Frazier Leads McCumber In North Dakota Primary
Lynn J. Frazier led Porter J. McCumber in the North Dakota Republican senatorial primary as returns from 1,472 to 1,665 precincts showed Frazier narrowly ahead, with counts around sixty-three thousand for each candidate and momentum toward a November showdown. Nonpartisan leaders anticipate a two Leagues senate representation after the election, while McCumber backers hint at aligning with Progressive Republicans for the agricultural bloc.
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Local Engineers To Meeting in Bluffs City
Local engineers from the Southwest Iowa Engineering Club convene this evening at Coungit 54 to discuss important matters. Coun Shiantin departed around 4:00 PM for the meeting with C. D. Wellar, Mr. McQuisten, H. Williams, T. E. Nichols, and Ed. Cushing joining from the district engineer's offices.
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Coal for Power Plant Arrives Today
Seven cars of coal for the city light plant were expected to arrive today. City Clerk T. EB. Nichols announced tracers located the coal in transit yesterday. The plant uses about fifteen tons daily and the new supply will ease the fuel situation. Prices have risen to about ten dollars per ton since the strike began. Howard Porter underwent an eye operation at Atlantic hospital yesterday.
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Atlantic
Mining troubles flare in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Rumblings of a new West Virginia mine war reach Cabin and Paints as two National Guard companies rush into Cabins and Paints coal fields. Governor Morgan prepares for a Cabin Creek march while large crowds gather at Point Gravele. In Donora Pennsylvania police and deputies patrol roads to stop 200 striking miners marching toward wagon mines after seven Fry Coal trucks are stolen from a mine that closed today.
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This Bird May Know Something
Max Petersen admitted aboard the steamer President Taft that he knew about the plot behind the assassination of Dr. Rathenau. He was removed from the coal bunkers by United States Department of Justice agents in Hoboken New Jersey on June 80.
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Government backs railroad labor board in wage talks
Chicago report says maintenance of way and trackmen strike scheduled for 10:00 am tomorrow is held in abeyance as petitions for higher wages are reviewed by the U S Labor Board. The White House confirms full government backing for the board in the wage dispute.
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Washington
White House
U. S. Railroad Labor Board
Two Conventions To Meet In The City Tomorrow Morning at Eleven
Tomorrow morning at 11 o clock the two county conventions Democratic and Republican meet in the city. The Republican gathering will be at city hall while the Democratic meets at the I O O F hall. Delegates to the state conventions are the main business with resolutions and routine matters also on the agenda.
Modern Ash Conveyor Arrives For City Power Plant
Automatic ash removal conveyor for the city power plant arrived yesterday. Installation started but may face delays due to several castings breaking in transit. The unit uses live steam to suction ashes from beneath boilers and deposit them outside, eliminating wheel barrow work.
De Valera Leads Insurgents in Open War in Dublin
In Dublin on June 30 Kam mon DeValera took command of the insurgent forces fighting Free State troops. After the Four Courts siege, DeValera declared war on the Collins government signaling a possible civil war. Casualties reach about thirty dead and over fifty wounded as fighting spreads.
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Ship Subsidy Up In Senate Fight Begins
Senator Borah launched a campaign against the ship subsidy bill amid President Harding’s push to win farmer support. Borah accused a group of senators of staggering the measure’s fate. Ten Western and Southwestern farm leaders returned home as missionaries, having assured the White House they would explain merchant marine benefits to farmers.
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Slippery Gulch Round Up Night Promises Big Jamboree
A lively Slippery Gulch event unfolds this evening at the town plaza with gamblers, bad men, cowgirls, deputies, and dance hall girls in costumes for the grand opening of the show tomorrow night. Boyd Senter arrives with the Jazz Bandits, the floor is waxed, citizen badges grant free entrance, and politicians mingle as Father McDermott’s Minstrel Act joins the lineup for visitors.
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Youngstown Mayor Resigns After Turbulent Term
Youngstown Ohio mayor George L. Oles resigns after a six month tenure marked by controversy. He cites being unable to please the public and references a wartime personnel move. A petition for removal on charges of incompetence and graft led to the resignation effective immediately.
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George L. Oles
Local Men to Strike Tomorrow in Rock Island Area
Valley Junction Iowa report shows a nationwide strike order approved by Martin F. Ryan as four shop craft workers under foreman W O Anker at the Rock Island roundhouse will suspend work at 10:00 a m July 1 in all railroad and Pullman shops unless countersigned by morning. The four men in Anker's department include three carmen and one mechanic with clerks and section men to vote by July 10. results due ten days later.
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Congressman Green to Visit Atlantic Soon
W. R. Green the representative of Iowa ninth district writes from Washington that he expects to travel here shortly after the first of the month and will include Atlantic in his itinerary. His many friends here will be glad to note his arrival in the near future.
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Atlantic
Two Prisoners Escape Lee County Jail
United Press reports two inmates fled the Lee County jail by picking three locks, gagging the turnkey John Sidders, and seizing keys to outside doors. The escapees are Robert Pringle, charged with robbery, and C Worley, linked to the Standard Oil safe robbery in Keokuk last month.
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Lee County
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Robert Pringle
C. Worley
Standard Oi Company
Officers Seek Two Missing Italian Girls in Iowa
A statewide search was launched for two Italian girls aged 15 and 17, daughters of a local grocer named Frank ie, believed kidnapped by relatives. Sheriff Giltner reported a man named Sam Sermaturo, visiting the Re family, was seen leaving in a car with two women and another man around the time of the disappearance. Authorities suspect they were taken by him.
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Ottumwa
Frankie
Giltner
Sam Sermaturo
Jewell Defies Rail Labor Board Ahead of Planned Strike
Chicago June reports show Bert M. Jewell head of the shop crafts defying the United States Railroad Labor board by not appearing at a conference with union chiefs and railroad executives. He warned such talks could trigger disturbances and riots as a strike vote nears. The board sought to subpoena him through federal court, while conductors and maintenance of way leaders voiced stance actions. A tentative agreement to avert the 400000 shopmen strike was being sought in Chicago, with officials predicting progress.
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Chicago
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Labor Board
David Helt
Detroit
Mich
United States Railroad Labor Board Today
Firemen Hurt in Des Moines Hay Warehouse Fire
DES MOINES IOWA June 30 Two firemen William Hunt and H L Morris were burned while fighting a blaze at the P T Pease warehouse destroying ten carloads of baled hay The loss is under three thousand dollars and the origin is unknown
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Des Moines
P. T. Pease
William Hunt
H. L. Morris
One Time Football Star Robert Maxwell Dies in Car Crash
NORRISTOWN Pa June 30 Robert Tiny Maxwell former football star and weight thrower died in a local hospital from injuries in an automobile crash Sunday Sanderson a companion remained unconscious Maxwell was a champion in his era and was widely known in sports circles
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Tiny) Maxwell
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