In the Spotlight of Today's News AIR excursions now five businessmen ride Cedar Rapids to Chicago
Five businessmen boarded the Cedar Rapids Airways excursion from Cedar Rapids to Chicago and back, a new weekend program the company plans to run each Saturday limited to business travelers. The trip promises a same day return with supper at home, signaling a distinctive weekend travel option that other cities may imitate.
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Cedar
Rapids
Chicaga
Cedar Rapids Airways’ Company
Courier Deliveries Arrive Before 5 30 Each Day
The Courier is distributed to homes before 5 30. If the paper is not received by that time due to a carrier error or other cause, call S180. A copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 8 50 p.m.
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Cedar Falls
Hoover Returns Home Aims For West Branch Visit
Hoover plans a 1600 mile Greenland hop and a West Branch homecoming that underscores American sentiment for humble origins. The piece notes his ascent to president, his restrained persona, and deep homesickness for old ways amid rapid modern change as he travels through the West.
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Mark Sullivay
Palo Alto
Cal
Mr. Hoover
Seavanen
America
New York
City
West Branch
Lincoln
Coolidge
Vermont
Haovert
Stamford
Ion
Oregon
Hoover
Colorado
Buffimo Bill Museum
Cody
Wyo
Boy, 10 Held as Security for $5 Loan in Indy
In Indianapolis on August 18 a 10-year-old boy was held as security for a $5 loan made by Mrs. Emma Wheling to Mrs. Blanche Sullivan, a youthful mother. Sullivan, who reportedly borrowed to pay for a permanent wave, asked police to recover her son’s security.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Uri
Emma Wheling
Blanche Sullivan
Sullivan
Parents Claim Burned Bank Robbery Victim Adeline Zaccard
Crown Point Indiana August 18 UP police weighed the claims of Miss Adeline Zaccard's parents who sought burial for a burned body found near Crown Point. Sheriff Ben Strong doubted the identify and hinted the family may be shielding a disappearance. A note on a dresser and an Indiana license plate number fueled the probe into the West McHenry bank robbery and the slain vigilante suspect Angelo Francisco.
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Crown Point
Ind
Adeline Zaccard
Slam Jn
McHenry
Ben Strong
Lake County
Miss Zaccate
Gucago
Indiana
Ade
Miss Zaccard
Angelo Francisco
West McHenry
Zaccard
Louis Hartman
Dyer
Crown Foint
Earthquakes Kill Twenty and Injure Many in Jijelli Algiers
A Central News dispatch from Algiers reports at least 20 dead and 150 injured from a series of earthquakes at Jijelli on the Mediterranean coast. A violent hurricane followed the tremors, and telegraphic communication was cut as news spread by courier.
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London
Jijelli
Algiers
Mediterranean
Hjelli
Longtime Courier readers recall Civil War vets
Short Interviews With Home Folks notes Joseph F. Klingaman and Allen T. Baldwin praising careful reading habits. Baldwin recalls arriving in Hudson with his parents in 1854 and his father Warren Baldwin subscribing for the Courier from its Jan 18 1859 first issue.
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Joseph F. Klingaman
Los Angees
Waterloo Cour
Klingamarasa
Rockford Aviators Start Long Flight Toward Stockholm
Rockford, Aug 1 to Stockholm fliers Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer began from Cochrane in a monoplane heading for Mt Zyans Greenland with planned stops in Labrador Iceland and Reykjavik. The crew aimed to reach Stockholm within 16 hours, weather permitting, as part of a trans Atlantic route test.
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Greater Rockford
B.S. T
Mt. Zyans
Greenland
Bert
Hassell
Parker Cramer
Labrador
Arctic
Rockford
Stockholm
Sweden
Iceland
Oue
Goshrane
United States
Europe
Reykjavik
U.P
Bert Hassell
Tfl
Reykevik
Kaldudarnes
Olfusd
United States Army
Mt. Evans
Farmer Killed and Robber Capture in Ontario Train Heist
In Parry Sound Ontario on August 19 a farmer named Jackson was killed when shot in the neck while residents tried to seize three robbers who boasted loot from a Sudbury to Parry Sound CP train. Two bystanders were wounded, one bandit captured with $1500 found on him, the other two escapes.
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Parry Sound
Races Postponed at Altoona Speedway
The tenth annual 200 mile automobile race at Altoona speedway was postponed to tomorrow at 2 PM due to rain. The wet wooden track made speed racing dangerous this afternoon.
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Altoona
Altoona Speedway
Stone Age Men Lived 20 000 Years Ago in Gobi Desert
Roy Chapman Andrews reports findings from the Central Asiatic Expedition showing Stone Age people 26 900 years ago in the Gobi desert and fertile plains. Relics reveal dwellings on dunes, hunting and fishing in ancient lakes, crude tools, bone ornaments, and animals used as beasts of burden.
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Gobi Desert
Fertile Plain
Roy Chapman
Andrews
Peking
Central Asiatic
Roy Chapman Andrews
Dr. Andrews
Lahey
Hospital Blaze Sends Keokuk Patients Fleeing
Keokuk August 18 Patients at Graham hospital fled in fear as a fire broke out in the supply room yesterday smoke filled the building all patients were moved to safety the fire was confined to the supply room causing minor damage no injuries reported and hospital staff extinguished the blaze quickly.
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Keokuk. da
INS
Graham Hospital
Weather outlook for the week across central plains and valleys
Washington D C Aug 18 The outlook for the coming week covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the central great plains with showers Monday or Tuesday, then fair weather midweek and another shower near week’s end. Cooler Tuesday and in the south portions Wednesday, followed by rising temperatures.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Amundsen Explorer Feared Lost in Arctic Crash
Moscow Aug 11 Amid conflicting reports professor Vladimir Vize, a Russian polar expert aboard the ship Mali gin, declared Capt Roald Amundsen and three French companions likely perished in icy waters near Spitzbergen. The Mali gin's search covered a vast area, with aviator MichaelS Babushkin flying 15 missions and tracing no sign of the expedition aboard.
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Vladimir Vize
Mallgin
Roald “Amundsen
Arctic
Moscow
INS
Roald Anmundsen
Latham
Berents Sen
Gen
Nobile
Maligin
Seateh
Archangel
Prof
Wise
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Hope Island
North East Land
Michaels
Babushkin
Houghton Returns to London Post
New York dispatch reports Ambassador Alan B. Houghton sails aboard the White Star liner Homeric for England after spending the summer at his Comning, New York home and a seaside retreat in Danmouth Massachusetts. His daughter Elizabeth sails with him. Mrs. Houghton will follow next month.
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New York
Alanson B. Houghton
St. James
Elizabeth
Comning
N. Y
Danmouth
Mass
Woman Near Death After Suicide Attempt in Keokuk
Mrs. O. L. Kincaid of Keokuk Iowa was wounded by a shotgun blast in a suicide attempt. Her husband arrived as she pulled the trigger. She is a mother of several children and remained hospitalized in critical condition. Nearby Des Moines reports note Collyer and Mears circling globes in 23 days for a record and a planned Iowa State Fair appearance.
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Keokuk
Globe Circler
Des Moines
Charles B. D. Collyer
John Henry Mears
Iowa
Collyer
Beodwitt Vane
Middle West
Passenger Falls From Looping Plane in Michigan
At Mt Clemens on August 18 A W Redfield was thrown from a looping airplane yet landed safely by parachute two thousand feet below. Lieut R W Matheson of Selfridge Field piloted the plane and did not realize the passenger had fallen until he landed.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
A. W. Redfield
Lieut
R. W. Matheson
Selfridge
Renew Hunt Toons Mg Bank I$. Closed
Chicago Aug 18 The State Auditor ordered the Downers Grove bank closed while seeking missing financier Roy Toombs and $4,000,000 in assets from International Life. Examiners began work. Toombs denies flight and promises surrender. Authorities also probe the Toombs Dailey brokerage over possible mail fraud and liabilities exceed 5 million dollars.
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Chicago
State Bank and Trust Company
Downer’s Grove
Toombs
Wittil Lash
Nelson
Eugene McGarry
Actina
International Life Insurance ,Company
International Life of
St. Louis
Downer’s. Grove
Trogen
Hint
Treasury
Toombs & Dailey
Springfield
Sam Baker
Missouri
Roy
International Life Insurance Company
A. EB. Rodenburg
Lea Smal
Antorne George £. Jones
Gov. Baker
Jottes
Bit
Air excursion to Chicago sparks Cedar Rapids plans
An air excursion aimed at five prominent Cedar Rapids businessmen will land in Chicago to conduct business and return tonight. The Airways company plans weekly trips for business men on weekends, citing a large waiting list for future outings.
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Gedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Ten Years Ago In the Service Ten Years Ago In the Service
H C Withrow recalls air training at Kelly Field Texas where up to 150 planes flew in formation. He describes a deadly accident when a cadet piloted plane crash landed near his tent, destroying the neighboring structure.
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H. C. Withrow
Jefferson Street
Kelly Field
Tex
Withrow
Topeka hosts Curtis praise as Republicans rally throngs
In Topeka Kansas crowds greet Senator Curtis as Republican vice presidential nominee with sunshine and flag adorned streets. Hoover leaves California bound for West Branch and hails Californian support at Pasadena and Los Angeles, while Jowans press for speeches despite his wishes. The day blends campaign pomp with the statehouse lawn gathering and political anticipation.
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Hoover
California
West Ranch
Charlie Curtis
de Shank
de Ebenin
Bret Rabbit
Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Kansas State Capital
Topeka
Republican Party
Curtis
Kan
Kansas
Statehouse
Congress
Washington
Dayhawk
Charlie
Republican National Committee
Pacific Coast
Senator Curtis
Chamber of Commercata Inneheon
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Gom
Shawnee County
Itis Statehouse
Moti
Los Angeles
Jowans
H&e
Long Beach
Dians
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