Cuts Estimate of Wheat Crop
Washington reports the wheat crop this year may be lower than prior USDA forecasts. June 1 conditions show winter wheat at 72.2 percent of normal and spring wheat at 86.8 percent, with Jardine forecasting a further drop from May 1 estimates and prices likely to rise.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Associated Press
Department of Auerviculture
Jardine
West
White House
Chiense
Springfield
Two Killed and Dozens Hurt in NitroGlycerin Blast
A nitroglycerin blast on the main highway near Lick Hill killed driver Frank E. Greer and helper Victor Coxon and injured twenty others, four seriously. The explosion, caused by a wheel slipping into a ditch, destroyed three houses and damaged several more in the village.
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Associated Press Trader
To & Storage Magazine
Lick Hill
Frank E. Greer
Victor Coxon
OU City
Edward Rederg
Margaret
Legion Auxiliary Elects Kansas Leaders at State Convention
Mrs. W. H. Brewer of Manhattan was elected president of the American Legion women’s auxiliary department of Kansas at the state convention. She succeeds Mrs. K. F. Palmer of Kingman, named state delegate to the Paris national convention. Mrs. Lada Long of St. Johns was elected vice president succeeding Brewer.
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Associated Presa Wies
Kans
W. H. Brewer
Manhattan
American Legion Women’s Auxiliary
Department of Kansas
KF. A. Palmer
Kingman
Paris
Lada Long
St. Johns
Brewer
Jailbreak thwarted as four inmates caught in act
An attempted jail break in Manhattan Kansas was foiled when Sheriff Wolfenbarger and undersheriff Richter apprehended four county jail inmates who were sawing bars. All were in for car theft and one for forgery.
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Associated Press
Manhattan
Kans
Wolfenbarger
Richter
Gas Price Cut Announced By Standard Oil in Kansas City
Kansas City June 9 Standard Oil Co announced a two cent cut in gasoline prices to 16.9 cents a gallon including tax. Other companies are expected to meet the reduction.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Standard Oil Co
Romanian King Ferdinand Lying Critical as Death Expected
Belgrade telegraph reports King Ferdinand of Romania in critical condition with final death expected within days. Reuters correspondent notes illness nearing termination and uncertainty surrounding his fate.
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Ferdinand
Associated Press
London
Reuter
Belgrade
Romania
Weather forecast and regional notes for Kansas and Missouri
Forecast shows fair weather across Kansas tonight and Friday with cooler air in west and north areas and warmer conditions in east and south Friday. Missouri also expected fair skies with possible local thunder in the northeast tonight. Central temperatures reported at 3 pm noted, with reference to prior year data and unclear station identifiers.
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Kansas
Missouri
Northeast
Northwest
Extreme Worth
Lindbergh Dines with Gobs Aboard Memphis Cruiser
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh joined about 400 sailors in a lunch aboard the U S S Memphis. The guest selection drew cheers from the 20 lucky crewmen who won the drawing. The atmosphere was casual with no speeches or formalities as chow was served.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Uncle Sam
Navy
Lindbergh
Law overtakes two fugitives in Oregon train holdup case
Ray and Ray d Autremont, twins sought for four slayings in a 1928 Oregon train robbery, were captured at a Steubenville, Ohio steel mill after years of global pursuit. The brothers, with Hugh d Autremont, faced arraignment while their Ohio wife and child learned of the identity. The trio, once linked to a $20,000 reward, were among the era’s most infamous criminal cases.
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Associated Press
Steubenville
Ray
Ray d'Autremont
Oregon
Hugh
Philippines
D'Autremonts
Ohio
Jacksonville
Ore
Southern Pacific
Siskiyou
Extradition Waived for Twin Suspects in Ore Train Hold‑Up
Ray and Roy d Autremont twins waived extradition to Oregon where they will stand trial for the 1928 train hold up murders. Arrested in Steubenville after a world‑spanning search, they confessed identity but denied complicity in the tunnel attack near Siskiyou Oregon on October 11 1923.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Oregon
Ray
Roy d'Autremont
C. J. 3Orkowski
United States
Columbus
Siskiyou
Ore
Newspaper Changes Hands in Norton Daily Telegram Sale
Dodge City June 9 The Norton Daily Telegram will be purchased by Chester L Jacoby former managing editor of the Dodge City Daily Globe. Jacoby will relocate to Norton to take over the paper with N C Peterson business manager of the Globe joining in the ownership deal.
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Associated Press
Dodge City
Kans
Eearly
Norton
Daily Telegram
Chester L. Jacoby
Daily Guode
Jacoby
N. C. Peterson
The
Globe
Millionaire booze king vows innocence after conviction
New York on June 9 reports Dr. V. Dwyer, once a $150,000 figure in a whiskey syndicate, insisting he has never seen liquor. The dethroned personality advises avoiding the liquor trade and claims to be completely ruined.
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Associated Press
New York
V. Dwyer
France Opens Door to New Debt Pact Amid Ratification Doubts
Premier Poincare told the chamber that ratification of the current accords with the United States and Britain is unlikely. He said provisional payments keep France free to renegotiate better terms and even consider foreign money, while deputies debated selling the French match monopoly to Svenska for a potential 80 million loan.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
United States
America
Great Britain
Ifis
Jacques Lubois
Caillaux
Svenska
Swedish Match Corporation
Secretary Mel lon avoids French debt discussion
Secretary Mellon declined to discuss the French debt. The treasury accepted a $10,000,000 payment on France s unfunded $4 025 000 000 war debt on March 1, with ratification by Congress and the French parliament pending. The due date is June 15 and with the debt commission gone it isn t clear how a funding revision could be pursued.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
American Congress
American Debt Commission
Congress
Gas Fire Under Control at Union Oil Refinery
A spectacular fire in the gas agitator of the Union Oil Co refinery between San Pedro and Wilmington last night burned for nearly two hours. Damage is estimated over 100000, with early figures as high as 1,000,000. No employees were injured as windows shattered on nearby ships.
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San Pedro
Calif
Union Oil Co
Here
Wilmington
Roads Turn to Electrification for Rail Growth
Atlantic City June 9. Railroad business is expected to double in 15 or 20 years requiring more trackage and terminals. The electrification committee reports to the National Electric Light association convention that steam railroads will largely switch to electric power to boost capacity. Chairman Britton T. Budd cites a survey of 582 electrification projects.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
National Electric Light Association
Britton T. Budd
Chicago
Public Service Co
Northern Illinois
Elaborate Media Preparations for Lindbergh Arrival
Washington reports unprecedented press buildup for Charles A. Lindbergh’s return and official reception by President Coolidge. Journalists, feature writers, and reporters will swarm the Memphis as it nears the Potomac and Washington Navy Yard with destroyers and air coverage to follow the flier’s reception.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Coolidge
Memphis
Virginia Canes
Potomac
Washington Navy Yard
Jwilh
Shane
Atlantic
Capes
Saturn
Lindbergh Made Honorary Bricklayer and Magician
In New York and Kenton Ohio Charles A Lindbergh is named an honorary bricklayer by the International Union of Bricklayers and also earns honorary magician status from the International Brotherhood of Magicians. The award includes an engraved membership card and formal recognition for Lindbergh Chamberlin and Levine.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
International Union of Bricklayers
Kenton
Ohio
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Lindbergh, Chamberlin and
Levine
Jardine outlines cooperative marketing plan in Kansas
Special to The Globe A L Shultz reports Secretary Jardine at a Topeka dinner outlines a farm relief approach focused on cooperative marketing rather than subsidies. He argues a simple program could let farmers manage production and sales with limited national legislation and targeted expertise.
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A. L. Shultz
Topeka
Kas
Jardine
Topeka Country Club
Kansan
Arthur Capper
Secretary Jardine
Senator Capper
Capper
Curtis
Kansas
Washington
National Secretary of Agriculture
Levine and Chamberlin Plan Regular Transatlantic Air Service
Charles A. Levine announced with Clarence D. Chamberlin plans for a regular trans Atlantic aerial line within a year. They envision multi engine planes carrying 2,000 pounds, with Levine willing to invest $2,000,000, and discuss floating ocean landing sites and ongoing engine efficiency advances.
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Levine
Associated Press
Berlin
Charles A. Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Atlantic
New York
Germany
Bellanca
Soviet Blames Great Britain For Assassination Plot Scandal
Moscow accuses Britain of complicity in terrorist plots against the Soviet Union after the Warsaw murder of a Soviet minister. The communique cites British leadership, spies, and agents in Moscow and U. S. S. R. territory, linking Churchill to instructions and alleging British influence on Warsaw and Kremlin threats.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Warsaw
England
Poland
Russia
Sydney George Riley
Royal Air Force
Winston Churchill
Tim
Kremlin
Great Britain
M. Volkoff
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Iis
Soviet Russia
Grand Theater
Paulen Nominated for First Vice President of Good Roads
Savannah Ga June 9 William W Brandon former governor of Alabama nominated for president of the Good Roads association for 1927 28 in the nominating committee report at the annual convention J A Rountree Birmingham Ala nominated to succeed himself as managing director and Governor Ben S Paulen Kansas nominated for first vice president per custom nomination equals election
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Savannah
William W. Brandon
Alabama
United States Good Roads Association
J. A. Rountree
Birmingham
Als
Ben S. Paulen
Kansas
Portuguese Revolt Suppressed in Northern Portugal
Lisbon reports rumors of disturbances in northern Portugal were unfounded while a revolutionary movement in the same region was suppressed, according to official dispatches from Badajoz Spain dated June 9. The government confirms despatches from France and Spain stating no unrest occurred.
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Lisbon
Portugal
France
Spain
Badajose
Kansas Harvest To Rely On Local Labor
Federal officials in Topeka say Kansas will harvest this year's wheat with local labor and machinery. No rail rate concessions will be asked for workers from other states. About 25,000 men will be mobilized, nearly all from Kansas, according to John M. Crawford, director for the U S free employment service.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
John IT. Crawford
United States Free Employment Service
Crawford
Wheat killing static affects auto motors
Topeka reports motorists in Southwest Kansas dealing with wheat damage from electrical storms. Weather observer Flora notes tests with trailing wires to dissipate static, amid uncertain link between storms and crop blight.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Flora
New Oil Strike in Oxford City Limits
Oil shows in the Starnaker sand at Emerton No. 1 within Oxford city limits Sumner County Kansas. Initial oil at 2020 feet with 2051 feet show. operations paused to install a control head. Other operators resume drilling despite a city ordinance as tests begin in Block 72 and two other sites nearby.
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Associated Press
Winfield, Kans
Dune
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Oxford
Sumner County
Jess Moore J
Ontario advertisement hints at attractions in U S magazine
D B Hanna chairman of the liquor board questions the meaning of dashes in an Ontario promotional ad paid by the provincial publicity bureau. He has announced permits for liquor will be granted only to certain tourists.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Jimes
Ontario
D. B. Hanna
Hiquor Board
Nation to Hear Hero's Welcome
Washington plans an eleven hour NBC radio tribute to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Thirty seven stations will broadcast his arrival in Washington at noon with coverage of his reception by the National Press Club and the Minnesota State Society. He will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Coolidge at the Washington Monument and attend the Vesper services amid other honors. He is also slated to receive the Cross of Honor from the United States Flag Association.
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Washington
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
National Broadcasting Co
National Capital
New York
Paris
President Coolidge
Washington Monument
National Press Club
Minnesota State Society
Europe
United States Flag Association
Hughes
Association
Lindbergh
Capitol
Walter Reed Hospital
Spanish War Vets Criticize Fort Dodge Home Policy
Dodge City Kansas June 9 The annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans department of Kansas adopts a resolution denouncing conditions at the Fort Dodge state soldiers home and Governor Paulen for not staffing the home with former soldiers. The group says the home is unbecoming and should match the treatment of other state facilities and calls for employing ex service men.
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Dodge City
Kans
Fort Dodge
Ben
Paulen
United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Kansas
Too Much Fried Chicken At Lindbergh Feasts
In Memphis on June 9 the AP notes crowds and dignitaries, including Coolidge and others, arrange feasts for Colonel Lindbergh. Lindbergh dislikes chicken after being served it at nearly every formal luncheon since arriving from New York via Le Bourget field Paris.
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U.S. S
Memphis
Coolidge
Lindbergh
le Bourget Field
Paris
New York
Deserter Confesses Bridges Army Desertion Escape
Henry Alien of Commerce Georgia, a 24 year old patient at a McAlester hospital, confessed he escaped from Fort Leavenworth where he was serving a term for desertion. He was struck by a freight train two weeks ago, losing an arm, and will be turned over to army officials for processing.
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McAlester
Oklo
Henry Alien
Commerce
Fort Leavenworth
Array Officius
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