Train Wreck at Rockport New Jersey Kills 29
A Delaware Lackawanna and Western special emigrant train wrecked at Rockport New Jersey during a fierce storm. Twenty nine people died and sixty were injured as seven of ten cars derailed and a locomotive exploded. Most passengers were aliens from Chicago headed to Hoboken to sail for Europe.
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Plan for President Coolidge relaxation at Swampscott
Washington, D. C., June 16. While President Coolidge will stay in Swampscott, Mass., he will be kept in constant touch with affairs. Arrangements seek to give him relaxation and freedom from office, with a clerical staff sized to handle only matters needing his personal attention transferred to Lynn where executive offices will be kept.
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Fox Film President Raises Life Insurance to 6.5 Million
New York June 16 William Fox head of Fox Film Corporation has boosted his life policy to six and one half million dollars from three million. The coverage, underwritten by sixteen companies, makes Fox the second largest life risk globally behind Rodman Wanamaker whose policy totals seven and a half million.
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McClintock Estate Split Contested by Isa Belle Pope
Miss Isa Belle Pope testified in the Shepherd murder trial that Billy McClintock's million dollar estate would be divided fifty fifty with the Iowa relatives of his mother if the will naming William Shepherd as chief beneficiary is broken. She indicated $100000 would go to Mrs. William Shepherd if the plan were carried out, while detailing the defendants role and motives amid the ongoing court proceedings.
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Charges of improper dispensation in federal patronage investigated
Washington D C June 14 recurring charges of improper dispensation of federal patronage have caused post office department inspectors to investigate conditions in several states of the southeast, but it is understood the department does not consider the accusations sustained.
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Washington, D. C
Post Offce Department
Cotton consumption for May shows declines from April
The Census Bureau reports May cotton use at 531,471 bales of lint and 61,187 bales of linters, down from 597,104 lint and 59,036 linters in April. May last year had 413,967 lint and 42,661 linters. May 31 stocks stood at 1,348,304 lint and 164,632 linters.
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Late French astronomer wills heart to native village
Paris June 16 The eminent astronomer Camille Flam marion leaves his heart to his birthplace Montiny Le Rio and bequeaths ten thousand francs his bust and portrait to the village.
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Camille Flammarion
Montiny-Le-Rio
Lightning Strikes Equitable Building in New York
A lightning bolt hit the 37 story Equitable Building in Manhattan during a storm, striking the roof coping and showering stone fragments onto the street four hundred feet below. No injuries were reported as the crash echoed through the city canyons.
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Repeal of Flexible Tariff Provisions Lacks Support
Washington June 16 President Coolidge has not heard broad approval for repealing the flexible provisions of the tariff law. He doubts there is widespread sentiment for action and says no move to annul these provisions will receive the administration's approval.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Dorothy Perkins Testifies in Slaying Trial of Thomas Templeton
Seventeen year old Dorothy Perkins continued testimony on the stand in her trial for the killing of Thomas Templeton. In a cross examination she described climbing stairs after her father allegedly slapped her and uttered a threat, then said she heard a shot and Templeton was hit. She claimed uncertainty about pulling the trigger and spoke of a past affair with Mickey Conners.
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Hon W J MacIntyre Named Member Board Managers Of U Ga
Athens Ga June 16 Walter A Harris of Macon class of 1894 announced as new head of the Georgia Alumni Society succeeding Judges Samuel Sibley of Atlanta The new board members are W S MacIntyre Thomasville and Pope Brock of Macon Gerrard Glenn of New York who graduated in 1895 delivered the Alumni Day oration urging stronger state financial support for the university and warning against selling the institution to a millionaire philanthropist
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Associated Press
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Atlanta
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New York
Coolidge doubts general repeal of state income taxes
President Coolidge sees no gain in convening a conference of state officials to repeal state income taxes. He believes reaching consensus on abandoning income taxes in exchange for federal repeal of inheritance taxes would be next to impossible.
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Washington, D. C
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France Seeks One Million Francs To Balance Budget
Paris June 16 France requires one million and fifty thousand francs in additional revenue to balance the 1928 budget, announced after finance minister Califaux met with the finance committee of the chamber of deputies.
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Hoisting of American Flag Sparks Tense Ties in Mexico
Dispatches from Pueblo report W. O. Jenkins, former U S consular agent kidnapped in 1919, has raised the American flag over his Mexican ranch. Mexico fears disorders and views the gesture as a taunt, raising international tensions.
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Georgia Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a chance of local thunder showers in the southern portion on Wednesday.
Witness Testimony Details Turbulent Family Shooting
The testimony recounts a family shooting with the prosecution noting a slip of the tongue. The speaker claimed she fired after her father grabbed her but corrected to hearing a shot. The trial centers on intent and sequence of events.
English subject killed yesterday sparks life-for-life pledge
Shanghai reports the death of William MacKenzie an English subject and Chinese posters vow equal retaliation in future. Nanking Chungking and Nanking dispatches describe escalating danger to foreigners with water and food supplies at risk. Japan orders four destroyers to Chinese waters. Chang Tso Li’s troops reach Peking amid cautious order.
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Chang Tso-Lin
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William MacKenzie
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France and Britain Back German Security Pact Reply
France and Britain unite in support as French ambassador DeMargerie delivered Paris reply to Germany's Western European security pact proposal to Foreign Minister Stresemann in Berlin. Rome confirms Italian reply expresses sympathy with core principles of the accord.
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Condition of Senator La Follette Unchanged
The condition of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin who is ill with bronchial asthma was reported as unchanged.
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Associated Pre
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Painleve Plan for Quick End to Rif War Approved
Paris reports the French cabinet approved Premier Painleve's plan to terminate the Rif war in Morocco. French warships were stationed off the Rif coast as Painleve returned from Morocco where he visited the front before the session began.
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Voted Confidence Boosts Painleve Government in Paris
Paris reports the chamber of deputies granted confidence to the Painleve government on June 16. The vote reinforces premier Painleve's leadership and sets the stage for continued policy momentum amid ongoing political debate.
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Chamber of Deputies
Painleve
St Paul man named assistant secretary of state
President Coolidge appointed Robert F. Olds of St. Paul as assistant secretary of state. The announcement marks a high level federal appointment for a local resident.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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