Flight hopes and world aviation news in one column
Ernest L. Smith and Emory Bronte depart Oakland for a round trip to Honolulu amid doubts of runway length. Meantime French aviators Nungesser and Coli plan a Paris New York route, Coste seeks Paris approval for a world circuit, and a Canadian search follows reports of a white plane. Flogging cases in Alabama prompt arrests as golf leader Bobby Jones dominates at St Andrews with Calamity Jane aiding accuracy.
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Ernest L. Smith
Emory Bronte
Oakland
Cal
United States
Honolulu
Smith
Lieuts. Maitland
Hegenberger
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
St. Andrews
Scotland
Fie
Jane
B. Hodson
Tenby
Wales
Jones
Joe Kirkwood
Heat Wave Grips East Amid Death Toll Rises
A two day heat wave across the eastern United States has caused about 63 deaths, with most in New York and New Jersey. The Midwest found relief from the heat with cooling rains, while freak storms and lightning added to the casualties.
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United Press
United States
Middlewest
New York
New Jersey
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Detroit
Baltimore
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Schenectady
N. Y
Walsenburg
Colo
Albany
Syracuse
New London
East
Boston
Washington
Pitsburgh
Midwest
Colorado
Perth Amboy
N. J
Massachusetts
Walsenburg Cale
Europe
Asia
South America
Argentina
Chile
Denver
Galo
Leona Stearn
Ralph
Bar rett coal mine may shut down over wage war
Centerville reports the Barrett coal mine, central to the 1917 wage scale dispute, may close temporarily as company officials indicate. The notice underscores ongoing labor tensions affecting local industry.
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Centerville
Barrett
Mystery Village Discovered Near Boolidge's Cane
Rapid City July 14 A strange formation between Rapid City and the Black Hills summer White House is dubbed the Hidden City. Farmers C C Reich and Delance Crabtree unearthed stone walls and a keystone arch over a doorway while quarrying on Reich's land. Since April 1 they have exposed hundreds of feet of structure with walls floors and doorways, its origin and nature debated by historians.
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Rapid City
S. D
Black Hills
Reic
Delance Crabtree
Crabtree
Donald Crabtree
Thousands Flee After Anhwei Flood Disaster
Urgent appeals for aid streamed into Shanghai today from southern Anhwei province where a July 6 flood killed more than 1,000 persons. News of Yangtze overflow reached Shanghai. reports remain meagre but indicate tens of thousands homeless and destitute with extensive property damage.
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Shanghai
Anhwei Province
Yangtze River
Woman and two children found dead in Chicago park lagoon
Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her two small children from a Chicago park lagoon. Investigators indicated the woman may have drawn the children into the water before taking her own life.
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Chicago
Flapper Tries To Die After Midnight Reproach
Chicago July 14 Miss Bobby McManus fifteen attempted suicide by swallowing poison after her mother rebuked her for staying out late. The girl was found unconscious and rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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Flapper
Chicago
Bobby McManus
Airport Lease Option Cuts Budget For Waterloo Airport
Waterloo officials unveiled an airport site plan centered on Arthur Smith’s 120 acre tract in Orange township. A lease offer at 12.50 per acre for 10 years with purchase rights could lower immediate costs to 20,000 to 25,000, versus 30,000 bought outright, with next Jan. 1 possession and gradual crop-based parcel occupancy.
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A. B. Chambers
Service Clubs
Orange Township
Arthur Smith
Smith
Marsh Jersey
Prospect Boulevard
Prospect
Chambers
Bradley-Bowers
Grant Highway
Bradley- Bowers
Smith Tract
Waterloo
Airport prospects rise after Commerce official visit
Dubuque Iowa on July 14 reports bright prospects for establishing an airport following a visit by C A Jones of the federal Commerce Department. Local citizens are said to strongly back the project.
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Dubuque
INS
C. A. Jones
Federal Commerce Department
Maytag Gives $130000 to 500 Long-Ta edin Employees
Newton Iowa July 14 F U Maytag wealthy washing machine founder marked his 70th birthday by distributing more than 130000 among about 500 employees with three or more years service. Each received at least 150 dollars and as much as 1650 for long service. Ann Griebeling 33 years with the firm led the list at 1650. Maytag urged funds stay in bank for five years to grow as a prosperity nucleus. He was born in Cook County Indiana and moved to Iowa at age nine.
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Newton
F. U. Maytag
Ann Griebeling
Maytag
Cook County
Iowa
Blythe Named to Succeed O'Higgins in Ireland
Dublin July 14 Ernest Blythe minister of finance was appointed vice president of the executive council to succeed the late Kevin O'Higgins assassinated last Sunday. President Cosgrave will take over the portfolios of justice and external affairs.
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Dublin
INS
Ernest Blythe
Finance
Executive Council
Kevin O'Higgins
Cosgrave
Know Your City Cleveland Street Promoted as Key Avenue
Cleveland street, previously little noted, has emerged as a central element in the Fletcher avenue extension plan. It lies just west of Calvary cemetery, runs north south from Falls avenue, and once connected Falls avenue to the David Johnson farm along Rainbow drive. Currently sandy and rutted, the road is pictured as a future major traffic artery by city leaders.
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Cleveland Street
Fletcher Avenue
Byrnes Park
Sans Souci
Westfield
Calvary Cemetery
Falls Avenue
David Johnson
Rainbow Drive
Byrd and flier get rest on Leviathan voyage
On the U S S Leviathan July 14 Commander Richard E Byrd sails home after a trans Atlantic flight with companions George Neville Bert Acosta and Berni Balchen. He rests and enjoys calm leisure on deck taking walks and reading, avoiding social duties while the voyage proceeds.
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U. S. S. Leviathan
INS
Richard E. Byrd
America
George Neville
Bert Acosta
Berni Balchen
Byrd
Maingow Reunion After Monument in Des Moines
Veterans of the Rainbow division gathered in Des Moines on Bastille Day to inaugurate a reunion and push for a Champagne battlefield divisional monument. They plan a counter attack by personal subscriptions as doubts persist about national funding from the Battle Monument Commission.
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Des Moines
Rainbow Division
Champagne
National Battle Monument Commission
Howard G. Smith
Chicago
Bastile
France
Fourteen Die in Flames to Curb Bolshevism
Four teen fanatics locked in an orthodox church in Kustanaj Siberia set fire to the building and were burned to death in a bid to save their country from Bolshevism. They left a manifesto claiming self sacrifice to curb Bolshevik influence.
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Berlin
INS
Kustanaj
Siberia
Omsk
Warsaw
Highway 16 closure in Dubuque county announced
Federal highway No. 16 in Dubuque county is officially closed. Detours run through Key West to Lamotte to Zwingla and an unofficial route via Andrew to Lamotte to Dubuque, providing alternate travel paths around the blocked section.
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Dubuque
INS
Dubuque County
Key West
Lamotte
Zwingla
Andrew
Rex Gilgo Buys Hawkeye Oil Assets in $500000 Sale
Wilmington July 14 Rex Oil company of Denver paid 500000 to acquire assets of Hawkeye Oil company in Waterloo Ia after public auction failed to attract higher bids. Assets include 187 gasoline stations 70 bulk stations 155 truck tanks and equipment across Iowa Indiana and Kentucky with future plans to consolidate with Black Hawk Oil and set management at Waterloo conference in August.
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Courier Special Service
Wilmington
Del
Hawkeye Oil Company
Delaware Corporation
Waterloo
William H. Boyce
Rex Oil Company
Denver
Colo
Rex Company
Black Hawk Oil Company
Tlinois
States
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
D. ©. Wixson
Tony
F. EB. Kistler
Cole
Hawkeye Company
Kistle
Alcott Teacher Hurt in Auto Crash at Burlington Wis
Mrs Florence W Wald a teacher at Alcott school received severe injuries to her arm and back in an automobile accident at Burlington Wisconsin. She and her daughter Dorothy are spending the summer there and she was taken to Memorial hospital Burlington.
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Bertha Easley
Florence
Ala
Easley
Alabama
Florence W. Wald
Fourth Street East
Alcott School
Burlington, Wis
Dorothy
Wine Poisoned Lovers Found Dead Near Kenosha
In Kenosha Wisconsin a jug of poisoned wine and a note about preferring death over separation prompted an inquiry into the deaths of Mrs Hazel Van Patten 41 and her lover Joseph Comforte. The unclothed bodies were discovered in a lake cottage. The husband Joseph Van Patten said he knew of the affair. Authorities suspect cyanide poisoned the wine.
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Kenosha
Wis
Hazel van Patten
Joseph Comforte
San Frilce and Havana Ribbon Cigar Ad
An old advertisement lists San Frilce Henry George Tholita Martin Havana Ribbon and Sc cigars, signaling a vintage tobacco product display with brand and item names.
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San Frilce
Henry George
Tholita
Martin
Havana
Sc Cigars
Delivery by 5 30 feature stated in Reader notice
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30. If carrier error or other cause prevents receipt by then, call 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
Prisoner Dives to Cement Floor in City Jail Incident
Thomas Dyer confined in the women’s ward of the city jail for an insanity re hearing was taken from his cell with a bloodied face after repeatedly diving from the top bunk onto the concrete floor. Chief Moblis arrived as noises drew attention, noting Dyer struck his head on a steel corner. Mayor Tibbitts said Dyer appeared rational but discouraged by the prospect of return to Independence. Dyer was committed March 4, 1927, to Independence state hospital on his wife’s petition. a habeas corpus writ was secured recently. coworkers at the Tinois Central shops back his release effort.
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Thomas Dyer
Moblis
City Hall
Dyer
Tibbitts
Legion Band Prepares for Walnut Street Parade
The American Legion Becker-Chapman post band in new uniforms and helmets will march tonight from Memorial hall through the business district to Washington park before an 8 pm concert in Des Moines Washington Park. The band plans to attend the state Legion convention August 15 to 17 in Des Moines by motor.
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American Legion
Sam Browne
Memorial Hall
Washington Park
Walnut Street
Des Moines
Becker-Chapman Post
State Legion
Cressie R. Whaylen
Coste Aims Nonstop Flight to New York Next Week
Paris reports Captain Dieudonne Coste, former endurange record holder, plans a nonstop flight to New York within a week to ten days if supported by the French government. He will fly a Greguet bi-plane with a 600 hp Hispano Suiza engine and wireless gear along a southern route via the Azores and Halifax, a 4100 mile trip. He will rename the plane Nungesser Coli to honor fallen countrymen.
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Bequet
Nungesser and
Coli
Paris
Dieudonne Coste
France
Commerce Bokanowski
Coste
Globe
INS
Endurange
New York
Azores
Halifax
Nungesser-Coli
Former Iowa Bank President Denies Solvency Claim
Des Moines July 14 D F D H McKee former president of the closed Iowa Loan and Trust Co filed in district court an answer to the petition of JL A Andrew receiver seeking a 100 percent stockholders assessment. McKee denies the bank is or ever has been solvent.
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Bank OK
Des Moines
D. H. McKee
Iowa Loan & Trust Co. Bank
JL. A. Andrew
McKee
Tme
First Civilian Flight City of Oakland Delayed by Fog and Runway Rift
The silver winged City of Oakland with Pilot Ernest L. Smith and Navigator Emory B. Bronte aimed for a 2400 mile Hawaii flight from Oakland on July 14. A runway rut and ocean fog caused an abortive takeoff, escort planes circling, and a two hour delay before Smith attempted again, while Maitland and Hegenberger offered good luck.
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Oakland
Ernest L. Smith
Emory B. Bronte
Hawaii
Smith
San Francisco Bay
Boyle
Golden Gate
Jury to Try Birger Gangsters Tonight in West City
Eight jurors are seated with a ninth tentatively accepted as the 12 men who will try Charlie Birger Ann Newman and Ray Hyland for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City. The state plans to begin its case with Prosecuting Attorney Roy Martin seeking the death penalty for all three defendants. The state reports witnesses ready to testify today.
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Benton
Charlie Birger
Ann Newman
Ray Hyland
Joe Adams
West City
Roy Martin
State Senator Ill in Shenandoah After Golf Round
Shenandoah July 14 State Senator from Page Fremont district Denver Wilson is ill at his home. Doctors are unsure if the illness is gall stones or appendicitis. He was stricken shortly after playing a round of golf.
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Sick
Shenandoah
Phe
Denver Wison
Page-Fremont
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