Nine Killed in Iowa Accidents
The Associated Press reports nine people killed in separate Iowa incidents. Victims include Troy Mills resident and others across Corn Belt towns. deaths linked to a rail tank car explosion near Gladwin, a grain conveyor incident, a fall at home, a pedestrian collision, and a railroad track discovery near Marshalltown.
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Associated Press
Troy Mills
Thomas O. Ault
Corncil Bluffs
William Newsum
Fort William J. Grady
Muscatine
Carl Pitts
Denver
Colo
Benek
Blonde
McKenney
Milwaukee
Gladwin
Kolembar
Wapsipinicon
Ault
Newsum
Grady
Francis Tewksbury
Pitts
Northwestern
Marshalltown
Columnist Feels Jolson Fracas Onstage and Off
The column notes a backstage fight between Al Jolson and Henry Winchell over a film scenario. Jolson says he struck Winchell in the neck area after a verbal clash sparked by a script about gangsters and a chorus girl. Winchell describes hired gorillas missing the scene, with Jolson asserting he will seek action through Will Hays.
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Winchell
Miss Keeler
al Jolson
Jolson
Keeler
Will Hays
al Jolgon
Roosevelt Reaction Pleases Nation As Codes Move Forward
President Roosevelt and national recovery officials push unified wage and hour codes. Johnson says plans will ship July 27 via mail to employers who sign minimum wage and max hour pledges. Insignias will display on goods, with consumers urged to support codes. no protests yet.
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Johnson
White
National Recovery Administration
Barn on Charles Irwin Farm Burns Near West Liberty
West Liberty reports the Charles Irwin farm barn northeast of town destroyed by fire at noon. Loss estimated between 3000 and 4000 dollars, with partial insurance. Origin unknown but likely spontaneous combustion. The barn held farm machinery and 25 tons of hay plus several tons of straw. no livestock inside.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
Charles Irwin
West Liberty Folk Injured in County Road Crash
Mrs Grace Romaine of West Liberty was driving a Chevrolet sedan when it collided with a truck driven by George Case on County Road W near Cedar Valley Church. Mrs Andrew Anderson suffered a broken nose and deep cuts, while Mrs Fred Hemstead had a deep gash in her right arm. Mrs Romaine, en route to Muscatine, was accompanied by Mrs Harison Hess and Mrs Carl Jensen who escaped injury. Case exited from a side road. The car was badly damaged and towed to town.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
Grace Romaine
George Case
Cedar Valley Church
Andrew Anderson
Fred Hemstead
Romaine
Muscatine
Anderson
Hemstead
Harrison Hess
Carl Jensen
Case
President's Son to Wed Today in Philadelphia Visit
The president's son arrived by auto with Mrs Dall and the Millers. A license question was settled after a county attorney opined the Iowa remarriage rule applies only to Iowa divorces, and a license was to be granted upon request. Miss Googins and her mother arrived for a visit, spending the night with Mrs Harriet Swiler atop Prospect Hill overlooking the Mississippi River.
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Philadelphia
Googins
Iowa
Clerk of District Court
Market Turmoil Hits Winnipeg Grain Prices and Roosevelt’s Stance
The Winnipeg grain exchange opened with a dramatic 11 1 4 cent decline as millions of bushels flooded the pit and bids tumbled. Prices never stabilized, sliding at first and then slightly recovering, while Roosevelt officials endorse temporary exchange closures but avoid stock market interference.
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Winnipeg
Man
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Stock Exchange
Metcalf Heads Farm Loan Association
Farmers urged to apply promptly for government aid under a liberalized federal land bank program offering 4 12 percent interest for the first five years. The newly formed association plans to process at least $100000 in applications weekly from offices at 213 Iowa Avenue, Titus Loan and Investment, under Mr. Hakes. A loan committee was named to assist, with members Kelley Zoller Reesink Pace Schroeder Connor.
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Federal Land Bank
Titus Loan and Investment Company
Iowa Avenue
Hakes
Hoegh
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kelley
Zoller
Mr. Reesink
Ernest H. Pace
Edward Schroeder
Paul R. Connor
Post Begins Final Lap of World Flight to New York
Wiley Post flies solo toward New York on a 2,100 mile leg from Edmonton. At 20,000 feet he proceeds despite fatigue hoping to beat the Harold Gatty time of 14 hours 8 minutes and reach New York before 8 01 p m EST. Gatty plans to greet his former partner in New York.
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Post
New York
Wiley Post
Edmonton
Harold Gatty
Port Arthur
Ont
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Toronto
United States
New York State
Buffalo
Rochester
Cleveland
Pos Gatty
Gatty
Washington
Army Air Station
Bollingfield
Decorah Veteran Held for Murder
Decorah Iowa 85 year old Civil war veteran M T Grattan was jailed without bond on murder charges after Claude Meade 53 of Minneapolis died from a Friday night bullet wound in the abdomen in a barn at the fairgrounds following a horse racing dispute. Preliminary hearing set for 9 am today.
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Decorah
M. T. Grattan
Claude Meade
Minneapolis
Meade
Grattan
Former G. A. R. Head James C Milliman Dies
James C Milliman 86 former national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and former Iowa lieutenant governor died in Santa Monica Calif Funeral arrangements were postponed awaiting arrival of his two sons Milliman long active in Iowa public life serving as Logan mayor for 12 years He is survived by his widow five daughters and two sons James C Milliman Jr of Council Bluffs Ia and Almore Milliman of Minneapolis
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Santa Monica
Calif
James C. Milliman
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa
Milliman
Logan
James C. Milliman Jr
Council Bluffs
Almored Milliman
Minneapolis
Grady Death Ruled Accidental After Car Incident
Witnesses testified the Mecca cafe driver Tewksbury struck Grady by bumping the vehicle and dragged him after a stop and start. Eyewitnesses described Grady's body being thrown and the car moving slowly before stopping near Greenwood cemetery. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. at 1218 East Second Street with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Grady, born Muscatine 1862, operated a Mulberry Ave blacksmith shop for 50 years and is survived by his widow, a sister in Sioux City, and several nieces and nephews.
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Tewksbury
Grady
Brown
William Harper
Harper
Mecca
Ben Davis
Davis
Gustavus Allbee
J. H. Harris
P. J. Walters
George Jacobs
Mr. Grady
East Second Street
B. F. Schwartz
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Muscatine
Mulberry Avenue
Charlotte Howard
R. N. McCoy
Sioux City
Frank Grady
Flashes of Life and Quick Takes From Across the Nation
A series of brief items notes a Brownsville clerk dispute over a $10 1918 overcharge, a University of Wisconsin professor on human error, bananas enjoyed by trans Atlantic aviators, a Washington birth with Eleanor Roosevelt Zanelotti as name, a large Roma population in Bulgaria, and related human interest snippets.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
A. Morrow
Madison
Wis
E. Ragsdale
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Erik Dahlberg
the Drake
Washington
Joseph Zanelotti
Zanelotti
Eleanor Roosevelt Zanelotti
Canada United States Bonds Through Trade and Policy
The article traces reciprocal trade efforts between the U S and Canada from 1866 to 1920, noting protectionist shifts, the Underwood tariff era, and the decline in U S exports to Canada since 1929. It highlights similar living standards, shared economic policy aims, and the value of independent political development. It praises Canadian banking, jurisprudence, police systems, and educational links as indicators of close cooperative potential.
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Canada
United States
Dominions
London
Roosevelt
Mercator
America
James Bryce
North
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Identity of 4th Wreck Victim Sought in Gladwin Oil Train Disaster
The Gladwin wreck left four men dead and charred in oil tank cars. Des Moines Washigton Henry Muscatine counties sent cars to view the wreckage while families were notified. Hawaiian youth Conesville John Kaharasatu gave his account as authorities search for identities of the Oklahoma youths and the Dewey Oklahoma family remains.
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Delazier
Shull
Dewey
E. R. Bewek
Kennethee
Gladwin
Harbison
Des Moines
Henry
Washigton
Johnson
Muscatine
Kaharasatu
Conesville
John Kaharasatu
Milwaukee
Washington
Okla
Oklahoma
Earl Rife
Allenworth
Stephens
Columbus Junction
Mollison and Wife Start Over Ocean
Mollison and Amy Johnson Mollison prepared for a trans Atlantic flight aboard the Seafarer with Amy at the controls. The couple, amid cheering crowds, launched from the beach into a 70 mph takeoff and headed toward the Atlantic for a bold pioneering voyage.
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Mollison
Wife
Ocean
Amy Johnson Mollison
Jim
Atlantic
New World
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Marguerite Churchill
Santa Barbara
Mexico
Rodolfo Elias Calles
Plutarco Elias Calles
National Revolutionary Party
Republic
Easy
Olaf
Jackson
Polk
Buchanan
Harding
Armstrong
Bulgaria
Laurel Bldg
Monarch
Muscatine Lumber and Coal Co
MR. Slugd
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