Naval Plans for America Not Decided
President Coolidge conferred with Secretary of the Navy Wilbur about the future naval building program after the Geneva disarmament conference collapse. No immediate changes are planned, but expansion could come. the general board is drafting plans for submission to Congress.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur Flag
Wilbur
General Board of the Navy
Troop D Cavalry Entrains for Camp at Fort Riley
Troop D of the 118th Cavalry under Capt Philip J Craig will entrain for Fort Riley Kansas at 7 30 next Sunday morning. The unit travels by Rock Island to join Iowa cavalry regiments and will return August 28 with mounts supplied by U S cavalry at Fort Riley.
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118Th Cavalry
Philip J. Craig
Fort Riley
Kansas
Iowa Cavalry Regiment
Rock Island
Burlington
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Sigourney
Montezuma
United States Cavalry
Army Post
Kansas National Guard
Lowe
Lowa Cavalry
Camp Dodee
Lowa
Iowa Mounted
Crail
Governor Hammill Faces Mystic Unrest With National Guard Debate
Des Moines reports Governor Hammill holds local officials responsible for keeping order in Mystic Iowa amid coal miner and operator demonstrations. Authorities sought troops but were warned military presence could provoke trouble. The note also covers visiting relatives and a correction about Mrs. Lloyd Little's street address.
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Des Moines
Hammill
Mystic
Kansas Town Nearly Isolated Following Heavy Rains
ERIE Kansas reports Neosho river roared over banks flooding roads isolating the town. Neosho at twenty feet and rising six inches hourly. Damage includes corn destruction and high water on highways. Carthage Missouri river floods threaten worst damage in years after heavy rains.
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Kansas
Erie
Kan
Carthage
Spring River
Speakers Plead for World Peace at Rotary Meeting
Mamoru Tustsui of Japan and W Bruce Hadley of Richland spoke at the Rotary noon meeting urging world peace and citizen responsibility to elect lawmakers who back peace and reduce armaments. The program included fishing trip tales from Carl Jungbluth Frank Miller Louis Jones and Ralph Shannon with light anecdotes about a school of fish and a duck dinner debt. Hugh H McCleery then discussed hospital matters as President Stutsman called on him for remarks.
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Mamoru Tustsui
Japan
Richmond
Indiana
W. Bruce Hadley
Richland
Religious Society of Friends
Rotary
Hadley
Congress
Mr. Tustsui
Enelieh
United States
Maeland
Elliot Grayson
Carl Jungbluth
Frank Miller
Louis Jones
Ralph Shannon
Mississippi
Ernest Lemmon
Carl Jungbuth
George McDaniel
Louie Jones
Rotarians
Louie
Stutsman
Hugh H. McCleery
Hugh
Final Honor Is Paid Gen. Wood Today
Major General Wood lay in a flag shaped casket through Washington as military authorities and citizens escorted his body to Arlington National Cemetery. Rain limited crowds while two 19 gun salutes and three volleys marked the interment of the governor general of the Philippines.
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Washington
Wood
Arlington National Cemetery
Marea
The
Philippines
State Clothiers Officers in Town
Co. HH. Crowe is Clarion secretary of the Iowa state association of clothiers in Washington for the southeastern Town district convention. Roy Cameron of Vinton is expected as state president. A large number of clothing dealers attend, with double advance registration. The event includes lunch, golf, a theater matinee, and speakers T Dale Yoder Alan H Graves Al W Levi Ralph E B Shannon.
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HH. Crowe
Clarion
Iowa State Association of Clothiers
Washington
Roy Cameron
Vinton
Country Club
T. Dale Yoder
Iowa City
Alan H. Graves
Dubuque
al W. Levi
Indianapolis
Ralph EB. Shannon
State Clothiers Organization
Arre
Iowa
Chamberlin Invited to Iowa State Fair as Guest of Honor
State fair officials extend an invitation to Clarence D. Chamberlin the Iowa New York to Germany flyer to attend the fair as guest of honor with Governor Hammill’s approval. Chamberlin tentatively accepts and plans a home visit at Denison on August 17.
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Des Moines
Aus
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Iowa
New York
Germany
Hammill
Fair
Chamberlin
Denison
Three Die in Fire at Avorca Home
A father and his two sons perished in a blaze that consumed their Avorca residence in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. The victims were William Owens, William Owens Jr and Alan Owens.
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Wilkes Barren
Avorca
William Owens
William Owens, Jr
Alan Owens
Two Women Charged With Bootlegging In Iowa And Ames
In Burlington Lena Nyberg 28 was bound over to the grand jury on bootlegging charges after police found 25 gallons of alcohol on her. In Ames Maude Reed was fined 100 dollars for manufacturing possessing and disposing of liquor with the fine suspended for good behavior after a raid that found eight cases of beer and mash.
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Burrington
Ave
Lena Nyberg
Iowa
WeArtour Bridge
Ames, Ta
Maude Reed
Ames
Washington Chautauqua Opens With Star Talent This Week
The twenty fourth annual Washington chautauqua assembly will begin next Tuesday evening August 16 with a premier program described as unique and ambitious. Local talent leads the show with top speakers and entertainers including Dr Ira Landrita Dr Charles S Medbury Edward Tomlinson and R B Ambrose among others. Season tickets cost two dollars with child half price and single admissions fifty cents while saloon tickets are on sale at banks.
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Washington Chautauqua Assembly
Washington County
Euy
Ira Landrita
Charles S. Medbury
Edward Tomlinson
R. B. Ambrose
George F. Morse
Ers
Tom Corwine
Harwood Robert Manlove
Edward Reno
Magician
Theodore Concert Company
Blue Danube Singers
McDonald Hichlanders
Southland Artista
Cgas
Hydroelectric Potential and Current Use in the Nation
Estimates indicate about 450 million horsepower is possible from water within the country. Approximately 30 million horsepower is presently utilized.
Convention Visit Near Clarion by Iowa Clothiers Secretary
Crowe of Clarion, Iowa serves as secretary of the Iowa state clothiers association and attends the Southeastern Iowa clothiers convention held today.
Thousands quit work in Sacco Vanzetti protest in New York
Thousands of workers walked off jobs in New York to protest the Massachusetts death penalty for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The turnout was estimated near 150000 by noon and was described as peaceful with no picketing.
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Sacco-Vanzetti
New York
Massachusetts
Nicola Sacco
Barthlomeo Vanzetti
Boston
Mags
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Massachusetts Court
Webster Thayer
Alvan T. Fuller
County Board authorizes county library book purchases
At yesterday's county board of education meeting Mrs. Winnie Palmer was authorized to select and buy books for district libraries. A new law dedicates fifteen cents per pupil for library funding. Palmer aims to create circulating township libraries to expand access across schools. Attending members included Denne Hanley W M Twinam Ike Welwick and others.
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County Board of Education
Winnie Palmer
County Board of Ednucation
Palmer
Denne It Hanley
Nira
W. W. Twinam
Crawfords- Wilbo
Eek Welwick
Jackson Township
Telegraphers on Railroad May Strike
In St Louis two thousand telegraphers of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad plan to strike over higher pay and a division of time with WSU. A strike vote shows about ninety percent in favor with around five hundred ballots still outstanding.
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ST Louis
Chicase, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
WSU
Nationals
Radio hearings to shape future of broadcasting set this week
Washington August 9 questions will be raised before the radio commission in three hearings this week. Commissioner Bellows announced an important hearing on direct advertising. On Thursday KMA Shenandoah will seek a division of time with West University station. KMA currently shares time and is limited to daytime broadcasting.
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Wasiliington
Radio Commission
Wich
Bellows
KMA
Shenandoah
West
Boone County Agent Beeles Resigns for Iowa Farm Bureau
Orie W. Beeles Boone county agricultural agent resigns after ten years to become director of the organization department of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Beeles announced the move from Boone Louisiana.
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Boone
Orie W. Beeles
Boone County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Beeler
No Serious Damage Im Miller Accident
Mrs. Ola Miller and Barbara returned home to Cedar Rapids after a minor tire problem in the city when a nearby collision occurred. A car swung into Mrs Miller as she stood by, injuring her lightly. doctors and an insurance adjuster treated them and covered expenses. They reached home in good spirits after a two hour delay.
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Ola Miller
Barbara
Cedar Rapids
Mystery Submaking Wreck Discovered Near Honolulu
Mystery surrounds a derelict submarine found drifting in Pacific waters between Honolulu and Yokohama. Shipping records offer no clues to its name or origin. Fumes prevent exploration of the hulk and the fate of any crew remains unknown.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Tsonolula
Yokohama
Liberator
Harbord to Speak at Legion Meeting in Des Moines
Major General J G Harbord president of RCA will speak at the Iowa American Legion state convention Aug 16 in Des Moines. Other speakers include Hanford MacNider Royal Johnson and Howard P Savage. A round table on alleged pacifist tendencies in Iowa colleges may be held.
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Des Moines
J. G. Uarberd
Radio Corporation of America
American Legion
Frank F. Miles
Iowa Leegionaire
Hanford MacNider
Royal. Johnson
World War Veteran's Committee
Hioward P. Savage
Legion
Iowa
Vaecik suicide in Iowa City cellar
Louis Vacik, 35, hanged himself in the cellar of his Iowa City home Sunday afternoon. The body was found by Vacik’s wife, according to friends.
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Iowa City
Louis Vaecik
Vacik
Funeral of J T Stanhope Held in Washington
Funeral services for Joseph T. Stanhope were held at 3 30 this afternoon at L A Jones funeral home in Washington. He died yesterday in Goshen Indiana aged nearly 71. He leaves a sister Mrs J L Cash of Kankakee and a daughter Alice Stanhope who died in 1924. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery with six old friends as pallbearers.
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L. A. Jones
Joseph T. Stanhope
Goshen
Ind
Dean Marmaduke Hare
Davenport
Episcopal Church
Woodlawn
Carl M. Keck
Ambrose Cunningham
M. R. Meek
C. A. Dewey
Charles Blair
J. Wil
Washington
A. M. Hudson
Chicago
L. Mewhinney
Lirmingham
Alabama
John Adams
Toledo
Ohio
New York Central Railway
Stanhope
Cincinhata
New York Central
Imaha
Mary Alice Batt
Harrison Batt
Omaha
J. L. Cash
Kankakee
Closing dates announced for 1927 Iowa State fair entries
Des Moines announces final closing dates for main departments of the Iowa State fair opening August 24. Livestock entries closed last Monday. Remaining deadlines include Creamery butter and baby health August 10, Textiles and Graphic Arts August 15, Poultry and Pigeons August 17, and Culinary Honey Bees Dairy Butter Cheese Agriculture Fruits Vegetables and Flowers August 23.
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Des Moines
Textiles and China Graphic Arts
Poultry
Unable to Find Work Leaves Man Despondent
A man stranded by unemployment becomes despondent after failing to secure work, reflecting hardship and concern over his future prospects.
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W. FE. Stackpole
Nellie Pearl
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E. P. Foss
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Thornburg
Arlington Cemetery
State Clothiers
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Iowa State Fair
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Crowe
Lowa State Clothiers’ Association
Lowa Clothiers
Edward Levinson
Stinke Committee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
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