Spanish Flyer Forced Down En Route to Azores
Commandant Ramon Franco and three crew members were forced to land at La Rabida near Cadiz due to engine trouble on a flight from Cadiz toward the Azores. The four remained aboard the four motor Dornier Numansia as repairs began and officials said the craft would try again to reach the Azores before continuing to Newfoundland.
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Huelva
Spain
Ramon Franco
la Rabida
Cadiz
Portugal
Franco
South America
Sanchez
la Rabidan
Palos
America
McCoy's Tablets Promise Weight Gain and Health Boost
Advertises McCoy's Tablets as a remedy for thin frail women and underweight men. Claims rapid solid flesh gain and vitality with a government-like guaranteed return offer after purchasing four 60 cent boxes or two one dollar boxes if a 5 pound gain and health improvement are not achieved.
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McCoy
J. E. Lemmon's
America
La Rabida Convent Receives Communication to Superiors
A historical note records an address to the superiors of the La Rabida convent, indicating formal correspondence or directive linked to the religious house in a past period. The fragment preserves the naming of the institution and its governance context.
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la Rabida
HASKINS Community Guests Share Weekend Visits
Local residents recount weekend visits with relatives from Gary Indiana Jones Tree Davenport and North Liberty. Travels include O M Allbright Cedar Rapids Marion and Lone Tree. Threshing resumes slowly as damp grain yields better results than hoped.
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Lloyd Edwards
Gladwin
Hollenbeck
O. M. Allbright
Cedar Rapids
Marion
North Liberty
Geo. Wahl
Lone Tree
Jim Bean
W. H. Warner
Washington
John Godlove
Frank Embree
Godlove
Joe Brussart
Jim Cherwinker
Europe Hopes Smith Defeat Hoover in Coming Election
New York Aug 2 European observers led by Frank H Simonds anticipate a Smith victory would ease U S allyship debts and League of Nations ties while Hoover's win could preserve the status quo Europe seeks debt liquidation talks and shifts in policy toward Germany and Dawes and Locarno plans. Britain notes Hoover’s Anglophile image.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Smith
Frank H. Simonds
Review of Mreviews
Simonds
Europe
League of Nations
Wilson
Republican Party
League
United States
Hoovey
Locarnes
Des Moines Dance Marathon Strives To Break Endurance Record
In Des Moines Iowa entrants in a Veterans of Foreign Wars staged dance marathon entered the second twelve hours of the contest. Thirty four couples began last night with fifteen minute rests each hour and non stop dancing otherwise. The aim is the first prize and to challenge a world record near 400 hours. A public prayer started the event and a Sunday church service may be held in the coliseum if dancers endure. Police are not expected to intervene despite state law banning Sunday dancing.
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Des Moines
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Iowa
William Scarpino
Chinese restaurant keeper seeks damages in Atlantic suit
Leo Qun Moy, owner of a Chinese restaurant, sues Alvin Hansen for 20450 dollars claiming permanent injuries from a collision caused by Hansen. The suit was filed in the district court today.
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Atlantic
Ang
Leo Qun Moy
Alvin Hansen
Moy
Hansen
Code of the Scarlet tops Ken Maynard Western at Fox Theatre
Ken Maynard stars in Code of the Scarlet at the Fox Theatre on Friday and Saturday. The action packed tale set in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police features daring stunts and fast riding with Forrest Shildon as author and Tarzan sharing top billing.
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Ken Maynard
Fox Theatre
Ken
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Forrest Shildon
Tarzan
Marathon dance plan from New York to Europe announced
promoter C Pyle unveiled a New York to Europe marathon dance starting at New York City Hall with dancers moving by truck to the pier and dancing across the ocean to central London or Paris. He plans further dance derbies in Lemion Paris and Berlin and another New York to West continental walking rate.
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New York
Europe
C. Pyle
Pyle
France
London
Lemion
Paris
Berlin
Western disarmament move eyed after secret British pact
Washington reports details of a secret British French naval compromise revived interest in a world wide disarmament conference. The State Department received a note from the British government via the American Embassy in London. Secretary Kellogg asked for permission to publish the note but refused to discuss its contents.
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Washington
League of Nations
State Department
London
Kelloge
Tunney Warns Against High Heeled Shoes
New York Aug. 2 heavyweight champ Gene Tunney advises in McClure's Magazine that walking is best exercise for all ages but he derides high heels. He says such stilts injure or cripple the wearer and threaten internal organs.
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New York
Dene Tunney
McClure
Crinple
Out of Place Yet Emphasized Exercise Truths
Tunney stresses real walking as fast pace training not casual strolling. He warns against unsafe cold baths and cola showers, noting they harm those unprepared by nature. He advocates head up posture and steady four to five mile per hour movement.
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Tunney
Tynney
Ohioan Choosen Dean of Women at Coe College
Sara Norris of Oxford Ohio is selected as dean of women at Coe College Cedar Rapids. She succeeds Florence Nicholson and is a graduate of Oxford College and the University of Wisconsin.
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Cedar Rapids
Sara Norris
Oxford
Ohio
Coek College
Gage
Miss Norris
Florence Nicholson
Oxford College
University of Wisconsin
Wan ADB Pay Advises Gentle Start To Exercise
A Clare article outlines steps for safe exercise: begin with author’s guidance, perform initial medical examination, start with gentle cycling and gradual increases, and maintain regular work meals and sleep to avoid heart strain.
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Clare
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Evelyn McGraw
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Hazel Booth
Davenport
J. R. McCreedy
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Myral
Hoover
Atwater Kent
Brown’s Tire Shop
Gos
A. Raa
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
Washington Motor CO
G. E. Mace
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