Golden West tour winners top vote getter Miss McNeill
Miss McNeill led the Golden West campaigns with 27,736,885 votes followed by Miss Olive Howard at 19,442,265 in a merchants backed contest. The two travelers will tour the West and Middle West with expenses paid. Ballots remain at the Times-Recorder for a brief recount. Merchants say the campaign boosted business for members.
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Mattie McNeill
Olive Howard
West
Middlewest
United States
Miss McNeill
Miss Howard
Times-Recorder
Anders
Nathan Murray
Murray
McNeill
Howard
el Timmerman
Beny Cass
IP Brmatug
Wise Thayer
Ith Williamson
Zel Braswell
Bete
Oms
Bagley
Ith Bahnsen
Ry Francis Lowe
Ry Denham
Everett
Ate Omi
Miami Woman Clings to Hope on Riverfront for Lost Child
A distraught Miami woman, Mrs LeRoy Henderson, wanders the Miami River banks seeking her lost baby Kewpie aboard a houseboat after a year apart. The tale recalls her youth as Midget then marriage to Fred Henderson ending in abandonment and hardship.
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Miami
Fla
Miami River
Kewpie
LeRoy Henderson
Fred Henderson
French to Discuss Detention Clarification in Washington
Paris reports the French government plans to inform the United States of its wish to begin negotiations in Washington for settling the French detentions. The move signals a readiness to discuss outstanding issues at an early date.
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Paris
United States
Washington
Det
Washington Waiting Patiently for French Debt Talks
Washington, July 1. The government waits for official word on France initiating its debt funding negotiations. Officials monitor developments and prepare for possible policy responses as engagement with Paris remains pending.
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Washington
Legislature Adopts 191 Measures With 108 Intro Trades
In Santa on July 1 the House added eight bills bringing total measures in the hopper to 191. Senate action shows 11 readings in fourteen minutes, lifting total introduced since 1925 to 33. Proposals include funds for the Georgia School for the Deaf and back pay for pensioners, plus shifts for city firemen and tax authority for Meriwether County.
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Fort Valley
Doyal
Floyd
Georgia School For the Deaf
Kiamilton
Stamford
Lowndes
Jones and Smith
Meriwed
Grant's Slayer Tries Death by Own Action
Walter Krauser, charged with the murder in the county jail of Bernard Grant and an accompliced murder of a patrolman, attempted to kill himself by setting fire to his clothing. Guards smothered the flames. a knife was found in his cell earlier. He claimed he found the knife and stabbed Grant White. The two had met in the visitors room. He was taken to hospital in serious condition and moaned repeatedly, My did it.
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Chicago
Walter Krauser
Bernard Grant
Kraugr
Grant White
Krauser
Hospga
Measure Defeated in Chamber of Deputies
Paris July 1 A finance minister Caillaux measure was defeated in the Chamber of Deputies today but the vote did not test the government and does not affect the Painleve ministry.
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Paris
Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Paintere
Senator Underwood to quit political game
Birmingham Alabama July 1 Senator Oscar W Underwood will not seek reelection to the United States senate when his term ends He announces plan to retire from active political affairs after March 4 1926 in a letter to Victor Hanson publisher of the Birmingham News
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
United States Senate
Alabama
Victor Hanson
Birmingham News
Abolish State Highway Department Move Introduced in Georgia
Representative Beck of Carroll County introduces a bill to abolish the State Highway Department and elect a single highway commissioner with a $4000 annual salary. Funds would be apportioned to counties by mileage, used to match federal aid, complete county road systems, and then for county road needs. The highway board chair would sell state property to fund these changes as the first commissioner takes office in 1927.
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Atlanta
State Highway Department
Representative Beck
Carroll County
Highway Department
State Highway Board
MacMurray Expected in Pekin by July 4 Advance to China
Washington dispatches state Minister MacMurray will reach Pekin by July 4 and signals a push to have extraterritorial rights in China reviewed at the earliest practical date. If other powers agree, the international commission at the Washington arms conference may begin its functions on this issue with all powers.
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Washington
MacMurray
Peking
China
International Commission
Life Ebbs Slowly From New York's Famous Gypsy Queen
MASFETH Long Island July 1 A dying queen of the New York gypsies lies in a patched sunlit tent as her family sits nearby listening to her mutterings about distant lands while grandchildren play in color and heat. Page Four Continued.
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New York
Masfeth
Long Island
No Fire Alarms In Three Weeks Says Fire Chief
Chief Guerry reports the department has not responded to an alarm for three weeks as repairs begin on the big pumper. The pumping apparatus is down this morning, raising concerns about handling large fires without the pump.
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Guerry
Goddess of Luck
Italy's War Debt Talks Delayed In Washington
Talks on funding Italy's war debt to the United States will be postponed to mid month while Marc Alberti, Italian commission technical expert, travels to Rome for further date on Italy's capacity to pay. He will depart immediately as two conferences yesterday with the American debt commission were adjourned.
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Italy
U. S
Ashington
United States
Liesl
Marc Alberti
Rome
Severe hail damages crops near LaCrosse and Kidd's mill road
A severe hail storm near LaCrosse damaged corn and watermelon crops, with hailstones large enough to puncture a car sun protector. Farmers reported serious damage to corn and watermelon crops. At nearby Kidd's mill road a high wind storm of 85 to 50 mph damaged Mr Jones's corn crop.
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LaCrosse
Henry Bell
Americus
Mr. Bell
Jt. O. Jones
Kidd’s Mill
Shipping Board policy opens bids to scrap 100 vessels
The new Shipping Board policy to empower its Emergency Fleet Corporation delegates to conduct ship sales was tested as the corporation prepared to open bids for scrapping 100 vessels. A stray unrelated line follows about engagement and money.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Tremor Rips Santa Barbara as City Faces Rebuilding
Earthquake disaster leaves ten dead and about twenty million dollars in losses in Santa Barbara California. Insurance estimates show two million in coverage for damaged business district. Eyewitness lieutenant Stronach describes fires, collapsing hotels, and dramatic rescues from the Arlington and Carrillo buildings as aftershocks continue.
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Santa Barbra
Calif
Barbara
Pacific
Pacific” Coast
Pacific Coast
Charles II. Perkins
Burlington
Iowa
Arlington Hotel
F. W. Stronach
Santa Barbara
Central Fire Station
Carillo
Carrillo Hotel
Vivid Pen Picture of German Conditions by Harrold Letter
A letter received by Frank P Harrold from his son Frank who is surveying larger open countries depicts German life as seen by American travelers. It contrasts with typical Rhine reports and notes Americans are now greeted as friends. The Amsterdam dated missive begins June 11 1925 and cites Swiss travel before continuing with Europe sights.
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Frank Harrold
Germany
Rhine Republic
Frank P. Harrold
Frank
Harrold
Amsterdam
Holland
Switzerland
Lucerne
Interlarkep
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Mattie, McNeill
Summer County
Grant
Sen. Underwood
Beck
Mac Murray
Gillis Theater
Kansas City
Grim Reaper
NEW Shipping Board
Coura
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