Brookhart Wins Iowa G.O.P. Nomination for Senate
Smith W. Brookhart accepted as United States senator nominee by Iowa Republicans at the state convention. He vowed to return to Washington to tell the truth about conditions in Iowa while urging farm relief and unity within the party. The platform backed farm policy, tariff protection, and stable agriculture pricing, with concerns over President Coolidge and agricultural legislation.
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Dus Moines
Coone
Smith W. Brokhart
United States
State Central Committees
Washington
Iowa
Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Great
Progressive Party
Albert B. Cummins
Republican Party of
Convention slate set after no nominations made in debate
Willis Stern of Logan was named chairman of the new central committee succeeding Burt B. Burnquist of Fort Dodge. Martha McClure of Mount Pleasant was again chosen vice chairman and Alfred C. Mueller of Davenport treasurer. E. R. Hicklin of Wapello will serve as secretary temporarily. Seven new members were selected. the committee is seen as more favorable to Col. Brookhart. Resolutions were not agreed, and the closed session was tense.
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Willis Stern
Logan
Central Committee
Burt B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
Martha McClure
Mount Pleasant
Alfred C. Mueller
Davenport
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
Brookhart
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Senate
Irregularities Charged in Closed Georgia Bank Case
Investigators report bank funds used for bucket shop speculation and fictitious liens to conceal diverted funds at Bankers Trust Company. Solicitor John A. Berkin announces bankruptcy actions and vows vigorous prosecution. Fulton county grand jury probes bankruptcy and related irregularities.
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Atlantic
Bankers Trust Company
John A. Berkir
Te Bankers Trust Company
Irvia
Florida
Ths
Bankers Trust
Ifs
Ber Kin Salad
Atlanta
Fulton County
French Spending Orgy Shocks Paris Shoppers
Paris reports the Herriot cabinet’s collapse and Poincare new government formation restore currency confidence. French households rush to stock domestic goods while bargain hungry shoppers, including a servant girl who spent 4,000 francs, flood stores with cheap lingerie and fine foods as tourists flock to Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
Herriot
Poincare
Heat wave breaks across states with scattered showers
The Associated Press reports a heat surge easing in the Midwest and Northeast as storms move through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and along the Mississippi. NYC temps hit 91, while rainfall totals varying across Iowa Nebraska Illinois and Wisconsin bring drought relief for crops.
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Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Miami
New Orleans
Chicago
Palestine
Texas
Grand Rapids
Milwaukee
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Great Lakes
Finois
Peoria
Davenport
Keokuk
Madison
Wis
Valentine
Neb
Concordia
Kansas
Kansas City
Dubuque
Plains States
Mid-West
Muscatine, Jr
J. J. Wilson
Port Dodgh
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Dow City
Denison
Crawford County
Winona
Minn
Mississippi
Capitol
St. Louis
Wabasha
Here
Weather Forces Delays in Washington Country Club Golf
Extreme heat stalls several handicap tournament matches at the Washington country club. First and second flight games have continued but the third flight is idle, and the finish will be postponed by several days as players stay home to cope with the heat.
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Washington
New London Girl Electrocuted at Home Tragedy
Marion Woodside sixteen daughter of Job Woodside a New London resident and Henry county telephone worker was electrocuted while trying to connect an electric ar to a socket at her home. The accident occurred about 8 30 this morning her mother heard her cries and found her unconscious. Despite rushing a palmoter from Mt Pleasant resuscitation failed.
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Burlington
Marion Woodside
Job
Woodside
Sun staff Fire Eye to Frigate Scene in Heat Wave
In Lowell Massachusetts on July 22 Sun staff members stepped to the roof of their ten story building and fired an eye to a frigate perched on the brick top as the thermometer showed 111 degrees.
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Lowell
Mass
Sun
Guard killed as convicts escape at Texas prison
A prison guard was fatally shot during a jailbreak at the state prison farm near Houston. Six long term convicts escaped and fled in two automobiles, which drove up to the facility and fired on the guard before transporting the inmates away. Police issued alerts for the two cars involved.
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Houston
Texas
Here
Convicts Plotted Wide Prison Fraud in Leavenworth
Warden reports a conspiracy by federal prisoners to defraud the government of up to 150000 by forging invoices and misusing long distance tolls. Jesse L Greer and George F Ames used fake firms and forged names to cash checks via Denver banks. Evidence included cancelled checks hidden in a theatre bench and a wooden box, with a large volume of invoices and confusion from a recent administration change.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kas
W. Jiddie
Jesse L. Greer
Colorado
St. Louis
Tel
Secret Service
Greer
Denver
George SF. Ames
Biddle
Recount Ordered In Cook County Senate Vote
A full recount of the Cook County vote for the United States senatorial nominations in both parties was ordered by Count Judge dureki at Senator James A. Reed’s request. Recounts cover Chicago and surrounding areas including Chicago Heights Cicero and Summit as canvassing teams recheck ballots cast for McKinley Brennan and Smith.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Cook County
United States
Dureki
James A. Reed
Missouri
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Reed
Wa. B. McKinley
Coronel Frank Smith
George E. Brennan
Chicago Heights
Cicero
Summit
Everett Bailey Joins Regis College Denver Faculty
Everett Bailey son of Mr and Mrs John Bailey of Washington will join Regis College Denver as head of a new department of commerce and finances when the school reopens next fall. He studied business methods and administration at the universities of Arizona Southern California and Colorado and has practical business experience in Pitts.
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Register
Denver
Everett
Bailey
John Bailey
Washington
Regis College
Everette
Arizona
Southern California
Colorado
Uelasalee
Patts
Ainsworth Home Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
Milly 22 owner C McKiernan suffered a near total loss when his bungalow style home burned at about 3 30 this morning Neighbors awakened him and he escaped alone The estimated damage is about 10000 largely covered by insurance This marked his third blaze in five years with earlier incidents causing damage but not as severe The exact cause could not be determined and the house was one of the town's best modern structures.
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Ainsworth Milly
C. McKiernan
McKiernan
Omaha
Ainsworth
Funeral for Mrs. Sue Lytle Held in Washington
Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Lytle of Washington, who died in Keota, will be at Jones & McElhinney funeral home Friday at 3 p.m. Rev. W. G. Thorne to officiate. burial in Elim Grove cemetery. She was born October 16, 1854, in Washington County and married William G. Lytle in 1874. Survived by daughter Mrs. C. L. Shenefelt, Seymour. grandson Carllayde Shanafelt. sister Mrs. Martha Gray, Washington. and nieces and nephews.
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Sue Lytle
Washington
Keota
Jones & McElhinney
W. G. Thorne
Elim Grove
Washington County
John Lease
Harriett Ann Stewart Lease
Lease
Hampshire County
Virginia
Burston
Eureka
Tey
Maria Elizabeth
James Glover
Martha Ann
James H. Gray
Ervin Ro
Ann Eliza
John W. Stratton
Susan Harriet
William G. Lytle
Jeremiah Stewart
Scotland
Winchester
Henry Francis Lease
Woodlawn
Lytle
Pean
Town
Vernie A
Clarence L. Shanatelt
Vinton
C. L. Shenefelt
Seymour, Flows
Carllayde Shanafelt
Martha Gray
Boom Bob Healy Seeks Iowa High Court Nomination
Des Moines July 22 Political backers of Robert Healy of Fort Dodge plan to nominate him at the state judicial convention July 29 as the Republican candidate for the supreme court to succeed Justice Faville. Faville will attend the convention for nomination, while Morling, De Graft, Faville and Vermillion had been considered contenders. An active campaign for Healy has grown among delegates with no other candidates yet named. The piece closes with a note on medieval free knights and their service to lords.
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Des Moines
Robert Healy
Fort Dodge
Supreme Court
Faville
Healy
Morling
de Graft
Vermillion
Hospital 9 In Need Of More Room
Washington county hospital faces crowding as 25 bed facility runs short with current uses for classrooms N ray and staff. Board considers an addition while new nurses train and renovations refresh rooms and maternity care seeks more space for mothers and babies.
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Hospital
Washington County Hospital
Ella Reitan
N-ray
Siria
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