Maine Election Outlook in 1920 Shadows By Klans Issue
Washington analyst warns Maine results next week will be hard to read due to local conditions and a strong Ku Klux Klan factor in the governor race. The piece notes La Follette’s weak Maine support and cautions against using Maine as a national index for Coolidge vs Davis.
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Marc Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Maine
New York
Selkin
United States
Coolidge
Davis
Defenders of Shanghai Force Invaders Back on Two Fronts
Chinese forces defending Shanghai claim success in two night attacks near Hwanglu and Liuho as trench fighting grows, artillery intensifies, and casualties rise. Chekiang reports a six mile advance along the railway with hand to hand fighting and the destruction of a bridge along the Shanghai Mangehchow line.
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Shanghai
Red Cross
Associated Press
Chi Shieh- Yuan
Hwanglu
Here
Liuho
Lu Yung-Hsiang
Chekiang
Hwangtu
Chang Tse-Ping
Anting
Chim
Jiangsuth Division
Linho
Natinghsien
Poing
Shanghai-lMangechow
Lusgwha
Cheklang
Lu Yunng-Hsiang
Ee Accee
Ee A
Woosung
Fronk
Linbo
iBy
China
Ghang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Wu Pei-Fu
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Iuchun
World Flight Fliers Reach Boston After Fog Delay
Army aviators finish a 26 000 mile journey as Gen Mason Patrick and Lt Lowell H Smith lead the arrival in Boston. The crew receives a warm welcome amid salutes and crowds. Twoteen hours earlier fog forced a forced landing near Mere Point Maine delaying the start from Brunswick.
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Boston
Mereee
Mason MM
Paty
United States
Dwight F. Davis
Rea
Five Mihe
Lowell HW. Smith
Leigh Waite
Erik Nelson
Chicagpo
Boston IT
New Orleans
Battery A
Coast Artillery Corps
Patrick
Blis Hoyn
Weeter's
Lieut. Smith
Seattle
Wash
Gen. Patrick
Fiers
Nelson
Brother
Gunner Nelson
Dayton
Erik
Mason M. Patrick
Lowell H. Smith
Leslie S. Arnold
A. Dargue
Erik ST. Ison
John Harding
K. N. Brown
Leigh Wade
A. M. Ogden
Mere Potnt
Lieni_ Smith
Brunswick
Bath
Air Service
Gen
Mere Point
Aight
Clarence H. Johnson
Joseph C. Stetson
Lieuls
Smith
Ison
Wade
Courier delivers before 5 30 or courtesy call
The notice directs delivery of The Courier to homes before 5 30 p m and offers a remedy if the paper is late. If the carrier error or any cause prevents timely receipt, readers should phone 3160 to get a copy sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Wheeler to Speak in Iowa for Follette Campaign
Independent candidate for vice president Senator Wheeler will address crowds in Dubuque on September 22 and Des Moines on September 26 as part of Iowa campaign events for the Follette ticket. Progressive leaders note Philip La Follette may tour Iowa with three talks, dates not yet set.
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Des Moines
Eoerson K. Wheeler
Iowa
Roberta Follette
Iowa Progressive Party
Dubuque
la Faltette
Philip la Fal] Intte
Wisconsin
Experts Testify at Coroner Probe of Ammonia Blast
Nine witnesses testified at the opening coroner inquest into the ammonia refrigerating tank explosion that killed eleven people in Des Moines. They described machine operation and prior repairs while fragments from the blast were examined. results were not disclosed and the hearing will continue next week.
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Des Moines
Former Cascade Woman Dies in Paris
Cascade Iowa reports the death in Paris France of Mrs Margaret Larson aged 65 widow of Peter Larson multimillionaire railroad builder and capitalist of Montana and Washington She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Larson of Cascade who had lived abroad for many years and visited often Her last care was the altar and altar railing at St Martin’s Catholic church
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Cascade
Paris
France
Margaret Larson
Peter Larson
Montana
Washington
Larson
Sse Martin’s Catholic Church
Police hunt con men who fleeced retired brewer of life savings
Chicago reports a nationwide alert as police seek men posing as investors who swindled 37 year old Christopher Maul of $85,000 after he was lured with promises of brewery sales profits. The scheme involved staged drops and fake bonds across Akron Cleveland and Chicago.
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LIFE
United Press
Chicago
Christopher Maul
Maul
Parker
Hyde Park
St. Louis
Bowden
Akron
Brown
World Fliers Honored by President Coolidge for Daring Flight
President Coolidge expressed personal thanks for the audacious crossing by the American air crew led by flight commander Lowell Smith. The escort ship’s officers include pilot Wrile Nelson and mechanists Jol Murding and Leste Arnold as they reached the claimed contact point near Indian Ilurbur, Librader, after leaving Abtela.
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Ara
Tronnu-the-worldiers
Prekle
Indian
Ilurbur
Librader
Abtela
Magruder
Theo Np
President Coolidge
Lowell Smith
Comimauter
Wrile Nelson
Jol Murding
Leste Arnold
Catholic Charity Work Conference Opens in Des Moines
Representatives of major Catholic charities from across the United States arrive for a national conference on welfare work opening in Des Moines. The event includes a pontifical mass at the Coliseum, with 3000 to 4000 expected, a parade by Holy Name societies, and a visit to Iowa State College at Ames. Delegates travel by car, with 1000 automakers and 190 provided locally, marking the fifth national conclave since 1920.
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Des Moines
Njora
Catholic Charities
Society of St. Vincent, de Paul
Des Moines Coliseum
TW. Drumm
Ames
Iowa State College
Washington
Holiness Leader Testimony Details Large Altar Donations
H M Ferguson former Holiness Mission head testified in sedition lawsuits that gifts to the mission were not tracked. He recalled a donor giving 200 and 1 500 and that 500 1 000 and 1 500 were deposited on the altar. He said all funds except 15 600 spent on missionary work were used for pew buildings.
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Cedar Rapids
H. M. Ferguson
Holiness
Ferguson
Weather Outlook for the Week in Washington DC
Weather outlook from September 6 for Washington DC and surrounding regions predicts scattered showers early in the week with temperatures near or slightly above normal thereafter. The forecast covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with similar pattern.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Germany Denies War Guilt in Pledge Decline
World leaders including Prime Minister MacDonald and Premier Herrin respond to Germany’s refusal to admit responsibility for the war. The German chancellor defers publication of any admission to avoid hampering postwar negotiations in London.
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Geneva
MacDonald
Great
Britain
Sferriot
France
Theulais
Belgium
Ceneivers
Aliix
Germany
Marx
Pcebyters Gennany
London
Herrin
Securities Stolen From Auto In Salt Lake City Case
Securities with a face value of 4 million dollars were stolen from an automobile owned by Otto Meek of Ogden. The items, issued by Mammoth Land & Power of Baker Nevada, were taken on Main Street. Meek, a wealthy rancher, had film ties to the area including The Covered Wagon. Fairfield News notes Shenandoah Sentinel Post changes in ownership with Don McGiffin and William McGiffin taking control November 1.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Nevada
Otto Meek
Ogden
Main Street
Meek
Mammoth Land & Power Company
Baker
Nev
Nevad
Baker, Nev
Shenandoaed Papel Fairfield
Don MccGiffin
The
Daily Ledger
William Z. MecGiffin
Mana
Fort Madison Democrat
Shenandoah Sentinel Post
Coolidge Defends Courts as Liberty’s Bulwark in Address
President Coolidge urged Americans to resist efforts to curb the judiciary and asserted the Supreme Court protects liberty. He linked court protection to national unity, cited foreign policy through service, and warned against allowing constitutional rights to be eroded by antijudiciary forces. The speech framed independence of courts as essential to freedom and warned of a slide toward tyranny if powers concentrate in Congress.
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Lafayette
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Ilaktinere
Mak
Ianudge
Lilfi Getted Ko
Shraff
Spenckduss
Ialaluo
Vrenchioan
World Freedom
America
United States Supreme Court
Ue Presidente
Laader
Ilermiitn Puanle
Hefertlay
Aupremo
Gaylidge
Congress
Tie
Coolidge
United States
Latin America
Europe
Washington
France
Supreme Cart
Assembly of League Adopts Peace Resolution and Quits
Geneva dispatch reports the League of Nations Assembly adjourning after 6 pm as French and British leaders push a joint resolution to hire the disarmament conference. The measure urges reconciliation of differences and submission of the conference plan upon complete agreement. Premier Heriot thanks the helicues for cooperation as meetings close.
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Assembly of League
Geneva
League of Mitions Assembly
Heigue Billanmou
Heriot
Firpo Freed on Bail After New Immigration Charges
Argentine heavyweight Firpo was released on $1,000 bail for a September 15 hearing. He faces two charges, including bringing a woman into the country for immoral purposes in 1923, and making false statements before the special board that investigated his July entry. Immigrations Commissioner Curran served the warrant. Firpo was to meet Harry Wills four days later.
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New York
Sutis Angel, Firpo
Harry Wills
Curran
Special Board of Inquiry
Three Iowa Women Are Safe in China
New York dispatch reports from Shanghai that three Iowa women working with the YWCA are safe. The cable from national headquarters lists Dr. Vivian Appleby of Iowa, Daisy Brown of Ames, and Rieter Rietzeld at an airfield as safe in China.
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Iowa
China
New York
Shanghai
Vivian Apple
Ya. Yama
Daisy Brown
Ames
Rieter Rietzeld
Airfield
Mrs Hurd Retains United States Women’s Golf Title
Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia won the United States women’s golf championship for the third time by defeating Miss Mary K Browne of Satta Monten California in a 7 up and 4 to play match.
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Mrs. Hurd
Extraordinary Watch on Loeb and Leopold Before Sentencing
UPI reports Chicago on September 6 detailing heightened surveillance of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb as Judge Caverty prepares to deliver their murder sentence for Robert Franks. Guards shift across tiers 5 to 7 to monitor the pair while they receive visitors. Caverty will return tonight and sentence them tomorrow.
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United Presst
Chicago
Nathan LeoPold
Richard Loeb
Joan R. Caverty
Robert Franks
Nathan
Richard
Leopold
Loeb
Westbrook
Leopolds
Westbrank
Nathjam
Justice Caverny
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la Follette
Housands Line
Wheeler
Cleveland
World Fliers
Jaz
Firpo
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