Indiana political scandals and Miss America crown
Marion County grand jury indicts Governor Ed Jackson and others in a corrupt practices case. Indianapolis Mayor John L. Duvall charged with violations and false expenditures pledges. Warren McCray recently retired from Atlanta penitentiary. Also notes on Sanskrit discoveries in India, Coolidge Lincoln speech, Prohibition enforcement, Pershing voyage to France, and Miss America 1927 Lois Delander of Joliet Illinois crowned amid 72 finalists.
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Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
D. C. Stephenson
Grand Dragon
Ku‘ Klux Klan
Ed. Jackson
John L. Duvall
Indianapolis
Duvall
Jackson
McCray
James E. McDonald
Stephenson
Marion County
Warren T. McCray
Atlanta
Wfe
Coolidge's Era Seen Through Roosevelt Club Prize Debate
Washington message notes Roosevelt club Boston offers $100 prize for best paper on What President Coolidge Has Accomplished aiming to affect 1928 Republican convention. Critics fear bias while supporters claim Coolidge reflected the era, promoting business exaltation and restraint from interference, shaping national sentiment.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt Club
Boston
Borah
Nicholas Murray Buller
Columbia University
Coolidge
President Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Washington
Naval Attache Capt Austin Kautz Dies in Berlin
Berlin Sept 10 Capt Austin Kautz 53 naval attache to the American legation died at 5 this morning after an operation. He served in official capacity during his posting and his death ends a long career in service to the United States.
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Berlin
Austin Kautz
Courier delivery cutoff and error remedy notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5:30 o'clock. If you do not receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:30 p m.
Stanolind Plane Lands at Waterloo Airport in Fog
The Standard Oil Stanolind monoplane, delayed by fog in Mason City, pierced the mist to land at Waterloo airport at 10:35 a m before 3 000 onlookers. Twelve passengers and crew praised a smooth takeoff and landing on the new field as officials and guests toured the city.
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Mason City
Stanolind
Standard Oil Company
Waterloo
Grant Highway
Cable
John Cable
Jackson McCoy
A. B. Chambers
Mason
Mason ‘City
Mason” City
Carl Gartner
McCoy
Evening Courier
Des Moines businessman arraigned in tax charge
J H Downie, a Des Moines manufacturer, was arraigned on a perjury charge. J W Pilkington, president of the American Homes association, said a campaign starts against wealthy Des Moines men he says swear off $1,000,000 a year in tax statements. Cownie posted bond for court Sept 23 under unlawful tax return charges. he gained wide notice in 1925 meeting the king of England at Wembley with his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des. Moines
J. H. Downie
Des Moines
J. W. Pilkington
American Homes Association
Cownie
Son
King of
England
Wembley
Indicted for Stolen Auto Plot Ties to Birger Gang
Danville sept 10 indited by federal grand jury Henry A Mundale and Elmer Kane of Waterloo Ia confessed bombing Charles Birger's roadhouse Shady Rest. They claim Shelton brothers instigated the attack and face charges of interstate transportation of stolen automobiles amid claims of coercion and insurance involvement. Kane says he handed the aircraft to avoid bombing the Birger hangout. Mundale has been flying at western Iowa fairs.
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Danville
INS
Henry A. Mundale
Elmer Kane
Waterloo
Charles Birger
Shady Rest
Federal Grand Jury
Shelton Rothers
Carl
Earl
Bernard
Birger-Att Newman
Kane
Morrison
Ill
Shelton Brothers
Birger
Darville
Shelton
U S Steel August production up thirty percent note
United States Steel reports August ward orders rising by 54,023 tons in the monthly statement. Unfilled tonnage at August 31 totals 3,196,037 tons, compared with 3,142,014 at July 31 and 3,542,335 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
United States Steel Corporation
Baseball Today American First Series Clash in Chicago
Baseball today across leagues shows Chicago and Philadelphia facing Detroit and Washington in early action. Key pitchers include Thomas Connally and Crouse for Chicago and Bo Ulrich for Pittsburgh. Scoring notes and line totals appear irregular due to OCR quality, with teams such as Detroit and Philadelphia posting late-inning runs and varied relief appearances across the day.
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Chicago
Wees
Washington
Thomas
Connally
Crouse
Lisenbee
Burke
Marberry
Rael
Detroit
Philadelphia
Carroll
Bassler
Quinn
Cochrane
Des Moines Heat Wave Holds as Iowa Sees Record High
Des Moines reports little relief from the heat wave with forecasts showing continued warmth through the weekend and no rain. Boone tied Thursday’s late summer record at 99 degrees, the highest since Iowa's records began for the second week of September, with many other cities posting readings from the mid 80s to upper 90s.
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Des Moines
Boone
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Audubon Repeals Blue Laws After Chautauqua Hit
Audubon Iowa moves to end blue laws after a chautauqua circuit program prompted protest by E M Johnson local theatre manager. The city council revealed the change as theatres prepare to operate Sunday showing capacity crowds following the repeal of quiet Sunday observance rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
E. M. Johnson
Protests Grow Over Trans Ocean Flights Amid Naval Urges
A wave of protest against long distance ocean flights grows as officials weigh safety and government action. The Windsor Ontario story reports abandonment of the Windsor to England flight and the Pride of Detroit arrival in Shanghai, while U.S. Navy officials push restrictions on overwater land planes and seek investigations into trans ocean hops.
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Washington, D.C
Navy
Department
Ben H. Wyatt
Dole
San Francisco
New York
Ence
Old Glory
Sir John Carling
Atlantic
Windsor-to-Windsor
Royal Windsor
Paris
Rene Fonck
Fonck
Navy Department
Lawrence Curtin
Stephen V. Edwards
Altho
United States
C. A
Duke” Schilier
Phil Wood
Harbor
Grace
Newfoundland
Kyle
North Atlantic
Old, Glory
Sir John Darling
New York Daily Mirror
William Randolph Hearst
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Orient
Pacific
Detroit
Robinson
Detroit Board of Commerce
Brock
Schlee
Coolidge
Rapid City
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Aviation Committee
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Europe
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Westminster Gazette
Leviathan Returns with Second AE F Contingent to France
Aboard the Leviathan at New York Sept 10 the last contingent of the Second AEF sailed for France. General John J. Pershing led officers and veterans from Cantigny to the Argonne, as the giant liner carried doughboys in a voyage marked by bands and flags. Paris expects a warm reception as 15,000 ex-doughboys join a historic goodwill pilgrimage to reinforce Franco American ties and honor wartime memories.
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France
John J. Pershing
New York
Paris
Leviathan
General Pershing
Legion
Champs D’elysees
S. S. Leviathan
INS
A. EH. F
New York Harbor
Cantigny
Argonne
Atlantic
Gen. Pershing
American Legion
Poilus
United States
Sacco-Vanzetti
Champs D'Elysees
Levine Quits Sea Flying May Try Nonstop Record
London Sept 10 Captain Walter Hinchcliffe said Levine plans to begin a new nonstop attempt from Britain to India after possible weather issues with the trans Atlantic flight from New York in the Bellanca Columbia. The plan targets Karachi, India, next week if conditions permit.
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Levine
Mark
London
India
Karachi
Walter Hinchcliffe
Charles A. Levine
United Press Today
New York
Hinchcliffe
Young Automobile Thieves Jailed for Davenport Theft
Harold Bastle aged 21 and Edmund Hannon 138, both Chicago residents, jailed in Cedar Rapids on a Davenport theft charge after confessing. Police traced them driving a plate-less car and tossing plates in the Mississippi. They also admitted selling a stolen car at Princeton Illinois for 15 dollars. Davenport police expected to return them for trial.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Bastle
Edmund Hannon
Chicago
Davenport
Mississippi
Princeton
McCarl declines funds for Mississippi flood work
Washington Sept 10 Comptroller General McCarl refused to authorize the war department to use 2,000,000 dollars of the 1927 unexpended rivers and harbors appropriation for Mississippi flood relief. The decision halts the flood work and delays relief plans in the flood zone.
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Washington, D. C
McCarl
War Department
Aboysdhalor
Mississippi
Rumor Clues to Nungesser and Coli Found in Bottle
A Paris telegram via Halifax reports papers found aboard a battle off Gironde mentioning May 1927 landing 20 miles off Sable Island and Nungesser and Coli. Nungesser’s mother recognizes her son’s writing and authorities are urged to search around Sable Island. Also included is news of President Coolidge’s western speech at Brookings and a campus theater cornerstone.
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New York
Halifax
N.S
E. Gaboury
Nova Scotia
Nungesser
Coli
Miss America of 1927 Crowned In Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on September 10 a 16 year old blonde from Joliet Illinois was chosen Miss America of 1927 from a field of 72 entrants representing 37 states. Miss Lois Delander succeeded Miss Norma Smallwood and Miss Mozelle Raney of Dallas Texas won second place before 15000 in attendance.
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Atlantic City
Clinois
Lois Delander
Joliet
Dallas
Mozelle Ransome
Texas
Atlantic
Million Dollar Pier
Neptune
Eddie Dowling
N. J
Til
Tillinois
Norma Smallwood
Tulsa
Okla
Tex
Timois
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Plains Week
Weather outlook for Sept 12 to Sept 17 1927 covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys plus northern and central Great Plains. Periods of showers more in north. south lighter. Temperatures fluctuate but generally above normal in the north with continued warmth in the south, cooling by week’s end.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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V. R. Kokatnus
New York City
Kokatnur
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Capehart
The
American Association Against Impure
Goolidge
By Mark Sullivan
Club
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Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Times
Namen
Henry Mundale
Say ‘Auto
Baseball Today
National
Pittsburgh
Bo Ulrich
Decatur and Wilson
Kremer
Smith
Iowa Falls
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Car-roll
Estherville
Clarinda
Lamont
Burlington
Keokuk
Dawood
Albia
Creston
Forest City
Sioux City
Decorah
Dubuque
San Felice
Henry George
Idolita
Martin
Havana
Se Cigars
Shanghai
Hong Kong
South Dakota
Goodby
Brookings
Mrs. Coolidge Lay
Cornerstone
S.D
South’ Dakota Agricultural College
S. D
Lincoln Memorial” Library
South ‘Dakota
Starbeck
South “Dakota
Chester 'N
Leedom
United
States
George
Wright
White House
Republican Party
Treasury
Mellon
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Hughes
C. Bascom Slemp
Hoover
Commerce
Dawes
Nicholas Longworth
Lowden
Tilingis
Alliwick
Joliet, Ill
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