Political Slush Funds Raise Scrutiny in Primary Hearings
Witnesses in the senate committee on primary expenditures accuse practical politicians of moral laxity with slush funds. Pittsburgh figures Kenna and Reed admit large donations amid lax oversight, while Senator King notes Philadelphia corruption amid calls for tighter campaign controls.
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Frederic William Wile
Washington
Senate Committee
Kenna
Pittsburgh
Auolss
Vare
Jim’ Reed
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Harrisburg
King
Utah
Shea
Nough
Weather Outlook for Penver and Arizona Regions
Forecasts for Penver New Mex on Saturday into Sunday call for a potential local thunder shower with cooler conditions in the southern portion. Arizona expects fair to partly cloudy skies with little overall temperature change. twenty four hour data ended yesterday with a high near 86 and a morning low around 52.
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Arizona
Rotary Directors Named as Denver Concludes Meeting
At Denver the seventeenth annual Rotary International convention closed after a contentious vote adopting the Chicago chronology plan for future conferences. Five new U S directors were announced to serve with President Harry H. Rogers. The appointees are John T. Symes, Kent Guernsey, Edward F. Flynn, M Eugene Newsom, and Allen Street with others to be named.
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Denver
Rotary International
Chicago
United States
Harry H. Rogers
San Antonio
Texas
Donald A. Adams
New Haven
Connecticut
James A. Davidson
Calgary
Alberta
William Thompson Elliott
Liverpool
John T. Symes
Lockport
N. Y
Kent Guernsey
Orlando, Fla
Edward F. Flynn
St. Paul
Ming
M. Eugene Newsom
Durham N. C
Allen Street
Oklahoma City
Okla
Coroner doubts McPherson death. case remains open
Los Angeles coroner Frank Nance reopened the McPherson disappearance inquiry on May 18 and refused to issue a death certificate. He questioned Miss Emma Schaeffer’s testimony and said he would wait seven years to declare death if the body remains unfound.
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Los Angeles
Frank Nance
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Emma Schaeffer
Nance
Mrs. McPherson
Marshfield
Ore
Coos Bay
Evangelist
Kennedy
Mexico denies rumor of anti Catholic propaganda in U S
Mexico City reports on June 18 quote the Secretary of Interior Tejeda denying claims that the Mexican government is sending propaganda to Chicago for the Eucharistic congress. He states private individuals in Mexico may wish to distribute literature, but the government disclaims any official involvement.
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Mexico
U. S
Mexico City
Tejeda
New York
Chicago
Boundary Cone Gold Mines Incorporation Reported
Boundary Cone Gold Mines, an Arizona concern capitalized for 2,500,000 dollars, filed incorporation papers with the California secretary of state on Friday. Headquarters listed as Pyreacott, Arig.
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Bacramento
Calif
Boundary Cone Gold Mines Company
Arizona
Fpyreacott
Arig
Women march on London for peace via arbitration
The vanguard of eight columns of British women pilgrims entered London after five weeks on the road toward a Hyde Park peace rally. Led by Canon Donaldson, some 8,000 participants carried banners urging settlement of disputes by conciliation and arbitration, with towns and villages bearing names on staves.
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London
Hyde Park
Brighton
Hastings
Worthing
Crystal Palace
Thut
Kent
Lamberhurst
Fulham
Land's End
Southampton
Calles Regime Accused of Following Soviet Style Rule
Adolfo de la Huerta denounced the Calles administration in Mexico as enforcing minority will and mirroring soviet Russia. He spoke at the Campus club in San Antonio, saying upheaval would be a majority move to reclaim rights from tyrants and dictators. He defended U.S. actions on arms embargo as sincere despite misinformation.
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San Antonio
Tex
Calles
Mexico
Russia
United States
Adolfo de la Truerta
Huerta
Wagoner Sentenced to Life for Killing Prospector Glasgow
Prescott Arizona June 18 Charles Wagoner slayer of Tom Glasgow was sentenced by Superior Judge Sweeney to life imprisonment. Glasgow was killed after a feud and buried in a shallow grave near Wagoner's cabin. Wagoner was convicted last week.
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Prescott
Ariz
Charles Wagoner
Tom Glasgow
Friday
Sweeney
Glasgow
Wagoner
Congressman La Guardia Plans Home Brewing Demonstration
Representative La Guardia of New York promises members of the house alcoholic liquor traffic committee a demonstration of brewing 2.76 percent beer at the Capitol. He says committee members will have an opportunity to sample the product.
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Washington
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Representative la Guardia
New York
America Welcomes Papal Legate in Civic Eucharistic Congress
In Chicago the Coliseum hosts a diverse 14 000 strong audience for a papal legate and church leaders. Secretary Davis delivers greetings from President Coolidge amid a display of Catholic solidarity and official praise for religious freedom.
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America
Davis
Chicago
Associated Press
Pius XI
Labor
Coolidge
Samuel Insull
David F. Kelly
Knights of St. Gregory
Congress
Cardinal Mundelein
The
Sacred College
Dougherty
Philadelphia
O'Connell
Summer Session Enrollments Reach Record 221 at State University
Registrar Walter Bow man reports 221 students enrolled by Thursday afternoon in the summer session, a 15 percent rise over 1925 and the largest summer enrollment. Late registrations may increase totals. attendees come from across New Mexico and several states. Weekly assemblies Monday and Thursday at 11 a.m. feature noted lecturers. Dr. Benjamin Haught directs the session.
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State University
Walter FE. Bowman
New Mexico
Benjamin ¥. Haught
University
Plot on life of President of the Turks in Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal Pasha narrowly escaped death on his Smyrna arrival as authorities halted a conspiracy. Police seized weapons and bomba. a special tribunal began investigations. Two prominent Turks were arrested, including Hussein Avni Bey. Zia Hourehid is named as a regional movement leader.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Smyrna
Zia Hourehid
Black Sea
Hussein Avni Bey
Erzerum
Senate approves oil leasing on Indians lands in west
The Senate Friday accepted the House amendment to the bill authorizing oil and gas mining leases on unallotted lands within Indian reservations created under an executive order. The measure covers about 22,000,000 acres and now goes to the president.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tourist Admits He Was Policy On Wife Life
Granville W. Johnson of St. Louis testified in his own defense after being charged with beating Hazel Johnson to death with a hatchet in a Williams Arizona auto camp on May 2 during their honeymoon trip. He admitted life insurance and money details and claimed his wife was slain for her money. he said he did not drink and described his late return to the cabin.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Hazel
Granville W. Johnson
St. Louis
Williams, Ariz
Los Angeles
Missouri
Johnson
Williams
St. Mihiel
Willams
Head Under Are in Asylum Muddle at Las Vegas NM
Harry Roebuck, engineer at the New Mexico insane asylum for seventeen years, has been replaced by Candelario Montoya. Roebuck says he heard rumors but received no official notice. The personnel shakeup follows the resignation of J. O. Beth from the board and his replacement by T. W. Neal.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Harry Roebuck
New Mexico
J. O. Beth
T. W. Neal
Man Is Electrocuted by High Voltage Wire in Colorado
Alamosa Colo June 18 Roy Fishburn 22 son of C C Fishburn of Longmont Colo was electrocuted Friday while working on a band stand at the State Soldiers home here His shoulder touched a high voltage wire and he was killed instantly He had worked about six weeks as a helper at the home A former serviceman.
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Eleen
Pennlvania
Dave Reed
Penn‘Ivania
Penn
Philadelphia
Pennvania
Dave” Reed
Evan EF
Young
Dominican Republic
Santo
State Department
Washington
Shes’ Towers
United States
Soviet Russia
South Data
Forn
Leo Romero
San Miguel County
David J. Leahy
Leahy
Romero
San Miguel
U S Probes Mexican Closure Of El Modelo School
The United States embassy asks Mexico for an investigation into the closing of the American owned Catholic college El Modelo at Gomez Palacio Durango. Miss Annie Quinn owner now of Slater Texas is named. Consul Yost notes no religious instruction was given at the school.
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Mexico City
United States
Elmodelo
Gomez Palacio
Mexican Interior Secretary Tejeda Resigns to Seek Europe Education
An unofficial report from Mexico City says Adalberto Tejeda submitted his resignation as secretary of interior to Secretary Calles in early June due to ill health and a wish to take his children to Europe for schooling. Calles had not yet accepted the resignation.
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Mexico City
Adalberto Tejeda
Calles
Europe
Early Republican Convention Sought by State Leaders
Santa Fe June 18 Delegates discussed fixing time and place for the Republican state convention with a push for an August meeting. The gathering favored Santa Fe as the convention city, while urging reforms to nominate county tickets by primary and reduce political strife across counties.
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Santa FE
State Central Committee
Hugh H. WiIl
Edward Victory
Sargent
Joseph F. Tondre
United States
Washington
Valencia County
Boys in Interstate Traffic in Stolen Autos
In Prescott Arizona on June 18, youths aged 13 to 19 charged with penitentiary offenses tied to interstate commerce in stolen automobiles were told by Judge Jacobs to face sentences on a sliding scale. The range included one year’s probation for a trio from Los Angeles whose brothers awaited them at the courtroom door and six months for older, more responsible offenders.
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Prescott
Ariz
Jacobs
Los Angeles
Guards Prepare for Sunday Range Drill at Armory
National Guards units plan a Sunday morning drill meeting at the armory at 8 o clock. The program includes slow fire at two and three hundred yards and rapid fire at 200 yards.
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National Guards
Lights and Throws Matches on Church Steps Arrests Montelungo
Jose Montelungo aroused suspicion by lighting matches on the steps of the Spanish Methodist church at Sixth street and Gold avenues. Patrolman Ed Donahue arrested him Friday night on a vagrancy charge. He reportedly lit matches on the church two nights running and will face Police Judge Charles L. Rite Saturday morning.
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Sixth Street
Gold Avenues
Jose Montelungo
Ed Donahue
Montelungo
Charles L. Rite
Williams Urges United Republican Party Rally
Santa Fe June 18 Opening the Republican state central committee meeting State Chairman Hugh H. Williams lauded hardworking Republicans and urged unity to rebuild after defeats. He praised New Mexico supporters for rallying behind McNary and him and stressed enduring faith in party principles. United effort is essential to overcome the Democratic machine and restart victory.
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Williams
Central Committee
United Party
Santa Fre
Republican State Central Committee
Hugh H. Williams
Republican Party
McNary
New Mexico
Washington Day Adopts June 30 Adjournment
Debate on rivers and harbors projects continued in the senate commerce committee. The campaign fund investigation panel returned to the Pennsylvania primary as Wayne Wheeler released names of members who spoke for pay. McNary farm bill supporters urged keeping current form while Coolidge offered limited federal action amid the Tacna Arica dispute.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Campaign Fund
Pennsylvania
Wayne B. Wheeler
Congress
Friends of
McNary
Coolidge
Tacna-Arica
Kellogg
Prohibition Director Stearns Takes Month-Long Vacation
Prohibition Director Charles H. Stearns will depart Saturday afternoon for Los Angeles to join his family. He is granted a 30 day leave to tour the coast before returning home. He plans an auto trip to Seattle Yellowstone Park East Lake City and Colorado. Homer Henley will lead the New Mexico squad during Stearns absence.
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Prohibition
Charles H. Stearns
Los Angeles
Stearns
Seattle
Yellowstone Park
East Lake City
Colorado Points
Homer Henley
New Mexico
Mr. Stearn
Summer Storm Claims Twenty Lives In Columbus Area
Twenty Chicagoans died in the last 48 hours due to summer accidents and storms around Columbus Ohio. Nine drowned, one struck by lightning, four killed by trains, and six killed in automobile crashes.
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Columbus
Ohio
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