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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
5
Market notes show grain futures with wheat for May July September and December varying around 1.57 to 1.60 dollars and oats near 1.15 to 1.18. Rents and prices for barley and rye not shown. Turpentine in Savannah steady at 94 cents. Cotton futures carry July around 23.26 to 23.28 in New Orleans and 23.65 spot in New York.
Fifty young singers from Stockholm Student's Singing Society prepare a June tour of the United States. Led by Finar Ralf the group will open in New York on June 4 and travel from New England to the Pacific Coast showcasing harmony and culture.
New York June 1 Rev Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick preaches first sermon at Park Avenue Baptist Church urging broader church liberalism. Rockefeller family members attend. Fosdick greets hundreds, pledges vital Christianity and individual freedom in faith.
Consul General Edwin Cunningham cabled June 1 that Shanghai market police should fire on a mob attempting a demonstration in the international settlement. The report notes the authorities acted to quell the riot with the only possible measure.
The Bureau of Railway Economics reports expenditures by class one railroads for wages and maintenance plus materials and improvements totaling 4.8477 billion dollars for 1924. Wages reach 2.6299 billion. materials and fuel stand at 1.3431 billion. Capital spending on new equipment and improvements is 874.748 million. Approximately 24.0 million in other items and 510.0 million in sums for interest, charges and dividends are noted.
Washington officials urged strict safety precautions and dedicated facilities, persuading President Coolidge to travel in special trains or private cars instead of using regular passenger cars.
Loyais A. Coolidge a former assistant secretary of the Treasury and director of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation died at his Milton home. He had been in failing health after his failed bid for U S senator and suffered from liver sclerosis. Born Natick 1861 he held many public and business roles including editor, private secretary to Henry Cabot Lodge, and director for the National Republican committee. He leaves a widow Helen L. Pickerill three children and a brother.
Berlin opens the biggest endurance air race in Germany with a nine day program. Seventy five entrants compete over five daily 660 mile legs with a 400000 mark prize pool. Weather and crashes affect early stages as 48 planes fly from Scherwin airfield near Berlin toward Hirmk purg and Gemba amid storms and forced landings.
Five men robbed Baker State Bank in Cicero and cleaned out cash estimated at $15 000. The band fled in an automobile as authorities pursue them.
Chicago June 1 reports that Robert White the missing witness in the William Darling Shepherd murder trial might be in Pittsburg. Officials report interest as the third week of jury selection opens with four jurymen chosen and both sides say a full quota could be obtained before week’s end.
Boston June 1 Secretary of War John W Weeks who had gallstone surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital last week passed a restless night and his general condition was described as not a good.
Fragmentary text references unrest in a Japanese context with mentions of killings and Chinese students. Due to garbled OCR, exact names, places, dates, and organizations cannot be identified. The readable parts indicate agitation and death toll but lack coherent context for precise reporting.
A thousand delegates representing about one hundred thousand railroad workers open the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen thirtieth convention in Detroit. The gathering begins its first business session asAmerican and Canadian members participate.
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