Widespread Iowa hailstorm causes heavy losses
Damage from hail wind and rain across eastern and southern Iowa totals in the hundreds of thousands with Poweshiek County alone over 100000. Crops especially corn and timothy suffer as barns roofs fall and livestock harmed. No tornado reported by weather authorities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Poweshiek County
Fairfield
Coppock
Dublin
Brighton
Verdi
Washington
Hall
Chicago
Ill
Middle West
Mercury
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Iown
McDonough County
Blandinsville
Colchester
Murphysboro
Paris
Towa
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Talightnine
Bureau Des Moines
Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
Soo City
Sioux City
MacMillan Drops Part of Exploration Plans
The MacMillan Arctic expedition halves its planned polar sea exploration this year due to unusually bad weather. The team will still conduct scientific work from Etah Greenland, while abandoning the Cape Hubbard base and aerial survey over the frozen sea as impractical.
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Macmillan
Cape Hubbard
Washington, D. C
A. P
Macmillan Arctic Expedition
Polar Sea
Northland
Etah
Greenland
National Geographic Society
Brookhart Win Confidence Aide Says In Iowa Recount
Des Moines Aug 19 Louis H Cook campaign manager for Senator Brookhart asserts the recount of ballots in the Steck contest will not overturn Brookhart’s small majority. He expects completion a week from Saturday and notes only 30 arrow ballots found in Pottawattamie thus far.
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Des Moines
Tra
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Louis H. Cook
Smith W. Brookhart
Brookhart
Senate
Daniel F. Steck
Cook
M. Cook
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Congress
Iowa
Washington Dispatches
Steck
Pottawattamie
Washington, D. C
Agreement on Belgian Debt Completed at Versailles
U S funding plan for Belgium’s pre and post armistice debts totals 417.78 million dollars with full repayment in 62 years. The plan forgives part of pre armistice interest and sets staged payments for post armistice debt, subject to U S Congress approval.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Coolidge
United States
Little Kingdom
Wilson
American Congress
Belgium
Germany
Public Improvements Planned for Gold Coast Colony Costs 21.5 Million
The Gold Coast Colony in British West Africa will undertake public improvement projects costing 21.5 million dollars. The plan outlines infrastructure upgrades and development initiatives funded by the colonial administration.
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Gold Coast
British West Africa
Federal grain reserve urged to regulate production and trade
Charles D. Reed, head of the Iowa weather and crop reporting bureau, urged a federal grain reserve system to stabilize prices. He proposed regulation by a federal commission, with production imports and exports overseen by a board modeled after the Federal Reserve. Reed noted Iowa corn acreage set records and eastern Iowa reported the best crop ever, but bumper crops do not always raise farmers' income.
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Des Moines
A. P
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Reporting Bureau
Federal Reserve Banking System
Reed
Iowa
Hibernians of Iowa Open 21st Biennial Convention
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Iowa began its 21st biennial convention in Sioux City at the Martin hotel with J. M. McCormick presiding. The auxiliary state convention also opens, and a London play featuring Marie Tempest, Hay Fever, was performed this summer.
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Sioux City
A. P
Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Iowa
Martin Hotel
J. M. McCormick
Euxildary
Marie Tempest
London
Mellon Asks That Threat Sender Be Freed of Charges
Washington D C Aug 19 A P Secretary Mellon has asked that Prosecution of Will K Reeme at Kansas City on the ground that he has threatened Mr Mellon be dropped Reeme a dry crusader charged Mr Mellon with failure to enforce prohibition enforcement but since his arrest treasury officials said he had become convinced that the secretary is faithfully endeavoring to uphold the law They added that Reeme believed his original idea as to Mr Mellon's unfitness was based on statements of political opponents.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Mellon
Will K. Reeme
Kansas City
Reeme
Treasury
Three Chicago Experts Forecast Better Business This Fall
Three prominent Chicago figures predict improved business activity this fall. George M. Reynolds of Continental and Commercial National Bank, Samuel O. Dunn of Railway Age, and James Simpson of Marshall Field and Company foresee stronger banking conditions, steady credit, and a normal fall rise in money rates without a boom.
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Chicago, Ill
Associated Press
Chicago
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Samuel O. Dunn
Railway Age
James Simpson
Marshall Field and Company
Iowa corn condition good to excellent with northwest woes
The weekly crop report says Iowa corn is generally good to excellent though northwest counties report failure to fair. Rain was heavy in most areas but scarce in the northwest. Earliest corn is denting while late corn remains in milk. oats threshing is better than average and timothy shows solid yields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
Sheriff Conference Called by Governor for Sept Dates
Des Moines Aug 19 A P Gover nor Hammill has called a conference of Iowa county sheriffs for September 9 10 and 11. The meet ing responds to a resolution from Cedar Rapids sheriffs last week. Instructions in duties and discussion on preventing crime especially rural crime will be on the program.
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Des Moines
Hammill
Cedar Rapids
New Naples Salerno Highway To Serve Autos Only
A newly planned highway between Naples and Salerno in Italy will be designated for automobile traffic only. The project aims to improve cross coastal transit and reduce mixed traffic on existing routes.
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Naples
Salerno
Italy
Privilege of Some Motorists on Capitol Hill
An irate motorist refused to move his car when Governor Pinchot’s vehicle also occupied a no parking space on Capitol Hill in Harrisburg. The cars stayed until the Governor’s car moved.
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Capitol Hill
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa and Illinois expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with possible local thunder storms. Few temperature changes anticipated and mainly northern and central Illinois may see storms.
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Iowa
Illinois
Keota Storm Destroys Property with High Winds Hail
Keota Iowa Aug 19 a violent storm struck around dawn bringing fierce wind rain and hail that damaged homes roofs and gardens. Windows broke at J S Martin building and telecommunication lines suffered outages. Hail ball sizes resembled small eggs washing out lines and crops. eastern areas suffered most with corn damaged and lines busy repairing damage.
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Keota
Visttea
J. S. Martin
Telephone Company
Neal
L. D. Shaffer
Paul Peiffer
Iowa State Tax Rate Reduced to 10 Mills
Des Moines August 19 The state executive council set the state tax millage at 10 mills for the coming biennium with 0.68 mills for current expenses and 1.32 mills for the soldier bonus. The valuation mix shifted and the adjusted assessments total 4.944 billion dollars with exemptions leaving 1.001 billion subject to the 10 mill rate, yielding an average state tax rate of 97.567 compared with 98.625 previously.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Looney Indicted in Gabel Slaying Case
John Looney Rock Island vice king already jailed for conspiracy leads a group of nine indicted in the William Gabel murder from a Rock Island saloon three years ago. Co-defendants include Lawrence Pedigo Joe Richards Helen Van Dale Heinie Lee Louis Ortell Henry Auerocks Leonard Walker Gemeal Davis. State evidence ties Looney and his son John Connor Looney to the shooting from a passing car.
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Rock Island
John Looney
William Gabel
Looney
Vice Ring
Lawrence Pedigo
Joe Richards
Helen van Dale
Heinie Lee
Louis Ortell
Henry Auerocks
Leonard Walker
Gemeal Davis
John Connor Looney
Gabel
Arrest Expected in Traer Killing Case
Authorities planned the late afternoon arrest of a Traer man in connection with the killing of Frank Mommer, the night marshal, by a burglar last week. The suspect’s name was not released as Tama County sheriff and state officers continued the investigation.
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Traer
Tama County
Frank Mommer
Investigate Wire Deaths in Iowa City
Official inquiry into the electrocution of brothers John and Paul Miller and Joe Wall will begin this afternoon as the coroner's jury convenes at 2 o'clock in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
John
Paul Miller
Joe Wall
Electricity Rate Cut Aims to Boost Bahamian Cooking
The Bahamas plans to halve the current rate to encourage cooks to switch to electrical appliances. The policy targets household kitchens and small eateries, aiming to reduce fuel costs and expand electric use in domestic cooking.
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Bahamas
Night of Horror as Mackinac Boiler Explodes
Newport Rhode Island August 19 AP A steam boiler on the Mackinac explodes while 677 excursionists ride Narragansett Bay killing 34 and injuring 41 with many more feared dead. The patch on the boiler gave way. Passengers rushed to safety as crew members share the fate of victims. Brown University sophomore John M. Hunter is among the dead.
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Newport
R. I
A.P
Mackinac
Narrangansett Bay
Naval Hospital
J. and P. Coates Company
Pawtucket
John Grant
Providence
McVey
Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Block Island
Government Pier
John M. Hunter
Brown University
Charles M. Hunter
Taxi bandits given 25 years in prison
Alton Iowa August 19 K W Hodgins 22 and Frank Nelson 26 both of Bartlesville Oklahoma were sentenced by Judge William Hutchinson yesterday to 25 years in prison for holding up Bert Bollinger a Le Mars taxi driver Sunday. The men were arrested as they were entering Sioux City in the machine from which Bollinger had escaped. They entered pleas of guilty.
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Alton
K. W. Hodgins
Frank Nelson
Bartlesville
Okla
William Hutchinson
Bert Bollinger
le Mars
Morningside Romance Reaches Sac City Nuptials
Miss Elaine Barnett of Morningside will wed Glen Honte Rogers of Newell in Sac City Thursday. Rogers starred as quarterback for the 1924 Morningside football team.
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Sioux City
Morningside
Sac City la
Elaine Barnett
Glen “Honte" Rogers
Newell
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