Will Speed Up Air Mail Service Across the United States
The Postmaster General announced an air mail service from New York to San Francisco starting July 1 with 35 hour coast to coast delivery and 24 hour transit expected soon. Special stamps in 8 16 and 24 cent denominations will designate letters to travel by plane across three postal zones from New York to Chicago Cheyenne and San Francisco.
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Washington
New York
San Francisco
New
Chicago
Cheyenne
Russian diplomat leaves Berlin after search of delegation
Russian ambassador M Krestinsky has left Berlin for Moscow. The Russian commercial delegation offices will close until Germany satisfies Russia over a police search of the delegation building and the quarters in pursuit of Bozenhardt. Russia accuses the Germans of raiding private records. The Red Flag denounces Germany’s stance as kowtowing to capitalistic powers amid Versailles treaty tensions.
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Berlin
M. Krestinsky
Moscow
Germany
Bozenhardt
Bozenhardat
M. Joffe
Rote Fahne
Red Flag
Marx
Kow
Pshaigere Wy
Russia
Aerial Ambulance Put In Service In Norfolk Coast
An aerial ambulance, possibly the first ever, is under construction at Hampton Roads naval air station to handle emergency calls from remote coastal areas along the Virginia coast.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Cuban Revolt Declared Minor by Cuban President
President Zaos dismissed the Havana uprising near Cienfuegos and Trinidad as a small affair. He spoke from the balcony on his return from the affected area, assuring the public that the movement did not pose a serious threat.
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Havana
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Santa Clara
Zaos
Farm Relief Advances After Tax Bills in Senate
Senate Republicans reach a conference agreement to push farm relief legislation after the tax and remaining appropriation bills are cleared. The plan places farm relief ahead once fiscal housekeeping is settled.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Republicans
Pirates Seize Motor Boat in China Coast
Pirates seized the passenger motor boat Oporto sailing from Canton to Kongmoon. The Portuguese skipper and an Indian guard were killed and forty passengers were kidnapped.
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Hong Kong
Oporto
Canton
Kongmoon
House moves to floor vote on Barkley bill to abolish railroad labor board
In Washington the House stripped the Commerce Committee of the Barkley bill to abolish the railroad labor board and ordered the measure to the floor for action.
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Rail Labor Board
Washington
House
Commerce Committee
Barkley
Farm relief bill moves to Congress amid division
Washington supporters of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill plan to force action before Congress adjourns. The Agriculture Committee favorably reported it to the House and Senator Norbeck of South Dakota intends to attach it as a Senate rider. Some farm bloc members oppose rushing the measure without House action due to tariff provisions. Representative Haugen of Iowa seeks President Coolidge's view before moving forward.
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Washington
Congress
House
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Norbeck
South Dakota
Representative Haugen
Iowa
Coolidge
Argentina Faces National Walkout Over Pension Law
President De Alvear confronts postponing the pension reform or facing a nationwide strike seen as a rare cross-class protest. The 5 percent deduction from salaries funds a pension with matching employer contributions. Strikes and clashes, including injuries in Rosario, signal a city-wide action planned in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
de Alvear
Anly
Rosario
Japanese Questioned After Fort Adams Photoing Newport
Three Japanese nationals were questioned by police in Newport Rhode Island after being observed taking photographs of Fort Adams and Newport harbor. Their film was seized and will be developed. They were not detained and left for New York after providing their names.
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Newport, R. I
Fort Adams
Newport Harbor
New York
Anglo French talks advance at Chequerscourt
Distinct progress reported as Premier MacDonald and Premier Thunis with Belgian Foreign Minister Hymans discuss procedures under the reparations experts' report at Chequerscourt.
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London
Great Britain
France
MacDonald
Thunis
Hymans
Belgium
Chequerscourt
Suspects Break Jail After Bank Robbery in Walton Case
Kansas suspects Jalil Newton Kas James A Woodruff and Harry Ross broke jail by blasting a corner of the county jail with dynamite supplied by confederates outside. The jailbreak followed a $140000 bank robbery at Walton State Bank on January 19.
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Kansas
Jalil Newton
Kas
James A. Woodruff
Harry Ross
Catholics Promote World Peace at National Meeting
The national Catholic Welfare Conference's administrative committee adopted resolutions urging active work for world peace during its meeting in Washington. The representative body of U.S. Catholic hierarchy backed the call for peace efforts.
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Washington
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Catholic Heirarchy
United States
Grain Futures Trading Report to Senate
The grain futures administration reported to the senate on future wheat trading that Chicago Board of Trade transactions last year totaled 8 572 110 000 bushels.
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Washington
The
Grain Futures Administration
Senate
Chicago Board of Trade
Muscle Shoals Likely Dead as Congress Plans Adjournment
With Congress set to adjourn by June 5 for political conventions, party leaders say action on Muscle Shoals during the current session seems virtually impossible. The note reflects the near certainty of no progress before the break.
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Washington
Congress
Missouri River Threatens Harmony Damaging Work
Hundreds of workers fight to divert the Missouri River as it carves a new channel at Harmony Missouri causing extensive damage worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and threatening local property and roads.
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Harmony
Earth Shocks Recorded in Chicago
Sharp earthquakes were recorded by the weather bureau seismograph at the University of Kideen. The instrument showed a distant event with an epicentral distance of 1 975 miles.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
University of Kideen
Exclusion to Become Effective in July
Washington reports that the long debated Japanese exclusion will take effect in July, removing the final opposition barrier and marking a controversial policy shift for a generation.
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Washington
Omaha area calendar items and local notes
A compilation of Nebraska notices from Cornhusker News covering events in Omaha and surrounding areas. Meetings include State Electric Light association and Yeomen of the Realm convention. sports and fairs at Ak-Sar-Ben. town projects in Blair and Bellevue. farming plans for corn and sugar beets. local crimes and cautions. school events, anniversaries, and public works across Callaway, Fremont, Blair, Nelson, and Grand Island.
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State Electric Light Association
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Fremont Park Board
Yeomen of the Realm of Nebraska
Women’s Benefit Association of the Knights of the Maccabees
Callaway County
Oakland
Blair
Bellevue
Meriman
Syracuse High School
Hottentot
Gates
Earl Young Place
Plate and Loup County
Cozad
Seaboard
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Company
Grand Island
Irvington State Bank
W. M. Dirks
L. J. Surface
Albion City
Kansas City
Chester M. Pittser
University of Illinois
Kearney College
Fremont
Norfolk
Committee On Business Research
College of Business Administration
The
State University
Robert Effenberger
Creighton Prep
Aileen Ralphs
Tax Rate Battle Heads to Final Stage in Washington
Washington debate over the Mellon plan and surtaxes tightens to three issues income rates corporation taxes and inheritance levy. factions clash over maximum surtax rates with 40 percent favored by one side while another pursues 50 percent, and a 37 1 2 percent House provision cited.
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Washington
Senate
Medill McCormick
House
Senate Finance Committee
Cuba Seeks Large Ammunition Sale From United States
The Cuban government asked the United States to sell a large quantity of ammunition to quell revolutionary disturbances. The exact amount was not disclosed but an expenditure around 4 million dollars was indicated. Secretary Hughes referred the request to Secretary Weeks to assess feasibility and national policy. State department officials expressed confidence that the Zayac administration could handle the unrest in the islands.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Hughes
War Weeks
Zayac
Zihiman of Maryland Exonerated by House Committee
A Washington report says the house committee probing charges by a federal grand jury has informally exonerated Representative Zihiman of Maryland. The inquiry involved Charlies R. Forbes former director of the veterans bureau in Chicago.
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Zihiman
Maryland
Washington
House Committee
Charlies R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Chicago
Last Attack on Bonus Is Launched
Congress has passed the soldier insurance bonus bill and it faces imminent action by President Coolidge. A vigorous assault has been launched at the White House against the measure, signaling intense opposition to the proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
White House
MacReady and Stevens Set New Two Man Altitude Record
Dayton Ohio crews Lieut John A MacReady and A W Stevens at McCook field flew a Lepre plane to 31509 feet asserting an unofficial two man altitude record in a high speed climb.
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MacReady
Dayton
John A. MacReady
A. W. Stevens
McCookfield
New New York Chicago Air Line Opens
A scheduled New York to Chicago passenger service has begun under Charles Dickinson head of the Illinois aero club. Dickinson completed the first trip in eight hours and fifteen minutes.
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New York-Chicago Air Line
Chicago
Charles Dickinson
Aero Club Illinois
Break in Relations Averted Between Germany and Russia
A threatened rupture of diplomatic ties over a police raid at the Russian trade headquarters appears to have been averted. Berlin sources indicate Berlin and Moscow avoided a collapse of relations as talks continued to ease the dispute.
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Berlin
Germany
Soviet
Russia
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Bulleen
Albert Dambroger
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Wymore
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Hall County Historical Society
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Division of
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South Omaha Live Stock Exchange
National Livestock Convention
Los Angeles
Brock High School
Auburn
Carl Saal
Russell Handricks
Duane Sams
J. P. Hanson
Omaha Livestock Exchange
Union Stock Yards Co
Live Stock Exchange
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Sheep Club
Omaha Union Stock Yards Co
Corn Club
Fort Crook
Air Mail Service
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Ft. Calhoun
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