Six Die In Iowa Weekend Crises And Accidents
Six people died and a score were injured in Iowa over the weekend. Ida Stephenson of Algona burned herself to death. Coroner Klingenberg of Davenport hanged himself. Leonard Heffner drowned at Blue Lake near Onawa. Myrna Stevenson died after drowning rescue at Crystal Lake. Blaine Snyder was killed in a motorcycle car collision near Cedar Rapids. Keith Hinds died from an accidental gun discharge near Leon. Several injuries were reported in Des Moines traffic incidents.
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Ida Stephenson
Algona
Klingenberg
Davenport
Leonard Heffner
Ute
Blue Lake
Myrna Stevenson
Crystal Lake
Blaine R. Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Keith Hinds
Leon
Onawa
Miss Stevenson
Hinds
Milo Stringer
Stringer
Mystery cloaks Brooklyn family death
New York Aug 11 AP reports Salvatore Teserearo his wife Concetta and their 18 year old daughter Emilia were found dead in their Brooklyn apartment after neighbors heard shots. Teserearo killed his wife and daughter then shot himself according to police.
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New York
Salvatore Teserearo
Concetta
Emilia
Brooklyn
Teserearo
Auto Hits Parked Car Four Killed in Sayre Ohio
An automobile collided with a parked car on a river bridge in Sayre Ohio last night killing four people and injuring two. The dead are Ralph Burkhart the driver John Hartman Miss Grace Dees and Miss Winon Moreland all of Sayre.
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Sayre
Ohio
Ralph Burkhart
John Hartman
Grace Dees
Winon Moreland
Dynamite Ends Family Tragedy in Burnbay
Otto Zeller killed his three young children and himself with dynamite in Burnbay British Columbia last night after his wife left him amid alleged cruelties. A child told a friend that the father planned to kill.
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Burnbay
B. C
Otto Zeller
Zeller
Shadow of Smith Looms Over Four State Primaries
Washington reports that Alfred E. Smith the 1928 Democratic presidential candidate casts a long shadow over Alabama Arkansas and Nebraska primaries while Alabama voters pick a Heflin successor and face independent campaign. Senatorial contests include Bankhead and Thompson in Alabama with Norris challenging in Nebraska. Norris backed Smith amid cross party support.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Alabama
Arkansas
Nebraska
J. Thomas Heflin
George W. Norris
Smith
Hold Iowa Sunday at Washington Memorial Chapel
An Iowa Sunday service at the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge marked by placing an Iowa state flag among others. Rev W Herbert Burk led the service praising Iowa’s literacy and service to mankind as DAR Iowa plans fundraising for a state bell in the national Carillon.
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Iowa
Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge
Washington Memorial
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. Herbert Burk
Light Showers Bring Relief From Heat Across Iowa
Iowa saw cooler conditions with an 80 degreeish high after weekend showers. Reports from Creston and other cities noted beneficial rain for corn and pasture, while Des Moines and Davenport logged modest totals and the nation cooled overall after weeks of heat.
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Des Moines
Jowans
Creston
Charles City
Keokuk
Dubuque
Davenport
Sioux City
Iowa
Chicago
Officials Probe Disappearance of Sailing Master
Leslie E. Large 32 year old acting master of the San Gil vanished after Ha vana departure Aug 1. British consular and United FruitCo officials call the disappearance most mysterious. Crew say he was well and no trouble aboard. Last seen by watch officer Harry Gardner at 3 am on the bridge. ship searched until 7 am with no trace found.
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Boston
Leslie E. Large
United Fruit Company
San Gil
Havana
the Fruit Company
Large
Harry Gardner
Captain Large
Gardner
Sarge
Body Found in Culvert May Belong to Prohibition Informer
Memphis police investigated a decomposed body found in a street culvert on Saturday as a possible death of Miss Clara Patterson 31 a hotel employee alleged to have acted as an undercover informer for prohibition officers. Deputy Sheriff Charles Garibaldi and T M Washburn both linked the remains to Patterson based on teeth hair and appearance while the mother in Little Rock Ark said a July 25 letter may prove her absence.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles Garibaldi
Clara Patterson
Miss Patterson
Little Peck
Ark
T. M. Washburn
Weather Summary for Iowa Regions Tonight and Tuesday
Weather forecast notes fair to slightly warm conditions in the west and north tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warmer. River stages show La Crosse at 0.4, Dubuque at 2.5 with a 0.1 decline, Davenport 2.2 at stand, Muscatine 2.9 at stand, Keokuk rising 0.2.
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Iowa
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
ROW TO SAFETY IN LIFEBOATS
Sixty five passengers and the Caribou crew survived a six hour lifeboat ordeal after the steamer struck land off Newfoundland. All were landed safely at Port Aux Basques as salvors work to recover mail and freight from the wreck.
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St. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
Port Aux Basques
North Sidney
N. S
Robertson
Port Aux Basque
Miniature Golf Spreads Across the Nation
Washington reports 25,000 miniature golf courses nationwide with an investment value of 125 million dollars. The Commerce Department notes 15,000 new courses since January and continuing growth in the sector.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Drought Report From Hoover Sees Mixed Rain Prospects
The Weather Bureau predicts showers this week across drouth areas in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Kansas and Nebraska within 36 hours but cautions showers may fail to materialize Ohio Valley relief expected by midweek. President Hoover returns to the White House after a Virginia lodge stay and reviews county reports detailing drought damage as relief plans are prepared.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Drouth
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio Valley
Hoover
White House
Virginia
Vic Lodge
Cloudburst Floods Block Mountain Roads Near Lyons
A cloudburst turned the North and South St. Vrain rivers into raging floods west of Lyons Colorado. Rivers surged along main routes to Estes Park trapping hundreds of motorists for hours as residents warn of danger in the canyons.
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Lyons
Colo
St. Vrain
Estes Park
Five Die in Cottage Fire at Cox's Lake Park
Johnson City Tenn Aug 11 AP five persons burned to death in a six room cottage at Cox's Lake amusement park. Two others injured seriously. Victims include Mrs Hugh Lee Witt and four Witt family members. Investigators probe whether fireworks were stored in the cottage. The blaze occurred at daylight with deaths in their beds.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Here
Hugh Lee Witt
Hugh Lee Witt, Jr
Marie Witt
Iva Witt
Paul Reeder
Charles Witt
Charlies Witt
Cox’s Lake
Civilizatio n prodigies and pruned homes in California dialogue
A Santa Monica reader writes amid August heat about using youths with prodigy status, removing their ladders of control, and crowding California with demolished homes turned into premature golf courses. He notes jails aiming to curb mutiny by occupying prisoners minds.
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Santa Monica
Calif
California
Michigan Brush Fires Threaten Menominee and Counties
More than 50 forest fires blaze across upper Michigan with 20 in Menominee County alone, one within a half mile of Menominee. Wind shifts could endanger the city. 500 firefighters on duty in the region and nearby Wisconsin report ongoing blazes from Sault Ste Marie to Marquette. Traffic in the Straits of Mackinac slowed by smoke. a new fire near Hermansville threatens Hiawatha Fox farms with over 5,000 silver foxes housed there.
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Menominee
Mich
Upper Michigan
Menominee County
Wisconsin
Dickinson
Marquette
Here
Sault Ste Marie
Alger
Schoolcraft
Mackinac County
Straits of Mackinac
Hermansville
Hiawatha Fox
U S Senators Arrive for Two-Week Open Roads Visit in Russia
A delegation of U S senators led by Burton Wheeler Bronson Cutting and Allen Barkley arrived in Moscow for a two-week open roads pilgrimage in Russia. Professors accompanying the group will guide the trip.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Jackson and O Brine Close To Endurance Flight Record
In St Louis on Aug 11 AP reports pilots Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine have begun a fourth week aloft aiming to break the world endurance refueling record. They had flown about 504 hours with a smoothly running motor and were within 50 hours of the Hunter brothers record set in Chicago last month.
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St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Jackepp
Robert Moore Declares He Is Not Bandit
State Agent Hi Yackey and County Attorney Marion Hamiel said they had strong leads on the bandit trio that shot R. G. Sproat in Tipton Iowa last Friday morning. A Rockford Illinois tip led to the arrest of a suspect believed to be one of the three bandits. deputies traveled to Rockford and returned with the man. The farmer Robert Moore, near Wald, was not among the bandits.
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Tipton
Hi Yackey
Marion C. Hamiel
R. G. Sproat
Rockford
Ill
C. H. Elwood
John Carey
Charles Murray
Robert Moore
Wald
Mercer son believed killed by bandits in fur trade crime
Philadelphia Aug 11 AP An official of the Hudson Seal Fur company says he believes bandits killed his son John M Mercer and stole his money. Mercer, a fur salesman, had been on a trip and his father has heard nothing since. Authorities in Iowa are seeking clues on how the car came into bandits’ possession.
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Philadelphia
H. M. Mercer
Hudson Seal Fur Company
John M. Mercer
Iowa
Bess
Mercer
Ditch Escape Prisoner Released After False Arrest
A man detained as part of a three person incident was found not involved and released at 9 o clock in Tipton. The suspect, Louis C. Sorter, 21, claimed he began a cross country hitchhike from Los Angeles a week earlier and had arrived Friday.
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Tipton
Louis C. Sorter
Los Angeles
Four Die as Train Hits Car in Hartland Wisconsin
Four Milwaukee residents die when an automobile is struck by a passenger train at a crossing in Hartland Wisconsin. Two pedestrians were crossing as the collision occurred. all occupants perished instantly.
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Hartland, Wis
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