Capital Gates Riveted On Iowa Primary Election
In Des Moines Iowa voters choose between Senator Brookhart and insurgent Smith W. Wockhart in a pivotal Republican senatorial primary seen as a barometer for the 1928 presidential campaign. The contest marks a clear adminstration versus anti administration divide shaping national political expectations.
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Iowa
George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Towa
Albert B. Cumming
Smith W. Y Wockhart
Brookhart
Senate
Coolidge
White House
Middle Western
Des Moines
Ira
Westminster Fund Nears Sixty Thousand Dollar Goal
The Westminster Fund approaches a total of $60,000 with notable contributions including a $1,500 gift from the grandson of Dr. Browne. The drive continues as supporters rally to meet the target.
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Westminster Fund
Farm Bloc Pushes Dawes Plan To Enact Relief
The Senate farm bloc opened a final drive for farm relief with Dawes backed plan and a 175 million dollar marketing surpluses corporation funded by an equalizing fee. The move replaces McNary Haugen as the farm relief vehicle as Iowa primary looms and bloc leaders deny stalling.
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William K. Hutchinson
Dawes
George W. Peek
Illinois
Chester Davis
Montana
Senate
Iowa
Mother Dies Upon Hearing Son’s Body Found in Mountains
In Harrisburg, Mrs. Sarah Emma Hager, 65, collapses after learning her son Cheater Hager, 29, was found dead in the mountains near Dauphin with a shotgun beside him. Both to be buried in double funeral services tomorrow, family says. Authorities deem the act an apparently personal crisis with unknown motive.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Sarah Emma Hager
Cheater Hager
Hager
Dauphin
Houston Ship Steward Kills Three Then Ends Life
International News Service reports Bob Tartar, a ship's steward on the Brush, massacred three people in Houston before wounding three others and shooting himself. Victims include Edna Millam 33 and A. J. Satidas 31 of Houston and Johnny Cumming 29 of Port Arthur. His body was found on a pier about two hours later.
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International News Service
Houston
Tex
Bob Tartar
Edna Millam
A. J. Satidas
Johnny Cumming
Port Arthur
Tartar
Brush
Republican Committee Sets June 12 Meeting in County Courthouse
Lawrence county Republican officials announce a joint county and city committee meeting Saturday June 12 at 2 PM in the Lawrence county courthouse for organization and to hear Republican primary candidates. Chairman Clyde V Ailey will be absent for a Philadelphia state committee meeting, with Mrs W A Taylor presiding locally.
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Clyde V. Ailey
Lawrence County
Republican Committee
Riley
State Committee
Philadelphia
W. A. Taylor
Republican County
Thaw Returns to New York Denying Remarriage Plans
Harry K. Thaw arrives in New York from Atlantic City denying plans to remarry Evelyn Nesbit or educate her son Russell. He says they are now good friends and hints at helping her, but dodges whether he will buy an $18,000 Atlantic City home. He plans days in the city to work on his life story book and may visit Nesbit again next week.
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International News Service
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Atlantic City
Evelyn Nesbit
Russell
Miss Nesbit
Thaw
H. K
Dispatches
Ponzi Missing for Sentencing in Boston Court
Charles Ponzi failed to appear for sentencing in Suffolk superior criminal court. He faced seven to nine years for larceny tied to his coupon scheme. A default warrant may be issued. he was reported in Jacksonville Florida where he was convicted in a land fraud case, prompting potential prisoner disputes between Florida and Massachusetts.
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International News Service
Boston
Charles Ponzi
Florida
Suffolk Superior Criminal Court
Ponzi
Jacksonville
Massachusetts
Counterfeiter Nabbed in Ottawa in Major Ring Bust
John Galvin arrested in Ottawa as police seize a large counterfeit printing plant with 102 nearly finished 10 pound sterling notes. Officials believe the operation aims to flood Canada and the U S with counterfeit money in a million dollar scheme tied to rum running and alien smuggling. Scotland Yard and U S Secret Service are alerted while mounted police pursue leads. Galvin refuses to talk to authorities.
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International News Service
Ottawa
Ont
John Galvin
Bank of England
Canada
United States
Scotland Yard
United States Secret Service
International Boundary Line
Galvin
Plan to ditch dry legislation provokes anti saloon league
Washington June 7 Wayne B Wheeler director of the Anti Saloon League urged that new teeth be added to the Volstead Act before adjournment to pass dry bills He warned that cloture would be used if needed to force action on prohibition legislation during the current session.
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International News Service
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Two Workmen Die In Chicago Caisson Accident
CHICAGO June 7 Michael Naughton and Thomas Loftis well diggers at a building site died after a caisson shaft fall. They were raised in a single person bucket that tipped ten feet above ground, dumping them to the bottom. Police say no fight occurred during the ascent.
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International News Service
Chicago
Michael Naughton
Thomas Loftis
Poligs
Hailstorm Strikes New Castle At Noon
New Castle experienced a brief freak storm around 1:20 this afternoon. Hail that resembled soft snow fell for a few minutes during a rain shower.
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New Castle
Gasoline Tank Blast Fatal To Small Youngster
Evangeline DePaul four year old daughter of Dominick DePaul of Mount Pocono died in a Stroudsburg hospital from burns after a gasoline tank on the DePaul car exploded. Clara Desanto a companion of Evangeline was in serious condition. The father lighted a match to see progress in filling the tank and the explosion occurred as the children played nearby.
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International News Service
Stroudsburg
Evangeline DePaul
Dominick DePaul
Mount Pocono
DePaul
Clara Desanto
Evangeline
Cleveland Man Killed After Car Overturns on Curve
James Bissell 47 of Cleveland died hours after being crushed beneath an overturned car in Moon Run. He told motorists he lost control on a sharp curve along the Steubenville pike. Two boys with him were thrown clear of the wreck. Margaret Rigby leaves for Canton visit. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Earl Eakin of 203 South Crawford Avenue.
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International News Services
Pittsburgh
James Bissell
Cleveland
Moon Run
Steubenville Pike
Bissell
Earl Eakin
South
Crawford Avenue
Death notices for several residents listed in local records
Death records show John Adam Shiner Jr aged 9, Annie Malloy 85, Joseph Charles 3 months, Susan Bell 85, Sophia Jendrysik 42, Alice Stanczak 5 months, Numgio Galletta 55. Addresses in Cannonsburg, Bessemer and surrounding areas referenced.
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John Adam Shiner, Jr
Court Street
Annie Malloy
North Walnut Street
Joseph Charles
Hamilton Street
Susan Bell
Cannonsburg
Sophia Jendrysik
Elmwood Street
Alice Stanczak
County Line Street
Numgio Galletta
Bessemer
Baccalaureate Sermon Inspires 1926 High School Seniors
Thousands attended the Sunday service at the Senior High School auditorium as Dr. Jd Williamson challenged the 3190 graduates to use education in service and world betterment. The program featured Rev Homer Davis, the High School orchestra, and a Seniors choir with seasoned soloists.
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Jd. Williamson
Highland United Presbyterian Church
Dr. Williamson
Williamson
Homer B. Davis
Epworth M. EK
Pennsylvania Primary Results Reveal Tight Races and Landslides
Official returns show William S. Vare winning the Republican U S Senate nomination with 596,528 votes, carrying Philadelphia and Dauphin counties. John M Fisher won the Republican gubernatorial nomination 652,944 to 624,521 over E F Beidleman, with Beidleman carrying nine counties. Eugene C Bonniwell narrowly led the Democratic governor race by 610 votes over Samuel E Shull, as Porter and Wilson also seek nominations.
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William S. Vare
Philadelphia
United States
Dauphin
Gifford Pinchot
Milford
George Wharton Pepper
E. F E. Beidleman
Harrisburg
John 3. Fisher
Indiana
Fisher
Reidleman
Thomas W. Phillips
Butler
John K. Tenor
Charteroi
Beidleman
Bonniwell
Eugene C. Bonniwell
Samuel E. Shull
Stroudsburg
Shull
William FE
Porter
New Castle
William B
Woman Falls To Death On Tressle In Wet Ride
In Webster Massachusetts a 66 year old widow, Mrs William Nowosadko, attempted to escape a moving motor hand car on a rain slick tressle over the Maanexit River. She died after being struck and hurled to the rocks below, three feet from crossing the end. The incident involved four railroad workers applying brakes in a futile effort on slippery rails.
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Webster
Mass
William Nowosadko
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Uncle Joe Cannon to Break Ground for New Church
International News Service from Danville reports Uncle Joe Cannon will take part in a ground breaking ceremony for a new $300000 Methodist church in Danville. At 90 plus, he will turn the first spadeful of earth after joining the church last September and becoming one of its most ardent supporters.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
State Board of Elections
Butler
Wayne
State Board
International
Danville
Joe Cannon
Joe
Plane crash injuries halt Lieut Ogden in Flint meet
Lieut Harry H Ogden, famed for his round the world flight, is in Hurley hospital with a fracture after a vertical roll went wrong during the Flint air meet. Pierre Cavander of Chicago also injured, wrist hurt while starting his plane as the wrecked craft fell.
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International News Service
Flint
Mich
Harry H Ogden
Hurley Hospital
Ogden
Brakeman Killed Near Wooster in Railroad Accident
Fred W Neese of Renfrew six miles south of Butler was killed at Wooster Ohio when the locomotive he stood on passed a coal tipple and knocked him to the ground. He was a brakeman for the Pennsylvania railroad. The widow and five children survive.
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Butler
Fred W Neese
Renfrew
Wooster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Town Cart Driver Warns of Speeding Harms
A local motorist laments speeding drivers who ignore lights and horns, risking collisions from dawn to dusk. He vows to watch signs and hopes police will crack down on reckless motorists who endanger others on the road.
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Tam
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