MacMillan Brings Ninth Pole Expedition Home
Jonald MacMillan returns from his Arctic voyage to Dead Man's Cove aboard the Bow and Peary relief vessel. Governor Brewster and navy officials join relatives to honor the crew, including Dr. Walter Koeltz who collected 1,500 Arctic specimens. MacMillan cites undiscovered lands, Norse ruins, and plans for a scientific station in Greenland and Labrador.
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Island
Brewster
United States Navy
MacMillan
Reece
Greenland
Furér
Labrador
Lansdowne Family Mourns Death Tied to Shenandoah Case
Washington dispatch reports the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Knox Lanseder and Commander Zachary Lansdowne announced in a Greenville Ohio telegram. The message follows Mrs. Lansdowne's testimony before a naval court investigating the Shenandoah wreck and the killing of Commander Lansdowne and crew members.
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Washington
A.P
Elizabeth Knox Lanseder
Zachary Lansdowne
Greenville
Ohio
Bei Sng
Zachary
Naval Court
Shenandoah
Lansdowne
Substantial Wheat Gain Reported in Northern Hemisphere
The culture department announced a substantial rise in wheat yields across 28 foreign countries in the northern hemisphere. Total yield was placed at 2,000,000 bushels, up from 1,700,000 last year. The U.S. output was estimated at 2,851,000 bushels, up from 2,631,000,000 last year, while Hungary, Ruwikde, and Bulgaria showed a combined 308,408,000 bushels versus 262,819,000 last year.
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A.P
United States
Hungary
Debt Commission Reaches Funding Deal On Czecho Slovak Debt
Washington reports the Czecho Slovak debt commission has agreed with American debt negotiators to a lump sum settlement of 115 million dollars. The deal shortens the 62 year term and reduces the principal by about 2.68 million dollars while setting annual payments around 8 million for the first 18 years and over 6 million thereafter. Total repayment estimated at 300 million dollars. Separate talks with Romania appear unlikely to conclude soon as Romanian officials anticipate a Cherbourg arrival.
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Washington
A.P
Caecho-Slovakian Debt Commission
Ceeeho-Sidrakiah
United States
Jne
Rumania
Bucharest
Rumanian
Weeks to Return to Cabinet Hovering Over Health
President Coolidge expects Secretary Weeks to attend the cabinet meeting next Tuesday after Weeks returned to Washington from a long illness. Reports say Weeks has not fully regained health but remains hopeful to continue in his post despite earlier concerns.
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Washington
A.P
Weeks
Clash Between Two High Courts Likely
New York appellate division may clash with Indiana federal court over the $7 5 million trust payout to Edith Rockefeller McCormick from John D Rockefeller’s fund. In Asheville North Carolina a wholesale roundup targets alleged baseball operators as nine arrested on lottery charges. bond considered at $2 00.
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New York
N. Y
A.P
Supreme Court of
New York State
Federal Court of Indiana
Appellate Division
Told F. McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Asheville
N.C
J. Ba Swain
Aolicitor Swain Eald
Dentist's Pirate Tale On San Francisco Yacht Race Ordeal
Dr Painless Parker recounts a four month voyage in a yacht race from San Francisco to Tahiti and back. Mutinies, plotting to throw him overboard, handcuffed rioters, becalmed seas and near starvation mark a perilous journey with Parker rescuing the crew and surviving on meager rations.
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NEA
San Francisco
Painless Parker
Chile
Parker
San Franciscco
Honolulu
Tahiti
Richard Eatoh
Jett
Prohibition Shakeup Delayed in Kentucky and Tennessee
A circular from Sam Collins, prohibition administrator for Tennessee and Kentucky, postpones the October 15 resignations of agents. Resignations already received are held for a later date. The notice, dated October 8, comes from Louisville headquarters. The article also notes German scientists creating ultra thin leaves of gold and nickel.
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Lexington
Prohibition
Dave
Kentucky
Tennessee
Sam Collins
Cient
Louisville
Episcopalians Debate Prayer Book as Brown Controversy Looms
The 48th Episcopal General Convention in New Orleans weighs the book of common prayer while Bishop William Montgomery Brown faces a church verdict for heresy. Brown seeks a federal injunction to block sentence and potential removal from the House of Bishops as a writ against the body is planned.
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New Orleans
A.P
William Montgomery Brown
Arkapeds
Episcopal Church
United States
Brown
House of Bishops
Btelbert Talbot
Talbot
Covention Hall
PELLAGRA Cured Book Offer With Free Symptoms List
Public health notice promotes a free 50 page booklet from Dr. W J McCrary Inc detailing pellagra symptoms and cures. It urges readers with tiredness headaches skin eruptions mouth throat symptoms and digestive issues to request the mailed copy. The ad lists contact details and department information.
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W. J. McCrary, Inc
Carban
Navy air service defended at Honolulu luncheon
Theodore D. Robinson, assistant secretary, defended the naval air service and backed Pearl Harbor as a naval station. He said aviation development belongs to the nation, not to any single man, and stressed Hawaii’s role in U S defense. He defended Pearl Harbor upgrades and noted past aviation milestones and Arctic expedition remarks.
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Honolulu
Théodore D. Robinson
Naval Air Service
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Army
Navy
Hawaii
United States
Pearl Harbor
Congress
MacMillan
Los Angeles
Bermudas
Fifteen Die As Italian Train Plunges From Damaged Bridge
A violent Calabria storm swept a passenger train from a bridge into the Ponsa river. Fifteen perished, another bridge vanished, and a wrecking engine sent to assist fell into the stream but its engineer and fireman were saved.
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Rome
Calabria
Ponsa
Tribe families forced to give up in Madrid report
The war office communiqué says 500 Mt. Alva tribe families submitted to Spanish rule. General Naulin notes cleansing campaigns in the Ceuta sector continue.
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Madrid
A.P
War Office
Mt. Alva
Naulin
Ceuta
Suffragan Bishops Privilege Debate At Conference
Bishop Manding of New York presents a recommendation sparking discussion on extending voting rights to suffragan bishops. The fourth day features corporate communion for demconesses, a holy commission by the Daughters of the King, and sessions for the Church Service League deaconesses with bishops to attend evening dinners.
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Manding
New York
Daughters of the King
Church Service League
Aviators Paint Black Buffalo Emblem on Morocco Front Planes
American pilots fighting on the Morocco front display a black buffalo insignia on their aircraft. The symbol marks unit identity and morale as operations continue against Axis forces.
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Morocco
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