French baker Georges Michel sets English Channel record
Georges Michel, a 36 year old Paris baker, swam from Cape Gris Nez to St Margaret's Bay in 11 hours 5 minutes, beating Ernst Vierkoetter's mark by 1 hour 38 minutes. He faced seasickness and cramps but completed the swim and received a warm English welcome.
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Georges Michel
Paris
St. Margaret's Bay
Cape Gris- Nez
France
Ernst Vierkoetter
Germany
Gertrude Ederle
Michel
M. Guilot
Boulogne
Maurice
Gris- Nez
Brookhart Quietly Stricken By Gall Bladder Illness
Col Smith W Brookhart Republican nominee for US Senate fell ill in Clermont Iowa en route from New Hampton to Waukon. Diagnosed with gall trouble he canceled remaining engagements and was ordered to return to Washington. He had spoken in Clermont and at a festival before the illness worsened.
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Clermont, Ja
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Washington
New Hampton
Waukon
William Larrabee
Kew
Clermont
Perjury Charges Also Linger in Canton Ohio Case
Carl Studer surrendered to Canton police amid two warrants charging perjury in the civil service reinstatement hearing of S A Lengel the deposed police chief. Lengel’s hearing before the civil service commission ended when his counsel refused to rebut the charges, with the commission taking the case under advisement for a Monday night decision.
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Canton
Carl Studer
Civil Service
S. A. Lengel
Civil Service Commission
Lengel
Cu E
Mother Dies Shielding Girl in Muskegon Attack
A 50-year-old mechanic Elmer Woodward allegedly clubbed to death Celia Barnes 34 while shielding her 15-year-old daughter Isabel from an attack near Muskegon Michigan. Police pursued Woodward after he fled the scene in a suburb car.
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Muskegon. Mich
Elmer Woodward
Celia Barnes
Isabel
Ward
Barnes
Woodward
Unusual Earthquake Felt in New York and Tropical Storm
An unusually severe earthquake was recorded by Fordham University seismographs. The shock began at 6:54 a.m. and peaked near Hartford, lasting until 10:00 a.m. The epicenter was estimated far from New York, likely in the southern Pacific, about 5,600 miles away. Separately, a tropical storm was reported centering northeast of Puerto Rico and moving southwest.
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New York
Fordham University
At &Orlock
Pacific
Washington, D
Weather Bureau
Porto Rico
Tram Car Motorman and Woman Injured in Collision
Davenport Iowa reports a street car collision on a steep hill injuring motorman Raymond Rice and passenger Mrs. William Teegen. Rice suffered fractured legs and Teegen also broke a leg. Other passengers sustained minor injuries.
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Davenport
Raymond Rice
William Teegen
Rice
Teegen
National gang may have aided diamond train robbery in Illinois
Detectives with an arrest warrant trio of Chicago men in a $500000 diamond heist aboard an Illinois Central train. George Brown Oliver Berg and Harry Linard are linked to an underworld unit suspected of coordinating gem robberies across the region. Stolen gems recovered from a village stockyards cache.
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Chicago
Ill
National Information Service
Illinois Central
George Brown
Oliver Berg
Harry Linard
Butte, Mont
Champaign
Loda
Berg
Fellow Prisoners Aid Another Who Faces Execution
Ernest Reed, retried for the alleged slaying of Harry Reel at Missouri Valley fair grounds, faces a jury verdict by afternoon. Reed, previously convicted, has spent years on death row at Ft. Madison. fellow inmates contributed to his defense fund from 59 cents to $2 each.
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Ft. Madison Penitentiary
German Delegates Enter League Amid Reforms Speech In Native Tongue
The German delegation arrived at the League of Nations assembly in Geneva and was warmly greeted. Dr Gustav Stresemann spoke in German marking a historic first as he urged new international co operation beyond national borders and called on Spain to remain in the league.
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League OF Nations
Streseman
Gustav Stresemann
Stresemann
Germany
Spain
Briand
France
Tribune
M. Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Sanguinary fighting in Athens amid Greek mutiny near anarchy
Reports from London say mutinous republican guards battled Greek army troops in Athens with heavy casualties. About 1,000 mutineers surrendered after failing to seize the city as unrest and rumors of Plastiras backing the revolt circulated and censorship delayed dispatches.
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London
Athens
Pangalos
Kené@dylis
Two Screen Stars Announce Wedding
Mil ton Sills and Doris Kenyon, both prominent in film, announced their approaching marriage in Los Angeles. The couple tentatively set October 4 as the wedding date.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Milton Sills
Doris Kenyon
Chinese fire on U S boats along Yangtze
A Hankow telegram reports American torpedo boats Stewart and Pope exchanging rifle and machine gun fire 50 miles down the Yangtze river. Two sailors were wounded. A second Han kow report says foreign steamers entering or leaving Hankow are targeted by Cantonese soldiers, with several Japanese and British ships badly riddled.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Stewart
Pope
Yangtze River
Aunt Hetry Robert Quillen
Aunt Hetry Robert Quillen appears in a 1926 syndicated column with its typical rural humor and local civic sketches.
Ex Senator Quigley Dies in Des Moines at 82
Robert Pollock Quigley longtime Iowa senator from 1909 to 1917 and Northwestern Iowa pioneer died in Des Moines aged 82. He had lived there the past year and will have funeral services Sunday at McGregor.
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Des Moines
Robert Pollock Quigley
Iowa Senate
Iowa
McGregor
Worst Floods Hit Midwest Crops and Roads
Central west states faced seven deaths and extensive losses as floods from equinoctial storms halted industry and agriculture. Illinois and Indiana saw record rain, with Aurora corn losses at 450 percent and Mattoon’s heaviest rainfall since 1907. Tourists were stranded, bridges washed out, and railroad service disrupted.
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Chicago
Iil
Central West
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Nebraska
Missouri
Aurora
Ill
Terre Haute
Ind
Mattoon
Jacksonville
Central Illinois
Des Moines Man Dies By Poison Attempt
Des Moines, Sept 10 AP Harry Roth 50 of Mason City was taken to a hospital after drinking poison at his rooming house. Believed to have attempted suicide due to ill health. Physicians said he might recover.
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Des Moines
Harry Roth
Mason City
Musicians Win Chicago Strike After Talks End
Chicago musicians in 490 theaters win wage increases of 4.50 weekly for two years and 3.00 weekly in year three, returning to work after four days of negotiations. The deal sets 87 a week for two years and 90 in year three, with an arbitration panel to decide if smaller houses may replace four-piece orchestras with organists or pianists. National leaders attended the talks.
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Chicago
Ill
James Petrillo
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Waterloo
Weather notes for Iowa and Illinois forecast
Iowa forecasts show tonight warmer temperatures with rising clouds Saturday, mainly in the south. Illinois outlooks predict generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with higher temperatures overall.
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Iowa
South Portion
Illinois
Regional Temperatures and Shifts by City
St. Paul shows 1.1 with a 0.5 rise and La Crosse at 4.5 with a 0.6 rise. Dubuque at 4.8 drops 0.4 while Davenport climbs 0.2 to 5.3. Keokuk records 10.2 with a 0.6 fall and St. Louis advances to 22.2 with a 0.4 rise.
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St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
Mail Robbery in Chicago Suburb
Mail loot estimated at 150000 to 500000 was seized aboard east bound Grand Trunk train No. 10 by three of four robbers who escaped at Evergreen Park Illinois without firing a shot. Currency from the Chicago federal reserve bank and Union Trust was hijacked. one pouch of registered mail was recovered.
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Chicago
Ill
Evergreen Park
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Union Trust Company
Harvey, Ill
Spector Miller
Rondout
William Fahey
Fahey
Atlanta
Guilty Verdict in Murder Case Shocks Beaver City
Bert M. Davis, former Beaver City grocer and stockman, convicted of first degree murder in the death of his first wife Blanche by a district court jury in McCook Nebraska. Life imprisonment set. appeal planned. Davis allegedly poisoned Blanche to wed neighbor Kate Resler, who was later acquitted.
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McCook
Neb
Bert M. Davis
Beaver City
Blanche
Davis
E. J. Lambe
Lambe
State Supreme Court
Kate Resler
Murder in First Degree Charged in Iowa Mystery Death
Davenport officials announce that Frank McKeague will face a murder in the first degree charge in the case of Mrs. Lola B. Moore who was beaten and shot in her home. Moore died September 6 after an unknown assailant attacked her in Mercy hospital. The death is being treated as a homicide pending investigation.
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Davenport
Frank McKeague
John Weir
Lola B. Moore
Mercy Hospital
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