Washington World News Highlights From Shrine Week
Washington hosts Shriners drawing 800000 as officials praise highway and housing efforts. Freeman elected Episcopal bishop of Washington. Supreme Court rules against bans on foreign language instruction. Hines cuts 50 percent of veterans bureau subdistrict staff. Lobdell resigns as farm loan board chair. Pettyjohn named successor. Irrigation crops worth 653 million reported.
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Charles F. Lobdell
Farm Loan Board
Washington
Louis J. Pettyjohn
Dodge City
Kan
Notable Deaths and Events From Across the Nation
Obituaries report the deaths of Harriet Webb James of Utica and John Slouk of Knoxville along with tributes to Col. Charles Young and Claude Kitchin. Other items note James Cox buying the Canton News, flood damage in Nebraska, a train wreck in Maryland, a bank robbery thwarted in South Dakota, and Panama Canal traffic records.
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Canton News
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Swedish Farmers Sail to New York in Worldly Exchange
More than four hundred affluent Swedish farmers arrived in New York en route to the West and Northwest. India selects the University of Washington forestry school to train loggers until domestic programs are ready, per S. S. Martin. Delmonico's New York sells at auction after Prohibition blamed for the decline. roof garden items and furniture fetch about $500.
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Washington
Smith
New York
Harding
India
Forestry School
University of Washington
S. Martin
Seattle
Delmonico’s
Foreign News Snippets From Across the World
Reports from London and abroad note the International Harvester plant at Moscow closed for funds. Sir Auckland Geddes viewed as US envoy. England builds a vast new submarine. Poland's population reaches 30 million amid growth. Geneva elections overturn alcohol monopoly plans. Swiss law relaxes distilleries. Waichow near Canton captured by Sun Yat Sen forces. Canton troops pursue retreating army. A Japanese vessel seized near Siberia. 75 crew imprisoned. Mabel Russell elected Conservative MP for Northumberland by a large majority.
Illinois State News Highlights From Across the State
Illinois farmers report onion acreage near Sheffield nearly doubled with a bumper crop outlook. Dixon Nor Rev. P H Chase named as pastor. Danville miner Fred Gondry dies by self inflicted shooting after illness. Greene County wolves trigger higher bounty. Chicago Alton flyer collision injures three on a truck trip. Illinois veterans to graduate from University of Illinois. Peoria rejects daylight saving despite petition. Macon County to host September livestock show with harness racing. Bureau County marshland boosts onion production. Mount Greenwood fire destroys 250000 chicks at Chicago farm. McLean County grain shows only 20 percent of 1922 corn in crib. Daughters of the American Revolution tour Lincoln circuit. Urbana Lincoln birthday commemoration events. Augustana synod holds annual meeting in Rockford with 500 delegates. State normal university graduation sees 280 diplomas. Diverse synod speakers from multiple states attend.
Senate Advances Bill Tightening Hit And Run Penalties
The Illinois Senate approved a measure setting a maximum one year jail term and 200 dollar fine for motorists leaving an accident scene without identifying themselves. It requires drivers to provide name, residence, vehicle numbers, and chauffeur’s numbers to the injured or to police. The proposal also expands bond and insurance requirements for motorbus and freight operators and shifts focus to fixed responsibility in injuries from accidents.
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Secretary of State
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Chicago
Twenty Thousand Shriners Parade in Washington
Twenty thousand Shriners in colorful uniforms marched four hours through Washington under a blazing sun. President Harding reviewed the parade and urged fraternity among nations while addressing Shrine leaders at the White House. Heat prostration reached nearly 400 attendees.
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White House
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Columbus
Shrine Council
America
Grand Chapter of Sigma Chi Meets at West Baden
The Thirty-sixth Grand Chapter of Sigma Chi will convene at the West Baden Springs hotel in West Baden Indiana on June 26 27 and 28 Postmaster General Harry S New will headline the Grand Chapter banquet on June 28 Other speakers include Gov E H Lee Trinkle John T McCutcheon George Ade and Booth Tarkington Attendance is expected to exceed a thousand from across the United States and Canada.
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Sigma Chi
International College Fraternity
West Baden Springs
West Baden
Ind
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New
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United States
Canada
Man Made Lightning Demonstrated at GE Plant
At Pittsfield Massachusetts on June 6 engineers produced 2 000 000 volt artificial lightning from manufactured clouds in GE laboratory. Lightning struck the village church steeple and the country store while thunder sounded realistically and in some tests rain formed.
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Mass
General Electric Company
Wealthy Chicago Man Shot Dead by Girl Bandit
In Chicago on June 6 a girl barely into her teens and an accomplice robbed Richard C. Tesmer an insurance man and shot him dead in the rear alley while his wife stood with hands raised. The slaying is described as unparalled in Chicago’s history for its wantonness.
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Richard C. Tesmer
Dental Hercules Breaks Man's Leg Pulling Tooth
Pottstown Pennsylvania June 6 Maurice Bryan a 42 year old man arising from a dentist chair after a molar extraction cried that his leg was broken. He collapsed and physicians found both bones of the right leg had snapped between the ankle and the knee.
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Maurice Bryan
Three Miners Are Rescued After 79 Hours
In Bicknell Indiana three miners Joe Bernardi Frank Maberto and James Bertillo trapped by a shaft cave in were reached on Tuesday night after more than seventy nine hours entombed.
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Joe Bernardi
Frank Maberto
James Bertillo
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