Wilkins Abandons Arctic Trip Amid Fog Risks
Fairbanks Alaska June 8 Captain George H Wilkins ending this year s Arctic effort due to foggy conditions over the Arctic Ocean He and his party plan to leave for the United States and may resume explorations next year Wilkins previously flew north from Fairbanks to Point Barrow and 149 miles beyond along with Ben Eilson and Alger Graham in three attempts to probe lands between Point Barrow and the North Pole
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George H. Wilkins
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
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Point Barrow
States
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North Pole
Alaskan
Pole
Ben Eilson
Alger Graham
Detroit
Greenland
Kent School Crew Heads to Henley Regatta in England
Kent Connecticut sends its undefeated crew of sixteen boys, headmaster, the Rev Ham Sill, and G Fred Hawkins Jr aboard the Berengaria from New York. In England they will stay with Lord Beaver Brook and use shells provided for practices and races.
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Kent School
England
Ham Sill
G. Fred Hawkins Jr
New York
Lord Beaver Brook
Yankees and Pirates Lead as MLB Power Surges Across Leagues
The Yankees defeated the White Sox 4 to 1 aided by Ruths 18th homer and Gehrigs 14th while Pat Collins added a run. Pirates beat the Giants 8 to 6 as Depp?led hitting paces a National League win. Reds, Red Sox, Braves, Senators also win amid varied results and a flare up in a Gaston confrontation.
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Gehrig
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Waite Hoyt
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Clancy
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Brooklyn
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Collard
L. Sewell
Marberry
Ruel
Tate
Cubs Rally Past Robins 7 6 To Take Opener
In Chicago, June 8, the Cubs bunched five eighth inning hits to score three runs and overtake Brooklyn 7 to 6. The Robins loaded the bases in the ninth but Butler hit into a double play with one out.
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Tiptenary Ark
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Hartnett
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Pruett
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Schulte
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San Philadelphia
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van Gilder
Schanz
Willis
Gray
Grove
Cochrane
Stewart McLean stops Williams in last round
St Paul featherweight Stewart McLean stopped Johnny Williams of Salt Lake in the final round of a six round bout in San Francisco. McLean dominated with hard rights and lefts while Williams showed his best effort in the first round. Louie Andrews defeated Joe Terris in a six round decision in Oakland. Otto Von Porat outpointed Sally Montgomery before 15,000 in Minneapolis, the largest boxing crowd there.
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Stewart McLean
St. Paul
Johnny Williams
Salt Lake
McLean
Wiilliams
Williams
Louie Andrews
Memphis
Tenn
Joe Terris
Oakland
Minneapolis
Otto von Porat
Norway
Sally Montgomery
Chicago
Morgan Sees Postponed Bout After Rain Soaks Seattle
In Seattle on June 8 the six round bout between Ted Morgan, the world junior lightweight champion, and Sally Seeman was postponed from Tuesday to Friday night due to rain.
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Ted Morgan
Sally Seeman
Notable Elopements and Heights Reach Across Nations
A patchwork of brief items notes a bosun chair atop an eight story hotel, a baby born to Mr and Mrs Reynolds, and Philips Carlin's airborne broadcast from the Washington Monument. Other notes cover elopements in New York from 1886 to 1905 and Christopher Mathew junior’s Bucknell graduation, plus artist William Hurd adapting after paralysis.
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Steeplechase
Keely
Lewisburg
John Heydler
National League
New York
Christopher Mathewson, Jr
Bucknell
Matty
Big Fish Caught by McCammon Boy
Terrell Lish phones Portneuf River prize inquiry as 7 year old brother Erick catches a rainbow trout about 21 inches long, weighing around five pounds, within city limits. Local sportsmen had planted rainbow fingerlings years earlier, explaining the fish’s appearance and size.
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Mr. Nash
P. V. Nash
Nash
Portneuf
Terrell Lish
Roderick
Terrell
Archie Egbert
Hoover Now a Doctor of Law at Cornell College
Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce and native Iowan, received his first degree from an Iowa institution. Cornell College awarded him the Doctor of Laws at commencement. Hoover was born in West Branch Iowa, about 25 miles from Cornell College.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Cornell College
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary Hoover
Westbranch
C M T C Candidates to Travel in Style
Washington June 8 AP Candid ates for the citizens military training camps will travel in style this summer under new arrangements by the war department. If they travel on army transports they will receive the same accommodations as army officers and if by rail they will occupy lower berths instead of tourist cars. Those who go by commercial steamer will have the usual staterooms.
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Washington
War Department
Aerial Tests for Prohibition Men
Washington on June 8 reports plans to examine aerial applicants for 200 new prohibition department positions. Tests follow written exams to reveal character judgment and quickness of action. Civil service records show nineteen thousand applications filed.
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Washington
Department of Prohibition
Civil Service Commission
Major League Leaders From The AP June 7
National leaders include Harris Pirates with a .444 batting average and Wright Pirates 66 hits. Hornsby Giants tops doubles with 15. P Waner Pirates 8 triples. Wilson Cubs 10 homers. Cuyler Pirates 16 steals. Pitching Meadows Pirates 8 1. American leaders show Gehrig Yankees .413, Ruth 52 runs, 76 hits, 19 doubles, Ruth 18 homers. Sim mona Athletics 8 steals. Hudlin Indians 6 1.
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Grantham
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Wilson
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Phillies
Cuyler
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Gehrig
Yanks
Ruth
Oregon Demands Central Railroad Route For State
The Oregon Public Service Commission asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to order Oregon railroads to build an east west line across the state from Harriman to Crescent Lake along the Southern Pacific interior corridor. State officials argued the new line would provide essential service for Oregon business interests and regional commerce.
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Oregon
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Crescent Lake
Suthern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission
State Commission
Rain Benefits Crops in Southern Idaho
A general rainstorm yesterday and today benefited dry farm grain crops across southwestern Idaho. Weather officials report Boise received three tenths of an inch of rain as part of a Pacific Coast storm. Thunderstorms are forecast with mild temperatures continuing.
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Boise
Idaho
United States Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Uniform Policy in Considering Bonds
Securities commissioners from California Oregon Washington Utah and Idaho favor a uniform western policy for approving or disapproving collateral on issued bonds. The two day meeting closed with interchanging information on applicants and Seattle chosen as the 1928 convention city.
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Securities Commissioners
Western District of Securities Commissioners
California
Oregon
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Utah
Idaho
I. Canfield
Idaho Bureau of
Blue Sky” Law
W C T U Leader Surprised by Cham Berlin and Levine Beer Request
Mrs Ella W. Bovel, president of the W.C.T.U., says she is painfully surprised that Cham berlin and Levine asked for beer upon landing in Germany. She believes millions of Americans share her view, noting Lindbergh did not drink in France.
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New York
Ella W. Bovel
Chamberlin
Levine
Germany
Lindbergh
France
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