National Conference Aims For Bus Organizations In Chicago
The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes a national conference of motor-bus organizations in Chicago on June 17 and 18. Other items include pending licenses for a large dam near Muscle Shoals, court-martial orders for the submarine 8-19 crew, and continued enforcement of Prohibition. Grain exports for the last week reached 5,238,000 bushels, up from 5,056,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Comission
Washington
Motor-Bus Organizations
Chicago
United States
Multiple incidents roil Dallas jail and city events in brief
Wounds mount as a mob rushes the Dallas County jail seeking Frank and Lorenzo. A Topeka jury acquits Jonathan M. Davis of conspiracy to solicit a bride. Chicago prosecutors expose a bid to fix a murder trial for Ward William Nelson McClintock. Ohio Governor Donahey and ex-governor Lowden head Great Lakes Council in Michigan City. Streetcar crash injures twenty in Cleveland. Union Seminary reveals a 4 million dollar fund, with Edward S. Harkness donating 1.25 million. Riverdale police arrest 16-year-old Peets Lucile Wunsch for alleged murder linked to a ward’s affair. Jurors in Shepherd murder case selected with death-penalty scruples rejected. Ford’s Wall Street move sparks view of Guardian Trust unit in New York. South Dakota plans a cement-and-penitentiary labor project for resotpay. Chicago may become a seaport with St Lawrence river dredging. Former Iowa governor W L Harding addresses AD Men in Chicago. NY judge dismisses Lillian N. Duke’s divorce suit against tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke.
Notable social and political notices span decades and nations
Personal announcements in New York place Glenn Frank as a Wisconsin president candidate while Constance Talmadge and Buster Collier reportedly wed next month. Obituaries honor ex Colorado Gov Ammons and vehicle pioneer Dallas Dort. International items cover Brandeis health absence, Machado’s oath in Cuba, German Reichstag votes, and tensions in Europe and North Africa.
Muriel Vanderbilt Engaged to Frederic Church of Boston
Announcement confirms the engagement of Muriel Vanderbilt to Frederic Cameron Church of Boston. Miss Vanderbilt, 25, is a Vanderbilt heir and Fair descendant. Mr Church, 27, Harvard graduate, son of Fred C. Church & Co. They will wed later in Newport at the Vanderbilt home. Muriel has been active in social and philanthropic circles and is abroad for her trousseau.
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Muriel Vanderbilt
Frederic Cameron Church
Boston
William K. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
C. H. P. Belmont
Miss Vanderbilt
Church
Commodore Vanderbilt
James Fair
Sarazen
Mr. Church
Lowell
Mass
Fred C. Church & Co
Culbertson Named Minister to Romania in Diplomatic Move
William S. Culbertson, vice chairman of the tariff commission, is appointed minister to Romania in a White House announcement. The posting adds responsibilities amid relief debt negotiations, with Ambassador Jay to Romania to remain until a successor arrives and the United States’ note urging a refunding agreement is answered.
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William S. Culbertson
Tariff Commission
Romania
White House
Bucharest
Jay
Argentina
Washington
Rumania
United States
Edith Nourse Rogers to run for Fifth Massachusetts seat
Mrs Edith Nourse Rogers widow of Congressman John Jacob Rogers announces candidacy to succeed him in the Fifth Massachusetts district. She intents to continue work aiding World War I veterans though noting district residents desire for her to carry on her late husband policies. The move makes her the third woman to seek the seat since her husband's death.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
Rogers
House of Representatives
Mae Nolan
San Francisco
John Nolan
Julius Kahn
Winnifred Mason Huck
Ilinois
William Mason
Dirigible Aids Arctic Flyers Portrait of Byrd Leads Prep
Lieutenant Commander R E Byrd, bureau of aeronautics, U S N, directs naval aviation for the MacMillan Arctic expedition. Byrd oversees aerial navigation as trans Atlantic flight planning begins and aircraft near northern bases prepare for emergencies. Plans call for the dirigible Los Angeles or Shenandoah from Lakehurst to Etih Alaska to rescue unknown Arctic regions if needed.
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R. E. Byrd
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Aviation
Navy
National Geographic Society
Byrd
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Etih
Alaska
North Pole
Jobn
Relnarts
Iowa State News Highlights Lagging 1926 Iowa Progress
A survey of Iowa developments shows aging houses in Eldora, Des Moines trash disposal orders, and philanthropy shaping colleges. Jolley forms Community club with Rev. Weaver as chair while Emma Richardson endows Vassar. A Shenandoah well yields an ancient log, and pheasant eggs reach Centerville.
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William Alberry
Eldora
Clinton
Community Club of
Jolley
B. L. Weaver
State Health Department
Des Moines
Emma Richardson
J. J. Richardson
Davenport Democrat
Vassar College
Shenandoah
Service Star Legion
5S. A. Spilman
Ottumwa
Iowa State Medical Society
Illinois Central Terminal
Coomer & Small
Centerville
Sargent
Fort Madison
North Riverside
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Waterloo
Iowa
The
Swedish Baptists of Iowa
Davenport
Holstein Service Company
Holstein
Iowa Light, Heat & Power Co
Cushing
United States
Iowa Medical Society
Catholic Daughters
Dubuque
Iowa Packing Company
Swift and Company
Des Moines City Railway Company
Frank C. Chambers
Newton
R. L. Leach
Contracted Cold at a Billy Sunday Revival
A letter from A. R. Wilson of La Follette Tennessee cites relief from a February cold during Billy Sunday’s Knoxville revival after using three bottles of Peruna. The note touts Peruna as a system builder and catarrh remedy and urges readers to buy the original treatment from local dealers.
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A. R. Wilson
la Follette
Tenn
Billy Sunday
Knoxville, Tenn
Red Herring Origin Explained by Sporting Practice
The Chicago Journal cites Jean Newton explaining the phrase red herring as a diversion. It traces its origin to the Seventeenth century hunting custom of dragging a red herring or small animal across a training trail to mislead dogs, later becoming a figure of speech for distraction.
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Jean Newton
Chicago Journal
Cuticura Soap Ad Promotes Complexion Care Trio
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for clear complexion and clean scalp, Cuticura Ointment for occasional use, and Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and softness. The trio is recommended as the Cuticura Toilet Trio for daily care.
New Thread Machine Sparks Change in Metal Work
An electric sewing machine nicknamed the insect due to its flylike shape welds piping and steel ship parts using a white hot steel wire from a bobbin. The device promises rapid, precise joins across varied industrial applications and may transform metal fabrication methods.
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Federal Power Commission
Muscle Shoals
Wauset Beach
Wilbur
Washington Dispatch
Coolidge
Watson
Couzens Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Shipping Board
C. C. Moore
Idaho
President Coolidge
H. E. Ray
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pesident Coolidge
New York Advertising Club
Federal Reserve
United States Secret Service
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Elections Committee
United States Senate
Spencer
Missouri
Ernst
Kentucky
John W. Weeks
Dallas
Dalas
Texas
Frank
Lorenzo
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Topeka
Kans
Wiliam Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Robert E. Crowe
Donahey
Ohio
Frank O. Lowden
Minois
Council of States of the Great Lakes-St. Latwrence Association
Michigan City
Ind
Cleveland
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Edward 8S. Harkness
Peets
Lucile Wunsch
Riverdale
Agnes Simnick
Peete
Madison
William D. Shepherd
William McClintock
Shepherd
Henry Ford
Wall Street
Guardian Detroit Company
Guardian Trust Company of Detroit
Edsel Ford
South Dakota
St. Lawrence River
W. L. Harding
American Legion
Justice Giegerich
New York Supreme Court
Lillian N. Duke
James Buchanan Duke
Duke
New Jersey
Glenn Frank
Century Magazine
University of Wisconsin
Constance Talmadge
Elias Milton Ammons
Colorado
Denver
London
Princess Obolensky
Alice Muriel Astor
Prince Serge Patonovitch
Obolensky
Neledinsky Meletsky
Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
J. Dallas Dort
Dort Motor Car Company
Flint Country Club
Plint
Mich
Dallas Dort
Flint, Mich
Reichstag
Berlin
Germany
World Court
Poland
Upper Silesia
Geneva
Gerardo Machado
Havana
Cuba
Ypres
French
Mangin
Paris
Liberte
Fez
French Morocco
Col. Theodore and
Kermit Roosevelt
James Simpson-Wield Museum of Chicago
Central Asia
Srinagar
Kashmir
India
Leh
Valley of the Indus
Turkestan
Russia
Danzig
Red Army
Budenny
I Ge
Culbertson
Dirigible
Arctic
Iowa State News
LaFollette, Tenn
Bellans
Pvs Sohl
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