Arctic expedition sails toward Disko Greenland
Washington dispatch reports Commander Donald MacMillan's MacMillan Arctic party left Hopedale Labrador at 2 30 am heading northward to Disko Greenland. A radio to the National Geographic Society confirms the launch and voyage plan amid other coast guard and crime notes from Washington and across the nation.
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Hopedale
Labrador
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Greenland
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Donald MacMillan
Sequel To Harlan Tragedies At Rea Oak
In Hamburg a new well near the J. M. Spicer farm yielded about fifty barrels of crude petroleum in early hours. First traces appeared at 1 45 a m at 1070 feet. Drilling continues toward the deep Pennsylvania structure to maximize yield. The Sc Mo-Né Oil and Gas company operates the well started three weeks ago under J P Hawkins of Wichita. Floyd Vox of Market Basket Hamburg reports the initial indications came Thursday after drilling hit a gas pocket that blew sand above the well.
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J. M. ‘Spicer
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Sc'Mo-Né Oil and Gas Company
J. P. Hawkins
Wichita
Kans
Lecharge
Floyd
Vox
Thoraday
Assassin Plot Aimed at King Alfonso and General De Riviera
In San Sebastian on July 11 two alleged conspirators were captured in Guipozoca while trying to buy automatic pistols. They confessed affiliation with the communist internationale and said the plot originated in Paris. They were en route to Madrid under heavy guard for questioning.
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San Sebastian
Spain
INS
Alfonso
Jimo de Riviera
Madrid
Guipozoca
Communist Internationale
Paris
General de Riviera
Amido
Ames Man to Build Big Bridge Over the Nodaway
Ben J. Cola of Ames won the Nodaway river bridge contract on the Adams Montgomery county line. His bid was 17 260 dollars, out of eleven bidders, with the structure to be completed by December 1.
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Nodaway
RED Oak, Jr
Ben J. Cola
Nodaway River
Adams-Montgomery County
Woman Dies After Walking Into Oncoming Engine
Mrs Clara Baker 60 of Council Bluffs died after ignoring warning cries of an approaching engine. She walked into a Chicago Great Western switching engine yesterday. Engineer F W Bosley testified he blew whistle and tried to stop, while investigators review the case as a possible suicide note.
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Clara
Baker
P. E. Fent
Chicago & Great
Palle
Audubon Board Turns Roads to County Engineer
Audubon Iowa July 11 The board of supervisors transferred the primary and county road system to the county engineer's office following a suggestion from the state highway commission The move preempts the new Iowa primary road law which will place maintenance of county primary roads under the highway commission on November 30 The commission said control would operate through the county engineer and urged immediate transfer for efficiency
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Audubon County
Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Highway Commission
Riot at fashionable Gotham wedding ends with host's arrest
New York July 11. At the Astor hotel wedding reception a fight broke out over a remark about the bride. Host Thomas Gaughan, a Bronx clerk, fought and swung a chair. Police used a riot squad to restrain him. he was arrested on intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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New York
Astor Hotel
Thomas Gaughan
Bronx
Early ball scores from the National League games
National League action shows St Louis and Philadelphia tied 3 to 3 after six innings. Pittsburgh trails Brooklyn 5 to 6 in the eighth. Boston leads Chicago 5 to 8 in a game in progress, with Philadelphia and others contributing, early scoring notes from the day.
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Philadelphia
Man Tests Salts Before Swallowing and Finds Poison
Red Oak July 11. Pierson praised for life saving caution after salts from a local drugstore caused pink water and were found poisonous. The package was returned, others in stock opened and rechecked. error traced to a wholesale house.
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Red Oak
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Pierson
Former Senator Olson Dies in Des Moines After Surgery
Former Iowa Senator Charles Olson aged 55 of Boone died at Iowa Methodist Hospital at 7:30 a.m. following gall and silver stone surgery. He remained conscious to the end as wife, two sons Theodore and Douglas, and relatives gathered at his bedside. The body will be shipped to Beaver, his home, this afternoon.
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Jey
Charles Olson
Boone, Iowa
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Olson
Theodore
Douglas
Beaver
Gen Wood calls Philippines an American outpost in Pacific
Manila July 11 Following a private conference with US congressmen Governor General Léonard Wood spoke for a party member saying the Philippines should be the advance outpost of American power in the Pacific He added it would be good for both Americans and Filipinos and that the independent status is more political than real Governor Wood declined to add or subtract.
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United States
Léonard
Wood
Pacific
Orient
Red Oak Hosts Two Editors This Weekend
Red Oak Iowa will welcome two prominent editors this weekend as Dr. A. E. Winship of Boston and Ballard Dunn of the Omaha Bee address summer school students at the normal school and speak at Mission church on Sunday evening.
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Boston
The
New England Journal, of Education
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Ballard Dunn
Omaha Bee
Mission Church
Water Tests Find No Bugs In Exira Water
Special to News Telegraph reports city water samples tested at the state laboratory show no organisms or bugs in Exira water. Regists from a tent sample set by the city submitted a four-sample test indicating the water is clean, addressing public concerns about contamination.
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News-Telegraph
Budget Director Seeks 8 Hour Day For State Workers
Des Moines July 11 Budget Director FE Hogue estimates an eight hour day would save Iowa taxpayers more than a half million dollars annually. He cites a yearly payroll of 8 750 000 for about 5000 workers across departments universities and hospitals and notes it costs 4 878 per hour for seven and a half hours. He urged shifting employes during rush seasons and under a flexible system. He highlights payroll breakdown by agency and stresses economy amid farmer families needing help.
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Iowa
Budges
FE. J. Hogue
Hogue
Executive Council
State Departments
State University
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
University Hospital
Board of Control
Griswold Woman Taken to Hospital for examination
Mrs James Balcom, a Griswold resident, was taken to Omaha Friday for medical examination ahead of a probable operation. Local doctors believe she is suffering from a tumor and will receive hospital care after arrival.
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Spegia
News-Telegraph
James Balcom
Balcony-q
Scopes Jury Made Up of Rawboned Men of Mountains
A vivid portrait of the twelve jurors chosen to try John T Scopes in Tennessee in 1925, noting their rustic origins and mixed literacy. The piece paints a rural cast, eleven farmers, one schoolteacher, and one prominent berry grower and former marshal, detailing attitudes and ties to church and community as the trial unfolds.
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Jack Lait
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Dayton
Tenn
Rhea County
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John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Saunty
J. R. Thompson
United States
Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
John R. Neal
Manhunt in Adirondacks for wealthy student Knapp
Intense pursuit extends into the Adirondacks for Philip Knapp, heir to a Syracuse family, wanted in the murder of taxi driver Louis Penella near Hempstead. Knapp fled Mitchell Field after Penella’s July 4 death, with authorities tracking him to northern New York and seeking his capture within hours.
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New York
Philip Knapp
Louis Penella
Penella
Hempstead
L. I
Knapp
Mitchellfield
Leopold-Loeb
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Chicago
Sai
Adirondacks
Agein
Walter Jones
Mitchell Field
Camp Mills
Mineola
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