Santa Barbara Earthquake Devastates Hotels and City
A devastating earthquake struck Santa Barbara causing 65 deaths and widespread damage including the Arlington and Samarkand hotels, the American Legion building, and the city’s water system. Buildings collapsed on State street as fires broke out and rail traffic slowed. Naval reserves aided relief, and relief stations opened as the toll rose with debris still being cleared.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
State Street
Mar Fren
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Sheffield
Samarkand
New California Hotel
San Marcos
Elks Building
First National Bank
American Legion
Public Library
Knights of Columbus
Presbyterian Church
Hall of Records
County
el Niedo
St. Francis Hospital
St. Vincent
Arlington Hotel
Charles E. Perkins
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Santa Barbara Mission
Naval
Eith
Tts
Alslo
San Marcog
New California
Carrillo
Here
Goleta
California
San Francisco
Santa Barbara Quake Strikes City of 20000 in dramatic quake
Early today Santa Barbara California faced a strong earth shock that demolished buildings, ruptured water mains, and flooded streets. Many hotels were reported destroyed with feared casualties. no fires occurred. Dr Bailey Willis, seismologist from Stanford, was nearby amid the disturbance.
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Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Cal
State Street
Bailey Willis
Stanford University
California
Willis
Coolidge Seen As Phenomenon In Public Mood
Washington report by Mark Sullivan notes President Coolidge enjoys unparalleled public favor during his vacation in his home state. The piece cites Frank Kent’s Baltimore Sun analysis, praising Coolidge’s standing despite limited issues, and describes his daily routine and political focus as indicative of the era.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
President Coolidge
Frank Kent
Baltimore Sun
Coolidge
Kent
America
Pearce
President Coolidge’s Father Improves After Emergency Surgery
Plymouth Vermont June 29 Associated Press physicians said Col John Coolidge father of the president was better and out of danger after an emergency operation to drain the bladder. He talked with doctors during the procedure and hoped to be on his feet within three days, as the president and Mrs Coolidge stayed at his bedside.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Col. Coolidge
John Coolidge
White House
Denpal
Coolidge
Chute
John GC. Coolidge
Hoston
Albert M. Cram
Bridgewater
Pami D. White
Artbur
Whute
Five Year Old Hero Saves His Mother From Fire
New York June 29 A five year old boy Thomas J Dailey Jr rushed to save his mother when her dress caught fire from a gas stove. He tried to beat out the flames with his bare hands and was badly burned, dying in hospital while his mother was saved. The boy’s courage echoes his late father’s World War II service in four major engagements.
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New York
Thomas J. Dailey, Jr
Thomas
James
Telegraph Briefs from Sydney and New York and Oklahoma
Telegraph items note the steamer Peary from Worth Sydney after the Bowdain departure with Commander MacMillan aboard. In New York state officials recommend the use of a cat o nine tails to curb crime. In Oklahoma City temperatures reached 102 degrees with no relief forecast.
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Sydney
N.S
Peary
Donald MacMillan
Worth Sydney
Bowdain
MacMillan
Weay
Pastor Attacks Defense Day Plan in Des Moines Sermon
Pastor Rev Walter A Morgan of Trinity Methodist Episcopal denounces Defense Day as coercive militarism and political propaganda. He warns the war department aims to turn Defense Day into compulsory mobilization for propaganda. In Chicago, Harry Coburn Adams, noted Illinois coal operator and president of Central Illinois Coal Operators Association, dies of heart disease. Burial in Chicago Tuesday.
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America
Walter A. Morgan
Trinity Methodist Episcopal, Church
Morgan
War Department
Germany
Iltanots
Chicago
Harry Coburn Adams
Illinois
Central Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Peerless Coal Company
Economy as watchword echoed to future generals
Acting Secretary of War Davis told the Army War College graduates to remember economy as they enter general staff duty. He praised efficiency gains, notes a higher output per capita, and asserts the War Department spends a smaller share of revenues now than in 1915 while delivering more value per dollar.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Davis
Army War College
Colege
Davis Sainta
War Department
National Guard
Delay in Automatic Firedoor Cases In Iowa
Des Moines June 29 Henry J Adams counsel for the Chicago Northwestern Railway Co and Attorney General Gibson agreed tentatively not to press the automatic fire door cases pending in US court Eleven western railroads seek a permanent injunction arguing the law conflicts with congressional interstate traffic regulation If all parties approve no further action will be taken until the US Supreme Court rules on a similar Delaware appeal
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Des Moines
Henry J. Adams
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co
Gibson
United States
Western Railroads
United States Supreme Court
Delaware
Courier delivery note with late paper remedy
The Courier should be delivered at your home before o clock. If this error of the carrier bar or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time, please phone and a copy of the paper will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 p.m.
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Aine
Boy saves from cistern as two youths injured by fireworks
Four-year-old Herbert Kano sky nearly drowned when tin covered cistern at 923 Washington street gave way. Mrs Kudletz and two men rescued him. he recovered. In separate incidents Myrie Redman, 16, was badly hurt by a homemade cannon explosion, and Forest Bodell, 12, sustained severe hand injuries from a giant firecracker.
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Herbert Kanosky
Jake Kanofsky
Washington Street
Kanofsky
Bessie Kudletz
Herbert
St. Francis -Hes-Pital
Redman
Forest Bodell
Sphia A. Bodell
Iowa Street
Dane Street
California Street
Serious highway crash injures Busby Poster manager Jimmie Rachford
J A Jimmie Rachford, manager for Busby Poster Advertising Co with offices in Waterloo and Marshalltown, was seriously hurt when his car left Highway No 14 ten miles north of Marshalltown Sunday afternoon. He suffered fractured ribs puncturing a lung and developed pneumonia symptoms. Rachford, about 45, unmarried, had worked seven years for the company. He was en route to Waterloo to confer with A J Busby when the accident occurred.
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Associated Press
Marshalltown
Fai
J. A
Jimmie) Rachford
Marshallroe
Waterloo
Uco
Rachford
A. J. Busby
Busby Company
Embezzling Agent Sentenced to Year in Jail
Des Moines reports C. P. Swan once an agent for Union Mutual Casualty Company at Burlington was convicted of embezzling 326 dollars. District Judge W. G. Bonner sentenced him to one year in the county jail after finding he received premiums and failed to remit them to the company.
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Des Moines
C. P. Swan
Union Mutual Casualty Company
Burlington
W. G. Bonner
Soas
400 Liquor Sleuths to Lose Jobs Soon
Washington June 29 a sweeping reduction in the mobile prohibition agent forces and the dropping of 400 persons from the Washington prohibition headquarters personnel is planned under the newly offered decentralization program of the treasury department
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Washington, D. C
Washington Prohibition Headquarters
Treasury Department
Knoxville Father Seeks Missing Girl
Knoxville Iowa June 24 If C Smith appeals to Des Moines and Omaha police to locate his 17 year old daughter Mabel. The Kirk and Olive Blee left their homes Friday and went away together. Robert Blee father of Olive lives at Runnells Iowa.
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Knoxville
If. C. Smith
Des Moines
Omaha
Mabel
Kirk
Olive Blee
Robert Blee
Olive
Runnells
Tennessee to Aid Dayton in Monkey Trial Visitors
Dayton, Tenn June 29 The state will cooperate with Dayton to handle influx of visitors for the Scopes evolution trial. Proposals include a sanitary officer, water chlorination apparatus, and advisory services. George W Rapplesen connected with the defense resigned yesterday as Five Points J E Sun day school superintendent. ministers Fosdick and Grant may testify for the defense.
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State of Tennessee
Dayton
Tenn
Tennessee
State Department of Health
State Department
George W. Rapplesen
Scopes
Five Points
J.E
Harry FB
Fosdick
Percy S. Grant
Dudley Field Malone
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Billy Sunday Attacks Modernists in Oregon Sermon
In Hood River Rev Willy Sunday accused evolutionists and modernists of undermining Christ’s divinity and the church. He called modernists liars and urged Christianity to stand on the birth and divinity of Christ, warning against any fall. Separate item from Des Moines notes Rockford bank incorporation with H S Goodall as president and L Achenbach as vice president, F P Jorgenson as cashier.
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Christ
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Des Moines
First State Bank of
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L. Achenbach
F. P. Jorgenson
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Billy" Sunday
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