Ocean Hop Anxiety Over MacDonald Flight From Newfoundland
In a dramatic aviation note, Commander H. C. MacDonald attempted a solo flight from Harbor Grace to England aboard a Gypsy Moth de Havilland with a span of about eight yards. After weeks testing in Newfoundland, a delayed start led to a sudden takeoff. Estimated aloft time ranges from 24 to 36 hours with no sightings reported along the great circle route.
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H. C. MacDonald
Harbor Grace
N. F
England
MacDonald
Great Circle
England Fears for Safety of Sea Flier BAY STATE VOTE HIGHLY DOUBTFUL AS NOW
Washington dispatch reports Massachusetts election prospects for Hoover and Smith are highly uncertain. Hoover tours the state amid large Republican volunteer efforts led by women and men, while Democrats warn of a tight race. Analysts note Massachusetts history as a swing state with narrow margins in recent contests and diverging forecasts for November.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Herbert Hoover
Massachusetts
Bay State
Hoover
G. O P
W. Murray Crane
Henry Cabot Lodge
A Bay State
Coolidge
United States Senate
Boston
Hoover Volunteers
Commonwealth
Berkshires
Smith
Springfield
Boston Common
Worcester
Commonwealth Avenue
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Hughes
David I. Walsh
Walsh
Senator Gillett
Government Warns Girls on Peril in Jazz Age
Washington state health officials warn modern young women face rising tuberculosis risk due to hurried social life heavy work load and insufficient rest. Public Health Service notes that pace of modernization and inadequate nutrition contribute to physical breakdown among students and workers.
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Washington, D. C
U.S Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Public Health Service
Zeppelin starts Midwest trip next week plan
Graf Zeppelin will tour middle western U S cities for 48 hours late next week before returning to Friedrichshafen. Dr Hugo Eckener said invitations from American cities influenced the plan while German officials preferred the airship to stay for the Berlin air congress. The ship will depart Lakehurst Thursday dawn for Detroit Chicago St Louis and other en route stops then return by Friday sunset to refuel for the trans Atlantic flight possibly starting Monday Oct 29. Eckener will visit Philadelphia Washington and Chicago by train as plans to form a 14 000 0000 corporation to support a trans Atlantic passenger and mail service in giant dirigibles proceed with financiers meetings slated in Lakehurst Philadelphia and Chicago.
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INS
Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Hugo Eckener
Hugh Allen
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation of America
Dr. Eckener
Berlin
Air-Congress
Lakehurst
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Lakehhurst
Eckener
Philadelphia
Washington
Ten Years Ago in the Service Eighty-seventh Infantry Drill Tenacity
John Manross recalls the Eighty-seventh Infantry at Fort Des Moines from September 1916 to the armistice. He notes relentless drilling in all weather and discipline that kept troops ready for France. Manross enlisted at Independence, spent his army life at Fort Des Moines, and was discharged in January 1912.
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Eighty-seventh Infantry
Fort Des Moines
John Manross
Mulberry Street
France
Manross
Independence
Fort, Des Moines
WSUI to Be Given Improved Channel Town City
WSUI the University of Town broadcasting station will gain an improved channel and longer wavelength. A telegram from the Federal Radio Board says WSUI will share time with KSAC Kansas City and operate on a 517 meter wavelength, up from 473.9 meters.
Woman Hit By Truck in Council Bluffs. Woman Killed
Mrs. E W Wood aged 41 died from injuries after stepping into the path of a truck driven by Robert Childs in Council Bluffs Ta. Oct 18. Childs told police she began crossing, halted, then moved into the truck s path. witnesses said the vehicle was moving slowly.
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Council Bluffs
E. W. Wood
Robert Childs
Treynor
Childs
MacDonald Moth Plane Unghighted After Midnight
London reports Lt. Commander H C MacDonald flew a tiny Moth plane from Harbor Grace Newfoundland toward Ireland in a 24 hour flight. He carried a 20 hour fuel load with extra tanks aiming for a straight route to Ireland then London. No landing news by Oct 18 with anxious wife awaiting word amid favorable mid Atlantic weather.
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London
Atlantic
H. C. MacDonald
Newfoundland
MacDonald
Kensington
Harbor Grace
Ireland
Mid-Atlantic
Marbor Grace
Great Britain
Willard alias Alfred Lynch sought after Iowa shootings
Gun victims and a gun toter engaged in a fight that left Sheriff Warner shot. A 45 calibre Colt automatic was taken from McKenzie. A. J. Willard alias Alfred Lynch was the man wanted across northeast Iowa for shooting Wagner and Sutton. The photo shows him five years ago at the reformatory for auto theft.
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Pal
Sheriff Warner
McKenzie
A. J. Willard
Alfred Lynch
Iowa
Wagner
Sutton
Willard
Reformatory
Ray, Eggert
Warner
Jefferson
Ma~ Kenale
Tuttanost
Water Street
Atheist leader jailed in Arkansas for public nuisance
Charles Smith of New York, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, spent the night in a Little Rock jail on a public nuisance charge. He was fined 25 dollars and plans to appeal. Smith, who had set Arkansas headquarters to oppose an anti evolution bill, faced further charges over use of religious references in public discourse and distributing material to disturb the peace. The judge barred him from testifying in his own defense due to his avowed atheism.
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Smithimself
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Smith
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Atheism
Smith
Arkansas
God
Jesus Christ
Harper
Confessed Slayers Held at Burlington
Harry Zippe and John Higgin confessed killers of Max Shepler on Huron island in the Mississippi River near Burlington. They were held in the county jail after returning from Tucson, Ariz. They will be held without bail until the next grand jury session. The sheriff said confessions will not be released until presented to the grand jury.
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Burlington
Harry Jake Zippe
John Higgin
Max Shepler
Huron Island
Mississippi River
Tucson Atiz
Delbert Murray
Tucsaon
Courier Delivery Deadline Clarifies Paper Timing
The Courier should reach homes before 3 30. If not due to carrier error or other cause, call B1NO and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 pm. om.
Speed Razing of Old Opera House in Knoxville
Razing of Knoxville town opera house proceeded rapidly after an elderly man claimed whisky buried in the building 40 years ago during a boys' celebration. Workmen pried loose planks and bricks while investigators checked the scene.
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Knoxville
Town
Woerkmen
Shumaker Abandons Appeal Over Contempt Sentence
Indianapolis. October 18. Dr. E S Shumaker, head of the Indiana Anti Saloon League, abandoned his bid to appeal a 60 day state jail sentence and a 250 dollar fine for contempt of the Indiana supreme court. He cited lack of funds and uncertainty over Supreme Court acceptance of his appeal. Surrounded by supporters he awaited commitment papers to begin serving his sentence.
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Indiana Antisaloon League
High Court
Indianapolis
Ind
United States Supreme Court
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Supreme Court
Offic
William L. Reasoner
Supreme Court
Fire customs agents discharge 15 U S border inspectors
Special agents from Washington discharge 15 Detroit border customs patrol inspectors. Sumner C Sleeper director announced today. The inspectors were discharged on orders of the treasury department in Washington.
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Detroit
Mid
URI
Washington
U. S. Border Customs Patrol
Sumner C. Sleeper
Treasury Department
Waterloo Population Estimate Cites 40 000 Base
Waterloo city clerk Charles MacKay estimates the population at about 40 000, with some weighing it toward 43 000 if a census were taken tomorrow. He notes the Commerce Department’s 37 000 figure from the 1925 census is outdated and growth will rise with future counts.
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Waterloo
Charles MacKay
Department of Commerce
Grand Jury Quiz in Chicago Taxi War
Chicago on October 18 reports preparations for a grand jury inquiry into Chicago taxi warfare. Subpoenas issued for Robert McLaughlin of Checker Cab Edward Cook and Arthur F Albert of Hertz attorneys. Threats against John Hertz cited amid deadly conflict over parking concessions fueling bombings arsons and a fatal stabbing in Gary Illinois.
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Chicago
John Hertz
Yellow Cab Company
Robert McLaughlin
Checker Cab Company
Edward Cook
Arthur F. Albert
Herrid
Yellow
Checker Cab
Hertz Racing Stables
Gary, Il
Hickman Waiting Summons to Die
William Edward Hickman the condemned kidnapper and slayer of 12 year old Marion Parker faces execution at San Quentin. In his death house cell he says he is not afraid to die and will take his medicine Friday, calling death a privilege and the end of this business.
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Sunnyside
Jock Hutchison
Mr. Hutchison
San Quentin Prison
Cal
INS
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Baron Huenfelds Flight Crashes Near Tokio Suburb
Berlin reports Baron Von Huenefeld and Pilot Lindner crashed in a thunderstorm in a Tokio suburb at 2 30 am Japanese time while en route from Berlin to San Francisco. They were unhurt after hopping off at Shanghai last night. if repairs in Japan fail they may cancel the Pacific leg.
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INS
Baron von Huenefeld
Bremen
Lindner
San Francisco
Tokio
Fers
Shanghai
Baron Hunefeld
Japan
Tawo
Pacific
Veterinarian Drops Dead at Convention in Cedar Rapids
Dr Homer A McIntire 506 Maquoketa former president of the Eastern Iowa Veterinarians association collapsed at the peat hotel during the annual convention social program. Heart trouble caused his death. He graduated Town State college in 1902 and is survived by his widow and four children.
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Cedar Rapids
Homer A. McIntire
Maquoketa
Eastern Iowa Veterinarians Association
Town State College
Mississippi gunman linked to Willard case grips northeast Iowa
Donald McKeagle, described as a big gunman from Mississippi, is examined as authorities hunt A. J. Willard alias Alfred Lynch after Willard shot Sheriff H. T. Wagner and I. H. Sutton. McKenzie, Willard’s ally, is in custody and cooperates in hopes of leading to Willard’s capture. Williams, a prior transport offense convict, is also linked as investigators chase leads across Cedar Rapids, Minneapolis, and beyond.
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Donald McKeagle
Mississippi
A. J. Willard
Alfred Lynch
H. T. Wagner
I. H. Sutton
Iowa
Willard
Cornfield
McKenzie
Scotland
Minneapolis
Mickey Williams
Cedar Rapids
Williams
Willard-Lynch-Willams
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