Bank Robbery Foiled at Clarkdale Arizona Bank
Prescott dispatch reports two Oklahoma men robbed Bank of Arizona in Clarkdale. Wm J Forester, 30, was killed by cashier David Saunders after they seized $50,000.partner Paul Hauffman, 45, captured. all money recovered with deputy James Roberts.
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Prescott, Ariz
Arizona
Oklahoma
Bank of Arizona
Clarkdale
Here
Wm. J. Forrester
David Saunders
Paul Hauffman
Saunders
James Roberts
Forester
Denti
Roberts
Riot Across Jugo Slavia After Parliament Murders
Rioting erupts in Belgrade and Zagreb after the assassination of two Croatian Peasant Deputies. Troops mobilized, deaths reported, hundreds arrested, and a national mourning period begins as leaders seek peace. The king calls leaders to avert cabinet resignation amid unrest.
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Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Stefan Naditch
Croatian Peasants’ Party
Rnugs
Scagreb
Croatia
Vienna
Seagreb
Jugo-Slavia
Alexander
Ponica
Grain inspections report from Winnipeg leads with wheat figures
Winnipeg grain inspection bulletin dated June 22 shows wheat inspections by car and contract grade. Current totals list 324 cars, compared with 832 last year, and 761 cars versus 68 last year for another wheat grade.
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Winnipeg
Rotary International assigns global officers at meeting
Rotary International filled two main posts by acclamation and nominated directors for the United States Canada and the British Isles. I. B. Sutton of Tampico Mexico was elected president and Rufus F. Chapin of Chicago was re elected treasurer. Thomas Stephenson of Edinburgh was named director for Great Britain and Ireland and Joseph Calder of Regina Sask was chairman.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Rotary International
United States
Canada
British Isles
I. B. Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
Saginaw
Mich
Rufus F. Chapin
Chicago
Thomas Stephenson
Edinburgh
Scotland
Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Calder
Regina, Sask
Great Mexican Battle Near Las Huertas Ends With Heavy Toll
Mexico City June 22. Gauadala jara reports twenty two insurgents and ten Federal soldiers killed in an eight hour battle near Las Huertas, Jalisco. Thirty Federal soldiers were wounded. insurgent casualties could not be determined as insurgents were dispersed.
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Mexico
City
Gauadalajara
Excelsior
Las Huertas
Jalisco
Purported Heirs of the Baker Estate Arrested
Harrisburg reports arrests in Pittsburgh and Toronto tied to the Bakers Heirs Association. Aaron Heligsohn and brother Jacob held on bail in Pittsburgh, William Baker in Ontario custody, with a warrant for Rose Annie Baker. Authorities say thousands were swindled by claims of locating titles to Philadelphia lands.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Toronto
Ont
Bakers Heirs Association
Philadelphia
Aaron Heligsohn
Jacob
William Baker
Jacob Baker
Ontario Heirs Association
W. H. Price
Ontario
Baker
Rose Annie
Securities Commission
State Department of International Affairs
Edmonton Air Men Visit Medicine Hat Again
Wop May and Victor Horner flew De Hays and Moth to Medicine Hat landing at 3 25 P M after a Moose Jaw to Regina trip in three hours a crowd greeted the visitors at the Exhibition grounds they refueled and ate with supplies arranged by H C Yuill and J H Yuill Vic Horner, a Medicine Hat native, is remembered in local railroad circles.
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May
Victor Horner
Medicine Hat
Exhibition Grounds
Moose Jaw
Regina
H. C. Yuill
J. H. Yuill
High River
Edmonton
Vic Horner
Horner
Bandits Rob Grand Avenue Bank in St Paul Heist
Four men robbed the Grand Avenue State Bank in St Paul Minnesota, fleeing with about $10000. Auditors arrived at the scene in a truck and the suspects escaped in a stolen vehicle, according to police.
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St. Paul, Minn
Grand Avenue State Bank
Cameron to head Vancouver Island lines for Canadian Pacific
J M Cameron, long time Canadian Pacific Railway official, will become manager of the company's lines on Vancouver Island. He will assume July 1 with headquarters at Victoria, succeeding E Beasley who retires after 45 years. Cameron’s career began in 1883 as an engine wiper and progressed through pumpman, brakeman, conductor, Nelson trainman, Medicine Hat superintendent, then Vancouver and Calgary roles before this promotion. Continued on Page Four.
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Winnipeg
D. C. Coleshan
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
J. M. Cameron
Calgary
Vancouver Island
Cameron
Victoria
Mr. Cameron
E. Beasley
Nelson
Medicine Hat
Vancouver
Alberta
Vancouver Liberal nomination list at provincial convention
At the Vancouver Liberal convention six seats were filled with候 nominations including Hon. Dugald Donaghy Minister of Finance Mrs Paul N Smith Ald H E Almond J Pitealen Heges Fred W Sterling Nichol Thompson and Burnaby riding nominated Dr John A McIvor Liberal for the Burnaby seat.
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Vancouver
B.C
Dugald
Donaghy
Paul N. Smith
H. E. Almond
J. Pitealen Heges
W. Sterting
Nichol Thompson
Burnaby
John A. McIvor
Railway disaster near Bollnas kills twenty and injures forty
A Northern Express train wreck near Bollnas Sweden left Stockholm at midnight and collided with an assisting locomotive. The resulting toll rose to twenty dead and forty injured with no foreigners among the victims revealed in the late tally. The crash occurred as the train approached Bollnas, Sweden.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Bollias
Sweden
Stockholm
Bolinas
Knights of Pythian Order Set Decoration Day June 24 1928
The Knights and Sisters of the Pythian Order in this city plan Annual Decoration Day on Sunday June 24 1928. They assemble at Castle Hall 1 30 p m and proceed to Riverside Park for a wreath placement then visit the cemetery to decorate departed brothers. Charles Pingle to be honored at the grave.
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Knights and Sisters of the Pythian Order
Castle Hall
Third Street
Sixth Avenue
Riverside Park
C.C
First Street
Knight Pingle
Lste
Charles Pingle
Fife
Wheat prices climb on export doubt and grain market gains
Winnipeg reports July wheat leads gains on strong export sales estimated at 2,000,000 bushels. Old crop months rise about 11 2 cents while deferred months follow, then ease back from highs amid profit taking. Cash wheat activity large but ship space limited. barley also firm with July near 90 cents a bushel.
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Winnipeg
Earth tremor rocks Southern Alaska coast
A violent earthquake rocked the southern crest of Alaska. Seismographs in Washington Spokane Seattle and Victoria B C recorded the tremor. Three distinct series were felt with Seward reporting rolling waves. No major damage beyond a few broken dishes. avalanches were reported in the mountains.
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Search
Alaska
Washington
Spokane
Seattle
Victoria
B. C
Seward
Merrick Sentenced Over Cecil Club Liquor Violations
Kate Merrick hotelier and mother in law to two British peers was sentenced at Bow Street Court to six months imprisonment without hard labor for liquor license violations and serving after hours at the Cecil Club near Piccadilly. She was fined sixty guineas and her club was struck off the register and barred for five years.
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London
Kate Merrick
Bow Street
Cecil Club
Forty- Three Club
Piccadilly
Merrick
Calgary Man Is Vice-President Of Kiwanis
Sam Cummings of Kansas City was elected President of Kiwanis International at the 12th annual convention. Calgary's Charles B. Adams and Walla Walla's James P. Neal were named vice presidents. Cressman of Omaha was re-elected treasurer. Milwaukee won the 1929 convention city over Detroit.
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Seattle
Sam Cummings
Kansas City
Kiwanis Inter National
Charles B. Adams
Calgary
James P. Neal
Walla Walla
Cummings
Adams
Neal
Washington State
Stowaways Reported Safe Aboard Jervis Bay
Wireless advices from Colombo say the mutineers on the Australian Commonwealth liner Jervis Bay were confined under the hatches but are now unprisoned. The ship remained under control as wireless contact persisted through the night. In other news Rev Father J P Fleming of Kemptville has been appointed priest at Prescott.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Jervis Bay
J. P. Fleming
Kemptville
Prescott
Italian Fliers Plan Rescue Mission for Nobile Party
Majors Maddalena and Penzo of Italy take off from Kings Bay to reinforce General Nobile and search for Roald Amundsen. A foggy morning eased. previous batteries dropped for Nobile were lost when parachute failed. Amundsen’s plane sighting, or lack thereof, prompts further relief efforts and potential Swedish and other relief flights.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Associated Press
Maddalena
Penzo
Roald Amundsen
Issborn
Tromsoe
Norway
Amundsen
Svalbard
Advent Bay
South Cape
London
Copenhagen
Nobile
Cloudburst Drowns Irvine Kentucky With Four Foot Flood
A cloud burst near Irvine Kentucky sent four feet of water through the mountain town. Buildings were wrecked crops washed out and telephone lines broken. Trees uprooted and debris flooded the business district as the flood reportedly swept the farming district below. No casualties were immediately reported.
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Kentucky
City
Irvine
Market Slow as Muddy Roads Hinder Farmers
Rural market opening sees few farmers reach the city while prices hold. Eggs fetch extras at 35c a dozen and firsts at 30c, butter 40c a pound, and live spring chickens 50c each.
Arab Congress renews demand for Palestine Parliament
In Jerusalem on June 22 the Arab Congress, with 210 delegates including 42 Cairo residents, urged Britain to grant Palestine a parliament. They sent two cables to the British High Commissioner and the League of Nations protesting self-government claims and condemning taxation without representation.
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Jerusaleyi
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Arab Congress
Carioun Ree Iden
Seins
Ohio
Cerral Office
Lord Plumer
League of Nations
Ringland
Palestine
Congress
Commission
League of National Ee Week
George S. Symes
Prohibition Officers Bust Large Prescription Liquor Ring
Federal officers raided in Los Angeles and seized a large prescription liquor ring involving twenty five physicians and many druggists. The operation allegedly supplied vast quantities of prescribed liquor at inflated prices, with physicians accused of conspiring to push the scheme.
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Los Angeles
Cuif
Dominion Carton and Co Plans $95,000 Project
The Dominion Carton and Co initiates a $95,000 project in Benmont on schedule for completion. The move signals expansion in local manufacturing, with emphasis on new equipment and potential job growth in the area.
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Dominion Carton and
N Co
Attempt to Silence Grand Jury Probe by Gunmen in Chicago
Last night armed gangsters tried to break into the home of James Huff in Chicago to kidnap him and silence the chief witness against Octavius Granady, a Waltd committee candidate. Frank Loesch, chief prosecutor, earlier accused higher levels of police and courts of complicity in crime. Two gunmen were repelled when detectives arrived after the attempt.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
James Huff
Johny Armahdo
Octavius Granady
W Waltd
Frank Loesch
Special Grand Jury
Huff
Weet
Tives Legigh
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Tye and
Walker Wnon Wrong
Clarkdale, Okla
Jos. Calder OF
Rotary
Victoria, B.C
ST. Paul
Cengghy
Bollnas
Deui
Shawn
Tyebb
Pythians
RVE Decor
Edward 7. Leveson
Mexico City
Salvador
Pacific Coast
Old London
Kiwanians
Charles E. Adams
Wéasel
General Nobile
Vir Bay
Mossell Bay
Northern
U.S
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