La Follette appeals to voters in labor day radio address
Wisconsin Senator Robert La Follette pledges to audaciously challenge monopolies and press reforms if elected president. He denounces both major parties and links Europe policy to Morgan banking ties, vowing to prosecute profiteering monopolies and repeal the 1920 transportation act.
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Washington
LaFollette
Wisconsin
la Pollette
Interstate Commission
Federal Trade and Tariff Commissions
Department of Justice
United States
Europe
J. P. Morgan and Company
Dawes
Morgan
la Follette
Congress
Herring to Confer With Davis on Iowa Speech Date
Des Moines Iowa September 1 Clyde L Herring democratic national committeeman for Iowa will travel to Chicago to arrange the program for John W Davis democratic nominee who will speak here Friday night Davis will address before going to Omaha the following day Herring said he was advised by Clem L Shaver democratic campaign manager
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Des Moines
Clydell. Herring
Iowa
Chicago
John W. Davis
Davis
Omaha
Herring
Clem L. Shaver
Body of Drowned Man Recovered in Iowa River
The body of Samuel O. Larson, who drowned when his canoe capsized Saturday forenoon in the Iowa River, was found late Saturday afternoon in twelve feet of water two hundred yards downstream from the sinking site. Local police recovered the body.
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Marshalltown
Samuel O. Larson
Lowa
Larson
Parachute Flares Save Mail Carrier in Nebraska
Frank Yager, an air mail pilot from Omaha, escaped a forced landing near Wann Nebraska after a storm delay. His plane was destroyed but he survived with bruises. Parachute flares, tested prior to installation, light up about a mile square to guide pilots to safe ground.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Frank Yager
North Platte
Wann
Yager
Chapell
Motor Cop Collides With Taxi While Speeding at Fifty Eight
Marshalltown Iowa Sept 1 Officer R H Scott 25 of the local force traveling 58 miles an hour with motorcycle lights out in pursuit of speeders crashed into a taxicab at an intersection. The impact threw the officer 4 15 feet to the curb his .38 revolver discharged lodging in his right leg fracturing the tibia infection feared. The motorcycle wrecked and the taxi badly damaged.
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Marshall-Town
R. H. Scott
Scott
Tokio Marks First Anniversary of Great Earthquake
Tokio and its two million residents mourn the hundred thousand dead on the quake anniversary. The city observed a minute of silence at two minutes before noon with flags, wreaths, and temple gongs. Premier Kato led services at the Honjo depot site with U.S. embassy participation amid lingering fears of a repeat disaster.
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Tokio
Kato
Honjo
United States
Foster declares labor control inevitable in the United States
In Omaha on September 1, Wm. Z. Foster, presidential candidate of the workers party, predicted labor would seize national control. He attacked Ramsay MacDonald as practicing sapulaism and said La Follette cannot abolish capitalism, which will persist until labor takes power.
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LaFollette
Mr. la Follette
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Wm. Z. Foster
Workers Party
Europe
Ramsay MacDonald
England
la Follette
Ecandidate
Senator Wheeler to Enter Plea of Not Guilty
Senator B K Wheeler of Montana will plead not guilty to an indictment returned in Great Falls on April 9. The charge states he appeared before a government department after his election to the senate as an attorney in matters involving government interests. Counsel H E Ford said the case will follow routine proceedings and likely be set for the September calendar. co defendant Gordon Campbell, an oil operator, also was to appear.
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Great Falls
Mont
B. K. Wheeler
Montana
Daugherty
LaFollette
United States District
George M. Bourquin
H. E. Pord
Helena
Wheeler
Senate
Ford
Gordon Campbell
Bourquin
Burglars Hit Ainsworth Store In Sophisticated Theft
A. E. Sands store in Ainsworth was entered by burglars who stole about 350 dollars worth of merchandise. The thieves used fly paper on the back window to mute noise and escaped by vehicle. Items taken included men’s clothing, sweaters, hosiery, silverware, jewelry and clocks. The store had been robbed previously several months earlier.
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Ainsworth
A. E. Sands
Capitalists Drive Campaign Rhetoric Amid Local Talk
In a remarks on the Davis and Coolidge candidacies, Mr. Foster declares they represent the capitalists and will keep power until labor rises. Miss Alice Cunningham departs for Persia Iowa to teach history this coming year.
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Foster
John W. Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Alice Cunningham
Persia
Iowa
Dawes Plan Now In Operation Worldwide Reaction Noted
Paris reports the reparations commission declares the Dawes plan in operation at noon. Berlin notes German industrialist Hugo Stinnes endorses America's pivotal role in London conference and the Dawes framework as a step toward European economic pacification.
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DAWES
Prera
Paris
Berlin
America
Hugo Stinnes
Europe
London
Dr. Stinnes
Des Moines Grocery Blast Death Toll Rises
Des Moines reports nine dead after the ammonia explosion at a Fort Des Moines grocery. Propressor P Vallandingham died early today while two others remain near death, including 8 year old Donald McBride and 24 year old Theodore Heather. Dennis Mahlow, 11, becomes the eighth victim, and Mrs E M Deckum dies as the seventh. Proprieter P C Vallandingham is listed in critical condition with slim chances of recovery.
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P. Vallandingham
Donald McBride
Theodore Heather
Des Moines
Dennis Mahlow
Fort Des Moines
City Hospital
E. M. Deckum
P. C. Wallandingham
Franks Family Sells Chicago Home After Son's Murder Affair
Jacob Franks sells his South Side Chicago residence that his son Bobby visited before his abduction and slaying. The new owner is Joseph Trinz, with the Franks moving to a North Side hotel. The transfer involves a quit claim to Albert H. Loeb as former owner. Judge Caverly'sSept.10 sentence day looms with Loeb and Leopold kin present amid ill health.
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Associated Prose
Chicago
Jacob Franks
Bobby
Franks
Albert Lee
Richard
South Side
Joseph Trinz
North Side
Tring
Loeb
Albert H. Loeb
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Nathan
Prince of Wales Enjoys Active Day in Syosset N Y
The Prince of Wales spent a busy day on Long Island practicing polo for two hours with eight ponies and later motor touring the area. He planned a scratch polo game and a luncheon, with a possible Belmont Park trip to watch Edinard’s race, all subject to last minute royal whims.
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Washington
Iowa
Prince of Wales
Belmont Park
Edinard
Field Workers Sought in Northwest Harvest Effort
Several thousand field workers are needed to assist in harvesting bumper crops in the northwest. Great Northern railway officials said last night they broadcast a call for help to meet the harvest demand in the region.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Northwest
Great Northern Railway
Labor can stop war says Stone
Cleveland Ohio September 1 War can be abolished Warren S Stone president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said in a Labor Day message that organized labor can end conflict. He urged progressive political action to elect officials sympathetic to workers and to marshal production and finance for world peace while declaring major parties have betrayed the workers' cause without urging a specific political alignment.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United Efforts
Organized Labor
Klan Members Free to Back Either Major Party
Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans declared that Ku Klux Klan members can conscientiously support candidates from either of the two major parties in the current campaign. The statement was issued in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Ku Klux Klan
H. W. Evans
Government to Continue Its Policy Says President
President Coolidge told labor representatives at the White House that the government will maintain a policy aimed at improving workers conditions. He cited high wage buying power, urged American governance, and defended immigration limits and tariff laws while stressing gradual reform to aid wage earners. The remarks touched on collective bargaining, arbitration, and the balance between business and labor. (Continued on page 6)
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Coolidge
White House
Toda
America
Vale Road Labor Board
Attent
Strator
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