Houghton Seen as Able in Bassata in Important Job
In a May report the article notes midshipmen from the class of 1926 at Annapolis will receive flight instruction and must qualify as pilots or observers within two years after graduation as Secretary Wilbur adds flying to the curriculum, signaling aviation’s rising role in national defense. It also covers a Waterloo DAR dedication, Ty Cobb, crime journalism debates, and a promotion case involving Gordon Campbell, plus foreign policy views of Ambassador Houghton and European loan policies.
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Annapolis
Wilbur
Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Ambassador Houghton
London
Washington
Houghton
Coolidge
Kellogg
Hughes
Russia
Ston
Joan
Europe
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Breaks Records by Navy Seaplane Pilot in 28 Hour Flight
Lieut. J. R. Kyle, chief pilot on the heavy U S navy seaplane PN 50, set endurance records by staying aloft 28 hours 38 minutes over Philadelphia. The flight prepared for a west coast to Honolulu attempt, consuming 1200 gallons of gas and 150 gallons of oil.
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Washington, D. C
J. R. Kyle
Naval Aviation Staff
Philadelphia
Honolulu
Naval Students to Train as Aircraft Pilots at Annapolis
Navy secretary Wilbur orders aviation courses added to the Annapolis curriculum starting with the 1926 class. Students will be trained as aircraft pilots or observers and as ship officers, reflecting the department’s emphasis on aviation development.
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Washington, D
Annapolis
Wilbur
Navy Department
Kent
Boy Who Shot Mother To Iowa City
Emmett Schoen a 19-year-old who confessed to shooting his mother will be taken to the University hospital at Iowa City for observation. Nerve specialists report he is mentally unbalanced. Mrs Anna Sch is convalescing in a local hospital and has not been told of the confession.
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Des Moines
Emmett Schoen
University Hospital
Iowa City
Findley
Anna Sch
Des Moines Eyes Bid for Modern Woodmen National Convention
Des Moines considering hosting the 1919 Modern Woodmen of America national convention. National Director F R Korns told the state meeting delegates will be chosen for Milwaukee where the event will be held next month. A city must offer facilities to entertain about 50 000 persons.
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Des Moines
Woodmen of America
F. R. Korns
Milwaukee
Amundsen Starts North for Hopoe Flight to Pole
Roald Amundsen's ships the Tobby and Fram set from King's Bay Spitzbergen to prepare a polar airplane flight. Weather is favorable and crews seek a suitable landing base on the polar edge before the two planes depart Wing's Bay to begin the crossing toward the pole.
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United Press
Copenhagen
Roald Amundsen
Tobby
Fram
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Wing's Bay
Four Buildings Crumble in Pittsburgh Suburb Explosion
In Swissvale and nearby Pittsburgh, a massive blast destroyed four buildings and sparked a fire. Six firemen died, eight others were killed, and many residents were harmed as gas mains ruptured and debris trapped people. Police and fire officials investigate possible bombing or gasoline-saturated causes.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Atlanta
Ly United Press
Swissvale
Max Germins
Richard Baldus
Carl Baldauf
Carl Balduf
Helen Kazler
Maria Katler
Karl Nagler
Karl Kagler
Tony Pusatera
International News Wire
Thomas Piarr
Flarr
Pfarr
Wheeler's Client Convicted of Fraud in Great Falls
Gordon Campbell, discoverer of the Kevin Sunburst oil field and former attorney to Senator Wheeler, was found guilty in Great Falls Montana of fraudulently promoting and using the mails. He received a two year sentence and a fine of one dollar. The jury deliberated 29 hours. Campbell faces another DC indictment with Wheeler and FE S Booth for conspiring to procure federal land by fraud.
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Gordon Campbell
Montana Air
Burton K. Wheeler
District of Columbia
Campbell
Great Falla
Mont
Kevin-Sunburst
B. K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Senate
FE. S. Booth
Interior Department
Ifraud
Boy Dies Stoning Frogs in Reservoir in Ta
Willis Halliday, age 6, son of E R Halliday, was killed at the city water works reservoir after stepping into six feet of water while friends threw stones at frogs. The body was recovered late yesterday.
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Boone
City
Willis Halliday
E. R. Halliday
Halliday
Hammond Starts Search for Booze at Waterloo Drug Stores
At 2 oclock, a police force led by Hirtamiond began a raid on Waterloo drug stores with permits to sell liquor for medical purposes. Officers had obtained warrants and previously secured waivers from Waterloo police.
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Hirtamiond
Waterloo
Ami Ai
Series of quakes shake southern Philippines
An earthquake rocked the southern part of the Philippines early today. It was the seventh quake in a 12 hour period with six severe tremors overnight. No serious damage reported though the tremors rattled the southern islands.
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Manila
BP. J
Philippines
20000 Bad Teeth Gnash on Bad Food
Des Moines officials report 6400 school children with 20000 decayed teeth due to improper feeding. The finding was presented at the Town State Dental Society annual convention opening in Des Moines on May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Town State Dental Society
Goulds Daughter Married in Parts to Baron Villarg
Dorothy Gould daughter of Franti Jay Gould and Helen Kelly tied a civil ceremony at Paris city hall and a church ceremony at Notre Dame de Parsy. The bride became Lady Violain as she wed Baron Roland de Graffenreid de Villars, a former U S Army lieutenant and Paris real estate heir. Gifts included pearls from Ste. Gold and a diamond bracelet from Anna Gould.
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Associated Press
Paris
Dorothy Gould
Franti
Jay Gould
Helen Kelly
Violain
Roland de Graffenreid de Villars
Ste. Gold
Prirce
Mrs. Gould
Ducchess de Taneyrand
Anna Gould
Lifesaving action credited after clothes catch fire in Council Bluffs
Soren Wilson, owner of Western ACW Co., credited a newspaper item with guiding his response when gasoline on his clothes ignited at a local filling station. He rolled on the gravel driveway to smother the flames, recalling a similar warning that rolling instead of jumping into water could save a life.
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Council Bluffs
Soren Wilson
Western Acw Company
Judge Sends Young Woman to Jail for Forged Check
Cedar Habits Iowa May 6 Mrs Irene Mentey 21 of Atkins was jailed for uttering a forged check. She stayed at a fashionable hotel and pleaded to contact her husband believed traveling in Illinois. Justice J B Travis said future cases would be held without wordless delays.
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Cedar Hapits
Irene O. Mentey
Atkins
Mentey
Tllingis
J. B. Travis
Illinois passes Green Boxing Bill with three member commission
Springfield May 26 the Illinois General Assembly approved the Green boxing bill 96 to 0 creating a three member boxing commission appointed by the governor to regulate the sport. The measure mirrors New York law legalizing ten round bouts to a decision.
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General Assembly of Illinois
Associated Proms
Springfield
General Assembly
Ilinois House
New York
Nineteen Indicted In Booze Conspiracy Plead Not Guilty
Nineteen men indicted yesterday for alleged conspiracy to violate the prohibition act pleaded not guilty today in federal courts at Des Moines and Peoria. Bonds were set at 3000 dollars each. Some rural leaders denied any connection to the rumored liquor ring while others declined to comment.
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Nes Moines
May
Des Moines
Peoria
Frost Devastates Iowa Fruit and Garden Crops
Frost and near freezing temperatures lashed Iowa and surrounding states last night. Strawberries grapes and vegetables suffered extensive damage while some areas reported only limited harm. Weather officials warned the cold would continue with more freezing conditions on the horizon.
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Waterloo
Ralph B. Sup+ey
Waterlooo
Cas
Associated Press
Des. Moines
Iowa
United States
Alda
Atlantic
Carroll
Cedar’ Rapids
Charles City
Clartodia
Creston
Detoral
Des Moines
Chasterville
Forest City
Fort Dodge
Inwood
Marshalltown
Charles TD. Reed
Qats
International News
Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Lowx
Ssouri Valley
Missouri Valley
Sac City
United Press
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Aged Iowan Wanders Pasadena With Heavy Roll
An elderly man in Pasadena was found by police wandering the streets with about $6,688 in securities and a roll of $100 bills. He claimed to be Frank B. Mcbl roy from Guthriela and could not give a clear account of his identity or destination.
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Houghton
Gliss Manufacturing
Republican Party
Herald-Tribune News Service
Pasadena
Cal
United States Treasury
Frank B. Mcblroy
Guthriela
U. S. Treasury
Omaha
Gregory
Tourist Killer's Fate Now Up to Governor
Des Moines May 6. Only executive clemency can save Harlan Gabe Simons from execution for killing Orton Ferguson a Michigan tourist at a West Liberty tourist camp a year ago. Attorneys for Simons filed an appeal but no exceptions were found to the lower court verdict and the supreme court in such cases has affirmed the lower tribunal. Simons is under sentence to hang Nov. 16. He was sentenced by Judge A P Barker of Muscatine.
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Des Moines
Harlan
Gabe
Simons
Orton Ferguson
Michigan
West Liberty
Cirtles
Supreme Court
Hes
A. P.barker
Muscating
Man Hit by Train Regains Satisfactory Condition
Theodore Meinders, injured when his truck was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train, is resting well at Sartor Memorial Hospital. Doctors have not yet confirmed other injuries as x rays are delayed.
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Cedar Falls
Theodore Meinders
Illinois Central
Sartor Memorial Hospital
Acquit Captain of Navy Booze Carrier
Commander D. W. Fuller of the naval transport Beaufort was acquitted by two court martial panels at Norfolk base of all three charges alleging neglect of duty after 560 quarts of whisky were found aboard the ship on its February docking.
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Norfolk
W. Va
D. W. Fuller
Beaufort
Naval Base
Norse-American Stamp to Go on Sale in Minnesota and Iowa
The Norse-American commemorative postage issue, two-cent and five-cent stamps, will be sold May 18 in St Paul Minneapolis Benson Northfield Minn Algona and Decorah Ia and Washington DC. George H C Smythe Canadian canoeist arrives in Nome after paddling from London to Rome amid cheers.
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Washington, D. C
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Benson and Northfield
Minn
Algona and Decorah
Nome
Associated Press
Rome
George H.C. Smythe
London
Ebbetts will splits Brooklyn club assets with son excluded
May 6 Brooklyn report says the will of Charles H Ebbetts, late Brooklyn Nationals president, leaves 121k of his estate including his baseball club interest to family, while son Charles H Ebbetts Jr. would receive only 2000 a day and a diamond pin. In Mexico City counterfeiting ring is traced to Guerrera estate with American agents aiding police.
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Brooklyn
Charles H. Bbbetts
Brooklyn Nationals
Charles H. Ebbetts, Jr
Ebaetts
State Commander G. A. R. Near Death
Iowa G R state commander G A R underwent an operation this morning and is reported in critical condition. Doctors were forced to amputate a leg. He is 79 years old.
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Cltumns, Ja
D. B. Jowes
Iowa
G. R
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Henry George, Sr
San Felice
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Pole
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