Amundsen North Pole voyage to start late this week
York dispatch reports the Amundsen Ellsworth expedition preparing to depart from Spitzbergen with two airplanes and a relief party. A steamer and pilots will sail to Horten then transfer planes to transport ships. The two week trip window ends tomorrow as ownership debates arise over lands possibly discovered north of Canada with Canada and the United States weighing claims.
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Amundsen-Ellsworth
Andsen
Explorer
Canada
House of Commons
Donald C
Social Rendezvous Raider Discloses Historic Club Ties
Prohibition agents raid the Raven Club on East 33rd Street discovering a hidden liquor supply valued at $25,000. Proprietor Michael Gallagher head waiter Paul Melrose and George Brown the bartender are arrested as the raid uncovers a social rendezvous reminiscent of the Canfield Club.
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New York
Canfield Club
Raven Club
East 33Rd Street
Michael Gallagher
George Brown
Paul Melrose
Judge
Freight Loadings Rise as Week Ends May 23
Railroad freight loadings rose to 982 209 cars in the week ended May 23 per the American Railway Association. Gains were led by miscellaneous freight and grain products with 38 622 cars, while coal ore and forest products fell. Livestock rose slightly. on call cars totaled 27 216 on May 22, down from May 14, and car repair stocks remained high.
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Washington
A.P
American Railway Association
The
Association Today
Tennessee Crops Severely Hit in Eastern Counties
Drought devastates eastern Tennessee crops per County Agent W. G. Adsmond. Pastures burn, hay suffers, and tobacco planting stalls due to dry weather. Seed germination drops below 50 percent, land remains largely uncultivated, though cotton acreage rises. Strawberry crops are short but other fruits appear less damaged.
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Athens
Tenn
International News Service
Tennessee
W. G. Adsmond
Two Cities United in Georgia County
A womanless wedding joined Columbus and Fort Benning in Georgia. General Briand H. Wells and Judge Frank McLaughlin officiated while Homer Dimon and County Commissioner Rhodes served as bridesmaids. The event aimed to unite fort and city residents and raise funds for boys version Young Men's Christian Association.
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Columbus, Ga
International News Service
Columbus
Fort Benning
Briand H. Wells
Co. Frank McLaughlin
Homer Dimon
Rhodes
Hopkins to establish Institute for Biological Research
Baltimore June 3 Dr M Ames acting president of Johns Hopkins University announced a new research institute to study general problems in science phenomena. The Institute for Biological Research will be directed by Dr Raymond Heart, professor of biometry and vital statistics at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
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Baltimore
M. Ames
Is Hopkins University
Institute For Biological Research
Raymond Heart
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Purifying Remedy Mectice Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement touts mectice as a cure for torpid liver and sluggish bowels. It claims rapid cleansing of bile and a boost of spirit and strength after the first dose. Price 60 cents. Sold at Antwerp's.
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Antwerp’s
There Was a Girl
Dr. Charles F. Hastings a New York physician formerly famous for treating injuries chose to repair toys in Erie. After a breakdown and seven years in an asylum his mother left him fifty thousand dollars revealing his secret identity as John Hugh and his toy hospital for local children.
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Erie
Charles F. Hastings
New York
John Hugh
Pittsburgh
Nationalista Party Keeps Control in Philippine Elections
Manila reports the nationalista-consolidate party retains governance after elections, winning a majority in both houses of the legislature. Noted leaders include Senators Manuel Quezon and Serges Osmes.
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Manila
A.P
Nationalista-Consolidate Party
Manuel Quezon
Surgeis Osmes
House defeats tariff revision amendment in Commons vote
Ottawa June 3 by 110 vote margin the house of commons rejected an amendment from Arthur Meighen seeking immediate tariff revision on a definite and consistent protective basis. The tally was 37 for and 147 against.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Arthur Meighen
Students Walk Out Over College President Change
Juniors and seniors from Little Rock college walked out of the assembly in protest of Rev. James P. Moran becoming president, replacing Rev. Albert L. Fletcher. The bishop ordered the personnel change. Fletcher shifts to vice chancellor and leaves active teaching duties. Moran is performing president duties amid the walkout and athletic favoritism allegations.
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Little-R . Atk
Uating
Little See Ay
James P. Moran
Albert L. Fletcher
Father Moran
Borglum to Design $100,000 Old Trail Drivers Memorial
Gutzon Borglum, renowned for Stone Mountain, signed a contract to design and erect a $100,000 memorial statue for the Old Trail Drivers in Texas. The plan features a bronze horseman atop a granite base, with placement proposed for Alamo Plaza in San Antonio. The contract awaits formal approval from the association’s auxiliary.
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Alamo Plaza
Graduation Exercises at West Point to Be Led by Dwight Davis
West Point will distribute diplomas at the June 12 graduation in the absence of President Coolidge and Secretary Weeks. Assistant Secretary of War Dwight Davis will oversee the ceremony, as announced.
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West Point
N. Y
A.P
Coolidge
War Weeks
United States Military Academy
Dwight Davis
OConnor Advocates Selling U S Ships
T W OConnor of the United States Shipping Board urged selling useless ships for junk and transferring serviceable vessels to private owners. He told the Marine Writers Society the plan follows orders from the American business public and that public ownership supports modern diesel propulsion if buyers invest. He noted growing public weariness with shipping issues and limited interest beyond bathing purposes.
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New York
A. P
T. W. O'Connor
United States Shipping Board
Marine Writers’ Society
O'Connor
Hughes denies aiding UMW in injunction fight
In Wheeling West Virginia T C Townsend chief counsel for the United Mine Workers and Howard Voitle dispute a dispatch claiming Charles Evans Hughes offered to aid in injunction court battles. Hughes denied the report on his arrival in New York from Bermuda. Townsend says he never made such a statement and Voitle says Townsend supplied the quotes.
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Wheeling
West Va
A.P
Charles Evans Hughes
United Mine Workers
T.C. Townsend
West Virginia
Howard Voltle
Hughes
New York
Bermuda
Townsend
Voitlé
Woilie
Enoch L White Dies in Paris Boulevard Fatality
Washington attorney Enoch L White died suddenly in a Paris boulevard incident. He carried no passport and for a time his identity was unknown. White had handled legal matters for Mrs Woodrow Wilson and had been in Paris a week. His body will be returned to America.
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Paris
Enoch L. White
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
America
Correspondents say they were treated courteously aboard Patoka
Rear Admiral Louis M. Ware and Captain George E. Meyers expressed surprise at newspaper claims of discourtesy during boarding of the dirigible Los Angeles from the Patoka. After two flights over Washington and the Naval Academy the Los Angeles moored to the Patoka at seven last night.
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Annapolis
Louis M. Ware
United States, Naval Academy
George E. Meyers
Los Angeles
Washington
City
Academy Grounds
Navy Lieutenant Rohow Convicted in Port Navy Court Martial
U S Navy Lieutenant Rohow, 66, was found guilty by court martial in Norfolk on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and transporting liquor. He testified that liquor theft guards were involved and that he wore packages for marine officers believing no contraband was involved.
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Norfolk
Fred M. Rohow
Ae Tan
Rohow
Port Ile
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