Wilbur opposes unified service and air command plan
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur testifies before the president’s board on the aircraft question. He argues air forces are integral to naval operations and should not be placed under another command. He urges continued naval aviation policy with limited economies and standardizations. He also supports civilian aviation growth for peacetime efficiency and national safety. The news also notes a deadly gas tank incident, dairy cattle congress entries, a fatal stabbing in Spencer, a major fire in Tijuana, Shenandoah inquiry findings, and American and indigenous participants at a large gathering in South Dakota.
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Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
War Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Shenandoah
Vehicle crash leaves two injured in Providence area
John Gelgon remains in hospital with serious injuries after a roadside collision on Reinberge Road. George Walden is reported near death from the same auto accident. Karth V. Jonson has been appointed Mexican consul at Providence, R.I. Miss Johnson becomes the first woman in the Mexican diplomatic service.
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John Gelgon Oves
George Walden
Reinbege Road
Karth V. Jonson
Providence, R
Miss Johnson
Short interviews With Home Folks Waterloo doctor laments crime rise
A Waterloo doctor denounces modern crime tolerance and fears for public safety. He argues that valued lives of criminals undermine law and order, recalling harsher, frontier times. He calls for hardboiled enforcement and notes crime networks like a known outfit in the area.
Car Crash Kills One, Seven Hurt Near Joliet
Joliet Sept 22 One person is dead and seven others are injured after a car returning from a trip to Aurora struck a cow on the Lincoln highway six miles west of Joliet and overturned Mrs James Witagerald is the deceased according to sources at the scene
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Joliet
TNS
James Witagerald
Ene
Aurora
Lincoln Highway
Here
Iowa Man Killed on Michigan Trip
Sioux City seed firm president L A Johns, 72, died after an auto accident in Novi Michigan Sunday night while on an inspection trip to his Millington warehouse.
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Iowa
Michigan
Sioux City
A. Johns
Novi
Mich
Millington
Maytag Plans Six Story Hotel in Newton
Newton Iowa September 22 erection of a six story hotel here within the next year is promised by L B Maytag president of the Maytag Manufacturing company Up.
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Newton
L. B. Maytag
Maytag Manufacturing Company
Flames sweep Tijuana block burning famed border resorts
Flames began in the Vernon club in Tijuana and spread within thirty minutes to engulf a block of well known resorts. The blaze caused estimated losses approaching 1.9 million dollars, destroying or badly damaging establishments such as the San Francisco Cantina, the hall bar, Logan Cabin, the San Diego bar, Gonzalez bar, Alhambra state, Turf bar, and other nearby buildings.
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San Diego
Cal
Vernon Club
Tijuana
San Francisco Cantina
Hall
Gonzales Bar
Alhambra Tate
Turf Bar
Lower California Commercial Company
Curio Store
Orices
Two Men Die in Iowa Road Wreck Near Reinbeck
Drainage contractor workers O lson and Walden died or were injured in a car crash on Zaneta road four and a half miles east of Reinbeck. Delson, 40, died at 4:30 p m. Walden, 45, remained in critical condition at Allen Memorial Hospital. Third occupant G Buchan escaped with minor bruises. The car, owned and driven by Walden, veered on a dirt road causing the right front wheel to crumple and the vehicle to somersault. Delson and Walden suffered skull fractures and head injuries. Buchan aided by a nearby farmer called for help. The wreck occurred after work on a Grundy county highway drainage project. Walden was a widower with no known permanent home. Delson had possible Chicago ties and unclear kin.
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Dom O¢lson
George Walden
Allen Memorial Hospital
Yesterda
Zaneta Road
Reinbeck
G. Buchan
Grundy Center
Walden
Delson
Caleb. Buchan
Elmer Rickert
G. A. Biebesheimer
Weaterloo
Waterloo Hospital
Delsan
Petersen Brothers
Widden
Lille
Qeln
Wright County
Chicago
Hie
First class Carpenter Agrees Not to Wear Trousers Any More
Los Angeles Cal Sept 22 On condition that she refrain in the future from wear ithy mens f trousers and otherwise Wiasquerading as a man Mrs Edya Bridendall carpenter of Provenability was granted probation by superior judge Hahn today after she had pleaded Built to passing several bad checks The woman formerly lived in Oakland She is the mother of two children and gave their support as her reason for PASTNE is wo nin and passing Worthless chee
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edya Bridendall
Hahn
Oakland
Cedar Rapids Court Clerk Clears Deficit Balance
Nes Moines accuses Cedar Rapids Superior Court Clerk J. J. Stores of paying into city and Ling county treasuries amounts totaling 1 923 75 to square office accounts. The city treasury received 1 070 687 and the county 252 65 with 600 49 added for unclaimed fees judgments and jury costs dating back to 1508.
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Nes Moines
Superior Court of
Cedar Rapids
Treasuries
Ling County
Iis
McClune
Caesarian Operation Saves Mother and Infant in Council Bluffs
Sept 22 AP report from Council Bluffs states a successful caesarian operation produced a son for Mrs. C. ER Hart at a local hospital. Both mother and baby are doing well. the boy weighed eight pounds.
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Council Bluffs
Succes
C. ER. Hart
Paper delivery notice with delivery deadline misspoken
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If delivery error or carrier fault prevents timely receipt, call to request a reprint or replacement copy. Please renew the office by phone before a specified time.
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Sidi and Cony
FAO Nom
Senator Ralston in Serious Condition at Indianapolis Home
United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana is reported in serious condition from Brights disease at his Indianapolis home after previously resisting Democratic calls for the presidency. The report comes from United Press.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Press
United States
Samuel M. Ralston
Bright
Countryside Nervous Over Gun Menace After Nash Incident
Reports of a shooting on the Independence road near Waterloo ignite fear as a Nash sedan riddled by a posse’s gunfire circulates, with Cedar Rapids papers noting a pair of armed youths and a fatal police action. Residents fear a repeat as rumors spread of hold ups and highway dangers.
Waverly Interests Award Contract for Community Building
Waverly Sept 22 contract awarded for the Community Legion Masonic building to A E Smith Waterloo. Designed by Louis Rust the two story brick structure will house the American Legion post and Masonic orders on the second floor with the Post Office and Palace Theatre on the lower floor. Plumbing contract awarded to E J Richards.
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Waverly
Community-Legion-Masonic
A. E. Smith
Waterloo
Louis Rust
Lesgion
American Legion Post
Masonic
Post Office
Palace Theatre
E. J. Richards
Greece Installs Separate Cemetery for Suicide Crises
In Saloniki on Sept 22 authorities in Greece ordered a special burial site for people who end their own lives. The personal crisis cemetery, adjacent to where dogs are buried and refuse is cast, aims to deter suicide by public display and separate from natural death burials.
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Saloniki
Greece
Justice of the Peace Charged Over Unreported Fines
Des Moines report shows Twin Lake township justice of the peace Dougherty failed to properly report fines and fees totaling 193.45 dollars since 1921. The auditors’ office released the first statewide check of its kind on justice of the peace accounts.
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Des Moines
State Auditor's Department
Calhcoun County Supervisors
Dougherty
Twin Lake Township
Ames Legion Drive Extended One More Week
Ames Iowa news reports the American Legion endowment drive falling 406 short of the 2000 quota and continuing this week with a final push planned to close the effort. In other items, Joe Collins father of Finn Calvis who died in Sand Cats Kentucky reappeared after a day missing, saying he had been visiting friends in a Sioux City suburb and is operating a show at the Interstate fair.
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Ames
Raisius Ames
American Legion
Collins
Sioux City
J.oe Collins
Finn Calvis
Sand Cats
Inderstate
Belgian Horse Show Draws 200 Draft Belgians
The seventh National Belgian Horse Show, linked to the Dairy Cattle Congress, will run Sept 28 to Oct 4 with 200 Belgians entered from Indiana Illinois Minnesota Missouri and Iowa. Judging starts Tuesday morning in the hippodrome with W H Pew and J S Montgomery officiating. A six horse hitch owned by Charles Griffin of Galveston Indiana is a major feature, with pulling contests and extensive display preparations underway at Waterloo fairgrounds.
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Mstel
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Tfowa
W. IL. Pew
Freedom Station
J.S. Montgomery
South St. Paul
Ming
Pew
Town State College
Mgr. Stontgomery
Congressinjg
Charles Griffin
Galveston
Ind
United States
Michi-gan
C. J. Jones
Livermore, Jr
Watersloo
J. C. Gehan
Sioux City
Charles Irvine
Ankeny
Mgr. Mstel
Black Shawk County
Althen
Gas Fumes Death Traced to Drunken Incident
A boy reportedly intoxicated by inhaling automobile gas fumes was found dead on his father’s farm near Springfield. Neighbors were told he had “drunk” by breathing fumes and was discovered near a burning vehicle tank by his mother. The report cites a risky act linked to inhalant abuse and a fatal accident.
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Ohio
Perience
Springfield
Sepi
Warard Riffey
Wife cites $300 debt as source of Corey-Harbour feud
Mrs. Corey tells Courier that Malculin Harbour, accused gunman in the Albert Hertske shooting, resents Jick Carey over a $300 debt and an unpaid loan on a Cadillac. She defends Carey against Ray Hundley’s insinuations, notes Harbour’s absence near Sterling, and mentions both Harbour and Corey as Odd Fellows in Albert Alvin.
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Corey-Harbour
Malculin Harbour
Albert Hertske
Jick Carey
Hertsite
Harbour
Corey
Slim
Sterling
Farmers Hunt Youthful Killers of Watchman in Woods
North Vernon Indiana September 22 two young suspects hid from a posse of ten farmers as armed guards surrounded a thicket where Frederike and Waller Wright, both of Indianapolis, had vanished after being accused of shooting night watchman Ed Fowler fatally wounding Jim Sunday during an attempted questioning.
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North Vernon
Ond
Lou
Frederieke
Waller Wright
Indianapolis
Frederick
Waller
Ed Fowler
Jim
Folgler
Broken in Omaha Once Lectures There Now
Omaha dispatch recalls George Ft. Lunn who, thirty years after being stranded crossing the toll bridge to Coun tat Bluffs Ta, returned as lieutenant governor of New York to deliver an address before the Advertising Sull ing league in Omaha last night.
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Omaha
George Ft. Lunn
Countat Bluffs
Lunn
New York
Warmer Weather Report From Prospect and Nearby Cities
A weather bulletin notes warmer temperatures across Prospect and surrounding towns. Records show lows around the mid forties in Kes City Davenport Keokuk and nearby areas with readings ranging from 44 to 48 degrees.
Prize Iowa Horse Is Sold for $5,000
Prize horse from Iowa, titled "April Showers," is sold for $5,000 at the state fair circuit. Ben Meyer represented D. Schitting as the buyer, with officials noting conditions and exhibitor records across the Iowa state fair and southern fair venues.
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Iowa
Aidue
Faa
Vureharey
Ben Meyer
D. Schitting
Navy air unit essential to Raven need, in present form
Secretary Wilbur urged maintaining the navy air service in its present form before a presidential board, opposing a separate air corps or a national air service under civilian control. He argued unity under navy command ensures training, co operation, and effectiveness, while civil aviation should grow alongside military needs. He urged continued naval aviation production planning and federal regulation of aircraft licensing.
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Washington, D.C
Navy Air Service Organization
Wilbur
War Department
Army Air Service
Department of National Defense
Marine Corps
Hertic Army
Navy
United Air Service
Naval Establishment
Department
Department of Commercial Aviation
Army
Parder
Wies
Moline Elks Lodge Dedicates $300,000 Home Today
The Moline lodge of Elks dedicates its new $300,000 home at 3 p m with national and state Elk officials present. Floyd Thompson, chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, delivers the dedicatory address. A banquet follows and 256 candidates will be initiated Wednesday evening. The three story colonial building is fireproof with luxurious furnishings and public tours scheduled. The lodge originated in 1906 with 27 members and now numbers about 1,300.
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Moline
Moline Lodge of Elks
Elks
Floyd —. Thompson
Sinois Supreme Court
Aml
Huilding
Ape
Moline -Elks Lodge
Police Help Sought In Husband Search In Council Bluffs
Mrs Gustave Plager of 1321 Avenue C asks police to aid in locating her husband who left home August 28 for work at Wilcox greenhouses and has not been heard from since. He is about five feet five, 123 pounds with sandy brown hair and blue overalls, black hat, white shirt and black shoes.
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Council Bluffs
Gustave Plager
Avenue C
Ais. Tlager
Wilcox Greenhouses
Plager
T Sten
Commandant of Trish Air Forces Is Killed
Dublin reports Thomas Maloney, commandant of the Irish Free State air forces, killed in a flying accident at Carragh during an aviation tournament when his machine crashed.
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Trish Air Forces
Dublin
Thomas Maloney
Carraagh
Indians Gather for Bridge Opening at Chamberlain
More than 3,900 Indians assembled in Chamberlain South Dakota for the opening of the state highway bridge over the Missouri River. Delegations came from Oklahoma and Toronto as well as various tribes led by chiefs including Spotted Rabbit and Medicine Crow, continuing a history tied to early settler days and legendary figures.
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Chamberlain
Mitgaard
Niot
Isi Seauth
Oklahoma
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Independence Road
J. G. McAlvin
la Porte Road
la Porte City
McAlvin
Nash
de Posse
Raymond Edwards
Waverly Interests
J. P
Ames Legion Drive
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Martin Invincible
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