Dempsey and Sharkey Sign Up for Tonight’s Fight
Jack Dempsey will be licensed to fight in New York without extra physicals and will face Jack Sharkey with a path to meet Gene Tunney for the title if he wins. Tex Rickard aims for gate receipts of two million dollars, with a possible one million dollar gate for the match backing. Tunney opposes the plan, fearing it could jeopardize the championship bout.
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Jack Dempsey
Sharkey
Fight Tonight
Rickard
Gene Tunney
Tinney
Last Chance for U S World War Veterans Insurance
U S veterans offices nationwide will stay open in the evenings the week of June 26 to help veterans reinstate and convert insurance before the July 2 deadline. The extended hours run until midnight on July 2 under director General Frank T. Hines order. The Legion's National Rehabilitation offices, led by Watson B. Miller, have held three evening sessions weekly with insurance experts and doctors on site.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
U. . Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T. Hines
National Rehabilitation Committee of the Legion
Legion
Watson B. Miller
Four thousand recruits begin drills at Ft. Ben Harrison camp
Fourteen hundred recruits arrive at the citizen's military training camp in Indianapolis for opening drills. Automobiles, trains, and interurban cars have been bringing hopefuls to the fort over the past two days as organizers form squads and platoons. Regular routine and discipline start with reveille tomorrow and run until the camp closes July 19.
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Indianapolis
Ft. Ben Harrison
Troops Guard Negro Charged With Murder in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi June 21 More than 600 National Guardsmen were on duty as protection for Walter Burley a Negro slayer of two white women whose case was to be presented to the grand jury. Indictment could lead to a swift trial with district attorney Howie noting a short hearing since Burley reportedly confessed.
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Martha Rees
Here
Burley
Alabama
Byrd Chooses Four for Transatlantic Flight Crew
Commander Richard Byrd announced four men will accompany him on the tri motor Fokker monoplane to Europe. Lieut. George Neville and Pilot Bert Acosta will join Ber t Balchen Norwegian aviation expert, who aided Byrd's North Pole preparations and has assisted in trans-Atlantic night preparations at Roosevelt Field New York.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Europe
Richard
Byrd
Bert Balchen
George Neville
Bert Acosta
Balchen
North Pole
Funeral Coach Crash Kills Two Mourners in New Jersey
A funeral coach carrying nine mourners from a freshly covered grave in Holy Cross cemetery in North Arlington struck a tree. Two women, Mrs. Albert Schultz of Kearny aged 60 and Mrs. Josephine Casper of Kearny, died from injuries.
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North Arlington
N. J
Holy Cross Cemetery
Albert Schultz
Kearny
Josephine Casper Kearny
Lindbergh Enjoys Brief Pause Before Civic Dinner
Charles A. Lindbergh, in a battered grey hat, rests between appearances as he weighs offers and pledges to advance U S aviation. He will speak tonight to commercial and industrial leaders at a civic dinner while his exact plans remain uncertain.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lone Eagles
United States
Col. Lindbergh
Uncle Sam must spend huge sums for more cruisers
The United States would need about 250 million dollars to reach parity with Britain in cruiser tonnage if Geneva accepts an 800,000 tonnage cap. Current US cruiser tonnage trails Britain, and the plan avoids new destroyer or submarine construction while scrapping excess ships to meet proposed limits. Critics doubt full appropriation will pass, aiming to preserve destroyer supremacy during a transitional period.
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United Pruss Dispatch
Washington
Great Britain
Britain
Navy Department
United States
Congress
Has Indiana Appellate Court Been Outlawed
United Press Dispatch reports Indianapolis June 21 that attorney John W Becker argued before the Indiana Supreme Court that the 1891 act creating the appellate court and the 1901 amendments render the court non existent. He contends the appellate court lacks legal existence. Court officials had no comment.
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United Pruss Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
General Assembly
John W. Becker
Becker
Supreme Court
O'Connor
Sixteen Men Rescued After Adrift At Sea Near Highland Light
Sixteen men clung to wave swept barges a mile and a half from the Highland Light coast guard station overnight. By dawn the high seas had eased and coast guard crews expected tugs to tow them in. The barges were en route from Portland, Maine to Philadelphia.
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Bee
United Press Pispatch
Boston
Highland Light Coast Guard
Here
Coast
Klan Convicts Apply for Writ of Habeas Corpus
Byron Dunn and Robert Dunn, brothers, convicted of murder of Samuel E. Duhon deputy sheriff in Calcasieu Parish, sought writs of habeas corpus from the Louisiana Supreme Court alleging they were railroaded in a St Charles Court under Ku Klux Klan supervision.
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New Orleans
Byron Dunn
Robert Dunn
Samuel E. Duhon
Calcasieu Parish
State Supreme Court
St. Charles
Invisible Empire
Knights of
Ku Klux Klan
Dunn Barders
Klan
Lindbergh to Visit Springfield and Peoria
Congressman Hull of Peoria announced that Charles Lindbergh promised to visit Springfield and Peoria as his first two stops after leaving St. Louis.
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Springfield
Ill
W. E. Hull
Peoria
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
County Wheat Pool Meetings Roll Across State
County wheat pool meetings organized by the Central States Soft Wheat Growers Association and Farm Bureau wheat pool follow district sessions. Opened June 18 in Martinsville, they review pool operations, answer questions, and plan the 1927-28 season including initial payments. Warm weather accelerated wheat ripening across fields.
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Indianapolis
Wheat Pool
Central States Soft Wheat Growers’ ‘Association
Farm Bureau Wheat, Pool
Martinsville
Datria
Ithe. Ool
Commander Byrd Delays European Flight Again
Commander Richard Byrd postponed the planned European flight once more citing weather as the reason. He said the start would be pushed to tomorrow, delaying the expedition's departure.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Richard Byrd
Pete
Byrd Poised for Paris Flight After Atlantic High Pressure
United Press dispatch from Roosevelt Field reports high pressure systems over the Atlantic diminishing, making a late today or tomorrow takeoff for Commander Richard Byrd toward Paris possible.
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Roosevelt Field
Atlantic Ocean
Richard Byrd
Paris
Longest Day Opens Amid Chicago Rainstorms
Chicago marked the year's longest day with a summer opening that started under heavy rain. More than three inches of rain fell in hours, buckling streets and closing several blocks of a major boulevard. Forecasters expect a return to sunshine tomorrow as summer begins.
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Chicago
Millionaire Drowns in Canadian River Fishing Trip
John B. Irving, 67, president of the Irving-Pitt Paper Co., Kansas City, drowned when the canoe he shared with a friend capsized on the 8 Croix river near Gordon Wisconsin. The tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon during a fishing outing.
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Duluth
Await Orders To Fly Ahead Of Hawaii Mission
Lieut. Lester J. Maitland and Lieut. A F Hegenberger said they would be ready to fly to Hawaii in their tri motored Fokker plane by July 16 or sooner after receiving official orders from Washington. The aviators are based in San Diego and await government authorization to proceed with the long range flight.
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San Diego
Cal
Washington
Lester J. Maitland
A. F. Hegenberger
Hawaii
Miners and Operators of Illinois in Session
Miners press for renewal of the Jacksonville scale while operators seek a one dollar per day wage cut. Conference held in Chicago with talks ongoing.
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Miners and Operators OF
Illinois
Nicago
Ispatchi
Jacksonville
Bronze Tablet to Commemorate Knights of Pythias Founding
A bronze tablet will be placed on the Rathbone schoolhouse at Eagle Harbor to mark where Justus M Rathbone founded the Knights of Pythias and wrote the ritual during 1869 and 1860. The Lincoln Gettysburg address tablet is a gift of Puritan Lodge No 17 Benton Harbor and will arrive about August 1.
Industrial Gains In State Outlined At West Baden
Indiana commercial secretaries gather for a two day convention at West Baden where Henry J. Bodine secretary of the Ft Wayne Chamber of Commerce will present an exhaustively compiled survey of Indiana industrial development in the last two years. Forty five chambers of commerce will be represented and reports on business conditions in each city will be heard.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Henry J. Bodine
Ft. Wayne Chamber of Commerce
Intalls
Indiana Commercial Secretaries Association
West Baden
Bodine
Prohibition Near End Charlottetown Vote
The June 25 Prince Edward Island election centers on liquor policy as the province and Nova Scotia remain dry among nine dominion provinces. Prohibition’s fate looms as voters decide whether to loosen restraint in PEI amid a broader war era context.
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Charlottitowin
P. i
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Floods Again Swamp Southwest Farmland in Missouri
Heavy rain swelled creeks and rivers in the southwest drive, flooding hundreds of acres of farmland near Kansas City Missouri on June 21. Authorities warned residents as waters continued to rise and threaten additional property and crops.
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Kansas City
Indianapolis voters weigh new form of government
Voters decide today on abolishing the current city council and mayoralty system in Indianapolis. The Chamber of Commerce backs the change by a wide margin while unified civic groups urge passage. The measure proposes a city manager form, with supporters citing efficiency and modern governance.
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Indianapolis
Indiana civic reawakening sparks debate on reform plan
Amid calls for reform in Indiana, observers discuss a manager system and broader changes. Proponents claim it will curb stagnation and misrule, while critics warn of cost and upheaval as a nonpartisan plan gains attention.
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Indiana
Farm machinery output for 1926 shows 17.8 percent rise
Washington reports 1926 U S farm machinery production valued at $461,899,628, up 17.8 percent from 1925. About $100,000,000 was sold abroad, with tractors totaling $145,012,000 compared with $121,050,000 in 1925, marking the greatest annual increase as most lines sold in higher quantities.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
General Wood Arrives for Coolidge Conference in Victoria
Leonard Wood arrived in Victoria British Columbia to confer with President Coolidge and Secretary of War Davis on economic and political issues in the Philippines. The group discussed anticipated growth in rubber and sugar industries and plans for future island development.
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Victoria
B. C
Coolidge
Davis
Philippines
Leonard Wood
Inex
Mad
Coglideay
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Richard B. Byrd
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