Border turmoil and Mexican troops deployed at the frontier
Mexican forces moved to the Juarez border opposite Columbus New Mexico after US agents uncovered a plan to send 190 armed men into Mexico in a revolutionary bid. Additional troops arrived at Juarez, the bridge guard strengthened, and officials planned an inspection trip by Gen Ramon Lopez with Gen Joaquin Amara to follow. In Mexico City a parliament clash left Col Andreas Garcia Deputy Marcos Diaz dead and Santiago Caparrosa wounded amid street fighting near Iturbide hotel.
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Enrique Estrada
Aurelio Sepulveda
Mexico
San Diego
Cal
Calexio
Mexicali
Estrada
el Paso
Tex
Columbus
N. M
Juarez
United States
Chihuahua City
Interior
International Bridge
Ramon Lopez
Douglas
Ariz
Mexico City
Mex
Congress
Andreas Garcia
Marcos Diaz
Santiago Caparrosa
Etrife
Kellogg Speech Pleases League In Disarmament Talks
Paris dispatch notes Kellogg’s Plattsburgh address reassures League circles that the United States will remain in disarmament discussions while armament reductions may occur regionally. A Paris paper sees a possible path for a new Washington naval accord without altering Geneva’s main effort. Le Temps disputes U.S. willingness to bear execution responsibility.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Kellogg
Plattsburgh
League of Nations
United States
Paris
le Temps
Venezuela to Attend World Court Conference in Sept
Geneva August 20 Venezuela informs the League of Nations she will take part in the September 1 conference on American reservations to the world court. It marks the first Latin American nation to commit to participation.
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Geneva
Venezuela
League of Nations
World Court
Father Found Guilty of Killing Daughter Condemned to Death
Wallace Cloyes Gaines was convicted of first degree murder for the death of his daughter Sylvia, a 22 year old Smith College graduate. The jury sentenced him to death by hanging after he collapsed briefly in the Seattle superior court.
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Seattle
Wash
Wallace Cloyes Gaines
Sylvia
Banncc
Gaines
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
H. E. Maynard
Lynnfield
Spanish War Vets Auxiliary to Fund Education
Des Moines or Aug. 20 AP The women’s auxiliary of the United Spanish War veterans will finance veterans’ children education by reserving 19 percent of income. A three member committee Gertrude Maccaron Elizabeth La Sturgeon and Carrie L Krause will supervise expenditures. New national president general Blanche Jelly Barker announces expansion policy.
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Des Moines
Women's Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans
Gertrude Maccaron
Portland
Ore
Elizabeth la Sturgeon
San Antonio
Tex
Carrie L. Krause
Los Angeles
Blanche Jelly Barker
Lowell
Mass
Real Estate Operator Walter Richardson Found Dead
Walter Richardson 35 a Miami Beach real estate operator and attorney was found dead with his throat slashed and a small pen knife by his side at his fashionable home. He had come from St Paul Minnesota a year ago and his wife and three children are in Princeton New Jersey. Despondent over failure to pass the state bar exam a letter in his handwriting to his father indicated he contemplated suicide.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Walter Richardson
Richardson
St. Paul
More Floridans Held for Fraud Indictments
Jacksonville officials and employees of the Florida Cities Finance Company and the Stanley Realty and Development Company were bonded after indictments accusing them of using the mails to defraud. The Florida Cities Finance firm developed the Fulford-By the-Sea subdivision near Miami, while Stanley Realty promoted Arcadia Gardens near Arcadia with Arthur Dunas of Chicago as president.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Cities Finance Company
Stanley Realty and Development Company
Florida
Merle C. Tebbetts
Fulford-Bythe-Sea
Miami
Arcadia Gardens
Arcadia
Arthur Dunas
Chicago
Sioux City Public Reception Honors Senator Stewart
Several thousand Sioux Cityans will gather tonight at the chamber of commerce to honor Sen. David W. Stewart. People from all walks of life who know the senator well will attend to offer congratulations.
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Sioux City
Sioux
Stewart
Poincare Plans Drastic Import Restrictions Across France
Paris August 20 The Poincare cabinet outlined a drastic program to curb export of French money and stabilize the franc. The plan imposes limits on grain and other imports and restricts domestic necessities, including wheat by requiring the use of other flours in bread.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Seventeen New Radio Stations Granted Licenses
Washington Aug. 20 AP The commerce department announced this week that seventeen new radio stations received licenses and ten existing stations increased wave lengths. Listed are Callaway Music Co La Crosse Wis WKBH 249.9 Edward A Dato near Kenosha Wis WKDR 428.3 Albert C Dunning Shelby Neb KGBY 202 Federal Livestock Remedy Co York Neb KGBZ 333.1 Charles W Greenley Decorah IA KGCA 280.2.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Callaway Music Company
la Crosse
Wis
WKBH
Edward A. Dato
Kenosha
WKDR
Albert C. Dunning
Shelby
Neb
KGBY
Federal Livestock Remedy Company
York
KGBZ
Charles W. Greenley
Decorah
KGCA
Aunt Hetry Robert Quillen
Aunt Hetry Robert Quillen column from 1926 syndicate edition features a local humorous vignette and social observations typical of the era.
Ramsay to Seek Lower Auto License Fees in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa August 20 AP Secretary of State W C Ramsay will ask the 42nd Iowa general assembly in January to revise automobile license fees cutting about 1 000 000 in revenue He favors lower fees on older vehicles and trucks with deterioration and plans a graduated scale while surveying condition of autos The annual revenue from the license department is about 10 000 000
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Des Moines
W. C. Ramsay
Iowa General Assembly
Automobile License Department
Ramsay
Independent candidate urged as Illinois primary fallout looms
Senate funds committee findings reveal large spending in Illinois April primary. Julius Rosenwald urged Republicans to oust Col. Frank L. Smith amid public utilities ties. Smith refused to resign as disclosures show Insull, Studebaker and Copley contributions to Smith and Brennan.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Chicago Daily News
Public Utilities
Frank L. Smith
George E. Brennan
Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald
Colonel Smith
White House
New London
Conn
Senate
Samuel Insull
Smith
Clement Studebaker
Ira D. Copley
Insull
Brennan
NePhew of Vice Lord Murdered in Chicago
Joseph Nerone also known as Maroni aged 37, reported nephew of Philip Piazza a former vice lord, was shot seven times while by his car in front of a barber shop in Chicago. He reportedly fired two shots from his revolver as he fell. The car license listed Joseph Maroni.
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Chicago, Ill
Joseph Nerone
Maroni
Philip Piazza
Chicago Heights
Nerone
Joseph Maroni
Flood Damages Hit City Industrial Plants Along Mad Creek
Heavy rain burst into the city as Mad Creek surged, damaging Heinz, Richard Packing, Rock Island stockyards, Barry Manufacturing and nearby rails. Bridges washed out, tracks undermined, with hundreds of telephones out and plant losses running high.
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Mad Creek
West Liberty
H. J. Heinz Company
Richard Packing Company
Rock Island Stockyards
Rock Island Tracks
Barry Manufacturing Company
Fourth Street
Ninth
Second Street
Fifth Street
Monroe
Wilton
E. Ferguson
Rock Island
Montezuma
Columbus Junction
Nichols
Ex-Warden Charged in Jail Break Plot
John L. Whitman former Joliet warden near Chicago is named in a confession by Thomas Sullivan alias Ivers as having sold Sullivan his freedom for 1200 dollars. Sullivan says Whitman later supplied saws used to cut through cell bars during the attempted escape at Cook County Jail.
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Chicago
John L. Whitman
Joliet Penitentiary
Thomas Sullivan
Ivers
Cook’ County
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Whitman
Joliet
Sullivan
Roosevelt Defends Conventions Over Primaries
Theodore Roosevelt argues that convention systems should be controlled by voter veto power, rating primaries as wasteful. He claims election costs reach about 40 million dollars in presidential years and asserts money dominates pre election party machinery, urging money curbs in politics.
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New York
Theodore Rosevelt
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York Republican Club
Only One American in Plane Crash Seriously Injured
Folkestone England Aug 20 AP Only one American remained in serious condition after Wednesday's cross channel passenger plane crash Rev Stanley Hazzard of New York was still critically ill while all other injured Americans had shown improvement
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Folkestone
Eng
Stanley Hazzard
New York
Pueblo Bandit Cousins Captured After Desperado Run
Forest Gonce, 21, one of the so-called baby desperadoes who terrorized Pueblo County with his 14 year old brother Leslie, was arrested. Leslie remains at large and is believed to have stolen a car and fled town. Forest said the pair abandoned outlawry after weeks of pursuit by posse, plane searchers, and bloodhounds.
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Pueblo, Colo
Pueblo County
Forest Gonce
Leslie
Forest
Weather summary Iowa and Illinois short forecast
Iowa remains generally fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Illinois sees local thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight, then generally fair Saturday with little temperature change.
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Iowa
Illinois
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Madrero Avenue
Acree
Land Arma
Smith Col
Ry Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
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Necticut
Heinz
Pittsburgh
Heinz Company
Monroe Street
Richard
Albert Barry
Barry Company
Heinz Plant
Teddy JR
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