Mysterious Death of Capt Alfred Lowenstein Seen as Hoax Theories
London reports on July 7 discuss the mystery of financier Captain Alfred Lowenstein who vanished after his airplane fell into the English Channel. Attempts to recover his body have failed as pilots test doors and escape mechanisms while rumors swirl of a hoax and possible staged disappearance.
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London
Alfred Lowenstein
English Channel
AL le Bourget Airdrome
France
Lowenstein
Paris
Berlin
Brussels
Croydon
Dunkirk
Nkirk
Calais
Daily Express
Susie
Paneer
Olympic tryouts yield world record near misses in Cambridge
At Cambridge in the Olympic tryouts Ed Hamm and Georgie Teohate shattered marks in the running broad jump while John Kuck and Earl Hirschfeld approached the world best in shot put. Charley Borah won heat pace in the 200 meter trials as Paddock pursued a comeback in the 360 yard dash.
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Cambridge
Olympic
Ed Hamm
Georgie Teohate
Orid
de ‘Hart
Cincinnati
University
Erman
Uiversity
Ralph” Rose
John Kuck
Avigeles
Earl
Hirschfeld
Charley Borah
Los Angeles
A. C
Henry, Cumming
Newark A. C
Virginia
Star
Charley Paddock
Howard Jones
New York
Marshal Seizes Car and 102 Gallons Booze at Waverly
Waverly Nova Scotia authorities seized 102 gallons of liquor from a new light coupe with a Chicago plate. The driver, named Mike Gilio, was detained in the county jail and claimed a Sioux City destination. The marshal’s pursuit began after a stop at Bremer Street filling station.
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Waverly
Frank Mason
Chicago
Mike Gilio
Sioux City
Bremer Street
Central Bests Legion 41 to 3 in City League
Central defeats American Legion 41 to 3 in a City League baseball game at Tyres Park. Central pitchers Janet and Beard had four and five strikeouts. Hubbard and Love of Legion fared with two and one. Weldman pitched for the Legion. Anderegon and Beilke for Central. Harmon for the region. Married Thursday Miss Norris Purdy wed Thomas J. Bender in Des Moines area home ceremony.
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Dimals Central
American Legion
Tyres Park
Central
Janet
Beard
Hubbard
Love
Weldman
Legion
Anderegon
Beilke
Tiltnois Central
Harmon
Miss Norris, Purdy
Thomas J. Bender
Julia Tink Hildreth
Des Moines
Soviet Volga Don canal plan opens inland waterway to world markets
Washington July 3 1 The National Geographic Society notes the Soviet project to link the Black Sea and White Sea via a Volga Don canal system. Fifteen locks will lift ships from Krasnoarmeiskole to Kalach to drop to the Don, enabling cheaper export of Russian wheat timber coal and other goods. The 63 foot wide waterway is expected to pay for itself within five years as tolls fund construction.
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Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Europe
Black Sea
Volga
White Sea
Asia
Caspian
Upper
Norgay
Ural Mountains
Russia
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Don
Krasnoarmeiskole
Sarepta
Kalach
Stalingrad
Tsaritsyn
Krasnoarmeiskoe
Meee Aot Society
Rostov
Priest Biologist Rivalry at Burbank Inspired Farm Work
In Collegeville Minnesota Rev Father John Katzner of St Johns University at eighty remains active on his fruit farm pursuing experimental breeding. He developed the Translinda apple with hardiness and long storage and has bred pear trees to endure cold climates. His work includes grafting Siberian pear stock to create a hardy, edible fruit, drawing on trees from Northwest stations and Minnesota Lake Minnetonka and South Paketa experimental stations.
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Collegeville
Minn
Minnesota
Luther Burbankin
John Katener
St. John’s University
Kataner
Minnesola
Kamer
Russia
Northwest
Lake Minnetonka
South Paketa
Father Katzner
Grape Developed From Wild Wood Grape Near University
The Alpha grape was developed by a father from a wild variety found growing in woods near the university. Beginning in 1907, through care and cultivation, he produced a fruit adapted to this territory.
Dr Mott Resigns as Y M C A President in War Honours
Fayette Iowa July 7 A word received here today states Dr John FR Mott national president of the Y M C A for more than four decades has resigned effective October 1. A native of Postville Iowa he graduated from Upper Iowa University. During the war he served as executive secretary of the War Councils overseeing 200 million dollars for soldier sailor and prisoner welfare and was decorated by the United States France Italy Poland Japan and Greece.
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United States
France
Italy
Poland
Japan
Greece
Road Hog Victim Dies After Crash Near Marion
Cedar Rapids July 7 Freder Simmons 39 died in University of Iowa hospital from injuries suffered July 4 when forced off the road near Marion and his car overturned. The fatality follows a highway accident with a broken back and a fatal outcome after hospitalization. Mexico opens first civil aviation school in Guadalajara with one instructor and a biplane under Captain Luis Verdeja.
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Cedar Rapids. Ja
J.fi
Fred Simmons
Marion
University of Iowa Hospital
Menigo
Guadalajara
Mexico
Luis Verdeja
Albert Holzer Dies at His Waterloo Home
Albert Holzer eighty two, early Waterloo fruit merchant, died at his home at 217 Second Street East at 2:30 a.m. from dropsy. Born in Domberg Austria October 11 1845 he came to the United States in 1865 to Duluth IA then moved to Waterloo in 1870. Surviving wife Mary and four children Ferdinand Waterloo Julia and August. Funeral at 2:90 a.m. Monday from O Keefe Towne chapel with Rev H F Moehlmann officiating.
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Albert Holzer
Waterloo
Second ‘Street
Mr. Holzer
Domberg
Austria
du Luque
Mary Schmidt
Holzer
Waterloo Fruit & Commission, Co
Lafayette
Fourth Streets
Fourth and Water
Eve
Ferdinand
Charles Hermann
Sioux City
Julia
August
Toledo
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
H. F. Moehlmann
Trinity Lutheran Church
Iowa land moves this fall amid rising sales and buying shift
Courierspecial service reports widespread Iowa land activity this summer with more sales than typical for midseason. favorable growing conditions east of the Mississippi support expectations of a bountiful high quality harvest if the fall is normal. rising land moves hint at a forthcoming sellers market as paved road plans spur farm value and broader business improvement boosts both city and rural property transactions statewide.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Owass
Mississippi
Towa
Neighborly intrigue and a writerly neighbor unfold
Joshua Bingham, a quiet banker, notices his new neighbor Miss Lucy Sweet, a female writer, and watches her transform the cottage next door into a tidy home with flowers and chickens. Henrietta Flood fosters a wary fondness, while Bingham debates the new presence and visits Miss Sweet amid painting, proof sheets, and kittens.
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Joshua Bingham
Myr. Bingham
Henrietta Flood
Bingham
Henrietta
Mr. Bingham
Pink Frock
Benjamin Brown
Benjamin
Morse
Lucy Sweet
Amityville
Miss Sweet
Miss Lucy Sweet
Lucy Sweet and Joshua Plan Joined Cottages
In a quiet domestic vignette, Joshua Bingham and Lucy Sweet grow closer as they discuss life, books, and two cottages. She concedes to his proposal to join their homes into one, signaling a new step in their quiet relationship amid small-town confidences.
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Joshua
Bingham
Lucy
Sweet
Miss
Lucy Sweet
Jas
Mre Bingham
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Notice to Repair Pumps and Parts in Millen Street
Notice reads W Terri mew permanently relocated at 417 Millen Street. Pumps and repairing pumps service offered. Phone numbers 1467 and 3467-W provided for contact and residence.
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John Largok
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Dr. Mott
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Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
Springfeld
Lew Small
Oo Avis
Wanteauleise
Hemlock
Bry Clarice Gray
G. C
Kennedy
Dove
Inter
Mardik
Pocahontas
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Satta
Erskine
B. Factory
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A. Geerdes, Inc
Eatie
Grundy
Kame & Yawn
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