Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole Flight Disaster Report
King's Bay Spitzbergen June 20 The last Amundsen Ellsworth plane is believed crushed in sea ice and may drift to Greenland. Returnees recount a forced landing after engine failure and a perilous salvage attempt, with Lincoln Ellsworth aiding survivors Omdahl and Ombahl in near drowning rescue.
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King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Greenland
Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Liieutenant Riiser Larsen
Carl Feucht
Lief Diet, Chson
Oskar Ombhahl
Wechanic
Lincoln Ellsworth
Omdah
Customs guard slain by woman in San Francisco
Mrs Elsie Lotte and Mrs Frank Howard, sharing a downtown apartment, surrendered to police at sunrise and were charged with killing Albert Anderson, a U S customs guard. Anderson's body was found in the apartment house elevator last Sunday night after a claim he was slain in their apartment. Howard said she stabbed him after he became abusive. she met him in the street following a flirtation.
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San Francisco
Elsie Lotte
Frank Howard
Albert Anderson
United States
Anderson
Hall of Justice
Examiner
Six Police Killed In Two Weeks In Chicago Bandit Wave
Chicago police grapple with a spate of killings as Patrolman Patrick McGovern fell to three bandits who escaped with a $5000 messenger haul. The sixth officer slain in two weeks, George Haney the messenger, was found with letters from men with police records. Prosecutor Trowe planned indictments for Walter Krauser who killed Bernard Grant. Grant faces a pending August hanging after an attack in the county jail visitors room.
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Chicago
Patrick McGovern
McGovern
George Haney
Haney
Robert B. Trowe
Walter Krauser
Bernard Grant
Grant
Krauser
Clara Hamon Gorman granted divorce from John W Gorman
Mrs Clara B Gorman formerly Clara Smith Hamon won an interlocutory divorce from film director John W Gorman alleging mental cruelty The couple married in November 1921 and separated last November The prior murder acquittal of Jake Hamon was noted in Ardmore Oklahoma in 1919.
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Los Angeles
Clara B. Gorman
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Ardmore
Okla
John W. Gorman
Cutter Haida in race with death to Cordova
Cutter Haida of the United States coast guard has left Dutch Harbor at full speed bound for Cordova Alaska a thousand miles away carrying Lieutenant Commander W Scammell who is said to be near death from hernia and malarial fever the mission follows a dangerous journey to reach the patient in time for treatment.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Haida
United States Coast Guard
Cordova
W. Scammell
Lover Paces Punishment In Unfolding New York Case
Dorothy Perkins 17 faces five to fifteen years for slaying Thomas Templeton. Michael Connors 40, a married man, may face charges of criminal assault after Perkins preferred him. Connors is already serving a sentence for wife beating. Auburn prison term begins in abeyance as the case develops.
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Thomas Templeton
Michael Connors
McDonald
Connors
Gtria
Auburn
New Plans for Enforcement of Day Amendment
Washington June 22 AP reorganizes prohibition enforcement by dividing the nation into 22 federal districts along federal judicial lines. Each district gets a prohibition administrator with two assistants, a chemist and a counsel to coordinate enforcement and cooperate with local authorities. The plan, effective August 1, emphasizes stopping sources of supply and will place Hawaiian Islands and Porto Rico each as districts.
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Washington
Thes Treasury
Treasury
Andrews
Mellon
Blair
Internal Revenue and Prohibition
Haynes
Mie
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Commission of Internal Revenue
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Customs Service
Boson
New York
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Atlentc
New Orleans
Louisville
Coluv Ys
Detroit
St. Janis
Chicago
Mineapolis
Omaha
Fort Worth
Beaver
Helena
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Honolun
San Juan
Chief Executive Paves Way For Tax Reduction
A public address stresses trimming nonessential federal programs and keeping spending within legitimate federal obligations. General Lord urges economy in next year’s budget planning as the Budget Bureau tightens control, while quips about bureaucratic reforms and political figures punctuate the commentary.
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Lord
Budget Bureau
Indian Slayers Given Penitentiary Sentences
In a courtroom recount, Superintendent Donner praises court handling while blaming liquor for driving the youths to crime. He notes the white man who supplied the liquor bears responsibility, urges leniency considering the boys’ youth. The trial centered on recent violent acts attributed to the accused.
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Tendoy
Donner
French Prepare to Leave Ruhr Evacuation Planned by Aug 15
Paris announces that French operatives will begin evacuating the Ruhr within a short time in line with the Painleve government measures. The move aims to withdraw to the line of Oberhausen Mulheim and Kettwig by August 15, fulfilling Herriot era commitments. Deliberations continue in Berlin over the Western union security pact as German and French officials discuss the note.
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Paris
Ruhr
Council of Ministers
Painleve
France
Ksysen
Herriot
Oberhausen
Mulheim
Kettwig
Skuhr
von Hoesch
Briand
Germany
Berlin
Stresemann
de Margerie
M. Briand
Profits Netted by Major Crops in Willington
The 1924 Department of Agriculture report shows farm costs and sale values for wheat corn oats and potatoes across Willington and the north central states. Wheat cost 1.22 per bushel with 1.43 sale value. corn 0.82 cost vs 1.10 value. oats 0.50 cost vs 0.57 value. potatoes averaged 40.0 per acre cost and 143.09 per acre sale value. The report notes soft corn reduced husking and that margins varied by region.
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Willington
Department of Agriculture
North Central Group of States
Giant World War II Vet Visits Disabled Veterans Meet
Omaha June 23 AP William Villancourt a six foot six inch tall delegate weighing 800 pounds tops all at the disabled American veterans convention in Chicago. He served ten years in the regular army but was deemed too big for overseas duty. He notes his weight jumped from about 225 pounds on enlistment and recalls going eight months without shoes in Yuma Arizona due to government red tape.
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Omaha
Neb
William Villancourt
Chicago
Vaillancourt
Vilancourt
Yuma Atiz
Seek injunction over tax seizure in Elk Hills district
An application for a temporary injunction was presented to Federal Judge Paul McCormick to restrain Kern county assessor from seizing property in the Elk Hills district. The action arises from a dispute between the government and the Doheny oil interests over a $51,000 tax claim.
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Dos Angeles
June
Paul McCormick
Kern County
Elk Hills
Doheny
Parliamentarian Notes Germany Relies on France Alliance
A parliamentarian stated that Germany is the only country not currently seeking concessions from France, highlighting an unusual moment in Franco German relations. The remark underscores a shift in the two nations' diplomatic dynamic and potential quiet cooperation.
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Germany
France
Knight Arrested in Girs Attack Near Onyx
William Henry Knight was arrested by Deputy Sheriff L. J. Moss at a construction camp near Blackfoot and jailed on a charge of assaulting a girl he reportedly lured for a ride Monday night near Onyx. The victim, who was treated after the attack, was found along the road and later returned home.
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William Henry Knight
L. J. Moss
Blackfoot
Knight
Onyx
Chas. Hell
Pocatello
Lava Hot Springs
German sympathy appeals reach Berlin students from Peking
A bundle of appeals proclamations and hand bills sent by air to enlist German sympathy for the movement in China arrived in Berlin from Peking university students. The documents took eleven days in transit and bitterly denounced England and Japan as Berlin communists staged a large pro Chinese demonstration yesterday.
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Berlin
China
Deutschland Algemeine Zeitung
Peking University
England
Japan
Cigar Buyer Recommends Life Savers with Smokes
A shopper notes Life Savers are useful with cigars, offering a fresh mouth feel between smokes. Five cent packages come in six flavors, making each smoke taste better.
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