Pirates Hold An American Captain for Ransom In China
On demand of the American consul at Hankow Chinese authorities promise to send troops to rescue Captain Fisher held for 20000 dollars ransom by Chinese pirates. Fisher, of the Chi Chuen, seized with a Chinese agent. another agent held for 10000 dollars. The Chi Chuen looted and crew fled. a sister vessel fired upon. Naval authorities say no help above Ichang. Marine mobilization underway at San Diego with 200 men to depart July 2 for Shanghai, and additional air units planned in the Far East.
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Washington
Hankow
Fisher
State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Yanette Rapids Company
Ichang
Lockhart
Iping
San Diego
Cal
Marine Corps
China
Los Angeles
Shanghai
Orient
Far East
Cooler Weather Ends Torrid Wave
This week’s heat spell ended yesterday with a drop from last night’s 56 degrees. The day is sunny and cool with a 45 degree reading at two o’clock. No rain is forecast, though Chicago reported over an inch of rain and the heat wave caused 42 deaths in the city over the past two days.
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Middle West
Chicago
Bonfire Causes Fire At Pacini Garage
Firefighters battled a small blaze at the Louis Pacini restaurant on North Fourth Avenue when a bonfire used to burn refuse near the building set the outer wall of the rear garage alight. The fire was put out with chemicals after the garage boards were charred and damage described as slight.
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Louis Pacini
North Fourth Avenue
Restauran
Washington Name Painted on City Water Tower
Painters completed work on the city water tower repainting it inside and out as a preservative measure. Before leaving, they added the name Washington in seven foot high white letters on the south side, visible from a long distance against a black background.
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Washington
Plan Selection of State Committees for Lowden Campaign
Des Moines July 2 The Lowden for President campaign committee of ten met at state headquarters to appoint one man and one woman from each congressional district to lead district work and to pursue a Lowden delegation to the next Republican national convention. Frank J. Lund Iowa chairman says another meeting will form the organization begun yesterday. The ten members include five women and five men. N E Kendall is away in the east. Mrs Jennie Gregg heads the observatory building HQ.
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Des Moines
Lowdon
Frank J. Lund
Iowa
Committee of Ten
N. E. Kendall
Jennie Gregg
Lowden
Plates Required on Cars Spark Police Warning
County and city police warn no car may be operated without license plates. Offenders face fines and court action. Sheriff reports many owners unaware plates are mandatory and advises keeping cars at home until licensed and plates affixed fore and aft.
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Justice Court
Quiet Fourth of July in Washington Promises Calm Day
Local plans show no organized fireworks in Washington on the holiday. Picnics and dinner events will proceed with typical displays in Wellman and Pleasant, while the Washington baseball team meets Iowa City in Wellman. Weather is forecast unsettled with a possible late shower and comfortable temperatures.
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Washington
An Club
Wellman
Mr. Pleasant
Iowa City
Buena Vista County Defeats Road Bonds
Buena Vista County voters defeated a proposal to issue 90000 dollars in bonds to pave county roads. In 21 of 24 precincts the result was 978 for and 1665 against the bonds.
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Buena Vista County
Storm Lake
Buena Vista
Barclay and Lunds Leave for Two Week Minneapolis Trip
Glenn Barclay with family and Mr and Mrs H L Lund depart tomorrow for a two week trip to Minneapolis Minnesota They plan most time at lakes northwest of Minneapolis and Glenn notes they will have fish with sardines packed in the trunk for meals during travel and stay
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Glenn Barclay
H. L. Lund
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Glenn
Coolidge to Host Fourth of July Birthday Party
President Coolidge plans a lawn party at the summer White House to celebrate his 55th birthday and Independence Day. Newsmen and photographers will attend, with a cowboy band and hundreds of nearby residents expected. Mounted Boy Scouts from Custer, led by Scout-master Hi Locke, will present the president with a horse and equestrian gear.
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Rapid City
Coolidge
White House
Cooldge
Custer
Mr. Coolidge
Co. Hi. Locke
Locke
Celebration in Titus Opens Fourth of July Festivities
Titus Iowa becomes Washington county’s first town to celebrate Independence Day as locals and visitors gather at Strohm’s store near the Milwaukee line. Keota and Washington residents attend a concert by the Keola junior band, with fireworks and Grace Hill Ladies Aid serving refreshments.
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Titus
Iowa
Washington County
Charles W. Strohm
Vitus
Washington
Keota
Keola
Grace Hill
Appoints Officials for the Knights of Columbus in Iowa
Iowa City July 2. Proponed state deputy CC Ries announced appointments to standing committees and district offices for the Knights of Columbus of Iowa. The slate includes members of the state executive committee and state educational committee with named appointees in Cedar Rapids Davenport Sioux City Des Moines and other cities. District deputies named for all districts from Davenport to Cedar Rapids with multiple cities listed.
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Iowa City
Knights of Columbus of
Iowa
Ries
Joe McCormick
Cedar Rapids
D. J. Lenihan
H. J. McFarland
Davenport
James C. Mulaney
Sioux City
Joseph J. Meyerd
Carroll
John J. Fleming
Burlington
T. F. Griffin
Siouxity
William J. McCullough
John B. Keefe
John F. Ford
Fort Dodge
George J. McCabe
A. J. Mullarky
Keokuk
Gregory Figge
Ossian
William J. Brennan
Oelwein
William R. Hart
MM. P. Consedine
Ottumwa
Ray E. Conley
Des Moines
D. EB. Hannan
Perry
James W. Fay
Emmeteburg
RK. P. Larkin
Leo J. Wegman
M. T. Griffith
Shenandoah
M. T. Kelley
Moyle Family Visits Grandparents in East Main
Prof and Mrs Moyle and daughter Margaret arrived from Maquoketa Louisiana yesterday afternoon to visit at the Wilson R K Brown home on East Main Street. Margaret plans to stay for an extended visit with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Brown.
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Mrs. Moyle
Margaret
Maquoketa la
Wilson RK. Brown
East Main St
Margaret i
Mrs. Brown
No Successor Yet Named to Replace Rev. Ferguson
The Iowa synod of the Presbyterian church ends its forty sixth annual meeting in Ames without naming a successor to Rev. S R Ferguson of Cedar Rapids who resigned after five years as Synod executive. Delegates sent the matter to the Iowa board of national missions after failing to agree on a candidate or salary. The next meeting place will be decided by the Presbyteries this fall. Joseph Bren of Cedar Rapids and Byron Matison of Rockwell City were elected to the synodical council. Trustees named Rev J F Hinkhouse Independence Rev Fr HH Shedd Traer W E B Ruston Columbus Junction F W Jenks Waterloo and N Haskins Oelwein.
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Ames
Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church
S. R. Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Synod
Iowa Board of National Missions
Joseph Bren
Byron Matison
Rockwell City
J. F. Hinkhouse
Independence
HH. Shedd
Traer
W. EB. Ruston
Columbus Junction
F. W. Jenks
Waterloo
N. Haskins
Oelwein
Walton Chapter Supports Shimek Severs From Walton League
At a called Washington chapter meeting of the Isaak Walton league members voted to withdraw from the national and state divisions. The unit backed Dr. B. Shimek of Iona City in his dispute with league leaders, signaling possible new leagues with similar aims. Conference planned in Marshalltown, July 14, may form a Iowa organization to carry out Shimek's policies.
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Washington
Isaak Walton League
National League
State Divisson
B. Shimek
Iona City
Isaak Walton
Wshington
Iowa
Marshalltown
Iown
Dr. Shimek
Shimek
Claire Dewey
League
Inuak Walton League
Lewisians
Helen Wills Wins Wimbledon Championship Title
Helen Wills of California won the all England tennis championship at Wimbledon defeating Elia De Alvarez in the finals with a 6 2 6 4 score.
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Wimbledon
Fug
Helen Wills
California
Elia de Alvarez
Man Sentenced for Damaging New Road Near Lockridge
George Lamour of Rome drove over 1 460 feet of newly paved road near Lockridge. Judge R W Smith sentenced him to one year in Jefferson county jail and ordered about 300 dollars in costs. Lamour is married with three children.
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Fairfield, Jr
George Lamour
Rome
Lockridge
Jefferson County
R. W. Smith
Centerville
Lamour
Car Crash Kills Passenger in Marshalltown Friday
Elmer Fisher aged 27 died when the car driven by William Kitts skidded on a gravel road near Green Mountain and rolled three times. Kitts and two women passengers escaped with minor bruises. Fisher left behind four children.
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Marshalltown
Elmer Fisher
William Kitts
Green Mountain
Kitts
Fisher
Byrd and Crew Welcome in Paris Then Rest Bed After Flight
Commander Richard Byrd and three officers arrived in Paris by train to a massive throng at Gare Saint Lazare. They later visited President Doumergue at the Elysee and were ordered to bed for rest after suffering shock and minor injuries.
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Paris
Richard KE. Byrd
Gare St. Lazaire
Caen
Byrd
George Neville
Bert Acosta
Bernt Balchen
Lindbergh
le Bourget
Balehen
Ara
I Richard BE. Byrd
America
Acosta
William S. Bainbridge
U. S. Naval Reserve
Edmund Gros
Bert Baledden
Smail
St. Lazare
Gaston Doumergue
The
Republic
Ver-Sur-Mer
Richard D. White
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Rodman Wanamaker
Elysee Palace
Major Brosse
M. Doumergue
Doumergue
Betsy Ross
Atlantic
Byrd Announces South Pole Flight Plan
Explorer Richard E. Byrd confirms plans for a polar flight from ice fields near southern New Zealand. Lieut Neville and Bernt Balchen will join. two planes may be used due to fierce polar winds. The trip aims at scientific exploration of two million square miles still unexplored.
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Paris
Pary
Richard KE. Byrd
South Pole
New Zealand
Byrd
Lieut
Neville
Bernt Balchen
Weather outlook calls for showers next week across central plains
The forecast covers July 4 to July 9 for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Periods of showers are expected beginning and continuing through the week with variable temperatures, but mostly seasonable conditions.
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Mississippi
Missouri Valleys
Great Plains
Stunt flyer Dicky Grace postpones nonstop Honolulu to Frisco
Dicky Grace, the young stunt flyer, postpones his nonstop flight across the Pacific from Honolulu to Frisco to Sunday after a failed takeoff attempt. The report also mentions Lester Duke and companions traveling from Grinnell to Logan Utah for a coaching school and a trip through Yellowstone Park.
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Honolulu
Frisco
Barking Sands
Isle of
Kaypal
T.hl
Pacific
Dicky Grace
Lester Duke
Grinnell
Logan
Utah
Lester
Ames
Yellowstone Park
Mrs Harry Mickey Visits Mrs Laura Graham in Davenport
Mrs Harry Mickey of Davenport is visiting at the home of Mrs Laura Graham. The call comes as a social visit and highlights local social ties within Davenport.
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Harry Mickey
Davenport
Laura Graham
Byrd reflects on transatlantic flight and data haul
In an exclusive United Press interview from Ver-sur-Mer France Commander Richard Byrd discusses his gruelling 19 hour flight to the north, noting the valuable scientific data gathered on fog and cloud conditions. He explains landing in the ocean to save fuel and preserve equipment, and outlines plans to salvage the aircraft and return to America.
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Ver-Sur-Mer
France
Pic
Ous
North Pole
Richard Bk. Byrd
United Press
Richard Hurde
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Water Tower
Strohm Store
Knights of Columbus
Walton
Continental Hotel
Airs
Sheldon Withehouse
William 8. Bainbridge
Layrd
Balchen
Avesta
Prance
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