Bandit slain after killing two on Canadian train near Emo
Two U S immigration inspectors were killed on a Canadian National passenger train near Emo Ontario by Emerick Frenatte a 21 year old bandit who was later trapped in a farmhouse and mortally wounded He died in Emo hospital He had forced Conductor George E Ireland to guide him through the car and rob the crew before fleeing to a Wickford area farmhouse where a police pursuit ended in a blaze and Frenatte being shot as he ran out
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Ft. Francis
Ont
United States
Canadian National
Emo
Laurence Bates
Ranier
Lawrence Jones
Warroad
Emerick Frenatte
Fort Francis
Ireland
Winnipeg
Frenatte
Barwick
Town Goes Dry As Water Main Breaks In Illinois
Pana Illinois residents faced a sudden water outage after a Main Street water main burst flooding streets. Officials halted the water works to prevent further inundation, leaving the town without potable water as pipes ran dry.
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Pana
Ill
Glider Rivalry and Injury Mark National Air Races
Curtiss Reynolds Airport Chicago reports Gladys O Donnell of Long Beach California winning the women s Pacific Class A derby at 3 18 p m. a glider crash injures Kenneth Carr of Detroit with a possible skull fracture during a demonstration. The event features four closed course races and two cross country derbies as J H Livingston of Aurora Illinois ties Freddie Lund of Troy for the dead stick landing title.
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Curtiss - Reynolds
Chicago
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Canf
Curtiss-Reynolds
Kenneth Carr
Detroit
Ipsilanti
Mich
Carr
Calif
J. H. Livingston
Aurora
Legge Urges Farm Price Aid at Iowa State Fair
Alexander Legge head of the federal farm board told Iowa at the state fair that adjusting production to demand can raise farm prices. He cited hogs corn cotton and potatoes as proof smaller crops yield more income and defended proposed acreage controls as sound business discipline.
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Des Moines
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Legge
Iowa
Farm Board
Lon Chaney Fights Grave Illness After Transfusion
Los Angeles August 25 Lon Chaney the man of a thousand faces is fighting pernicious anemia. He underwent a third blood transfusion Saturday night after two failed attempts. He lingered in a grave condition but showed a definite turn for the better yesterday. Mrs Chaney has been a constant visitor at his bedside.
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Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Vital Waterway Projects to Be Speeded Up
President Hoover, at his Virginia camp, accelerates inland waterways and flood control work. He approves speeding lower Mississippi flood control and other key river projects to boost commerce and ease unemployment as water levels fall. Government aims to limit next year to the most vital projects with concentrated funds.
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Hoover
Washington
Virginia
Rapidan River
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Mr. Hoover
Mississippi
Bootlegger talk and veil debates in a California city
A Tahoe Tavern item notes the Jer usalem veil argument and a Seattle bootlegger trial recounts deals from last year’s convention. The piece mocks a chamber of commerce, praises Elks Shriners and bankers, and imagines railroads advertising bootleggers events with samples.
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Tahoe Tavern
Calif
Jerusalem
Seattle
Chamber of
Chamber of Commerces Ought To Go Out For. the Elks
Shriners
American Bankers
Claremore
Hunt Kidnapper of Little Girl Hunted Across River Bottoms
In Valparaiso Indiana Aug 25 AP hundreds of grim men searched the Kankakee river bottoms for farm laborer Claude Dillner and Betty Jane Foster the ten year old girl he abducted from the Foster home Dillner once worked for the girl’s father and left a note threatening to kill the child if police were alerted as a man and girl were spotted on a back road authorities and residents from six counties organized a 12 pass manhunt as the search continued through the day.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Kankakee
Betty Jane Foster
Claude Dillner
Ernest Foster
Dillner
Chase
Foster Farm
Betty Jane
Tree sitter quits after 1007 hours at Des Moines airport
Seth Perkins descended from a tree at the Des Moines airport after 1,007 hours of sitting. Frank Freestone remained up 48 hours longer. Perkins said he was glad to get down and that the experience was a lot of fun.
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Des Moines
Seth Perkins
Frank Freestone
Seth
Perkins
1929 Chevrolet six coupe sold after two days ad
An advertiser in the Journal Want Ads placed a 1929 Chevrolet six coupe for sale with $85 down and the ad appeared in the Used Cars for Sale section. In two days the car was sold, showing the effectiveness of Journal Want Ads.
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Journal
Party Guests Battle Robbers. One Man Killed in Shaker Heights
In Shaker Heights a party for Ray Dunham's son was interrupted by a robbery gang. Miller Wilkison, a 21 year old Princeton senior, was shot and died. Brothers Angelo Bell 20 and Mike Bell 16, wounded, confessed with Ross Valone 18 named as the plot’s engineer.
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Cleveland
Miller Wilkison
Princeton University
Shaker Heights
Fred Clarke
Mike Bell
Angelo
Ross Valone
Clarke
Bell Brothers
Ray S. Dunham
Donald
Dunham
Wilkinson
Angelo Bell
Mike
Death Summons Justice Stevens of Wisconsin
Justice E Ray Stevens of the Wisconsin supreme court died at his Madison home at 4 30 this morning from a heart attack sparked by a recent illness. He was 61. Stevens, born June 20 1869 in Lake County Illinois, served 23 years as a Ninth district judge before his 1926 election to the high court for a ten year term.
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Madison
E. Ray Stevens
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Justice Stevens
Supreme Court
Walter J. Kohler
Vinje
Franz C. Eschweiler
Charles H. Crownhart
Lake County
Illinois
University of Wisconsin Law School
Wisconsin
Weather Report and River Stage Summary
The forecast calls for fair and slightly warmer conditions in the south central area tonight and Tuesday with overcast skies in Illinois. River stage readings show Dubuque 1.5 feet and falling 0.1, Davenport 1.2 feet and falling 0.1, Muscatine 2.1 feet and falling 0.2, Keokuk 0.5 feet and falling 0.1, St. Louis 3.0 feet and rising 0.4.
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Lown
South Central
Illinois
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Four-H Honors Highlight Angerer Best All Around Member
Cecelia Angerer of the Wilton Busy Bees is Muscatine county’s best all around Four-H club girl for 1929 30. She produced 61 garments while studying clothing and never missed a meeting since joining in 1927, walking five miles last winter to attend. Angerer will travel to the Four-H short course at Iowa State College in Ames in June.
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Cecelia Angerer
Wilton
Miss Angerer
West Liberty
Iowa State College
Ames
Angerer
Leonard Angerer
Wilton Township
Jenkins
Alice Jenkins
Fulton Royal Workers Club
Des Moines
Viola
Scott County
Leguia resigns and flee Peru amid uprising violence
Violence erupted after President Augusto B. Leguia resigned and fled toward Panama aboard the Grau. A revolutionary movement led by Lieut. Col. Sanchez Cerro spread from Arequipa to southern Peru as a new military cabinet formed with General Sarmiento as minister of war. A American naval mission captain in Peru was captured at Camana by revolutionists.
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Washington
Lima
Peru
State Department
Captain Grow
Camana
Augusto B. Leguia
Panama
Grau
Department
Arequipa
Col
Sanchez Cerro
Sarmiento
Eulogio Castillo
Montagne
Lopez
Goicochea
Yanez
Bielich
Sterling Wins Democratic Nomination in Texas Runoff
Ross B. Sterling of Houston secured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the Texas runoff with about 464,698 votes to Miriam A. Ferguson's 371,654. Ferguson and her husband James B. Ferguson dominated Texas politics for 16 years, with Sterling set to face Republican Dr. George C. Butte in November as the race tightens.
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Dallas
Tex
Ross B. Sterling
Houston
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Sterling
Stactiog
James B
Dan Moody
United
George C. Butte
Austin
League of Nations faults Britain over Palestine disorders
The League of Nations mandates commission faults Britain for inaction in Palestine a year ago amid Jewish Arab unrest. It pins responsibility for the 1929 disturbances on Britain for failing to provide security and allow development of a Jewish national home, while acknowledging Britain’s aim to keep Jewish immigration in line with economic capacity.
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League of Nations Group
England
Palestine
Geneva
Mandates Commission
League of Nations
Mandatory
Palestine Commission
Andrew Predicts Improvement in Iowa Economy This Fall
Ottumwa Iowa Aug 25 AP State superintendent L A Andrew told the Ottumwa Rotary Club that banking conditions have improved over the past year and Iowa will see better times this fall. He noted Iowa has $60,000,000 in capital investment and $600,000,000 in deposits while Illinois Missouri Wisconsin and other midwest states faced more trouble.
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Ottumwa
L. A. Andrew
Iowa
Jumps to Death in Front of Train in Des Moines
Des Moines police seek the identity of a man about 55 after he was fatally injured when run over by a Rock Island passenger train. He jumped in front of the engine and died en route to Broadlawns hospital. engineer E C Frey and train crew confirmed the report.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Bet
Broadlawrsa Hospital
E.C. Frey
Enraged Zoo Bear Bites 2-Year-Old Boy in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin a polar bear ripped into a feeding child at the cage biting a 2 year old boy, Frank Hugik Jr. Doctors warned leg amputation might be needed. The boy, from Kenosha, was pulled free by his father and a companion as the bear dragged him between bars.
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Racine
Wis
Frank Hugik, Jr
Kenosha
Wenepet
Edward van Wie
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