Eight Injured in Baton Rouge Prison Break Shootout
In a mass prison break at Louisiana State Penitentiary inmates overpowered guards, seized weapons, and fled by launch down the Mississippi River. Six convicts died and eight people were injured as gunfire erupted. guards and prisoners sustained multiple wounds and several escapees surrendered or fled cross country.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Cleveland Owen
New Orleans
George G Hunter Dies At 63 In Des Moines
George G. Hunter 63 president of the Iowa Investment and Mortgage Company died at his Des Moines home at 3 a m. He was a publisher and business man born on a Jackson county farm. He founded the Northwestern Banker Des Moines 1896 Southwestern Banker Kansas City and Southeastern Banker Atlanta. He formerly led the Des Moines Fire Insurance Company and with a brother owned the Underwriters Review.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George G. Hunter
Iowa Investment and Mortgage Company
Jackson County
Cherokee inmate Charles Price Escapes Jail
Charles Price, held on an assault charge in Cherokee County Jail, escaped last night by sawing through bars in a window. Authorities narrows search for Price, who is described as a male inmate with unknown details. Police urge public vigilance and request anyone with information to contact the Cherokee County sheriff.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Charles Price
Cherokee County
Maine election center of political activity as Curtis travels
World briefs report Maine forecasts of a large election vote with Senator Curtis departing for Washington. Other items note Hoover weighing two Massachusetts speeches, Governor Smith planning a national tour, a pastor's death in Buffalo, a golf shot at Minneapolis, and Spain Venezuela and Persia chosen for UN council seats. Kellogg lands back in New York after signing peace pact. Fox theatres financing via new debentures in New England. Smith seen as likely to carry New York. Dowry leads Windsor Ont to Los Angeles race. U.S. corn crop forecast and Texas democracy action at state committee meeting.
Rowland Still Leads In Derby
Los Angeles reports Earl Rowland of Wichita, Kansas holding a commanding Class A lead in the trans continental air race as the field nears the finish in Los Angeles. Rankin and Lindbergh were noted among attendees with other class flyers routing toward Fort Worth and El Paso after overnighting in Yuma.
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Los Angeles
New York
Rocky Mountains
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
Rowland
San Diego
Yuma
Ariz
Tex Rankin
Portland
Coolidges End Three Month Vacation on Brule River
President and Mrs Coolidge will finish their three months vacation on the Brule river in Superior Wisconsin. They will depart this afternoon for Washington and are due to arrive in the capital on Wednesday.
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Superior
Wis
U.P
Legionaires of Iowa Hold Tenth Annual Convention in Cedar Rapids
Iowa legionaires gather in Cedar Rapids for their tenth annual state convention. The event features a formal opening at the new memorial coliseum, a parade, bugle and drum corps contests, and a planned Cherry sisters comeback performance for the legionaires.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Legionaires
Uncle Sam
Buddy
New Memorial Coliseum
Legionaires
Announce Crop Reports Today From Washington
The agriculture department reports Sept 1 crop conditions. Corn at 78.4 percent of normal, yield about 2.93 billion bushels.Durum wheat in four states at 1.8 percent of normal, about 84.87 million bushels. Spring wheat 82.1 percent normal, 237.61 million. all wheat 901.07 million. Oats 84.4 percent, about 1.4538 billion bushels.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
United States
Iowa Stations Will Be Tested For Late Evening Use
Washington reports the federal radio commission will test how late WHO Des Moines and WOC Davenport can operate without interfering with west coast stations. The experiments last ninety days with no reduction to the 5,000 watt power, according to Sam Pickard.
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Washington, D. C
Des Moines
WOC
Davenport
Sam Pickard
Federal Radio Commission
Pickard
Twenty Two Die In Monza Race Crash
At Monza Italy on September 10 twenty two people were killed when Emilio Materazzis racing car hit another vehicle and cleared the fence. The car veered and struck the crowd near the main stand leaving no escape for spectators.
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Monza
Italy
Emilio Materazzi
Materazzi
Iowa towns to hear Brookhart speeches across two weeks
Des Moines AP reports Senator Smith W. Brookhart will speak in 23 Iowa towns over two weeks. engagements include Cedar Rapids, Mapleton, Ida Grove, Sioux City, Le Mars, Orange City, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Primghar, Cherokee, Aurelia, Spirit Lake, Estherville, Emmetsburg, Pocahontas, Indianola, Des Moines, Winterset, Atlantic, Oakland, and Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brokhart
Republican State Central Committee
Brookhart
Cedar Rapids
Mapleton
Ida Grove
Correctionville
Sioux City
le Mars
Orange City
Rock Rapids
Sibley
Primghar
Cherokee
Aurelia
Sioux Rapids
Spirit Lake
Estherville
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Indianola
Winterset
Atlantic
Oakland
Council Bluffs
Ramseyer
Moulton
John C. McKenzie
Ilinois
Lake City
L. J. Dickinson
Bootlegger Blue Book Spurs Philadelphia Probe
Philadelphia dated Sept 10 report says District Attorney John Monaghan’s renewed crackdown targets bootleggers hijackers and gangsters amid a bribery probe. A found blue book lists bootleggers and police contacts and is to bolster grand jury testimony from expected witnesses.
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Philadelphia
John Monaghan
Monaghan
New York
Pennsylvania
Youth Killed in Fall From Train Near Marshalltown
Earl Lewis, 22, of Atlanta, Ga., was killed when he tried to alight from a westbound Northwestern train in Marshalltown Iowa. He fell under the wheels and was decapitated with both legs severed. Frank Marston, also of Atlanta, was with him as they bummed from Detroit where they work.
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Marshalltown
Northwestern
Earl Lewis
Atlanta
Lewis
Frank Marston
Detroit
Two Men Electrocuted Working on Power Line near Ponca
Ponca Nebraska reports James Anderson and Charles M Dougherty employees of Interstate Light and Power were killed Sunday afternoon after contacting a high voltage wire while repairing a line on a high pole near Ponca.
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Ponca, Neb
James Anderson
Charles M. Dougherty
Interstate Light and Power Company
Ponca
Robinson Will Deliver Religious Freedom Speech in Virginia
Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic vice presidential candidate, spoke with Virginia leaders in Richmond ahead of an address on religious freedom. He breakfasted with Governor Byrd and planned further meetings with state organizers as his 8,000 mile tour, ending September 21 in Paducah, Kentucky, continues through the South. He expressed confidence in solid Democratic support across the region.
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Richmond
United Press
Joseph T. Robinson
Virginia
Robinson
Byrd
Pacific Coast
Paducah
South
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Lieutenant Governor Clem F. Kimball Dies in Iowa
Clem F. Kimball, 60, Iowa lieutenant governor and Republican candidate for re election, died at his Council Bluffs home at 2 10 am after a year and a half with sarcoma. He had served in the state senate and as city solicitor, and was chosen to succeed Governor Hammill in 1924. Funeral plans were not yet set. He is survived by his wife Carroll Williams Kimball a son John W Kimball and a daughter Prue. Kimball Elevator Company was among his business interests. A successor will be named after a Republican committee meeting is held in coming days.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Clem F. Kimball
Kimball
John Hammill
Senate
Carroll Williams Kimball
John W. Kimball
Prue
Rockford, Ill
Kimball Elevator Company
Wills Stern
Republican State Central Committee
Associated Press
Horticultural Society Plans Ames Visit
The great plains section of the American society for horticultural science visits Ames Iowa for a four day tour. Members meet in Omaha then inspect Shenandoah nurseries and Mt Arbor and Mitchelville orchards en route. They arrive Ames Tuesday night and Hampton Wednesday, ending Thursday at Charles City.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Great Plains
American Society For Horticultural Science
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Shenandoah
Mt. Arbor
Mitchelville
Radio Stations to Share Wavelengths in Midwest Allocations
Unofficial reports indicate KFNF Shenandoah will get 337 meter wavelength and KMA will receive 322 meters under new FCC allotments. Times will be shared with Nebraska and South Dakota stations as the plan proceeds.
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Shenandoah, Tat
KFNF
KMA
Federal Radio Commission
Nebraska
South Dakota
Ten die in U S crashes. two Iowans among victims
AP report lists ten fatalities from crashes nationwide including two Iowans and two South Dakotans aboard an Iowa built plane. Also noted are seven injuries including two Iowans. Crashes occurred near Bedford Iowa, Des Moines, Sioux Falls and other sites. causes cited include stall, wing buckling, and fire after crashes.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
United States
Eugene Gillhousen
Des Moin
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
Huron
S. D
Maine votes today as national barometer in state election
Portland historians note Maine as a political barometer with both parties optimistic a fair result will foretell the national outcome. Republicans campaign with Curtis and Watson key backers aiming to surpass 1920 margins. Democrats hope Governor Smith gains favorable signs.
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Portland
Maine
Political Barometer of the Union
Smith
Harding
Cox
Charles Curtis
James E. Watson
Indiana
Democratic Party
Two Gangsters Die in Chicago Currents of Violence
Chicago dispatch reports two more gangsters dead from shootings with a third funeral planned. Tony Lombardo’s death followed a prior slaying, while Joe Ferraro died from his injuries after being shot in a Madison Street crowd. Cobb Eskelson’s body was found on Larabee Street. police link Eskelson’s death to Lombardo’s ring, noting a false prosecutor badge on him. Funeral arrangements for Lombardo were tentative and expected to draw a $100,000 funeral, signaling the era of costly gangland burials.
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Chicago
Joe Ferraro
Madison Street
Tony Lombardo
Lombardo
Ferraro
Ferrara
Cobb Eskelson
Larrabee Street
North Side
Eskelson
Iowa Labor Launches Campaign in Support of Smith for President
Des Moines Iowa Labor officials announce a coordinated campaign for Governor Smith. M E Sherman secretary of the Iowa Federation of Labor says representatives will be sent to Iowa industrial districts for meetings with local and national labor leaders. He cites Smith 25 years in public service and a record of laws aiding wage earners.
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Des Moines
M. E. Sherman
Iowa Federation of Labor
Smith
Iowa
Sherman
National Labor Campaign Committee
Friends of Industrial Justice
Republicans plan district caucus to build Hoover majority
Republican leaders from the eighth district unit for a Wednesday Iowa drive at the Iowana hotel to strengthen a large Hoover win in November. The gathering, led by Rawson McClure Elliott Stern and others, seeks a smooth organization ahead of the campaign. Democrats plan parallel district caucuses to focus on building an organization and aim to flip Iowa.
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Eighth
Iowa
Hoover
Iowana Hotel
Charles A. Rawson
Martha McClure
Coolidge
LaFollette
Smith
Omaha
Republians
Cholera Epidemic Closes DeWitt Schools
An outbreak of cholera infantum in DeWitt Iowa has killed four children and left more than twenty ill, including some adults. Local doctors, aided by specialists from Iowa City and Davenport, work nonstop as opinions differ on the illness’s cause and many cases are severe from onset.
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DeWitt
Iowa
Iowa City
Davenport
Meeting Opposed by Police Chief in Pittsburg
Pittsburg police chief Peter P. Walsh announced the national save the union convention cannot be held in the city. He said he would not permit the gathering to come here and menace residents by rioting, citing opponents of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers.
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Pittsburg
Save the Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Peter P. Walsh
Hammill in Chicago for Governors Conference Meeting
Des Moines dispatch reports Governor John Hammill visited Chicago today to attend an executive session of the national governors conference. Plans for the general meeting of the governors body in New Orleans will be set at today's deliberations.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
Chicago
Governors’ Conference
Governors’ Body
New Orleans
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