System of government praised in talk by president
President Coolidge presided over the national oratorical contest in Washington where seven students presented addresses on the Constitution. He urged the duty to educate youth in reasoning and moderation and warned that all human institutions must change to meet evolving needs. He warned against extremists who seek progress through destruction.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Memorial Continental Hall
Fraudulent Mortgage Man Faces Charges
Des Moines attorney William H. Halverson was arraigned on forgery charges after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly fraudulently taking about $110,000 through sale of worthless real estate mortgages. Some victims included state officials and Des Moines bankers. Halverson has been jailed since late April and may try an insanity plea.
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Assotated Press
Des Moines
William H. Halverson
Brand
Halverson
Des Moines Financial Institutions
Council Refuses To Cause Second Death By Action
Iowa City residents hear plea to prevent Mrs. Goenberg from dying by her own hand after her husband’s tax worries. Attorney Maine urges the council to accept a $500 compromise on her assessment, down from about $1,000. Neighbors raised $590 to help save her home.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
William Goenberg
A. E. Maine
Weekly Weather Forecast Washington June 7
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys shows showers at the start and after Wednesday. Temperatures near or slightly below normal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Millerand May Resign As French President
Paris June 7 The government deadlock continues with evidence President Millerand will name a premier after talks with M Steeg and others. Parliament shows growing unease at radical plans to starve the government by cutting funds. Adversaries may move to force the chamber to sit until a ministry reflecting the May election will is formed, and a resignation is expected if approved.
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Associated Press
Paris
Millerand
M. Steeg
Iowa Dry Candidates Dominate State GOP and Dems
Iowa officials of the Anti-Saloon League report all congressional nominees in the upcoming November election are dry in both parties. In wet versus dry battles, MPs like Boies and Letts won in the Eleventh and Second districts, while Brookhart remains a long time dry. Governors candidates show Republican noncommittal figure J D Buser was the outlier. over 10 000 church members aided the dry effort statewide.
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Associated Prenat Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
League
Short
Sioux City
Boies
Harry Hull
Judge Letts
Smith May Have Ten Reasons For Nomination
Roosevelt lists ten reasons why the Democratic National Committee should nominate Governor Smith. The letter targets delegates and alternates, citing strength in doubtful states, independence among voters, government expertise, and broad support from labor and business leaders.
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Associated Press
New York
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alleged Slicker Held For Easy Money Plan
R A Drew claimed residences in Chicago and St Paul and police call him a top confidence man. He was brought to Cedar Rapids to face charges of short changing several local merchants. He was arrested in Iowa City while attempting the same scheme and confessed to two merchants who identified him. Police believe he sought other targets for the con.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
R.A. Drew
Chicago
St. Paul
Iowaity
Iowa City
Drew
Jis
Nathan Leopold
Susan Lurie
Leopold
Alwys
Babe
Leopolda
Leopod
Michigan Forest
American Ornithological Union
Boston
Great Lakes
Loeb
Dickie” Loeb
I'ke Leopold
University of Michigan
Dickie
Investigation of War Finance Corporation Favoritism
The senate ordered a probe into War Finance Corporation transactions, focusing on alleged favoritism in dealings with Senator Gooding of Idaho. The move was prompted by Senator Gooding to scrutinize the agency's actions.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Senator Gooding
Idaho
Senate
Life Histories of Franks' Slayers Show Pampering
The Chicago bureau reports on Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb, detailing privileged upbringings, early genius, and psychological profiles. Leopold, 19, and Loeb, 18, grew in wealth with elite educations and strong intellects, later driving a notorious crime amid public fascination.
O. O. P. Leaders Readied for Major Cleveland Convention
In Cleveland Ohio June 7 members of the Republican National Committee plan to finish hearings on contested seats then focus two days of planned entertainment. A Tennessee district contest was resolved after a Memphis clash. Delegations will assemble next week to pick national committeemen and standing committee members amid talks of choosing a vice presidential candidate, with former Governor Lowden of Illinois favored by many.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Tennessee
Memphis
Lowden
Ilinois
Cleveland Railway Motormen Threaten Strike at Convention Start
In Cleveland Ohio 2300 motormen and conductors voted nearly unanimously to strike at midnight Tuesday unless wage increases of 12 cents an hour awarded by an arbitration board are granted. The raise would bring pay to 67 to 72 cents an hour depending on length of service.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Railway Company
Cyril Walker Wins Open Championship Over Jones
Cyril Walker of Englewood Country Club defeats Bobby Jones to win the open golf title at Oakland Hills. Walker, born in Hoylake England, posts 297 to top Jones and the Southern champion by three strokes as he rallies in the final nine holes with par golf.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
America
Cyril Walker
Englewood Country Club
New York
Walker
Hoylake
England
Bobby Jones
Oakland Hills Country Club
Milwaukee Tailor 25 Offers to Take Gallows for Leopold and Loeb
A letter, purportedly by Curt Geisseler of Milwaukee, offers to substitute himself on the gallows for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb if 119 heirs receive 1 million dollars. Morgan Collins, a Chicago police official, received the letter which also includes the writer's photo. An assistant states attorney, Joseph Savage, calls the idea nonexistent in American or any other legal system.
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George Britt
Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold Jr
Confessed Vlager
Richard A. Leeb
Robert Franks
Babe” Leopold
Hss
Curt Geisseler
Milwaukee
Wis
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Kidsapers
Stayvers
Morgan Collins
Loeb
Leopold
Joseph Savage
Confession of Loeb Clears Leopold in Franks Murder
Richard Loeb disclosed to State's Attorney Crowe that Nathan Leopold Jr. plotted the kidnapp ing and murder of Robert Franks. Loeb stated he offered no excuses and that Leopold's influence sparked the crime, with Loeb dictating the ransom letter and Leopold typing it.
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Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan E. Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Crowe
Leopold
Loeb
Three Oleksy Brothers Die in Gas Jet Tragedy
In Chicago on June 7 three brothers ages 15, 13, and 11 were found dead in their bedroom from gas flowing from a jet. Their mother discovered them, and investigators could not explain how the jet was turned on.
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Chicago
John
Stanley
Joseph Oleksy
Ruffians End Night Dance With Demonstration
In Tokio at the imperial hotel a Saturday night dance ended when about 30 political ruffians disrupted the event in opposition to the new immigration law exclusion clause. They took over the dance floor and delivered bitter un-American speeches amid sword dances. Two American women fainted.
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Imperial Hotel
Drake University Professor Takes New Post in Poland
Dr Alfred J Pearson longtime Drake University professor of modern languages and secretary of the Lutheran Brotherhood of America sails from New York with his wife and Elaine to serve as American minister to Poland stationed at Warsaw. Elaine will attend University of Warsaw for her senior college work.
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Associated Press
de Moines
Alfred J Pearson
Drake University
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
New York
Elaine
Poland
Warsaw
Coolidge
University of Warsaw
Muscatine Lawyer Killed in Adverse Accident
prominent Muscatine lawyer William R Jayne died when his car veered off a Toll road embankment toward the Illinois approach of the Muscatine high bridge. Search began after his absence. the car found at a slough end and his body recovered from the water. An inquest ruled accidental drowning.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
William R Jayne
Illinois
Mscatine High Bridge
Jayne
Wealthy Lumberman Attacked in Des Moines
Des Moines June 7. L James a wealthy St Paul lumberman was injured on a downtown street last night in an attack by an unknown assailant. Police suspect robbery though several hundred dollars in his pocket remained untouched. No arrests have been made.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
L. James
St. Paul
James
Iowa gasoline prices vary as report of cuts circulates
Des Moines reports show gasoline selling around 18 cents at some stations while others list 20 5 cents at Standard stations. Beatrice price as low as 14 5 cents with Mount Pleasant at 18 cents. Des Moines Auto Club seeks site for a club built filling station financed by coupon books.
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T Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Cornell Bluffs
Des Moines Auto Club
Farm Bureau to Demand Plank for agricultural price stability
The American Farm Bureau federation with the Illinois Agricultural association will submit a platform to national conventions. It calls for restoring purchasing power for agriculture, fair price levels, and legislative aid for cooperative marketing, agricultural price study, and low farm interest rates. It opposes a general sales tax and promotes water power development with government financing, citing the Muscle Shoals project as a key opportunity.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Agricultural Association
Muscle Shoals
Kato Likely Next Japanese Prime Minister Amid Cabinet Turmoil
Tokyo rumors place Viscount Takaaki Kato as the expected successor to Viscount Kiyoura after the cabinet resigned. The Imperial command kept the cabinet in place until a new government is formed and consultations with elder statesman Prince Saionji are anticipated.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Hirohito
Kiyoura
Saionji
Viscount Takaaki Kato
Viscount Kiyoura
Viscount Kato
Great Britain
Radicales Will Influence the G O P National Meet
Cleveland June 6 The article argues a Republican split at the national convention could trigger a realignment into liberal and conservative camps. A strong third party may hold the balance of power, potentially shaping the 1928 campaign and party formations.
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Charles P. Stewart Cleveland
United States
Democratio Partis
Senate
House of
Congress
Radicala
Senate Names Five To Watch Big Campaign
Senate names five to watch the upcoming campaign and investigate candidate expenditures for president vice president and congress. The committee chaired by Borah Idaho includes Jones Washington Caraway Arkansas Bayard Delaware and Shipstead Minnesota with support from both parties.
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Assocted
Washington
Congress
la Follette
Reed
Missouri
House
Inquirers
Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
Jones
Caraway
Arkansas
Bayard
Delaware
Shipstead
Minnesota
Gas Explosion at Loomis Colliery Believed To Kill Fourteen
Associated Press reports in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania state the Loomis Colliery blast may claim 14 lives. Three bodies were recovered to bring known dead to 11 with several others missing. two men remain hospitalized and several more injured at home as rescue teams face hazardous gas and risk of cave-ins.
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Associated Press
Wilkesbarre
Ficial
Loomis
Glen Alden Coal Company
Hanover
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