Polar explorers sail from Maine for Arctic trek
MacMillan and the Navy Polar expedition set sail from Wis casset in a grand farewell parade led by the Bowdoin and Peary with nearly 100 pleasure craft and 25,000 visitors. Governor Brewster hosts the sendoff as debates over Maine sovereignty echo federal limits. Aircraft crates aboard the Peary signal hopes to fly over uncharted Arctic lands.
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Wiscasset
MacMillan-Navy
Peary
Bowdoin
Maine
Brewster
Dlag
MacMillan
Donald B. MacMillan
United States Navy
Sheepscott River
Navy Department
Bowdoin and Peary
Ex-congressman Russell gets two years and $7500 fine
Joshua E. Russell of Sidney, former federal prohibition director and congressman, was sentenced to two years in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and fined $7,500 for conspiracy in releasing thousands of gallons of whiskey from the Haagner Distillery. Warren Barnett received a like sentence. Merle Copeland two years and $2,500.
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Cleveland
Joshua E. Russell
Sidney
Ohio
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Haagner
Troy
Warren &. Barnett
Columbus
Merle B. Copeland
Athens
Copeland
Federal District Court
Shepherd Faces Court After Acquittal Hopes Rise in Murder Trial
Chicago dispatch reports William D. Shepherd on trial for the murder of his millionaire foster-son using typhoid germs. Defense attacks the prosecution’s key germ theory witnesses while Dr Farman testified to giving Shepherd germs for a $100,000 reward. State witnesses challenged.
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Chicago
Billy McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
Typhoon Germs
Faiman
National University of Sciences
MacClintock
Walter Smith
Crowe
Smith
Charles C. Farman
William Scott Stewart
Farman
Isabelle Pope
John P. Marchand
Ohio to set 100000 acres for game refuges and a zoo
Columbus reports the 1925 legislature authorizes new game preserves in Jefferson and Columbiana counties, boosting Ohio to over 100000 acres of wildlife sanctuaries. A miniature zoo of native wildlife is planned for the Roosevelt Refuge in Scioto county. Also in Columbus, 38 prisoners due for release will stay at the city prison until July 20 after a smallpox case among a black prisoner was found, Health Commissioner Beer announced.
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Columbus
Jefferson
Columbiana
Ohio
D. C. Thompson
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Scioto County
City
Beer
Naval officer seeks retirement after oil lease cases
June 20 Captain J. K. Robison chief of the navy bureau of engineering has applied to Secretary Wilbur for retirement as a rear admiral after three times being passed over for promotion due to his involvement in naval oil lease cases.
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Washington
J. K. Robison
Navy Bureau of Engineering
Secretary of the Navy
Wil
The Rag Man At Val Entine Theater Ends Tonight
Jackie Coogan returns to the rag man role after a string of varied films from royal robes to tropical costumes. Today is the final showing at the Val Entine Theater as readers note the feature in Canton with free tickets offered under the daily guest list.
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Jackie Coogan
Cage
Valentine Theater
Daily News
Canton
Parade Plans Continue Amid Ku Klux Klan Tension
In Columbus on June 20 the mayor refused a downtown parade for Ku Klux Klan members citing traffic fears. Despite the denial, Clyde W. Osborne Ohio grand dragon says a state Klansmen gathering will still occur at the state fairground on June 27. The parade area will be limited to the city’s northern streets near Ohio State University.
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Columbus
J. J. Thomas
Ku Klux Klan
Rulings in Oil Leasing Cases Clash Sharply
United States Supreme Court may harmonize conflicting rulings by Federal Judges McCormick and Kennedy on Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil leases. Cases Doheny and Sinclaire move to circuit courts with potential yearlong delays before reaching the high court. Key issue centers on Harding executive order transferring naval oil reserve administration to the Interior Department.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
McCormick
Kennedy
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
High Tribunal
Doheny
Sinclair
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Harding
Naval Oil Reserve
Navy Department
Interior Department
Deputies Guard Ohio Coal Mine Amid Picketer Row
Pomeroy Ohio June 20 deputies guarded the mouth of Pittsburgh Coal Company's mine No 17 after picketers demonstrated. Miners ready to load under the 1917 wage scale are outnumbered three to one by picketers. A. P. Miller received an anonymous threat against injunction action. About 150 picketers faced 50 workers. Ten thousand miners idled in the Hocking Valley due to the wage-scale deadlock.
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Pomeroy, CO
Sheriff's Deputies
Pittsburgh
Hocking
Husband Accused in Murder Attempt Case in Chicago
Mrs. Helen Gridley, wife of J Seely Gridley a 65 year old banker, travels to Clearwater Florida to testify to a jury about her husband alleged attempt to murder her after being wounded by two bullets on May 8. She initially spoke of suicide but later blamed her husband. Gridley was committed to a sanitarium in Waukegan on June 10 after being found insane. His lawyers seek a continuance on mental competency grounds.
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Chicago
Helen Gridley
J. Seely Gridley
Clearwater
Fla
Gridley
Wuukegan
Teenager Fatally Struck While Hanging Onto Truck
An 18 year old, David Netkirk, riding a bicycle while holding a moving truck in Oberlin, was fatally hit by a car carrying a Mansfield party. Police cleared occupants of the auto and denounced the dangerous practice, noting an ongoing campaign to halt it.
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Oberlin
David Netkirk
Mansfield
School Doctor Named to Full Time Position
Dr. Robert E. Firth of Dayton was named school physician at a board of education meeting. He leaves the welfare department of National Cash Register Co. in Dayton to pursue post graduate study and will focus on correcting physical disabilities in backward students. This marks Canton schools first full time physician and succeeds Dr. A W Laird who resigned.
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Robert E. Firth
Dayton
Board of Education
Firth
National Cash Register Co
Canton
A. W. Laird
Bodies Sought as Seamen Drown in Delaware River
Chester, June 20. Harbor officials continued search for the unrecovered bodies of A. K. Hoffman and J. Murray of the Steamer Chas. McCormick crew. They drowned Thursday night while trying to rescue men overturned in a row boat struck by the ship's propeller near the steamer's stern. other rescuers were saved and brought ashore.
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Chester
A. K. Hoffman
J. Murray
Chas. McCormick
Delaware River
McCormick
Swenson
McCormicks
Murray
Hoffman
Negotiations on French debt seen to start soon
Washington officials said ongoing talks between the United States and France indicate negotiations for funding the $4,000,000,000 French debt will soon begin. The information came from official channels today, as diplomatic exchanges continue.
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Washington
United States
France
Kirby Case Heads To Jury In Cleveland Trial
Defense rests as Josiah Kirby, founder of the Cleveland Discount Company, faces likely jury deliberation Tuesday after a four hour cross exam that failed to prove embezzlement or illegal acts. Randolph McCray testified retirement plan shares and stock values fluctuated with market rumors and Kirby’s resignation.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Kirby
Charles Higley
George F
Fix
Randolph — Y. McCray
Bandits Hold Up Ferndale Bank for 7500 Dollars
Three bandits forced the Ferndale State Bank assistant cashier to admit them inside. They ransacked the bank for an hour and escaped with 7500 dollars this morning in Ferndale Michigan.
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Ferndale, Mich
Ferndale State Bank
Communists Accused of Aiding Riffians in Paris
Paris dispatch reports the Procureur general preparing a complaint naming Communist Deputies Doriot and Marty for having intelligence with the enemy the Riffians. The case signals a high political claim in the ongoing friction over North Africa and collaboration concerns.
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Paris
Procureur General
Doriot
Marty
Case Continues for Nick Simon Assault Charge
The case of Nick Simon of 615 11th Street was continued in criminal court after his Saturday arraignment on assault and battery. Police say George Mills of 404 6th Street reported that Simon struck him over the head with a cane.
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Nick Simon
11Th St BW
Simon
George Mills
6Th St SH
Government presses anti rum drive across land and sea
Washington reports a broad crackdown on liquor traffic with seizures of over 25 000 beer bottles and numerous vehicles and prisoners. Coast guard expands operations on Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast as Treasury officials push destruction of captured intoxicants and funding for enforcement. Prohibition leaders meet with state directors to present a program for approval amid rising costs and renewed border smuggling concerns with Canada.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Vermont
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
J. FR. McCarl
Prohibition Unfit
Customs Service
L. C. Andrews
Prohibition
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Act to Protect Ex Service Men Drive Against Money Lenders
Washington June 26 A nationwide drive to curb money lenders offering loans to ex service men using adjusted compensation certificates as security began today. Chief Moran announced operatives in San Antonio seized 285 certificates from a lender making about 100 percent on advances to ex service men. Evidence turned over to the U S district attorney at San Antonio for determination.
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Washington, PD. C
United States Service
Moran
San Antonio
United States District Attorney
Police recover chairs after theft attempt near rail tracks
Police in Madison at SE near the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad tracks chased a man carrying two wicker rocking chairs Friday evening when he dropped them and fled. He escaped as officers approached. The chairs were taken to headquarters and efforts continued Sunday to locate their owners.
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Madison
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Donahey Plans Vacation at Indian Lake over Weekend
Columbus Ohio June 20 Governor Donahey will vacation over the weekend at Indian Lake in Lobo County. He will be away Saturday and Sunday, returning to state duties Monday.
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Columbus
Donahey
Indian Lake
Lo Banco
Americans win army polo tilt at Hurlingham Club
The Yankees defeated Britain 4 to 1 in London as American teamwork and daring, led by Dilay, outpaced the British ponies and propelled the visitors to victory. Major A H Wilson,a brilliant number one, fell badly after clattering into the side boards in the fourth chukker but continued playing.
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Hurlingham Club
London
Dilay
A.H. Wilson
Army Polo
Reward Offered for Missing Boys in Pittsburgh Case
Pittsburgh June Harwood of American Tobacco Co arrived to assist the search for his 15 year old son Warren and Webster Coase 14 son of Charles A Cosse. The boys left New York City eight days ago in Boy Scout uniforms. Parents offer 5000 dollar reward for their recovery as authorities received a telegram that the Harwood boy sent a postal card from Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Harwood
American Tobacco Co
Warren
New York City
Webster Coase
Charles A. Cosse
Civil Service
Mount Vernon
New York
Frank
Conspiracy Charges Against Pair Dropped in Toledo
Federal Judge John Killits dismissed charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law against Joseph Hutsell a Fort Wayne real estate man and politician and Henry J Taylor secretary treasurer of the Fort Wayne Elks Clubs for lack of evidence. The two men were among 28 indicted in connection with an alleged Ohio Michigan Indiana bootlegging ring whose trials are set for Monday in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Joseph Hutsell
Fort Wayne
Ind
Henry J. Taylor
Old School Loafer Gone Inspires Public Square Debates
A nostalgic profile laments the departure of the "loafers" once common in the public square. Police actions dispersed the informal crowd, while veterans and locals reflect on the vanished culture. The piece contrasts old keepers of watchful observation with new, productive youth observers.
Forest Fire Rages in Hokkaido District Japan
A disastrous forest fire sweeps Lake Katsusharo area in Hokkaido prefecture. One village reported destroyed and several others threatened as latest dispatches arrive from Tokio dated June 20.
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Tokio
Katsusharo
Hokkaido
Booster Week Promises Canton Merchants Bonanza
The Canton News reports a week of heightened bargains called Booster Week. Merchants, aided by The News, offer daily demonstrations and one daily special at unprecedented Canton prices. Miss Ima Booster will appear each day aiding shoppers with a $10 prize for the first to identify her.
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Canton News- Merchants
Canton Merchants
Co-Opera
Ohio
Canton
Wesley Barry
Valentine Theater
Ima Booster
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