All Companies Reduce Gas Prices In Iowa
Gas prices fall nationwide as Standard Oil Indiana cuts by 6.6 cents, with 16.6 cents a gallon at Iowa stations. Chicago Omaha Kansas City and other cities report varied cuts, sparking stock declines among oil firms and prompting state and federal reactions. Authorities in several states review costs and potential legal actions.
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Underground explosion traps Kemmerer miners in Wyoming
News reports from Kemmerer Wyoming describe a massive underground explosion in No 1 mine of the Kemmerer coal company. Miners are entombed about a mile underground while rescue teams and a U S government rescue car race to reach them as families wait outside. Recovery efforts are hampered by cave ins and heavy smoke. Officials indicate survival is a long shot.
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Bureau of Mine
Negro Couple Jailed in Brutal Assault Case
In Des Moines on August 14 Luke Benton and his wife Anna, both Black, were jailed on charges of assault with intent to commit murder after Myrtle Lee Cameron aged 9 suffered severe injuries from repeated attacks. The child, a foster child, was housed in a juvenile home.
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Coolidge Admin Seeks Noncommittal Stance On Reparations
A White House spokesman said today the Coolidge administration stands on the position set by Secretary Hughes in December at New Haven regarding German reparations. The government declines to commit further but is ready to help in any way that does not involve itself unduly.
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White House
Secretar Hughes
New Haven
Tulsa Under Martial Law After Riot Crisis
Tulsa Oklahoma awoke under martial law as Governor J C Walton decreed military rule at 6:00 am in response to mob violence. Three infantry companies with automatic rifles enforce the order under General B H Markham while police and sheriff staff remain in authority. An unexpected proclamation followed confessions from Oklahoma figures including Nathan Hontaman who was abducted and whipped by a masked group last Friday night.
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J. C. Walton
B. H. Markham
Oklahoma
Administration moves to avert fuel shortages
Washington August 14. The Coolidge administration has approved plans to provide substitutes to prevent a coal strike induced fuel shortage. The White House statement says the coal commission initiated measures to avert a strike and, if production must suspend, the administration will act to spare consumers from suffering.
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President Coolidge Prefers No Early Special Session
Washington Aug 14 President Coolidge at present sees no occasion for a special session of congress before the regular December meeting. An official White House note says he does not desire to close the door entirely against an extra session, though no necessity is seen now. He recognizes a potential emergency and is studying the agricultural situation.
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Four New Yorkers Indicted in Bankruptcy Conspiracy
A federal grand jury returned four sealed indictments charging four prominent New Yorkers with conspiracy to conceal assets in the bankruptcy of the firm of BE M Fuller. Warrants were issued for their arrest.
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Eight Lives Lost in Utah Cloud Bursts and Floods
A series of cloud bursts near Salt Lake City and Ogden left eight bodies recovered by 11 a.m. with three missing and property damage forecast to exceed one million dollars.Scouts drowned in Farmington canyon as five Bay Seven youths disappeared, and Farmington and Willard reported multiple deaths amid telegraph pole destruction and widespread disruption from the storms.
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Secretaries of Boys' Work Organized in Iowa Y M C A
Des Moines Aug 14 Completion of the organization of Iowa secretaries for boys work in the Y M C A was announced by W H Crawford head of the state chapter of the Association of Boys' Work secretaries He appointed H A Whaley Cedar Rapids as chairman of research and R H Morrow Marshalltown as director of the
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Cedar Rapids
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Leon H. Smith
Des Moines
Sioux City
Waterloo
Clinton
Oskaloosa
The
State University
Earl W. Herunderburg
Coal Commission calls a meeting to avert miners strike
The federal coal commission plans a New York meeting with anthracite union miners and operators to renew wage talks and avert a potential walkout on September 1. Samuel D. Warriner said operators have accepted the invitation, while John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers also agreed to confer with the commission.
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New Jersey
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United Mine Workers of America
Berlin unrest eases as industrial activity grows
Berlin reports improved industrial conditions with more workers returning and traffic near normal. Strikes continue in Stettin and Soldin while Hamburg and Lübeck see calmer scenes. a North Sea pilots strike ends. In Aix la Chapelle, crowds storm police HQ, killing twelve and wounding eighty during a food shortage protest.
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Hamburg
Luebeck
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North Sea
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Gasoline Explosion Kills Two in Fort Dodge Basement
In Fort Dodge on August 14, a gasoline explosion in the Edward Gobel residence basement killed Mrs. C. S. Peterson and Katherine A. Gobel, 18 months, and seriously injured Mrs. Gobel and maid Gwendolyn Johnson. The blast occurred when fumes from gasoline in an open container were ignited by a gas burner during laundry work.
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Fort Dodge
Gare
Edward Gobel
C. S. Peterson
Katherine A. Gobel
Will Close Movie Studios to Public Tourists
Los Angeles, Aug 14. Southern California motion picture studios will be closed to all tourists salesmen motorists and friends of actors and members after tomorrow. The ruling follows a San Francisco woman who toured studios was warmly received shown about photographed with stars and now plans a lecture tour alleging vice and depravity.
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Los Angeles
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Motion Picture
German Premier Defiant On Ruhr Surrender Demands
Berlin August 14 Dr Gustave Stressmann new German chancellor set out conditions under which Germany would abandon passive resistance in the Ruhr He demanded full restoration of Germanys control over the Ruhr reestablishment of Versailles guaranteed Rhine land provisions and the liberation of Germans evicted or imprisoned He did not mention evacuation of occupied areas or talks for full restoration of jurisdiction and citizen freedom.
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Germany
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Stressmann
State board to feature exhibits at the state fair
Virtually every institution under the state board of control will have an exhibit at the state fair this year. The displays will cover the industrial activities of these institutions as well as the work of the educational departments.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Billy Coppock Dead Rotary Leader Dies at 54
William Coppock of Council Bluffs Iowa died last night at age 54 a prominent Rotarian national figure and former international vice president in the organization He had served as district governor and was a candidate for national president at last year’s conference in Los Angeles.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
William, Coppock
Corneil Bluffs
Los Angeles
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