French Reply To Britain On Reparations
Paris reports France will deliver its answer to Britain in London tomorrow or Sunday. The note accepts some British points and seeks clarity on others while reaffirming that passive resistance must end before talks with Germany. It also maintains occupation of the Ruhr until reparations are assured and evacuation only after payment.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
London
Germany
Ruhr
Pershing to Attend Des Moines Army Camp Review
General John J. Pershing Major General George B Duncan and governors Bryan Kendall and others will attend Fort Des Moines Military Training Camp events. Governors Day is set for August 17 with reviews by Pershing and Duncan on August 23.
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T’ress
Des Moines
John J. Pershing
George B. Duncan
Seventh Army Corps Area
C. W. Bryan
Nebraska
Oe A. O. Preus
Minnesota
N. E. Kendall
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Pershing
Duncan
Death sentence commuted for German saboteur in Mainz case
A German engineer Paul Georg of Ludwigshafen, condemned for sabotage by a court martial at Mainz on June 13, has his death sentence commuted to imprisonment or life at hard labor by President Millyrand. The action was announced at Dassel RF.
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Associated Press
Dassel
Germany
Paul Georg
Baden Angline Co
Ludwigshafen
Hard Lance
Millyrand
Mayence
Duke Slater Debuts in Davenport Bout
Fred Duke Slater former Iowa football star fought two rounds before being knocked out by Battling Walker in Davenport. Slater, a prominent heavyweight, made his boxing debut in a sparsely attended card.
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Duke Slater
Associated Press
Davenport
Fred
Duke’) Slater
University of Iowa
Battling Waker
Traffic Violations Dominate June Arrests in Des Moines
Des Moines police report shows 522 arrests for traffic violations in June due to speed and carelessness. Offense files total $3,000 in fines. The liquor squad ran 138 raids resulting in 39 arrests and 501 gallons of whisky seized. Forty four cars stolen and 40 recovered.
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Des Moines
Hiquor Squad
Brookhart Visits Governor for Agriculture Talks
Senator Smith W. Brookhart met Governor Kendall and state officials at the Iowa state house this morning. Brookhart said the visit was personal and offered no public statements while the governor reportedly agreed to consider several agricultural issues raised by the senator.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
Kendall
State House
Brookhart
Iowa
German marks sell for ninety cents a million in New York
German marks in the New York foreign exchange market sold today for ninety cents a million, the lowest price ever. Before the war one million marks would have cost $238,000.
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German Marks 'S
New York
Associated Press
Iowans Prepare Transport for G A R National Encampment
Des Moines officials finalize travel plans for Iowa G A R members to Milwaukee for the September encampment. A special train will depart Des Moines Saturday evening arriving in Milwaukee the next morning. Drum Major Gale Reeves will lead nine Iowa National Drum Corps musicians accompanying the veterans.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Milwaukee
W. V. Wilcox
Transportation Committee
Gale Reeves
National Drum Corps Association
Elsie Ferguson Granted Divorce in Paris
American actress Elsie Ferguson was granted a divorce from Thomas Benedict Clarke in Paris on July 27. They wed in New York in June 1916. The grounds cited were extreme indifference desertion and failure to provide.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Elsie Ferguson
Thomas Benedict Clarke
New York
Aged Man Commits Suicide in Soo City
Arron Foster aged 61 a wanderer died after swallowing poison in Soo City. He married Mary Merwin a 62 year old boarding house keeper three weeks ago. The couple were found together as Foster died in his bride's arms.
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Associated Press
Srom My City
Arron Foster
Mary Merwin
Admission to Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines
Iowa, Nebraska and northern Missouri applicants will be accepted for the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines from August 1 to 30 until 1200 students are reached. R H Flaxon, civilian aide to the secretary of war for Iowa, announces the quota. Officers arriving for duty include Lieut Col L A Dewey and Major G Dillman from Fort Leavenworth, Major C S Hoffman from Fort Benning, and others from Fort Snelling Fort Riley Omaha Davenport.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Citizens
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Fort Des Moines
R. H Flaxon
Fort Leavenworth
L. A.“Dewey
G. Dillman
Cavalry
Fort Benning
G. W. Harris
Davenport
Cooperative cattle sale to bypass commissions
Atlantic July 27. The North Park cooperative of Colorado will auction 4,500 head of feeder cattle direct to Iowa buyers on September 26. The sale aims to eliminate stockyard commissions yardage and feeding charges and guarantee disease free cattle. Shipments allow carload purchases direct to farms with delivery arranged by Nelson Kraschel.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Iowa
All Stock Yard Commission
Nelson Kraschel
Harlan
North Park Co-Operative Association of
Colorado
Seattle
Farina
Krascher
Stock Yard Commission
North Park
Campaign Against Speeding Expands in Polk County
Des Moines reports a county wide campaign against careless motorists. Sheriff Park A Findley receives a $5 monthly raise to fund a motorcycle patrol on main roads amid numerous crashes and counts intoxicated drivers among the causes.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Party of Seven Robbed in Chicago
A party of seven visitors was held up in Chicago early today and robbed of money and jewelry valued at 16200 while showing the "shirts." Melvin Adams, tied to a trunk company, suffered a fractured jaw and multiple tooth loss after being struck when his horn blew involuntarily during the robbery.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
Melvin Adams
Violation of Federal Injunction Leads to Jail Time
Arthur Mun, 20 of Valley Junction, was fined 500 dollars and ordered to serve 30 days in county jail for violating a federal injunction against railroad interference during the September strike. He allegedly beat a non union worker and threw a brick at a neighbor’s home.
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Wated Press
Des Moines
Rappmen
Arthur Man
Valley Junction
Martin J. Wade
Mun
Iowa City to Host Hydraulic Tests on Concrete Culverts
Government officials designate the University of Iowa College of Engineering as the site for hydraulic tests of mono lithic concrete box culverts. The five year experiment, led by David Yarnell of the Bureau of Public Roads, will cost about 19006 dollars.
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Towa City
Engineering College
University of Iowa
David Yarnall
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Seattle Welcomes Harding Homecoming Reception
Seattle hosts a large welcoming program for President Harding and Mrs. Harding with events scheduled from noon to evening. Harding is to speak at the University of Washington auditorium on Alaska issues and meet newspapermen at the Press Club before departing for California aboard the Great Northern railway.
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University of Washington
Alaska
California
Great Northwestern Railway
Rains Benefit East Iowa Corn Crop After Cool Weather
Rains fell across eastern Iowa last night with cooler daytime temperatures aiding the corn crop. Iowa City reported about an inch, while Dubuque Davenport Keokuk Cedar Rapids and several towns reported over a quarter inch but under an inch.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Iowa City
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Charles City
Lamona
Burlington
Inwood
Purity in Dairy Products Urged at National Conference
Waterloo July 27 The national dairy council conference focused on sanitary requirements and public health education as key to dairy product purity and market growth. Miss Navin Betz and Miss Ann Lamb led talks on standardizing sanitation while literature and motion pictures aim to teach proper foods to children.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
National Dairy Council
Navin Betz
Ann Lamb
Council
Carries Mail 36 Years In Clinton Post Office
Clinton July 27 C. 8 Peterson a mail carrier in Clinton post office recently completed his thirty six year of continuous service He is the last active carrier who also carried Clinton s first mail in the early days of the service
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Associated Press
Clinton, In
Peterson
Clinton Post Office
Clinton
Harding speeches on naval power and newspaper work in Alaska
Harding discusses maintaining maintenance limits under conference restrictions and the need for a joint approach to reduction or abolition. He praises Alaska editors for producing daily issues in small towns and notes the limited reach of big world news versus local human interest stories.
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Laudi Alaska Press
Harding
Alaska
Navy transport Henderson collides with destroyer in dense fog
In heavy fog off Puget Sound the navy transport Henderson carrying President Harding and party collided with destroyer Zeilin. Zeilin towed by destroyer Nicholaus with a damaged stern. No casualties reported. Henderson continued to Seattle as part of the fleet welcome.
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Associated Press
Henderson
Harding
Alaska
Zeilin
Nicholaus
Henderson Puget Sound
Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Henderson Bridge
Port Townsend
Pacific Fleet
Burlington Farmer Killed by Gun He Carried
Burlington AP reports Jerred Miller 35 a well to do farmer died near Burlington at Prairie Grove when the shotgun he carried discharged. He slipped on chaff in the barn yard while attempting to shoot a hawk. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon and Miller was killed instantly.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Jerred
Miller
Prairie Grove
Car becomes stranded in tree after highway crash
Ila Olwein reports five men and an automobile trapped in the branches of a tall tree thirty feet above the ground after Ti Reneke lost control of his machine on a highway bridge. A derrick was needed to remove the car from the tree after the crash near here.
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Associated Press
Olwein
Ila
Ti Reneke
Here
Son finds father may recover farm in Minnesota
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 27 Abraham Skoff and his son Jacob plan to return to northern Minnesota after repairs here yesterday with hopes of regaining their small farm lost through fraud years ago. The reunion ends a search started by the father after World War II.
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Associated Press
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Abraham Skoff
Jacob
Minnesota
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