Shenandoah Gets Ten Machine Guns in Navy Armament
The Shenandoah dirigible is ordered equipped with ten machine guns. Installation will begin at Lakehurst New Jersey this week with gun crew training. Target practice and gun drills follow in mid August. A September 1 departure is planned for a deferred midwest flight via Los Angeles Ohio Minnesota Minneapolis St Paul Detroit and Des Moines for the state fair ending September 4.
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Associated Preaay
Washington
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
Middlewest
Los Angeles
Ohio
Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Detroit
Des Moines
Automobile Skids on Wet Highway Injuries Arise
A Poggenpahl family tour party from Morrisonville Illinois suffered one death and four injuries when their car skidded on wet pavement near Omana Nebraska and overturned on the Lincoln highway. Fred Poggenpahl, 22, was the driver and survived with injuries. other family members included Mrs Emman Poggenpahl 58 and son and daughter plus a nephew Frank Poggenpahl. They were taken to Lord Lister hospital for treatment.
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Associated Press
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Mr. Poggenpall
Fred
Frances
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Raymond, Hl
Lord Lister Hospital
Finley Barrell Leaves $25000 to Izaak Walton League
Finley Barrell Chicago financier and sportsman dies with a will filed in probate court. He leaves $25,000 to the Izaak Walton League of America, an organization in which he was a director and enthusiast. Neighbors recall his passion for fishing and hunting and his belief in true sportsmanship. Thousands of sportsmen mourn his passing.
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Chicago
Finley Barrell
Izaak Walton League of America
Lake Forest
Franklin County Welcomes Europe Junior Judging Team
About 2,000 people gathered in the city park at Hampton on Aug 6 to welcome Franklin County's junior judging team from Europe after their tour delivering the world's junior livestock judging championship. Congressman T J B Robinson spoke as the principal address while the London Daily Mail Gold loving cap was presented.
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Associated Press
Hampton
Franklin County
Europe
London Daily Mail
T. J. B. Robinson
Ku Klux Klan to Parade in Washington Saturday
AP reports preparations in Washington for a Klan demonstration with up to ten thousand marchers planned along Pennsylvania Avenue and a cross burning moved to a site across the Potomac after the parade. Special trains and caravans bring attendees as police prepare for 24 hours of reserve duty.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol
Pennyslvania Avenue
Evans
Poses Monument
Washington Monument
Washington
Potomac River
Mail Pilot Falls but Will Recover
Air mail pilot Harry A. Chandler crashed into the Susquehanna near Bloomsburg Pennsylvania after his plane ran into uncut oats. He suffered a fractured skull but doctors say he will recover. Fourteen sacks of mail were recovered from the wreck and sent west by the Bellefonte airmail field superintendent.
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Asseeciated Press
Bloomsburg
Harry A. Chandler
Air Mail
Susquehanna River
Chandler
Phillipsburg
N. J
Tanner
Bellefonte Airmail Field
Law safeguards heads of schools in Iowa
Iowa teachers association reports that politics and personal differences must not influence superintendent removals. Secretary Charles F. Pye says law allows dismissal only for incompetence or neglect, not for disliked politics or religion. Dus buque and Glidden cases cited as examples where boards failed to dislodge superintendents.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers Association
Boards of Education
Charles F. Pye
Board of Education
Dubuque
Glidden
Pye
Almost Unanimous Bragging Question Sparks Banter
In a brief exchange the remarks focus on self-praise and whether anyone brags about the speaker. The Cincinnati Inquirer records a sharp but humorous back-and-forth highlighting vanity and public perception.
Mistakes His Wife for Chicken Thief Leads to Shooting
SIOUX CITY Aug 6 Mr and Mrs Orin Lee of 117 Colon street were involved in a domestic incident when Mr Lee fired a shotgun at his wife who he mistook for a chicken thief She was hospitalized at St Vincent hospital with a leg wound described as not serious The shotgun was loaded with small ragged shot.
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Sioux City
Orin Lee
Colon Street
St. Vinecent’s Hospital
Knights of Columbus Hold Final Session in Duluth
Delegates at the 43rd supreme convention in Duluth Minnesota begin the final business session and face 77 resolutions. The assembly elected a new slate of supreme officers except for Supreme Knight James A Flaherty who was opposed by Edward Haggerty and defeated by a small margin.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus
Supreme
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Edward Haggerty
Greenwich
Des Moines Miner Dies After Cave In
Des Moines August 6 Crews recovered William Reisbeck a Great Western coal miner from Orillia after a cave in yesterday afternoon. He died at a hospital last night from his injuries.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Great Western
Orillia
William Reisbeck
Trial Nears Close in Scott Case in Chicago
The state finished its effort to prove Russell Scott sane with Dr. William O Krohn and four prior alienists testifying. Prosecution rested after 15 witnesses and five alienists affirmed Scott's sanity while W O'Brien for the defense denounced the state experts and questioned the 15 minute examination as unfair and costly.
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Chicago
Aus
Russell Scott
William O. Krohn
Scott
W. OW. O'Brien
O'Brien
Publicity Claim In Pickford Kidnapping Trial
Defense argues the kidnapping plot against Mary Pickford was a publicity scheme and not a real abduction. The defense says the principal planners were George K Home and Harry Raymond who chose Pickford for the publicity value of her name.
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Mary Pickford
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Stephens
Claude Holcomb
Adrian Wood
George K Home
Campaign of 1926 Promises Tariff Fight Over Tax Cuts
The piece outlines a 1926 campaign dynamic where Democrats push tariff reduction as a rallying issue to gain votes, especially from women who feel rising household costs. Republicans counter with tax-cut rhetoric, aiming to show they have already reduced taxes and will highlight this during speeches next winter and in Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Ming
Congress
marking U S highways guides for motorists nationwide
The joint board on interstate highways will mark the vast U S highway system with standardized shields and color coding to warn motorists of curves crossings and other road conditions. Iowa routes include connections from Laverne Minnesota to Seneca Kansas and lines from Redwood Falls Minnesota to Spirit Lake Spencer Storm Lake Carroll Audubon Clarinda to Burlington Junction Missouri and other paths from Leon to Lineville Mason City to Prairie du Lien Wisconsin Clinton to State Center Boone Jefferson Carroll Denison Des Moines Davenport Muscatine Wapello to Fort Madison.
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United States
Joint Board On
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Minn
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Spencer
Storm Lake
Carroll, Audubon
Clarinda
Burlington Junction
Albert Lea
Mason City
Hampton
Iowa Falls
State Center
Nevada
Ames
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Leon
Lineville
Prairie du Lien
Wis
Clinton
Boone, Jefferson
Carroll
Denison
Logan
Des Moines
Davenport
Muscatine
Wapello
Fort Madison
Seek to Prevent Grain Smuggling Across Border
At Duluth Minnesota on August 6 customs officials announced new border patrols to deter smugglers of liquor narcotics wheat and livestock. Five patrolmen with fast cars will cover the Pembina to Minnesota stretch and seven more will be added on the North Dakota border. Deputy collector N A Lindbergh said free trading persists at the boundary despite import duties and grain runs from Canada to the United States for sale.
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Associated
Feas
Duluth
Mina
Pembina
Minnevolt
Washington
North Dakota
N. A. Linderberg
Canada
United State
Bank of England Rate Reduced to 4 1 2 Percent
The Bank of England cut its official rate to 4 1 2 percent from 5 percent, effective immediately. The move ends a higher rate that had prevailed since March, signaling eased monetary conditions after weeks of debate.
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Bank OF England
Associated Free London
Kendall Chairman of Legion Endowment Drive in Iowa
Former Governor N. E. Kendall becomes the Iowa state chair of the American Legion endowment fund campaign. He notes 27 other states have subscribed to the $5,000,000 drive and Iowa’s quota is $225,000 or about 10 cents per capita. He recalls Iowa’s wartime leadership and urges strong state support to honor those who gave the most.
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Des Moines
N. E. Kendall
American Legion Endowment Fund
Iowa
American Legion
Red Cross
Davenport Man Dies by Gas Stove Self Destruction
Ange Ernest R. Collins, 40, a traveling salesman for Branden Manufacturing Company in Chicago, fatally burned himself by holding his head over a gas stove jet in the Davenport home. Despondency over financial troubles from bad investments is blamed. his wife, a physical instructor at the Lend Alland club, is abroad returning from Europe.
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Irema
Davenport
Ange
Ernest R. Collins
Branden Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Collins
Lend. Alland
Europe
Hearst to Issue Statement on Rail Tax Settlements
Des Moines reports President Charles J. Hearst of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will issue a statement after investigating negotiations between the state executive council and two railroads over back taxes for 1922 and 1923. Judge Ladd recommended reducing Rock Island by 2,185 dollars per mile and Great Western by 4,447 dollars per mile. Assessments for the next biennium await Monday's council reveal.
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Associated Presa
Des Moines
Charles J. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
State Executive Council
Rock Island
Great Western
Hammill
Yone
Scott M. Ladd
Veteran newspaper man Bahne dies at Sibley Iowa
J o Baline editor of the Osceola County Tribune died at his home in Sibley Iowa aged 80 after a long illness. A 40 year veteran of Iowa newspapers he served on the Sioux City Journal staff and claimed to be the original Wilson man in Iowa. He is survived by a son and an adopted son.
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Associated
Prasad
Sioux City
Flowa
J.o. Baline
Osceoha County Tribune
Sibley
Iowa
Sioux City Journal
Bahne
Wilson
Sibley Tribune
White House
Towa
Steck Gains Narrow in Half of Iowa Recount
In 37 counties of the Iowa Senate recount Steck leads Brookhart 149,907 to 142,061 in uncontested votes with Steck challenging 2,368 ballots and Brookhart 665. Officials warn final result hinges on disposition of challenged ballots as counties Jefferson Johnson Lee Linn Harrison Henry Howard and Ida progress.
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Washington
Iowa
Steck
Brookhart
Jefferson
Johnson
Lee
Linn
Harrison, Henry
Howard
Ida
Senate
Presbyterians in Crawfordsville Celebrate 75th Anniversary
The Crawfordsville Presbyterian Church marks 75 years with an Aug 9 Sabbath celebration. Howard McDonald of Parsons College speaks at 11:00 a.m. and again in the evening, with a historical sketch and memories from longtime members. Joint services with Methodist and United Presbyterian congregations.
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Crawfordsville
Presbyterian Church
Howard McDonald
Parsons College
Methodist
United Presbyterian
Rain Falls in State Sections Boost Crops
Rain fell in the southwest and north central portions of the state last night benefiting crops. Fort Dodge recorded 6.1 inches of rainfall while Boone Iowa Falls Waterloo Carroll Forest City Des Moines Atlantic Clarinda and Omaha reported lighter amounts.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Boone
Iowa Falls
Waterloo
Carroll
Forest City
Atlantic
Clarinda
Omaha
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