Italia dirigible rescuer frees Natale Ceccioni off North East Land
Rome AP reports Natale Ceccioni, motor chief of the dirigible Italia and one of five men stranded off North East Land, has been rescued. The bulletin notes the airship had returned for others and crashed on ice, leaving the others in peril.
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Rome
Natale Ceccioni
Dirigible
Italia
North East Land
Nobile
Foyn Island
Alfredo Viglieri
Frasser F. Behounek
Giuseppe Biogi
Filippo Troiano
Copenhagen
Oslo
Ceccioni
Citta di Milano
All Allies See No Chance to Stop Governor Smith
Desperate anti Smith leaders at the Democratic National Convention in Houston conclude the governor cannot be stopped. They project a minimum 750 votes on the second ballot with potential gains from southern states and scattered support from Virginia Indiana and others. Four anti Smith leaders admit little progress while hopes hinge on a radical platform plank.
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Houston
Tex
New York
Gov. Smith
Smith
Solid South
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Carolina
Virginia
Indiana
Evans Woollen
Kansas City
Hoover
Jim Reed
Missouri
Dan Moody
Texas
Walter F. George
Georgia
Dan Roper
Four Horsemen
Nobile Rescued From Arctic Ice After Italia Disaster
General Umberto Nobile is saved from the ice floe where he and six crew members drifted. Lieut Lundborg of Sweden rescues him but crashes on the return, leaving the number imperiled unchanged. A separate note recalls Johnny Farrell winning the national open in Chicago over a long 36 hole match.
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Umberto Nobile
Lieut
Lundborg
Nobile
Chicago
Johnny Farrell
Idaho Governor Gooding Dies of Cancer at Election Edge
The article recalls Governor Gooding rising to national prominence before his death from cancer yesterday. It notes his impact in Idaho mines led to a Senate career, and frames his passing amid political context. Big Bill Haywood is mentioned as stirring trouble in mines.
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Bill Haywood
Idaho
Governor Gooding
United States Senate
The Inquisitive Soul and The Great Engineer
A reflective meditation on mankind’s progress and the costs paid by noble figures. The author asks if sacrifices guide the many and whether exemplary lives are temptations to crisis and renewal.
Rance’s Courage in 1914 and the Franco Value Shift
Rance’s steadfast resistance kept the German siege alive in 1914 as Allied forces later turned the tide. The franc has fallen to one fifth of its prewar value, prompting questions about victory when wealth is devalued by eighty percent.
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Rance
America
Fifty Year Marital Bliss Picnic In Mount Vernon
Wenty couples of Jefferson county Illinois who had been married fifty years or longer gathered at Mount Vernon for a picnic. Rain prevented more attendees but the scene celebrated enduring happiness and answered questions about complimentary marriage with a half century together.
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Wenty
Jefferson County
Ill
Mount Vernon
Aviation advances outpace accident fears
Aviation is expanding rapidly and accidents are rising, with Saturday cited as especially bad. Still, it is unlikely that aviation accidents will ever proportionally match the scale of automobile catastrophes as air travel grows more widespread.
Smith Association of the World Plans July Convention
Frank R. Smith of St Louis leads the newly formed Smith Association of the World which will hold its first convention on July 14. He denies any link to a presidential candidacy by a well known Smith.
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Frank R. Smith
St.Louis
Smith Association of the ‘World
Smiths
New York City Faces Municipal Bankruptcy Warning
Economists say New York City with twice the value of Chicago and Philadelphia combined is on a path to bankruptcy. The claim hints at political blows for Bill Thompson and Jimmy Walker while reflecting on rural residents' mixed feelings about city opportunities.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
New York City
Bill Thompson
Jimmy ‘Walker
Hoover demands strict limits on campaign funds
Herbert Hoover insists campaign money be strictly limited and rigidly accounted for. The demand is tied to his long standing principle set during his early education at Leland Stanford University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Leland Stanford University
Swedish airmen Race to Reach Nobile After Ice Rescue
Advices from Spitzbergen report Swedish airmen launch today from the vessel Quest to reach Lieut. Umberto Nobile, injured after a crash rescue near Foyn Island. Nobile, aboard the Citta di Milano, plans further searches for seven drifted men and three missing crew members as rescue efforts continue.
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Oslo
Norway
Spitzbergen
Quest
Lundborg
Nobile
North Eastland
Kings’ Bay
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Virgo Bay
Italia
Italian general injured in Italia crash to recover in forty days
Gen. Umberto Nobile suffered a fractured shin and back contusion when the dirigible Italia wrecked on the polar ice cap. An official bulletin described an incomplete fracture of the right shin, dislocation of the right foot, torn tendon, and heavy lower back contusion with hemorrhage. Recovery expected in about forty days.
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Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Russian icebreaker Krassin in contact with Amundsen group
Paris based Information reports Moscow source that the Russian icebreaker Krassin is in communication with Roald Amundsen and five companions missing in a French sea plane. A Junkers plane aboard the Krassin would attempt rescue. Amundsen with Lief Dietrichsen and four French naval airmen.
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London
Paris
L’information
Moscow
Krassin
Roald Amundsen
Junkers
Bergen
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Lief Dietrichsen
Rene Guilbaud
Swedish flyer Lundborg rescues Umberto Nobile in Arctic
Lieut Lundborg, famed Swedish pilot, accomplished the daring flight and landings that saved Umberto Nobile. Early reports credited Lieut Thornberg with the landing, but Thornberg guided the operation while Lundborg flew the Fokker army aircraft.
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Stockholm
Lieut
Lundborg
Umberto Nobile
Thornberg
Will Rogers Comments From Houston Convention Talk
Will Rogers jokes about Mary Pickford demanding government funds, May Murray having a baby at sixteen months, and Tom Heflin's platform collapsing. He notes these as talking points at conventions, with Houston described as cool and sober.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Fess
Mary Pickford
Mary
Murray
Tom Heflin
Col Stewart Indicted for Perjury Over Continental Trading Testimony
Col Stewart head of Indiana Standard Oil was indicted on three counts of perjury stemming from testimony before the Senate oil committee. His counsel denounced the action as politically motivated following an acquittal on related questions. Conviction could bring two to ten years in prison.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Indiana Standard Oil Company
Continental Trading Company
Senate Oil Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Stewart
Continental
Indiana Standard
H. S. Osler
The
Sixty Hurt In Katy Derailment Near Durand Kansas
About sixty people were injured when three Missouri Pacific Southerner cars derailed near Durand, 16 miles west of Iola, at 4 am. Thirty were brought to St Johns hospital in Iola, with fifteen in critical condition. Investigators consider a broken rail as a possible cause.
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Iola
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Southerner
New Orleans
Kansas City
Durand
Here
St. John’s Hospital
Coffeyville
Osawatomie
Kansas
W. F. Kirk
R. M. Gardner
Charles Kerr
T. J. Dickerson
Wichita
Ohio Will Give Forty Votes On First Ballot
Longview Texas June 29 The Ohio delegation speeding southward indicates it will deliver about 40 of its 48 votes to Gov Alfred E Smith on the first ballot if that number can put him within reach of the presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
Texas
Ohio
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Cedar Rapids awards lighting contract for cast iron boulevard posts
The city council selected Iowa Steel and Ironworks for the boulevard lighting system, wiring by General Electric fixtures. The $43,983 bid beat lower granite options from Westinghouse and others, with the council weighing cast iron versus concrete posts and noting local labor considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Steel and Ironworks
Loop
H. J. Robertson Company
General Electric
Robertson
Cedar Rapids
Belden Hill
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Louis Roth
Starman
Stefan
Roth
Westinghouse Company
G. S. Shugman
Chicago
W. L. Fowler Electric Company
Iowa Steel
Cedar Rapids Electric and Supply Company
Iowa Steel and Iron
Pacheco and Vieler Cross North American Sky In One Hop
Mexican civilian flyer Joaquin Gonzales Pacheco and German war ace Fritz Vieler completed a nonstop flight from Windsor Ontario to Tampico Mexico and on to Mexico City, becoming the first aviators to traverse the United States from Canada to Mexico without a stop. They battled headwinds fog and rain and took turns piloting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
INS
Joaquin Gonzales Pacheco
Fritz Vieler
United States
Canada
Mexico
Windsor
Ontario
Tampico
Calles
Obregon
Vieler
Pacheco
No Action Taken On Plan To Register Voters
Cedar Rapids city council took no action on a permanent voter registration plan. Commissioner Louis Roth opposed it and swayed two colleagues, so Mayor J F Ball postponed the issue. The city loses a chance to align with state systems until four years hence.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Roth
John Starman
Ed Stefan
J. F. Ball
Al Smith Seen as Probable Democratic Nominee at Houston Convention
The article notes strong Democratic interest in the presidential race with Al Smith as the probable nominee. It mentions the wet and dry fighting theme at the national convention opening in Houston and encourages readers to follow developments via The Gazette and Republican and David Lawrence, the noted correspondent.
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al Smith
Houston
Gazette
Republican
David Lawrence
Associated Press
United Press
International News Servce
Cedar Rapids woman Rachel Miller dies at 77 after long life
Mrs. Rachel Jane Miller widow of Clarence L. Miller mother of Mrs. Edward L. Holt and John L. Miller died at her home 1902 B avenue Cedar Rapids at 11 35 am She would have been 78 next November 30 A pioneer daughter of Ohio she moved to Iowa in a covered wagon in 1858 and later helped build The Gazette company Her survivors include two sisters four grandchildren and one great granddaughter
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Rachel Miller
Clarence L. Miller
Edward L. Holt
John L. Miller
the Gazette Company
B Avenue
Edward S. Holt
Mary Anne Holt
Mr. Miller
Ren
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rachel Jane Letson
Christian Bemper Letson
Jane Huston Letson
Kenton
Prairies
Nevada
Ohio
Town
Letson
Miller
Letsons
Miss Letson
Fred W. Faulkes
Evening Gazette
Mr. Faulkes
The
Gazette Company
Cedar Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
the White Shrine
Helen Balliett
Des Moines
Dilla Waldron
Frank Witwer
Jane Miller
Anne Miller
Anne Witwer
Opposition to Gov Smith Drives Democratic Rift
Houston June 25 The real opposition to Gov Smith is driven by religious sentiment and a crusade against intolerant groups within the party. Supporters fear a fight over Smith’s Catholic faith but some oppose the convention platform while hoping for harmony. The Houston gathering mirrors Madison Square Garden but with McAdoo absent and no clear successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
Gazette and
Republican
Houston
Texas
Gov. Smith
Madison Square Garden
Smith
Senator Reed
Missouri
New York
Robinson Boom Divides Democrats In Vice Presidential Chase
A fast rising Robinson boom for vice president dominates the Democratic race as leaders weigh his potential with Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Reed, Hull, Woollen, Donahey, Hitchcock and Rainey are among other commonly mentioned contenders amid Smith Roosevelt era electoral speculation.
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Houston
Texas
Joseph T. Robinson
United States Senate
Robinson
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
Arkansas
James A. Reed
Reed
Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Rep
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Evans Woollen
Indiana
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
Keynote Speech Planned At Democratic National Convention
In Houston on June 25 AP reports the Democratic National Convention will recess from noon until 7 p.m. CST. After the break temporary chairman Claude G. Bowers will deliver the keynote address as committees are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Claude G. Bowers
Mercury Tumbles To 53 Degree Mark
Cold snap hits Cedar Rapids with 53 degrees at 7 am and 59 by noon. Overcast skies and 0.5 inch rainfall spoil Sunday motor races at Frontier Park as coats come out and winds bite throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frontier Park
City Lets 26000 Paving and Curb Contracts
Approximately $26,000 worth of paving and curb work was contracted by the city council. Ford Paving earned three of four jobs, Haegg Construction the fourth. Projects include G avenue west, 26th Street, multiple alleys, and curb and gutter on H and D avenues. bids ranged with Ford and Haegg. Sixteenth Avenue bridge bids were rejected and new bids ordered. the estimate increased from 22,000 to 26,000 to meet legal requirements.
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Cedar Rapids
Ford Paving Company
Haegg Construction Company
G Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Thirteenth Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Mount Vernon Road
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Street
Washington and
Bever Avenues
Fourth Avenue
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Street
H Avenue
Sixth Street
D Avenue West
Ninth
Eleventh Street
Haegg
G Averne West
Ford
Sixteenth Avenue
Charles Penningroth
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Rigal
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Explorer
Bulletin
Rachel Jane Miller
Tru
George R. Holmes
I.N.S
Platform
Resolutions Committee
Enator Reed
Missourian
Will Rogers
Gazette-Republican
Will
P. S.—Houston
Beverly Hills
Col. Stewart
Katy
Cedar Rapids News
Death
Mrs
J. L. Miller
Edw. S. Holt
RUM
AS Smith
Boom Robinson
Smith Ticket
William K. Hutchinson
I. N.S
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