Germany Faces Starvation as Mark Plunges in 1920s
Berlin reports 7,000,000 Germans slowly starving due to industrial crisis and currency collapse. Minister Brauns warns of hidden unemployment and rising misery as the mark sinks, threatening revolt and widespread hardship. He notes imports rise and domestic wages fall, with talks of revolution looming if despair deepens.
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D. Weyer
International
Berlin
Heinrich Brauns
Isbor
Sno
Walter Rathenau
Germany
England
America
Brauns
Dr. Brauns- Long
Chicago Woman Named Third on Republican National Committee
Mrs. Joseph Bowen, active in Chicago civic life, accepted the nomination to the Republican National Committee making her the third woman member. Her name was sent to National Chairman John T. Adams after she wired from Bar Harbor Maine. Existing women on the committee include Mrs. Leonard Wood of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Cecil Bradley of Kentucky. Bowen declined a Chicago mayoral bid before the fast city primary.
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Chicago
Joseph Bowen
Republican National Committee
John T. Adams
Iowa
Bar Harbor
Leonard Wood
Pennsylvania
Cecil Bradley
Kentucky
Bowen
Postpone Test Flight of Barling Bomber
Dayton Ohio July 17 postponed indefinitely the test flight of the Barling bomber the world s largest heavier than air flying craft pending arrival of Maj Gen Mason M Patrick head US Army Air Service and Brig Gen William Mitell assistant
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Dayton
Mason M. Patrick
United States Army Air Service
William. Mitell
Prominent New York Lawyer Indicted in Juror Bribery Case
William J Fallon, a leading criminal lawyer in New York City, faces federal charges for bribing juror Charles W Bendigs during the Durrell-Gregory case. Bendigs later sat as juror in Fallon’s subsequent trial of Edward M Puller and Willem F McGee. Bendigs reportedly received 2500 dollars. other defendants later faced various outcomes.
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Cleo
William J. Fallon
New York City
Charles W. Bendigs
Clonal
Durrell-Gregory & Co., Inc
Rendes
Rendies
Edward M. Puller
Willem F. McGee
Fallon
Bendigs
Fuller
McGee
Turkish Peace Pact to be Signed July 24 at Lausanne
Lausanne July 17 The Turkish peace treaty is expected to be signed July 24 or 26. The Russian Soviet government has been invited to participate in the signing for control of the Turkish Straits. The agreement on concessions and foreign troop evacuations will be adopted at a plenary session this afternoon. American representatives secured the removal of any future preferential concession rights and confirmation of doubtful existing concessions.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Indiana Dry League Attorney to Head Iowa Town Organization
Des Moines July 17 S. P. McNavehbt deputy attorney general of Indiana and state attorney for the Indiana Antisaloon League will become superintendent of the Town Antisaloon league Sept 3 following a sudden change in Iowa city organization. McNaught has led Indiana Antisaloon league efforts for 14 years.
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Des Moines
S. P. Mc
Navehbt
Indiana
Iowa
McNaught
William L. Wade
R. N. Holsaple
Wade
Wryoming
Antisoloon League Organization of
Pretty Cousin of President’s Secretary Arrested
Louise Vestal, living in Marion Ohio, claimed cousinship to George Christian secretary to President Harding and was jailed in Oakland on $ worthlessness check charges. Frank Brown, who lured her from Columbus, was arrested upon arrival after her telephonic summons. Detectives say Vestal passed 10000 to 15000 in bad checks across multiple cities, with most proceeds going to Brown.
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International News Wire
Oakland
Cat
Louise Vestal
Marion
George Christian
Harding
City
Frank Brown
Columbus
San Francisco
Courier delivery deadline and reprint policy
The Courier aims to deliver before 5 30 pm. If you do not receive by then call 5100 and a copy will be sent. calls must reach the office before 6 30 pm.
Navy joins hunt for escaped Eastern penitentiary convicts
Six inmates who fled Eastern penitentiary are pursued by the Navy and air units. Radio traffic says four likely head toward Bermuda aboard the stolen Sunbeam. revenue-cutters near Newport News and Norfolk are ordered to intercept. York and James rivers are guarded while two other escapees head south.
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United Press
Newport News
Eastern Penitentiary
United States Navy
Sta
Maryland
Norfolk
Sunbeam
Bermuda
York and James Tigers
Pittsburgh Plan Costs Midwest Tens of Millions
Des Moines July 17 Attorney General Ban J Gibson said mythical freight rates cost the middlewest tens of millions annually as he returns from Chicago where he aided open a campaign against the Pittsburgh plan trade practice. Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin costs cited at 15000000 as ultra conservative.
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Des Moines
Ban J. Gibson
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Fihson
Join Pletcher
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Gibson
Louvain University Rebuilt After German Destruction
Louvain Belgium June 17 The world famous university risen from German torch destruction now sees the first library wing completed Cardinal Mercier blessed the dedication The American committee for restoration led by Dr Murry Butler presented a book listing American teachers and students who donated nearly 46 000 to the project
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Associated Press
Louvain
Belgium
Louvain University
Cardinal Mercier
Lauvata University
Murry Butler
Golum
Bio-Anivarsity
Amer ‘Ican Organization
Another Baby Dies From Eating Pills
Burlington Iowa July 17 Vivian Kirby two year old daughter of J A Kirby died after swallowing a half bottle of patent pills The child had been playing near the pills and the mother noticed pills scattered about the floor but the poisoning was not discovered until the child fell seriously ill
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Burlington
Vivian Kirby
J. A. Kirby
Death blamed on defective valve in Navy balloon
A board of investigation tied the Indianapolis balloon race tragedy near July 4 to a faulty valve on the gas bag. Lieuts N B Null and J J Roth perished when the balloon fell into Lake Erie after the valve failed to close, trapping fabric over the valve and causing gas release. Kent McArthur barely escaped when his balloon also could not be closed and landed safely.
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Associated Press
Lakeside
N. J
Navy
N. B. Null
J. J. Roth
Indianapolis
Felport
Lake Erie
Naval Air Station
Sieuts
Kent McArthur
Brookhart urges Congress action on farmer relief
United Press report: Senator Smith Brookhart calls for an immediate extra session to pass farm relief measures, including government purchase and sale of farmers' products. He criticizes current farm policy, warns of price drops from a bumper Russian harvest, and endorses Judge William S. Kenyon as a presidential timber candidate.
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United Press
New York
Herding
Congress
Smith Brookhart
Lowe
Soviet Russia
Brookhart
Magnus Johnson
United States
Minnesota
Iowa
Henry Ford
America
Nikolai Lenin
Woodrow Wilson
Kenyon Goat Timber
William S. Kenyon
Russia
Harding
Ford
Bronkhart
Motorcyclist Shot by Police May Die in Des Moines
Des Moines July 17 recovery of Harry Kauri 18 among two youths shot by police is doubtful. Physicians report Kauri was struck in the back of the head shoulder and hip after officers pursuing the riders say the youths fired first.
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Des Moines
Harry Kauri
City Hospital
Kauri
Haymarket Theatre Ruined by Fire at Madison Halstead
Chicago reports the old Haymarket theatre located at Madison and Halstead streets was partly destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin. The roof collapsed shortly after the blaze was found.
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Chicago
Madison and
Halstead Streets
Secretary Gives Blood to Save Negro Infant in Selma
In Selma Alabama on July 17 a severely ill infant received a blood transfusion from C L Orth secretary of the Selma Young Men's Christian Association after he learned of the case by chance. Orth offered himself and surgeons performed the transfusion using the blood deemed necessary to save the child.
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Selma
Ala
Selimn
C. L. Orth
Selma Young Men's Christian Association
Orth
Motorbus Lines Seek New Licenses Under State Law
Des Moines July 15 AP More than 75 motorbus firms filed for authority to operate as carriers under the new state motor license law. Forty have complete hearings ready, and pre April 14 operators received certificates without hearings. Post April 14 outfits face hearings. Hansen Sales Co Walnut Ind filed for an oil truck distribution license, first since Judge Apple Bates injunction ruling. action awaiting appeal.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Hansen Sales Company
Walnut
Apple Bate
Bloody Girl Judge of Moscow a Myth, Brookhart Asserts
United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Iowa, after returning from Europe, said Soviet officials in Russia told him the tale of the girl judge who sentenced many to death is a myth. He noted no one in Russia knows of her or where she is and suggested the story may stem from early revolutionary tribunals.
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New York
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Lowa
Europe
Russia
fPhis
Brookhart
Moscow
Florence Nicholson Named Coe College Dean of Women
Florence M Nicholson of Chicago was named dean of women at Coe College in Cedar Rapids to replace Marie Leonard who moves to the University of Illinois. Nicholson, daughter of Bishop Thomas Nicholson, is a Dakota Wesleyan graduate with postgraduate work at Columbia and the University of Chicago and has taught English at the University of Wisconsin.
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Cedar Rapids
Florence M. Nicholson
Chicago
Coe College
Board of
Marie Leonard
University of Illinois
Miss Nicholson
Thomas, Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dairymen Alarmed by Dairy Import Surge
County dairymen warn that butter imports rocketed 54.9 percent in the first five months of this year, with 3,208,252 pounds imported in 1923 versus 2,346,077 in 1922. They push to broaden the domestic market, with the National Dairy Council outlining plans at its Waterloo convention.
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United States
National Dairy Council
Waterloo
McAdoo Reels Off Surcested Bribe Details in Morse Hearing
Former Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo testified in the Morse shipbuilding case that he joined Morse interests in 1949, arranged an investigatory review, sought a hearings before the Shipping Board, and reported a $100000 offer as a suspected attempt at influence. He said his firm earned about 33 040 in commissions and denied any stock Ownership or apologies.
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Washington, D. C
Willam G. McAdoo
The
Treasury
Wilson
Charles W. Morse
Secretary of the Treasury
Marse Bate
New York
Shipping Board
Washington
McAdoo
Edward N. Hurley
Hurley
Hyman
Philadelphia
Virginia
Tynton
Morse Shin
Morses
Morse
Morsey
Young Bandit Queen Arrested in North Chicago Raid
Mrs Blanche Voorhees 19 dubbed queen of a bandit gang operating along lovers lane in north Chicago was arrested in a rooming house raid. Also taken were Roy Warner 21 Earl Briggs 21 William Briggs 3 and Roy Witke 13. She wore sheik trousers with leggings a cap and army shirt and had short hair. She said she lives in Danville Illinois and has filed for divorce from her husband.
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Chicago
Blanche Voorhees
Roy Warner
Earl Briggs
William Briggs
Roy Witke
Children Returned to Cedar Rapids After Abduction Incident
In Nashville on July 17, three year old and two year old twins, daughters of Mrs Leta Locke and Mrs Reia Locke, returned to Cedar Rapids with their mothers. The paternal grandfather of the children, who had hidden them, released them after a dispute over guardianship. The infants had visited their father in Cedar Rapids and were taken for a drive by him, then not returned.
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Tenn
Leta Locke
Reia Locke
J. B. Locke
Deavidson County
Cedar Rapids
Locke
Northwestern student saved by clothed swimmer at Evanston beach
Miss Josephine Sheedy of Northwestern was saved from drowning yesterday by Alexander Bean a dramathe dhynetar who swam nine quarters of a mile fully clothed to reach her at Evanston beach Sheedy had swam from shore and could not return due to a rip current or rough water.
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Chicago
Josephine Sheedy
Northwestern University
Evanston Beach
Alexander Bean
Dramathe Dhynetar
Sheedy
Rlyone WiterLow
Greek husband accused in Oklahoma kidnapping case
Mrs George Poulpas told police she was held against her will in Okmulgee by a masked group, forced to accompany abductors there, and mistreated. She said her hair was threatened to be sent to her husband, a Tulsa restaurant owner, and that her hat was cut.
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United Press
Okmulges
Okla
George Poulpas
Polica
Hero Tolay
Pulse
Okmulgee
Potlpol
Tulsa
Slashband
Wats
Georga Pellpol
Po- Nce
Petipol
Wood Accepts Cabinet and Council of State Resignations
Manila reports Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood accepted the collective resignations of the cabinet and council of state in a political clash with Filipino officials. The episode followed a dispute over reinstating Ray Contri, a United States Secret Service agent formerly discharged for bribery, who was cleared and then reinstated, provoking further cabinet and legislative opposition.
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Associated Press
Manila
Leonard Wood
Council of State
Ray Contri
United States Secret Service
Leonard Woot
Secret Service
Harvester Clear and Brand Ad Pitches Standout Offers
An advertisement fragment highlights Harvester Clear priced at 100 and 2 for Bae, with San Felice beating 2 for the brand while Premier Salad Dressing transitions to Premier Coffee in a promotional push.
Minnesota elects Magnus Johnson to U.S. Senate in landslide
Minnesota voters elect Farmer Labor candidate Magnus Johnson to the U.S. Senate, widening the split with the Republican party. Johnson pledges to tackle tariff, labor, farmers, and judiciary issues while noting a shift in Minnesota politics toward the La Follette-Brookhart bloc. Public results show Johnson defeating Gov. Preus with a large plurality as tallying continues.
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United Press
St. Paul
Mion
Harding
Minnesota
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Labor Party
United States
Gore J.A_CO
Johnson
Old Guard
Follettte-Brookhart
Palmer-Labor
Republican Party
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Dispatch
Gov. Preus
Nelson
Preus
James A. Carley
Hendrik Shinstead
Frank B. Kellogg
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Rppeal
Norris-Sinclair National Farm Marketing Corporation
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