World and Local Briefs From the Last Week
Western sugar plans a Colorado plant to refine sugar from discarded molasses. Winnipeg police guard the Schoeder home as his boatsmithing case unfolds. Texas earns two National Federation of Music Clubs prizes in Portland for state growth. Spo kane capitalists plan two million dollars for eastern Oregon copper development. Poison cake found by Los Angeles police. Mears Hansen confesses tying up women seeking work in San Francisco. Brookings Bank wins damages in a Fed Reserve suit. Coolidge to spend summer at Swampscott and White Court. Glocester paroled rum runners return amid mixed public response. Chicago gun battle results in police fatality and a boy’s cemetery accident. US blockade drives rum boats to the Gulf. Food adulteration claims brought to Coolidge. Chicago cop Dean halts robbers after a gunfight. Knitting machine company fraud case in Buffalo. A bear outlasts a Dauphin worker atop a pole. Vassar class day includes a single "most beautiful" student. Minneapolis reelects George Leach mayor. radical bloc ousted. Florida Bible readings become school policy. German dog meat rules tightened. Belgian cabinet formed after ten days. Britain and France near four power security pact. Veracruz floods drown over 100. Brother Asmar guilty of manslaughter. Krupp defense against dismantling. Plot to assassinate Benes uncovered. Nanaimo miners accept wage cuts. Australian train wreck claims nine dead.
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George Schoeder
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Robert Beck
Red
Seattle
Wash
Sichroeder
Red River
Texas
National Federation of Music Clubs
Portland
Oregon
Cecil Frankel
Los Angeles
Mother Lode
Baker
Ore
Spokane
Cliff Bergere
San Francisco
Mears Hansen
Brookings State Bank of
Brookings, Ore
Federal Reserve Bank of
Brookings Bank
Reserve Bank
President Coolidge
Washington
Swampscott
Boston
Bay State
White Court
Albert Gowan
Charles McPhee
Glocester
Mass
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Joseph Baggott
Baggott
Waldheim
Lester Laclhe
Beets Crop Boosted by Heavy Rains in Gunnison District
Gunnison reports about 6000 acres of beets expected for harvest this fall as field surveys for the Gunnison Sugar company indicate a bumper crop and the factory anticipates its largest campaign yet barring unforeseen conditions.
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Gunnison
Gunnison Sugar Company
Grants Of Relief For War Veterans At Congress Session
The American Legion reports total war veteran relief reached 426 087 750 with large appropriations for the Veterans Bureau 8405 700 000 hospital expansion and other facilities. Johnson bill compensation aids about 5000 veterans. overpayments on Class 1 allotments totaling 1 800 000 refunded. Defense appropriations reflect Legion lobbying with increases for civilian training camps and officers' reserve corps.
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Congress
James A. Crain
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
National Legislative Committee
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
National Home For
Santa Monica
Calif
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
National Defense
Army
Navy
National Guard
Aviation
Bureau of the Budget
Endowment drive backs disabled veterans and orphans
The American Legion invites participation on its honorary committee to raise a $3000 endowment fund for disabled veterans and war orphans. National chair John Barton Payne stresses child welfare and foster-home care, urging prompt, sufficient responses to support the Legion’s service program.
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American Legion
John Barton Payne
Ted Cross
The
Anid
Endowment
Department of Florida Wins Lindsley Trophy
The American Legion Department of Florida won the Henry P. D. Lindsley membership trophy for the second year running by achieving the highest membership percentage by March. Florida posted 85.12 percent, narrowly ahead of Delaware 84.90 and Nebraska 83.34, with Frank Samuel lauding a record 125 member race and noting broad departmental participation.
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American Legion
Department of Florida
Henry PD. Lindsley
Department of the Legion
Florida
S.12
Delaware
Nebraska
Legion
Frank Samuel
Mexico Rejects Kellogg Note as Threat to Sovereignty
President Calles denounces Secretary Kellogg’s statement as a threat to Mexico’s sovereignty and insists Mexico will not accept foreign interference. He warns the United States is also on trial and rejects the notion of foreign entities judging Mexican affairs. The Mexican embassy cites claims commissions and Mexico’s international obligations to justify its stance.
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Washington
Calles
Mexico
Kelloge
Kellogg
United States
Sports Editor Kane Joins State Athletic Board
Pocatello Tribune sports editor J H Kane has been named to the state athletic commission for southeast Idaho by Governor C Moore. George McKeown of Wallace and Thomas Sherlock of Boise join Kane on the board, replacing the late Thomas Rickard of Pocatello. A meeting of the new board is expected in Boise soon.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Jann H. Kane
The
Pocatello Tribune
Charles @. Moore
State Athletic Commission
Southeastern Idaho
George McKeown
Wallace
Thomas Sherlock
Boise
Kane
Thomas Rickard
Monument To Inventor Bar Le Duc France
A monument honoring inventor Nicolas Cugnot, who built the first horseless carriage in 1769, is to be unveiled at Void in Lorraine by former President Poincare. Cugnot’s steam vehicle reached about two and a half miles per hour and is regarded as the forerunner of the modern automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar le Duc
France
Void
Lorraine
Poincare
Nicholas Cugnot
Defense Day Equipment Offered Washington
The war department accepted an offer by President Thomas F. Henry of the American Automobile Association to place the association resources and equipment at the department for the defense test on July 4. Corps area commanders were told to contact regional and local representatives of the association.
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Washington
War Department
Thomas F. Henry
American Automobile Association
Reginal
Ninety Year Old Vet Gets Freedom
William Simpson a 90 year old confederate veteran and the oldest prisoner in California is granted immediate parole from Folsom prison. He will join the Kentucky Confederate home at Pewee Valley with liberty and a comfortable home awaiting him. Arrangements for transportation to Kentucky have been made.
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Sacramento
Cal
William Simpson
California
Liberty
Kentucky
Pewee Valley
Folsom Prison
State Board of Prison Directors
Indians Gather at Fisher Bay For Ice Fishing Run
Several hundred Indians including women and children assemble at Fisher Bay near the Naas river mouth awaiting politicians in early spring. The annual ice fishing run lasts about a month and yields witch grease used as butter. past years drew up to 1,000, this season under 80 have gathered.
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Fisher Bay
Naas River
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Motorships Seen To Replace Steamers In Coming Era
Harland and Wolff, London's shipbuilder, in its annual report predicts a sea change toward motorships. With 18 motorships under construction including three liners over 20,000 tons, the firm says current indications show motorships will supersede steam ships as steam did sailing ships in the last century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland & Wolffs
London
Sleep needs vary with individuals in historic figures
The article notes that daily energy output and the restoration period during sleep determine sleep duration. It cites Napoleon and John Wesley as examples of men who slept many hours, illustrating how stress and nervous strain influence rest needs, suggesting modern conditions demand different slumber amounts.
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Ike Napoleon
John Wesley
Zambesi River Flood Beats Previous Records
The Zambesi river flood recently exceeded all height records by eight feet. Clouds of spray enveloped the bridge spanning the canyon below Victoria Falls. Victoria Falls measures 1 mile wide and 420 feet high, about double Niagara Falls. During the wet season spray can reach up to 3,000 feet in height.
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Zambesi
Victoria Falls
Niiagara Falls
Torch Fights Forest Fires
A kerosene blowtorch apparatus for fighting forest fires is described as effective for heating back fires. Popular Science Monthly claims one experienced operator can perform the task, reducing attendant danger to a minimum.
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Popular Science Monthly
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Great Western Sugar Company
Denver
Colo
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Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Commache
Houston
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agriculture Department
Edward Dean
Chicago Motor Coach Company
Dean
Oscar F.C. Kunan
Auto Knitter Hosiery Company
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N. Y
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Stanley Darlington
Dauphin
Riding Mountain Forest Reserve
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Bruin
Vassar College
George EB. Leach
Minneapolis
James T. Holwell
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Elwell
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Perros
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Suberdeau
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Krupp
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Benes
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Nanaimo
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Fitzsimmons General Hospital
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Maurice Jensen
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North Ogden
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Hiawatha
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Leavenworth
Kan
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Washington, D. C
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Charles M. Morris
Bingham
Utah Apex
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Ashton-Jenkins Real Hatate Company
East Twenty-first South Street
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District
William J. Deloze
Kenneth R. Unger
Unger Aircraft Company
Legons
Endowment Fund
Lindsley Trophy
Merigo
U. S
Doan
Mra. I. Bright
Main St
Preson
Joan
Amily
Passi Foater-Milburn Co
Mig. Chem
Bellans
Parker
Hisest
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
L. D. S. Business College School OF Efficiency
N. Mein St
Ivan Troy
Horn Large Conunist
Ounmumer
Exporience
Unhecermry
ATI Mfg CO
Box 4
Station A
Nicw Wom
V.N. U
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