Southwest storms claim nine lives in Oklahoma Missouri
Renewed cyclonic disturbances in Oklahoma and Missouri raise to nine the death toll from weekend storms. A tornado near Frederick Oklahoma kills 22 year old Albert Hyvex. another cyclone destroys a home killing Miss Mavign Matlock, 36, near Mound Guy Missouri. Des Peres river flood chokes south St. Louis with rescues by motor boat. no casualties reported.
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Kansas City
U.P
Oklahoma
Missouri
Frederick
Albert Hyvex
Pattenburg
Mavign ‘Matlock
Mound Guy
ST. Louis
Decline of Prayer Blamed as Great Evil of Age
Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery of Rochester addresses the Northern Baptist convention in Detroit. She decries appalling secularity and the decline of prayer as the two great evils besetting the church, urging rediscovery of prayer as essential to spiritual well being and its return to daily life. She cites amusements wealth science and desire for speech as factors in prayer’s decline.
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Detroit
U.P
Helen ‘Barrett
Montgomery
Rochester
N. Y
Northern “Baptist ’ Convention
Ad ‘Vance
National Air Tour Opens at Ford Airport
The fourth National Air Tour with 24 planes secured begins at Ford Airport on June 30 as part of Detroit's Air Olympics. Entries must be at Ford by June 27 for testing by commerce inspectors before departure.
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West Coast
Detroit
Ford Airport
Department of Commerce
Bellanca
William 5. Brock
Frank M. Hawkes
Army
Ray Collins
Remington Rand Company
Trans Atlantic fliers welcomed in Berlin crowd
Berlin observers report a 150000 to 200000 strong crowd greeting Hermann Koehl Baron Von Huepefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice at Tempelhof after their trans Atlantic flight to Labrador. Vice Chancellor Hergt honored the pioneers of civilization.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Kochi
Baron von Huepefeld
James , Fitzmaurice
Tempelhof Flying Field
Labrador
Tempelhof Field
Koehl
von Huenefeld
Baldonnel Field
Ireland
Hergt
Wurtemberg
Earhart Appears Rested After Transocean Flight
Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, reappeared in public in a modest outfit and fresh demeanor at Hyds Park hotel London. She announced plans to sail for New York within a week, denied Paris travel, and accepted a dinner invitation from the Air League of the British Empire.
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London
England
U.P
Amglia Earhart
New York
Paris
Hyds Park Hotel
Miss Earhart
Air League of the British Empire
Protest Ruling on Model T Ford Brakes Sparks Conflict
In Lansing Michigan on June 20 protest rose against a decision by the Michigan Safety Council to bar old Model T Fords from highways due to alleged brake insufficiency. Edwin A Goodwin secretary of the council said pre-1925 T Fords lack emergency brakes meeting legal standards, while Ford officials in Detroit disputed the ruling and claimed properly adjusted emergency brakes would meet Michigan law.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Michigan State Council
Edwin A. Goodwin
Safety Council
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Edith A. Goodwin
Michigan Safety Council
Ford Engineering Department
Michigan
Local Trucker Granted Freight Permit
Alfred H. Elliott of Mt. Pleasant received a permit to carry freight between Lansing and Mt. Pleasant for bus service, issued by the Public Utilities Commission today.
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Alfred H. Elliott
Mt. Pleasant
Lansing
Public Utilities Commission
Nobile party located on polar ice reports unconfirmed
Reports from Spitzbergen claimed General Umberto Nobile and five companions were found on drifting ice near Northeastland after 26 days. Seaplanes allegedly sighted the group and dropped provisions, but no landing occurred. Uncertainty remained as to accuracy of the news.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
U.P
Umberto Nobile
Maddalena
Kings ‘Bay
Braganza
Riiser-Larsen
Leutzow-Holm
Nobile
Citta di Milano
Roald’ Amundsen
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Gunmen Loot Unloaded Express Car at Union Station
Six men held up an express car at midnight in Toronto Union Station stealing registered mail worth between 150000 and 200000 dollars. Ten men were loading the car for Chicago when the bandits forced the workers to the car side. four stood watch while two entered the car to rifile its contents. Police expected descriptions and dividends today.
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Toronto
Ontario
U.P
Union Station
Chicago
Auction sale at Mt Pleasant area with livestock and goods
Thomas Klosowsti sells at his residence four miles west on M 20 then north and east of Mt Pleasant to near Lenton a large list of horses cattle hogs and implements. Sale starts at 100 o clock. Davis and McCall auctioneers C M Bras clerk. See page 6 for full sale list.
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Thomas Klosowsti
M. 20
Mt. Pleasalt
Lenton
Davis and McCall
Auetoneers
C. M. Bras
State Experiments With Raising Of Game Bird New To This Section
Lansing June 20. The Michigan conservation department game division reports 80 pairs mated and eggs in the nest in its Hungarian pheasant under wire experiment. Officials note the venture is early yet and success is uncertain but may yield important gains. Oregon and Virginia comparisons are cited and all confinement methods tested as they seek to raise Hungarians in captivity.
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Lansing
State Conservation Department
Game Division
Michigan
Virginia
Oregon
Shaw
Democratic Platform Pushes Revamped Monroe Doctrine Policy
Washington reports the Democratic platform to be adopted at Houston proposes reviving the Monroe Doctrine to deter European territorial gains in South America while resisting U S encroachment elsewhere. It also endorses closer cooperation with the League of Nations and hints at seeking World Court participation under acceptable terms.
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Washington
League of Nations
Democratic Party
Houston
United Press
Monroe
United States
South America
Central
League
Altho
Geneva
World Court
Lindbergh to Revisit Europe on Lapland Departure
Col Charles A Lindbergh will sail from New York aboard the steamship Lapland on June 22 to return to Europe. The Pennsylvania Railroad announced the plan but gave no reasons for the trip. Officials confirmed the aviator’s intention to go to Europe though the ship was not chartered.
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Philadelphia
Penn
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
New York
Paris
Pennsylvania — Railroad Today
Lapland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lindbergh
Contractors And Lumber Dealers Attend Meeting
About 50 contractors and dealers from Mt. Pleasant and nearby towns gathered at the Mt. Pleasant Lumber Company shed as Johns Manville representatives explained roofing asbestos products by lecture and film. I. C. Brady of Detroit detailed the manufacturing process.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Dumber Company
Johns- Manville Corporation
I. C. Brady
Detroit
Retiring Chairman Enjoys Fishing Trip With President Coolidge
Superior Wisconsin June 20 William M Butler retiring chairman of the Republican national committee and President Coolidge fished at Cedar Island lodge. They spoke little of politics with Butler noting hours were spent fishing and he caught several. Butler declined to predict successors or his future plans.
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Superior
Wisconsin
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
Cedar Island Lodge
Massachusetts
Boston
Republican Party
Tragic Lynching Shocks Jefferson Davis Hospital Area
Robert Powell, 24, a Black man, was abducted from Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston by masked men. Five hours later his body was found hanging from a post under a wooden bridge six miles from town. Police were investigating the alleged murder and assault on A. W. Davis, city detectives.
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Houston
Texas
U.P
Robert Powell
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Lynehed
A. W. Davis
Athens Gas records 66 oil leases across county
The Athens Gas Corporation of Pittsburg Pennsylvania filed 66 new oil leases totaling several hundred acres in Wise Gilmore Vernon and Coldwater townships to be recorded at the county register of deeds. New entrants Murphy Oil company and I T Wood added leases in Deerfield Broomfield and Chippewa townships as hopes rise Mt Pleasant could become a major oil producing area.
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Athens Gas Corporation
Pittsburg
Penn
Wise
Gilmore
Vernon
Coldwater
County Register of Deeds Office
Mt. Pleasant
Murphy Oil Company
I. T. Wood
Deerfield
Broomfield
Chippewa
Albion Recorder Staff Reorganized
June 20 announcement states Jack C. Deciant of Detroit has taken over ownership and staff duties from Joseph A. Baldwin who will move to Washington D C to practice law. Baldwin’s departure follows Richard T. Baldwin and Mary G Raymond resignations as editor and society editor respectively prompting broad changes at the Albion Recorder.
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Albion
Jack C. Bediant
Detroit
Albion Ivening Recorder
Joseph A. Baldwin
Baldwin
The
Recorder
Washington, D. C
Deciant
Holden, Peters, and Clark Advertising
Albion College
Richard T. Baldwin
Upland
Cal
News
Mary G. Raymond
Supreme Court Orders Remus Release From Lima Hospital
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the release of George Remus from the state criminally insane hospital in Lima after his 1920 homicide of his wife Imogene in Cincinnati. In a separate report, Bavarian government resigned today in Munich.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court Today
George Remus
Imogene
Cincinnati
State Hospital For Criminal Insane
Lima
Munich
U.R
Hoover in talks with leaders on chairman selection
President hopeful Herbert Hoover met for over an hour with key aides and Republican officials to decide on a new party chairman. The final choice hinges on ratification by the Kansas City convention committee of 24, with Work and Mills seen as likely power brokers in the campaign.
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Washington
A.P
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Interior
Hubert Work
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Kansas City
Commerce ‘Department
Work
New York
New York State
Allen Fox
Ruth Pratt
Severe Midwest Storms Kill Five in Illinois Indiana
A violent storm swept the Midwest with rain and cyclonic winds causing extensive damage to property and crops in Illinois and Indiana. Death toll reached five, with four University of Indiana Bloomington workers killed when lightning struck a tree they sheltered beneath during the storm.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
University of Indiana
Bloomington
Anti Smith forces seek united front in Texas move
In Houston on June 20 reports say anti Smith groups aim to rally allies to oppose Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Senator Walter F. George and others from Georgia Missouri Indiana Tennessee Kansas discuss a joint movement while no decisive steps occur until George arrives later this week. Hull already on scene but silent on candidacy.
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Houston
Texas
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Walter Fl. George
Georgia
Essdidate
Bordell Hull
Tennessee
James A. Reed
Missouri
Vans. Woollen
Indiana
Ayers
Kansas
George
Shead
Reid
Reed
Hull
State Parks Report Record Attendance Promises 1928 Season
Lansing reports early attendance records at state parks under P. J. Hoffmaster. Despite cold weather, parks see growing out of state tourist visits and plan to install playgrounds in about 45 parks with swings slides and seesaws enhancing recreation for children.
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Lansing
P. J. Hoffmaster
Folfmaster
French Senate Defeats Women Suffrage Bill Again
In Paris on Tuesday the French senate voted 176 to 123 to refuse even to set a date to discuss the bill granting women suffrage, marking the third defeat since the armistice. The galleries held suffragists, but only subdued hisses surfaced.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
France
Mercado
Auto Crash Through Fence Near Mt. Pleasant Bridge
Bernice Williams driving a large roadster with Dorothy Williams and Clifford Bell as passengers crashed through the guard fence at the river bridge north of Mt. Pleasant on US-27 Tuesday evening around 6:30. Bernice was seriously injured with possible thumb loss. Dorothy and Clifford suffered only minor bruises. Dorothy had been visiting in Lansing and was returning to Marion when the accident occurred. the car is in a local garage awaiting parts for repairs.
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Mt. Pleasant
Us-27
Bernice Williams
Dorothy
Clifford Bell
Avas
Miss Williams
Dayroth
Marion
Lansing
Explosion at Mexican Bathhouse Kills Several
Report says a blast at a public bathhouse killed several people and injured many others. Witnesses describe bathers fleeing into the street in agony as scalding water and steam engulfed the area.
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Mexico
Marly
Judge Wood to Back Criminal Code of State
Lansing June 20 The Michigan criminal code act can be an excellent crime deterrent when enforced Judge Arthur D Wood commissioner of pardons and paroles will address prosecuting attorneys June 29 and 30 He will urge backing the code and re arraigning about fifty convicts for life terms for fourth felonies since the code took effect He opposes extending life terms to liquor law violations alimony failures or issuing short checks noting those are felonies federally but misdemeanors locally
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Lansing
Michifran
Arthur D.wood
Wood
Michigan
Guy
Greeis
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City of St. Louis
Berlins
Miss. Earhart
Bulletin
U. P
William T
DEM
Col. Lindbergh
Pres. Coolidge
Albion Recorder
Will
Antismith
State Park
Judge Wood
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