President Coolidge Plans Short Auto Trips in Black Hills
President Coolidge, on vacation in the Black Hills, says no extreme western trips. He will take several short auto outings to nearby towns including Deadwood for the Days of ’76 celebration and the Belle Fourche rodeo next month. He may meet industry and farm leaders but has no definite conference plans.
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Rapid City
Coolidge
Black Hills
White House
Deadwood
Belle Fourche
Sheffield
Mexico
Yale
France
Madison
Wis
Agriculture
Commerce
J. L. Robbins
Francis Case
Hot Springs
Mre
Kidnapping Plot Seems Forgotten at Hollywood Studio
Hollywood June 1 Mary Pickford apparently forgot she was cast in a kidnapping sensation Guards patrolled Pickfair Beverly Hills after reports she was the intended victim Two men are serving penitentiary sentences for a similar plot two years ago Pickford planned to stay at her studio bungalow but weather forced a return home.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Pickfair
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Beverly Hills
State Penitentiary
Senators Mock Calvin's Trout Feat Sparks Senate Debate
Washington observers report President Coolidge claimed trout caught with worm bait. Senator Borah of Idaho mocked the idea calling it likely catfish and sometimes implied the fish were foolish. Democrat Reed quipped any trout biting a worm is a degenerate trout and mused on worm usage.
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Washington
Coolidge
Borah
Idaho
Reed
Missouri
Josh Reed
Northern China Plans Unified Front Against South
June 17 dispatch reports a sweeping reorganization by the Ankuochun to unite northern armies under Chang Ta-lin as dictator. The plan aims to restore Peking’s political clout, while negotiations with southerners have lapsed. Pan Fu named premier amid a reshaped government. V K Wellington Koo has retired.
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Peking
China
Marschal Chang Teo-Lin
Ankuochun
Chang Tso-Lin
Chang Kai Shek
Nanking
Yen Hai-Shem
Chensi
Ankuchun
Chang Tao-Lin
Pan Fu
V. K. Wellington Koo
Hillo Weet
Japan Will Not Seek Out Exiting U S Bases
Geneva June 17 Japan says it will not press questions on internationalism of the Panama Canal nor reduction of naval bases at Hawaii and Singapore at the forthcoming naval conference. Admiral Kobayashi, a leading Japanese delegate, said Japan will keep its initiative on warship limits outside the Washington treaty. Hugh S Gibson, head of the American delegation, said the United States will propose a definite warship limitation plan in the opening address.
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Geneva
Japan
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Singapore
Kobayashi
Hugh
Gibson
Hewspaper
United States
Two Alleged Polish Spies Executed in Kharkov
Moscow reports two alleged Polish spies named Kuslpinski and Vorzhovitch were executed in Kharkov after arrest by the state political police and a Kharkov supreme court ruling. A third, Melnik, escaped. he allegedly led the cell tasked to assassinate Ukrainian officials.
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Moscow
Andrew Kuslpinski
Tadeush Vorzhovitch
Kharkov
Judge James H. Reed Dies Father of Senator Reed
Pittsburgh on June 17 Judge James H. Reed 73 father of United States Senator David A. Reed and organizer of the United States Steel corporation died at his home tonight He led the legal work during Carnegie Steel sale negotiations and was named to the steel company board after the purchase
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Pittsburgh
James H. Reed
United States
David A. Reed
United States Steel Corportion
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Klan Parade Banned in New York as Disorder Fear Grows
Police Commissioner Warren denied permit for a Ku Klux Klan parade on July 4 marking the first use of a rule banning religious racial or political groups from parades likely to cause disorder after clashes at a Queens Klan march and a Fascist parade on Memorial Day in Manhattan.
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New York
Warren
Queens
Manhattan
Lindy Lands Amid World Crowds on Homecoming
Crowds cheered as Charles Lindbergh arrived at Lambert Field in St Louis after his transatlantic flight. He was greeted by his mother and officials, with plans for further honors the following day. Red Love guided him to the field, where thousands waited in rain to salute the feat. Lindbergh spent a night with a benefactor who financed the trip and prepared for the next day’s ceremonies.
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St. Louis
U States Air Mail Service
Somme
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Lindbergh
Aaa
Air Mail Service
Flying
St Louis
Philip R
Red) Love
Associated Press
St. Louisana
St. Louie
Love
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Dwight Davis
San Diego
New York
Paris
Sam
Lambert St. Louis Field
Army Air Corps to attempt transpacific flight in Fokker
Washington reports the Army Air Corps plans a late July non stop hop from San Francisco to Hawaii using a Fokker transport. Pilots Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert F. Hegenberger will navigate solo without naval support, employing earth inductor, magnetic and celestial compasses and a radio beacon. The plan, kept secret, marks a long standing Army project unrelated to Lindbergh or Chamberlin prizes.
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Washington
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Hoonolulu
Army Air Corps
Lester Maitland
Army
Albert F. Hegenberger
Davison
Fokker
Dayton
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
John Rodgers
Navy
Miners Union Near Split in Hocking Valley
In Nelsonville Ohio a split in the miners union seems near after a meeting led by Emmett Searles as a rival independent union forms. Five mines are to reopen next week under a new wage scale base of five dollars a day for 1917. The crowd clashed over the move and about half the miners left the meeting.
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Pennsylvania
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Emmett Searles
Nelsonville Mine and Coal Company
Searles
Tyler mine to reopen under non-union plan
Washington Pa June 17 officials of Washington Gas Coal company announced the Tyler mine will reopen under a non-union operation. The mine, normally employing about 500 men, has been closed since April 1 during the bituminous suspension and is expected to reopen around the first of next month.
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Washington
Tyler
Washington Gas Coal Company
Worries at League Session End. Weary Nations Tense
Geneva reports close of the forty fifth League of Nations session amid unease over Rhineland troop reductions and Russia Poland tensions. In Los Angeles Dorothy Mackaye faces trial with testimony alleging her involvement in a plot to hide her husband Ray Raymond’s death and connections to Dr. Walter J. Sullivan.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Walter J. Sullivan
Raymond
Paul Kelly
Screen Juvenile
Kelly
Ethel Lee
Sullivan
Miss Mackaye
Jerry Geisler
Five Year Old Slaying Linked to Hidden Body Search
Webster Springs West Virginia residents await results as county officers drain a pond near Back Fork following a tip from Bill Hall, a life prisoner, alleging a man was slain and his body weights chained and dumped in the pond. The case connects to the Bennett death and a May court session with Hamrick Soward Wyer and Cogar defendants.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
George Bennett
Andrew Mills
Dyer
Bill Hall
State
Bennett
Hall
Hanse Hamrick
Soward Wyer
Arden Cogar
John Meeks
Meeks
Raids Across Calumet District Net Liquor Arrests
In Gary Indiana on June 17 federal agents and Lake County deputies arrested two men on liquor violations in a series of raids. The detainees were brought before Federal Commissioner Surprise in Hammond.
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Gary
Ind
Lake County
Calumet District
Surprise
Hammond
Hope for Yacht Couple Abandoned by Relatives
Miami mourns as search ends for Mr. and Mrs. Phil Pomeroy missing since the yacht Cinnabar exploded and sank off Savannah Light on June 6. Relatives and friends concede no survivors are likely.
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Miami
Fla
Phil Pomeroy
Savannah Light
Aviators Wives Arrive in Berlin After Air Tour
Mrs Clarence D Chamberlin and Mrs Charles Levine reached Berlin tonight with their aviator husbands after flying from Roosevelt Field New York via Bremen Hamburg and Magdeburg. They faced heat crowds speeches and cameras as they traveled to Tempelhofer field ending a demanding dawn to night program. Levine praised Fraulein Thea Rasche for piloting the last leg to Berlin.
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Berlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Bremerhaven
Etope
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Exposition Grounds
Harbor Plera
Tempelhofer Field
Roosevelt Field
New York
Eisleben
Germany
Chamberlin
Levine
Bremen
Madgeburg
Lufthansa
Fraulein
Thea Rasche
Wisconsin to Build Plant for Vitamin E Production
Milwaukee June 17 The ultraviolet ray process to impart vitamin D will be used commercially. A foundation at the University of Wisconsin established for Prof Harry Steenbock will reap a royalty of 0,000 a year.
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Milwaukee
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Harry Steenbock
Armour Wins United States Open In Dramatic 16th Hole Finish
Tommy Armour of Washington D C clinched the U S Open title at Oakmont by a margin of three strokes over Harry Cooper after a dramatic finish. Armour sank a 55 foot putt on the 16th and a precise chip on the 17th to seize the lead and secure the championship with a final round 76. Cooper battled hard, entering the 16th with momentum but failed to escape the sand traps and finish strong. The victory sends Armour to the Congressional Country Club as the new Open champion.
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Oakmont
Tommy Armour
Washington
D. C
United States
Los Angeles
Harry Cooper
Bobby Jones
Congressional Country Club
Tommy
Armour
Cooper
Lighthorse
Hearing resumes Monday in Chesapeake and Ohio merger inquiry
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans to reconvene Monday to decide if O. P. Van Sweringen must answer questions about stock dealings and bank borrowings as part of the C and O merger probe. J. H. Dart of Richmond testified on voting for control of Erie and Pere Marquette. The full commission voted to allow thirty minutes per side for final arguments.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
O. P. van Sweringen
van Sweringen
J. H. Dart
Richmond
C. and
Erie
Pere Marquette
H. W. Anderson
Question of Unmarried Unions Divides Church
The national congress of the Protestant Episcopal church in San Francisco heard strong debate over unions of unmarried persons. Rev Henry Lewis of Ann Arbor advocated tolerance, drawing swift rebuttals from leaders including Bishop William T Manning of New York who urged disavowal. Rev William Norman Guthrie of New York defended the church’s wider stance.
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San Francisco
Protestant Episcopal Church
National Congress of the Church
Henry Lewis
Ann Arbor
Mich
United States
William T Manning
New York
Lewis
Manning
Michigan
William Norman Guthrie
St Marks Church
Church of New York
Protestant Episcopal Church of America
Byrd Delays Flight to Europe
New York reports Byrd postpones trans Atlantic departure due to bad weather. He may fly Sunday night with Acosta and Neville aboard the monoplane America while considering a fourth, possibly Balchen, a male crew member. The Lindbergh welcome influences the timing of Byrd's mission.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
Charis Lindbergh
Lindbergh
France
Byrd
St. Louis
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Roosevelt Field
America
Parie
Bernt Balchen
North Pole
Editors of State at Jacksons Mills Meet Editors of State
At Jacksons Mill Wo Va June 17 with sixty one in attendance editors and their wives from daily and weekly newspapers gathered for the West Virginia state council of journalism outing. President Robert H Pritchard arranged trips to Wes leyan college Buckhannon and the state game farm French Creek Upshur county for the entertainment. The editors were guests of the sixth annual banquet of the Weston chamber of commerce. Automobiles carried journalists on the Upshur county trip. President Homer Ed Werkk welcomed them to Wes leyan college calling them fellow educators. Harry L Snyder responded Will T Burnside introduced President Werkk
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Jacksons Mill
Wo Va
West Virginia State Council of Journalism
Robert H. Pritchard
Weston Democrat
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
French Creek
Upshur County
Weston Chamber of Commerce
Weston
Homer Ed. Werk
Harry L. Snyder
The
Register
Shepherdstown
Will T Burnside
Wark
Will Rogers Recovers After Major Gallstone Operation
Will Rogers, Beverly Hills resident known as the movie mayor, is in highly satisfactory condition at California Lutheran hospital after a morning surgery to remove gallstones. Surgeon J. P. G. White says Rogers “came through nicely” but cautions the operation was serious, preceded by treatment for nervous indigestion following a nationwide lecture tour.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Cowboy Bumpher
Beverly Hille
California Lutheran Hospital
J. P. G. White
Rogers
Grain man found guilty by Chicago grain board
John Kellog, ex-president of Armour Grain, was found guilty of dishonorable conduct in grain trading by the Chicago Board of Trade governors. The verdict carries a two year suspension from the exchange.
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Chicago
John Kellogg
Armour Grain Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Wordict
Chicago Exchange
Lindbergh Aeronautics Stock Sale Probed
An investigation into the Lindbergh Aeronautics corporation focused on plans to issue one million shares at 100 dollars each. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh denied any connection while Vincent of Cleveland represented the company in Wilmington.
Lindber Aeronauticn corporation officers missing in Ohio
In Cleveland officers of the Lindber Aeronauticn corporation could not be located as a Wilmington Delaware stock selling campaign tied to a 19 million dollar objective faced investigation. Harvey E Elliott filed Ohio incorporation papers two weeks earlier for 500 shares no par value. Cacar P Lindbergh is listed as president and an engineer.
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Cleveland, O
Lindber Aeronauticn Corporation
Wilmington
Del
Ohio
Harvey E .Elliott
Cleveland
Elliott
Delaware
Cacar P. Lindbergh
Suits Filed Against District Day Chief
Two libel suits seeking 2509 damages each were filed in circuit court against John D. Pennington federal district administrator for the sixth district. Plaintiffs B A Wise and Mary Jarrett charge Pennington libeled them in a report about Irving A. Cohen's ouster case. Co-defendants include Bessie Parker and Gladys Thaxon. Trial set for September term. Pennington served papers during a conference with C E Barnhart.
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Charleston
W. Va
John D. Pennington
Sixth
Pittsburgh
B. A. Wise
Mary Jarrett
Irving A. Cohen
Bessie Parker
Gladys Thaxton
Cohen
Plainiffs
Pennington
Wise
Negro Slayer Upchurch Killed by Posse in Tennessee
Paris Tennessee June 17 Joseph Upchurch a negro who shot and killed Sheriff T J Caldwell during an arrest was killed by a posse of about fifty men In the cabin where he was held the posse fired tearing the building It was reported Upchurch clashed with the sheriff after returning from Chicago and opened fire killing the officer instantly before being shot himself by deputies minutes later
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Tenn
Joseph Upchurch
T. J. Caldwell
Upchurch
Chicago
Cakdwell
Lefeo
Uty
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