Belgium and France Seek Drastic Steps to Stabilize Currencies
France and Belgium move to wartime style controls to halt franc and franc-based losses. King Albert granted six month dictatorial powers as Paris seeks emergency revenue cuts and state control of transport and telecoms. Debts and U S finance tensions fuel debate in Brussels and Paris as parliament suspends action until autumn.
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Associated Press
New York
France
Belgium
United States
Albert
Washington
Paris
Finance Committee
Senate
Governor Ferguson Unhurt After Temple Train Wreck
Temple Texas July 16 Governor Meriam Ferguson was a passenger on a Santa Fe train wrecked six miles from Temple. Engineer William Flue of Cleburne Texas was killed and a fellow passenger injured. Ferguson escaped injury and returned to Temple. Erie CC Wilson has been named general university news editor at the University of Iowa succeeding Hazel Samuelson Miller as Daily Iowan editor.
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Temple
Texas
Meriam Ferguson
Santa Fe
William Flue
Cleburn
Amin
Ferguson
Iowa City
Erie CC. Wilson
Department of Athletics
The
University of Iowa
General University
Hazel Samuelson Miller
Daily Iowan
Darwin's Vision Defect Tied to Health Debate
A fragment notes Charles Darwin's partial invalid status linked to an eye defect causing severe dizziness. The brief hints at health factors shaping his public and scientific life during his era.
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Charles ‘Darwin
Aged Man Freed of Murder Charge Attends Family Reunion
Olin Yohanek 81, oldest man ever acquitted in Wisconsin murder casеs, walked free after a four hour jury deliberation found him not guilty of killing his wife in Kennersville. He traveled to his daughter Mia Kohlbeck’s home where a family reunion awaited as relatives explained the verdict.
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Associated P'ress
Manitowoc
Wis
Olin Yohanek
Wisconsin
Mia
Joe Kohlbeck
Yohanek
Kennersville
Bar of Justice
Guffey
Iris
Baker
W. P
Dallas
Tex
Philippine Legislature Calls for Immediate Independence
At the opening session of the Philippine legislature both houses unanimously adopt a concurrent resolution urging immediate adequate and complete independence. The measure asks Carmi A. Thompson, president Coolidge's representative, to convey Filipino demand to the president. Moro senator Radji Butu votes in favor.
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Associated Press
Manila
Carmi A. Thompson
Coolidge
Radji Butu
Governor Smith Meets President Coolidge at White Pine Camp
Governor Al Smith and Mrs. Smith dine with President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge at White Pine Camp in the Adirondacks. Smith sends Coolidge a fishing license and the president gifts trout caught nearby. Coolidge and Smith observe a young doe during a twilight drive.
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Paul
Adirondacks
Farmer offers 300 reward for capture of long-running thefts
Vinton Elmer Flickinger, a farmer near here, will pay a 300 reward for the arrest and conviction of burglars who have periodically raided his farm over the last twelve years. He cites losses of more than 100 hogs a calf a two year old steer a pet lamb and many chickens and says he has borne the losses with patience but is now peev ed.
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Vinton
Elmer Flickinger
Flickinger
Shenandoah Township Earns State Farm Bureau Honor
Shenandoah of 1 600 townships in Town Fisher township Fremont county is the only one compliant with all state farm bureau federation requirements. The township farm area will receive an honor certificate for merit in farm projects. William Yates presides. Ray KL Jribben state secretary is expected to attend the presentation and confer the award.
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Shenandoah
Fisher Township
Fremont County
State Farm, Bureau Federation
Township Farm Areau
William Yates
Ray Kl. Jribben
Publisher slain in Canton after anti-gambling drive
Don R. Mellett publisher of the Canton Daily News was shot dead in his garage as he unloaded his car. Neighbors saw a suspicious auto with Pennsylvania plates near his home. Mellett had recently faced threats and had urged action against gambling. authorities offered a $1,000 reward for the killers.
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Associatedress
Canton
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
James M. Cox
Mellett
Garrage
Tennsylvania
Melett
T. C. McQuat
Meflett
Hubert Pontus
Meffett
Canton News
S. A. Lengel
Lengel
S. M. Swartz
Civil Service Commission
Dismantling Begins at Old City Hall for Bank Construction
Dust rises as workers start remodeling the former city hall east of the court house into a modern bank building for Washington Loan and Trust. Partitions are removed and windows cut, with north end excavation for a new heating plant. In politics A Haynes withdraws from the 138th district race leaving J M Bixler the incumbent Republican.
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Ito
Bankine
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Bank
Des Moines
A. Haynes
Corning
Adams County
Walter C. Ram‘ay
John M. Bixler
Douglas Township
Bixler
Flood Claims Forty Lives in Petch Town
Paris on July 16 report from Belgrade via Leo Matin says the Districa river overflowed sweeping away houses and claiming forty lives.
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Paris
Leo Matin
Belgrade
Petch
Districa
Chicago election officials indicted by grand jury
Forty four election judges and clerks from Cook County facing indictments by a special grand jury. They served in the April primaries and include five women. Charged with conspiracy and making a false canvas, many from the twentieth ward, a focal point of April voting irregularities in Chicago and Cook County elections.
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Chicago
Associated Real
Cooge County
Twentieth Ward
Cook County
Director of Atlanta Bankrupt Bank A Death By Own Action
J R Smith president of the Atlanta real estate board and a director of Bankers Trust Company died of suicide at his Morning Side home. A servant heard a shot and found the locked room. the door was forced open. His daughter Julia Livsey was among the first to reach the body.
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Associated Trees
Atlanta
J. R. Smith
Atlanta Real Estate Board
Bankers’ Trust Company
Federal District Court
Himsel
Morningside
Cedar Rapids buyer purchases local clothing stock
Cedar Rapids merchant Which M. Hl. Danner closes a deal to buy the balance of the Klein clothing stock on the east side of the square. Danner plans to move the stock to Cedar Rapids to fill vacancies in his sales, ending the east side auction. In Elliston Montana, the entire business district, about 250 people, was destroyed by a restaurant fire early today.
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M. Hl. Danner
Cedar Rapids
Danner
Klein Company
Mr. Danner
East Side
Helena
Mont
Elliston
Here
Memphis enlistee jailed eight years for desertion from French Foreign Legion
Bennett J. Doty of Memphis Tennessee was condemned by a Damascus court martial to eight years hard labor for desertion from the French Foreign Legion. The court found abandonment of post before armed rebels but considered extenuating circumstances. Doty, 25, served in World War I with Battery K 115th field artillery 30th division. The United States intervened through Ambassador Herrick to delay any sentence as France reviewed the case.
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New York
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Germany
Associated Press
Beirut
Syria
Bennett J. Dotty
Memphis
Tenn
Damascus
French Foreign Legion
Gilbert Clare
Gallifer
Doty
Lemuel T. Doty
115Th Field Artillery
Herrick
Painleve
Briand
War Ministry
Senator Steck Is Sued By Attorney
A district court suit in Ottumwa Iowa seeks $5 000 judgment for balance of services rendered by J M Parsons Des Moines attorney who had represented Senator Daniel F Steck in a recount case Parsons claims he was paid 5 000 and seeks 5 000 plus interest costs Steck confirms payment and cites disagreement over a reasonable fee without detailing a formal agreement.
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The
Associated Press
Ottumwa
Daniel F. Steck
J. M. Parsons
Des Moines
Elections Committee
Washington, D. C
Parsons
Steek
Steck
Chicagoan Drowns in River at Fort Madison
Chicago salesman J. Binswanger, 65, of Tach Brothers paint company, drowned in the Mississippi River at Fort Madison when an overhanging crane part toppled him into the water. Divers recovered the body about 45 minutes later after using drag hooks. He had visited the bridge to see Engineer Van Ness.
Remley seeks injunction over Iowa Memorial Union funds
Milton Remley former Iowa attorney general files petition in Iowa City seeking 150000 dollars and a permanent injunction to halt state expenditures on the Iowa Memorial Union contending the memorial is a private corporation and challenging land condemnation by the state executive council. He also demands a full accounting of all costs related to the building.
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Associated Prose
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Milton Remley
The
Memorial Union
State Executive Council
Governors Convene in CUBYENNT On State Finances And Rights
Eastern Maine's Ralph O. Brewster Western Oregon's Walter N. Pierce Southern Mississippi's Harry L. Whitfield will debate state rights at the annual governors conference in Cubyennet from July 26 to 28. Minnesota's Theodore Christensen and Pennsylvania's Grifford Pinchot planned talks on state finances while Hawaii's W R Farrington discusses territorial financial administration.
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Cubyennt
Wyo
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Walter N. Pierce
Oregon
Harry L. Whitfield
Mississippi
Theodore Christensen
Minnesota
Grifford Pinechot
Pennsylvania
W. R. Farrington
Hawaii
Walter Hunts Best Card In Fairfield Washington Golf Meet
Walter Hunt of Fairfield posted the lowest score with 41 over nine holes on the Washington course, leading a friendly club gathering across Fairfield and Washington. Homer Murray, formerly of Washington and now of Fairfield, shot 44 and 46 as other top players. About 150 visitors attended, with a large Fairfield turnout, and a dinner dance followed a day of social golf. The hosts praised the dinner service and extended hospitality, while planning a return visit from Washington members later in the summer. The organizing committee included Ernest Lemmon and Thomp Brookhart among others.
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Walter Hunt
Fairfield
Washington Country Club
Washington
Homer Murray
Society
Washington Club
Paul Junkin
Faarfield Country Club
Mr. Junkin
Ernest Lemmon
Thomp. Brookhart
Louis Jones
Frank Carter
Will Harwood
Glenn Barelay
Washington Telephone sold to Continental, retaining local name
After weeks of negotiations, the Washington Telephone company transfers to the Continental Telephone company, an independent outfit with offices in St. Paul and Lincoln. The Washington plant will keep its name and be led by F. G. Moore as president and manager, with renewed service improvements planned for Washington.
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Washington Telephone Company
Continental Telephone Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
Lincoln
Nebraska
Yeserday
Washington
United States
Moore
J. Wilson
Frank L. Wilson
J. H. Agee
Woods
George K. Gann
C. B. Randall
F. G. Moore
The
Boy Drowns In Tank Near Conesville Home
Lawrence Bell age 3 drowned in a water tank at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Bell near Conesville in Muscatine County yesterday. The child reportedly climbed the tank edge and toppled in.
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Associated Press
Muscatine, In
Lawrence Bell
Charles Bell
Conesville
Prince Victor Napoleon Died After Years Collecting Napoleon Forms
Prince Victor Napoleon, claimant to the French throne, has died. He spent years gathering various forms and representations of Napoleon Bonaparte, preserving a unique cache of relics tied to the famed emperor.
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Prince Victor Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Education Exodus Shrinks British Schools to Jokor Market
About 600000 children exit British elementary schools yearly to enter the Jokor market. Roughly 65000 of them reside in London.
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London
Architects Complete Plans for Dormitory at Morningside College
Buettler and Arnold of Sioux City have finalized designs for a women’s dormitory costing 250000 dollars to be built this year by Morningside College.
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Buettler & Arnold
Sioux City
Morningside College
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