United States Opposed to British Plan on Naval Tonnage
U S state department officials said Washington would not back Britain’s proposal to revise battleship and cruiser tonnages at Geneva. Viscount Ishii signaled partial support but Washington insisted revisions would be pointless before 1931 and require scrapping reserve 16 inch guns and costly recasting.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Viscount Ishii
Geneva
Cave
Great Britain
Japanese Seek U S Aid At Naval Talks In Geneva
Viscount Ishii reportedly met Hugh B. Gibson to relay that Britain’s capital ships plan has impressed the Japanese delegation. Tokyo will seek fresh instructions. Three views on Japan’s stance emerge: firm pro British shift, leverage for more American aux warships, or a middle ground to avert conference collapse.
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Japan
Japan Seeks New Instructions at Geneva Naval Talks
In Geneva on June 27 the Japanese delegation led by Admiral Saito announced they had asked Tokyo for new instructions after Britain's proposal to discuss capital ships suggested possible navy cost cuts. Viscount Ishii said Japan has no plan for a security treaty but is open to studying proposals on national economy and taxpayer relief. French observers note talk of a peace pact with the United States amid the conference.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Tokyo
Saito
Japan
Viscount Ishii
Ishii
Io Tenot
United States
France
Advertising Is Now Life Of Business
Denver report on the International Advertising association meeting where 1600 to 2000 attendees discuss advertising as the life of trade. President Woodbridge attacks an advertising czar plan while debates shift toward churches using newspaper advertising to reach the masses and fulfill spiritual obligations.
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Denver
International Advertising Association
C. K. Woodbridge
Paul Kelly Bids Dorothy Mackaye Farewell in Dinner Incident
In Los Angeles on June 27 Paul Kelly the screen juvenile said goodbye to Dorothy Mackaye amid a court case tied to her husband’s death. Kelly on temporary liberty attended a dinner under deputy sheriff guard while Mackaye and Helen Wilkinson denied being guests.
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Los Angeles
Paul Kelly
Screen
Dorothy Mackaye
Fieta
Kelly
Miss Mackaye
Eheriff
Mise Mackaye
Helen Wilkinson
Claude Peters
Reese
Peters
William S. Traeger
Mies Mackaye
Mies ‘Wilkingon
Traeger
Charles S. Burnell
Lindbergh Guest At Morgan Lunch In Wall Street
New York June 27 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh was the luncheon guest of J P Morgan in the private dining room of J P Morgan & Co on Wall Street The meeting was social with no discussion of Lindberghs proposed nation wide commercial air transport venture He later conferred with A A Tilney and Seward Prosser and plans shifted for his July 2 trip to Ottawa for a jubilee marking 60 years of joining provinces into the dominion
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan Company
Wall Street
Dwight Morrow
The
Aircraft Commission
Lindbergh
Washington
France
A. A. Tilney
Seward Prosser
Bankers Trust Company
St. Louis
Ottawa
Harry H. Knight
Will Rogers Elected Life Red Cross Member
Will Rogers the humorist was elected a life member of the American Red Cross in appreciation of his service during the Mississippi relief fund campaign. John Barton Payne praised Rogers for his newspaper appeals and letters that aided flood disaster relief.
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Washington
Will Rogers
American Red Cross Today
Mississippi Relief Fund
Mississippi
John Barton Payne
National Red Cross
Boy Smothered When Sand Bank Caves In
Ten year old James Stear was smothered today when a sand bank on which he played with other children caved in. Charles Murphy pulled the boy from the debris and rushed him to the Jewish Hospital where doctors could not revive him.
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Philadelphia
James Stear
Charles Murphy
Jewish Hospital
Mrs Coolidge Delays Lunch As She Hikes Black Hills
Mrs. Coolidge returns to the summer White House after a fifteen mile hike with James Haley. President Coolidge waits on the porch anxiously before they resume their luncheon and head to the game. A White River delegation invites him to a cow boy and Indian celebration in August.
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Rapid City
Black Hills
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Mrs. Coolidge
James Haley
Secret Service
Coolidge
White River
Pony Express
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Deadwood
President Coolidge Recovers Pet Rob Roy
President Coolidge personally searched the hills around the summer White House and retrieved his collie Rob Roy who had chased a llama. The dog is confined on the state lodge lawn for a few days as punishment. The White House also reported earlier that Rebecca the raccoon fled to a pine tree before coming down.
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Rob Roy
Rapid City
S. D
President Coolidge
White House
State Name Lodge
Rebecca
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Ships Reach Rockland Harbor
Commander Donald B. MacMillan with the Bowdoin Radio and Seeko moor at Rockland after finishing the second leg of a northern Labrador and Baffin Land voyage. Dr. Neil A. Fogg plans to join tomorrow as the crew proceeds to Sydney Nova Scotia. Bowdoin to Dark Harbor. Radio and Seeko head to Nova Scotia.
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Rockland
Donald B. MacMillan
Northern Exploration
Bowdoin
Radio
Seeko
Labrador
Baffin Land
MacMillan
Neil A. Fogg
Dr. Fogg
Sydney
N. S
Nova Scotia
Dark Harbor
Penobscot Bay
Charles Dana Gibson
Langdon Gibson
Admiral Peary
Railroads to Help Fight Booze Trade in Philadelphia
Prohibition Director Samuel O. Wynne announced an agreement with nine railroads serving the Philadelphia area to bar use of their cars for illegal liquor shipments in exchange for officials ceasing car confiscations. James M. Doran distributed copies to other administrators urging similar understandings with railroads.
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Philadelphia
Samuel O. Wynne
Wynne
James M. Doran
15000 Men Will Be Idle When Pennsy Mines Close
Altoona Pennsylvania June 27 15 000 miners in district No 2 United Mine Workers of America will be idle as central Pennsylvania mines suspend operations at midnight June 30 due to an agreement after a Philadelphia conference. Charles ONeill president of the operators association says miners demand a wage scale tied to market needs and that the sab subcommittees were not empowered to act as equals.
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Altoona
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Charles O'Neill
Operators’ Association
Philadelphia
O'Neill
Byrd Flight Delayed by Storm Rages Over Atlantic
Storm halted Commander Richard E. Byrd and crew from launching the tri motor America toward France from Roosevelt Field New York. Weather off Grand Banks blocks the voyage with winds and a low pressure barrier delaying takeoff until at least Wednesday.
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Roosevelt Field
America
Grand Banks
France
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Newfoundland
Porter Adams
National Aeronautical Association
New York
Weather Bureau
French sleuths hunt for Dau det
Paris detectives search for royalist leader Leon Daudet and his lieutenant Belest after a ruse release from prison. Police plan a quiet arrest to avoid royalist protests as Daudet faces a five month libel sentence.
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Paris
France
Leon Daudet
Belest
Daudet
Hencchmen
Bastile
Daudet Reported Arriving at Lausanne
In Lausanne reports say M. Daudet has arrived, per a Berne dispatch to the Journal de Geneve. The message reached the federal palace in Geneva, dated June 27.
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Lausanne
Geneva
Switzerland
Berne
Journal de Geneve
Federal Palace
M. Daudet
Report Discredits Claim Of French Royalist Leader In Switzerland
Federal authorities said they had no knowledge of Leon Doucet in Switzerland and dismissed a Lausanne report as unfounded after his Paris prison release through a hoax.
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Berne
Switzerland
Leon Doucet
Paris
Lausanne
Nearly all of regiment of marines stays south
Marine corps orders reveal Quantico based regiment remains in Nicaragua for permanent duty except one stalion.62 officers and 1,148 enlisted will stay to guard the American legation at Managua and oversee 1928 elections officials. Remaining 1,533 marines return to United States and possessions while 612 are sent to Quantico on two ships.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Quantico
Nicaragua
Legation Guard
Managua
Eww
Nicaraguan Constabulary
Mills Quits Post as Dry Director
Major Chester P. Mills resigns as prohibition administrator for eastern New York and Connecticut effective July 5. He cites no comment on the action but calls his aide’s suspension unjust and seeks a grand jury probe. August Hesse transferred to zone supervisor for eastern states amid the controversy.
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New York
Chester P. Mills
Prohibition
Connecticut
Prohibition Service
John M. Doran
Washingon
Mills
August Hesse
Heiss
Tragic Potomac Rescue Ends in EightYearOld's Drowning
Washington reports the death of Edna Marie Armitage an eight year old who perished while trying to rescue her friend Virginia Clapp nine year old daughter of Moses E Clapp former Minnesota senator. The incident occurred near Mount Vernon as Virginia stepped into a sink hole in the river and Edna tried to help but both children disappeared. Senator Clapp acted to reach the spot but could not save them.
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Washington
Potomac River
Tot
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Mount Vernon
Virginia Clapp
Edna Marie Armitage
Senator Clapp
Virginia
Edna
Fourteen Planes Join Ford Air Tour In Buffalo
Fourteen airplanes, representing leading builders, line up at the Buffalo municipal air field after completing the first leg of the third national air tour. The craft compete for the Edeel B. Ford trophy and cash prizes as they demonstrate reliability of air travel for passengers and freight across a 4 110 mile route through the east south and west.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Municipal Air Field
Coal Rate Cut Triggers Southern Railroads Clash in Lake Trade
Norfolk and Western along with Chesapeake and Ohio and other southern lines cut lake cargo coal rates by ten cents per ton, a move opposed by Pocahontas operators who urge a 20 cent cut to stay in lake and northwest markets. Washington meeting set to pressure full rate reductions amid concerns over central freight association impacts and regional competition.
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Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Laulaville and
Nashville
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pocahontas, Williamson
Southwest Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Northern
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pocajontas
West Virginia
Lake
Pocahontas
Central Freight Association
W. E. B. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Koepler
Southern
Northwest
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginian Railway
Matoaka
Angered workers wreck Fifth Avenue home over tips
Two elevator operators destroyed antiques and old masters worth about 250000 in Bai Lihme's Fifth Avenue apartment. John Healy and George Tiernan confessed to wrecking the residence during a drunken riot while Lihme was away. Police hunt a third alleged accomplice.
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New York
Bai Lihme
Lihme
John Healy
George Tiernan
Fifth Avenue
Healy
Tiernan
Aged Virginia Woman Tramping To Oregon
Mrs. Fanny Streator an 81 year old from Blacksburg Virginia left June 15 to visit her daughter Mrs Wyde Keen in Applegate Oregon. She reached Chicago on her cross country hike saying she declined rides to keep walking and plans to see her grandchildren next year after crops prevented railroad fare.
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Chicago
Fanny Streator
Blacksburg
Wyde Keen
Applegate
Ore
Oregon
Epidemic Fears Rise Over Miner Water Blockade
State health engineers report dangerous conditions at Castle Shannon and Mollenaver mining towns after Pittsburgh Terminal Coal cut off water to striking miners. Sixty families at Castle Shannon rely on two unprotected springs. water advised to boil while cisterns are used. Union officials warn an epidemic could follow if supply is not restored.
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Pittsburgh
State Health Department
Castle Shannon
Molleenauer
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
L. #. Wickersham
State Department of Health
Mollenaver
United Mine Workers
Health Department
Pittebureh
Stephenson Claims He Is Mistreated
Indianapolis June 27 report on charges by D. C. Stephenson that he was mistreated at the state prison where he serves a life term for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer will be released to the public by Governor Jackson or prison trustees or the charities board. An unofficial forecast says the report will find Stephenson's charges unfounded and no censure of prison authorities. Disciplinary rules at the prison are cited as misinterpreted by Stephenson.
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Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Jackson
Charities Board
Stephenson
Charges of Misconduct Filed Against City Officials
Indianapolis June 27 four officials face charges after corruption inquiry. Mayor John L. Duvall city controller W C Buser purchasing agent John J. Collins and former master Karl Garrett are named. Special deputy prosecutors Holtzman and Johnson fled a report citing other misconduct and urging continued grand jury review.
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Indianapolis
John W. Holtzman
Emsley W. Johnson
John L. Duvall
W. C. Buser
Duvall
John J. Collins
Karl Garrett
Three Planes Prepare For Pacific Flight Attempt
Oakland reports two planes ready to depart within hours with a third piloted by Richard Grace awaiting takeoff from Kauai. Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger lead the army Fokker from Oakland while Ernest Smith and Charles Carter test the civilian monoplane.
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Oakland
Calif
Honolulu
Pacific
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Barking Sands
Mana
Kauai
Richard Grace
Mason Patrick
Calef
Army Air Corps
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Weberger
War Department
Washington
Ernest L. Smith
Charlies H. Carter
Los Angeles
California
Grace
Maui
Islands
Crissy Field
Smith
Army Fokker
Army
Pre
Sidio
J. W. Maitland
Burlingame
Criesy Field
Maitland
Hegenberger
Crisey Field
Ering
Kenneth J. Boedecker
Wright Aeronautic Company
Paterson
N. J
Patrick
Carter
Wink
Army Fliers
Army Office
Cerry Meberger
Lake
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Life Red Cross
President
BIG Cowboy Festival
Porcupine
M’millan
Explora
Operator’s Association
South Carolina
National Guard
Columbia
South Carolina National Guard
Richards
Beaufort
E. G. Langford
Court House
Hickory Grove
North Carolina
Rock Hill
118Th Infantry
York County
Regiment OF Marines
August Heiss
Coal Company
Charles
H. Carter
L. J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
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