Frost Nips Utah Crops Amid Heavy Mountain Snow
Frost damaged crops in southern Utah and southern Idaho as snow blanketed Yellowstone Park and Utah mountains. Brighton reported over twenty inches of new snow while Salt Lake City's water source area saw intense snowfall and cool temperatures across the region.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
Weather Bureau
Brighton
New York
Holdins
Columbus Circle
Wheeling
W. Va
Besale Forsythe
Measles Delirium Claim in Joliet Prison Case
A Joliet court report notes Richard Loeb among four prisoners afflicted with measles. Doctors disagree on delirium as a measles effect with Dr Herman Adler saying it’s rare, and Dr Harry Pearson suggesting possible feigned illness.
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Joliet
Jane 5
Progress in Shepherd murder trial swells with juror panel
Chicago June 5 The second panel of four jurors is sworn as three tentative veniremen are approved and a twelfth juror awaits defense examination. Of 341 men examined many are screened as heat drives jurors to work without coats. A transcript request to review previous remarks by defense cites alleged bias by Judge Olson.
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Chicago
Shepherd
Criminal Court
Lynch
Veniremen
Harry Olson
Municipal Courts of
Stewart
Olson
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson MacClintock
Postmaster Jailed on Contempt Charge in West Virginia
Charleston WV June 5 U S Jarrett postmaster at St Albans remanded to jail by Judge Arthur P Hudon on contempt charges after allegedly advising a witness to refuse to appear and defy a court summons. He was ordered jailed until the court releases him and told to ensure the witness attends Monday morning.
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Charleston
W. Va
U. S. Jarrett
St. Albans
Here
Arthur P. Hudgon
Circuit Court
Jarrett
United States
Hudson
L. C. Massey
Massey
Air Mail Route London to Chicago Proposed
Chicago announces a plan for a Chicago London air mail route using new airships by George D. Hazard and F. M. Greene. Negotiations for underwriting production have opened. The plan envisions floating islands of anchored steel and masonry in the ocean. Colonel Paul Henderson says linking with the Chicago New York service is possible.
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Chicago
Paul Henderson
National Air Transport Company
New York
Mrs Calvin Coolidge Becomes Real Girl Scout Member
Washington June 5 Mrs Calvin Coolidge joins the Girls Scouts of America as a real member at ceremonies at Mrs Wilkinson's Rosslyn home. Wearing the khaki uniform she receives the tenderfoot pin and is invested with membership by the founder.
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Calvin Coolidge
Girl Scouts
Washington
Girls Scouts of America
Mra. Gyn
Wilkinson
Rosslyn
Flowers topples Malone in ten round Chicago bout
Tiger Flowers of Atlanta defeated Jack Malone of St. Paul in a ten round newspaper decision at Past Chicago Indians. Flowers won eight rounds including three by a shade.
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Flowers
Malone
Chicago
Tiger Flowers
Atlanta
Jack Malone
St. Paul
Scientists Hope Scopes Guilty to Test Law Limits
Dr. Walter Hough of the Smithsonian says the Scopes trial centers on whether a law forbidding teaching evolution is constitutional. He argues the case tests civilizational progress and the truth of evolution, not the science itself. He urges tolerance and says science and religion do not inherently conflict.
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Walter Hough
The
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
J. T. Scopes
Tennessess
Joy
Scopes
Supreme Court
Hough
Use of asphyxiating gas in war to be outlawed
Geneva reports the conference backs immediate framing of a protocol to outlaw asphyxiating gas in wartime. Senator Burton leads American push for a Washington conference if needed, with Canada supporting a U S initiative and noting Canadian troops faced early chemical warfare.
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Geneva
Theodore E. Burton
Burton
United States
Washington
Canada
Walter A. Riddel
Riffian Forces Begin Offensive on Both Fronts
Paris reports Abd-El-Krim led assault along the Gerga river as Riffian troops opened attacks on both Moroccan fronts. French communists circulated desertion incitement literature, prompting arrests. Posters condemning Morocco warfare torn by Nancy police. Tunis dispatch notes arrests of train distributors of revolutionary tracts.
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Paris
Abd-El- Krim
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Gerga
France
Nancy
Tunis
Africa
Lewis and Murray to address Ohio miners
Pomeroy Ohio June 5 John L Lewis international president and Philip Murray international vice president will address a mass meeting of miners at the fair grounds June 10according to officials at union headquarters A ratom said the international officials had agreed to come after union officials pleaded inability to control the strike situation here Mine officials denied this claim saying their ranks are increasing daily.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Fair Grounds
Ratom
Smithsonian anthropologist backs Scopes case toward Supreme Court
R Walter Hough of the Smithsonian Institution hopes the Scopes trial will lead to a Supreme Court ruling, expressing belief the evolution case may be carried to the high court.
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Evolution
Supreme Court
R. Walter Hough
Smithsonian Institute
J. T. Scopes
Banks and Stinnes rescue to 40 million marks
Berlin reports that a coalition of major banks led by the Reichsbank will provide 40 million marks to rescue the Stinnes concern to avert an impact on German economic life. A new program under Hugo Stinnes Jr will centralize the family enterprises while the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung remains under the family. The withdrawal of Dr. Edmund Stinnes ends a dualism in the Stinnes affairs.
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Berlin
Genbanks
Reichsbank
Stinnes
Hugo Stinnes, Jr
Claine Stinnes
Hugo, Jr
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hugo Stinnes
Edmund Stinnes
Shot to death in lobby of Williams Street office
Thomas L. Leeming, wealthy importer and Brooklyn philanthropist, was shot dead in the lobby of his Williams street office building as Charles L. Muller, of Philadelphia, was charged. Muller claimed he would have shot more if the gun hadn’t jammed.
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Chas. L. Muller
Philadelphia
Thos L. Leeming
Brooklyn
New York
Ecores
Williams Street
Thomas L. Leeming
wea/hy
Eaise
Charles L. Muller
Nolice
Muller
Leeming
Parkersburg Woman Struck By Sleeping Sickness
Martinsburg W Va June 5 Mrs Linwood Garrett eighteen is a victim of sleeping sickness doctors said today She has been ill since May and in a semi conscious state since June 2 Hope for her recovery is held out by the doctors in attendance
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Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Springdale
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Mercury
Furnace
Martinsburg
W. Va
Linwood Garrett
Garrett
Swift approach to general warfare in China indicated
Washington reports authentic sources foresee a clash for military mastery in China with Chang Tso Lin and Feng Yu Hsing leading forces of 200000 and 175000 respectively. Feng allegedly receives Soviet aid, Japan-sympathetic Chang has support, while American forces in China are prepared to protect lives and property as tensions rise in Shanghai Canton and Peking.
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Washington
China
Shanghai
Canton
Changsha
Associated Press
Chang Tso Lin
Feng Yu Heing
Chang
Japan
Feng
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Coolidge
Chinese
Legation Guard
Peking
Army, Navy
Marine Corps
W. D. Connor
Tientsin
Peking Legation Guards
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
San Francisco
Cal
Dead man found between Martinsburg and Winchester with unknown identity
Authorities sought the dead youth found on the road near Martinsburg. A traveling salesman claimed the man said he lived near Waynesboro and may be one of his riders from Wednesday. Police pursued the missing companion as a coroner’s jury ruled death from an unknown cause.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Waynesboro
Heat Exhs Death as Man Slashes Own Throat in Erie
Erie Pa June 5 a heat driven incident ends in suicide Adolph Peterson fifty slashed his throat with a razor he died three hours later the coroner links the death to heat. Joseph Riazzi nineteen was subdued by police after becoming affected by the high temperatures and was jailed alongside another man under unusual actions.
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Erie
Adolph Peterson
Joseph Riazzi
Weeks Shows Marked Recovery After Gallstone Surgery
Boston June 5 Secretary John W. Weeks shows much improvement after gall stone operation at Massachusetts General Hospital last week. Physician reports he is progressing well and recovery is proceeding as anticipated.
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Boston
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts General Hospital
Sick Man Kills Wife Then Takes His Own Life
Pittsburg Jane 5 Samuel Loomis thirty one tuberculosis patient told by doctors he would die attacked his wife with a razor blade and paring knife then slashed his throat Mrs Loomis died before police arrived Loomis died later in hospital Loomis moved their six year old daughter from the room before the act Watson the brother in law went to fetch a sanatorium and notified police
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Pittsburg
Jane
Samuel Loomis
Loomis
Watson
Girl of Sixteen Burned to Death in Kentucky Hills Crash
Huntington West Virginia June 5 A seventeen year old girl Shortridge daughter of Bas comb Shortridge a Lawrence county farmer died after her car tumbled over a 100 foot embankment near Louisa Kentucky. She was pinned under the wreckage and burned to death after the fire started. A passing motorist found the charred body several hours later.
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Huntington
W. Va
Pene
Shortridge
Louisa
Esterday
Kentucky Hills
Bascomb Shortridge
Lawrence County
Plots Against King Suppressed In Barcelona Arrests
Travelers report fourteen arrests in Barcelona linked to bomb plots against King Alfonso. A large 175 pound bomb was found near the Madrid rail line and an electric detonation mechanism was planned. A map showing a tunnel target was found and a previous blast damaged Marquis De Castell’s Barcelona residence.
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Perpignan
France
Barcelona
Alfonso
Vouue
Madrid
Marquis de Castell
Theing
Britain says no Cologne evacuation until disarmament met
London reports the inter allied note to Germany will be published tomorrow stating Britain and allies will not evacuate Cologne territory until Versailles disarmament terms are met. Germany must disband the paperet staff reduce police to 150,000 and army to 100,000, change factories, surrender excess munitions and blank cartridges.
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London
Cologne
Germany
Williamson Negro Man Is Fatally Shot by Wife
Willie Green, a Black man in Williamson, was shot five times by his wife Julia Green in an alley near the Nor alk and Western depot late Thursday. He died at Williamson hospital at 1 15 p m yesterday. Julia Green was arrested after the shooting amid alleged infidelity by Green.
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Willie Green
Julia Green
Williamson
Noralk and Western
Green
Tumultuous Scenes in Rumanian Parliament
Turmoil in Bucharest as deputies clash over pressuring Prime Minister Bratianu to resign before the June 25 session end. Last night lights were cut and trains called to clear the chamber after fighting deputies refused to leave.
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Rumania
Bratianu
West Virginia approves gross sales tax and firearms bill
Both chambers pass a revised gross sales tax measure raising roughly 1.17 million dollars in extra revenue and settle the firearms bill after conference. Coal taxes set at 0.42 percent with gas at 1.17 percent. manufacturers at 0.21 percent. Senate vote 17 10. House 40 39. Conference to resolve remaining differences Saturday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House of Delegates
Conference Committee
House
Cannon
Hardman
Helmick
Henshaw
Herold
Highland
Hogg
Hugus
Jackson
Marsh
Nixon
Smith
Suddarth
Wilkin
Willis
Yoho
White
Dawes to Attend Marietta College Graduation
Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes with friends departed for Marietta Ohio to take part in the commencement at Marietta College where Mr Dawes is an alumnus.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
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J.T. Scopes
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Feng Yu Hsing
Hong Kong
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Louisa Shortridge
Dawes
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