Athletes Replace Soldiers in New Germany
Frankfurt on Main Germany Sept 17 A shift from monarchic and militaristic culture to democratic pacific effort is shown as workers and broader German society embrace athletics. Since 1913 massive sport gatherings have grown with Frankfurt boasting premier facilities and a workers athletic union surpassing one million members. The movement prioritizes mass participation, health, and social unity over records, with football and boxing gaining popularity as part of a nationwide sports boom.
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Germany
Workers’ Athletic Union of Germany
Leipzig
Countie
Europe
Frankfurt
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Dresden
Cologne
Dortmund
Workers’ Athletic Union
Study New Disease at West Liberty
Specialists at the University of Town hospital in Town City pursued classification of a strange illness affecting four West Liberty children. Maribeth Harrington remained unconscious for a fourth day, with three other youngsters ill. Doctors warned of possible brain infection or sleeping sickness.
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West Liberty
U.P
University of Town
Town City
Sadiy
Maribeth Harrington
Wider output control a goal for oil men in shift toward global curtailment
New York dispatch reports mid continent oil producers push for a conference to limit overproduction across regions amid cheap Venezuelan bunker oil and strong output from Venezuela and Colombia. Efforts target world wide output control, with cooperation between states and producers to curb supply despite vacation and policy hurdles. Nick Kutsch stars as Olympic Club defeats West Coast Army 38 to 6 in San Francisco.
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New York
Venezuela
Colombia
United States
Nick Kutsch
San Francisco
Cal
U.P
Gowboy” Kutsch
Ere
Olympic
Army
Phone Call to Firemen Averts Water Heater Explosion
Weekend travelers Dr and Mrs L Furgerson of 603 Rhey Street returned to Cedar Rapids and discovered gas left burning in a water heater. A long distance call to Waterloo fire department prompted the chief to send units who forced entry and shut off the gas, preventing a possible explosion as water in the tank boiled.
T. D. MURPHY DIES
Thomas D. Murphy, 62, prominent local figure in Red Oak, dies at home. He served as president of the Murphy calendar factory, vice president of the Red Oak National Bank, and a publisher of the Red Oak Express.
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T. D. Murphy
Red Oak
Thomas D. Murphy
Red Oak National Bank
Red Oak Express
Des Moines Radio and Concert Schedule Listings
Monday programs include talks by Secretary Hoover and general Motors events. Seville troubadours and Sheasby’s orchestra perform with weather updates by Bankers Life and a news review in Davenport. Baseball scores released, chimes concert, and a string trio are listed with multiple 6 to 9 pm program blocks and orchestral performances by Harmonita.
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Des Moines
Gypsies
Hoover
Cneral
Seville
Troubadours
Banker's Life
the Symphony
Sheasby
Woc Davenport
General Motors Family Party
Herb Heuerts
Davenport
Phonograph
Voters'’ Service
Selberling Singers
Mten
Herb Hetter
Trave O'Hearn
Wet Ames Broadcast and Market Weather Schedule
Tuesday listings from Des Moines and Ames show a dense slate of radio segments including phonograph records weather markets and farm service reports. The schedule includes live performances chimes concerts and marches through the day with markets cattle hogs and sheep data and a plant pathology talk among various programs.
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Des Moines
Phonograph
Wis
Radio Farm Service
Helen Hughes
U. S. Navy
Eveready Hour
Radio Industries
Gov. Smith
Apollo String Quartet
Wos Amesnia
Chicago
Prep Teams Get In Final Licks
Waterloo prep teams prepare for the new football season with East High traveling to Osage and West High hosting Independence. Scrimmages are planned Tuesday and Wednesday, with Thursday and Friday limited signal practices. East and West held drills Saturday, East focusing on kicking and passing drills while West played a full scrimmage between first and second stringers.
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Waterloo
East High
Osage
West High
West
Ralph Sarff
Chapman High Gur in. Byrnes Shoot!
At Waterloo Gun club grounds in Byrnes park on Saturday Chapman High Gur led with a brilliant last month display. W. J. Sutcliffe scored well, breaking 95 of 100.
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Byrnes
Hany Chapman
Waterloo
Byrnes' Park
W. J. Sutcliffe
Decorah and Spencer Baseball Doubleheader at Charles City
Decorah beat Spencer 4-1 in the first game at Lion field with Becker on the mound for Decorah and Niggling and Domier for Spencer. Spencer won the second game 6-1 behind Canton, with Lawson relieving Decorah after three innings and Becker finishing 12 innings. The prior Saturday Spencer won 9-0 with Red Learn pitching for Charles City Gallegians. Eddie Koppel played third base for Decorah. In Indianola Iowa Simpson football saw Marduck debut with the squad while Clark suffered a shoulder injury and may miss two to three weeks after the first practice.
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Courier Special Service
Charles’ City
Lion Field
Decorah
Spencer
Becker
Niggling
Domier
Canton
Lawson
Indianola
Mard Tuck
Simpson
Clark
Workmann
Theatre, Jazz Mad and New Musical Show at Plaza
A review of the Plaza bill features Universal’s Jazz Mad about music and love, with Sean Hershalt Marian Nixon and George Lewis star. Franz Hausmann’s symphony story drives the plot as performers clash and fuse. The Hollywood Bowl Symphony orchestra supports. Hello Everybody musical comedy follows with a Western tour finale style set.
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Universal
the Plaza
Sean Hershalt
Marian Nixon
George
Lewis
Franz Hausmann
Cart
New York
Franz
George Lewis
Clarissa Selwynne
Hausmann
Roscoe Karns
Torben Meyer
Andrew Arbuckle
Charles Clary
Patricia Caron
Plaga
Plaza
Jack Reynolds
Clyde Hamilton
Betty June Lee
Dick Hulse
Eugene ‘Brussard
Clara Bell
Four Chums
Harry Kane
Ann Conklin
Tiller
Eleanor Cook
Jack Roof
Hel Rua
The Barker at Waterloo Theatre A Carnival Comedy Drama
The Barker by J Kenyon Nicholson comes to the Boyd Trousdale company at Waterloo theatre. A three act carnival set offers comedy pathos romance and near tragedy with strong character work from Nifty Miller Lou Carrie and the son. The cast includes Josephine Generro Diana Mills Robert Ripley and others as a lively night of entertainment concludes with songs and a novelty act.
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Trousdale
Waterloo Theatre
Boyd ‘Trousdale
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Carrie
Wifty
Lou
Gowdy
Josephine Generro
Diana Mills
Robert Ripley
Miss Generro
Tom Post
Bob Leefers
Lucile LaValliere
Little Yellow House at Palace Opens for Three Days
Beatrice Burton’s magazine serial becomes a screen drama directed by Lea Mechan. Martha Sleeper stars as the flapper daughter with Lucy Beaumont as the mother in a tale of a gallant old lady fighting to make a home amid industrial grime. Cast includes Orville Caldwell Edythe Chapman William Orlamond Edward Pett Jr Freeman Wood and more. The program also features the comedy Cow’s Husband and the Fox News reel.
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Beatrice Burton
Little Yellow House
Lea “Mechan
Palace Theatre
Martha Sleeper
Lucy Beaumont
Orville Caldwell
Edythe Chapman
William Orlamond
Edward Pett, Jr
Freeman Wood
Fox
Czar's Daughter Sues Over Paternal Estates Dispute
Helsingfors reports Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia, daughter of Czar Alexander III and sister of the late Nicholas II, has filed against the Finnish government. She seeks the Halila estates at Nykraka near the Russian border, once owned by her father but transferred to Finland under the Dorpat treaty. The property now operates as a sanatorium. Cigarette and tobacco use in France is noted with 2,400,000 pounds of cigars and 22,000,000 pounds of cigarettes smoked last year.
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Xenia_ of
Russia
Alexander III
Nicholas 11
Copenhagen
Halila
Nykraka
Dorpat
Riviera Show Mix Delights With Comedy and Vaudeville
Candid review of a Riviera program featuring the Vitaphone comedy Caught in the Fog with Conrad Nagel and May McAvoy, plus Mack Swain as a big detective. The Fox Movietone newsreel and Paramount reel precede a lively stage lineup headlined by Alberta Haynes with songs and the Jospehine and Jon duo.
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Riviera Theatre
Conrad Nagel
May McAvoy
Mack Swain
Fox Movietone
Paramount
Alberta Haynes
Miss Haynes
Cedar Rapids
Te “Josephine
Jon
Dramatic Strand Feature Mixes Melodrama and Romance
The Strand presents a melodramatic and romantic film with Dolores Costello and Charles E. Mack in a tale of the Vasquez family's rancho, a scheming boss, Chinatown intrigue, and the San Francisco earthquake. Warner Brothers Vitaphone acts add variety as the story climaxes amid thrills and romance.
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Dalores Costello
Charles E. Mack
Vasquez
Warner Oland
San Francisco
Warner Brothers
Spain
Chinatown
Joseph Swickard
Anders Randolph
Sojin
Dolores
Ruth Glanville
Jay Mills
Waterloo Star Marion Henderson-Eddy Stars In Local Show
The article highlights Marion Henderson-Eddy and Eddie Conrad performing a standout saxophone number and other acts like On the Air with Fanny Rice and Hugh Herbert, a sketch about broadcasting secrets, and Coinlin & Glass slapstick musical comedy, claiming strong local appeal. It also notes US iodine imports reaching 2.9 million dollars.
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Waterloo
Marion Henderson-Eddy
Eddie Conrad
Fanny Rice
Hugh Herbert
Herry Downing
John Maxwell
Coinlin & Glass
Chicago U Grid Field to Accommodate 60 000
Chicago reports Bragg Field will offer seating for 60 000 when the University of Chicago opens football season September 29. The Maroons meet South Carolina, with steel stands replacing last season’s aging bleachers. Completion came after the 1927 season.
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Bragg Field
University of Chicago
Maroons
South Carolina
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