Wind and storm toll rises across Midwest
Midwest towns report fatalities and damage from a powerful wind and rain storm. Five dead in Carver County and Iowa areas, plus injuries and property losses across Nebraska Missouri Kansas and Illinois as storms sweep from the Rockies to the Great Lakes with heavy rains and localized thunderstorms.
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Minneapolis
Presa
Minn
Carver
Park
Havilie
Chicago
Rockies
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Haif
Sioux City
Kansas
McPherson
Kan
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Utah
Illinois
French ram vessel seized by Britons after fight
The French rum schooner Marie was seized in port by six British seamen who sailed with liquor cargo. The ship sustained some damage and was vowed to the Plesrees as a prize. A later dispatch from Shanghai noted upheaval with casualties and rationing amid looting and arson. In Peking all schools closed as students demonstrated against foreign forces in Shanghai and tensions rose in the foreign community.
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Marie II
Associated Press
Pierre
Ntanelon
Marie
Plesrees
Ania
Peking
China
National University
Shanghai
Elimination Point at Worcester Elimination Point at Worcester
Bobby Jones, national amateur champion, faced a tough start in the U S open golf tournament at Worcester Country Club. After eighteen holes his 72 was six over par, as weather concerns and a crowded field affected play in the early finishers.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
Bobby Jones
Missing Man Lawrence Ward With Reward Raised
Relatives of Lawrence Ward report he has been missing since Wednesday and the reward for information has increased from one thousand dollars to twenty six hundred. The missing man’s family clings to the theory that his son was murdered.
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Lawrence Ward
Ala
Tornado Strikes Near Tonia Causes Deaths and Damage
A tornado hit near Tonia Michigan on June 2 injuring several people and threatening one woman who may die. The storm damaged buildings on several farms and killed horses cattle and chickens.
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Tonia
Mich
Here
Record Heat Wave Claims Dozen Lives in East
A blistering heat wave in the eastern states has killed twelve people over the last two days. Officials say the heat will continue for the next forty eight hours as temperatures remain dangerously high.
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Associated Press
New York
National Open Opens At Worcester Course
Worcester Mass June 3 reporters note the national open begins today with 72 holes of medal play over two days at the Worcester Country Club. Ninety five players including amateur and professional golfers start the first 18 holes. five qualified from the Pacific coast, 29 from the midwest, 60 from the East. Bob Gardner withdrew. Gene Sarazen shot 72 in team play while Walter Hagen 68 and Joe Turnesa 69 offered strong showings as Cyril Walker, ill, posted 89 in practice. The course remained heavy after rain.
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Nationa Worchester
Mass
Qatar Country Club
Slonale
Inglewood
Apion
New-York Metropolitan
Mike Brady
New York
Bérty Jones
Walter Hagen
Joe Turnesa
Mhusford
N. Y
Jock Hutchison
Cyril Walker
Bobby Jones
Worchester
Gene Sarasen
King George Celebrates Sixtieth Birthday
London marks King George the sixth thirtieth birthday with greetings from relatives friends and foreign rulers and articles of praise in newspapers noting the occasion.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Body of Thomas R. Marshall Arrives in Indianapolis
The body of former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall arrived at Union Station Indianapolis from Washington just before noon. Masons former governors and hundreds of citizens awaited to pay homage to Indiana's illustrious son.
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Indiana
Associated Freseo
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Union Station
Washington
Marshall's Last Tour Seen In Washington Service
President Coolidge and top officials paid tribute to wartime Vice President John Marshall who died Sunday. The service in Washington followed by a funeral train to Indianapolis notes the Crown Hill cemetery interment after a Masonic rite. Prominent attendees included Chief Justice Taft and Senators Swanson and Moses among others.
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Washington, D. C
Sophy
Thomas Riley
Marahail
Anata
Wey
I the Nation
Coolidge
Indianapolis
Crown Hill
Marshall
New Willard Hotel
Washington
Charles Wood
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Marshalls
Mark
John Cate
Taft
McReynolds
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Swanson
Virginia
Fletcher
Florida
Moses
Senate
Robert Lansing
William B. Wilson
Isadore B
Albert
Qfiisen
Isabeth
Fragmented Text Summary From A State Archive
Unclear OCR fragment mentioning a state president and origin tire. Text is garbled with mixed characters and incomplete names making precise facts unavailable.
Receivership of C. M. and St. Paul Railroad Nears End
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad, facing a vast bankruptcy with property valued at 750 million dollars, is expected to exit receivership within a year. Reorganization plans call for over 464 million in securities, an assessment of 28.2 for preferred stock and 32 a share for common stock, with deposits sought from security holders and I C C approval to follow.
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New York
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Financial District
Chicago, Milwhtken and
St. Paul
Kuhn,Leeb and Company
National City Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cnde
Publile
Bible Marathon read in sixty nine hours at Yucaipa church
The First Methodist Church of Yucaipa demonstrated an Bible marathon last night claiming an ordinary congregation can read the Bible from cover to cover in sixty nine hours and fifteen minutes. The event started at nine fifteen and concluded after a marathon session, illustrating the feasibility of the feat for church groups.
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Prea
Yucaipa
Cal
First Methodist Church of
Fem
Memorial Service Notes for Confederate Presidents
A fragmented notice from Georgia on June 3 marks a Memorial Service in observance of Confederate Presidents. The readable text hints at a ceremonial observance labeled a birthday or holiday in memory of Confederate leaders.
World War Veteran Sues Government Over War Compensation
Arthur Lopes Frasier of Winner North Dakota sues the United States in federal court for war compensation claiming to be Arthur Frazier, a World War I veteran the government says was killed in France. Jury expected to hear verdict after an 18 month identity dispute.
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Arthur Lopez Frazier
France
Associated Prom
Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur Lopes Frasier
United State
Arthur Frazier
Lopez Frazier
President Coolidge Attends Naval Academy Graduation
President Coolidge participates in the United States Naval Academy graduation ceremonies in Annapolis. He delivers the commencement address then plans a luncheon at the academy before returning to Washington.
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Naval Academy
Capitol
Annapolis
Washington
Associated
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
United States Naval Academy
Academy
Lieutenant Lutson Holm to Lead Arctic Relief Flight
Oslo officials announce Lieutenant Lutson Holm will head the Norwegian Government flying expedition to relieve the Amundsen-Eilaworth party. The rescue flight departed from Kings Bay Spitzbergen on May 21 bound for the North Pole.
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Ellsworth
Ageociates
Oslo
Norway
Lutson Holm
Amundsen-Eilaworth
Kings Bay Spitzenbergen
North Pole
Nebraska editor elected president of national editors
Edgecombe, blind editor of the Gen eva newspaper, was chosen president of the national editors association at the fortieth annual convention. Delegates adopted resolutions opposing free publicity, protested postal rate increases, and criticized government use of stamped envelopes in competition with printers. A memorial service for Jefferson Davis was held on the Confederacy’s birthday at the state capitol as Atlanta displayed United States and German flags.
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F. O. Edgecombe
Geneva
Edgecombe
Newruake
Sigtal
Matiobet Association
Ama
Jefferson Davis
State Capitol
Atlanta
United Biates
Control of Valdosta Gas Company Secured by Southern Gas Corp
New York June 8 The Southern Gas and Power Corporation wells its rapid growth as a major gas supplier announces securing control of Valdosta Gas Company of Valdosta Georgia. Proceeds from the financing will retire current notes and liquidate outstanding seven percent gold bonds of the firm.
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Valdosta Gas Company
Southern
GAS Corp
Associated Preas
New York
Southern Gas and Power Corporation
South
Eens Gas Company
2 Aine
Valdosta Jras
Valdosta Georgia
Af . & and Notes
Negro janitor arrested for Brooklyn murder
William Brassfield, forty three year old Negro janitor, was locked up in New York on a homicide charge in the killing of Florence Kane, a detective's sister, on a vacant lot in Brooklyn last Friday.
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William Brassfield
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
Associated Prean
New York
Eight Injured in Interurban Collision Near Kokomo
Kokomo Ind June 3 Eight persons were injured two seriously when two interurban cars of the Union Traction Company collided head on near Cassville five miles north of here this morning.
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Kokomo
Ind
Associated Prean
Kokogpo
Union Traction Company
Cassville
Here
Modern flapper compared favorably to Forties women
Wert Baden Ind June 8 Nothing but approval can be spoken of the flapper of today Mrs Lucretia Long shore Blankenberg of Philadelphia honorary vice president of the general federation of women's clubs in biennial convention declared here today Mrs Blankenberg who celebrated her 88th birthday yesterday declared the women of the Forties eased more makeup than the girls of today.
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Associated Press
Wert Baden
Ind
Une
Lucretia Longshore Blankenberg
Philadelphia
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Yale Professor Declines Miami University Presidency
Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale University, tied to the proposed University of Miami project, announces he has declined the offer to become the first president of the new nineteen million proposal.
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YALE
NEW
Miami College
Phelps
Pee F
University of Miami At
Miami
Fla
Associated Crear
New Haven
Conn
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
University of Miami A
Pension Bureau Payroll Cut by Eighty Thousand
Secretary Work announced a reduction of eighty thousand dollars in the Pension Bureau annual payroll achieved over the last eleven months through re distribution of work.
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Associated Pres
Washington, D. C
Work
Pension Bureau
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