World Flyers Land In Mud Hole in Siberia
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, American world girdling flyers, landed at Blagoveschensk from Irkutsk in a rain of mud. Their Winnie Mae struck a mudhole but was undamaged. They planned to depart for Khabarovsk then Nome if weather allowed, flying over the Bureya mountains and sea routes.
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Blagoveschensk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Irkutsk
Winnie Mae
Post
Gatty
Khabarovsk
Bureya Mountains
Nome
Alaska
All Russian Imports To Be Barred By U S
The United States treasury plans a broad embargo on all Soviet imports to start January 1 under Hawley Smoot rules. The move would label virtually all Russian labor as forced and bars Soviet products, challenging Congress and Amtorg Trading Company in court if needed. Russia's export drive funds industrial development while curtailing purchases in the U.S. due to credit tensions.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Russia
United Press
Treasury
Amtorg Trading Company
United States
Congress
Laval Wins French Vote In Support Of Moratorium Plan
Paris report says Premier Laval won parliamentary approval for his counter-proposal on the Hoover moratorium, with 197 to back his stance and 386 to 189 in favor of the government. Mellon and Edge to meet Laval again as talks continue on German reparations and European recovery.
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Paris
Laval
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
France
Hoover
Pierre Laval
Mellon
U. S
Edge
Chamber of Deputies
Premier Laval
Germany
Hoover Awaits Parts Action On War Debt Plan
President Hoover maintains contact with Paris while negotiations on a multilateral debt moratorium proceed. French deputies approve their government’s stance, easing tensions as Mellon and Edge push terms, with Stimson traveling to Europe to join talks.
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Hoover
Coast Guard Seizures Rise as Whisky Smuggling Persists
Treasury officials report an uptick in enforcement in June with the yacht Whispering Winds seized off Long Island on June 18. For the month, 13 vessels and 5 395 cases of liquor were seized with 26 men arrested, while January to mid June totals exceed 100 vessels and 27 472 cases, 193 arrests.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Treasury
Long Island
Frederick C. Billard
Billard
Ketchikan
Alaska
Maine
Great Lakes
Coast
Surf
Montauk Point
New York
Winnie Mae Starts 850 Mile Siberian Leg of World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty flew the Winnie Mae from Irkutsk to Blagoveschensk for an 850 mile leg of their 15,000 mile world dash. They then resumed toward Khabarovsk expecting a possible nonstop flight across Siberia to Nome, Alaska if weather holds. They reported eight hours sleep since New York and said they were in perfect condition despite vast terrain and mountanous regions ahead.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Blagoveschensk
Tey
Tomy
C.S.T
Novo Sibirsk
Khabarovsk
Gulf of Tartary
Sea of Okhotsk
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
Nome
Alaska
Winnie Mae
Post
Gatty
New York
Lake Baikal
Here
Trans-Baikal
Yablanoi Mountains
China
Bomb explosions terrorize city of SENOA Italy
In SENOA Italy on June 27 bombs exploded at half hour intervals creating panic across central districts. One blast hit near the royal palace. Police arrested hundreds as damage appeared limited though the spree marked a fourth attack in a wave across Italy.
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Senoa
Italy
Danish Lutherans Will Not Prosecute Hostrop For Theft
In Greenville Michigan on June 27 the Danish church of America national convention voted not to file criminal charges against deposed treasurer W. N. Hostrop for misappropriating about 110000 of church funds. A committee will handle church affairs, Hostrop made partial restitution, and most funds were returned. L. Jorgenson was re-elected president of the synod with C. A. Olsen as secretary treasurer.
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Greenville
Mich
Ocean hopping airmen receive royal welcome in Copenhagen
Otto Hillig and Holger Horrs, trans Atlantic airmen, arrived in Copenhagen after a long flight from Hasbrouck Heights. They visited the American legation and Admiral Bloch aboard the Arkansas, with a banquet at Town Hall and a Tivoli fireworks display planned in their honor. They intend to visit their birthplaces in coming days and may not return to America soon.
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Copenhagen
Otto Hillig
Holger Horrs
Legation
Claude Bloch
U. S. S. Arkansas
Town Hall
Buelow
Tivoli Garden
Associated Press
Heiris
Jutland
Aarhus Braband
America
Hillig
Steinbrucke
Saxony
Liberty
N. Y
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Harbor Grace
N. F
Krefeld
Bremen
Germany
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Report outlines Cedar Rapids traffic tolls for the year with numbers on accidents injuries and fatalities. No further details provided in readable text.
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Cedar Rapids
Strike Riot at Stove Works injures four workers
Open rioting broke out at the Mays-Custer stove works in Bloomington Illinois as four strikebreakers were severely beaten by men allied with union workers. E. D. MacBurnett suffered a fractured skull and was not expected to live. Jessie Fowler Harry Weist and Glen Bryant were said to recover. The assault followed the night shift's departure amid a wage dispute with 150 union workers who refused a 20 percent cut.
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Bloomington
INS
Mays-Custer
E. D. MacBurnett
Jessie Fowler
Harry Weist
Glen Bryant
Capone Booze Ring Indicted in Midwest Operation
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted 59 men and two firms for operating an Aurora based liquor syndicate linked to Capone. The group produced over 2 million gallons since 1927 across Illinois and Iowa, with raids earlier suspending many defendants. Chief defendant is Mike Blumberg of ClintonIo. other named defendants include Beese Harrigan Meyers Russell Price.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Scarface al
Aurora
Illinois
Iowa
Capone
Midwest
Mike Blumberg
Clinton
Robert W. Beese
Sterling
Ill
Whiteside County
Thomas J. Harrigan
Chicago and
Oak Park
Lem Dolf
Mike
Joe
David Meyers
Richard Russel
Frank Price
Waterloo
Daniel Anderson
Anderson
Alcohol ring supplied Cedar Rapids via Waterloo HQ
Chicago Tribune reports Cedar Rapids was among Iowa cities receiving liquor through the Waterloo provincial headquarters of the Capone booze ring. Price led the Waterloo division and his group allegedly bought 3090 to 5000 gallons a month from the Aurora gang and distributed it in Iowa Des Moines Charles City Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.
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Chicago Tribune
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Capone
Price
Watterloo
Aurora Gang
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles City
Federal grand jury probes Chicago liquor ring leaders
Assistant U S District Attorney Daniel Anderson and special agents C Edson Smith and Paul Shoop presented evidence to a federal grand jury in Freeport to secure indictments for manufacture transportation and sale of alcohol linked to the Chicago syndicate. Leaders named include Mike Blumberg called Al Capone of Clinton Iowa and ex Whiteside County prosecutor Robert W Reese. Arthur Cooper of Chicago a fixer. Cooper aided the group by bribing officials to protect liquor traffic.
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Freeport
Ill
United States District
Daniel Anderson
C. Edson Smith
Paul B. Shoop
Chicago
Aurora
Mike Blumberg
al Capone
Clinton
Iowa
Robert W. Reese
Whiteside County
Arthur Cooper
Cooper
Stimson Sails For Europe To Work On Hoover Debt Plan
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson sailed aboard the Conte Grande for Europe to push a debt and reparations moratorium accord with France. He cited the French parliament's late vote of confidence as a sign talks could succeed and said any agreement would need ratification by both nations' parliaments.
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Stimson
Europe
Hoover
New York
INS
Henry L. Stimson
United States
France
State Pays Funeral Expenses For 140 Bushels Of Fish
Des Moines June 27 AP The state approved a $46.50 funeral bill for 140 bushels of dead fish from Lime creek near Rockford. The Rockford Commercial club presented the bill claiming authorization to dispose of the fish as a health measure and the payment was approved by the fish and game department with a warrant issued by the board of audit.
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Des Moines
Rockford Commercial Club
Lime Creek
Rockford
Fish and Game Department
Board of Audit
Oskaloosa Woman Heads Gold Star Mothers Of Iowa
Mrs. Rhoda Woodruff of Oskaloosa was elected president of the Iowa division of the Gold Star Mothers at its Newton convention. Other officers include Mrs. J. C. Shephard Newton and Mrs. Lois Muller Hudson as vice presidents with several state officials named in this roster.
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Oskaloosa
Gold Star
Mothers of Iowa
Newton
Rhoda Woodruff
Iowa
Gold Star Mothers
J. C. Shepherd
Lois Muller
Hudson
Lillian Schulte
Elkader
M. F. Tew
Des Moines
Anna R. Mahoney
Boone
Tom Crosby
W. G. Murphy
Estherville
Log of the Winnie Mae Transatlantic Flight Schedule
The log lists staggered departure and arrival times for the Winnie Mae journey from Roosevelt field to Harbor Grace to Sealand air drome England then Berlin Moscow Novo Siberisk and Irkutsk with times on June 23 to June 27. It records precise hours and cities including Sealand Hanover Berlin Moscow Novo Sibirsk Irkutsk.
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Sealand Airdrome
England
Sealand
Hanover
Germany
Berlin
Moscow
Vatican Issues Apostolic Constitution For Catholic Universities
The Vatican issued an apostolic constitution directing Catholic universities, the first of its kind in church history. Dated June 24, the document notes global university roots in church history and outlines guidance for teaching and organization under Cardinal Bisleti led commission.
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Rome
INS
Vatican
Italy
Oxford
Paris
Cardinal Bisleti
Reformer Jailed For Failure To Pay A Judgment
The Rev. Philip Yarrow, noted reformer, is jailed in Chicago for not paying a $5,000 judgment won by Walter Shaver, a bankrupt book dealer who accused Yarrow of malicious prosecution and entrapment. Shaver was awarded the amount on March 27 after being acquitted on charges Yarrow brought. Evidence showed the disputed obscene book had not been in stock when requested by Yarrow’s agent.
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Chicago
INS
Philip Yarrow
Walter Shaver
Shaver
Yarrow
Illinois Vigilance Association
Will Rogers mocks Mellon on German war debt note
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills that Mellon faces a tough Paris pitch about Germany not paying in a year. He jokes that France will resist and quips that France regards its proximity to Germany as a reason to doubt the plan. He signs off as WILL.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mellon
Paris
Germany
France
Calvin Coolidge
Melton
Pittsburgh
Cedar Rapids Sizzles as Thermometer Tops 101 Degrees
Cedar Rapids records another hot day with 1:30 pm reads of 1012 and 102 at Friday's same hour. Morning breeze offered relief while residents endured a fifth straight 100 degree day. recalls of 104 to 108 degree highs in prior summers cited. Two youths fried eggs on a concrete grandstand near Bunny Ball Park, illustrating the heat.
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Cedar Rapids
Frederick Johnson
B Avenue Northwest
Clair Nelson
G Avenue Northwest
Bunny Ball Park
Heat Keeps Claiming Lives in Iowa Toll Rises
Two more heat wave deaths push Iowa weekly death toll to 17. Victims include John Brewington 52 West Liberty and William Heubbe 57 Tipton. Earlier day Harold Dwinnall 32 Sioux City and George McMillan Jr. 29 drowned at Waterloo. Temperatures hit 105 in Waterloo and near 100 in several cities as officials warn of continued warmth.
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Iowa
John Brewington
West Liberty
William C. Heubbe
Tipton Farmer
Harold Dwinnall
Sioux City
George A. McMillan, Jr
Waterloo
Keokuk
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Spain’s government clamps down before first general election
At Tablada airfield the government seized control from the commander and arrested a mechanic linked to Maj Ramon Franco who denies any revolt. Gen. Sanjurjo orders troops to the airfield as Franco campaigns for Spain’s vote under the provisional regime amid monarchist and socialist contenders.
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Madrid
Tablada
Ramon Franco
Franco
Seville
Spain
Revolutionary Party
Alfonso
France
Alcala Zamora
Republican Party
Heat and Storm Kill Dozens Across Midwest and West
A brutal heat wave and severe storms swept the nation, with at least sixty deaths from heat and twelve from storms in Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania. In Sioux City a man drowned in Cedar River. in Hopkinton a theater projection room explosion caused two thousand dollars in damage. Weather battered Lake Erie shorelines from Toledo to Cleveland with lightning and wind, injuring many in Detroit and other cities.
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America
Ohio River Valley
California
Harold Dwinnall
Sioux City
George A. McMillan, Jr
Cedar River
Waterloo
Hopkinton
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Toledo
Cleveland
North Olmstead
Maunee Bay
Winchester
Detroit
Selfridge Field
Mich
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Midwest
Official Guide to Grape Juice Making at Home
The government booklet explains easy cheap methods to produce grape juice at home. It outlines pasteurization preservation and uses for drinks nectars punches sherbets ices and desserts. A coupon and four cents are requested to obtain a copy through official channels.
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Courpe
Bulletin
U.S
Ger
Leon Blum
Secretary of the Treasury
Walter E. Edge
M. Laval
Ambassadore Edge
Rapidan
Bank For International Settlements
Ambassador Edge
Oka
Ohawa
Chita
Hostrop
Stove Works
THE
Roosevelt Field
New Foundland
Will Rogers
Gazette-Republican
Yours
Will
Mercury
Cedar Rapids News
Alcuse
Ilinois
Washington, D. C
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