King Winter Visits Pocatello Amid Snowfall
Residents of Pocatello faced a spring snow surge as King Winter brought cold mist and gusty winds. Temperatures hovered around 36 degrees at noon with winds rising to 44 mph and 0.27 inches of precipitation. Idaho Falls reports 0.11 inch moisture and Boise area storms stretch across southern Idaho with continued unsettled, chilly weather.
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Pocatello
King Winter
Old Sol
Boreas
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Snow falls across Utah and Idaho towns
Heavy snow and sleet sweep Ogden Logan and nearby areas as temperatures plunge. Precipitation totals reach about half an inch with frosts threatening fruit and vegetables while crews report damaged branches and scattered power issues in four states.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Logan
Utah
Poca
Idaho
Arrow Escape for Forty Five Miners
Wilkes Barre May 28 A mining disaster at the Glen Alden Co Woodward mine Kingston left many trapped miners in peril. A rescue gang had just reached the workings when a second explosion wrecked the shaft interior. Five men were missing and feared dead as crews worked through the night to recover bodies and reach survivors.
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Wilkes Barre
Woodward
Glen Alden Co
Kingston
Earthquake Felt in Francisco at 12:38 AM
A slight earthquake tremor was felt in the city of Francisco at 12 38 a m. The tremor lasted only a second or two and caused minor excitement among residents.
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Francisco
Lindbergh Bids Au Revoir To Paris Crowd And City Officials
Lindbergh flies from Lebourget field circling the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower before heading to Brussels. In Paris crowds roar as he drops a final message to Paris saying goodbye. Police intervene as the note is fought over by the throng. He leaves Paris at 1:06 p m and vanishes into the northern skies.
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Au Revoir
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Lebourget
Arc de Triomphe
Palace de la Concorde
Effel Tower
Brussels
Belgium
France
Lebourget Field
Poilu
Eiffel Tower
Chamber of Deputies
Place de la Concorde
Lebot
Foreman Saves Miners Lives in Colorado Mine Blast
In Delagua near Victor, Colorado, a mine explosion killed six workers but Foreman Tom Strothers ordered miners to stay in the runways. Four ignored the command and died from carbon monoxide. two were killed outright. Assistant foreman Dan Woods led survivors to safety. The blast stemmed from a broken coupling on a train of pit cars, sending a dust cloud and flames 300 feet from the mine. Flames were put out after about 30 minutes.
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Delagua
Colo
Victor-American Fuel Company
Here
Tom Strothers
Strothers
Tig
Dan Woods
Rail Securities Authorized by I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved more than one hundred million dollars in railroad securities. The Southern Pacific may issue 61.294 million in Oregon line first mortgage bonds and form two existing subsidiaries. The Erie Railroad may issue 50 million in five percent refunding bonds sold at par to refinance debt.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Oregon Line
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Marion & Lind County Railroad
Southern Pacific Securities
Erie Railroad
Erie
Mystery surrounds senate relics including historic ivory gavel
The ivory gavel used by Vice President Dawes and Senator Moses is said to date to the Continental Congress, though its source is uncertain. Two old ballot boxes stored in the president's room are linked to secret ballots once used by the Senate, but details remain unclear. The gavel is kept secure nightly and during recess to preserve it for future sessions.
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Moses
New Hampshire
Continental Congress
Senate
Congress
Stanford Wins Intercollegiate Track Meet at Franklin Field
Stanford dominates the eight of fifteen events to win the intercollegiate track meet at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Sabin Carr of Yale breaks the indoor world pole vault record at 14 feet, with Lee Barnes of Southern California and Sabin Cerr of Yale also clearing 13 feet 9.44 inches. Creth Hines of Georgetown ignites a javelin record at 205 feet 7 1/2 inches, and Bates of Penn State sets a new broad jump standard at 24 feet 8 1/4 inches. Penn State takes second with 27 points, followed by third at 23 1/4 and Southern California fourth with 23 points.
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Secret Trans Atlantic Plane Service Preparations
Boston Traveler reports long running secret preparations for regular trans Atlantic air service using giant liners carrying at least 100 passengers. Boston to be among first ports. details kept from public until now. project backed by engineers financiers and sportsmen after testing heavier than airplanes.
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Boston Traveler
Traveler
America
Lindbergh
Special wires for president to Black Hills trip
Sioux City Iowa May 28 AP reports President Coolidge will vacation in the Black Hills. Western Electric workers depart for Rapid City to install toll board equipment and 22 mile special wires for the president and retinue. Crew to work around the clock to finish by June 15.
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Omaha
Neb
Rebuild Part of Camp Lewis Washington
Washington May 28 AP Reconstruction of the third division at Camp Lewis to support training and division administration is decided by Secretary Davis. Starting July 1 a general staff colonel will be chief of staff and a lieutenant colonel for quartermaster corps, another lieutenant colonel or major as judge advocate, and a captain as sigma officer. Brig Gen Robert Alexander remains division commander. The senior medical officer will serve as division surgeon. An extra 25000 dollars is allocated to convert vacant buildings into officers quarters for the additional staff.
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Quartermaster Corps
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Sigma
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Unsettled Weather Persists Across Regions
A split forecast shows fair conditions in the south while the north remains unsettled. Tonight and Sunday bring rain chances across affected areas with mixed skies and potential showers.
Diver and octopus battle for body of man
Port Townsend Washington May 28 A diver A E Hook fought a giant octopus for an hour fifty feet under water to free the body of H Healey cook on the tug Warren one of five men who went down when the tug sank The other four bodies remain missing and wreckage suggests the tug was rammed by a larger vessel leaving Seattle for Victoria
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A. E. Hook
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Cook
Atlanta
Seattle
Victoria
Presbyterians Raise Fifteen Million Fund
San Francisco May 28 AP The Presbyterian national campaign to raise 15 million dollars for a pension plan for old and disabled ministers missionaries widows and orphans is reported a success with 15 045 000 in hand and more expected Will Hays chairman said the drive covered 30 000 lay volunteers and 110 000 contributing families The plan aims to provide annual pensions of 600 to 2 000 and to become self perpetuating through future payments The assembly noted large bequests and city reports pending final tallies from several states including New York Pennsylvania and California
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Will H. Hays
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Episcopal Church
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Idaho man killed in mine accident in Utah
J F Batch aged 65 a miner at the Utah Delaware mine in Bingham Utah fell 200 feet down a shaft dying in hospital the same day his back was broken and his skull fractured he came from Oakley years ago leaving a widow and five children survivors include his widow and five children.
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Utah
J. F. Batch
Utah-Delaware
Batch
Oakley
Search planned for missing great flyers over Labrador coast
Washington May 28 A navy department advisory says an unofficial air expedition is under consideration to search interior New Foundland and the Labrador coast for missing trans Atlantic flyers Captains Nungesser and Francois Coll.
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New Foundland
Labrador Coast
Prenci
Nungesser
Francois Coll
Navy Department
Northern Pacific seeks Post Falls station closure
Boise, May 28. The Northern Pacific filed with the public utilities commission to close its Post Falls station. The filing cites almost every local family owning a car, the nearby mill closure, suspension of Coeur dAlene Spokane auto bus lines, no passenger business in six months, and freight decline from 4760 to 646 tons.
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Boise
Post Falls
Northern Pacific
Public Utilities Commission
Coeur d'Alene
Spokane
John Drew Stricken. Leaves Stage for Illness in Portland
Portland May 28 John Drew actor was forced to abandon a planned engagement due to illness. He was rushed to San Francisco under physician care with a diagnosis of arthritis.
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Portland
John Drew
San Francisco
Soviets Mobilizing Troops on Far East Frontier
Dispatches from Harbin report Soviet military commanders ordering troop mobilization along the far eastern frontier. Some Soviet quarters view it as a precautionary measure or intimidation rather than imminent Anglo Soviet hostilities. The British consul in Harbin calls the move mainly a threat and not serious.
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Tokio
Harbin
Yankees Beat Senators 8 to 2 in Opener of Doubleheader
Babe Ruth powered the Yankees with a 12th round-tripper of the year as New York defeated Washington 8 to 2 before 25 000 fans in the first game. Meusel also homered for the Yankees as the key early run production set the tone.
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Senators
Meusel
Homer
R. H. E. Washington
Marberry
Ruel
Moore
Collins
Lindbergh greeted by Belgian royalty in Brussels
Captain Lindbergh arrived in Brussels from Paris to a royal reception led by King Albert and Queen Elizabeth. He met the Belgian premier and was welcomed at the Aero club before proceeding to a city review, amid cheering crowds and a bright afternoon. Charles Lindbergh also reportedly received a $10,000-a-day offer from Alexander Pantages for a year of appearances.
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Satay Ofa Pagaens
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
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trans-Atlantic Flier
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Harry M. Knight
Pola Negri Plans Retirement After Paris Honeymoon
New York May 28 AP Miss Pola Negri the film star says she will retire from movies in two years to become thoroughly domestic. She arrives in New York with husband Prince Serge Mdivani on the Aquitania with twenty trunks of wardrobe and costumes for a picture. When asked about being a princess she corrected a reporter calling her princess and the couple proceed to a hotel.
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