Nine planes ready for Hawaii race as crowds swarm Oakland field
Nine aircraft with colored wings prepare for the Dole prize flight at Oakland municipal airport. Spectators fill fences along a two mile field while officials and police coordinate final checks. In other news, a juror in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial reports his home bombed. Gladys Roy, famed aviatrix, is killed by a propeller. and discussions on new Democratic candidates and management week circulate amid stock market chatter.
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Hawaii
Oakland Municipal Airport
Supreme Court Takes Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Plea
The Massachusetts Supreme Court, in Boston, took under advisement bills of exceptions from Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti as arguments centered on Judge Webster Thayer and Justice George A. Sanderson. Defense counsel Hill sought a writ of error while warning of new delays to the defendants' fate.
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Supreme Court
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Webster Thayer
Superior Court
George A. Sanderson
Arthur D. Hill
Mass
INS
Edward P. Pierce
Pierce
Attorney Hill
Pemberton Square
Bartoloméo Vanzetti
State Supreme Court
Supreme Courtroom
Arthur D. Hit
Arthur K
Henry K. Braley
Edward FP. Pierce
James B. Carroll
William Cushing
Sacco-Vanzetti
Hil
Thayer
Harbord Sees MacNider as 1932 Presidential Hope
Maj. Gen. J. G. Harbord president of the Radio Corporation of America sees Mason City’s Hanford MacNider as a probable presidential candidate for 1932. Harbord, visiting an American Legion convention, said MacNider would win middle west support and be acceptable to the east where he was educated and has spent much time.
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Des Moines
INS
J. G. Harbord
Radio Corporation of America
Middlewest
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
General Harbord
American Legion
MacNider
Middle West
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Ira Rada mar president of Pioneer National bank warns that unless six weeks of hot weather and fewer cold nights occur, the corn crop will be only about 50 percent. He notes in previous years roasting ears appeared by August 2, but this year ripening is delayed except in a few fields, affecting ensilage potential.
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Ira Radamar
Pioneer National Bank
New York Iowaans Honor Chamberlin at Dinner
In New York last night Clarence D. Chamberlin of Iowa was cheered at a Hotel Commodore dinner by about 300 Iowans who praised his trans Atlantic flight and cited Iowa railroads hogs and tall corn. Dr Herman Knapp predicted a distinguished engineering certificate for Chamberlin. His mother Mrs BE Chamberlin and the flier’s grandson arrived in New York to join hometown ceremonies.
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New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Iowa
Commodore
Iowa State College
Chamberlin
BE. G. Chamberlin
Three Near Death in Boiler Explosion at Granite City
Three men were near death today after a boiler explosion at the National Enameling and Stamping company in Granite City. Twenty leaves were seriously hurt and more than 1,000 workers were left unemployed as investigators worked to determine the blast cause at the steel mill site. The gravely injured are Timothy Evans, 34, Michael Hozian, 45, and Leonard Crewse, all married with families.
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Granite City
Til
National Enameling and Stamping Company
Timothy Evans
Michael Hozian
Leonard Crewse
Coolidge To Remain In Black Hills Into September
President Coolidge appears likely to stay in the Black Hills into mid September with an engagement listed for the second week in September and Rapid City high school planning to open September 15 or later. He may also visit Yellowstone National Park next week as the calendar fills.
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Coolidge
Black Hills
Rapid City
S. D
Rapid City High School
Yellowstone National Park
Huge airplane Stanolind to visit Waterloo
The 16 passenger Stanolind plane owned by Standard Oil will visit Waterloo within days as part of a tour en route to Mason City. It will be the first ship to land at the new field east of St Francis hospital, with timing depending on the Mason City airport dedication.
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New Air Field
City
Stanolind
Standard Oil Company
Waterloo
Mason City
Landon Field
American Legion and
Chamber of Commerce
Standard
Iowa Sets Mill Tax At Nine Mills For Next Year
Des Moines reports the state board of equalization has set the state mill tax at nine mills, one mill less than last year. Seven point sixty eight mills fund general property, 1.32 mills support soldiers bonus retirement bonds. Farm land value fixed at 65.70 an acre, down from 68.20, a 3.12 percent drop. Railway and city property valued higher. Direct taxation to raise 7,600,000 dollars.
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Des Moines
State Board of Equalization
Iowan in Sacco Case Puzzles Cops
Harold Bronstenberg of North Clinton, Ta., tied to the Sacco Vanzetti defense committee, was halted by police in a deserted Harvard yard while claiming he was exercising to sleep. After questioning and a warning to stay away, he was released. Advertisement lists Havana Ribbon and brands.
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Cambridge
Mass
INS
Harold Bronstenberg
North
Clinton
Sacco- Vanzetti Defense Committee
Harvard University Yard
Bronstenberg
Courier Home Delivery Schedule and Redelivery Instructions
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 PM. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 4100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 PM.
J Ogden Armour dies in London after illness
J Ogden Armour head of the Armour packing and Armour Grain interests died in London after a fever and illness. He built a vast family business through finance and banking in Chicago, led Armour & Co from 1884 to 1922, and left widow Lolita Armour Mitchell and daughter behind. He had steered the firm through wartime losses and postwar stress.
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London
Attagk
Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Armour Packing
Armour
Middlewest
Armour Packing Company
Armour Grain Company
Elbert H. Gary
Gary
Armour Packing Plant
Cincinnati
Yale University
Phillip D. Armour
Ogden
Lolita Armour Mitchell
John J. Mitchell
Mitchells
Lester Armour
Armour & Co
Armour Institute of Technology
Girl Bum Marries Boy for Whom She Left Afton Home
Des Moines Aug 16 Wilma Ingham Afton Ia girl whose disappearance prompted a statewide search and arrest at Sioux City earlier this month wed Earl Hagle Fremont Neb last night both carrying parental consent for a license. She had run away bumming a ride on a freight train dressed in trousers shirt and cap. The couple gave no future plans.
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Des Moines
INS
Wilma Ingham
Afton
Sioux City
Earl Hagle
Fremont
Neb
Sove
Hagle
Miss Ingham
Wilma
Nebraska
California Woman Judge Threatened
Los Angeles report notes the home of Judge Georgia Bullock California and a woman magistrate was guarded after three death threats in a month. Judge Bullock said the threat likely came from a crank and appealed to authorities for protection.
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Los Angeles
Georgia Bullock
Calif Fesier
Meena
Bullock
Crank
Opootop Hop of Brooklyn Bridge
Ray Woods a 21 year old St Louis hopeful for the bridge jumping title faced police action as he attempted to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge. Spectators and officials waited below as authorities informed him the bridge was not a venue for such stunts.
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New York
Steve Brodie
Ray Woods
St. Louis
Ray
Brooklyn Bridge
Blimp Flies Off To Escape At Des Moines
Des Moines Aug 16 An army RS-1 semi rigid dirigible left Camp Dodge at 11 am for its home station Scott Field Beleveille Ill due to approaching thunderstorms. In charge of Col John A Paegelow the ship landed here early today after cruising most of the night. A conference with Hanford MacNider and other officials decided to return eastward.
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Des Moines
INS
Camp Dodge
Scott Field
Beleville
John A. Paegelow
Hanford MacNider
Paegelow
Army
Johnson Leading Cosgrave Attack In Dail Ireland
Thomas Johnson, leader of the labor deputies in the Dail Eireann, opened an attack on the Cosgrave government in the Dail Dublin August 16. He charged the government with failing to alleviate poverty and distress and to promote social and economic welfare nationwide.
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Dublin
INS
Thomas Johnson
Labor
Dail Eireann
Boys Drown While Racing in Slough Near Clinton
In Clinton Ta August 16 Wesley Puller aged 9 drowned while racing his brother Clyde 11 in Beaver slough. Wesley stepped into a hole and sank after surfacing three times. Neither boy could swim. Local divers search for the body.
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Clinton, Ta
Beaver
Wesley Puller
Clyde
Air race tragedy as El Encanto crashes at start
A chaotic start to the transpacific air race to Hawaii ends with the El Encanto crash near the Oakland runway. Pilot Norman Goddard survives. co pilot K C Hawkins and navigator present. The Oklahoma led by Lieut. Bennett Griffin with Lieut. Al Henley aboard took off for the 2410 mile voyage.
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el Encanto
Norman Goddard
Contral
K. C. Hawkins
Starters in Dole air race listed with pilots and ships
The August air race at Oakland Municipal Airport features nine entrants in the Dole flight ordered by start. Oklahoma led by Bennett Griffin with Al Henley navigates Bartlesville, Norman Goddard flies El Encanto from San Diego with Kenneth Hawkins as navigator, and Miss Doran carries passenger Mildred Doran. Other ships include Pasco Flyer Livingston Irving, Golden Eagle Jack Frost with Gordon Scott, Aloha Martin Jensen and Paul Schuster, Wallaroo Arthur Goebel with W V Davis, Dallas Spirit William Erwin and Alven Eichwaldt, and Air King Charles Parkhurst with Ralph Lowes. All planes are monoplanes except Miss Doran and Air King which are biplanes.
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Cal
S. “Oklahoma
Bennett Griffin
Bartlesville
Okla
al Henley
el Encanto
Norman Goddard
San’ Diego
Kenneth C. Hawkins
San Diego
Pasco
Livingston Irving
Berkeley
Eagle
Jack Frost
New York
Gordon. Scott
Santa Monica
Miss Doran
J.A. Pedlar
Flint
Mich
W. R. Knope
Aloha
Martin Jensen
Honolulu
Paul Schuster
San Francisco
Wallaroo
Hollywood
W. V. Davis
Dallas Spirit
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Alven Eichwaldt
Alameda
Air King
Waterloo Legion Post Wins Hanford MacNider Award
The Becker-Chapman American Legion post of Waterloo won the Hanford MacNider community service award for the second time in four years at the state convention. Mason City ranked second with El Dora third Maquoketa fourth and Fort Dodge fifth. In a separate item, 5-year-old George McKee of Fairfield died by drowning at Whitefish Lake near Brainerd Minnesota after wading beyond his depth.
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Des Moines
Becker-Chapman American Legion Post
Waterloo
Hanford MacNider
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
Eldora
Maquoketa
Fort Dodge
Fairfield
George McKee
E. F. McKee
Whitefish Lake
Brainerd
Minn
Dole Ocean Air Race Details and Payouts
Nine entrants race from Oakland Municipal Airport at noon along a great circle route to Wheeler Field in Oaku Island. Prize money totals 35000 dollars with 25000 for first and 10000 for second. The field includes one woman and eight men. Distance is 2407 land miles with an estimated 11 daylight and 11 hours of darkness, totaling about 22 hours 30 minutes of flying time.
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INS
Hawaii
California
Pacific
Altho
Wheeler Field
W. R. Farrington
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
James Dole
Kat
Furse
Oakland Municipal
Great Circle Steamship One
Oakusland
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