Armour Grain official found guilty in Chicago trial
A Chicago jury found Conan TL Thompson guilty of dishonest conduct during his superintendency at the Armour Grain Company. Two other Armour officials will stand trial on similar charges before the board of governors of the Chicago Board of Trade. their trials are expected to take less time than Thompson's.
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Chicago
Conan TL .Thompson
Armour Grain Company
Board of
Chicago Hoard of Trade
Thompson
Thompson found guilty in Wheat Grading case, faces expulsion
Thompson's trial began May 20 and concluded last night. He was convicted of concealing knowledge of disentangled dealings and participating in misrepresentation of grades of wheat supplied by his company to the Grain Marketing Corporation. Former president John Kel loge and ex vice president K V R Nichols are mentioned in relation to the board of trade dispute and penalties.
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John Kelloge
K. V. R. Nichols
Frmer
Thompson
Board of Trade
Grain Marketing Corporation
Two Railroad Men Arrested For Flogging Near Poccon
In Poccon Georgia on June 14 warrants were issued charging Elmer Clark a railroad conductor and Charles Thomas a railroad employee with taking part in flogging Mrs Ansley Bowers 38 and her son Floyd 15 early Sunday Authorities said W J Achree principal of Rastonville High School and T R Lowry foreman of a furniture factory are also under arrest Floyd Bowers swore he identified the four men as members of the flogging party saying they struck his mother and him and that he was whipped for sassiness while his mother was accused of bad character.
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Ansley Bowers
Floyd
Elmer Clark
Charles Thomas
W. J. Achree
Rastonville
Here
T. R. Lowry
Floyd Bowers
Pacific Flight Entrants May Compete For Awards
San Francisco reports entrants in Pacific air races may win multiple awards. Jean Francis Devillard, already in the $25,000 Dallas to Hong Kong race, was granted permission to enter the San Francisco to Honolulu race with a $50,000 purse, expanding potential prizes.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Jean Francis Devillard
W. E. Easterwood, Jr
Dallas
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Belief Pair May Be Alive After Missing Flight
Reports from Quebec suggest Guptatis Charles Nungesser and Wranqola Coli may be stranded north of Saguenay after distress flares seen Sunday night near St. Jermain township. The flyers disappeared after leaving Le Bourget May 8 en route to New York in a non stop trans Atlantic attempt. US hydrographers warned they could have crossed into Labrador or northern Quebec.
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Guptatis
Charles Nungesser
Wranqola Coli
St. Jermain
Saguenay River
le Bourget
Paris
New York
Canada
United States
Labrador
Mrs Sutherland Elmore to Spend Summer in Marin County
Mrs Sutherland Elmore formerly Edith Lee Sutherland daughter of Justice Sutherland and Mrs George Sutherland will pass the summer with her parents in Marin County California with her son George as part of the annual Society exodus from Washington.
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Washington
Sutherland Elmore
Edith Lee Sutherland
U. S. Supreme Court
George Sutherland
George
Marin County
Calif
Hospital Notes Reports on Recent Operative Discharges
Recent operative cases discharged yesterday include Mrs Daisy England with empyema Mrs Brooks R Gall with tonsils and John William Spiker with hernia all from this city. This morning Mrs Velma Smith Gaston of Philippi Mrs Mabel Poling of this city and Master Marion Bolyard of Grifton underwent tonsil removal operations. All are resting comfortably this afternoon.
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Brooks R. Gall
John William Spiker
Velma Smith Gaston
Philippi
Mabel Poling
Marion Bolyard
Grifton
Duke of Buckingham wins Ascot Stakes handicap
W M Cazalet's Duke of Buckingham trained by Buchan and out of Silver Ballet won the Ascot Stakes handicap for three year olds and upwards, the opening feature of Ascot week in Ascot, England, on June 14.
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England
W. M. Cazalets
Duke of Buckingham
Buchan
Silver Ballet
Senate Gets House Plans
Charleston We Was June 14 The senate faces a division over whether to concur in the house bill to fund the capitol building with a two cent state levy, a $600000 annual draw from general revenues, and tax increases on railroads and utilities. The house passed the measure 43 to 27. the senate will decide if bond issues or the house plan should prevail.
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Charleston
Senate
House Sponssors
House
President Coolidge to Visit South Dakota Trout Hatchery
Spearfish officials note a government trout hatchery led by D C Booth supplies over two million fingerlings annually. As President Coolidge vacations in the area, the hatchery’s success showcases federal fish propagation and its potential to enrich local angling opportunities. The piece ends with a stray sentence about exercising discretion.
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Coolidge
United States Bureau of Fisheries
D. C. Booth
Quiz Star in Liquor Probe
Los Angeles June 14. Madge Bellamy and her mother Mrs Anne Philipot are linked to a federal liquor smuggling investigation. Assistant US Attorney George Channesian said they may testify before a grand jury about knowledge of prisoner treatment at the Orange County jail. Mrs Philipot reportedly visited a man serving time for liquor law violations as authorities also arrest a chief deputy sheriff a justice of the peace and three others.
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Los Angeles
Madge Bellamy
Anne Philipot
Biefea
United States
George Channesian
Channesian
Orange County
Philipot
Justice of the Peace
Zeppelin Flight Around World Planned by Zep Chief
Article notes a forthcoming world voyage by air under Dr. Hugo Eckener of Zeppelin, aiming to cross the Atlantic between Germany and the United States and later the circumnavigation in 1928. Projected duration around 300 hours.
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Zep Chief
Friedrichshafén
Ges Y
Hugo Eckener
Sistor
Oaks Et Ithe EnIemon
Ee Construction
Germany
United States
Gayérab
Lindbergh Mother Faces Pack of Reporters
In New York on June 14 Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh mother of the aviator spoke to a dozen reporters. She said her son's flight is his own affair and recalled yesterday's reception as a remarkable demonstration with crowds happier than in Washington.
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New York
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Air
Washington
John L Lewis to Speak at Mass Meetings in Coal District
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, arrived in Pittsburgh to lead a series of mass meetings in the coal strike district. He will speak tonight at Charleroi ball park and in subsequent nights at McDonald, New Kensington, and Bridgeville.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Charleroi Ball Park
McDonald
New Kensington
Bridgeville
Five Locarno Powers to discuss German disarm in Geneva
In Geneva on June 14 the five Locarno powers France Germany Belgium Great Britain and Italy planned an afternoon meeting to consider German disarm in the Rhineland reducing occupation forces to about 70 000 and verify dismantling of German forces as completed.
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Rhineland
France
Germany
Belgium
Great Britain
Italy
American Water Works Change Is Approved
New York on June 14 directors approved the incorporation of the American Water Works and Electric Company under Delaware laws with a two for one stock split and a dividend basis equal to the present common stock rate. Lynn Mass Elizabeth Hunter Hight, 84, longtime Boston Museum Company veteran and Civil War era stage celebrity, is noted.
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American Water Works and Electric Company
Delaware
Lynn
Mass
Eligabeth Hunter‘Hight
B. F. Hight
Old Boston Museum Company
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