Blackmer Abroad Amid Teapot Dome Fallout and Passports
ARRY M. BLACKMER, once a powerful oil figure, fled to Europe to dodge government efforts to summon him as a witness in the Teapot Dome case. The U S state department has canceled his passport and withdrawn protection while he remains abroad. President Coolidge to host a conference with dirt farmers and farm editors at the summer White House for agricultural relief ideas. A Des Moines mother of nine faces trial for feeble-mindedness. sterilization is discussed as the court halts proceedings for hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry M. Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Sinclair
Blackmer
Europe
U. S. State Department
Rom Rapid City
Coolidge
White House
Des Moines
Lindbergh Arrives in Washington for Talks on Future Plans
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Bolling Field at 11 28 a m after leaving Dayton Ohio at 8 40 a m. He seeks government discussion and book finishing input from officials while greeted by the air secretaries of commerce war and the navy. A quiet reception contrasts with his earlier tumultuous welcome ten months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Dayton
Ohio
McCracken
Commerce
Davison
War
Warner
Navy
County moves into group for paving important highways
Butler voted affirmatively yesterday as More county joins a group paving key highways while three other counties vote today on related measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Funeral Procession Speeds Spark Debate on Speeding and Debts
A motorist claims he sped to keep up with a funeral hearse as Washington watchers note the shift from slow horses to fast funerals. David R. Forgan warns Iowa bankers against debt cancellation for France while U S debt obligations loom. Illinois court orders another trial for Russell Scott in a pending murder case. Iowa lawmakers debate taxes and potential corporate tax cuts amid fiscal outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
David R. Forgan
Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
France
United States
Sam
Lindbergh Flight Stop Ends With Dayton Disappointment
Daytons welcome to Charles Lindbergh and his St. Louis backers ended in disappointment as Lindbergh refused a public parade route through downtown Dayton after flying from Wilbur Wright Field at 8 40 a m. He warned he could return later if crowds pressed him. Mayor Allen McDonald called the reception a fiasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
INS
Charles Lindbergh
Trans- Atlantic Flyer
St. Louis
Wilbur Wright Field
Washington
Orville Wright
Lindbergh
Ohio
Wright
Flying Field
Harry F. Knight
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Allen McDonald
Col. Lindbergh
Gen. Gillmore
Thomas P. Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Lieut
St. Clair Street
Harold M. Bixby
Harry H. Knight
William B. Robertson
Grace McWayne Longtime Batavia Teacher Retires
A Batavia Michigan teacher Grace McWayne aged 77 retires after fifty nine years in the classroom. She is praised for gentle discipline and kind words saying she never whipped a child and expressing love for her pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace McWayne
Batavia
Mi11
Impeached Indiana Governor Mc Cray’s Bull Sells for Ninety Two
Warren T. Mc Cray once impeached as Indiana governor sold Hereford Richard Fairfax to a Minnesota firm for fifty thousand dollars. At Sioux City market yesterday the same bull resold for ninety two dollars, mirroring Mc Cray’s fall into a federal penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Richard Fairfax
Minn
Richard
Sioux City
McCray
Federal
President’s trout fishing debate on bait and worms
RESIDENT COOLIDGE protests worm bait while trout fishing in South Dakota. A visitor from the Izaak Walton league urges a wormless fly approach, and the President agrees to use flies. The note calls for a nationwide debate on the subject, and ends with a whimsical pity for the worm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
South Dakota
Izaak Walton League
White House
De Valera Refuses Oath At Opening of Irish Dail
Eamon De Valera and Fianna Fail deputies refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the king at the new Dail direann opening and are barred from the chamber. The Dail begins sitting without them.
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de Valera
Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Dail Direann
Dail
Roads Today Report By Cedar Rapids Auto Club
Lincoln highway east shows a detour through Cedar county. Lincoln highway west is good with two detours. Routes 218 north good, 150 fair, 13 north good, 11 good, 161 south good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Cedar County
Mrs. J. C. Stoddard Dies After 62 Years in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. J C Stoddard 73 wife of Joseph C Stoddard former United States commissioner and deputy clerk of the federal court died suddenly at 9 p m at her home 331 South Fourteenth street after a stroke of apoplexy. A Cedar Rapids resident sixty two years she would have marked her fifty fourth wedding anniversary on June 6 born Oct 18 1853 in New York City she came to Des Moines and then Cedar Rapids. Survived by four children Charles C New York City Mrs Leonard T Arduser Minneapolis Mrs Hush Hillerege and Joseph both at home a brother Charles Weeks and two grandchildren also survive.
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J. C. Stoddard
Joseph C. Stoddard
United States
Federal Court
South Fourteenth Street
New York City
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
William Weeks
Charles Weeks
Mary Frances Arduser
Minneapolis
Joseph
Eleven of 35 Prison Birds Captured in Texas Marsh
Eleven convicts escaped from Ferguson prison farm Tuesday night and were recaptured within five miles of the farm as guards and volunteers, aided by bloodhounds, struggled through Muddy Trinity river bottomlands. The group in gumbo soil showed dogs and men were exhausted after hours of pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas
Ferguson
Trinity River
Gunman opens hire as police question him
In Chicago a bandit and a woman companion killed two patrolmen in a daytime gun battle after hijacking a Cadillac. The bandit Daniel Leathers was slain along with the officers Sergeant Thomas Kehoe and Detective James Farley, as police pursued the stolen car and found the bandit’s body nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas Kehoe
James Farley
Daniel Leathers
Emil Svedman
E. C. Cooper
Kehoe
Farley
Three Sailors Die As Ships Collision Off Cape Cod
Three crew members of the Surge perished when the Surge collided with the Clyde line steamer Ozark five miles off Cape Cod. The Surge sank fifteen minutes after the crash while the Ozark ran aground with a hull hole.
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Truro
Mass
Clyde Line
Ozark
Jacksonville
Boston
Surge
Bay State Fishing Company
Cape Cod
Sunrise Service Helps Push Children's Camp Fund Past 150
The note details a morning outdoor offering by Cedar Rapids residents for the Peoples church annual Church in the Woods drive to aid underprivileged children. Contributions from local and out of town supporters push totals over the $150 mark, with donors including Mrs. A. E. Chase and Cyrenus Cole.
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Sunrise
Children’s Camp Fund
Mike
W. B
Rose Chismore
Miva
A. Si
Dpadic
Arthur Poe
Cccsa
Cyrenus Cole
Childrens Camp Fund
Big Rock
Bever Park
Church In the Woods
The
Peoples Church
W. WW. Argow
Cedar Rapids
A. E. Chase
Europe
Joseph Urba
W. F. Cooper
Good Deed Fund
Rose Chilmore
Coggon
Postmasters Close Sessions On Civil Service Vote
The Iowa Branch of the National League of District Postmasters failed to spark a civil service clash for third and fourth class postmasters. A resolution urged delegates at Louisville to back civil service with current officeholders retained if passed. Cedar Rapids to host state convention again next year with hopes of 1928 national meeting there.
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Iowa
National League of District
Louisville
R. K. Russell
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Carl Walkau
R. E. Schreb
Carl Higgins
Post Office
Postal Service
Russell
Chamber of Commerce
Montrose
Evening Gazette
Republican
Cedar Rapids Wins 1928 G A R Encampment Host
Cedar Rapids was awarded the 1928 state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic after a unanimous vote. Delegates J Wilson and W E F Warner helped extend invitations, with Fort Dodge and Spencer also bidding. Fort Dodge withdrew to seek the 1929 session. Local officials Co D Manson secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Mayor W G Loftus and Commissioner W E Curtis attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Grand Army of the Republic
Newton
Co. D. Manson
Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Loftus
W. E. Curtis
Fort Dodge
Spencer
J. Wilson
W. E F. Warner
Nelson elected Iowa G A R commander for 1927 event
Oleg Nelson of Slater was chosen commander of the Iowa department Grand Army of the Republic for next year by encampment delegates. Cedar Rapids was picked as the 1928 meeting site. E. P. Taylor of Fairfield named senior vice commander and JAF Baker of Newton junior vice commander. Women's Relief Corps elected Sadie V. Hollinger president and other officers.
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Newton
Oleg Nelson
Slater
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Taylor
Fairfield
Jaf, Baker
Women
Bailey Named Iowa Adjutant General Succeeding Lasher
Col. W. H. Bailey deputy secretary of state was named adjutant general of Iowa by Gov. Hammill for a four year term starting July 4. Lasher, from Scott county, has served since 1918. Bailey, from O'Brien county, led the 109th ammunition train in World War I and held a lieutenant colonel rank on the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. H. Bailey
Hammill
Iowa
Louis G. Lasher
Lasher
Scott County
Guy E. Logan
Montgomery County
O’brien County
Col. Bailey
Second
Iowa Infantry
Ramsay
Ge. Lasher
Van Lear Black Arrives in Karachi on Flight to Indies
In Karachi on June 23 4UP aviator Van Lear Black landed at 3 45 Indian time from Bunderabbas in a Fokker aircraft en route to the Dutch East Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Inia
van Lear Black
Bunderabbas
Dutch East Indies
Father Kills Assailant of Child in Court
Arch Gilbreath 42, a Duncan Oklahoma farmer, shot and killed B F Cox in district court as Cox faced trial for an alleged assault on Gilbreath daughter. Gilbreath held without charge as neighbors offered bonds and gifts. County attorney said murder charge to be filed against Gilbreath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Okla
Arch Gilbreath
B. F. Cox
Gilbreath
Cox
Lawton
Shawnee
Chico
Texas
J. H. Long
Shakeup in Mellon's Department to Save Uncle Sam Money
Washington June 23 United States Treasury reorganization to cut costs moves July 1. Under Secretary Mills will supervise the Bureau of Internal Revenue while Assistant Secretary Schunemann shifts full time to the 165 million dollar public building program. The federal farm loan board shifts from Mills to Assistant Secretary Dewey who will aid Mellon on financial matters.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Mellon
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mills
Schunemann
Federal Farm Loan Board
Dewey
Will Rogers Says to Editor of Gazette Republican
Los Angeles June 23 California hospital quotes Will Rogers on Lindbergh visit plans. Beverly Hills mayor writes Col Charles A Lindbergh to visit town promising no parades speeches or private parties, only a purchase of a lot. The note ends with a line about a medical scar and payment by the inch remark.
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Los Angeles
California Hospital
Lindbergh
Sawtele
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Beverly Hills
Coolidge And Gen Wood To Discuss The Philippines
RAPID CITY S D June 23 AP Philippine conditions affecting Gen Wood health and ability to remain governor general were to be reviewed by President Coolidge with Gen Wood and Rep Tilson of Connecticut in contact. Tilson, a recent island visitor, arrived at the state game lodge while Wood, who has been operated on before leaving, has not yet reported fully. Tilson described conditions as favorable economically and discussed next congress session with tax relief and farm relief as possible aims.
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Rapid City
S. D
Leonard Wood
Islands
President Coolidge
Wood
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Gen. Wood
United States
Coolidge
Tilson
House
Congress
Train strikes car. eight killed in Wisconsin
In La Crosse Wisconsin this morning a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train struck an automobile killing three people and fatally injuring another. Police and railway authorities investigated the collision as chaos and tragedy unfolded near the tracks.
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LA Crosse
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Civil Engineer Discusses Roads and Interests in Cedar Rapids
WHYY interview with an Iowa State Highway Commission engineer covers Linn county roads quality, support for a 160 million dollar bond issue, gravel wearing, and reasons for choosing civil engineering. He cites airplane enthusiasm, Lindbergh, Lincoln highway, and vacation plans in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn County
Lincoln Highway
State Highway Commission
Highways and Highway Administration
Pacific Northwest
Literary Digest
Byrd Plans Dawn Hop For France If Weather Clears
Commander Richard E Byrd said the tri motor monoplane America will be moved from its hangar at Roosevelt Field to the runway tonight for a possible four oclock dawn hop to France. Weather delays have pushed the flight back, with a best guess of leaving tomorrow if conditions improve and if not then the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Field
America
France
Richard E. Byrd
Adams to Fly to New York for Byrd Transatlantic Preparations
President Porter Adams of the National Aeronautic Association will fly to New York to seal Byrd's transatlantic plane barograph and fuel tanks. Adams reports Byrd intends to depart the next morning for the historic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porter Adams
National Aeronautic Association
New York
Richard Byrd
Adams
Byrd
Tomore Row
Secretary Hoover urged to stop Honolulu flight attempt
San Francisco officials appealed to Secretary Hoover to halt Ernest Smith the airman from attempting a Monday night flight to Honolulu aboard what local activists call a second hand machine. Milo Kent of the San Francisco Citizens Flight Committee called the plan a personal crisis and sought a Commerce Department inspection.
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San Francisco
INS
Hoover
Ernest Smith
Honolulu
Milo Kent
City Dads Clash Over Ellis Boulevard Truck Rules
Commissioners and citizens debated an ordinance restricting trucks over five tons on Ellis boulevard north of M avenue. The vote was postponed to June 36. 5S. P. Moore argued large trucks with oversized tires cause less damage than fast worn tires. The measure would cap six ton loads at sixteen mph with pneumatic tires and twelve mph with hard tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Boulevard
M Avenue
P. Moore
Builders’ Material Company
Ellis Quarry
Pope Elevates Lauri Van Roey To Cardinal Status
Pope Pius at a public consistory grants Cardinal Lauri the red hat after his December elevation and Cardinal Van Roey the red hat following his secret consistory last Monday. Cardinal Hionda of Posen also elevated and to receive his red hat from the Polish president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pope Pius
Lauri
van Roey
Malines
Belgium
Hionda
Posen
Poland
Gazette-Republican Want Ads Publicize Sales
L. E. Green of 612 Seventh Avenue reports nineteen people phoned and ten came in response to a Want Act in the Gazette Republican. The item notes a Purebred German Roller and a phone and singer leaving the city with contact numbers for selling through the paper.
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Wednesday Evening Gazette-Republican
L. E. Green
Seventh Avenue
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Russell Scott
Scott
Illinois Supreme Court
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J.C. Stoddard
City
Cedar Rapids News
Adjt
Flyer
India
Crim
Unce
Will Rogers
Gazette Republican
Will
P. S
WHYY
Truart
Clarence R. Livingston
Ellis Blvd
Pope
Cardinals Lauri and
Gazette-Republican
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