Maughan Starts Again For Dawn To Dusk Transcon
Lieutenant Russel L. Maughan restarts his coast to coast attempt in a Curtiss fighter, flying from New York to San Francisco. He lands at St Joseph Missouri after 570 miles from Mitchell Field and aims for Cheyenne and Cheyenne finally to San Francisco.
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Ssociated Press
ST. Joseph
RR. Maughan
Rose Cranefield
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Leiutenant Maughan
Chillicothe
Cameron Jet
St. Joe
Maughan
Dayton
Here
Avenue City
Crissy Field
Pennsylvania
New York
McCook Field
Russel L. Maughan
McCookfield
San Francisco
Mitchell Field
Ohio
Gouraud Addresses Des Moines Crowd in French Plea for France
General Henri Gouraud known as Lion of the Argonne spoke from the Iowa state house steps as Governor Kendall introduced him. The Rainbow division guests heard a French address translated for the large audience urging continued friendship between France and the United States.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Champaign
France
United States
Henri Gouraud
Lion of the
Man Found Dead in Corn Field South of Cedar Rapids
The decomposed body of an unidentified man was found at the edge of a corn field near Cedar Rapids. A revolver with two shells was located nearby. Coroners favor suicide, but police consider possible murder. Police suspect the victim may be Rudolph Steiner, missing for weeks, with a note saying Life is not worth living.
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Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Steiner
Steiners
Steiner
Teachers View Bobbed Hair as Hiring Divider
In Cedar Falls Iowa July 18 teachers face bias over bobbed hair. Supervisors reportedly reject applicants with bobbed styles even when credentials are strong. Some interviewees disguise hair with nets, but revelations show appearance influencing job prospects in education.
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Cedar Falls
Teachers College Bureau of Recommendations
Device for Cutting Twine Worn On Worker’s Hand
A novel hand worn tool designed to cut binding twine on grain bundles. It features a leather sheath with an attached copper support holding a detachable tempered steel blade with a jagged edge to slice twine with minimal effort.
Final quota of the bonus money is paid in Des Moines
The final installment from the $22 million bonus bond issue has been turned over to the state treasurer and awaits warrants from the state bonus board. Many claims are held up for instructions, especially where residence at service entry is in doubt. Warrants are prepared and mailed to about 800 veterans daily, with three months expected to complete payments.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Bonus Board
W. J. Burbank
Haynes
Bonus Board
16 year old Alice McGuire dies in Iowa City auto crash
Alice McGuire aged 16 died in a local hospital after sustaining a fractured skull in an automobile accident near Iowa City. The injuries occurred the night before the death this morning.
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Associated Press
Iowa City, Jr
Alice McGuire
Here
Young man seeks status through smoking and fails to mature
A brief observation notes that a youth who relies on cigarettes to feel superior rarely becomes a respected adult. It highlights the hollow nature of cigarette fueled bravado and the absence of lasting manhood.
States Ready to Fight Pittsburg Plus Steel Costs
Attorney General Ben J. Gibson and John Fletcher will join the midwest governors and AGs in Chicago to oppose the Pittsburg Plus trade practice in steel. Minnesota Iowa Illinois Wisconsin fund $10 000 $10 000 $25 000 $10 000 for the fight. Michigan Indiana South Dakota Nebraska Missouri and Colorado invited to send reps. The practice sells rolled steel f o b Pittsburg regardless of shipment origin and costs the Midwest millions. Gibson cites FT C data and says losses may reach about 75 million and Iowa 4 million.
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Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Colorado
Pittsburg
Penn
Middle West
Middle Western
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
Universal Portland Cement Company
Gibson
Federal Trade Commission
Middlewest
Loa
Congress
Henry Ford Could Beat Harding Says Senator Brookhart
United States Senator Brookhart of Iowa predicted that a third party would enter the presidential race following Magnus Johnson’s election and said Henry Ford could beat President Harding. He spoke after addressing the cooperative league of America about expanding cooperative movements in England and urged a cooperative banking system. In Des Moines a month later, entries were urged for the state tennis tournament at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club the week of August 12.
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Associated
New York
Harding
Underwood
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Brookhart
Henry Ford
Co-Operative League of America
England
League
Des Moines
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
Vernon D. Blank
Pittsburgh Plus drives up costs for hardware buyers
The piece notes that state governments in the middle west cannot enforce findings but fill the gap left by Congress. It argues the practice affects every buyer of ten penny nails and wire fencing, making hardware merchants involuntary agents by selling steel merchandise with the Pittsburgh Plus added, shifting costs to the people.
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Mission
Congress
Pittsburgh
Experts say corn price to rise says 1923 outlook
Des Moines July 17 A committee chaired by Secretary Wallace reports the heavy 1922 hog crop wiped out corn surpluses and a corn shortage may develop by summer 1924. European demand and domestic limits curb consumption while hog production stays high. The group urges wheat acreage reduction and lists Iowa members on the committee.
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Des Moines
Wallace
Washington
Europe
United States
H. A. Wallace
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
Re-elect Dr. Grant President of State Health Commission
Dr. Charles B. Grant of Iowa City was re elected president of the state board of health at a Des Moines meeting. Rodney P. Fagen was named secretary, and the board discussed a new stream pollution law and planned to investigate Belmond residents complaints about Iowa River pollution.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles 8. Grant
Iowa City
State Board of Health
Rodney P. Fagen
Belmond
Lowa
Federal Reserve System Changes Outlined by Board
Washington reports by the Federal Reserve Board outline several regulation changes within the Federal Reserve system. The notices reflect effects from the agriculture credit law and court decisions over the past two years shaping monetary policy and banking operations.
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Federal Reserve Banking
Associated Press
Washington, PD
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Henderson Sails for South with Harding Party
Seward Alaska July 19 The naval transport Henderson carrying President Harding Mrs Harding and their party is to depart at dawn from Resurrection Bay via the Harding gateway for the first time in two weeks heading southward.
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Associated Press
Seward
Alaska
Henderson
Harding
Resurrection Bay
Admiral Sigsbee Dies in New York at 87
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee U S Navy retired longtime hero of the Spanish American War and Maine disaster died suddenly from heart disease at his New York home. He captained the ill fated battleship Maine when it exploded in Havana harbor February 15, 1898.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles D. Sigsbee
U. S. Navy
Maine
Havana Harbor
Ask New Rates on Grain From Iowa Points to Texas
The Des Moines trade association urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to revise grain freight rates from Des Moines territory to Texas points. It argued the rates are unfair compared with rates to the same Texas territory from St. Louis, Kansas City and other western grain shipping points.
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Iowa
Texas
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Misspotted Definition Sparks Odd Tire Note
A cryptic, fragmented note from Missouri describes a puncture as a small hole in tires found far from phones or garages, mentioning Luringtog Junction and a distant locale. The fragment references tires and distance but lacks coherent details or a clear event.
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Luringtog Junction Fost
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