Blackfoot man blames porter in car tragedy
A Blackfoot Idaho insurance man says the colored porter R L Knox failed to arouse passengers aboard a Union Pacific tourist sleeper burned near Las Vegas. Five people died in the dawn fire on the Los Angeles to Salt Lake City run. investigations by coroner and railroad officials seek cause and responsibility.
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Blackfoot
Porter
Lake Day
RK. M. Jepson
Brigham City
Utah
Idaho
Jepson
Honolulu
Hugh M. Cleland
Pullmane
R. L. Knox
Las Vegas
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Crystal Siding
Mrs. King
Salt Lake City Hospital
W. H. McCreery
Riverside
Calif
Atkinson
Crystal
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Weather Tonight and Friday Outlook
Concluded on page 9 weather forecast calls for generally fall conditions tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures expected in the northern portion.
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Utah
Explosions Wreck LA Building. Police Find Dynamite
A two story east LA building housing a west coast theatre and other businesses was partially wrecked by five dynamite blasts. The roof collapsed after a sixth blast. No injuries reported. Police found nine more dynamite sticks inside, gasoline traces, and several matches. Candy store owner William Graham was arrested after eighty eight sticks were found on his premises.
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Los Angeles
William Graham
Graham
Central Police Station
Cline
Borah and Randell Plan Dissent on McNary Farm Bill
Senators Borah of Idaho and Randell of Louisiana said in the Senate they would vote against the McNary farm relief bill. Borah argued the proposed board would wield too sweeping powers to impose equalization fees.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Ransdell
Louisiana
Senate
Drinks Served During Primary District Speech
Washington June 17 K M Updegraf, former Pittsburgh prohibition agent, testified before the house alcoholic liquor traffic committee that before the Pennsylvania primaries you could get a drink in any saloon in Pittsburgh, with a Pepper Fisher campaign sign outside.
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Washington
K. M. Updegraf
Prohibition
Pittsburgh
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Pennsylvania
Pepp I‘isher
Soviet Crowd Defies Britain in Red Square Protest
A large Moscow crowd gathered in Red Square shouting defiance at Britain over a note on transferring Russian funds. Demonstrators marched to the square and sang revolutionary anthems in protest of the British stance.
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Great Britain
Moscow
Red Square
President Signs Forest Reserve Measures
President Coolidge signed a trio of bills adding lands to the Washakie National Forest in Wyoming extending forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona and extending relief to settlers on the Fort Rock Indian Reservation in Montana.
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Washington
Coolidge
Washakie National Forest
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Fort Rock Indian Reservation
Montana
Bill approved to authorize leasing of Indian lands
The House Indian Affairs Committee approved the Hayden bill to authorize leasing of unallotted irrigable lands on Indian reservations. Leases would be for farming purposes with consent of the tribal council or other body representing Indians.
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Washington
Dune
House
Indian Affairs Committees
Campaign Expenditures Reported in Saidleman Gubernatorial Bid
Norrisburg Pa June 17 The KEEB Baidleman statewide campaign committee reported receipts of 12806275 and expenditures of 11909203 for Edward Saidleman in the Republican gubernatorial race. This marked the final day for filing expense accounts of political committees.
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Campagn
Norrisburg
KEEB
Baidleman
Edward ¥. Saidleman
Papal legate greeted by Chicago crowds in grand procession
Cardinal Bonzano arrives in Chicago with eight church princes and sixty prelates for Eucharistic ceremonies. Thousands line the route, with 1 000 Knights of Columbus and 1 000 firemen aiding escort as 100 000 spectators surge along Michigan Avenue despite police action.
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Chicago
Cardinal Bonzano
Illinois Central Station
Cathedral of the Holy Name
Cardinal Mundelein
William E. Dever
Robert M. Sweetser
Grant Park
Knights of Columbus
Baldric
Michigan Avenue
Art Institute
Resolution Calls for Adjournment of Congress
Washington dispatch reports a resolution proposing adjournment of Congress on Saturday, June 26, to be called up in the House next Monday by Rep Tilson or Rules Committee Chair Snell. The note cites a pending sine die adjournment move and names the likely sponsors.
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Washington
Congress
House
Tilson
Snell
Rules Committee
Baseball results from today's games in Boston Brooklyn New York and St Louis
Scores and line scores from games involving St Louis against Boston and Chicago and New York against Pittsburg Philadelphia and Cleveland and Detroit with details on runs hits and errors. Notable emphases include St Louis performances at Boston and Brooklyn and Chicago heavy scoring by Brooklyn and New York pitchers and fielding notes for each clash.
Magee Freed On Manslaughter Charge
Carl C. Magee, a noted New Mexico political figure, was cleared of manslaughter after a directed verdict. Lasseter, a highway engineer, was killed by a shot intended for Judge David J. Leahy, who admitted involvement in the altercation. Leahy was wounded in the other shot. The judge ruled the defense motion for a directed verdict and removed the case from a bilingual jury.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Stormy Petrel
New Mexico
John B. Lasseter
Highway Department
Lasseter
David J. Leahy
Magee
Leahy
Agreseur
Luis EB. Armijo
Briand Faces Hurdles In Forming National Union Cabinet
Paris June 17 Recruiting of Briand tenth cabinet advances amid doubts as former premier Poincare and radical Herriot may join. Briand plans fresh talks at 6 pm with both, while Louis Marin’s possible inclusion and Poincare conditions on finance ministry loom. Herriot again resists joining the national union cabinet.
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Paris
Briand
Poincare
Herriot
National Union
M. Briand
Louis Marin
Bloc
Quai d’Orsay
M. Marin
M. Poincare
Finance
Edouard Jerriott
Radical Party
Pemier Briand
Bourbons Still Talk Fusion in Idaho Meetings
Boise reports growing interest in a series of Idaho meets led by Democratic state chairman Les Dillingham. Attendees discuss coalition with Progressives but the majority across three meetings oppose it and favor a full Democratic ticket. No practical plan under Idaho election laws has emerged.
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Boise
Idaho
Les Dillingham
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Twin Palla
Million Foot Tank Explodes in Evansville
Evansville Indiana, June 17 a million foot capacity tank of artificial gas at the Southern Tidiatia Gas and Electric company exploded this afternoon causing damage estimated in the thousands. No fatalities were reported.
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Evansville
Ind
Tidiatia Gas and Electric Company
Army air observers perform high leap to safety from burning plane
Lieutenant James T. Mutchinson and BP. H. Stanley leapt to safety from a burning aircraft about a thousand feet above the village of Osborne in a dramatic day incident during daylight in Dayton Ohio.
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Dayton
James T. Mutchinson
BP. H. Stanley
Army Air Aervies
Oborne
Rogers Named Rotary Head at 17th International Convention
Harry H. Rogers of San Antonio Texas was elected unanimously president of Rotary International after Arthur H. Sapp withdrew on the second ballot at the seventeenth annual convention in Denver. Also nominated were seven U S directors with Canada and Britain represented by single nominees.
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Denver
Harry H. Rogers
San Antonio
Texas
Rotary International
Arthur KH. Sapp
Rogers
Thomas Davis
Butte
Arthur H. Sapp
Huntington
Ind
Davis
Rotary
Wheatland
Avalde and Northern Railroad
Lockport
N. Y
K. Guernsey
Orlando
Fla
Frank L. Beyton
Kansas City
Edward F. Flynn
St. Paul
Calgary
Cannox W. Thompson
Liverpool
Rupert F. Chapin
Chicago
No Money Spent By Brookhart in the Primary Race
Des Moines June 17 Smith W Brookhart's campaign for the Republican nomination for the U S senate shows personal costs of zero and 444 56 of 1954 44 contributed to state headquarters remain in his expense filing. Most contributions came through the Wheeler defense committee. Expenses were covered in many cases by farm and labor committees where he spoke.
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Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
United States Senate
Brookhart
Wheeler Defense Committee
D Costa Assumes Control Portugal After Coup
Lisbon June 17 General G Envs da Costa, a coup leader, has placed himself at the head of the government. He previously held war and colonies in the May government and asserted power after a military demonstration he viewed as support for his takeover.
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Lisbon
Genvws da Costa
Portugal
General da Costa
Cabecadas
British government confirms Soviet export rules waived
London reports the home secretary said that the Soviet government waived its money export regulations during the recent strike to Hoagland. He added that Britain does not plan to withdraw recognition of the Soviet government at present.
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London
William Joyngon Hicks
House of Commons
Fifteen Die As Wasington Express Collides In Blairsville Crash
Fifteen people including four train crew and eleven passengers were killed when the Cincinnati Limited plowed into the Washington Express near Blairsville. The official Pittsburgh list names engineers, firemen, baggage masters, a general Erie agent, a Mellon Institute expert and passengers.
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Pittsburg
Washington Express
Cincinnati Limited
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Latrobe
Derry
Gordon
N. L. Hollingsworth
Greensburg
Gordon's
KE. A. McConnell
Altoona
A. McLees
New York City
Edwin G. Donaghan
T. F. Farrell
Orange
N. J
A. St. Dinamore
Columbus
Peter Spanos
Massillon
Ohio
William Brooke Durmoody
Wilkinsburg
Duremoody
Thomas J. Porter
Washington
Claude Smiles
Cincinnati
Veterans Granted Extra Time to Reinstate Insurance
Boise reports that World War veterans who let their war risk insurance lapse may reinstate and convert under a 1927 amendment. C. H. Hudelson of the Idaho bureau says the window extends to July 2 1927 and allows a five year level premium term policy exchangeable for other government plans within five years.
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Boise
C. H. Huderson
Bureau
State of
Idaho
Toay
Hudelson
Veterans Bureau
International eucharistic congress slated for Sydney 1928
Official announcement stated the twenty ninth international eucharistic congress would be held in Sydney Australia in 1928. The reference notes Chicago June 17 AP report.
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Chicago
Sydney
Australia
Bull Movement on Stock Market
A strong bull movement began today in New York shares with substantial trading. U S Steel hit a historic high around 139.5 and General Motors rose to a yearly peak near 147. Trading volume topped 15 million shares before 1 p.m.
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New York
Celine
Senate weighs farm relief amid campaign investigation
The Day in Washington reports farm relief moves ahead of the Senate as investigators continue work. Rivers and harbors bill hearings and related advertisements are noted in the session coverage.
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Senate
Rivers and Harbors
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Detroit
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