Hoover condemns religious attack and forgery letter
Washington, Sept 29 Herbert Hoover denounced a so called letter from Mrs Wille Caldwell headquarters that urged American women to save the nation from being Romanized He called the anti religious missive a violation of Republican principles and affirmed his stance for religious tolerance in speech and action The Washington Post traced the letter to Mrs Clara Lyon in Virginia Highlands and Virginia Republican secretary by rubber stamp signature with secretary drafting the message
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Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
Wille W. Caldwell
Republican National
Republican Party
Washington Post
Clara Lyon
Virginia Highlands
Caldwell
Post
Roanoke
Iit
the Post
Kings and Queens of Dairydom Gather for Show Next Week
Northeastern Iowa exhibitors prepare for a big agricultural exposition with women from 12 counties entering home project contests and 27.4 girls’ club teams in dairy demonstrations. The baby health contest drew 160 entrants with 32 examined daily through Saturday. Education partners include midwest colleges and the Canadian government, whose exhibit is the largest ever here. Music by the Third District American Legion band and East and West High School groups will accompany a revived Hippodrome program with the Mangean troupe and other acts. More than 100 cars will appear in a refreshed motor show as cattle, horses, and poultry judging continues through the week.
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Iowa
Commonwealth
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Independence
Middlewest
United States Department of Agriculture
American Legion
Clare Chenette
Ackley
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Geneva
Middle West
Mangean
Merkel
Evans
Perez
Wil
Congress
Electric’ Park
Boy 17 to Occupy Pulpit in Cherokee Methodist Church
In Cherokee Iowa on September 29 a 17 year old, David Giorge Davies of Ida Grove, a minister's son and freshman at Morningside College, was admitted on trial as a preacher in the Northwest Town conference. The exposition week includes a mid way grounds, parking, schools dismissed at noon for youth pilgrims, free admission to grounds and hippodrome, and a busy banquet schedule for dairy, cattle, and youth groups with an official Dairy Cattle Congress office in the exhibit hall.
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Cherokee
INS
David Giorge
Davies
Ida Grove
Methodist Church
Northwest Town Conference
Morningside College
Sioux City
Waterloo
Eek
Dairy Club
Dairy Catoe Congress Office
Milwaukee Will Hear Al's Plan to Change Dry Law
Gov. Smith and aides spent two Milwaukee nights gathering first hand data on prospects in Wisconsin for November. The campaign banks on Lafollette followers and progressive Republicans Blaine and Lafollette Jr. to carry the state, while German and Scandinavian voters in Milwaukee may offset Republican gains elsewhere. Callahan assures Smith the race is in the bag, but others expect a stiff contest.
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Omaha
Wisconsin
Lafollette
Smith
Bob" Lafollette
Senate
Blaine
Hoover
Milwaukee
John Callahan
Gov. Smith
St. Paul
Steel Girder Tumbles At John Deere Plant
A massive steel girder being placed at John Deere's new power house fell when the crane collapsed. No injuries were reported. Building work is by H A Maine company. Also notes building permits and a bankruptcy sale of Daylight Shoe fixtures for 5865 to George Keitmann in Davenport.
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John Deere
John Deere Company
H A. Maine Company
Storm Fixtures
Davenport
Daylight Shoe Company
Muscatine
Walter A. Newport
George Keitmann
Brain Tests in New York Evening Post Series
Read the intelligence quiz sample from a New York Evening Post feature. It asks to cross numbers 1 to 100 divisible by 7 or containing the digit 1 in the first or second position, within time, to measure elimination speed.
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Ecliher
Farm linked to mafia kidnap found near Bourbonnais
Chicago dispatch reports a two story frame house matching the kidnap victim Billy Ranieri description was found at Bourbonnais Illinois fifty miles south of Chicago. The occupants Italian Andrew Cappellano his wife and ten children fled toward Canada after being photographed by planes. The scene will be used as key evidence in pursuing the death penalty under Illinois law. Cappellano previously lived in Kankakee and was known as a moonshiner.
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Chicago
Billy Ranier
Bourbonnais
Andrew Cappellano
Canada
Cappellanos
Blate
Charles J. Mueller
Samuel A. Hoffman
Llttle Billy
Kankakee
Angelo Petiti
Illinois
Don Bleau
Kankskee County
Cappellano
Billy
A. Frank Ranieri
Ranier
Lockport
Frank Comerford
Petitti
Capellano
Score Hurt When Store Blows Up In Grand Mound Te
A gas explosion at an hardware store in Grand Mound Texas injured more than twenty people yesterday. Physicians from Dewill treated the hurt. Among the injured are Mary E Green Bernice Thomsen Amilet Fellner J A Gilles Mrs J A Gilles and two daughters Irene and Gladys Gilles. William De Lange Roy Linksen received head and face contusions and were sent home after first aid.
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Grand Mound
Dewill
Mary E. Green
Bernice Thomsen
Amilet Fellner
J. A. Gilles
Irene
Gladys Gilles
William de Lange
Roy Linksen
Three Persons Hurt In City Auto Collision
Towa City Sept 29 W R Joe Healy of Towa City is in Mercy hospital with a broken leg. James Lacina a farmer east of here and Mrs Elias Schrader of Towa City suffer bad cuts and bruises after a collision three miles west last night between Lacina’s and Schrader’s cars. The Lacina car swerved into the ditch. both cars heavily damaged.
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Towa City
W.R— Joe Healy
Mercy Hospital
James Lacina
Here
Elias Schrader
Lacina
Kas Schrader
Henry
Daylight Saving to End in East Tonight
Daylight saving time will end at 2 o clock tomorrow morning in the East. Clocks will be set back one hour to conform to standard time.
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New York
Drake University Coed Eva McKisick Is Iowa Personality Girl
Des Moines news reports Eva McKisick of Drake University won the Iowa personality girl title after singing the operatic aria Indian Love Call on a Des Moines radio program. The event crowned her as the station’s standout performer for the season.
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Des Moines
U.P
Drake University
Iowa
Eva McKisick
Janesville Girl Unconscious After Highway Accident
Cedar Falls dispatch reports Miss Alice Thompson unconscious several hours after a collision between her car and another near here Friday morning. She was taken home to Janesville last evening, with shock the only believed injury. Thompson, employed in Waterloo, was driving from Janesville to Waterloo when the accident occurred.
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Cedar Falls
Alice Thompson
Orn Howard
Janesyie
Miss Thompson
Waterloo
Janesville
Death notices for Mrs Elizabeth Ward and infant Leeper
A telegram reports the death Friday morning of Mrs Elizabeth Ward formerly of Waterloo and Cedar Falls in Washington DC. Survived by daughters Mrs Lillian Beem and Miss Florence Ward. Funeral Monday. Miss Ward linked to Iowa State Teachers College and now with the US Department of Agriculture. Also funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs L C Leeper at O Keefe Towne chapel with burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Elizabeth Wat
H. M. Reed
Elizabeth Ward
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Washington, D. C
Waterloo Man Near Death in Highway Crash
T F Brady manager of Swift Produce's Waterloo branch suffered concussion and paralysis after a mysterious highway crash between Waterloo and Plainfield. Rescued from a wrecked Hudson automobile by Red Ball bus passengers, Brady was rushed to Waverly hospital in critical condition.
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T. F. Brady
Swift Produce Company
Waterloo
Here
Plainfield
Brady
Waverly Hospital
Coolidge Campaign Schedule Expands to Three Saturdays
President Coolidge plans three major speeches on successive Saturdays, extending into New York City and Boston, withElizabethton, Tennessee, next. The tight schedule requires faster prep and less time for conferences, as he refines speeches after long campaign days. Hoover denies religious factors in campaign and repudiates a circular urging anti Catholic sentiment.
Cattle Congress Bargain Tickets Still On Sale Today
Bargain tickets for the Dairy Cattle Congress opening day remain on sale today through local merchants Wilsons Schunemans and Landgrafs. Tickets cost 350 cents and grant grounds and hippodrome access for Monday only. Regular prices list gate 50 cents hippodrome 35 cents general, 50 cents reserved, 75 cents box. Grounds numbers 4004 5212 4003. Reservations for Hippodrome seats may be made by phone.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Wilson’s
Schuneman’s
Landgraf's
Hippodrome
Four men bond for tar kidnapping in Kenosha case
In Kenosha Wisconsin four men charged with kidnap and tar of Harold Hendrick 26 year old knitting mill strike breaker were released on bonds after Samuel Locante a wealthy strike sympathizer posted 52000 in property bonds for their Oct 12 hearing. The accused are Elmer Hackbart Earl Steale Oliver Huxhald and Dwight Jones.
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Kenosha
Wis
INS
Harold Hendrickson
Samuel Locante
Elmer Hackbart
Earl Steale
Oliver Huxhald
Dwight Jones
Fire Alarms At Two Premises Prompt Inquiry
Fire alarms sounded at an apartment house at 302 Commercial and a residence at 317 find ale as testing of a burner and furnace caused minor smoke. Owner Wenz Friedl and R K Perry listed with contact number 2404, suggesting insured precautions.
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Priday
Wenz Friedl
R. K
Perry
Naval Pret Plan Refusal Ok'd by Official Circles
Washington officials praised the note on Franco British disarmament talks as a path to renewed discussions. Kellogg reiterated U S willingness to seek a basis for broader naval limitation, allowing tonnage adjustments across classes to satisfy France Italy and other powers. The note preserves U S demands for 16000 ton cruisers with eight inch guns and criticizes the present plan as incompatible with Geneva positions.
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Washington, D. C
INS
France
Great Britain
Kellogg
United States
Geneva
Italy
State Department
U. S
Glenna Collett Wins National Golf Title For Third Time
Glenna Collett captured the women’s national golf championship for the third time at Cascade Golf Club in Hot Springs Virginia on September 29 defeating Virginia Van Wise of Chicago by 13 up with 12 to play, the widest margin in U S women’s golf history.
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Cascade Golf Club
Hot Springs
Glenna
Jardine Seeks Clear Smith Stand On Farm Relief
Washington September 29 The Secretary of Agriculture Jardine pressed Alfred E. Smith to declare whether he supports the McNary Haugen farm relief bill. Jardine said Smith’s claim to favor the bill’s principle but oppose its method is meaningless and demanded a definite stance.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Alfred E. Smith
Jardine
Smith
Ottinger Nominated for New York Governor by Republicans
Albert Ottinger of New York City was unanimously nominated for governor at the closing session of the Republican state convention in Syracuse. The event occurred at Convention Hall as part of the party's preparations for the business.
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Syracuse
Albert Ottinger
New York City
Mt Vernon Teachers Honored At Township Reception
Mt Vernon township farm bureau members hosted a reception for local teachers at the county farm last night. East Janesville quartet provided music and entertainment by Everett June and Glenn Morris Jr. County Superintendent A E Jewett and Mrs P J Friedley attended.
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Mt. Vernon Township
East Janesville
Everett
June
Glenn Morris
A. E. Jewett
P. J. Friedley Gaya Telxs
Forget-Me-Not Day Salutes Waterloo World War Vets
Blue flowers in Waterloo lapels mark Forget-Me-Not day as residents donate to aid disabled World War I veterans. Funds support relief efforts run by the King Matson post, Disabled American Veterans auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
King Matson Post
Crossing Victiry Dir Is Death After Crossing Crash
Arthur Jr Thomas of Dodacville Wisconsin died in Davenport hospital after a crossing accident on the Dubuque highway near Mount Joy Indiana. A coroner's inquest is planned for Davenport city hall Monday night. September fire loss was $2,175 with 32 fire calls and five special calls reported by Wire Chief Rayler.
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Davenport
Arthur Jr. Thomas
Dodacville
Wis
Dubuque Highway
Mount Joy
Davenport City Hall
Ray ‘Ler
Political Speeches on Radios Tonight Across Stations
The Equadated Press reports tonight Secretary of Labor James J. Davis speaks on 23 stations at 7:30. Gov. Alfred E. Smith appears at Milwaukee over WJZ and NBC from 9 to 10. All other arrangements to be announced. Smith hookup will not air.
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Labor
James” J. Davis
B.D
Alfred. EB. Smith
Mirwaukee
WJZ
National’ Broadcasting Company
Woo
September Building Continues Record Pace in Waterloo 1928
Building activity in Waterloo shows a record pace with 205 permits issued for $244,265 in September. Compared to September 1927, totals rose from $78,835 to 1928 levels. 34 houses valued at $110,400 began, 16 remodels added $7,405, five business buildings started, seven remodeled, 33 private garages started at $3,750. Building commissioner David B B Toenjes oversaw 95 inspections.
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Waterloo
David BB. Toenjes
East Waterloo Teachers Club Sets Oct 2 Meeting
The East Waterloo Teachers club will hold a semi annual business meeting October 2 at 2 pm in Hast High school building. Reports from committees and a feature by the fional and civic committee are planned. Miss Bertha Stiles, president, announced officers and committee members for 1928 1929 including Bertha Stiles, Bertha Bolte, Ruth Tumbleson, Nellie Myers, Ruth Hutchins, Ruth Watson.
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East Waterloo Teachers Club
Hast High
Fional
Bertha Stiles
Bertha Bolte
Ruth Tumbleson
Nellie Myers
Ruth Hutchins
Ruth Watson
Social
Velma Blocker
Mark J. Flanders
Mary Moore
R. Lucile Loban
Avis Black
Norma E. Galser
Elhics
Joy Harmon
Maude Borghart
Velmin Older
Pearl B Cr
Harriett Riddle
Lafayette
Marie Jensen
Lincoln
Anna Koehin
McKinley
Mabel Farr
Roosevelt
Viola Blocker
Washington
Ettabelle Storer
Specials
Races and Contests Mark Cauneil Bluffs Airport Opening
Cauneil Bluffs Iowa hosts a two day celebration for the new municipal airport with two 20 mile races a dead stick landing contest parachute jumps and army plane maneuvers. The field is opened with army and private aircraft displaying overhead.
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Cauneil Bluffs
Caunell Bluffs
Army
Poll Tax Night Hours Offer Last Chance to Pay
City Clerk Charles MacKay opens the office tonight from 8 to 9 thirty for poll tax payments with a 1.50 penalty to take effect. The office stays open until 5 pm and reopens at 8 pm for one hour. About 1,000 men aged 45 to 70 had not yet paid, risking a raise to 4.5 percent if unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacKay
Regis Forfeits Game To Oklahoma Aggies
Stillwater Oklahoma September 29 Officials agreed to an exhibition intercollegiate game after Regis forfeited the scheduled contest with the Oklahoma A and M Aggies due to a Missouri Valley ruling prohibiting freshman play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regis
Oklahoma Aggies
Stillwater
Okla
U.p
Regs Ealego
Missouri Valley Conference
Oklahomaa A
Mr. College
Confessions tied to torture case at Kenosha mills
In Kenosha Wisconsin September 29 four men who confessed to kidnapping beating and tarring Harold Henderson a non striking worker at Allen A Knitling mills were accorded guards amid fear of violence. Deputies took duty as guards were requested. Elmer Harkbart 23 Bristol Wis a striker identified as the torture group leader confessed along with Earl M Steele Oliver Huxhold and Dewitt Jones all listed as strikers who were arrested and reportedly confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
S Tarred
Harold Henderson
She Allen A. Knitling ‘Mills
Elmer Harkbart
Bristol
Henderson
Po- Nce
Earl M. Steele
Oliver Huxhold
Dewitt Jones
FOWAN DIES IN OTITO
William H. Huff aged 67 of Sioux City collapsed from a heart attack in the Hotel Havelin lobby here and died last night. The body will be taken to Sioux City for burial. Also, marriage licenses show Charles H. Davis of Waterloo and Ocea A. Chase of Waterloo listed with fees 27 and 18 respectively.
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Fowan
Otito
Cincinnati
Ray
William H. Huff
Sioux City
Charles H. Davis
Waterloo
Ocea A. Chase
Emergency board named on rail wage dispute
Washington September 29 President Coolidge appointed an emergency board under the railway labor act to investigate and report within 20 days on a wage dispute affecting several western railroads. Named to the panel were James R. Garfield of Cleveland Walter F P Stacy chief justice Davis R Dewey of MIT Chester H Howell of Berkeley California and George T Baker of Davenport Indiana.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
James R. Garfield
Cleveland
Walter FP. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Davis R. Dewey
Massachusetts I Institute of Technology
Chester H. Howell
Berkeley
Cal
George T. Baker
Davenport
Iowa Coal Miners Set to Return Under New Wage Scale
Des Moines reports Iowa's coal miners plan to return to work next week under a new wage scale guaranteeing a minimum of 5.80 dollars per day. The agreement, modeled after a recent Illinois field arrangement, was signed yesterday by representatives of the Iowa district United Mine Workers and the Iowa Coal Operators Association. A miners' and operators' referendum is the final step before the new scale takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Cmsj
Towa
International News Service
Tuinois
United Mine Workers
Lowa
Roosevelt Refuses Demos Nomination For NY Governor
Roosevelt declines the Democratic nomination for New York governor. At the state convention, leaders say he refused by long distance call, as events unfold Sept 29 in Rochester NW. The piece notes the decision amid party activities and mentions accompanying social notices of marriage announcements in Caledonia Milon and by Mrs J C Huskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
U.R
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Roosevelt
Masquers Admit 20 New Members at Orange High
The Masquers club at East High School announced twenty new members chosen after a pantomime and voice tests. About 40 auditioned. vacancies limited membership. A committee of Margaret Moore Arlene Peters and Thomas Hasdsell will plan the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masquers
Dranmiatio
Orange Aut Black
Robert Hitz
Elizabeth Snyder
Francis Mead
Virginia Strong
Miriam Masberg
Roth Miller
Duane Hackett
Jane Blowers
Clifford Yagla
Violet ‘Schrag
Margaret Moore
Arlene Peters
Thomas Hasdsell
Miss. Dahlin
Ab. Hast High
Misan 5
Jessie Parrott
Eugene Smith
DeMaris Sayer
New Fast Freight Through Waterloo Under C G W Plan
A new fast freight service through Waterloo from Kansas City Missouri was arranged by a Chicago Great Western conference of traffic officials in Kansas City. Local agent A J Howard said the train departs Kansas City at 6 50 p m and reaches Waterloo at 11 a m daily, with a tentative schedule showing a 3 p m departure and next day arrival. A second section of the fast fruit train was discussed at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acurn
Waterloo
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway
A. J.oward
Howard
Kansies City
Low
Committee to Look Up Mabel Willebrandt probe
New York Sept 29 United Press reports Representative Loring Black plans a House campaign fund expenditures committee inquiry into Mabel Willebrandt’s campaign activities. He will seek details on who is responsible for her participation in the Hoover campaign and the basis of charges against Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Endurance flight attempt begins from Rockwell Field as Edward Schlee and William Brock take off seeking a new record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key York
U.A
Loring Black
New York
United Press Today
Priday ii
Washington
House Campaign Fund Expenditures Committee
Mabel Wilker Willebrandt
Black
Ivars
Alfred E. Smith
San Diego
Cal
Edward Schlee
William Brock
Rockwell Field Incre
Germany
Temperatures Record Weather Update
A brief weather note lists Saturday readings with morning temperatures around minus four to minus five and a mixed forecast for Jopl with unclear values, reflecting a cool to chilly day and limited forecast details.
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Cherokee Methodist Church
Ole Madsen
Ferry
F. R. Smart
Englewood
A. W. Brown
Hubbard
Carl Bickley
Mike George
Rober
Ot Miller
Kingsley
Charles Storm
Kern
H. B. Lichty
Gates
N. Y. Evening Post, Inc
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Store
Girl
Ortiary
Boston
Elizabethton
Tenn
Newark
Willie W. Caldwell
Republican
National
Old Dominion
Work
Republican National Committee
Cattle Congress
Twief Smasues
M. Bf. Moore
Repass Auto Company
Cedar Street
Washington and
Second Street
Moore
Hart. Clinton
R. G. Sullivan
Sor
Verman C. Miller
Glenna Collett
Republicans
N.Y
Ottinger
MT. Vernon
East Teachers
Unique Cleaners
Owan
Demos
Toines- Culbertson
J. C. Huskins
Concrete Avenue
Tadey
Lila Coulbertson
Ralph James
Mable
Masinum aThaimun
W. A. Harris
Flint Studio
The
Matt Gruben & Sons
Waverly, Iowa
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