Southwest 15 Storm Area Strikes Widely
In detour Michigan heavy fog in Lake Huron lanes sinks ship carcass wrecks John Ericsson with 200 000 bushels grain lost. One man killed as 4 F Harvey collides during voyage. Ericsson crew of 30 saved onto John Reiss and barge Alexander Holley. wreck beached.
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Associated Press
Detour
Mich
Lake Huron
Upper Michigan Peninsula
John Ericsson
F. Harvey
Ericsson
John Reiss
Alexander Holley
A. F. Harvey
Three Thousand Soldiers Move Toward Tientsin and Peking
Tokio reports increased troop movements as Chang Tso-lin advances toward Tientsin with about three thousand soldiers. Nationalists push along the Peking Hankow line and claim progress toward Paotinfui, while Shansi vanguard nears Chan Sintien near Peking. Troops show fatigue and foreign observers fear a shift away from the capital into Manchuria.
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Peking-Hankow
Paotinfui
Peking
Chan Sintien
Manchuria
Chang Tso-lin
Star Defendant in S110,000 Suit
Mae Murray film actress named defendant in a $110,000 suit filed by Arthur Gregor, motion picture director, in Los Angeles. Plaintiff alleges Murray harmed his reputation by criticizing a story and threatening to make another picture with a different director. He seeks $100,000 plus $5,000 for services and $5,000 for loss of time.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mae Murray
Arthur Gregor
Miss Murray
Gregor
Hoover seeks California delegate to nominate him at Kansas City
Hoover aims to be nominated by a California delegate at the Kansas City convention with John McNab as preferred nominator. Theodore Burton may second for Hoover and plans include a California woman among the seconders. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania could be considered to nominate Hoover via proxy, though no delegation role is fixed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
California
Kansas City
John McNab
San Francisco
McNab
Commerce
Theodore Burton
Congress
Ohio
Hoover
Johnson
Reed
Pennsylvania
Miner Arraigned in Butte Anaconda Hit and Run Death
Ten months after Nehemiah Trevetick was killed on the Butte Anaconda highway, Carl Brown aged 46 was arrested by sheriff's deputies and jailed on manslaughter charges. Brown reportedly drove the car that struck Trevetick near Sunrise Inn on July 10, with Mrs. Kate Cosgrove and three others saying they were present. A witness list includes Mrs Josephine Thomas and William Crafts, with further questioning of Oliver M. McDonald continuing.
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Nehemiah Trevetick
Butte-Anaconda
Carl Brown
Brown
Kate Cosgrove
South Arizona
Tim Downey
Trevetick
Sunrise Inn
Cosgrove
Josephine Thomas
Anaconda
William Crafts
East Park
Oliver M. McDonald
Reinforcements On Way In Nicaragua Clash
Airplanes delivered a partial report of a fierce marine rebel battle. One marine was killed and the commander Capt Robert S Hunt er of Kansas wounded. Rebels led by Jose Leon Diaz suffered five killed and five wounded, with one Nicaraguan guard killed. Capt Robert A Archibald flew over the isolated marine detachment to drop medical supplies.
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Proga
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Robert S. Hunter
Kansas
Jose Leon Diaz
Paso Real
Jinotega
Cuba River
Robert A. Archibald
Tornado Strikes Thackerville Oklahoma Harming Residents
A tornado struck Thackerville Oklahoma near Gainesville injuring two people severely and leaving several others with lesser injuries. The town of about 300 residents suffered extensive damage with nearly every house blown down.
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Texas
Gainesville
Thackerville
Okla
Here
Tax Reduction Bill Undergoing Attack
Washington May 17 Minor changes were made in the tax reduction bill during an all day attack by more than 20 amendments. The senate, in its third week of debate, faced a lengthy session with possible final action tomorrow. Senator Frazier won an amendment raising club tax exemptions from 10 to 25 dollars and Senator Van denburg secured an exemption for salaries of officers and employees of state and municipal corporations from income tax affecting many workers. State and city salaries are not taxed federally but the IRS has taxed such employees.
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Associated Jress
Washington
Senate
Frazier
North Dakota
Vandenberg
Michigan
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dr Harris Kirk Heads Presbyterians In 66th Assembly
In Atlanta the Presbyterian general assembly elected Dr Harris E Kirk of Baltimore Maryland as moderator to succeed Dr Robert F Campbell of Asheville North Carolina. The assembly received the work committee report proposing a 3 million dollar budget for the next church year an increase of 171600 over the prior year and heard about executive secretaries for church departments.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Harris E. Kirk
Baltimore
Robert F. Campbell
Asheville
N. C
66Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
9000 Children to March in Beautify Butte Parade
About 9000 schoolchildren from 18 Butte districts will march in the Beautify Butte parade on Monday evening May 21. They will carry banners urging a clean, healthy city and show support for a city and county government and civic life. The Better Butte week from May 21 to 30 aims at a radical cleanup with private citizens helping restore neglected buildings and wash streets as the city begins a grand wash-up.
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Butte
Jungle Edge Mystery: Fawcett Expedition Probed
Commander George M. Dyott reports from Burite Brazil that extensive inquiries found no truth to rumors of Colonel P N Fawcett’s appearance. Fawcett has not been seen since May 1925 while Dyott leads an expedition for the Standard and North American Newspaper Alliance. He notes a mosquito-free, cool zone with nights chill and temperatures around 61.
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George M. Dyott
Standard and North American Newspaper Alliance
SCFR
Emsworth
R. M. Lloyd
North American Newspaper Alliance
Burite
Brazil
P. N. Fawcett
Fawcett
Standard
Alliance
Junkers plane damaged ending transatlantic Bremen tour
Detroit May 17. The Junkers plane used by the Bremen fliers touring the United States is too badly damaged to continue. The crew will stay in Detroit while the plane is left, and the fliers will travel to Boston by train. Departure by Wolverine train is set for 4 26 P.M. tomorrow. The original plan had scheduled a Saturday departure.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Junkers
United States
Ford Airport
Boston
Detroit Honors Bremen Crew At Lindbergh Family Welcome
Detroit welcomed the Bremen airmen and Lindbergh’s mother with a public reception at City Hall. Baron von Huenefeld Capt Herman Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice greeted Mrs Lindbergh and kissed her hand. The Bremen crew, arriving from Indianapolis, planned a day of rest before continuing to Albany on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bremen
America
Baron Ehrenfried Guenther von Huenefeld
Herman Koehl
Mrs. Lindbergh
Albany
N. Y
Hoover and Smith Under Fire by Alabama Senator Heflin
Senator Heflin of Alabama accused Herbert Hoover and Alfred E. Smith of vast campaign spending in a Senate speech. He blasted a $250000 Hoover fund as only a fraction of total expenditures and alleged as much as ten million dollars poured into the Smith campaign since 1924. He cited testimony from William F. Kenny and others as evidence of extensive contributions.
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Drenan
Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Herbert Hoover
Alfred ¥. Smith
Senate
Campaign
Republiccan
Alabaman
Hoover
Smith
William F. Kenny
New York
Reapportionment Bill Triggers House Debate
In Washington on May 17 the House opened debate on the Fenn bill to reapportion Congress using the 1930 census while keeping 435 members. Critics called it a legislative gesture and anticipatory legislation amid early floor criticism.
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Washington
House
Congress
Esch Controversy Ends as Farrell Nominated to ICC
President Coolidge sent to the Senate the nomination of Patrick J. Farrell to succeed John J. Esch on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Farrell, longtime chief law officer and former confidential clerk to Prouty, has 27 years in government service and is generally classified as a Democrat.
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Associated Prema
Washington
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Collidge
Senate
Patrick J. Farrell
Farrell
Commission
Prouty
Robinson Would Protect Probers
Senate campaign funds panel gains broader reach under Senator Robinson Arkansas Democratic leader introduces a resolution to extend the committee authority to probe political committees party organizations and agencies The measure also allows recess sittings and compels witnesses and papers while reaffirming investigative powers sought to cover national political bodies and leaders.
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Associated Prous
Washington
Senate Presidential Campaign Funds Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Montana wool clips bring record price says Stebbins
Murray Stebbins, secretary of the Montana Woolgrowers' Association, says Montana wool clips command record prices with deals in Dillon and the Big Hole at 42 to 42 1/2 cents. Domestic surplus is exhausted, prices may rise toward imported levels, and shearing starts June 1. The state’s sheep numbers rise to 3,000,000 with lambs selling well and most of the clip contracted.
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Montana
Stebbins
Murray Stebbins
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Butte
Dillon
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