Gunboats Open Fire as Canton Battles Intensify
Fighting erupts between Yunnanese forces and Cantonese troops around Canton after gunboats fire on Ho Nan island. Hongkong steamers carry refugees as both sides clash, with barricades along the Bund and telegraph lines cut. General Yang Hsi Min seizes key facilities while authorities appoint Chu Pei Teh to lead Yunnanese forces.
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Caxton
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Honan
Fron
Hongkong
Yang Hsi-Min
Lau Chun-Wan
Kuomin-Tang Party
Chu Pei-Teh
Yaminen
Shelung
Hsu Chung-Chi
Yang
Lau
Whampoa
Tungseian
Kuomintang Party
Arrival of Paul Jones Tells Quiet Shanghai Amid Rioting
The Paul Jones arrives at Chinkiang as riots in Shanghai ease. A Peel of reports says students plan a Kiukiang strike while Chinese and volunteers begin fraternizing with coming foreign diplomats from Peking. The situation remains delicate with risks of renewed racial tensions.
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Shanghai
Paul Jones
Chinkiang
Kiukiang
Peking
Japanese destroyers dispatched to Shanghai relief
Tokyo reports four destroyers from Sasebo sail to reinforce ships at Shanghai. Additional two destroyers depart Formosa bound for Canton to aid operations.
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Tokyo
Sasebo Naval Station
Shanghai
Formosa
Canton
Airplane Crash in Cape Girardeau Burns Two Women to Death
Pearl Bayfinger aged 20 and Grace Lamer 25, both of Cobden Illinois, died after a plane carrying them crashed and caught fire in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Pilot John Hunter of St Louis was injured when the craft fell about fifty feet today.
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Associated Press
Cape Girardeau
Pearl Bayfinger
Grace Lamer
Cobden, Ill
John Hunter
St. Louis
Jamaica Seismic Shocks Rattle Kingston Citizens
A severe earthquake felt in Kingston lasting several seconds caused some cracks in buildings and people to flee the city in fear of further shocks with no serious damage reported.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Housing Ad Promises Happiness and Family Independence
Real estate notice highlights homes marketed as keystones of happiness with space for children and family comfort. Encourages consulting Houses for Sale in Classifieds for best values.
Thousands flee heat to beaches as city swelters
New Yorkers flee the heat wave with thousands sleeping on Central Park slopes and Riverside Drive while more than 20,000 reportedly spent the night in Central Park. Beaches along the Atlantic provide cooling relief as the city endures the hottest night of the year.
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New York
Atlantic
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Cincinnati
Sayre Jéliy
Maharajah of Gwalior dies after choosing religion over surgery
Paris deathbed scene contrasts Eastern Brahman faith with Western medicine as the Maharajah of Gwalior, one of the world's richest men, dies of septic poisoning after refusing a simple neck boil operation. He had stayed at the Chateau de Madrid with a gala garden party nearby while officials forbid cremation per Brahman custom.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Gwalior
Marseilles
Chateau de Madrid
Bois de Boulogne
King George
Lord Dawson
London
Lancing
Chateau
Death Chamber
Aga Kahan
India
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
LSU Agronomy Professor Slain. Exam Papers Vanish
Baton Rouge police investigate the murder of Oscar B. Turner a LSU agronomy professor found fatally wounded in the Agronomy Building. An ax was nearby with no fingerprints, suggesting the killer wore gloves. Students and officials await clues as the coroner's inquest resumes.
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R. G Markham
Prof. Turner
Markham
Agronomy
Warships Land Troops At Samos
A Greek naval squadron surrounded Samos and planned to land troops that night to quell an uprising led by the Vafiades Brothers. Revolutionaries demand the government’s resignation and a new assembly election. Prisoners were freed and treasury funds seized. inmates joined the revolt.
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Associated Press
Athens
Samos
Asia
Vafiades Brothers
Three Drowned When Car Plunges Into Quarry Near Lime City
A car driven by a woman rolled into a stone quarry pond near Lime City Toledo Ohio killing Mrs Gladys McCann 21 and her two infants Richard 10 months and Tracy Samuels Jr 4 months all residents of Lime City The driver and a passenger escaped by leaping free after a frantic rescue attempt by the Samuels family.
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Toledo
J Une
Lime City
Here
Gladys McCann
Richard
Tracy Samuels, Jr
Tracy Samuels
Lime City. Mr. and Mrs. Samuels
Woman killed by runaway auto on Broadway incident
A runaway car set in motion by children struck Miss Cora Smith and another woman on Broadway south of Third street. Smith, 58, of 204 Central avenue, died at General Hospital. Lige Harrison owned the car. the children fled and later gave names to police. The incident raises Hamilton County auto fatalities to sixty four this year.
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Broadway
Third Street
Cora Smith
Central Avenue
General Hospital
Lige Harrison
Harrison
Miss Smith
Julian & Kokenge Company
Hamilton County
Richard Dombaugh
Globe Avenue
Norwood
Beechmont Avenue
Turkey Bottom Road
Adolph Vieling
Estes Avenue
Ada Vieling
Springfield Pike
DeCamp Road
Virginia Harrison
Huntington
W. Va
Reading
Longworth Street
John Kilgour
West Fourth Street
Stath
John Morris
Kilgour
Gas FATALITIES IN Oakfield MINES KILL TWO
Two miners Leo Snyder and Shannon Hilchey died from hydrogen sulphide gas at United States Gypsum Company mines in Oakfield near Batavia. Three others were overcome as workers hit a gas pocket in the lower mine.
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Associated Press
Batavia
N. Y
United States Gypsum Company
Oakfield
Leo Snyder
Shannon Hilchey
Turners Denounce Bryan Fight Evolution as Slavery Defence
New York Turn Verein marks seventy-fifth anniversary as George Seibel denounces William Jennings Bryan. He links evolution to slavery and urges German Americans to defend liberty against what he calls religious intolerance and zealotry. He cites Turners' historical roles in supporting liberty, Lincoln, and union defense.
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Turners
Bryan
New York World News Service
New York
New York Turn Verein
George Seibel
Pittsburgh
A American Turnerbund
William Jenni Bryan
America
Mr. Seibel
Wendel Philips
Boston
Lincoln
Missouri
Ruin Fleet
Truth
Tennessee
Darwin
Heaven
Joseph Levy Dies Sudden at Golf in Cincinnati
Joseph Levy 55 prominent Cincinnati businessman died suddenly from acute indigestion while playing golf at Hillcrest Country Club. He collapsed among players Harry Marks Edward Brophy Archibald Simpson and was taken to Jewish Hospital. Levy led Lewis & Neblett Co. for 40 years and served as president. Burial planned at Hamilton Jewish Cemetery.
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Hillcrest Country Club
Joseph Levy
Cincinnati
Levy
Harry Marks
Edward Brophy
Western Hills Country Club
Archibald Simpson
Clovernook Country Club
H. B. Weiss
Jewish Hospital
Jennie Koppel Levy
Samuel Levy
The
A. L. Pus
Jubilant Rome marks 25 years of Victor Emmanuel III rule
Rome observes a nationwide jubilee for Victor Emmanuel III as 100000 march past in a royal parade. The King, Queen and Mussolini attend from sunrise to sunset, with veterans and colonial representatives among the participants. Fascist groups appear prominently in the procession.
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Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Mafald
Giovanna
Mussolini
Aosta
Quirinal Palace
Fire destroys several buildings along Spring Grove and Straight
A $20 000 fire yesterday damaged Ohio Pattern Works at 2728 Spring Grove avenue and two nearby businesses, Frey Sausage Co at 1134 Straight street and homes at 1134 Straight and 2714 Spring Grove. Three firemen were injured while saving the block. the blaze started in a shed owned by the pattern works.
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Straight Street
Spring Grove Avenue
Ohio Pattern Works
Fred Frey Sausage Company
Arthur Metz
Harry Schmidt
Shearwoo
Wuerth
Frey Company
Metz
Schmidt
Shearwood and
Pattern Works
George Feliz
McMicken Avenue
Marshal Wuerth
Earl Shear
Inspector Weatherly
Albert Heilman
Hooks Company No. 13
George Becker
Company No. 43
Heilman
Becker
Vance Thompson Dies in Nice France At 63
New York June 7 Vance Thompson 63 a Los Angeles writer poet and playwright died Friday in Nice France after spending much of the past two decades in Europe He began writing after Princeton in 1883 and besides many plays and books served as 1919 US Embassy attache at Rome His wife actress and playwright Lillian Spencer lives in Los Angeles He published French Portraits 1900 and Louisa 1924 among other works with collaborations including The Japanese Doll and Florianne s Dream.
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New York World News Service
New York
Vance Thompson
Los Angeles
Cal
Nice
France
Europe
Thompson
Princeton
Rome
Lillian Spencer
Japan
Dresden
Florianne
Ethelbert Nevin
Louisa
LSB
Father Lays Down Life Saving Son in Pond Tragedy
Fred Burkett, 40, a baker, died after attempting to rescue his son Albert, 10, from drowning in a pond ten miles from Pomeroy between Darwin and Midway. They were found by nearby farmers forty five minutes later as Burkett family picnicked by the Old Strip mine.
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Associated Press
Pomeroy
Fred Burkett
Darwin
Midway
Albert
Burkett
Father and two sons drown in Kanawha River tragedy
J. W. Cart a real estate operator and his sons Paul 17 and Fillmore 18 drowned in the Kanawha River near Charleston. The father and Fillmore were on the bank when they saw Paul go under and the brother entered the water but was swept away by the current. The body was recovered later.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
J. W. Cart
Paul
Fillmore
Kanawha
Fillmore Cart
Shen
Ae Boystand Situa Pevehe
Welcome for Coolidge Stirs Twin Cities Norse Pride
President Coolidge arrives in St Paul amid a Norse Centennial crowd in Minneapolis and St Paul. The welcome features Gov Theodore Christianson and dignitaries from Norway, with Senator Shipstead presiding and Lenroot noted for Swedish roots.
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New York World News Service
Minn
Coolidge
Northwest
St. Paul
Twin
Minneapolis
Pup
Marine Band
Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
Frank B. Kellogg
Christianson
Norway
Johann Mowinckel
Oslo
Johann Peter Lunde
Kellogg
Twin Cities
United Sta
Staten
Tip Ders Eis
Henrik Shipstead
Farmer-Laborite
State Fair Grounds
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Oase
Shipstead
Fair Grounds
A. G. Sor He
North Dakota
Carl Gunderson
John B. Blaine
Wisconsin
Storms Hit West. Five Die in Canton Tornado Toll
A tornado-like gale swept twenty five miles causing over a hundred buildings to fall and injuring scores. Three deaths were reported in farming communities with outages to communications and a $150000 damage estimate.
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Wray
Col
Here
Indianan Slain in Drunken Orgy at Farm Dance
Lawrenceburg Indiana June 7 Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune Lucian Lowden 35 of Manchester Township was stabbed to death in a drunken party fight. Raymond Brooks 20 also of Manchester Township allegedly led the assault after a dispute with Jack Brooks. Brooks fled, was tracked to Aurora and arrested. Lowden died from multiple stab wounds including a severed arm.
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the Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Lucian Lowden
Mamchester Township
Raymond Brooks
Manchester Township
Alfred Mountain Farm
Lowden
Jack Brooks
Young Brooks
Jim Lowden
Lommel
Lase Beringon
Brooks
Harry Henry
Robert Brooks
Aurora
Ray Brooks
London
Goodpas
Engine trouble forces Los Angeles dirigible return to New Jersey
The navy airship Los Angeles, delayed by engine trouble, abandoned its Minnesota Norse American Centennial trip and headed back to Lakehurst. It passed Cleveland at 2:30 pm and Pittsburgh at 5:17 pm with erratic flight, dropping three sealed messages to mayors along its route before basing at Lakehurst. Two Omaha girls are feared drowned after a windstorm toppled trees and damaged the city.
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New York World News Service
New York
Navy
Dirigible
Los Angeles
Minnesota
Lakehurst
N. J
Cleveland
Lakewood
T. Washington
Toledo
Madison
Wis
Fred Kohler
Navy Department
Washington
Minneapolis
Auto race tragedy and heat wave toll nationwide
One spectator, Sylvester Teegarden, 21, was killed and Harry Seright, 25, died of brain concussion after a crash at Ft. Miami fairgrounds. Teegarden ran onto track. Seright sacrificed himself by crashing through a fence. Wolfe finished second. Heimbush and Hellmush injured. Separate reports note Vera Cruz flood deaths, New York heat deaths, and Cincinnati cool spell with one prostration.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ft. Miami Fair Grounds Track
Sylvester Téegarden
Ind
Teegarden
Edward Hellmbush
Seright
Spright
East Side Hospital
Wolfe
Heimbush
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Lynn
Fall River
New Jersey
Elizabeth
Bayonne
Hackensack
Hoboken
Middletown
N. Y
Croton
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Itage
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Emil Hug
Lightning Strikes Golfers Killings and Injuries at Guthrie Tournament
Guthrie Oklahoma June 7 F H McQuilkin Enid theater manager was killed instantly A man and a boy were injured golfers were knocked down as lightning struck a tree during a Guthrie tournament McQuilkin led a party of 25 club members Frank Kelly a Guthrie oil man was paralyzed by the shock Forest Billings a caddie suffered burns both in serious condition and treated at the scene
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Guthrie
Okla
F. H. McQuilkin
Enid
Frank Kelly
Forest Billings
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Vidian
Maharajah
Alfred M. Murray
Olal
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Ness
Runaway Auto
Lewis & Neblett Company
Victor Emmanuel III
House of Savoy
Empire
Camp Washington
Lenroor
Southern Republic
Chen Chiung- Min
Colorado
Nebraska
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Vera Cruz
Omaha
Neb
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Council Bluffs
Traynor
Mondamin
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Jalapa de Marquez
Comitancillo
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Tehuantepec
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