Heat Wave Toll Tops Midwest Deaths and Damages
Chicago reports seven teen deaths and nearly four score injuries from a Midwest heat wave and violent storms. Deaths occur in Chicago Cleveland and Des Moines with high temps of 92 and 90. Drought ends in Nebraska. Mississippi River levels fall but minor relief noted in several states.
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Associated Green
Chicago
Ill
Middle West
Nebraska Plateaus
East Central States
Julius Golden
Cleveland
Detroit
Iowa
Fred L. Dusterdick
United States
Des Moines
Sioux City
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Memphis
American and Chinese clash in Shanghai riot kills horse
Chinese student rioters fired from rooftops at Shanghai streets, killing the horse of American volunteer corporal Thomas G. McMartin, a U.S. dentist. American units and others returned fire with carbines and pistols as machine guns were mounted, among unspecified casualties.
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Shanghai
China
American Volunteer Corps
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Plan to blow up elevated trains thwarted in New York
Two boxes believed to contain bombs were found at two elevated train stations in New York and were tossed into the East River by police after the plan appeared to be frustrated early today. The Associated Areas report details the thwarted attack and police response.
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East River
New York
Secretary Weeks Shows Slight Improvement After Surgery
Secretary of War John W. Weeks, who underwent gallstone surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital last week, was reported somewhat better in a morning bulletin from his physicians.
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Davenport
Iowa
John W. Weeks
Chusetts General Hospital
Bible Marathon in California Nears End
In Yucaipa California worshippers at First Methodist church complete the final lap of a Bible Marathon relay that began at midnight Saturday and is to end tonight as dawn rises over the San Bernardino Mountains.
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California
First Methodist Church
Yucaipa
Cotton crop condition nears 1918 high in May
The cotton crop was 76.6 per cent normal on May 26, up from 65.6 per cent a year ago and above the ten year May 25th average of 71.2. Acreage figures arrive next month with the first production forecast. The Department of Agriculture notes this is the highest May 26 condition since 1918.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture Today
Navarro to be photographed with diploma without Coolidge
Secretary Wilbur announced changes to the naval academy commencement scene. Ramon Navarro, the movie actor, will participate in a diploma ceremony reenactment without President Coolidge's presence.
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Naval Academy
Washington, D. C
Ramon Navarro
President Coolidge
Sec. Wilbur
Navarro
Coolidge
Communist activities among school pupils in America
A resolution at the eighteenth biennial federation of women’s clubs meeting in West Baden Indiana urged investigation of Soviet propaganda among young Americans. It was introduced by Mrs Amy Robbins Ware of Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Council of the Federation of Women’s Clubs
Amy Robbins Ware
Min
Portrait unveiling honors Calvin Coolidge Jr at Mercersburg
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge attends the Mercersburg Academy commencement as William Mann Irvine unveils a portrait of the late Calvin Coolidge Jr. The ceremony marks the academy's exercises and would have seen the son graduate the next day.
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Associated Press
Mercersburg
William Mann Irvine
Mercersburg Academy
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Coolidge
Brotherhoods Fight to Abolish Railroad Labor Board
Detroit June 2 The Brotherhoods of locomotive firemen and enginemen report plans to wage a campaign to abolish the railroad labor board. D B Robertson president outlined the purpose in a convention address, signaling strong commitment to the objective.
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Detroit
Mich
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
D. B. Robertagn
Norwegian government to send geoplanes to Arctic search
The Norwegian government plans to deploy two geoplanes in the Arctic Preparatory for Amundsen Ellsworth expedition search. The ship Ingertre of 47000 tons capacity, equipped with wireless, will transport the two sea planes from Spithergen, where the expedition began May 21.
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Arctic
Associated Press
Oslo
Amundsen-Ellaworth
North Bote
Spithergen
Amundsen Party Marooned in Arctic Fight for Relief
Close associate Hammer warns Amundsen may be marooned in the frozen Arctic with nine to eleven days of life left. He says the party could not lift off and that rescue must be organized promptly, as rough seas and failed planes trap the expedition. Shriners begin their fifty first annual convention in Los Angeles with a Coliseum parade and council meetings.
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Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Prompti
Hammer
M Ellsworth
Taj
Greenland
Almust
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
North
Alaska
Associated Preas
Cal
The
Shriners
Los Angeles Coliseum
Coliseum
Imperial Council
Nothing Heard from the Arctic Explorers
A dispatch from Spitzbergen to the Shipping Gazette at 10 o'clock reports the Amundsen expedition has shown no change, confirming no word has been heard from the Arctic explorers.
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Oslo
Shipping Gazette
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Norwegian denial rumors Amundsen returns to Spitzbergen
The Norwegian Aeronautic Association denied reports that Capt. Amundsen had returned from polar exploration. A Hobby supply ship message said the situation remained unchanged. Rumors had circulated since yesterday and attempts were made to reach the Maud, frozen in the Siberian Archipelago, but a May 29 wireless message could not be delivered due to no communication.
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Norway
Norwegian Aeronautic Association
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Hobby
Maud
New Siberian
Associated Press
Delegation Thanks President for Federal Arbitration Act
A nationwide business delegation met with President Coolidge to thank him for his role in enacting the federal arbitration act. The June 2 meeting in Washington highlighted support for national arbitration principles and streamlined dispute resolution.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Rif fan planing campaign hints at looming Moroccan drive
Paris June 2 official statements on the Moroccan situation sounded like war communiques. Authorities said nothing to report yet added that the Rif tribes are concentrating near Kufane with their heaviest forces of the campaign.
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Associated Prensa
Paris
Kufane
New Move in Evolution Case in Tennessee
Defense attorney John R. Neal urged Tennessee Governor Austin Peay to defer selecting a high school biology textbook until the Scopes trial is resolved. The action follows ongoing debates led by William Jennings Bryan in Urbana and Chicago.
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Scopes
Associated Prenay
Chicago
Wilnam
Jennings Bryan
Urbana
Illinois
John R. Neal
J. T. Scopes
Austin Peay
Legal status of Baby Guy Stillman undecided
Albany June 2 The court of appeals preserves the prior status of Baby Guy Stillman amid divorce actions by James A. Stillman against Anne A. Stillman. The court did not determine the child’s legitimacy.
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James A. Stillman
New York
Court of Appeals
Baby Guy
Ninety Five Golfers Set for Worcester Open Championship
Ninety five star golfers will start at Worcester County Club tomorrow in the national open golf championship seventy two hole medal play. Top contenders include Mel Hora and John Hagae amid early speculation on the outcome.
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Worcester County Club
Raleigh officer held for shooting
Raleigh officer Jesse Wyatt captain of the plain clothes squad is held in Wake County jail without bond following a grand jury action. Stephen S. Holt of Smithfield N C is dead after the officer fired on an automobile in which Holt rode as a passenger. Wyatt testified at the coroner's inquest that he believed the car carried liquor runners and that it did not stop when ordered.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Jesse Wyatt
Wake County
Grand Jury
Stephen S. Holt
Smithfield
Holt
Wyatt
Rum Row Builds High Speed Boats
The Associated Press reports renewed rum row activity after a five week blockade by the coast guard. Light ships operate in the smuggler zone off Boston and New York, and a bootlegging ring is said to have contracted the construction of an armed fleet to counter the coast guard's forces.
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Associated Press
New York
Coast Guard
Boston
Armed bandits rob Windsor payroll in Denver heist
A group of armed robbers held up a messenger carrying the Windsor Farm and Dairy payroll in downtown Denver on June 2. They escaped amid a fusillade of shots with about $15,000. The incident is reported by The Associated Press.
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Prega
Denver
Colo
Windsor Farm and Dairy Company
British Forces Move Toward Afghan Frontier
London reports British troops in India advancing toward the Afghan frontier amid warnings of a possible large uprising in Afghanistan against the Pamir.
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Prasad
London
India
Afghanistan
Pamir
Roosevelt Party Reaches Simla En Route to Central Asia
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt lead the James Simpson Field Museum expedition to central Asia arriving safely at Leh in the Valley of Indus, Simla dispatch reports.
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Associated Press
Simla
India
Theodore
Kermit Roosevelt
James Simpson Field Museum of Chicago
Central Asia
Leh
Valley of
Indus
Funeral rites for Thomas R Marshall in Washington
Washington honors former vice president Thomas R Marshall who died yesterday. Short services are held at the New Willard Hotel with President Coolidge attending. Marshall will be moved to Indiana for burial as crowds gather in city and urban dispatches note Bryan's tribute.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Calvin Coolidge
New Willard Hotel
Urban
William Jennings Bryan
Marshall
Washington
Indiana to receive body of beloved son Marshall
Indiana will receive the body of Thomas R. Marshall with honors, per widow Mrs. Marshall. The state pays homage to its former Governor and former U S Vice President. The service will begin with a simple Scottish Rite ceremony at the North Illinois Street home, then proceed to Crown Hill Cemetery for a final rest.
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Indiana
Thomas R. Marshal
Marshall
Washington
Crown Hill Cemetery
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