Wisconsin contest mirrors national Senate battle in 1930s
Washington dispatch analyzes Wisconsin and other states as potential pivotal races in the 1930 election. It notes a Democratic surge in Wisconsin targeting Lenroot, factional GOP splits, and local issues like pro German sentiment and the Nonpartisan League shaping votes. La Follette’s evolving stance is also discussed.
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Harding
Cox
Wisconsin
Lenroot
Dot Lenroot
Othey
Nonpartisan League
la Follette
Washington
Jenro
Congress
LaFolllette
laFollette
Yane Ae
Senate
Ya Follette
S-5 Submarine Sinks After Valve Failure Off Cape Henlopen
United States submarine S-5 sank to the Atlantic floor near Cape Henlopen when a large air intake valve failed to close during a practice dive. Thirty eight officers and one enlisted man were aboard. Survivors credit crew effort for escape after a hole was cut in the hull and a signal line sent with a white undershirt to a passing steamer 27 hours later.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henlopen
Ior
Alanthus
Americans in Adana Safe Says Admiral
Rear Admiral Bristol reported from Constantinople that fighting was not in progress at Adana or Anotlie though some shooting occurred beyond town limits. Tarsus was cut off from communication yet Americans there were not in danger though food was limited. In Rochelie France ten workers died and 19 injured in a railroad engine explosion at La Pallice.
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Ubs
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Bristol
Constantinople
Adana
Anatolie
Altho
Tarsus
Ted
Brike Associated Press
Weather bulletin lists towns and conditions across several states
The report covers towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City New Hampton Waterloo and Marshalltown with weather varying from cloudy to rainy and muddy roads reported across southern Minnesota and interior towns.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Tea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshallytown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Nears City
Mrs MacSwiney Appeals to Wilson over Cork Mayor’s Hunger Strike
London dispatch reports Mrs Terence MacSwiney cablegram to President Wilson asking influence with the English government to avert an outrage to civilization. Doctors say Lord Mayor Cork is dying in Brixton prison and may not be spoken to as he weakens further. Annie MacSwiney, sister of the mayor, says he is at his lowest after weeks on hunger strike begun August 12.
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Associated Press
London
Terence MacSwiney
Wilson
Mayor MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton
Breath of Scandal Hits Cubs Was Game Fixed
Chicago club president William Veeck announced that telegrams claiming the game with Philadelphia was fixed surfaced before the matchup. He planned an independent probe with three writers and detectives, pledging to oust guilty players if charges were proven. Philadelphia won 3 to 0 as Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched with a bonus offer.
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Chicago Cubs
Associated Press
Chicago
William Veeck
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Philadelphia
Veeck
Iix
Detroit
Cleveland
Sharps
Chicago Baseball
iCubs
Fred Mitchel
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Alexander
Wholesaler Indicted for Sugar Profits to Iowa Firms
The federal grand jury indicted Bunte Bros. confectioners and three wholesale grocers for sugar profiteering. Named firms include Empire Grocery Co. Hadesman Bros. Henderson Taylor Co. The Henderson Taylor Co. allegedly took excess profits. Indictment cites profits of 2 cents per pound on 1000 pounds shipped to Lowe and Brown and 1 cent per pound on sugar sold to Werner-Fry Co. plus other Iowa entities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bunte Bros
Federal Grand Jury
Empire Grocery Company
Hadesman Bros
Henderson Taylor Company
Lowe and Brown
Hudson, Mich
Woerner-Fry Company
Iona Ity
George van Camp & Son
Westfield
Quincy Confectionery Company
Balang Packing Company
Marion
Kod
Missouri GOP candidates discuss plans and platform planks
Republican state officers met in St. Louis to map campaign strategy and draft platform planks for the forthcoming campaign. Joan G. Hughes, state committee chair, presided at the conference.
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Missouri
Associated Press
St. Louis
Jet
Ferson
Joan G. ‘Hughes
State Committee
Tennessee House Journal Sent to Washington on Suffrage Vote
A certified copy of the Tennessee House of Representatives journal recounts last Tuesday's attempt to rescind ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Gov. Roberts said he sent the papers at the house's request to Secretary Colby in Washington. Suffragists warn the action won’t affect Colby’s proclamation validity.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives Journal
Cobiby
Washington
Roberts
House
Colby
Harding Says Duty Is Tolerance In Campaign
Senator Harding told a Marine Band at his residence that he must avoid clamorous abuse and false appeals. He pledged to keep beliefs clear and sincere, placing America first and remaining patient with those who differ, while concentrating on constructive work.
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Associated Press
Marion
Harding
America
Engineer Mistakes Block Jump Dies in Oklahoma
Denison Texas Sept 4 h g Evans an engineer on a Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train was instantly killed early today near Durant Oklahoma when he leaped from his engine while running at high speed A defect in a block signal suggested he was racing into a blocked track and apparently expected derailment a fireman brought the train to Denison.
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Associated Press
Denison
Tex
H. G. Evans
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Durant
Okiz
Evans
Farm Crops and Soils Field Day Planned in Ames
The Iowa agricultural experiment station has set September 8 for the second annual Farm Crops and Soils field day in Ames. Iowa farmers are invited to inspect experimental fields, study ongoing work, and review results.
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Ames. In
Iowa Agricultural Experiment — Station
Iowa
Ames
British American Athletic Meet Ends In Tie At London
At the Queen's Club the British and American teams faced Olympic stars in a rare competition that ended in a draw. Women and men events split the honors as the Americas took more sprint wins while England captured more field titles.
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London
Fressi
Queen's Club
America
England
Inquests Ban Coroners in Several Irish Counties
In Ireland coroner inquests are prohibited in Cork Clare Galway Kerry Limerick Longford Mayo and Tipperary and will be replaced by courts of inquiry under the army act. The Belfast dispatch reports a robbery and murder near Banbridge and a Coast Guard station near Waterford being blown up by armed masked men.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Cork
Clare
Galway
Kerry
Limerick
Longford
Longit
Mayo
Tipperary
Belfast
Thonmason Coast Guard
Waterford
German Report Recommends Socialization of Coal Mines
Berlin reports that a special commission on socialization of German industries supports removing capitalist profit from coal mining. Two plans emerge, one for immediate full socialization, the other for gradual change with private capital, both placing mine output under a council to set prices and manage capacity.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Cedars of Lebanon Proclaimed State of Lebanon
The new state of Lebanon was proclaimed in Beirut on September 1 by General Gouraud the French high commissioner from Syria. Beirut is named the seat of government with administrative autonomy. The flag will feature French colors with the Cedar of Lebanon on the white field.
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Faris
Lebanon
Beirut
Gouraud
Syria
Kebir
Palestine
Hilla
Sleeping Car Strike Breakers Battle Fire in Brooklyn
Two hundred strike breakers sleeping in Ridgewood basement of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company faced a fire of suspected incendiary origin. The blaze caused about $10,000 in damage but the workers were awakened and helped save many cars. Six more surface cars brought the total in operation to 22, and 209 additional strikers returned to work.
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Associatid Press
New York
Ridgewood
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
German Defrauds Government With Absent Officer Pay
Theodore Schudde a German was indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago for defrauding the government by collecting 14890 in back pay under the name of Arthur Kincaid. He obtained Kincaid's papers in Germany and came to the United States after the armistice intending to claim the funds. He was arrested in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Theodore Schudde
Feut
Arthur Kincaid. Schudde
Kinraid
Germany
United States
San Francisco
New Wage Scale Plea to Secretary Labor
The United Mine Workers ask Secretary Wilson to reopen the anthracite wage scale to allow new requests beyond those granted by the anthracite commission. President Wilson referred the telegraphic appeal to the labor secretary for action. Whisky valued at $250,000 seized in New England transport, federal prohibition agent reports.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
Anthracite Commission
Boston
Mass
New England
New York
Sacrifice Claim Burrell Leaves Job as Treasurer
Boston, Sept 4 The resignation of State Treasurer Fred G. Burrell, elected on the Republican ticket last November, follows party turmoil and allegations he solicited advertising from state fund depositors. Burrell said he resigns to spare his aged mother and family further distress from unwarranted attacks.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Fred 2
Burrell
Executives Charge Sabotage Tactics During Railway Strike
Chicago railroad leaders allege a coordinated sabotage campaign by strikers, reporting nightly engine thefts and threats. They say engines are run free in yards, beatings of strikebreakers occur, and one death has been linked to the unrest. Police and railroad guards report multiple vandalism incidents and arrests as trains are endangered.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clyne
J. P. Stuft
Railroad Constabulary
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Chicago Junction
Rock Island
Enginemen killed in boiler explosion near Proctor
A Baltimore & Ohio freight engine exploded near Proctor yesterday killing two engineers and a fireman and badly burning three others. William Grover Holloway, engineer, and W. Marshall, fireman, both from New Martinsville, are dead. Drew Taylor, Ashland brakeman, is in critical condition. The boiler was hurled into a cornfield.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Louisville
Gays
Baltimore & Ohio
Proctor
William Grover
Holloway
W. Marshall
New Martinsville
W. Va
Drew Taylor
Ashland
Bolshevik Propaganda Spreads in Anatolia Campaign
In Constantinople reports say Tartars stage an intensified Bolshevik propaganda drive in Anatolia under Turkish nationalist leaders. Pamphlets promote Bolshevik tenets and land favors for peasants. A Trebizond club uses hammer and anvil badges for men and red ribbons for women. Police arrest dozens of agents with pamphlets and money.
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Constantinople
Anatolia
Trebizond
New Offensive North of Sea of Azov Reported
General Wrangel announces a fresh offensive in Orakov and Melito pol regions north of the Sea of Azov. Dispatches say Soviet forces have been driven from Novo Alexiadis.
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Sea of Azov
Constantinople
Baron Wrangel
Antibolshevik
Orakov
Melitopol
Nove Alexannis
Budenny Builds New Cavalry Force Near Lemberg
Warsaw reports General Budenny is assembling a mounted army with infantry reinforcements to counter Polish advances northwest of Lemberg. An official statement says Budenny’s force concentrates under infantry cover as fighting continues in the region. Smoke La Azora, Girard, Barventer, Dutch Master offered at 10c-16c.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Budenny
Eestref Zamoss
Nerthwest
Lemberg
Smoke la Azora
Girard, Barventer
Paper Delivery Timing and Redelivery Policy
The Courier should be delivered before 5 30. If you do not receive by then call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office by 6 30 p m.
Husbands Tangled Up by Woman Who Causes Gov't Grief
In New York on September 4, officials wrestled with a complex case as Ells Tat and others sought to reunite their families. Gevorgini and Moussari claim common law status and want to return to their homeland with three children after five years in Italy. Each man faces a separate marriage, while Bombari arrives from Chicago to defend his wife. The court inquiry hears sobs as the woman pleads to be taken to her mother in Brooklyn, with arrangements to keep the common law family at Ellis Island pending a Washington ruling.
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Mark Sullivan
New York Evening Post
Waterloo Evening Couriercy
Washington, D. C
Senate
Harding
New York
Romero Gevorgini
CatherinaMoussari
Cormon Law
Taly
Italy
Hendry Bombari
Chicago
Brooklyn
Bombara
Georgini
Washesington
Ellis Island
Ambassador Duffy Given Three Days Grace to Wind Up Affairs
London reports say Ambassador Duffy of the Irish Republic to France was granted three days grace to leave Paris area and return to Brussels to settle affairs after a 24 hour expulsion. He had acted as solicitor for Sir Roger Casement in his 1916 Bow Street trial.
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Duffy
London
George Gagan
France
Brussels
Wasily
London Times
Paris
Roger Casement
Rial
Bow Streat
Mail
Mexico Presses Hunt for Zamora Kidnappers
Mexico City Sept 4 The Mexican government forwards to the U S embassy a detailed statement on efforts to secure the release of W A Gardiner an American and Bertie Johnson a British subject who were kidnaped two weeks ago by Pedro Zamora the Jalisco bandit. Gen P Bligs Callies secretary of war returned from Guadalajara where he directed the pursuit of Zamora.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
W. A. Gardiner
United States
Bertie Johnson
Pedro Zamora
Jalisco
Daylight Robbery in New York City Merchant Seized
Two gunmen beat Philip S. Smith, a wealthy New York merchant, in his office and made off with forty thousand dollars including a ten thousand bill and over twenty thousand in jewelry in a ten minute daylight robbery.
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Associated Press
New York
Philip S. Smith
Valley Association Plans Big Campaign
Directors of the Mississippi Valley association approved an extensive 26 state campaign to strengthen the organization as the channel through which national legislation benefiting the valley may be obtained.
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Associatedress
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
Farmer Loses $3000 In Safe Theft At Manchester Fair
John Swanson, a local farmer, visited the Manchester fair when a safe at his home was broken open and $3000 in cash and liberty bonds stolen. The incident occurred on the day of his fair visit.
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Ryan
John Swanson
Manchester
Spirits of Korea Preferable State to Vassals of Japan
The Korean national association reports documents showing Korean women pledging to fight for liberty and independence from Japan. They vow to instill hate for the Mikado in children and would rather die free than live as subjects. The report also denounces a claimed Korean plot to bomb or kidnap visiting U.S. congressmen to destabilize Japan-U.S. relations.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Korean National Association
Far East
America
Korea
Japan
United States
Cox Tours Wisconsin and Michigan in First Western Swing
Gov. Cox pressed his western tour with multiple speeches across Michigan and Wisconsin. He urged stronger league of nations support and challenged Republican fundraising ethics while pressing anti special interests and urging voters to back his leadership. He spoke at state fairs and in Kenosha and Plankington, framing questions to Sen. Harding and highlighting Roosevelt era ideas.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cox Wate
Milwaukee
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
League of Nations
Society of Nations
Roosevelt
Wis
Wisconsin
Mexico City Strike 30000 Workers End
Leaders of mill workers and tobacco factory employees in Mexico City and the federal district call off a strike affecting 30,000 or more workers. Strikers ordered to return to work today after Provisional President de la Huerta promised to intervene for a fair settlement.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Federal District
de la Huerta
Weather Forecast for Week in Washington D C
Weather predictions for the week commencing Monday cover the central United States including the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi valleys with fair skies and moderate temperatures expected.
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Washington, D. C
Great Lakes
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
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