In the Spotlight A Call for Help from Alaskan Wastes
Dramatic cries for aid from Killisnoo Alaska echoed through the ether as a lone radio operator stayed at stake post amid encroaching danger. A lighthouse tender and survey boat raced toward the remote island chain near British Columbia as rescue efforts stretched across hours and rough seas.
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Cordova
Killisnoo
Sitka
Juneau
Killsnoo
Alaskan
British Columbia
Hoover Allies Lead at Kansas City Convention
Hoover forces control the convention with about 70 of 104 national committee seats, while anti Hoovers unite recently led by Senator Watson of Indiana and Mrs. Medill McCormick. Curtis of Kansas remains a cautious anti Hoover candidate possibly a dark horse or vice presidential pick. The McNary Haugen farm relief vote shows Curtis wavering between support and veto.
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Mark Sullivan
Kansas City
Iowa
Watson
McCormick
Sullivan
Commerce
National Committee
Senate
Indiana
Mark Hanna
Medill
Illinois
Gov. London
Hoover
anti-Hoover Group
Hoover Group
anti-Hoover
Useahtl-Hoover Group
Lowden
Coolidge
Dawes
McNary-Haugen
Curtis
Kansas
Dark Horse
McNary-Heagen Farm
President Coolidge
Delivery deadline for Courier paper troubled by delays
The notice instructs readers that the Courier should arrive before 5 30 and to call phone 51 if paper not received by that time. A copy will then be sent within six minutes and thirty six seconds. the message emphasizes prompt delivery and contact procedures.
Bremen Crew On Way To Germany
The Bremen crew led by Baron Gunther von Huenefeld Captain James G C Fitzmaurice and Captain Hermann Koehl sailed from New York on the S S Columbus to return home. A crowd of 3060 cheered their departure as Germany plans a nine day tour of major cities before Ireland greets them.
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New
Germany
Chesiers
Ireland
Weather delays Atlantic flights and train victim identified
Trepassey Newfoundland reports show Friendship takeoff to Europe postponed to tomorrow due to unfavorable Atlantic conditions. Mabel Bell’s attempt to cross the Atlantic again delayed with weather forecasts predicting no start for at least two days. In Albert Lea Minnesota a youth’s body identified as Wendell Ingledue 18 of Glemons Indiana, missing since March, after a train incident.
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Trepassey
N.F
Europe
Atlantic
Mabel
New York
W.P
Bell
Miss Bell
Weather Bureau
Albert Lea
Minn
Wendell Ingledue
Glemons
Ten Years Ago in the Service: Harry Rowell’s WWI Role
Ten years ago Harry Rowell enlisted in Waterloo as a forestry engineer and helped supply lumber in France between Orleans and Vendome for the army. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George B Rowell of Melrose apartments and now manages Rowell Brown Lumber Company in Portland Oregon. He was elected president of the Oregon State Lumbermen's Association.
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Harry Rowell
Waterloo
France
Orleans
Vendome
Rowell
George
Melrose Apartments
Rowell-Brown Lumber Company
Portland
Ore
Oregon State Lumbermen's Association
Plane Preparing to Carry Food for Polar Explorers
North Atlantic dispatches report 16 crew members aboard the Italia are alive after a 15 day ordeal. Rescue attempts by seaplane, ships Hobby and Braganzea, and dog sled teams face fog, snow, and drifting ice near Brandy Bay on North East Land.
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Kings Bay
Spittbergen
W.P
Citta di Mi Jano
Brandy Bay
North East Land
Henlopen Strait
Spitzbergen
Hobby
Braganzea
Henloped
Braganza
Italia
Riiser-Larsen
Italy
Rome
INS
Citti di Milano
Printing Board Names Orchard to Three-Year Term
Des Moines reports Guy Hammill reappointed W R Orchard publisher of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil to the state printing board for a three year term beginning July 1 Governor also reappointed H N Holdsworth Town City to the state board of accountancy for three years starting July
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Des Moines
Guy Hammill
W. R. Orchard
Council Bluffs
State Printing Board
H. N. Holdsworth
State Board of Accountancy
Danish Lutheran Churches elect officers at annual convention
At the fifty first annual Danish Lutheran Churches of America convention in Cedar Falls Iowa H Jurgenson Newell Ta named president J C G Aaberg Minneapolis secretary W M Hostrop Cedar Falls treasurer and O C Olson Omaha and N T Lund Hampton named directors After synod meeting Des Moines reports Rock Island and Rockford Illinois and St Paul Minnesota compete for next year’s Augustana synod convention as the seven Beth annual meeting approaches
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Clinton
Amer Fca
H. Jurgenson
Newell
J. C G. Aaberg
Minneapolis
W. M. Hostrop
Cedar Falls
O. C. Olson
Omaha
Neb
N. T. Lund
Hampton
SYNOD
Des Moines
Rock Island
Rockford
Til
St. Paul
Augustana Synod
World peace not arrived says West Point speaker
West Point June 9 Col Charles B Robbins Cedar Rapids Jr as sistant secretary of war tells US Military Academy graduates that world peace is not near, noting 4000 years of limited progress and that peace requires hopes in humanity not disarmament alone. Also reports on farmers' pro protest trips toward the Republican convention and Reno's travel plans.
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West Point
Charles B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
United States Military Academy
Robbins
SOS Brings Help To Burning Town Killisnoo
A Cordova to Bremerton radio relay warned of Killisnoo Alaska native village on fire. The message pleaded for assistance as fire intensified. The lighthouse tender Fern rushed to Killisnoo. rescue expected within hours as residents faced suffocation and destruction.
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Seattle
JTI
Naval Radio Station
Cordova
Alaska
Bremerton
Wasi
Killisnoo
United States
Fern
Architect of School Buildings Is Dead
Des Moines June 9. Funeral services for F. T. Proudfoot 68 prominent architect who died yesterday after a paralytic stroke will be held at 2 oclock Monday afternoon at the family residence. Burial will be at Indianola Ia Proudfoot designed nearly all University of Iowa and Iowa State college buildings as well as educational structures at Cedar Falls. FIND SALESMAN DEAD. Rockford I A June A JP Arthur K Swindell 45 a salesman of 823 W Main street Davenport Ia was found dead in his room in a hotel here last night He is bee lived to have committed sileide by taking poison.
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Des Moines
INS
F. T. Proudfoot
Indianola
Proudfoot
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Cedar Falls
Rockford
Arthur_ K. Swindell
Main Street
Davenport
Bee
Kansas City
Harry
Weaver
Wapello
Lowder
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
T. P. Hollowell
Towa
Iowa
Lowdon
E. R. Hickils
Hollowell
London
Altho
Lowden
McNary
Federation
Cornstalk Oil to Run Autos When Cost Is Reduced
Des Moines June UP Towa's tall corn can power automobiles if fuel supplies run short. Dr GO R Sweeney of Iowa State Ames says tur fural from corn stalks will be economical once costs fall from 18 cents to about 10 cents per pound. Prof J B Davidson and Theodore H Pree spoke. executive session ends convention.
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O. R. Sweeney
Town State College
Des Moines
Towa
GO. R. Sweeney
Chemical Engineering Department
Iowan State College
Ames
Sweeney
J. B. Davidson
State College Agricultural Engineering Department
Theodore H. Pree
New York
Commerce and Finance
Taxi Plane Service Opened Across the United States
A combined auto and taxi service will launch next week in Des Moines offering taxi plane trips to any U S destination. A. G. Peterson of General Aircraft syndicate announced tickets are on sale at the downtown office. Transport from office to municipal field will be by car and a rate schedule covers Iowa Nebraska and Illinois with plans for nationwide pricing. This is claimed to be the first taxi plane service in the United States.
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Des Moines
Chicago
U.R
A. G. Peterson
General Aircraft Syndicate
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
United States
Defection report and primary ballot waste at Iowa IRS
The report notes wasted white paper from printed ballots due to a law change requiring 75 ballots per 50 votes cast. County Auditor F. W. Esher cites thousands of unused ballots returned by election officials. Republicans and Democrats in Black Hawk county showed light turnout except the Sixth district with a five way Democratic nomination contest.
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F. W. Esher
Black Hawk County
Wans Lay Plan for Third Party
Prohibition pressure groups from across Iowa meet in Des Moines to plot a third party aimed at farm relief if Hoover and Smith fail to satisfy dry interests. David Leigh Colvin of New York presides and signals state conventions and a Chicago national gathering to name a presidential candidate if no satisfactory nominee emerges.
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Sam Fl. Thompson
Farm Bureau Federation
Ed O'Neal
Chicago
Lowden
Hoover
Des Moines
U.P
Prohibition
David Leigh Colvin
New York
Smith
Colvin
Kansas City
Opposing Troops Surround Peking in Mounting Tensions
In Feking on June 9 thousands of nationalist troops from Shansi and Gen Feng Fu Hsiang moved to encircle Peking on three sides. Feng planned to push toward Tientsin first, while 6,000 Shansi troops entered the city. The foreign community was told to stay safe as arm s surrender urged.
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Feking
Shansi
Feng Fu-Hsiang
Peking
Feng
Tientsin
Trench Cave Traps Two Men in Washington Water Works
Perry Jordan and Oren Wal dace, workers at the Washington Iowa water plant, were trapped up to their necks by a trench cave in while repairing a water main yesterday. A timely stand and quick digging by a crew of men freed them after about thirty minutes. Both men escaped with minor injuries.
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Washington
Pi— Perry Jordan
Oren Waldace
Mrs Frank O Lowden Taken Ill on Train
Mrs Frank O Lowden wife of the Tillman candidate was suddenly taken ill en route to Kansas City from Chicago. Medical attention was given her when the train reached Kansas City shortly after 8 this morning.
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Kansas City
INS
Frank O. Lowden
Tillnels
Chicago
Weather outlook for week across central plains region
Weather outlook for the week beginning June 11 covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Occasional showers in southern and central portions, with near seasonal normal temperatures most of the week and below normal in the south.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Jess Hiely
Two Charles City Men Fall From 35 Feet At Factory Roof
Two Charles City men, about 50 years old, fell 35 feet at the Hart-3ue steel foundry roof collapse. Both were injured with fractured vertebrae and other injuries. Herman Eriepe and Dietmeter are hospitalized as rescuers work at the scene late Friday.
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Courier
Charles City
Herman Eriepe
Hart-3ue
Keach
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