Kendall Urges Iowa To Cooperate On National Defense Day
Des Moines Iowa August 20 Governor Kendall denounces wartime optimism and urges full patriotic cooperation for the September 12 1924 Defense Test Day. He warns against complacency and argues for preparedness as insurance of peace reflecting past conflicts and future risks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kendall
Rietorie
Universal Fraternity
Army
Navy
United States
President Coolidge Congratulates Dawes on Vice Presidential Nomination
President Coolidge sent hearty congratulations to Charles G. Dawes for his acceptance speech as the vice presidential nominee. He planned a visit to the Home Town Coolidge Club near Plymouth, Vermont, where 14 000 names were enrolled on the club roster. Notables Edison Ford and Harvey Firstone visited briefly as the president rested from vacation.
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Plymouth
Vermont
Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge Club
Here
Richard Brown
Karl Kinsley
C. Bascom Slemp
Unmasked Robbers Fail in Attempt to Rob Filling Station
Cedar Rapids report says two armed highwaymen accosted Fred E. Newland, the filling station manager, at 11 pm. They took $2.50, a gold watch, and station keys, then fled to an alley where they dropped the loot and keys. Newland alerted police after escaping from the shed.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred E. Newland
Newland
Jewelry valued at 150000 dollars stolen in Boston hold up
Four men raided the Carl J Skinner diamond shop in Boston, holding three clerks at gunpoint while jewelry and diamond cases valued at 150000 dollars were removed from the safe. One man stayed with the car as the others acted.
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Boston
Mass
Carl Ji. Skinner
Iowa Governor Calls For Defense Days Rally Of National Guard
The Iowa governor urges the state to mobilize National Guard units for Defense Days confirming a public display of military strength. He stresses readiness to defend national rights and asks residents to cooperate in a patriotic mobilization at armories on a specified date and hour.
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Spain
Mexico
Germany
Iowa
Reed pessimistic on crop outlook
The Iowa crop and weather bureau director Charles D. Reed reports a grim week ending yesterday with only ten percent of the corn in the roasting stage. He warns only about half the crop may escape frost as threshing is delayed by rain and oats, winter wheat, melons, and tomatoes suffer damage. bees are barely sustaining.
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Charles D. Reed
Iowa Crop and Weather Bureau
Iowa
Bank Heist in Kansas City Nets About 15000
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Corn Exchange National Bank in Kansas City Missouri, escaping with about $15 000. Police searched the area for the suspects.
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Kansas City Bank
Associated Press
Kansas City
Corn Exchange National Bank
Attorney General Observers to Attend Missouri Gas Price Hearings
United States Attorney General Stone observers are expected at the Missouri gasoline price inquiry hearings resuming in Jefferson City. The announcement came from Missouri Attorney Jesse W. Barrett indicating government interest in any findings useful to Chicago cases filed last June against over fifty major oil companies.
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Jefferson City
United States
Stone
Missouri
Jesse W. Barrett
Chicago
Wade Gobovitch Released on Aiding in Murder Charge
Cedar Rapids dispatch reports Wade Gobovitch freed by County Attorney Hamilton Tobin in the murder case of Charles Mirschfield at Atkins on August 9. Gobovitch asked to surrender in Vinton to share information about Ollie Corum, jailed for confessing a Hirschfield robbery linked to a man named Cooper. He left for Vinton with witnesses claiming he was in Panama, Iowa, at the time and not away from a construction camp for two weeks.
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Cedar Rapids
Wade Gobovitch
Charles Mirschfield
Atkins
Hamilton Tobin
Vinton
Goboviteh
Ollie Corum
Hirschfield
Cooper
Panama
Japanese diplomats seek stance on Karakhan note in Peking
In Peking on August 20 Japanese diplomats met long to decide how to handle L M Karakhan's reply rejecting U S demands. Karakhan answered a note from the American minister through Yoshizawa explaining that handing over the old legation to the Soviet government does not imply U S recognition. The American legation has not received any communication from Yoshizawa.
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Associated Press
Peking
K. Yoshizawa
L. M. Karakhan
China
United States
Karakhan
Yoshizawa
Nowise
Lincoln’s Iowa Visit Recalled On 65th Anniversary
Council Bluffs marks the sixty fifth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s visit. He toured the city sights and stood on the bluff now marked by his monument, surveying the plains to the west and south. Later as president he named the plain the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Abraham Lincoln
Union Pacific Railroad
Corum Accusations Stir Doubts of Accomplice
Authorities doubt Corum had an accomplice and suspect he acted alone in the crime. Gobovitel denies knowledge of "Cooper" and says he knows Corum's friends, implying the suspect may be shielding himself by inventing a partner.
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Corum
Gobovitel
Cooper
Dawes Defends Campaign Style in Northwestern Address
Gen Charles G Dawes accepts the Republican vice presidential nomination in Evanston Illinois. He attacks La Follette radicalism socialism and Democratic opportunism while praising economy and constitutional principles. He argues the League of Nations and World Court threaten sovereignty and predicts a GOP victory with Coolidge policy intact.
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Evanston, Ill
League of Nationa
World Court
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
LaFollette
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Earthquake Devastates Russian Turkestan Regions
A quake near Osh in Semirechensk province kills 41 in three villages and leaves about 8000 homeless, per a dispatch from Allahabad quoted by the Evening News via Pioneer advices.
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Associated Press
London
Osh
Semiryechensk
Evening News
Allahabad
India
Pioneer
70th Iowa State Fair Opens In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa the seventieth anniversary state fair opened today expected to attract over 400000 visitors in ten days. preparation days precede eight days of entertainment and a strong educational program with extensive livestock and farm machinery displays.
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Des Moines
Ange
Iowa
United States
Express
State Fish and Game Department
State Board of Control
State Fair
Joon
State Lawyer Opens Plea in Leopold Loeb Murder Trial
Chicago Aug 20 Illinois prosecutors urged the death penalty for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb in the kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks. Assistant State's Attorney Thomas Marshall argued the defendants acted with turpitude, rejecting philosophy as a mitigating factor and asserting no justifiable homicide existed under Illinois law.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Thomas Marshall
John R Caverly
Robert Franks
Mr. Marshall
Leopold
Loebl
Haymarket
Parsons
Mc. Marshall
Leopold, Jr
Supre Court of the
United States
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