Greatest Parade of Coast at American Legion Meet
San Francisco hosts the fifth American Legion convention with a coastwide parade seen by 60 000 veterans and 20 000 sailors. Delegations from many states and branches march past reviewing stands as leaders salute. Iowa proposals call for Armistice Day as a national holiday and broaden Americanization work in civic programs.
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International News Wire
San Francisco
Cali
No Man's Land
San Francisco Bay
Legion
Flower of
America
Globe
Bay
Solomon
Flanders
War Department
R. E. Coontz
United States Fleet
Davis
Alvin Owsley
Texas
Montana
Wisconsin
Plains of
Nebraska
Southwest
Arizona
Boston
Cincinnati
Atlantic City
Victoria
B. C
Owsley
Legionnaires_ Iowans
United Press
Cal
American Legion of Iowa
American Legion National Convention
Fegion
Americanization Commission
Iowa
Charles A. Murphy
West Union Hosts Celebration for Knights Templar Commander
West Union Iowa plans a large event tomorrow night honoring A C B Webster grand commander of the Knights Templar of Iowa. The celebration is staged by the local commandery and features a community gathering in his honor.
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West Union
A. C. B. Webster
Knights Templar of
Iowa
Courier delivery deadline and replacement policy
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, call 5200 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Radio and Screen Aid in Search for Missing Manager
New York October 16 Radio and motion pictures join the search for Robert Forbes missing from Albany where he served as manager of the New Capital theatre. His brother James Forbes a 46 year old New York playwright continues the effort noting Forbes suffers amnesia and disappeared.
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New York
James Forbes
Robert
Forbes
New Capital Theatre
Albany
N. Y
Jazz Era Fades From Iowa College Life
Des Moines reports a Presbyterian survey finds the jazz era among Iowa college students fading. Leaders urge a swing back to core Christian ideals and education to enlarge student religious centers at Iowa State College, State University, and State Teachers College. The plan aims to expand church influence across Coe, Parsons, and Buena Vista. Dr. Milton W. Brown notes a Presbyterian village near Warren Harding’s boyhood home shaped human destiny.
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Associated Press
Des
Moines
Presbyterian Church
Towa
Presbyterian
State University
Town State College
State ‘Teachers
Church In
Iowa
Coe
I Parsons
Buena Vista
Warren Harding
Milton W. Brown
Dubuque Man Files Divorce Suit Over Threats
Bart Birner of Dubuque Iowa sues Verna Birner claiming threats to club him and boasting of many male conquests. He says they wed in Galena Illinois in 1916 and have been separated for about a year.
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Dubuque
Bart Birner
Verna Birner
Birner
Galena
Berlin food riots and failed communist coup alarm city
Berlin endures a day of hunger driven unrest as five thousand demonstrators flood Alexanderplatz and the market district. police disperse crowds whilebakery looting occurs and a failed communist coup is blamed on spies with casualties reported across Berlin and Mannheim.
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United Press
Berlin
Get
Alezantderplatz
Wilhemstrasse
Neu Koelln
Stresemann
Die Ziet
Saxony
Thuringia
Salzfitter
Vanderbilt's Nephew Drives Cab for Tip and Fame
A chaotic New York scene centers on Francis Ormund Vanderbilt, cousin of William H. Vanderbilt, who works as a cab driver after a string of misadventures. He receives a first tip, joins a labor union, and attends a directors’ dinner, while reporters pursue his every move and a crowd awaits a movie-like filming. A patrolman questions the spectacle as Vanderbilt’s relative drives off to a quieter street.
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Associated Press
New York
Francis Ormund Ranch
Willam H. Vanderbilt
Brotherhood of Taxicab
Wall Street
Naxieub Corporation
Unian
Frank
Prenel
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Vanderbilt
Hurricane heads off Gulf area toward Louisiana coast
The gulf disturbance off the Texas coast grew to hurricane strength and headed for the Louisiana coast near longitude 91 West. Warnings warned of landfall and a northeast path as gales swept the coast. Four people were injured in New Orleans from wind-related accidents.
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Associated Pressy
New Orleans
Texas
Lauighina
Weather Bureau
Washington
Louisiana
Railroad Detectives Seek Plunder Cache in Turbuque
Railroad detectives and officials search for a cache believed to hide stolen merchandise from Chicago Burlington & Quincy freight cars. Two men are held in Savanna Illinois in connection with the plunderings. The Balt City postseason series game was postponed again in Kansas City Missouri due to mud. Harvester Cigar ad promotes 2 for 25 cents on San Felice brand.
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Turbuque
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Savanna
Atered
Kansas City
Iff
State Seeks Return of Rathbun to Penitentiary
Des Moines October 16 The Iowa Attorney General filed a motion for a writ of precedenda in Rathbun habeas corpus case before the state supreme court asking a sheriff or the Anamosa warden to rearrest Ernest Rathbun and return him to prison If granted the case would revert to the original life sentence Rathbun was under at Anamosa reformatory before his pardon and subsequent transfer to Fort Madison on perjury charges The state seeks to advance the hearing to the current term and Rathbun’s attorney plans to pursue the U S Supreme Court option
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Ernest Rathbun
Ola Grove
Gibson
State Supreme Court
Ida County
Anamosa
Rathbun
Anamosa Reformatory
W. .L. Harding
Fort Madison
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Insurance Business Indicator Shows Financial Soundness
Des Moines reports show new life insurance business rising while policy cancellations fall and cash collections improve. J Dougherty, president of the national life convention, calls for specialized agent training, likening insurance to a profession like law or medicine.
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Des Moines
J. Dougherty
Dougherty
Guaranty Life Insurance Company
Davenport
Oklahoma Legislature Considers Klan Membership Expulsion
Oklahoma City notice that a resolution seeks investigation of every member of the lower house to determine Klu Klux Klan membership and authorize swift expulsion of those found to be Klansmen, likely to be taken up at the next session.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Scottish Rite Meet Takes Up Recognition of Slovaks and Poles
Washington Oct 16 action on recognition requests from Czecho Slovakia and Poland was among items at the second day of the supreme council thirty third degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Southern jurisdiction. Members opened the session by forgoing a White House call to avoid burden on the president and sent a greeting to President Coolidge.
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Washington
D. C
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Supreme Council
White House
Coolidge
Red Cross Aided 600 in Bluffs Disaster
Judge Hubert Utterback reports the Red Cross aided over 600 people affected by the Council Bluffs tornado flood disaster in a recent release. Extensive rehabilitation plans are being prepared for victims returning home.
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Red Cross
Bluffs
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Hubert Utterback
Utterback
Oglethorpe’s Body to Remain in England
In deference to English sentiment Dr Thornwell Jacobs withdraws the request to move James E. Oglethorpe founder of Georgia from his European grave to the planned shrine at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.
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London
Thornwell Jacobs
Oglethorpe] University
James’ E. Oglethorpe
Georgia
Ania
Atana
Woman Survives Six-Story Fall With Broken Arm
Miss Bobbie Connor, 36, suffered a broken arm after falling six stories from a hotel air shaft in Los Angeles California. Surgeons at the receiving hospital treated her for injuries with no other reported harm.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bobbie Connor
Vandalism Plot Aims to Destroy Catholic Graveyard
Fremont Nebraska authorities probe vandalism at a Roman Catholic cemetery where tombstones crosses and markers were smashed and graves disturbed. Five religious fanatics jailed in Kimball after an failed attempt to burn the city of Kinuhall as the sheriff cites a chaotic, garrulous conspiracy.
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International News
Fremont
Neb
Poltan
Ing
Cheyenne
Oklahoma City Flood Wreaks Havoc as River Rises
Vast flood grips Oklahoma City with south side inundated and the Canadian River rising rapidly. Rescue efforts struggle against strong undertow while National Guardsmen patrol damaged districts and relief centers open for refugees. Dozens feared imperiled. looting警 orders issued to shoot to kill.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahomna City
Bo Aiead
Noth
Mulligan Grove
Grove
Muligan Grove
God
Uether
1St Spring
Oklahoma
Cit
Grand Avenue
Apo
O. A. Carriil
Federal Reserve
Administratrix Files $10,000 Suit Over Auto Victim
Florence J. Lantz administratrix of Merman H. Lantz estate sues Clarence Arvison for $10,000. Des Moines district court records allege Carlson drove an automobile on the roadside endangering Santa who died minutes later. charge notes lack of proper control.
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Spenerr
Get
Clarence Arvison
Florence J. Lantz
Merman HH. Lantz
Des Moines
Mars. Vanty
Carlson
Bri Santa
T'Rlson
Plan Big Drive for Dry Enforcement
Washington Oct 18 The Associated Press reports a nationwide campaign to enforce the eighteenth amendment with intensified local and community actions. Leaders anticipate results to be reviewed by governors meeting at Coolidge’s call to improve federal state cooperation on prohibition narcotics immigration and related laws. President Coolidge attended a session and expressed interest in the aims.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pliny
Conference of Governors
Coolidge
Blairsburg Woman Dies After Waterloo Truck Accident
Webster City Iowa news reports Mrs Krank Jr Shafer a 52 year old Blairsburg resident died from injuries after being struck by a Waterloo truck driven by K J Shaulls. She was crossing a road near her home when two cars ahead stopped causing the collision. Authorities list K J Shau kis as a Waterloo teamster living at 907 Jefferson Street.
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Webster City
Muscatine Police Chief and 9 Aides Capture Big Snake
In Muscatine Iowa on February 16, Chief Bilkey and nine assistants captured a 15 foot python that wandered into a carnival area. The team surrounded the reptile and seized it alive, with the chief grabbing it by the throat. a $24 reward from the owner was awarded to the helpers.
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Muscatine
Get
Bilkey
Missionary Society Head Re-Elected at Meeting
Mrs. Wilbur Thirkfeld of Cambridge Massachusetts was re-elected president of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church as the national meeting closes in Sioux City Iowa today.
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Sioux City
Wilbur Thirkfeld
Cambridge
Mass
Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Motorbus Law Found Toothless Says State Bail Board
The state bail board says the motorbus law lacks a penalty and cannot be enforced. Cases have been sent to the attorney general to decide how to proceed. Without enforcement options the commissioners face reliance on injunctions from the county prosecutor's office to stop further operations.
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United Tre Dex M
Tai Stoners
Attorney Generals Office
Mivnce
House
Senate
SPT Ney
Bids opened for 32 miles of county road paving in Iowa county
Bids were opened for three federal aid road projects totaling about 32 miles. The Bryant Paving Co and Moore-Young Construction Co of Waterloo submitted the lowest combined bids, with only a $9.23 difference separating top bidders, as officials reviewed grading and paving rates across projects 200 201 and 202.
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Bikhwig
Board of Supervisors
Bonding Concern
George Campen
Omaha
Iowa Highway Commission
J. A. Paulson
Watering
H. Mann
Roy Crum
Ames
W. D. Johnston
Vest
Theounty
Boards of Supervisors
Grundy County
Waterloo
Benton County
Janesville
Cedar Falls
Jonesville
Waterloo Hudson Road
Empire Construction Company
Des Moines
M. L. Flinn
Sioux City
Wright Construction Company
Zi Ross Construction Company
MebLaughlin & Sons
Mankato
Minn
Pavio
O'Rourke Engineering Company
Anderson & Empie Construction Co
Marshalltown
Northern States Contracting Company
St. Paul
Pavins
Moore-Young Construction Company
Gradng
Brading
Dearborn Construction Company
Bryant Paving Company
Bryant
F. W. Esher
Bryant Company
Moore-Young Company
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Dubuque Man
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Herr Waldhoff
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Parishes
STATE
WAIT
Red Oak
Oglethrope
England
Nebraska City
Assneheten
Ohio
MM. LL. Loose
Hessie
Wheeler Park
Blairsburg
K. J. Shaukis
Waerloo
Jefferson Street
Big Snake
Ida
Adjomromrenut
Moore - Young Cousterection Company
Wilerioo Catverns
Jow
Eiher
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