Missing trans Atlantic monoplane St Raphael feared over Atlantic
News from Ottawa reports grave fears for the St Raphael missing trans Atlantic flight from Upavon England to Ottawa. Princess Lowenstein Wertheim Col Minchin and Capt Hamilton aboard. Fliers last sighted over the Irish Sea heading west toward America with no word by early afternoon. Authorities scoured coast stations ships and weather for clues while relatives awaited word in Ottumwa and New York.
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Ottawa
INS
Pigou River
Quebec
Canadian National Railway
Raphael
Leslie Hamilton
F. F. Minchin
Lowenstein- Wertheim
America
St. Raphael
Ottumwa
New York
Hamilton
Upavon
Marine Department
Upavno
England
Canada
North Atlantic
Rumors On Redfern Flight And World News In Brief
Reports claimed Paul Redfern’s Georgia to Brazil monoplane might have landed near Alemquer in the Amazon or crashed in the jungle as authorities investigated both rumors. A possible sighting over Quebec raised safety concerns about the St Raphael carrying Princess Lowenstein Wertheim. London to Windsor flights and a new US express service dominated headlines alongside union disputes and Polish floods. Iowa fair attendance set records as a moccasin bite tale closed the page.
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Paul Redfern
Alemquer
Brazi
Amazon River
St. Raphael
Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim
Upavon
Eng
Coolidge Renomination Hinge on Prosperity and Farm Pain
Washington dispatch argues Republicans see Coolidge renomination as possible if prosperity holds. Leaders expect farmer discontent to fade as farm prices rise, boosting confidence in continued prosperity. They foresee labor stability and broad support for the status quo, with renomination called for if anxiety grows.
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Mr. Coolidge
Road bond election petition filed in Van Buren county
Keosauqua Iowa September 1 A petition with sufficient signatures to guarantee a road bond election in Van Buren county will be presented to the board of supervisors at their meeting early this month.
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Keosauqua
van Buren County
Board of Supervisors
Oortrops Buying Power Up On Farm Forecast
Washington forecast today that wheat will be the best crop this season while cotton lagged due to floods and boll weevil. Hay is expected to set a record, corn partly failed, with growers needing miraculous weather to mature. The predicted short corn and cotton crops pushed prices up and raised farm purchasing power to 87 from 100 prewar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
America
League's Council Meets Privately in Geneva
The forty sixth session of the League of Nations council opened in private under President Enrique Villegas. Administrative questions dominated the session as observers awaited next week’s assembly. The agenda includes disarmament and whether major powers will pursue a joint policy on Russia amid limited prep‑work and a naval conference collapse.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Enrique Villegas
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Courier delivery before 5 30 each day
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30 o clock. If the carrier bay error or any other cause prevents delivery, call 5100 to arrange a copy be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 20 p m.
Chicago Movie Strike Expands To Stage Hands Demands
Stage hands join the fight, voting to strike for wage gains up to 23 percent as Chicago theatres face a dayslong lockout. Blocked film distribution and potential spread to Decatur and Sioux City threaten nationwide closure of cinemas and vaudeville venues.
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Chicago
Chisago Exhibitors’ Association
Thomas Maloy
United States Department of Labor
Sioux City
United States
Los Angeles
Washington
D. C
Evanston
Decatur
Nationalists Reclaim Pukow Across Yangtze River
A Shanghai dispatch to the Manchester Guardian reports nationalist troops crossed the Yangtze and recaptured Pukow on the river's north bank near Nanking. Northern forces were pursued as nationalist counterattacks intensified. The article notes nationalist gains followed recent northern advances and a retreat by northern troops.
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London
Yangtze River
Pukow
Nanking
Shanghai
Manchester Guardian
Pride of Detroit flight postponed in Constantinople
The American round the world monoplane Pride of Detroit, piloted by William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, had departure postponed until tomorrow due to missing official permission to fly over Turkish territory. Authorization from Angora had not arrived by 2 PM, leaving no chance of an early departure for Aleppo, Syria, or Baghdad.
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Constantinople
Detroit
William Ss. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Aleppo
Syria
Bagdad
Trak
Angola
Turkey
Angora
Accident Tuesday Suit on Thursday in auto collision case
Julius Levi files for $1,000 damages from E H Henry and related defendants over a Logan avenue midnight Tuesday wreck that injured six youths including Levi’s son and a Golofsky girl. Levi alleges negligence and seeks repairs plus medical bills.
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Julius Levi
Jake Levi
Lillian Golofsky
E. H. Henry
Henry Amusement Company
Young Levi
Golofsky
Logan Avenue
Levi
Miles' mother Loda Lionberger dies in Burlington
Mrs. Loda L. Lionberger of Dallas City Illinois died in Burlington Iowa on September 1. She was the mother of Frank Miles of Des Moines, editor of the Iowa Legionnaire.
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Miles
Burlington
Loda L. Lionberger
Dallas City
Frank Miles
Des Moines
The
Iowa Legionnaire
Blame Jellyfish of Aeons Ago If You Dance Jazz
Dr. G P Bidder, British zoologist, told the British Association for the Advancement of Science that humans evolved from jellyfish. He said our sense of rhythm in dancing poetry and jazz music stems from metabolic rhythm inherited from our forefathers.
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Leeds
England
G. P. Bidder
Bidder
British Association For Advancement of Science
Rumor of Redfern Landing Proved False
News from Rio de Janeiro reports a rumor that aviator Paul Redfern had landed near Alemquer in northern Para. The Belem and Santarem agencies confirmed uncertainty, noting no sure sighting and that Redfern left Brunswick, Georgia a week earlier aboard the Port of Brunswick.
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Redfern
Rilo de Janeiro
INS
United States
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Alemquer
Para
Rio de Janeiro
National Telegraphs
Santarem
National Telegraph Office
Belem
Amazon River
Georgia-to- Brazil
Brunswick
Caribbean
Community defense exhibit praised by local leader
A.B. Chambers of Waterloo Airport corp defends General MacNider's plan to bring army equipment exhibition to Mason City. He argues middle west residents deserve access to defense showcases, noting eastern and western regions see equipment regularly while the midwest sees only pictures. He approves the move despite it benefiting his hometown.
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Altho Hanford MacNide
Assis
Tant
Army
Mason City
Middle West
A .B. Chambers
Waterloo
MacNider
Navy Hunt for Trans-Pacific Flyers Near End
Washington D C Sept 1 The Navy said the search for the missing six men and one girl in the Dole race is virtually complete and few if any hopeful moves remain. R type submarines and mine sweepers near the Hawaiian islands have finished their work, Admiral John A McDonald reported.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Navy
John A McDonald
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
McDonald
Lonesome Boy of 10 Leaves Sister Cash
In Red Bluff California on September 1 Harold Boring ten years old shot himself after bequeathing 25 cents to his one month old sister A coroner's jury ruled death by his own action The boy wrote he was lonely since the arrival of the baby sister who drew his parents' attention
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Red Bluff
Cal
Harold Boring
Twenty Five Years Cal Coolidge Woodchuck Hunter
Northampton Mass September first marks the twenty fifth anniversary of a notable recreation event in the life of President Coolidge. A New England woodchuck hunt record from 1902 is cited, noting Calvin Coolidge returned from his annual hunt in New Hampshire with 11 woodchucks.
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Northampton
Mass
Lfe
Coolidge
New Hampshire Gazette
New England
Calvin Coolidge
Four Canadians in Race to Cross Atlantic for Cash Prize
Four Canadians pursue a nonstop flight from London Ontario to London England in Stinson-Detroit monoplane races. Royal Windsor and Sir John Carling depart within hours, with a $25,000 prize and memorial wreath plans. weather, fuel stops, and navigator roles shape the bid.
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Terry Tully
James Medcalf
Sir John Darling
London
Ont
Eng
Phil Wood
Duke” Schiller
Royal Windsor
Windsor
Eny
Sir John Carling
Harbor Grace
N. F
Ontario
Royal
Duke) Schiller
Walkerville Field
England
gesser-Coli
Atlantic
Helen
Gar~ling
Altho
John. Carling
Ab. Harbor
Grete
Wood
Stinson-Detroiters
Schiller
John Carling
Gary Wood
Goodby
Detroit River
Tully
Medcalf
Newfoundland
Detroit
Constantinople
Old Glory Captive of Rain and Wind
Heavy rains and a stubborn east wind kept the monoplane Old Glory earthbound at Roosevelt Field New York. Lloyd Bertaud and James D Hill planned a Norristown stop en route to Rome, but the weather delayed their Rome flight.
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Roosevelt Feld
N.Y
Lloyd Bertaud
James D. Hill
Noristop
Rome
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Straits of Belle Isle
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Theatre Janitors’ Union
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Charles 5
Whitman
Bar Association
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Galicia
Dan
Dniester
Iowa
Alabama
Gage
By Mark Sullivan
Ralph Cameron
Arizona
Mabel Boil
Rochester
N. Y
Paris
Charles A. Levine
Levine
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Holland
Dent. of Agriculture
League
San Felice
Henry George
Idelita
Martin
Havana
Minneapolis
Decatur, Ill
Worcester
Webster Thayer
Thayer
Schlee
Brock
Alemquez
Lonesome Boy
Sister
Cal Coolidge
Oshawa
Lake Front
Phillipsburg
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