Tornado Strikes Canadian Train in Quebec
A tornado hit a Canadian Pacific passenger train between Stanbridge and Bedford Quebec, killing one and injuring ten, three seriously. Three coaches were wrecked off an embankment while the engine stayed on tracks. aid came from Farnham as the twister tracked from Pike River through the Mystic area, damaging barns and houses over a six mile path.
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ST. Albans
Canadian Pacific
Stanbridge
Bedford
Quebec
Here
Farnham
Pike River
Mystic
Girl Popularizes Mother Goose In Flowery Kingdom
Bernice Kent of Mount morrie credited with popularizing Mother Goose tales in Japan after arriving from Sane o Orient. She supervised kindergarten work in Tokyo for five years and is noted for bringing English nursery lore to readers in the Flowery Kingdom.
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Girl
Bernice Kent
Mount Morrie
Sanseo
Orient
Japan
Miss Kent
Tokyo
Mobile Bankers Win $1.5 Million Road Bond Auction
A Mobile syndicate led by the First National Bank of Mobile purchased a $1,500,000 block of road and bridge bonds at 41 2. The sale saved interest versus a 43 4 bid, with net proceeds of about $1,488,750 plus accrued interest. Attorney Armbrecht cited the interest savings as offsetting the higher bid. The deal topped bids from Caldwell and Company Ward Sterne and Company and others.
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Mobile County
First National Bank
Mobile
William H. Armbrecht
Armbrecht
First National Bank of Mobile Syndicate
Caldwell and Company
Ward, Sterne and Company
Arx
Compeny
Steiner le
Bank of Italy
First National Bank of Mobile
Former Actress Loses Gems In New York Raid
Gems and wearing apparel valued at 25000 dollars were stolen from the New York apartment of Mrs A H Hig inson formerly the actress Mary Newccombe in a raid by thieves.
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New York
A. H. Higinson
Mary Newccombe
Lawyer's Death Ties to Civil War Claim for $90 000
A J Hendricks of 109 South Claiborne Street and 29 others pursue a federal claim alleging the government owes $90 000 for a cotton gin seized during the Civil War. Hendricks says his father’s loyalty spared the gin and he fought for restitution, with renewed efforts after decades of discouragement.
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A J. Hendricks
South Claiborne Street
Hendricks
Sherman
Union
Washington D. C
Washington
Oma
Hendricl
Congress
Drove With Youth Identity Reconfirmed By Family
The body of Mary C. Mahan, 21, of South Boston, found shot in the Blue Hills reserve, was identified by her brothers and father in Boston. Brother Edwin Mahan said he saw Mary and her male companion drive by, Mary waved, and he cites jealousy as the motive. Police search continues for the sweetheart.
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Boston
Blue Hills Reservation
Mary C. Mahan
South Boston
Miss Mahan
Edwin Mahan
South
Mary
Editors Tour Muscle Shoals Group Visits Nitrate Plants
About 175 members of the National Editorial Association toured government nitrate plants and Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals Alabama. Senator Hugo Black addressed the group after which roughly 100 editors signed a telegram urging President Coolidge to sign the Muscle Shoals bill. The editors proceeded to Nashville in the ongoing tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
National Editorial Association
Muscle Shoals
J. L. Meeks
Meredith Very Ill in Des Moines Capital Aide
Edwin T. Meredith secretary of agriculture in the cabinet lies critically ill at his Des Moines home. Doctors say he suffers from high blood pressure and complications while once considered a possible Democratic presidential candidate.
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Des Moines
Edwin T. Meredith
Presidents
A. C. Page
Meredith Publishing Company
Reigh Count Brought to Arlington Heights Stables
Derby winner Reigh Count arrived from Churchill Downs and was taken to Arlington Heights stables. Trainer Mitchell said the Hertz entry would not race at Arlington and likely would not compete until the Sarasoza season opener on July 30.
Italia reliefs under way as search expands
Rome reports the search for the missing Italia airship has begun in earnest with expeditions sailing to Spitzbergen aboard Hobby and Braganza and an Italian flying expedition to start Monday. The tone in newspapers and public relief reflects cautious optimism.
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Italia
Rome
Spitzbergen
Hobby
Destructive Hurricane Hits Banana Plantations in Oaxaca
Dispatches from Oaxaca report a hurricane destroying several banana plantations in the Elhule district near Mexico City. Damage is estimated at several millions of pesos with no casualties.
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Mexico City
Oaxaca
Elhule
Weather Brief Localities Alabama Mississippi
Alabama shows local thunder showers tonight and Sunday with little temperature change and moderate southeast winds. Mississippi reports partly cloudy skies with local thunder showers in the southern portion.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Damage claims against New Orleans rise from Caernarvon breach
Claims totaling 13 254 533 61 dollars have been filed against the city of New Orleans over damage from the artificial crevasse at Caernarvon cut over a year ago to relieve Mississippi flood pressure. Other items note Alabama Democrats depart for Houston June 23, Edison Splitdorf firm radio and phonograph pact, bank heist suspects traced via stolen sedan, and two Blackman brothers killed by a mob near Alexandria while being moved from Leesville jail to Shreveport.
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New Orleans
Caernarvon
Alexandria
Lee
Dave Blackman
Leesville
Shreveport
Not Guilty Plea In Toledo Kidnapping Case
Charles Hoppe former chauffeur who confessed kidnapping and killing 7 year old Dorothy Seslagowski pleaded not guilty at arraignment on a first degree murder charge in Toledo Ohio. Walter Cravens former Kansas City land bank president sentenced to six years and fined 25000 with wife Alice Todd sentenced to a year and a day for related crimes. James Washington 23 charged with attacking 14 year old Gladys Boyd near Middleburg Virginia.
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Toledo
Ohio
Charles Hoppe
Dorothy Seslagowski
Kansas City
Walter Cravens
Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank
Merrill E. Otis
Alice B. Todd
Alexandria
James Washington
Gladys Boyd
Middleburg
Tammany Denies Campaign Role in Smith Vote
George W. Olvany testified before the Senate presidential campaign committee that Tammany has no campaign role for Governor Alfred E. Smith. He insisted Tammany is a patriotic society with headquarters in Tammany Hall and does not participate in politics.
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New York
Tammany
Alfred E. Smith
George W. Olvany
Tammany Society
Senate
Olvany
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Democratic County Committee of
Tammany Hall
Vintage baseball scores and lineups混
Brooklyn and New York split a ten inning game while Cincinnati routed Boston 20 to 12 in a high scoring series. Chicago beat Pittsburgh 10 to 6 and Philadelphia outslugged St Louis 6 to 2 as American and National League play produced several large inning totals.
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Brooklyn
New York
Vance
Deberry
Barnes
O'Farrell
Winnetka Brain Power Scrutinized in Public Meeting
Chicago June 22 Winnetka residents faced a mixed verdict on their brain power at a mass gathering led by Carlton Washburne superintendent of schools. He argued no system is perfect and defended Winnetka’s methods amid audience critique from a 500 strong crowd.
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Chicago
Winnetka
Carlton Washburne
Roland Whitman
Winnet
Baseball Home Run Leaders From Today’s Games
In a string of solo and multi run shots, Traynor and Bell led with early fireworks for the Pirates and Braves respectively. Bottomley and Williams connected for Cardinals and Phillies while Cummings and Hornsby added power for the Giants and Braves in late innings.
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Traynor
Pirates
Bell
Braves
Bell Braves
Bottomley
Cardinals
Wiliams
Phillies
Cummings
Giants
Hornsby
Holm
Rotettger
Bisonette
Schulte
Grecian Chamber Deputies Back New Government
Athens June 2 The chamber of deputies voted confidence in the new government by a large majority. The tally reported 138 votes in favor.
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Grecian Chamber
Athens
Chamber of Deputies
Utilities PR work credited with delaying municipal ownership shift
A 1925 letter to Deming Ice and Electric Company cited power utilities PR efforts as slowing municipal ownership trends nationwide. George E. Lewis testified at the FTC probe into utilities publicity, noting campaigns across newspapers schools and public speaking as part of the industry’s three year push.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
George E. Lewis
Rocky Mountain Public Utilities Information Committee
K. W. Kissick
Deming Ice and Electric Company
Deming
New Mexico
Ancient earthen jars hailed as 2000 year old relics
In Nogales on June 2 Dean Byron Cumming of the University of Arizona said earthen jars evacuated from city streets contain bones of a pre historic race and date to over 2000 years ago. The jars bear designs of snakes centipedes and birds and are linked to the pithouse people, forebears of the Pueblo builders of Casa Grande.
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Nogales
Ariz
Dean Byron Cumming
University of Arizona
Dean Cumming
Casa Grande
Flagstaff
Arizona
DROWNS HER SON IN BATH TUB CASE STUNS TOWN
Mrs. Ruby Snell of Fowlersville Michigan, 46, is held in the death of her six year old son Paul after he drowned in a bath tub. authorities report she admitted the act saying she loved him and did not want him to grow up without advantages. she had recently worried about money and the boy s future.
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Fowlersville
Mich
Ruby Snell
Paul
Body Identified in Missouri Train Fatality Near Poplar Bluff
Police and investigators worked to identify a white man killed by a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Poplar Bluff Missouri last night. The victim was struck while crossing the tracks as the train approached.
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Poplar Bluff
Missouri Pacific
Here
County Board Votes Pay Increases for Three Officials
The board of revenue approved higher salaries for James H. Webb county attorney from 150 to 300 dollars monthly with Estes D. Baker opposing. The panel also raised Ed Moody clerk and Helen Williams salaries by 25 dollars monthly. Webb’s raise takes effect this month and continues until the road program ends or the board decides otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
J. E. Boothe
James H. Webb
Estes D. Baker
J. C. Prine
A. D. Davis
R. E. Gordon
Ed &@. Moody
Helen Williams
Webb
Taste of Sailing for Mobile Yachtsmen
Junior sailors who missed last Sunday's Mobile Bay trip must meet at Mobile Recreation Hall at 8 am and will be taken to Magnolia Beach to sail with Mobile Yacht Club skippers. Thirty five model yacht builders were invited to sail with veteran skippers to get a taste of the real thing. the group was split to accommodate numbers.
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Mobile Bay
Mobile Yacht Club
Mobile Recreation Hall
Magnolia Beach
Mobile Club
Carl A. Klinge
Barge Line Study Signals Mobile to Montgomery Route
Carl S. Bear of St Louis president of Standard Unit Navigation Company studies a feasible barge line between Mobile and Montgomery. M M Caskie of the Montgomery chamber of commerce says Bear will inspect the route in about two weeks.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Carl S. Bear
St. Louis
Standard Unit Navigation Company
State Capital Bureau
M. M. Caskie
IDENTIFY BANDIT Cashier Confirms Suspect in Bank Robberies
W. W. Willoughby, 24, was positively identified by J. W. Cox, cashier, as the man who twice held up the Bank of Madison Station last month, stealing 1200 dollars first and 1800 dollars second. Willoughby's wife, married three weeks, remained at home during the case.
Storms in Japan Cause Dams and Flooding Losses
Storms across Japan cause widespread damage. Sixteen soldiers struck by lightning during artillery practice in northern Japan. two gravely injured. Eight hundred houses flooded at Kagoshima. Eleven people drowned when a steamer foundered off Saga.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kagoshima
Saga
Durham contractor Lloyd Lawrence faces 30 year term
Pittsboro North Carolina June 2 W H Lawrence a Durham contractor convicted of the slaying of Mrs Annie Terry a dressmaker faced a 30 year jail sentence today. The sentence was imposed yesterday after a superior court jury convicted Lawrence of second degree murder.
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Pittsboro
N. C
W. H. Lawrence
Durham
Annie Terry
Lawrence
Vote Probe Begun In Hillsborough County Investigations
In Tampa on June 2 authorities disclosed 2600 subpoenas issued for an inquiry into alleged election frauds in Hillsborough County. The county solicitor also called 800 additional witnesses to testify in the probe.
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Hillsborough
Tampa
Fla
Hillsboro County
Orleans Girls Picked Up While Hiking From New Orleans
Verdie Best and Martha Best, aged 20 and 15, of 8014 Carrollton Court, say they left May 31 with parental consent to hike to Tampa and then Charleston. They traveled from Gentilly to Mobile, met two boys in Baldwin county, worked on a strawberry farm, carried $2, and asked to stay away from home. Police sought to locate their parents, noting their father Luther Best is an interior decorator in New Orleans.
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Verdie Best
Martha Best
Carrollton Court
New Orleans
Tampa
Fla
Charleston
D. C
Gentilly
Mobile
Baldwin County
Burch
Luther Best
Baldwin
Prohibition Case Docket Highlights U S Court Session
Federal court in Mobile opens with 100 criminal uses set for trial most involving violations of the national prohibition law. Conspiracy charges loom as hard fought battles while several cases carry over from the previous term due to the Donaghue conspiracy proceedings. Officials return for the opening as Judge Bervin and U S Attorney Birch rejoin the session.
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Donaghue
Mobile
Robert T. Bervin
Macon
United States
Alex C. Birch
Washington
Pascagoula Coast Guardsman Fined for Concealed Pistol
William Houck of Pascagoula Mississippi a coast guardsman was fined fifty dollars and court costs for carrying a concealed pistol arraigned in recorder's court. J W Valentine also of Pascagoula was fined fifty dollars and costs for city dirty laws violations with two half pints of white whiskey in his possession. Sam Earl and Jake Stevens two Negroes received sixty days hard labor for pocketbook theft from Mrs John Nyman at 605 Gayle Street and the recovered eight dollars of fifteen hidden under a garage floor were found after the purse was discarded at 152 South Broad Street.
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William Houck
Pascagoula
Miss
Coast
Bernstein
Untreiner
John Nyman
Gayle Street
South Broad Street
Rates on few LCL commodities to be discussed at Savannah meeting
The Southern Traffic League will consider cancellation of less than carload rates on several commodities in the southeast at its Savannah meeting on June 7. The regional advisory board, including shippers and railroad representatives, will meet on June 8 after the league session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast
Southern Traffic League
Savannah
Traffic League
Freight Meeting of Southern Association in Mobile
The General Committee of the Southern Freight Association with offices in Atlanta will meet in Mobile on June 12. This first Mobile gathering will discuss Southern rate matters and is expected to last several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Freight Association
Atlanta
Mobile
Woman Injured in Collision at Scott and St Francis
Mrs. K Sossaman aged 53 was knocked unconscious when her car collided with a vehicle owned by T P Langan and driven by his wife at the Scott and St Francis intersection. Sossaman's rear wheel was shattered while the other car had splintered wheels. Witnesses said the streetcar was stationary and blocked sightlines as the two autos crashed. Mr Langan resides at 105 South Water Street.
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K Sossaman
Southro Street
Am One
T. P. Langan
Scott and
St. Francis Streets
Sessman
Pricter
Langan
South Water Street
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