Polar Flight Effort Recount of Amundsen’s Plane
Spitzbergen June 22 report by Roald Amundsen describes the polar flight attempt aboard the Heimdal. James Wharton details the open read landing at latitude 87 44 and the struggle to free the six ton aircraft from a dangerous position.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Roald Amundsen
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Heimdal
James B. Wharton
Standard
North American
Alliance
Ouy
High Protein Wheat Profit in Northwest Farm Move
Farmer Alvin Hull of Collins Montana shipped a car of No 8 dark northern spring wheat testing 56 pounds and 19 percent protein. He earned a premium of 65 cents a bushel over market price from Bear Paw to the Rockies, proving Northwest protein wheat can be profitable with proper seed and climate. The piece urges other farmers to adopt high protein varieties for steady earnings.
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Alvin
Hull
Collins
Mont
Triangle
Bear Paw Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Great Falls
Havre
Cerne
Bowwows
Northwest
Northweet
Economy Will Be Slogan As Budget Cuts Target 1926
President Coolidge announced a further tax reduction to congress in the next budget message. He urged executives and workers to ease the burden on the people by tightening federal expenditures over the next two years. Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord outlined a strict economy program.
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Associated Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Promised Millions Recovered in Plush Dog Suit
Doris Mercer Kresge sues Sebastian S. Kresge in supreme court seeking 17 500 shares worth 7 million dollars alleging he promised stock after marriage but gave a cheap plush dog from his five and ten chain. The case follows the rapid divorce of his first wife in Detroit.
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Associated Press
New York
Doris Mercer Kresge
Supreme Court
Sebastian
Kresge
Detroit
Kreage
Woman Hobo Lucile Lohman Jaeger At Butte Tourist Camp
Lucile Lohman Jaeger described as a hobo, guest at a Butte tourist camp. She admits being a tramp and recounts traveling 1900 miles in 10 days and riding 84 different conveyances. She claims she is not superior, just a bum.
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Lucile Lohman Jaeger
Butte
Lucile
Beloit College Awards Honorary Degree to Ding Cartoonist
Beloit Wisconsin June 22 J N Darling known for signed Ding cartoons received an honorary doctor of letters from Beloit College. He once faced suspension as a student for caricaturing the faculty.
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Associated Press
Beloit
Wis
J. N. Darling
Ding
Beloit College
Glacier park to build scenic 12 mile road this season
Commissioner William H. Lindsay announces a federal project near Lake MacDonald to construct a 12 mile scenic road from five miles above Lewis to Logan Pass. About 500 workers, bids near 800000, work to start immediately and finish within 15 months. The plan aims to form an automobile thoroughfare through Glacier park with later extension toward Many Glacier. Lindsay notes few major crimes but many park rule infractions.
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Lake MacDonald
William H. Lindsay
Glacier Park
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Butte
New Road
Federal Bureau of Good Roads
Washington, D. C
Lewis
Logan Pass
Many Glacier
Belton
Hamilton Attorney Held on Kidnaping Charge
E C Kurtz a prominent Hamilton attorney was arrested on a kidnaping charge filed by County Attorney J B Taylor under Judge James M Self of the district court. The case stems from the disappearance of Millard Allie Boyce son of Mrs Charlotte Boyce Anderson in Sleeping Child creek district.
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Hamilton
E. C. Kurtz
Self
Boy
Standard
J. B. Taylor
James M. Self
District Court
M. D. Boyce
Fiemer Street
San Francisco
Bitter Root
Kurtz
Complainta Taeueda
Saace
Millard Allie Boyce
Charlotte Boyce Anderson
Sleeping Child Creek
Howard
Helena
Judge Self
Marshal Joffre on Road to Health
Paris reports Marshal Joffre is recovering from a mild attack of influenza with a slight fever. Attending doctors say he is perfectly all right and there is nothing to worry about.
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Marshal Joffre
Associated Press
Paris
Guinca
Chicago Murder Wave Continues Police Officer Attacked
Gunmen emerged from hiding to kill Patrolman Patrick McGovern in a bold street robbery. He is the eleventh officer shot since January and the sixth in the last two weeks as attackers fled with $5,000.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Patrick McGovern
McGovern
Wife charged with flaming gasoline murder in Iowa
Davenport Iowa June 22 Mrs John W Buck is arrested on murder charge after her husband died from burns believed caused by her throwing flaming gasoline during a quarrel. Buck a prominent retired businessman. A cross bill cites she acted hysterically amid ill treatment and cites June 4 as the fatal quarrel date.
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Davenport
John W. Buck
Death of Senator Edwin Ladd Even as Ladd Funeral Planned
Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota dies in Baltimore at 65 from kidney trouble linked to neuritis. Funeral plans call for Washington services and Thursday burial as his wife and family cope with the loss. Ladd, a Maine native and longtime chemist and senator, follows the death of La Follette as the second major senate loss in four days.
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U. S
North Dakota
Associated Press
Baltimore
Edwin Fremont Ladd
Washington
Douglas H. McArthur
Senator Ladd
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Cleveland
Ladd
Vernon
Baltimore Church
United States
Maine
la Follette
Senate
Dr. Ladd
Blarksa
John
Rostila Locke Ladd
Achors
Somerset Academy
University of Maine
Hermlet
New York State Experimental Station
Shepherd to Tell His Story Today
William Darling Shepherd will testify in court to deny using typhoid germs to kill his foster son William Nelson McClintock and to deny dealings with accuser Charlies Paiman. His counsel say the case is no ordinary murder and that Shepherd faces persecution in a will fight.
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Associated Wrens
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
Willam Nelson McClintock
Charlies
Paiman
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Stewart
Budget Director Pledges Tax Cuts to Soothe Costs
The budget director in an address last night declared his plan to curb expenditures and tighten the lid on spending to secure further tax reductions urged by President Coolidge.
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Coolidge
Camp Fire Girls Plan Summer Camp Outing
Plans for the Camp Fire Girls annual outing are underway. New executive Dorothy W. Reeder has arrived and is outlining work. Registration opens July 1 with camp July 16 to Aug 16. Headquarters at the chamber of commerce. Reeder will be at her desk weekdays 10 to 12 and 2 to 6. Members urged to register July 1 to July 11.
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Mian
Dorothy W. Reeder
Camp Fire Girls
Chamber of Commerce
Misa Reeder
Kansas City Gunmen Hired to Kill Wife Say Kansan
Charles B Davies of Concordia a retired merchant confessed hiring Kansas City gunmen to kill his wife in an October 1924 plot. Charges of assault with intent to kill were filed against Davies and seven Kansas City men involved.
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Associated L’rena
Kansbar City
The
Kansas City Journal
Charles B. Davies
Concordia
Kan
Kansas City
Davies
Government Sets Spending Cap With Postal Exclusion
Fragmentary text notes a president establishing a spending limit of 3 080 000 dollars excluding the postal service. The detail hints at a broader fiscal plan and continues on the next page.
Coolidge Begins Vacation Trip to Summer White House
President Calvin Coolidge started vacation plans today as he and Mrs Coolidge prepared to depart tomorrow at noon for the summer White House in Swampscott Massachusetts. The day featured light duties with farewell calls and a brief address to the annual government officers meeting. Everett Sanders and Edward T Clark accompany the president with White House staff to handle ongoing business during the two month absence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward T. Clark
Mr. Coolidge
White House
Body of R M La Follette rests in Madison cemetery
The body of Robert Marion La Follette lies unmarked in a Madison hillside grave after a state funeral in the Wisconsin capitol. A Chicago pastor delivered a simple oration, with hymns and a flag coverings the casket as family and state officials pay tribute before burial at Forest Hill beside Lake Mendota.
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R. M. LA Follette
Madison Cemetery
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Robert Marion la Follette
State House
A. EB. Hayden
Chicago
First Unitarian Church
America
Congressional Committee of Honor
Supreme Court
Dane County Bar Association
Mr. la Follette
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Amundsen
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Lord
Budget Bureau
Executive
Ann Arbor, Mich
Seattle
Consay
Cowin F. Ladd
Dakota Solon
Shepherd
H. M. Lord
Dorothy Reeder
Wisconsin
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