Italian Flyers Rest in Natal After Long Flight
Majors Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo del Prete rest in Natal as Sav oia monoplane is repaired after a 50 hour 15 minute flight covering over 4000 miles toward Buenos Aires. They await repairs before continuing toward Rio de Janeiro amid fog and heat.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Natal
Arturo Ferrarin
Carlo del Prete
Rome
Savoia
Ferrarin
del Prete
Latecorere Airplane Company
Telegraph
Touros
Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Brazil
Maytag Plant Sale Denied by Company President
Newton Indiana July 6 reports that the Maytag Washing Machine company of Newton was sold or to be sold to an eastern corporation were denied today by Fred Maytag president of the company. Absolutly not Maytag told United Press when asked if the company was sold. Reports the change of hands had been current here and in Des Moines for some time.
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Newton, In
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Newton
Eastern
Fred Maytag
Maytag
United Press
Des Moines
Objects to Shooting Apple Off Her Head in Pa
Mrs James Dennis escaped from her Mountaintop home near Seaton Lake after refusing to place her head under a rifle held by her husband who had selected a large red apple for the stunt. She said authorities she had read of such acts but would not participate.
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Uniontown
James Dennis
Dennis
Seaton’s Lake
Amelia Earhart Asked to Visit Des Moines
Miss Amelia Earhart former Des Moines high school student and first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean cannot visit Iowa before fall a telegram to Mayor John McVicar of Des Moines stated Efforts were made to bring Miss Earhart here this summer.
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Des Moines
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Iowa
John McVicar
Farhart
Hoo resigns from executive post at merchant group
Hoo steps down from the executive position in the local merchant association as the group seeks new leadership. The move comes amid internal talks on restructuring and future plans for the organization.
Resignation of Secretary Hoover Reported in Wisconsin
Wis July 7 A resignation by Secretary of Commerce Hoover was received today and becomes effective on presidential acceptance. President telegraphed Hoover to visit Cedar Island lodge on his way to the Pacific coast. Hoover expected to leave Washington for California about midmonth.
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Wis
Here
Cedar Island Lodge
E House
Hoover
Pacific Coast
Washington
California
Present Judges Re Nominated In Sixth Judicial District
The Iowa Sixth District Republican convention in Oskaloosa quickly renominated Judge Frank Bechly of Montezuma and Judge J G Patterson of Oskaloosa by acclamation. The meeting chaired by S W Brookhart adjourned for a luncheon after nominations ratified by Governor Hammill’s prior appointments. Counties in the district include Mahaska Jasper Poweshiek Keokuk and Washington.
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Frank Bechly
Montezuma
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Sixth Judicial
E. D. Morrison
Washington
K. E. Wilcockson
Sigourney
S. W. Brookhart
E. P. Malmberg
Newton
S. W. Livington
Brookhart
Henry Silwood
Rechly
Patterson
Downing Hotel
Eforts
John Hammill
Bechly and Patterson
Charles A. Dewey
H. F. Wagner
Iowa’ Supreme Court
D W. Hamilton
Grinnell
Ticke
Mahaska
Jasper
Powesheik
Keokuk
Five Best Radio Features for Sunday Highlights
Radio listings show WPG Atlantic City 7 15 Florentine choir at steel pier on WEAF at 5 36 est Cap itol theatre program. WEAF 7 15 est At water Kent hour WJZ 7 15 est Goldman band WOR 7 est Come to the Fair. Monday WEAF 8 est Franklin Airmen hour Ifor Thomas tenor WEAF 7 30 est General motors WGY Schenectady 5 30 est General electric hour with Frederic Baer Grace Kerns WJZ 8 est Brahms program WJZ 5 39 est Roxy gang.
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WPG
Atlantic City
Florentine Choir
Steel Pier
WEAF
Capitol Theatre
Atwater Kent
WJZ
Goldman Band
WOR
Franklin Airmen
Ifor Thomas
General Motors
WGY Schenectady
General Electric
Frederic Baer
Grace Kerns
Brahms
Roxy
Teens Aim to Circle Globe in 23 Days
John H. Mears and Charles C. Bb. Collyer left Moscow for Kazan after arriving from Berlin. They are attempting to circle the world in 23 days, seven hours behind their schedule.
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Moscow
John H. Mears
Charles C. Bb. Collyer
Kazan
Berlin
Former Iowan Named Hoover West Campaign Manager
James W. Good of Chicago has accepted the western manager post for the Hoover-Curtis campaign. He plans to open western headquarters in Chicago and devote full time to campaigning, arguing the West remains Republican and supportive of protective tariffs and farm relief as major campaign issues. Representative Newton of Minnesota will help run the western speakers bureau.
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Washington
James W. Good
Chicago
Good
Hoover
Kansas City
Goodwil
National Committee
Iowa
Newton
Minnesota
West
Man pays $100 fine for assault and battery
James Beranek of the north side paid a $100 fine and costs after being found guilty of assault and battery by Justice of the Peace W. E. Barber on a complaint filed by his wife.
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James Beranek
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Barber
Saline County Coal Confusion Corrected in Poor Relief Contract
The Journal notes a error in the coal specification for Washington city relief. The board of supervisors intended Saline county coal, not Fulton county lump coal, matching the contract for the court house jail and county home.
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Washington City
Board of Supervisors
Fulton County
Saline County
Titus Store Robbed
The sheriffs office reports two sacks of flour stolen from the Titus store.
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Titus
Sheriffs Office
Pick Up Oska loosa Boys
Two young men from Oskaloosa who set out to see the world in a borrowed car were found by local officers this morning and held for Oskaloosa police.
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Oskaloosa
Riverside man injured in collision en route to Washington
M. W. Truxaw of Riverside received several cuts and bruises when his car was ditched in a collision on the way to Washington. Mrs. Truxaw also suffered some bruising.
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M. W. Truxaw
Riverside
Washington
Temperature trends from today and yesterday
At one o clock this afternoon the temperature reached 1 degrees. Yesterday’s maximum was 93 degrees, tying the warmest day of the season to date.
Fire destroys Hartley elevator and lumber yard
A fire at Hartley Iowa damaged the Hunting elevator and Hartley lumber company facilities. Officials say spontaneous combustion of oats likely started the blaze, leaving both structures in ruins.
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Hartley
Hartley Lumber Company
Sailors Rescue Man Marooned on Potomac Rock
Sixteen sailors from the U S navy yard rescued Herbert Lugenbeel, 31, who had been marooned on a 2 by 3 foot rock in the Potomac River for 17 hours after a failed attempt to rescue two drowned women. A rope-assisted trek across islands and waterproof ropes brought him to safety with exhaustion and bruising.
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Potomac River
Washington
United States Navy Yard
Herbert Luenbeel
Here
Lugenbeel
J. H. Angel
Angel
Navy
Maryland
End of Iowa heat wave seen with cooler return
Des Moines reports end of the week long heat wave with cooler conditions forecast for tonight and Sunday. Death records rise as Eugene Staples, 44, dies in Council Bluffs after heat exposure during highway work. Other temperatures peak at 98 in Sioux City and Burlington, with 95 in Des Moines and several other towns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Fferson
Eugene Staples
Council Bluff
Campbell Is Nominated Republican Candidate in Eleventh District
Ed H. Campbell of Battle Creek won the Republican nomination for the eleventh district after two opponents withdrew. On the ninety sixth ballot he secured the nomination, aided by Stewart Gilman and Gerritt Klay of Sioux City who quit the race to back him.
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Spencer
Sunnispur
Ed H. Campbell
Battle Creek
Campbell
Stewart Gilman
Sioux City
Gerritt Klay
Bremen Flyers Pay Tribute To Ex Kaiser
Doorn Holland July 7 Trans Atlantic Bremen crew left Doorn and circled the former Kaiser palace dropping messages to the emperor's household as watchers on the roof saw the departure.
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Bremen
Doorn
Holland
South Dakota Wind Storm Leaves Heavy Property Damage
A tornado swept through Bonesteel South Dakota causing major damage to farm and railroad property. The Chicago and North Western roundhouse was destroyed with two locomotives wrecked and coaches toppled. Communications were crippled and many homes along the west edge of the city and surrounding farms suffered extensive damage.
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Bonesteel
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Warm Weather Expected in Next Week for Plains and Valley
Weather outlook July 9 to 14 covers the upper Mississippi Valley and northern to central Great Plains. Occasional local showers or thunderstorms with mostly fair skies. Temperatures near normal or slightly above for most areas.
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Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Brookhart Heads South to Probe Federal Office Sales
Senator 8 W Brookhart leaves for Atlanta to open an investigation into alleged sale of federal offices in southern states. He will lead a senate committee with Locher and Oddle as members and return to Des Moines for the July 18 Republican convention. Roy Hankin to serve as committee secretary.
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W. Brookhart
Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Des Moines
Locher
Ohio
Oddle
Nevada
Roy H. Hankin
Stockhart
Washington Indies Beat Isler Carnival 11 to 1
Local Washington Indies overwhelmed Isler carnival team with an 11 to 1 victory yesterday afternoon. The scoreline shows a dominant performance by the home squad.
Stolen Car Recovered Near Town
The Lyle Snyder Ford car stolen from a Washington street Thursday evening was found west of town with one tire missing.
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Lyle Snyder
Washington Street
Posse Search For Killers Of Officers
Armed posses hunted hills around Molus Kentucky for Alexa Napier and A C Kelly of Haran who killed Sheriff Floyd Ball and Deputy Sheriff John Hensley during an attempted arrest last night after driving through a barricade on the Harlan Pineville highway near Molus.
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Molus
Alexa Napier
A.C. Kelly
Haran
Floyd Ball
John Hensley
Harlan
Napier
Kelly
Harlan-Pineville
Here
Shoots Man Who Killed His Brother Near Urbana
In Urbana Ohio a man identified as Fava Oiler shot and killed M. H. Keeran on the Keeran farm as Keeran harnessed horses. Keeran’s wife fled before Oiler fired a final shot through his heart. Oiler, said to have recent mental treatment, was later shot fatally by Keeran’s brother in a field hours later.
Road work spares two Iowa pioneer graves near Centerville
Centerville area crews relocate a road project to avoid disturbing two small mounds and a boulder marking the graves of two Iowa pioneer girls. Local lore recalls a family from the mid 1800s. officials say the burials will remain untouched as highways advance.
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Centharville
Iowa State
Centerville
Highway Commission
Iowa
America
Dr. John M. Auld dies in Chicago at 73
Dr. John M. Auld, 73, died yesterday in Chisago after a paralysis stroke. The Chicago physician’s body will be sent to Washington for burial, arriving Sunday morning, with funeral plans to follow. He was the son of the late George T. Auld of Crawfordsville and Washington, and leaves three sisters including Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Mintier. one sister accompanied him at death. Funeral service held in Chicago this afternoon.
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John M. Auld
Chisago
Washington
Auld
Chicago
George T. Auld
Crawfordsville
Nettie Anderson
Annie Mintier
Des Moines
Jennie Bailey
California
Anderson
Dr. Auld
Mintier
Corn Belt Committee Meeting Postponed to July 16
Des Moines July 7 The illness of William Hirth of Columbia Missouri chairman of the Corn Belt committee caused the meeting scheduled for here Monday to be postponed to July 16. The meeting has drawn wide interest across eleven Corn Belt states in the Midwest.
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Des Moines
William Hirth
Columbia
Corn Belt Committee
Middlewest
Captain Sora Missing in Ice Search Above North East Land
On July 7 aboard the Braganza en route north from Kings Bay Captain Sora leading a dog sleigh team to find three Italia crewmen disappeared after leaving ten chasseurs behind. With rapidly breaking ice, authorities fear he perished in the treacherous Arctic ice while continuing the search.
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Braganza
Kings Bay
Sora
North East Land
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Japanese Airship Crash Kills Four At Yokosuka
Tokio dispatch reports four men drowned when a naval dirigible crashed during night practice after air manoeuvres of the Osaka air defense at Yokosuka. London office notes the incident as a naval air disaster.
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London
Tokio
Exchange Telegraph Today
Yokosuka
Osaka
Helen Wills Wins World Tennis Championship Title
Helen Wills defeated Senorita Lili D Alva res in straight sets 6 2 6 3 at Wimbledon to capture the all England Championships and secure the world title. Wills dominated with strong serves and precise overhand drives against the Spanish challenger at Wimbledon Stadium in England.
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Helen
Wimbledon Stadium
England
Helen Wills
Senorita Lili D’alvarez
Reed Criticizes Republican Prohibition Strategy
U S Senator James A. Reed of Missouri denounces GOP efforts to submerge prohibition as a presidential issue calling their move political chicanery rather than statesmanship. The statement followed Republican National Committee Chairman Hubert Work’s remark that conscience and personal liberty within the law are not proper subjects for political debate.
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ST. Louis
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Htbert
Republican National Committees
New Endurance Air Record Set In Germanyflight
In Dessau Germany at 3 41 p m today Johann Risticz and Wilhelm Zimmermann set a world endurance flight record of 59 hours and 7 minutes and were still airborne aiming for 65 hours.
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Dessau
Germany
Johann Risticz
Wilhelm Zimmerman
Oil Barge Explosion Kills One in New Jersey Docks
An unidentified man died and three others were severely burned in an oil barge explosion at the Warner-Quinlan oil company docks in Warner, New Jersey. Drums of gasoline were being loaded when the blast occurred at the waterfront facility.
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Warners, N. J
Warner-Quinlan Oil Company
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Ident Coolidge
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Washington County
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