Woolaroc Nears Hawaii Goal in Dole Flight Race
Honolulu crowds await the Woolaroc and other Dole Air Race planes as Arthur Goebel nears Wheeler Field. Woolaroc led at latitude 22 north, longitude 154.23 west about 115 miles from the goal, with expected arrival around 3 30 p m. Reported sightings of the Golden Eagle and Alpha were unconfirmed, while Miss Mildred Doran travels aboard the Miss Doran.
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Honolulu
T. H
Pag
Arthur Goebel
Woolaroo
Wheeler Field
International News Service
Hawaii
Oakland
Cal
Hearst Golden Eagle
Martin Jensen
Radio Corporation
Pacific
Miss Doran
Mildred Doran
Flt
Mich
Alpha
Goebel
Woolaroc
Aviation
Lake Field
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
San Francisco
Sab
Art Goebel
O.K
Jensen
INS
W. R. Farrington
Aloha
Auggie Pedlar
Pacific air derby and cross Atlantic plans announced
Four planes started from Oakland bound for Hawaii in the first great air derby as others failed to take off or returned for repairs. Leaders included Art Goebel in the Woolaroo Jack Frost in the Golden Eagle and Martin Jensen in the Aloha. Meanwhile Lloyd Berteaud and James DeWitt Hill prepared Old Glory for a Rome flight and Clarence Chamberlin prepared for a hometown welcome in Denison Iowa after his New York to Germany record flight. The piece notes political and labor remarks and predicts rising prosperity and larger radio hookups with WHO Des Moines joining NBC networks on Sept 4.
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Pacific
Oakland
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Miss Doran
Auggie Pedlar
Mildred Doran
Art Goebel
Jack Frost
Golden Eagle
Martin Jensen
Aloha
Jensen
Honolulu
Goebel
Hollywood
Jack Prost
New York
Pedlar
Ma’am
Flint, Mich
Lloyd Bertaud
James DeWitt Hill
Rome
Courtney
Denison
Clarence Chamberlin
Clarence
Des Moines
National Broadcasting Company
Peirce and Renry George Idolita At Mar Un Wavana Ribbon
Advertisement fragment lists 56 cigars with brands and names including Peirce Renry George Idolita and Wavana Ribbon, suggesting a catalog or sale notice from a Mar Un period.
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An Peirce
Renry George
Idolita
Mar. UN
Wavana
Death of Judge Gary Cools Antitrust Fears and Legacy
Washington dispatch recalls how Judge Gary's death marks a turning point from intense anti big business sentiment. It notes that US Steel under Gary kept prices fair and wages above union scales, rejecting monopoly aims while philanthropy followed. The piece frames Gary as an economic statesman who helped ease hostility to large trusts.
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Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Gary
Roosevelt
Wilson
Bryan
Wall Street
Judge Gary
Albert Nelson Fireman Dies on Illinois Central Freight
Albert Nelson a 38 year old fireman from Waterloo Iowa died instantly in his cab as an Illinois Central west bound freight pulled away from Waterloo at 11 40 am. Engineer E E White of 911 Lincoln Street aided him but life ended. Nelson left home yesterday for a run to Freeport Illinois. He was described as six feet three inches tall and 230 pounds with a powerful build. Survived by widow, mother, three sisters in Chicago and a brother Amel in Waterloo. Body to be taken to O Keefe and Towne funeral home.
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Albert
Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Chicago
Amel
Waterloo
Sioux City Police Hold Waterloo Man for Store Robbery
Olaf Jorgenson of Waterloo, 28, faces a ten year sentence for allegedly stealing $2.30 from a local curio shop. Police said broken glass found in his overalls tied to the window attack. He waived preliminary hearing and is held to the grand jury under $3,000 bond.
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Sioux City
Olaf Jorgenson
Waterloo
Jorgenson
Body of Late Judge Gary Taken Through Chicago to Wheaton
The body of Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, was to arrive in Chicago for a short stop before a private car train carried it to Wheaton. Leaders awaited at the depot as the bronze casket was moved to the suburban train for the final journey to his resting place in Wheaton. Funeral services were set for tomorrow at 10:30 AM at Gary Memorial church in Wheaton.
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Chicago
INS
Elbert HF. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Wheaton
Gary Memorial Church
Body of Wesley Fuller Found in Mississippi Slough
Clinton Missouri Aug 17 The body of Wesley Fuller nine son of Herbert H Fuller who was drowned in a Mississippi river slough Monday was found today on a dam below Camanchen Indiana by L L Howard a fisherman
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Clinton, Ta
Wesley Fuller
Herbert H. Fuller
Camanchen
Ll. W. Howard
Foreigners Brace Shanghai as Tensions Rise and Rail Line Is Cutting
Armed divisions move to fortify Shanghai as British forces cut the Shanghai Hangchow railway south of Soochow creek after a Chinese refusal to surrender a British airplane. Nanking falls to northern troops, foreigners evacuated aboard the British warship Wivern amid reports of looting and panic.
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Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Bei Chung-Hsi
Shanghai- Hangchow
Soochow Creek
Nanking
Yangtze River
Sun Chuan-Fang
Wivern
Mail Plane Sent To Reach Suffering Son In San Francisco
Dr M E O Keefe a Council Bluffs surgeon took an airmail plane nine hours late from Omaha to reach his four year old son Matthew critically ill in a San Francisco hospital. An operation was advised and expected after travel time to the coast city.
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Omaha
Neb
Matthew
San Francisco
M. E. O'Keefe
Council Bluffs
O'Keefe
Caldwell
Polk County Grand Jury Indicts 50 Offenses
Des Moines August 17 Fifty indictments the largest in 30 years were handed in late yesterday. Among them is manslaughter against J B Holtry a section hand at Clive Ind charged with performing a criminal operation on Gertie Hickox his housekeeper. She died in a Des Moines hospital from the alleged operation.
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Des Moines
Polk County
J. B. Holtry
Clive
Gertie Hickox
Boy Electrocuted on Top of Building Near Lehigh
Gordon Clare Johnson, 15, was electrocuted last night on a mill building near Lehigh after touching a high tension wire carrying 440 volts. He died despite resuscitation attempts even after power was shut off within ten minutes.
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Fort Dodge
Gordon Clare Johnson
Lehigh
Courier delivery promise before 5 30 each day
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30. If not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
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Koy
Londergan May Pay $20,000 to Medical Life
The court dissolved an injunction in the Insurance Loan & Investment Co case against Londergan, former president now under federal indictment. He is cleared to pay $20,000 to the Medical Life, which owed the plaintiff that amount after the sale to Royal Union Life. He may send a check or cash at any time.
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Medical Life
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
The
Insurance Loan & Investment Co
Londergan
Flood waters sweep Missouri and Kansas regions
Floods due to heavy rain hit Missouri with Spring River near Carthage overflowing and the industrial area inundated. Mount Vernon area farms submerged. Hutchinson dikes crumble risking a residential district while Wichita warns of the Arkansas River. Western Kansas reports cresting floods.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Spring
Carthage
Mount Vernon
Kansas
Hutchinson
Wichita
Reward Offer For Bomber Conviction In Sacco Juror Case
Boston August 17. On recommendation of Gov. Puller the executive council approved a $1,000 reward for the apprehension and conviction of those responsible for the bombing at the Hast Mil ton home of Lewis McHardy a Sacco Vanzetti juror.
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Boston
Mass
Alvan T. Puller
Executive Council
Hast Milton
Lewis McHardy
Sacco- Vanzetti
Lindbergh Youth Photo Blotters Planned by U N
Des Moines reports the Iowa chapter of the W C T U to print ten thousand blotters featuring Col Charles Lindbergh in a picture with the caption The Spirit of Youth he does not drink use tobacco or swear. The blotters will be distributed to promote temperance.
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Des Moines
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Iowa State
Anti-saloon league backs constitutional planks not direct party stance
In Winona Lake Indiana on August 17 the Anti saloon league executive committee rejected a demand for flat party statements on prohibition. The group will push for constitutional support and planks while backing individual candidates who favor prohibition and oppose its opponents after 16 hours of debate.
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Winona Lake
Ind
The
Anti-saloon League
Mason City Man Re elected Head of Modern Brotherhood
Mason City, Iowa Aug 17 Delegates to the Modern Brotherhood of America National convention were leaving after sessions closed last night with officers elected Albert Hass of Mason City was unanimously reelected president J A Hanley Davenport reelected vice president Other officers named Norma M Tumbleson Van Wert Ohio supreme chaplain H J Janowski Chicago supreme conductor J P Johnson Fargo supreme watchman Freida Nickles Denver supreme sentry Directors named P A Badour Oconto Wi W Pingree Curtis Chicago F C Parnell McGregor Willard A Knight Battle Creek Oscar Floyd Dallas Ward F Senn Minneapolis
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Mason City
Brotherhood of America
Albert Hass
J. A. Hanley
Davenport
Norma M. Tumbleson
Vanwert
H. J. Janowski
Chicago
J. P. Johnson
Fargo
Supreme Watchman
Freida Nickles
Denver
Supreme Sentry
P. A. Badour
Oconto
Wis
W. Pingree Curtis
F. C. Parnell
McGregor
Willard A. Knight
Battle Creek
Mich
Oscar Floyd
Dallas
Tex
Ward F. Senn
Minneapolis
Kansas Streams Overflow Lowlands Hit by Floods
Flood waters in Smoky Hill river valley and Dry creek near Salina Kansas today swept additional low lands after a river course break late yesterday. Bridges farm buildings railroad tracks and highways suffered serious damage but no loss of life has been reported. A perceptible fall is noted at Lindsborg and Marquette with no significant rain since early yesterday.
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Salina
Kan
Smoky Hill River
Dry Creek
Lindsborg
Marquette
Identify Body of EC Train Victim In Iowa
Council Bluffs Iowa August 17 The body of a man killed by an Illinois Central train near Euclid Iowa Sunday has been identified as Charles Aldridge a name he gave when arrested by police in Beatrice Nebraska Identification was made through fingerprints taken at Beatrice The body found in Mosquito creek Sunday remains unidentified and is held at a local morgue
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Council Bluffs
Lph
Illinois Central
Euclid
Charles Aldridge
Beatrice
Neb
Mosquito Creek
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Miss An namae Trainor secretary of the Waterloo branch office of the Iowa Automobile association in Hotel Russell Lamson lobby said rain causes a flood of calls about road conditions. She noted roads out of Waterloo were bad and travel plans were disrupted with tourists rerouting through Marion and Cedar Rapids to avoid detours.
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Annamae Trainor
Waterloo
Iowa Automobile Association
Russell Lamson
Iowa
Dubuque
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Cosgrave's government survives Irish confidence vote
Dublin August 17 The Cosgrave government still holds power as Republican Laborites vow renewed effort to unseat them after a confidence motion failed by one vote. The Dail adjourns to October 11, by-elections set for August 24 will fill two government seats. Speaker Hayes cast a decisive vote to avert a tie in the no confidence showdown.
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Dublin
Fins
William T. Cosgrave
Dail Eireann
Cosgrave
Dail
Thomas Johnson
Laborites
Michael Hayes
Free State
Fort Madison to Dedicate $100000 Clubhouse
An employee of the W. A. Shaeffer Pen company will dedicate the new club house in Fort Madison Iowa Friday night. State Senator Joseph R. Frailey will speak at the dedication.
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Fort. Madison
W. A. Shaeffer Pen Company
Joseph R. Frailey
Negro Youth Shot by Officer Remains Serious in Hospital
Tom Bennett, a Black youth, was shot through the body by Kenneth Farrell, a Minors Central special agent, while resisting arrest Monday afternoon. He is in a more serious condition today at St Francis Hospital after a restless night, though not yet critical.
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Tom Bennett
Kenneth Farrell
Minors Central
St. Francis Hospital
Funeral services for Juling Moetzel in Des Moines
Des Moines August 17 funeral services were held for Juling Moetzel wholesale lumber dealer known as father of present day athletics at the University of Town. He was a thega tive Iowan.
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Des Moines
Juling Moetzel
Davenport
Moetzel
University of Town
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Iowa Federation of Labor
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Gary Death
Washington
Mark Sullivan
Washington, D.C
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Yale University
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Boston Herald
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Lloyd W. Bertaud
Curtiss Field
William Randolph Hearst
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Hangchow Railway
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Carthage Mont
Lindy
Modern Brotherhood
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