Bride of Week Believed Slain Found Body 15
Milwaukee reports Mrs. Jean Rae Cumming aged over 60 was found in a shallow grave on Shawano road near Wittenberg and is believed slain. She had wed George P. Cummings nearly 30 years her junior a week earlier in Grand Rapids and the couple was en route to Vancouver. Authorities say the nude body was found after bystanders spotted digging along the roadside near a stalled car with Michigan plates.
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Associated Pres
Milwaukee
Jean Rae Cumming
Shawano Road
Wittemberg
Grand Rapids
Mich
George P. Cummings
Vancouver
Wash
Cummings
Shawano County
Wittenberg
Mil Buntrock
Eland
Buntrock
Cumming
Wausau
Michigan
Buntirock
First Black Rust Found in Ringgold County
The first black stem rust noted north of the Missouri-Kansas line was found in Ringgold County near the Iowa Missouri border on wild barley by Donald G. Fletcher of the U S department of agriculture. Authorities urge eradicating barberry bushes to reduce rust inoculum this season.
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Redding
Missouri-Kansas Line
Ringgold County
Iowa-Missouri
Donald G. Fletcher
United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
North Central
Salina
Man
Jefferson
Neb
Ames
Coolidge Returns From Potomac River Cruise
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge concluded a weekend voyage aboard the Mayflower down the Potomac to Chesapeake Bay. The trip, the longest absence from Washington since his take office, included friends like Frank Mendell and followed an early morning departure from Mount Vernon toward Washington.
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Washington
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Man Killed While In Bed. Wife Is Held
Chicago report states Ray Searand was found shot three times in bed. His wife Frances Searand, 29, mother of three, was arrested and held after admitting a quarrel. authorities skeptical the death was self inflicted.
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Associated Pree
Chicago
Frances Searand
Ray
Scaramo
Six Iowa Athletes Hit U S Olympic Team for Paris
Six Iowans join the U S Olympic squad bound for Paris. Wrestler Henry Truckenmiller leads a group including Eric C Willson H R Phelps Charles R Brookins C F Coulter Morgan Taylor and Henry Truckenmiller with events across track and field. Willson competes in the 400 meter and 1600 meter relay Phelps in the 5000 meter Taylor Coulter Brookings in 400 meter hurdles.
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Iowa
Paris
Drug Shipment Seized Near Hoboken Reveals Smuggling Ring
U S Treasury agents halted a massive narcotics smuggling operation valued over 2.0 million dollars. Drugs secreted in 5000 scrubbing brush handles were hidden in cases watched since June 9. Abraham Palowitz and Otto Anderson of New York were arrested as the German syndicate’s scheme unravelled.
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Associated Press
New York
Hoboken
N. J
H. D. Esterbrook
Treasury Department
United States
Roosevelt
Esterbrook
Treasury
Abraham Palowitz
Otto Anderson
South Gets Tip On Hot Weather from America
Rio de Janeiro learns to cope with heat with American ideas. Brazilians swap black heavy attire for lighter dress and new habits. They adopt ice cream sodas and soda fountains, first introduced at the centennial exposition, then spread across the city with popular demand and police help to manage crowds.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Palm Beach
Rio
Committee Charts Farmer Labor Meeting Agenda
Delegates to the national farmer labor progressive convention in St. Paul will find their plans set by the arrangements committee, which completed its work. The committee backs Senator R. M. La Follette, shaping platform planks on resources mines oil forests railroads and federal reserve policy with constitutional rights protections. The convention opens with William Mahoney of St. Paul as temporary chairman.
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Associated
St. Paul
Farmer-Labor Progressive
R. M. LaFollette
Federal Reserve Bank
William Mahoney
Tornadoes Kill Two in South Dakota and Ravage Region
From Mitchell South Dakota reports say at least 12 people died and many injured after tornadoes and wind storms Saturday night. Bijou Hills White Lake Pierre Blunt Glad Valley suffered heavy damage as nine counties faced destruction. Damages topped $1,000,000 with power lines and telegraph poles blown down and dams swept away near Draper and Vivian.
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Mitchell, S D
South Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Pierre
Blunt
Glad Valley
Ziebach County
Mitchell
Sioux City
Iowa
Murdo
Chamberlain
Huron
Draper
Vivian
Storms Rake Western Iowa Causing Damage and Injuries
Des Moines reports a Saturday night storm zone across western Iowa killing no one but injuring two at Council Bluffs and damaging multiple towns. Trees and poles fell blocking highways while heavy rain flooded streams and railroad yards. Several communities including Harlan and Storm Lake suffered outages and property damage from the line of storms.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Storm Lake
Lemars
Council Bluffs
Harlan
Missouri Valley
Logan
Modale Mondamin
Dunlap
Lewis Valencia
Fred Rudolph
Treynor
George Diemon
Tornado Leaves Wessington Springs Area Devastated
A Saturday tornado ripped through Wessington Springs and surrounding countryside up to twenty miles, causing extensive property damage with estimates ranging from 500000 to 1000000 dollars.
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Associated Preas
Wessington Springs
Here
Army Major Flies To Nebraska For Visit
Major William Hensley commander of the US Army Air Service station at Mitchell Field New York completed a dawn to dusk flight from Mitchell to Columbus to visit his parents Judge and Mrs W H Hensley. He arrived at 7 23 pm after leaving Mitchell Field at 4 30 am with stops in Pennsylvania Chicago and Iowa City where he spoke with his sister in law Mrs J R Paul. A standard observation DH 4 bi plane was used.
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Columbus
Neb
William Hensley
United States Army Air Service
Mitchell Field
New York
W. H. Hensley
Hensley
Michell Field
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Iowa City
J. R. Paul
Mission budget approved for African mission group
DeKalb June 16 approval of the foreign mission budget totaling 212000 was asked by the Lutheran Augustana Synod. Four missionaries to Africa were commissioned and will depart for Tanganyika East Africa this fall.
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DeKalb, Sr
Foreign Mission
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Africa
Tanganyika
East Africa
Auto racer Wonderlich improves after crash at 250 mile race
AP dispatch from Altoona reports Jerry Wonderlich in improved condition after his machine skidded from the track during the 250 mile race Saturday. Separate wires note three killed and two hurt in a Raleigh Richmond trip accident near Petersburg Virginia. Also noted: Prime Minister MacDonald condemns Mexican government action against British agent Herbert Cummins as a breach of international courtesy.
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Associated Press
Altoona
Jerry Wonderlich
Petersburg
Richmond
Raleigh
N. C
London
MacDidoald
House of Commons
Herbert C. Cummins
Mexico
Branting elected president as conference opens in Geneva
Geneva June 16 Branting former Swedish premier and current Swedish representative on the League council is elected president of the international labor conference by acclamation with great enthusiasm as the conference opens its sessions. Los Angeles June 16 The trial of Horace A Greer former chauffeur for Mabel Normand actress opposed here today with Dines absent Des Moines June 16 Suit against J L Case Thressag Machine company for alleged infringement of Garden Duty Feeder company patents of Pella Iowa opened in federal court. Denver July 16 First session foreign mission budget totalion to be held with radio broadcast Kiwanis clubs across the U S and Canada meeting simultaneously.
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Geneva
Branting
Council of the
League of Nations
International Labor Conference
Los Angeles
Horace A. Greer
Mabel Normand
Courtland S. Dines
Fof Dyyiver
Dine
Dines
Des Moines
J. L Case
Thressag Machine Company
Pella
Iowa
Denver
Foreign Mission
United States
Canada
Lytch Elected President of International Typographical Union
Indianapolis June 16 James M Lytch of Syracuse New York has been elected president of the International Typographical Union succeeding Charles P Howard of Detroit according to an unofficial count of the election board. Lytch’s majority was 2029 out of about 56000 votes cast.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James M. Lytch
Syracuse
N. Y
Ben
International Typographical Union
Charles P. Howard
Detroit
Lytch
Mississippi Officer Laid To Rest After Heroic Sacrifice
Lieut. E. Z. Zellars of the Mississippi disaster was laid to rest at First Presbyterian Church in Long Beach California. Born from the ship’s crew, Zellars saved 1,900 men by flooding magazines and closing the ammunition hoist before dying. He died heroically during the Vyta disaster that killed 48 sailors.
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Associated Press
Long Beach
Calif
E. Z. Zellars
Vyta
U. S
Mississippi
First Presbyterian Church
Lone Beach
Zelars
Jon
Nha
Iowa Bankers Gather For State Convention
Bankers from across Iowa arrived for the annual Iowa Bankers association convention in Mason City. About 300 were expected to register as the Maronic municipal band greeted attendees. A luncheon of officers at Hotel Hanford marked the opening, while drizzle and a cloudy sky threatened lower turnout.
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Associated Press
Mason Cty
Iowa
Iowa Bankers Association
Maronic Municipal Band
Hotel
Hanford
Army World Planes Complete 300 Mile Journey
Three American army airplanes flying around the world landed safely in Saigon the capital of French Indo China at 2 PM. Dispatches from Saigon noted Lieut Lowell Smith's air cruiser Chicago had a replaced engine after a forced landing between Hue and Tourane and planned to depart this morning. The Tourane to Saigon leg covers about 300 miles.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Saigon
Slemp Denies Resigning From White House Post
Washington news reports Bascom Slemp secretary to President Coolidge denies resigning his post and says he will stay active in the Republican national campaign. He expects to serve on the advisory committee as party management shifts after reconciliation at Cleveland.
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Washington
Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Cincinnat
Butler
Frank W. Stearns
Slemp
National Republican Committee
C. Bascom
Cleveland
Veterinarian Shot After Pistol Fight With Officers
Dr W H Ashley of Collins Iowa wounded in hospital after a pistol fight with Polk and Story county sheriffs near Slater. Chase began in Maxwell and extended through Elwell Huxley to Slater with officers firing as Ashley’s car fled. Ashley was intoxicated and had angered crowds in Maxwell before the pursuit. He was shot in the throat and remained unresponsive to questions from his physician.
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Des Moines
W. H Ashley
Collins
Iowa
Polk
Story
Slater
Ashley
Maxwell, Elwell
Huxley
Maxwell
Story County
Des Mones
Polk County
Critically Injured Man Found On Right Of Way
A man named Adolph, about 40, found along the Milwaukee railroad right of way between Oxford Junction and Cedar Rapids, was brought to a hospital in dying condition. His left foot was severed, the right crushed, and he had multiple cuts. A nurse overheard him whisper Parkerstone and Wilson avenue, Chicago, but nothing definitive identified his home.
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Cedar Rapids
Adolph
Oxford Junction
Lows
Milwaukee Railroad
Parkerstone
Wilson Avenue
Chicago
Byron’s London Home Bites Dust Amid Wrecking
The Byron residence at St James Street in London, a famed literary landmark once home to the poet, is slated for demolition. The house boasted a spiral shaft staircase reaching to the roof among its many unusual features.
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Byron
London
Lord Byron
St. James Street
Woods Versus Exclusion Act Sparks Japanese Emigration Debate
Ambassador Cyrus Woods arrived in Seattle en route to Washington to urge reconsideration of the immigration exclusion act. He argued Japan would accept a restrictive treaty but regards the exclusion provision as a blow to pride. Woods said anti American press coverage isn’t government inspired and cited his resignation as health related, not policy driven. 238 Japanese aboard the McKinley steamer, many girls under 12, rush to enter before July 1 exclusion takes effect.
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Associated Presse
Seattle
Wash
Cyrus Woode
Japan
Yokohama
Washington
Hughes
Woods
Victoria
B. C
McKinley
United States
America
Mary T. Marchand
Tokio
Mra. Marchand
Maine Statewide Primary Chooses Governor and Senate
Maine voters cast ballots to nominate candidates for governor and U.S. Senate along with state officers. Senator Bert Fernald faced a Republican challenge from Frank Guerthbey and Thomas A. Jack. Democrat Fulton J. Redman sought re nomination for senator. The Ku Klux Klan endorsed Sterster Brewster who backed a constitutional amendment barring use of state funds for sectarian high schools. Farrington opposed the measure citing impact on academies serving as free high schools.
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Associated Press
Portland
Maine
Bert M. Fernald
Frank T. Guerthbey
Tfohis A. Jack
Fulton J. Redman
Ku Klux Klan
Brewster
Farrington
State Senate
Doctor Heads Veterans of U. S. Foreign Wars
Dr. Herbert L. Saylor of Des Moines was elected commander of the Iowa department of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the fourth annual encampment held in Des Moines. Other officers named include R. R. Fersch Davenport senior vice commander E R Meredith Ames junior vice commander Fred W Haller Davenport quartermaster Ray E Reike Sioux City judge and Dr Rodney P Fagan Des Moines surgeon.
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Des Moines
Herbert L. Saylor
Iowa Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars
R. R. Fersch
Davenport
E. R. Meredith
Ames
Fred W Haller
Ray E. Reike
Sioux City
Rodney P. Fagan
Visiting Congressman Howard States Views On Congress
U S representative Edgar Howard of Columbus Nebraska is visiting Creston to see his daughters. He criticizes the Morgan Mellon influence on Congress while praising Iowa's Chairman Green for opposing a revenue bill and notes the Senate House dynamic. He calls the last congress potentially great but constrained by fear of the White House. The interview references pensions for Civil War veterans and other postwar measures.
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United States
Edgar Howard
Columbus
Neb
Creston
Harry Rex
West Adams
Clarence Coen
Howard
Washington
Daily Telegram
Steel Trust
Gary
Nicholas Murray Butler
America
White House
Congress
Massachusetts
Hig
Morgan-Mellin
Orient
Spain
Meilon. Morgan
Tam
Towa
Green
Ways and Meana Committee
Morgan-Mellon
Wall Street
U S Rifle Team Captures Olympic Tournament Victory
The United States Olympic rifle team won the international tournament in Rheims France on June 16 with a three day total of 5284 points. Switzerland finished second with 5184 points. Gunnery Sergeant Morris Fisher of the U S Marine Corps won the individual world rifle title with 1075 points across standing kneeling and prone positions.
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Associated Presa
Youth commits death by own action over car dispute
In Iowa Carl Barth, angered by parents offering a Ford instead of a high powered car, swallowed poison and died about an hour later. Relatives thought he bluffing about death as there was no one in the house, delaying help.
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Associated
Prena Greene
Iowa
Carl Barth
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