Presbyterian Assembly Allows Women to Hold Church Ruling Posts
In Cincinnati on June 2 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States approved allowing women to be represented in local church ruling bodies, voting 167 to 115 to elect and ordain women elders. The move supports the Eighteenth Amendment and Pentecost beliefs amid a push for women’s ordination. A National Loyalty Commission delegation urged Hoover with Rev. Mark A. Mathews accusing an unseen government of aiding Prohibition’s downfall and criticizing attacks on the youth.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States
General Assembly
National Loyalty Commission
Hoover
Mark A. Mathews
Seattle
Tokyo Earthquake Shocks City with Minor Damage
A magnitude tremor hit within 60 miles of Tokyo Sunday morning, lasting 25 minutes from 2:58. No casualties were reported, but clocks stopped and residents fled their homes. The quake, the strongest in years, was centered off the Pacific coast east of Tokyo, with impacts felt in Mito and other nearby towns. Mrs. Horace Adams and accompanying relatives were noted in travel.
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Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Mito
Umnmoya
Maebashi
Kofu
Oldest Gold Star Mother Sees Graves of Sons
Mrs Elizabeth Hutchins aged 92, the oldest Gold Star mother in France, saw the graves of her sons in Belleau Wood at Chateau Thierry on a pilgrimage. Though well, she agreed with officials that it was wisest to return to Paris immediately and rest.
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Chateau Thierry
France
Elizabeth Hutchins
Belleau Wood
Paris
General Lords Passes Away After Long Illness
Washington June 2 General Herbert M Lord former Director of the Budget died here at 71 after ill health since retirement last year He was famed as the world s greatest paymaster during U S WWI funding paid out more than 24 billion dollars as War Department finance head Later he led the Budget Bureau starting July 1 1922 succeeding Dawes Known for curbing government expenditures Continued on Page Eight.
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Washington
Herbert M Lord
Herbert M. Lora
United States
General Lord
War Department
Charles G. Dawes
Iowa primary underscores farm aid as major issue in race
Four Republican contenders in Iowa seek the U.S. Senate nomination with farm relief and the Hawley Smoot tariff bill at the forefront. Dickinson and Hammill defend federal farm aid while Lund and Payne press broader reforms. The contest features internal party opposition, tax questions, and the World Court issue shaping debates.
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Frank J. Lund
W. ©. Payne
Dickinson
Hammill
Senate
Iowa
Federal Farm Board
Lund
E Brookhart
Payne
Tariff bill contest for present week in Senate
Washington reports Republican claims of victory in the tariff bill contest this week as opposition Republicans debate defeating the conference report on a straight cut issue. Administration supporters insist the margin of success remains theirs though observers doubt tariff legislation will pass this session.
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Washington
Senate
German President Wins Libel Action Against Goebbels
Berlin June 2 Dr Paul Goebbels fined 200 dollars and convicted of libel in a suit by President von Hindenburg. Goebbels, NS member and Reichstag publisher, found guilty of unlawful publication for an article accusing the President of warmongering over the Young Plan and praising Jewish Marxist advisers. A caricature titled The Savior Looks On accompanied the piece.
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Berlin
Paul Goebbels
von Hindenburg
Goebbels
Reichstag
Pub
Campaign of Prospecting Now Started in New Districts
Sydney N W June 2 150 men depart for districts to seek gold inaugurating the government scheme to aid prospecting. Government provides outfits and appoints five geological surveyors to advise. Men receive free rail transport outfits and about 5 dollars weekly allowance.
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Sydney
Six Die in Glen Echo Home Blaze
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. William Moxley aged 45 and five children perished in a Glen Echo house fire. The flames trapped their escape and Mrs Moxley leaped from a window shouting for her husband to follow before the scream stopped.
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Washington
William Moxley
Glen Echo
Moxley
McKelvie Declares He Will Not Seek Senate Seat
Samuel R. McKelvie, a wheat member of the Federal Farm Board, announces resignation from the board and confirms he will not be a candidate for the United States Senate from Nebraska.
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McKelvie
Senate
Lincoln
Nebraska
Samuel R. McKelvie
Federal Farm Board
Additional Land for Sand Point Air Station At Seattle Is Approved
Washington June 2 The Senate Naval Committee approves authorization of 50 000 for additional land at the Sand Point naval air station in Seattle Washington
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Sand Point
Seattle
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Italian Fliers Set Endurance Flight Record
Rome June 2 Major Maddalena and Cecconi completed a non refueling endurance flight of 67 hours 15 minutes surpassing the German record by one hour 40 minutes. They sighted General Nobile and the Italia survivors during the flight.
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Rome
Italy
Maddalena
General Nobile
Italia
Tient
Cecconi
Zimmerman
Tustlez
Three flyers taken prisoners after forced landing in desert
Madrid says Captain Licardo Burguete, a Spanish aviator captured twelve days earlier by Moorish tribesmen, has been released. His companions Captain Nunez Maza and mechanic Vancente Ferrer are expected to be released soon. The group left Cape Jury for Morocco and landed in a remote desert where they were captured with the government plane. Ransom negotiations have begun.
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Madrid
Spain
Licardo Burguete
Nunez Maza
Vancente Ferrer
Cape Jury
Morocco
Six Die as Paris to Marseilles Train Derails Near Paris
Six people died and thirty were injured when a fast Paris to Marseilles train derailed near a station about sixty miles south of Paris on a Saturday night. Four coaches were demolished as the train approached the station.
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Montreal
France
Paris
Marseilles
Pour
Treasury official and relatives donate to Pennsylvania primaries
Secretary Mellon his brother and nephew contributed three checks for five thousand dollars each to the Tavis Brown ticket in the Pennsylvania primaries. Samuel Vauclin, treasurer of the ticket, reported additional spending of one hundred twenty nine thousand dollars in the primaries.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Tavis Brown
Pennsylvania
Samuel Vauclain
Treamiret
Sim
Philawook Convention Radio Full Size Newspaper Plan
New York Evening World says during the Radio Manufacturers Association Conference at Atlantic City it will send a full five page edition by radio to the convention hall. The four purple ink pages will be printed on glossy stock and pasted together at reception for a complete newspaper in full size. The service includes news bulletins market reports and pictures.
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New York
New York Evening World
Radio Manufacturers Association
Atlantic City
Town razed by tornado in Wagon Mount ruins afire
A June 2 report from Las Vegas New Mexico says a tornado struck Wagon Mount late Saturday night killing 17 year old Alfred Holbrook and injuring 12 others. Fire broke out, ambulances and Santa Fe Railway wrecking crews were dispatched to the scene.
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Las Vegas
New Mexico
Wagon Mount
Alfred Holbrook
Santa Fe Railway
Domestic Strife Ends in Murder and Self-Destruction
Los Angeles reports years of domestic strife ending in a double tragedy as Mr and Mrs David Borst aged 67 and 64 are found dead. The woman suffered a gunshot wound to the body with an $800 check in her hand while the man is shot through the brain holding a pistol. She had recently filed for divorce.
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Los Angeles
David Borst
Fifty Autos Wrecked In Tacoma Rainstorm
A heavy rainstorm on the Tacoma Seattle highway left more than 50 automobiles wrecked as motorists lost visibility and skidded on slick pavement. The mass of crashes resembled a refugee flight, with the rain hindering drivers and officials assessing the wreckage and damage.
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Tacoma- Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma-Seattle
President Hoover Returns From Weekend Fishing Trip
President Hoover, refreshed from a rest and fishing trip into Pennsylvania, has returned to the White House to resume official duties.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Hoover
White House
Curtiss Trophy Race Record Set in Marine Contest
Capt. Arthur H. Pane set a new race record of 164 miles per hour to win the Curtiss Marine Trophy race last Saturday afternoon in Washington. The achievement marks the fastest speed in the event's history and elevates Pane among notable aviators.
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Curtiss Trophy
Washington
Arthur H. Pane
Zeppelin Exhibit Draws 25000 Visitors at Lakehurst
A crowd of 26000 visited the Graf Zeppelin in the Lakehurst big hangar as it was repaired and refueled before tonight’s flight to Germany. Local teacher Alma Olada from Fall Sehild Wisconsin departed south along the Alameda bound for home.
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Lakehurst
Germany
Sehild
Wisconsin
Alma Olada
Alameda
Foes of Naval Treaty vow no reservations against ratification
Washington reports that opponents of the Naval Treaty will target ratification without seeking reservations. Senators Johnson and Hale argue reservations cannot grant parity with Britain. Reed quotes Rear Admiral Yarnell defending the pact and a six inch gun cruiser over eight inch designs, noting navy limits.
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Washington
Johnson
Hale
Great Britain
Naval Committee
Reed
H. E. Yarnell
Navy
Umit
Yarnell
Korean Communists Attack Japanese in Manchurian Section
Seoul dispatch reports about 100 Korean Communists bombing and burning the Korean Association Buildings and Schools and Japanese Consulates in Cheuntao district Kirin Province Manchuria. Chinese military and Japanese police routed the Communists. authorities attribute widespread attacks to Koreans hostile to Japanese rule.
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Manchurian
Tokyo
Seoul
Korea
Rengo News Agency
Korean Association
Cheuntao
Kirit Province
Manchuria
Wet Feet Spur Plane Float at Skagway Airport
Special to Empire reports Gov George A Parks landing in Skagway last week left him with wet feet. Local workers are building a landing float at the airport as progress continues on the project amid rapid progress on the airport hulls.
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Skagway
Empire Skagway
George A. Parks
Chicago and Detroit Battle Areas Claim Three Druggan Gangsters
Chicago reports a war between liquor outfits with the execution of three Terry Druggan gang members Sam Pellar Joe Bertsche and Michael Wulck and the likely fatal wounding of George Druggan brother of Terry. A dining room at Manning Pox hotel and a lake resort setting are described with gunmen firing a submachine gun at tables as survivors rushed wounded to a hospital forty miles away. In Detroit gang violence claims five lives in the metropolitan area including two policemen Edward Meyers and Claude Lanstra, linked to earlier killings at a fish market, with one unidentified Italian also among the dead.
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Chicago
Ill
Sam Pellar
Joe Bertsche
Michael Wulck
Terry Druggan
George Druggan
Terry
Vivian McGinnis
George Tony ‘Tornatore
Joseph Perreri
Sam Minister
Manning Pox
Detroit
Mich
Edward Meyers
Claude Lanstra
Myers
Lanstra
Life ends in Nevada lethal gas chamber for gambler
R H Dad White of Elko a gambler died in the Nevada State Prison lethal gas chamber. He had been convicted on circumstantial evidence of murdering Louis Lavell, another gambler. Fifty three witnesses watched as a trapdoor released a container of cyanide eggs into a jar with acid and water, producing the gas that killed him within two minutes.
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Carson City
Nevada
R. H
Dad" White
Elko
Louis Lavell
White
Alaska Juneau mine leads today's stock quotations
New York June 2 closing quotation lists Alaska Juneau mine at 6 percent and several others including Alleghany 264, Anaconda 60, Bethlehem Steel 95s, Granby no sale, Kennecott 47, Montgomery Ward 46, National Acme 18, Packard 17, Standard Brands 237, Simmons Beds 37, California 70, United Aircraft 78, U S Steel 175. Curt Weight incomplete.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Alleghany Corporation
Anaconda
Bethelehem Steel
Granby
Kennecott
Montgomery-Ward
National Acme
Packyard
Standart Brands
Simmons Beds
Standard of} of
California
United Aircraft
U.S Steel
Curt
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Lord
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M. Lord
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Roy G. Lyle
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McNeil Island
Richard EL. Fryant
William M. Whitney
Lyle
Earl Corwin
C. T. McKinney
United States Attorney
Whitney
Penn
Philaweek
Bombay
India
Wadala
Peshawar
London
Dad’ White
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