Disputed Iowa Senate Race Hinges on 7500 Challenged Ballots
Washington dispatch reports that the Iowa senate contest between Republican Brookhart and Democrat Steck rests on the validity of more than 7500 challenged ballots. Steck gains total about 959 in recount so far, but Brookhart still leads by 426 if all contested votes are counted.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Smith W. Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Senate
Iowa
Steck
Brookhart
Warren
Wayne
Winnebago
Stock
Winneshiek
Wright Counties
Worth County
Woodbury County
Three British Airmen Die in RAF Collision
London reports three Royal Air Force flying officers killed and one injured when two RAF planes collided in the air and crashed. The accident occurred today as crews engaged in routine operations over England.
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London
Royal Air Forces
Bumper Crops Bring Prosperity Hints From Iowa Banker
Mason City Iowa August 28 A P reports prominent banker H C says bumper crops will deliver solid prosperity for Iowa not a boom but a lasting improvement based on favorable conditions and right economics for the state
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Mason City
Iowa
H. C. Oe
Sleepy Guards to Face Trial On Guard Duty Charge
Aboard the Presidential Yacht Mayflower marines Corporal Andrew Chantone and Private Clarence Key are to be court martialed for sleeping on guard duty at the summer White House. Lieutenant Poe denies claims men were kept awake to serve as waiters at camp parties. only one camp dinner occurred previously. Secrecy surrounds a marine's recent insubordination conviction and possible dishonorable discharge.
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Swampscott
Mass
Andrew Chantone
Cleveland
Clarence Key
Texas
White House
Edgar Allen Poe, Jr
Poe
Two Planes Collide Over Maywood Field Killing Two Airmenn
In Chicago August 28 two United States Army planes collided 500 feet above the Maywood airmail field. Lieut Talcott P Smith and Capt William L Heptig were killed. A second flyer Lieut R Douglass escaped unharmed as the De Havilland crashed during an attempted landing after an air tourney. Heptig leaped from the burning craft and survived while spectators narrowly escaped.
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Chicago
Ill
United States Army
Maywood
Talcott P. “Happy” Smith
William L. Heptig
Chicago Board of Trade
National Aeronautical Association
de Haviland
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Camp Grant
Lieut. R. Douglass
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mich
Smith
William Page
Heptig
Rudolph Disse Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair
In Richmond Virginia on August 28 Rudolph Disse aged 20 who killed his sweetheart a rival and a police detective was sentenced to die in the electric chair on October 7.
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Richmond
Rudolph Disse
Yankee aviators fly first mission over enemy territory
Quetzan French Morocco August 28. American aviators conducted their first combat mission over enemy territory. They dropped 24 kilogram bombs and scored direct hits on multiple targets. The group also supplied food and ammunition to one Spanish and five French outposts surrounded by the enemy.
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Quetzan
French Morocco
A. P
34 Charged With Plotting to Bring Liquor Into U S
Indictments returned by a federal grand jury in New Orleans name 34 defendants accused of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act. Walter L. Cohen and Dr. L A Meraux are among the indicted, along with Captain Joseph Johnson and two other police officers. The plan allegedly involved moving 4 250 cases of liquor from Havana to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
A. P
Walter L. Cohen
South
L. A. Meraux
St. Bernard Parish
Joseph Johnson
Havana
Iowa State Fair Opens With 50 000 Expected Today
Des Moines August 28 the first annual Iowa State Fair opened with every exhibit in place and officials predicting about 50 000 visitors today. Children under 15 admitted free with an adult. Honey and bee demonstrations by Boys' Clubs and girls compete in home furnishings clothing and food exhibits with winners earning trips to the National club congress in Chicago in December. Auto races planned for the afternoon and livestock judging underway.
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Des Moines
National Club Congress
Chicago
Robinson Opposes Estate Tax Repeal in Iowa District
T J B Robinson congressman from Hampton in the Third Iowa district spoke at a Benson county cooperative creamery picnic and voiced opposition to repealing the estate inheritance tax law. He endorsed proportional tax burdens and supported a bill to create an agricultural commission to stabilize farm prices by removing surplus from home markets.
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Waterloo
A. P
T. J. B. Robinson
Hampton
Iowa
Benson County Co-Operative Creamery
Robinson
Agricultural Commission
Lincoln Republicans to hold conference in Des Moines
Francis G. Cutler, Des Moines, announces Lincoln Republicans will meet next Wednesday and Thursday at the fairgrounds and a local hotel. He says conditions distress farmers laborers and business people and the party must address new issues, with speakers expected and invitations extended to independent and progressive Republicans.
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Des Moines. In
A. P
Francis G. Cutler
Des Moines
Lincoln
Iowa Announces Public Inspection of Tax Payer List
A published list of about 60 000 Iowa income tax payers will be open for public inspection September 1 at the office of the International Revenue Collector. No written requests will be honored. visitors may view and copy returns as needed.
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Dubuque
International Revenue Collector
New Clue Emerges in Carlisle Straw-Stack Murder
Des Moines Aug 28 A. P. A new lead points to Mrs. Irene Lapham a Carlisle waitress as the likely victim in the straw pile murder after an unidentified girl claimed the body. The inquest was postponed to Sept 19 by the coroner.
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Des Moines
Carlisle
Irene Lapham
Lapham
Sixty Indian towns to receive hydroelectric power
Report states sixty towns in India will be supplied with electricity through a hydro electric scheme now under way. The project aims to spread power to urban and rural areas, boosting development and industry across regions.
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India
Banker Sued Over 100000 in Iowa Bank Closure
Sioux City Iowa August 28 A P Suit for nearly 100000 has been filed against F A McCornack president of the defunct Iowa State Savings bank and his wife Mrs M C Mc Cornack by attorneys for the Iowa State banking commission. The claims rest on written guarantees given July 25, 1922 to state banking examiners as security for negotiable papers included in the bank property when it closed. Another suit seeks 42000 from notes McCornack is alleged to have indorsed.
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Sioux City
A. P
F. A. McCornack
Iowa State Savings Bank
M. C. McCornack
Iowa State Banking Commission
McCornack
Governor Smith Attacks Hylan Over Secret Klans Ties
Governor Smith accuses Mayor Hylan of secret conferences with Ku Klux Klan members at the Democratic convention and of blind obedience to a boss, opposing a third term. He spoke in Brooklyn before 3,000 supporters. Republican Frank Waterman pledged subway progress with a shovel emblem.
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New York
A. P
Smith
Hylan
Ku Klux Klan
Brooklyn
Walker
Tammeny Designee
Frank D. Waterman
Strikes Wife With Wood Then Slashes Own Throat
In Burlington Iowa on August 28, 73 year old William Scholtz attacked his wife at the dinner table with a cord wood stick, inflicting injuries that could prove fatal. He then cut his throat and is in critical condition. Scholtz, a retired farmer, had prior quarrels with his wife over money matters.
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Burlington
William Scholtz
Scholtz
Former cashier sentenced to prison in Masonville case
Jules Gleason, former assistant cashier at the Masonville state bank, was sentenced by Judge H B Boies to not more than twenty years in Ft Madison prison for embezzlement. He admitted taking over 50000 dollars from the bank's cash over twelve years in small amounts. parole board to determine actual term.
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Manchester
Jules Gleason
State Bank
Masonville
Ft. Madison
H. B Boies
Gleason
Boies
Parole Board
Coal Companies Robbed in Cedar Rapids
Burglars entered the Kenwood Park Fuel company office and blew the safe with nitroglycerine but did not take any money. The same gang reportedly opened the Keres Coal company office, pried a drawer, and obtained $1.25. a safe remained unlocked with only stamps taken.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenwood Park Fuel Company
Keres Coal Company
Bandit Robbery Ends In Bank Heist Killings
A posse near Kingfisher Oklahoma killed two bank robbers who seized the Navina bank cashier Albert Kinney. A third robber was wounded and captured. $700 stolen was recovered. The surviving bandit identified companions as Dad Stewart and son Joe Stewart of Kansas City.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Here
Navina
Albert Kinney
Ralph Jones
Stewart
Joe Stewart
Kansas City
Yale Gridder Edward Coy Weds Actress Jeannes Eagles
Edward Coy former Yale gridiron star and Jeannes Eagles actress known for Rain honeymoon at Eagles Briar Hills Cliffs summer home in Ossining on the Hudson. The secret romance followed Coy’s divorce last December in Paris and a quiet wedding was held at Fay Bainter’s home near Stamford Connecticut.
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New York
N. Y
A. P
Edward
Ted) Coy
Yale
Jeannes Eagles
Briar Hills Cliffs
Ossining
Hudson
Stamford
Conn
Miss Bainter
Reginald Venable
Lost air mail pouch sought in Chicago and San Francisco
A missing consignment of registered and other mail believed to have left Chicago by air last Tuesday is the subject of a search between Chicago and San Francisco. Postal inspector C. M. Christiansen says the pouch may have been stolen before delivery to the air mail field. A clerk who rode with the truck that carried the pouch is being held for questioning.
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Chicago
Ill
A. P
San Francisco
C. M. Christiansen
Christiansen
Bankers League Backs Federal Income Tax Repeal
J A Arnold of the American Bankers League said an earlier dispatch misquoted the group’s stance. In Savannah last June the league backed repeal and state rights to levy own taxes for revenue. Twenty six governors have signified support with President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon also favoring repeal, to be discussed at a Iowa tax conference next month.
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Des Moines
J. A. Arnold
American Bankers’ League Today
League
Savannah
Arnold
Coolidge
Mellon
Iowa
Electric Operators Convention Closes at Clear Lake
Mason City Iowa August 78 After electing officers and hearing talks on engineering features of their work the operators section of the Iowa Electric Railway association closed the two day sessions at noon today and spent the afternoon bathing and playing golf at Clear Lake. John Sutherland Davenport was re elected chairman and Parker Weeks Davenport secretary. The executive committee will choose next convention city likely Omaha.
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Mason City
A. P
Iowa Electric Railway Association
Clear Lake
John Sutherland
Davenport
Parker Weeks
Omaha
Two Held in Double Killing in Sioux City
Two men Pete Borgst and John Nykes are jailed in Sioux City after the shooting deaths of Sheriff Dan Pratt of Colby Kansas and Policeman Ed Clark of North Platte Nebraska. They were found painting a stolen car matching the description of the suspects.
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Sioux City
A. P
Dan Pratt
Colby
Kas
Ed Clark
North Platte
Neb
Pete Borgst
John Nykes
Kansas
Nebraska
A Hundred Tons Meet in Reunion at Orange County Park
A hundred tons held a heavy picnic at Orange County Park Santa Ana California to celebrate a Ton family reunion from the Pacific coast branch. Greeting telegrams arrived from hundreds of Tons at Thornton Park Illinois for a heavier gathering. Barbara Jean Ton the tiniest Ton born 27 days ago attended.
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Santa Ana
Calif
A. P
A& Hundred
Orange County Park
Pacific Coast
Ton
Thornton Park
Ill
Barbara Jean Ton
Anthracite Strike Call Halts 158000 Miners
Philadelphia reports John L. Lewis orders a work stoppage for 158000 anthracite miners starting next Tuesday. Operators meet to plan soft coal supply and seek substitutes for hard coal, eyeing New England market amid shortages and the looming suspension.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset
West Moreland
New England
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
W. W. Inglis
Atlantic City
N. J
Lewis
Town Tough Tries to Beat Editor of Burlington Paper
Tracy Garrett editor of the Burlington Hawkeye was assaulted by Bunk Ryan of Peoria while dining with his wife. Bystanders intervened and both were unharmed. Ryan, previously arrested for bootlegging gambling and stabbing, fled after speeding and striking a child. Garrett called for the community to remove him.
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Town Tough
Burlington Paper
Burlington. In
Tracy Garrett
Burlington Hawkeye
Bunk” Ryan
Peoria
Ill
Ryan
Garrett
Canova Doctor Held in Kidnap Conspiracy Case
Dr. K W Brimmer of Canova was arrested on conspiracy charges in the kidnapping of his 3 year old son Karl. The suspect was released on $204 bond. A warrant for Mrs. Jenny Sullivan Brimmer was issued as the investigation continues.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
K. W. Brimmer
Canova
Karl Brimmer
Brimmer
Jenny Sullivan
Sullivan
Weather Outlook Iowa and Illinois Mostly Fair
The forecast calls for mostly fair conditions in Iowa tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures in the west portion on Saturday. In Illinois expect generally fair skies tonight and Saturday with slight warming in the north and central areas and in the western portion tonight.
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Iowa
Ilinois
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