Fire Chief Outlines Fire Safe Wood Building Method
Fire Chief P H Hannan of Creston endorses a fire protected wood house using noncombustible exterior sheathing and metal or rock lath interior to lift fire resistance. He cites practicality and urges public adoption as part of the 1927 Fire Prevention Year campaigns led by the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
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International Association of Fire Chiefs
United States
P. H. Hannan
Creston
Hannan
Th Fire Department
Great Deception at the Strand Featuring Pringle and Lyon
Aileen Pringle and Ben Lyon star in Robert Kane's The Great Deception at the Strand tonight and Saturday. The film, based on The Yellow Dove, chronicles British and German secret service clashes during World War I with aviation and car chase melodrama. Fort Totten coast defense shots with U S anti aircraft gear are shown courtesy of the authorities.
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Aileen Pringle
Ben Lyon
Robert Kane
Miss Pringle
Mr. Kane
Mr. Lyon
George Gibbs
Secret Service
United States Army
Fort Totten
Long Island
New York Harbor
Knockout Reilly Arrives At Strand In Three Day Run
Richard Dix stars in Paramount's Knockout Reilly directed by Malcolm St. Clair arriving at the Strand for a three day showing. A strong supporting cast backs the tale of a young steel puddler who fights to ring fame sparked by a romance with Mary Brian fresh from Beau Geste.
Mr Wu brings ornate Chinese palace garden to Crest
Lon Chaney stars in Mr Wu a screen production set in a recreated Chinese palace garden. The elaborate set features jade josses, magic walls and glittering pagodas with Walker Whiteside origin story, a cast including Renee Adore Ralph Forbes Gertrude Olsted Anna May Wong Holmes Herbert and more.
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Orient
Mr. Wu
Lon Chaney
Crest Theater
Palace
Chaney
Cathay
Walker Whiteside
William Nigh
Renee Adore
Ralph Forbes
Gertrude Olsted
Claude King
Anna May Wong
Holmes Herbert
Byrd waits for favorable weather before transatlantic flight
At Roosevelt Field New York on June 17 Commander Byrd prepared the Fokker monoplane America for a final inspection before a possible flight to France. Weather over the North Atlantic remained unsettled with storm areas near Newfoundland and Scotland. Byrd noted public support for the voyage but expected interest mainly from aviation experts.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
America
Hansar
France
Trans- Atlantic
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Scotland
Byrd
Toagle
Letters Seek Spots on Atlantic Flight Crew
He notes many applicants are young women and a few mothers eager to fly the Atlantic. He says the letters are charming and that most are pleasant, though the flight crew is already fully selected.
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America
Atlantic
Display Men elect Davenport man first vice president
J J H Everette of Davenport was elected first vice president of the International Association of Display Men at the group yearly meeting in Detroit with other officers named including W E Stockley Fort Dodge and Ralph Bunce Burlington.
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W. E. Stockley
Fort Dodge
Ralph Bunce Burlington
Harry A. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
J. JH. Everette
International Association of Display Men
Detroit
Palo Alto Voters Endorse Lowden
Emmetsburg Iowa June 17 resolutions adopted at a Lowden meeting endorsed Frank Lowden former governor of Iowa as the farmers choice for president. They criticized the Coolidge veto of the McNary Haugen bill and charged the administration with failing to carry out party platform pledges on agriculture. The resolutions followed the speech of Mayor Frank J Lund of Webster City head of the Lowden for president group in Iowa. The Palo Alto County Farm Bureau and the county fair management sponsored the meeting.
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Emmetsburgh
Lowden
Frank
Coolidge
Frank J. Lund
Webster City
Iowa
Public auction of 15000 baby chicks at Allen Hatchery
A public sale of 15,000 baby chicks will be held at Allen Hatchery on Saturday June 18 at 2 p m. The event invites buyers to participate in the poultry auction.
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Allen Hatchery
Chicago
Crestoy Hotel
Creston
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Jack Renault
Killer Agerra
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Reilly
St Clair
GAT Thes Theaters
L. Miner
Towa Falls
W. McBride
Iowa Falls Sentinel
I. A. Nichols
Hardin County Citizen
Iowa Falls
McBride
California
Ames
Gilbert Grain Company
Farmers’ Cooperative
Gilbert la
G.A Arnold
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Council Bluffs
David R. Tripp
Iowa Grad Lodge
Thomas Threkmorton
Des Moines
Palo Alto
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County Fair Management
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Lon Chaney In
Fred Clark
North Elm
Telephone
Ralph H. Brooks
Brooks
Trimmer
Trimmer Mo
Sao
Kentucky
Illinois
Creston Iron & Metal Co., Lic
Corner Elm and Union Sts
NEW North
Hudson Bros
the Family Theater
Desert Valley
Sage Brush
Malcolm Waite
Rcr
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Dunlap
Buck Jones
Rey
PLEO
Lloyd Hamilton
PY Mom Anh
Adolph Zuko
SSE L. Lasky Earseng
Ichard DIX
the News
Lindberg
Washington
Hayden’s Orchestra
Hal Sn
Bert Gowan
Pathe Comedy
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