Jones County approves road bond plan with major upgrades
Voters in Jones County backed a 1 200 900 bond issue to fund about 25 miles of paving on Primary 161 from the Linn county line to Dubuque via Anamosa and Monticello and 20 miles on Primary 117 from Anamosa to the Jackson county line via Wyoming. The program also calls for gravel on Roads 38 and 153, lifting regional road spending to over 13 million dollars.
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Jones County
Linn County
Dubuque
Anamosa
Monticello
Jackson County
Wyoming
Olin
Cedar County
Oxford Junction
Faint Hope in Far North for Missing Flyers
A trapper Georges Rousseau reports hearing an airplane near Ste Marguerite River on May 9, fueling renewed belief Nun Gesser and Coli may be downed in northern Quebec. Lights thought to be from a Power house were later ruled as Price Brothers equipment, ending the mystery.
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Utimi
Quebec
Nungesser
Coli
Ste. Marguerite
New York
Georges Rousseau
Bersimis
Peribonka River
Saguenay
Nungesser and Coli
Price Brothers Company
Chuteaux Galets
St. Germain
Spirit of St. Louis Pilot L'XPBERGH Tours after New York Flight
L XPBERGH flew from New York to Washington yesterday in his own plane The Spirit of St Louis then returned to New York and spent the day and night in activities honoring him He plans another flight to St Louis today but has had almost no sleep raising concerns for his welfare and fitness to fly.
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L'Xpbergh
Washington
New York
Spirit of
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Forest Park
Municipal Opera
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Harry K. Knight
Resident Coolidge Catches Trout Near White House Stream
Resident Coolidge caught several trout yesterday in a virgin stream near the summer White House after an earlier attempt failed.
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Coolidge
White House
Modern mothers praised as safer parenting by pediatrician
Dr. Isaac Abt says baby death and sickness rates are lower now. He defends working and social mothers, arguing child safety thrives with daytime activities and orderly routines while children nap and sleep early.
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Isaac Abt
Bremen welcomes trans Atlantic flyers Chamberlin and Levine
Captain Paul Koenig of the submarine Deutschland joined the crowd in Bremen to greet the American flyers Chamberlin and Levine. Dispatches report he repeatedly tapped Chamberlin on the shoulders during the reunion yesterday.
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The Secretary of the Navy warns against unseen forces threatening the Constitution. He warns of groups trying to write into the Constitution provisions the founders did not intend and says such efforts thwart the document’s purposes.
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Wilbur
United States
Clergymen Debate Morals and Divorce Norms in Public Stance
The Rev Henry Lewis of Ann Arbor argues the church should not legislate morals and advocates trial marriages of two years. He contends youth imitate elders who divorce as a subterfuge, and that sympathetic discussion is needed to solve moral problems.
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Henry Lewis
Ann Arbor
San Francisco
Government sells mail planes amid contract wind down
The government disposed of twenty six mail planes for 155200 dollars after awarding several mail carrying contracts to private firms. Former army air service chief William Mitchell struggles to gain traction as he pens sharp letters accusing the navy of lax oversight following Lindbergh's aircraft valve issue delaying a New York flight.
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Lliam Mitchell
Army Air Service
Navy
Lindbergh
New York
Illinois Senate defeats measure to repeal Prohibition
In Illinois the state senate rejected a bid to memorialize Congress to call a federal constitutional convention to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. The vote blocks a new path for the wets amid ongoing prohibition opposition.
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Ilinois
State Senate
Congress
Notable WWI Conscientious Objectors Highlighted in 1917
Zrover Cleveland Berg Doll, famed for slacking during 1917 18, attempted to buy the Chamberlin airplane Columbia to prove bravery and avoid military service. Alvin York also objected to serving, cited here as a conscientious objector, with his record noted.
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Zrover Cleveland Bergdoll
Chamberlin
Columbia
United States
Alvin York
Britain Seeks Cruiser Armament Frame At Geneva Talks
Britain signals willingness to curb battleship and submarine power while resisting cuts to cruiser numbers beyond essential fleet needs. London dispatch notes that Britain backs tonnage by class but opposes a fixed national tonnage. US delegation expected to support classification.
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London
Great Britain
Geneva
Britain
France
Admiralty
United States
Hugh S. Gibson
Belgium
Italy
Japan
Labor Fight Delays Iowa Federation of Labor Convention
The Cedar Rapids meeting ran late as the Iowa State Federation of Labor debated constitutional changes and heard speeches by Verne Marshall and other leaders. Marshall warned of renewed prison labor battles and urged independent, self-directed action while others discussed federation membership and local union autonomy.
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Resolutions Committee
Verne Marshall
Evening Gazette
Republican
Lewis
Iowa
Marshall
Board of Control
W. E. Parker
Missouri
Fred A. Canfield
United States Department of Labor
A. L. Urick
Urick
Roy Welch
Des Moines
Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Southern Negroes To Ask Lowden To Run For President
A spokesman for fifty Negroes from southern cotton states announced in Chicago that they would ask Frank O. Lowden former Illinois governor to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1921. Witt Garrison Jenkins said the fifty farmers would meet Lowden in Chicago tomorrow, representing delegations from Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Florida Oklahoma Tennessee Kentucky North and South Carolina Virginia and West Virginia.
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ATP
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Witt Garrison Jenkins
Lowden
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Florida
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Jenkins
Lindbergh Receives INS Dispatch Volume
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh returns to St. Louis with a bound INS volume containing 150000 words of dispatches about his flight. M Koenigsberg, president of INS, presented the record to Lindbergh at his apartment last night.
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New York
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
International News Service
M. Koenigsberg
Lindberch
Lindbergh
Pershing Returns Home From Abroad Voyage
Gen John J Pershing arrived in New York aboard the United States liner President Harding concluding months of overseas travel and diplomatic duties. The veteran commander was welcomed by officials and observers noting the end of a long international mission.
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New York
John J. Pershing
United States
President Harding
How To Use Perfume In The Summer
Next Sunday The Gazette and Republican will present advice on perfume use by Viola Paris editor of Yolfie Magazine She will discuss kinds quantities and application to add charm to a woman’s personality The issue will also feature Dinah Day salt in the diet Jack Wilhelm new Misses sketches C O McIntyre Will Rogers and Robert F Foster Contract Bridge lessons with other late news included
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Viola Paris
Gazette
Republican
Yolfie Magazine
Dinah Day
Ichef
Jack Wilhelm
C. O. McIntyre
Will Rogers
Robert F. Foster
Itx
Cooper Leading Armour One Up At End Of Fourteen Holes
In Oakmont Pennsylvania Harry Cooper of Los Angeles led Tommy Armour of Washington DC by one hole after fourteen holes of the 18 hole playoff for the American open golf title. They were even at the turn with 39s, Cooper surged two up on the tenth and eleventh, halved the twelfth, and Cooper won the thirteenth with a par three as Armour carded a four.
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Oakmont
Harry Cooper
Los Angeles
Tommy Armour
Washington, D. C
Cooper
Armour
Jx Ann Ma Ee
De Pinedo Hero Of Hour In Rome
Rome fans celebrate Commander Francesco De Pinedo after his four continent flight arrival. A grand banquet is planned in his honor as he may be named chief of staff for aviation. The Pope is expected to confer honors, and US Ambassador Fletcher relayed congratulations from President Coolidge.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Francesco de Pinedo
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
de Pinedo
Fletcher
Mussolini
Coolidge
Oil King Is Sued For Half Million Alimony
Oklahoma City millionaire Everett W. Hill faced a divorce suit from Marguerite Hill seeking $509000 alimony. A court ordered $10000 temporary alimony and fees, and restrained Hill from disposing of assets. The petition alleges gross neglect and desertion after a May 7 country club dinner when he announced plans to leave.
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Oklahoma City
INS
Everett W. Hill
Internationsl
Rotary
Marguerite Hil
Hill
Slayers On Trial In Savage Gun Battle Case
Chicago June 17. The third trial of John Scaliscott and Albert Anselmi, gangsters, opened for murder in the Savage gun battle two years ago that cost two policemen their lives. They are charged with killing Policeman Harold Olson.
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Chicago
INS
John Scaliscott
Albert Anselmi
Harold Olson
Tragic Home Fire Claims Malinske Family Near Port Huron
Mrs. Stephen Malinske aged 34 and her three children Stephen 11 Mary 7 and an infant died in a blaze that destroyed their home near Port Huron Michigan today. The fire was caused by a lamp explosion in a chicken brooder.
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Port Huron
Mich
Jane
Stephen Malinske
Stephen
Mary
Here
Davenport Woman Will Be Elected President of Quota Intl
Baltimore on June 17 AP reports Mrs Mabel Heath Palmer of Davenport Indiana a chiropractor led the on track race for the presidency of Quota International with two other nominees Miss Catherine Olney and Rev Rietta Emerson having withdrawn. A further nomination was expected before today’s election.
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Baltimore
Mabel Heath Palmer
Davenport
Quota International
Catherine Olney
Worcester
Mass
Rietta M. Emerson
Wilmington
Del
Roads Update With Light Showers Across Routes
Light precipitation overnight and early morning has limited travel disruption. Lincoln east reports light showers and fair conditions. Lincoln west has showers over dirt stretches. Detours noted on No. 218 north and No. 11 detour from Center Point removed. No. 161 routes good with rough spots. No. 150 and No. 13 fair to good.
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Lincoln Highway
Center Point
Wives of Yank Birdmen Greet Them in Bremen
The American trans Atlantic aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine arrived in Hamburg from Bremen with their wives and were welcomed by the Hamburg senate delegation. They later boarded the Berlin at Bremerhaven for a union with their wives, amid reporters, photographers, and cheering crowds.
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Germany
Bremen
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Bremerhaven
Berlin
New York
Chamberlin
Mrs. Chamberlin
WHyY's Ww SKIN y in RAPIDS WHyY's Ww SKIN y in RAPIDS
An interview with a conservatory director discussing his duties at the University of Texas Cedar Rapids ties, preferred ballad forms, and his views on jazz and radio. He cites Sidney Homer Massenet and Martinelli Rethberg as influences and notes jazz's impact on modern harmony.
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The
Conservatory of Music
University of Texas
Chicago
Bush Conservatory
Cedar Rapids
Sidney Homer
Massenet
Martinelli
Rethberg
Will Rogers jokes about gallbladder surgery in California hospital
Beverly Hills June 17 Will Rogers notes doctors misdiagnosed his illness. He says surgery will relieve him of surplus gall and that politicians will be delighted by the news. He claims to be thrilled despite facing gallstones and an unplanned operation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
California Hospital
Case of Fired Cop Hines Opens Before Civil Service Board
The city civil service commission heard 27 witnesses about Leon F F Andy Hines a discharged patrol driver accused of intoxication and unfit conduct. Testimony split with 9 saying intoxicated 18 saying sober with normal behavior. Hines testified he drank only two thirds of a wine glass at noon on May 28 while his wife was away. Police witnesses described him as intoxicated on duty with unsteadiness noted by Powers and others. The commission took the case under advisement as it prepares to meet Saturday night to review the testimony.
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Leon FF
Andy” Hines
City Civil Service Commission
Hines
George Connell
Virgil Powell
George Powers
John Cook
Powers
Coolidge May Attend Deadwood Days of 76 Pageant
President Coolidge may visit Deadwood to witness the Days of 76 pageant set in the Black Hills. Mayor F S Howe and committee greeted him at Rapid City and presented a fishing outfit after briefing him on the event and the town reenactment.
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Rapid City
INS
Coolidge
Deadwood
F. S. Howe
Black Hills
Howe
Rapid City High School
Lindberghs Spirit of St Louis Reaches Indiana Welcome
The Spirit of St Louis piloted by Charles A Lindbergh and escort planes were sighted over Vandalia Illinois and welcomed with factory whistles in Indianapolis. Lindbergh remained briefly ahead of his escort before joining them for a westward flyby.
Lindbergh to Return Home in St Louis Welcome
St Louis readies for Col. Charles A. Lindberghs 4 p m return flight aboard the Spirit of St Louis. A city parade tomorrow morning will lead to a downtown welcome, with police and National Guard guarding crowds and a holiday declared for the event.
Lindbergh Returns West After Spirit of St Louis Flight
Charles A Lindbergh begins a western return flight aboard the Spirit of St Louis from Mitchell Field Long Island at 8:17 a m. He resumes the journey after earning world honors for the first nonstop New York Paris flight. Crowds greet his departure as the national attention shifts to the westward leg of the voyage.
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New York
Charles /A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
St. Pouls
Paris
Mitchellfield
Long Island
St. Lois
Byrd Seeks Paris Flight Delay After Field Weather
Commander Byrd told reporters at Roosevelt Field that noon weather prevented any departure before the day after tomorrow. He said he would aim for a Sunday hop for Paris pending favorable conditions.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Yo
Byrd
Ing
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