General strike aids Polish revolt and Pilsudski gains control
Warsaw reports a general strike in support of Gen. Joseph Pilsudski. Deserters join his banner as he holds two thirds of artillery and control of Warsaw. President Wojciechowsky remains at Belvedere under Pilsudski’s safeguard while Witos condemns him from Posen.
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Warsaw
Joseph Pilsudski
Lodz
Pilsudski
Stanislaw Wojciechowsky
Belvedere Palace
Witos
Posen
Darowski
Vistula
Sejm
Polish House of Representatives
Senate backs Mammoth Cave park plan for Kentucky
President Coolidge must cut at least 100 million from the army and 250 million from the air bill to approve. The Interior department appropriation bill is signed. A quarantine targets southeastern Mexico cattle hoof and mouth disease. Ziang Sun Wan faces a fourth murder trial from 1919. The White House summer retreat idea on Irwin Kirkwood's Adirondack estate is announced by Everett Sanders.
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Coolidge
Senate
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky
House
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Ziang Sun Wan
Interior Department
White House
The
Adirondacks
Irwin K. Kirkwood
Kansas City Star
Everett Sanders
King Dies in Connecticut A GOP Powerhouse Passes
John T. King a longtime Connecticut and national Republican figure and Bull Moose ally died in Bridgeport Conn as federal prosecutors moved to try him on conspiracy and fraud charges with others including former Attorney General Harry Daugherty.
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New York
John T. King
Connecticut
Bridgeport, Conn
Harry Daugherty
Five Shadlowski Daughters Die in Plymouth Blast
Five young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ignats Shadlowski were burned to death in their Plymouth home after an explosion of a four still. The tragedy occurred in Wilkes Barre area, with investigators seeking cause and safety implications.
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Wilkes-Barre
Ignats Shadlowski
Plymouth
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Goff Prohibition Bill
Washington report says the senate judiciary committee voted to recommend passage of the Goff bill with amendments to the national prohibition act. It removes DC police cross-state enforcement and tightens vessel seizure proof requirements. La Guardia cites Mellon letter about Hazelwood Brewing in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Judiciary Committee
la Guardia
Sec
N. Y
Money Is Allowed for Fight on Tuberculosis
Washington allotments from a $750,000 emergency tuberculosis eradication fund are announced for states. Illinois receives 150,000. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin each 100,000. Massachusetts 40,000. Kansas 5,000. The remaining 155,000 is shared among eleven states and available before July 1 ahead of a larger appropriation.
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Washington
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Kansas
Beef Grading Marks Destroyed Indictments
A federal grand jury indicts Chicago Packing Co and president Ignatz Katz for destroying government inspectors marks on beef. Indictments also names stock buyers George Parmenter and John P Reilly for conspiring to violate the stock yards act of 1907.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago Packing Company
Ignatz Katz
Union
George Parmenter
John P. Reilly
Nebraska Briefs Sparsely Spanned by June Conference in Omaha
A Nebraska roundup notes a tuberculosis eradication conference set for June 28 29 in Omaha. Other items include a new cheese factory at Morrill a state aid bridge contract near Gibbon bank liquidation at Helvey a Shorthorn cow yields triplet calves near Jansen and a $40 000 poultry egg and cream house planned for Central City.
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Omaha
Morrill
Platte River
Gibbon
Farmers State Bank
Helvey
Peter G. Remple
Jansen
Central City
Omaha Technical High School
Nebraska
Lincoln
Hastings High School
Chicago
America
Lincoln Automobile Club
National
Parent Teachers’ Association
Burlington Railroad
Kearney
Aurora
Hastings
A. D. May
Minatare
May
Floyd Gautch
Lincoln High School
York High School
Vincent C. “Stub” Hascall
Lions Clubs
Harry Gaines
Madison
E. D. Hoover
St. Paul
Hamilton County
Fairfax Dashiell
Omaha Central High School
Eaker
Oxford
May L. Flanagan
Nebraska Association of Medical Women
State Bank Guarantee Fund Commission
Union State Bank
Harvard
Kirk Griggs
J. R. Kinder
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Cornhusker Round-up to Host Indoor Carnival in May
Lincoln students staff and alumni prepare for a final frolic at the university field house on Friday May 28 featuring the streets of Cairo theme Properties from Ak-Sar-Ben Omaha and campus burlesques booths lanes and stunts with dancing and a fancy dress prize after organization banquets and early festivities.
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Jack Zellemy
Blue River
Seward
Bridgeport High School
Thomas Fred Eason
North Bend
America
Philadelphia
John Schroeder
Omaha
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
University Field House
Cairo
Massive fossil jaw bone pieces unearthed near here
In a local gravel pit long used for mining, two sizable jaw bone fragments were discovered and shown publicly. The larger piece is 22 inches long with a strong curve at the thick end, and two teeth remain attached to the bone.
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Endicott
Boy Kills Immense Eagle Near Olson Home
Hartington Leonard Olson, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Olof Olson, living about 13 miles southwest, killed a large eagle in a grove near the Olson home. The bird, shot after years of local efforts, measured 40 inches head to tail and had a 7.5 foot wingspan.
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Hartington
Leonard Olson
Olof Olson
Here
Olson
National Park Idea for Beatrice Homestead Proposed
Governor McMullen urged turning the late Daniel Freeman homestead into a national park during the marker dedication by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Freeman’s claim marked Nebraska’s first homestead.
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National Park
Beatrice
Daniel Freeman
Nebraska
McMullen
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Beatrice to Get German Howitzer Gun
Beatrice readers will see a 22,000 pound German howitzer recently captured in France by the 28th division sent to the local American Legion Post. The war department confirmed the transfer from the war department to the post here.
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Beatrice
War Department
France
American Legion
Heifer Sets Milk Yield Record in Hastings Farm Test
During a seven day milk test at Luther Fuller dairyman's Hastings farm a two year old heifer produced 391.1 pounds of milk. The prior record for the herd exceeded by 27.7 pounds.
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Hastings
Luther Fuller
Lincoln Abolition of Crime: Nebraska Crime Commission Formed
Articles of incorporation for the Nebraska Crime Commission filed with the secretary of state by Charles Matson Lancaster county attorney. The commission will launch a campaign immediately for the abolition of crime.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Crime Commission
Charles Matson
Lancaster County
Highway Alliance Backed for Statewide Route
Prominent road authorities endorse a proposed highway extending from the eastern area to the Black Hills. The route would pass through Lincoln Grand Island Broken Bow Alliance and Chadron.
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Alliance
Black Hills
Lincoln
Grand Island
Broken Bow
Chadron
Texas Potatoes Fetch Higher Price for Nebraska Seed
A Bayard Nebraska seed potato carload sent to Texas buyers four months ago has returned as new potatoes at roughly twice the original 3.50 per hundredweight price. The shipment reflects a sharp price swing for North Platte valley seed stock now sold to Texas growers.
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Texas
Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Bridgeport Pageant to Open Commencement Week
Bridgeport presents a historic pageant during commencement week in the city park on May 27. The production requires 300 students and teachers to mount the show.
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Bridgeport
City Park
Plant 2000 Trees In One Day Rally
County treasurer Martin Nelson of Cedar County led five workers to plant a grove of 2000 trees in a single day on his farm a few miles east of town. The effort showcased local conservation work and a push to expand tree cover in the area.
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Martin Nelson
Cedar County
Here
Britain seeks end to mine dispute with wage and hours plan
London reports rapid liquidation of the general strike as railway agreements and miner unions move toward resumed work. The government offers subsidies and a national wages board to set district rates while safeguarding the lowest paid. hours flexibility possible with legislative backing.
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London
Samuel
Evans Williams
Herbert Smith
Baldwin
National Wages Board
Soviet Engineers to Inspect U S Plants
A four member Soviet hydroelectric team will tour Canada and the United States for three months gathering technical material for the Dnieper river project in Ukraine. The plan ties to a large Soviet superpower development costing about 75 million dollars with initial output of 210000 kilowatts and eventual capacity of 455000 kilowatts.
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Montreal
Que
Soviet Union
Dnieper
Ukraine
Europe
Newark Group Aims for Newark to Paris Nonstop Flight
The Aeronautical Club of New Jersey plans to finance a nonstop Newark to Paris flight before June 20 to outrun Rene Fonck who targets Mitchel Field for the Raymond Orteig prize. Lieut. Commander Noel Davis and Lieut. Frank H. Connor prep a three engine plane for the venture.
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Atlantic
Newark
N. J
Aeronautical Club of
New Jersey
Paris
Rene Fonck
Mitchelfield
Raymond Orteig
Noel Davis
United States Naval Reserves
Frank H. Conam
United States Navy
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U. S
Cardinal Dubois
United States
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Boston
Andrews
O. K
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Britain
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