Aviation race fever grips San Francisco entrants
Interest in the Dole air race shifts west to San Francisco where 13 entrants await Friday’s start for the $35,000 prize. Art Goebel is the lone familiar name. others are unknowns in the derby of the air.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
California
United States
Hawaii
Art. Goebel
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Levine
Maitland
Hegenberger
William P. Erwin
Livingston Irving
Jack Frost
Bomb threats prompt guards at Chicago federal building
Extensive anti Sacco Vanzetti protests trigger armed guards around the federal building at 1201 West Madison Street after a dynamite device and two anonymous calls warn of a blast. Police guard entrances as demonstrations spread to New York Boston Paris and London with arrests and mass meetings reported.
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Chicago
West
Madison Street
INS
New York
Maurice Siegel
Philadelphia
Colorado
Boston
New Haven
Waterbury
Conn
Europe
Court Suspends Drivers Alert For Being Drunk
Merl Boyles of La Porte City and H B Heetland of Cedar Falls were sentenced for drunken driving. Boyles received a $100 fine and a three month license suspension. Heetland also paid $100 and costs, allowed to drive in his business. Judge Boles criticized lack of jail option and noted intoxicated driving as a potential threat. Additional actions included Sam Smith’s $150 fine for illegal liquor transport and an injunction against Louis Pappas regarding intoxicants.
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Merl Boyles
la Porte City
H. B. Boles
Boyle
H. B. Heetland
Ackley
Boyles
LaPorte City
Heetland
Cedar Falls
Frank W. Edwards
Roland Merner
Cedar Fails
John H. Meyers
Reno R. Reeves
Sam Smith
M. F. Fields
Boies
Edwards
Louis Pappas
Sycamore Street
Fire destroys J W Wonders lumber yard at Otho
Fire of undetermined origin yesterday destroyed the J W Wonders lumber yard at Otho nine miles south of Fort Dodge. The loss will run into many thousands of dollars. Otho has no fire department and a bucket brigade fought the blaze in vain.
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Fort Dodge
J. W. Wonders
Otho
Here
Courier Delivery Deadline and Reprint Policy
The Courier should reach homes before 5 3 o clock. If the carrier error or another cause delays delivery, call 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 39 p m.
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Ofice
Flood near Kanokog threatens town and roads
Erie Kansas reports near cloudburst floods as the Neosho river rose to over 20 feet, flooding approaches and isolating the town. Cars and cornlands suffer damage while roads remain under water described as sweeping. Carthage Missouri notes Spring River floods worsen after two days of heavy rain with highways inundated and corn ruined.
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Erie
Kan
Neosho
Kanthe
Carthage
Spring River
Coolidge Approves Navy Cruiser Build Plan
Rapid City South Dakota August 9 President Coolidge after a White House conference with Secretary Wilbur approved the Navy general board ship building program described as moderate. Full speed ahead ordered on eight additional cruisers authorized by Congress to be completed within three years. Keels for two cruisers laid plans for the other six to be developed.
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Rapid City
S. C
General Board of the Navy Department
Summerwhite House
Coolidge
Wilbur
Congress
Geneva
Ducker of Girl Held For Her Death in Missouri
A coroner's jury at Kirkwood ordered Roy Collins, 20, held for the next grand jury on a manslaughter charge. Collins testified he ducked Miss Dorothy Wolford, 19, while they bathed in the Meramec river on Sunday, but denied causing her drowning. Other witnesses said Collins ducked the girl and left the beach as she disappeared.
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St. Louis
INS
Kirkwood
Here
Roy Collins
Collins
Dorothy Wolford
Meramec River
Seven Ames graduates wed on teacher’s advice
Ames Iowa August 9 seven of this year’s twelve chemical engineering graduates have married following a farewell address by Dr O R Sweeney former head of the department at Iowa State college who urged students to get married to settle down and do their best work.
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Ames
O. R. Sweeney
Chemical Engineering
Iowa State College
Coolidge Weighs Reclamation and Philippine Shift
President Coolidge faces a proposed shift of Philippine administration from military to interior department. Secretary Work joins talks on policy as Gen Wood’s death prompts successor discussions. Interior plans may reshape west irrigation and Boulder Canyon issues.
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Rapid City
Philippine Islands
Interior Department
Coolidge
Wilbur
Philippine Administration
Leonard Wood
Islands
Wood
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Boulder Canyon Dam
Arizona
Colorado River
Boulder Dam
White House
New York
Sacco
Vanzetti
Jail Three Suspects in Utica Bombing
Utica New York August 9 three persons held without bail in connection with East Utica bomb explosions causing about 300000 in damage. The blasts rocked the city and wrecked several buildings. Detectives found no evidence linking the explosions to Sacco and Vanzetti sympathizers.
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Boston
Alvan T. Puller
Thayer
Utica
N. Y
East Utica
Tom Connors
Sacco-Vanzetti Committee
Los Angeles
East
Sacco
Vanzett
Ford Opposed to Killing Radicals
Henry Ford in Detroit on August 9 expressed opposition to the electrocution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. He said he did not know the case well but that killing them would prevent correcting any possible wrongful conviction if they were not guilty.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Countywide 1 Percent Increase in Lot Values Passed
Black Hawk city approves a one percent rise in the assessed value of all lots, while farm land values stay unchanged. The total county lot value is 7 781 300 dollars. the increment is 77 813 dollars. Objections must be filed before August 15 before the final hearing. Clerks will recompute tens of thousands of lot values.
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Black Hawk
Wasi
Deoade
Counsiels
F.W. Esher
Executive Council
Chinese Feud Kills Three in Vancouver Chinatown
In Vancouver's Chinatown three Chinese men died in a clash linked to a nationalist party split. Louie Man Ha, president and editor of the Canadian Morning News, and Wong Park, a News writer, were reported slain along with Wong Suey Sang, a Kamloops visitor. Police called the deaths the probable result of a duel and noted two prominent figures were among the victims.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chinatown
Louie Man Ha
Canadian Morning News
Chinese Nationalist League
Wong Park
Wong Suey Sang
Kamloops
Explosive Plot Foiled Near Shanghai Forts
In Shanghai on August 9 experts seized 3,200 cases of dynamite aboard two lighters at Woosung, thwarting a planned attack on the Woosung forts guarding the port. The seizure halted the attempted blast and prevented potential damage to the Shanghai defense lines.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Executioner Sits Calmly Reading by Side of Two Guns
New York August ninth report describes Robert Eliott of Richmond Hill Queens resting at home with his family on the eve of Sacco and Vanzetti execution. A guard watches with a high powered rifle and a double barreled shotgun, while Elliott, the executioner for four states, reads newspapers and smokes a pipe.
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New York
Robert Eliott
Richmond Hill
Queens
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
Elliott
Judge Denies Stay in Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Boston and Dedham reports detail Judge Webster Thayer's rejection of motions to revoke sentence and stay execution for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Police heightened precautions as defense lawyers prepared appeals to state and federal courts.
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Associated Press
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Webster Thayer
Dedham
New York City
Union Square
Thayer
Boston
INS
Sing. Sing
Worcester
United States
Mass
Webster
Storm ‘Center
Norfolk County
Superior’ Court
Sacco
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Arthur D. Hill
Arthur K. Reading
Sacco-Vanzetti
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
George A. Sanderson
Sanderson
Richard C. Evarts
Defense Legal Staff
Many candidates seek state Legion commander post
In Des Moines region officials report a large field of contenders for state American Legion commander at the convention next week. Names include G Decker French Davenport Marvin Jacobson Clinton E S Bondinot Webster City John Kelly Sioux City Harry H Polk Casper Schenk Volney Diltz Des Moines Ralph Zeigler Burlington Ralph A Steart Hampton George Prichard Onawa and J Ray Files Fort Dodge. Cedar Rapids Fort Dodge and Dubuque are expected to bid strongly for the 1928 convention.
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Des Moines
American Legion
G. Decker
French
Davenport
Marvin Jacobson
Clinton
Bondinot
Webster City
John Kelly
Sioux City
Harry H. Polk
Casper Schenk
Volney Diltz
Ralph , Zeigler
Burlington
Ralph A. Steart
Hampton
George Prichard
Onawa
J. Ray Files
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Chiefs of Police Open Convention in Fort Dodge
Police chiefs from across Iowa gather for the nineteenth annual convention in Fort Dodge with expected attendance over 100. The event opens with remarks by Chief E F Flatterty while Mayor Findlay welcomes delegates and Maurice A Welsh delivers the response. Attendees include detective chiefs railroad officers and state agents alongside police leaders.
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Fort Dodge
INS
E. F. Flatterty
C. V. Findlay
Maurice A. Welsh
Waterloo
Coolidge Mail Rush Prompted by Junkers Flight
In Dessau Germany on August 9 President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge face a flood of mail if Junkers Bremen and Europe succeed in a nonstop transatlantic flight to the United States Air mail will be carried by the planes The Dessau post office reports most letters are to the president or Mrs Coolidge with many requests to Mrs Coolidge for endowments or charities and several pieces addressed to Henry Ford.
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Dessau
Germany
Des Moines Doubts Aimee McPherson Visit
Des Moines may not host a second appearance by evangelist Aimee McPher son after the fair board refused to include her on the program Blockton Indiana set for August 25. Local followers doubt she will come.
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Des Moines
Aimee McPherson
Los Angeles
Blockton
Fair Board
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Merl. Boyles
Lumgeryard Burns
Mildred’*Doran
Flint, Mich
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Neosho River
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Goolidge
Work
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
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Henry WL. Stimson
New’ York
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William “V. Hodges
Lenroot
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Sacco- Vanzetti Defense Committee
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Ban Felice
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Charles A. Levine
Tate
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Shell Rock River
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