Will Issue Statement on 9 Foot Channel Moonshiner
In Blencoe Iowa Aug 30 AP reports a sheriff raid on a Missouri river still was foiled when a duck pulled a tug line alerting officers. Clyde Campbell sought escape by boat after warning by the duck while three accomplices Frank Bailey Joe Allen and Harvey Allen were captured.
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Blencoe
C. W. Meal
Sheriff Meal
Missouri River
Clyde Campbell
Monona County
Campbell
Frank Bailey
Council Bluffs
Joe
Harvey Allen
Grand Jury to Hear Actions of Black Shirt Group
Atlanta reports that evidence shows committees of the American Fascist Association and Order of Black Shirts have demanded that Atlanta employers discharge Black workers. The grand jury will hear these claims and related threats, with stenographic records and business names to be presented. The group seeks to incite white supremacy and pledge loyalty to the government while aiding members in employment.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
American Facist Association
Order of Black Shirts
Federal
United States
Black Shirt
Grand Jury
Fulton Superior Courts
Ion Up
R. A. Gordon
R. S. Gulledge
H. J. Gewinner
Walter A. Sims
the Organizar
Kidnaper Slayer of Indiana Girl At Large
South Bend Indiana August 30 The kidnapper and slayer of 8 year old Marveline Appel remained at large as police followed every lead. Rewards totaling 3100 offered for capture of the man who enticed the girl into his car last Wednesday held her for nearly 30 hours and killed her with a wire throat wound and head gash. Her body was found Thursday night two blocks from her mother's home. Police had no link established between Marveline’s kidnapping and yesterday’s attack on Mrs Joseph Wisniewski by two men whom she fought off before police arrived. Several suspects were questioned and released.
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South Bend
Ind
Marveline Appel
Eula Appel
Marveline
Joseph Wisniewski
Luverne Bank Robber Degan Identified in Heist
Minneapolis reports Miss Consuelo Hanna, part owner of the Luverne bank, identified Lawrence Degan as a member of the gang that robbed the Luverne bank on August 20. Degan, arrested with others in a hotel, faces robbery and forgery charges with bail set at 15000 dollars as Iowa authorities may take over. The bank theft totaled over 6000 dollars plus 1000 in bonds and travelers checks.
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Minneapolis
Police Today
Consuelo Hanna
Liverne, Sr
Lawrence Dégan
Degan
Iowa
Miss Hanna
Bank of Luverne
Scott Hanna
Arthur Hof
Hurley to Announce War Department Policy on Mississippi Channel
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley arrives in Chicago then Dayton en route to Minneapolis as he prepares a formal pronouncement on the 9-foot channel for the upper Mississippi. Advisers say the statement will be the administration's first definite word on waterways policy.
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Chicago
Patrick J. Hurley
Municipal
Dayton
Minneapolis
War Department
Mississippi
Hurley
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Washington
Army Engineers
Hay Fever Club Chooses Officers in Duluth Session
The Hay Fever Club of America met in Duluth with a second session planned. New officers named include Al Scarcone of Des Moines president R W Dutton Eldora vice president and Mrs Emil Lehman Minneapolis secretary treasurer. The group aims to reorganize the Interstate Hay Fever Association, inactive since 1928.
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Duluth
Minn
Hayfever Club of America
al Scarcone
Des Moines
R. W. Dutton
Eldora
Emil Lehman
Minneapolis
Interstate Hay Fever Association
High Officials Desert Capital Over Labor Day
Washington Aug 30 AP Labor day festivities keep the capital quiet with top officials away. President Hoover camps on the Rapidan. Hyde remains at his desk. Assistant Secretary Castle leads the holiday capital, while other cabinet members travel or stay home for the long weekend.
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Labor Day
Hyde
Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
Breuth
Castle of
Stimson
Long Island
Hoor
Curtis
Mellon
David K. E. Bro
Long Time Muscatine County Residents Set Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs A J Brown longtime Muscatine county residents celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday September 3 open house at 1410 East Fifth Street. Family party includes 11 children 22 grandchildren and three great grandchildren with relatives attending.
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A. J Brown
East Fifth Street
Muscatine County
Mary Terry Brown
Muscatine
Mr. Brown
Missouri
Wapello
Pessie Adams
Phillips Street
Alda Devore
East Eighth Street
Charles Brown
Near New Era
Frank Brown
Burlington Road
Clara Adams
Nichols
Horace Brown
Susie Myers
East Second Street
Hilton Brown
Monroe Street
Mabel Dick
Hazel Myers
Kidnap and robbery target Watertown payroll
Miss Flora Hertel cashier for Brandt Cashier Co. was kidnapped near Watertown and forced to surrender a 3200 payroll from the bank to the company, then driven to Ixonia before being released unharmed. Authorities in neighboring counties alerted.
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Watertown
Wis
Flora Hertel
Bank of Watertown
Hertel
Brandt Cashier Company
Ixonia
Embezzler Surrenders at Local Police Headquarters
Cecil Brigham age 38 walked into police headquarters claiming he was wanted in Des Moines Iowa for embezzling 200 dollars from the L B Price store.
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Duluth
Minn
Cecil Brigham
Des Moines
L. B. Price
Weather outlook Iowa Illinois and Great Plains forecast
Weather report covers Iowa and Illinois with shading for partly cloudy skies and possible local showers or thunderstorms tonight through Sunday. Forecast for Sept 1 to 6 shows cool first part with showers in the south, unsettled and warmer latter half, plus river stage readings for multiple cities with minor falls.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
St. Paul
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Andree on Island Mystery Deepens in Arctic Search
Oslo reports Dr. Adolf Hoel believes Salomon Andree and two companions may have survived up to two years on White Island after disappearing during a North Pole balloon flight. Bodies found this month.
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Oslo
Norway
Salomon Auguste Andree
White Island
Adolf Hoel
Spitzbergen
Hoel
Orth
Andree
North Pole
Bratvaag
Andres
Tromsoe
Children Perish in Fire at Michigan Farm Home
In Port Huron Michigan a fire destroyed a farm home near Rattle Run 15 miles south of the city. Mrs Denabanshd and her children a 13 year old boy and a girl were inside the home the blaze started from an overheated stove. The mother was severely burned during rescue efforts.
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Port Huron
Mich
Assault by two men on youth and girl at Rainbow Point
Ruth Dorr 18 and John McMullen 18 of Council Bluffs were attacked at Rainbow Point by two armed men after McMullen stopped his car. They took $5, beat McMullen, and Dorr was assaulted while protesting. both were recovering from shock and injuries. Police have a possible clue of an Illinois-licensed car.
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Council Bluffs
Ruth Dorr
John McMullen
Rainbow Point
Here
McMullen
Illinois
Boy
Miss Dorr
Charles M. Dorr
England Hit By Severe Storm Ends Heat Wave
A major electrical storm and heavy rain battered northern England and Scotland after a long heat wave that killed over twenty people. London saw rain and winds up to 29 mph while eastern quarters flooded. Ramsay MacDonald diverted from Lossiemouth and Yorkshire due to the storm. Telephones and telegraphs failed widely as the north faced significant damage and isolation of Scotland’s east coast.
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London
England
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Catterick Airdome
Yorkshire
Nominations and borah’s momentum noted in Idaho
Tahoe Tavern recollects Idaho politics with Senator Borah once a favorite. A half county reportedly opposed him yet he held an apparently unanimous nomination. The message argues he is the best Democrat in America and notes the Democrats have no opponent.
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Tahoe Tavern
Calif
Idaho
Borah
America
Death Toll Rises as National Air Races Claim Designer
Doamer-Wal Whale flying boat arrives with an army escort over Chicago after cross Atlantic flight. George Fernie of Staten Island dies in a self-built craft during eighth day of national air races. Two other fatalities occur from a navy racing plane crash nearby.
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Cross
Chicago
Curtiss-Reynolds
George Fernie
St. George
Staten Island
N. Y
Fernic
Fake Countess to Be Deported
A Polish immigrant girl who posed as a countess while staying at a hotel in Omaha faces check forgery charges. Rel Rosa Emilia de Kicimal will be taken to Chicago and then New York, after arrest in Sioux City and return to Omaha.
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Omaha
Rel Rosa Emilia de Kicimal
Chicago
New York
Sioux City
Texas Lawyer Dies by Suicide in Cell After Slaying Wife
Amarillo Aug 30 AP A D Payne Amarillo attorney who confessed slaying his wife died in his jail cell by an explosion believed caused by a nitroglycerin vial worn at his neck. He had been indicted hours earlier and he left letters to his mother and his wife’s mother with a fellow prisoner.
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Amarillo
Tex
A. D. Payne
Payne
Suave
Firing Starts as Opposing Forces Clash in Argentina
Reports from Buenos Aires describe street clashes between adherents and rivals of President Yrigoyen with several wounded, including a high police official. In Peru, Augusto Leguia and his son Juan are imprisoned and a U.S. naval officer faces court martial.Brazil denies rumors of revolt in Rio Grande do Sul while Cuba probes a planned post storming incident. twenty suspects detained.
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Spanish America
Associated Press
Buenos, Aires
Argentina
Yrigoyen
Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Juan Leguia
Harold D. Grow
Seguia
Buenos Aires
Mouties
Viva Yrigoyen
Circulo de Armas
Des Moines Youth Wounds Two Then Ends Own Life
In Des Moines a 21 year old man shot and seriously wounded his father Lehi Thomas 51 and Doyle Winslow at the Campbell home. The assailant then shot himself in the temple, both victims were hospitalized and believed to recover.
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Des Moines
Aug
Ralph T. Themen
Lehi Thomas
Doyle Winslow
Farrarand
Winslow
Gertrude Campbell
Thomas
Campbell
Cambell
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A. J. Brown
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