Noted Figures and Global Events Chronicle
Resignation in the cabinet signals shifts in Chinese governance. Petty Officer Flowers of the destroyer Lycard killed in a Calcutta auto crash. Jewelry worth 25000 stolen from H. Charles Ehrman’s San Francisco apartment while he and Mrs. Ehrman were out. July dates set for formal notices to Coolidge and Dawes from the Cleveland convention. Jacksonville fire destroys a large warehouse complex including Quaker Oats, Booth Fisheries, and St Johns river boat line. Kenneth Durham of Spokane named director of labor and industries, succeeding Edward Clifford. Moths swarm Bead Oregon after storm. Fatal Burlington Route crash near Buda leaves six dead, 17 injured. American missionary Rev. George Douglas Byers murdered in Hainan. Bridgetown liquor cargo derelict sighted off Grand Banks. Local cougar seen near Goldendale shot by residents. Southern Pacific El Paso & Southwestern consolidation defended as preserving routes. Bank robbery in North Sacramento repeats. bandit unmasks. Nathan Leopold Jr. and Loeb murder case grows clearer with blame-shift attempt involving ornithologist George Lewis.
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Pekin
Flowers
United States
Lycard
Calcutta
H. Charles Ehrman
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
el Paso & Southwestern
Julius Kruttachnitz
Southern Pacific Company
North Sacramento
California Trust & Savings Bank
Lewis
Leopold
President's Son Calvin Coolidge Jr Dies at Walter Reed
Calvin Coolidge Jr died at Walter Reed hospital after five days of a severe infection from a tennis injury. He battled pain and fever as doctors fought the poisoning, with the president and Mrs Coolidge at his bedside. E T Clark announced the death stating the boy sank after a fourth collapse within 34 hours.
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Washington
D. C
Calvin Coolidge ,Jr
Walter Reed Hospital
Mra. Coodge
E. T. Clark
Nelti
Coolidge
Mr. Clark
John
White House
Church Asks Freedom and Church State Separation
Decorah Iowa church delegates adopt resolutions at the fifth annual district convention of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America urging freedom of religious worship and complete separation of church and state. Another resolution calls citizens to obey laws and a third condemns war while pledging sacrifice for the government’s welfare.
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Decorah
Iowa
Tunnel Plan Abandoned by British Government
Prime Minister MacDonald announced in the House of Commons on Monday that Britain will not build a tunnel under the English Channel. He said the Imperial Defence Committee advised that the strategic advantages do not justify the costs.
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London
MacDonald
Homel of Commons
English Channel
Committee On Imperial Defense
Cyclone forces air mail pilot down near Julesburg
Omaha based pilot Frank Wager flying an air mail route between Cheyenne and Coabs forced to land at Chappell Nebraska about 26 miles north of Julesbury Colorado by a mail official described as a young cyclone. A relief plane piloted by Jock Knight was sent from Omaha to recover Wager's cargo.
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Omaha
Frank Wager
Air Mail
Cheyenne
Coabs
Chappell
Nob
Julesbury
Colo
Whitch Mail
Jock Knight
Keno Forest Fire Expands Near Miatass Falls
A large forest fire in the Keno section 14 miles west of Miatass Falls spreads over three miles threatening Weyer Hauer Timber Company pines. Local crews including Bunday and Jocal Droughters struggle to bring the blaze under control as lightning ignition is blamed.
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Keno
Klamath Polls
Miatass Falls
Weyer Hauer Timber Company
Cowboys cleared in Wembley rodeo cruelty case
Accused cowboys including Hendon England and others linked to Tex Austin promoters were discharged Monday after a court summons linked to a Wembley stadium rodeo faced cruelty to animals charges.
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Hendon
England
Lad Lion
Tex Austin
Wembley Stadium
Conference Ends With La Follette Endorsement And Calls For A New Party
The Cleveland conference endorsed Robert M. La Follette as a presidential candidate and endorsed forming a new political party next January. Delegates, though orderly, celebrated La Follette with cheering but offered no formal endorsement motion beyond the organization report. Morrie Hinquiet led socialist backing for immediate party formation with Abraham Lofkowita speaking for New York adherents.
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Cleveland, O
Robert M. la Follette
Conference For
Progressive Politics Action
Tte
la Follette
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Plana
Committee On Organization
Galletiey
la Pollette
Aniday Plauee
Leing A
Morrie Hinquit
New York
Labor Party
Parley Christiangen
Wolves Ravage Cattle as Drought Strains Oregon Ranches
In Walvea and Klamath County the drought pushes wolves toward cattle herds along the lake shore. Ranchers report several wolves killed by local bands while noting unusually high predation this season. They fear a harsher winter as wolves raid more herds than in recent years.
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Klamath Pulle
Klamath
Doak Ranel
Banda
Thi Sendon
Five Boys Bodies Found in Chesapeake Bay Disaster
The bodies of five boys from the Baltimore Evening Sun news toy band and a begro were recovered from the hay steamer Three Rivers in Baltimore harbor after a vessel burned to the water line near Chewspeake Bay. Ten victims now known in the disaster with remains towed to Baltimore.
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Haliimern
Baltimore Evening Sun
Newstoy
Three Rivers
Chewspeake Bay
Baltimore
Two JugoSlavs Slavi Frontier Incident Reported
An incident on the Halo Jugo Slav frontier reports two JugoSlav customs officers killed after Italian frontier guards ordered them to halt. The assailants fired when warned they were on Slav territory, killing two officers and wounding a civilian.
Roberta Hood and the Glass Factory Room Makeover
A wage worker at a garment factory in Peasant Valley and her fellow female colleagues transform their dull workspace into a bright, shared retreat. They grow ivy, water plants, and stitch a new window, curtains, and lunch table gaining morale and community. The factory president later recognizes the value of their coop culture.
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Aondsy
Robwing Flood
Ken
Wu Enly
Intereot
Oeprit de Corpe
Hith Group
Roberta
Trulorta
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Charles G. Dawes
Cleveland
Jacksonville
Fla
Quaker Oats Company
Booth Fisheries
St. Johns River Boat Line
Kenneth Durham
Spokane
Department of Labor and Industries
Hart
Durham
Edward Clifford
F. W. McNair
Michigan College of Mines
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Denver
Buda
George Douglas Byers
Presbyterian Mission
Bandita
Kuchek
Island
Hainan
Schurman
State Department
Bridgetown
Barbadoes
Jersey Coast
Lainson
Royal Mail
Ohio
Grand Banks
Hopt & Cougar
Gerland Robinson
Goldendale
Robinson
Ota Morgan
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Cyclone Stone Air Mail
NEW Party
la Follettee
JugoSlavs Slavi
John Kendrick Banga
McClare
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart van Zandt
Bosworth
Marietta
Oho
Huck Finn
Annapoli
Los Angela
By Margaret Morison
Roberta Hood
W. Ritchie
Oregon
Sam Ganger
Vulcan and Oliver
Superior
Fairbanks Morse
Myers
Star and Aermotor
Winona
Paul G. Balliger
Ione, Oregon
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