Frozen Arctic yields up airship Italia explorers
The Arctic rescue reports nine men saved from the ice as the Krassin and Swedish and Finnish planes search for Italia crew. Captains Bora and Stefe Van Dongen were plucked from a dog sled team by Uppland and Captain Sarko, as Ludvig Varming remains unconfirmed.
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United Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Bora
Chasseurs
Northeastland
Stefe van Dongen
Uppland
Sarko
Ludig Varming
Sora
Adalberto Mariano
Filippo Zappi
Alfredo Viglieri
F. Behounek
Natale Ceccioni
Giuseppe Biagi
Felice Troiani
Seif van Dongen
Anti-Saloon League Targets Governor Smith in National Drive
The league mobilizes 48 state leagues to defeat Governor Smith with local campaigns and a few national speakers. F. Scott McBride urges Smith to back repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment while endorsing Hoover. Tammany influence is cited as central to the New York race.
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Washington
Jpy
Anti-saloon League
Smith
F. Scott McBride
Middle West
League
Westerville
Hoover Herbert Hoover
McBride
Hoover
Houston
John J. Raskoh
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Aginst Alcoholism and Anti-Saloon League
Tammany
Democratic Party
New York
Forest Fire Destroys 800 Cabins in Fraser Mountain Park
A forest fire likely sparked by a camper stove swept through the Fraser mountain park district about 80 miles north of Los Angeles. The blaze consumed as many as 800 cabins, with refugees arriving at Lebec lodge for safety.
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Los Angeles
Sierras
Fraser Mountain Park District
Lebec Lodge
Kreider Returns From Lake Geneva YMCA Camp
Harry Kreider came back last night from Lake Geneva where he spent three weeks at the Y M C A camp attending summer school and recreation activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kreider
Lake Geneva
Y. M
Hoover Winds Up Affairs as Secretary of Commerce Today
Hoover winds up his duties as secretary of commerce and prepares to launch his presidential bid. He will meet President Coolidge at the summer White House in Wisconsin, then travel by train to Chicago and Superior, Wis. to rally support and discuss campaign strategy with James W. Good and Walter Newton.
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Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Bert Hoover
Tmental
Coolidge
White House
Wisconsin
Chicago
Evanston
Charles G. Dawes
James W .Good
Walter Newton
Minnesota
Superior
Wis
Brule
St Charles
Ill
Fox River Valley
Lester J. Norris
R. A. Angell
Norris
Jamie W. Good
Good
Newton
Walter H. Newton
James W. Good
Service
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
American Legion
John G. Oglesby
Ilinois
Party Lines Break in Presidential Battle as Personalities Rise
Washington July 14 Presidental observers say party lines will be badly broken with campaigns focusing on candidate personalities and issue contrasts. The wet dry divide may swing Democrats toward Hoover and Republicans toward Smith as big business and small business votes shift with Raskob’s Democratic role and Smith’s cross-aisle appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
John J. Raskob
Woodrow Wilson
Raskob
Alfred —. Smith
New York
Smith
Cone Boys Camp Opens Tuesday With Big Turnout
Camp Ho Wah Han opens July 17 at McKee's Lake two miles south and 11 1/2 miles west of Conesville. The Y M C A committee selects leaders and plans a democratic, ten day program with athletics supervised by James Davidson and Wilbur Quinn and entertainment by Dick Stewart.
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Don Welsh
Walter Wells
Bob Shannon
Marion Sandy
John Maney
Paul Maney
William Stewart
David Callett
Claire Norton
Dick Edgington
Wilton Harley
Jim Wagoner
Homer Richardson
Junior Boice
Don Benz
Thomas Duncan
Trive Jones
Max Raymond
McKee
Conesville
James Davidson
Wilbur Quinn
Dick Stewart
Ernest Simpson
Victor Mastin
Ed Squire
Washington to Jefferson County No 1 Surfacing Bids Due
The Iowa highway board announces gravel or crushed rock surfacing for primary road No 1 from Washington to the Jefferson county line via Brighton with bids due July 24 at Ames. A parallel project will surface Jefferson county No 1 toward Fairfield, linking with a north bound graded road.
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Washington
Jefferson County
Brighton
State Highway Commission
Ames
Highway Board
State Board
Washington County
Fairfield
Official
Highway Commission
Amey
Bremer
Floyd
Howard
Worth
Wreht
Jackson
Crooked Creek
Des Moines
Iowa City
Louisa County
Ainsworth
Muscatine
Davenport Officer Shot by Robbers During Fuel Office Hold Up
Bernard Geerts a 37 year old Davenport police officer was critically wounded with two bullet wounds after surprising two men robbing a fuel company office. He fired back as he fell, believing one assailant may have been hit. Geerts was hospitalized in Davenport, Iowa.
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Davenport
Ila
Bernard Geerts
Geerts
Local guests visit Mrs Mary Martin on Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Miss Smith and Miss Lucile Martin from Iowa City plan a Friday visit to the home of Mrs. Mary Martin.
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Mrs. Carey
Miss Smith
Lucile Martin
Iowa
Mary Martin
Cuba Purges Industrial School System Under Aleman Policy
Secretary of Education Aleman orders purge of Havana industrial schools as part of reform across Cuba. Government action targets closure or reorganization of facilities and staff, narrowing state oversight of industrial education.
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Havana
Cuba
iAleman
Former school nurse Ruth Annis improves after surgery
Ruth Annis, once a school nurse in Washington, had surgery for acute appendicitis at a hospital in Yellowstone Park after traveling there several weeks ago to serve as camp nurse. She is reported to be improving nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Annis
Washington
Yellowstane Park
Road garage and office contracts awarded to Grant Inman
State highway authorities awarded contracts for a hollow tile garage 85 feet by 30 feet and an adjacent 20 by 20 office building to Grant Inman of Grinnell for 4227 dollars. Similar structures were contracted at Bloomfield and Askaloosa.
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American Pearl Button Factory
Grant Inman
Grinnell
Bloomfield
Askaloosa
Firemen Rescue Effort in Sewer Tragedy
In Chicago a sewer search by a fire squad sought three men trapped after water flooded the tunnel. Charles Chiaro crawled multiple times to pull coworkers to safety before vanishing back into the depths, while twelve workers faced the peril and two were identified as Black. By 10 a.m. water levels were reduced and fire crews continued the rescue with pikes and searchlights.
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Chicago
Hail Reported Damaging Rubio Area Farms
Washington reports hail damage across Rubio, Dutch Creek and Clay townships in a heavy Thursday storm. Oats and corn suffered significant losses with several farms hit, including Charles Augustine, Frank Feltz, Andy Brinning and Redlinger. Most insured, damage could not yet be fully tallied. The affected area lies near the Skunk River.
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Washington
Rubio
Dutch Creek
Clay
Charles Augustine
Augustine
Frank Feltz
Andy Brinning
Redlinger
Skunk
Arrest Minister for Selling Booze in Des Moines
The Rev Lawry Day a free lance minister and follower of Aimee Semple McPherson was jailed on an illegal liquor charge after state agents arrested him at his meeting hall Day said he sold liquor to reach wrongdoers to convert them and to defray hall expenses
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Des Moines
Lawry Day
Aimee Semple McPherson
Municipal courts cannot grant paroles in Des Moines
Iowa judges cannot impose a sentence and then revoke or suspend it. Judge Frank S. Shankland ruled in the habeas corpus case of William Steffins. The ruling aligns with a recent Supreme Court decision holding only the parole board may act after a sentence is imposed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank S. Shankland
District Court
William Steffins
Parole Board
Bishop Fryxell Charged With Passing Bad Check
The right Reverend Axel Fryxell, claiming to be Bishop of the First Orthodox Swedish church, was held by police in Chicago on a charge of passing a worthless check. He said he cashed the check believing funds were available to cover it, claiming it was used to pay for a ring for candidates to kiss at confirmation services in New York.
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Chicago
Axel Fryxell
Fryxell
New York
Carranza, Mexican Flyer, Dies in Lightning Crash
New York pays tribute to Capt Emilio Carranza known as Mexico's great flyer. His Ryan monoplane was struck by lightning over New Jersey while en route from New York to Mexico City. The body, badly burned, was found near Mt Holly and prepared for return to Mexico.
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Campbell
Broadway
Rudolph Valentino
Vernon Castle
Emilio Carranza
New Jersey
New York
Mexico City
Carranza
United States
Mexico
John Henry Carr
Mt. Holly
Carranga
Mexican aviator Carranza mourned across the country
Mexico declares eight days of army mourning for Captain Emilio Carranza killed in a non stop flight from New York to Mexico City. President Calles and U S envoy mourn with family as funeral plans proceed. Coolidge expresses sympathy and offers U S support. Carranza’s body returns to New York amid a subdued Broadway scene.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Emilio Carranza
New York
Joaquin Amaro
Carranza
Calles
Morrow
Coolidge
Wis
United States
Tellez
Florida
Broadway
Fatherland
Mt. Holly
N. J
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Mexico Mourns Loss of Pioneer Aviator Emilio Carranza
Mexico City mourns Capt Emilio Carranza, the nation’s top aviator, who died after a night departure from New York on a non stop flight to Mexico. Among the bereaved are his mother Senora Maria Rodriguez de Carranza and his widow. President Calles and ambassador Dwight Morrow expressed deep sorrow. Col Roberto Fierro plans to continue the aviation mission with a flight to Havana.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Emilio Carranza
New York
Senora Maria Rodriguez de Carranza
Calles
Dwight Morrow
Carranza
Col
Roberto Fierro
Here
Havana
Wallace Funeral Held This Afternoon
Elizabeth Frances Wallace nine years ten months died after an appendicitis operation at University Hospital in Iowa City. The Iowa City girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben P Wallace of North Johnson Street, finished fourth grade at University Elementary. Survived by parents and two sisters Sarah and Dorothy, funeral Saturday at 2 PM at her grandfather Leigh H Wallace’s Melrose Circle home with Rev John Gray Rhind officiating. Burial at Oakland Cemetery.
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Iowa City
Eizabeth Frances Wallace
Ben P. Wallace
North
Johnson Street
University Hospital
Elizabeth Wallace
University
Sarah
Dorothy Wallace
Leigh H. Wallace
Melrose Circle
John Gray Rhind
The
Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Inhalator Squad Fails to Save Herbert Bashford
Piedmont Calif July 14 An inhalator squad spent two days and nights trying to revive Herbert Bashford author who died yesterday of pneumonia Firemen fought to save him after Bashford, born in Sioux City Iowa, contracted the illness
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Piedmont
Calif
Herbert Bashford
Bashford
Sioux City
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Clay Townships
Sebastian Carranza
Nero
Arturo Flias
Caranza
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Wallace
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