La Follette Ticket Prospects Studied by Progressive Group
A preliminary canvass of vice presidential prospects for Senator La Follette’s ticket opened at a Progressive Political Action conference executive committee meeting. William H. Johnston, president of the International Association of Machinists, led the session and backs La Follette’s candidacy.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Conference of Progressive Political Action
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International Association of Machinists
Cleveland
la Follette
Butler Fails to File Suit Today in Alleged Contract Breach
A potential $14900 breach of contract suit against Mr. Maytag was not filed today as Butler reportedly delegated to his attorney. The law firm denied any involvement and stated they would not handle the case. The budget director's office called the matter a closed incident.
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Maytag
Butler
Budget Director's
Silver of Cantril enters race for secretary of agriculture
Seth S. Silver, joint owner of Wickfield farms near Cantril Van Buren county, announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for secretary of agriculture. He joins Thornburg Myerly as prior entrants. Silver is a breeder of Hampshire hogs and Hereford and Holstein cattle in southern Iowa and is a Drake University Law School graduate of 1903.
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D Press
Ottumwa
Seth
Drake University Law School
Child Crushed by Hay Pole Near Buckingham
Thelma Winders seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs R D Winders living five miles east of Buckingham Tama county was crushed to death by a falling hay pole late Thursday Her skull was fractured one arm broken and one leg split to the bone The pole narrowly missed another child Bert Husted a farmer near Atkins died of heart disease Thursday while talking with a neighbor
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Cedar Rapids
Thelma Winders
R. D. Winders
Buckingham
Tama County
Traer
Winders
Winten Man
Bert Husted
Atkins
Herriot To Start For London Tuesday
Paris July 12 Premier Herriot who leads the French delegation to the Inter allied reparations conference in London next week will leave for London Tuesday it was announced this afternoon
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Paris
Herriot
London
U S Agriculture Credit Company Loans Large Sum
A. P. Kemp president of the Agriculture Credit Corporation said loans to banks in the Northwest have boosted confidence and stabilized deposits. The loans, totaling about 250 bank loans and investments, aided banks in North and South Dakota and Montana, helping them serve deposits and income.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
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Northwest
North
South Dakota
Montana
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Kemp
Record for Sea Plane Time Aloft Set at Norfolk
Lieutenant F. W. Wead and Lieutenant John D. Price set a new sea plane time aloft record by flying a naval aircraft for fifteen hours and sixteen minutes at Norfolk West Virginia, surpassing their previous fifteen hour eleven minute mark. Fillers at Norfolk also tried to beat the record but failed.
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Norfolk
W. Va
F. W. Wead
John D Price
Canadian veteran Bert Rugh dies in Wisconsin crash
The body of Bert Rugh a Canadian war veteran and captain in the 44th Canadian Infantry was brought to Cedar Rapids after a fatal automobile accident near Castle Green Wisconsin. Leonard Stark the driver said the car rolled over after hitting a rough road and no one was pinned beneath. The funeral date had not been fixed.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Bert Rugh
Castle Green
Wis
Leonard Stark
Rugh Probaby
44Th Canadian Infantry
Mine Workers Win Suit Over 1914 Strike Damage
The eighth circuit court of appeals in St. Louis affirmed a district court ruling in favor of the United Mine Workers of America. Coronado Coal Co sought damages for property destruction in Arkansas coal fields in 1914, but the court followed Supreme Court guidance and ended two years of litigation. Judge Kenyon wrote the opinion, with judges Sanborn and Lewis concurring.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Coronado Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Arkansas
John C. Pollock
United States Supreme Court
Wm. 8S. Kenyon
Walter H. H. Sanborn
Robert Eb. Lewis
Air Mail Delayed Six Hours After Storm Forcing Landing
Night Air Mail Pilot Bissler diverted to Des Moines due to a storm and landed there during the night. He reached Omaha at 6 10 A M with the cargo and the mail was transferred to a second plane piloted by Ernest M Allison for westward departure at 6 20 A M, causing about six hours of delay.
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Neb
Bissler
Des Moines
Ernest M. Allison
United States Offers to Accept Tangier Convention
Washington reports the United States has told Britain France and Spain it is willing to accede under conditions to the Tangier convention signed at Paris on December 18, 1923.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Spain
Paris
Missing pastor found in Michigan after disappearance
Rev. Oren C. Van Loon, pastor near Creek, Michigan, was found in a serious condition suffering from heat exhaustion and branding. He left July 11 for a rest at his summer cottage, later identified by his wife. Police note the letters K K K burned into his back. a mysterious call tipped off authorities.
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Prem
Creek
Mich
Oren C. van Loon
Community Church
Near
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Rev. van Loon
Congressmen to Have Joint Debate in Western States
Representatives Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky and J. N. Tincher of Kansas will face each other in a twenty five day debate on campaign issues. The joint debate, announced by Everett Sanderson, head of the Republican speakers bureau, will span five western states in July.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Paducah
J. N. Tinchher
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Everett Sanderson
Republican
Three Children Die in Idaho House Fire
In Weiser Idaho on July 12 three children aged 3 to 7 were killed by injuries from a fire that destroyed the Laxton home. Mrs Laxton is not expected to live.
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Asescaread
Weiser
Idaho
J. P Laxton
Laxton
Suspected Robber Killed In Benld Territory
John Crochete of Benld was killed and Johnny Crowe of St Louis was arrested here by a posse after they were suspected of driving a reportedly stolen car. Three bank officials were among the posse members.
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Associated Press
Benld
John Crochete
Johnny Crowe
St. Louis
Transportation Act May Be Tested Against Autos
Des Moines July 12 The Des Moines Chamber of Commerce bureau may resist the motor vehicle transportation tax law passed by the fortieth general assembly. Sheriff Findly of Polk county warned that arrests would follow for failure to obtain permits and pay the tax. A committee will argue the law does not apply to private concerns hauling merchandise outside Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Jobbers Bureau
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Fortieth General Assembly
Sheriff Park Findly
Polk County
Gibson
Japanese seek Mexico link for raw material orders
The Japanese government addressed a communication to the Mexican federation of chamber of commerce. It requests contact with Mexican producers to place orders for raw materials previously bought in the United States.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Mexican Federation of Chamber of Commerce
United States
Sailor Drowns After Overboard from Warship
Bernard Dix of Neola fell overboard from a naval vessel at Pearl Harbor Hawaii and drowned last Monday. His body has been shipped to Neola and was to be discharged August 11. The report came via his cousin Mrs Jane Pixon of Cascade.
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Associated Presa
Cascade
Bernard Dixon
Neplalv
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Jane Pixon
Neola
Farmer Carl Friedlein Found Dead Near Colesburg
After a 24 hour search aided by bloodhounds, Carl Friedlein 65 a Colesburg area farmer was found dead a mile from his home. The body lay wedged between rocks with a bottle of poison nearby. The coroner's jury ruled death by his own action.
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Carl Friedlein
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Coreoners
Waterloo Mason Grand Master Elected at 1924 Convention
A. G. Clark of Oskaloosa was elected Grand Master of Jaws Lodge Colored Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Waterloo during the 1924 convention. The order will meet in Council Bluffs next year.
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Waterloo
A. G. Clark
Oskaloosa
Jaws Lodge
Council Bluffs
Recluse Ed Petty Ends Life on Farm Near Fort Madison
Despondent over ill health Ed Petty a loner who lived on a local farm died yesterday by firing a shotgun into his heart. The incident occurred near Fort Madison Iowa where he lived as a reclusive figure.
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Fort Madison
Ed Petty
Judge House Improves MAQUORETA
Judge A. J. House, long ill at his home, is reported to be improving. The MAQUORETA item notes his condition and ongoing recovery.
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Judge House
Maquoreta
A. J. House
United States World Fliers Head for Bucharest via Constantinople
American army aviators on a round the world flight left Constantinople for Bucharest after Turkish authorities delayed inspection of their three planes. Engines to be replaced at Brough Scotland with pontoons for Atlantic leg. Route includes Orkney Faroe Iceland Greenland Labrador. Flight faced Pacific hazards earlier.
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Constantinople
United States Army
Greenwich
Bucharest
Romania
Aleppo
Brough
Scotland
Atlantic
Orkney
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Pacific
United States Builds Early Lead in Olympic Track Standings
On July 12 at Colombes France the United States led the Olympic standings with 194 points while Finland trailed at 134 and Great Britain at 63. In the 16,000 metre cross country Finland won the event for 11 points, the US took 14, France 20, leaving Finland with 26 total points and the United States at ten. Earl Johnson placed third in the 10,000 metre cross country behind Nurmi and Ritola. The British relay team then set a world record in the 400 metre relay with 42 seconds flat.
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France
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Great Britain
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Switzerland
Australia
Hungary
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South Africa
Canada
Norway
New Zealand
Denmark
Japan
Paavo Nurmi
Willie Ritola
Earl Johnson
Nurmi
Ritola
R. Earl Johnson
FE. Harper
Lauvaux
Arthur Studenroth
Meadowbrook Club
Philadelphia
Hussey
Atar
Clark
Murchison
Leecoay
Bruneto
T. Ahern
England
Bryan Hines
Northwestern University
Ditler
Belgium
America
Greece
Weliend
Italy
Winter
D. F. Ahern
Brunetto
Tuulos
Vinland
Ranie
Janssen
Oda
Paris
U S Mail Planes Accept Letters for Europe
The post office announced that air mail between New York and San Francisco will transmit letters to European destinations at the domestic two cent rate for some zones and higher rates for others. Rates include five cents for the first ounce and three cents for each additional ounce for other countries, with eleven cents for the first ounce and nine cents for each additional ounce under the two cent domestic rate.
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Washington
New York
San Francisco
Post Office Department
United States
Air Mail
Egyptian Premier Wounded by Would be Assassin
Cairo July 12 The Egyptian premier Seid Zacloul Pasha was wounded in the right hand by a revolver shot at a railroad station as he prepared to depart for Alexandria. The assailant, a young man, was rescued from the crowd and placed on the train while Zaglou Pasha was taken to his home.
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Cairo
Egypt
Seid Zacloul Pasha
Alexandria
Zaglou Pasha
Olympic records fall as multiple events conclude in Paris
Track reports show T Ahern’s 14.92m mark surpassed by a 15.42m jump and Winter of Australia setting 15.525m and 15.625m marks in running hop, step and jump. In swimming, 24 nations compete with the US and others favored. polo notes Argentina’s 15 2 victory over France in the final.
Mrs Bartholomew at Ottumwa and Richland Visitor
Mrs Bartholomew spent yesterday in Ottumwa while Donia Benn of Richland was a Washington visitor last evening.
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Fred Bartholomew
Ottumwa
Donia Benn
Richland
Washington
McAdoo backs Davis in Democratic ticket push
New York July 12 William G McAdoo issued a statement saying he would give John W Davis his cordial support and campaign with him He praised Daviss integrity and said the party platform would guide his backing McAdoo and Daviss friendly talk followed a theatre appearance and a brief chat at the Polk residence in Locust Valley Davis plans a Maine vacation next week and may select a national chairman by then The story notes speculation about McAdoos political plans and his role with progressive forces in the party
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Associated Press
New York
W. G. McAdoo
John W. Davis
Davis
McAdoo
Pavia
Mr. McAdoo
Slaineh
William G. McAdoo
Europe
Wil Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Rogers
Mr. Davis
Frank L. Polk
al Smith
la Follette
J. A. H. Hopkins
Committee of Forty Eight
Locust Valley
Penobscot Bay
Maine
Charles Dana Givson
W. Rt. Hearst
Polk
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