Treasury Halts Savings Stamp Sales Nationwide
The Treasury orders suspension of all sales of treasury saving certificates and stamps effective July 15 as high interest rates lure investors elsewhere. Acting Secretary Winston cites money market conditions and recalls prior certificates were issued during war financing. Objections arose in 18 states earlier. the program has waned as open market rates fell.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Today
Treasury
Winston
Call
New York
Geologist William Norton of Cornell College Retires
Cedar Rapids notes Professor William Harmon Norton retires after 49 years on the Cornell College Mt. Vernon faculty. He started as Greek professor, later geology head, and became a renowned geologist with texts used widely. He served in federal and state surveys and authored Artesian Wells of Iowa and Underground Water Resources of Iowa. He led the Iowa Academy of Science and the Iowa State Teachers Association. He supported the college financially.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
William Harmon Norton
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Norton
United States Geological Survey
Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa
Iowa Academy of Science
Iowa State Teachers Association
Cornell
College
Bartlett Beats McKee In Two Title Rounds
Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa, a four time Iowa state champion, outplayed Bob McKee of Des Moines in the state championship semi finals at Sunnyside Country Club Waterloo. Bartlett led the morning round four up after the first nine, with Ted Payseur of Dubuque finishing the first round three up on Lee Herron of Sioux City.
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Associated Press
Sunnyside Country Club
Waterloo
Arthur Bartlett
Ottumwa
Iowa
Mid-West
Bob McKee
Des Moines
Ted Payseur
Dubuque
Drake University
Lee Herron
Sioux City
University of Minnesota
Discover Body Of Aged Man Throat Slashed In Vin ton
The blood soaked body of Harry Downs aged 75 was found in grass outside Vin ton at 4 pm yesterday. Deputy Sheriff John Ruhl suspects the man slashed his throat with a steel spring. motive believed to be poor health old age and financial condition.
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Ace
Cedar Rapids
Harry Downs
Vinton
John Ruhl
Farm Relief Leader Would Endorse Office Candidates
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, is convalescing in a Coney Island hospital after a nervous breakdown from overwork at the Democratic convention. A surgeon reported he is not bedbound and should recover with rest. In St Paul a northwest farm conference opened to craft agricultural relief legislation, endorsing a revised McNary-Haugen plan based on cost of production and December price setting.
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Associated Press
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Coney Island
Julius Aurbach
Gompers
Aurbach
Davis Banner Covers Bryan in New York Campaign
John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee, rests at Locust Valley then returns to New York to plan headquarters with Frank L. Polk. William Jennings Bryan signals support while McAdoo rumors spark talk of a new party with Hearst backing. The Davis camp notes greetings from Baruch and Miss Margaret Wilson to McAdoo backers.
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Associated Press
New York
Locust Valley
John W. Davis
Frank L. Polk
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Davis
Polk
New York World Today
McAdoo
W. R. Hearst
Mr. Davis
Nebraska Governor Bryan Heads Toward Atlantic City Stop
New York July 11 Gov Charles W Bryan Democrat vice presidential nominee left for Atlantic City for a day s rent before heading to Washington then Lincoln Neb He said he cannot state definite plans until he arrives in Lincoln and reviews his work there He noted plans depend on conditions in Nebraska and the oil trust fight there.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Atlantic City
Washington
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Little Entente Sets Agenda At Prague Conference
The Little Entente conference opened in Prague to outline policy on relations with neighbors, Hungary and Austria reconstruction, League of Nations program and Germany's trade admission, and the armament limit and League security treaty.
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Prague
Czecho
Slovakia
Little Entente
Hungary
Austria
League of Nations
Germany
Two Soldiers Killed in Fort Bragg Electrical Accident
Two soldiers were instantly killed and three injured at Fort Bragg North Carolina when current from a high tension electric line jumped to a galvanized iron pipe used in construction. The dead are Corporal Ernest Brynnden 25 from Oakland California and Private Herbert N Ward 20 from Charlotte North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Fort Bragg
N. C
Ernest Brynnden
Oakland
Calf
Herbert N. Ward
Charlotte
Finance Corporation For Iowa's Livestock Feeders Is Launched
Des Moines July 11 With final approval the Farmers Union Credit Corporation of Iowa capitalized at 500000 to finance growers and feeders of livestock was officially launched. Established under the intermediate credits act it will make about 5 million available to stockmen through rediscounting notes with the federal land bank ten times. Capital held by Farmers Union commission houses in Chicago South St Paul Denver Sioux City Omaha Kansas City and East St Louis. Officers are Mio Reno Iowa president A E Cotterill Leon vice president and C D Satterfield Glidden secretary. Approval by Farmers Union of Iowa and the Federal Land Bank has been given and articles of incorporation would be filed today.
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Des Moines
Farmers’ Union Livestock Commission
Farmers’ Union Credit Corporation of Iowa
Federal Land Bank
Farmers Union Commisson
Chicago
South St. Paul
Denver
Sioux City
Omaha
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Mio Reno
Agency
Iowa
A. E. Cotterill
Leon
C. D. Satterfield
Glidden
Farmers Union of Iowa
Federal Land Loan Bank
Girl, 7, crushed to death under falling hay pole
Thelma Winders aged seven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Winders, five miles east of Buckingham Tama county, was killed when a hay pole fell yesterday. Her skull was fractured, an arm broken, and a leg slit to the bone. A nearby child was injured as the pole narrowly missed.
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Cedar Rapids
Thelma Winders
R. D. Winders
Buckingham
Tama County
Tracr
Winders
Miss Mary Edaburn Travels to St Paul and Rochester Visit
Miss Mary Edaburn left Thursday for St Paul and Rochester Minnesota where she will visit Miss Dors Olson who is staying with her brother during his hospital stay.
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Mary Edaburn
St. Paul
Rochester
Minn
Dors Olson
Haarmann says he does not remember all his victims
Hanover July 11 Haarmann the so called modern Giles De Retz tells interviewers he does not recall all his victims saying they came so fast he had little chance to know them. He recalls more than a dozen victims and admits many more may have been forgotten. Police indifference provokes a mass meeting and urgent demand for indictments. Letters from across Germany report missing relatives and searches of Haarmann’s belongings. The murder room is on the top floor and the slain were cast into the Seine river.
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Associated Press
Hanover
Germany
Freiderich Haarmann
Mass Mui
Haarmannn
Haarmann
Giles de Retz
Seine
World Power Meeting Urges More Development
The first world power conference at the British Empire Exhibition closed with a resolution urging greater production and manufacturing activity to boost industrial prosperity. It calls for fuller development of natural power resources and economical energy distribution and use.
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Associated Press
London
English Olympic Score Boosted By E Liddell
At Colombes France on July 11 Erich Liddell of Great Britain won the 400 meter final in a world record time of 47.35 seconds to lift Britain into third place in the overall Olympic team standings as the United States led with 183½ points Finland 103 and Sweden 24½. Horatio Fitch of Chicago Athletic Association placed second after breaking the previous world record in the semifinals.
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Associated Pres
Olympic Stadium
Colombes
France
Erich Liddell
Great Britain
United States
Finland
Sweden
Switzerland
Hungary
Canada
South Africa
Norway
New Zealand
Denmark
Liddell
Horatio Fitch
Chicago Athletic Association
Hog market forecast by Chicago Exchange head
Everett C. Brown president of the Chicago livestock exchange predicts hog prices at ten dollars per hundredweight before October 1. He notes current market gains and a broad demand from local packers and eastern shippers while arguing hogs will align with corn value in the coming months.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jay
Everett C. Brown
Chicago Livestock Exchange
President Coolidge and son burial trip ends in Washington
The special train bearing President Coolidge's family and government officials arrived in Washington after Calvin Coolidge Jr. was buried in Plymouth Vermont. John Coolidge, the president's father, accompanied them. Mrs Coolidge and the Stearns couple from Boston accompanied the family home. The president and Mrs Coolidge appeared rested and plans for the near term were not fixed, with relatives believing he may stay largely at the White House through the summer.
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Associated Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
John Coolridge
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Calvin
White House
Coolidge
Hutcheson Named for Major General Promotion
Brigadier General Grote Hutcheson chosen by Secretary Weeks to fill the vacancy created by Major General Charles H. Muir's July 18 retirement. Hutcheson leads Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Col Leroy Bitinge would be promoted to brigadier general on July 19.
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Washington
Grote Hutcheson
Weeks
Charles H. Muir
Hutcheson
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Col
Leroy Bitinge
War Plans Division
Olives Believed Poisoned Cause Deaths At Wyoming Resort
A shipment of imported ripe olives suspected of botulism poisoning led to the deaths of Mrs. P. Ache, her son Paul Ache Jr., and Thomas C. Gillespie at Aldrich Lodge, a summer resort near Cody Wyoming. The olives were turned over to city health authorities for analysis.
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Denver
Ache
Paul Ache Jr
Thomas C. Gillespie
Aldrich Lodge
Cody
Wyo
Dairy cow in politics spurs Nebraska farm plan
Burlington special to place 30 pure bred dairy sires on Nebraska farms in exchange for 30 scrub sires as part of a state wide campaign to put the dairy cow in Nebraska politics. The plan argues diversification through dairying strengthens farms and prosperity, with 30 farmers to receive pure bred sires this fall and exchange scrubs.
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Burlington
Nebraska
Chicago Tribune
J. B. Lamson
Chicago
H. L. Ford
Denver
Colorado
Nebraska Dairy Development Society
Nebraska State College of Agriculture
Accidental Murderer Hanged in Quebec
Walter Muir of New York was hanged at Valley Field Quebec for the murder of Henri Laviolette after a September quarrel over a hunting dog. Despite relentless efforts by the Countess of Richelieu and others to seek a new trial, the sentence was carried out. Muir claimed he only meant to scare Laviolette when he fired twice, one bullet striking Laviolette in the breast.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Walter Muir
New York
Valley Field
Quebec
Henri Laviolette
Countess of Richelieu
Muir
Laviolette
Acting secretary Clark named to fill Cassady vacancy
Governor Kendall designated Rt G Clark to head the state agriculture department after the death of Raymond Cassady. Clark will not seek the job, and a permanent appointee is expected, while the Republican convention on July 22 will choose Cassady’s fall replacement. The attorney general says the office must be filled promptly.
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Associated Preach
Des Moines
Clark
Raymond Cassady
Kendall
Cassady
Agricultural Department
Dairying and Food
Mark C. Thornburg
Rt G Clark
Wool Market Strength Persists in New England Markets
The Commercial Bulletin reports that over the last two weeks wool markets have not only held firm but strengthened. Local quotations rise about two cents a pound gross, with fine wools strongly held. The note cites better garment makers' strikes and a cautious clothing market as contributing factors and adds foreign markets, especially merinos at London, are stronger while crossbreeds hold.
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Boston
Commercial Bulletin
London
State Officials Leave Brazil Revolt Center
Washington dispatch reports the governor of Sao Paulo and other state officials withdrew from the capital, now controlled by revolutionary forces. The message says life and property will be protected but provides few details beyond official withdrawal and center of revolt.
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Brazil
Associated Press
Washington
Sao Palo
State Department
Heeberle
Sao Paulo
Butler Quits Budget Office in Dispute and Lawsuit Claim
Des Moines July 11. Butler first assistant to Iowa Budget Director Maytag resigned today and charged Maytag with incompetence. He says he will sue for 10000 damages and seek legislative scrutiny of Maytag's appointment. Maytag calls Butler unfit and a disgruntled former employee. Butler alleges prior terms and three year tenure. Maytag denies all claims.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
L Butler
Maytag
Butler
Kendall
Oklahoma Budget Commission
Iowa
British pros Duncan and Mitchell defeat Hagen and Smith
George Duncan and Alice Mitchell defeated Walter Hagen and MacDonald Smith 4 to 2 in a 72 hole match for a $300 purse and international honors.
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Oxy
England
George Duncan
Alice Mitchell
Walter Hagen
MacDonald Smith
World swimming records ratified by international federation
Paria July 11 The international amateur swimming federation ratified 36 world records set in the last year and a half. Of these 26 go to United States swimmers with Johnny Weissmuller of Chicago credited with 12 marks and Gertrude Ederle of New York eight among the tally.
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Paria
International Amateur Swimming Federation
United States
Johnny Weissmuller
Chicago
Mise Gertrude Ederle
Women's Swimming Association of
New York
Benid man killed. Crowe arrested after suspected car theft
In Benid Illinois July 11 John Cro chete was killed and John ny Crowe of St Louis was arrested by a posse including three bank officials while attempting to arrest them on suspicion their automobile was stolen.
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Benid
John Crochete
Johnny Crowe
St. Louia
Judge McCall Resigns to Join Ford Dodge Firm
Des Moines reports that Judge E M McCall of Nevada's eleventh district has resigned after 15 years on the bench to enter a Ford Dodge law firm. Governor Kendall announced the move with no clear date for a successor.
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Des Moines
E. M. McCall
Nevada
Eleventh Judicial District
Kendall
William Z Foster Visits Minneapolis for Workers Party Event
William Z Foster of Chicago arrived in Minneapolis with E Ruthenberg secretary of the workers party for an organization meeting scheduled that night.
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Minneapolis
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Workers Party
E. Ruthenberg
French Senate backs Herriot after pledge to mend ties with Britain
Paris July 11 the French senate votes 246 to 18 to express confidence in Premier Herriot after he stated the government aims to reestablish cordial relations with Great Britain.
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Paris
Herriot
Great Britain
Pope validates annulment of duchess marriage
In Rome on July 11 Pope Pius ratified a decision declaring the religious marriage of the Duchess of Tallerand, formerly Anna Gould, to Marquis Boni de Castellane to be annulled.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Duchess of Tallerand
Anna Gould
Boni de Gastellane
Burglary Reported in Burlington Hold Up on Front Street
DePorest O'Dell of Galesburg Illinois told police he was held up on Front Street at gunpoint last night. The thief took his fraternity pin and 28 dollars in cash.
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Burlington
DePorest O'Dell
Galesburg
Ill
Woman Killed in Highway Crash near Clear Lake
Mrs Geral dine Harlan was killed and two women and a man were injured when automobiles carrying them collided on the Clear Lake highway last night.
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Associated Preece
Mason City
Geraldine Harlan
Clear Lake Highway
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Bloomington
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McNary-Hauge
F. B. Layman
Associaton
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New York World
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Chicago Exchange
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