Happenings of the World Tersely Told
A roundup of terse world items: Robert E. Olds named assistant secretary of state by Coolidge. MacMurray moves to Beijing. ICC allows higher passenger rates for shipments. Mexico pledges sovereignty while honoring international obligations. Calles counters Kellogg on U.S. rights in Mexico. U.S. expenditures cut by 90 million when veterans programs end in 1926. Time extension on U.S.-Mexico claims granted. Ma Ferguson backs July 4 Defense Day. North Dakota 1923 manufacturing up 15.9 percent to 42.1 million. A deadly rail wreck near Macketts Town kills 39, injures 50. Edison to testify in Scopes case. Neal announces July 10 date. Equitable Building struck by lightning, no injuries. Rescue at Alto mine frees entombed worker after 48 hours. Fye warrant tied to sister’s death found in Montrose fire. Widespread rains lift crops. Minnesota and Iowa storms cause damage. LaFollette’s health unchanged. Bank tax bill sent back to Wisconsin. 77 garment workers in New York on trial for Communist demonstration. Tornado nearly destroys Alexander, Iowa. Genna gang raids in Chicago. numerous stills destroyed and many arrests. Corn crop prospects improve in several midwest states. LA dentist confesses to wife’s murder. Gov. Smith rumored to retire for writing.
Notable Deaths Across Regions and a Royal Engagement
Julius Kruttschutz former Southern Pacific chair died at Presbyterian hospital New York after a short illness. Emanuel L Philipp three time Wisconsin governor died after a daylong illness in Milwaukee. Warren Stanford Stone labor leader and financier died in Cleveland from Bright's disease. The engagement of Lady Alexandra Curzon to Major Edward Metcalfe dismissed royal marriage rumors. Dr John Martin Thomas elected president Rutgers University succeeding Dumarest. John Clark Mitchell Denver National Bank president died at home aged sixty five.
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Julius Kruttschutz
Southern Pacific Railway
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Emanuel L. Philipp
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Warren Stanford Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Ohio
Bright
Alexandra Curzon
Edward Dudley Metcalfe
Indian Cavalry
London
Mary Lester
Chicago
John Martin Thomas
Pennsylvania State College
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
H.S. Dumarest
John Clark Mitchell
Denver National Bank
Denver
France Needs 52 1/2 Million to Balance 1925 Budget
Broad bulletin lists various international incidents and deaths. France requires 52.5 million dollars to balance its 1925 budget as reported semiofficially in Paris. Stewart Edward White, American novelist, reportedly mauled by a boar in Tanganyika while big game hunting. French soldiers killed and ten critically injured by a nonrigid balloon explosion in Koblenz. Revolt in Santa Rosa de Copía leads to shifting centers of interest to Shanghai amid riots. Mme Kajiko Yajima, founder of WCTA Japan, dies in Tokyo. Solomon accused of insulting the Prince of Wales. potential reprimand and fine. Widespread unrest in Hankow and Shanghai following clashes. Canadian governor-general office possibly to be abolished. Ambassador Connor and Lidia Pimerett noted in Tokyo. R. Das dies in Darjeeling amid Indian home rule movement.
Transatlantic Flyer Plans Paris to New York Flight
Lieut Paul Tarascon, famed French war ace with a wooden leg, will attempt a nonstop Paris to New York crossing in a specially built hydroplane. A $25,000 prize from Raymond Ortieg of New York awaits the first pilot who completes the 5,000 mile journey in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tarascon
Paris
New York
Raymond Ortieg
Northwestern student wins national intercollegiate Oratory Prize
Wight Banke of Northwestern University Evanston Illinois won the national intercollegiate contest first prize of 2000 dollars for best presenting the cause of the federal constitution. Banke 22, from Onawa Iowa, gains national recognition as a leading student orator.
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Wight Banke
College of Liberal Arts
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Los Angeles
Cal
Banke
Onawa
Iowa
Iowa News Briefs Highlight State Events and Figures
Iowa officials report progress across counties with school enrollments, farm programs, and tax figures. Governors, veterans groups, and Masons note recent elections and ceremonies while corn, oats, and wheat crops face frost and heat effects.
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Washington
Robert E. Olds
St. Nnl
President Coolidge
John van A. MacMurray
Peking
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mexico
Calles
Kellogg
United States
Ma” Ferguson
North Dakota
Washington Dispatch
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Mackettstown
Hoboken
Bremen
Thomas A. Edison
Dayton
John R. Neal
Chattanooga
Tenn
Equitable
Alto Combination
Grass Valley
Robert Ill
Otto Fye
Lillian Pye
Montrose
Colo
LaFollette
Minnesota
Towa
Carrsville
Golconda
Madison
Blaine
International Ladies' Guarment Workers’ Union
Alexander
Franklin County
Genna Brothers
Genna
Nebraska
South Dakota
Thomas Young
Grace Young
Society Tmentron
Patrick Grogan
Olive King
Grogin
al Smith
Syracuse
Polles
France
Puris
Stewart Edward White
Killinafera
Tanganyika
South Africa
Tive
Coblenz
Germany
Santa Rosa de Copia
Managuy
Nicaragua
Mme. Kajiko Yajima
Educationaliat
Japan
Tokyo
Kumamoto- Ken
Prince of Wales
Solomon
Eschowe
W. W. MacKenzie
Mary Duncan
Shanghai
Canton
Premier Painleve
Morrocco
Hankow
Canada
Ottawas
Willi DD. Conner
Lidia A. Pimerett
Anmericaan
Dapyitiepe
GC. R. Das
Darjiling
Indda
Coolidge
Minnesota State Mall
Ltresident
Sphinx
Michigan University
University of Michigan
Boy Scouts
Hent
Boy Scouts of Washington
Bollingfield
California
Edythe Flynn
San Francisco
Sibyl Grimes
Berkeley
Atlantic City
Towa State News
Pam Ray
Shenandoah
Usciie P
Golder
Buena Vista County
Torgypton
Farmers Mutual Tesurance Company
Enn
Frank Dagle
Des Moines
Keokuk
Herbert C. Hoover
Penn College
Christian Endeavorers
International Christian Endeavor
Portland
Oregon
Thomas W
Grant
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Masons
W. P. Bettendorf
Betterdorf
William M. Jardine
Secre of Agriculture
Asnet
Ames
Farmers of
Iowa ‘State College
Jim
Amercan Legion
Conmalder
Ben A. Webster
Cedar Falls
Horticultural Society
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