Hoover Visit Prompts Iowa Rally and West Branch Plans
Native for Herbert Hoover and his wife Louise Henry Hoover, born in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, will attract supporters as Mrs Hoover travels from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo on Aug 22 to meet former schoolmates. Meanwhile Chicago raises speed limits on Lincoln boulevard to 33 mph, amid a broad mix of crime reports, railroad wage talks, and campaign activity in Cedar Rapids and West Branch for the Republican ticket.
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Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Lou Henry
Chicago
Amity Wousana
West Branch
H. E. Spangler
Hanover
Hoover plans cooperative farms to curb farm waste
A Hoover campaign outline proposes organizing American farmers into nationwide co operatives for each major crop to cut production costs, improve marketing, and raise profits. It includes a farm board funded with government money but controlled by farmers, plus inland waterways and tariff adjustments to protect farm interests. Hoover cites cotton price collapses and stockpile strategies, arguing the farm problem is the nation’s greatest current issue.
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Stanford University
Cal
INS
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Congress
New York
Hopi Snake Hunters Seek Sacred Reptiles for Rain Dance
Hopi tribesmen in ceremonial body paint depart a sunlit Kiva in northern Arizona to gather hundreds of rattlesnakes and venomous vipers for a public snake dance. Four groups travel in four compass directions to support a ritual asking Sky Father for rain and harvest with tom toms and contortions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Doctors Discover Method to Check Infantile Paralysis
Berkeley doctors Shaw and Thelander report in JAMA that infantile paralysis can be checked with convalescent serum given within 48 hours of symptoms. In 17 treated within 48 hours there were no deaths or lasting paralysis, while delays up to five days correlated with higher deaths and after effects.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California Physicians
Journal of the American Medical Association
de. BE. B. Shaw
H. &. Thelander
Louis Tracy Noted Author Dies In England
The novelist and journalist Louis Tracy died at his Setlendge home near Ashford Kent after a heart attack. He was 51. Burial planned at Lympne Kentish church. Parachute contest in Mason City includes Clara Chamberlain and Loretta Carlson from Chicago to compete August 29 with 30 planes entered.
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Louis Tracy
Setlendge
Ashford
Kent
Tracy
Lympne
Mason City
IUPI
Clara Chamberlain
Loretta Carlson
Chicago
Acre
Blackmer Hiding to Escape Eager Reporters, Claim
Paris, Aus 14 WP Henry M Blackmer an oil man sought by the United States government is not hiding from authorities but from reporters. He has adopted disguises to trick photographers, wearing large horn rimmed glasses and a soft hat. He continues to travel between Parish and Deauville and has changed hotels to avoid newsmen.
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Aus
Henry M. Blackmer
United States
Altho
Parish
Deauville
Ten Years Ago in the Service Fort Riley flu ward scolding incident
Leslie Seery recalls a 1916 Fort Riley flu ward where 75 patients crowded a barracks. He reported a worsening patient to a captain who could not remove him. The lieutenant then chastised the captain for the lapse, highlighting wartime discipline under overwhelming illness.
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Kaw
Leslie Seery
Jefferson Street
Seery
Lovey
Reports Erroneous Glacial Dam Break in Kashmir
Simla August 14 The Punjab government announced reports of a glacial dam break on the Shyok river are incorrect The initial fire signal was mistaken for beacon lights used to warn of a break A series of bonfires on peaks carried news of an expected flood behind a nine mile long lake formed since 1926 in an inaccessible high region
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Punjab
Kashmir
Shyok
Blaze Devours 2,000 Acre Timber Tract Across Regions
Reported Aug 14 from San Francisco describes 12 fires across California Washington British Columbia and Idaho. A 2,000 acre John Nagan district blaze in Idaho claimed vast timber and brush. 200 firefighters battled it while wind rekindled nearby flames. Lumber carloads burned near Spokane and a suspected incendiary blaze affected Johnson Bungay Fuel Company quarters.
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Cali
California
Washington
British Columbia
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Booke
Vancouver Island
John Nagan
Clearwater National Forest
Salmon River District
Spokane
Milan
Wash
Johnson Bungay Fuel Company
San Joaquin
Sacramento Valley
Coast Line
Dr Straton Fights Liquor Sale At His Hotel
The Rev John Reath Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist church in New York protested liquor sold at his Greenwood Lake hotel recently acquired for the Greenwood Lake Christian Assembly He threatened to oust the lessee if evidence proves the charge and consulted authorities about swearing out a warrant for a search He had not decided on further steps by afternoon.
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New York
John Reath Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
Gov. Smith
Legion Auxiliary Delegates Gather at Council Bluffs
Delegates of the American Legion auxiliary pour into Council Bluffs Iowa for the state convention starting tomorrow. Sessions run Wednesday through Friday with Mrs. Virginia Bedell Spirit Lake presiding and elections of officers plus national convention delegates on the agenda. National president Mrs. Robert H Walbridge Peterboro NH will speak Thursday.
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Auxiliary of the American Legion
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
Robert H. Walbridge
Peterboro
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Violent Death of Towan Still Puzzles Ottumwa News
Glen Jeffers died from a fractured skull with unknown cause after an accident in Milton. Officials consider foul play theories as a coroner inquest reviews whether a fall from a second floor or an accident during a dice game led to his death.
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Glen Jeffers
Milton
Fort Dodge
Jeffers
Courier delivery deadline notice for home delivery
The notice states delivery is to arrive before 5 30 each day and if not reached by that time due to carrier error or other cause, customers should call S100 to receive a copy. Calls should be placed before 6 38 p.m. to trigger the offer.
Negro Slayer of Miss Constance is Held to Jury
Chicago reports a tailor in Pinkie's Tailor Shop is named an accessory after the fact in the murder of Miss Jennie M. Constance. David Shanks, a young negro bootblack, confessed and led police to the crime scene. He was bound over to the Cook County grand jury on first degree murder charges and described the stabbing with an iron pipe and the $1.19 wrist watch sale. Authorities plan an early trial, with potential execution by electric chair.
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Jennie
Peoria
North- Western
David Shanks
Shanks
Constance
Doga
Chicago
Pinkie
Jennie Constance
Cook County
Grand Jury
Jennie M. Constance
Bramston
Justice of the Peace
Willis Brightmire
Young Shanks
Willian’ V. Brothers
Criminal ‘Court
Peene
Will
Father Nemmers Near Death at Gilbertville Hospital
Rev. Fr. John Nemmers, lifelong priest and sole resident pastor of the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Gilbertville Ia., lies in unimproved condition at St Francis hospital after a general breakdown July 5. At 80 years old, he previously celebrated a golden jubilee on Oct 7, 1925, and his death could occur at any time per doctors.
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Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception
Gilbertville
St. Francis Hospital
Father Nemmers
Hill
Father Neimmers
Dupont Contributes $50,000 to Smith Campaign
Pierre S. Dupont of Wilmington, on leave as GM board chairman, has given $50,000 to the Democratic campaign fund for Gov. Smith. John J. Raskob, national committeeman, announced the contribution in New York on August 14.
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New York
Pierre S. Dupont
Wilmington
Del
General Motors Corporation
Gov. Smith
Democratic Campaign Fund
John J. Raskob
Costes Aims for Nonstop Transatlantic Flight
Paris August 14 Dieudonne Costes French airman speeds preparations for a nonstop Atlantic crossing. Weather may allow an early start from Le Bourget with mechanic Bellonte to accompany him. Route undecided New York or Philadelphia possible. Costes already flew solo around the world with Joseph Lebreux from St Louis Senegal to Natal Brazil in 1927.
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Costes
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Castes
Bellonte
New York
Philadelphia
Joseph Lebrex
St. Loui
Senegal
Africa
Natal
Brazil
Wife of G O P candidate to revisit birthplace in Waterloo
Lou Henry Hoover wife of the Republican nominee plans a Waterloo visit on Aug 22 with a garden party and dinner, aiming to meet Waterloo Women's Club and 4H. She was born in Waterloo and later moved to California. Mr Hoover will not accompany her to Waterloo, planning a Cedar Rapids and West Branch stop.
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Lou Henry
Hoover
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Cedar Rapids
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Leland
Hotel Russell- Lams
Woman's ‘Club
Cédar Rapids
Kansas City
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Agi
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Fourth
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Mrs Hoover Seeks to Buy Husband's Birthplace in West Branch
Iowa City Aug 14 Negotiations to purchase Terbert Hoover's birthplace at West Branch by Mrs. Hoover wife of the Republican presidential nominee have been in progress for weeks Mrs Jennie Scellers owner has been reluctant to sell and a deed to the property is hoped to be delivered by Aug 10 as a birthday gift for her husband The Scellers family reunion will be held Aug 21 in West Branch in Hoover day observance and further discussion of the sale is planned at that time.
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Iowa City
Terbert
Hoover
West Branch
Black Hawk 7th in Stock Judging at Mason City Fair
At the Mason City Fair in Indiana on August 14 a contest drew 100 boys from 16 counties to judge livestock. Cerro Gordo won the overall championship with 3337 points, led by Edwin Matzen and Paul McLaughlin who contributed 1146 points. County rankings placed Black Hawk seventh, Grundy sixth, Payette fifth, Hardin eighth, Butler ninth, with Dickinson second and Webster third among others. Wayne Robinson of Payette finished fourth in individual honors.
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Stikk
Cerro Gordo Colinty
Edwin Matzen
Paul McLaughliin
Cerro Gorcia
Matzen
Grundy
Payette
Hardin
Butler
Dickinson
Webster
Franklin
Palo Alto
Wayne Robinson
Maynard
Payette County
Explosion Wrecks Hammond Pottery Plant
Hammond Ind Aug 14 Between eight and 150 men were killed and a two story building housing the Indiana Sanitary Pottery company was wrecked by an explosion of undetermined origin this afternoon. The fire spread to two adjacent unoccupied structures and firemen could not approach the scene due to extreme heat. Exact worker count uncertain but believed all perished or trapped by collapsing walls.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana Sanitary. Pottery Company
Inspecting General Praises Reserves for Training Work
Maj Gen Harry A Smith of the Seventh Army Area praised reserve officers as well fitted to train student soldiers after reviewing the GC MT CG guards at Fort Des Moines. He conducts inspections of citizen military training camps in the Midwest and commends reserve officers who replaced regular army staff this year.
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U.ri
Harry A. Smith
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
Smith
Middlewest
Riverfront Beautified by Private Sans Souci Walls
Short Interviews With Home Folks notes residents praise private riverfront improvements in Sans Souci park. W Joffrey recalls low walls built by 13 households forming a uniform protective terrace. Other owners plan to finish the wall along the riverbank.
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Uute
Sans Souci Park
Joffrey
Norris on Stump to Battle Power Monopoly in Wisconsin
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska campaigned in Madison on August 14 arguing the power monopoly controls electrical distribution and that the public utility question is not yet fully realized by voters. He noted the lack of any national party platform addressing the power trust menace.
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Madison
Wis
INS
George W. Norris
Nebraska
la Follette
Queston
Banker Alfred Lowenstein Believed to Have Died by Poison
In Boulogne Mer France on August 14 traces of toxic poison were found in the intestines of Alfred Lowenstein a Belgian banker who fell from an airship into the English Channel. Dr Paul the medico legal expert who examined the body said unofficially he believed the banker died of poisoning.
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Stir Mer
France
Alfred Lowenstein
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