Divergent Views Split Over McAdoo Commencement Speech
A Tennessee college commencement speech by William G. McAdoo on prohibition sparks sharply divided opinion across newspapers. Some praise his push for a clear party stand, while others see it as revenge or political posturing aimed at undermining rivals and press for a Democratic nomination.
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William G. McAdoo
Tennessee
Gover Ene
New York
Chattanooga News
Dem
Omaha World-Herald
Ind
McAdoo
Altoona Mirror
Milwaukee Journal
Madison Square Garden
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
South
The
Birmingham News
Ind. Dem
Columbia Record
Detroit News
Newark Evening News
Coolidge
Lynchburg
McAdoo position sparks cross party debate over federal power
Newspapers across parties weigh Mr. McAdoo’s stance on surrendering state sovereignty to federal authority. Editorials in the Atlanta Constitution and Springfield Union question constitutional threats and the approach to amendments, while Butte Daily Post and Manchester Union offer mixed, practical assessments of his influence and honesty.
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Des Moines Register
Ind
Watertown Daily Times
McAdoo
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Reno Gazette
Rep
Christian Science Monitor
Lincoln State Journal
Gov. Smith
Atlanta Constitution
Dem
Avery Front Yard
Springfield Union
Butte Daily Post
The
Manchester Union
Salesman and Girl Go On Trial for Assault
Ira Kennedy a Wichita motor car salesman and Miss Julia Mooney of Coffeyville were held for trial on charges tied to an alleged assault on Miss Margaret Akers in Coffeyville in March which sparked a race riot. Kennedy faced a statutory charge and Miss Mooney an accessory before the fact with bonds set at 5000 each. Their initial statements blamed Negroes triggering the riot in which four were wounded and state troopers were summoned.
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Independence
Kas
Ira Kennedy
Wichita
Kansas
Julia Mooney
Coffeyville
Margaret Akers
Kennedy
Miss Mooney
Seek Bodies of Aviators Near Lagu na Beach Death Search
Navy airmen and mariners hunted waters off San Diego for Lieutenant Commander William Haetor, fearing survival after a torpedo plane sank near Lagu na Beach. Lieutenant Thomas Fisher swam five miles to shore after the crash, claiming responsibility for the mishap as fog forced a dive. A body washed ashore north of the city, awaiting positive ID as Chief Machinist's Mate Charles K. Robbins.
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San Diego
Cal
Navy
William 8. Haetor
Laguna Beach
Thomas Fisher
Charles K. Robbins
Here
Fish
Search for Actor Led by Naval Air Station Officer
A search began for an actor led by an operations officer from the naval air station here as part of a local inquiry into the incident.
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Ers
Naval Air Station
Ghost vessel eludes coast guard off California coast
The U S Coast Guard cutter Cahokia and the Malahat, famed as the Ghost ship, played hide and seek about 630 miles off the California coast. The Malahat, once sailed by Jack London, was suspected of aiding bootleggers with liquor. Sighted June 15 about 1500 miles from shore near Santa Cruz, she drifted westward for 400 miles before resuming northward distance from the coast.
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San Francisco
U. S. Coast Guard
Jack London
High Seas
London
Coast Guard
South Seas
British Columbia
Santa Cruz
California
Coast- Guard
In Memoriam Dear Father Departed June 23 1926
A memorial notice from Mrs. G C Moore and family honors a dear father who passed away on June 23, 1926. The verse expresses enduring love, the vacant place left in the home, and the belief that the soul rests in heaven, appealing to faith and remembrance.
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G. C. Moore
Army to Beat Navy in California Honolulu Flight
Exclusive dispatch reports Army Air Corps pilots Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger near ready to launch a nonstop flight from San Francisco to Honolulu in a three motored Fokker. Navy plans remain secret while Maitland and Hegenberger press their preparation at Wright Field and along the coast. Maitland, a famed racer, broke speed records in 1923. Hegenberger, a top naval instrument expert, previously trained at Taliaferro Field and McCook Field.
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Central Press Dispatch
the Sentinel
San Franciso
Cal
Navy
Army
San Francisco
Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert J. Hegenberger
Army Air Corps
Josephine Ford
Richard E. Byrd
Floyd Dennett
North Pole
Fokker
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Maitland
Hegenberger
Air Corps
Regular Army
Wilbur Wright Feld
Fairfield
Taliaferro Field
Hicks
Texas
McCook Pier
McCook Field
California
Hawaii
Albert F. Hogenberger
Bandit Mat Kimes Sparks Southwest Manhunt Across States
Oklahoma sheriffs push a seven thousand dollar dead or alive bounty for Mat Kimes a 19 year old desperado whose bold escapes and crimes draw a wide manhunt. A Drumright kidnapping and bluff episode with a marshal and a staged portrait aid the chase as his brother lies jailed for a Perry Chubue Vela murder and police pursue the wife also sought since 1926.
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Oklahoma City
Ohls
James
Matthew
Kimes
Oklahoma
Desperado
Matthewsts
Matthew Kimes
Former Resident Killed Working At Morgantown
Grant Kibby, a former resident, was killed at work in the coal field near Morgantown. He was struck by a fall of slate and died from injuries. The widow is a Gib son Mahaffey daughter of Grafton. Five children and Mrs Kibby survive. Local residents traveled to Morgantown to be with the family.
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Grant Kibby
Morgantown
Kibby
Gibson Mahaffey
Grafton
Gibson M.haffey
Parkersburg
Margeret McFarling
Alice Wilfong
Ben Hawkins
George Gerkin
Jo Ann
Lindsey Machaffey
Joseph. Jeaneltey
X Rays Open New Fields For Inventions
Dr George L Clark of MIT told the American Society for Testing Materials convention that X rays, once confined to hospitals and labs, are revealing new invention and fortune fields. He cited spiders and silk worms spinning the same fibre, prohibiting agents in California using X rays to detect liquor, the British army inspecting aircraft wood for flaws, Boston stores showing customers foot fit with X ray devices, and an Ohio dairy farm locating holes in Swiss cheese.
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French Lick
America
George L. Clark
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Society For Testing Materials
Califfornia
Boston
Ohio
Three Crew Members Feared Dead After Collision Near Cape Cod
Three crewmen on the beam trawler Surge were missing and believed drowned after a collision with the Clyde line steamer Ozark five miles off Cape Cod in dense fog. Nineteen others were rescued by the Ozark, which was damaged and beached near the Pamet River coast guard station. two rescuers were cut on the head.
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Truro
Mass
Ozark
Cape Cod
Pamet River
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Boston
Steamer Runs Aground And Responders Move In
Witnesses described a steamer raging toward shore and after she settled on the sandy bottom a boat was sent to assist.
Bank Robbery in Southington Nets About $2000
Two men robbed Plantsville National Bank in Southington Connecticut escaping in a car with an estimated $2000. Police investigating and seeking suspects.
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Southington
Conn
Plantsville National Bank
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Devoe Mirrolac
East Main
Palace Furniture. CO
W. Main St
Clarksburg
West Virginia
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Amsco
Exclusive Central Press
Shasi
Drumright
Okla
G. D. McAninch
Jennings
George
Perry Chubue Vela
Sedaoyah
Seonty
Anes
J. C. Johnsen
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