News in the Spotlight and World Flight Record in Reach
In today’s Spotlight, President Coolidge defers clear plans for the coming congressional race, signaling a hands off stance for now. Edward Wais and Linton Wells near a globe circling finish, aiming to beat the Mears record from New York to set a faster time. Aimee McPherson case hearings resume as investigators seek aviator witnesses and a former Angelus operator. France and Britain sign a debt funding pact to shore up francs and warn German reparations, while Abd el Krim faces exile to Reunion after Rif rebellion. Rescue teams probe Lake Denmark disaster as marines search for missing comrades. The Kansas City Star sale to Miner-Shidon is announced, with Irwin Kirinwood to lead editorial policy unchanged.
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Edward Wais
Detroit
Linton Wells
Search for bodies in ruins after navy depot disaster
War time Jersey battle ruins search for dead expands as Brig Gen Dromis warns of danger of further explosions. Victims identified and unidentified rise to 14 dead, six marines listed among the dead. Bodies moved to Brooklyn Navy Hospital, investigations planned. many homes and buildings destroyed, thousands displaced.
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Dayer
N. J
Jersey
Lake Denmark
Navy
PeenGerk
Victin
Investi Bnts
Danger Post
Flugh A. Dromis
Naval Arsenal
John Wadhams
Wilbur
Hugh A. Drem
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Wilar
Kendall Christian Women's Home to Be Established
Bequest from the late Mrs. Harriet Kendall, died May 1910, grows from about 27000 to 70000 under trustees A. J. Edwards Ira Rodamar and later J. C. Vrombauer. Home planned in Black Hawk or Chickasaw counties with matching funds, Nashua favored. Caldwell home in Dubuque area may be converted. Burial noted for Mrs Kendall in Oak Hill Nashua.
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Harriet Kendall
Kendall, Christian Women's Home
Nashua
Edwards
J. C. Vrombauer
Black Hawk
Mickasawa
Kendall Christian Soomiai
Chickasaw
Belle Caldwell
Lehfarles City
Iiss Caldwell
New York City
E Caldwell
Kendall
Waterloo
Nashor
Oak Hill
Grakelow Chosen Exalted Ruler of Elks in Chicago
Charles S. Grakelow of Philadelphia was unanimously elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at the grand lodge meeting in Chicago. He succeeds Judge William Trawley and urged lodges to serve as civic centers for patriotic and charitable work while reports show the order's assets near 95 million dollars and about 825,704 members. The gathering also suspended several lodges for violating dry law and highlighted memorial construction and festivities.
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Chicago
Charles S. Grakelow
Philadelphia
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand Lodge of the Order
William Trawley
Texas
Grakelow
W. Freeland Kendrick
Philadelphia Lodge
Pennsylvania Hills Association
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Order
Grand Lodge
Elk Lodge
Bill
Alaska
Panama Uunal
Hawaii
California
Maine
Florida
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Elkdour
Chcago
Michigan Avenue
Boy Scouts
Pawtucket
R. I
New York
Plattsburg
Rochester
Wilkinsburg
St. Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
William Hawley Atwell
Dalla
Grand Exalted
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Puler
Stand Lodge
Elks
Jrilands
Washington Park
Grant Park
Charleston Robinson
Coolidge Keeps Hands Off Primaries in Congressional Campaigns
President Coolidge has no plan to participate in the fall congressional campaign. He is staying out of purely party fights while primary contests are being resolved, and no announcements indicate active entry into politics. Coolidge arrived at the Adirondacks, meeting reporters and weighing whether to address the campaign at all.
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Fishin
President Coolidge
White Pins
Paul Smith
N. Y
Cal
Lake Osgood
Coolidge
N.Y
Adirondacks
Washington
Paris
Olive Joy Wright Opens Women’s Convention With Dual Gavels
Olive Joy Wright presided at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs opening session in Des Moines with a gavel from Washington state and another from St Joseph delegates. Mame A. Blevens urged emancipation and a shift to looser dress standards while noting the short skirt trend. More than 2,000 delegates gathered for the convention’s start and social event.
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Des Moines
UPI
Olive Joy Wright
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Washington State
United States
Pony Express
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Cal
United Press
Federation
Church Reforms Reunites Milford Methodist Church
Milford Ken July 13 AP Rev Charles Everett Draper pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church dissolved the congregation after criticizing internal conditions. He called for a public renewal of vows. Sunday night the congregation reassembled, renewed obligations, and the church was reorganized.
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Milford
Ken
Charles Everett Draper
Methodist Episcopal Church
Short Interviews With Home Folks
A courthouse janitor named Kimo Carr reports collecting about 125 pieces of gum from under seats in the large courtroom. He comments that Judge J. B. Stiles would not permit a witness to testify while chewing gum and wonders if those gum pieces were left by potential witnesses in Stiles' court.
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Kimo Carr
J. B. Stiles
Pathfinding Plane Starts Second Reach to Des Moines Route
Six members of the Pathfinding party left Selfridge Field Michigan on the first lap of a 10 day 2600 mile trip for the Edsel B Ford trophy tour. Lieut Lawrence C Elliott piloted the pathfinder ship with a noon stop in Kalamazoo and Chicago in the afternoon. The route includes new and revisited cities such as Milwaukee St Paul Cincinnati Lincoln Neb Wichita Kans Des Moines Maine Illinois Kansas City St Joseph Mo Indianapolis Fort Wayne and Cleveland.
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Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mich
INS
Lawrence C. Elliott
Kalamazoo
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Lincoln
Neb
Wichita
Kans
Des Moines
Maline
Ill
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Indianapolis
Fork Wayne
Cleveland
Iowa College of Applied Science to name new dean
Prof. Clement Clarence, head of civil engineering at the University of Illinois, will become dean of the College of Applied Science at the University of Iowa to succeed the late Dean William G. Raymond. Officials gave no date for the appointment, though rumors of a new head had circulated since Raymond's death a month ago.
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Towa City
Clement Clarence
University of Iinois
College of Applied Science
University of Iowa
William G. Raymond
Applied Science College
Raymond
Des Moines Flappers Barred from Halls
Des Moines authorities rejected a proposal to lower dance hall age limits to 16, keeping current bars for girls under 18. City councilmen postponed action after a wave of protests greeted early plans for more permissive attendance at public dance halls.
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Des Moines
Fiance Hall Commission
Mrs. Margaret Hoy Died at Cedar Falls
Mrs. Margaret Hoy aged 2? died at her brother-in-law Michael Hoy's residence after several years ill. Funeral 9 a.m. Wednesday at St Patrick's Catholic Church Cedar Falls. Burial in Calvary Cemetery Waterloo. Born Margaret Gallagher, an early Black Hawk County resident, later lived in Decorah before returning to Cedar Falls about twenty years ago.
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Cedar Fall
Margaret Hoy
Michael Hoy
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Waterloo
Courier delivery deadline notice from local paper
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 6 30 oclock. If through error of the carrier boy or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time please Phone 5100 and a copy of the paper will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
Miniature Holy Land Model Displayed Here Tomorrow
A 50 by 25 foot miniature Holy Land model will be shown in Des Moines tomorrow. Built by Joseph and Salvatore Ganci of Malta, the exhibit uses 600 moving figures and 751 miles of wire to animate its 0,000 pieces of material after eleven years of work.
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Des Moines
The
Holy Land
Joseph and
Salvatore Ganci
Malta
Tripoli Rebels Try to Ambush Italians
In Tripoli continuous skirmishes unfold as rebels attempt ambushes on Italian columns. Severe clashes at Cyrene ended with rebel defeat near South Benghazi where over 100 rebels were killed.
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Tripoli
Rome
INS
Cyrene
Benghgazi
Former Oelwein mayor T L Hanson dies after long illness
T L Hanson longtime Oelwein mayor and former First National Bank president died at 12 30 p m after a long illness from complications. Other briefs note a delay in dry parley conferences in Southampton and the death of Major General Littleton T Waller in Atlantic City from pneumonia.
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Oelwein
T. L. Hanson
First National Bank
Waller
Atlantic City
Littleton T. Waller
M. G
Grand jury resumes Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping probe
Los Angeles witnesses subpoenaed as the county grand jury reopens the probe into the alleged kidnapping of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson at Angelus Temple. Minnie Kennedy leads the list. Clyde De Villiers claims McPherson left Venice by air the day she disappeared and says he can name the pilot and provide a $2000 payment check.
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Aimee McPherson
Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Aimee
Myre McPherson
Angelus Femme
Riverside
Cal
McPherson
Charles E. Jaynes
Long Beach
Jaynes
Serk Ormiston
Ormiston
Grand Jury
John J. Kershner
Kershner
Aimee Semple McPherson
Keetch
Llier
Clyde de Villiers
Lincoln J Carter Writer of Theatre Thrillers Dies at 61
Goshen Indiana July 13 AP Lincoln J Carter remembered for melodramas that thrilled theatre crowds decades ago He died today at 61 after a long illness from heart disease Brought to life shipwrecks and other dramatic disasters in early stage thrillers before moving pictures offered realism
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Goshen
Ind
Lincoln J. Carter
Carter
Theater of Te
Lrkin
Iowa Girl Escapes Beath at Arsenal, Newhall Man Hurt
Ames Iowa July 13 UP W L King Ames has word his son in law Capt John B Fidlar and wife escaped injury in the Lake Denmark arsenal explosion Capt Fidlar runs the proving grounds at Picatinny arsenal and lived on the outskirts of the devastated area Major Hurt Newhall ia July 18 UP Maj Hermon Zorniz son of Mr and Mrs M HW Zornig Newhall suffered minor injuries in the explosion at the naval arsenal near Dover New Jersey a telegram to his parents states
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Ames, Ta
W. L. King
Ames
John B. Fidlar
Lake Denmark Arsenal
Fidlar
Picatinny Arsenal
Newhall
Maj
Hermon Zorniz
M. HW. Zornig. Newhall
Naval Arsenal
Dover
N. J
Kansas Wheat Prosperity Sign Amid Great Harvest
Kansas farmers, facing vigorous wheat yields amid thinning corn, eye a record crop as government estimates place production around 149 million bushels in a year marked by steady threshing activity. Welcome Rainbow veterans in New York mark a three day Rainbow division gathering with Mayor Walker and Gov Smith welcoming delegates.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Union
Rainbow Vets
New York
Jimmy Walker
Ad Smith
Rainbow Division
London Settlement Clears Up All Old Accounts
London July 13 The settlement signed in London by Finance Minister Caillaux covers not only the French war debt but virtually all outstanding accounts between Great Britain and France. Churchill announced in the house of commons that French payments would total 4,900,000 pounds with further sums and rising annual totals reaching about 12 million pounds in the final years. The agreement includes no safeguarding clause but exchanges provide a right for reconsideration if Germany payments fail.
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France
Ugland
London
M. Caillaux
Frante
Caillaux
Great Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Germany
Church
Heavy Buying Lifts Wheat Prices Amid Market Surge
Wheat prices surged on July 15 as Canadian government data and North American supply concerns spurred buying. July futures rose to 1.48 1/4 per bushel with September around 1.42 7/8, signaling strong demand and a market reacting to prewar size quality and seasonal factors.
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Chivaso
Penn SV
Suis R-S
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