Admiral Phelps Sees Pacific Chance At Peace
In a Remarks to the Institute of Politics Rear Admiral WW W Phelps asserts the Washington arms conference gives the Pacific real potential for peace. He disputes fears of war with Japan, noting growing commerce and a developing new mentality guiding both nations away from conflict.
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Pacific
WW. W. Phelps
Naval Board
Institute of Politics
Washington
Japan
Wie
Five alienists argue insane defense for Russell Scott
At Chicago and Washington reports, Walter Reed Hospital case and Russell Scott insane defense unfold. Dr Harold Hulbert testifies Scott shows reference delusions, conspiracy and persecution toward him. Mrs Billa Scott testifies in motion to spare son from the gallows awaiting verdict.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
United Press
Harold Hulbert
Joseph David
William Scott Stewart
Scott
Hulbert
Illinois
Len Small
Pardon Board
Eirst
Leopold-Leely
Scott Jis
Davis
Joseph Maurer
Dr. Hulbert
Wiliam Rittenhouse
Hilbert
Maughan
Canada
Crown Counsel
Billa Scott
Russell
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Sheriff Wagner warns drivers to slow down after a railway official reports crossings ignored by speedsters. He vows to pursue heavy penalties for drunken driving and urges accountability for all reckless highway behavior to curb accidents.
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Wagner
Wasuner
Steck Gains 1 154 Recount Vote Lead in Iloana
Daniel F. Steck leads Smith W. Brookhart by 1 184 votes after recounts in 29 counties in the contested senatorial election. Gains were recorded in Emmet, Floyd, Fremont, and Greene counties as announced by the Senate Elections Committee.
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Iloana
Daniel F. Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate
Stecken
Emmet
Floyd
Fremont
Greene
Bulgarian Effort to Appease Greece Prevents War
In Athens, Greek and Bulgarian tensions eased on reports of talks toward settlement after the Nicolades killing provoked fear. Greece sent troops to the border and prepared to demand action from Bulgaria, but sources say Bulgarian restraint could avert a broader crisis.
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Balkans
Bulgaria
Serbia
United Press
Athens
Wayr
Nicolaides
Nicolades
Bancroft's Body to Reach U.S. Aug 20
Tokio reports the Japanese cruiser Tamana carrying Ambassador Edgar Addison Bancroft will sail from Yokohama Thursday afternoon. The ship will arrive in Honolulu Aug. 16 and reach San Francisco Aug. 20. Honorary pallbearers at the Tokio funeral include ambassadors Elliott Solf Bassaminer and Silva Delima.
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Tokio
Tamana
Edgar Addison Bancroft
Unitedates
Yokohama
Honolulu
San Francisco
Sir Charles Elliott
Wil Helm Solf
Albert Bassanmerie
Delima F Silva
Fourteen Embezzlement Charges Filed Against Bank President
Fourteen counts of embezzlement abstraction and willful misapplication of funds totaling about 80000 were filed against John A. Hell, president of the Carnegie Trust Company, after the bank was closed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He faces charges alleging misuse of bank funds.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Trust Company
John A. Hell
President Directs Visitors Note on Hog Prices
Swampscott Mass Aug 4 UP The economic situation in the northwest seems to be improving. President Coolidge discussed farm product prices with callers noting higher prices this year for wheat corn and hogs. He said hogs are selling around 14 dollars two or three dollars above last year.
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Swampscott
Mass
Northwest
Coolidge
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Congress
White Court
John P. Adams
Towa
Des Moines
John T. Adams
Iowa
Swampscatt
Adams
Con
Cedar Rapids Boy Communicates With MacMillan Polar Party
Arthur Collins a Cedar Rapids 15 year old ham radio operator linked 20 metre transmissions to the MacMillan expedition at Etah Greenland aboard the Bowdoin. He reported greeting his wife and said he would be on air daily from 2 to 7 on 16 metres, awaiting further messages from Jack Reinartz.
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Cedar Rapids
INS
Arthur Collins
Collins
Etah
Greenland
Jack Reinartz
Bowdoin
National Geographic Society
Washington
Reinartz
Wisett, Me
Webster City Wins Moose Convention Plan Town Cottage
Webster City was chosen for the 1926 reunion of the Iowa Loyal Order of Moose at the convention session in Ames. Cedar Rapids lost the bid for next year. The Iowa lodge voted to raise 50000 to build a lodgal cottage at Mooseheart Ill the children s home of the order. Committee members are E W Myer Davenport chair C W Sloan Ottumwa J C Witt Davenport F A Ganfield Cedar Rapids M L Redfield Iowa City. The Mooseheart legion and a women s organization will cooperate with named members from Iown City Webster City Cedar Rapids Davenport Watertown and others.
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Ames
Webster City
Iowa Loyal Order of Moose
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Lodge
Mooseheart
Ill
E. W. Myer
Davenport
C. W Sloan
Ottumwa
J. C. Witt
F. A. Ganfield
Cedar Rap
M. L. Redfield
Iowa City
Mooseheart Legion
Lodge
Ceoperate
Anna Nider
Iown
MacMillan Seaplanes Tested at Etah Base
The expedition base at Etah Greenland reported successful assembly and short hops of the NA-2 and NA-3 seaplanes used by Donald MacMillan for Arctic exploration. MacMillan and officers tested the craft with a 30 minute NA-2 flight before an urgent landing.
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MacMillan
Etah Base
Washington, D. C
INS
Donald MacMillan
Arctic
North Pole
Etah
Greenland
Navy Department
Byrd
August at Arctic Extreme Weather Chronicle Describes Unusual August
The August weather chronicle reports waif stones as large as eggs, floods, violent thunderstorms and cooler conditions replacing typical heat. Vail injured tobacco crops in Kentucky, snow briefly fell near Amberg Wisconsin, followed by damaging hail as temperatures plunged.
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Dressy
Chicago
Weather
Vail
Kentucky
Ambert
Wis
War Imagery Foresees U S Victory in Pacific Conflict
London dispatch describes Hector Bywater’s The Great Pacific War predicting a two year clash starting with a Japanese surprise blow near Manila Bay. US air torpedoes cripple Japanese cruisers, then a tide of battles and poison gas shifts, ending in American victory with costly outcomes and armistice pressure. Five bandits later flee with jewels and cash in New York.
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David M. Church
U. S
London
United States
Manila Bay
California
Tokio
Hector Bywater
Japan
Pacific
Bywater
Wells
Mulberi
Torpertord
Tatsuta
Bywatér
Philip, Pines
Gian
Wse
United States Navy
Philips Pines
China
Russia
Delivery notice for Courier service timing
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 4 30 o clock. If there is an error by the carrier or other case you fail to receive your paper by that time please phone the office. Delays may occur.
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Paris
Bey
Paine
Soolidge Will Recall Farm Conference for Aid Plan
Mass August 1 President Coolidge revisits the farm conference to map a federal relief program. The group, started a year ago, urged cooperative marketing and rejected the McNary Haugen bill. Iowa Republican John P Adams visits Coolidge amid signs farm prices rise and conditions improve.
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Soolidge
Mass
Coolidge
Congress
Robert da. v. Wroning
Four Power Pact Declared to Insure Pacific Peace
Rear Admiral in Washington announced at the Institute of Politics that the four power pact guarantees peace and the integrity of American possessions. The conference on armament limitation is deemed to have settled the Pacific situation as of August 4.
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Wiliamstown
Pacific
Wweow. Phelps
Naval
Washington
Institute of Politics
Auto Thieves Evade Police After Morningfield Standoff
Detectives Wheelock Lanning and Thempses chased suspects loading auto accessories from a field near Morningside County club. No injuries reported. Suspects fled through a cornfield firing as officers demanded surrender.
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Sioux City
Frank Wheelock
Lanning
Thomas Thempses Rame
Sernfield
Morningside County Club
Tale
British Reserves In China Ordered To Active Service
British naval reserve officers in China have been called to active service amid unspecified aims. The move follows tensions surrounding river and coastal shipping and potential hostilities.
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China
Shanghai
Servius
Nanking
Cable Briefs International News Wire Summary
Constantinople Four lives paid for a maniac's lust for murder when a Turk hanged his wife and their three children. Rome Palermo elections show fascisti victorious though majorities small amid apathetic vote. Paris torrential rains cause crop damage estimated in millions of francs.
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Constantinepse—Pfour
Trergs
Rome
Palermo
Paris
Presbyterians Lead in Enrollment at Bible Conference
Cedar Falls August 4 Special Voluntary enrollment shows Presbyterians provide the most clergy at Riverview park bible conference with 45 ministers among 250 clergymen and many unregistered attendees. Dr G Campbell Morgan spoke on The Origin of Man noting no discussion of evolution at the event.
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Cedar Falls
Riverview Park
Waterdoa
G. Campbell Morgan
Gurien
Bryan Kept Darrow from Punishment in Ape Contempt Case
In Tennessee on August 4, Darrow avoided punishment for contempt of court in a Dayton evolution trial. Judge Raulston presided as legal opponents urged mercy, and memorial services followed with eulogies by Raulston and attorneys honoring the commoner.
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Darrow
Ton
Tenn
Jenes Darrow
Wilion
Bevan
Dayton
Dodor John T. Raulston
Wwe
Raulston
Dido
Raul Jsten
Juden Raulston
French Woman in Channel Swim Has Good Chance to Win
French woman swimmer Gertrude Milorio faces the English Channel swim aiming for Dover with favorable tides and calmer seas. Observers note age around 40 and praise her conditioning as weather improves, backing expectations she may become the first to cross the Channel in these conditions.
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Cape Gira Nez
France
Dover
Sion
Gertrude Milorio
Americaum Elamnian
Litlian Warrisen
Aresemtina
Lew Demands New Operators on Anthracite Talks
Atlantic City August 4 Union chief John L. Lewis threatened to end wage scale talks unless the operators’ committee is changed to include members with power to act. Samuel Warriner, head of the operators’ conference, insisted the existing subcommittee is fully authorized and could not be altered, risking a breakdown of negotiations for the anthracite industry.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel D. Warriner
William J. Richards
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co
Lewis
Warriper
Warriner
Eng
Mine Workers
INS
Negong Committee
Wisto Ope
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Samuel Warriner
Bomb blasts shake Chicago southwest side
Three explosions on the southwest side of Chicago caused panic. A blast damaged the publishing plant of the South Town Economist, another wrecked the Pastime theatre restaurant entrance, and a third destroyed the Harrison soft drink parting. Residents within a mile woke from their beds as authorities speculated newsboy tensions.
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Chicago
INS
Diam- Ag
South Town
Economist
Wits
Harrison
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