General Wood Reports to Coolidge Despite Injuries
General Leonard Wood arrived at the summer White House to present to President Coolidge a report on his Philippines administration. Despite two broken ribs and other injuries from a prior accident at sea, he planned to return to his post in September as discussions with Coolidge continued.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
Leonard Wood
Philippines
White House
Coolidge
General Wood
Lindsay’ Fletcher
Custer
Connecticut
House
President Coolidge
Representative Tilson
Mid- Gle West
Winter
Irish Dail Eireann convenes amid threat from de Valera
In Dublin on June 23 critical hours pass as the newly elected Dail Eireann meets under threat from Eamon de Valera and his republican followers. William T. Cosgrave is re elected premier of the executive council by a vote of 68 to 22 and remains head of the government.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
Eamon de Valera
William T. Cosgrave
Executive Council
Rebecca Climbs a Pine Tree Pet Raccoon Flies Guard
Rebecca, the pet raccoon of President Coolidge, fled the summer white house in Rapid City South Dakota on June 23. She climbed a tall pine tree and refuses to descend despite entreaties, from which her perch overlooks Cus ter Park natural zoo with elk and other raccoons nearby.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
S. D
Rebecca
President Coolidge
White House
Custer Park Natural Zoo
Demands from Kansas convicts amid prison mutiny
A group of 828 inmates at the Kansas penitentiary coal mine submitted a list of demands including more liberties and parole procedure changes. The board of administration reviewed the ultimatum as guards and staff remained in the warden’s office and negotiations continued via mine telephone.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Kas
State Board of Administration
Kansas Penitentiary
Board of Administration
State Penitentiary
Charles W. Huffman
Lacey Simpson
H. BE. Peach
Huffman
Byrd Flight Delayed Again From Roosevelt Field
Commander Byrd postponed the America flight after weather failed to improve due to a low pressure area off Newfoundland. James Kimball of the weather bureau advised against a flight tonight, making a Friday morning hop likely but not guaranteed.
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Associated Prep
Roosevelt Field
N. A
America
Byrd
James Kimball
Weather Bureau
Kimball
Newfoundland
History of Tobacco Industry Drama of Inconsistency
Washington report by Charles K. Gage shows a 25 year revolution in tobacco production. Cigarettes rose from near zero in 1881 to tens of billions by 1925, while chewing tobacco fell in relative importance. Snuff declines as a consumer class shifts. regional growing patterns depend on soil and climate for specific tobacco types.
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Charles K. Gage
United States Tobacco Statistician
United States
United States Treasury Department
Tallyrand
Gage
Seaboard
Virginia Colony
Ball Sentenced to Eight Years in State Prison
Francis T. Ball found guilty of conspiracy in the Citizens Bank of Festus robbery and sentenced to eight years in the state penitentiary. Trial at Centerville after venue change. Roy Schooley and Frank L. Smith connected to the case. loot recovered near a club house on the Big River.
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Centerville
Francis T. Ball
Citizens Bank
Festus
State
Emil Rosenberg
State Supreme Court
Ball
Roy Schootey
Wellston
Wayne County
Frank L. Smith
Schooley
Jack Allen
Big River
Smith
Weingartner
Michigan inmates ill from contaminated city water
Nearly 200 inmates at Michigan State Prison and several manufacturing workers in Jackson suffered illness after drinking water from city mains contaminated with river water from an undetermined source.
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Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Michigan State Prison
Britain Fails to Win U S backing for Naval Treaty reopens talks
At Geneva June 23 Great Britain fails to sway the United States on reopening the Washington naval treaty. Lord Cecil argues for smaller battleships carriers and cruisers citing economy. Ambassador Gibson says Washington terms extend to auxiliary warcraft and that discussion of broader questions should wait until 1981.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Great
Washington
Lord Cecil
Ambassador Gibson
Coolidge
County Clinic Planned at Courthouse June 25
The Cole County crippled children clinic will be held at the county courthouse next Saturday June 25. Mrs. Ernst Simonsen president of the county society for crippled children said Dr Xinefelder a prominent St Louis surgeon will lead the clinic. Over fifty children are expected to be examined and several will be sent to the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia for treatment.
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Cole County
Ernst Simonsen
County Society For Crippled Children
Controversy Delays Smith Flight to Honolulu
In San Francisco on June 23, a dispute between Ernest L. Smith backers and Milo D. Kent of the local flight committee escalated after Assistant Secretary Mac Cracken ordered Walter F. Perkins to inspect Smiths plane. Backers accuse Kent of political interference and say fellow aviators aim to block a pre August 12 flight tied to James D. Boles $35,000 prize for the first U S flyer to Honolulu after that date.
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San Francisco
Ernest L. Smith
Honolulu
Milo D. Kent
Kent
Smith
Commerce MacCracken
Walter F. Perkins
Los Angeles
James D. Bole
United States
Washington treaty pledge hinges on all five parties
A historical report notes the necessity that all five signatories commit to the treaty. The speaker emphasizes that without full participation, the obligations remain unmet and progress stalls.
Lindbergh Confers With U S Aviation Leaders In Washington
Colonel Charles Lindbergh met with federal aviation officials and supporters of his trans Atlantic plan aboard Secretary Wilbur’s yacht the Sylph and later at the commerce department. No decision on his future role was announced as he lingered in Washington awaiting his next move toward New York.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Federal Aviation
Potomac River
Wilbur
Lindbergh
Dayton
Ohio
Bolling Field
Davison
Warner and MacCracken
War
Navy and Commerce Departments
Burwell
Major Burwell
Commerce Department
Mmany
MacCracken
Col. Lindbergh
New Mystery Surrounds Identity of Dead
Police investigate whether the dead man known as Haney is the same person linked to earlier incidents in Wisconsin and Westgate hotel. Identification efforts continue after the Kansas City body was examined, with reports noting four front upper gold teeth. The body at the Heinrichs parlor is not to be buried until early next week as officials pursue clarity on the man’s identity.
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Haney
Heinrichs Parlors
Heinrichs
Services Today for John Hermann Taos Farmer
Funeral services for John Hermann of Taos will be held at 9 o clock this morning at the Taos Catholic church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. He was 80 years old and among the best known farmers of the county. his death is mourned by many.
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John Hermann
Taos
Taos Catholic Church
Hermann
Noted outlaw captured at Grand Canyon
Matthew Kimes, wanted in Oklahoma for bank robbery murder and a jail breaking, was captured under the rim of the Grand Canyon this afternoon by a posse led by Chief Forest Ranger J P Brooks of the Grand Canyon National Park.
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Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
Rim of Canyon
Posse
Associated Press
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Rim
J. P. Brooks
Grand Canyon National Park
Outlaw Matt Kimes Captured in Grand Canyon
Matt Kimes a Oklahoma bandit leader and traveling companions Mr and Mrs G H Kady were arrested at the Grand Canyon of Arizona. They were taken into custody for Flagstaff after a brief exchange of gunfire with rangers. Kimes identified himself from an Oklahoma police circular.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Matthe Kimes
Oklahoma
G. H. Kady
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Flagstaff
Kimes
Bright Angel Cottage
G. H. Kedy
Tulsa
Okla
Outlaw Matthew Kimes Arrested in Arizona
Muskogee Oklahoma reports outlaw Matthew Kimes held on life sentence for murder and tied to bank robberies. He, with two unidentified companions, was arrested in Grand Canyon area and jailed in Flagstaff. Oklahoma officials plan to bring them back, led by Chief Compton and local sheriffs.
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Muskogee
Okla
Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
Arizona
Flagstaff
Clark Compton
Compton
M. R. Titlerson
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Kimes
J. O. Parson
Perry Chuckulate
Covington
Sallisaw
Chief Compton
John Russell
Okmulgee County
John E. Johnson
Sequoyah
Killers Receive Life Sentences in Oregon Train Robbery
Three D Autremont brothers Hugh Ray and Ray confessed to holding up a Southern Pacific passenger and mail train in the Siskiyou mountains in 1323 and killing four crew members, today all were sentenced to life in Salem penitentiary. Hugh, who pleaded guilty first degree murder, said in jail that he killed the engineer while Ray and Ray killed the fireman and brakeman.
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Associated Press
Medford
Ore
Southern Pacific
Siskiyou
Orezren
D’autremont
Hugh
Ray
Ileoy
Salem
Jacksonville
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