Equality Demanded in News Distribution by World Press
United Press president M Bickel opens a League of Nations backed press conference urging absolute equality in distributing all government news between official and independent news agencies and newspapers. The resolution also seeks equal treatment in transmission priority and press rates, with a long fight against government subsidized media.
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Henrywood
United Press
Geneva
Karl A. Bickel
International Press Conference
League of Mations
Bickel
Chile
Sixth Assembly
Commission of Press
Commission of Gournalists
Karl A Bickel
M. Koenigsberg
International News Service
Kent Cooper
Associiated Press
Pa Ol Birchall
Europe
New World
Old World
Lord Burhham
London Daily Telegraph
League of Mafhons Assembly
Eliodoro Yanez
la Nacian
Santiago
League of Nations
League
TCAUS
Gas Torch Mistaken for Beacon Flare
Honolulu reports that a suspected beacon flare over Mauna Kea was a gasoline light used by a laborer testing on the mountain. Four Army planes returned from Ha in search sectors off Kauai and the western islands. The Miss Doran and others remain under search, with naval ships resuming Pearl Harbor operations for the aviators.
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Honolulu
Mauna Kea
Ha, Wau
Hawaiian Islands
Kauai
Miss Doran
Pearl Harbor
Wiliam Malloska
Tarewell
Arthur ©. Goebel
W. ¥. Davis
S. S. Manoa
Alreai
Goebel
Davis
Charles Lawton Williams
Maitland
Hégenberger
Hawaii
Columbus Man Wins Tourney
Guy Deering of Columbus Wisconsin was conceded the winner of the clay target championship of North America as the match nears completion in Dayton Ohio. He scored 200 yesterday and 200 today while aiming to beat the 437 record set by Steve Crothers in 1925. Other scores include GE Payne 199 and C B Wells 199. Women’s clay target champion Mrs Harry Harrison scored 292. Junior champion W P Jenkins 16 of Orleans Indiana and sub junior Howard Kiefer 14 of Orville Ohio also noted.
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Dayton
Ohio
Guy Deering
Columbus
Wis
North America
Steve Crothers
Philadelphia
GE Payne
Tulsa
Okla
C.B Wells
Memphis
Tenn
George Peters
Phoenix
Anz
Hoon
Jewel
Charles Armes
Waukeran
Til
G. &. Sargeant
Cincinnati
W. P. Jenkins
Orleans
Ind
Howard Kiefer
Orville
Recommendation to extend ornamental lighting to Wisconsin Ave
Special to The Northwestern Neenah reports the council may hear a proposal to extend the ornamental lighting system to Wisconsin Avenue. Action is unlikely due to unresolved legality of assessing property owners for part of the cost. The board of public works will propose rejecting all sewer construction bids as the bids were deemed too high.
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Neenah
Common Council
Wisconsin Avenue
Board of Public Works
Dane County Fair Opens With Vast Dairy Cattle Display
Madison papers report the Dane County fair opened with one of the greatest dairy cattle collections assembled. Hog, sheep, beef cattle and poultry exhibits filled the grounds as trotting and pacing races were featured. The fair runs through Friday as seven other county fairs operate statewide in Cedarburg Manitowoc Waunton Seymour Wausau and Galesville.
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Madison
lPi
Orm
Dane County
Cedarburg
Manitowoc
Wfauston
Seymour
Wausau
Galesville
Farm outlook mixed as crops vary across regions
The agricultural department calls this year average with good money for farmers who own strong crops. Wheat and cattle markets look favorable, while corn and oats are short and hold higher prices. Potatoes are plentiful so prices stay low, and cotton declines due to infestations. droughts and wet weather affect several states.
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Thomas L Stokes
United Press
Washington
Agricultural Department
North Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Idaho
Oregon
Indiana
Tlinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Florida
New Mexico
Fire wipes out four hundred ancient buildings at Scutari
A huge blaze in Settteri, the Asiatic suburb of Constantinople known as Chalcedon, destroyed about 400 old wooden houses and sent 2,000 refugees to Scutari cemetery. Refugees sheltered among toppled tombstones as bread and water were provided by order of President Mustafa Kemal. Fire engines failed against a strong northerly wind. military tractors were used to smother the flames. Loss estimated at 1,000,000 liras. The fire’s origin blamed on an elderly woman attempting to burn weeds from lattice-work.
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Constantinople
Settteri
Chalcedon
New Turkey
Hey Shack
Explosion Wrecks Three Stores on Taylor Street
A gas explosion from a leaky pipe wrecked three stores in a one story building on Taylor Street in Chicago. Firemen found no body. a neighbor cited a sleeping proprietor. The blast damaged adjacent structures as residents were awakened. Early bomb or dynamite theories were dismissed.
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Chicago
Taylor Street
West Side
Sire
Sts
Noted lawyer Maurice McKenna dies at 81 in Wisconsin
Maurice McKenna 81 a noted criminal lawyer poet and longtime Fond du Lac county attorney died Tuesday after a brief illness He served as clerk of Fond du Lac courts chaired the county board for over twenty years and was dean of the county bar He enlisted at 18 in the Thirty ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War He belonged to the G A R the Academy of Arts Letters and Science the State Historical Society the American Bar Association the State Bar Association and Knights of Columbus He leaves two daughters and six grandchildren Services will be held Saturday.
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Fond Iu Lac
Wis
Maurice McKenna
Fond du Lac
Ford du Lac County
Chaleman
Wisaconsim Volunteer Infantry
A A. Brown
Academy of Arts, Letters and Science
State Historical Society
American Bar Association
State Bar Association
Fixs
Knights of Columbus
Prince George of Serbia Feared Deadly Self Harm Attempt
Vienna dispatch from Belgrade reports former Crown Prince George of Serbia attempted suicide in Nish. He sustained serious wounds with no expected recovery. George, elder brother of King Alexander, renounced succession in 1909 and had long been in frail health.
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Vienna
Austria
Belgrade
Nish
Jugoslavia
George
Serbia
Alexander
Milwaukee Aims to Join Airmail Route and Guard Air Service
C C Youngreen of Milwaukee and Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger met Post Office Department officials in Washington to advocate aerial parcel post and passenger service for Milwaukee. They sought to assign a Wisconsin National Guard air unit to Milwaukee and place the city on the northwest aviation lead, citing recent Milwaukee celebrations for Maitland Hegenberger and Lindbergh that sparked wide flying enthusiasm.
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Washington,d. C
Milwaukee
Wisconsin National Guard Air Service
Northwest
C. C. Youngreen
Maitland
Hegenberger
Lindbergh
New Orleans Man to Head Loyal Order of Moose
Ethelred M. Stafford of New Orleans, former Louisiana state senator, elected supreme dictator at the Loyal Order of Moose convention. He succeeds Norman E. to lead the supreme lodge of the world.
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New Orleans
Order OF Moose
Philadelphia
Ethelred M. Stafford
Louisiana
Loyal Order of Moose
Order
Norman E
Secretary Kittle Resigns After Twenty Two Years Service
Madison Wisconsin Madison- William Kaittle secretary of the Wisconsin board of normal school regents announced his resignation to take effect September 30 192? after twenty two years in the post He was named secretary in 1905 and will tour Europe with Mrs Kittle beginning October for two years He plans to reside in Washington DC No successor was named at today’s regents meeting but a replacement is expected at next month’s session
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Madison
William Kaittle
Wisconsin Board of Normal School Regents
Kittle
Normal School Board
Europe
Kattle
Washington, D. C
Kitlle
Normal School
Stole From Churches for Novelty of the Experience
Columbus Ohio reports convict Ray Maraden, now in the Ohio penitentiary, confesses a twenty eight year spree of church robberies with total loot exceeding 900000 dollars. He claims thefts included a 10000 crozier from Cardinal Daugherty and arson at St Pauls Cathedral in Montreal and other churches. Prison officials question details while Maraden says he started in 1899 and frequently burned churches to cover loot.
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Columbus
Ray Maraden
Ohio
Cardinal Daugherty
Philadelphia
St. Patrick's Church
Janesville
Wis
St Paul's Cathedral
Montreal
Brumemond
Quebec
St Anne de Beaupre
Bilbo Retains Lead in Mississippi Governor Runoff
With 62 of 82 counties reporting and 1,425 of 3,550 precincts in, Theodore Bilbo holds a 27,500 vote edge over Gov. Dennis Murphree in the Democratic governor runoff. Bilbo 136,337. Murphree 128,641.
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Jacksonville
Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Dennis Murphree
Bibble
Murphree
Suspect Man of Killing His Mother
Chicago reports charge against 21 year old Harry Hill for the slaying of his mother in Streator. Investigators cite gambling debts and forged checks as motive while tracing his movements to Chicago and monitoring acquaintances. Police issued a warrant and connected the crime to a basement burial and a hurried departure for the city.
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Chicago
Harry Hal
Streator
Til
Young Mill
B.C. Hhl
Harry Hill
Hill
Lake Michigan
Young Hill
Russell O Hanson
LaSalle County
Transon
Hull
Harry
Sim
Norris as Candidate for President in Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. Norris for President committee announces 5,000 strong effort to place United States Senator George Norris on the Republican presidential preference ballot. Lincoln attorney G. A. Sorensen says Norris best represents midwest views on farm relief, tariffs, taxation, and foreign policy as petitions and filing with the secretary of state loom.
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Lincoln
Neb
United States
George Norris
Nebraska
G. A. Sorensen
Norris
Hoover
Watson
Lowden
Longworth
Dawes
Middle West
Sorenson
Wisconsin
Minnesgh
Dakotas
Idaho
Oregon
Marines Make Good Showing in Nicaragua Ambush
Washington, D. C. American marines face an ambush by Nicaraguan bandits but report steady improvement in conditions. Moncada’s airplane survey notes small bands in Segovia with no casualties. Marines, led by First Sergeant Bruce, with Alexander the mine owner and local constabulary, suffered no losses in the Aug. 16 attack amid thirty assailants.
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Washington, D. C
Sellers
Navy Department
Nicaragua
Sandino
Ocotal
Stull
Segovia
Moncada
Bruce
Alexander
Jicaro
Murra
Lutheran Joint Synod votes to establish academy in the west
The Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States votes to establish a Lutheran academy on the Dakota Montana district west of Aberdeen South Dakota. Elected to the board are Emil Missehke Grover South Dakota Mere man Michaelis Watertown SD Andrew Odenbacher Zeeland ND Rev. William Sauer Watertown SD Rev. H H Schaar Morristown SD Rev. Samuel Baer Zeeland SD Rev. Charles Siegler Graver SD The synod approves a budget of 101000 for Indian missions in Arizona including 25000 for a missionary training school at East Fork and 260286 for home missions in eight districts. 145 day schools with 294 classes 294 teachers including 27 pastors and 10625 scholars.
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Milwaukee
Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin
Grace Church
Sioux City
Lutheran Church
Woodmi
Wis
Trinity Church
Andrespol
Poland
St Paul's Church
Lode
Guiheran Academy
Dakota-Montana
Abedeen
S. D
Followin
Emil Missehke
Grover
Mereman Michaelis
Watertown
Andrew Odenbacher
Zeeland
N. D
William Sauer
Distrit
H. H Schaar
Morristown
S. 9
Samuel Baer
M. D
Charles Siegler
Graver
Synod
Arizona
East Fork
Ari
Schoral Commission
Drowns While Bathing Near Chippewa River
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin youth Martin Arthur Knuth 17 drowns while bathing six miles south of town with three companions Carl Schert another bather twice tried to drag Knuth from the water but each time was forced to fight for his own life as the drowning youth grabbed him Officials believe cramps caused the drowning Body recovered by Sheriff Connell and Coroner Larson. A second note reports Kenosha Wisconsin Willam Hartwig 3 lost at Twin Lakes died. body found under water near a lakeside fishing area during a mother’s picnic search.
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Chippewa Fal
Wis
Martin Arthur Knuth
Chippewa River
Here
Carl Schert
Knuth
Sher- Vif Connell
Larson Child
Kenosha
Willam Hartwig
Willam A Hartwig
Erlesha
Twin Lakes
Diad
Nier
Paris Takes Stock After Disturbance
Paris police report heavy damage across the city as radicals, enraged by the Sacco-Vanzetti execution, looted and smashed shop fronts. Mobs gathered on the Boulevard Sebastopol and Champs Elysees, with Moulin Rouge fronts demolished, Arc de Triomphe protests, and hundreds arrested. authorities restored order after a night of street clashes and a storm.
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Paris
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boulevard Sebastopol
Montmarte
Sebartepol
Moentmarte
Champs Elysees
Owuer Places
New
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Hyde Park
London
International Flags War Prisoners Organization
England
Manifestants
Place d'Alma
Geneva
Johannesburg
Sacco-Vanzetti
Finland
Trade Yater Congress
Ene Tn Amsterdam
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Scutari
Luigia Vanzetti
Italy
Bartolomew Vanzetti
Rose Sacco
Charlestown
Mass
Bilbo
Alice Sawyer
WW. C Fall
Divorerdl
Ead
Lo Hill
Willam Brydges
Gunesley Tak
Northwestern
Lutheran Joint Synod
Academy
West
Lewis McHardy
George Hiram
Port Hu- Ton
Mich
Fuller
Massachusetts
American Legion
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