Senate Rejects Knight Nomination and Votes on Exclusion
In Washington the senate rejected the nomination of Samuel Knight of San Francisco as special prosecutor in the California oil leases case. The body also adopted by a wide vote the Japanese exclusion amendment to the immigration bill. The Republican congress debated foreign relations as President Coolidge addressed the 33rd continental congress.
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Samuel Knight
San Francisco
California
Senate
Washington
Thirty-Third Continental Congress
D. A. BR
Coolidge
Japan
United States
House
Senate Finance Committee
May I. Francis
Joe Anderson
Miss Francis
United Press
A. W. Byers
Des Moines
McClune
Mihaska County
Mount Pleasant
Willits
Board of Control Appropriations Committee
Brookhart
Iowa House of Representative
General Assembly
Iowa
Holdoegel
Code Commissioners
Kendall
Miss May E. Francis
Judiciary Committee
Venter
Johnson
Held
Plymouth
Gallagher
Bradley
Poweshiek
Klealy
Hamcock
Conference Committee
Iowa Senate
Notable Deaths Span Supreme Court Widow and War Survivor
Mrs Emma Mott Brewer widow of Justice Mott Brewer of the U S Supreme Court died at her Burlington VI home. John Sloan pensioner living at Gateshead England believed last survivor of the Mexican War 1840 4 died at ninety five. Rev Charles L Thompson eighty five of New York ex moderator and secretary emeritus of home missions died Atlantic City N J. William E Kimsey father in law of T R Marshall died Phoenix Ariz. Thomas Edwin McFarland retired Chicago publisher founder of Chicago Daily News died Fairhope Ala.
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Emma Mott Brewer
Justice Mott Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Burlington
National Woman's Christian Association
John Sloan
Gateshead
Tyne
England
Charles L. Thompson
New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Board of Home Missions
Atlantic City
N. J
William E. Kimsey
T. R. Marshall
Phoenix, Ariz
Thomas Edwin McFarland
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Fairhope
Ala
Tragic Crossing Crash Kills Two In Masonville Indiana
John Kane fifty and his son Harold twenty were killed when an Illinois Central passenger train crashed into their auto at a Masonville Indiana crossing. A Japanese delegate en route to Geneva urged the League of Nations to address immigration in San Francisco. Over 2 400 American Bar Association members reserved London talks with the British bar. Wesley Busbee sixteen and Kenneth Mathews fourteen pleaded guilty to setting fire to Gordon Institute dormitory in Barnesville Georgia and were sentenced to reform school until adulthood.
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John Kane
Harold
Illinois Central
Masonville
Geneva
San Francisco
League of Nations
American Bar Association
London
New York
A Tai
Wesley Busbee
Kenneth Mathews
Aut Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Plane crashes kill Fort Sill soldiers in Oklahoma
First Lieut Solomon B Ebert Corporal Emmet A Reese and Private Emmitt W Marsh of Fort Sill Oklahoma were killed when their plane caught fire and crashed at Leon Oklahoma Evelyn Nesbit ex wife of Harry K Thaw petitions Philadelphia court opposing Thaws release from Penn hospital John Langley Kentucky congressman pleads not guilty to conspiring to defraud via whisky removal Five US soldiers killed and five injured when a truck overturned between Schofield and Haleiwa Hawaii Hunter Temples Dallas killed Anna Louise Shaw Ada Oklahoma EB Stuart pilot injured in Dallas crash
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Solomon B. Ebert
Emmet A. Reese
Emmitt W. Marsh
Postfield
Fort Sill
Okla
Leon
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Philadelphia
Thaw
Penn Hospital
John Langley
Kentucky
Covington
Hunter B. Temples
Dallas
Anna Louise Shaw
Ada
A. EB. Stuart
Tex
Convention seating plans reveal 13161 seats for GOP event
A blueprint shows 13 161 seats at the Republican national convention in Cleveland. New York Republicans praised Calvin Coolidge with Secretary Hughes lauding him as the ideal executive. The Missouri Democrats backed William Gibbs McAdoo. Alice Leonard became Newport city treasurer. New York Democrats rally behind Governor Smith. Oklahoma Republicans endorse Coolidge at county meetings.
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Cleveland
New York State
Calvin Coolidge
Hughes
New York
Global reactions to Dawes plan and world events
News from Europe and beyond report mixed responses to the Dawes plan with Britain and Berlin favoring acceptance. Greece proclaims provisional president Coundouriotis, while Denmark’s cabinet resigns after a defeat. Mexico’s Colima state agrees to welcome 10 000 Japanese immigrant agriculturists.
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Colima
Mex
Iowa towns expand associations amid state events and growth
Merchants of Dayton raise 1000 for a town band asset. Des Moines hosts American peony show the week of June 16 with growers from across Iowa. Laurens and Charles City join towns adding contesting associations. Bible conference plans advance at Riverview park Cedar Falls. Corn crop threatened by borers mirrors boll weevils in cotton. Mayor Conaway urges a safe and sane Fourth in Marshalltown.
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Merchants of
Dayton
Des Moines
Laurens
Charles City
Iowa
Audubon
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
A. C. Conaway
Marshalltown
Good Roads
Highway Education Board
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Marshall County
Executive Committee
Executive Council
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Suil
Africa
J. Brown
Cincinnati
Nes Maines
Kendrick Cleared as Insurance Inquiry Exonerates Iowa Official
The Iowa special insurance committee exonerates W. Kr. Kendrick, praising his enforcement of laws and protecting policyholders. The panel urges thirteen changes to insurance statutes and proposes a senate committee to study Iowa and other states’ laws for future reform.
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W. KR. C. Kendrick
Iowa
Special
Iowa Insurance Investigating Committee
Charles S. Browne
Jackson County
Kendrick
Senate
Forty-First General Assembly
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Wall Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Schofield
Haleiwa
Hawaiii
Springfield
William Gibbs McAdoo
Alice Leonard
Newport, R. I
Smith
Oklahoma
Southampton
Neergaard
Copenhagen
T. Stauning
Socialist Party
Charles G. Dawes
Rome
Mussolini
Free State
Desmond Fitzgerald
Dublin
Great Britain
Dawes
Brussels
Coundouriotis
George
Greece
Peking
Russia
Ciudad Victoria
MacDonald
Britain
Berlin
Hawkeye
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