Brunson denies candidacy for US marshal in Iowa district
Des Moines reports Glenn A. Brunson of Algona federal prohibition director for Iowa says he is not a candidate for U S marshal in northern Iowa. He may accept as first assistant to A W McCampbell in Omaha. decision after meeting next week. New program calls for an administrator, two assistants and legal counsel in headquarters with deputies in each district.
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Des Moines
Glenn A. Brunson
Algona
Prohibition
Iowa
Washington, D. C
A. W. McCampbell
New York
Omaha
Brunson
Fort Dodge
McCampbell
United States
Nebraska
South Dakota
Local Woman Enters 41 Old Fiddlers in State Fair Contest
A Des Moines report notes 41 entrants over age 50 have entered the state fair fiddlers contest for Sept 1 with Henry Field in Shenandoah opening the event. Officials expect nearly 60 contestants. the list includes E C Woods Riceville 51 and Josiah Petty Perry 86 among many others from Iowa and nearby states.
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Des Moines
Fair
Henry Field
Shenandoah
E. C. Woods
Riceville
Thomas Leffingwell
Glidden
H. G. Bush
Rhodes
Pat Berry
Mason City
John Y. Licklider
Curion
Dick Jackson
Ruthven
E. W. Brooks
Centerville
Jim Keay
Leonard R. DeFrance
Rogers
Neb
Frank A. Ross
D. C. Olson
Walnut
Levi Drollinger
Coburg
Charles Eden, Jr
Lone Tree
F. I. Jones
Osceola
Nellie Johnson
Muscatine
J. W. Butcher
Onawa
G. C. Keeton
Grinnell
John A. Hedges
Colfax
E. J. Saylor
Manila
Ed. Staley
Woodburn
M. B. Handley
J. B. Wade
Moingona
C. A. Snow
Polk City
Bl. Douglas
J. C. Danner
Yale
George Riggenberg
Clear Lake
Frank Wheeler
Redfield
John R. Umphrees
John H. Ran
Josiah Petty
Perry
J. E. Belding
Clarinda
J. S. Champ
Waukee
Bank Hold-Up Ends With Fatality In Los Angeles
One bandit was killed and four others including two police officers and two civilians were seriously injured following a hold-up of the Helman Branch bank at Ninth and Santa Fe streets in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Helman
Ninth
Santa Fe
Joe Judge Safe After Pitcher Hit to Head in Detroit Game
Detroit report says Joe Judge rests comfortably at a hospital after being struck on the head by a pitch from Earl Whitehill in the Detroit Washington game. Doctors indicate no skull fracture and a possible slight brain concussion.
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Detroit
Mich
Joe Judge
Earl Whitehill
Washington
Escaped killer Gauch t by ruse in Centralia capture
Tom Murray, an escaped Oregon state penitentiary convict, was trapped in Centralia Washington at 12:15 am after a ruse by Portland mechanic Philip Carson. Carson lured Murray to Centralia from Vancouver with a fake plan to rob a roadhouse, as Murray sought funds to travel east. Murray had split from fellow escapees James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley at White Salmon and planned to reunite further east.
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Centralia
Wash
Tom Murray
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
Savoy
Philip Carson
Portland
Murray
Vancouver
Carson
James Willos
Ellsworth Kelley
White Salmon
Iowans Hart in Eastern Wreck
A passenger train derailment near Paris Ohio injured thirteen people when a broken rail caused four sleepers a day coach two baggage cars and the engine to derail. Injured include Ina Phillips and Ernest Phillips Edgewood Iowa with bruises to the right leg.
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Paris
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Chicago
Here
Ina Phillips
Ernest Phillips
Edgewood
Rochester
N. Y
A. P
Erie
Conesus Lake Junction
Helen Wills Reaches Championship Final In N Y Tennis Meet
Helen Wills advances to the final round of the national tennis championship after defeating Eleanor Goss of New York in a semi final match at Forest Hills. Wills dropped the first set 3-6 but won the next two 6-0 and 6-2 to secure the spot.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
A. P
Helen Wills
Eleanor Goss
New York
Dying Men Found in Locked Hardware Store Mystery
Sioux City Iowa August 22 A P Two men found shot in a locked C A Larson Hardware store on Fourth Street. William Langerson clerk and Harry Jones packing plant worker died after being wounded. About $200 missing. Police suspect robbery motive. both victims killed by small caliber bullets.
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Sioux City
C. A. Larson
Fourth Street
Charles Wilcox
South Cedar Street
Harry Jones
Landsdowne Avenue
Lang
Erson
Jones
Langerson
Four States Face Gas Wars Slow Driving Prices Down
Chicago dispatch reports a midwest gasoline price war lowering costs for motorists. Decatur Illinois sees the deepest cuts from 23 cents to 15 and 17 cents per gallon as independents edge out by competition. Wichita Kansas and Woonsocket South Carolina also experience steep drops while Standard Oil holds steady in one area. Kansas City shows prices from 19.5 to 23.9 cents.
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Chicago
Ill
A. P
Middle West
Decatur
Wichita
Eas
Texaco
Kansas City
Landis and Martin Confer Over Southern Pennant Rumors
Baseball Commissioner Landis and Southern Association president John D. Martin met to discuss rumors of scandal tied to the pennant race in the loop. The talks occurred in Chicago with no final findings announced.
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Landis
Southern Loop
Chicago
Ill
John D. Martin
Southern Association
Yankee Flier Is Hart In French Morocco
The American flying squadron in Casablanca suffered its first casualty when Lieut. Col. Charles Kerwood of Philadelphia was wounded during a training flight. He was painfully but not dangerously injured.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Charles Kerwood
Philadelphia
Small yacht believed to carry alleged killer in Gulf
Pensacola Florida August 22 authorities in Gulfport Mississippi believe a small schooner yacht carried George Dutch Anderson the alleged killer of Ben Hance and his wife. The Ida C tied to Gulfport was stolen Tuesday night and sighted yesterday 500 miles out in the Gulf by the Detroit Wayne whose radio report matched the missing craft. Gulfport police say the crew likely lack provisions and no ship stores orders have been filled recently.
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Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Gulfport
Miss
George “Dutch” Anderson
Ben Hance
Gerald Chapman
United States
Detroit Wayne
Gulf
Detroit- Wayne
Pirates Launch Savage Attack and Win First Game
Pirates defeat Giants 8 to 6 in the opening game of a five game series as Lee Meadows outduels Virgil Barnes. Cuyler hits a first inning homer, Frisch ties it with a third inning shot, and a ninth inning burst adds four runs to seal the win in front of 50,000 fans.
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New York
Giants
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Tol Lee Meadows
Virgil Barnes
Frank Frisch
Kiki” Cuyler
Barnes
Huntzinger
Lee Meadows
Carey
Moore
Pirate
Cuyler
Bigbee
Rawlings
Frankie Frisch
Kelly
Snyder
Driver Dies After Car Overturn Near Albia
James Smith of Cleveland, a traveling salesman, died of a broken neck from an automobile overturn near Albia on Thursday. His wife, Mrs. Smith, was driving the car. The body was sent to Tennessee for burial. she previously lived in Allerton, Iowa.
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Albia
James Smith
Cleveland
Tennessee
Queer Quirks in the News
A spoof of short reports from cities like Philadelphia Woonsocket New York and Washington. items include a golfer refusing pay on Sunday a gasoline price a boxing gloves dusting a boxer’s mother a Philadelphia girl teaching golf and a 92 year old boy writing to President Coolidge about voting.
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Philadelphia
Jim Barnes
Woonsocket
S. D
New Rk
Benny Leonard
New York
Clarence Geist
Deauville
Zella Russell
Paris
Mischa Eiman
Buenos Aires
Prince of Wales
Swampscott
Coolidge
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Uncle Sam
Benny Leonard Denies Comeback Rumors
Benny Leonard, retired lightweight champion, said he will not return to boxing. He denied reports from manager Billy Gibson that he planned a comeback to challenge Jimmy Goodrich, newly recognized champion, for the title in New York on August 22.
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New York
Benny Leonard
Billy Gibson
Jimmy Goodrich
Bancroft’s Body Brought Home for Burial in Chicago
Edgar Bancroft late ambassador to Japan is honored in San Francisco as the cruiser Tama arrives at 2 pm. US destroyers fire a 21 gun salute. Body to be transferred to the San Francisco Overland Limited for Chicago burial with a large convoy and honorary pallbearers.
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San Francisco
Calif
A. P
Edgar Bancroft
Japan
Tama
Imperial Japanese Navy
San Francisco Bay
United States
Scott
San Francisco Overland Limited
Chicago
63Rd Coast Artillery Regiment
Charles T. Menoher
Ninth Corps
Oakland
Steck Sustains Net Loss In Iowa Senate Recount
Washington DC August 22 A P Daniel F Steck democratic candidate suffered a net loss of 42 votes in the senate recount of the Brookhart Steck contest. In 63 counties completed Steck 251 771 Brookhart 242 500 with 1 397 Steck and 4 435 Brookhart ballots set aside. Official totals after Brookhart victory show Steck 251 160 Brookhart 245 827. Additional counties Poweshiek Ringgold added. Pottawattamie still incomplete. 3 116 new ballots gave Steck 2 008 Brookhart 1 168. Sac and Sioux recounts underway with limited gains for either side.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Daniel F. Steck
Senate
Iowa
Steck
Brookhart
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Pottawattamie
Pottawattamie County
Strikers Attack Shanghai Chinese Labor Quarters
A rioting crowd of strikers in Shanghai attacked the Chinese section of the Shanghai labor association armed with knives and sticks. Several people were wounded on both sides and reports say two Reds were killed.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Labor Association
Weather outlook spread across Midwest and D C
Iowa region shows partly cloudy unsettled conditions with warmer tonight and cooler late Sunday in northwest Illinois. Washington D C reports a mixed outlook with showers and cooler start, warmer midweek.
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Iowa
Ilinois
Washington, D.C
A. D
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Magee in New Mexico murder charges after Las Vegas lobby fight
Albuquerque editor Carl C. Magee faces first degree murder charges following a hotel lobby confrontation in East Las Vegas that left farmer Judge David J. Leahy wounded and John B. Lasseter dead. Magee fired after Leahy struck him, witnesses said, as the three men argued amid a mob scene. Magee had prior fame from libel and contempt cases and political campaigns.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Magee
Lorenzo Delgado
Meadows
David J. Leahy
John B. Lasseter
Santa Fe
Leahy
Lasseter
Judge
T. V. Trader
W. S. Patterson
Patterson
R. H. Hanna
Fred Wilson
Fall
United States
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Frisch
Onslaudt
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Brooklyn
Blake and Hartnett
St. Louis
Meadows, and Gooch
Cloncs Ehrhardt
Taylor
Sherde
O'’Farrell
Mitchell
Betts
Couch
O'Neal
Wilson
Cincinnati
Boston
Luque
Carl Mays
Hargrave
Benton
Gibson
Benny
Togs
Bancroft
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Francisco
Jurist Fight
Albuquerque News
New
Mexico
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Laws
Cedar Falls
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