Need for a New State Office Building Stressed
An informal conference of Iowa’s state executive council and retrenchment committee urged a new state office building to relieve capitol congestion. Departments now in basements include securities, assessment and review, and real estate. cafeteria moved to basement lobby. Attendees included Senators Stoddard Baird Gilchrist and Representatives Forsling Hansen McCaulley Miller Ryder Taylor.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Executive Council
John Hammill
Forty-third General Assembly
Securities Department
Board of Assessment and Review
B. M. Stoddard
Woodbury County
W. S. Baird
Indian Leaders Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
All members of the India Congress Working Committee arrested yesterday were sentenced today to six months simple imprisonment. The arrests followed a meeting held in defiance of the high commissioner's notification declaring the committee unlawful in Delhi province. A new working committee was formed with six Muslims and six Indians, alongside the three unarrested members of the old committee.
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New Delhi
India
All India Congress
High Commissioner
Delhi
Local speed boat owners eye Peoria races
Local speed boat owners announced this morning that they might enter the Midwest Outboard association races to be held at Peoria Illinois on Labor Day. Charles P. Hanley has already entered his Baby Ethel VIII while Al Meiskey and Charles Kautz stated they would possibly enter.
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Peoria
Ill
Charles P. Hanley
al Meiskey
Charles Kautz
Four Injured as Trains Collide Near San Luis Obispo
Four persons sustained minor injuries in a rear-end collision between Southern Pacific passenger trains the Padre and the Lark at San Luis Obispo California. The Padres stopped for a steampipe repair and the Lark struck the Padre in an observation car telescoping about 15 feet.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Lark
Padre
San Luis Abispo
Caif
Oakland
Los Angeles
Bandit Apology Note During Telegraph Office Robbery
An unmasked bandit robs the Western Union telegraph office in Iowa City taking $17 after writing on a telegraph blank I am sorry but I must bother you for that money. Night operator Miss Lorayne McCune witnessed the encounter as the bandit demanded cash and warned her not to scream.
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Iowa City
Western Union
Jewel elected Grand Commander of G A R at Cincinnati
James E. Jewel of Fort Morgan Colorado aged 83 was chosen grand commander for the year succeeding Edwin J. Foster of Worcester Massachusetts at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Cincinnati. Jewel joined the Twenty seventh Iowa infantry as a teen and later became a lawyer stockman and farmer.
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Cincinnati
James E. Jewel
Fort Morgan
Colo
Grand Army of the Republic
Jewel
Edwin J. Foster
Worcester
Mass
Ohio
Iowa
Colorado
Denver
Jacob Secriss
Grant
Point Pleasant
Des Moines
Twenty-seventh
Iowa Infantry
Nashville
Fort Blakely
Trucker Raymond Babcock Loses License For 60 Days
Des Moines reports the state board of railroad commissioners suspended Raymond Babcock's trucking license for 60 days. He was found guilty of failing to install reflectors on his truck, to mark the outside with his license, and to follow the Northwestern Iowa rates schedule adopted by the board. This was the first case under the new truck operator license law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Raymond Babcock
Sioux City
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Babcock
Iowa
Will of slain Chicago gangster kept secret in Middlesboro
Middlesboro Kentucky August 28 AP The will of slain Chicago gangster Jack Zuta is in the hands of Arthur H Rhorer Col Ginsburgs attorney and its contents will not be released until the proper time Rhorer says releasing it would injure their case Colonel Ginsburg claims the estate A Chicago newspaper representative was refused a photostatic copy despite a large offer Denied statements about a 1927 Middlesboro visit by Mayor Thompson and Zuta friends funding Thompson's election campaign
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Middlesboro
Jack dZuta
Chicago
Arthur H. Rhorer
Ike Ginsburg
Zuta
Rhorer
Ginsburg
Chicago Daily News
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
Six Arrested as Probable Robbers of Luverne Bank
Minneapolis police said six people including three men and three women were seized after a raid on a downtown hotel. They allegedly possessed forged American Express money orders, one man holding six orders each for 20 dollars. Investigators aim to link the group to an August 20 Bank of Luverne heist that netted six books of money orders.
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Luverne Bank
Minneapolis
American Express Company
Negro Arrested In Extortion Attempt In Joyce Case
Lydell S. Taylor, a negro, was arrested for allegedly trying to extort $2,000 from Mrs. Mary Joyce widow of State Senator John T. Joyce. The letter carried Taylor’s name and address. police suspect he learned of Joyce from news reports and not from personal acquaintance. The senator’s death is under investigation amid grand jury testimony on vote frauds and possible poisoning.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydell S. Taylor
Mary Joyce
John T. Joyce
Joyce
Mercury Change Is Slight With Small Rainfall
Morning temperature rose to 70 degrees while 2 pm reading was 84. A river level drop of .1 foot brought the stream to its lowest in four years. Rainfall totaled .05 inch before 7 am, clearing by 9 am. Skies to clear with cooler temps tonight and Friday, especially south and far east portions.
Holiday Observed in Muscatine Monday
Muscatine merchants will observe Labor Day with most businesses closed all day. A few shops such as meat markets and grocers may open briefly. Post office schedules mirror the holiday with no city or rural mail deliveries and only two downtown collections. Special delivery continues as usual.
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Muscatine
Troops Ready for Movement Amid Peru Crisis
Cerro arrives in Peru to an ovation and pledges duty as he revolts against Leguia. A new junta is sworn in with Sancho Cerro as president, Maj. Alejandro Barco as war secretary, and Col. Ernesto Montagne as foreign secretary. In Iowa a mutilated body from the Missouri River is buried at Sioux City, while Des Moines man Alexander Herman dies in a cement plant accident at Valley Junction.
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Cerro
Arequipa
Government House
Leguia
Sancho Cerro
Alejandro Barco
Col
Ernesto Montagne
Sioux City
Missouri River
Salix Monday
Picture World Honors Chaney at Funeral
The article recalls Chaney as a screen icon with deaf parents and notes a touching scene at the chapel. A World War veteran, Sergeant Frank Mc Clouskey, gazed at the casket with many decorations while his floral tribute rested nearby. McClouskey had met Chaney years before and Chaney had helped him seek hospital care for partial paralysis.
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Frank McClouskey
McClouskey
Chaney
Local banks to aid farmers amid relief efforts
The report notes federal agencies outlining available relief tools. The Department of Agriculture lists relief tasks but has only 800000 dollars available for loans. The Federal Reserve Board promises leniency to member banks in the affected region. The Farm Board details facilities under the marketing act and intermediate credit banks describe loan processes to state agricultural credit corporations.
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Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Farm Board
Carlton Plot Exposed By Capone Aid
Giblin testified that Ralls spoke of three men angry at the governor ready to kill him and pay a gunman 7500 dollars. The plan aimed to trap the alleged plotters with voice recording evidence before secret service could intervene. the sheriff’s office arrested the three early. Dowling added the murder was set for August 13 during the governor’s trip from Tallahassee to Gainesville.
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Giblin
Ralls
Secret Service
Sheriff’s Office
Dowling
Carlton
Tallahassee
Gainesville
Army Aces Ground-Control Bombers Boost Flight Record Attempt
The day featured a record attempt for distance in a motor powered aircraft with prizes totaling 10 000 dollars. Lieut. Arthur Innes led a squadron of army bombers from the ground as rain halted the program.
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Army Air Corps
Arthur Innes
Chicago Invites Trans Atlantic Fliers To Air Races
Radio listeners and spectators followed a demonstration as Capt Henry Pascale led bombers through directed maneuvers while an army radio plane piloted by Lieut Robert Schtenlein described the actions from above. Mayor William Hale Thompson invited Baron Von Gronau and associates to visit Chicago to celebrate their Atlantic crossing.
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Columbia
Henry Pascale
Robert Schtenlein
Chanutefield
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Baron von Gronau
Safety Rules Ordered for Plane Races
New safety measures take effect after a fatal accident at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport in Chicago. Coroner Herman Bundesen orders bleachers closed or emptied near the pylon and demands races finish normally to avoid overflight of spectators. Basil Sims posted a 6 ft 1 in win in the dead stick contest with Lee Brusee and another finalist also placing.
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Basil Sims
Lee Brusee
Glendale
Cailif
Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Herman Bundesen
J. P. Deshazo
Louis Weiner
Stunt plane crash inquiry and aviation race results
A navy committee investigated Lieutenant Deshazo's crash after his plane nearly struck spectators. Seven injuries occurred from debris and fuel. Women pilots would compete aboard a large plane over the airport due to low entries. Art Goebel finished second in the trans continental derby in 9h 21m 21.4s earning 4500 dollars while Wiley Post won 7500 dollars with 9h 9m 4s.
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Navy
Deshazo
Goebel
Art Goebel
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
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