President Has a Timely Word for Boy Scouts
President Coolidge addressed the Boy Scouts of America convention as honorary president at the White House closing session. Thousands of scouts on the south lawn cheered and tossed hats. Sir Robert Baden-Powell urged a new spirit of mutual goodwill through understanding and friendship between nations. Walter W. Head of Omaha was elected council president, with John T. Wallace Des Moines, Daniel A. Tobin Brooklyn, and Chas. H. Cotting Boston named to the executive board.
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Coolidge
Boy Scouts of America
White House
Robert Baden- Powell
Great Britain
America
Britain
Boy Scout's Council
Walter W. Head
Omaha
Neb
Milton A. McDae
Detroit
John T. Wallace
Des Moines
Daniel A. Tobin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chas. KH. Cotting
Boston
Coolidge Calls Home Life Core Of Scouting Movement
President Coolidge told the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America that the movement cannot replace home and religious influence. He warned that parents must exercise strict parental control and uphold religious values, or no outside force can compensate. He cited concerns about decline in religion, weakening family ties, and discipline affecting reverence for law.
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Washington
Coolidge
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Movement
Railroad properties set for public auction in Montana
Great Falls Montana May 1 sale at public auction in Butte for Cheago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad properties ordered by Judge Charles N. Prey in US district court. Foreclosure litigation by United States Mortgage and Trust company and others with Guaranty Trust company ends. Decree follows similar orders in Chicago and Minneapolis and covers most west line of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul system.
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Mont
Butte
Milwaukee and
Puget Sound
Charles N. Prey
United States District Court
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Chicagos
Minneapolia
Weathen
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad
Vebe Daniels Injured After Fall From Horse
Motion picture star Vebe Daniels was renting a carriage after a fall from her horse in Central Park. The incident caused a slight shock but no serious injuries reported.
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Debe
House
New York
Vebe Daniels
Centewl Park
Quiet May Day Across United States Surprises None
May Day passed peacefully in Chicago with a mass meeting at the Coliseum led by Wm. Z. Foster Wm. Montgomery Brown and Nancy Sandewsky. In New York extra police guarded officials as 55 000 attended a Cooper Union rally where radicals spoke and police reported no disturbance.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Workers’ Communist Party
Wm. Z. Foster
Trade Union Educational League
Wm. Montgomery Brown
Protestant Episcopal Church
Nancy Sandewsky
Passaic
New York
Cooper Union
Glendive Launches Seventeenth Montana Daily The Free Lance
Glendive Montana May 1 The Evening Free Lance of Glendive will begin Monday as Montana seventeenth daily paper. Editor and publisher is J R Widmyer known for the Montana Free Will Lance weekly started in 124. The Free Lance was elected a member of the Associated Press and will be served by that organization.
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Mont
Evening
Free Lance
Montana
J. R. Widmyer
Montana Free Will Lance
The
Associated Preas
Montana Failies
Donkey Beats Elephant in Congressional Baseball Contest
Washington May 1 Congress adjourned as house Republicans and Democrats played at American League park. The donkey beat the elephant 12 to 9 in a seven inning affair marked by lively arguing and a bid auction. Sol Bloom won a 600 autographed ball with proceeds going to the women’s congressional club.
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Elephant
Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
Sol Bloom
New York
Coolidge
Nick Altrock
Washington Nationala
Bloom
Congressional Club
Chicago Gang Victims Buried Amid Turbulent Inquest
The bodies of three machine gun victims from Chicago's gang warfare were laid to rest as officials wrestled with probes and political tensions. Coroner's jurors postponed inquest amid illness of counsel while Oscar Wolff cited delays. McSwiggin received full honors, with Doherty and Duffy's funerals conducted more modestly.
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Chicago
Nintieth
Robert E. Crowe
Oscar Wolff
John J. Healy
Healy
Charles 8. Deneen
United States
Illinois
Crowe
William McSwiggin
Students’ Training Corps
James J. Doherty
Thomas Duffy
McSwiggin
Prosperity predicted for Boise valley by Chamber of Commerce
The Boise chamber of commerce reports a 1 870 964.09 rise in bank deposits and a 610 993.01 increase in clearings for Boise banks, an 80 percent boost in US bonds held, and a 210 percent rise in produce shipments. It forecasts a year of prosperity aided by a larger lamb crop and milder winter.
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Mayo
Boise
United States
Boise Chamber of Commerce
Boise Valley
Solid iron ball at core of earth debate heats up
Washington reports at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union that a solid iron nickel core nearly 4000 miles thick may replace crust float theories. Scientists cite a surface crust about thirty six miles deep and discuss the earth's origin from solar atmosphere and internal ocean sources.
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Earth
Washington
American Geophysical Union
P. R. Peyl
Bureau of Standards
8. B. Sosman
Geophysi
Cal Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
H. 8
The
Geophysical Laboratory
W. J. Humphreys
Weather Bureau
Date Set For Execution Of John Jurko
Twin Falls May 1 AP John Jurko convicted of first degree murder of W A Vandermark in Twin Falls on June 25 1924 and sentenced to death by hanging will be brought before Judge W A Babcock in district court here on May 14 for resetting of the execution date. Order issued by Judge Babcock on application by J W Taylor county attorney. Copies sent to Emmitt Prost Ada county sheriff and to J W Wheeler warden and Jurko's attorneys.
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Twin Falls
John Jurko
W. A. Vandermark
W. A. Babcock
Babcock
J. W. Taylor
Emmitt Prost
Ada County
J. W. Wheeler
Idaho State Prison
Jurko
State Committee GOP Meets May 29 in Boise Idaho
John McMurray of Oakley chairs Idaho GOP state central committee delegates who met May 20 to set the date and place for the August state convention Invitations have come from Hailey Weiser Coeur d Alene and Twin Falls The meeting also included John Thomas Gooding Republican national committeeman Lloyd Adams Rexburg and Frank Turner Rexburg among others.
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Boise
Idaho
John McMurray
Oakley
Republican State Central Committee
Owyhee Hotel
State Central Committee
Holse
Halley, Weiser
Coeut d'Alene
Twin Falls
John Thomas
Gooding
Hall of Fame to unveil nine American busts in NYU hall
Dr. Robert Underwood Johnson announced the Hall of Fame at New York University will unveil nine busts on May 12. The subjects are Nantel Boone, Edwin Booth, Jonathan Edwards, Augustine Saint Gaudais, Daniel Webster, George Peabody, Ki Whitney, Roger Williams, and Chancellor James Kent.
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New York
New York University
Robert Underwood Johnson
Hall of Fame
Nantel Boone
Mdwits Booth
Jonath « Lwards
Auguany Saint Gaudeis
Daniel Webster
George Peabody
Ki Whitney
Roger Williams
James Kent
Approval for Pension Bill Signed by Coolidge
Washington May 1 President Coolidge signed the pension bill boosting Spanish War veterans and dependents by nearly 19 million dollars annually. He warned against expecting large further appropriations and said tax increases might be needed if government spending rises. The delay was due to financing concerns and the final decision came at the last legal day.
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Washington
Sastre
Coolidge
Twin Falls Candidate Announces for Idaho Attorney General
Frank L. Stephan of Twin Falls announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Idaho attorney general. The former prosecuting attorney of Twin Falls County made the claim in a local interview with the Twin Falls News.
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Twin Palla
Frank L. Stephan
Twin Pall
Elate
Idaho Loses to Washington State in Conference Game
Moscow May 1 Idaho committed four teen errors and Washington State gained 41 10 1 victory as Exley the Cougar left fielder hit two home runs. Idaho had defeated the Cougars in Pullman 4 to 3 yesterday.
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Idaho
Exley
Cougar
Washington State College
University of Idaho
Cougars
Pullman
Idaha
Mitchell
Fields
Stockdale
Rowerton
Six Teams to Open Utah Idaho League May 4
Six teams from intermountain cities prepare to begin the Utah Idaho league season on Tuesday May 4 in a ceremony that includes a street parade and remarks from Governor Dern and local officials. Opening games feature Ogden Gunners Salt Lake Bees Idaho Falls Spuds Twin Falls Irrigators at respective sites with pregame lineups announced.
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Ogden Gunners
Idaho Falls Spuds
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Logan
Billy Orr
Salt Lake
Nielson
Orr
Smacker
Olle
Walbeck
Sherman
Crowley
Offer E
Wood P
Dern
Clarence Neslin
Bees
Ogden
Smith
Shield
Bates
Leakee
Cox
Knoxes
Brieh If
Lampe
Praul P
Ca Zamloch
Idaho Falls
Harry, Riles
Robert Whitzel
Apperson
Baker
Thompson
Zamioech
Rosenberg
Dwyer
Osborne
Fitzgerald
McBride
Hefner
Daglia
Utah
Logan City
Cache County
The
Chamber of Commerce
Kimberly Hosts Southern Idaho Christian Endeavor Officers
In Kimberly Idaho on May 1 delegates from the Conference of Christian Endeavor southern Idaho district elected officers for the year to be installed Sunday. Re elected president was Miss Adna Mae Chapin of Kimberly. Mrs Eva J Smith missionary in India and Mrs Evelyn Browne Bancroft Pacific coast secretary spoke at the Twins PalIe Presbyterial Women’s Missionary society meeting in Twin Falls.
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Kimberly
Idaho
Conference of Christian Endeavor
Adna Mae Chapin
Eva J. Smith
India
Evelyn Browne Bancroft
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
National Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Twins Palle
Miners Strike Triggers Royal Proclamation and Troop Movements
London reports a state of emergency issued by the king as one million miners and five million workers across 268 unions are drawn into a national strike. Troops guard coal districts in South Wales Lancashire and Scotland while talks between cabinet ministers and the union congress seek a path to restart negotiations. The miners reject a 20 percent wage increase tied to an eight hour day, preferring full settlement terms.
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Lancashire
Scotland
Trades Union Congress
Council of the Congress
George Hicks
Ben Tillett
A. Pugh
Downing Street
Goodyear IV Wins Balloon Trophy in Arkansas Race
In Little Rock on May 1 Ward T. Van Orman piloted the Goodyear IV to win the Litchfield trophy and national elimination balloon race for the third consecutive time. The final landing was by United States Army balloon S23 at Mount Holly, with Lieutenant William A. Gray aboard S20 reporting a crash in the Kentucky mountains.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ward T. van Orman
United States Army
Mount Holly
Charlotte
William A. Gray
R. BE. Stenbner
Hitchens
Kentucky
Home Word Declared Most Beautiful by Depew at Birthday Dinner
Chauncey M. Depew 92 says the word home is the most beautiful in our language during his Montauk club birthday dinner in New York. He recalls Patti’s encore of Home Sweet Home in London and reflects on life’s value and shared happiness.
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New York
Montauk Club
Sth
London
Patti
Sweet Home
Patt
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