Sky full of aviators as flights, landings, and missing rise
In a busy air news day aviators push Atlantic hops, fog halts Le Bourget attempts, and planes from Canada to England face bad weather. Brock and Schlee depart via Constantinople toward Baghdad, while Levine plans a return Atlantic attempt and Chamberlin eyes new endurance records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Giron
Pierre Corbu
Lebourget
Sir John Carling
Royal Windsor
Canada
England
Brock
Schlee
Detroit
Constantinople
Bagdad
Aleppo
Courtney
Whale
Southampton
Plymouth
Eng
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Fruitful Ad Fragments Highlight Local Names and Brands
A fragmentary OCR shows names Felice Henry George Idolite Marie Banana Ribbon So cigars and jadvertisement among scattered terms. The readable items hint at a local ad list or trade card noting brands and individuals without a coherent article context.
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An Felice
Henry George
Idolite
Marcie
Banana Ribbon
So Cigars
Courtney Begins Trans Atlantic Hop from Southampton
Courtney Captain Frank T Courtney took off in a Dornier Napier hydroplane at 3 35 p m from Southampton toward Plymouth as the first leg of his proposed overseas flight. He landed later in Plymouth after arrival from Calshot navy air depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Eng
Courtney
Plymouth
INS
Frank T. Courtney
Calshot Navy Air Depot
Judge Orders Bus Queen to Jail or Bond for Injunction
Des Moines, Sept 2. Mrs Helen Schultz Brewer Mason City bus queen found in contempt for violating an injunction against reducing bus rates without state board approval. Judge Lester Thompson set $1,000 bond and demanded proof of compliance by 2 pm today or jail.
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Des Moines
Helen Schultz Brewer
Mason City
Lester Thompson
Polk County District Court
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Brewer
Thompson
Nevada
Cole
Hill Cailing For Cuba Police Report Key West
Harry Hill, wanted in Streator Michigan for matricide, is bound for Havana Cuba according to police in Key West Florida He had been in Key West for several days and boarded a Havana bound steamer before police could obtain full description and identification A local hotel guest was positively identified later by a Chicago acquaintance and a hotel clerk at the same hotel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
INS
Harry Hill
Streator
Havana
Cuba
Hill
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Attorney Named U S Commissioner
Federal Judge George C. Scott of Sioux City appointed Donald C. Hutchinson a United States commissioner for the northern district of Iowa. Hutchinson, a Cedar Rapids attorney and University of Iowa graduate, will serve a four year term succeeding Harold Trewin who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids. In
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Donald C. Hutchinson
Cedar Rapids
United States
Towa
Harold Trewin
Hutchinson
University of Iowa
Iowa Corn Outlook Holds on Heat to Save Harvest
The Farm Editor reports six days of rising temperatures boosting Iowa corn conditions. Favorable sun and clear skies are lifting prospects, though cooler morrows could hurt progress. Local growers urge hot weather to push ears toward a usable crop before frost risks appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hawkeye
Mercury
Jess Bige
A. A. Burger
Cedar Falls
George Cunningham
Orange Township
Jack Frost
Indianapolis Names Duvall Police Chief and Safety Board
Indianapolis Ind Sept 2 Indianapolis has a new chief of police and a new board of safety today Mayor John L Duvall leads the administration and appointed Claude M Worley as police chief after an earlier board resigned to avoid the appointment Worley had previously resigned from the force after being demoted and succeeds Claude F Johnson who was made captain of detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Safety
John L. Duvall
Claude M. Worley
Duvall
Worley
Claude F. Johnson
Flying Princess and Pilot Lost on Sea Flight
Ottawa reports grave fears for Capt. Leslie Hamilton Lieut. Col. F F Minchin and Princess Lowenstein Wertheim after the St Raphael disappeared en route from Upavon England toward America. With 44 hours fuel the monoplane vanished after 51 hours aloft, as Ottawa and St Johns vessels search amid hopeful but waning prospects.
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Ottawa
Can
Leslie Hamilton
F. F. Minchin
Lowenstein
Upavon
England
Hamilton
Sears
Atlantic
St. Johns
N. F
Straits of Belle Isle
Lowenstein-Wertheim
Canada
Cardiff
Ireland
Schiller
Caribou
INS
Terry’ Tully
James Medcalf
London
Ontario
John Carling
Sea
St.' Raphael
Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim
Aele Hamilton
F. Minchin
St. Rephaet
Tully
International News
Rewi Harbor
Newfoundland
Medcalf
Washburn ‘Road
Prince Edward’ Island
Windsor
Pathe
Royal
En- Toule
Sera
Justus
Miller
Phil, Wood
A . Wood
St. Raphael
Wertheim
Newsboy Pursues World Endurance Bicycle Record
Frank Lapole, 15, a Waterloo newsboy, began a nonstop ride after 11 p m aiming to beat Robert Moore's 30 hours 5 minutes world record. He plans visits to Independence and nearby towns, will ride until unable, take nourishment on route, and may pause tomorrow morning as friends report good progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moore
Waterloo
Frank Lapole
Lapole
Moore
Independence
Washington, D. C
Robert Northey
Dapole
Lindbergh Flies Stunts Over Rapid City for Coolidges
Col Charles A Lindbergh performed brief aerial stunts for President Calvin Coolidge Mrs Coolidge and their son John in Rapid City South Dakota on September 2 He circled for ten minutes as the first Spirit of St Louis to visit the area drew curious onlookers including the Coolidges John and Mrs Coolidge who rushed from a shop to watch The plane’s insignia and low flights impressed local residents and the president and family watched from near the executive offices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Chamberlin to Seek Endurance Mark in New York
Lieut. Col. Clarence D. Chamberlin plans to depart Independence for New York to attempt reclaiming the air endurance record from French fliers. He told over 1,000 listeners last night of his transatlantic flight, as Mrs. Chamberlin, his wife, accompanied him on stage with piano music and vocal performances by Ethel Jones.
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Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Des Moines
Independence
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Germany
New York
America
Atlantic
W. G. Bogert
Opera
Ethel Jones
Des Moines Banker Simon Casady In Serious Condition
Des Moines Sept 2 Simon Casady chairman of the board of Central State Bank and dean of Des Moines bankers remained unchanged and very serious his family said his morning. The aged banker is suffering from heart trouble awaiting further medical word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Simon Casady
Central State Bank
Sinclair Lewis struck dead? preacher says not yet
The Iowa Methodist conference heard Br. William L. Stidger recount that Sinclair Lewis challenged God to strike him dead in a Kansas City pulpit. He said the devil Elmer Gantry is Lewis’s biological autobiography, not a preacher’s, and urged more church converts as dead wood accumulates in parishes.
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Burlington
Sinclair Lewis
God
Kansas City
Lewis
Iowa Methodist Conference
William L. Stidger
Elmer Gantry
Charles Wesley Burns
San Francisco
Poison Rum Blamed in Dinner Death at Cedar Rapids
Joseph Zvacek a 59 year old contractor died while dining in a local restaurant. Police believe poison liquor caused his death and an investigation by Coroner R A Verphal is underway. Zvacek is survived by a daughter Mrs H C Haws of Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Zvacek
R. A. Verphal
Zvacek
H. C. Haws
Des Moines
Levine Plans Hop-Off With Hinchcliffe For Atlantic Flight
Charles A. Levine, owner of the trans Atlantic plane Columbia, plans to hop off for New York tomorrow at 6 am if weather allows. Capt. W C Hinchcliffe will pilot, with a lookout for the missing monoplane Lt Raphael during the flight from London.
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London
INS
Raphael
Newfoundland
W. R. Hinchcliffe
Charles A. Levine
America
Columbia
Mincini
Hamilton
Hinchcliffe
Levine
St. Raphael
Capt. Hinchcliffe
Atlantic Flight
New York
W. C. Hinchcliffe
Suapmian Carries Pistol for Reds
Walter R. Kirk, wealthy soap manufacturer, reports threats from extortionists demanding 10000 dollars. He has surrounded his Lake Forest home with guards, employed a personal bodyguard, and is carrying a pistol, saying the letter may be from a crazy man. He turned the missive over to post office inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter R. Kirk
Lake Forest
Sacco
Vanzelli
Kirk
Post Office
The
Herald and Examiner
World Hop Plane Flies For Bagdad
The Pride of Detroit, an American round the world plane, left Constantinople at 5:20 am aiming for Bagdad about 1,075 miles away. Pilots William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee hoped to reach by 4:36 pm after securing late night permission from Angora. The flight avoided Ismid naval base with a 136 mile detour along the Black Sea coast.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Pride of
Yeshilkeny
Stamboul
Black Sen
Ismid
Courier delivery cutoff and reship policy note
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 12:30 o clock. If the carrier is late or there is another error, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:30 p.m.
Windsor Flight Damaged Lands Near Quebec
Reports from St. Johny Quebec note the Royal Windsor monoplane from Windsor Ont will not fly for days after a fire damaged the left wing during a landing eight miles from St. Johny. Pilot C A Schiller and navigator Phil Wood blamed sparks from exhausts for the blaze and expect repairs before resuming the journey to Windsor.
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St. Johny
Que
Royal Windsor
Windsor
Ont
Eng
C. A. Schiller
Phil Wood
British ace to pilot monoplane on Levine return flight
Captain Walter R. Hinchcliffe, a veteran British pilot and war ace, will fly a Bellanca monoplane from England to New York on Charles A. Levine’s return trip. The start may be made tomorrow morning.
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Walter
R. CC. Hinchcliffe
Columbia
England
New York
Charles A.levine
Short Interviews With Home Folks in Iowa
A. Cohagan, general secretary of the Y M C A, says the corn crop and human living are intimately linked in Iowa and that hot spell days should not be complained about. He notes local factories making farm machinery rely on the corn crop for supply.
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Iowa
A. Cohagan
Celebrated Chicago Trial Lawyer Patrick O'Donnell Dies
Patrick O'Donnell, renowned Chicago attorney and Klan foe, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Burrows Indiana near Logansport. He collapsed Tuesday while on vacation and died shortly before noon today with his wife and seven children at his bedside.
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Logansport
Ind
Patrick O'Donnell
Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
Burrows
Here
O'Donnell
Michael Curthie
Death toll rises in Galician flood and war devastation
Berlin reports from Warsaw show 1,300 to 1,400 dead in Galician flood and woods. Kosoff district 120 dead, 40 drowned at Kuty, Styr region worst with about 1,200 dead. Sixteen bodies found at Borislav. 39 villages inundated near Przemysl, Halicz isolated, oil fields and a refinery flooded, refugees hit by epidemics.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Kosoff
Kuty
Styr
Borislav
Prezemysl
Halicz
Borislay
Naptha
Polymin
Lawyers Move to Block Dempsey Tunney Fight in Chicago
Attorneys for William Clements president of the Chicago Coliseum club filed petitions for an injunction to halt the proposed Dempsey Tunney heavyweight title bout set for September 22 in Chicago. The move arrives amid legal roundabout in the ongoing imbroglio over the bout contract and venue.
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Chicago
William, Clements
Chicago, Coliseum, Club
Dempsey
Aght Harry
Wis
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Lungtun
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Spain
Paul Claudel
American Legion
France
M. Claudel
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Verdun
Marshal Petain
Sahara
John
Hammond
National Civic League
Courtney Hops
F. T. Courtney
Polk County
Helen
Police of
Key West Hotel
U. S
Farm Editor
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St. Lawrence Gulf
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Newsboy
NEW World Nonstop Record
Lindy
Coolidge
Colonel
Suapmian
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Medcals
Princess
Earl “of
Mexborough
George Savile
Lady Mary
Louisa Savile
Imperial. Airways, Ltd
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Douglas Hamilton
International News Service Today
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Halifax
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