Flying boat forced down in mid Atlantic during Azores to Newfoundland attempt
Capt. Frank T. Courtney, the British aviator, and two companions were forced down early this morning by winds while attempting a flight from the Azores to Newfoundland. Radio reports indicated no immediate peril as the Dartveler descended near a spot identified by longitude and wide tail, with a steamship Cedric within about 100 miles.
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Courtney
Frank T. Courtney
Atlantic
Azores
Newfoundland
Sta
Horta
Cedric
Hayes
Plame
United Press
Molehin
Thuringia
Associated Press
mid-Atlantic
Court. Puey
Foundland
Cediig
London
Obregon Shot By Two Assassins Feels Widespread Sway
Cody Wyoming August 2 A Western field study suggests fewer than 10,000 farmers will vote for the McNary Haugen equalization fee in November and that Governor Smith will not win western farmer support solely for farm relief. Voters in Minnesota show intense interest as the McNary Haugen bill prompts campaign dynamics with Hoover favored by many western farmers.
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Mark Sullivan Cody
Wyo
Smith
Hoover
Lowden
Dawes
Brookhart
Bill
Daves
Jereckiah
McNary
Minnesota
South Dakota
West
Cever
New York Herald-Tribune
Guaranty Trust Chair Becomes Prohibition Group Treasurer
Charles H. Sébin, chairman of Guaranty Trust, accepted appointment as treasurer of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. The banker announced he would fight to the bitter end.
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Charles, H. Sébin
Guaranty Trust Company
Association Against the Prohibition
All State Picnic of Ikes on Today
Heavy rains reduced attendance at the statewide picnic of the Izaak Walton League at Island Park in Cedar Falls this afternoon and postponed all afternoon events to evening. Only sports events were held. Cedar Falls Band, 70 players, will perform at 8 pm after an address by Dame O Brurtagh of Waterloo. Local firms donated prizes for the events.
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Cub
Izaak Walton League
Island Park
Cedar Falls
Damae O
Bfurtagh
Waterloo
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Company
Black's
Cedar Falls Broom Company
Lauermen's
Marsyn's Grocery
Edelson's
Coburn’s
Bob Apfel's
Sporting Roads
Lea May Toll of IL Fire at Indian Refining Plant
Lawrenceville Indiana August 2 Eight men are dead and eight dozen more are reported dying from inhaled flames after an explosion at an old steam still of the Indian Refining company endangered nearly 100 workers. The dead include Jack Freese Tours Hensley C F Gaddy Arlington D Jackman Edward Hinton John Finch Henry Johnson Clyde Moore Doctors said some men burned severely may be blinded by wounds. Sixty four were taken to the company hospital at Vincennes ten miles away.
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Lawrenceville
Indian Refining Company
Jack Freese
Tours
Hensley
C.F. Gaddy
Arlington D. Jackman
Edward Hinton
John Finch
Henry Johnson
Clyde Moore
Vincennes
Ind
Woods Succeeds Successor to Dr Orton at Iowa Univ
Dr Andrey H Woods is appointed professor of psychiatry and director of the psychopathic hospital at the University of Iowa. He succeeds Dr Thomas F Brennan who had taken over after Dr Samuel Orton resigned, per an announcement by President Walter A Jessup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Fins
Andrey H. Woods
Psychopathic Hospital
University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
Thomas F. Brennan
Samuel Orton
Record Summer Session Enrollment At Iowa University
Iowa City Aug. 2 The University of Iowa reports 4 385 scholars registered for the two terms of the summer session, a record high. Coeds total 2 885 with 1 709 males. prior peak 4 085 was in 1927. Enacts total 2 685 and 1 790 male students.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Courier Delivery Reminder and Phone Response
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 6 30 o clock. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause you fail to receive it by that time. Please phone 108 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Autopsy Details Raise Obregon Murder Theories
Mexico City August 2 In San Angel preliminary hearing on the Obregon assassination testimony shows 13 wounds to Obregon, Toral’s pistol held 10 cartridges. Prosecutor links Toral to terrorist group Villa de Guadalupe and suggests multiple gunmen. Police believe a death trap room and any number of political enemies were present. Witnesses recount Toral’s associates and failed search for Manuel Trejo related to the pistol.
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Mexico City
INS
de Leon Toral
Alvaro Obregon
San Angel
Toral
Villa de Guadaloupe
Gen. Obregon
jMore
Taral
Charber of Deputies
Ob- Tegon
Manuel Trejo
Tora
Trejo
Brennan in favorable condition after hospital update
Dr. Forrester reported George B. Brennan’s condition as very favorable noting his spirit and comfort. Brennan rests comfortably with normal temperature and pulse as doctors expect he will recover. Three auto accident victims were hospitalized in Des Moines with non serious injuries: Mrs. C. Heeman, Dorothy Smith, and G. Thorpe.
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Chicago
R. G. Forrester
George B. Brennan
Tilingis Democratic
Des Moines
C. ©. Heeman
Dorothy Smith
G. &. Thorpe
Ten Years Ago in the Service Ten Years Ago in the Service
Lyman Church recalls a 1918 summer when his motor transport unit of the Eighth division stayed at Valparaiso Indiana. He describes Sunday games with another unit in Gary thirty miles away and two soldiers who fled after a game to steal a rowboat and cross Lake Michigan toward Chicago. Military police pursued them aboard a motor boat and after a court martial the pair never fled again.
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Highry-eighth Division
Valperanso, Inc
Lyman Church
Berth Avenue
Gary, Inc
Army Wfe
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Martin
Senator-Elect Vare Stricken By Paralysis At Atlantic City
William S. Vare, senator-elect, suffered a paralytic stroke at his Atlantic City summer home around 10:30 p.m. yesterday. He is unable to move his left arm and leg and was briefly speechless. Dr. Ellwood R. Kirby near his bedside reported the condition serious but not the most lethal form, with cautious optimism for progress. Vare, age 66, has family ties in politics amid concerns from relatives who previously died at similar ages. his wife and relatives at the home kept details guarded and phone lines quiet.
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Yare Ild
William 5. Vare
Pennsylvania
Vare
Atlantic City
Col. Smith
Ilinois
Phladelphia
Williams. Vare
Ellwood R. Kirby
Philadelphia
Kireby
OPANIGH Ob A HOP HALTS AT HUELVA
The seaplane Numancia was forced to land off the Portuguese coast about 100 miles west of Cadiz after a gasoline pump damage during the first leg of the world flight to the Azores. Repairs were attempted in flight but failed. the crew is at Huelva and may resume the next day. Rumors link Major Ramon Franco to surface navigation near Huelva and a possible start from that port, referencing Columbus.
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Numancia
Azores
Cadiz
Huel
Ramon Franco
Huelva
Columbus
America
Three Shot Down in Otpoon Fight
In Otpoon, Thomas Lear, 49, a railroad detective, shot and killed his wife and fatally wounded his stepson Frank Meyers, then shot himself. Lear is hospitalized near death. The killings followed a dispute over money after Meyers asked for funds. Mrs Lear died at once. Meyers suffers multiple bullet wounds.
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Cloydians
Thomas Lear
Frank Meyers
Lear
City Hospital
Meyers
Broadcast Station at Columbus Burns
Fire blamed on a short circuit destroyed the 5,000 watt WAIU Tecal radio broadcast station in Columbus Ohio. Loss estimated at 75,000 to 100,000, with weeks required to rebuild the power plant and facilities.
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Columbus
Waiu
Tecal
Atlantic
WATU
Tovia Hansen
Omaha
Leo Qun
May
Hansen
Boy Rescued After Drowning Incident at Dam
Vincent McBroom, 10, son of J. R. McBroom, 418 Eighth St, was saved from drowning in the river below the dam at 2:30 p.m. today by Francis Fenstermaker, 16, son of W. M. Fenstermaker, 1020 Franklin St. The boys swam above the dam and tried sliding over the apron. Vincent went under after slipping from the rush of current, and Francis pulled him to safety after he went under twice.
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Vincent McBroom
J. R
McBroom
Eighth Street
Francis Fenstermaker
W. M. Fenstermaker
Franklin Street
Francis
Vincent
Swimming Teacher Drowns in Rescue
West Haven Michigan August 2. Harry Estum 19 a swimming instructor at a resort colony drowned while attempting to save two girls Bernice Hout 10 of Chicago and Sarah Schethuh 12 of Grand Rapids swept out by a strong current near Lake Michigan.
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West Haven
Mich
U.A
Harry Estum
Lake Michigan
Bernice Hout
Sarah Schethuh
Grand Rapids
Estrim
Jefferson County Farm Bureau Aid Denied
Judge R W Smith Centerville rules Jefferson County Farm Bureau not legally incorporated and failing to meet statutes on dues and subscription lists. County aid of 2450 dollars was sought but denied.
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Fairfield
JINS
Nob County
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
R. W. Smith
Centerville
Motorcycle Passenger Killed in Street Car Crash
In Cedar Rapids last night a motorcycle passenger, 20 year old Prank Burianek Jr., died when the cycle skidded into a street car at 11:30 p.m. Driver Tony Trudik and another rider Gust Swason of Rockford Ill were only slightly injured.
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Cellar Rapids
Prank Burianek, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Tony Trudik
Gust Swason
Rockford
Til
Pennsylvania Railroad Raises Pay for 25000 Workers
Nearly 25,000 track men and mechanics in the maintenance of way department of the Pennsylvania railroad will gain wage increases totaling 750000 dollars yearly. The new scale was set in Philadelphia two days earlier and takes effect August 16.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
WLW
Burrell
Pennsylvania Labor Bureau
Philadelphiia
Speedboat Bogie Aims To Break Mississippi Run Time
Caruthersville Missouri August 8 U P Levis Leoty sails his speedboat Bogie from New Orleans toward St Louis to beat the Robert B Lee record of 90 hours. He hoped for 72 hours but was over four hours behind his planned pace and two hours ahead of the Robert E Lee at a Sama point as he progresses up the Mississippi.
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Des Moines
Caruthersville
U.pwedr
Levis- Leoty
Mississippi
New Orleans
St. Louis
Robert B. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Uie
Sama
Point, l
Rescue fleet rushes to aid Courtney seaplane crew
A Dornier Napier flying boat carrying Capt Frank T Courtney and three aboard was forced down about 500 miles west of the Azores while attempting a Horta Newfoundland flight. Five steamships speed to the scene as radio messages and SOS calls attract rescues. дополнительные детали or partial.
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Newfondland
Azores
Horta
Courtney
New York
INS
Frank T. Courtney
Newfoundland
E. W. Gilmour
Glas Low
Ruth Etder
George Haldeman
America
Europe
Texas
Hoover Back for Work on Speech in California
Hoover and his equation party return to Palo Alto from a fishing trip. They board a ferry to San Francisco then train to Palo Alto. He will begin final revision of his acceptance speech upon arrival and aims to finish by tomorrow night for a Stanford Stadium address next Saturday drawing about 160,000 spectators.
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Oakland
Cal
U.pl
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
California
Oregon
Bay
San Franciso
Hoover
Stanford Stadium
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Waterloo's sewer system is outgrown and a new sewage disposal plant is urged. T C Menger of 24 Western Avenue argues for a two million dollar facility to curb river pollution. He cites health and growth concerns and urges public education to accept the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
T. C. Men- Bes
Western Avenue
Fifth Street
Great Western Railroad
Lavish feeding blamed for U S Olympic failures
London report cites Evening Standard claim that U S athletes were fed too lavishly, hindering performance at Amsterdam games. It notes the U S led with 128 points, Finland second with 48, Britain down to 37 after events.
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London
United States
Evening Standard Today
Amsterdam
Altho
Finland
Britain
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PDQ
Crookesville
Aimee Stople McPherson
Milady
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Kentucky
Wiliam
Taylor
Indianapolis
William 5. Goebel
Goebel
Gorbel
Frankfort
Smoke Martin
San Felice
Harvester
Henry George Cigars
Obregon
Gov. Smith
G.O. P
Charles H. Sabin
Lea
Illinois
Brennan
Atlantis City
William S. Vare
Opanigh
Hutte
Butte
Mont
Mount Powell
Anaconda
Jefferson Bureau
President Hayes
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U. S. Thuringia
SOS
Gripshorm
Berengaria
Greenwich
Hous
T. Courtney
Woods
U.S
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