Paris Legion Convention Opens Amid Pageantry and Debate
Commander Howard P. Savage taps a late gavel as Paris hosts the American Legion convention in the grand hall of Trocadero palace. Notables from France attend while a lone quick eject of a dissenter marks a tense moment.
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Howard P. Savage
American Legion
Legion
Louis Marin
A. H.F
Doumergue
France
Vive Sacco
Vanzetti
Paris
Second
Trocadero Palace
Savage
Marshal Foch
Sacco Et Vanzetti
Pensions
Al Smith Nomination Path Unimpeded Despite McAdoo Withdrawal
Washington report analyzes Democratic factions after McAdoo withdraws. It suggests Al Smith will likely secure the nomination barring a party reorganization, noting Smith has little personal drive but enjoys broad backing from New York leaders. Wilson influence fades as Smith looms.
Courier Delivery Promise by 5 30 Deadline
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30 p m. If the paper is not received by then contact the office at the stated phone number before 30 p m to arrange a copy and ensure delivery.
Political gossip in New York stirs 1912 race talk
In New York on September 19, William Gibbs McAdoo who said he would not seek the Democratic nomination, and Edwin T. Meredith arrived amid efforts to blunt a surge for New York Governor Smith. Frank O. Lowden’s soon-expected visit was seen as a move to counter Hughes and Hoover for the Republican nomination. Hamilton Fish Jr. backed Hughes in a Republican banquet speech as debate over the nominee intensified.
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New York
William Gibbs McAdoo
Edwin T. Meredith
Iowa
Wilson
Gov. Smith
Frank O. Lowden
Charles E. Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Hughes
Bull Movement Slumps After Heavy Trading Surge
New York on September 19 saw a sharp bull movement reverse as a flood of selling orders pushed many issues down five to nearly fifteen points. The decline followed a surge in call money renewal rates to 3 4 percent and renewed bank loan calls. Major losses hit National Tea, Du Pont, General Motors, Baldwin, U S Steel, and Houston Oil, among others, with broad losses across sectors.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
National Tea
Dupont
General Motors
Baldwin
U.S. Cast Iron Pipe
Houston Oil
U. S. Steel
Woolworth & Foundation Co
Shumaker Contempt Hearing Delayed to Oct 4 Session
Indianapolis Sept 19 Consideration of a motion to reopen the case of Dr Edward S Shumaker Indiana Anti Saloon league head convicted of contempt will be delayed until the supreme court regular session opens Oct 4 Chief Justice Travis said no hurry on Attorney General Gilliam petition seeking higher sentence for alleged court influence Shumaker charged U S Senator James E Watson Indiana with telephoning him that three of five justices had assured no prison sentence would be imposed
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edward S. Shumaker
Indiana Antisaloon League
Supreme Court
Julius C. Travis
Arthur L. Gilliam
Shumaker
United States
James E. Watson
Indiana
Webster elected president of Northwestern Retail Coal Dealers
B A Webster of Mason City Iowa was elected president of the Northwestern Retail Coal Dealers association at its annual meeting in Minneapolis Saturday. The association includes coal dealers from Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska.
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Mason City
B. A. Webster
Northwestern Retail Coal Dealers Association
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Parade Opens as Second A E F Celebrates in Paris
The American Legion parade in Paris on Sept 19 featured French war mutilated delegates marching from Place d'Iena under improving weather. Gen James A Drain led the first group while French crowds, cafes, and a vast holiday mood marked the event.
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Palais du Trocadero
Paris
American Legion
Place d'Iena
States of the Union
Place d’Iena
Wilson
Arkansas
Michigan
Alaska
Virginia
South Carolina
Maryland
Iowa
New Mexico
Nebraska
Utah
Missouri
Colorado
Massachusetts
Drain
Editor of Washington Star Dies Suddenly
Rudolph Kauffman 74 longtime publisher and managing editor of the Washington Star died suddenly at his daughter's home near Dunkirk New York. Authorities attributed death to heart disease. Kauffman arrived at his daughter's residence about three weeks earlier.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Rudolph Kauffman
Washington, D. C
Star
Lewis N. Murray
West Lake Road
Kauffman
Nicaraguan Bandit Killed by Marines in Clash
Native bandit leader Francisco Carrios was killed in a clash with United States Marines in Nicaragua. Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, commander of American occupational forces, advised the Navy Department today. The commandant of the native constabulary was present in the fighting.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Francisco “Carrios
United ‘States
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Wealthy Californian Killed in Klan Row
Ernest Mitchell a wealthy real estate dealer died from gunshot wounds after a fight police say arose from an argument over the Ku Klux Klan. Following the shooting the sheriff’s office searched for A F Van Demark at his home as investigators pursued leads.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ernest Mitchell
Mitchell
Sheriff's Office
A. F. van Demark
State Wins Point in Sweetin Trial
Mount Vernon September 19. In circuit court Judge Roy C. Pearce overruled a defense motion to exclude the states exhibit No 1 as the trial of Wilford Sweetin’s alleged murder continues. Elsie Sweetin widow stands as the defendant.
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Mount Vernon
INS
Wilford Sweetin
Elsie
Roy C. Pearce
Mother of Admiral Latimer Dies in Gas Fumes
Mrs. Mary J. Latimer aged 82 mother of Rear Admiral Latimer former American commander in Nicaragua died in Washington from escaping fumes. believed to have accidentally turned on a gas jet. lights and gas on same fixture caused lethal fumes while at a rest home.
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Washington, D. C
Mary J. Latimer
Latimer
Nicaragua
Jailed ink plot suspect arraignment in Bluffs
Bert Reynolds, a federal prisoner held in Pottawattamie county jail, faces arraignment today on charges of breaking jail and arranging escape for about 20 inmates. Sheriff Lainson said Reynolds used invisible ink in letters and sawed window bars on a ground floor. A boy serving five years at the state reformatory is named as an accomplice. Reynolds is kept in solitary. Ban on all fruits imposed. Names listed: Ban Felice Henry George Thollia Mar Yn Usavans Ripbon. (advertisement)
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Council Bluffs
INS
Bert Reynolds
Pottawattamie County
Percy Lainson
Reynolds
Lainson
State Reformatory
Reynold
Messner in Cedar Rapids as son’s murder case unfolds
Cedar Rapids Iowa Sept 19 In an interview William C Messner father of 14 year old Lyle Messner confessed murderer Kathleen Forrest 6 was questioned by county attorney Walter Barngrover to learn more about his movements the night his son killed the girl The elder Messner is jailed on obstructing justice charges for aiding his son to escape Lyle was arrested in Rock Island and returned to Cedar Rapids He will be arraigned tomorrow as grand jury hearings loom The boy claimed he found Kathleen’s body at the basement stairs and hid it in a cellar hole after confessing he had kept her quiet by placing his hand over her mouth He also recounted fleeing on a freight train before reaching Rock Island
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Lyle Messner
Tod
Kathleen Forrest
William T. On
Messner
Lyle
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Barngrover
INS
William C. Messner
Walter C. Barngrover
Young Messner
James Forrest
William T. C. Messner
Walter J. Barngrover
Benesh
Newspaper
Bamgrover
Kathleen
Ball Park
Hunger Mission
Maxine
Virginia Gudzus
Virginia
Marion
Snow Falls in Fergus Falls Minnesota this September day
Snowflakes drifted with light rain in Fergus Falls Minnesota today as a chilly autumn weather pattern set in. The first flakes accompanied by drizzle marked a wintry start to the day in Otter Tail County.
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Minnesota
Fergus Falls
Minn
Saxophones to Fill Coe College Halls This Fall
Cedar Rapids Sept 19 Saxophones will echo through Coe College as George Wain Jr is named instructor in clarinet and saxophone. Wain, a 1924 University of Iowa graduate, studied under Gustave Lan genius in New York, recalling the jazz age’s wind styles.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
George Wain, Jr
University of Iowa
Waln
Gustave Langenus
New York
Short Interviews With Home Folks: Townsley Reports Iowa Corn Lead
City Assessor J A Townsley after trips through Iowa and Illinois says Black Hawk county has top corn. He notes Scott and Cedar counties also crop well and mentions his wife and daughter traveling with him to Peoria Illinois where Reverend Sandrock pastors First Lutheran. He estimates Illinois corn at about 60 percent of Iowa and cites gasoline prices seen during travel.
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Iowa
Iillinois
J. A. Townsley
Black Hawk County
Scott and
Cedar
Townsley
Muscatine
Peoria
Beery Missing as Million-Dollar Suit Filed
Wallace Beery the screen comedian was reported missing as a $1,000,000 suit was filed by Juanita Montanya a 19 year old dancer and film actress charging he attacked her while a guest in his home and that he is the father of her expected child studio officers said Beery was on location in the high Sierra and unreachable Montanya had been found near the Beery residence with a concealed pistol and was later arrested in a hotel after firing shots insanity charges were dismissed
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wallace Beery
Juanita Montanya
Beery
High Sierra
Montanya
Frost Dampens Heat Wave in Iowa Winds Down
Des Moines reports a 40 degree drop from Saturday 93 to 53 by Sunday morning. Government Weather Bureau says frost did not form except on low ground and no killing frost is expected soon. Cooler temperatures forecast with daily highs around 70 and nightly forties across Iowa as heat conditions ease.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Iowa
Bureau
Collar Man Sues for Million in Slander Case in 1947
Max Phillips head of Phillips-Jones in New York filed a $1,000,000 slander suit against Bernard H. Marcus of Bank of the United States and five Berg Detective Agency members. He alleged they attempted to block his access to Bank finances by having him arrested on a Mann Act charge in Etontown New Jersey.
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New York
Max Phillips
Phillips- Jones Company
Bernard H. Marcus
Bank of the United States
Berg Detective Agency
Phillips
Etontown
N. J
Oklahoma Outlaw Sentenced to Die in Beggs Murders
Oklahoma outlaw Matthew Himes was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the murder of Beggs police chief W. J. McAnally and the robbery of two Beggs banks. He was captured in the Grand Canyon of Arizona and returned to Oklahoma, where he faced related bank robbery cases.
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Okmulgee
Okla
INS
Matthew Himes
Oklahoma
W. J. McAnally
Beggs
Olka
Kimes
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Quaker Oats Buys Moffett Plant in New York
Sale of the Depew plant of the Moffett corporation, cereal manufacturers, to Quaker Oats of Chicago for a reported price of 2 million dollars was announced here today in Batavia New York.
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Batavia
N. Y
Depew, N. Y
Moffett Corporation
Quaker Oats Company of
Chicago
Detroit Pilot Starts Lead In Cleveland Air Derby
In Cleveland Ohio on September 19 eleven planes from the New York Spokane air derby entered and departed at 1 50 pm. Pilot W L Roberts of Detroit was forced down near the Pennsylvania Ohio state line while most remaining entrants were en route to Bellevue Forest Pa. The field started at Roosevelt Field with Capt Walter Bender starting the race toward Spokane 2352 miles distant. The event features 25 entries, with five prize awards totaling 9780 dollars and over, including a 5000 dollar top prize.
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Cleveland, O
W. L. Roberts
Curtiss Field
INS
R. W. Cantwell
Oklahoma City
New York
Bellefonte
Cleveland
W. Meyers
Detroit
Belleforite
Leslie Miller
James’ Charles
Richmond
Eaglebrook
Roosevelt
Nic
Tana
Spokane
Wash
Walter Bender
Chicago
Glendive
Mont
Bellefont
Bryan
St. Paul
Fargo
Missoula
Travelair
Washington City
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Tex Rickard
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Washington Star
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Ban Felice
Henry George
Thollia, Mar Yn
Usavans Ripbon
Quiz Messner
Coe College Halls
Quaker Oats Co
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Detroit Pilot
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E. W. Fleet
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