Coolidge honors Confederate dead at Arlington Memorial
President Coolidge paid tribute to Confederate and Union dead at Arlington, urging mutual respect and a firmer union. He said a higher force unites both sides, noting Lincoln and Cromwell in a call for remembrance and shared national purpose. He praised veterans and noted Civil War sacrifices forging American ideals.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Arlington
North
South
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Lee
Lincoln
General Grant
General Carr
Confederacy
Grant
Death Premonition Foretold Covington Contractor's Death
Christian Piel a 853 year old Covington retired contractor died yesterday at 1723 Scott street after predicting he would pass on Sunday afternoon. Born in Germany in 1839 he lived in Covington over 50 years with wife gone four years. His niece Mrs Huckerman and her four children survive. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Christian Piel
Scott Street
Covington
Piel
Mary Huckerman
Mr. Piel
Germany
Huckerman
Skins of animals in vogue for European summer shoes
Fashionable European resorts adopt animal skins for footwear with monkey, alligator, snake, lizard, crocodile and elephant hides featured in sandals and slippers. Parrot colors brighten parasols as society indulges in circus-like shoe trends at seaside and mountain hotels this season.
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Cologne
Milady
Three Cleveland youths die in plunge from Lorain hill
A joy ride ends in tragedy as an auto carrying five youths leaves Garfield Hill near Lorain and plummets 75 feet into Black River. Driver John Dugan 18 dies along with Roy Wilbur 21 and Raymond Meyers 20. Two injured, Edward Barrett 19 and Patrick Gleason 21, survive and are expected to recover after rescue by Elyria Fire Department.
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Commercial Tribune
Lorain
Ohio
Cleveland
Garfield Hill
Black River
John Dugan
Roy Wilbur
Cleves Woman Seriously Hurt In Crash At Andersons Ferry
Mrs. Mary Wells 55 of Cleves was injured when a car driven by Maude Hodapp overturned after striking another vehicle at the Cleves pike and Andersons Ferry road. Hodapp bruised. Wells suffered fractures to arm and leg and possible internal injuries. rescued by nearby officers and taken to Dr Finchipaugh's office.
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Cleves
Mary Wells
Anderson's Ferry Road
Cleves Pike
Hodapp
George Lauderbach
Hillside Avenue
Royer and
Dieckroege
J. Fiinchpaugh
Rapid Run Road
Two Injured When Struck by Automobiles in City
Albert Hammel aged 25 at 524 Klotter avenue was bruised and cut on the right leg when hit by a car while crossing at McMicken avenue and Vine street. Driver George Seiter of 45 West St Clair street took him home. Separately, Howard Crosby eight at 251 Delta avenue was struck on Columbia avenue near Delta by a car driven by Stanley Davenport of 122 East Ninth street and sustained bruises.
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Albert Hammel
Klotter Avenue
McMicken Avenue
Vine Street
George Seiter
West St. Clair Street
Seiter
Hammel
Columbia Avenue
Delta Avenue
Howard Crosby
Stanley Davenport
East Ninth Street
Crosby
Robert McGowan and Son Injured in Auto Collision
Robert McGowan and his young son were injured when their car was struck by a large touring car whose driver fled the scene. Both were cut by flying glass but returned home unassisted.
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Robert McGowan
Ramona Place
Robert McGowan, Jr
Child Hit by Car In Front Of Home
Henrietta Hedges a nine year old colored girl was struck by a motor vehicle yesterday in front of 745 Carlisle Avenue. She remained in serious condition at Betts Street Hospital last night. The driver took her to the hospital and then vanished while witnesses said the car was speeding.
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Henrietta Hedges
Carlisle Avenue
Betts Street Hospital
Octogenarian killed in Delaware Ohio auto crash
Perry Wigdon 87 of Stratford was killed when his car skidded and side swiped another, both into a ditch on the Sunbury pike east of here. Mrs. Audrey Neilson of Columbus, also in the car, suffered serious injuries.
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Delaware, O
Rube Marquard Improves After Second Operation
Rube Marquard, pitcher for the Poston Nationals, rests comfortably at Good Samaritan Hospital after a relapse following an earlier appendicitis operation. Dr. H. H. Hines reports he is as well as expected despite the second surgery for a developing abscess.
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Rube Marquard
Poston
Nationals
Good Samaritan
H. H. Hines
Marquard
Boston
Mystery Sought Behind Service of Flowers for Kidnapped Boy
Chicago May 25 detectives seek the purchaser of a sympathy flower piece for Robert Franks funeral. A card reading Sympathy of George Johnson appeared with the flower and ransom letters demanded ten thousand dollars for the boy's return. The thirtee n year old son of millionaire Ja cob Franks was kidnapped after leaving a private school. His body was found in a culvert the next morning.
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Robert Franks
Associated Press
Chicago
Jacob Franks
Rose Hill Cemetery
Christian Science Faith
Franks
George Johnson
Storeroom of Sepulcher May Yield Richer Treasures Than King Tut
Archaeologist Howard Carter says storeroom relics could surpass Tutankhamun's tomb in value. He revealed to reporters at the Hotel السلطion and outlined tonight's lecture at Emery Auditorium with slides showing the discovery steps. Carter plans to return to Egypt in the fall to unwrap the king's mummy. he notes Tutankhamun died about 18 and his wife’s body was buried separately. The tomb near Luxor is nearly intact, with two chariots among the most valuable finds and domestic items predominating over religious artifacts.
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Carter
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Howard Carter
Sin‘on
Emery Auditorium
England
Egypt
Land of the Nile
Thormes IV
King Tut-Ankh-Amen
Luxor
Thebes
Alexandria
Plea Against Surgical Operations In Church at Dinner
Dr. Charles Wishart former moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly warned against drastic church surgery at a men’s dinner for 800 Presbyterians in Grand Rapids. He urged revival, unity, and patient mutual understanding to heal divisions over Fosdick controversy. Bryan stood in for the moderator and spoke briefly. Local pulpits hosted visiting commissioners and Frank Lowden addressed a later meeting.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
New York
Wooster College
General Assembly
Wishart
Dr. Wishart
Wooster
Clarence E. MacArtney
William Jennings Bryan
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Girl Student Second Victim
Chicago May 25 The second disappearance of a girl within five days is reported. Gertrude Barker 17 a St. Xavier Academy student from Yakima Wash has been missing since last Wednesday. Nellie Taylor an adopted English girl who disappeared Thursday is also missing. Police say she was grabbed by a young man at her door and forced into a car with two others. Barker recently came to Chicago January with an aunt.
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Chicago
Gertrude Barker
St. Xavier Academy
Yakima
Wash
Nellie Taylor
Bariler
Comfitadjis Massacre in Western Thrace
Sixteen villagers killed and four wounded in the Western Thrace village of Kintchoukour when a band of Comfitadjis attacked today. Troops are in pursuit of the raiders as authorities report the incident.
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Athens
Kintchoukour
Thrace
Girl Red on Hunger Strike in Bordeaux
Germaine Berthon anarchy leader arrested last week for defying police and carrying concealed weapons has begun a hunger strike in Bordeaux France on May 25.
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GIRL
Bordeaux
France
Germaine Berthon
Germans Guard Frontiers Against Yankee Potato Bug Rise
Berlin reports Germany is guarding borders for a possible invasion of the American potato bug now overrunning parts of France. The pest is said to have been brought to France by American troops during the war and the government bans imports of related plants while urging peasants to report any first sighting to authorities.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Bordeaux
Mirage blamed for Alaska crash by famed U S flyer
Major Frederick L. Martin, commander of the globe circling flight, arrives in Bellingham with mechanic Staff Sergeant Alva L. Harvey after a crash on the Alaska Peninsula on April 30. They credit a mirage for misdirection and recount days wandering to a cannery, snow blindness, and survival gear aiding their return to Port Moller.
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Bellingham
Wash
Frederick L. Martin
United States Army
Alaska Peninsula
Alva L. Harvey
Pacific American Fisheries
Catherine D
Port Moller
Alaska
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Washington
D. C
Martin
Seattle
Harvey
Nile
Pacific
Peninsula
Bering Sea
Moller
Major Martin
Sitka
W. B. Knight
Turbulent Reichstag Looms Over Dawes Accord Debate
May 25 Berlin reports a volatile session ahead as Germany faces a fractured parliamentary lineup. With 206 new deputies including Communists and National Socialists, Ludendorff and Tirpitz present, coalition formation appears fragile and set to test rules and turnout in the upcoming assembly.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Dawes
Hitler
Ludendorff
Admiral von Tirpitz
National Socialists
Freedom Party
von Tirpitz
Thomas Wendelin
Hamburg
Wendelin
Army
Navy
Czech to Offer Proposals for Treaties with Italy
Eduard Benes, Foreign Minister of Czecho-Slovakia, returned to Rome from Sicily where he conferred with President Masaryk. He will submit to Premier Mussolini proposals from their talks covering a political treaty and accompanying economic and commercial arrangements to be formed as a special convention between Italy and Czecho-Slovakia.
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Associated Press
Rome
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Sicily
Masaryk
M. Benes
Mussolini
Prof
Italy
Masaryk Arrives in Genoa En Route to Prague
President Masaryk of Czecho-Slovakia arrives in Genoa after a visit to Sicily, continuing his journey to Prague. He is welcomed at the port as he travels northward by sea to resume his official duties.
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Associated Press
Genoa
Masaryk
Czecho-Slovakia
Sicily
Prague
Royal Welcome Awaits at Martin in Chicago
The Adventures Club votes life membership to Major Frederick L. Martin commander of round the world flyers who crashed in Alaska on April 30 for meritorious service. Chicago NA A A plans a city wide welcome with his mechanic Sergeant Alva Harvey and will seek city authorities’ backing.
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Chicago
Associated Press
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Adventurers’ Club Today
Frederick L. Martin
United States Army
Alaska
National Aeronautical Association
Alva Harvey
Stanton Charged With Obtaining Coffin By False Pretenses
Albert Stanton of Mt Victory faces charge in Marion Ohio for obtaining his wife's coffin by false pretenses. Undertaker M H Gunder alleges Stanton claimed the Erie Railroad owed him money, then left town before paying. A mayoral hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Marion
Albert Stanton
Mt. Victory
Martin JL. Buckley
Stanton
Erie Railroad
Silent inquest links Skelcher death to earlier attack
A coroner's jury ruled Jack Skelcher, an alleged gangster killed in a Herrin shootout, died from gunshot wounds fired by unknown parties. Witnesses testified about multiple shooters and a car ambush. authorities declined to identify participants. Skelcher's companion Brown was hospitalized and silent.
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Herrin
Jack Skelcher
Roy Eldridge
Skelcher
Eldridge
Snsthet
Albert Jones
J. R. Allison
Carlos Black
Springfield
Allison
Progressives Indorse La Follette for President Plan New Movement
Ida Jerome May 25 The Progressive party convention endorses Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin for president in a resolutions report. The document calls repudiation of the Democratic party’s last campaign and the Republicans’ failure to aid the common people, urging a new Progressive movement, plus repeal of the Esch Cummins act and rural credit and farm loan measures.
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Associated Press
Jerome
Ida
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Resolutions Committee
Progressive Party
Cleveland
St. Paul
la Follette
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Daring aviators hailed by Tokyo officials banquet honor
American world flight fliers received praise in Tokyo after entertaining in Kasumigaura and Tokyo. Officials from Japan Britain and the United States joined a Maple Club banquet where General Yasumitsu and Ambassador Woods offered congratulations. The crew planned four to five days of overhauls before resuming toward Kushimoto with Major Martin absent from the group.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Pacific
Kasumigaura
Kushimoto
Maple Club
Yasumitsu
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
United Statesmbassy
Woods
Prince
Prince Kuni
Imperial Aviation Society
Yoshinao Kozai
Tokyo Imperial University
Education
University
Aeronautical Research Association of Japan
Kozai
Columbus
Atlantic
Rockies
North Pacific
Ambassador Woods
Baron Sakatani
Society
Aviators
Japan
America
Lowell H. Smith
Kozais
Magellan
Martin
Kasumigama
Sitka
Seward
Attu Island
Paramashiru
Bering Island
Adjutant Urges Deputy to Do His Duty at Hearin
Springfield, May 25 Deputy Sheriff Allison of Williamson County called the Adjutant General's office in Springfield and spoke with Assistant Adjutant General R. J. Shand by long distance. Allison said conditions looked bad at Herrin and asked about sworn deputies. Shand replied Do your duty and then contacted authorities.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Allison
Williamson County
Adjutant General's Office
R. J. Shand
Herrin
Shand
Galligan
Chicago
King's Empire Day Service Draws 125 000 At Wembley
About 125000 people packed Wembley Stadium to join King George and Queen Mary in the annual Empire Day thanksgiving service. The royal couple were greeted with an enthusiastic reception on arrival.
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London
Wembly Stadium
King George
Queen Mary
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