Suit to Enjoin Senate Over Telegrams filed by Daugherty
Former Attorney General Daugherty filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to block the Senate Daugherty Investigating Committee from seizing telegrams he sent and received in Washington. He cites unlawful search and due process concerns while seeking a temporary restraining order and perpetual injunction against Western Union and Postal Telegraph Cable Company. Former Judge Landis criticized the pardon of Philip Grossman, a Chicago saloon keeper, and dodged questions about prohibition as he testified before the committee.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Keresaw Mountain Landis
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Landis
Philip Grossman
Western Union Company
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Committee
Western Union
Postal Companies
Senate Committee
Brookhart
Grossman
Coolidge
Butler Selected to Manage G. O. P. Race
Washington President Coolidge announced the Republican National Committee to elect William M. Butler as chair after Johnson T. Adams resigns as chairman. Butler has managed Coolidge's primary campaign and will lead the party's national committee.
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Washington
Coolidge
Republican Party
Johnson T. Adams
Republican National Committee
National Committee
William M. Butler
Adams
Chicago Ice Cream Strike Ends Compromise Reached
Chicago officials report a four day strike left twenty six plants tied up and thousands of workers unemployed before ice cream manufacturers and striking drivers reached a compromise ending the stoppage.
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Chicago
Ill
Plan to Make Germany Pay Proposal Before League
London reports a Belgian trio proposes an economic blockade through the League of Nations if Germany defaults under the Dawes plan. The idea came to Premier Macdonald from Premier Theunis and Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium.
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Germany
London
League of Nations
Macdonald
Theunis
Hymans
Belgium
Fire devastates Lowell with one death and heavy damage
A large Lowell blaze killed one firefighter and injured eight others. Five buildings were struck, destroying two major office structures and causing about 1 million dollars in property losses. Several blocks were evacuated as crews battled the flames.
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Lowell
Mass
Pullman Surcharge Deemed Unreasonable by ICC Examiner
Washington report finds Pullman passenger surcharges to railroads excessive and recommends discontinuance. It argues railroads benefited from capital in Pullman cars and that charges should be consolidated into the Pullman fee rather than split between lines and the Pullman Company. The 50 percent surcharge, set in 1920 to fund wage increases, is cited as unneeded for service levels.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Travelers’ Organizations
Chamber of Commerce
Pullman Company
Railroad Labor Board
U. S. Citizens Save $30 Million A Day From 1923 Data
New York reports from Mechanics and Metals National Bank that Americans earned about 200 million dollars daily and saved over 30 million daily in 1923. Total income reached 70 billion with a 5 billion rise over 1922 and 10 billion over 1921. Automobiles, buildings, roads led 12 billion in savings. autos seen as thrift and wealth accumulation by buyers.
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New York
Mechanics and Metals’ National Bank
America
Postal salary bill boosts pay for postmasters and rural carriers
Washington reports increased compensation under amendments to the postal salary bill. Third class postmasters totaling 10 900 gain a $100 annual raise and clerk hire allowances from 240 to 1 600 based on office receipts. Fourth class postmasters could share about 1.9 million more, tied to stamp cancellations, while rural carriers receive 4 cents a mile, averaging roughly 300 extra annually per carrier, with subcommittees proposing 8 cents per mile.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
House
Senate
Coolidge urges end to Sunday work in paper-box industry
President Coolidge backs shorter hours and no Sunday work for the paper-box board industry. He said long hours are unsatisfactory and that standard industry hours with Sunday cessation would be better in the long run.
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Washington
Coolidge
Autoist Kills Boy and Flees in Nokomis
A motorist struck and killed 6 year old Steve Blasco outside his Nokomis home and then fled the scene. Police hunt for the driver as investigators seek witnesses and review street cam footage.
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Boy
Nokomis
Lil
Steve Blasco
World flight leader missing in Alaskan storm
Major Frederick L. Martin, commander of a United States Army squadron circumnavigating the globe, is missing after a flight from Chignik to Dutch Harbor. Severe gale conditions 100 mph with extreme cold and heavy snow plagued Unimak Island as fishing boats search the area for the plane. Local residents fear for his safety while wireless reports provide no trace.
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Cordova
Alaka
North Pacific
Frederick L. Martin
Seattle
Wash
Alaskan Peninsula
Chignik
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
False Pass
Unimak Island
Bremerton
Maj
Martin
United States Army
Globe
Alaska
Ikatan Bay
North Pacific Ocean
Dawes Report Wins German Coalition Backing in Votes
Berlin reports indicate a four party coalition of Socialists Clericals Democratic and People s parties will command a majority to implement the Dawes plan with limited outside support. Nationalists and Communists gain but not enough to threaten key policies as Ludendorff led ultra reactionaries falter. Early returns show People s party and Socialists holding strong, with deficits in Ruhr Saxony and industrial areas not altering the trend.
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Berlin
Democratic
People’s
Dawes
Germany
People’s Party
Reichstag
Ludendorff
German People’s Party
Gustave Stressemann
United Socialists
Ruhr
Saxony
World flight entry from Chignik to Dutch Harbor
Maj. Martin reached Chignik in a blizzard after a 120 mile trek from Kanatak. He planned a 400 mile flight to Dutch Harbor to rejoin three companions missing since April 19. The route included Itka Island as the next stop, with final checks at Dutch Harbor.
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Cordova
Alaska
Maj
Martin
Chignik
North American
United States Coast Guard
Algonquin
Unga Strait
Dutch Harbor
Kanatak
Seward
Itka Island
Unalaska Island
Pension bill vetoed by President Coolidge first use
Washington reports the first presidential veto on the Bursum Fuller omnibus pension bill. Coolidge cites unwarranted taxpayer expense and duties to both pensioners and taxpayers. Senate and House actions follow with expectations of sustainment, while a separate Philadelphia notice notes Judge Garrison leaving estate to his housekeeper, none to wife or children.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Bursum
New Mexico
Fuller
Illinois
Bruce
Dem
Maryland
House
Philadelphia
Charles G. Garrison
Jersey Supreme Court
Winifred Ballin
Cut in coal rates from St Louis upheld
Washington announces the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the proposed revision of coal rates from Illinois Indiana and St Louis to Great Northern destinations in Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota to take effect. It also found Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma to Kansas City Kansas City Kan St Joseph Atchison Leavenworth Omaha and other cities’ rates unreasonable and ordered reductions. Rates from Green Bay Wisconsin to Sioux City division destinations were deemed unjustified and canceled.
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Washington
Illinois
Indiana
St. Louis
Great Northern
Iowa
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Kan
St. Joseph
Atchison and Leavenworth
Omaha
Nebraska City
Neb
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
Arkansas Western Railway Company
Green Bay
Wis
Five Boys Guilty In Killing In Carlinville Ill
Five Springfield youths were found guilty of manslaughter in circuit court in Carlinville Illinois for the murder of Gordon Swettart a Springfield policeman. The verdict carries a sentence from one year to life.
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Carlinville, Ill
Springfield
Gordon Swettart
New Chief of Army Engineers Nominated
President Coolidge has sent to the Senate the nomination of Brig. Gen. Harry Taylor to be chief of engineers of the army with the rank of major general, succeeding Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach.
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Army Engineers
Dixon High School Student Dies From Infected Tooth
Vivian P. Earl Cook, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cook of Dixon, died suddenly from an infected tooth. A Dixon High School student, she was greatly liked by fellow students.
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Dixon,ll
Vivian P. Earl Cook
John A. Cook
Dixon High School
No Trouble When Baby Came Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Claims
Mrs. Crossan and other women from Missouri Louisiana Delaware report relief and easy confinement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A national canvass found 98 in 100 benefited, with no harmful drugs and safe for nursing mothers. Sold by druggists nationwide.
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Mrs. Crossan
Lydia E. Pinkham
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mrs. A. Meyn, JR
Touro St., New Orleans, Louisiana
Jane Crossan
Pinet
Wilmington
Delaware
Dakan
Meyn
Truth about kidney health appeals to women readers
The advertisement stresses that many women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often misattributed to other causes. It claims Swamp Root can restore kidney health, easing back pain headaches nervousness and low ambition. A sample bottle offer via ten cent postage to Dr Kilmer & Co is noted, with larger bottles available at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Double Razor Efficiency
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency and promoting skin purity comfort and health. It promises no mug slimy soap germs waste or irritation even with twice daily shaving and notes one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing. It also includes a proverb about fathers of twins and serving two masters.
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