Princess Helen seeks divorce from Carol after seven years
The Lupta newspaper reports Princess Helen, married to former Crown Prince Carol since 1921, plans a divorce after Carol's escapades in England. Legal steps follow Carol's return from England with his consent obtained by General Condescu. Officials say Carol’s exile makes his return as husband or heir unlikely.
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Bucharest
Romania
Lupta
Carol
England
Helens
Athens
General Condescu
Belgium
Averescu
Helen
Magda Lupescu
Peruvian Scout Completes Incredible 15,400 Mile Trek
Augusto Flores an 18 year old Peruvian Boy Scout rests in San Antonio during a cross country hike from Buenos Aires to New York. He has logged 15,400 miles in 695 days with four companions initial, one killed one drowned one died of disease and the fourth quit. Flores traveled with marines in the canal zone after natives robbed him of gun and camera. He arrived in Laredo May 31 and aims for New York by Christmas Day while funding his journey by selling articles.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Augusto Flores
Los Angeles
New York
Flores
Bennos Aires
Canal Zone
Laredo
Buenos Aires
Mussolini Accepts Jugoslav Apology Acknowledgment
Premier Mussolini accepts Yugoslav note on anti Fascist demonstrations and hopes for friendlier relations. Fresh anti Italy demonstrations continued in Belgrade as of June 7.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Mussolini
Jugoslava
Italy
Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera wedding plans abandoned
United Press reports plans for the marriage of General Primo de Rivera to Se orita Mercedes de Castellenna have been abandoned at the French Spanish border town of Hendaye. No reason given for the rift in the romance. Edinburgh's acro week was a success.
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United Press
Hendaye
Primo de Riviera
Se’orita Mercedes de Cestellena
Kansas City Gate to Empire and Westward Trails
Kansas City, famed gateway to a farming empire, traces its rise from Westport Landing to the Town of Kansas. The piece recalls settlers, Santa Fe traders, steamboat commerce, and the river-front hustling that built the city’s early growth and future influence at the Republican convention.
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Kansas City
Cays
Stewart Testimony Barred in Trial on Refusal to Testify
The prosecution in the Stewart case against Robert W. Stewart argues keys of senate committee minutes and quorum records to show he refused to answer questions about Continental Trading Co. He seeks a directed verdict while defense challenges the resolution and committee procedure.
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Stewart
Associated Press
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Continental Trading Company
Senate
Kansas City A Gateway To The West In The 19th Century
The article recounts Kansas City's rise from a rival river town to the eastern Santa Fe trade hub by 1850, the flood and river trade shifts, its name change from Town of Kansas to Kansas City, and a Civil War disruption. It notes Eldridge House hotel prominence, peak commerce, and a 1900s railroad revival that solidified its status as a western mercantile and rail center.
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Levee Street
Independence
Missouri
Kansas
Oregon
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Leavenworth
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Omaha
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Great Western
Millionaire Eugene Scales dies after cotton and wheat fortune rises and falls
Eugene G. Scales once fled New Orleans with 28 cents and a $200 diamond ring and built an $8 million cotton fortune. He rose on the cotton and wheat exchanges, faced bankruptcy, recovered briefly in war wheat, then lost his wealth again. He died of heart disease in New York, with burial planned in Paris, Texas. He lived at the Waldorf Astoria and was a noted floor figure.
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Associated Press
New York
Eugene G. Scales
New Orleans
Mr. Scales
Dallas
Paris
Texas
Central Texas Cotton Oil Company
Temple
Brownwood
Waco
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Taylor
Chicago
Waldorf-Astoria
Printer Sues Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Over Briefs
Oklahoma City June 7 Chief Justice Fred P Branson said the court would not consider briefs printed by Herbert Francis a local law brief printer He filed suit for 25000 damages claiming 20000 punitive and 5000 for loss of business The chief justice had earlier condemned his firm for printing a speech by Senator Joe Bailey of Texas criticizing the court
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Fred P. Branson
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Herbert Francis
Holden
Joe Bailey
Texas
Tulsa World
Fletcher Riley
Hoover nomination forecast dominates GOP convention talk
Republicans debate Hoover on the first ballot with 79 votes at stake as New York delegates split and the anti Hoover group led by Emmerson mutters against him. Moses says Hoover will win early and Coolidge is effectively out, while Smoot eyes the platform and farm relief remains contested.
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Hoover
New York
Charles D. Hilles
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Moses
New Hampshire
Kansas City
Smoot
Utah
Lowden-Watson
Curtiss
Senate
Goff
Emmerson
Mrs. McCormick
anti-Hoover Committee
Henry W. Marshall
Indiana
Watson
A. Newman
Missouri
Herbert Hoover
Ranger Citizens Prepare Fight Over Shops Move
Citizens of Ranger Texas plan measures to block the Wichita Falls Ranger Fort Worth railroad shops removal to Breckenridge as officials of the road plan, reports said today.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Texas
Ranger
Wichita Falls
Modest Northwest Texas wedding unites Coble and Whittenburg families
Catherine Elizabeth Coble and James Andrew Whittenburg Jr. wed at 8:30 PM in a small ceremony at the bride's home in Amarillo. The couple, from prominent local families, plan residence in a new home next to the Coble property after a monthlong East Coast honeymoon.
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James Whittenburg
Coble
Sophia Meyer
Catherine Elizabeth Coble
James Andrew Whittenburg
Texas
Soy New
W. T. Cobl
Julian Boulevard
Bivins Place
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
Paris
Mary Stone
Ben Stone
J. Everetts Haley
West Texas State Teachers College
Oklahoma City Hearing Continues on Signatures Fraud Claim
After two circulators testified the majority of 8400 signatures to Tom Johnsons initiative measure were fraudulent, the validity hearing was continued to June 25. A L Cannon testified 50 percent of 3400 signatures he gathered came from phone books and newspapers. Roland Black said 90 percent of 5000 signatures were obtained similarly.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Tom Johnson
A. L. Cannon
Roland Black
Kidnaper Claims Girl Is Going to Funeral in Note
A note received by Mrs. Delia Budd says her missing 10 year old Grace is headed to a funeral. The letter, postmarked near Madison Square Station, is unsigned except for a signature Howard. Grace disappeared Sunday with a man calling himself Frank Howard. a supposed children's party address was found bogus.
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Associated Press
New York
Grace
Delia Budd
Madison Square Station
Budd
Frank Howard
Howard
Four Men Held For Stealing Bee Hive
LAKE CHARLES La June 7 Sammy Arthur Willie Doyle and Albert Goodard of Starks were lodged in the Calcasieu Parish jail on a charge of stealing a beehive from a farm near their home.
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Lake Charles
Sammy
Arthur and
Willie Doyle
Albert Goodard
Starks
Calcasieu Parish
Emanuel Beats McTigue in Eastern Light Heavyweight Fight
Armand Emanuel a Jewish lightheavyweight from San Francisco won a ten round decision over Mike McTigue in New York, weighing 175 pounds to Manuel's 177. It was hailed as one of the season’s best bouts.
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Associated Press
New York
Armand Emanuel
San Francisco
Mike McTigue
Mike
Manuel
Governor Moody vows to defend two thirds rule at convention
Governor Moody said he would oppose any effort to abrogate the two thirds nominating rule at the national Democratic convention. He noted he would consider Jesse Jones as a presidential possibility but cannot speak for Texas delegates.
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Austin
Moody
Jesse Jones
Mr. Jones
Texas
Walt Mason Whimsical Rhyme Disses Cigarettes and Doc
A humorous verse by Walt Mason lampoons a physician who criticizes nicotine while smoking a cigar. The piece mocks moralizing critics who avoid their own faults and contrasts reading detective and western tales with self restraint. Copyright 1928 by The Geo. Matthew Adams Service.
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Doc
Geo. Matthew
Summer Term Opens at West Texas Teachers College
Registration for the 1928 summer term at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon reaches 425 after day one. The two six week terms will feature twenty departments with a full faculty and strong replacements. New instructors include Earl C. Bryan and Miriam Canfield, while veterans return to English and Latin departments as the college projects its most successful summer session.
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Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
J. A. Hill
Earl C. Bryan
Teachers College
University of Oklahoma
Miriam Canfield
Oberlin
Ohio
Conservatory of Music
Herschel Coffee
Los Angeles
Fremont Mead
University of Texas
Tommie Montfort
W. L. Vaughan
Herman Glass
Wichita Falls
Mae Slack
Grabill
Youth of Nation Sound and Patriotism Praised by Chief of Staff
Major General Charles P. Summerall told Oklahoma City business leaders the nation’s youth are sound and patriotic. He said foreign nations watch military development, praised schools for training capable soldiers, and warned the only way to prevent war is to show readiness for war. He was en route to Fort Sill to inspect the school of fire.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Charles P. Summerall
Army
Summerall
School of Fire
Fort Sill
Okla
Band of Memphis to Headline Democratic Convention Fundraiser
The Memphis band, chosen as the official convention group, will perform in Amarillo to raise 1250 for bond expenses. Director Paul Jones promises a standout concert, with Grover B Hill urging Democratic turnout and Judge J W Crudgington inviting all citizens to support sending the band to Houston. Tickets are on sale at Tri-State fair offices in the Amarillo hotel.
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Amarillo
Grover B. Hill
J. W. Crudgington
Houston
Pacific Flight Tales of Pacific Islands and Cannibal Tribes
The article describes waters around the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia. It notes romance and danger, coral information, and mentions tribes reputed to be cannibals, highlighting the rugged, perilous nature of the region.
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Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia
Oldest Sac and Fox Indian John Whitefish Buried
In Iowa at the Sac and Fox reservation near Tama 10th June burial held for John Whitefish claimed to be about 120 years old and the oldest Indian there. Relatives said the burial took place in one of the reservation cemeteries.
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Associated Press
Tama
Iowa
John Whitefish
Sac and Fox
Lindbergh Leaves Buffalo for Unannounced Destination
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh departed Buffalo airport at 2 p.m. today for an undisclosed location after an overnight stop in the city.
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Lindbergh
Buffalo
United Press
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
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