Iowa prison labor crisis halts Fort Madison and Anamosa plants
Iowa's prison labor contracts faced cancellation after a legislative-ordered reshuffle. Fort Madison and Anamosa facilities sit idle as the board of control, budget director, and attorney general struggle to approve new contracts before July 22, delaying hard labor sentences and prompting warden Tom Hollowell to criticize the idle period.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Board of Control
Iowa
Fort Madison
Reformatory
Anamosa
Board of
Cayitrol
Maytag
Gibson
A. B. McColl
Prione Industries
Budget Board
McAdoo and Smith Still Deadlocked at Democratic Convention
Madison Square Garden New York July 1 Twenty four ballots yielded no change in the presidential nominating race with McAdoo losing ground while Al Smith clocks over 300 votes on most ballots Ralston Davis and Underwood remain major contenders as Missouri shifts to Davis on the twentieth ballot and Iowa wavers between McAdoo and Davis.
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Associates
Madison Saluate Garden
New York
Rocess
McAdoo
David Rockwell
al Smith
Madison Square Garden
Missouri
Davi
West Virginia
Smith
Davia
Underwoold
Hoppy
Soa
McAvoo
Sturth
Prison Garment Factory Dismantled Amid Labor Dispute
Machinery in the Fort Madison prison garment factory is being dismantled and stored until the labor issue is resolved. Warden T. P. Hollowell says convicts will stay in cells most of the time during the idle period. The plant closing stems from the convict labor controversy and a legislative contract cancellation that limited new agreements by the board of control.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
T. P. Hollowell
Board of Control
Millions of Illiterates Would Vote This Fall
The illiteracy committee of the National Education Association says more than 4.3 million illiterates would be drafted to vote in November for president and Congress. The report, presented by Mrs. Cora W. Stewart, notes 4,931,905 acknowledged illiterates and suggests many more are overlooked or conceal illiteracy. Over 3,000,000 of the acknowledged illiterates are native born.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
National Education Association
Cora W. Stewart
Frankfort Ky
United States
Army World Planes Advance From Calcutta
The American army world flight expedition arrived in Allahabad British India today, coming from Calcutta. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, flight commander, fractured a floating rib in a fall near the flying field at Calcutta yesterday afternoon but said he would continue flying.
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Associated Press
Allahabad
British India
American Army World Flight Expedition
Calcutta
Lowell H. Smith
Flyng Field
Japan Diet opposes US immigration clause in new law
Tokyo reports both houses of the diet swiftly passed resolutions condemning the American immigration provision excluding Japanese. The lower house and the house of peers denounce the clause as discriminatory and pledge to urge proper measures. In New York, immigration arrivals are slow as consular certificates lag, with 1,745 passengers aboard twelve liners expected today.
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Associated
Tokio
United States
Viscount Takahira Kato
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
House of Peers
Sentenced Man Escapes Taken in Cedar Rapids
George Dwyer a masonry convict en route to Fort Madison for a three year sentence escaped from a Cerro Gordo county deputy at Union Station this morning. He fled toward the lunch counter and dodged four deputy shots then hid in an automobile as police closed in. Dwyer was recaptured and held at police headquarters.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
George ‘Dwyer
Fort Madigo
Cerro Gordo County
Union Station
Dwyer
Fourth Avenue
Fort Madson
Maughan Begins Slow Return Trip By Air
Lieut Russell Maughan arrives at Salt Lake City from San Francisco at 11 30 a m in mountain time landing at the air mail field. He covered the San Francisco Salt Lake City leg in four hours flat and plans a leisurely return to Mitchell Field New York with stops at St Joseph Washington.
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Associated Press
Salt Lakety
Russell Maughan
San Francisco
Alir
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake Q City
Mitchell Field
New York
Maughan
Salt Lake’ City
St. Joseph
Washington
24 Hour Airmail Service Begins From New York
Daily air mail service between New York and San Francisco starts with the first flight carrying delegates from the Democratic National Convention. It marks the first round-the-clock nonstop transcontinental air mail route as night stops are eliminated.
Maiden westward run launches day night mail service
Two planes from Hazelhurst field near Mineola New York carried 350 pound mail cars and took off just after 11 a m eastern daylight time bound for San Francisco marking the first westward flight of the new day night transcontinental mail service officially started today.
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Preae
First leg of air mail links San Francisco to New York
Pilot K. Vaney flew the maiden leg of the day and night air mail service from San Francisco to New York at 5 57 am. The first letter to President Coolidge was sent advertised by Deyoung publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle and thanked the president for inaugurating closer government links. Postmaster Power and Mrs Power sent a bouquet of California flowers to the President and Mrs Coolidge and friends sent similar bouquets to California delegates in New York.
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Chicago
Cheyenne
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New York
San Francisco
Iowa City
Omaha
North Platte
Neb
Cleveland
Rock Springs
Ry Associated Press
Clair K. Vaney
Here
Coolidge
Deyoung
San Francisco Chronicle
James H. Power
California
Mail Flight Dashes From Elko to Reno
United States air mail service pilot Levisee left Elko Nevada at 10 30 a m Pacific time carrying mail. Pilot Claire Vance had departed San Francisco with this morning's mail.
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Elko
Nev
Levisee
United States Air Mal Service
Here
Reno
Claire Vance
San Francisco
Wesley Smith Flies In Ahead of Schedule to Cleveland
Associated Press reports Wesley Smith arrived in Cleveland at 2 38 p m EST from New York in an air mail flight. He completed the coast to coast leg 17 minutes ahead of his planned schedule.
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Associated Preast
Cleveland
Wesley Smith
New York
Mother Takes Life Over Brother Act
Mrs Emm Mapla of Bell Plaine Cedar Rapids area ends her life at home by gas after believing her brother William Stout was arrested on a prohibition violation at Spencer Grove Benton county. She leaves a husband and family.
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Associate Press
Cedar Rapids
Emm Mapla
Bell Plaine
William Stout
Spencer Grove
Benton County
Maples
Playing On Highway Child Struck and Killed
Independence July 1 Julia Pint 11 daughter of Edward and Mrs Pint farmers near here was struck and killed while playing on the Grant highway. E F Canfield of Dunkerton drove the car and swerved into a ditch to avoid the collision. An inquest was to be held that afternoon.
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Associated Press
Independence
Julia Pin
Edward Pint
Here
Almos
Grant
E. F. Canfield
Dunkerton
Canfield
Lutherans Plan Union of American Synods
Chicago July 1 ministers and laymen at federation meetings plan a union of all Lutheran synods in the United States arguing that long separation into small groups hampers the church. Rev Dr Simon Peter Long urged unity.
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Associated Real
Chiago
All Synod
Lutheran Church
United States
Simon Peter Long
Chicago
Iowa Railways Repair Damage After Storm
Des Moines July 1 News reports show Iowa railroads largely recovered from weekend storm disruptions. Rock Island detours persist on the Grinnell to Marengo main line due to washed out bridges and track. repair between Grinnell and Brooklyn expected to restore normal traffic soon.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rock Island
Burlington
Rock Islam
Grinnell
Marengo
Brooklyn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Falls
Great Western
Milwaukee
Northwestern
Government Heads Urged To Continue Economical Program
President Coolidge urged federal administrators to press on with economy to ease the tax burden. A detailed fiscal review showed the public debt cut by one billion dollars and a surplus of over five million dollars added to the treasury. Treasury figures indicate the federal share of total government costs fell from 59 percent in 1921 to 40 percent in the past year.
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Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
Former Berkeley Mayor Seeks U S Citizenship
Berkeley, Calif July 1 Former mayor Stitt Willson a former candidate for governor and congress, who has never been a citizen, filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen in Alameda county supreme court. He is 56, born in Auburn Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1890. He says he applied for citizenship nearly 30 years ago and believed no action was needed until now.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Berkeley
Congress
United States
Stitt Willson
Sodialist Party
Alameda County Supreme Court
Auburn
Canada
Sarazen Leads Hagen In French Open First Round
In Laboulie France July 1 Gene Sarazen American golf champion shot 72 to tie for the lead with Raymond Bodazou and Irrygoyen after the first round of the French Open Walter Hagen British Open winner finished seventh with 75.
Lorain storm death toll reaches seventy two
Lorain collects inventory of storm destruction as 72 are dead and 17 unaccounted for. Wrecking and relief work focus on Staite theater with fears of a collapse, while 1500 Ohio National Guardsmen assume policing and relief duties. Total loss around 30 million dollars with 600 thousand in tornado insurance on record. City endures widespread devastation and power outages as papers publish first editions since Saturday.
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Associated Preas
Lorain
Ohio National Guardsmen
Eastern
Reprsentative
Today
Hallman Elected President of Dubuque Senior High
M. E. Hallman of Aberdeen was elected president of the senior high school in Dubuque at a board of education session. He is a former president of the South Dakota Principals Association and past president of the Aberdeen unit of the National Education Association.
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Dubuque
Hallman
Aberdeen
South Dakota Principals Association
National Education Association
Board of Education
Germany Accepts Allies Armament Supervision Reply
Paris reports mixed morning press on Germany’s reply to the allies note. Le Matin and L Epoque Nouvel diverge in tone but both note the key point that Germany accepts supervision.
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Paris
Germany
le Matin
L’era Nouvel
Japan Accepts Invitation to Reparations Conference in London
London reports that Japan has accepted the invitation to attend the inter allied conferences on reparations to be held in London this month. She will be represented by her ambassadors to Great Britain and France.
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London
Japan
Great Britain
France
Ministers name Walsh to lead inter Allied control at Berlin
Paris reports that on July 1 the council of ministers ratified General Notlet as minister of war and named General Walsh as chairman of the inter allied military control committee at Berlin to succeed General Nobheat.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
General Notlet
General Walsh
Inter-Allied Military Control Committee
Berlin
Nobheat
Harper & Son firm reorganized as Harper & Son company
Des Moines July 1 The broker age firm of Harper & Son which closed here months ago has been reorganized and incorporated as Harper & Son company with a capitalization of 100000. Robert W Harper is president and John T Harper is secretary.
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Des Moines
Harper & Son
Harper & Son Company
Robert W. Harper
John T. Harper
MacDonald Government Defeated Over Finance Bill Amendment
London July 1 The MacDonald labor government faced its seventh defeat since taking office as a conservative motion to amend the finance bill failed in committee on a minor point.
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London
Butter Record Made by Melba 15th of Darbalar1
Melba 15th of Darbalar1 a Short horn cow from New South Wales produced 29 755 pounds of milk and 1395 pounds of butterfat in 300 days setting a new butter output record. The current world record for one year is 1349 pounds set by De Kol Plus Legis Dixie a Canadian Ho-stein.
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Melba
Nineteenth ballot results list diverse presidential candidates
The nineteenth ballot shows Underwood 39 percent McAdoo 474 Robinson 22 percent Smith 311 percent John W. Davis 84 percent Ruehle 17 percent Cox 60 Bryan 10 Governor Davis 9 Gladd 30 Ralston 31 Saulsbury 6 Cope land 17 Walsh 2. Total 1 098.
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Underwood
McAdoo
Rob
Smith
John W. Davis
Ruehle
Cox
Bryan
Davie
Glass
Saulsbury
Ralston
Hull
Walsh
Ballot tallies listed for twentieth ballot results
The twentieth ballot shows percentages and counts for candidates including Underwood 45 percent, McAdoo 432 votes, Robinson 21 percent, Smith 307 percent, John W. Davis 122 votes, Ritchie 17 percent, Cox 60 votes, Bryan 11 percent, Davis of Kansas 19 votes, Glass 25 votes, Ralston 30 votes, Lawlabury 6 votes, Walsh and Hitchcock 1 vote, Baker 1 vote, and Dever percent, totaling 1 098.
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Underwood
McAdoo
Robinson
Smith
John W. Davis
Ritchie
Cox
Bryan
Davis
Kansas
Glass
Ralston
Lawlabury
Walsh & Hitchcock
Baker
Dever
Ballot Totals Show Mixed Results Across Candidates
Totals on the twenty first ballot list Underwood 45 percent and many lower tallies including McAdoo 439, Robinson 22, Smith 307.5, J W Davia 125, Ritchie 17 percent, Cox 60, Governor Davis 5, Glass 24, Ralsted 30, Saulsbury 6, Waleh 8, Baker 1, Mrs Miller percent. Overall total 1097 with one absent.
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Underwood
McAdoo
Robinson
Smith
J. W. Davia
Ritchie
Cox
Governor Davis
Glass
Ralsted
Saulsbury
Waleh
Baker
Mrs. Miller
Unofficial results on twenty second ballot listed candidates
The tally shows Underwood 45.5, McAdoo 438.5, Robinson 22, Smith 307.5, John W. Davis 123.5, Cox 60, Governor Davis 5, Glass 25, Ralston 32, Saulsbury 12, Walsh 8.333, Ritchie 17.5. Total 1,097.
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Underwood
McAdoo
Robinson
Smith
John W. Davis
Cox
Governor Davis
Glass
Ralston
Saulsbury
Walsh
Ritchie
Ballot tally reports candidates with percentages and totals
The twenty third ballot lists vote shares for Underwood 391 percent McAdoo 438 1 2 Robinson 23 Smith 308 John W Davis 129 1 2 Ritchie 17 1 2 Cox 69 Governor Davis 5 Glass 30 Ralston 32 Saulsbury 6 Walsh 8 Absent one. Total 1097.
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Underwood
McAdoo
Robinson
Smith
John W
Davis
Ritchie
Cox
Governor Davis
Glass
Ralston
Saulsbury
Walsh
Ballot Totals Listed With Candidate Percentages
Totals for the twenty fourth ballot show Underwood 39 percent McAdoo 438 percent Robinson 22 Smith 308 John W. Davis 129 percent Ritchie 17 Cox 60 Governor Davis 5 Glass 29 Ralston 33 Saulsbury 6 Pomerene 1 Walsh 9 Total 1 098
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Underwood
McAdoo
Robinson
Smith
John W. Davis
Ritchie
Cox
Governor Davis
Glass
Ralston
Saulsbury
Pomerene
Walsh
Progressive Keynoter Ready For Meeting
Cleveland July 1 With the arrival of William H Johnston chair man of the conference for progressive political action he will take charge of preparations for the convention opening July 4 Johnston will deliver the keynote address Although efforts aim to conclude Friday leaders expect the gathering to run through Friday and Saturday Night sessions would be held if needed A statement is expected from Senator Robert M La Follette within a day or two his supporters believe will clarify whether he will accept the presidential nomination
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Wiliam H. Johnston
Conference For Progressive
Johnston
Robert M. Lapfotlette
Wisconsin
United States Polo Team Beats Spain in Olympic Match
In St. Cloud France on July 1 the United States polo team defeated Spain 15 goals to 2 in the second Olympic polo match of the games.
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St. Cloud
France
United States
Belated delegates file into arena amid uneven attendance
Delegations arrive late as roll call begins with most groups claiming quorum while many seats remain empty. Prior caucuses and conferences fueled campaigning as supporters conduct missionary outreach for candidates.
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