Pole Flight Rescue Hopes Linked to Andree Mystery
The June report from Gothenburg notes Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth pursuing the North Pole by air in hopes of finding traces of Swedish explorers Solomon Andree Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel who vanished after a 28 year old Arctic expedition.
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Gothenburg
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
North Pole
Solomon A. Andree
Nils Strindberg
Knut Fraenkel
Spittsbergen
Arctic
Sweden
Captain Scott
South Pole
Amundsen
United States
Andree
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm
Philadelphia
Wise
Spitzbergen
Royal Swedish Patent Office
Svea
Finland
Pigeon News Spoils Plan After Brief Flight
A man sought to steer a route but brakes failed soon after start. A returning pigeon delivered news it had stayed aloft for two days without mishaps. What happened next remains unknown.
Powder Puff Inc New Indiana Concern
Articles of incorporation granted for Powder Puff Incorporated of South Bend with 85000 capital to print publish and sell books and magazines. Other incorporations include The Fred Glass Company of Madison with 30000 capital for ice cream dairy products and beverages. Pike Iron Works of Gary with 5000 capital to manufacture steel products and coal chutes. O K Plumbing and Heating of South Bend with 15000 capital. Frank S. Alby named president.
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Indianapolis, Inc
Powder Puff Incorporated
South Bend
Ind
Frederick E. Schortemeier
W. D. Dunkle
W. W. Dunkle
E. J. R. McCarthy
Fred Glass Company
Warren H. Pike
Gary
O. K. Plumbing and Heating Company
Frank 8. Alby
One Man Parade Halts Spokane Street Traffic
A lone parade led by Thomas O'Brien halted Spokane traffic on Riverside Avenue with reviewing stands and a colorful, western spectacle. O'Brien, famed for fighting Indians in the Northwest, rode proudly and drew cheering crowds after obtaining a permit to hold up streetcars. Indigenous protesters on the Colville Reservation threatened a counter event.
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International News Service
Spokane
Wash
Riverside Avenue
Thomas O'Brien
Northwest
O’brien
Washington
Idaho Hills
Colville
Platter's Studio Portrait Dept To Close Sundays
After Sunday June 7 the portrait department of Platter's Studio will be closed on Sundays until October 1 Kodak department will be open on Sunday J8d&w
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Platter
Kodak
Regular taxi service to Pawley’s Cabin
Taxi service advertises regular pickups to Pawley’s Cabin with contact phone 333 for reservations and scheduling.
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Pawley
Ex Kaiser Tours Europe Incognito Says Pafer
London reports a claim that the ex Kaiser travels secretly in Europe and nearly reached London incognito. The figure says the Kaiser has been in Germany and Sweden since exile and was stopped only by an accident while nearing Britain.
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Kaiser
Europe
Pafer
London
John Bull
Germany
Sweden
Marwich
Oslo Restores Historic Name as Capital Rebuilds
New York dispatch notes Oslo formerly known as Christiania and founded in 1047. renamed Oslo by royal decree January 1 in 1924 after historic fire, with King Christian IV founding the later town Christiania. Modern Oslo centers on iron foundries, weaving, spinning, paper mills, extensive ship trade, and large match production.
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New York
Oslo
Amundsen
Christiania
Norway
Haraalf Hadraade
St. Mary's Church
Storthing
Congress
Christian
Clerk to Hear June 29 on City Manager Election
Arguments on a mandamus writ to compel a June 29 election to decide the fate of Michigan City Indiana’s city manager plan were set for hearing. The case challenges Clerk Heise over alleged illegal removal of petition signers in a move that could restore the mayor and aldermen form of government.
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Michigan City
Ind
Heise
Milk consumption rise yet lagging Europe in per capita
U S milk intake has grown 25 percent since 1920 but remains lower per person than in leading European dairy nations.
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United States
Europe
Baby farm keeper begins life term in murder case
Tokyo reports Buhei Yamanode started a life sentence for murdering thirteen infants left in his care at a nursery he ran for hire. Suspicion rose as parents seeking to reclaim children were told the babies had died, triggering investigation that uncovered the killings.
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International
Tokyo
Buhei Yamanode
Yamanode
China Strikes Against Foreign Presence Sparks City Riots
Shanghai reports supply depots as strikers starve foreigners out with 2000 bags of flour moved under guard. Rioters shutter French concessions, rally workers, and mass streetcars. Japan issues a sharp note, warning order restoration or intervention, amid alleged Soviet plots and wide-scale demonstrations.
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Shanghai
Che Foo
Cavite
Philippines
China
Red
Poo Tong
United States
Republic of China
M. Karakhan
Japan
Peking
Chinese coolies adopt union hours
Shanghai dispatch reports the Kuomintang Labor Department passing a six hour maximum working day. The article notes past long sixteenths of daily toil and annual rice money of about 30 to 40 dollars. It frames union action as ending a era of excessive labor for coolies in Canton.
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Shanghai
China
Canton
Labor Department
The
Kuomingtone
Cantonese Party
Shanghai letters allege arms flow to Chinese students and sailors
The letters claim Russia supplied machine guns mines bombs and pistols to Shanghai over six months for distribution among Chinese students labeled death battalion and seamen. They describe a plot to ignite clashes with police to provoke血shed and spark anti foreign anger. The letters name the soviets spreading propaganda in the army and seeking to recruit Russian white soldiers as instructors in bombing and machine guns. Most whites reportedly refused joining the soviets.
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Russia
Shanghai
China
Plan for C M St P Reorganization Completed
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad in receivership outlines a plan to exchange over 464 million in securities and liquidate short term debts. It calls for 28 a share on preferred and 32 a share on common stock with deposits from security holders to proceed. Approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission would follow once deposits justify action.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
National City Company
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cripple Drops Dead After Mother's Note Threat
Anna Otto, 54, a cripple from Roselyndale, killed herself after finding a note from her mother Wilhelmina Otto, 70, claiming intent to commit death by own action. Police found the mother unconscious in the woods near Patten Street after a search.
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Boston
Wilhelmina Otto
Anna Otto
Roselyndale
Patten Street
Motorman Killed in Interurban Crash Near Sere
Walter Wilhelm 42 of Lebanon Ind died from injuries after an interurban crash last night. He failed to see a stalled passenger car on the T H I EK Traction Co line and its darkened rear end was struck.
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International News Service
Lebanon
Ind
Walter Wilhelm
Sere
Wilhelm
T. H. I. & EK. Traction Company
Mitchell Succeeds Beck as Solicitor General
Washington June 5 President Coolidge appointed William D. Mitchell of St Paul to be solicitor general of the United States, succeeding James M. Beck who resigned.
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Washington
Coolidge
William D. Mitchell
St. Paul
The
United States
James M. Beck
Kingston cattle market moved to city edge after 500-year run
The Kingston on Thames cattle market, held for over five centuries in the town square by the Town Trail, has been relocated to the city outskirts due to a sharp rise in motor traffic.
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Kingston On Thames
England
Surgeons Show New Hope For Receding Chin
New York reports that orthondontic surgery using a special plate can push the lower jaw forward and align molars, often normalizing a receding chin. The Lancet notes such chins imply strength of character and may affect social and professional perceptions.
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International News Service
New York
Lancet
State Charter Board renews five banks and grants new charter
In Indianapolis on June 5 the State Charter Board renewed five bank charters and issued one new charter. The English State Bank of English, Indiana received a new charter with capital of 25,000 dollars. Banks renewed include The Farmer's State Bank of Albion with 35,000 dollars capital, The State Bank of Dana with 30 6oo dollars, The F. J. Wild and Company of Indianapolis with 100,000 dollars, The Mid State Bank of Ligonier with 100,000 pounds, and the Exton State Bank with 25,000 dollars.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
State Charter Board
F. Jackson
English State Bank
Capital
Farmer’s State Bank of
Albion
State Bank of Dana
F. J. Wild and Company
The
Mid State Bank of
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