Peace through Reason: Coolidge Urges Navy Goals
President Coolidge addressed the United States Naval Academy class noting peace through reason rather than force. He urged maintaining a small standing force while training citizens as soldiers, and said the navy must act as an instrument of righteousness and promote moral forces for global peace.
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Annapolis
Jung
Coolidge
United States Naval Academy
Louis McC. Nutton
Washington
Fiverett Sanders
Adolphus Andrews
Naval Academy
America
Evolution Is All Bosh, Gov. Austin Peay Says
Gov. Austin Peay declares evolution is all bosh during remarks in Clarksville Tennessee. He predicts a trial will be brief and argues changes to Tennessee textbooks should remain local rather than sent to higher courts.
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Austin Peay
Clarksville
Tenn
Austin Peneconte
Tennessee
Shanghai unrest spreads beyond international settlement
Cable from Consul General Cunningham in Shanghai reports conditions in the international zone exceedingly serious as strikes expand. An estimated 30,000 Chinese workers plus cotton mill laborers threaten order while American and Italian bluejackets guard light and power supplies amid sniping by Chinese students.
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Shanghai
State Department
Cunningham
International
Shahanghai
International Settlement
Wilbur
Kellogg
Iral Washington
San Francisco
Ghanghai
China
Sousa
Maxwell Motors Trading Suspended Over Low Share Float
New York June 3 The governing committee of the New York Stock Exchange announced tonight that trading in Maxwell Motor issues would be suspended due to the small amount of stock outstanding. Trading in Maxwell Motors A and B certificates remains unaffected under the recapitalization plan.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Maxwell Motor
Maxwell Motors
Heat wave grips nation with storms and record temperatures
Across the United States a heat wave sizzled from the Atlantic seaboard to the Midwest. Electrical storms and tornadoes caused casualties and property damage while record highs pressed officials to suspend work in some federal buildings. At Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha crowds fled to mud as funnel clouds approached amid heavy rains.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Omaha
Nebraska
Ak-Sar-Ben
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles F .Hylande
William
New York City
Philadelphia
Detroit
Michigan
Columbus
Ohio
Mississippi
Washington
Weather Bureau
Bermuda
Neb
Shrine Conclave to Be Held in Philadelphia in 1926
The inversi van today voted to hold the 1926 conclave of the Ancient Trante Order. Nobles of the Mystic are Junean James of Denver, Cole of the Im Potentate, E. succeeding ames handler of Kansas City.
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Los Angeles
Junean James
Denver
Cole
Ames Handler
Kansasity
Airplane Smoke Screen Demonstration During Dirigible Flight
Washington reports a Martin bomber from the Marine Corps demonstrated a smoke screen aboard a Los Angeles dirigible during its flight from Annapolis to Lakehurst. The Los Angeles circled Washington landmarks before heading north as the airship later returned to Lakehurst and was placed in hangar. A new automatic grappling hook, developed by Lieutenant Commander C B Senthal, attached the ship to its mast in thirty three minutes, twenty five minutes faster than the prior record.
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Martin
Marine Corps
Los Angeles
Lake Hurst
N. J
Annapolis
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Anacostia River
Lakehurst
Naval Academy
C. B
Senthal
Naval Air Station
Inneapolis
Kirby Confesses Murder Plot At Lake Marana Case
Augusta Maine June 3 Harry A Kirby confessed to County Attorney Frank A Southard to murdering Miss Aida Hayward shooting her aunt Mrs Emma Towns and setting fires at the Hayward cottage and Gray cottage near Winthrop Lake Marana on May 19 He claimed intoxication drove his actions and he spent hours with a Boston reporter while guarded then told his life story from childhood to capture and warning of possible suicide.
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Augusta
Harry A. Kirby
Frank A. Southard
Aida Hayward
Emma Towns
Hayward
Lake Maranacock
Winthrop
Kirby
Gray Cottage
Boston
George Castle
Kennebec County
Eight Little Roosevelts Leave to School Books
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Mrs Kermit Roosevelt plan to sail for Srinagar India in September with eight Roosevelt children to await their husbands return from the Field Museum expedition. The trip will go via Cherbourg and Bombay, with arrival September 25.
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New York
Doctor of Divinity Bestowed on Bluefield Pastor
The Rev Samuel W Moore D D pastor of Bluefield First Presbyterian received the Doctor of Divinity degree at Davidson College in North Carolina. The 28 year ministry has earned him wide love and esteem for uplift in Bluefield and surrounding communities. His work with youth and the Covenanter band has left a lasting positive influence across Montgomery and surrounding counties.
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Bluefield
Moore
Samuel W. Moore
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
First Presbyterian Church of
Presbyterian
North Carolina
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Patere
Montgomery
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. H. DuBose
Copastor
Bluefield Presbyterians
Westminster
the Telegraph
Plans for Far-Reaching Coast Guard Drive Against Rum Fleets
Washington reports plans move forward for a far reaching offensive by Coast Guard vessels against rum fleets near populous U S coastpoints The recent New York drive is described as a preliminary skirmish to reveal enemy strength and resources Assistant Secretary Andrews is praised but not credited for recent operations Officials hint plans will be more extensive than any prior land or sea effort Coast Guard enlists seek to retain servicemen with expiration dates while officials say re enlistment is not wholesale and is limited to needed personnel
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Coast Guard
Washington
The
Treasury
New York
Andrews
Prohibition Forces
Thirty nine Deaths as Result of Heat Wave
A heat wave across the eastern states causes thirty nine deaths in three days with sixty plus overcome. New York records the first heat fatality of the season an elderly inmate dies. One passenger aboard the Mauretania slashed at himself as the ship neared sea. Temperatures reach ninety two at four pm. Officials warn of prolonged warmth with little relief expected.
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New York
New York City
Mauretania
Summers Is Sentenced Fifteen Months In Atlanta Prison
L. P. Summers of Abingdon Virginia, ex United States district attorney, found guilty of fraud in vouchers for his former clerk Miss Hattie Perkins. He receives fifteen months in Atlanta federal penitentiary with defense planning a writ of error and bond set at six thousand dollars. Judge Woods re instructed jurors after initial miscue and Summers is released on bond.
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Roanoke
L. P. Summers
Abingdon
United States
Hattie Perkins
Atlanta
Summers
J. Summers
Henry Harmon
Tazewell
Signia
Charles A. Woods
Marion
N. C
Woods
E. Gentry
Miss Perkins
Jury Rules Arthur Frazier Died in France in War Case
A federal court jury in Minneapolis finds in favor of the government that Arthur Frazier, a Sioux Indian soldier, died in action in France from a German shell. The case centers on Arthur Lopez-Frazier who claimed to be the son and sought compensation while the government contended he was a Mexican imposter. The trial followed seven ballots and three hours of deliberation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur Frazier
France
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
Frazier
Battefields
Charles Frazier
United States Veterans Bureau
Arthur Lopes
Arthur
Arthur Frasier
Two Gross Sales Tax Bills Pass Both Houses
Charleston West Virginia June 3 Two gross sales tax measures cleared the Senate and House as both branches rejected increases to the gasoline tax and debated rates on natural gas and coal. The Senate approved a compromise bill amid amendments while the House backed its finance committee version. A conference will decide final rates.
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W. Va
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House of Delegates
Legislative Joint Committee
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Pleasants County
Uunfair
Morris
Hugus
West Liberty Normal School
Kidd
Glenville Normal School
Alderson
Boley
Cone
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