Illinois hot campaign tests wets and drys in senate race
In Illinois the Senate campaign opens with the wet and dry factions torn over prohibition. Ruth Hanna McCormick pledges to abide by the November referendum while James Hamilton Lewis and Lottie Holman O Neill back differing lines. Anti-Saloon League and W C T U mobilize against prohibition refer end. Hearings on campaign funds resume Monday as the dispute deepens.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
McCormick
Lottie Holman O'Neill
anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
Charles 5. Deneen
Lewis
Election Riots As Germany Prepares Reichstag Vote
Berlin reports mass police deployment as Germany nears a Reichstag election with about 90 percent of voters expected. Disruptions lead to many arrests and a stabbed officer while polls reopen and the campaign ends amid calls for firm governance to stabilize finances.
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Berlin
Germany
Republic
Nevada Plans Meeting With Mead
Washington September 13 AP On invitation of Governor Balzar of Ne Dr Elwood Mead Commissioner Reclamation will stay in the state for a conference on irrigation development before the Boulder dam ceremonies in Las Vegas September 17 The announcement came from Dr Menad s office detailing a meeting with Senator Odlle Balzar and State Lefor
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Washington
Balzar
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Tate
Boulder Dam
Vegas
Menad
Oddle
Lefo
Ria Sevamgeineet Fir Tae
Idaho Republicans lay plans for active campaign
Idaho Republicans assembled in Boise for a united push to defeat Democratic goals and keep control of state government. Over twenty leaders and most ticket nominees attended at the Owyhee hotel, described as a meeting of harmony with reps from three gubernatorial camps.
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Boise
Idaho
Owyhee
Ralph Scatterday
Caldwell
John McMurray
Addison T
Provisional Government Freeing Radical Deputies in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports the provisional government led by General Uriburu decreed that former President Hipolito Irigoyen remain under Argentine jurisdiction while freeing many radical party deputies. Arrests of officials followed uprisings, with Admiral Hermelo signaling release. A funeral for street clash victims drew large crowds and military honors as about 25 people died in the fighting.
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Buenos Aires
Hipolito Irigoyen
Radical Party
Irigoyen
Jose Francisco Uriburu
Admiral Hermelo
Aviators Stranded Enroute Home After Tour South America
Capt A Yancey and two companions were wrecked and burned on a Bahaman island while returning from a Latin American tour. The trio escaped unharmed. They had departed May 14 from New York traveling through Havana Merida Yucatan Vera Cruz Central America the Canal Zone and the west coast of South America before reaching Buenos Aires for the homeward leg.
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New York
A. Yancey
Bahamas
Latin America
Yancey
Isadore Goldberg
Zeh Bousa
Emil Burgin
Northwest Utah Weather Outlook for Fair Weekend
A weather bulletin notes little temperature change for Sunday and Monday with cloudy unsettled conditions. Expect showers mainly in the north and mild overall temperatures as the pattern holds.
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Utah
Boys burn to death in Oregon house fire near Elgin
Two young sons of a family died in a house fire near Elgin Oregon. One child was four years old and the other nine months. The blaze occurred today and destroyed their home.
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LA Grande
Ore
Pi Ee
Ind
Elgin
Mother Jones Nearing Death After Starvation Struggle
"Mother" Mary Jones, veteran labor crusader for over five decades, lies near death at her Hyattsville Maryland home. Doctors say no organic illness is present and her decline is due to starvation, with life support possible only by strong will and heart. prognosis is grave and if no change occurs she will weaken further.
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Washington
Mary Jones
Hyattsville
Spokane man found guilty of murder in express robbery
George Miller was found guilty of murder in the shooting of John Ivester during a Railway Express agency robbery in Spokane. He was sentenced to hang as the case concluded with the theft of several hundred dollars.
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Spokane
Wash
George Miller
John Ivester
Miller
Ivester
Railway Express Agency
Pershing Remains At Desk On 70th Birthday
General John J. Pershing, retired, marked his 70th birthday at the White House with salutes, telegrams, and greetings from nine generals and President Hoover. He continued work at his desk as head of the Battle Monuments commission and discussed his AEF memoirs with publishers.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
War Department
Hoover
Campbell B. Hodges
White House
Army
Pershing
Battle Monuments Commission
France
Meadville
West Point
Cavalry
St Mihiel
Grim speeches mark sessions at League Nations
Geneva dispatch reports gloomy opening of the eleventh League of Nations Assembly session. C. C. Wu announced China will seek re election eligibility to the council and Motta criticized repeated failures to codify law and advance economic action as pessimism dominates the body's early work.
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Geneva
China
League of Nations Assembly
C. C. Wu
Smith Keavis
Associated Press
League
Giuseppe Motta
Riing
M. Motta
Corti
Neale to Visit Pocatello En Route to Moscow
Dr Mervin G Neale recently named president of the University of Idaho and Southern Branch and his wife were invited by the Pocatello chamber of commerce to stop in town on their journey to Moscow. A telegram said they could not stop now but planned a visit about October first when they would move to Idaho. Dr Neale will be in Moscow Tuesday for the university opening.
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Mervin G. Neale
University of Idaho and Southern Branch
Neale
Pocatello
Extension of Time to Cost State Big Sum
Governor Baldridge publicized Idaho grain rate disputes in a letter to Jerome County Granges. He criticized railroads for opposing fair freight reductions and supported a resolution from Butte and north side Granges protesting the Interstate Commerce Commission delay from October to January. The governor cited cases by the Public Utilities Commission on grain, deciduous fruit, beans, and gasoline as examples of unfair rate actions.
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Boise
Jerome County
H. ©. Baldridge
Idaho
Butte and North Side
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commission
University of Idaho Registration Opens Next Week
Faculty at University of Idaho Southern Branch met to review new members schedules and enrollment impact for fall. Dean J R Dyer notes employment prospects could affect enrollment. Civic groups report 100 jobs plus more added. students already on campus for early work. Registration runs Tuesday and Wednesday with classes starting Thursday.
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University of Idaho, Southern Branch
J R. Dyer
G. M.D. Costigan
Gertrude Bryce
Berkeley
University of California
Chamber of Commerce
Extortion Plot Aims at Congressman Depriest in Chicago
Detectives question Julius Link and Sally Lason over an alleged extortion attempt against Congressman Oscar Depriest. A staged payment led to a stakeout and the capture of suspects. two other men remain at large as the investigation continues.
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Chicago
Oscar Depriest
Julius Link
West Side
Sally Lason
Link
Lason
Chicago Association of Commerce
Depriest
Congresman
Brooklyn Rats
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Secret Six
Douglas Park
Physicist Millikens Reports Cosmic Ray Experiments
Dr. Robert B. Millikens returns from 30 days of cosmic ray tests at Lake Louise Churchville Winnipesaga Lake Louise Churchville and Winnipesaga in Minnesota Colorado Peak sites. He voices early optimism about new findings but withholds details.
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Pasadena
Cal
Robert BE. Millikens
Lake Louise
Churchville
Winnipes
Minneapolis
Mina
Pikes Peak
Mount Manitou
Colo
Milliken
Blazing Meteor Falls Into Sea Near Eureka
A blazing meteor plunged into the sea off Eureka California on September 13, spraying spray and steam high into the air. The molten mass narrowly missed the Humboldt towing the Norwegian motorship Childar toward open sea.
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Eureka
Cal
Humboldt
Childar
First West to East Air Trip Now Underway
Pilot Harold Bromiley and navigator Harold Gatty launched the City of Tacoma from Samishiro beach in Samhong Japan for a nonstop 4532 mile flight to Tacoma Wash. The 1020 gallon fuel load supports an anticipated 46 hour leg at 95 mph as news reports monitor overwater progress toward Japan to America.
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Sambong
Japan
Harold Bromiley
Harold Gatty
Pacific Ocean
Tacoma
Wash
Samishiro Beach
America Pacific Coast
Cape Yerimo
Yezo
Yezo Island
Kuriles
Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Nome
Alaska
British Columbia
Bromley and Gatty
America
Bromley and
Tourist Park Death Mystery
Authorities investigated the death of Mrs. J. W. B. Cain 46 found dead in a cabin at a tourist park in Twin Falls. No marks or poison detected. an autopsy was planned. She was a Stock ton California native, married 24 years to traveling salesman J. W. B. Cain, with no children.
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Twin Falls
J. W. B. Cain
Cain
Stocketon
Calif
Mineral products for 1929 valued at over five billion
The 1929 value of the nation's mineral products reached 5.83 billion dollars, eight percent above 1928. Metallic outputs rose about 15 percent, with copper driving much of the gain. All major metals except gold and silver contributed. Total output did not reach 1926 or 1920 highs.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Skull possibly photographed by Horn expedition remains found
A preserved skull was discovered among rocks on White Island after a photograph of the landing site was developed. Oslo and London clerks reported no prior notice of the object, which blended into the image amid the Horn expedition tied to the disappearance of Swedish balloonist Salomon August Andree.
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New York
Gunnar Horn
Salomon August Andree
White Island
Oslo
London
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Senate Committee On Campaign Funds
Deutschland
Nevada
Mead
Tokyo
Harold Bromley
Government Aviation Bureau
Edwin L. Neville
Bromley
Sambongi
Argentine
South America
Jones
Yrigoyen
Argentina
Enrique V. Martines
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Black Jack
General Pershing
Baldridge
Mier
Mildred Zukor Loew
Adolph Zukor
Arthur Loew
Reno
Toyko
Obiishi
Hokkaido
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