Iowa Republicans sweep Cummins for Brookhart in primary
In Iowa the GOP dumped Senator Cummins for radical Brookhart, with Clark finishing third. Democrats split, some backing Brookhart or Porter. Cummins’ defeat signals farm relief tensions, while Brookhart’s win clouds party unity and Senate balance.
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Smith Wildman Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Cummins
Brookhart
Howard J. Clark
White House
Bhe
Claude Porter
Washington
Dan Steck
Senate
New Moroccan revolt leader Ouldfar rises in Tangier
Tangier reports a new revolt leader named Ouldfar, brigand chief of the Djeballas, whose forces have captured Chechsouen and its Tiffian garrison as Djeballa tribes fight Niffs and seek to expel French and Spanish control. In Washington, Mellon says June treasury financing will not be needed due to rising revenues, with a projected fiscal year surplus near 275 million dollars.
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Rance
Bank of France
Veroes
Tangier
Spain
France
Abd-el- Krim
Ouldfar
Chechsouen
Morocco
Ecretary
Mellon
Treasury
Autonomy clash in East Galicia and Egypt leadership shift
Ukrainians in East Galicia press for autonomy while fighting Polish troops. Zaghioul Pasha rejected Egypt's premiership. Adly Pasha, allied with Britain, takes the post. Chicago to Minneapolis air mail route opens. pilot Elmer Partridge killed on first trip. Admiral C. F. Hughes named commander in chief of the US fleet. Coolidge plans Adirondacks vacation around July 4 if Congress adjourns. Budget Director seeks 8425,000 for White House roof and 24,000 for rent during repairs next summer.
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East Galicia
Zaghioul Pasha
Egypt
Adly Pasha
Great Britain
Chicago-Minneapolis
Elmer Partridge
C. F. Hughes
United States
Coolidge
Washington
Adirondacks
Congress
White House
Tripped by vanity swindler creed exposed in prison
Philadelphia. Robert Whitman alias Lord Beaverbrook and John Wiedemler, long known under many names, sit in Moyamensing prison as detectives recount his swindling spree. Police estimate fifty victims, women he swindled or married, totaling about a million dollars. Whitman claims to be broke yet offered detectives $50,000 for freedom. He says he lost $100,000 to gamblers in Atlantic City before arriving here. He has a long national police record and is said to have jumped parole on his first sentence.
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Philadelphia
Robert Whitman
Lord Beaverbrook
John A Wiedemler
Moyamensing
Frances Kemp
Whitman
Atlantic City
Faust
Relics From Ur Exhibit at University of Pennsylvania
A collection of statues and household relics from Ur of the Chaldees has reached America and is displayed in a new wing of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The exhibit, studying ancient arts 4000 years ago under the Moon goddess, is dedicated to Hekety Brinton Coxe Jr. for his support of Egyptology research and excavations. The Ur collection stems from a joint Penn museum and British Museum expedition.
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Philadelphia
America
Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Hektey Brinton Coxe, Jr
Museum of the University of Pennsylvania
British
M Museum
Old Metropolis
Woman Heads Road New Orleans
Mrs. Sarah Drain Denborn, in her seventies, has become president of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Co after succeeding her husband.
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New Orleans
Sarah Drain Denborn
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
140 People Crowd on Loneliest British Isle
The Tristan da Cunha island, Britain's loneliest possession, hosts 140 residents, roughly double the population two decades ago, with food shortages and failed potato crops. Located in the central Atlantic between the Cape of Good Hope and Buenos Aires, the two mile long isle is near several small volcanic neighbors. Most inhabitants are shipwrecked sailors and their wives from Saint Helena.
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London
Britain
Tristan da Cunha
Atlantic
Cape of Good Hope
Buenos Aires
St. Helena
Misnaming Nations and the Names We Call Them
Washington notes a National Geographic bulletin on misnaming nations. It explains several native and English names for countries, discusses how Americans refer to places like America and the United States, and cites examples from Europe and Asia to illustrate naming habits and shifts.
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Washington
United States
Russia
United States Post Office Department
Moscow
Union of Socialistic Soviet
Ikpublics
National Geographic Society
Misr
Ekesti Wuabariik
Suomen Tasavalta
Afrikiya
Iran
Die Republik Osterreich
el Maghreb
Lietuva
Fistin
Trentino
Italy
Europe
Switzerland
German
Schweiz
Italian
Switzern
French
Suisse
Luxemburg
Germany
France
Deutsches Reich
Deutsch
Netherlands
England
Scotland
Nippon
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Japaan
America
United States of America
Canada
Central America
Mexico
South America
Venezuela
Brazil
Amerigo Vespucci
Merica
Egypt
Esthonia
Sinland
Tunisia
Persia
Austria
Morocco
Lithuania
Palestine
Calliope River Showboats Take Season Cruise Up Ohio and Mississippi
Cincinnati readers note nine river showboats enter a lively summer circuit on the Ohio Allegheny and Mississippi, led by Cotton Blossom with 2000-seat capacity as they anchor in small towns. Showboats draw crowds in river towns where theaters are scarce, offering light musical comedy and melodrama with bands and holiday atmosphere.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Allegheny
Siinois
Mississippi
Spend Half Million to Get Better Products
Washington officials of the bureau of standards report that U S industries spend about 500000 dollars yearly on cooperative research with the bureau to raise product standards. The research associate plan places a graduate physicist chemist or engineer at the bureau for one or more years to work with government experts on a specific industry. The program aids training and sustains bureau output in areas of industrial importance. The cooperative method blends government and private expert views for practical results.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
George K. Burgess
Leap Years of Moses Had Seven Extra Days
Charles F Marvin of the U S Weather Bureau is cited as authority on a calendar reform claim. A League of Nations communication from the International Fixed Calendar League says Moses inserted a leap week into a 28 year cycle rather than leap days.
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Moses
Ceneva
Charles F.marvin
United States Weather Bureau
League of Nations
International
Brothers Reunited After 30 Years Auto Collision
Two brothers separated for thirty years were reunited when their cars scraped fenders in Washington. Clarence Williams of Washington and George Williams of Baltimore exchanged names, then confirmed kinship after recalling early life details. The meeting occurred as a traffic officer witnessed the minor crash.
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Washington
Clarence Williams
George Williams
Baltimore
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