Shenandoah Disaster Claims and Navy Testimony
Lakewood Maryland and Washington reports debate the Shenandoah dirigible crash. Mrs Margate Lansdowne says Commander Lansdowne protested the midwestern flight but Secretary Wilbur says Lansdowne supported the trip. Newark News quotes Capt Heinen alleging eight of eighteen safety valves were removed to save tellum prompting the disaster.
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Lakewood
UPJ
Linut
Zachary Lansdowne
Ohio
Wilbur
Delal
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Lansdowne
Shenandoah
Middlewest
Secrentary
Lanedowne
Newark
N. J
Cant
Anton Heinen
Dirig Tle
Newark News Oday
Heinen
Dirigible disaster at Shenandoah prompts inquiry and relief efforts
A naval dirigible crash near Cambridge during a violent squall kills several aboard and devastates the scene. Navy officers, Salvation Army workers, and local authorities coordinate relief while investigators seek cause. Survivors report high altitude impact, with officials denying lightning or ground collision as primary factors.
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Goan
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Shenandoah
C. G. Hall
U.S
Lieut
Rosendahl
Mads
Dirigibin
Cambridge
Burials Advance for Shenandoah Dead
Pleas for burial of the Shenandoah dead continued with progress today as coffins were prepared for shipment to final resting places. Lieut Commander Zachary Lansdowne, commander of the ill fated ship, is ordered to Arlington National Cemetery for burial alongside other heroes. remaining sailors will be interred at their homes or nearby sites.
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Lu Ft
Zachary Lansdowne
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
America
One-Time Delwein Wife Says Hubby Lied About Divorce
Myrtle Willerton, defending against Warren Willerton's divorce petition, testified in district court that he urged her to marry Arthur Thielen after falsely claiming he had secured a Fayette county divorce. She detailed their 1911 marriage, his 1915 divorce filing, and 1916 notification of a decree, plus his aiding a second marriage to Letha Jaeger in Dubuque the same year.
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Des Moines
Myrtle Willerton
Warren Willerton
Arthur Thielen
Fayette County
Oelwein
Thielen
Marrring Letha Jaeger
Dubuque
Northwestern Seeks Full Control Of Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Road
Washington Sep 4 Complete control of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway is sought by the Chicago Northwestern railway in an Interstate Commerce Commission filing to purchase the outstanding capital stock totaling 35 879 400 preferred and 9 015 700 common stock. The application notes that since 1882 the Northwestern has held a controlling interest in this road.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Mahn Reihway
Chicago & Northwestern Pfailway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Iowa July Gas Tax Totaled $502,614
Des Moines reports state Treasurer R E Johnson announced July gas line tax revenue totaling 502614.01 dollars. Of this amount 525000 goes to the county, 164990 to the primary road fund, and 19614.01 to the tax administration fund. The cigarette tax for August stood at 75985.99, up about 5060 from August 1924.
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Iowa
Omaha Artist to Judge Fair Exhibits
Omaha artist Laurie Wallace, noted Midwest figure, to judge the fair exhibits at Town Center replacing Mrs Greenman. The event features modernist works from Minneapolis and other mentions, with Wallace described as a leading local art authority.
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Omaha
Laurie Wallace
Midwest
F_C_ Greenman
Minneapolis
Eenman
Audubon and Benton County Populations Shrink
The state census director Lou F. Morgans announced that Audubon county has a population of 12,062, 457 fewer than the 1920 federal census. Benton county’s population is now 24, a decline from 1920 figures.
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New Moines. Fa
Audubon County
Lou F. Morgans
State Census Bureau
Benton County
Arctic Exploration Vessel Is Disabled Off Victoria Land
The Island, Gret tin Alzersons ship, sailing from Liverpool June 22 on an Arctic expedition, was sighted off Victoria Land disabled. Its propeller blade is broken and the vessel remains immobile according to an Oslo dispatch to Central News.
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Tondon
Grettin Alzerson
Liverpool
Arctic
Pard Ia
Victoria Land
Oslo
Des Moines Fair Ends With Airship Plans Thwarted
Shenandoah disaster shadows Des Moines seventy first exposition as officials hail a near record attendance and a TC-7 dirigible visit from Belleville. The VC-1 was canceled by Washington while fair finale features auto racing and all star events, including Liz Haugdahl.
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Mulr
Des Moines
Avi IR. Corey
Suir Detals
Here
Corey
Washington
Belleville
St. Louis
Lews
Smiles and Blue Ribbons Mark State Fair Babies
Des Moines report from September 4 describes John Reid McCall Lorimer and Harriet Virginia Bales winning baby health contests at the town fair. John, son of Lyle Mel Cull, scored 98.32 in the 12 to 36 month group, while Virginia, daughter of Harold Bales, earned the first perfect score in her entrant class with a 98.
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Des Moines
John Reid McCall
Lorimer
Harriet Virginia Bales
Indianola
John
Lyle Mel Cull
Virginia
Harold Bales
Y M C A Membership Drive Set for Oct 12 13
Harley 5 Butters was named general chairman of the annual YMCA membership campaign to be held Monday and Tuesday Oct 12 and 13. G W Thade chaired the campaign meeting. An energetic drive aims to add members to retain the local state membership trophy.
War Between Unions Halts Building Plans In Chicago
Chicago reports show a broad strike by Bricklayers and allied unions halting construction nationwide. Edward Morrow of the Building Association says more than 320 million dollars in projects are stalled as unions widen the dispute, delaying hotel works and involving tile and marble setters and fireproofers on a hotel project.
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Chicago
United States
Edward Ms Retary
Building ' Association
Craig
West Union Woman Seeks Return of Adopted Child
Des Moines report: Justice J S Franklin sets Sept 4 for habeas corpus hearing in a case filed by Mrs Dean M Truak of West Union. She claims after adopting a 99 year old girl at the John Children’s Home, Sept Laura J Taft refused to return the child. Mrs Truak alleges the school is withholding funds due to a failure to pay a $10 adoption fee.
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Des Moines
J. S. Franklin
Mes
Dean’ M. Truak
West Union
Silver Crescent Crowned Champion Pony at Des Moines Fair Show
At the Des Moines fair ground show on September 4 Silver Crescent a tiny dapple cream pony owned by D. G. Wet Nevada won best in class. The six entries competed with Silver Crescent standing at 10 1/2 hands and earned a hearty round of applause from Judge Palmer after being named champion.
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MPION
Fair Grounds
Des Moines
Silver Crescent
D. G. Wet Nevada
Palmer
Survivors blame Shenandoah wreck on gas bag break
Holuo dispatch reports 18 crewmen arriving in Philadelphia describe how a gas bag rupture over No. 4 affected the Shenandoah amid a western cyclone. Survivors recall a savage plunge and rapid descent as control and power cars failed, with many clinging to the frame and leaping to safety.
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Par Life
Themen
M R Shepherd Hospitalized After Auto Crash In New Mexico
M R Shepherd, president and treasurer of Bartles Shepherd Oil, lies in a Gallup New Mexico hospital with two broken ribs and multiple cuts after a car accident near Gallup last week. Doctors report no internal injuries and pneumonia is nearly cured. His son Joseph sustained minor injuries. both were en route from Waterton to Los Angeles when their car hit a washout and overturned.
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M. R. Shepherd
Bartles-Shepherd Oil Company
Gallun
N. M
Slain Marshal Bequeaths Property to Widow in Will
In Traer Iowa Frank Mormer night marshal murdered on duty August 13 1920 filed will names his widow as sole heir. Will drafted January 1920. Mormer’s death occurred at Dr J A Pinkerton’s office and Lynns Pinkerton was questioned as a suspect in the carled case.
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Traer
Frank “Mormer
Mormer
J. A. Pinkerton
Lynns Pinkerton
Shenandoah City Officials in Turmoil as Clerk Absent
Mrs Warren Booth assistant city clerk and wife of a veteran is running Shenandoah today while city clerk Nellie Mygatt is on vacation in Colorado Major H K Center recuperates at Lake Okoboji after automobile wreck Melvin Totten water commissioner is hospitalized with blood poisoning in his hand
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Warren Booth
Shenando‘sh
H. EK. Center
Lake Okobojt
Nellle iMygatt
Colorado
Melvin Totten
White House Attache Resigns from Army
Maj. Oscar N. Sothert, a military attaché at the White House, has resigned from the army. Announcement says his services terminate on Sept. 20. Sothert previously served as military attaché at the American embassy in London.
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Washington
PD. C
INS
Oscar N. Sothert
White House
Army
War Department
Tts
Sothert
Apicarican
London
County Offices to Close Few Hours Saturday
County offices in the courthouse will close tomorrow afternoon to allow poll workers to varnish and dry all surfaces before reopening Tuesday. The entire building has been renovated, including the smoky courtroom, marble slabs, maple floors, walls, and woodwork. Day labor under E. M. Berkley directed the work, financed by the county, with lumber leased for dome staging.
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Fternoon
E. M. Berkley
Little Girl Lost Becomes Courier's Pupil Then Finds Father
A lost child wandered Commercial Street and was brought to the Courier office where she waited near the telephone desk. She told workers her name was Brown but called her father daddy. After about 30 minutes of frantic search, the man she identified as her father arrived and they were reunited. He said they lived in the country.
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Ase
Courier
Gourier
Brown
Ben Connor Named Coach of St Ignatius Football Team
Ben Connor a former Notre Dame and St. Viator star has been named coach of the St Ignatius football team in the Chicago Catholic league. He will coach baseball and basketball as well. Connor played right field for Waterloo in 1923 and spent 1924 with Sioux Falls before injuring his knee in June. He previously coached Waterloo A. C. in the Iowa state professional league, and last season coached Campion College at Prairie du Chien. His home is in Wilmington.
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Notre Dame
St. Viator
St. Ignatius
Connor
Waterloo
Sioux Falls
S. D
Waterloo A. C
Hte
Ganpion College
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Anes
Wilmington
Fort Dodge Man Killed In Algona Crash
In Algona Iowa a Fort Dodge man M J Ryan was killed and Dr T Rhoades from Fort Dodge with the Iowa Savings Bank was seriously injured. Mrs Ryan and Mrs Rhoades suffered minor injuries after a car overturned in a ditch south of Algona. Rhoades was driving. the car turned over twice and Ryan died within minutes from head and internal injuries.
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UPI
M. J. Ryan
Fort Dodges
Tt. Rhoades
Iowa Savings Bank
Fort Dodge
Ryan
Rhoades
Workmen Find Body in Unused Hayman
Newton Sep 4 unidentified man about 69 found by hayman in shed at the bounty farm. Body unused for over a year. no clothes or identity yet. Height about five feet six inches, gray hair. Inquest will be held.
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Newton, Ta
Bounty Farm
Man and Woman Found Dead in Car in Denver
James L Wallace of Knoxville and Mrs Ethel Sherman were found dead in an automobile in North Deaver. Police say Wallace killed Sherman with a gunshot to the head and then killed himself on June 20. William Sherman, the woman's husband, filed suit for divorce alleging mental cruelty and named Wallace as the correspondent.
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Colo
James
L. Wallace
Knoxville
Ethel
Sherman
North Deaver
Wallace
William Sherman
Aled
Mayor Ginagy Returns From Business Trip
Mayor A. Ginagy returned today from a business trip to Des Moines and Marshalltown. He conferred with Frank Pierce, secretary of the League of Iowa Municipalities, about committee appointments for the coming year.
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Des Moines
Harriet
Marshalltown
Frank Pierce
League of Iowa Municipallties
W A Indorses Effort to Place Waterloo on Airways
The Greater Waterloo association endorses the national airways plan and a Waterloo air base. Des Moines to Waterloo route potential, with 15 miles off the line, plus three ships from Des Moines to tour the city for formation flights. Pilot names include Haynes Fisher Matthews, with no stunt flying planned.
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Cates
Campbell
Hisher Pliers
Des Moines
la Cresse
Wis
Waterloo
St. Paul
Davenport
Byrnes Park
Fin
Waterloo Field
Fisher
A.P. Haynes
Raymond Fisher
Arl Matthews
Nations Aeronautic Association
Greater Waterloo Association
Feld
Tire theft arrest shocks Cedar Falls man
Ray Wilson was arrested by Waterloo police for allegedly stealing 40 automobile tires valued at $250 from Peerless Manufacturing in Cedar Falls. Police say the suspect pilfered tires over the past 30 days, using another person’s car. A preliminary hearing was set in Cedar Falls later today.
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Cedar Falls
Ray Wilson
Waterjloo
Wilson
Cedar Walls
Becker Chapman Post Votes 100 Percent to Endowment Fund
Becker Chapman post of the American Legion voted to subscribe fully to the national endowment fund for orphaned soldiers and ex service men. Delegates J H W Bulls Herman C Miller Harry Maine and A J Shadle will represent the post at the state convention in Council Bluffs October 2 3. The adjutant will attend. Van Dorn resigned and moves from Waterloo.
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American Légion
National
Irgon Endowment Fund
Memorial Hall
Iowa
The
American Legion
J. HW. Bulls
Herman C. Miller
Harry Maine
A. J. Shadle
Bevker- Chapman Post
Council Bluffs
van Dorn
Waterloo
Canning Plant Aims 140 000 Cases This Year
Workers at a water canning company in 1925 push toward completing the corn pack. About 24 percent of staff are men and women in two shifts, with completion projected in two to three weeks. Officials estimate 140,000 cases canned this year as tractors haul corn from farms, each tractor delivering two wagon loads per trip at roughly 10 miles per hour.
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Waterin A Canning Company
Girl Who Stole Pleads Guilty at Municipal Court
An 18 year old girl who stole 8 pounds from a purse at the Town Dairy Restaurant on Jefferson Street pleaded guilty to theft before Judge Neemin. Her father paid a fine of 210 and costs after the proprietor initially refused to prosecute, claiming the girl was victimized by her employer.
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Jefferson Street
Torrid weather continues with 38 as high today
The forecast shows no relief likely through Saturday with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change after a 38 degree reading this afternoon. Yesterday reached 99, while the night dropped to 57. Historical notes compare September warmth in earlier years, including 1908 and 1922, with multiple 90s and highs over 100.
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Ralph B. Sippy
Mercury
Tliness Overwork Blamed in Millionaire's Death
Lin gering illness caused by overwork was blamed for the death of James B. Wilson, 47, wealthy clothier and friend of Vice President Dawes. His body was found by a servant in his Evanston home across from the Davis residence, with a bullet wound in his head.
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Chicago
James B. Wilson
Charles G. Dawes
Wilson
Evanston
Davis
Plane Crashes Into Cemetery. Five Die in Ohio
A two and a half year old boy and a man were killed when the aircraft crashed over 1,000 feet into Highland Park Cemetery in Cleveland. The plane had been circling the municipal golf course and cemetery when trouble developed, witnesses said.
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Cleveland
Highland Park Cemetery
Court Stops Tinkle of Towns Telephones
Cherokee Iowa Sept 4 UP Telephone service on all lines except toll lines will be suspended Sept 17 after a supreme court ruling that the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company lacks a franchise and the franchise proposition failed at a special election.
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Cherokee
Supreme Court
Bel
Iowa City Teacher Takes Modern Languages Post at Dubuque
Dr. F. N. Kracher of Iowa City will lead the department of modern languages at Dubuque University this fall. He has taught at the University of Iowa Wisconsin Chicago Utah and NI0.
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F. N. Kracher
Iowa City
Dubuque University
Kracher
Iow
Wisconsin
Chicago
Utah
Nio
Mrs Forbes Family To Leave City For California
Mrs JW Forbes and her daughter Mrs Tra Albert and son Donald will depart Tuesday from 418 Walnut Street for California where they will reside. Millicent Clarke of 806 Walnut Street has returned from an extended visit with friends in Minneapolis Minnesota.
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JW. Forbes
Tra Albert
Tarters
Donald
Walnut Street
Calliarnia
Rome
Misa Millicent Clarke
Minneapolis, Minn
Evening ads spark lawn hose swap on the porch
A reader trades a water hose for a lawn mower after spotting a classified ad in Waterloo Evening See Where B Ma. The swap leaves both parties satisfied as the Evening Courier ads delight readers.
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Watertoo Evening Courier
Thistle
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