Australian flyer Southern Cross nears Honolulu landing
The Southern Cross crew of four aboard the non stop flight from Oakland is expected to land in Honolulu this afternoon or around 11 oclock coast time. They aim to reach Australia in three hops, while Spanish aviators seeking a distance record were forced down after 3000 miles. In Iowa, focus shifts to next Mondays gubernatorial primary and the $100 million state road bond plan with 70 million for labor and 50 000 jobs.
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Southern Cross
Honolulu
Oakland
Australia
Seville
Iowa
Jury doubts who fired fatal Sommers shot in Cedar Rapids
Coroner's jury in Cedar Rapids questions whether Carl Sommers, 27, was shot by himself or another. The inquest heard that the weapon belonged to John Krabacker, who said Sommers took it years earlier and that Blanche Anderson and relatives may be involved. Wright testified Sommers was easygoing and friend of Anderson. Coroner Vorpahl presided as jurors weighed further investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Sommers
Blanche Anderson
Sixth Avenue
W. J. Barngrover
Sommers
Campaign heat as Iowa GOP primary nears
A Iowa primary battle pits Hammill against Bowman with pressure from business groups. Bowman’s stance on a state bank deposit guarantee and an income tax is criticized as risking financial stability while Hammill is urged as the pro bond candidate. Critics warn socialists aim to gain in Iowa politics.
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Hammill
Bowman
Skromme
Hawkeye
Iowa
Tobin Leads Revolt Tied To Local Politics
Attorney M. J. Tobin of Vinton organizes a revolt tied to agriculture and past clashes with James W. Good. Eight years ago he did the same against Good, then congressman, using political upheaval for personal aims while serving as collector of internal revenue. The piece questions Tobin’s motives and even jokes about Calvin Coolidge.
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M. J. Tobin
Vinton
Agriculture
Tobin
James W. Good
Good
Benton County
Calvin Coolidge
Community helps fund camp outing for needy children
Readers contribute 1300 to a fund for a Camp Conservation outing for undernourished and underprivileged children. The Public Health Nursing Bureau will administer the grant, with The Gazette Republican appreciating the cooperation that makes the camp possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Gazette Republican
Japanese scientist dies in Africa in yellow fever search
Dr William A Young dies in Africa at thirty nine while working with Dr Hideyo Noguchi and the Rockefeller Institute to find a cure for yellow fever. The note praises quiet scientists battling dread diseases in obscure corners of the world.
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Hideyo Noguchi
William A. Young
Africa
Noguchi
Rockefeller Institute
Young
Business Morals and Prohibition, A. E. Bostwick Says
St. Louis librarian A E Bostwick argues reform hinges on practical business benefits tied to morals. He says prohibition failed as morality alone but succeeded when business interest supported it. He notes supporters tied it to wartime efficiency.
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E. Bostwick
St. Louis
Mr. Bostwick
Anti-Saloon League Spent $2000 in Indiana Primary
The Anti-Saloon League of Indiana spent about $2,000 in the recent Indiana primary but did not reveal sources of funds or recipients. The piece notes that there are limits that make shoppers cautious about disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League of
Indiana
Ambassador Morrow Returns With No Public News
Ambassador Morrow, back from Mexico City, says he has no news for the public. He notes that big men do big things without boast and that the loudest talk comes from lesser figures struggling beyond their depth.
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Morrow
Mexico City
Routine Testimony Opens Stewarts Teapot Dome Trial
Routine testimony to prove Robert W. Stewart refused to answer questions before the senate Teapot Dome committee opened the government’s drive to convict the Indiana Standard Oil official of a misdemeanor. Stenographers testified Stewart was asked about knowledge of anyone receiving Liberty bond oil profits and whether he conspired with Albert B. Fall to defraud the government.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Senate
Indiana Standard Oil
Stewart
Senate Oil Committee
Liberty Bond
Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Search For Nobile And His Lost Crew Still Continues
Five men trek by foot toward Spitzbergen to reach the Italia search region. The Spitzbergen hunter and four Italian alpinists move along Red bay and Ielde bay toward Mosel bay to reach the eastern winter house on North East land. The Hobby sealer and Braganza ice steamer, with Norwegian pilots, plan further search routes as North East land and North Eastland emerge as targets for salvaging the Italia crew.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Europe
Italia
Red Bay
Spitzbergen
Iefde Bay
Amsterdam Island
Mosel Bay
North Eastland
West Spitzbergen
Hobby
Citta di Milano
Advent Bay
Center Point Man Dies on Cedar River Fishing Trip
John Wheeler aged 52 of Center Point died suddenly on a Cedar River fishing trip. Coroner Vorpahl ruled heart failure. Wheeler, once proprietor of Alice's general store, retired this spring and moved to Center Point. He is survived by his widow, one child, his father, a brother, and a sister. Funeral set for 2:30 Saturday at the Alice church with burial in Alice.
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Cedar Rapids
John Wheeler
Center Point
Cedar River
Ioner R. A. Vorpahl
Wheeler
Vorpahi
Alice
William, Sr
William, Jr
George Kirk
Alice Church
F. C. Grieve
Grandparents Of Coolidge Buried In Hampden Wis
Milwaukee dispatch notes President Coolidge will visit Wisconsin to honor ancestors buried in Hampden near Rio. Graves of Israel and Sally Brewer mark the site with a weathered stone reading Israel C. Brewer 1797 1873. Coolidge had new granite markers placed. Ripon nearby links to Republican origins.
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Milwaukee
Wis
President Coolidge
Wisconsin
Hampden
Rio
Israel
Sally Brewer
Israel C. Brewer
Coolidge
Ripon
Republican Party
Children’s Camp fund still open for summer support
The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Republican report that the Public Health Nursing bureau needs 1000 dollars to keep Camp Conservation open for the summer. An additional 293 dollars has been raised and more gifts are welcome to allow undernourished children to stay longer with nourishing food and sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Republican
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Conservation
Seven Die as Illinois Traction Collision Near Fithian
Two interurban cars collided head on near Fithian Illinois, seven miles west of Danville, killing seven people and injuring many more. Motorman Clarence Cummings escaped with bruises while Frank Craig, another motorman, died. The eastbound car carried most of the fatalities, with passengers from Danville Champaign Urbana Whiteheath and Terre Haute among the dead.
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Danville
Ill
Illinois Traction System
Fithian
Here
Clarence Cummings
Frank Craig
Limited
Charles B. Johnson
Champaign
George Johnson
Terre Haute
Ind
Dennis Pyle
Whiteheath
Ira Clodfelter
Fred Gulick
St. Joseph
E. R. Townsend
Chicago
Harlan Fairchild
C. J. Smith
Urbana
Craig
Johnson
State Board of Health
Townsend Killed in Chicago Fire Described as Iowa Native
Eddie Townsend 53 Chicago fire victim listed among the dead. Son of Mr and Mrs J E Townsend of 1906 Fifth Avenue, DeWitt Iowa, born there. Funeral arrangements plan for burial in DeWitt. Townsend known in Cedar Rapids among fire insurance men as former Chicago National Board of Fire Underwriters manager for 23 years. Surviving: parents, one son Harrison, and a sister Helen Faye Townsend. Father, a former United Commercial Travelers official, ill at St Luke’s hospital.
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E. R. Townsend
Chicago
Eddie Townsend
J. E. Townsend
Fifth Avenue
Townsend
DeWitt
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Harrison
I ‘Oo
Helen Faye Townsend
United Commercial Travelers of Iowa
St. Luke's Hospital
Eight Members Of Family Die In Fire
Eight members of a family perished in a fatal fire with limited readable details. Local authorities investigated the incident and reported the blaze caused extensive destruction to the dwelling.
U C T Convention Shifts to Business After Day of Events
At the Cedar Rapids U C T convention the grand council met for most of the morning while a tribute was paid to E R Townsend killed in a Danville Illinois traction accident. Delegates planned an extensive entertainment program including Shrine parade music and a banquet with noted speakers tonight.
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Cedar Rapids News
United Commercial
Montrose
Grand Council
E. R. Townsend
Danville
Ill
Townsend
James E. Townsend
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Auxiliary Association
Hotel Roosevelt
Zeus Guild
Shriners
Hoyte C. Jenkins
Association
Nana Hughes
Des Moines
Big Iary
Howard W. Power
Pare Port
A. H. Griffel
Bar
J. R. Carling
Oskaloosa
Arch McFarlane
Waterloo
Supreme Council of the
National Organization
Hotel
Jack Flynn
Dempsey Jones
Carl Leslie Steele
Bernita Hoover
Mills Father Of Mrs Sutherland Dows Dies In Boston
Edward C Mills 65 of Boston Mass father of Mrs Sutherland Dows 2159 Blake boulevard died at his home in Boston last Friday Mrs Dows was at his bedside at death Funeral service held Monday in Boston Both Mr and Mrs Dows attended Dows returned home last night Mrs Dows will return within a week He leaves his widow two daughters Mrs Charles E Farns worth of Boston and Mrs Bartlett Guild of Hingham Mass
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Cedar Rapids
Edward C. Mills
Boston
Mass
Sutherland Dows
Blake Boulevard
Dows
Indict Ex Congress Member in Train Robbery Plot
Charles S. Wharton former member of congress and former assistant state's attorney was indicted by a federal grand jury for a part in the plot to rob a Grand Trunk mail train at Evergreen Park. Six other suspects were indicted on related charges in the conspiracy.
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Chicago
Charles S. Wharton
Congress
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
June Arrives With Pleasant Weather In Cedar Rapids
Skies cleared and temperatures rose to 77 degrees by 3 p.m. A gentle June start brought moderate highs and a cool 60 degrees overnight with a 75 degree reading this morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Chang Decides to Give Up His Dictator Post
Families of Manchurian officials flee Pekin as eight special trains depart for Kukden. An official says all powers in Pekin back defense of concessions with foreign troops ready to widen lines if mobs approach. About 12,000 foreign troops remain in Pekin including Japan 5,000 and the United States 3,700.
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Chang
Pekin
Kukden
Legation
Coneesions
Fifteenth
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Chang Tso-Lin to Abdicate as Pekin Front Collapses
AP dispatch from London reports Chang Tso Lin, northern China ruler, set to abdicate with a formal withdrawal announcement expected tonight. Northern leaders may form a new government including Tuan Chi Jui as the main army collapses along the Pekin Hankow railway and nationalists threaten to take Pekin within days. Foreigners in Pekin expected to leave to avoid looting as the defeat nears.
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London
Tokio
Evening News
Pekin
Chang Tso-Lin
Chang
Tuan Chi.Jui
Tuan Chi Jui
China
Wu Pei-Fu
Tientsin
Pekin- Hankow
General retreat ordered on Tientsin-Pukow front
Advices from Tientsin report General Chang Sun-Chang northern forces retreating as they engage nationalists along the Tientsin Pukow railway front.
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Tokio
Tientsin
Chang Sun-Chang
Tientsin-Pukow
Butler At Kansas City To Arrange For Convention
Republican leaders gathered in Kansas City as William M. Butler arrived to oversee GOP convention planning beginning June 12. Senator Reed Smoot and Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky were expected, with Smoot to draft the party platform and farm relief policy likely to be stated in a dedicated plank.
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Kansas City
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Reed Smoot
Resolutions Committee
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
National Committee
Smoot
30 000 Gallons Of Alcohol Stolen From Jersey Plant
Newark, June 1. Between 30 000 and 40 000 gallons of redistilled alcohol disappeared from a Bayway plant near Elizabeth while under guard of prohibition agents. Col Arthur J Hanlon said he would seek federal grand jury action. The plant had been guarded by two hundred agents around the clock since its last alcohol seizure.
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Newark
N. J
Bayway
Elizabeth
Arthur J. Hanlon
New Jersey
Federal
Hanlon
Golf wins over Hoover in West Virginia causes recount talk
Will Rogers notes in Beverly Hills that the West Virginians view the event as a senate matter not a game and may seek a recount. He mentions Decoration Day, Lincoln’s speech, Coolidge on peace Kellogg plan progress, balloon races, and weather timing before a storm.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hoover
West Virginia
West
Africans Stage Riot At Cape Over Alleged Slavery
Cape Town June 1 AP Policereinforcements from all parts of the peninsula were called to meet a threatening situation linked to the unfurling of the new national flag during the Union of South Africa anniversary. Demonstrations involved native laborers, mobs attacked police, several injuries and arrests were reported.
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Capetown
South Africa
Cape Town
Union of South Africa
Band of the Natives Organization
The
Independent Colored Workers’ Union
Several Drowned When Ships Crash Off Eastern Coast
The freighter Kershaw was rammed and sunk by the Dollar liner President Garfield off Martha's Vineyard near East Nun Island. Estimates of dead range from seven to twelve. thirty crew members including Capt. Brooks were rescued. The Garfield stood by for four hours then returned to Boston with three passengers aboard.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Kershaw
President Garfield
Brooks
Eastln Island
Martha’s Vineyard
G. H. Moir
Dollar Line Company
Garfield
Woods Hole
Boston
Coolidge Recess Appoints Tate as U S Treasurer
President Coolidge named H Theodore Tate of Tennessee as treasurer of the United States in a recess appointment. Senate confirmation failed to pass.
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Washington
INS
Coolidge
H. Theodore Tate
Tennessee
United States
Senate
Big Track Meets Coming Saturday
Coe and Cornell colleges will compete in the Midwest Conference meet Saturday at Ripon. Iowa University Inter scholastic meet and Cedar Rapids high schools events will occur Sunday in Iowa City. Full results will be in The Sunday Gazette and Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Cornell
Ripon
Iowa University
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Sunday Gazette
Republican
Southern Cross Lands at Wheeler Field Proceeding on Pacific Flight
The trans-Pacific monoplane Southern Cross with four crew members landed at Wheeler Field Honolulu at 12 19 p m after a 2400 mile flight from Oakland starting 8 51 a m yesterday. Escorted by army and navy planes the ship touched down 20 miles from Honolulu ending the first leg of a 7800 mile journey to Sydney Australia. The crew includes Kingsford Smith Lieut Chakes Gin co pilot and Americans Harry W Lyon navigator and James Warner radio operator.
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Wheeler Field
Honsolulu
Southern Cross
Pacific Coast
Oakland
Calif
Honolulu
Sydney
Australia
Suva
Fiji Islands
Courageousustraliana
Zia
Can Kingsford-Smith
Chakes Gin
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
San Francisco
Flying Cross Ocean Flight Champions Reach Hawaii Early
The Southern Cross, a seven ton tri motor plane piloted by four aviators two Australians and two Americans, sped toward Honolulu 700 miles from the island at 3 a m Pacific time. They report steady progress above moonlit seas and say everything is OK as they head toward Australia on the long voyage.
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San Francisco
Southern Cross
Golden Gate
Hawaii
Honolulu
Australia
O.K
Fraternity Ties in Radio Message From Southern Cross
San Francisco reports at 4 am radio operators heard Harry Lyons aboard the Southern Cross sending a message to Governor Farrington of Hawaii. Lyons said a brother Beta is coming to sea and noted his receiving batteries were run down with 700 miles remaining to complete the voyage.
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San Francisco
Harry Lyons
Southern Cross
Hawaii
Plane in sighted flight with three motors in use
The Southern crew radioed at 1 25 P C T saying all well with three motors spinning and sixteen percent hours in air. They reported the ship weaving yet plowing along at a steady pace and indicated it was still in the air an hour and twenty five minutes later, about 575 miles from the goal if maintaining 80 miles per hour.
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San Francisco
Senator Sterling Named Special Counsel in Salt Creek Lease Probe
Thomas Sterling a former South Dakota senator is appointed special counsel for the senate lands committee in a Wyoming Salt Creek oil field lease investigation. He will lead inquiries into lease agreements and potential irregularities involving state lands.
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Washington
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
Senate
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Nobile
Hampden, Wis
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Jersey
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Garrette-Republican
Will
Cape
Tate
Ness
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