Mexico Claims Insult From U S as Chicago Rundown Hits Gangsters
Chicago police formed a mass roundup to arrest gangsters after a weekend of terror. Six thousand officers, ordered by Chief Collins, conducted house to house searches and opened fire if needed. John Scalise and Albert Anselmo were indicted for murder amid a wave of 300 arrests for questioning.
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Chicago
Collins
Clhlicago
John Scalise
Albert Anselio
Sweeney
Jazz girl goes on trial today in San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson, known as San Francisco's jazz girl, stands trial for the murder of her mother before Superior Judge Harold Lounderback. The January 13 shooting occurred in the Ellingson home after a month in Napa State Hospital. She pleaded not guilty and said she would fight for liberty on the merits of the evidence.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Harold Lounderback
Ellingson
Napa State Hospital
Five Drowned on Newport Fishing Trip Yacht Capsized
Five men drowned when a 15 man fishing party aboard the yacht Thema capsized off the Newport breakwater in heavy seas. One survivor suffered a broken collarbone after being washed overboard. Surfboard riders led by Duke Kahanamoku rescued the group and recovered the bodies.
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Newport Beach
Cal
Surf Board
Duke Whhanamoku
Washington and Alaska Tax Returns Counted in 1928
Taxable personal incomes in America in 1928 total 26,336,337,843 dollars, 5 billion more than 1922. Washington and Alaska combined filed 136,507 returns and paid 4,382,752 dollars.
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Washington
America
Alaska
Chicago Prepares for First City Rodeo in August
Chicago plans its inaugural rodeo from August 15 for a week at the municipal stadium. The event, a magnified Pendleton Cheyenne style roundup, features buckaroos who ride the great ranges and compete locally in a frontier themed spectacle.
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Chicago
Pendleton
Cheyenne
Municipal Stadium
Year of thirteen 28 day months proposed by League of Nations
London reports that Great Britain railways approve a questionnaire for a calendar reform proposing a year of thirteen 28 day months with a fixed Easter and an extra year day. A leap day is provided and two calendar schemes exist. materialization would take years. Also from U S Bureau of Mines warnings on carbon monoxide dangers in autos and garages with safety steps.
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London
Great Britain
League of Nations
International Union of Railways
Electric engineers gather to discuss progressive plans
San Francisco June 15 The forty eighth convention of the National Electric Light Association opens June 15 19 with talks on farm electrification and the growth of electrical superpower Secretary William M Jardine and Herbert Hoover of the Commerce Department will address the gathering on these topics Leading engineers will discuss farm electrification and a special session will cover customer ownership of electric light and power securities Five special trains bring executives and engineers to San Francisco two from New York three from Chicago routes through farming regions of the west provide study opportunities
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San Francisco
National Electric Light Association
William M. Jardine
United States Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Lem
New York
Chicago
Don t Do List to Avoid Carbon Monoxide Gas
Pittsburgh June 16 An advisory from United States Bureau of Mines gas experts warns motorists to guard against carbon monoxide danger from motor exhaust during summer. They urge ventilated garages, no work under running engines, and keeping car interiors open with windows down to prevent deadly gas exposure.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
United States
R. R. Sayers
W. P. Yant
Fragmentary Page Continuation Notes
Brief line indicates continuation of material from Page Seven and Page Two, suggesting an article or notice resumes across pages. No clear events, names, dates, or places are readable to identify a specific incident or topic.
Parks to Have Quiet Inauguration in Alaska
George A. Perks will be sworn in as governor at 9 30 a m in the governor's office succeeding Gay. Judge T M Reed of the federal district court will administer the oath. No public inauguration is planned and Perks prefers a quiet ceremony. Tomorrow evening Parks will attend a public reception at the Governor's Mansion hosted by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
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George A. Perks
Mocks
Gay
C Hone
Perks
T. M. Reed
Dstrict Court
Parks
Gov Parks
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Slaughter 700 in Canton City Bulletin
Shanghai report says W W MacKenzie a draughtsman for the Shanghai Municipal Electric Department was shot dead while driving near the American-Columbia country club with Miss Mary Duncan. She kept driving despite wounds while police were summoned. A Hongkong dispatch notes Cantonese troops slaughtered 700 Yuannanese when Canton City fell. An officer was crucified and British forces intervened to rescue captives.
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Shanghai
W. W. MacKenzie
Shanghai Municipal Electric Department
American-Columbia Country Club
Great Western Road
Mary Duncan
MacKenzie
New York
Evening Post
Hongkong
Canton
Lieut
Faure
Robin
Fire Sanctioned At Kaifeng Burns Church And Priest
Reports from Peking say the Roman Catholic Church at Kaifeng was burned on Saturday and an Italian priest was killed in the destruction.
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Peking
Kaifeng
Princess Mary Heads North With 1560 Tourist Party
Agent W L Coates cabled from Vancouver that Princess Mary is leaving the south tonight with a special tourist party of 1560 aboard. The party is from New York State and the princess is expected in Juneau Thursday night or Friday morning.
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W. L. Coates
Vancouver B. C
South
New York State
Juneau
Governor Peay Calls Evolution “Bosh” in Tennessee
Clarksville Tenn June 15 Governor Austin Peay denounces evolution as all bosh and says he hopes the Scopes trial in Dayton Tenn will be brief not lasting more than 30 minutes. He contends the case should be settled locally and criticized evolutionists for using Tennessee textbooks.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Austin Peay
J. T. Scopes
Dayton
Tennessee
Incorporation Denied Over Un-American Society Name
In New York on June 16 the Supreme Court refused to approve the incorporation of a Progressive Society, saying the proposed name Welchned neprolisker is un-American and thus blocks the certificate. The ruling cites the name as the deciding factor in withholding approval.
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New York
Supreme Court
Missing man found in mountains near Dawson
Martin, part owner of the Westminster Hotel, who vanished May 26 after leaving the hotel, was found last Saturday wandering in the mountain region 35 miles out. He says he remembers nothing connected with the disappearance.
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Dawson
Martin
Westminster
Millionaire’s will dedicates estate to roads and fishing
Carl Smitt of Stockholm leaves most of his fortune to public highways and improved fishing methods. The Stockholm Automobile Club will oversee road projects, model highways, paving material tests, and prizes for communities with good roads. Fishing funds aim to enhance Swedish skerry populations and methods.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Carl Smitt
Stockholm Automobile Club
Reindeer Herd soars in Lapland census data
In Sweden's Lapland province a spring census shows the nomadic Lapps own 138,625 reindeer, up 58 percent since 1921. The expanding herd exceeds sustainable pasture, signaling pressure on grazing resources.
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Leula
Sweden
Lapps
Bone Predicts Great Future for Territory
Seattle June 16 Alaska has shown steady progress over four years and will grow wealth and industry, says Gov. Scott C. Bone arriving aboard the Yukon. He cites faith in the Alaska Railroad boosting revenues. Mines, fishing, and early lumbering are noted with George A. Parks becoming governor as of today. Bone plans vacation here before returning to business.
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Seattle
Alaska
Scott C. Bone
Yukon
Alaska Railroad
Washington Logging Industry Closing Down
TACOMA Wash June 15 Sixty five percent of Washington state logging camps are either closed or will close soon a Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen survey shows The rise of 40 percent in railroad hauling rates for sawlogs is given as the cause.
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Tacoma
Wash
State of
Washington
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
Mexico Chief Denounces Kellogg Note as Threat
President Calles denounces Kellogg's statement as a threat to Mexico sovereignty saying Mexico will not accept foreign intervention in its internal affairs. He argues an ambassador represents his own citizens only and that the note is not an official exchange but a press statement. The Kellogg dispatch said the U S will aid Mexico only if it protects American lives and rights and repairs property for Americans.
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Calles
Mexico
Callege
Kellogg
Washington
Sheffield
State Function When MacMillan Leaves for Arctic
Lt Gov Brewster announces the departure of the MacMillan expedition from Wiscasset next Saturday will be an official state function in Portland Maine.
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Portland
Maine
Brewster
MacMillan
Wiscassett
Hartley completes cabinet with health director appointment
In Olympia on June 15, Dr. KE A Stust of Spokane is named to succeed Dr. Turner as State Director of Health, filling Gov. Hartley’s newly formed cabinet.
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Olympia
Wash
KE. A. Stust
Spokane
Turner
Gov. Hartley
Good Eating Assured Explorers to Arctic on MacMillan Voyage
Arrost on June 15. Tea will be the preferred beverage on the steamers Peary and Bowdoin of Commander Donald B. MacMillan in the Arctic expedition sailing late this month for Baffin Land exploration. Coffee, cocoa, ginger ale, and grape juice will be available. tea favored for stamina in cold. For a three month trip the crew will have 100 pounds of tea, 300 pounds of coffee, and 72 cans of condensed coffee for emergencies, as per Ralph Robinson, the chief assistant in charge of supplies.
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Arroston
Donald B. MacMillan
Baffin Land
Arctic
Ralph Robinson
MacMillan
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Bone
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