Steck Attacks G O P at Democratic Convention
Ottumwa's Dan Steck assails Republicans for six years of congressional inaction and criticizes policy and officials including Fall, Denby, Daugherty, Mellon, and Forbes while praising Wilson era reforms and Democratic accomplishments. Delegates prep for orderly Iowa convention with Steck to deliver keynote as U S Senate candidate.
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Lles Moines
Dan Steck
Ottumwa
United States
Fallander
Denby
Daugherty
Big Five Meeting to Bring Compromise Plan
The Big Five of the inter allied conference including Kellogg, MacDonald, Herriot, Thon, and de Stefanime meet at Downing Street to resume work on a compromise of the First Committee’s disputed points. The session was postponed pending this unofficial gathering as the third committee met.
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Lemion
Mive
Ths
Mittee
Mob tarred and feathered Dorothy Grandon in Maryland
A mob of about 50 men attacked Dorothy Grandon 21, on a county road between Myersville and Middletown Maryland, leaving her bruised and tarred. Sheriff Ingomar planned to swear out warrants. two men who aided her were threatened, and the assailants face arrest.
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Middletown
Dorothy Grandon
Martinsburg
Myersville
Ingomar
Frederick County
Grandon
James Whip
Whip
J. O. Shepley
Volla Kennedy
Catoctin Mountain
Mabel Mills
Hagerstown
All Three For President Campaigns Run By Managers
United Press reports that for the first time in political history all three leading presidential candidates Calvin Coolidge, John Davis, and Robert La Follette direct their own campaigns. Each has avoided placing fortunes in a single manager, with Davis and La Follette choosing advisors while retaining decision power. Coolidge is noted for personal control of strategy.
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Washington
Coolidge
Davis
la Follette
Ory
Cooke
Ton
Hooper Defends Fairness as Railroad Board Donny Richberg Clash
Ben W. Hooper chairman of the United States railroad labor board denounced an attack on his fairness by Donald Richberg. He warned the subpoenaed wage and rules hearing participants of possible contempt actions if they refuse to testify. Hooper said only official acts by the board should be held against him and noted no partisan accusations against his chairmanship.
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Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
Donald Richberg
Autorney
Western Railroad Brotherhood
Hooper
United States District Court
Iowa Budget Law Will Stick, Is General Belief
Des Moines Iowa July 5 senators discounted chances of dismantling Iowa's new budget law at this session asserting the law would be given a fair trial Thurston of Clark proposed to repeal local budget features and modify the law by removing drainage and road districts and township districts from its operation after hours of debate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Thurston
Clark
Ways and Means
Woman Alleges Husband Operates Illicit Liquor Still
Mrs. Clara Haakinson files an amendment to her divorce petition charging Walter E. Haakinson with operating an illicit liquor still. The filing alleges bootlegging and sale of illicit liquor by the husband amid the divorce action.
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Clara Haakinson
Walter E. Haakinson
Haakinson
Germans Need Big Loan to Back Dawes Plan Efforts
United Press reports that Europe hinges on a $200,000,000 loan tied to Germany rehabilitation and independent security for reparations. Bankers demand an impartial body to judge defaults and penalties, else the London conference may fail and threaten Germany’s economic system. Dawes plan team seeks a workable solution as allied leaders seek risk-free guarantees.
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London
Germany
France
Ruhr
Herriot
Secker Leads Manion as Chicago Star Heroic Youth
Jimmy O Connor, hailed by his friends and mothers, saved two drowning boys at Half Moon lake Wednesday. The Lincoln Park rescuer swam fully clothed to shore with Wilbur Wallace and Marvin Hendrickson dangling in the water. He is the son of Mr and Mrs P J O Connor of Morningside.
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James
Jimmy
O'Connor
Morningside
Register
Half Moon Lake
Jim O'Connor
Wilbur Wallace
Helen Street
Marvin Hendrickson
P. J. O'Connor
South
Paxton Street
Presidential campaigns and Cabinet planning amid 1930s talks
President Coolidge pressed forward on his draft injunction speech with a cabinet meeting and press conference scheduled in Washington. Senator La Follette pursued policy details with 10 of 11 supreme council members of the independent movement in his Capitol office. John W. Davis planned financing talks for the Democratic campaign in Bar Harbor with Thomas L. Chadbourne, a key McAdoo ally.
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Coolidge
Washington
LA Follette
Supreme Council
Independent Movement
World flyers push Pacific to Atlantic race gather momentum
In Kamchatka Maj A Stuart MacLaren arrived at Petropavlovsk on a Pacific crossing from Japan to Alaska. In Pisa Lieut Lo Catelli began a leg to Paris as Italy enters the world flight contest and plans to meet American flyers in London for the Atlantic crossing.
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Tokio
Maj
A. Stuart MacLaren
Petropalvlovsk
Kamchatkan Peninsula
Siberia
Pacific
Japan
Alaska
Pisa
Italy
Locatelli
Italian Air Service
Paris
New York
London
Brough
Atlantic
Amateur Golf Semi Final Sparks at Hinsdale
John Johnston of St Paul and Burton Mudge of Chicago battled to a tight finish after seven to nine holes. Albert Seckel of Chicago led Jimmy Manion of St Louis in a tenacious match with Seckel conceding a hole after a water mishap as fans recalled Manion’s prior victory over Chick Evans.
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Hillsdale
Albert Seckel
Chicago
Jimmy Manion
St. Louis
Johnston
Mudge
Johnson
Manion
Chick’ Evans
Seckel
Davis Session on Funds for Davis Campaign
In Dark Harbor Maine John W Davis plans financing talks at a retreat with New York backer Thomas I. Chadbourne arriving by private yacht. Davis postponed golf and a championship match with Frank J. Polk and Bill Nye as conferences ran late.
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Dark Harbor
Isleboro
John W. Davis
Davis
Thomas I
New York
Maine
American Bar Members View Historic England at Sulgrave Manor
Members of the American Bar Association and distinguished barristers toured Sulgrave manor in Northampton on July 25. They visited the ancestral home of George Washington's father for a sentimental, politically neutral event with speeches and the restoration of the original Washington family pew presented by Sir Charles Wakefield to Sulgrave church.
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Northampton
Eng
American Bar Association
Sulgrave Manor
George Washington
Charles Wakefield
Washington
Sulgrave Church
Mocore Boy Drownings Reported In Two Rivers
In Clinton two drownings are reported. John Neuman, 78 percent unclear age, disappeared after a seat change in a rowboat on the Mississippi. body not recovered. Nearby, Eugene Moore, 14, son of Lou Moore, drowned on the Missouri river near town. A pulmotor tried to revive him. details remain unavailable.
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Clinton
John Neuman
Mississippi
Eugene Moore
Lou Moore
Sioux City
South Sioux City
Young Moore
Speculator Profits Highlight Farm Market Grievances
In Wheaton Minnesota on July 25 F W Murphy chairman of the executive board of the American Council of Agriculture argued that speculators profit while farmers face losses as prices rise. He said production costs exceed current prices, freight is higher than 1913, and farmers hold sizable grain in storage. He predicted a major council announcement early next week.
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Wheaton
Minn
F. W. Murphy
American Council of Agriculture
Murphy
United Press
Minneapolis
Federal bombardment of Sao Paulo resumes
Buenos Aires reports Brazilian federal forces resumed bombardment of Sao Paulo late yesterday with great damage to the city. Rebels clashed in the streets around the Esplanade hotel hospital, while banks along Rua Quinze de Novembro were hit and civilians evacuated under a potential armistice offer.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Otel Esplanade
South America
la Razon
National City Bank
New York
British Bank of
London and
River Plate Bank
Razon Sinys
Whitewash of Francis Report Sparks House Battle
Des Moines reports the Iowa House split 56 to 50 to substitute a minority report clearing Miss May Francis with a 52 to 54 vote to reject the change. Representative Gallagher calls the proceedings a sham and accuses lawmakers of cowardice for not prosecuting misconduct in office.
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House Judiciary Committee
May E. Francis
Gallagher
Iowa County
House
Miss Francis
J. A. Story
Warren County
Judiciary Committee
Doughberry
Des Moines
Street Car Transfer System In City Faces Opposition
A new phase of opposition to the proposed street car franchise was submitted to the city clerk. The letter from Schafstall of 1512 Villa Avenue criticized the transfer system, lack of a central transfer, and the need for riders to change cars at points, labeling these injustices to the riding public.
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Schafstall
Villa Avenue
Arn¢ Traction Com
Senator Howell to Campaign for Coolidge in Nebraska
Senator Howell of Nebraska, a progressive bloc member, announced after a White House conference that he will campaign for President Coolidge in his home state.
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Washington
Howell
Nebraska
Senate
Coolidge
White House
Rain Relieves Memphis Heat Wave With Much Cooler 71
Memphis Tennessee July 25 rain brought relief from the season's heat. Temperatures fell from 97 to 71 helping crops and easing conditions for residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mercury
Wild Autoist Sought By Police Reserves
Police reserves chased a motorist in a small touring car through downtown after a hysterical mother at 1217 Eighth street reported her 20 year old son Minard Kline narrowly avoided being struck. Capt. James O'Keefe arrived to find the boy uninjured.
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Eighth Street
Minard Kline
James O'Keefe
Loeb Leopold Hearings Reveal Drug Store Scoop
Chicago courtroom testimony shows Richard Loeb guided reporters to search for the ransom drug store in the Franks murder case. Howard Mayer Alvin Goldstein and Jam Mulroy described Loeb directing coverage and remarks about the ransom and the father, Jacob Franks, as the hearing continued.
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Criminal Court Room
Chicago
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Howard Mayer
Loeb
Leopold
Franks
Brank Blur
Newan Leopold
Hebert Franks
Jackson Park
Blair
Mayer
University of Chicago
South Side
Jacob Franks
Mr. Franks
Goldstein
Jam @ Mulray
Reporters Party
Mulroy
Bobby Franks
Bobby
Haanstand
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Boy Hero
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Thomas L. Chadbourne
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Chadbourne
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Burton Mudge
Percy B. Scott
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