Hoover Campaign to open sectional base in Chicago
Republican leaders discuss forming a Chicago headquarters for the Hoover campaign with national committee members arriving for the Washington conference. James W Good may be named western campaign chairman and Secretary Work is eyed for the national committee chair. Senator Curtis and Hoover plan staff organization and reception of nominations while Good remains delayed by his wife’s illness in Chicago.
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Washington
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
James W Good
Hoover
Commerce
Interior Department
Curtis
Kansas
Organization .S
Hoovers
Vonday
Kansas City
Good
Woman with Bald-Headed Husband Finds Quiet Life
In a compact fragment a wife with a bald-headed husband seeks stability and security at home, yet she longs for excitement and thrill she feels lacking in daily life.
Dorsey Resigns Iowa City Psychiatric Post for Michigan
Dr J M Dorsey resigns as acting assistant director of the Iowa City state psychopathic hospital to become assistant director at the Michigan state psychopathic hospital in Ann Arbor. The resignation takes effect July 1. Dorsey has served on the staff since graduating from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1925.
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Iowa City
J. M. Dorsey
State Peychopathic Hospital
Michigan State Psychopathic Hospital
Ann Arbor
Dorsey
Psychopathic Hospital
University of Iowa Calleage of Medicine
Pistol Used in Coast Killing Sought as Clue
Police pursue a pistol tied to the slaying of John I. Glab in Los Angeles amid evidence linking his widow Hazel Glab 29 and her niece Ethyl Kaser 17. A neighbor saw a woman in a light dress flee from a car to the Glab house and police reenacted the scene.
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Los Angeles
Calif
John I. Glab
Cicero
Ill
Hazel Glab
Esther Wilson
M. A. Wilson
Glab
Houng
Oklahoma City
Okla
Miss Kaser
Houston Stages Lynching Party At Bridge
The body of Robert Powell a 24 year old Black man was found hanging from a bridge eight miles from Houston at 6 30 am. Powell who had been abducted from Jefferson Davis hospital by eight men was accused of shooting A W Davis in a gun battle the previous Sunday. Deputy Sheriff S Y Brizenbine said Powell was guarded by three men with pistols when taken from the hospital and dragged away with a rope around his neck.
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Houston
Tex
Robert Powell
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Powell
S. Y
Brizenbine
A. W. Davis
Remus Freed by Supreme Court to Leave Hospital
George Remus known as the Cincinnati bootleg king, who killed his wife Imogene, is freed after the Ohio Supreme Court, by a four to three vote, upholds the Lima state hospital release order. The decision ends his long legal fight after an insanity ruling following a murder acquittal.
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Columbus, O
George Remus
Cincinnati
Imogene
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Remus
Lima State Hospital
Hamilton County
Allen Country
Supreme Court
Lima
State Hospital
W. H. Vorbau
Edward C. Turner
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Turner
Nyemaster Elected President of Iowa Bankers Association
Ray Nyemaster of the American Commercial and Savings Bank of Davenport was elected president of the Iowa Bankers Association at the opening of the second day of the annual convention in Cedar Rapids this morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray Nyemaster
The
American Commercial and Savings Bank of
Davenport
Iowa Bankers Association
Banker Harris elected president of Northern Baptist convention
Detroit June 20 AP Arthur M Harris a New York banker and volunteer religious worker was elected president of the Northern Baptist convention succeeding W C Coleman of Wichita Kansas a manufacturer. He ran unopposed.
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Detroit
Arthur M. Harris
New York
Northern Baptist Convention
W.C. Coleman
Wichita
Kas
Earhart Credits Stultz for Atlantic Flight in London
Miss Amelia Earhart, the American flyer, says companion Wilmer Stultz deserves credit for the successful trans Atlantic flight. She arrived with Stultz and Louis Gordon, speaks of borrowed clothes and avoids hero worship while mapping engagements in London.
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Miss Earhart
Stultz
London
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Alanson B. Houghton
Air League of the British Empire
Frederick Guest
H. H. Bailey
Owas
Mine Blast Kills Five, Injures Seven at National Fuel Mine
Morgantown West Virginia June 24 AP Five miners were killed and seven seriously injured when an explosion rocked the National mine of the National Fuel company near Morgantown. All other miners escaped or were rescued. Two of the injured were not expected to live.
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Morgantown
W. Va
National
National Fuel Company
Here
Local Thunderstorms May Hit Area With Cooling Readings
Local forecast calls for afternoon and tonight thunder storms with cooler air moving in from the northwest. Illinois and Missouri expected mostly cloudy skies with possible local storms Thursday and little temperature change. readings vary across cities from St. Paul to St. Louis with scattered rises and falls.
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Illinois
Missouri
Ashburn to Make Inspection Trip
Maj. Gen. T. Q. Ashburn chairman of the Inland Waterways Corporation leaves Washington for a four week inspection of the government barge lines. He will start Thursday in Birmingham Alabama and examine all facilities with focus on terminals in Davenport Rock Island Moline and Tuscaloosa.
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Washington
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Ashburn
Corporation
Tri-Cities
Davenport
Iowa
Rock Island
Iil
Moline
Tuscaloosa
Tampico Man to Head Rotarians
B TI Sutton of Tampico Mexico a native of Michigan in the hardware trade was elected president of Rotary International by acclamation. He founded the American chamber of commerce at Tampico and led the third Rotary district as governor in 1923 and served as international director in 1926.
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Minneapolis
API
B. Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
Rotary International
Sutton
Michigan
American Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Father’s 1874 check blown to Roberts in Davenport
A $112 yellow check dated March 1874 blew to Edward C. Roberts in Davenport after a high wind near the U N Roberts Co plant. The check, signed by his father founder of the company, was payable to the Rockford Fork Island and St Louis Railway and drawn on First National Bank of Davenport. Roberts suspects it was lodged during a 1909 fire.
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Davenport
Edward C. Roberts
U. N. Roberts Co
Boiler Blast Kills Score in Mexico City Bath House
A massive boiler explosion at a bath house in a poor area of Mexico City killed many and injured dozens. Twenty six bodies were recovered as debris destroyed four buildings and a car was crushed. An intoxicated engineer allegedly overrode safety valves by turning on cold water.
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Mexico City
H. Kenneth Ferguson
Mexican Telephone Company
Bath House
Big contracts set for roads in Iowa counties
Iowa's highway commission authorized spending of 719,986.1 with contracts let for paving graveling grading and bridge work in Bremer Decatur Appanoose Cedar Hamilton Ida Marshall Warren Monroe Lucas and Warren counties. Major bids include 49 484.65 for 19 345 miles of U S 59 in Decatur and 129 641.24 for 5 335 miles in Bremer.
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Ames
Iowa State Highway Commission
Bremer
Decatur
U. S. 59
Union Construction Company
Des Moines
Bryant Construction Company
Waterloo
Bremer County
Appanoose
Cedar
Hamilton
Ida
Monroe
Lucas
Warren
Warne
Marshall County
Higher Commission
Carlson Construction Company
Marshalltown
Italian flier locates crew of lost airship Italia
Kings Bay Spitzbergen June 20 AP Major Maddalena Italian aviator dropped provisions from his hydroplane to General Nobile and five companions stranded since May 25 after the Italia crash. He reported all well. Two crewmen and seven others disappeared after the gondola breakup.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Italia
Maddalena
Polar Sea
Citta di Milano
General Nobile
Alfredo Viglieri
F. Behounek
Guiseppi Beggi
Natalie Ceccioni
Filippo Trojani
Finn Malmeren
Alberto Marjani
Fillippo Zappa
North Cape
Nobile
Natalia Cecciana
Cecciana
Farmers Clear Debris After Adams County Tornado
Creston Iowa June 20 AP Farmers along an eight mile storm path receive help from neighbors and volunteers to clear debris and dispose of dead livestock. A temporary field kitchen run by the Lenox American Legion auxiliary serves coffee and sandwiches to workers. Damage on 14 farms is conservatively estimated at 190 900 dollars.
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Creston
Adams County
Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Lenox
Mothers, Daughters and a Sales Pitch Clash
A fragment recalls a family scene where a mother bargains to influence a purchase while Betty eavesdrops nearby in another room awaiting a cue to intervene. The line hints at household dynamics and sibling involvement in decision making.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Rebekah
Margaret Rebekah
Newton
Field House
Memorial Union
University of Iowa
Grand Sire Merrill
ST Robert Quillen
DR. Dorsey
Hancing
Shrine
West Branch
Main Street
J. W. Hayslett
Newt Butler
J. K
Crim
Inal
Banker
Baptists
Staltz
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Gineer
Cedar County
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