MacMurray Arrives In Pekin To Study Chinese
John V. A. MacMurray, new American minister, landed in Pekin today and rushed to his headquarters to dive into Chinese studies. He gave no reason for cutting short his Shanghai stay.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1925
Page
5
John V. A. MacMurray, new American minister, landed in Pekin today and rushed to his headquarters to dive into Chinese studies. He gave no reason for cutting short his Shanghai stay.
The government seeks a rehearing to avoid sending the case to the United States premay court. Judge Kennedy in Cheyenne refused an immediate hearing and the government plans to appeal within the next few days. Attlee, Pamerene, Owen and Roberta are noted as conducting the government’s case and will proceed with a similar line of action.
Western and eastern states forecast showers and cooler air as a heat wave breaks this week. Thunderstorms and rain sweep the Midwest and Northeast with questions of crop damage and lingering heat in Kansas and surrounding regions. Localities report heavy rainfall totals and property losses from storms while forecasts predict relief and cooler temperatures for tomorrow.
Reports from Porio and Faenza describe strong quakes striking Nagoya and nearby areas in Japan and Faenza, Italy. In Nagoya, residents fled homes but damage appeared minor with no casualties reported. Italy’s Fos Faenza area also felt a violent tremor and its effects were being assessed.
Dennis J. Murphy, financier of Waukon, was found guilty of forgery after a short jury deliberation in Cresco. Judge Cooney set August 1 for sentence, and Murphy’s $10,000 bond remains. Counsel E. H. Estey indicated an appeal. Murphy had prior sanity ruled by a June 17 jury. Sixteen indictments remain pending in Allamakee County, according to Prosecuting Attorney KEI Pieper.
County Treasurer Towes issued numerous licenses for new cars in the last week. Owners include Anita Bullock Willys Knight soupp sedan, Sisslar Anita Ford touring, Geo Wyman Griswald Overland sedan, Werner Sothman Cumberland Ford coupe, Thomas Jennings Massena Ford tu dor, R Campbell Chevrolet touring, W L Petersen Chevrolet coach, Otis Smith Atlantic Ford touring, J C Laartz Atlantic Essex coach, William Duessler Atlantic Overland sedan, Eat Beech Atlantic Oldsmobile coach, L G Crowell Studebaker roadster, John Johnson Anita Ford touring, H C Reid Cumberland Overland sedan, C C Rogera Atlantic Ford touring, R H Power Anita Ford roadster, Antone Stephany Atlantic Star touring, D H Avis Atlantic Ford sedan, Roy Herbert Atlantic Star touring, Mrs James Motonwall Ford sedan, Ross Cambridge Ford sedan, A W Pittmat Ford touring, and John Rogers Grigwold Ford coupe.
Fragmentary baseball scores from the National League list teams and outcomes with unreadable names. The readable items show Washington and Brooklyn among others with final tallies and possible February dates.
Awampscott resident Coolidge says a coming Congress session should consider broad tax relief. He favors surtax cuts in upper brackets and a revision to lessen big business burdens while preserving revenue, arguing it would boost business conditions and wages for salaried workers.
New York reports Pola Negri, the Polish film star, must pay $10,000 for disregarding U S customs laws after she failed to declare $47,000 worth of jewelry. Officials say the gems' domestic value is $47,000. If unpaid, the jewels will be sold at public auction.
Charles M Schwab, steel magnate, buys a junior yearling from Kemp Brothers in Linn county. The animal, last year’s Inter national Livestock Show champion cow, was shipped today to Schwab’s farm near Pittsburgh. Degn Prali and Guy Gibson depart by car for Lake Okoboji, then Minnesota and on to Denver for a western trip.
William Jennings Bryan Goodman, a Tulsa, Oklahoma resident and University of Tulsa football player, was a college student and YMCA president by day but operated as a night hijacker. In a raid in Calhas Texas a policeman was killed, and Goodman is now under arrest.
William J Bryan arrived in Dayton to aid Tennessee in defending its anti evolution law and prosecute John T Scopes. Citizens poured out at the railroad station to escort him to headquarters. Clarence Darrow accepted the defense’s setback as a federal injunction failed and Dayton prepares to proceed tomorrow.
Des Moines July 7. The Iowa State Fair and Exposition will be renamed The Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Show. The board of directors announced the action to better reflect the exposition s scope and character.
In Salisbury Rhodesia July 7 the Prince of Wales visited a mining center where locals praised his prowess in a big game hunt calling him strong medicine reflecting their admiration for his skill and courage during the tour.
Funds continue to pour into the relief effort for the Neola Persia district from NewsTelegraph relief drives. Donors include C. M. Quick of Griswold and the Oakhill Helping Hand Club of Brayton, with prior acknowledgments from Geeneis Hand Club and others.
Eight killed in Lake Minafore tragedy when a picnic boat overturned with twenty nine passengers aboard, mostly children, as searchers scour the lake for remaining missing amid witnesses on shore.
At the county supervisors meeting a drainage project hearing was held with one objection. The Green Bay Lumber Company secured a contract to supply 200 tons of coal for the courthouse and county farm at 0.08 per ton. Also recommended was placing 1096.99 of school funds in county funds and transferring 7000 from the bridge fund back to the bridge fund.
Swampscott Massachusetts July 7 An authoritative source says President Coolidge will ignore all letters urging him to address and review the Ku Klux Klan in Washington next month. He will not officially receive the invitations, repeating his 1920 campaign stance on the controversial order.
In Rome on July 7, police disclosed a theft at St Peters where a guard, after drinking a doctored beverage given by two coworkers, passed out and allowed priceless relics to be taken. The goods were later recovered.
In Moss Landing a battle with rum runners left Deputy Sheriff N H Rader dead, Sheriff W A Dyer and State Ranger Hen Livingston seriously wounded, and one man missing. A Presidio cavalry unit helped circle the field as US rum chaser No 355 pursued vessels and two trucks plus a Packard were seized.
A vaudeville company secured by the Atlantic theater will stage performances here tonight and tomorrow night. Six performers, three men and three women, promise mirth with clown acrobat acts and jokes. Admission is ten and thirty cents. The stellar feature act "For Sale" also appears.
The forecast shows partly overcast skies tonight and Wednesday with a chance of local thunder storms. Temperatures remain largely unchanged across the period.
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