Blindfolded Hayward Thompson Offers Public Auto Parade
A young man named Hayward Thompson plans a noon Saturday performance through Waterloo streets in a masked auto procession. Starting at the Courier Building at 11 30, he will drive a Maxwell then a Chrysler, stop at landmarks including the Waterloo Laundry and Crescent gas station, and end near the Courier building. Spectators will be asked to give air and space, with a final public inspection of the mask and a medical check at the finish.
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Courier Building
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Rainbow Drive
Hayward Thompson
Teady
Hyde
Uwen
Russell-Lamson
BE. N. Connor
MW. S. Purlong
3. Burbank
Evening Courier
Thompson
Maxwell
E. A. Leighton
Ramage
Waterloo Motor Buses Company
Chrysler
Alexander Frank
Plaza
Rialto Theatres
Tha
Courier
Dreing & Cleaning Co
Ore
Kistner
Fourth Gtreat
Kingsley Avenue
Os Kistner
Fifth
Washington Streets
Crescent
Co-operative Dairy Company
Commercial Street
B.D. Yabnke
Hawkeye
Fourth
Walnut
Central Artery & Electric Co
Franklin
Philadelphia
Philco
H Ts King
Rainbow Nirive
Hawkere
Comany
Cedar ‘Falls
Hawkere Ol Company
Bor
George A. Wachtler
D.C
Will Thompson
Route of Drive Through Waterlon Area To Waterloo
A detailed driving route described by landmarks and streets from Waterlon Courier office to Waterloo laundry and back. The itinerary covers Commercial Avenue, Park Avenue, Cedar Street, Bridge Street, Fourth Street, Jefferson Street, Washington Street, Hawkeye stations, Co operative Dairy, Twelfth Street, Walnut, Park Avenue Franks area, Central Battery, Mullan Avenue, Rainbow Drive, and Cadart Heights with references to Hawkeye service stations and river crossings.
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Waterlon Evening Courier
Commercial
Park Avenue
Gascon Parte Avenue
Cedar Street
Cedar
Bridge
Park
Bluf
Bluff
Fourth
Jefferson
Waterloo Laundry
Kistner Mortuary
Washington
Hawkeye
Kingsley
Willis
Walnut
Ark Avenue
Franks
Central Battery
Franklin and Park
Franklin
Mullan Avenue
Mulan Avenue
River
Rainbow Drive
Log Cabin Hawkeye
Cadart Heights
Edar Falls
New Hawkeya First Street
Waterloo
Courier
Thompson Will Ride Alone in Uncanny Waterloo Exhibition
A report promotes Hayward Thompson, billed as a blind driver, to appear tomorrow in front of the Courier building and around Waterloo stops. It notes his 18 percent official blind drives since July and mentions plans with Universal Pictures to produce an educational film about his feats, with a March release.
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Universal Pictures Corporation
Thompson
Courier
Waterloo
Heaven
Walton Holds Lead in Oklahoma With Few Precincts Reporting
Oklahoma City August returns show C. Walton leading the Democratic Senate race by 7,651 votes over E. Howard as 377 of 2,996 precincts report. In the GOP, W. B. Pine leads over five opponents in late returns amid continued uncertainty.
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Walton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
C. Walton
Antiklan
E. Howard
Senate
Taco
W.B. Pine
Okmulgee
Manila scouts tied to mutiny case face dismissal move
Counsel for the 20 percent Philippine scouts charged with mutiny offered no defense and moved to dismiss the charges. Independent briefs from Salt Lake City cite aviation official fault in a death at Reno and surface other travel and crop items across the nation.
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Manila
Salt Lake City
Utah
Claran Nelson
Air Service
Picot
W. F. Blanchfield
Reno
Washington, D. C
Leviathan
Shipping Board
Priederich Shafen
Germany
Amecan
Zeppelin I Company
Curtis Field
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Faat Brothers of Loeb Disappoint Court Hearing
The Franks murder case hearers in Chicago saw testimony from University of Michigan fraternity brothers about Richard Loeb. Witnesses described Loeb as childish, argumentative, and prone to fainting spells after a 1920 automobile accident. Clarence Darrow led the defense as lines of lay witnesses wrapped up.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Franks
University of Michigan
Richard Loeb
Nathan P. Leapert, Jr
John BR. Caverly
Robert Franks
Loeb
Loew
Leopold
Richards Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Bruce Armstrong
Charlevoix
Mich
Losb
Loch Founiel
Leonard Lewey
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Lewey
Theodore Schimhere
University of Chicago
David Wester
Bobby Franks
Tad
Wallace Brockway
Stanley Lewis
Lewis
Harry Booth
Tornadoes Leave West Wisconsin Dead and Wounded
Two tornadoes tore through Chippewa Trempealeau and Jackson counties in central western Wisconsin causing at least six deaths and about twenty injuries. Black River Falls and nearby towns suffered major destruction with damaged barns, homes, and utilities. Agencies planned relief appeals as communication lines and trees were felled.
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Erythle Associated Press
Ban Chere
Wiss
Wisc
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Prempeleni
Jackgan
Black River Falls
George Nash
Alice Gar+ Wit
Julius Baglien
Osheo
Richard Secora
New Auburn
Percy Walter
Bloomer
William Berg
Cats Hall
Oshee
Trempelean
Jackson County
Black River
Anglo-Russian Treaties Signed After Anglosoviet Talks
London August 8 The general and commercial treaties between Great Britain and Soviet Russia were signed at six o'clock this evening by representatives of both nations following the Anglo-Soviet conference negotiations.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Indiana Prohis Put Up State Ticket on Anti Tobacco Plank
Indiana prohibition party reappears after years of inactivity with a full presidential slate and partial state ticket led by Governor Basil Allen. The ticket includes Lieut Governor Albert Stanley and Secretary of State Oss Dayers with Levi RowseI as treasurer and Wayne Mathews as reporter of the supreme court. The party seeks 560 signatures to appear on the ballot and calls for strict prohibition enforcement and a tobacco ban in its platform.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Prohibition Party
Minug
Basil WW. Allen
Albert Stanley
Oss
Dayers
Greenfield
tLevi H. Rowsel
E. Clark
Droomington
W. O. Batley
Angola
Supreme Court
Wayne R. Mathews
Richmond
Final Search For Landing Place by World Fliers
A conference led by Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder decided to press a final effort to locate a feasible landing site for American airmen on the east coast of Greenland. The cruiser Raleigh was ordered to assess conditions and identify a suitable alternative to Angmagssalik as a landing point.
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Reykjavik
Ireland
Aux
Adil
Thomas P. Magruder
Richmond
Greenland
Raleizh
Elevator owners deny any formal sale proposals
The plan to sell 1 062 country and terminal elevators in the northwest to the Travis Grain corporation has been dropped. No formal offer of sale was ever made, says J W McMillan chairman of a five man committee. H Reed notes offers appeared only in newspapers and were not submitted in a business manner.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Travis Grain Corporation
J. Wi. McMillan
Maule
JW. Reed
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Grain Corporation
Sal
Rosenbaum
Chicago
Farmers’ Agency
H. Reed
Davis Campaign Emphasizes Honesty in Government
Democratic nominee Davis plans to finish local campaign duties in New York before leaving for Clarksburg West Virginia. He will rest between arrival and Monday’s formal nomination notification and will keynote his campaign on honesty in government.
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New Yorke
Davis
Clarksburg
Tragic River Death Case Draws Scouting Search
After 86 hours of warlike river searches by firemen, Boy Scouts and volunteers, Nicholas Maharles' body remains missing. Police report the stepmother Mrs Mahames admitted pushing the boy into the river, while his father Nick Maharles questions her sanity. A $26 reward was posted for information leading to the body.
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Polleenen
Nicholas
Von
Solow Eighteenth Street
Trita
Nick Mrbortes
Palace
Mahames
Weanan
A. Leighton
Harry Maharles
Altho
Sage
Chaly
Los
Thay
George Welker
Dominaes
Whale with Axes and Saws Reported in Rudimentary Capture
A fragmentary note describes a crude attempt to separate a calf from a dead mother whale using axes and saws. The garbled text mentions locations, names, and an operation led by Captain ALU. Banshuall and others are referenced amid unclear details about the event and its outcome.
La Follette Denounces Ku Klux Klan In Open Letter
Wisconsin Senator Robert M La Follette denounces the Ku Klux Klan, calling it a secret order with evident hostile aims. He argues the movement is doomed by its own internal corruption and cites Lincoln and Jefferson to defend equal rights.
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Uteitest Presa
Washington
Robert Mo la Pallatte
Ku Klux Kienssi
Ka Klux Ielan
Presidentiat Canmthiniye
Sannot Jong
Follette
Robert 7. Scripps
Scripps-Edward
la Ren- Aor
Lts Pasition
Lincoln
Jasua
la Foellette
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jeferson
Toincoin
Cil
Jefferson
la Follette
Woman Freed When Danville Cannot Raise Juror Funds
Danville officials faced a budget gap when Mrs. Sarah Emery, charged with disorderly conduct, demanded a jury trial but no funds or guarantors were available to pay jurors. She was discharged from custody as the city halted her case.
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Danville
Sarah Emery
Krokn
Emery
Murderer's book published as he faces gallows
Eusebe Wildtine, 26, executed for the murder of Robert Ay Wiggins, publishes a confessional life of crime detailing five murders. He requested front-page treatment and spent his final hours writing more on the killing of Lee Duke. Also noted: Alonzo and Porter Myhand, two Black men, hanged in Alabama for Jogram's murder.
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Eusebe Wildrines
Louisiana
United Press
Villa Platte
Eusebe Vildrine
Wildtine
Robert Ay
Wiggins
Evangelite Parish
Lee Duke
Texas
Frank Smith
Huntsville
Tex
Negroca
Alabama
International News Wire
Ala
Alonzo
Porter Myhand
Sophia Jogram
Storm Deaths and Damage Sweep Iowa Nebraska
A severe morning storm blasted Iowa and Nebraska causing one woman’s death near Granger Polk County. It toppled houses tents and trees broke windows flooded cellars and disrupted Des Moines area communications. Crops suffered heavy damage at Granger and other towns while rivers and creeks ran high and trains faced delays.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Granger
Folk County
Des Moines
Frank Brothers Clothing
Torrente
Frome Unti
Auegust
Virden Creek
Beko
Altho
State Bureau
Preas
Bes Maines
Polk County
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Ray Lytle
Rockwell City
Boone
Colfax
Vaieria
Polk City
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Enterprise
Tdolita
Tampa
Mads
Toro
Porto Rican Cle
Courier Delivery Hints and Late Paper Policy
The notice instructs readers the Courier should arrive before 5 30 PM and to call S100 if not received by then. It adds that calls must reach the office before 8 30 PM and a copy will be sent.
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Nick Maharies
Faat Brothers OF
Darrow
Bernard Kolb
Loo
Nicholas Maharies, Jr
Mrs. Matic MA Auis
Mararies
Polige
Helpmeet
Jos Angeles
Qiu
Alu. Banshuall
West
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