Clinton Amateur Pilot and Two Girls Killed in Crash
A plane crash near Clinton killed pilot Homer K. Lambert 27, his daughter Betty 4, and Lt. Shirley Lambert 14 of Toledo Ohio. The aircraft failed to maintain altitude during a forced landing after a motor stop, with wreckage found on a wooded hillside three miles from Clinton County. Family observers and salvage teams described the scene as emergency crews fought to reach victims.
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Clinton
Tay Dily
Pang
Betty
Lambert
Shirley Lamb
Toledo
Dre Bamber
Mas. Waller S
Genezen
A. Larmbers
Hbmry
Clnton County
Moni
New City
Gen- Blo
James Delange
C., D. Collis
Collis Company
Ton
Missouri
Smith
Cardinal Hayes to attend Omaha installation and cathedral dedication
Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes and a party traveled in special cars to Omaha Nebraska for the installation of Bishop Rummel and the dedication of the cathedral. Rev Joseph Rummel and Frs Meloy and Jatkery accompanied the cardinal.
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Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes
New W
Waterloo Fatorton
Oniane
Neb
Cardinal Hayes
Joseph Rummel
Gecelia
Meloy
Edward Jatkery
Omaha
Rummel
Mortuary Notices For Bert Sumsley And Adeline Humphrey
Death notices report Bert Sumsley 50 of 419 Sevenin Street East died today at 2 45 am in local hospital from paralysis after nine weeks of illness. Minnie Schneider born January 71818 at Strawberry Farm Ta, married December 15 1895 to Bert of Strawberry Point. Surviving relatives listed include Ed Schneider and others. body at O Merle and Wheeler mortuary. Adeline Humphrey 91 died at daughter Wil Holland’s home 1302 Bluth Street from old age related causes. Born April 16 1837 in Jefferson County New York to Quaker parents, she moved to town with parents at age eight and married Evan Humphrey in October 1884. She had been a Westminster Presbyterian member. Body taken to O Keefe and Trompe mortuary.
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Bert Somsley
Bert Buussey
Sevenineet East
Jocal Hospital
Minnie Schneider
Strawberry Farm
Sherb
Bert Also
Strawberry Point
Ousley
Wrierino
Ed Sehneider
Steet
Auguse Schnat Ader
Florence Stret
Perd Schneider
Columbia
Fred Schneider
Angeles
Cal
Ed Denath
O'Merle & Whe
Adeline Wumphrey
Adeline Humphrey
Wil. Holland
Bluth Street
Adeline Gardner
Jefferson County
New Yorks
Towy
Epule Township
Evan Humphrey
Humphrey
Westminster
Holland
Brit Opera
Marielle
O'Keefe & Trompe Mortuary
Wis
Chicago Gunners Sought in Death of New York Gangster
New York dispatch reports Chicago gangsters sought for the Yale killing in Brooklyn. Yale, 35, a former Five Points member and friend of police, died in his car after a fusillade from a passing sedan. He had Chicago ties dating to Colosimo’s 1920 murder and O Brien’s 1924 case, plus a history of police associations.
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New York
Chicago
Frank Yale
Serrface al Ganong
Big
Jim" Colosimo
Dion O'Brnion
Yale
Brooklyn
Big Tim" Murphy
Borough Park
Yate
Five Points
Colasimo
O'Banylen
John Thorria
Rad [Rice
Alwys
Imeter
Pnge
Pyet
Brain Tests and Logical Reasoning Challenges
A fragmented educational piece discusses sample brain tests used at leading universities. It outlines analogy problems, reasoning tasks, and the aim to gauge intellectual capacity through word associations, with references to tracks, vehicles, and natural elements.
Winthrop Boy Killed After Tank Fall
A Winthrop boy, John Orlin, 15, fell beneath a truck wheel while climbing an oil tank and died. He was with Donald Donten en route to Independence for an oil load, taken to People's Hospital then pronounced dead. The truck foreman and two brothers survive. no inquest will be held.
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Winthrop
John Orl- Inn
Donald Donten
People’s Hospital
Independence
Safety Warnings for Vacationers to Prevent Death
Des Moines July 2 4 Warning that summer accidents are numerous R L McLaren of the division of vital statistics state department of health urged vacationers to guard against many accidental deaths annually Stop Look and Listen Safely First applies to work or play If Save a Life is practiced deaths for July and August may be reduced Relaxation and diving vacations lead to unnecessary accidents McLaren cautions A large number of accidents result from motor vehicle collisions during lapses of memory or alertness In Iowa during June to August there were 425 accidental deaths last year 428 in 1925 with 12 from falls 99 from automobile crashes 69 from drowning 14 from acts of electrocution 25 from railroad accidents and sleet related shocks
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Des Moines
R. L. McLaren
Division of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Taciay
Laren
McGaren
Rais
Luere
Towa
Actdental
Explorers Voice Criticism of Nobile Expedition Rescue
Amundsen’s supporters debate the rescue plan as air and sea searches continue for Amundsen. A special edition funded by subscriptions departs Alesund aboard the Arctic vessel Veskrati to join the search. Oslo reporters note Britain agrees to send two air crews to aid the effort.
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Amundsen
Jet Alesund
Norway
Vesckari
Oslo
VOM Latel
Briteda
Agered
Anita Stewart Granted Divorce in Los Angeles
Actress Anita Stewart was granted a divorce from Rudolph Cameron Brennan amid desertion claims. Stewart testified Brennan preferred living elsewhere, with the couple married in Connecticut ten years ago and separated after five years.
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Angeles
Anita Stewart
Rudolph Cameron Brennan
Shigeackoy
Hoover Plans To Resign And Head West Next Week
Secretary Hoover begins his last full week as head of the commerce department. He plans to resign around July 10 and travel to California, stopping to present his resignation to President Coolidge at the summer White House in Wisconsin. A California committee plans to escort Hoover to San Francisco and Oakland for a possible first public address since his nomination.
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Washington D. C. Wy
Hoover
Commerce Department
California
Coolidge
White House
Wisconsin
Republican National Committee
Young
Rezio
Nas
San Francisco
Lt. 45
Oakland
Tse
Palo Alto
Secretary of Commerce
Kegs of Alcohol Wash Ashore After Offshore Shooting
At Half Moon Bay California on July 2 residents reported about 10 to 20 kegs of alcohol washed ashore after a heavy offshore fog. They suspected gunfire from a coast guard cutter though officials found no encounter. Local residents later collected roughly 100 kegs before prohibition officers arrived to patrol the beach.
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Half Moon Bry
Cal
Coast Guard
Brunson Opens Dry Desk in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Glen Brunson returns to the offices he once held as prohibition director of Iowa. Accompanied by three aides from Sioux City, Brunson reopens headquarters and takes charge as deputy administrator for Iowa, after district reorganization moved him from Omaha.
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Brunson
Des Moines
Bes Moines
INS
Glen
Prohibition
Tawa
Sioux City
Boin- 60N
Tie Bear
Iowa
Wil
Ontara
Bioux City
Nebraska
South Drkets
Girl Flier Leads Air Tour Hoport
Miss Phoebe Fairgraves Onlie, the sole woman entrant, led the third leg of the G Donmile international air tour departing Lambert-St. Louis field at 9 03 arriving from Indianapolis. Flight plan listed Springfield Missouri as a destination with other entrants taking off at two minute intervals.
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Girl Flier
Hoport
St. Laws
Phoebe Fairgraves Onlie
Indianapolis
Saturiday
Miss Onlie
Lammbert
Louis Nyingfield
Springheld
Monaco
Creston Fourth of July Fest Features Hog and Husband Calls
Creston residents plan a husband calling contest before the hog calling event during the Fourth of July celebration. A wife’s voice to direct her mate to her side wins the prize. The schedule places the husband contest just before the hog event. Mary Stepanek, 63, was shot and killed by her husband William Stepanek, an apparent accident, with conflicting explanations emerging. Magnus Elliott, former WCFN announcer, travels to Scotland to visit relatives. A. Gee and family return from Minnesota to Cedar Rapids after visiting Turtle River relatives.
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Creston
Saan
Fparmeics
Scotland
Magnus Elliott
Audiear
Galroad
Cedar Rapids Warehouse Company
Weather snippet with sparse temperature data
A fragmented weather note lists high and low temperatures for a weekend through Monday. The readable bits show maximums Saturday and Sunday and minimums Saturday night and Sunday night, with unclear accompanying values.
Auto Run In Store Injures Shopper and Driver
A driver identified as Idoyd Farmer of 127 Adrian street ran into Hershberger’s grocery store at Ninth and South streets while trying to avoid an unseen car racing by. The store suffered heavy damage including a pink glass panel. Farmer’s light touring car also damaged. Nearby, Coleman Pury reported a collision with an unknown car after an inquiry into accessory thefts. Pury later said he loaned his automobile to Le EB Parsons who did not return with it. Leonard Trauger’s bicycle was stolen from the municipal bathing beach and Clarence McGallim’s tire and rim were stolen from his auto in front of his home.
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Idoyd
Adrian Street
Hershbergers Grocery
Ninth
South ‘Streets
Coleman Pury
Grandvin Avenue
Fourth
Lafayette
Pury
le EB
Manicipal
Clarence McGallim
Lincoln Street
Frome
Seaplane Dive in Harbor Claims Two Naval Officers
A seaplane from the U S S Concord nose dived into the harbor at Newpark. It is feared two passengers, Lieut Commander Francis Lee Albert and Lieut William Butler Jr, were drowned as naval vessels nearby joined rescue efforts.
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Newpark
U. S. S. Concord
Francis Lee Albert
William Buteler, Jr
Ancient Greeks Theory of Light and Television
New York July 2 4 Did Greek philosophers who claimed sight comes by light entering the eye misunderstand vision or unwittingly describe television The Bell Labs expert Frank Gray explains television sees by a beam of light from lamps cast onto an object then through a rotating disc with photo cells that convert brightness into electrical impulses The object is traced by a moving light spot as apertures pass and the resulting signals travel by wire or radio to be transmitted.
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New York
Perger
Frank Gray
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Gray Wm
Gray
Casualties in Mexico election and Obregon unopposed
Mexico City reports indicate first news of serious clashes during Obregon's uncontested presidential election. Dispatches note at least 10 killed in Pamacy as police clashed with Leones supporters, with Obregon expected to assume control of congress as returns are incomplete.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Excelsior
Pamacy
Obregon
Leone
Marquez
Chamber of Deputies
Congress
Three Day Court Fight Over Query Put to Witness
Los Angeles bound case ends after three days of court conflict over a witness query. Judge Bowron forbids Dulin from stating his business, in a suit by San Joaquin Valley Farm Land bondholders seeking $900,000, against four defendants for foreclosing on land.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dulin
Hunter, Dulin & Co
San Joaquin
Marco
Irving Heilman
Joe Taplitzky
Herman Jones
Thependholders
Democrats Indorse Ticket and Open County Nominations
Des Moines July 2 Democrats in many Iowa counties endorsed the party presidential and vice presidential nominees and approved the national platform. County conventions disclosed nominations for county and legislative offices after the recent primary failed to name nominees. Notable actions include Rep. John B. Truax in Buchanan county for the state house and Sen. W. MacLeland in Marshall county for the senate amid a four-man field.
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Des Moines
Towa
W. #. MacLeland
Marshall County
Senate
Feld
John .B. Truax
Buchanan County
House of Representatives
Eleventh
Ed H. Campbell
Ida County
Congress
Gilman -Indorsed
Campbell
Osceola
Clay
Cheroker
Ida
Sar
O'Brien County
Stewart Gilman
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Jacob Pritchard
Onawa
Monona County
Gerrit Klay
Orange Cuy
Sioux County
Pritchard
Klay
Delo- Balesh Buena
Viste
Dickinson
Plymouth
Lyon Counties
H. W. Narey
Storm Leake
Work Comes For Coolidge Parley
Superior Wil, division 2, Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work arrived this morning with his resignation in hand and went to Cedar Island lodge to deliver it to President Coolidge. He becomes chairman of the Republican National Committee and Hoover campaign leader, duties likely limit his Interior tenure. Today's talks between Coolidge and Work covered the president's role in the upcoming campaign and potential speeches.
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INS
Hubert
Work
Cedar Island Lodge
Coolidge
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Interior Post
Ain
Wark
Polish village bride claims world kissing record
In Tecsoc Poland the bride, daughter of a rabbi, reportedly kissed 7001 guests in four hours at a village wedding. Guests came from nearby villages and from Czechoslovakia Romania and Hungary as part of Slavic customs.
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Cracow
Poland
Tecsoc
Czechos-Slovakia
Roumania
Hungary
Rotary Club Hale Reports 14 000 In Year
Waterloo Rotary Club shows 145 members at June 28 with 52 regular and 5 special meetings. Receipts for 14 months reach 2 541 and expenditures 30 990. Educational fund records 3 648.44. new student loans total 3 205. The club, led by President James Graham, emphasizes the Golden Rule worldwide.
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Jary
Andy G.' Reid
James Graham
Waterloo Club
Russell-Lamson
Noot
Rotary
United States
George Shoemaker
Educational Fund
Waterloo Rotary
Lab
Sheriff Fails to Get Alleged Car Thieves
Sheriff H T Wagney returned from Elgin with two prisoners, charged with stealing a Chrysler from W H Helmer. Governor Snell ruled Edward Anderson under a $5,000 Illinois bond had prior claim, while Raymond Garfield escaped extradition due to habeas corpus. Legal delays leave both men in limbo.
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H. T. Wagney
Elgin
W. H. Helmer
Snell
Edward Anderson
Ilinois
Raymond Garfield
Black Hawk Sherif
Sheclf
Pheasant Chicks Establish In Byrnes Park With Red Hen
Fourteen pheasant chicks and their Rhode Island Red mother occupy Byrnes Park as a feeding ground. Chesterman, the park custodian, secured 90 eggs and consulted the game warden around March 1. 20 eggs hatched, 14 chicks remain alive after UB days. The three week old birds are nearly feathered and shelter under their mother while Chesterman plans to keep them if they stay.
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Rhode Island
Byrnes’ Park
Co. C. Chesterman
Chesterman
Iowa Socialists to Meet at Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa Socialists to meet at the home of I B McCrillis on Wednesday with members from all parts expected. A platform will be adopted and state candidates selected. William Henry Chicago secretary of the socialist party will attend.
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Des Moines
Socialist Party
Iowa
McCrillis
William H.henry
Gheago
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