Opulent Belgrade Royal Wedding Unites Balkan Dynasties
Medieval pomp marked the Belgrade ceremony of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Marie of Romania. Attended by nearly every nation, the event linked Romanian and Yugoslav royalty, with a royal procession, antique gown, and grand banquet lighting the day of union. The couple planned a honeymoon in Beograd, then Bled, before heading to Slovenia.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Ilune
Alexander
Jugoslavia
Marie
Uiania
Balkan
Europe
Romania
Duke of York
George of England
Isantine
Rumania
Tigena
Cyril of
Propsia
Helén
Russia
Dlates
Beed
Slovenia
Former Resident Describes Wyoming Safe Robbery Incident
Albert Schain postmaster of Deaver Wyoming and son of local residents recounts a bank robbery attempt. The burglars used a car door to force the safe, disturbed papers and books, and fled before finishing. The big steel safe door shows tampering.
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Albert Schain
Deaver
Wyoming
F. C.'Sehaifi
Bankat
Pay Final Tribute to Lillian Russell
Thousands of mourners in Pittsburgh line the funeral route for Lillian Russell led by U S Marines and pallbearers. The casket rests at Allegheny cemetery as Legion veterans fire volleys, and a wreath from President and Mrs. Harding accompanies the service at Trinity church officiated by Edward S Travers. Honorary pallbearer James Davis and notable attendees including Senator Hiram Johnson, Congressman Stephen Porter, Mayor William A Magee and Howard Chandler Christie gather to honor the stage star.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Lillian Russell
Lillian
U. S. Marines
Allegheny Cemetery
Legion
Hiram Johnson
Stephen Porter
William A. Magee
Howard Chandler Christie
Eight Men of U S Navy Are Drowned
Eight sailors from the gunboat New Orleans drowned near Amur Bay in Siberia after a Sunday pleasure trip. Naval officials have not located any of the eight, listed as Orland Copper smith, Wolfe, Harry Swanson, F. Chise, Frank Silva, Leon Neodd, Robert Free, and Brown.
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Assecialou
Moscow
New Orleans
Amur Bay
Siberia
Coppersmith Orland
Carpenter Wolfe
Harry Swanson
F. ‘Chise
Frank Silva
Leon Neodd
Robert Free
J. , Brown
Concert Planned at Sunnyside Park Sunday
A band will not perform in the city park tonight but will give a concert Sunday afternoon at Sunnyside Park at three o clock. The event will be paid from the remnants of last year’s fund.
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Sunnyside Park
Heavy Rain Damages South Dakota Areas
Reported heavy rainfall in Pierre South Dakota caused minor damage at several locations. Residents say streets flooded and property debris increased, with authorities assessing impacts across the region.
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South Dakota
Associated Press
Pierre
Sneak Thieves Target Atlantic Home for Rings and Cash
Thieves entered the home of Joseph Schnitzen on North Chestnut Street yesterday or last evening and stole Mrs. Schnitzen's purse containing three diamond rings and $11. The rings and money were kept in a closet. all the doors were unhooked yesterday. Mrs. Schnitzen had a premonition the purse was missing. No clues are available.
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Joseph. Schnitzen
Chestnut Street
Five Die In Iowa Waters As Toll Begins
Iowa waters began their annual toll with five drownings reported yesterday across the state. Axel Anderson and F B Barnett of Monmouth perished when their boat overturned in the Mississippi near Burlington. William Kelley, 19, drowned in a Martinsburg reservoir. Donald Middleton, 9, drowned in a river at Town Falls. Edward Jackson, but others were lost in the Wapsie at Independence.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Axel Anderson
F. B. Barnett
Monmouth
Burlington
William ‘Kelley
Martinsburg
Donald Middleton
Town Falls
Independence
Edward Jackson
Vinton
Wapsie
Brookhart Carried 76 Counties In Iowa Race
Des Moines June 8 unofficial figures show Colonel Smith W Brookhart carried 76 of Iowa 99 counties with Sweet 9 Thorne 7 Pickett 5 Stanley and Francis one each Ramsay led with 88 counties, Francis 87 and Burbank 83 as top finishers for state offices.
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Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
Sweet
Thorne
Pickett
Stanley
ant-Francis
Ratate
Ramsay
Miss Francis
of Public Instructions
Bur‘bank
Rail Union Condemns Harding as foe
In Houston on June 8 the Associated Press reports a reform session where the railroad union condemned President Harding as an enemy of organized labor. The group urged all members to pledge support to prevent his re election as they selected their next chief.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Harding
Bonus bill stalled as Williams objects in Senate
Senate action on the revised soldier bonus bill paused when Senator Williams of Mississippi objects to unanimous consent. McCumber said he would try to reintroduce the report. Republicans report the cash for the bonus may come from interest on allied debt. cost estimated at 3.846 billion dollars benefiting about 4.46 million veterans over three years.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Williams
Mississippi
McCumber
Finance Committee
Washington
United States
Sénate Finance Committee
Soan
Ieaders
Burns Placed In Charge Of Gasoline Price Probe
WASHINGTON June 8 William J Burns chief of the secret service of the department of Justice has been placed in personal charge of the gasoline price investigation Attorney General Daugherty announced today Burns has received reports from across the country and will determine whether a gentlemen's agreement exists among producers to restrain prices
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United Press
Ncton
William
Burns
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Atttorney
Daugherty
Kisherty
Atlantic Over The Top Short Line Quota Assured
The Chicag o Omaha Short Line routing through Atlantic is now an assured fact. Dr. Becker chairs a committee that gained public support from business leaders. The plan funds a highway promotion from Chicago to Omaha with a four foot white band and a large C to mark the Des Moines route. Lions Club backed the effort with local support and tourism bureaus will publicize city advocates and travelers.
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Omaha
Atlantic
Becker
Chicago
Des Moines
White Pole
Lions
Lions Club
C. A. Hinman
Oransky
Guy Weaver
Lewis
Lions Swamped Rotarians In Sunnyside Ball Game
Lions crushed the Rotary club 12 to 2 in a Sunnyside Park opening day game yesterday. Becker Smoller Perryman led the Lions with solid hitting while Jeck Buxton paced the Rotarians. Rotarians sparse offense and Lions steady defense produced the five inning rout on a brisk press page.One-sided score and lineup details reflect a dominant Lions performance versus Rotarians with notable batteries and fielders.
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Lions
Sunnyside
Sunnyside Park
Becker, Smoller
Perryman
Jeck
Buxton
Rotes
Bankers abandon plan for international loan report
Paris June 8. A committee of bankers has given up the idea of an international loan. They will meet to agree on a form of report to be submitted to the reparations committee. The work in formulating this report will take two or three sittings by the foreign bankers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Fire Engulfs Young Paper Plant In Pittsburgh
A general alarm on Thirty fourth street called out all city fire units to battle a stubborn blaze at the Young Paper Co plant. Five men were seriously burned with two fatally burned. a prior explosion at the plant spread flames to the Pittsburgh Millable Iron Co and enveloped the main building.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Young Paper Co
Thirty-fourth Street
Pittsburgh Milleable -Iron Company
Merchants booster day features baseball and concerts
Preparations are under way for the Merchants booster day on Thursday the 15th at the fair grounds. The program opens with a band concert at one o clock, followed by boxing bouts and a battle royal. The Merchants Greys duel Griswold with 50 cent admission to the carnival and ball game. Evening events include a dance at city hall, a Wallace Reid film at the opera house, and another band concert in the city park. Atlantic merchants offer special booster bargains. Weather could bring a large crowd for the ball game and athletic carnival, aiming for a successful day.
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Fair Grounds
Greys and Griswold
Wallace Reid
Opera House
Bills
Atlantic
British Capture Beleek Today Says Report
Belfast to London reports British troops captured Beleek today using airplanes howitzers and armored cars in a large scale advance. Dublin advices describe Free State defenders firing while the British artillery shelled Beleek fort on the border.
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Belfast
London
United Press
Beleek
Dublin
Free State
Beleek Fort
Hoover Returns Fire of Senators on Prices
Secretary Hoover rebutted senators who threatened a probe into coal price fixing. In a telegram from Youngstown Ohio he said he has safeguarded the country against coal at the mines priced at ten or twelve dollars. The exchange followed senators Borah and Walsh accusing operators of buncoing him.
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Hoover
United Press
Washington
Buncoed
Borah
Walsh
Tee
Youngstown
Railroad Unions Prepare Strike Ballots Across Nation
Heads of railroad unions pressed to send strike ballots to railway workers with a July 15 date for possible walkout. A predicted general strike during the American Federation of Labor meeting in Cincinnati looms if ballots favor a strike and executives push the move. LT. M. Jewell declined to respond to the executives' statement for now.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
United Press
LT. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
Missouri School Teacher Found Dazed in Des Moines Streets
Des Moines Ia June 8 Christian Hinkley a school teacher from Cameroo Mo was identified by her father G I Kinkley at the city jail. She disappeared from home ten days ago and was found wandering the streets in a dazed condition. She is a University of Chicago graduate who has taught in South Tuakuta and Missouri sehovla and will return home with her father today.
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United Press
Des Moines
Christian Hinkley
Cameroo
G. I. Kinkley
University of Chicago
South Tuakuta
Missouri Sehovla
Man Found at Marion Not Yet Identified
A young man was found unconscious at Marion on Monday and remains between life and death. Nebraska authorities suggested he might be Gus Grimes or Fred Brown, but no identifying description has been received.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
June
Marion
Nebraska
Gus Grimes
Fred Brown
Plunder of Russian Churches Reported by Advices
Paris reports say Bolsheviks plunder churches in Russia with few stones unturned. The Cathedral of St Peter and Paul has lost its entire treasury. Coffins of notable dead opened. Peter the Great’s casket lid pried off but body preserved and jewels spared.
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Paris
SS. Peter and Paul
Peter the Great
Two Drown Near Burlington Identified as Local Residents
Burlington June 8 Axel Anderson garage owner of Moulmouth and J Barnett colored of the same place were drowned three miles north of here yesterday. Both bodies have been recovered.
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Associated Fresny Burlington
Iai
Axel Anderson
Monmouth, Il
J. Barnett
Here
Reed Better Talks After Flies Interrupt Campaign
Senator James A. Reed, forced to cancel his speech in Cartuthersville, Missouri, due to an attack of flies, appeared this morning saying his condition improved overnight and that he could continue his campaign. He planned to speak this afternoon at Kennaoth.
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Associated Fressy
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