Fear DALLAS Spirit Lost on Mercy Errand
Dramatic rescue flight from Oakland to Hawaii ends in mystery as Captain William P. Erwin and Captain A. H. Eichwaldt vanish after reporting a tail spin. Radio issues and darkness hinder search while messages remain the last link to the missing crew and the Golden Eagle group.
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Dallas
San Francisco
Pacific
William P. Erwin
A. H. Eichwaldt
Dallas Spirit
Oakland
Here
Hawaii
Dole
Golden Eagle
Associated Press
S. C
Tractor Plowing Speed At Creston Demonstration
Judges’ summary from the Ray Rams bottom farm near Creston shows two-bot tractors and plows covered two acres in 2 hours 7 minutes to 2 hours 28 minutes. Three-bottom machines plowed three acres in 2 hours 21 minutes to over three hours. Fordson led in two-bottom class and McCormick-Deering in three-bottom class.
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Ray Ramsbottom
Creston
L. A. Nordhausen
Farm Bureau
Fordson
McCormick-Deering
Daily Advertiser
Frank Cooper
Fred Comer
Hatch Motor Company
Matt Conway
Plane propeller injures man during Afton exhibition
Alva Murphy, an aviation mechanic from Chariton, was injured at Afton when a plane motor back-fired while he cranked it. He suffered a deep knee cut, an arm cut, and bruises. He is in Keater Community Hospital with non serious injuries and precautions to prevent knee infection are in place. The aircraft was used by Ray Shiffett of Chariton for exhibition flights at the Legion Play Days in Afton.
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Alva Murphy
Chariton
Keater Community Hospital
Afton
Murphy
Ray Shiffett
Legion
Plot To Sell Naval Plans Is Uncovered
Danish draftsman Sven Dan Berg, 24, formerly at Newport News base, confessed to stealing cruiser plans Nos. 26 and 31 and threatening to sell them to a foreign power if not paid. He is held on 50000 dollar bail. drawings secured by the Department of Justice. A ruse led to the arrest of Hans Christian Rethamer, another ex-draftsman.
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Philadelphia
Naval
Newport News
Navy Department
Sven Dan Berg
Neport News
Department of Justice
Berg
Claude Lanciano
Hans Christian Rethamer
Bureau of Naval Construction
Washington
Interest Grows in Creston Junior College Across Region
Vern Sanders reports strong regional demand for Creston junior college with inquiries from Clearfield Lenox Corning Mt. Ayr Greenfield Leon Bedford Villisca Shenandoah Afton and Prescott. Enrollment may reach 150 as a second year liberal arts program begins. Courses mirror University of Iowa offerings with general and honors tracks for freshmen and sophomores.
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Creston
University of Iowa
Weekly Weather Forecast Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys
Moderate temperatures expected across the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys for most of the week. No extended precipitation period is anticipated, according to the Associated Press forecast.
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The
Associated Press
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Five Vinton Bank Robbers Trail Route Between Cities
Clues place five bandits from Vinton Iowa after a Farmers National Bank heist near 10 o clock as they used a Buick car and bonded currency and government securities looted valued around 40 000 with insurance reducing local loss. Authorities mobilize 200 vigilantes in a statewide search spanning north to west and into Minnesota.
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Vinton
Iowa
Farmers National Bank
R. L. Whelan
Hazelton
Harry Willey
Buchanan County
W. C. Ellis
Whelan
Nugent
Jeff Vinton
Independence
Delaware County
Vinton T
Urbana
Beneton-Buchanan
Minnesota
Golden Eagle May Have Been Found by Ship
Honolulu reports searchers plying Hawaiian waters for the missing Golden Eagle and Miss Doran. Signals from Luke Field hint at a possible report but call letters are not recovered. Mercantile ships and naval seaplanes patrol islands from Oahu to Maui while submarines probe windward passages.
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Honolulu
Army Signal Corps
Luke Field
Hawaiian
Miss Doran
Golden Eagle
Dole
Oahua
Moi
Maui
Molokai
Haiti
Hawaii
Kahoonlane
San Francisco
Sunnadia
Pelican
Mani
Sunnnadia
Oakland
Chamberlin to Aid Omaha in Airport Plans
Arence Chamberlin the trans ocean flyer agreed to help Omaha raise funds for its municipal airfield by popular subscription. He will visit Omaha August 23 to visit homes of orphaned and crippled children and later travel to Pat Dodge on August 24 and Ames on August 26 as part of his revised schedule.
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Denison
Iowa
Arence Chamberlin
Trans-Ocean
F ‘Lyer
Omaha
Chamberlin
Pat Dodge
Ames
Farquahar Rites Set For Monday
Funeral services for H. B. Farquahar, noted Orient stock buyer, who died Friday, will be held at 2 30 p m Monday at the Orient Methodist church. The Masonic Lodge will conduct the graveside rites. Burial will be in Orient.
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H. B. Farquahar
Orient
Masonic Lodge
Eighty Rural Teachers Meet to Plan 1927 28 Year
Neary 80 rural teachers gather in the county courthouse to standardize work for the 1927 28 school year. Miss Pla M Day, county superintendent, calls the meeting and outlines plans for class and out of class work beginning after Sept 1. The session continues into the afternoon.
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Court House
De Molays Present Home Talent Play Hicks at College
Creston DeMolay chapter to stage Hicks at College in September with all roles filled by members. Cast announced includes Joel Strance as Adam Hicks and Charles Embree as Tom Horton. exact date pending and training by a local coach.
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Hicks
Creston
de Molay
Joel Strance
Adam Hicks
Charles Embree
Tom Horton
William Landers
Fritz Jordan
Clarence Strey
Adam Diddicut
Charles Hood
Dean §Ailey
Carl Abhbet
Percy Robbins
Howard Aloway
Adolph Hopkins
Keith Hamilton
Bastian Briggs
Dalton Flohra
Josh Anderson
Leonard Carlson
Charlie Pallet
Clyde Nerri
Peter
Harry Daw- Jane Grant
Dale Hamilton
Polly Porter
John Bernard Russel
Claire Angeline Jones
Everett Matthews
Af Orient
Susy Spriggins
Ivan Ballreich
Daisy Armstrong
Ernest Neville
Fluff Finley
Paul Stearns
Flora Belle Delamartyr
Mansel Holmes
Mrs. Cobb
Dal Custer
Lily
Flyer Killed Near St Louis in Air Crash
Lieutenant George Stumpf of the thirty-fifth division air corps died when their aircraft crashed two miles south of Lambert Field St Louis. Pilot Lieutenant C Hutchinson was seriously injured while Stumpf was a passenger in the plane.
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St. Louis
George Stumpf
Air Corps
Lambert-St. Louis
C. Hutchinson
Mies
Stumpf
School Ends With Talks By Teachers
The final chapel session in the senior high school auditorium Friday morning featured remarks by N. W. H. Ringstrom, director of Creaton school, who presided and called on faculty members. The summer session opened June 1 and closed yesterday after a full quarter of work with 800 plus students from Southwestern Town.
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1Raormer School
N. W H. Ringstrom
Creaton
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
C. L. McDowell
Afton
Dorothy McKeen
Waterloo
John Sloum
Arinda
Wellington Thalman
Iowa Falls
Alice Thayer
St. Paul
Fred Vorhies
Calfax
W. J. Yourd
Clinton
Union County Fair Announces Daily Program and Races
The Union county fair plans a full week of events with racing and entertainment. Cicero Cobb announces daily grandstand shows from Tuesday to Friday at 1:00 PM with 1:30 PM horse races and nightly programs at 8:00 PM, plus fireworks Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
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Union County
Cicero Cobb
Association
Air
Iowa
Typhoon disrupts Hong Kong transport and military horses
A typhoon hit Hong Kong this morning halting trains and ferries to Kowloon. Shipping stalled and naval personnel manned a China navigation steamer in Kowloon Bay due to a strike. Authorities freed nearly 400 horses and mules amid fears of stable collapses as they stampede.
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Hong Kong
China
Kowloon
China Navigation Company
Kowloon Bay
Sacco and Vanzetti Proceedings Reach Final Pleas
Beverly Mass August 20 Justice Holmes refused a stay of execution for Sacco and Vanzetti. In Boston August 20 federal and state officials rejected habeas and certiorari requests while defense counsel sought delays awaiting full case records. Vanzetti’s sister arrived and an interview occurred as 15 pickets were arrested outside the state house.
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Beverly
Mass
Justice Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolome Vanezett
James M. Morton, Jr
Federal District Court
Washington
Arthur D. Hill
Beverly Farms
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Gov. Fuller
Luigia Vanzetti
Italy
State House
Miss Vanzetti
Rose Sacco
World wide protests erupt over Sacco and Vanzetti fate
Sympathy abroad flares after Massachusetts high court rejects appeal. Berlin crowds clash with police as communists demand freedom for Sacco and Vanzetti. Paris embassy guards tighten and papers condemn the decision. France stages protests as workers rally and newspapers call it murder not justice. Miss Helen Mooney leaves Adair after scout course.
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New York
Nicolo Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Fuller
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Berlin
Peice
Paris
le Soir
American Legion
France
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Vinton Bank Bandits
John Green
Mt. Pleasant
Bedford
Taylor County
Green
Flyer
Union Fair 5
Florence
Ballies
Ebeneezer
Tekata
Wilhat
Supreme Court
William Hendry
Mrs. Sacco
Argentina
Syndical
Brest
Massachusetts
Helen Mooney
Adair
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