Chamberlin to sail with mystery pilot to London
Clarence Chamberlin will pilot the Bellanca Columbia to London tomorrow for the return flight from Paris to New York under a mystery co pilot believed to be Captain Pelletier Daisy or Lieut. Paul Tarascon. Chamberlin will train the new flyer and then depart on the Leviathan next Tuesday with Commander Byrd.
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Chamberlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin
London
Charles A. Levine
Paris
New York
Altho
Pelletier Daisy
Paris-to-Tokio
Paul Tarascon
Colt
France
Levine
Byrd
Iowan
Clarence Chamberlin
Atlantic
Associated Press
Southampton
America
Georges Pelletier Doisy
Paris-to-Tok
lPi
Clarence D. Champbeilin
Charles Aa
Richard FE
Chamberlin Hao al Ababa
le “Gant
Pistol Duel Leaves Des Moines Police Officer Dead
A revolver duel in Des Moines last night left officer Charles F. Gantley dead after a clash with Van Scott, identified as nervous and allegedly intoxicated. Scott fled after the confrontation, as details of the incident emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
van Scott
Nervo
Charles F. Gantley
Beine
Nears
PANY YIELD TO PRESSURE DRY POLICY
Column on New Jersey and New York Republican shifts toward a wetter stance on prohibition. It argues moves threaten dry goals, may sway national convention, and could aid Democrats as other states follow. Mentions Vare and party dynamics, with warnings from Anti Saloon League.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Republican Organization
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Vare
Wadsworth
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Republican Party
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Courier delivery cutoff and backup paper policy
The Courier promises home delivery before 5 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 4100 for a replacement copy. Phone requests must be received by 6 30 p.m. for same day dispatch.
Costly Suitor in Des Moines Linked to Lord Beaverbrook Fame
Des Moines reports Robert Whitman alias Lord Beaverbrook, who wed about 47 women, failed socially. Vaudeville performer Esther Wexler, his May 1925 elopement partner, says Whitman on trial in New York for swindling $125,000 in jewelry. Wexler claims Beaverbrook cost her $13,000.
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Bluebeard
Solomon
Robert Whitmen
Lord Beaverbrook
Esther Wesler
Des Moines
Beaverbrook
Whitman
New York
Robert Whitman
Esther
Wexler
Birger Gangster Sentenced in Marion Murder Case
Millich and Gowan, linked to the Birger gang, were found guilty of killing Ward Casey Jones last October. Millich received the death penalty. Gowan was sentenced to 25 years. The trial overlapped with Charlie Birger’s Benton murder case.
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Marion
Rado Millich
Eural Gowan
Casey” Jones
Millich
Gowan
Gowan-Millich
Birger
Charlie Birger
Benton
Joe Adams
West City
Jones
Martisburg
Drowned When Speedboat Burns in Georgian Bay
Sudbury Ontario July 7. P. W. L. Hodgkins president of the Brownell Improvement Company Chicago and two crew members were drowned last night when their gasoline speedboat caught fire on Georgian Bay between Mary Island and Stoney Point. Four others escaped by swimming or holding onto cushions.
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Sudbury
Ontario
P.W. L. Hodgkins
Brownell Improvement . Company
Chicago
Georgian Bay
Mary Island
Stoney Point
Hart and party complete Iowa to California air trip
James Hart Jr of Madrid Iowa started for the University of California to join the summer session. He reached there by airplane last night to enter on time with his class. Plane piloted by Wilbur Gebracht, with F M Rogers aboard. Hart plans to fly back to Iowa after graduation in Berkeley.
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Ames
James Hart, Jr
University of California
Young Hart
Madrid
Wilbur Gebracht
F. M. Rogers
Des Moines
Frank Goodale
Berkeley
Iowa
Gebracht
Kelly Quits Appeal to Serve Sentence
Paul Kelly, who killed his sweetheart’s husband in a fist fight, will serve his term without further appeal. Kelly has begun a one to 10 year sentence at San Quentin, while his sweetheart Dorothy Mackaye remains in Los Angeles county jail after her own sentence for hiding facts about the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Paul Kelly
Kelly
San Quentin
Dorothy Mackaye
Frangill Demonstrates Radio Wave Control of Auto
Large crowd watches Frangill throw a radio wave through a man’s body to operate an automobile. Demonstrations continue daily with plans to freeze ice by radio tomorrow.
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Frangill
Radio Automobile Demos Chart Cedar Falls and Jesup
A two day sequence of demonstrations showcases radio controlled automobiles in Cedar Falls and Jesup. Activities include private and public displays at Hudson Essex Waterloo 523 Franklin street and Jefferson Street area with making ice by radio at the Artificial Ice plant. Public showrooms and street demonstrations highlight wireless wonders and automotive radio tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Hudson-Essex Waterloo Company
Franklin Street
Jefferson Street
Radio Automobile
Artificial Ice Company
Jesup
Wireless Wizard Demonstrates Driverless Car in Waterloo
Maurice J. Francill, famed wireless expert, wowed thousands on Park avenue by remotely operating a standard stock Essex automobile. Using a compact transmitter, he controlled head and parking lights, wipers, horns, and engine functions from outside the car, driving forward, in reverse, or in a circle without any human touch or outside connections. The exhibition kicked off a three day program and included a later stunt of radio powered clothing washing at Waterloo Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice J. Francill
Park Avenue
Sycamore
Lafayette
Francill
Eli
Francis
Francisi
Waterloo
Evening Courier
Hudson-Essex Waterloo Company
Franklin Street
Railroad Eyes Airplane Branch To Boost Tourist Service
An official from a major eastern trunk line conferred with Assistant Secretary McCracken of the commerce department about using airplanes to supplement passenger service. The unnamed railroad, widely believed to be the Pennsylvania, aims to carry tourists to scenic and historic sites far from its trunk routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
McCracken
Commerce Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
British, American, Japanese delegations seek cruiser limit agreement
At a Geneva naval conference a day after a stormy session, British, American, and Japanese experts grapple with a cruiser problem. A British spokesman says Britain will not include projected building programs in cruiser figures, only ships actually appropriated. The British favor the American move for a low cruiser limit, and agree that misunderstandings must be cleared for progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Great Britain
England Endures 30 Day Rain in One Night Floods
Southern England faced widespread floods after an all night rain storm with more than a month's precipitation. Rain fell steadily for 13 hours across the region causing crop damage landslides and a reported death with several injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Twenty Die As Brewer Grounded Off St Lawrence Island
Twenty men aboard the motorship Brewer from San Francisco faced death as the ship pounded to pieces off St Lawrence Island north of Nome Alaska after running aground on rocks. Radio messages to Seattle said the vessel failed to float at high tide and would face peril even if shore access were possible. Coast guard warned the region is rocky and desolate with dangerous tara ships nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Brewer
San Francisco
St. Lawrence Island
Nome
Alaska
Harbor
Tara
Coast Guard
Daughter of U G Ambassador Weds in London
Miss Rntil da Houghton, daughter of the American ambassador, married Chandler P. Anderson Jr., a New York banker and former secretary to Houghton, at St. Margaret's, Westminster this afternoon in a ceremony attended by distinguished society and diplomatic figures. The wedding was one of the season’s most fashionable events with the church filled for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UuFims
Rntilda Houghton
Chandler PP. Anderson, Jr
New York
Houghton
St. Margaret’s Church
Weetmoinster
Cecagsion Amon
Baldwin
Cokes
Diplowife
el American
Brinah Soc
FILA TAR LEAD ACDUS TO EQUITY
Hollywood July 7. Seven hundred actors and actresses met to join the motion picture branch of Actors Equity and draft a program for working conditions. They seek a basic agreement with producers, a standard contract, and an eight hour day. Speakers included Ernest Torrence Wallace Beery Charles Ray Thomas Meighan Conrad Nagel and Bert Lytell.
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Hollywood
Cal
Actors Equity Association
Ernest Torrence
Wallace Beery
Charles Ray
Thomas Meighan
Conrad Nagle
Bert Lytell
Hammill Defends Leniency in Suspended Sentences
Des Moines claims no facts hidden as Hammill defends leniency in suspending jail sentences. He notes records open to the public and cites 48 suspensions with twice as many denied, saying suspensions were legal and there is nothing to hide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Hammill
Sen Erepers
Des Moines
Atttorney
Fear Corniborer Found in Keokuk Field Report
Specimens taken from a cornfield near Keokuk were submitted to the state agricultural authorities for analysis. The samples are reported to be borers from four farms and were sent by Keokuk officials for examination by the company’s experts.
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Fear Corniborer
Keokuk
Keokuk. Is
State Agricultural
Armes
Taanson Manslaughter Trial Delayed by Missed Court Day
Moises July 9. Attorney for Charles Taanson on a charge of manslaughter as scheduled in a case missed today. Taanson is a consent to testify against Mrs Cousar, the alleged party and may have driven in an overturning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moises
Charles Toanson
Mans Hain
Teddy
Taanson
CS Uasrkab
Woman Flagpole Sitter to Try at Cedar Rapids
Mrs Eva Smith of Oklahoma City a professional hiker on a 4500 mile trip challenged the flagpole sitting fraternity. She has permission to spend 31 hours atop a 12 story building flagpole and will be hoisted to the perch tomorrow morning. She aims to prove women can achieve feats equal to men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Eva Smith
Oklahoma City
Brutal Slayer Goes to Chair in Virginia Crime Case
Richmond Va July 7 Louis F Boersig 45 was executed at state prison for clubbing two young girls to death in Fairfax County. He protested he had no recollection and claimed drunkenness though evidence, including identification by the victims mother, was overwhelming. He left a widow and three children.
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Richmond
INS
Louis F. Boersig
Virginia
Fairfax County
Boersig
Altho
Jury Selection in Birger Case May Take Week
A panel of 24 jurors was summoned in Benton for the trial of Charlie Birger and two associates over the murder of West City Mayor Joe Adams. Four of 28 were excused on day one. selection is expected to take from three days to a week as examination continues. The defendants named are Birger, Art Newman, and Ray Hyland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Charlie Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Birger
Art Newman
Ray Hyland
WA WINS GRAIN RATE REDUCTIONS
Washington dispatch reports Des Moines grain traders won a plea before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ICC ordered railroads after Sept. 20 to set grain rates to Louisiana from Des Moines at parity with rates to the same destination from Omaha and Council Bluffs, reducing the Des Moines to Louisiana cost by about 2 cents per 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Quiz Taxi Driver in Women's Deaths
In St Paul Minnesota July 71 P A taxicab driver said to be a former sweetheart of Anne Grenville was arrested for questioning in the slayings of Miss Grenville and Mrs Sadie Bell Teddy Dubois. The man’s name was not released. Two women are held for questioning as material witnesses while Charles M Hutchinson, who with a taxi driver found the bodies, is also in custody.
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St. Paul
Minn
Anne Grenville
Miss Grenville
Sadie Bell
Teddy) Dubois
Charles M. Hutchinson
Viola Walker Narrowly Escapes Reformatory Again
Viola Walker 18, a former Madrid resident and frequent escapee from Rockwell City women's reformatory, was again sought by authorities after escaping days earlier at Perry and returning to the institution. Police fear she may flee toward Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone, Ta
Viola Walker
Madrid, Inc
Cirl
Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
Perry
Madrid
Viola
Swedish premier Astrom admitted to local sanitarium
Swedish Prime Minister Astrom was registered at the sanitarium here to pray as a test patient, in a report from Battle Greek Mich. Juivo TsINS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anelo T. Astrom
United States
Frenchmen and English Fliers Ready for Atlantic Flight
New York July 7 1947 news outlines four new nonstop transatlantic expeditions from New York to Europe. France and England see pilots like Rene Fonck Lloyd Bertaud and Gladys Roy preparing for routes to Paris Rome and London alongside plans for a steam driven giant and a Bellanca Columbia circumnavigation.
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New York
Atlantic
Europe
Paris
Rome
Lindbergh
St. Louis
America
Byrd
Rene Fonck
Lloyd Bertaud
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
William Randolph Hearst
Foneck
Gladys Roy
Lieut
Delmar L. Snyder
Bertaud
Roy
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Gotthard ‘Spanschein
Jersey City
Stapleton
Air Mail
Levine
Bellanca
Chamberlin
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Wayland
Mount Pleasant
Clinton
Iowa City
Keota
Richard Byrd
Amundsen
Brazil
South America
Arabia
Fernand Bouisson
Chamber of Deputies
Russell S. Callow
University of Washington
University of Pennsylvania
Callow
Washington
Stephenson Tales
David C Stephenson
Indiana
Oragon
William H. Remy
Marion County
Stephenson
San Felice
Henry George
Idolita
Martin
Shady Rest
California
Radio Wizard
Maurice J. Francisl
Artificial Tee Company
East Ninth Street
Tce
Radian
U.S
A. Minchin
Robert MacIntosh
Eastern Line
NAVY
U. S
Japan
Wregr
Wet
Houghton-Anderson
FILA
Motion Picture Branch of Association
Hammill
Ocean Hime
Brutal Slayer
Rockwell
Iowa Bay
Fokker
Teterboro
N. J
Anthony Fokker
R. C. Noorduyn
Attlantic Ocean
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