel to Osage for a family reunion after a dinner. They plan to attend the Mitchell county fair in Osage afterward. Waterloo’s chief of police hails from that city, linking regional ties. Launch Sports Weekly notes Articles of incorporation grant for the Iowa High School Athlete weekly paper in Des Moines.
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Byron Leighton
Osage
Leighton Kin
Mitchell County Fair
Waterloo
Des Moines
INS
Ramsay Today
Iowa High School
Christy’' McCormick
Drake University
Farmers Union Convention Urges New Banking Plan
Des Moines reports the Farmers Union convention endorses a financing system not controlled by bankers, supports county paid managers to promote union activities, and backs a child labor amendment with age limits while opposing paved road plans. Leaders voice emphasis on cooperative marketing and farmer price protection through strategic holdbacks until price levels satisfy producers.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Farmers’ Union Activ
Farmers’ Union
Chambers of ‘Commerce
Wil
Io Esfie
Werhind Co-Operative
Posse hunts liquor runners after deputy shot near Logan
A 1,000 member posse scoured the Missouri river hills between Council Bluffs and Logan seeking three whiskey runners. Deputy Sheriff O L Case of Marrison County was fatally wounded. Earl Bell of Omaha was captured after confessing and naming associates. Case's condition remained critical.
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UPI
Missouri River
Here
Logan, Jr
O. L. Case
Marrison County
Earl Bell
Omaha
Case
71 Per Cent Corn Safe from Frost in Iowa
Des Moines reports that 71 percent of Iowa corn is safe from frost according to the weather and crop bureau. Regional data show safe-stage corn ranging 30 to 90 percent with progress hindered by limited sunshine and cooler temps. Shallow improvements in pastures and hay, and plans for winter wheat seeding are noted amid ongoing frost and drought impacts.
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Des Moines
Weather and Crop Bureau
Coern
Drouth
Steat
Jones Named Head of Horseshoe Club at Meeting Tuesday
Albert Jones was elected president of the Waterloo Horseshoe club at a Tuesday meeting with 20 local enthusiasts and Cedar Falls representatives in the Greater Waterloo association rooms. Gilbert McGinley is vice president and A J Holden secretary treasurer. Victor Reed named playground director. Plans call for outreach to other cities for tournaments and a constitution with bylaws to be drafted at Thursday’s gathering.
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Albert Jones
Waterloo
Sheth Rock
West Union
Nashvill
Greene
Charles City
Eldora
Nampton
Clarksville
Cedar Rapids
la Parte City
Readirn
Cedar Falls
Club
W. W. Coombs
Edward Shirt
S. S. Palmer
Banker Seymour Cron Dies After Fall From Horse
Seymour L. Cron former president of the New York Stock Exchange and noted banker died at his Bernardsville New Jersey home from injuries after a fall from a horse more than a week earlier. Cron was a prominent figure in finance and brokerage.
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New York
Seymour L. Cron
New York Stock Exchange
Bernardsville, N. J
West High Seniors Win Spectator Contest
The senior class at Wrest High School won the annual Spectator contest. The win was announced at an assembly this afternoon. The class plans a public play probably in November to mark the victory. Miss Evelyn Wilee performed two piano solos.
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Wrest High School
Evelyn Wilee
Gates Students Picnic at Sherwood Campus
Students and faculty of Gates business college closed work at 1 p.m. and headed to the Sherwood park campus for the annual picnic. A program of races was run during the afternoon and supper was served around 5 p.m.
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Gates Business College
Gates
Sherwood Park
Mt Vernon Cemetery Association Meeting Notice
Mt Vernon Cemetery Association will meet Thursday evening at the OV. Denue Mt Vernon. Election of officers and a potluck supper will follow. Rigorous details limited due to damaged text.
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MT. Vernon Cemetery Association
Pioneer Communy 9 Association
Itraakart
Denee
Mt. Vernon
Othe Cernow
Friend of Coolidge Favors Easier Dry Law If Effective
Springfield, Sept 14 AP Bowles a friend of Coolidge favors dilution of the Volstead act if enforcement and temperance gains would follow He won a Republican congress nomination in the president’s home district Bowles a wealthy restaurant owner defeated Northampton mayor Feiker in the contest
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of Coolidge
Springfield
Mass
Henry L. Bowles
Collidge
Congress
Bowles
Chaly Restaurants
White Court
William H. Feiker
Northampton
Filming of Home Talent Photoplay Starts Thursday
Cameraman Novatny announced the first scene of the Courier-Strand photo play to be shot around noon Thursday at Sycamore and Fourth streets. A flood of new applications delayed final principal selections while a brief qualification check was conducted. Title suggestions poured in to M. Ames at the Strand theatre. the winning title winner earns a season ticket. The contest closes at 9 oclock tonight.
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Novatny
Courier-Strand
Whdto
Sycamore
Fourth Streets
East
M. ©. Ames
Strand Theatre
Oelock
Indicted for first degree murder in Iowa shooting
Mildred Ballee, 29, described as a negress, was indicted by the Linn county grand jury for the August 28 fatal shooting of her husband in their home in Gedar Rapids. She claims self defense and authorities say the county will seek the death penalty.
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Gedar Rapids
Mildred Ballee
Black Belt
Linn County
Iby
Elks Have Charge Of Shepherd Funeral
All Bartles Shepherd Oil branches will close today from 4 to 5 p.m. central time for the funeral of M. R. Shepherd, president of the company, at Santa Monica California. The Elks lodge will conduct rites at 2 p.m. Pacific time. Mr Shepherd died Saturday at Gallup after an automobile accident while en route to California from Waterloo.
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Bartles-Shepherd
Oi Company
M. R. Shepherd
Santa Monica
Cal
Elks Lodge
Pacific
Shepherd
Gallup
Corn Near Frost Safe in Northwestern State
Sioux City reports that 75 percent of the corn crop in the Northwestern part of the state is mature enough to survive killing frosts, per government meteorologist S. K. Greening. Nashua Pioneer Dead: Silas Wait, Civil War veteran and pioneer settler, dies at 76. burial planned in Greenwood Cemetery, Sioux Falls, with widow, daughter, and son Ralph surviving.
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Sioux City
S. K. Greening
Nashua
Silas Wait
Sundey
Richard Butler
Sioux Falls
S. D
Greenwood Cemetery
Ralph
Wait
Des Moines bank robbery convict jailed. trial next Monday
Bruce Casady of Kansas City pleaded guilty to participating in the Cottage Grove State Bank robbery and received an indeterminate sentence at Fort Madison. Trials of three co-defendants begin next Monday as investigations continue.
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Des Moines
Bruce Casady
Kansas City
Cottage Grove State Bank
Fort Madison
Prohibition
G. A. Brunson
Lowa Prohibition
W. F. Coles
Paul Dewitt
Henry County
Farmers & Merchants
State Bank of Mount Pleasant
Melixibhon
Order of Fastern Star
British Government Held Rich Prince in Insane Asylum
Prince Ahmed Seif EL Dine of Egypt, who escaped an Hastings asylum, rested with a relative near the Sea of Marmora awaiting Turkish alienist examination. If declared sane, he would claim a fortune over 3,000,000 pounds held in trust. The Westminster Gazette calls for official inquiry into Britain's role in his 25-year confinement in England.
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Ahmed Seif EL Dine
Egypt
Hastings
Sea
Margiora
Constantinople
England
France
Trieste
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Fuad
Westminster’ Gazette
Wrasym
Eingland
Westminster Gazette
Shaw's Offer for Voss Interests Seen Below Value
Objections to Leslie M. Shaw offer of 335000 for Charles H. Voss interests in the defunct Denison bank claim the stake is worth 395000. Hearings set in Denison September 23 before Paul Richards of Red Oak serving as bankruptcy referee, with Jacob Johnson acting as trustee for creditors.
Metzger Cuts Off End Of Finger At Local Store
A boy named Metzger of 1104 Fifth Street West cut off the end of the ring finger of his right hand while using a meat cutting machine at the Piggly-Wiggly store on 607 Commercial Street shortly before noon. He had asked permission to cut his own meat.
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Metzger
Fifth Street
Commercial Street
Forum Drug
Errant Classified Ad Leads to Unexpected Job Offer
A reader misreads a Waterloo Courier classifieds page and answers a bogus ad seeking skilled labor. The applicant, unaware of the trap, secures work briefly before being fired for unspecified reasons, prompting reflection on scams and misprints in misread want ads.
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Waterloopening Courier
Public Wedding Set By Dairy Cattle Congress
A. W. Brown, president of the Dairy Cattle Congress, announced a public wedding to open the patn fall show on Monday September. The couple’s identity to remain secret. last year three couples sought the privilege. The board decided another public wedding will occur with criteria: white residents of Black Trank county and good reputation. The congress will fund a cash gold gift and merchants will offer numerous presents. Applications to be invited in a few days.
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A. W. Brown
Dairy Cattle Congress
Patn
Dairy Cattle
Congress
Deputy Sheriffs Seize 25 Gallons Wine at Roth Farm
County Attorney W. A. Cook had the confiscated homemade grape and elderberry wine analyzed after deputies seized about 25 gallons from the Charles Roth farm five miles east of Raymond Tuesday afternoon.
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Charles Roth
Raymond
W. A. Cook
Farm raid finds no whiskey evidence on Roth farm
Deputies investigated a Roth farm on a complaint about wine making and found no mash or evidence of corn whiskey production. Farmers await outcome as wine making rumors spread but no intoxicating substances were located.
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Ithe Roth
Colonel Inspecting Guard Company Demonstrates Proficiency
Col Neely reviews the One Hundred Thirty third Iowa national guard at the armory. Co D shows drilling and handling of machine guns before Col Neely Iu S army senior instructor. Capt Plack praises work and plans further inspections of Co B and Cedar Falls unit this week.
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Co. D. One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry
Towa National Guards
W. S. Nesly
Iu. S
Army
Fred Plack
Brill
Neely
Clyde W. Davis
Cedar Falls
One Hundred and Thirtythird
Navy Opens Recruiting for All Branches on Sept 18
All branches of the Navy will be open for enlistment on Friday September 18 according to El F Hatton head of the local navy recruiting station located on the second floor of the post office.
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Navy
el. F. Hatton
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