Influenza Epidemic Strains Porto Rico as Red Cross Braces
San Juan Porto Rico Sept 24 health authorities and the Red Cross report an influenza epidemic with 15 000 cases and rising hospital strains. Additional measles and other illnesses follow a tropical hurricane as rainstorms worsen misery. Red Cross prepares inland nurse deployments and relief ships head to Ponce and Mayaguez with Dominican aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Red Cross
Pneumnonia
T Here
Rainstoris
New York
Henry M. Baker
The
Baker
Ponce
Mayaguez
Dominican Republic
Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Republicans Use War Tactics to Fracture Solid South
The piece analyzes Republican strategy to breach the Solid South by diverting Democratic energy. It details internal disputes between Moses and Work, mudslinging across campaigns, and planned Democratic offensives targeting Hoover, with emphasis on corruption, prohibition enforcement, and farm policy to sway voters nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Work
Moses
Smith
Hoover
Gov. Smith
Robinson
Smith High Command
Washington
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Stoover
Farmer
Bombers Demand Five Thousand From Father of Billy Ranieri
Police describe a gang led by the elusive figure Big Leo Trumifloff and Big Jack as responsible for payroll thefts. Charles Stanley, 26, identified as the most talkative member, is tied to staging Younglove and implicated in the Herald and Examiner robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Herald and Examiner
Chicago Tribune
Leo ”Trumifloff
Big Jack
Charles Stanley
Stanley
Younglove
Tribune
Stege
120 Perish as Fire Destroys Novedades Theatre
The Madrid theatre Novedades burned during a Sunday performance killing about 120 people and injuring more than 350 as crowd exits overflowed. Fire started by sparks from scenery as spectators fled through blocked aisles and three main exits.
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Madrid
Novedades
Chambery
Hard Boys Back of Icehouse Take Truck Driver's $15
Roy Miller, a truck driver staying at the Savoy, told police at 2:20 a m Sunday that two men lured him after a pool game to the Thringis Central icehouse. A third man assaulted him while others fled. The assailants took $15 from his sock.
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Icehouse
Roy Miller
Savoy Hotel
Hopkins
Miller
Thringis Central
Les
Rotarians Host Mock Democratic National Convention
Rotary club members gathered at Hotel Burtell Lamson for a neon luncheon mock Democratic national convention. Wirt doxie presided, Carleton Sins spoke, Dr J Brickman gave remarks, Workbey seconded a spec ial and BLOF Swistier vo the netification. Frank Filer Jr answered as Al Smith delivering the keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Chit
Burtell-Lamson
Wirt Doxie
Carleton Sins
J. Brickman
Frank Filer, Jr
al Smith
Waterloo men face liquor charges in Cedar Falls court
Cedar Falls Sept 24 Spector Alfred Bieges and Cletus Unerr both of Waterloo were to have a hearing this afternoon in Justice W. W. Whitford's court on charges of illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Paris
Spector
Alfred Bieges
Cletus Unerr
Waterloo
W. WW. Whitford
Weather Outlook Appears Odd in Scrambled Report
Fragmentary OCR text hints at temperatures for Saturday and Sunday with maximums and minimums, plus unclear references to Monday night and related terms. No coherent location or dates are readable, leaving a partial forecast guessing at best.
Ambassador Morrow Escapes Battleline in Mexico Ride
Ambassador Dwight Morrow and Mrs. Morrow narrowly escaped injury when their car rode between federal troops and bandits on the Cuernavaca road. Eyewitness accounts say gunfire and bullets prompted their cautious retreat to the roadside before resuming toward Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Cuernavea Road
Mexico City
Dwight Morrow
Jones
Waltzilnc
Ambassador
Tad
Morrows
Iluttzilac
Coontz Boy Regains Consciousness After Injury
Five year old Billy Coontz, son of Mr and Mrs M F Coontz of 704 Kimball Avenue, awoke in Presbyterian Hospital five days after a skull fracture from an automobile collision. He recognized family members as doctors said his condition improved and he has a fair chance for recovery now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Coontz
M. F. Coontz
Kimball Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Billy
Youth Appeal Urged to Restore Church Power
Curtis W Reest president of Lombard College urged the church to stronger appeal to youth to regain past influence at the opening university service. The Town City church meeting discussed youth outreach as a key goal during the new service year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
U.P
Curtis W Reest
Lombard College
Galesburg
University of Town
Alekhine to Meet Bogoljubow Next Year in Paris
Paris reports that world chess champion Alexander Alekhine will play a championship series with Emil Bogoljubow of Germany in Paris next year. The notice notes the plan was reported in the city today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alexander Alekhine
Jose Capablanca
E. D. Bogaljubow
Germany
Mortuary Notices for Henry J. Hock and Others
The body of Henry J. Hock, 68, of 132 Summer Street, died Saturday at 7 p m in university hospital ILM Tawa City. Funeral arrangements list arrival in Waterloo and services at Kistner's mortuary, with Carmily family attendance noted. Also mention Mrs Blinina Turner death at 1 40 a m Sunday, with survivors in Washington state and Woodens Minn. Albert J. Hallowe funeral at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church with burial at Polview. viewing at O Keefe Towne mutt.
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Henry
Henry J. Hock
Summer Street
University Hos Ilm
Tawa City
Waterloo
Tate
Kistner
He Carmily
Mc Mart
Waerloo Motor Sales Company
Lae Geerland-Wattos Company
Bt. Dobi
The
Colored Masons Order
O'Kuefers
Blinina ‘Turner
Stermantfull
Reed Street
Une
Pennsylvaania
Oasons
Washington State
Woodens
Minn
Albert B. Hallowele
Albert J. Hallowe
Tursiday
Stocly Street
Roy Lesiie Smith
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
William Coulston
Newtor
Polrview
O'Keefe & ‘Towne Mutt
Wary Mill
Jews Bow Heads In Prayer On Yom Kippur
New York on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur observed as Jews worldwide fast and pray from sundown to dusk. Cantors sang Kol Nidre and rabbis preached as sections with large Jewish populations were quiet.
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New York
Japanese Slayer of Honolulu Boy to Plead Guilty
Miles Yutaka Fukunaga, 19, confessed kidnapping and murdering 16 year old Gil Jamieson in Honolulu. He planned to plead guilty to murder and await possible death penalty, saying he wanted money to send his parents home to Japan. A grand jury was to decide on an indictment as vigilante fever cooled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Miles Yutaka Pukunaga
Searad Gil Jamieson
Fukunaga
Frederick W. Jamieson
Fuckuniga
Leopold and Loeb
Chicago
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Jatmieson
Los Angles
Fukanaga
Bruce Recants on Drinking Charges
Bruce recants charges that Herbert Hoover drinks and is a hypocrite over prohibition. He says he based the claim on a newspaper story citing Clarence Darrow. Darrow denied it, but Bruce had not heard the denial. The note adds Pittburgh destination and Cedar Falls pastorate news and a separate accident fatality in Molfine UK.
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Baltimore
William ‘Cabe
Bruce
Herbert Hoover
Clarence Darrow
Hoover
Darrow
Brice
Memorial death and college opening report
An elderly man named Egnae Leber died in Cedar Rapids after being struck by a car on his Guthifield birthday. The incident occurred Sunday, leading to his death at a local hospital. Also reported is the opening of a new building at Iowa State College to be used by students this Sacully Sunday.
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Sioux City
Leo Desmond
Desmond
Leo Carr
Agto
Cedar Rapids
Ps“Gtruck
Egnae Leber
Open Memorial Union
Ws. Fa
Minhmlad
Iowa State College
Brain Tests for NLOY Reening Fest Two
Abbreviated intelligence exercises circulated by major universities ask readers to classify paired words as similar or opposite. The list includes HOT vs COLD and SWIFT vs RAPID with examples and a two minute time limit for responses.
Rev Marion Flint resigns to take Bethesda Tacoma call
Reverend Marion Flint pastor of Burton Avenue Baptist Church since 1927 announced his resignation to his congregation to accept a larger opportunity at Bethesda Baptist Church in Tacoma Washington. He led growth at Burton Avenue, oversaw remodeling costing 1000 dollars, planned a Sunday school annex, and directed a busy vacation Bible school with over 200 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Flint
Burton Avenue, Baptist Church
Bethesda Baptist
Tacoma
Wash
Burton Avenue
Mr. Funt
Washington
Bethesda Churchy
Mr. Flint
Colorado
First Baptist Church
Prospect
Cedar Valley Association
Flint
Plint
Coolidge’s Favorite Dog Rob Roy Dies in Washington
President Coolidge’s handsome white collie Rob Roy died at Walter Reed General Army Hospital from stomach illness. Rob Roy, one of six pups kept at the executive mansion, was the only dog allowed to roam freely in and out of the president’s office during working hours.
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Washington, D. C
Rob Roy
President Coolidge
Walter Reed General Army Hospital
Executive Mansion
Fifteen Additional Trial Jurors Drawn
Fifteen additional trial jurors for Black Hawk county district court were drawn Friday afternoon by J. W. Thompson, clerk. Names include Arthur J. Baat W. D. Sterger C. H. Pedersen WM. O’llare He Pp Siehtesh ya Knapp Herman VW. Reel J. Owens BT Lang Frard Stelmel M. Riam Hobart Ro Francis Tf. W ait Drysn KK Morgan Fess L Crarm ey.
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Black Hawk County District
Cleaners and Dyers Plan Short Course at ISU
Preliminary plans for a winter short course at Iowa State College were announced by the Iowa Cleaners and Dyers association at a meeting of the school committee in Ames. Attendees included A ed Marshall Mason City chair man George Cord Hampton Pved Somerfield Dubuque Chet Stevens Independence G Club Des i Palos and W P Sfigelns Water-1. Wiegman released. Roger Wiegman Wompoldt charged with assault with intent to murder was released on a 5000 appearance bond. The case involves driving from a running board and a buckshot firing incident near Harry Mason county real patrolman. Fish to address Kiwanis on outdoor advertising. luncheon in Hotel Russell-Lamson with Jack Balin to sing at the Riviera.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Cleaners and Dyers Association
Association
Hotel Shuesell- Lamson
A. Ed. Marshall
Mason City
George Cord
Hampton
Pved Somerfield
Dubuque
Chet Stevens
Independence
G. . Club
Desi Palos
W. P. Sfigelns
Water- 1
Wiegman
Roger Wilegman
Wompoldt
Muurder
Wierman
Ihr
Harry Mason
County Reel
Patrolonan
Ammress Kiwanis
Frank £. Fish
Fish Sign
Russell-Lamson
Jack Baln
Personsity Mat
The
Riviera
Baseball Results From Local League Game
A fragmented report lists players such as Kolp Plelnicht Heaton and Itogan with teams including Pittsburgh. Names like Tratteries Dayenon Hemsley Cantwell Delapey and Taylor appear in the shuffled text, though the full details and outcomes are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gincinnath
Kolp
Plelnicht Heaton
Itogan
Pitsburgh
Toston
Tratteries
Fill
Dayenon
Hemsley
Cantwell
Delapey
Taylor
Four Radio Networks Tonight Feature Presidential Speakers
Gov Alfred E Smith speaks from Helena Montana over Columbia and Northwest networks from 10 to 11 p m. Elmer Sedgwick editor of the Atlantic speaks in New York at 9 to 9 30 p m over Columbia chain with Owen Johnson introducing. Sen Simeon D Fess and Sen William Borah also appear in separate nationwide NBC hookups at 7 to 7 30 p m and 9 30 p m respectively, with Borah replying to Smith.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Helena
Mont
Colimbia
KOIL
Cornell Bluffs
KMA
Shenandoah
Des Moines
Eljery Sedgwick
The
Atlantic
Owen
Livingston Wins Derby Amid Fog and Flight Feats
John Livingston, president of Mid West Airways, wins the New York to Los Angeles air derby Class B, earning 12900 dollars as fog hampered others. He narrates the perilous Pennsylvania crossing, credits city smoke with guiding him to McKeesport, and performs daring stunts at Waterloo airport in his Wright Whirlwind powered Waco biplane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John Livingston
New York
Los Angeles
Livingston
Mid- West Airways, Inc
Waterloo
Roosevelt Field
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
At & O
Curtiss
Rice Reeeport
Yountain Peak
Lilvingston
Waterloo Airpart
Wright Motor
Aid for Transients Topic for Council Discussion
The Black Hawk Council of Social Agencies resumed the aid to transients discussion after a month. Sheriff H. T. Wagner chaired the committee which has no firm procedure and will continue deliberations. Visitors Miss Alice Reynalds of Madison Wisconsin and Mrs Wim Brooks parole agent attended.
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H. T. Wagner
Pian
Black Hawk Council of Social Agencies
Teaveain
Alice Reynalds
Madison
Wis
National Board of the
W. CG. A
Wim, Brooks
State Board
Yinitora
Hoover to Speak on Water Power Topic in October
Washington dispatch reports Herbert Hoover will address the public in October on government regulation of water power and public utilities. He plans a constructive campaign with no personal attacks and will present his views fully before the end of the race. Hoover's aides accuse Governor Smith of distorting statements about power development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
INS
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Smith
Denver
General Electric Company
General Motors Company
Montant Power Company
Power Trust
Hubert Wark
Wark
Br. Hoover
Work
Mr. Hoover
Boulder Dam
Elizabethton
Tenn
Special Agent on Trial for Slaying in Nebraska
Special Agent Gordon Barth of the Burlington railroad faced manslaughter charges in Wahoo Nebraska after Gordon Grigor, a Cleveland leading citizen and former Union Savings & Loan head, was pushed from a freight train and run over. The jury found Barth responsible for Grigor’s death.
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Wahoo
Neb
U.R
Gonrad Barth
Burlington Railroad
Barth
Gordon Grigor
Grigor
Cleveland, C
Union Savings & Loan Go
Woman Dies In Marshalltown Car Crash
Mrs. W. M. Pyle died from internal injuries after a car crash near Liscomb six miles south of Marshalltown. Her husband and Miss Dora Copenhaver were passengers with Pyle, Copenhaver suffered minor injuries.
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Marshalltown
W. M. Pyle
Dora Copenhower
Liscomb
Here
Pyle
Copenhaver
Contract 10 Set For Gloge House At Deere Plant
H A Maine company wins contract to add a one story brick building 30 by 39 feet at the John Deere Tractor plant on Miles street forming part of the employees entrance. The $5 000 addition will be used for quick check in and out and will include a time card system for the cash factory workers. Building permits also list various dwellings garages and furnaces issued today by Commissioner D B Tornjes with amounts and addresses for each project.
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H. A. Maine Company
John Deere ‘Tractor Company
Miles Street
D. B. Tornjes
Tornjes
Thomas Royer
Hammond
P. Callies
Williston
A. Walter Conry
Hudson
Main
Cornwall
G. A. Kirchner
Randolph
Social Welfare League
Pranksly
M. OL. Errichson
Legan
B. E. Schenk
Irving
G. A. Wetzel
Riehl
Thomas Caughlin
Riverview
Frank Wummel
Ninth West
George Fink
Linden
T. C. Marygan
Cottage
Minister Denounces Political Pressure on Clergy in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Sepik, supporters of Gov Al Smith were excused from services as Rev L A Lipplite preached against alleged coercion of ministers by politicians. Lipplite warned ministers face a challenge from disguising political influence and urged integrity in the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
INS
Gov. Al.Smith
Congregational Church
L. A
Lipplite
Lippitt
Quten
Christ
Iowa Aviator Killed in Montana Dedication Crash
Miles City Montana September 24 two pilots John Nockels 23 Hillings formerly of Sarrel and Robert Moore Wolf joint died when their Monocoupe plane crashed during the dedication of the local airport Nockels was struck by the aircraft debris in the wreckage personality details and exact circumstances are sketchy from the sparse OCR report
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Miles City
Mont
John Nockels
Hillings
Sarrel, Jr
Robert Moore
Wolfjoint
Ccal
Nockels
Smith Plans Montana Oil Lease Talk On Campaign Swing
Governor Smith arrives in Helena to open a western tour with a strong attack on oil scandals and party responsibility. Senator Walsh and Senator Wheeler will attend as supporters while crowds gather for the Shrine temple address and fair visit. A fiery cross is later reported in Billings after his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Presh
Smith
Helena
Mont
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Capitol
Mountain
Shrine Temple
Casper
Wyo
Thomas J. Walsh
Gil Investigations
Washington
Burton Sc. Wheeler
Harry “M. Daugherty
Smith Party
Teant Dome
Herbert Hoover
Luncheon Honors Mrs. W. R. Prowell Visit
Mrs. Blanche Browers hosted a luncheon at Black's in Wenatchee to honor Mrs. W. R. Prowell of Wenatchee Washington. It marks her first Waterloo visit since leaving twenty years ago. Her maiden name was Maude Bucklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Browers
Black's
Bursom
W. R. Prowell
Wenatchee
Wash
Faint Fatality in Divenport Home Accident
Mrs E P Skelly was found suffocated after fainting and overturning a caster pot that extinguished a gas stove flame. Coroner ruled death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divenport
E. P. Skelly
Fire reports cite small damages and no injuries
Fire logs list two Saturday and Sunday incidents at residence addresses on Conger Jefferson and Englewood. Causes include hot air register defective chimney and sparks on the roof with minimal damage estimated at 25 dollars. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Billings
C. T. la Barre
Jefferson
D. J. Meyers
Englewood
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Billy” Ranieri
London
Evening News
Novedades Theatre
Rotarians
Cedar Falls
Coun
Mexico
Battleline
Coontz
Regus
Iays Church
Bogoliubow
N. W. Reppe
F. W. Daniels
Reepe
GREP
Chamber of Commerce
Elmer B. Corwin
New Hartford
Hatua McGraddey
St. Elmixa Tornet
Cedar Fails
Joha Magee
Magee
Waterloo M. E
F. L. Snider
Trinity M. E
Kansas City
Molfine
Oscar E. Carlson
Keneth Rosenberg
Answers
UN Society
PAGR
Western Church
Burton Avenue Baptist Church
Coolidge
GLOGE
Deere Plant
Iowa
Towight
Helena, Mont
Billings
Ring Rock
Eovery
Wenatocnee Wowian Gred
Towa Grocers
Town Retail Grocers and General Merchants‘ Association
Waukegan
Tinois
Towa
Medter
Hernan
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