Prohibition Raids Net Eight Arrests At Waldorf Astoria
Eight men were arrested and liquor seized in New York raids as prohibition agents targeted cafes and smugglers. Two cases of whisky were found in Heinie Zimmerman's cafe near the Waldorf Astoria, where Democratic National Convention quarters are set. Chief C. E. Yellowley announced 100 more agents may be called if needed and warned all drinkers and transporters will face arrest. Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League praised enforcement conditions ahead of the convention.
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Prohibition
Hotel Waldorf Astoria
C. E. Yellowley
Heinie Zimmerman
New York Giants
Zimmerman
Yellowley
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
Gomg
Cleveland
Big Business Frowns On Street Corner Stands
Sioux City merchants complain that street corner stands selling pop and ice cream undercuts licensed shops in outlying districts. City inspectors have filed complaints with the council, though no action is taken yet. A reporter’s tour found about 20 stands busy on hot days as youths learn on the job.
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Sioux City
Pf.fe. Colby
Register
McAdoo Faces Democratic Convention Pressure in New York
Opponents escalate the klan issue to put McAdoo on the defensive as Democratic delegates converge on a long convention. Glass supporters open headquarters in Richmond and plan a Glass committee. New York delegates favor Smith while other states back Cox and Davis emerges as a possible dark horse.
OMAN QUIZZED IN MAIL ROBBERY
Police quizzed Mrs Louise Newton wife of a indicted man in the Rondout mail robbery case seeking the 2 000 000 missing money. She denies knowledge of the hidden loot while authorities suspect she rifled pouches near Joliet Illinois. Ernest Fontana, a last suspect in a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul mail train raid, is held for possible identification.
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Chiereo
Louise Newton
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Thy Rid
Steamer Columbia Grounded and Likely a Total Loss
The steamer Columbia, aground Friday off Cuna Island while traveling from Los Angeles to New York, was reported pounding to pieces and may be a total loss. Ninety seven passengers were taken off by the steamer Robert Luck enbach and will be transferred to the navy transport Chaumont when seas permit, with Chaumont standing by to rendezvous at Balboa.
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Balboa Heights
C. Z
Columbia
Cuna Island
Los Angeles
New York
Robert Luckenbach
Navy
Chaumont
Balboa
Theft of jewelry from Mrs Sharkey in Los Angeles
A hand bag containing 14 diamonds six rings and a pair of earrings valued at 1500 dollars was stolen from Mrs Audray Sharkey a New York resident while she was in a ceremony today in Los Angeles California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Audray Sharkey
New York
Ace
Two Dead In Wreck Near Carnegie With 35 Injured
Two killed and 35 injured when a Panhandle freight train collided with a wrecked freight train four miles west of Carnegie. The Panhandle train carried members of the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati baseball clubs to Cincinnati, though no players were believed hurt as they sat in the rear coaches. Police and physicians rushed to the isolated scene amid confusion.
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Pittsburgh
Panhandle
Carnegie
Cincinnati
New Jersey Hammer Attack Suspect Nabbed After Girl Found
Veronica Schultz, 17, was found injured beside a rural road near Plainfield after a hammer attack by George Meier, 17, a machinist. Police traced the suspect via his mother and the clothing and equipment left at the scene, including a bloody slipper and the hammer.
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New Brunswick
N. J
George Meier
Veronica Schultz
Meier
Plainfield
Pretty Mrs. Candler To Fight For Millions
Atlanta reports that Asa G. Candler's wife, 78 years old, will contest his divorce petition. An answer or cross bill is expected within 10 days, with sensational charges likely as the multimillionaire soft drink founder faces repeated court battles over romance and neglect.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
San Francisco Journal and Bulletin to Merge
Announcement of consolidation between the San Francisco Journal and the San Francisco Bulletin. The Journal printed its last morning edition today and will publish with the Bulletin starting Monday after a recent sale of the Journal by Andrew L. Lawrence to Wallace Alexander.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Journal
Andrew IL. Lawrence
San Francisco Bulletin
Journal
Bulletin
Lawrence
Wallace Alexander
San
Cash and Jewelry Saved in Downtown Hold Up
Donald Nickle, 18, son of assistant county attorney O. D. Nickle, and three young women were robbed by three masked men at Thirty-first and Jennings streets after a Riverside boat club dance. Nickle concealed his cash in an ash tray and the women hid their rings. bandits fled with their car key, leaving behind a minimal cash loss. Police could only describe the offenders as masked with handkerchiefs.
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O. D. Nickle
Nickle
Riverside
Thirty-first
Jennings
Nicklé
Aviators plunge into Lake Michigan in miraculous escape
Chicago on June 21 Henry C Clark and Ben Timm aviators survived a 75 foot plunge into Lake Michigan when their new plane sank 25 feet. They freed themselves and were rescued by a Lincoln Park tug surfacing under wires and canvas. In New York Mitchel Field weather delays Lieut Russell L Maughan dawn to darkness transcontinental flight scheduled to depart 3 24 a m eastern daylight saving time both today and Monday morning weather permitting.
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Chicago
Henry C. Clark
Ben Timm
Lake Michigan
Clark
Timm
Stail
Lincoln Park
American Round World Fliers Plan Next Hop After Rest
The American round world fliers rest in Rangoon after fatigue from their Amoy flight and plan their next leg to Bassein on the route toward Akyab. The monsoon has abated allowing smoother progress for the crews amid the Indian weather season.
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Rangoon
India
Amoy
Bassein
Akyab
Alaska Forest Fires Threaten Distant Prospects
A blaze on the Susigma delta, 12 miles east of Anchorage, endangers a birch forest and may cut off prospectors living nearby, raising fears for their lives as flames spread through Alaska.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Susigma Delta
Here
Old Earth Flits By Space Separating Spring And Summer
Washington reports at noon EST the earth crosses the spring summer boundary as days shorten and heat rises. Heat wave grips the capital with storms forecast. Four deaths include two drownings and two heat related accidents.
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Washington
Teddy
Endeavor Union Convention Concludes in Cedar Rapids
After a day of lobbying delegates to the 37th Iowa Christian Endeavor union convention chose Cedar Rapids delegation winners for the 1925 session at First Congregational church. New officers include Rev Howard Cope Marshalltown president Rev Merle Adams Grinnell vice president Guy Leavitt Council Bluffs general secretary, Harry J Creviston Des Moines treasurer. Banquet followed with toastmaster Leavitt and remarks by Prof S E Wallin. Installation led by Rev T F Campbell with devotion by Rev Lewis Jacobson and address by Rev Evert Leon Jones. convention ends Sunday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
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First Congregational Church
Howard Cope
Merle Adams
Grinnell
Guy Leavitt
Council Bluffs
Harry J. Creviston
Des Moines
Guy P. Leavitt
S. E. Wallin
Asheville, Mee
T. F. Campbell
Lewis Jacobson
First Baptist Church
Sioux City
Evert Leon Jones
D. D
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Whitney Denies All in Breach of Promise Suit
Cornelius Van derbilt Whitney, a former Yale athlete, filed a general denial in federal court to a 1 million dollar breach of promise suit by dancer Evan Burrows Fontaine. He seeks an injunction against further prosecution and denies paternity of Fontaine's 3 year old child. The filing claims Fontaine's parents attempted to coerce him into an unwelcome marriage.
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Cal
Evan Burrows Fontaine
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Young Whitney
Yale
Whitney
Miss Fontaine
British Push on Everest Abandoned After Climbers Die
London reports the British Everest expedition is abandoned after the deaths of Mallory and Irvine near the summit. Tributes and condolences pour in from across the empire.
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London
Mt. Everest
Himalayas
Mallory
Irvine
Steamer Collides With U S Plane Near Rangoon
A cargo steamer collided with an American seaplane off Rangoon today, causing serious damage to the aircraft and disrupting operations near the river port. No further details on injuries or vessel names are available in the report.
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London
Rangoon
How They Lookas They Go To Poll In Democratic Race
New York June 21 Candidates for the democratic nomination pace toward convention week. McAdoo leads but is on the defensive. Smith holds second with little gain. Davis gains as a compromise candidate. Glass open as a Smith McAdoo deadlock fallback. Cox uncertain seeks outside votes. Ralston not running yet. Underwood gains nothing. Johns son and favorite sons listed.
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Waldorf Hotel
New York
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Carter Glass
Smith
Richmond
Virginia
John Stewart Bryan
Gen. Wood
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Wood
Chicago
Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Dark Horse
Tom Taxtart
Indiana
Ralston
Brennan
Illinois
Ohio
James M.cox
John W. Davis
MccAdoo
James M. Cox
Cygvn
Samuel M. Ralston
Underwood
Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Silser
New Jersey
Gardner
Missouri
Ritchie
Maryland
Independent La Follette Club Endorses La Follette in California
The Independent La Follette Club of Los Angeles with over 1,000 members plans an electoral ticket for California and endorses the La Follette candidacy. It will not field its own slate but will back legislators who support La Follette principles. An official petition would require 55 000 signatures.
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Los Angeles
Cal
la Follette For President Club
California
la Follette
M. O. Graves
Graves
British envoy Cummins to cross into United States at Laredo
El Paso June 21 H Cunard Cummins diplomatic representative of the British government in Mexico City who was ordered to leave Mexico by the Obregon government will arrive in Nuevo Laredo at 8 am tomorrow and will cross into the United States at Laredo at once according to press reports.
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Tex
H. Cunard Cummins
Mexico City
Mexico
Obregon
Nuevo Laredo
United States
Laredo
Prt Cummins
De Valera to Be Released From Irish Free State
London dispatch reports June 21 that the Irish Free State government has decided to release Eamon de Valera and other Irish prisoners. Details and timing are not specified, but the move signals possible easing of Irish political tensions and prisoner handling.
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London
News of the World
Free State
Samon de Valera
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