Pilgrims of Peace Planned Great Legion Tour
The American Legion plans a 16 million dollar pilgrimage for 30 000 World War I veterans to American cemeteries in France and Flanders. They will land in France in September next year, with a congress in Paris and a tour of Argonne battlefields. Twenty seven ships will carry the pilgrims across the Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Larson
Legion
France
Flanders
The
Paris
Argonne
Legionnaires
Atlantic
Water leaks located by teeth in Galesburg
A deaf water department foreman in Galesburg Illinois for over thirty years uses teeth and a key to sense leaks in water mains. He places an iron rod on a water man and estimates leak positions by vibration through his teeth.
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Associated Press
Galesburg
Ill
Galesburg City
Parathyroid Extract Aims to Speed Bone Healing
Tokyo reports Dr Onaga, a leading Japanese surgeon, claims parathyroid gland extract can raise calcium and phosphate in blood serum to boost bone repair. He suggests glandular treatment may hasten healing of fractures and even cure old bone injuries.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Onaga
Motorists Support Family After Fatal Hit and Run
Eight young men involved in a fatal motor vehicle collision that killed Augustus Spayder, father of nine, plan to support his widow and children as restitution. Charges of manslaughter are suspended while they test a living aid project, with a house to be built at about five thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Schicksshinny
Augustus Spayder
Spayder
Violet Oberfaldt Society Editor Heads Local Page
Mrs Violet Oberfaldt, society editor, manages the social pages for the community paper and handles timely society notes and events.
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Mrn
Violet
Oberfaldt Society
Parish Guild Meeting and Methodist Church Tea
Social calendar notes a Christ Church Parish Guild meeting at the rectory at 3 30 pm. A tea hosted by the Methodist Church ladies will be held in the church from 4 to 6 pm to honor new members.
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Methodist Church
R. R.le Masters
West Texas
le Masters
Bilis
Crosby
Cotulla
Atea
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Crawford
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Seaman
Ellis
Thomas
J. W. Ward
Woodard
Brother Black
Dionysian Spring Lifts Attica Vines in 1926 Vision
Poem blends lyric praise of Dionysus with a narrative of spring on Attica vineyards. It recalls warmth, freedom, and renewal as grapes awaken and life flows through earth and wine, credited to M. A. DeWolfa Howe in the Boston Transcript.
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Dionysius
M. A. DeWolfa Howe
Boston Transcript
Train collision near Munich leaves many dead
By Associated Press reports that on May 25 in Munich Bavaria a passenger train crashed into a stationary train, killing twenty five people and injuring eighty three, many severely.
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Associated Press
Munich
Bavaria
Argentine flier reaches Charleston on long Atlantic flight
Berbar do Duggan, the Argentine aviator, arrived in Charleston today on the second leg of a 6,100 mile flight from New York to Buenos Aires. He departed Norfolk earlier.
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Associated Press
Charleston
D. C
Berbardo Duggan
New York
Buenos Aires
Norfolk
Toll Rises After Hokkaido Volcano Eruption
Tokio reports 80 known dead with 200 buildings swept away and 1800 acres of farmland inundated. Officials warn the death toll may climb as search continues and later figures indicate about 100 killed.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Hokkadio
Haya
Saya
Thoulands
Show Girl Testifies of Drinking Incident in Bath Trial
New York May 26 Joyce Hawley testified in the perjury trial of Warl Carroll that she occupied a bathtub on stage at the Marl Carroll Theater and was drunk when she entered it, allegedly from liquor served in the theater. She said she was offered $350 by Carroll's associate to tell the grand jury there was no champagne or wine served.
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Associated Press
New York
Joyce Hawley
Warl Carroll
Marl Carroll
Nquor
Carroll
Birth and death rates in 1926 United States report
Report shows 1926 birth rates lower in 26 states and death rates higher in 16 states with overall death rate edging down. Area survey totals 1,727,467 births and 955,074 deaths across the surveyed states.
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Washington
Commerce ,Department
Division sought of 10 million stock by Southern Pacific
In New York on May 26 stockholders of the former Houston and Texas Central railroad led by Mary Young executrix of David Leggett's estate sued the Southern Pacific in supreme court for division of the 10 million dollar stock acquired by the Southern Pacific.
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Associated Press
New York
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company
Mary Young
David Leggett
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific
Officials Urge Americans to Delay Poland Visit
State department officials advise Americans not to visit Poland until conditions improve, focusing on transportation issues amid ongoing concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Poland
MSU students fined for bonfire near capitol in Lansing
Ten Michigan State College students faced fines of 40 dollars each and probation after celebrating a campus baseball victory by burning bonfires near the state capitol in Lansing and setting fires on campus at East Lansing.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
State Capitol
East Lansing
Married Women By Wholesale Swindler Arrested in Philadelphia
Philadelphia May 25 Robert Whitman alias Lord Beaverbrook is held without bail on charges he married two score or more women and swindled them of jewelry valued at over a million dollars. He faces extradition to New York for allegedly fleecing Mrs Rose Burken of diamonds worth 125000 in 1926, after a pursuit across the continent. He was nabbed in a hotel barber shop while with a girl companion.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Robert Whitman
Lord Beaverbrook
New York
Mra
Rose Burken
Whitman
Senator Rawlins Dead After Operation in Utah History
Senator Joseph Rawlins aged 76 former United States senator from Utah died in Salt Lake City yesterday after an operation performed Saturday He was instrumental as a delegate to Congress in obtaining statehood for Utah.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Joseph Rawlins
United States
Utah
Congress
Notorious swindler claims large losses in Atlantic City gambling scam
Philadelphia report states Robert Whitman alias Herman Krueger told detectives gamblers in Atlantic City took between 76000 and 100000 dollars from him in the past six months. He is accused of marrying several women and swindling them out of thousands.
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Philadelphia
Robert Whitman
Herman Krueger
Atlantic City
Battle in Lanao District Leaves Troops Suffering Casualties
Official advices from the Lanao district report 200 troops clashed with a band of outlaws. Two soldiers were killed and eight wounded as the forces destroyed two bands and inflicted multiple casualties on the outlaw group.
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Associated Prasa
Manila
Lanao
Haunt London Night Clubs Show Aging Patronage
London clubs such as the Kit Cat host mainly middle aged and older patrons with few genuinely young dancers. Reports note gray heads common in venues where urban nightlife thrives and formal dress is less required.
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Associated Press
London
Squire Bancroft
England
Kit-Cat
Brother Tries Case At Chester HospitalTrial
In an Associated press style note from Chester hospital records a brother's appearance relates to a trial proceeding. Details are fragmented but indicate ongoing judicial action connected to the hospital setting and an individual named in the case.
Jardine Hopes for Action on Farm Legislation
Secretary Jardine told the National Association of Credit Men that the defeat of the Haugen farm bill does not change the agricultural situation. He urged support for the Tinchorn bill as a long step toward solving the farm problem and expressed hope for action in the current congress.
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Associated Press
York
Jardine
Hoe
Congress
Texas Bankers Hear Farm Problems At Galveston Meeting
At the 42d annual Texas Bankers Association convention in Galveston on May 26, Française Welch of Taylor told delegates that Texas agricultural problems are paramount and that farmer success largely determines bank success, highlighting the link between agriculture and banking prosperity.
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Texas
Galveston
Texas Bankers Association
Ferguson campaigns spark claims against Moody
Governor Ferguson declared that charges against Dan Moody should be considered true after he failed to answer many accusations raised in Sulphur Springs as Ferguson opened her bid for re election in Austin on May 26.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
Jurist Charles Walpole Found Dead in London
London reports jurist and author Charles Walpole found dead at his home with a bullet wound. A revolver lay beside the body, investigation underway.
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Associated Press
London
Charles Walpole
Hardware Dealer Calls Out Customer Over References
A hardware store dispute centers on a reference named Thomas Smith. The customer insists the reference is unfamiliar, while the dealer challenges the claim noting the reference may be unknown to him. The exchange ends with the dealer asserting the risk of credit.
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Thomas Smith
Fromm Adam
Kerosene Shortage Sparks Clerk Customer Exchange
A retailer voice recounts a tense moment over kerosene availability. The clerk explains that kerosene was not in stock despite prior inquiries, and a customer pressingly asks why advance notice wasn’t given. The exchange highlights stock constraints at Good Hardware.
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Rose
Woman's Today Battle Slaying Aids Investigation
Fragmentary notes indicate a slaying case is under investigation with mention of a woman and possible aid or plan described in today’s report. Authorities have not released full details.
Public Works Bill Signed by President Coolidge
Washington May 26 Associated Press reports a $106000 public building project was signed into law by President Coolidge. The action approves funding for construction and related dig work.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Robbery Report Involving Messenger At National Bank
New York dated May 26 reports a messenger was attacked as he left a National Bank. He escaped with a brown paper package containing about 34,000 dollars and an arm was involved in the incident.
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Associated Press
New York
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Finding Fis hb y Thermom by Associated
Fishermen displaced by a new factor have pushed beyond known sites. Report notes a hundred men at sea seeking safer fishing grounds as conditions change and herring and mackerel patterns shift.
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