Levee Break Floods Large Missouri Farm Lands
Two breaks in the St Francis levee north of Kennett Missouri flood about 10 000 acres of Dunklin county farms driving 150 200 families to higher ground. Property damage could exceed 1 000 000 with 20 000 more acres in the flood path. Red Cross relief tents rise at Dunklin fairgrounds as National Guardsmen bolster levee.
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St. Francis
Here
Dun Klin County
Thks
Red Cross
Dunklin County Fair Grounds
R. R. Plankey
National Guardsmen
Dunklin County
Plankey
Brown Ferry
Newport
Ark
Stevens Levee
White River
Topeka
Weldon
Shoffner
Auverne
Will Rogers on Curtis Hoover at Republican convention
Will Rogers notes Curtis and Hoover win nominations at the Kansas City convention. He recalls Borah’s brief speech, mocks impromptu prayers, and jokes about Plymouth Rock and Boulder Dam funding. Rogers hints he will cover the Democratic convention in Houston with Tribune exclusives.
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Will Rogers
the Tribune
Kansas City
Hoover
Curtis
Bee
Republican
Senate
Borah
Candi
Jim Watson
Jim
Charley Curtis
Plains of
Kansas
Plymouth Rock
Boulder Dam
Guy McNab
William Jennings Bryan
Georgia
Houston
Angne Syed
Cate
Iic
Warren Tribune
Texas
Democrata
Tribune
Emmeline Pankhurst Remembered For Courage And Victory
The 1928 New York American recalls Emmeline Pankhurst who died Thursday praising her courage and self sacrifice in the fight for woman suffrage. It notes her leadership, contempt faced from some, and foresees a world memory in her honor. A farmers convention in Kansas City featured artful touches with hoes and hay forks as costumes.
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Kansas City
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
U.S
Willebrandt
Attorney General
New York American
Emeline Pankhurst
Florenz Ziegfeld
Follies
New York
Van Andt elevated to commander at VFW state encampment
James E. Van Andt of Altoona was named commander of the Pennsylvania VFW state encampment at Harrisburg. Mrs. Edele Fritch of Philadelphia was elected auxiliary president, with Reuben J. Sharp Kane and others re elected. Five thousand veterans will parade this afternoon in connection with the convention.
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Harrisburg
U. P
James E. van Andt
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edele Fritch
Philadelphia
Reuben J. Sharp
Kane
Arthur T. Morrissey
David F. Long
Lebanon
Daniel C. O'Donnell
Phoenixville
Frederick W. Black
Lewistown
J. H. West
Warren
John L. Bingham
Tron Division Adopts Orphan On Return From Pilgrimage
A 7 year old girl, Rachel Eaton, daughter of Captain James Eaton, is adopted by twelve thousand veterans of the 28th Iron Division after Eaton, a war veteran, died in Bellevue hospital. On the George Washington voyage home, the division organized care and an education plan, with a $3000 fund raised aboard. Rachel will live with Mrs Clutch in Darby, Pa., until schooling is arranged.
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New York
U. P
28Th
Iron
Pennsylvania
Rachel Eaton
James Eaton
Bellevue Hospital
Eaton
George Washington
Firat
America
George Washington Ee
Pennsylvania National Guard
France
Rachel
Robert M. Clutch
Darby
Dog teams sent in search of Italia crew
Two Mog teams mushed through the Arctic to locate General Umberto Nobile and the Italia crew. The Italian government chartered Braganza arrived at Brandy Bay and sent a dog relief party to aid men isolated since May 25. A Norwegian Hobby relief expedition was expected nearby as Braganza planned contact.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
U. P.1
Mog
Hobby
Brandy Bay
President Coolidge Establishes Vacation Home in Brule
President Coolidge arrived in Brule Wisconsin to stay at a woodland cottage on the Brule River. He spent little time in town but residents celebrated his visit as a notable event while Mrs Coolidge settled at Cedar Island Lodge and the grounds were shown off for trout pools by E M Lambert the estate superintendent.
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Iicans
Paris
George MM
War Grong
Hoover
Mississippi Valley
Coolidge
Bau
Brule River
Brule
Wis
United States
Washington
Beale
Cedar Island Lodge
State Department Official Located After Disappearance
Harrisburg June 16 William A Moore director of the land bureau and chief draftsman for the state department of internal affairs was found today in Lock Haven Moore had been missing since May 18 Mason Moore his son flew to Lock Haven after receiving a telegram but the message gave no details on his father's whereabouts
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Carl D. Groat
United Press Star
Kansas City
U. P
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Curtis
Hoover
Poly Tichner
West
Tincher
Coolidge
Harrisburg
William A. Moore
Land Bureau
State Department of Internal Affairs
Lock Haven
Mason Moore
Lock Havlen
Moore
Johnson earns third in cattle judging at State College
Theron Johnson of Chandlers Val tied for third place among about 100 competitors in a cattle judging contest at State College during Young Farmers' week. The county team of Johnson Charles Peterson and Arthur Hitchcock of Lander placed tenth among twenty five teams.
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Theron Johnson
Chandlers Val
Tey
State College
Johnson
Charles Peterson
Arthur Hitchcock
Lander
Weeklong Forecast Warns of Mixed Showers and Fair Skies
The U S Weather Bureau outlines next week for the North and Middle Atlantic states with showers at the start, then mostly fair weather later. Temperatures start and end moderate, cooler midweek. Ohio Valley and Tennessee see showers early and late with a fair midweek, cooler midweek and warmer end of week.
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Washington
U. P
U. S. Weather Bureau Today
North
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Board Forecasts Trade Increases At Steubenville Meeting
A report by committees at the Allegheny Regional Advisory Board gathering in Steubenville Ohio on June 14 forecasts a 13.5 percent rise across all commodities. Coal and coke lead gains at 22.2 percent with chemical and explosives up 14.5 and clay gravel sand and stone up 11.1 while iron and steel rise 9.6 and lumber and agriculture are seen falling. The event drew 361 industrial and railroad representatives and serves as a barometer for regional business conditions.
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Allegheny Regional Advisory Board
Steubenville
Ohio
Merle Boutwell
Chamber of Commerce
Churches Seek Suspension of Indicted Officers in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh churches prepare petitions signed by 40 000 members to urge a special federal court to try 167 liquor conspiracy indictments and suspend indicted police officers while the cases proceed. The effort targets U S Attorney John D Meyer and Mayor Charles H Kline, who will decide on suspensions after guilt is found.
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Pittsburgh
Uging
Charles H. Kline
Kline
Meyer
Federal Departments of Justice
Pennsylvania
Holiday For Phrase-Makers In Hoover-Smith Campaign
Kansas City June 1 U P The coming campaign will be a holiday for the slogan makers with Hoover and Smith as the principal figures. Hoover aims to humanize his image while using war era slogans and songs and Smith adapts racy East Side phrases. The contest promises a campaign of pithy lines and borrowed war terms in a battle of slogans.
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Kansas City
U.P
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
York
Weather Observations and Sunset Times Reported
Local weather notes at 8 a.m. report 54 22 m 70 with no precipitation. Tonight's sunset around 7 30. Sunday iris timing shows 4 28 with sunset near 7 93.
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Tiver
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