Great Philadelphia Suspension Span Near Completion
Delaware river suspension bridge construction keeps pace with engineers schedule making July 4, 1926 opening likely. Span 1750 feet towers 48 feet above water supports four tracks and six vehicle lanes with two pedestrian walks. cost about 32.75 million split by Philadelphia Camden and PA NJ.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Benet
Camden
Bathing Beauties on Windshield Traffic Hazard
Waterloo police chief warns bathing beauty pictures on car windshields obstruct drivers view and distract attention. He cites potential safety rule updates to curb such images while accepting non obstructive displays elsewhere.
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Rockford
Leighton
Mortuary notices for Schoenberg and Morgan deaths
Mortuary notices announce the death of H F Schoenberg at 3 30 am in Waterloo from pleuro pneumonia age 2 of a business man of Del- Wein and report survivors including husband and two children plus parents in Philadelphia. Separately Miss Louise Morgan longtime Black millinery head dies in Miami Florida at age near 60 after heart condition. burial at Woodlawn Miami. Also funeral services for Mrs Mertie B Thomas held at O Keefe Towne chapel with burial at Elmwood. son Glenn Thomas and another son unable to attend.
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H. F. Schoenberg
Herrin F. Schoenberg
del- Wein
Presbyteri Hospital
Waterloo
Hursband
H. A. Schoenberg
Fourth Street East
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Louise Morgan
Miami, Fla
Black's
Harry T. Fisher
Kate Morgan
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Kentucky
Chattanooga
Burizl
Woodlawn Cemetery
Miami
Myrtie Thomas
Mertie B. Thomas
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
R. F. Hurburt
Elmwood
Glenn Thomas
Sioux Falls
Labor union backs third party ticket at AFL session
The American Federation of Labor opened its executive council meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey with a report urging labor to support the independent presidential ticket of Senator Robert M. La Follette and oppose both major parties. The recommendation was offered by the special political committee led by Samuel Gomperts.
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Atlantic
N. J
Robert M. la Follette
Executive Council
Americaan Federation of Labor
Samuel Gonmers
Clarksburg
la Follette
Washington
Wheeler
Defense Scores in Loeb Leopold Case Alienist on Stand
Chicago August reports detail Dr. William A White testifying on mental disease in the Leopold Loeb case. Judge Caverly overruled state objections allowing expert mitigation testimony. Prosecutor Crowe criticized defense tactics as spectacle while defending legal standards.
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Loeb-Leopold
Chicago
John R. Caverly
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Isida
Ilinois
Caverley
William A. White
Washington, D. C
Crowe
Robert EB. Crowe
Clarence
Darrow
Walter Bachrach
Nathan Leopold
Bachrach
Leopold
Loeb
Santa Claus
University of Chicago
House of Commons Seeks Solution of Trish Boundary Row
London August 1 The House of Commons did not reassemble today after a pause on the Irish question Colonial Secretary Austen Chamberlain announced that government will introduce legislation to implement the Anglo-Irish treaty and push its passage through Parliament. He said William T Cosgrave head of the Southern Irish government and Sir James Craig Ulster premier arrived in London for talks.
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Lonion
House of Commons
Thomas
William T. Cosgrave
James Craig
London
Warren May Take Active Campaign Role for Coolidge
Washington Aug 1 Ambassadors Warren and Davis discussed post retirement political roles. Warren, retiring as ambassador to Mexico and longtime Michigan GOP figure, may campaign for Coolidge after White House talks. Davis prepared for nomination launch and campaign logistics with manager Clem Shaver as national ticket plans proceed.
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Warrin
Michigan
Cleveland
Cootidge
Warren
Aseader
White House
Davis
New York
John W. Davis
Jeri Siildrens
Clem ‘L. Shaver
Aten
World Gains Nothing by War Ex Kaiser Speaks in Symposium
Noted editors and scholars at a symposium debate the outcomes of the Great War. They assert democracy may be strengthened as governments seek consent of the governed while warning about war’s lasting costs and the fragility of imperial order.
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William Allen White
Kan- Sag
Maximilian Harden
Hilaire Balloc
Prussia
Charles W. Elliot
Warward
World Way
David Starr Jordan
chan+ cellor
Leland Stanford
Wll
Samuel Gompers
The
American Federation of Labor
World War Echoes Enduring Call for Peace Across Nations
A collection of reflections from Jane Addams Norman Angell and John Maynard on war and peace. They warn of propaganda industrial slaughter and the need for world organization to prevent future catastrophes. A Moscow report notes a large antiwar demonstration marking the tenth anniversary of Russia entering the war and critiques bourgeoisie and capital’s role in provoking new conflicts.
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Jane Addams
Norman Angell
John Maynard
Moscow
Russia
Communist Party
Karl Radek
London
Popham Nominated for District Bench
Judge R G Popham was the unanimous Republican choice for the Eighth district court bench at the judicial convention in Mavengo. He faces no Democratic opposition in the fall. Popham, who has served eight years as a district judge, ran third for the state supreme court seat at Des Moines.
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Mavengo
R. G. Popham
Popham
Supreme Court
Preston
Des Moines
Burbank Silent on Governorship Plans
Des Moines reports state Treasurer W. Burbank, returning from a vacation, refused to confirm or deny plans to run for governor on an independent ticket. His office said he intends to rest most of this month and has nothing to say about an independent candidacy.
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Des Moines
W. ¥. Burbank
Burbank
Honduras Provides Fresh Revolution
New Orleans reports fear of a Honduran revolution as cable service cannot guarantee delivery of messages. All-American Cables Inc told its New York office to refuse guaranteeing messages to Honduras due to the upheaval.
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New Orleans
Honduras
All-American Cables, Inc
New York
Fog Halts Yank Planes To Iceland From Kirkwall
American army world fliers cannot depart Kirkwall due to heavy fog off Iceland. Patrollers report visibility as low as a half mile near Hornafjord. The delay may extend their Iceland stop into the weekend. The Raleigh reports clear seas to Greenland facilitating the crossing when conditions improve.
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Associated Press
Kirkwall
Scotland
Hornafjord
Iceland
Hoefn
Reid
Faros Islands
Raleigh
Lowell H. Smith
Atlantic
The
Faroe Islands
Aug. IL
United States
Tornafjord
Haee
Greenland
Indians Bring Pioneer Color to Tama Festival
Tama reservation braves in beaded jackets visit the city to promote the Meskwaki Eagle club festival August 9 and 10 on Lincoln Highway. Billy Jones Harry Lincoln and Jesse Jefferson distribute handbills. club aims at social patriotism and law enforcement. Two programs daily at 1:20 and 7:30 p.m. with dances and activities. admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children.
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Black Hawk Creek
Tama Reservation
Meskwaki Eagle Club
Lincoln Highway
Tama City
Billy Jones
A American Eagle Club
Harry Lincoln
Jesse Jefferson
Jones
Big Elevator Deal Delayed in Merger Consummation
Chicago Grain Marketing said to have delayed taking over five older grain and elevator firms as the $26,000,000 merger crystallizes. Officials refused to discuss reports that two of the five sellers have become hesitant to join the merger, delaying completion.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Marketing Company
Pointblanks
Hooper Proposes Plan to Compel Testimony
In Washington Hooper and Justice officials outlined a legal campaign to force railroad labor group officials to testify before the United States railroad labor board at a conference chaired by Ben W. Hooper.
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Washington, D. C
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Department of Justice
Marion to honor Harding on anniversary in quiet tribute
Marion Ohio plans a quiet 7 p.m. observance tomorrow marking the first anniversary of President Harding's death in San Francisco. A new long distance gauge glass for boiler water level has been invented.
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Harding
Marion
Marion Willay
President Harding
San Francisco
Supervisors Urge Gasoline Tax Law To Benefit Areas
Iowa state supervisors call for enactment of a gasoline tax law to fund highways. The resolution favors one third to primary road funds and two thirds to county highways, with a push for lighter truck and bus weights to protect roads. Cedar Rapids to host next year’s convention. new officers named across counties.
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Byne
Associated Press
Des Moines
State Association of County Supervisors
Associatens
Gibson
Cedar Rapids
Charles Dausman
Dubuque
J. P. Peate
Jones County
F. E. Carrington
Woodbury County
C. F. Keeling
Polk County
Cinternational
L. B. Ander_son
Guthrie Center
Petar
Bob Murray
Adel
Bertha G. Johnson
Algona
Elyson Green
Winterset
Harry S. Johnson
J. L. Hendrickson
Chariton
Minnie Tyer
Wmit S$. Schroeder
Davenport
Avery
Tom Avery
Marion
P. T. Beardsly
Sioux City
Park A. Findley
Treasurers’ Association
B. Hale
Fort Dodge
Frank L. Williams
R.A. Wilder
Boone
Francis B. Rosenbaum
Muscatine
He Recorders
Robert T.hibner
Margaret Dillon
Newton
Marvel Wright
Babe's 20-Foot Fall Injures 15-Month-Old Ruth Dvorsky
Ruth Dvorsky, 15 months old, daughter of George W. Dvorsky, fell 20 feet from a bedroom window in Aug. 1 incident. Attending physicians said she was chipper the next day after being unconscious on arrival. The screen gave way and she leaned against it.
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Town City
Aitha
Ruth Dvorsky
George W. Dvorsky
Raleck
Langkamp and Freeze Tie the Knot in Grace M E
Edna C Langkamp and Milo E Freeze of Dubuque wed last evening at seven in Grace M church. Pastor A B Curran officiated with George DeWald and daughter Elizabeth as witnesses. Freeze is DeWald’s cousin. The couple will reside in Dubuque.
President Coolidge Denies Disruption of Business Plans
President Coolidge denied war department plans for National Defense Day would disrupt business. He said demonstrations would be voluntary and guided by state and local needs, not a fixed national format, with local timing and participation arranged by unit commanders and committees. Governors backed the observance as a patriotic inventory of national defenses.
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United Preac
Lincoln
Neb
Coolidge
War Department
Charles W. Bryan
Cooldge
Bryan
Gen. Duncan
Gov
Dun
Duncan
Army of
United States
Mabey
International
Salt Lake
Utah
Charles R. Mabey
President Coolidge
America
Organization of Utah
Woman 69 Marries 23-Year-Old in Detroit
May Ginnis ninety nine? sixty nine of Long Beach California wed E H Cochran twenty three in Detroit Michigan yesterday. The couple met when she asked him to manage one of her hotels.
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Detroit
Mich
May Ginnis
E. H. Cochran
Long Beach
Cal
Cochran
Hughes Honored by Receipt of Foreign Degrees
Charles B. Hughes American secretary of state was honored in Mechlin with a doctor of laws degree from the University of Louvain. The same university would award Albert Hoover a doctor of political and economic science degree for his service to Belgium. Hughes also received a doctor of laws from the University of Brussels at the American embassy conferred by Baron de Cartier du Marchienne.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Charles B. Hughes
Oo State
Be’gium
Mechlin
University of
Hig
Belgium
Hughes
University of Brussels
Baron de Cartier du Marchienne
United States
London Reacts to Leopold and Loeb Case Horror
The Daily Mail editorial laments the Leopold and Loeb depravity and the push of psycho analysts to spare the defendants from a jury trial. It warns the public of dangers to justice and opposes delaying the trial through insanity pleas.
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London
Loeb
Leopold
Franks
Daily Mail
the Mail
Utilities and Bechtel Buy Burlington Street Railway
Iowa utilities and Bechtel Co have purchased the Peoples Gas and Electric Co and the Burlington Street Railway from the Walsh Brothers of Burlington. The deal includes street railway in Burlington and West Burlington and gas and electric plants in Burlington and nearby towns. Possession has passed to the new company. the price is not disclosed.
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Iowa Utilities and Bechtel Co
Burlington Street Ry
Burlington
Southern Town Utilities Company
George M. Bechtel Company
Devonport
Peoples’ Gas & Electric Co
Burlington Street Railway Company
Walsh Brothers
West Burlington
Waterloo Woman Driver Crashes into Shoe Shop Window
Mrs. E L Reid of Waterloo drove over a curb in Cedar Rapids in front of the T C Metcalf building. Her car crashed through a shoe shop window, dropped three steps, but she and companion Mrs Cooper were uninjured. A crowd gathered and she remarked that the city is easily stirred by a minor accident.
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Cedar Rapids
E. L. Reid
Waterloo
T. C. Metcalf
Police Arrest 180 Violators in July in Waterloo
Waterloo police department reports 180 arrests in July. Of these 142 were city charges and 38 state charges. City arrests rose from intoxication to speeding and disruptive conduct, while state arrests included forgery gambling bootlegging and dope peddling.
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Waterloo Police Department
Mark Rechtfertig
Herring Accepts Job as Demos Treasurer
Des Moines reports Clyde LeHerring national Democratic committeeman from Iowa announced his acceptance of the appointment as treasurer of the party's national committee. He will immediately take up duties handling the finances of the coming presidential campaign.
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Des Moines
Clyde le Herring
Iowa
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