In the Spotlight Renewing the Attack on Air Service Split
Col. Wilton Mitchell, demoted brigadier general, vows to renew his campaign for a unified air service in Congress. He argues the army navy divide is dangerous and risks his career to push for change despite potential enmity from officials in both branches. He remains determined to pursue his convictions.
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Wilton Mitchell
Army Air Service
Congress
Col
Mitchell
Air Service
Army
Navy
Mother seeks to cancel Browning adoption amid new companion plan
New York August report says Dorothy Sunshine Browning, nine, was adopted by millionaire Edward W. Browning to provide a companion for Sylvia, twelve, prompting a public welfare inquiry and possible prosecution. Sylvia alleges Browning promised to adopt her. Browning denies both party attendance and adoption promises.
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Dorothy Browning
Edward W. Browning
New York
Dorothy “Sunshine” Browing
Associated Press
Anna St. Joan
Rye
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Dorothy
Browning
Mary Louise Spas
Bureau of Public Welfare
Masley
Bronx
Sylvia
White Sie
Macy Louise
Sylvia Browning
Kew Gardens
Cherokee Repeals Ban on Sunday Theatres
Cherokee Iowa August 7 acceptance of a petition signed by 1200 voters and theatre men led the city council to repeal the ordinance forbidding Sunday theatrical entertainment. Movie houses will be allowed to operate on Sundays in the future despite opposition petition bearing about 900 signatures.
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Cherokee
Moving Pictures
Five Die and Four Fatally Hurt in Lowell Auto Crash
Five persons were killed and four fatally injured in a Lowell Massachusetts crash when a nine passenger auto failed to negotiate a cement guard rail, plunged 236 feet to the Boston & Maine railroad tracks, and overturned with two more seriously hurt.
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Lowell. Mass
Avg
INS
Boston & Maine, Railroad
Bandits Steal Furs Valued at $100,000
Five robbers held up Harry Bleiwiss company furriers store and factory in New York. They herded six employees into the basement and ransacked 16 pelts before escaping with furs valued at $100,000.
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New York
Pfive
Harry Bleiwiss Company
Body of Italian Man Recovered From Des Moines River
Police in Des Moines seek identity of a middle aged man found in the Des Moines river last night. No signs of violence were noted on the body and the man appeared to be Italian.
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Hody
Des Moines
Hugging Ordinance in Grand Rapids Imposes Fines
Grand Rapids residents face a $100 fine or 90 days in jail for hugging or being hugged in an automobile. The city commission ordinance also bans more than three people in the front seat and makes companions equally liable for violations.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
UPJ
Taik
Peace move eases miners strike fears at Atlantic City
In Atlantic City New Jersey a peace initiative by Samuel Warritter chairman of the ant con ference reduces June 1 strike threats by 155 000 anthracite miners. John J Lewis president of the mine workers replies while negotiations break off both sides hope the quarrel will end and production will resume despite tensions.
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Atlantic City
S. J. Aus
Unh
Samuel Warritter
Ant Confer
Pate
John J. Lewis
Wurritter
Tom
Meane
Explosion kills nine in Lugo powder factory blast
An explosion at a Lugo powder factory today killed nine residents and wounded several. The blast caused panic in the town as alarms sounded and residents rushed into the streets.
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Rome
Lugo
Courier Delivers Before 6:30, Report Missed Paper
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6 30 oclock. If the carrier error or another cause prevents delivery by that time, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Mexico and London Crime Briefs in Global Rundown
Cable reports Yaqui clashes in Mexico with Gen Obregon offering help to quell tribes. London delivers 1924 murder tally from Scotland Yard, nine total with three unsolved. Lisbon votes confidence for government. Rome notes Deputy Orlando plans resignation and retirement from politics.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Death Boat Carries Two Children From Midsea to Safety
Two young girls aged five and three told federal authorities they rode a boat where a man murdered his wife then drowned himself. The incident involved Tom Rise and his wife, Mrs. Rise, widow of a Petersburg merchant. The craft capsized or beached and the children reached shore near Cannery.
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Patersburg
Alaska
Tom Rise
Rise
Hazard
Hogue
Petersburg
Here
Mitchell Plans New Airplane Campaign
Detroit Aug 7 AP Col William Mitchell former assistant chief of the United States army air service with brigadier general rank said he would launch another attack on air service conditions when the confess convenes in the fall. He argued the air service remains under army and navy control with few fighting ships and the rest mere toy outfits.
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Detroit
Mich
William Mitchell
United States Army Air Service
Air Service
Army
Navy
Accident Victim Holds Fast To Door Handle
Honolulu reports John Ozark of the Sixteenth Coast Artillery clung to a car door handle as his vehicle crashed. He was knocked unconscious but arrived at Emergency Hospital still gripping the handle, shocking surgeons with the death-like grip. In Columbus, Lonny Taylor, 21, was electrocuted for the murder of a filing station attendant, while Jason Adkins, 32, Paylor's accomplice, had been executed last May.
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Illinois
Nathan Leopold
Bernard Grant
Russell Scott
Grant
Leopold
Scott
California
Someehooty
Charles H. Schwarts
Mre
Ian Oratory
Sihweriiz
Honoluliu
Aus
John Ozark
Sixteenth Coast Artillery
Honolulu
Ozark
Citair
Columbus
Uinsy
Lonny Taylor
Jason Adkins
Paylor
Coon
Guthrie Center
South Coon
J. W. Foster
United States Weather Bureau
Steck Gains Slight Margin in Iowa Senate Recount
Washington Aug 7 AP Iowa senate recount after 40 counties finished shows Brookhart 153,065 uncontested votes to Steck 151,149. Additional counties Humboldt Jasper Jefferson were counted and tellers continued in Jones Johnson and Kossuth where Steck gains were small.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Iowa
Steck
Brookhart
Brookshart
Humboldt
Jasper
Jefferson
Jones, Johnson
Kossuth
Wayar Tawashin
Jones
Satan
Rain Lifts Iowa Corn Outlook Boosts County Crop Value
County Agent John S. Uban reports Black Hawk County corn crop will rise at least 20 percent due to last night’s rain, adding about $1,000,000 to growers. Rain relief ends drought, revives pastures, boosts potato crop, and helps seedings damaged by dryness, with one inch expected across most of the state.
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Iowa
Guthrie Center
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk
John S. Uban
Uban
Des Moines
APJ
Sioux City
Weather Bureau
Fort Dodge
Perry
Boone
Clarinda
Marshalltown
Atlantic
Estherville
Inwood
Alta
Helen Colyer Set for New York Tennis Tourney
Miss Helen Colyer will compete in New York on the international tennis tour to honor England. Weather and farming notes mention relief from drought aiding corn crops across the state, with hopes for a bumper harvest despite a severe season.
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Helen Colyer
New York
England
Explorer of Atom Flags Dogmatism
Nobel Prize winner Dr Robert A Milliken addressed the American Chemical Society in Los Angeles urging restraint from scientific dogmatism and religious branding. He praised atom research and urged chemists to be modest and thoughtful after a century of physical science developments.
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Los Angeles
Gal
Robert A. Milliken
American Chemical Society
Crash kills two bathers at Porto Rose seaside resort
At Porto Rose a seashore crash killed two girls including the daughter of former Deputy Pittoni and injured a third bather. An accompanying Milan crash injured pilots Major Faccenda and Sergeant Conti at a motorcycle factory.
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Rome
Porto Rose
Pittoni
Milan
Faccenda
Conti
Politician's Son in Jail for Auto Theft
Carlyle Kephart 18, son of former city attorney George W. Kephart, is in Sioux City county jail awaiting grand jury action on charges linked to two automobile thefts. The case emerges amid other era brief items, including a Dayton air crash reporting two fatalities.
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Sioux City
Carlyle
Kephart
George W. Kephart
Ford Buys Metal Airplane Factory for Development
Detroit Aug -(UP) Ford Motor Company announces Airplane division acquisition. All assets including several patents are included. Purchase aims to accelerate airplane development by leveraging Ford resources and experience. William B. Stout to remain head of manufacturing as operations expand beyond current aircraft types.
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Henry Ford
Stout Metal Airplane Company
Ford
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Natent
William Bo Stout
Manufacturac
Parkerstown preacher slain by son with 22 rifle
Reverend R J Vandervoort, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Parkersburg, was shot dead by his son Warren, 17, with a .22 rifle after an incident last night. The mother was critically wounded and expected to die. Warren was captured near Reinbeck after the crime, denying motive. The community faces shock as coroner reports and testimonies detail the sequence and weapon.
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R. J. Vandervoort
Methodist Episcopal Church
Reinbeck
Parkersburg
Lon Hamilton
Will Tiedeman
G. A. Foote
Vandervoort
Ralph’ McWhirter
James Spain
Stanley Conn
Will “Anderson
Tey
Warren
Itv
Rey
Ned
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Mr. Vandervoort
Actress in Poverty Refutes Death Rumors in Hollywood
London reports of Jennie Les, the actress known as Poor Jo, said to have died. she sobbed that she wished it were true. The Daily Sketch notes she is alive, living in poverty with a physician saying she is often near starvation.
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London
Jennie Les
Hollywood
Jenny Les
Daily Sketch
Explosions and Egg Sales in Telegraph Briefs
In Ravenna an explosion at a powder factory killed seven women and two men. In Washington seventy million dozen eggs sold for 22 million dollars via cooperative marketing agencies last year. Paris reports the national school teachers union joining the General Labor Federation. Houston authorities destroyed sixteen dairy cows in a campaign to eradicate cattle disease.
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Ravenna
Italy
Washington
D. C
Agricultural Department
Paris
National School Teachers Union
General Labor Federation
Houston
Tex
August Thielke Funeral Service in Ackley
The funeral for Aust Thielke, who died from dropsy, will be held at 3 p m Sunday at St John Evangelical church in Ackley with Rev E Seyfold officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood cemetery. Thielke, born July 18 1840 in Poll Hannover Germany, came to the U S at age four and lived near Freeport Illinois before moving to Iowa fifty years ago to a farm near Ackley. He married Mathilda Steffen on June 25 and leaves three children five grandchildren and several siblings in the Ackley area.
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Ackley
Aust Thielke
St. John’s Evangelical Church
E. Seyfold
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Thielke
Tie
Poll
Hanover
Germany
United States
Freeport
Tll
Iowa
Mathilda Steffen
Sury
Acke
Acke the Children Are: Mr.Riehtemeier
Lay
Henry Thisike
Mathilda Ia Fossler
Arrest of Des Moines man on passing bad checks
Des Moines man Sam Vaughn, a paroled convict, is jailed after police found a check protector and numerous blank checks at his residence. He confessed to stealing the machine and blanks and passing seven worthless checks, authorities said.
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Des Moine
Sam Vaughn
Tie
Ahiacks
Authovitioes Etkud
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