Harding Starts Trip Tomorrow for Pacific Coast Tour
President Harding accelerates final prep for a multi region journey on a ten car special train with about seventy staff and journalists. He aims to speak on the world court and continues to clear official matters before departure from Washington. Porto Rico Governor Horace Mann Towner urges eventual statehood before the legislature seeking federal aid. A Republican convention pledges two votes while censuring Towner for cabinet appointments.
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Washington
Harding
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
Porto Rico
St. Louis
Kansasity
World Court
San Juan
Horace Mann Towner
Congress
Towner
Liquor Allowed On Foreign Ships In American Waters
Washington officials clarified that ship doctors on foreign vessels in U S waters may supply wine for medicinal use and certify its necessity. The guidance sets the policy for onboard medicinal liquor under Treasury directives.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Amherst College President to Refuse Resignation
Amherst mass June 19 President Alexander Meiklejohn will be asked at the trustees meeting to resign but will refuse. He cannot take his case to the supreme court as a professor.
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Amherst
Mass
Alexander Meiklejohn
Amherst College
Supreme Court
Weather Forecast for Chicago Next 24 Hours
Chicago weather indicates partly overcast conditions tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm temperatures are expected throughout the period.
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Chicago
Weather Observations Summary for June 13 to June 19
Local observations over the past 24 hours ending 7am show daily highs and lows with precipitation none or trace. Temperatures ranged from 57 to 81 degrees with a 1pm reading of 84 degrees.
Elope in Burlingame: 19 year old bride with back fracture marries fiancé
Miss Jean Strang 19, once confined to a board after a spine injury, elopes with George Franklin 19. He carried her from car to the altar in Burlingame near San Francisco. The marriage may be annulled per the bride’s mother and the groom’s mother, and police were asked to locate the couple.
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San Francisco
Calif
Jean Strang
George Franklin
Burlingame
Here
Pauline Franklin
Rebecca Strang
Pamphlets Flood Logan County as Trial Opens
Prospect jurors gather at Greenbrier county court house for the Logan county trial of three United Mine Workers officers tied to the armed march. Meanwhile clerks distribute a 15 page pamphlet titled The Shame of West Virginia mailed from New York alleging outside financial interests capture of state power. The intro bears Joseph D Cannon 208 West Tist street New York City.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier County Court House
United Mine Workers
Logan County
West Virginia
New York
Joseph D. Cannon
West Tist Street
New York City
Strikers Halt Funeral Procession In Chicago Standoff
A hearse driver, a member of Teamsters Local 727, was ordered off by the union business agent during a strike for higher wages. The funeral was delayed over an hour while a replacement chauffeur was found, as workers seek $42 to $45 weekly.
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Chicago
Teamsters,Chauffeurs and Stablemen’s Union
Leviathan Sails Trial Trip To Cuba Today
Leviathan, the world’s largest ship, begins a trial voyage to Cuba from Hamburg carrying 200,000 tons displacement and 3,398 passengers. Built in Newport News in 1923, the 950 foot liner is operated for the U S Shipping Board, under Captain Herbert Hartley, with 1,115 crew and a 4,900 lifeboat capacity.
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Leviathan
Cuba
Vaterland
Hamburg
Newport News
U. S. Shipping Board
Herbert Hartley
Commoner
Mass
Chicago Heat Brings Seven Deaths and Unsettled Forecast
Chicago reports seven heat related deaths as temperatures reach 91 degrees. The official forecast says unsettled weather and little relief for the next few days across the central states. The heat wave began yesterday and spread through the region.
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Chicago
Central States
Bee sting tragedy near Atlantic claims young life
Orlea Johnson vas the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Johnson who live northwest of Avoca. She died today after being stung by a bee while resting in the yard at the home.
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Atlantic
Orlea Johnson
Andrew Johnson
Avoca
Family baseball team from Phillips Iowa? Grand Island Nebr squad
Grand Island Nebraska report notes I N Skinner and his sons form a father and sons baseball team near Phillips. Captain Skinner, 51, plays first base. Archie 25 at third. Ellis 24 pitching and infield. Burdette 22 backstop. Newton 20 short. Ted 19 versatile. younger boys 17 to 14 in the outfield. 9 and 6 as mascot. They recently lost to Phillips 7 to 6, beat M W A 16 to 6, and defeated Hampton 6 to 3. Dad is proud of them.
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Grand Island
Nebr
Phillips
I. N. Skinner
Farmer
Archie
Ellis
Burdette
Newton
Ted
Horace
Curtis
Lynn
Outer Gardens
Neil
Eddie
Skinner Aggregation
Hampton
Dad
Judge Evans Officially Resigns from Third Judicial District
Des Moines reports Judge Hiram K. Fivans notified Governor Kendall of Judge Evans resignation from the Third Judicial district. Evans recently won the contest for the congressional seat vacant after H M Towner became governor of Porto Rico. Kendall to appoint a successor in a few days. several names discussed.
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Des Moines
Kendall
Hiram K. Fivans
Third Judicial District
Evans
H .M. Towner
Porto Rico
Villa Wins Title By Knockout In Lightweight Clash
Pancho Villa of the Philippines defeated Jimmy Wilde of England, the world lightweight champion, with a seventh round right to the jaw in a fifteen round bout. Forty thousand spectators watched as Wilde absorbed punishment and fell unconscious. He recovered briefly in his corner and then was declared the loser amid crowd cheers.
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New York
Pancho Villa
Philippines
Jimmy Wilde
England
Tom O'Rourke
Wilde
Employment Conditions On Decline In Iowa For May
Des Moines reports May employment in Iowa shows a 0.3 percent drop from April due to seasonal factors, yet 18.5 percent more workers than a year ago. Of 100 firms, 76 called the outlook good, 18 fair, 5 encouraging, 1 poor. Building activity in Townatil rises. weather delays slowed public projects, leaving surplus labor in some areas. Agricultural implement business up about 25 percent from last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. L. Urick
Iowa Bureau of Labor Statistica
Urick
Relief Stations Close in Russia After $12.4 Million Aid
One thousand two hundred thousand food and clothing packages valued at 12.4 million dollars were distributed by 21 American relief administration stations in Russia based in Moscow. Most help delivered personally. 24,500 parcels sent by post with insured delivery and no claims for loss. Delivery averaged sixty days. Moscow and New York announce Soviet government will assume all claims against the relief administration after its departure, in exchange for release from claims for damage to transported goods.
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New York
American Relief Administration
Russia
Moscow
William W. Haskell
Wth
Leo Kamanoff
Relief Administration
New Yorkers Return Money After Movie Fire Error
A New York audience member reports that a screening of a 100 theater capacity film sparked a fire during which 300 patrons received refunds. The incident highlights consumer protections and venue safety procedures in city cinemas.
Readiness for Spanish War Veterans Convention in Des Moines
Preparations are complete for the United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary encampment in Des Moines. National leaders Entenza Lucile Dragon and EB Moore arrive tonight. five to six hundred delegates expected. A joint welcome at K C hall, mayor Keith to speak. officers elected for auxiliary Thursday and veterans Friday. band concerts and relic exhibition at Syndicate and Ottumwa Camp.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Entenza
Lucile Dragon
EB. R. Moore
Des Moines Band
K.C. Hall
Ed. ©. Keith
Dept
B. R. Moore
Minnie McAllister
MBK
Elk’s Home
K. C. Hall
McKinley Park
General Pershing
John Hays
Ottumwa
James V. Curran
Dreaming worker warns boss then home burns down
Harvey Warner, a Burlington section boss in Danville Louisiana, lost his two story frame home Sunday night after dismissing warnings from a sleeping negro foreman who reported a dream of the stove fire that destroyed the house. The blaze started while occupants were away.
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Danville
Harvey Warner
Warner
Burington
Wingis
Burroughs rep J. W. Anderson visits city on business
J. W. Anderson of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, arriving from Chariton, attends to business interests in the city. Mrs. B. L. Threlkeld and Mrs. E. W. Towne depart on No. 9 for Los Angeles and San Francisco to visit relatives for about sixty days.
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J. W. Anderson
The
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Anderson
Chariton
B. L. Threlkeld
E. W. Towne
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Baptists Prepare World Congress Delegation to Stockholm
The exodus of American Baptists to Stockholm for the Baptist World Congress begins with departures aboard the Pittsburg to Bremen and the Kungsholm to Gothenburg. Leaders include Dr. W.S. Abernethy, Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, Dr. James M. Baker, and Dr. Daniel G. Stevens. An exhibit of global Baptist work will travel Europe after the congress, before returning to the 1924 Northern and Southern conventions. A large Southern party sails June 26 on the Berengaria and the Northern group sails June 30 on the America.
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New York
Stockholm
Sweden
Baptist World Congress
Pittsburg
Bremen
W.S. Abernethy
Calvary Baptist Church
Washington
Cornelius Woelfkin
Park Avenue Baptist
The
Baptist Church
World Congress
Europe
America
Northern and Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Berengaria
Northern Baptists
Leeper Sentenced to Life for Murder of Father-in-Law
In Iowa City Judge Ralph Otto overruled motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment in the Robert Leeper case. Leeper received life imprisonment at hard labor in Fort Madison for the December murder of Roy Wertz, his father-in-law. Leeper plans an appeal. Wertz’s wife and Leeper’s wife, Beryl Leeper, await trial in September for the same murder.
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Iowa City
Robert Leeper
Ralph Otto
Leeper
Fort Madison
Roy Wertz
Beryl Leeper
Capper Denies Farm Bloc Class Movement
Kansas Senator Arthur Capper rejected the idea that the farm bloc is a class movement at the national wheat conference in Chicago. Minnesota Governor J O Preus, the GOP senatorial candidate, spoke on the wheat situation and noted that the wheat crop is the only American commodity with price control outside the United States.
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Chicago
Arthur Capper
Kansas
J. O. Preus
Minnesota
America
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