World flight attempts and cross Atlantic missions begin
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty launched from Roosevelt Field toward Harbor Grace for an around the world attempt with favorable winds aiding takeoff. Miss Ruth Nichols was hospitalized after a crash that halted her Europe crossing plans while others prepared for Denmark Japan and Budapest routes.
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Harbor Grace N. F
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Atlantic
Berlin
United Press
Ruth Nichols
New York
St. John
Europe
Holger Horms
Otto Hilliz
Harbor Grace
N. I
Denmark
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
Roosevelt
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
N. Y
Maysville
Oklo
Bound former Iowa candidate found near Garner
John M. Smith, former Iowa governor hopeful on the reform ticket, was found bound on a highway near Garner after a long investigation sparked by a life insurance claim. His reappearance follows a tangled sequence including a burned truck, an exhumed corpse, and a chase involving his wife.
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Garner
Iowa
John M. Smith
Smith
Beb
Perry
Heat Wave Hits Iowa With 95 Degree Day
The official temperature reached 95 degrees at two o clock as the first prolonged hot spell of the summer continued. Yesterday’s high was 92, matching the season's record, while forecasts suggest more heat and possible thunderstorms. Cities such as Waterloo Cedar Rapids Davenport Council Bluffs Lamoni and Burlington reported top readings of 95 to 97 degrees.
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Washington County
Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Lamoni
Burlington
Fire damages home on East Third street
Early morning fire at Clay Humston’s 1400 block East Third Street caused heavy interior damage estimated up to 1000 dollars. Neighbor Arthur Mace alerted residents, who were away at the Hui ston farm near Brighton. Chief C C Reister investigated, finding two ignition spots under a stairway and on a mattress with fire contained by the department. The home owned by Mrs Sarah Smith may have had limited insurance coverage.
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Clay Humston
East Third Street
Arthur Mace
Huiston
Brighton
C. C. Reister
Sarah Smith
Rioting at Vienna University Over Jewish Voting Right
Anti-semitic rioting erupted at Vienna University after the constitutional court voided a university rule depriving Jewish students of voting rights in university affairs. Ten Jewish students were seriously injured.
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Vienna
Austria
U.P
Vienna University
Constitutional Court
Man in Captivity Fails to Recall Details
A man bound by hands and feet cried for Edith as Perry Police reported. He said three men held him in a basement then forced him into a car and threw him out. He showed few clear details and appeared dazed, wearing gasoline-smelling overalls.
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Edith
One Killed Four Hurt in Mine Strike Riots
In Fayette and Allegheny counties two days of Western Pennsylvania bituminous strike violence left one store owner dead and four miners wounded as police and deputies dispersed a 75 strong picket line in Arnold City. Ten people were arrested as clashes with tear gas and rocks erupted near the Somera mine convoy.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pennsylvania
Arnold City
Fayette County
Wildwood
Allegheny County
Mike Philykovichy
Still Register for Scout Camp Opens Next Week
Still registering for Camp Tecumseh in Washington county as leaders, safety staff, and equipment prep come together. Henry Bailey announces Glen Fordyce as area executive, with Rey Eastwood, La Rue Thurston, Ted Brown, Jol Lowe among key aides. A cook shack, well, doctor visits, and sanitation safeguards are planned as the camp nears opening next week.
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Tecumseh
Washington County
Henry Bailey
Glen G Fordyce
Lincoln Nebraska
Rey Eastwood
Red Cross
la Rue Thurston
Iowa City
Jeader
Ted Brown
Jol Lowe
Fred Downing
A. A. Spies
Midwest gets helpful rains across drought hit regions
Chicago reports heavy rains across several midwest states with up to three inches in spots. Crop conditions improve in spring wheat belt and corn areas. pastures benefit. Storms cause accidents and several deaths from lightning and falling trees.
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Chicago
Midwest
Canadian Northwest
North Dakota
Montana
Red River Valley
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Marshal Shot by Auto Thief in Clinton Chase
In DeWitt Iowa June 23 two automobile thieves from Clinton shot Marshal Fritz Griebel 40 wounding him after he asked them to surrender Griebel fired back and the thieves fled the stalled stolen car was found near Charlotte Iowa with a blood pool indicating one bandit may be injured Griebel was in stable condition
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Dewitt
Marshall
Clinton
Fritz Griebel
Charlotte
Iowa
Griebel
Kelly Accepts Post on Michigan Paper
Joe Kelly plans to leave around July first for Ann Arbor Michigan to take a position as advertising solicitor on the Daily Tribune a morning paper in that university town He will join L C Shoaf the Tribune advertising manager formerly with the Democrat Independent in Washington where Kelly has worked in advertising and news solicitation for years
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Joe Kelly
Ann Arbor
Mich
Daily Tribune
University of Michigan
Joe
Washington Democrat Independent
L. C. Shoaf
The
Tribune
Democrat Independent
Marine supply flights under Pacific skies by Lieut Putnam
Lieut Paul Putnam daughter of Washington residents writes of wartime air service in Nicaragua. He describes transporting food from Managua to inland marine patrols by plane and delivering two dozen eggs and alligator pears without damage. He notes scouting missions and occasional bomb drops with native troops, and the challenge of landing in desolate, mountainous terrain.
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Paul Putnam
A E. Putnam
Washington
Warine Air Service
Nicaraugua
Mana- Bua
Paul
Westphal Qualifies at Central Tourney
Vic Westphal, champion of Washington country club, qualified for the opening round of the Central Iowa Golf association tournament at Oskaloosa with 84 for 18 holes, placing twentieth among 70 qualifiers under 100. Don Benz of Washington also qualified with 94. Cambridge Harvard Widener Library exhibits books from presidents private libraries.
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Vic Westphal
Washington Country Club
Oskaloosa
Don Benz
Washington
Cambridge
Mass
United States
Widener Library
Harvard University
County Scout Event Registration Details
Registration should be made with the troop scoutmaster for a county event. All towns with active troops will be represented. The cost is slight.
Camden merchants offer rewards for hawk capture
In Camden Arkansas merchants post prizes to capture hawks as a measure to deter flocks of hawks that have attacked barnyard flocks across the county.
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Camden
Ark
Will Rogers on debts and taxes in Beverly Hills
In a Beverly Hills commentary dated June 23 4Mr Hoover accuses delaying debts while Rogers jokes about canceling individual debts. He mocks Ramsey MacDonald Hindenburg and Andrew Mellon over government debt worries and notes taxes as the real burden describing old man interest as painful.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Hoover
Ramsey MacDonald
Hindenburg
Andy Mellon
Pipeline Still Has Force Here In Washington County
The Oklahoma Construction Co maintains a reduced crew of about 35 men in Washington County finishing the Texas to Chicago natural gas pipeline. At times 200 workers were housed here during construction. Headquarters will stay a week or two while the line is dressed through the county. The line is being tested across the state, now about fifty miles east of Omaha, with tests advancing roughly twenty miles every three days. A tap north of town allows future gas conveyance to Washington if a contract is made. The Harper pumping station nears completion and should operate steadily once testing reaches this area.
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Texas
Chicago
Washington County
Oklahoma Construction Company
Washington
Iowa River
Omaha
Iowa
Illinois
Iowa Avenue
Harper
Mystery Man Sought in Poisoning at Indiana Picnic
In Greenfield Indiana relatives were questioned as a hunt for a mystery man began after two girls Virginia Simmons 14 and Alice Jean 10 died and two others fell ill following poisoned chicken sandwiches at a near Lebanon family reunion picnic. A drug clerk testified he sold strychnine to a farmer two weeks earlier. John Simmons the girls’ father was in technical custody and his wife who made the sandwiches was questioned.
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Greenfield
Ind
Virginia Simmons
Alice Jean
Lebanon
Lester Carr
Horace Jackson
Sam Gappen
Gappen
John Simmons
Simmons
Hoover seeks congressional sentiment on debt plan
President Hoover orders a complete canvass of new Congress to gauge support for his war debt and reparations proposal. Officials say feedback will be collected by phone and telegraph and inform an unofficial congressional vote to back the plan amid European confidence.
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Washington
U.2
Hoover
Congress
White House
Tokio
WP E
Japan
Germany
Bank of International Selements
Basle
Pierre Laval
Foreign Office
Belgium
Italy
Camie Planehe
Chamber of Deputies
Council of Ministers
France
Young
Texas man fined for drunken driving in Iowa
Carl Christofferson of Clifton Texas working for the pipeline was arrested June 6 for driving intoxicated. He pleaded guilty before Judge J G Patterson and was fined 300 dollars plus costs and banned from driving in Iowa for three months. He planned to return to Texas after payment.
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Carl Christofferson
Clifton
Texas
J. G. Patterson
Iowa
Christofferson
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Warren B. Meixner
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Pricedale
Sherif Thomas
Aubrey Payette County
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