Was Second Attempt Former Minister of War Was Fired Upon at Shanghai
Tokyo dispatch notes Baron Giichi Tanaka escaping an assassination in Shanghai where two Koreans fired on a ship gangplank wounding one American bystander. Tanaka, en route to Utsunomiya for Seiyukai meetings, escaped unharmed as his guards halted the attacker.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
Tokyo
Baron Giichi Tanaka
Japan
Uveno
Baron Tanaka
Utsunomiya
The
Seiyukai
China
Manila
W. J. Snyder
Brazil
Indiana
Smiths Daughter Weds Troy Lawyer in Albany Cathedral
Albany June 8 Social and political leaders gathered in Albany for the wedding of Miss Catherine A. Smith youngest daughter of Governor Smith to Francis J. Quillinan of Troy a lawyer The ceremony will be at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception by Cardinal Hayes Adjutant General Franklin W Ward and the governor s staff will form a lane as the party leaves The national guard colors will dip swords flash and buglers will signal the couple amid many gifts the governor s last single child to wed
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Albany
N. Y
Catherine A. Smith
Smith
Francis J. Quillinan
Troy
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cardinal Hayes
Franklin W., Ward
Provernor
National Guard
Bullet and Poison Are Both Fatal
Roseland Louisiana June 8 Temporary insanity is blamed for Mrs A F J Hyde fatally shooting her husband a Tulane graduate physician and then taking poison to end her own life. He died hours later and she died in hospital after being found unconscious in a bathroom. A three year old daughter survives.
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Roseland
A. F. J. Hyde
Yankee Doodle Fails Nonstop Continental Hop
The monoplane Yankee Doodle landed in Columbus after failing to beat fog over the Pennsylvania mountains on a New York to San Diego attempt. Pilot Louis Shaenhar and Harry Tucker planned a dawn-to-dusk retry next week, citing 26 hours 50 minutes as the current record set in 1923 by McCready and Kelly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lee Schoenhair
Hary Tucker
New York
San Diego
Pennsylvania
Louis Shaenhar
Harry Tucker
Norton Field
Cal
John McCready
Oakley G. Kelly
Roosevelt Field
Sir George Wilkins
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Noted Women Organize to Fight Prohibition Planks
A national volunteer committee of prominent women forms to press for prohibition enforcement planks in Kansas City and Houston party platforms. Delegates include Senators wives, congresswomen, and other leading activists urging modification of the Volstead act as a step toward repeal, signaling broad support across regions.
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Washington
Kansas City
Houston
Association Against the
National Volunteer Committee
Florence Kahn
California
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
William Cabell Bruce
Maryland
Thomas FP. Bayard
Delaware
Henry B. Joy
Detroit
Recent
Daughters of the American Revolution Congress
W. K. Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Hicabeth Marbury
New York
Charles S. Sabin
Julia Worthington
Cincinnati
Spencer Penrose
Colorado Springs
J. Livingston
Association
Mass executions in Canton highlight communist clashes
In Canton today fourteen girls and three schoolboys arrested as Reds were executed after confessing support for communism. A 300 member student and teacher group near Swatow was also rounded up. South China warfare between communist forces and authorities continues with widespread reprisals and executions, including women.
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Canton
China
Swatow
South China
Kwangtung
Desard Street Pool Hall Hit For Small Cash Loss
The Main Cigar and Billiard Parlor on DeStard Street reported a theft last night with about $18 missing from a cash register. The safe was untouched and owner S. C. Wise suspects the intruder hid inside the building after closing at midnight. The rear door was found open by a patrolman this morning, with no signs of forced entry.
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DeStard Street
S. C. Wise
RJ. Gota
Spanish Premier Calls Off Scheduled Nuptials
Premier Primo de Rivera ends engagement to Merce des Castelanos. Official report says the decision was made this afternoon and announced this evening. The planned Sept wedding would have had King Alfonso as best man. Primo de Rivera is nearly sixty and a widower.
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Madrid
Primo de Riviera
Mercedes Castelanos
Primo de Rivera
Alfonso
Woman pleads to manslaughter in death of Cook
Miss Maguerite Rumbaugh of Warsaw Indiana pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Walter H. Cook Niles basket manufacturer. The plea came with a condition that her brothers George and Girard be freed after she testified that she fired the shot in self defense following an alleged strike by Cook at his Niles factory March 30.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph
Maguerite Rumbaugh
Warsaw
Ind
George
Girard
Walter H. Cook
Niles
Bumbaugh
Charles E. White
Miss Bumbaugh
Cook
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley in a Little Town
A short humorous meditation on a prominent local figure in a small town. The piece presents a framed vignette of ambition and social space, with a wry tone about power and visibility in a close-knit community.
Governor Long Accuses Over Treasury Bill Action
In Baton Rouge on June 8 Senator Norris C Williamson of East Carroll charged Governor Long with violating the constitution by appearing on the senate floor to push a measure. The heated debate centered on a bill to require state agencies to draw warrants on the treasury. The motion to recommit failed 19 to 18 and the bill moved back to the calendar amid party lines and cross objections.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Long
Senate
Norris C. Williamson
East Carroll
Treasury
Williamson
P. H. Gilbert
Judiciary
Army Bombers to Stop at Selman Field Next Week
Ten U S Army Martin bombers are expected to arrive at Selman airport next Tuesday or Wednesday as they travel from Langley Field to Atlanta Monroe and San Antonio. The stop underscores Selman’s ample landing space and facilities.
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Travis Oliver
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
H. R. Harris
Huff Daland Dusters Corporation
U. S. Army Martin
Selman
Harris
Washington
Langley Field
Atlanta
Monroe
San Antonio
Martin
Oliver
Air Service
Langley
Confederate Back Pay Irs Voted Unanimously
Baton Rouge report says Representative S. O. Shattuck led passage of a Confederate veterans back pay bill. The measure authorizes $210 back pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows with no opposing votes. Co author T. T. Webb of Ouachita supported the bill.
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Baton Rouge
8S. O. Shattuck
Calcasieu
Shattuck
T. T. Webb
Ouachita
Toll Bridge Bill Seeks Monroe and Other Crossings
A bill by Representative R. N. Bauer proposes Baton Rouge backed state bonds to build seven toll bridges at Monroe Coushatta Moneclair Morgan City Sterlington Jonesville and Harrisburg over Ouachita Red and Atchafalaya rivers and Black river. Bonds capped at one million with individual bridge costs not to exceed two million and tolls retire the debt. Other measures deferred include severance tax for school textbooks and a major road extension program while airports may be state authorized.
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Associated Press
Baton
Rouge
Jones
Louisiana Highway Commission
R. N. Bauer
St. Mary
Automobile Club of Louisiana
Monroe
Ouachita River
Coushatta
Red River
Moneclair
Morgan City
Atchafalaya
Sterlington
Jonesville
Black River
Harrisburg
Commission
J. E. McClanahan
Caldwell
Long
Cecil Morgan
House
Caddo Sclon
Senate
Six marines killed as mine explodes on Kiel mine layer
Six marines died and four were injured when a mine exploded aboard a mine layer during maneuvers in Kiel harbor. The incident occurred despite reports of the area being secured, with no further details available. Additional items note an unconfirmed claim of an American plane shot down near Koku and a crash at Mitchell Field in New York injuring no crew but killing two polo ponies.
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Kiel
Germany
Kiel Harbor
FIGHTING ON PAIHO RIVER NEAR TANGKU IN CHINA
Fighting broke out this morning on the Pajiho river above Tangku northwest of Tientsin. The firing was continuous and severe, halting river traffic. Two Japanese steamers escorted by a gunboat were forced to turn back toward Tangku while Chinese police fled and Italian marines were dispatched to protect foreign families.
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Tientsin
China
Tangku
Taku
India Timber Man Wins Big Derby Money
W. H. Webb of Calcutta firm says he drew Felstead in the Calcutta Sweepstakes but will not profit personally. The Derby prize is reported at 1,310,000 dollars, with Webb perhaps receiving a 10 percent commission. In Bombay, Ibrahime Dawed Kazi, a timber merchant, confirms Webb notified him of the win.
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India
Timber Man
Singapore
Straits Settlement
The
Straits Times Today
W. H. Webb
Calcutta
Felstead
Webb
Bombay
British India
Evening News
Ibrahime Dawed Kazi
Kazi
Southern Cross Near 500 Miles From Brisbane
The monoplane Southern Cross reported 489 miles from Brisbane at 9 15 a m Pacific coast time with coordinates 24 42 south 161 38 east as it flies from Fiji to Australia. Storms battered the craft as it crossed 1720 miles from Suva toward Brisbane with a drop of over 400 feet noted during the oceanic voyage.
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Honolulu
Brisbane
Australia
Fiji Islands
San Francisco
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast
Southern Cross
Suva
Oakland
Hawaiian Islands
Radio Amateur Hears Italia Airship SOS Call
A radio amateur from Voanesensk near Archangel reports hearing a third SOS call at 4 13 AM from the missing dirigible Italia crew during the Nobile expedition. The message included the words Storm NW and S O S though the sender’s name Paterman is not on the Italia crew. operator Giuseppe Biagi was aboard.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Smith
Voanesensk
Dvinsk
Archangel
S. Paterman
Paterman
Giuseppe Biogi
Major to Survey Air Mail Route Tomorrow in Monroe
Major Sumner Smith will fly Birmingham to Monroe then Shreveport to survey air mail possibilities. If sufficient business exists, Monroe may gain its first air mail line linking Birmingham Monroe and Shreveport with a north south connection via New Orleans New York. Citizens and officials urged to meet the Major at Selman field tomorrow morning.
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Monroe
Sumner Smith
Birmingham
Shreveport
New Orleans
New York
Alabama
Major Smith
Selman Field
The
Chamber of Commerce and
A. A. Thoman
Master Smith
Aa Bastrop
Rayville
Alevendria
Connest
Selmanfield
Sofvicr
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Hambone
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