Train Derailment Near Marshalltown Injures Nineteen
A Chicago and Northwestern passenger train derailed near Quarry Iowa six miles from Marshalltown injuring nineteen people at least two seriously. The wreck followed a switch problem with wheels shifted by bolts removed. Officials launch a full investigation and detours rerouted trains.
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Marshaltown
Associated Press
Chicago & Northwestern
Omaha
Chicago
Quarry
Here
A. F. Wesenberg
J. E. Townsend
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clinton
F. H. Hammill
Pan Pacific Conference Invitations Sent to Pacific Nations
Washington June 3 Invitations to participate in a Pan Pacific Commerce Conference at Honolulu were submitted through the state department to all governments bordering the Pacific Ocean.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Honolulu
State Department
Pacific Ocean
Duel to the Death With Knives in Prais
Maurice Pinteaux an Apache and his seconds received two years in prison each for the knife duel in Paris that caused the death of Charles Lallemant once the former partner of Louise Rattier. The court rejected the defense claiming the underworld duel was respectable. The director of the combat got six months.
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Paris
Associated Press
Maurice Pinteaux
Pinteaux
Charles Lallemant
Lallemant
Louise’ Rattier
Lawyer Survives Six-Story Fall in Shreveport
G M Wallace a Shreveport lawyer fell six stories from his office window yesterday. He landed on skylight wire netting and was only slightly injured. He asked for directions to a doctor after the fall, and a physician confirmed minor injuries.
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Shreveport
G. M. Wallace
Weather Outlook and Chicago Forecast
Weather indications for the next twenty four hours show fair tonight and probably Sunday with slightly warmer temperatures. The region including Iowa is expected to have generally fair conditions for the week ahead with temperatures somewhat above normal.
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Chicago
Washington
D. C
Associated Press
Iowa
Weather Observations Summary from May 29 to June 3
The past 24 hours ending 7 am shows May 29 rainfall .72 inches, high 53, May 31 .75 inches, low 46, June 1 .64 inches, low 50, June 2 .63 inches, low 54 with trace on June 3. Temperature at 1 pm today 68 degrees.
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H. M. Stanley
Retired Policeman, 68, earns Bachelor of Law degree
George T McNamee aged 68, a former police captain, received a bachelor of law degree from a St Louis law college yesterday after resuming studies post police service. In a separate federal case, Mark Lashley and his housekeeper Frances Miller were found guilty of violating the Harrison Drug Act. Lashley drew three years in Leavenworth and Miller six months in county jail.
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St. Louis
George
T McNamee
Police Department
Mark Lashley
Frances Miller
Seventeenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Lashley
Leavenworth
Miller
Man Found Dead With Wounded Nurse In Kansas City Hotel
Frank W. Anderson a department store floor manager was found dead in a Kansas City hotel room. Miss Peggy Marie Beal an Army nurse from Springfield Illinois lay unconscious on the floor with a revolver in her hand and a bullet in her breast. Letters suggest she came to marry Anderson who was already married.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Frank W. Anderson
Peggy Marie Beal
Springfield
Illinois
Beal
Anderson
Union Medical School To Be Built in China
Shanghai June 3 Associated Press reports a new push to establish a Union Medical School in Shanghai with a cost of 500000 gold. St John s University assists as its medical graduates are prominent in China. The plan, once approved by the Rockefeller Foundation, was abandoned in 1920 and revived now.
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Shanghi
Associated Press
Shanghai
East China
Union Medical School
Rockefeller Foundation
St. John’s University of Shanghai
China
Peking Union Medical College
St. John’s Medical School
Union College
Ford proposal heads to House on government disposal plan
The military committee voted to report the Ford proposal to the House and recommend adoption. It calls for eliminating the Gorgas steam power plant from government disposal properties and notes an executive agreement with Mayo and Worthington, Henry Ford representatives, on fertilizer provisions.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Ford
House
Gorgas
Detroit
W. B. Mayo
J. W. Worthington
Henry Ford
Military Committee
Hoover to convene coal dealers over price pact
Washington June 3 Secretary Hoover plans a conference with wholesale and retail coal dealers to ensure the benefit of a $3.50 a ton price cap agreed by operators producing 80 percent of bituminous coal. Plans are not finalized.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Premier Lenine Suffers Stroke in Berlin Dispatch
Private reports in Soviet circles say Premier Lenine suffered a stroke on Wednesday. M Letvinoff Karl Radek and other Soviet leaders hurried to Moscow after the news.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Lenine
M. Letvinoff
Karl Radek
Moscow
Knickerbocker Parade Planned Defying Mayor
Traverse City residents prepare a protest parade against the mayor's ban on knickers for women. Club women, workers and students plan to march in the forbidden raiment despite the order.
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Traverse City
Mich
Swanton
Women Eligible As Judges in England
London reports that attorney general Sir Ernest Pollock ruled women meeting statutory qualifications are eligible for judicial appointment in England. He noted women may wear the traditional black gowns wigs and symbols of judicial dignity, on the same basis as men.
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England
London
Ernest Pollock
First Woman Mayor Earned Dollar Year Pay
Mrs Susanna W Salter became the first woman mayor in Argonia Kansas in 1887 when antiprohibitionists nominated her as a joke she won by a solid majority and served at a salary of one dollar a year she notes the mail postage exceeded that amount.
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NEA Service
Norman, Okla
Suzanna W. Salter
Argonia
Kas
Court Fight in Marriage Case Ends Abruptly
In Chicago on June 4, Edith Rockefeller McCormick withdrew a restraining order against Mathilda McCormick’s planned marriage to Swiss riding master Max Oser, ending the court battle.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Mathilda McCormick
Max Oser
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Mathilda
Oser
White Mess Jacket Returns as Officers Dress in Tropics
The white mess jacket is reinaugurated as proper dress for U S army officers at social events in the tropics. General William M. Wright, head of the Philippines department, has popularized the garment by wearing it at evening functions. No formal order exists, but officers accept Wright’s example as authority.
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Manila
Associated Press
United States Army
Tropics
William M. Wright
Philippine Department
Wright
Balloon Pilot Believed Lost in National Balloon Race
Lieutenant W. F. Reed naval balloon pilot, carrier of the sole unaccounted gas bag, is thought lost in Canada or to have suffered a serious accident. Government weather officials say the balloon could not be aloft, and concern grows for Reed and his chief rigger Kit Mullen who lacked extensive equipment.
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Chicago
I l
Associated Press
W. F. Reed
Canada
Weather Bureau
Kit Mullen
Sun Yat Sen Eliminations Plotted By Chinese Warlord
Pekin June 5. General Wu Pei Fu, who recently toppled Chang Tso-Lin in Pekin politics, declares that if Sun Yat Sen opposes plans for unifying China he must be eliminated by the sword if necessary.
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Pekin
Associated Press
Wu Pei Fu
Chang ‘TsoL'n
Sun
Navy Sub Base Nears Completion at Key West
Key West Florida June 3 The Navy submarine base will be completed by August 1 at a cost around 1 800 000 The project adds a new breakwater and nine timber piers for fifty submarines One civilian worker died when washed overboard Additional plans include a marine railway power plant improvements and coal handling machinery awaiting approval before Congress
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Key West
Fla
Associated Press
Navy
Public Works Department
Naval Station
Old Fort Taylor
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Denby
Congress
Sioux City Printers Refuse to Return to Work
Union printers on the two Sioux City daily papers defy international orders to resume work. A few remain at posts and both papers are published in abbreviated forms for regular editions.
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Sioux City
Mrs H White of Kent Shops in City Today
Mrs H White of Kent was seen shopping in the city today. The note mentions America as the world’s leading diamond customer in recent generations.
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Mrs. H. White
Kent
City
America
Two Are Charged With Violation of Prohibition Laws
John Lapel of Fontanelle was arrested by federal authorities and arraigned on a charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor and possession of mash under the national prohibition act. He pled not guilty, posted a $500 bond, and was released. DeOla Clark of Greenfield was arraigned on possession of intoxicating liquor, pled guilty, and was held to the federal grand jury with a $200 bond.
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John Lapel
Fontanelle
U. S
John C. Hunt
Lapel
DeOla Clark
Greenfield
Crestan
Commissioner Hunt
Federal
Court Holds Physicians Can Be Held Profiteers
Budapest June 3 Associated Press A Hungarian Supreme Court ruling holds physicians can be profiteers and jailed for excessive fees. A country doctor charged 6000 kronen for a night call versus the usual 500 kronen, with the decision extending profiteer law to professionals beyond trade and commerce.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Supreme Court of Hungary
Supreme Court
Biw
Premier Takahashi Urges Joint Cabinet Resignation
In Tokio Premier Takahashi proposed to his colleagues today the advisability of a joint resignation of the cabinets. The move signals possible political upheaval in Japan as discussions continue.
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Tokio
Japan
Associated Press
Takahashi
Permanent Conference for the Abolition of Child Labor Formed
In Washington on June 3 a permanent organization to abolish child labor in the United States was formed by representatives of national associations after a Gompers called conference. The body will campaign for an amendment and is named The Permanent Conference for the Abolition of Child Labor with Samuel Gompers as permanent chairman.
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Washington
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
Permanent Conference For
Gompers
River Mystery Unsolved In Sioux City Murder Case
The body of Eric Liden was found in the Missouri river five miles below Sioux City. He had rented a boat Monday afternoon and did not return it. A small amount of money was found with his clothes, suggesting robbery was not the motive. A heavy wire and weight sunk the body, but the weight freed.
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Sioux City
Eric Liden
Missouri River
Two Men Die In English Channel Collision Rescue
A French air patrol plane en route from Croydon to Paris crashed into the English Channel near Folkestone. A cross channel boat recovered two bodies, one bearing a passport in the name of Gordon Lay.
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Folkestone
Eng
Associated Press
Croydon
London
Paris
Gordon Lay
Bank Deposits Increase for the Week
The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies shows they hold 26,641,170 in excess of legal requirements, an increase of 8,017,730 from last week.
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New York
N. Y
Asame Cated Press
Market Report From Des Moines Livestock and Chicago Grain
Today's Market figures show cattle receipts around 1 000 with beef steers firm to 10 cents higher. lower grades and cutters down 25 to 40 cents. calves mostly up. hogs receipts 5 500, open strong and later steady to 5 cents lower. top hog price 10 75, practical 14 70. sheep receipts 4 500 with nominal prices. eggs steady with steady firsts around 23% to 23% per dozen. poultry alive prices lower. Chicago grain closes with July wheat 1 14 ½, September 1 15. July corn 60, September 63. oats July 37, Sept 39. lard July 11 35, Sept 11 62. Cattle and hogs receipts and prices summarized for regional markets and commodity futures.
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Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel
Des Moines
Tel
Walnut
Cash Market Report at Noon in Shatin
A brief cash market summary notes noon trading with mentions of light spring boilers and horse hides priced per sack and beef hides for sale. No clear buyers or sellers are named and most details appear garbled.
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Shatin
Ceem Isis
Vdeieaneiaes Bae Cote Ov Sc
Weukhowe Pia Cs Iis
Sa Pérar
Kk cPeketc
Chester Eee
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Anti-Child Labor Organization
Made
Chicape
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