Commissioner's Ouster Amid Chicago Politics
A report notes Mayer Thompson ousted Police Commissioner Michael Hughes in Chicago as part of a political move to appease public sentiment over crime and prohibition. Hughes resigned under higher pressure, paralleling City Comptroller Fitzmorris, amid a city facing a multimillion-dollar deficit and calls for accountability.
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Hughes
Chicago
Mayer Thompson
Michael Hughes
Thompson
C. ©. Fitzmorris
Fitzmorris
Big Bill
Hassell Will Attempt Another Flight in Solid South
Washington spars with ballot rules challenge insurgency against Smith in the South. Texas and South Carolina show legal and party barriers to voting for the Democratic nominee, with Arkansas threatening to bar dissenters from the August 14 primary. Dispatch notes open rebellion whispers from Arkansas and uncertainties over enforcing party loyalty at the polls.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Smith
Arkansas
Robinson
National Committee
South
Texas
Carolina
South Cerolina
South Carolina
Democratic State Legislative Committee of
Iite
Hever
Democratic State Central Committee
State Central Committee
Colinars
Courier Delivery Notice for Missed Paper
The Courier offers home delivery before 5 30 p m. If the paper is not received by the time due due to carrier error or other cause call 5100 and a replacement copy will be sent. Calls should be made before 6 30 p m.
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Fiat
Phont
Tunney 15 Giving Heeney 11 in title bout tonight
New York July 26 Tom Reeney will have 11 1 2 pounds advantage over Gene Tunney in their heavyweight championship fight tonight at Yankee Stadium. Tunney weighed 192 and Heeney 203 1 2 pounds at the afternoon weigh in. Heeney arrived from Red Bank New Jersey in the yacht Phantom. The 60 mile trip from Fall Hagen was completed in two hours. Tunney’s amphibian airplane taxi landed on the Hudson River at 12 55 today. Gene Gets Purple Tights. At weigh in Tunney wore purple tights while Heeney wore black trunks trimmed with red. Both fighters exchanged smiles as they passed in the dressing room.
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New York
Tom Reeney
Gene Tunney
Yankee Stadium
Tunney
Heeney
Joseph Holbrook
Red Bank
N. J
Hagen
Hudson River
Speculator
Gene
Tun‘bey
Dempsey
Chicago Group Buys 7000 Acres in Iowa
A Chicago group led by Harry Snyder and associates purchases 7000 acres in Woodbury County near Sioux City for about 700609 dollars. N G Manley, a Sioux City real estate dealer, announces the sale. The land lies 16 miles east of Sioux City in the Missouri river valley and includes the Payne Sargison tract with a 2000 acre adjoining southern tract.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Harry Snyder
Chicago
N. G. Manley
Missouri River Valley
Short interviews With Home Folks
Upton E B Kepford a Cedar Heights lawyer reports weekend drives to Rowan and Wright county in northwestern Iowa show rapid corn growth. Since early July he notes weekly progress from a few inches to shoulder height, with the most advanced fields tasseling. He says growing conditions have never been more favorable in the state.
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Rowan
Wright County
Ows
Upton EB. Kepford
Cedar Heights
Rockford Flight Plan to Stockholm Reborn After Crashed Flight
Rockford July 26. The Greater Rockford monoplane built with public funds crashed near takeoff due to excessive weight and rough conditions. Pilots Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer survived, both unhurt, as supporters urge rehabilitation and a new attempt to fly to Stockholm with a one Greenland stop. Hassell vows another takeoff while Cramer cautions overloading and weather.
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Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Sweden
Altha
Greenland
INS
Parker Craner
Stockholm
Hassell
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chicago
Greater Rockford
Altho Hassell
Cramer
Cornfield
Greater
Rack
Filer
Welther Hassell
Hare
Chicago politics crisis forces Thompson amid resignations
Chicago, July 26. Major Thompson faces a growing political crisis as Deputy Commissioner William F. Russell is named acting police chief to replace Michael Hughes who resigned yesterday. The move follows the resignations of Comptroller Fitzmorris and a drain on the treasury amid graft probes and internal party fragmentation.
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Chicago
Major Thompson
William F. Russell
Police
Michael Hughes
Russell
U.P
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
William Dever
America First
Thompson Group
Hughes
Treasury
Charles Fitzmortis
Fitaworris
Chicago Crime Commission
Illinois Association For Criminal Justice
Mother anxious as missing girl Aneth Handley sought
Authorities and relatives search for 14 year old Aneth Handley daughter of Mrs Alta Handley of 232 Maple street who vanished last night after a man in a heavy brown and yellow coupe with a county plate called to her. She wore a pink dress, blonde hair and gray eyes, about five foot four. Her mother says a large coupe hailed her then she walked toward it before disappearing.
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Aneth Handley
Alta
Handley
Maple Street
Aneth
Electric Park
Millionaire Shattered In Chicago Homicide Shot Outside Hotel
Walter P Powers a noted restaurant man and former liquor dealer was shot as he entered his hotel by a passenger in a car that pulled near the entrance. He was wounded in the back and arm. A detective bureau found a gunman Salvatore Canale dead in a west side garage later identified as an alleged gunman.
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Chicago
INS
Walter P. Powers
Powers
Detective Bureau
Jbody
Salvatace Canale
Aicllo Lgunman
Pool-Playing Minors Fined In Local Police Court
Leroy Bixby and Clifford Kings, local youths, were fined five dollars each for pool and billiard hall trespass. The owner, Robert T. Kells, was fined thirty dollars for allowing minors to play on the premises. The ordinance bans minors from pool rooms.
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Cinar Rapids
JINS
Leroy Bixby
Chifford Kings
Robert T. Kells
OATS RECOGNITION WON BY FARMER
Manchester Delaware County Farm Bureau members heard Congressman T J B Robinson speak at a picnic about the McNary Haugen bill and the push for agricultural relief. He noted public recognition of unfair conditions for American farmers and praised the growing favorable sentiment toward helping agriculture.
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Manchester
T. J. B. Robinson
Hampton
Delaware, County Farm Bureau
Robinson
Guards Fall In Escape Shootout At Hutchinson
Hutchinson Kansas July 26 A guard Pute White was killed and guard Slifford Kennedy severely injured when a motor car carrying fleeing state reformatory inmates Glenn Belfield and Jack Schell overturned during pursuit. Miss Doris Steels 16 Sterling was shot in the head while others attempted to flee in a parked car. her condition listed as serious. In Cedar Rapids Iowa mayor proposes League of Municipalities sessions be adjourned so delegates may attend West Branch events marking Hoover payment plan reaction.
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Kan
P— Ute White
Doris Steels
Sterling
San
Glenn Belfield
Jack Schell
State Reformatory
White
Slifford Kennedy
Miss Steele
Cedar Rapids
F. Rat
League of Municipalities
West Branch
Herbert
Hoover
Monte Cervantes Strikes Iceberg Off Spitzbergen
The German liner Monte Cervantes carrying about 1400 passengers struck an iceberg near Spitzbergen, taking on water but not suffering serious damage. The Russian icebreaker Krassin stood by at Bell Bay, Kings Bay, after the SOS was sent and began rescue efforts.
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Hamburg
U.2
Bell Bay
Spitzbergen
Kings Bay
Woman Beheaded in Auto Accident Near Gothenburg
In Gothenburg Nebraska on July 26 Mrs Robert Ihnen 40 of Omaha was beheaded when a car driven by her husband 33 forced onto a bridge and into the guard rail. The husband and a 14 year old daughter Beulah escaped injury while Ihnen’s sister, who had died five hours earlier, lay at the bedside.
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Gothenburg
Neb
Robert Thenen
Omaha
Here
Robert
Beulah
Ihnen
Ms. Ihnen
Ten Years Ago in the Service at Waterloo High
James Gordon Vaughan of 629 Park Avenue West was killed in action on July 26 1918 by a shell that also killed his friend Sgt Harry Marson. Vaughan survived the Lorraine gas attack and the Chateau Thierry drives but died in the last push. Waterloo high school athletics had another alumnus lost in battle as Lieuts Carl Chapman and Fred Becker fell in action shortly before.
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James Gordon Vaughan
J. R Vaughan
Park Avenue West
Vaughan
Harry Marson
Chateau Thierry
Marson
Vaughan Y
Waterloo High School
Carl Chapman
Fred Becket
Italians to depart on train after dark
Survivors of the Italia disaster docked at Narvik aboard the Citta di Milano with a fixed bayonet guard at the gangplank. Italian officials, Swedish rescuers, and photographers watched as the ship prepared to move survivors by train to Italy after dark, with special cars arranged beside the vessel. The Swedish navy and guards observed the scene while speculation about Amundsen’s party continued.
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Oslo
Norway
Citta di Milano
Narvik
Stockholm
Roald
Amundsen
Umberto Nobile
Italy
Spitzbergen
Lundborg
I Narvik
Franz
Roald Amundsen
Swed
Finn Malm
Hoover Invited to Address at State Fair
Des Moines reports Herbert Hoover, the Republican presidential nominee, is invited to speak on the opening day of the Iowa State Fair, August 22, if he accepts. Officials expect a decision by week’s end, noting Hoover will be in West Branch for a homecoming celebration August 29, prompting belief the invitation may be accepted.
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Public Building and Ground Committee
Waterloo
Eame
Des Moines
INS
Herbert Hoover
United States
AL Re Cory
Iowa State Fair Board
Jnot Hoover
West Branch
Bombs Explode in Chicago Tear Roofs and Windows
Two dynamite bombs rocked Chicago today. One blast leveled a photographic studio roof and shattered windows blocks away. A second bomb shattered the doorway of a barber shop, wrecking the interior. police blamed blackhanders or tar bombers.
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Chicago
INS
Blackhanders
Aetar
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