Netherlands Rejects 1928 Olympic Aid Despite Amsterdam Plan
In The Hague on June 6 the States General voted 48 to 36 against funding the 1928 Olympic Games to be held in Amsterdam. Clerical lawmakers feared paganism and immorality, while some radicals warned of economic loss and loss of prestige abroad. An appeal to raise a fund to safeguard the Games is planned by Amsterdam officials and sports groups.
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Hague
Holland
Amsterdam
Kersten
States General
Hippocrates
Euripides
Chamber
Los Angeles
Weather update in the Northern Rocky mountain states
Showers spread across the Northern Rocky mountain states with cool temperatures making coats and rain gear common. Reports to the weather bureau tonight indicate only slight precipitation across the region. The irrigation department of the Egyptian government rejected bids and will require American southern pine for upcoming government works.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain States
Weather Bureau
Irrigation Department
America
Humble Oil Eyes Pipeline to Artesia Field From Reeves County
Oil industry notes report Humble Oil plans a new pipeline from Kemper through northern Reeves county to Artesia. Inquiries indicate engineers will survey routes, with existing lines in Texas and New Mexico feeding refineries in El Paso Roswell and Salt Lake City. Possible links involve Bloomfield Farming ton and proposals tying to Santa Fe rail lines in Gallup or Santa Fe areas.
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Humble Pipeline Company
Sheffield Terrace
Gulf of Mexico
Reeves County
Texas
Artesia
Haswell
Kemper
Orlao Artesia
Illinois Il Company
Rio Grande
el Paso
Gilliland Oil Company
Midwest
Farmington
Salt Lake City
Bloomfield District
Aztec
West Coast Gasoline Company
Midwest Oil Company
Munoz Interests
Continental Oil Company
San Juan Basin
Santa Fe
Munoz
Gallup
Drillers Halt Mudding In Kruse No 1 Well
Heavy gas flow at Kruse No 1 defeats mudding off between casing strings. Crews abandon attempt and begin raising the inside 10 1 2 inch string, with mudding to resume against the first 12 1 2 inch string under a control head. The process is expected to take a week to ten days before drilling recommences.
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Krusewell No. 1
Las Vegas
Tilton and Croft Ship Carload Tools To Roswell Field
Tilton and Croft of Moline Kansas have shipped the first complete carload of oil drilling tools to Roswell. The tools came from Independence Kansas and will be used with Tilton and Croft drilling equipment now operating in Lea County New Mexico. The well in section 38 11 35 is among four to be drilled on state lease block owned by J R Daughtry and associates of Roswell.
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Tilton and Croft
Moline
Kansas
Oll Drilling
Roswell
Independence
Lea County
J. R., Daughtry and Associates of
Van Welch No 1 Well Bridges in Three Sands
The Van Welch No 1 well in the Artesia field bridged in three of four sands and is being cleaned and connected to a pipeline. Located in section 10 18 28, the well is expected to be a good producer.
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van Welch
Artesia
Snowden-McSweeney Test Moves to Sand Top
The Snowden-McSweeney test in section 33-18-28 is now on top of the producing sand. Drillers plan to drill the well as soon as tankage and pipe facilities can be secured.
Slayer of Two Sits Silent Thumbing Button in Cell
Arthur H. Mitchell, condemned for killing Mrs. Georgia Bryan and Andrew J. Bherie, sits quietly in his Canon City cell thumbing a button as the gallows looms for a third time. He has been thrice reprieved by Governor Morley and the latest stay ends at week’s close. Mitchell reads the Bible and speaks little to guards.
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Canon City
Colo
Arthur H. Mitchell
Georgia Bryan
Andrew J. Bherie
Mitchell
Morley
Fort Collins wins national interscholastic meet in Chicago
Fort Collins Colorado captures the national interscholastic track title with 20 percent of points. Kokomo Indiana and Wenatchee Washington tied for second with 13 points each, Northwestern High Detroit placed high. Kellogg Union and others won events in pole vault discus hammer and sprints with Foster Wenatchee taking 100 yard dash in 9.8 seconds tying the US record.
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Chicago
Fort Collins
Colo
Kokomo
Ind
Wanatachee
Wash
Northwestern
Detroit
Culver
N. Frost
Lake Forest
F. Norman
Pernell
Okla
O. Helmer
Carroll
Iowa
G. Clifton
Abraham Linecoln High
Council Bluffs
Brewer
R. Wolfe
Central High
Houston
Texas
H. Fielder
Hopkins High
Granville
M. Thornhill
Protection
Kans
J. Anderson
Hughes
Cincinnati
Ohio
O. Britt
Hittis High
Armington
Lst
D. Beattie
E. Brewer
G. Carlson
Northwestern High
Mich
W. L. Ankford
M. Whitlock
Danville
Foster
Wenatchee
W. Draper
Fort Worth
Walter
Patterson
Tilden
Shaw
Winfield
United States
Interscholastic Meet Ends With Fort Collins Victory
Fort Collins Co tied for team honors at the National Interscholastic track meet in Chicago. Individual feats included two record breaks the mile run and a 100 yard dash tie. Walter of Kokomo led Fort Collins to a near second place with key relay and field wins.
Hosiery Made in the Free State Gains Popularity
The article notes that many colleens in the Irish Free State are now wearing hosiery produced domestically, reflecting a growing domestic textile industry and national pride in locally made goods.
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Irish Free State
Western runners shine in scattered relay and field events
In a meet featuring western and far western athletes, Norfolk Neb, Mason City IA, and Tucson AZ led the three quarter mile relay in that order with 5 4 and 3 points. Western stars claimed wins in sprints throws and hurdles while several placed high across multiple events.
Javelin and hammer lead multiple event placements
The report notes third place finishes in the javelin and hammer throw. Kiser and We natchee also won one of the mile races and placed third in the second half mile event.
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Kiser
Wenatchee
Foreigners Warned to Leave Canton Amid Military Tensions
In Canton the Kuomintang loyalist forces prepare for battle with about 10 000 troops while foreigners are urged to depart the suburbs. The Khameen settlement near Canton readies for emergencies as hostilities loom. Shanghai remains tense with order kept by troops police and volunteers and anti foreign agitation pressing workers to quit.
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Ese
Canton
Kwangtung
Kuomintang
Sun Yat-Sen
People's Party
Khameen
Shanghai
Coolidge Goes to Minnesota Speaks Monday
President Coolidge travels to Minnesota on a political swing, greeting workers along the observation platform as the train passes through Maryland and West Virginia. He chats with Kellogg Lenroot and Sanders in the car while Mrs. Coolidge reads and wears a gray crepe dress and turban. The journey includes a shower near Martinsburg and night travel through Pennsylvania, northern Ohio and Indiana.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Kellogg
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Sanders
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illness strikes over forty girls at Webster dance
More than forty delegates to a Massachusetts state girls club convention in Webster were stricken after a dance. Doctors treated many and nurses were summoned as heat and excitement were blamed, with some patients showing ptomaine poisoning symptoms. An unrelated note says Finland has 2,250,000 in agriculture or forestry of its 3.6 million population.
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Webster
Mass
Finland
Remarkable Health Turnaround After Mayr's Remedy
A letter claims long suffering from colic and liver troubles improved after one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The writer says symptoms vanished after fifteen years and credits the product with restoring health, noting money back guarantees at Briggs pharmacy and druggists.
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Muayr
Mayr
Briggs Pharmacy
Notable Lectures and Conferences on Southwestern Topics
Alfred V. Kidder and Erna Fergusson deliver lectures on Southwestern archaeology and Indian dances. George Luckett discusses health in schools. Atanasio Montoya, Reuben Perry, and Gen. H. F. Robinson hold lectures and conferences on rural education and Indian education and lore.
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Alfred V. Kidder
Harvard
Erna Fergusson
Columbia
Georges. Luckett
George Washington
State Bureau of Public Health
Atanasio Montoya
Bernalillo County
Reuben D. Perry
U. S. Indian School
Albuquerque
Gen. H. F. Robinson
U. S. Indian Service
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Country Club
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Clark
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Cornell
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Illinois
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Stanford
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California
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Helene M. Evers
Bryn Mawr
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Princeton
George B. Jones
B.S
Washington, Jr
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M.S
Michigan
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Edna Roy
Wilma L. Shelton
B.L.S
Lewis B. Thompson
Loretta Barrett
Iowa State
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