World air explorers and a Niagara tragedy headline page
Capt Courtney on route from Plymouth toward the Azores in the Whale flying boat poised for a long Atlantic crossing while Brock and Schlee head from Baghdad to Bender Abbas over the Persian Gulf. News also covers a Niagara Falls crash where a hit and run driver caused a car to plunge into the gorge killing an engineering professor, his wife, and daughter.
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Courtney
England
America
Plymouth
Azores
Brock
Schlée
Bagdad
Irak
Bender Abbas
Persia
Persian Gulf
Lowenstein- Wertheim
St. Raphael
Paul Redfern
London
Devizes
F. T. Courtney
Corunna
Spain
Courier delivery deadline and incorrect-delivery remedy
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other causes, call 5766 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 36 p m.
Big Business Abandonment Targets Republican Primaries
The piece analyzes the evolving direct primary system in 1912 and its use to challenge party bosses. It compares Hoover Dawes and Lowden attitudes, noting Lowden’s looser campaign, and explains how early primary efforts aimed to curb party leaders backed by big business influence.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
New York
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Wind and hail sweep northeast Iowa injures towns
Shelby reports Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Antisaloon League, was brought to a hospital from his summer home and later sent to a Battle Creek sanitarium. Hospital staff would not discuss his ailment or condition.
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Shelby
Mid
Wayne B. Wheeler
Antisaloon League
Little Point Sable
Battle Creek
Three Trainmen Killed In Wreck At Francisco Mine
Three trainmen died and another was fatally injured when Southern Pacific No 2 collided head on with a Big Four coal train at Francisco mine No 2 after an open switch. The victims were Thomas Nelson 62 engineer New Albany Leonard Wilson 44 fireman Princeton and W E Anderson Petersburg Big Four fireman. George Fluher 40 Petersburg engineer on the coal train died of injuries sustained.
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Princeton
Ind
Southern Pacific Railway
Francisco
Southern
Louisville
St. Louis
Thomas Nelson
New Albany
Leonard Wilson
W. E
Sign topples onto crowd in Des Moines injuring six
Des Moines reports six pedestrians injured when a third floor sign toppled onto a sidewalk crowd. The seriously hurt James Howe, 78, with possible skull fracture, and relatives Charles Howe, 48, David Howe, 4, Mrs Nathan Wagner, 38, Fred McAbery, 61, and Anna Mack, 21, were hospitalized. The sign over a five and ten store had been repainted and loosened. Falling glass widened the danger.
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Des Moines
James Howe
Charles Howe
David Howe
Nathan Wagner
Fred’ McAbery
Anna Mack
Coast Guard puzzled by plane sound off New Jersey coast
Coast guard cutter Gresham reported hearing an aircraft motor about 30 miles offshore near the Sea Grit light off New Jersey this afternoon. Commanding Lieut Buckalew said the sound appeared to travel in a circle but no plane was sighted due to foggy visibility. The Gresham was ordered to cruise the area.
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New York
Coastguard
Gresham
New Jersey
R. W. Buckalew
Storm Rips Charles City Area with Heavy Rain and Wind
A severe wind storm swept Charles City and nearby towns Friday evening 6 to 7 p m tearing down power lines trees and windmills. Rainfall peaked at 1 83 inches with over an inch in under an hour causing flooded streets and transit disruption as crews restored service. Police and utility lines reported widespread but limited damage with some hail and field damage noted.
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Courier Special Service
Charles City
Greene, Allison
Clarksville
Weather Bureau
Colwell and
Basset
Iowa Public Service Company
Waterloo
Allison
Greene
Absolve Driver of Blame for Death of Girl in Auto Leap
Arthur Douglas, driver of the automobile from which Miss Bertha Granville fell and was fatally injured a few days ago, has been absolved of all blame for her death after an inquest. The verdict held she died from a blow on the head when she came into contact with the bow of the car, causing injury and fright that led to her leap from the vehicle.
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Chariton
Arthur Douglas
Bertha Granville
Caroner
Granville
Brewer bonds to honor no cut rate fares order
Des Moines dispatch reports Helen Schultz Brewer of Mason City posted a $1,000 bond in district court to assure she will not violate an injunction secured by the state railroad commission. The commission ordered Brewer, a bus operator with several lines in Iowa, not to cut fare rates.
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Helen Schultz Brewer
Iowa
State Commission
Des Moines
Mason City
State Railroad Commission
Brewer
Stop Look and Listen at Crossings Faces Opposition
Nelson W. Frisbie, veteran Illinois Central engineer and former Waterloo mayor, argues there can be no compromise with Stop Look and Listen at railroad crossings. He says automatic flashing lights and bells lose effectiveness as drivers become careless, risking severe accidents when switches or trains prompt unpredictable warnings.
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Nelson W. Frisbie
Illinois Central
Waterloo
Courtney's Transatlantic Flight to Azores Route Update
Capt F T Courtney plans a 7000 mile voyage aboard the Whale with Lieut Downer and R F Little to test a commercial air route from Horta Azores to Newfoundland and New York. A Canadian passenger, Elwood B Hosmer, reportedly paid for a seat and is seen as a key figure in this mission.
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Plymouth
Eng
F. T. Courtney
Atlantic
Horta
Azores
Newfoundland
New York
Lieut. Downer
R. F. Little
Eddystone Lighthouse
Royal Air Force
England
America
Montreal
Que
Montreal Star_today
Courtney
Elwood B. Hosmer
C. R. Hosmer
The
Star
Hosmer
Con Man de Luxe in Prison at 73
Well educated and once respected journalist William L. Galloway, 73, sits in jail facing the likelihood of spending his remaining days in prison. A polished confidence man and forger, he is described as broken in health with few friends and little money after being brought back from werling, Colp. by Chief Charles Mohlis.
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William L. Galloway
Werling, Colp
Charles Mohlis
Family killed in Niagara gorge auto tragedy near Falls
Niagara Falls Ontario police search for an Illinois registered touring car after witnesses say a stout man drove it into a small car, pushing Roy Desmond Huxley his wife and seven year old daughter Ruth from a 120 foot Niagara gorge. Huxley a Case School of Applied Science electrical engineering professor.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara Gorge
Illinois
Roy Desmond Huxley
Ruth
Cleveland
O. Huxley
Case School of Applied Science
Belleville
Lost Mail Plane Searched Across Connecticut and Mass
A Colonial Air Transport mail and express plane bound from Boston to New York is 16 hours overdue. It diverted to Webster, Massachusetts, then resumed flight. Pilot E G Cline and passenger W T Lyman are aboard. Search efforts span northeastern Connecticut and Massachusetts as the inaugural flight continues.
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Hartford
INS
Colonial Air Transport, Inc
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Webster
Mass
Harry K. Taylor
E. G. Cline
Nevada divorce case cites prior marriages and mixed records
Annulment proceedings were under way in September brought by Mable Jordon Miller who asks that her marriage to Scot Miller be set aside. She alleges Miller was married to another woman when they wed, claiming he obtained a divorce in December 1925 while a second marriage occurred in August at Hampton.
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Des Moines
Bertha Harnagel
Harnagel
Nell
Nevada
Mable Jordon Miller
Scot Miller
Miller
Hampton
Thirty Die in Flood in Bukowina Romania
In Bukowina Romania a flood has drowned thirty people and inundated 40 villages, according to reports from Bucharest received in Vienna.
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Vienna
Roumanian Bukowina
Bucharest
Weather forecast for Chicago and Mississippi Valley week
Weather for the week ending September 10 in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for periods of occasional showers with temperatures above seasonal normals early in the week then turning noticeably cooler by Wednesday or Thursday. advertisement note includes cigar brand Havana Ribbon 5c cigars.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Baseball Today First Game Philadelphia 6 0 500 New York
Ferguson Decatur and Wilson lead Barnes Fitzsimmons Henry and Cummings as teams face off in opening action. Local box scores unclear but highlights center on pitches and fielding by Ferguson and Decatur with Wilson contributing in defense.
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Philadelphia
New York
Ferguson
Decatur
Wilson
Barnes, Fitzsimmons
Henry
Cummings
Women Set for Sea Crossing and Atlas Flight Plans
Reports from St Johns and Ottawa detail bold trans Atlantic ambitions and evolving search efforts. Observers note Miss Frances Grayson and Mrs Ancker plan a Sikorsky amphibian flight to Europe, while pilots Duke Schiller and Phil Wood prepare Royal Windsor for a nonstop Windsor England run. Authorities chase rumors of St Raphael sighting off Labrador as missing aviator Paul Redfern’s fate remains unresolved. Delaware- era aviation news blends daring journeys with cautious official coordination.
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St. Johns
Que
Royal Windsor
Windsor
Ontario
Windsor England
St. Gregoire
Portland
Clarence ‘‘Duke'' Schiller
Stick
Phil Wood
N. F
St. Raphael
Labrador
Bennett
Associated Press
Cape Elizabeth Naval Station
Maine
Duke” Schiller
England
Schiller
Harbor Grace
Harbor Rast
New York
Andauntcome
Trans- Ocean
Veltures
Mildred“ Doran
Sikorsky
Europe
Grayson
Cary T
Aage Ancker
Spottewortan
Aiken
S.C
Ancker-Grayson Aircraft ‘Corporation
Hamilton
Oes
Ottawa
Leslie’ Hamilton
Leselie
Col
Minchin
Cami
St. .Raphael
Tully
Caribou
Terry
James
Medcalf
London
Ont
Harbor
Srace
Sir John Carling
Washburn
Redfern
Rio de Janeiro
INS
Paul Redfern
Georgia
State Fair Sets New High Record for Attendance
Des Moines, Sept. 3. The 1927 state fair posted a new attendance record with 429,051 visitors, 20,688 more than 1925. Officials cited good weather, unusual exhibits, and well planned programs as key factors. Secretary Arthur R. Corey called it the greatest and most successful fair the town has ever had.
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Des “Moines
Arthur’ .R. Corey
World plane off to render Abbas
William Brock and Edward F. Schlee resumed their around the world flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. Their planed path headed to Bender Abbas Persia and then Karachi India. They covered about 4995 miles in the first week of a 23067 mile route and seek to beat the Wells Evans record. They were very tired upon arriving in Bagdad yesterday.
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Bagdad
William
Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Bender Abbas
Persia
Karachi
India
Linton Wells
Edward Evans
Schlee
Borah Sees Farm Relief Key After Western Tour
Washington Sept. 3 Sen ator Borah Republican Idaho says farm relief hinges on moving products to markets at reasonable cost. He returns from a western survey noting crops are good and prices fair, but the farm relief problem is more acute than ever. A workable plan, he asserts, could sweep the west.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Dawes
Lowden
LPL
Borah
Idaho
Mississippi
Friends Unlock Jail for Tipton Prisoner
Clifford Morris, 22, awaiting trial on auto mortgage sale charge escaped Tipton county jail. Officers say door was unlocked by Morris friends then relocked and key restored.
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Tipton
Clifford Morris
Morris
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