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Chicago journalist Jane Eads becomes the first Chicago to San Francisco passenger on the Boeing Air Transport mail and passenger line, arriving in Omaha after a late flight yet cutting travel time by more than a day. Commentary on Coolidge internals and transatlantic flight heroics follow with political notes and cultural notes.
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Milwaukee
Jane Eads
Chicago
Boeing Air Transport Company
San Francisco
Omaha
Miss Eads
Singing Capitals Chant Surfaces in American Education Tale
Historian Mark Sullivan shares an oral tradition of students reciting state capitals aloud each morning. The article notes that the chant likely existed only in memory, with few printed traces, and includes examples from Ottumwa Iowa to Brooklyn New York. It traces teachers using maps and pointers to teach geography in the 19th century and indicates the chant may have lasted into the 1890s.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Jevons
America
Brother of Jack Dempsey dies in double tragedy
Schenectady New York July 24 a man identified as John Dempsey brother of former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey shot and killed his wife Edna then killed himself Police say Edna Dempsey aged 23 years had been separated from her husband for some time The tragedy follows Jack Dempsey learning of his brother Johnny’s death by suicide in White Sulphur Springs New York July 2 this year prompting the ex champion to rush to the scene to oversee arrangements
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Schenectady
N. Y
John Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Edna
White Sulphur Springs
INS
Jack Sharkey
Johnny
Mole Hop Waltes by the Blowout
Dicky Grace, a young stunt flier at Barking Sands Kauai, postponed a nonstop Pacific flight after a punctured tire forced an abortive takeoff. He later announced he would attempt again Sunday, despite an earlier sequence where the Ryan monoplane reeled but remained undamaged.
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Barking Sands
Isle of Kauai
T. H
Pacific
Dicky Grace
Grace
Breezes End Chicago Heat Wave Toll Seventy Two
Cooling regional breezes swept the middlewest ending a deadly heat wave. Rain last night dropped temperatures from around 96 to the lower eighties. Beaches crowded again as suffering eased. In the Chicago area the heat wave caused 42 deaths in the past two days.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Wireless wizard to demo tiny energy powered feats in Waterloo
Maurice J Francill, famed for remote control feats, will exhibit nine demonstrations in Waterloo the last three days of next week. He will operate a stock Hudson Essex automobile without a driver and command an electric interurban train using a minute radio wave. He claims this energy can control large machines, ships, trains, presses, and even weapons, passing through walls and water. All demonstrations are free and open to the public, with exhibitions in outdoor city sections and in Hudson Essex Waterloo showrooms.
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Maurice J. Francill
Waterloo
Evening Courier
Francisl
Francill
Francis
Hudson-Essex Waterloo Company
Franklin Street
Willi
Nox
More Marines to Be Sent to China
San Diego July 2 Two hundred Marines mobilized at the marine corps base for immediate transportation to the China trouble zone. The first 100 depart Monday from San Diego to Los Angeles to board a liner for Shanghai the same day. The second contingent leaves July 18 with unofficial reports of further forces under consideration. Three squadrons of seven planes each are on duty in the far east.
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San Diego
Cal
Marine Corps
China
Los Angeles
Shanghai
Orient
Far East
Rescue promised for American captain held by pirates
Washington dispatch says Chinese authorities will send troops to free Captain Fisher of the Chi Chuen after he was seized with a company agent and held for 20000. a second agent was taken for 10000. US naval help cannot reach above Ichang. fuel supplies aboard Iping were commandeered.
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Washington, D. C
Hankow
Fisher
State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Yangtze Rapids Company
Ichang
Lockhart
Iping
Gets Year in Jail for One Mile Drive
Fairfield Iowa July 2 A year in the county jail for driving his car over a newly paved road was the punishment given George Lamour of Rome when he pleaded guilty yesterday. He was also assessed about 300 dollars in costs. Lamour drove over the newly laid concrete for nearly a mile.
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Fairfield
INS
George Lamaur
Rome
Lamour
Delivery by 5 30 each day for Courier readers
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30 each day. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, residents may call 5190 for a free replacement copy. Phone lines require quoting the message “Meo before 6250 n,m” to aid assistance.
Coolidge weighs veto reception from farmers in Black Hills
Colorado investigator notes Midwest observers believe Coolidge acted wisely in vetoing the McNary Haugen bill. Rep Tim berlake Wyoming Republican and other visitors report farmers want relief but expect administration support for a principled plan next fall.
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Mr. Coolidge
Black Hills
Coolidge
South Dakota
Clarion
Timberlake
Colorado
United States
Middlewest
Representative Winter
Wyoming
McNary-Haugen Dill
White House
Capture Des Moines Man in Milwaukee With Stolen Auto
Two men named George Murray of La Crosse and Robert Wilmont of Des Moines are held for questioning after a quick pursuit in Milwaukee. Patrolman Kraft and civilian George Teininger stopped a car reported stolen. Murray tried to draw a gun but was knocked down and disarmed, ending a short chase.
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Milwaukee
Wis
George Murray
la Crosse
Robert Wilmont
Des Moines
Central
John Kraft
George Teininger
Kraft
Teininger
Eight Hundred Polish Troops Poisoned Near Posen
A Warsaw dispatch reports eight hundred Polish troops stationed near Posen were poisoned by a contaminated meal. The telegram says about 300 are not expected to recover, signaling a potentially fatal incident amid a war era context.
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London
Posen
Warsaw
Weather forecast for Washington and plains week
Weather outlook covers July 4 to July 9 for Washington DC and the upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys and northern central plains. Periods of showers expected at the start and end of the week with temperatures generally seasonable.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Ereat Plains
Battle Looms Between Citizens League Leader and Police Chief
In Pittsburgh on July 2, William L. King of the Citizens league faced Superintendent of Police Peter P. Walsh after Walsh posted $3,000 bail for a conspiracy hearing initiated by the reform group. Walsh signaled plans for his counter move as the clash intensified.
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Wiliam L. King
Citizen’s League
Pittsburgh
Smoky City
Peter P. Walsh
Walsh
Missouri
King
Iowa
INS
William L. King
The
Citizens League
League
Escort TQ Lindy Victim of Crash
Lieutenant G Thad Johnson, escort to Col Charles A Lindbergh at Ottawa for the Canadian diamond jubilee, was killed when his plane crashed during landing. Johnson, of Selfridge Field Detroit, was the only occupant. Lindbergh viewed the wreckage before leading the escort to the capital.
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Ottawa
G. Thad Johnson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lieut. Johnson
Selfridge Field
Detroit
Texas
Gol. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Herron Sews Up Tate Golf Title in Mulah Round
Lee Herron of Sioux City led Ira Allen Des Moines by seven holes after the first 18 in the state golf championship at Davenport. Herron followed with nine holes of par on the inward journey, finishing the morning with a 77 to Allen’s 84 as the match neared its decisive half.
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Sioux City
Des Moines
Davenport
Lee Herron
Ira Allen
Herron
Allen
Midnight Hour for Vet Insurance Conversion
Brig. Gen. Frank Hines announced that Veterans bureau offices nationwide will stay open until midnight to receive applications converting War risk policies to peace time insurance. Thousands of ex service men have not yet applied and the old policies will lapse automatically if not filed by midnight.
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Washington
DG. C
Veterans Bureau
Frank Hines
Hines
Short Interviews With Home Folks
A Irving barber, Floyd R. Stoyles, recalls never cutting anyone after the first years of practice. He says he has not drawn blood for a decade and remembers learning the trade when shaving near the ear was difficult, often causing harm.
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Floyd R. Stoyles
Irving
Byrd and Acosta Treated After Paris Welcome Crash
Paris reports say Commander Richard E Byrd and Bert Acosta were ordered to bed for rest after a celebratory reception. Both men suffered shock and Acosta had a fractured right collarbone from the Ver Sur Mer landing. Balchen Neville and a crew planned a South Pole expedition for September.
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Richard E. Byrd
Bert Acosta
America
Byrd
Acosta
William S. Bainbridge
U. S. Naval Reserve
American
Edmund Gros
Lieut
George Neville
Berut.Balchen
Gare St. “Lazare
Gaston - Doumergue
Republic
Ver-Sur-Mer
Gros
United Press
Sunny
South Pole
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G. O. Neville
Bernt Balchen
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
France
Balchen
English Channel
United States
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