Night News Bits From Cities Across The Globe
A Capitol Night News roundup from Portland to London. Grape juice legality in Portland faces grand jury scrutiny but no true bill. Haiti’s president Louis Borno visits New York amid etiquette slips. Corfu palace slated to become a gambling casino. Cambridge bans smoking at Radcliffe and on campus. LaGuardia foreshadows probing liquor traffic and banking ties to bootleggers. A 70 year old divorce case in Chicago appears as a tale of aged detachment. Maude Booth receives eye-damage compensation bill passing in Congress. Lorenzo Hills marks 89th birthday with a quiet walk. West Point honors hobbyist William Baker Jr. Forest Hills residents gain sidewalk cafe rights in New York. London adopts the phrase England up and not down, sending delegates to an ad convention.
Parade by Toronto Scottish in Cleveland marks history
Cleveland June 11 armed troops from Canada marched through city streets for the first time, the Toronto Scottish Regiment replacing six men during World War I. Four hundred strong, the regiment celebrated the citys Memorial Day in a ceremony commemorating more than a century of friendly relations between Canada and Ohio amid the street pageantry.
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Cleveland
Toronto
Killing of Daw san T Be Proved In Nogales Report
Nogales Arizona June 31 A tense clash of reports surrounds the death of American Rich ard Dawson from Chickasha Oklahoma at Los Mochis Sinaloa Mexico An American businessman in Los Mochis describes terror in Singloa community due to lawlessness from Nayarit rains and floods He claims Dawson’s death marks a culmination of distasteful events amid a deteriorating border situation with Americans arming themselves for protection against the lawless element crossing into Mexico
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Nogales
Ariz
Richard Dawson
Chickasha
Okla
Los Mochis
Sinoles
Mexico
Nayarit
Dawson
Riser Testifies in Murder Case Over Prohibition Officer Shooting
Lewistown June 11 Witness Michael Riser described returning to his apartment with his wife and hearing a knock when a door was broken in by federal officer Koehler. Draper shouted drop that gun and fired, wounding Riser. Riser fired back. He denied liquor in the place.
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Lewistown
J—Ald
Michael Riser
Frank Draper
Riser
Koehler
Draper
MWe
Aged Blind Indian Perishes In Fire Near Ravalli
Missoula June 11 Fete Cummah 75 a blind Indian died when a cabin two and a half miles west of Ravalli burned early today Mrs Cummah and Mark Kivalli both blind were pulled from the flames and revived by a physician they were almost suffocated by smoke cause of the fire is unknown
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Missoula
Cummah
Ravalli
Rough stuff in primary is told
Washington reports a senate inquiry into alleged violence and ballot interference in the Chicago Republican primary. Representative Britten urged federal probes into armed gangsters threatening precinct committeemen and changing ballots to favor Bertha Bauer, noting payouts of about $1000. Department officials said federal reach is limited without state or local breakdowns.
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Washington
senate
department of
gangasters
Chicago
Dritton
runt TWlanis
department
Vasa
Hertha Baurr
Justi department
Bertha Bauer
Britten
Pennilush Fund Total Soars At Senator Nomination
Evidence before the Senate investigating committee shows expenditures of 1,312,000 dollars in the recent Republican primary campaign in Pennsylvania. Senator Reed and Senator LaFollette led the session as Joseph R Grundy of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association testified. Personal contributions of 71,000 dollars by William Share of Pittsburgh were noted, with details continued in a later paragraph.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
senate
Reed
Missonti
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Joseph R Grundy
Bristol
William Share
Pittsburgh
Ian
Jounds
Floods in China Claim Over 100 Lives at Cafton
Hong Kong correspondent reports more than 100 drowned and 4 million dollars in property destroyed by floods at Cafton. Railways in the region are at a standstill.
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Juendon
Hong Kong
Daily xpress
Cafton
Butte Girl Killed in Cycle Accident
A motor vehicle with a sidecar struck the rear of a Butte Anaconda coach near Rocker on the road to Anaconda injuring Mrs Hansen and the driver. The girl was killed in the collision.
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BUTTE
Chicago Zone Swept by Storm Kills Three and Fells Twenty
A fierce late day storm swept northern Illinois with heavy rain and lightning. Three people died and about twenty were injured when a street car was struck. Flooding followed as the Pecatonica river rose. A preening was killed by lightning in Freeport. Police wounded in district strike. Rescue and aid actions reported as waters surged.
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Chicago
Ilmois
Die
Rackined
Freeport
pahee
Cremen
Heine
Federal road aid bill passed by Senate
The Senate today endorsed a $105 million federal aid road bill, approved by the House, continuing nationwide road construction funding through July 1, 1929. It preserves $76 million annually for general roads and $7.5 million for roads in national forests and parks, despite opposition over allocations.
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Washington
Jane
senate Inia
house
Clark Donates Rare Books to California University
William Andrews Clark Jr’s literary collection, valued at four to five million dollars, is donated to the University of California Southern Branch. The gift includes English and French masterpieces from the 16th to 19th centuries, Dryden and Shakespeare holdings, an Oscar Wilde collection, and French manuscripts. The donor retains a life interest in the estate.
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Los Angeles
William Andrews Clark, Jr
United States
Montana
University of California, southern branch
B.C. Moore
Kessler
Dryden
Shakespeare
Oscar Wilde
Hyroo
Shelig
Keats
Dickens
north- West
Jifa
Jim Galen Takes Park Busses to Alaskan Wilds
Jim Galen secures Yellowstone era horse drawn busses for Mount McKinley National Park transport. The McKinley Park Transportation president bought the stage coaches from Uarry Child to serve interior camp routes and explore wild game regions for summer visitors. Jimmy Galen sails from Helena with 17 horses toward Seattle to reach the park and begin supervising the tourist transport season.
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Jim Galen
Seattle
Yellowstone park
Mount McKinley National park
James J. Galen
McKinley Park Transportation company
Uarry Child
park
McKinley Park
west
McKinley
Jimmy Galen
Albert J. Galen
James fy. Galen
Helena
Alashea
Timely rain drenches Livingston region reports
Livingston reports renewed heavy rainfall with a time to rain gauge showing precipitation in the past two days. Farmers in the Shields and Yellowtone valleys also report downpours and rising water levels as storms move through western Montana.
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Livingston
Montana Power company
Shields
Yellowtone
Nebraska Wheat Damaged by Hail Near Kinthall
A severe hailstorm in Kinthall Nebraska damaged about 2000 acres of wheat on farms northeast of town. Early estimates place crop losses at roughly 180 percent of expected yield, threatening regional harvest prospects.
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NEBRASKA
Kinthall
Neb
here
Good Roads Men Honor Erickson at Nation Convention
Santa Monica scene records Governor T. L. Wintfield of Mississippi elected president of the United States Good Roads association at the closing session. Morrison, Tennessee chosen as 1927 convention city. Officers include Director General J. A. Rountree and vice presidents Governor W. Brandon Alabama Governor Rene Paulon Kansas Governor W. F. Fields Kentucky Governor Erickson Montana Clifford Walker Georgia George B. Nickenson California John A. Cook Colorado and Senator L. Oddie Nevada.
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Santa Monica
Cal
T. L. Wintfield
Mississippi
United States Good Roads association
Morrison, Tenn
J. A. Rountree
W. VW. Brandon
Alabama
Rene Paulon
Kansas
W. F. Fields
Kentucky
Erick
Montana
Clifford Walker
Georgia
George Ba. Nickenson
California
John A. <. Cook
Colorado
fasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Federal Control of Coal Industry Likely
Melvin A. Traylor, president of the First National Bank of Chicago, warned at the National Coal Association convention that periodic strikes in the coal industry threaten stability. He predicted that universal interest may force government control to avert nationalization.
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Chicara
Melvin A. Traylor
First National bank of
Cheaga
National Coal association
Wesley Barry to wed vaudeville dancer in Newark
Film star Wesley Barry, 18, and vaudeville dancer Julia Wood, 23, said to have met in Terre Haute two and a half years ago plan to marry in Newark after a secret engagement. Barry, known for Penrod, leaves work to start housekeeping in a bungalow with plans to move to Hollywood.
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Wesley Barry
Wilfred Vaudeville
Terre Haute
Wesley
Tie
Newark
Hitness
Young Christians Convene at Billings Conference
Two honored young men and women from Montana and Wyoming attend the fourth annual Christian Endeavor convention in Billings. Leader Paul C. Brown of Los Angeles directs the gatherings, with a convention banquet scheduled for tonight.
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YOUNG CHRISTIANS
BILLINGS
Brains of Gang of Bandits Sentenced
New York June 11 Leon and Jacob Kramer known as brains of the Whittemore million dollar jewel robbery gang were sentenced to 40 years each in state prison for robbery Richard Reese Whittemore the gang leader was yesterday sentenced to hang for killing a prison guard Three others have pleaded guilty to robbery and await sentencing
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New York
Leon and
Jacob Kramer
Whittemore
Richard Reese Whittemore
Baltimore
British protest over Soviet money to workers during strike
London reports a strong British note to Moscow protesting the Soviet government sending funds to the British workers amid the general strike. The note, to Sir Robert Hodgson, asserts Moscow financed trade union efforts in breach of the Anglo-Russian trade pact and seeks to deter Soviet propaganda influencing Britain.
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London
aasiat
Great Britain
Moscow
Robert Hodgson
Tradee Union Congress
Russia
amid
White Shall Not Teach in School
Missoula June 11 C H Clapp received a telegram from Hal S White’s sister-in-law saying White left New York for the west. The poem printed in New Masses barred the publication from the mails and Clapp asked for White’s resignation from the University of Montana summer school faculty.
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Missoula
C.H. Clapp
Hal S. White
University of Montana
White
New York
west
New Masses
Qapp
Senate approves Montana fire fighting reimbursement bill
Washington June 11 The senate bill to reimburse Montana state twenty six thousand dollars for fighting forest fires in LSID was passed by the house today.
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Washington
senate
Montana
house
Probable Charge-offs on Montana Projects
The Department of Intermitting figures released in Washington on June 13 show probable charge-offs on irrigation projects totaling 37,456,371 dollars under the omnibus reclamation adjustment act. The Bureau of Reclamation cites 14,149,? above board recommendations, with losses and suspended payments affecting projects including Huntley Montana and Lower Yellowstone Montana North Dakota.
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Washington
Department of Interimigures
bureau of reclamation
board of survay
bureau
Huntley
Montana
Lower Yellowstone
North Dakota
Milk River
Mortana
San Mirroz
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