Blimp Battle Over Lakehurst Feared After Storm
Scene reports a blimp battle over Lakehurst with wind and storm all night causing a dramatic display. Nearby, Sioux City Gas and Electric paid city treasurer for six months earnings from the utility line, while Brest arrests disrupt a communist plot on naval arsenals. A Lima chase captures a suspect linked to a notorious murder in New York. Folger celebrates burglars taking only cash from his till, and labor talks in Swampscott aim to prevent a coal strike. Evacuation of the Ruhr continues, a Denver accident kills Lt. Mapes, and Petain travels toward Rabat as Morocan news filters in. A mysterious infant grave in Sioux City is explained by the father.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Cooperace
City
Lewis Posse Nabs Horse Thieves Near Council Bluffs
A Lewis county posse captured two youths, Dean Sampson and Lawrence Patterson, about eight miles east of Council Bluffs after they stole a horse and buggy from Lewis resident Frank Mills. They are jailed in Cass County awaiting serious charges. Patterson, claimed ringleader, reportedly chose an automobile over a horse and buggy and shunned using a razor.
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Lewis
Frank Mills
Dean Sampson
Lawrence Patterson
Cass County
Bluffs
Council Bluff
Public utilities next in tax slash hearing
Des Moines reports farmers in northeastern Iowa brought their case before the state executive council seeking lower farm property valuations and a fairer tax levy. The council will hear railroads on Monday, transmission lines on Tuesday, and telephone and telegraph companies on Wednesday. full valuation decisions are expected weeks away.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Bathing Beauties to Stay in Water at Sioux City Park
Sioux City officials enforce park rules banning bathing beauties from roaming Riverside Park in swimwear away from the municipal pool. Councilman Milton Perry Smith and Park Superintendent James Barton say crowds at 100 degree heat should remain near the pool, with offenders asked to return or leave the park.
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Riverside Park
Milton Perry Smith
James Barton
Barton
Million Dollar Pratt Mallory Firm Heads Sioux City
Lemuel W. Mallory rose from a $60 a week office job at Warfield Pratt Howell to president of Pratt Mallory Co valued at $1.9 million. Officers include D E Howell, J A Mallory, and C I Pratt with EB Finkbine and Jay MacLarty as incorporators. The Warfield Pratt Howell firm also operated in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Mallory paid the largest income tax in Sioux City last year.
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Warfield-Pratt-Howell
J Company
Mallory
Pratt-Mallory Company
Warfield- Pratt-Howell
D. E. Howell
J. A. Mallory
C. I. Pratt
EB. CG. Finkbine
Des Mofines
Jay MacLarty
Sioux City
Warfield-Proatt-Howell Company
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Cassia Displays Corn Stalks Taller Than Floyd County Record
A Cassia county corn display eclipses Floyd county records with a stalk ten and one half feet tall bearing four ears. The exhibit is showcased at M J Sorensen Harness and Shoe Shop, 221 Chestnut Street, and sourced from Nels P Petersen’s farm on South Olive Street Road.
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Cassia
Cass
J.sorensen
Chestnut Street
Olive Street
reprieve saves Russell Scott as brother pleads case
Chicago July 17 a dramatic reprieve arrives hours before Russell Scott, convicted of slaying Fosend Maurer, would have been hanged. Robert Scott travels from Detroit with messages from Canada and Illinois officials. wife and father vow to continue fight for freedom amid renewed hopes and fundraising efforts.
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Canada
Springfield
Kan Kekee
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Germans Brand Yank Athletes Money Grabbers
Berlin July 17. Athletes Eyre Paddock and Loren Machison, top U S sprinters on tour in Europe, are charged by the Berliner Zeitung with dishonorable conduct for money chasing. The paper claims they earned 7,000 gold marks from appearances in Germany in violation of amateur code and urges German authorities to bar further engagements to protect national sporting honor.
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Charey Paddock
Loren Machison
America
Germany
Miners Demand Pay Figures From Coal Operators
Atlantic City New Jersey July 17 In a heated conference miners representatives urged operators to provide figures on salaries of coal company officials directors and costly lawyers Philip Murray vice president of the mine workers union said the operators rejected the request deeming it irrelevant to the joint conference The clash underscores tensions over pay and governance in the industry.
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N. J
INS
Ithracite Coal
Philip Murray
Mine Workers Union
Disbarment Fight Tangles Nevada County Mortgages
Storey county landowners press for disbarment of Willard G. Halverson, a farm mortgage lawyer from Dex Meines, amid a wave of clouded titles. Halverson is in prison following illegal activities that disrupted farm land records in the county.
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Storey County
Willard G. Halverson
Dex Meines
Iowa
Halverson
Ice Cream Social Planned by Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary has completed plans for a public ice cream social tomorrow evening at the Episcopal Church on Claymont and Poplar streets.
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Auxill
Episcopal Ciime
Poplay
Shepherd Loses Ground in Fight Over Will
In a probate ruling Judge Horner found a fiduciary relationship existed between the late McClintock and Shepherd, denying admission of the will. The estate moves to regular administration as seven cousins contest undue influence while confirming an agreement to favor Isabelle Pope, whose marriage to McClintock was thwarted by his death.
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Wm. D. Shepherd
Tierner
Chicago
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Atenain
Wil Shepherd
Dudge Henry Hartee
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McClintock
Shepherd
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McCintock
Taylor
Isabelle Pope
Young McClintock
Governor denies speeding arrest near Ankeny
Des Moines dispatch reports Governor John Hammill denied being connected to a speeding arrest near Ankeny after a Polk County deputy sheriff recorded a motorcycle stop. The governor said he did not leave Des Moines Wednesday and claimed no knowledge of the incident or arraignment rumors.
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John Hammill
Polk County
Hammill
Ankeny
Frank Wallace
Ames
Justice Stapleton
Plow Unearths Civil War Medal Belonging to Osborne
In Knoxville on July 17 an old Civil War medal lost in 1870 by Joshua Osborne was recovered by L T Newton on a west Knoxville farm. The copper medal bears the name Marion Osborne Battery E First Infantry Volunteer and was buried for 55 years yet remains in good condition. Local elders recall Joshua Osborne moving to the area from West Virginia after the war and bringing the medal. it had been awarded to his brother who was killed in action.
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INS
Joshua Osborne
L. T. Newton
Marion Osborne
Joshua Oshorne
West Virginia
Dempsey Verbally Accepts Challenge for Wills Title Bout
New York July 17 reports Jack Dempsey appeared before the state boxing commission and verbally accepted Harry Wills as challenger for the title. No date was set and the champion remained on the ineligible list until signatures are filed. He was instructed to return Tuesday to report progress toward signing.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Dtate Boxing Commission
Harry Wills
Scopes Trial Adjourned Until Monday In Dayton Tenn
The Scopes trial in Dayton Tennessee was adjourned until Monday to allow defense counsel to prepare a brief on excluded testimony. Judge Raulston ruled that scientific expert testimony was unnecessary since the core issue was whether Scopes taught a theory denying divine creation.
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Dayton
Tenn
INS
John Thomas Scopes
Scopes
Arthur Garfeed
A. Thomas Stewart
Pea
Stewart
Stewart, Thuvde Iston
Renfersg
G. Eastwood
Dudley Field Malone
Raulston
Weather Outlook: Fair Tonight and Weekend Rise in Temperature
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with increasing temperatures expected through Saturday. A warming trend is likely as the weekend approaches, with no precipitation indicated and clear to partly cloudy skies.
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