New York Wisconsin campaigns stir party rifts in 1928 race
A chaotic clash unfolds in New York and Wisconsin as Democrats and Republicans slug through primaries. Major figures Hearst Smith and Gov. Smith clash with Senator Walker and Gov. Alfred Smith amid mudslinging. Victory in Wisconsin could boost Coolidge while New York's outcome signals party rift healing or deepening. Also notes on migratory bird laws and farm organization calls by Frank Lowden. Also reports on Tong wars, an all metal Detroit airliner test flight, and Big Ten football season kickoffs.
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New York City
Wisconsin
New York
Badger
Hytan
Mr. Nearst
Senator Walker
AL Smith
Bob" la Follette
Mr. Hearst
Gov. Smith
Coolidge
la Foliette
Patupindars
Detroit
Mississippi Valley
Ford
Caillaux Debt Plan Faces U S Resistance
Paris September report says Caillaux will seek to base France's debt settlement on its ability to pay, offering a plan tied to German reparations. Washington officials say any agreement must rest solely on France's capacity to pay, not German payments or guarantees. The French cabinet approved Caillaux's text and gave him negotiating power, while secrecy was requested about proposals to the United States.
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Paris
France
Janet
United States
Germany
MM. Caillaux
Great Britain
Caillaux
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Joseph’ Caillaux
Washington
L. Fas
Alcoholism Deaths Rising After First Dry Year Says Church Report
A federal council of churches report cites three in every 100,000 yearly deaths from alcoholic diseases, noting a rise after 1926 and detailing trends in prohibition areas. It covers raids, bootleg liquor, poisonings, and shifts in alcoholic insanity across states with gender differences in decline.
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Washington
D. C
Federal Council of Churches
Kansas
New York
Massachusetts
Ohio
Indiana
United States
Telegraph Briefs From Bucharest to Washington
Telegraph briefs report a fire in the Moren oil field extension owned by a Standard Oil subsidiary destroying oil worth a million dollars. three extinguished after burning for fifty days. Also in Rome Lieut Col George R Crosfield of England elected president of the Official International World War Veterans organization, and Washington with the American Red Cross launching a two week campaign for disabled veterans in government hospitals.
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Bucharest
Moren
Standard Oil
Rome
George R Crosfield
England
Ficial International
World War Veterans” Organization
Washington, D. C
American “Red Cross
Waterloo Cattle Congress Judges Named at Ames
Four men selected to represent Iowa State College in the intercollegiate dairy cattle judging contest at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. The team includes Flord Arnold Hornick Roland Ferguson Laurens Dwight Seath Freeborn and Carl T Peterson Missouri Valles. three juniors and one senior.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Flord Arnold
Hornick
Roland Ferguson
Laurens
Dwight Seath
Freeborn
Carl T. Peterson
Missouri Valles
Committee Boosts Iowa Products Show Tour
Des Moines reporters say a show committee headed by T. I. Brower will tour for four days to boost the Central Iowa Products exposition. The group will visit Pella Oskaloosa Fort Dodge Webster City Boone Ames Newton Marshalltown and verry as preparations continue for the expo week.
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Des Moines
T. I. Brower
Pella
Oskaloosa
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Boone
Ames
Newton
Marshalltown
Verry
Wwe
Heavy Rainfall in Southeastern Iowa Towns Reported
Heavy rainfall in southeastern Iowa over the past 24 hours prompted weather bureau reports. Week totals include Davenport 5.72 inches Burlington 6.32 inches and Iowa City 4.62 inches.
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Ies Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Burlington
Lown City
Captain Lindsey Heads to State Firemen Meet
Fire Captain Frank C. Lindsey and Mrs. Lindsey will travel to Belle Plaine Iowa Wednesday morning to attend the second day of the Iowa State Firemen’s association convention. The event is taking place today and tomorrow with Lindsey among the delegates attending the program.
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Lindsey
Frank C. Lindsey
Belle Plaine
Iowa State Firemen's Association
Federal Action to End Chinese Tongmen Warfare
New York dispatch reports federal agents and police rounding up more than suspected violators of the exclusion act after a pact by On Leong and Hip Sing leaders to end deadly Tongmen gun and hatchet warfare. About 150 ordered deported, 157 released, 154 held. twelve Chinese armed. U S District Attorney Ruckner vows more roundups until all Chinese with no business are deported. Agents raided streets, boarding houses, and chop suey restaurants, often taking residents from beds and seizing married white women to compel compliance.
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New York
Hip Sing
United States
Ruckner
Department of Justice
Federal
Defense Lawyers Fail to Appear in Contempt Action
In district court Judge G. W. Wood delayed contempt proceedings against Ray Handley and others for liquor injunction violations as defense counsel failed to appear. J. H. Meyers defended the defendant while J. C. Murtagh arrived late, prompting a postponement despite prompt state witness readiness and county officials present.
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J. H. Meyers
J. C. Murtagh
G. W. Wood
Ray Handley
Black Hawk County
Cours
W. A. Cook
F. W. Edwards
Judge Wood
Algo
Cook
Wood
Andrew Urges Monthly Bank Director Meetings in Iowa
Nes Moines Sept 15 iAP A Andrew state banking superintendent yesterday called attention to a new statute requiring meetings of directors of state and savings banks and trust companies to occur at least once a month and to report the meetings to the superintendent. He notes most closed Iowa banks were those where directors did not stay in close touch with the business.
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Nes Moines
Fi A. Andrew
Iowa
Andrew
Methodists Urge Endowment for Wesleyan College
In Pleasant, Iowa, Sept. 15, Dr. U S Smith president of Wesleyan college told the Methodist conference that an endowment is urged for the college and the retired preachers fund. Conference collections totaled about 13,000 dollars despite higher enrollment and faculty costs.
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Meannt Pleasant
Town Wesleyan College
U.S. Smith
Methodist Conference
Paper Delivery Notice Confuses Timing and Contact
The notice warns Courier delivery before 5 30. If not received by then due to carrier error contact Plymouth 5100 and a copy will be sent. Readers must call this office before 6 30 to report issues.
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Pumice
Supreme Justice Arthur Strigken Dies of Heart Attack
Des Moines dispatch reports Justice Thomas Arthur, longtime Iowa Supreme Court chief, died of a heart attack at Iowan Methodist hospital. He was 65, previously of Logan, moved to Des Moines in 1920, served as district judge and later chief justice. Governor Hammill eulogized him as an able, characterful leader. Interment planned in Logan. funeral arrangements pending due to distance.
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Des Moines
Thomas Arthur
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowan Methodist Hospital
Arthur
Logania
Supreme Court
Prank St. Gaynor
Supreme Bench
Charles W. Arthur
Chisago
Thorn A. Arthur
Logan
Tesrand Lodge
Za Ga “Ig Temple
Shriya of
New England
Council Bluffs, A
W. OC
Council Bluffs
Judge Arthur
Lo Ban
Hammill
Ar ‘Thur
Arthur J
Iowa
Census figures show Buchanan County decline since 1940
Des Moines Sept 15 The population of Buchanan county was announced by the census bureau today as 54, this is a loss of 1,649 since 1940, compared to the federal census of that year. Independence the county seat recorded a loss of 243, the generation being shown as 3,469 by the state count.
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Es Moines
Buchanan County
Independence
Victim Improves After Des Moines Air Crash
Miss Marvel Secor daughter of Alison Secor was injured in an air plane accident near Des Moines Sunday. She is much improved today, physicians report.
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Tes Moines
Marvel Secor
Alison Secor
Des Moiins
Would-Be death by own action story faked by man
Los Angeles man W Gibbons, 51, confessed last night that his claim of murdering Claude L Button in a Los Angeles warehouse 11 years ago was false. He said he invented the tale to hasten his execution by hanging and to end the suspense from a failed suicide attempt.
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Los Impiles
Cali
Sepu 1A
W. Gibbons
Claude L. Button
Los Angeles
Allied Parley Bid Handed to Germany
A terse air memorandum to convene a conference between German chancellor Stresemann and allied foreign ministers on a European security plan was handed to Stresemann by the French ambassador. The unsigned document proposed a late September or early October meeting but offered no venue.
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Berlin
INS
Herr Stresemann
Two Escape Death in Lightning Crash
Anamosa Iowa September 15 Mrs Anna Johnston and her son Walter are recovering from shock and injuries after their home was struck by lightning Sunday. The bolt smashed all windows and blasted a three foot hole in the ground. Walter was struck by flying glass while seated. his mother was knocked unconscious.
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Anamosa
Anna Johnston
Walter
Birthday Cake Calmly Turns Tragic Train Death
Harald Roark, a Sioux City high school student, died after his attempt to crawl under a slowly moving box car in the railroad yards. He was watching a circus train with a companion when the accident occurred. His mother had baked a birthday cake for him that day.
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Sioux City
Harald Roark
Harald
Rescue After 28 Hours in Water Near Fort Dalhousie
Tom Madden and George Goffin clung to a 20 foot skiff for 28 hours eight miles west of Fort Dalhousie before rescue by two life saving crew. They are exhausted and in a serious condition.
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Owl
API
Tom Madden
George Goffin
St. Catherings
Fort Dalhousie
Officer and Bandit Killed in Albany Gunfight
Albany dispatch reports Patrolman F A Quinlivan of Schenectady police and bandit Ralph Alversone were killed in a revolver battle at the Colonie Inn near Albany early today. Four bandits tried to rob a man and the officer, resulting in fatalities for both the officer and one of the assailants.
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Albany
N. Y
F. A. Quinlivan
Schenectady
Ralph Alversone
Colonie Inn
Court Grants Kid McCoy New Trial in Slaying Case
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy, jailed for manslaughter in the slaying of Teresa Mors, was granted a new trial by an appellate court in Los Angeles. The decision blanks a key step in the case, with the defendant already serving time at San Quentin.
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F.os Angeles
Cal
INS
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Quentin
Teresa Mors
Cook Guiltyless Of Wife's Murder Reported On Return
Des Moines reports note a verdict set aside in a case where Mrs. Ammyra Newton won a judgment against W. B. Hanes for alleged assault. a new trial was ordered. Other briefs cover pastors appointed in Iowa, a Minot man charged with carrying concealed weapons, an escapee from Cherokee asylum, a Shenandoah wish to name a new airship Shenandoah I, a Virginia Jimison fatal auto crash in Sioux City, and Mrs Emma Donk’s burn injuries in Kingsley.
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Des Moines
Ammyra Newton
W. B. Hanes
St. Louis
Iowa
G Burlington
Harrison Avenue
G. A. Schmidt
St. Paul's Church
A. I. Ludwig
Minot
N. B
Walker Mayer
Cherokee
Sherif Mym. Hoffman
Storm Lake
Meyer
Shenandoah
United States
Sioux City
Virginia Jimison
Kingsley
Emma Donk
Floods in Red River Valley Damage Crops and Bridges
In Devol, Oklahoma, heavy rains in the Red River basin threaten more bridge damage as floods rise to near food stage. Twelve spans of the Devole bridge and eighteen spans of the Randlett bridge have been washed away, leaving the city without lights as Wichita Falls, Texas wires wash out. Torrential rains flood the valley, ruin crops, and threaten further infrastructure loss.
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Deval
Okla
Red River
Cy Seri
Devole
Randlett
Wichita Walls
Tex
Slayer of Yankees Killed by Gendarmes
Tirana Albania Sept Lt AP Al Quenaii convicted as one of the murderers of Americans Robert Louis Coleman Jr and George B De Long in April 1924 was killed by gendarmes while attempting escape. Quenamni convicted of complicity in five other murders was under death sentence. Four of those charged with assassinating Coleman and De Long remain at large.
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Tirana
Albania
al Quenaii
Robert Louis Coleman, Jr
George B. de Long
Quenamni
Coleman
de Long
Auto Driver Held for Manslaughter
Frank Sankot Jr was held to the grand jury on 35009 bond charged with manslaughter after his car crashed into a railroad embankment killing J T Herring Aug 30 both men allegedly intoxicated. In Newark New Jersey Anthony Sheridan shot and wounded Mrs Madeline Clearwater then killed himself. Mrs Clearwater in critical condition. A Burlington passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing near Grand Island Nebraska yesterday afternoon killing one person. The US Steamboat Argosy was refloated from a sand bar at Sable Island after six hours exposing shipping delays.
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Belle Plaine
Frank Sankot, Jr
J.T. Herring
Sankot
Newark
N. J
Anthony Sheridan
Madeline Clearwater
Grand Island
Wis
Burlington
Iain
Fralee X
United States
Sable Island
Aviation Society Protests Coffin on U S Aircraft Board
The American Society for Aviation protests the selection of Howard Coffin to the U S aircraft inquiry board naming Coffin as responsible for alleged mismanagement during the 1918 19 aviation investigations. The letter to President Coolidge cites mistrust in Coffin and critiques his role as board chairman.
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Aviation Society
Coffin
U.S. Aircraft Inquiry Board
Washington, D. C
Detroit
Coolidge
Ford Promation of Aviation
T 1
Thi
Specter
Howard Coffin
HIU
No Discord Between Cook and Wife In Iowa Mystery
C R Cook of Vinton was cleared of guilt in the night-attack case involving his wife. Investigators led by John B Hammond traced paths from Sioux City to Grundy Center and found no discord in Cook's letters or regular $75 to $80 monthly support. A dying-moment name and liquor-case angles drew further inquiry as tests on the scene checked Mrs Cook’s position at the window and three women were in the house. Continued on page two.
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C. R. Cook
Vinton
John B. Wammond
Waterloo
Hammiond
Mrs. Cook
Cook
Hammond
Lontting
Christian Church
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