Manitoba Voters Overturn Prohibition In Wet Victory
In Winnipeg and outlying districts voters pressed a broad approval for the moderation league measure by more than twenty five thousand, overturning Manitoba's seven year old prohibition. A three member commission will regulate liquor sales to residences of permit holders and breweries may deliver. A July legislature session will enact the bill with a second July referendum on beer and wine sales in hotel dining rooms.
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Winnipeg
Moderation League
Prohibition
Hotel Men's Association
Chicago Caisson Strike Ties Up $100 Million Building
About 300 caisson workers and laborers walked out in Chicago over wage demands, organized into a separate unit by Harry Egan, an ex-L W W organizer from Seattle. The official union ordered workers back. those who refused are being replaced.
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Chicago
Caisson
International Hod Carriers and Builders Laborers’ Union
Harry Egan
Seattle
Washington
Lloyd George predicts ban on liquor sales in ten years
William E. Johnson quotes Lloyd George foreseeing a ten year prohibition. Johnson will stay in London three weeks then travel to South Africa for the Temperance alliance. He plans overland trips from Capetown to Egypt Palestine and Turkey after issuing his forecast.
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New York
England
Lloyd George
William E. “Pussyfoot
Johnson
London
South Africa
South African Temperance Alliance
Capetown
Egypt
Palestine
Turkey
Lake Shipping Shows Increase In May Tonnage
Great Lakes shipping in Duluth Minnesota rebounds after late navigation opening. May coal receipts reached about 1 600 000 tons, among the highest monthly totals on record, marine men say, signaling a boom over last year.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Leviathan Sets World Speed Record for Sustained Run
Albert P. D. Lasker, former Shipping Board chairman, reports to President Harding that the steamship Leviathan broke all world records for sustained speed. The ship averaged 28.04 knots an hour and maintained 28 knots for six hours on a measured run.
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New York
Albert PD. Lasker
Shipping Board
Harding
Leviathan
Famous French Flier Killed in French Plane Crash
Cameracourt France famed aviator Jean Casale was killed when his airplane collapsed over Bois De Ville while returning from Berck with passengers. His mechanic Boulet was injured in the crash near here.
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Cameracourt
France
Jean Casale
Boulet
Bois de ‘Ville
Berck
Pineapple Cannery Prices Raise Hawaii Revenue
Honolulu reports that large pineapple canners plan higher pack prices this year boosting Hawaii’s pineapple revenue from about $19 million in 1922 to an estimated $24.26 million.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Married Beyond Three Mile Limit At Sea
Hindu rancher Sader Din of Sutter County and Miss Berilla M Nutter, a white woman, wed beyond the three mile limit aboard a launch near Martines after being denied a license. The captain of the craft officiated the ceremony.
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San Francisco
Martines
Sader Din
Sutter County
Berilla M. Nutter
Britons Deported Under Quota Law At Ellis Island
The British government protests as the United States begins deporting Britons barred by the immigration quota. For the first time, subjects of the king are refused entry simply because a set number have already been admitted this year.
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U. S. New York
House of Commons
Ellis Island
Mount Etna Erupts For Fourth Day Of Destruction
Mount Etna continues active, belching flames and lava streams as residents flee the disaster area. Panicked crowds move from ruined homes along the slopes seeking safety, with roads filled by evacuees carrying belongings after the initial Sunday eruption.
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Catania
Mount Etna
Harding Urges World Court Reform During Western Tour
President Harding used the western trip to press for a permanent world court as the sole viable peace mechanism. He proposed two overhaul options to remove league or other influence, urging nations to show sincerity and national self preservation. He also praised domestic gains including unemployment reduction, financial stability, tax relief, and government economies.
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St. Louis
Harding
Permanent Court of International Justice
International Tribunal
League of Nations
Permanent Court of Arbitration
League
Court of Justice
World Court
Chaplin and Negri End Engagement in New York
Charles Chaplin and Pola Negri have broken their engagement in New York. A reliable source says the comedian and Negri will not marry, as a French actor is said to hold Negri's interest.
Eruption of Mount Etna Threatens Linguaglossa
Lava from Mount Etna advances toward Linguaglossa with a few hundred yards to go, while Castiglione di Sicilia also faces danger. The eruption grows stronger and over 50,000 people have been driven from their homes.
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Rome
Mount Etna
Catania
Castiglione
Discharged Cook Attacks Employer in Evansville
James T. Darwin, 65, prominent Chattanooga businessman, lay dying after a family cook who had been dismissed attacked him with an ax at breakfast fracturing his skull. The cook, described as a negress, was arrested.
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Chattanooga
James T. Darwin
Evansville
Darwin
Petain Slightly Injured In Paris Mainz Express Wreck
Berlin dispatch reports French Marshal Petain slightly injured in wreck of the Paris Mainz express. Two officers with him were killed. Petain was en route to the Ruhr and Rhineland for inspection. Parade at Mainz postponed.
Business Conditions Improve Across Land Banks Report
The presidents of twelve land banks reported to the federal farm loan board that business conditions are generally better than a year ago. The eighth district, led by Omaha bank officials, is recovering from several years of depression in conditions.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Omaha Bank
Pearl Worth 60,000 Found at Broome in Australia
The chief pearling inspector of West Australia reports a pearl discovered at Broome weighing 102 grains and double-button in shape. Valued at $60,000, it surpasses the famed Star of the West which weighed 101 grains.
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Sydney
Broome
West Australia
Chicago City Council Calls for Repeal of State Law
The Chicago city council adopted a resolution by Alderman Coughlin urging the state legislature to repeal the state search and seizure law. The vote was 28 to 8. The measure also commends Gov. Al Smith of New York for signing the repeal bill there.
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Chicago
Alderman Coughlin
Gov
al Smith
New York
Bandits Loot Five Stores in Iowa Towns
Bandits looted five stores in Knierim and Somers, Iowa, taking silk goods valued at $1,000. Authorities believe the same gang based in Fort Dodge is linked to recent robberies of Rinard and Farnhamville stores, also of valuable silks.
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Knierim
Knierim and
Somers
Fort Dodge
Rinard
Farnhamville
Child Shoplifter Vera Stechcon Sentenced in Juvenile Court
In Cedar Rapids 11 year old Vera Stechcon was committed to the state industrial school after tears and parents pleadings as Judge Thomas Powell arraigned her for shoplifting. Brought from South Bend by the county probation officer, Vera was described as a skilled member of the sticky finger class after arrests at local department stores.
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Cedar Rapids
Vera Stechcon
Thomas Powell
South Bend
Ind
Vera
John
Bank Shortage Reported at Waynesboro Trust Co
Discovery of a $170,000 trust fund shortage at Waynesboro Trust Company in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Secretary of Banking Peter G. Cameron announced the arrest of treasurer Charles H. Coover.
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Harrisburg
Waynesboro Trust Company
Waynesboro
Peter G. Cameron
Charles H. Coover
Siki Fined for Drunkenness in Paris Police Court
Senegalese heavyweight Battling Siki was fined 300 francs and fined 5 francs for drunkenness after firing a revolver in a case, punching a wall, and insulting the policeman who arrested him. The judge censured him for drunkenness as well.
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Siki
Paris
Jewelry Anti Robbery In New York
Jewelry salesman Samuel Lowey swallowed a $1,500 diamond ring to hide it from two armed robbers in New York. The men took his wallet with jewelry valued at $2,840 and $300 in cash.
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New York
Samuel Lowey
Heiress Receives $7,000,000 More From Gates Will
Chicago reports Debora Angell-Norris of St. Charles Illinois heiress to the Gates fortune gains an additional seven million dollars from Delora R. Gates of Port Arthur Texas. Delora Gates died in New York in 1918 and her will was filed in Toronto. The estate appraised above sixteen and a half million dollars includes twelve million dollars in Texas securities.
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Chicago
Debora Angell-Norris
St. Charles
Ill
John W. Gates
Delora R. Gates
Port Arthur
Tex
New York
Toronto
Texas
Government reports living within income with surplus noted
President Harding announced that over the past year the government lived within its income and built a 200000 dollar surplus. He said expenditures would be cut further next year as the "business organization" governance continues to pursue economy and efficiency despite a prior 823 million dollar treasury deficit.
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Washington
Harding
Treasury
Congress
Ford Declares No Candidacy For U S President
Henry Ford told Springfield listeners he has no desire to be president and has no intention to run. He said talk linking his name to the presidency is newspaper speculation and that he is too occupied with his own affairs to pursue the office.
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Ford
Springfield
Mass
U. S
Henry Ford
Providence
R. I
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Storms Leave Two Dead in Northwest with Heavy Damage
A string of storms across the prairies causes extensive destruction and two fatalities. Victor Cassidy, 15, dies near Rosetown Saskatchewan as cyclonic winds scatter buildings. Don ald Anderson, 15, killed by lightning near Corson South Dakota amid thunder showers. Property losses run into hundreds of thousands.
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St. Paul
Prairies
Victor Cassidy
Rosetown
Sask
South Dakota
Donald Anderson
Corson
Severe Storm Strikes Pipestone Minn Wrecks Trees and Signs
A severe storm swept Pipestone Minnesota Sunday night bringing destructive winds and rain. High shade trees were toppled, small buildings overturned, and sign boards razed as rain measured one point eight inches by the local weather bureau.
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Pipestone
Minn
Weather Bureau
Northwestern student killer alleged by eye witness
A former Northwestern University student Leighton Mount in Miami Arizona died or was unconscious as 15 men students allegedly hid the body under Evanston pier. The claim came in a telephone statement from Clifton Arizona by B H Rouw a San Francisco collection agency representative who says he witnessed a class rush and the killing.
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Miami
Ariz
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Evanston Pier
Clifton
B. H. Rouw
San Francisco
Food costs rise slightly in 51 cities
Washington officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics report the average family food cost increased two tenths of one percent from April 15 to May 15 across 51 cities, signaling a modest uptick in groceries.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Hamburg businessman Charles Medford killed in wreck
Charles Medford, a Hamburg business man, died instantly when the auto he was riding went off the road while returning home from Shenandoah. His head was crushed in the accident.
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Hamburg
Charles Medford
Shenandoah
Medford
French Sailors to Receive Wine After Sea Limit
Antoine Bordes announced in Washington that French sailors bound home would be issued half a litre of wine daily after passing the three mile limit. The measure aims to aid crews as they leave territorial waters aboard the French line.
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New York
Antoine Bordes
Washington
Furs Stolen From Rosenberg Bros Detroit
Furs valued at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars were reported stolen from the Rosenberg Bros fur manufacturing company in Detroit.
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Detroit
Rosenberg Bros., Fur Manufacturing Company
Rains Aid Crops as South Dakota Towns Report Progress
The June rainfall boosts corn and small grains, with crops ranging from fair to excellent. Livestock health is good, pig litters average about 4.55. Across cities, new schools rise, bonds approved, and public works move ahead as communities address infrastructure and growth.
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Union News Service
Watertown
H. O. Herbrandson
Agricultural Statistician
Bureau of Crop and Livestock Estimates
Wolsey
Wolsey Fire Department
Brookings
School of Printing
South Dakota State College
White
White Lake
Mitchell
Myrtle Carter
Madison
Artesian
Artesian Independent
Sisseton
Martin Lee
Marvin
Ray Stapleton
Corona State Bank
Minnie Wetzel
Here
Yankton
Highmore
Henry
American Legion Post
Dell Rapids
Parker
Adam
George Jameson
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P. J. Maloney
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