Inter Allied Reparations Meet Opens in London
The inter allied conference convened at the foreign office to discuss the Dawes plan for German reparations. Prime Minister MacDonald and Premier Herriot welcomed delegates as Ambassador Kellogg and Colonel Logan attended as American observers in a cooperative effort to stabilize Europe.
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Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
Kellogg
James A. Logan, Jr
MacDonald
Kellee
James A. Logan Jr
United States
Europe
Kelloge
Dawes Committee
Dawes
Paris
La Follette Declines Formal Notification of Endorsement
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin has learned he is the endorsed independent candidate for president by the Cleveland convention of the Progressive Political Action group. He says formal notification would be wasteful and his supporters plan no ceremony.
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Associated Press
Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Device promises private radio transmission with curved rays
John Hays Hammond Jr reports a method to eliminate listening and interference in radio by sending curved dented rays, enabling full-page transmissions across the Atlantic. He plans Vatican observatory experiments and spoke of Pope Pius XII interest in radio for astronomy.
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New York
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Italy
Hammond
Atlantic Ocean
Vatican Observatory
Olympic Swim Meet Sees Larger Crowd in Mild Weather
July 16 Frances LeTourelles reports a fourth day of Olympic swimming with milder weather and crowds of about ten thousand. In the 200 metres breaststroke, women's third heat, Miss Carson of Great Britain won, Miss Topel of Sweden was second, and Miss Matilda Suri ch, New York, finished third and was eliminated.
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Les Tourelles
Frances
Carson
Topel
Sweden
Matilda Shurich
Women’s Swimming Club
New York
Pessimistic Canadian Wheat Report Sparks Market Rally
The Associated Press reports pessimistic assessments that half of the Canadian wheat crop is beyond recovery. Chicago trading closed with prices up as much as five and three eighths cents, with September delivery at about 1.26 to 1.27 dollars a bushel, a season high. The final spike occurred in the last fifteen minutes of trading.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Not Man Wanted in Cedar Rapids Murder Case
A telephone message from West Liberty says the arrestee in West Union, linked to the murder of Orton Ferguson at West Liberty last Saturday, bears little resemblance to Gabe Simmons.
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Cedar Rapids
West Union
Gabe Simmons
Orton Ferguson
West Liberty
Simmons
California Safe For G O P Prediction By Benjamin
Raymond Benjamin of San Francisco republican leader and former state chairman predicted California would be safely republican this year like 1920 when Harding carried the state by 400000. He said he could not speak for Senator Johnson but his leaders have enlisted in support of the republican ticket after a conference with President Coolidge.
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Washington
California
Harding
Raymond Benjamin
San Francisco
Johnson
Benjamin
Coolidge
Representative Ware
Pennsylvania
Brandegee
Connecticut
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
Representative McLaughlin
Nebraska
Corn Crop Outlook Shows Market Fit Yet Shortage Looms
The weekly weather and crop report notes favorable recent weather for corn but warns at least one third of Iowa acreage may fail to reach marketable maturity. Haying and harvesting progress rapidly. cool weather boosted yields. Winter wheat yields and quality good. Berry crop strong. Northwest Iowa counties still seek rain.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Northwest
Vermont Democrats Name a Full Ticket
Burlington July 16 Park H Pollard of Proctersville cousin of President Coolidge presided at the democratic state convention here yesterday The convention put a full state ticket in the field
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Associated Press
Burlington, Vt
Park H. Pollard
Proctersville
President Coolidge
Polish writer shot by fiancée after plea for death
Paris July 1 lowly dying from a neuralble malady Jan Soz nowski a Polish writer begged friends and attendants at the Ville juif clinic to end his suffering. His fiancee Mlle Stanislawa Unicuska visited him and in a moment of overwhelming distress shot him in the head. He is not expected to recover. Unicuska collapsed and was left in the care of a sanitarium where she had been a constant visitor to his sick room. Soznowski, 35, came from Warsaw for medical advice. French surgeons operated twice but failed to relieve his pain.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jan Soznowski
Esse
Villejuif
Mlle
Stanislawa Unicuska
Mile Unicuska
Soxnowski
Warsaw
Federal Farm Loan Board Lowers Rate
The Federal Farm Loan board reduced direct loan interest to cooperative marketing associations from 12 to 5 percent. Intermediate credit banks loaned over 55 million dollars to about 200 000 farmers last year, with the lower rate seen as permanent and savings for loan contractors and small bank profits.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board Today
Cooper
Police hunt slayer of eight year old Francie McDonald
Police on Staten Island continue the search for the killer of eight year old Francie McDonald son of a policeman whose mutilated body was found in a brush and leaves grave near his home. His throat was strangled by suspenders knotted tightly and most clothing torn and scattered.
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Associated Prean
New York
Staten Island
Francie McDonald
Linn County Man to Be Convention Head
Cedar Rapids reports H. E. Spangler chairman of Linn County Republican Committee chosen as temporary chairman of the Republican state convention to be held in Des Moines on July 22.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
H. E. Spangler
Linn County Republican Committee
Des Moines
Virginia College Head Ill After Iowa Operation
Dr. Elmer G. Catshall president of West Virginia Wesleyan College is reported holding his own in Independence Iowa hospital after an operation for a carbuncle infection. He underwent the procedure due to infection and is progressing.
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Virginia College
Iowa
Associated Press
Independence
Elmer G. Catshall
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Youthful Boxer Triumphs Despite Thumb Injury
Paris July 16 The 16 year old Jack Fields of Los Angeles High School won a points decision over Hansen of Norway after an injury to his thumb in yesterday's bout with Doyle of Ireland. Fields dominated the first two rounds.
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Paris
Doyle
Ireland
Jack Field
Los Angeles
Hansen
Norway
Fields
Jewelers Robbed Twice In Same Way In Cedar Rapids
A 3 A M break in at Boyson jewelry in the Higly building left watches and jewelry valued at $1,000 stolen. Police seek a small man seen loitering an hour earlier. This marks a second year running robbery of the same firm in the same method.
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The
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Missing Cashier Shot by Friend in Wyoming
Clyde N. Fisher, cashier for Gunne Quealy Coal, disappeared with the payroll of more than $6,000. He was fatally shot by J. Walker, mine foreman and Fisher's friend, while heading toward a mountain cache for food, water and blankets. Two search planes aided the hunt but found no trace of Fisher.
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Associated Press
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Clyde N. Fisher
Gunne Quealy Coal Company
J. Walker
Fisher
Rock Island to Buy Keokuk Line in Bond Deal
Des Moines bond holders for the Keokuk line will receive about 2.79 million dollars of 4 percent readjustment bonds issued by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. The Rock Island will operate the Keokuk line and foreclosures are to proceed with a sale no later than the last of August.
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Des Moines
Keokuk
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Rock Island
Rock Island Willl
High School Addition Contract Awarded to Floyd & Co
Burlington reports M. A. Floyd & Co. of Davenport secured the general contract for the new high school addition. The conditional bid totals about $220,000 and outlines the scope and timeline for construction.
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Burlington
M. A. Floyd & Co
Davenport
President Plans to Spend Summer in Capital City
President Coolidge will remain in Washington for the summer unless developments force change. He favors weekend Mayflower trips for rest and plans no travel before August 14 when he is formally notified as the Republican nominee. He will start drafting his acceptance speech in the afternoons.
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Capital City
The
Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
American airmen arrive Croydon after Paris leg of world flight
The American Army airmen landed at Croydon Airport after a three hour and three minute crossing from Paris. Lieutenant Lowell H Smith led the flight with the Chicago as flagship, greeted by crowds and Mrs Stuart MacLaren. A British world flyer Stuart MacLaren was reported six hours overdue near Paramashiru Island as a Japanese destroyer patrolled the area.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Stuart MacLaren
Paramashiru Island
Kuriles
Paramashiro
Croydon
England
le Bourget
Paris
Lowell H Smith
Far
Smith
Robert M. Thompson
Corydon
Riots Kill Six in Delhi Hindu-Muslim Clash
Six people died and over one hundred were wounded in a Delhi street riot between Mohammedans and Hindus. Authorities blamed aggressive Muslim groups who carried cows for sacrifice in prohibited Hindu areas, leading to- house fires and desecration of idols.
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Delhi
Associated Press
British India
Murder Suspect Gabe Simmons Sought in Tri Cities Area
Davenport reports indicate Gabe Simmons believed to have murdered Orton Ferguson near West Liberty is in the Tri Cities vicinity. Police monitor Rose Steckle’s home as tips place him in Rock Island Davenport and near Moline with possible road camp detours. Authorities say he may be identified in Des Moines circulars and expect capture within 24 hours.
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Davenport
Gabe Simmons
Orton Ferguson
West Liberty
Tri-Cities
Rose Steckle
Simmons
Rock Island
Moline
Tri- Cities
Ferguson
Heotch
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