Coolidge Studies Russia Policy Amid Mexico Ambitions
Washington Aug 21 President Coolidge moves to study the Russian situation personally after endorsing a cautious line on Soviet property rights. He will hold conferences with senators and citizens who recently investigated Russia as Albert Fall reports back and Hughes prepares a report on Mexico negotiations for the cabinet.
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Starding
Moscow
Sovleta Georu
State Department
Fall
Europa
Thet Senate
Russia
White House
Hughes
Mexico
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R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Tex
St Mexico
Creager
Inter
Mexico City
Warren
Two Men Die as Brooklyn Hall Collapses in Fire
A three story brick hall and store in Brooklyn collapsed during a fire, killing two men and injuring 47. Firefighters and spectators were buried under debris as crews fought the blaze, with 30 ambulances summoned and chaos ending in cleared wreckage.
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Linenyen
Brooklyn
Associated Press
New York
Would-Be Robber Is Killed When Victim Wields Gun
Sioux City dispatch says George Johnson aged 28 was shot and killed during a failed robbery attempt as Otto Mitchell a track driver from Moville opened fire after Johnson tried to stop him. Mitchell claims Johnson attacked first and fired before dying. Johnson’s brother and mother are listed among relatives.
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Sioux City
George Johnson
Sady
Otto Mitchell
St Moville
Sear Thiy Rity
Miz Tohnson
Thauch
Mitchell
Johnson
Os Johnso
Heii
Ars
Wounded in Belle Plaine Holdup Near Death Outcome
A wounded man, believed near death, was the victim of a holdup at Belle Plaine Iowa. John Shea, of Cedar Rapids, sustained a serious chest injury and walked eight miles to a physician after being ambushed. He was found unconscious along the road and taken for care as physicians battled to save him. The bandit escaped with money.
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Belle Plaine
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
John Shea
Chicago
Kaldu Plaine
Des Moines
Seils Plaine
I N G Encampment to End Tomorrow at Camp Dodge
Nearly 200 Iowa National Guard soldiers will complete the encampment at Camp Dodge tomorrow. The review is set for 5 o clock this afternoon, after which units begin plans to return home. Guardsmen from 45 companies across Iowa contributed to the event.
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Menbera Ha
Jowa National Guard
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Iowa Cities
Ex Chemistry Professor Linked to Explosive Crime
A former chemistry professor is accused in a sensational case involving an explosive mixture and a spate of lootings. Police report a fugitive linked to a New York area crime wave fled from custody, then hid underground and resurfaced at night. Investigators say the suspect, now 68, once taught at a university and is allegedly connected to thefts and a laboratory incident.
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Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Sir Auckland Geddes
America
Coun- Wane
al Efore
Bus Toppling in Mountain Ravine Kills Americans
Nice Aug 21 The American consul begins plans to repatriate the bodies of five Americans killed when a sightseeing bus plunged into a mountain ravine near Le Panier. Fourteen injured were brought to Nice. The bus, owned by Paris Lyon Mediterranean and run by Temple Tours of Boston, carried a European tour led by Prof Russell Miller of the University of Chicago. Injured include Prof Miller, Mrs Beaumont, Mr and Mrs Coffey, Mrs Hocker, Carlton Person, Robert Person, Mrs Strahorn, and others. Metta Mooney was uninjured. The party was traveling from Nice to Grenoble.
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le Panler
Guillaume
Paris
Hoev
Grant Person
Alexander Sondheimer
D. S. White
Charles Gray
Louis Bailariino
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William M. Beaumont
W. OT. Coffey
W. A. Hocker
Carlton G. Person
Robert T. Person
W. W. Spaid
Isaac Strahorn
Strahorn
PL W. Rugg
Metta Mooney
Grenoble
Walton seeks oil waste curbs as Oklahoma acts
Gov. J C Walton announced Oklahoma will curb wasteful crude production and marketing to shield state resources from being dumped into a flooded market. He said the state will use conservation authority to prevent uneconomic methods, noting Oklahoma crude now sells at a loss while California fields push cheap supply.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
J. C. Walton
California
Walton
Middle Western States
Kemalist pivot on suffrage shocks Purkey forces
In Constantinople Aug 21 the Kemalist party in Purkey denounces woman suffrage after loudly backing it earlier. The Angora government forbids feminist party members from Turkish political participation under a women's committee label. Mustapha Kemal Pasha appears to retreat from suffrage, while Latifeh Kemal supports voting rights. Allied forces plan evacuation of Constantinople by early October, leaving several issues unresolved.
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Women's Committee
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Pasha
Kental Pasha
Latifeh Kemal
Irene Lovell May Recover From Serious Condition
Irene Lovell of Cedar Falls Iowa, once in a dying state at Cook County Hospital, shows improvement after being found unconscious in a local hotel room with police stating she had been beaten. Doctors say she carries an ailment long deemed incurable, but hospital staff are not predicting full recovery yet.
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Irene Lovell
Cedar Falls
Cook County Hospital
Tony
Miss Lovell
Jater
Altho
Submarine Kobe Lost With 120 Crew In Gale
Report from Toklo Ave says the new Japanese submarine Kobe foundered at sea during a gale on a trial trip. All 120 crew and officers are believed dead. The Kobe was a recent model in commission briefly and radio messages confirmed the disaster to the Javanese navy department.
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Tatted Press
Toklo. Ave
Kobe
Odey
Parents Seek Identity of Buried Boy in Iowa Train Death
Marshalltown and Boone parents travel by car to Cedar Rapids to exhumed the body of Halph Saxton as they pursue identification of their son William Saxton. Mayor Anselme notes a likeness to the Kiddie boy. Coroner recalls no scar on the remains.
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James Kiddie
Boone
Cedar Rapids
Try Mills
Halph Saxton
Marion
William
Albert Anselme
State Center
Saxton
State Training School For Bays
Eldora
Kiddies
F. H. Boucher
Freight Conductor Killed in Collision Near Belvidere
John Hays aged 45 a freight conductor with the Chicago and Northwestern was killed when a following freight collided with his train near Belvidere Illinois while watering. Fireman W M Byer sustained minor injuries as two cars and the caboose were demolished in the wreck.
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John Hays
Chicago & Northwestern
Belvidere
Clinton
Hays
W. W. Byer
Cahooss
Youngest Woodbury county bride licensed in 1818 era
Sioux City Iowa Aug 21 Ida Jackson age twelve just licensed to marry Robert Hollingshead twenty in Woodbury county The couple listed their Quimby Iowa address and provided parental consent documents noting their ages and the unusual record for a licensed wedding in the county.
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Sioux City
Misa Ida Jackson
Woodbury County
Robert Hollingshead
Quimby
Water supply in Omaha ruined by caving mud bank
Water in Omaha becomes two thirds mud as a mud bank forms at the head of the Elation Intake pipe, crippling city services. Packing houses, laundries, and many industries shut down, leaving about 10,000 workers unemployed. Boiled water foams, and officials urge against drinking under any circumstances. Arentian wells at parks draw crowds, hospitals stockpile water, barbershops and bathhouses close, hotels haul water, and boys sell spring water for five cents a drink.
Water famine grips Omaha as mud-caked Missouri river floods Florence intake
A Missouri River mud bank collapse above the Florence pumping station contaminates city mains with dark water. Packing houses close. hotels and laundries halt operations as distilled water and artesian wells struggle. Thousands gather at Elmwood Park wells prompting police reserves to maintain order.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Missouri River
Florence
Omahal
United States
R. B. Howell
Metropolitan Utilities District
Council Bluffs
Elmwood Park
Infants Stricken by Paralysis in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Iowa reports ten children ages five to seven have fallen ill with infantile paralysis in recent days. The local board of health announced the cases last night and warned of possible fatalities, with two children expected to die.
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Tocal Board of Health
Special Train of Coal for Barron Moore in Waterloo
The Barron Moore Coal company at 107 Utica Street placed an order for 2000 tons of coal, prompting a special Illinois Central fuel train. Loaded Aug 16 17, the three and a half car train arrived at Waterloo at noon, five days after loading, and was diverted to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern railway for yard delivery. Officials say four days will be needed to unload. the firm, with Ralph A. Barron and Stanley D Moore, has operated six years and holds over 4200 tons in stock. Engine No. 3010 led the train with H C Johnson as engineer and J B Trumbauer as conductor. Barron traveled from Manchester to meet the train and planned banners on the cars.
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Barron- Moore Coal Company
Utica Street
Tlinois Central
Johnson City
Iml
Cedar Falls
Barron
Manchester
Central
Illinois Central
H. C. Johnson
Coal Conference Ends and Strike Looms on Sept 1
The United States coal commission signals a looming strike as wage talks near the Sept. 1 expiry. Officials warn that anthracite prices and substitutes could trigger shortages, while mayors in Milwaukee and St Paul seek fair fall prices through cooperation.
Air Mail Express Tests Transcontinental Flight
Coast to coast test of permanent air mail service begins with a 575 pound load of 24 600 letters and a few newspapers. Flights depart from Hazelhurst Field and Crissy Field with multiple refueling stops through Reno Omaha Chicago and New York under favorable wind conditions.
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New York
San Francisco
C. Eugene Johnson
Hazelhurst Field
L. A
Johnson
Omaha
Chicago
Cleveland
Reno
A. C. Nelson
Postal Air Service
Ralph
Hylan
Burlington
Cal
Young Tolstoy to Attend Penn College in Iowa
Tolstoy, grandson of Count Leo Tolstoy, will enter Penn College at Oskaloosa as a freshman this fall. After graduation he will attend Town State College at Ames to study agriculture. He speaks French, German and English. Ames reports Dr. William B. Lincoln, Nashville, Tennessee, has been named Tennessee state veterinarian, following Gen. James Hush Lincoln as his father.
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Ames
William B. Lincoln
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
James Hush T Lincoln
Lincoln
Kendall 10 Quit Post Declines Resignation Talk
Des Moines report says Iowa Gov Kendall plans vacation west for six weeks to two months and may leave office only briefly. He denies resignation, cites heart ailment relief and aims to return before December assembly. Lt. Gov Hammill would assume duties if he leaves.
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Kendall
Pacific Coast
State House
General Assembly
John Hammill
Hammill
Iowa
John R. Price
Albia
Samuel J. Kirkwood
United States
J. Agnold
Kirkwood
Senate
Denison
Parish Picnic at Eagle Center on Wednesday
The Mt. Carmel parish at Eagle Center will hold its annual picnic on Wednesday. Rev. James L. Whalen of Rockford Ia state Legion chaplain will give the keynote address. Events begin early with children’s sports, a noon chicken dinner, baseball at 2 pm between Raymond and Lome, and an evening dance.
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Eagle Center
Jamesl. Whalen
Rockford
The
American Legion
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Lome
Fort Dodge Police Seize 548 Quarts Alcohol in Raid
Fort Dodge police raided a freight depot and confiscated 69 cases containing 549 quarts of alcohol worth about 8758 dollars at local bootleg prices. The shipment, shipped to Charles Williams c/o a transfer company, arrived under police watch after a tip. Williams is believed linked to bootleggers or used as a false name.
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Fort Dodge
Charles Williams
Williams
German Interests to Be Taxed Anew for Defense Fund
Berlin on August 21 reports Germany will compel industrialists, commercial organizations and banks to declare under oath their foreign currency holdings. The data will fund a national defense fund to stabilize the mark and finance overseas food purchases. The plan was approved at a cabinet extraordinary session.
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Berlin
Germany
Coolidges Moving Into White House
President and Mrs Coolidge plan to move into the White House late today officials announced from the executive offices.
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Coolidges
White House
Washington, D. C
French Reply To Baldwin Is Reported Welcomed
A courier delivered a copy of France’s reply to Britain’s reparations note to Prime Minister Baldwin in London. Paris officials view it as a cautious basis for continued talks, with confidence that the British cabinet may see it as conciliatory, while Paris notes it largely restates points and offers no conclusive solution. The two heads agree a new conference among allies is possible, though the reply spans 50 pages in a yellow book to be issued tomorrow with English and French summaries.
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Germany
Tulsa Soldiers Relax Martial Law As Order Prevails
Tulsa authorities ease martial law after investigation of whipping incidents. Twenty officers depart for Muskogee as civilians gain street access after midnight. Five Broken Arrow businessmen questioned. Marshal Moore arrested for rioting. Habeas writs ordered release of two held civilians. hearing moved to Oklahoma City.
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Broken Arrow
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F. H. Bran
Adit
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W. W. Wilcox
H. C. Ragle
Great Movement of Grain Is Expected
In anticipation of a vast grain movement within three to four weeks the Illinois Central has stored 3000 boxcars at western terminals, with about 300 here and room for more on sidetracks. W Scott Williams reports grain traffic rising to meet demand and coal shipments increasing, risking coal car shortages unless unloaded within 24 hours of arrival as Williams inspects western lines and urges dealers to unload promptly.
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Illinois Central Company
W. Scott Williams
Western Tines
Williams
Dubuque Wins 1926 Lutheran Synod Session Host
Dubuque was chosen as the site for the Lutheran synod of Iowa triennial session during the closing of the thirty-ninth annual conference. The 1926 meeting will be held at Wartburg theological seminary in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Fortier
Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Wartburg
Mortuary notice for Mary Bartos at 360 Newell Street
Mrs Mary Bartos died at 6 p m yesterday at her home after a long illness Born in Traer Ia she is survived by husband Charles Bertos and three children Fred Josephine and Charles at home The baby was taken to Traar walg afternoon for burial Miss Lucile Robbing has returned from a summer vacation at Beaver Colo to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs W E Kersey
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Newell Street
Traer
Charles Bertos
Fred
Josephine
Charles
Traar Walg
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