Coolidge Praises Union, Confederate Dead At Arlington
President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute at the Confederate Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington. He spoke of a united nation raised from the Civil War and urged mutual respect between former foes, honoring those who wore gray and those who wore blue as the nation moves toward a firmer union under God.
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Associated Press
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Arlington
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Oliver Cromwell
Lee
Lincoln
Idaho Progressives Back La Follette at Jerome Convention
Idaho progressives at Jerome elected six delegates to the Cleveland convention with half votes and instructed them to back Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. Delegates named were H. F. Samuels Ray Meckalng Frank H. Johnesse L. Lawton Judge H. D. Kelly and Don Dunning. Rumor of Dunning challenging Borah did not materialize. The meeting adjourned at 10 p.m.
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Jerome
Idaho
Progressive Rily
Cleveland
Ohio
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
H. F. Samuels
Ray MecKaig
Frank H. Johnesse
L. Lawton
H. D. Kelly
Don Dunning
Dunning
Senator Borah
Kidnap Slaying Casts Spotlight on Chicago Private School
Chicago tale centers on the murder of 13 year old Robert Franks as detectives question Harvard School instructor Walter Wilson and others. Investigators seek the floral purchaser linked to ransom demands and follow leads about a private school community.
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George Johnson
Associated Press
Chicago
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
Rose Hill
Christian Science Faith
Disappearance of Chicago Student Gertrude Barker
Gertrude Barker a 17 year old St Xavier academy student from Yakima Wash was reported missing in Chicago on May 25 after leaving school on Wednesday. Police seek Barker and Nellie Taylor the missing English girl as the abduction case links two youths and two men aiding the crime. Relatives found a notebook with addresses in Barker's room and investigators pursue a possible Canadian connection.
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Chicago
Gertrude Barker
St. Xavier Academy
Yakima
Wash
Nellie Taylor
Canada
Miss Barker
Gertrude Kelly
War Veterans Attend Dual Butte Church Services
Veterans from three conflicts gathered at First Baptist Church in the morning and Mountain View Methodist in the evening to honor fallen comrades. Rev. Z C O Farroll preached War's Havoc Re creates Worship, and Rev. Dr C L Clifford spoke America Honors Her Heroes with Boy Scouts aiding the service.
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Denver Banker Killed in Mountain Crash Near Genesee Park
William H. Rice, 35, credit manager of the Colorado National Bank in Denver, died from injuries after a tire blowout sent the car off the mountain road near Genesee Park. His companion, George McHugh, 25, of Grand Junction, suffered severe cuts and bruises but is expected to recover. Flying glass severed an artery in Rice's leg.
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Denver
William H. Rice
Colorado National Bank
Genessee Park
George McHugh
Grand Junction
Rice
Presbyterian Union Move Stirs North South Rift at Assembly
Grand Rapids May 25 The possibility of a merger between the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the Presbyterian Church in the United States South deepened as Dr Thornton Whaling moderator of the Southern assembly would attend the Northern body in Grand Rapids. Dr Clarence MacArtney welcomed the move saying a rebuke of Southern doubts would mark a major step toward union.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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United States of America
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
South
36Th
Presbyterian General Assembly
Thornton Whaling
Whaling
Presbyterian Seminary of
Louisville
H. C. Swearingen
St. Paul, Minn
Southern Assembly
San Antonio
Texas
Clarence MacArtney
Presbyterian Church
45 Followers of Larkin Arrested in Dublin
Free state soldiers seized Liberty Hall and arrested 45 followers of James Larkin. He was said to have taken forcible possession of the hall from the transport workers union and collected dues. Troops withdrew on orders from General Murphy, after which Larkin and his party rushed the hall and he vowed to stand with the workers.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Free State
Liberty Hall
James Larkin
Transport Workers’ Union
Murphy
Germany's Reichstag to Open Amid Turmoil and Uncertain Coalition
Berlin May 25 The opening of the Reichstag signals a turbulent legislative period due to a split and heterogeneous membership. The first session may test its ability to form a workable coalition or face early dissolution over Dawes provisions. With 62 communists and 32 anti Semitic chauvinists among its ranks and presence of Ludendorff and Tirpitz, clashes foreseen as deputies gather.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Dawes
Hitler
Ludendorff
Admiral von Tirpitz
Eight Drowned When Canadian Launch Sinks
Spokane May 25 Eight persons drowned when a launch carrying ten sank in Christina Lake British Columbia. The dead include Daniel Englund and son Dannie Wenatchee Ruth Sturman Colville Axel Carlson Cascade Knut Palm Hilltop McDonald Kettle Falls Skarnds Cascade plus Ferguson and his sister of Kettle Falls. Englund recently managed a 600 acre Ellisford orchard and led an irrigation project at Cascade BC.
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Spokane
Christina Jake
Briitish
Columbia
Daniel Englund
Dannie
Wenatchee
Ruth Sturman
Colville
Wash
Axel Carlson
Cascade
B. C
Hew Johnson
Knut Palm
Hilltop
McDonald
Kettle Falls
Skarnds
Ferguson
Wenglund
Ellisford
Orville
Farm relief and rail legislation faces adjournment hurdle
Washington May 25 Developments in the next days will decide if Congress can adjourn before June 7. Farm relief and railroad legislation are the main blocks to ending the session. The McNary Haugen agricultural bill and the Howell Barkley plan to abolish the railroad labor board are under debate.
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Howell-Barkley
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Senate
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World Court
Engagement broken as bishop bars marriage in church
New York May 25 The engagement of Mrs Rita de Acosta Lydig to Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant has been broken after Bishop Manning refused to consent to the marriage. The church canon bars remarriage of a divorced person except under specific conditions.
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New York
Rita de.Acosta Lydig
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
William T. Manning
Lydig
Bishop Manning
American Aviators Honored by Japanese Leaders in Tokyo
The around the world flight crew is feted in Tokyo with praise from Prince Kuni and Yoshinao Kozai of Tokyo Imperial University. The ambassadors and officials attended a Maple Club banquet as talks praised shared glory and human achievement. The team planned a four to five day craft overhaul before resuming toward Kushimoto.
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Pacific
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Navy
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Ilanana
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Imperial Aviation Society
Yoshinao Kozai
Tokio Imperial University
Education
University
Aeronautical Research Association of Japan
Kozai
Atlantic
Rockies
Globe
North Pacific
Lowell H. Smith
Doisy Delays Hop-Off for Japan Flight
Shanghai May 25 Captain Pelletier Doisy the French aviator who arrived from Paris has postponed his hop-off for Japan via Peking and Korea until Tuesday He will stop at Shochow in Chihli province and Tsinanfu on the way to Peking.
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Shanghai
Pelletier Doisy
Paris
Japan
Peking
Korea
Shochow
Chihli Province
Tsinanfu
Mirages blamed for loss of airplane in Alaska
Frederick L. Martin, original commander of the globe encircling flight, arrives in Bellingham with mechanic Alva L. Harvey aboard the Catherine D from Port Moller. They are ordered to Washington, D. C., to report after the Alaska crash. Mrs. Martin and eight year old Bobby reunite with the major at Lummi Island.
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Bellingham
Wash
Frederick L. Martin
United States Army Globe-Encircling Flight
Alaska Peninsula
Alva L. Harvey
Catherine D
Port Moller
Alaska
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Washington, D. C
Martin
Seattle
Harvey
Minneapolis Doctor Ends Life in San Diego Hotel
Dr. Robert A. Wolski, 50, a physician from Minneapolis, killed himself in a San Diego hotel after noting extreme cancer pain. He signed a farewell letter, paid cremation costs with a check, and left $10 to cover possible damage to the room caused by a bullet that lodged in the wall. He registered May 22 and asked his wife be notified at 1328 Fourth Street, Minneapolis.
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San Diego
Cal
Robert A. Wolski
Minneapolis
Minn
House to Act on Tax Reduction Bill Today
Washington May 25 The tax reduction bill faces its final barrier as the House prepares to accept the conference report. The measure includes the democratic income rate schedule and Republican limits on publicity plus an increased estate tax. President Coolidge’s position remains unsure but Republicans largely back the bill.
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