Rainfall Boosts Iowa Crops After Weekend Showers
Iowa rainfall across Sunday revived moisture levels aiding corn yields in several counties. Des Moines reports up to 1.6 inches with Storm Lake totaling 2 inches, Fort Dodge estimates 1.18 inches improving late variety production by about 10 bushels per acre while early corn damage was contained. Hawarden and Council Bluffs saw heavy downpours and street flooding.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Storm Lake
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Tahiti Passenger Ship Rescued by Ventura Off Wellington
317 people aboard the British steamer Tahiti were saved after abandoning ship as a hull leak flooded the vessel near Wellington. The American steamer Ventura rushed to assist, rescuing passengers first and crews later, with transfers planned to Pago Pago and then San Francisco.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Tahiti
Ventura
Auckland
Cuba
Sydney
San Francisco
South Pacific
Penybryn
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Pago Pago
Fliers land after longest sustained flight
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine ended the longest endurance flight in history at Lambert Field after 647 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds aloft. The crew cited a crankcase break. manager Pickens blamed lack of financial returns. The craft landed in a three point touchdown with only about 300 onlookers.
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St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Greater St. Louis
William Pickens
Jackson and
O’brine
Lambert-St. Louis
John
Kenneth Hunter
Jackson
Pickens
Ritchie Protest Is Criticised as Sulky Complaint
Maryland politics sparks controversy after Gov Albert C Ritchie and Sen Phillips Lee Goldsborough defend representation at Hoover relief talks. Republican party officials dismiss the protest as a sulky complaint while advance federal road aid is deemed insufficient as Maryland road work ends November 15.
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Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Hoover
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Ritchie
Galen L. Tait
Republican State Central Committee
Tribute marks 100th anniversary of Little Brown Church writer
In Nashua Iowa on August 18 AP reports 300 worshippers and visitors from Massachusetts California Minnesota and Oklahoma gathered at the Little Brown Church in the Vale to honor Dr William Savage Pitts writer of the famed hymn. The service noted Pitts’s century and reflected renewed esteem for the composer-singer who joined the church ministry after 300 marriages were solemnized by Rev William Kent.
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Nashua
William Savage Pitts
Little Brown
the Vale
Christendom
Doctor Singer
Massachusetts
California
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wiliam Kent
Four Die as Fire Destroys New Mexico Farm Home
Portales path at dawn reports Mrs. D. G. Horn and three of her five children perished in a blaze that destroyed their farm home near here. Firefighters battled the flames yesterday with the cause under investigation.
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Portales, N. M
D. G. Horn
Mear
Two Army Student Fliers Die In Plane Collision
At Kelly field near Van Army two advanced flying school cadets were killed during attack maneuvers at about 300 feet. The victims are Donald DeWitt Campbell 23 of Anadero, Oklahoma and Cadet Robert Lee Scott 23 of Bethany, Illinois, sons of their respective families.
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San Antonio
Tex
Advanced Flying School
Kelly Field
van Army
Donald DeWitt Campbell
George C. Campbell
Anaderko
Okla
Robert Lee Scott
Hugh Scott
Bethany
Ill
Florida men arrested in alleged plot to murder Governor Carlton
Three Florida men Fred Eberhardt Frank Ralls and Henry Halsema were arrested after a two week investigation into a murder plot against Governor Carlton. Authorities announced charges would follow with details not disclosed until trial.
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Florida
Carlton
Fred O. Eberhardt
Florida State News
Alahassee
Frank Ralls
Duval County
Henry Halsema
Jacksonville
Cahoon
Department of Justice
Pensacola
Eberhardt
Hoover Turns To Drouth Relief And Aviation Needs
President Hoover, back in Washington after a Virginia camp weekend, concentrates on drouth relief machinery and aviation industry needs. He reviews federal air service structure with Hyde and Legge and pushes for swift state relief operations and expanded air mail through closer gov ernment cooperation with aviation firms.
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Hoover
Capital
Drouth
Washington
Virginia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mountain Lodge
Rapidan Camp
Allan Hover
Lindbergh
Swift death by own action to be probed
A second autopsy was ordered by Dr. Charles Norris on William E. Swift after his death by self inflicted gunshot at a Park Avenue sanitarium. Discrepancies in reports and access to a revolver prompted continued inquiry despite the brother's claim to accept the body.
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New York
William E. Swift
Chicago
Swift
Alden Swift
William
Helen Morton Bayley Swift
Johns Hopkin Hospital
Baltimore
Helen Morton
Mark Morton
Roger Bayley
Johns Hopkins
Helen Morton Swift
Wiliam E. Swift
Phipps
Spanish American War Veterans Hold Annual Meeting
Veterans of the Spanish American war gathered in Philadelphia for the 32nd annual convention of the United Spanish War Veterans and auxiliaries. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, former Ohio Justice Edward S. Matthias, and former U. S. Senator James Hamilton Lewis were listed to speak at Independence Hall.
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Philadelphia
United Spanish War Veterans
James J. Davis
Edward S. Matthias
Ohio Supreme Court
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Haineis
Independence Hall
Mill Strike Shuts Two Bessemer Textile Plants
About 1500 workers at American Mills numbers one and two in Bessemer City NC walked off to protest a wage cut scheduled to take effect that morning, shutting the plants during the strike action.
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Bessemer City
N. C
American Mills
Labor Leader Slain in Sioux City Killing Case
Earl Perry a 37 year old negro proprietor faced a first degree murder charge after Ed Britt a 43 year old prominent labor leader died from a gunshot wound. Britt claimed Perry shot him at a resort door after a noise dispute. Perry and witness accounts conflict with police reporting two shots were fired.
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Sioux City
Earl Perry
Ed Britt
Britt
H. R. Kenaston
Perry
Merle Carter
Shack
Robber Caught in Illinois Bank Is Shot to Death
In San Jose Illinois early today Officer Fred Leich shot and killed John Burchell of Knoxville Tennessee during a bank robbery attempt at the State bank. An accomplice fled after being discovered by the officer near a rear parked automobile and a bank window. Cashier J B Norris said the men were found before tampering with the vaults.
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San Jose
Ill
State Bank
John Burchell
Knoxville
Tenn
Fred Leich
J. B. Norris
Weather update for Illinois west Tuesday showers
Weather brief notes showers in the west Tuesday and cooler conditions in the northeast portion at night. Forecasters expect a mainly cool, unsettled pattern with light to moderate rain chance later.
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Illinois
Ness
Iowa forms drought relief committee to aid cattle feed
Des Moines reports Governor Hammill will name a five member drought relief committee led by Secretary of Agriculture Mark G. Thornburg. The group will connect cattle raisers with farmers who have surplus grain, coordinating feed and relief while Iowa forecasts a corn crop about 30 percent below normal.
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Des Moines
Mark G. Thornburg
Iowa
John Hammill
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Thornburg
Open Inquiry Into Senator Joyce Death Echoes Mystery
Mrs. John T. Joyce received several anonymous calls the night before her husband, state senator Joyce, died suddenly. Police search for known enemies of the lawmaker as coroner orders inquest and organ examination amid poisoning speculation.
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Chicago
John T. Joyce
Joyce
Edward Joyce
Woodcock Starts Disciplining of Federal Agents
Prohibition Agent Robert F. Myrtle of Milwaukee was suspended for five days without pay after drawing a gun on a motorist during a personal altercation over traffic rules. Director Amos W. Woodcock announced the action, noting the incident occurred in Milwaukee.
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Washington
Prohibition
Robert F. Myrtle
Milwaukee
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Will of Ex Senator Phelan Praised for Charity
Tahoe Tavern California August 18 a reader hails the will of former Senator Phelan of San Francisco as the most beautiful writing in years praising charity tolerance and love for humankind. The note mentions a $20 000 bequest to Helen Wills.
Barred Luta Records Cloud Wisconsin Slaying Probe
Investigators probing the Zuta killing at Delafield, Wisconsin, uncover papers in a strong box dated mostly before 1927 and face a three year statute of limitations. Patrick Roche and Charlies Rathbun follow a dollars trail tied to a $500 Republican campaign contribution linked to Homer K. Galpin. Names public include Municipal Judge Joseph Schulman and former Judge Emanuel Eller as investigators pursue potential ties to political fundraising.
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Chicago
Jack Zuta
Wis
Swanson
Roach
Patrick Roche
Charlies F. Rathbun
Zuta
Northside
George Moran
Roche
Joseph Schulman
Emannuel Eller
Eller
Party Leaders Map Campaign At The Capital
National party leaders gather in Washington to launch the November campaign as control of the house appears pivotal. Senate races attract attention with Republican and coalition Democrats shaping strategy as Tydings and Moses lead the campaign teams and headquarters open in coming days.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Democrats
Wood
Can
Indiana
Morus
Crat
Tennessee
Tydings
Maryland
Moses
New Hampshire
J‘ess
Robert Lucas
Alcohol Plant Explodes Wounding Owner in Des Moines
August 18 report from Des Moines says an alcohol plant exploded and the owner was critically injured. Details incomplete with AP note.
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Des Moines
Wisconsin Town Threatened by Forest Fires
Crews of firefighters battled a cutover area near Marengo Wisconsin as forest fires posed a growing threat to the town on August 18 AP dispatch. Firefighting units combated multiple fronts with water lines and backfires reported in the early afternoon.
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Wisconsin
Marengo, Wis
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