Assassination of Soviet Minister Shocks Poland
Peter Volkoff, Soviet minister to Poland, was killed at Warsaw Central Station by Boris Kowceda, a Russian student. A. P. Rosengolz, former Soviet chargé d affaires, was with him as Kowceda fired and surrendered. Volkoff died at a hospital. Kowceda admitted the act citing a long plan. Speculation grows on Poland USSR relations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Peter Volkoff
Boris Kow
Jony
Volkoff
Central
A. P. Rosengolz
London
Moscow
Kowceda
Rosenoolz
Russia
Soviet
Assassination in Warsaw Stirs Soviet Alarm
Moscow says the Warsaw killing of M. Vol koff, Soviet minister to Poland, signals a defunct anti Soviet campaign by capitalist nations. Maxim Litvinoff protests Poland’s responsibility while linking the act to a wider assault on Soviet representation and European peace.
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Moscow
Warsaw
M. Volkoff
Poland
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Russia
M Voikoff
Franz Ferdinand I
Garajevo
Maxim Latvinoff
Peking
Shanghai
London
Tragic Lake Michigan drowning of two siblings in rescue attempt
June 7 Chicago. Seven year old Nola Conklin drowned after leaping into Lake Michigan to save her three year old brother George who slipped into four feet of water. Brother Fred, five, summoned help as policemen recovered both bodies ten minutes later. Both children died despite hours of resuscitation at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nola Conklin
Lake Michigan
George
Fred
Colony Thought Purnell Had Power of Magic
In St Joseph Michigan on June 7 testimony in the dissolution of the House of David says members believed Benjamin Purnell had supernatural powers. Ruth Wade Worth recalls a trap door escape, and Hilda Pritchard Adleburg testifies about a group spirited away to High Island amid an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David Colly
Ruth Wade Worth
Parnell
Hilda Pritchard Adleburg
Irs
High Island
Isabel Pritchard
Bear Wallows Impass Roads In Kelso District
Farmers in the Brialynion mountain district report bear wallows blocking county roads in Cowlitz County. Many drains in the woods and mud holes this year have left roads nearly impassable, authorities told the county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelso, Wash
Brialynion Mountain District
Cowlitz County
President Coolidge weighs call for fall special session
Washington June 7 Appeals for a special session of Congress in the fall gain President Coolidge attention. He will confer with Senator Smoot Utah a Republican leader on flood control and a prospective tax reduction bill. An early session could help tackle flood legislation and the tax plan before re elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Smoot
Utah
Mississippi Valley
White House
House
Senate
Lindy to Receive Hubbard Medal From National Geographic
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, returning to the United States aboard the Memphis, is awarded the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society for his transatlantic flight. The ceremony may occur later, with a government shutdown and coast guard river patrol planned for the ship’s approach to the navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
National Geographic Society
Richard E. Byrd
Coolidge
North Pole
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Cobridge
Byrd
Admiral Peary
Roald Amundeen
Robert A. Bartlett
Grove Carl Gilbert
Ernest H. Shackleton
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Cherbourg
Atlantic
A. C. Read
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Newfoundland
Azores
Portugal
England
Navy Yard
District of Columbia
Coast Guard
Court strikes punch board license tax in West Virginia
West Virginia Supreme Court rules license to operate punch boards invalid citing public policy and that the device is a gaming device. The decision, in a suit by A B Thompson against the state tax commissioner, also sets aside an injunction on license fee collection while noting applicants must come to equity with clean hands.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
A. B. Thompson
Mercer
Thompson
Bluefield Lodge of
Elka
Punch Boards
Van Sweringen Details Anil Plan At Interstate Hearings
O P Van Sweringen testifies at ICC hearings on the C and O railroad bid to gain control of the Pere Marquette and Erie systems. He says a committee tentatively arranged purchases, promises to write tickets for stock, and seeks speedy approval before July 1 to avoid financial breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. and O. Railroad
Pere Marquette and Erie
O. P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
van Sweringen
Henry W. Anderson
Erie
Pere
San
Pany
Commission
Nickel Plate Railroad
Pere Marquette
M. J. van Sweringen
Nickel Plate
Anderson
Nickel Plate Company
Chesapeake Corporation
Vances Corporation
Special Investment Corporation
Cogmerce Commission
Newton D. Baker
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Herbert Hee
Levine Junk Business Involves Dumping Shells
New York report says Charles A. Levine engaged in unloading government loaded shells after the war. Isaac Levine claims the business withdrew explosive charges, sold empty shells, and returned 40 percent of proceeds to the government. The activity arose from contractors avoiding shell removal at sea after prior orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Germany
Lis
Isaac Levine
Levine
McAdoo Urges Prohibition Fight Among Students
In Greeneville Tennessee on June 7 William G McAdoo spoke to Tusculum college ex class urging open public discussion of the prohibition issue. He praised the 18th amendment as protecting health and morals while charging liquor interests with opposing public welfare and attempting to undermine prohibition through state nullifications and pressures on federal enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeneville
Tenn
William G. McAdoo
Tusculum College
McAdoo
Bivens Girl Improvement After Automobile Crash
Little Charlotte Bivens ten daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Bivens Bluefield Princeton road regained consciousness at St Luke's hospital after a Monday wreck involving Mrs Calfee and a car carrying William Gibbs McAdoo former secretary of the treasury. McAdoo was en route to Greeneville Tenn where he spoke at Tusculum college. Doctors report a brain base fracture but improving. McAdoo and Mrs Calfee were kept informed as physicians telegraphed updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Bivens
A. E. Bivens
Bluefield-Princeton
St. Luke's Hospital
Calfee
Bivens
Greeneville
Tenn
Mr. McAdoo
Horton
Caffee
McAdoo
Tennessee
Bluefield
Chattanooga
Macon
Virginia
George Dunglinson, Jr
J. M. Wilson
Treasury Head
Former Bank Cashier James McNeer Sentenced in Roanoke
James H. McNeer former cashier of the First National Bank of Pocahontas pleaded guilty in federal court at Roanoke to embezzlement and received three years in Atlanta. The bank closed last October with its business taken over by the Bank of Pocahontas and depositors were spared loss. McNeer exonerated all bank employees while accepting responsibility for the shortage showing it had accumulated over several years and escaped discovery by inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McNeer
First National Bank of Pocahontas
Roanoke
Atlanta
Bank of Pocahontas
McNeer
Wilkins Forced to Turn Back from Arctic Trip
Australian aerial explorer George Wilkins abandoned his Arctic expedition from Point Barrow toward Greenland due to dense fog. Returning to Fairbanks with Alger Graham, his pilot, he cited inability to discern ice formations as the key obstacle, following last year’s aborted attempt.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
George Wilkins
Wilkins
North Pole
Point Barrow
Greenland
Alger Graham
Government to destroy confiscated property in warehouse
Prohibition Administrator John D. Pennington announced libel forfeiture actions against all confiscated goods in the government warehouse in Pittsburgh. He said destroying the property would save the government about $10,000 annually in rental costs.
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Pittsburgh
John D. Pennington
Coast Guard Shooter Terrorizes Painesville Harbor
In Painesville Ohio on June 7 John A Sachowski a Coast Guard gunman on shore leave returned to duty intoxicated and opened fire from a cutter and harbor with nearly 100 rounds endangering over 200 people before deputies and Sheriff Rasmussen overpowered him and jailed him for federal authorities. None of the random shots injured anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Ohio
Fairport Harbor
Here
Coast
Coast Guard
Rasmussen
John A. Sachowski
Sachowski
E. H. Lamos
George Deval
Lindbergh Rests On Return Home Aboard Memphis
The Memphis cruiser has turned down toward the Virginia Capes bearing home the youthful aviator Charles Lindbergh. Captain Lackey offers anything he wants and Lindbergh rests at ease, enjoying undisturbed sleep with no crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Memphis
Associated Press
Virginia Capes
Lindbergh
Lackey
Logan Posse Seeks Will Bush in Neighbor Shooting
Logan West Virginia June 7 A posse of deputy sheriffs left town to search for Will Bush accused of shooting his neighbor Elias Workman justice of the peace. Workman was seriously wounded and Laurie Workman unknow the extent of injuries. Bush allegedly fired six shots ending the altercation.
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Logan
W. Va
Eheriffa
Will Bush
Harte Creek
Elias Workman
Justice of the Peace
Laurie Workman
Bush
Office of Justice
Detectives Hope to Arrest Theft Ring Reach in Jewel Robberies
New York and Nassau county detectives said they hoped the arrest of Arthur Barry and Mrs Anna Blake alias King in the $83,000 Livermore jewel robbery would lead to the capture of the New England mob. The aim is to solve about a dozen jewel robberies totaling over 1,000,000.
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New York
Nassau County
Arthur Barry
Anna Blake
King
Long Island
Jesse S. Livermore
New England
Medal Given Fireman for Saving Dog Life in Blairsville
J C Martin a fireman received a gold medal from the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society for saving a dog named Trixie during a Blairsville fire months earlier The dog earned a handsomeCollar with gold plate as part of the honor The dog’s barking reportedly alerted six families allowing them to escape the blaze owned by W F Butler
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Pittsburgh
Blairsville
J. C. Martin
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
W. F. Butler
Butler
Carroll Ordered to Begin Atlanta Prison Term
Earl Carroll theatrical producer, sentenced for perjury, to begin serving his term at Atlanta penitentiary. Attorney General Sargent stated there is no basis for clemency to be considered by President Coolidge. Term to date from admission to the prison as reports of illness were refuted.
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Washington
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
Greenville
D. C
Sargent
Caroll
Coolidge
Carroll
Marshall Receives Orders to Escort Karl Carroll to Atlanta Prison
Deputy federal Marshal Henry Cunningham will escort theatrical producer Karl Carroll to the Atlanta penitentiary tomorrow after Washington ordered the sentence to proceed. Carroll, once at City Hospital since April 13, faces one year and one day for perjury connected to the Bath Tub Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Greenville
D. C
Karl Carroll
Atlanta
Henry Cunningham
Cunningham
Washington
Sargent
Carroll
Department of Justice
City Hospital
Karl
Norman Carroll
Court fights over stock sale in Parkersburg district
The Parkersburg independent school district faces a bid dispute over 1 750 shares of Parkersburg Ohio Bridge stock. Crawford demands 300 per share. court may set aside sale at 100 to Hamilton & Co if bond is posted. Dismissal ordered if bond not posted.
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Charleston
W. Va
Parkersburg Independent
Parkersburg-Ohio Bridge Company
Dpd
B. Crawford
Parkershoro
Supreme Court of Appeals
Crawford
Bond
Hamilton & Co
Baltimore
J. Mentor Caldwell
Fort Worth
Texas
FE. A. Erast
Henry H. Dils
Parkerabure
Elrcult
Mine labor war shuts crowds in New Kensington
In New Kensington Pennsylvania on June 7 sheriffs notices ban gatherings of more than three persons as the mine labor dispute flares. A crowd at the railroad station yesterday threatened three African Americans, protected by state troopers. Nine state police were stationed to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Kinloch
Borah Recovering After Tonsil Operation
Idaho Senator Borah, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is recovering from a tonsil removal operation performed here last Thursday. He returned to his Capitol Hill office today and said he is getting along well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
Two Oklahoma Prison Inmates Crack Safe
Two inmates at McAlester prison crack a cafe safe in the Seminole Manufacturing company offices. Officials search for the two men, who are suspected of stealing from the prison shirt factory operations.
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Oklahoma
McAlester
Okla
Seminole Manufacturing Company
New Levine Feud Flare Threatens Postal Officials
Washington reports Charles A. Levine facing further confrontation with postal authorities over air mail stamps canceled for 250 letters carried on his trans Atlantic flight with Clarence Chamberlin. Postmaster Sealy allegedly canceled stamps for Levine and state senator Charles G. Lockwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Levine
Clarence Chamberlin
Sealy
Hempstead
Long Island
Levine
Atlantic
Columbia
United States
Roosevelt Field
Charles G. Lockwood
American Express
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Postmaster General
New
North American Airways, Inc
Cleveland
National Air Transport, Inc
Chicago
War and
Treasury Departments
Inquest Set For Everettsville Mine Disaster in Morgantown
Morgantown West Virginia June 7 The inquest into the Everettsville mine disaster of April 30 which killed nearly a hundred will convene tomorrow at 10 o clock in the Monongahela county circuit court room with Coroner Martin M Moore presiding. West Virginia mines chief R M Lambie will lead most of the questioning. Attorney General H B Lee and local prosecutors will attend. The jury includes E F Schultz Sampson Finn S A Phillips B H W Griffith Gay Dent and Wayne Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Everettsville
Martin M. Moore
Monongalia
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia Department of Mines
Charleston
H. B. Lee
William French Hunt
Charles P. Dorr
Rollo J. Conley
Frank Amos
Fairmont
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Lambie
Moore
FE. F. Shultz
Samson Finn
S. A. Phillips
BH. W. Griffith
Gay Dent
Wayne Cox
Charges of Cruelty Denied in Peonage Case
Athens Ga June 7 Defense witnesses in the peonage trial of Dr W R King testified that negro laborers at the sawmill on his former farm received good food bunk beds and fair treatment. Government witnesses had testified workers were tied whipped slept on hay and poorly fed. W G Kell renting the mill testified workers were tied after warrants were sworn and they fled with tools, and denied whipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W. R. King
King
United States District Court
Atlanta
W. G. Kell
Dr. King
Berlin Welcomes American Airmen in Grand Pageant
Berlin crowds line Tempelehofer airfield to greet Clarence D. Chambers and Charles A. Levine as they land the Bellanca Columbia. Diplomats and police praise the flight while spectators wave flags and cheer the trans Atlantic fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tempelehofer Airdrome
Clarence D. Chameberlin
Charles A. Levine
Bellanca
Columbia Us
Columbia
Hussar
America
Lufthansa
Tempelhofer
Tempelhofer Field
Ocean
Jacob Gauld Schurman
Herr Curtius
Scholz
Schurman
Chamberlin
Levine
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Colony
Purnell
President Coolidge
Senator Smoot
Finance Committee
Lindy
Hubbard
Man Sweringen
Anil
C.C
Baker
Defense
Levine Junk Business
M’adoo
Edison
James M’neer
New-Levine
Suzanne Haeusler
Daugeter
Board of Aldermen
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