President Coolidge backs European security pacts
President Coolidge urged moral support for European peace pacts while warning America cannot finance Europe’s revival beyond its interests. Speaking in Cambridge on Washington's 150th anniversary, he linked peace to mutual forbearance and good faith, praising Washington’s democratic ideals. He did not detail current security proposals.
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Promise Relief From Hot Weather
The Associated Press reports relief from the ongoing heat wave was promised for tonight by the Weather Bureau. No crop damage had occurred yet, though prolonged high temperatures could threaten corn. Des Moines noted a low of 80s, with highs around 101 in Des Moines and 88 in Dubuque. a death and multiple prostrations were recorded in several cities.
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Burlington
War Department Masters Plans for Defense Day
Washington July 3 heads of all branches of the War Department met under Major General John L. Hines to review plans for a nationwide master test of national defense machinery. Seventeen major generals were among the 23 officers at the conference aimed at expanding and improving the departmental plans and readiness.
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Coolidge to Celebrate Washington Anniversary in Cambridge
President Coolidge will attend a tribute marking Washington's command of the continental army in Cambridge. He will deliver an address at the Washington elm site, head a parade and pageant, then return to the summer White House. His 53rd birthday falls on July 4 with plans possibly including a Mayflower cruise.
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Looney Questions Jurors In His Own Defense
John P. Looney, a disbarred lawyer once linked to Rock Island’s vice wars, began defending himself by questioning four prospective jurors. He used the right to plead his case to probe potential biases and past connections among the veniremen. Miss Bessie Longer is in Keota on professional business.
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Flated by Victory of Wills Negroes in New York Get Violent
Elated over the knockout of Harry Wills by Clar ley Weinert two groups of negroes attacked whites in New York today. They beat six men, smashing a plate glass window and injuring one man who was knocked unconscious before police arrived. All assailants fled.
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Dean Onatt ina and Company Placed in Receiver's Hands
Chicago broker Dean Onatt ina and Company, known in stocks and grain circles with New York headquarters, was placed in the hands of a receiver by the Chicago Title and Trust Company today.
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OWA Capital Faces Street Car Walkout
Des Moines street railway workers threatened a strike after a non union employee was not discharged and union dues check offs would continue. The union urged manager F C Chambers to meet demands by 9 pm with service halted at 1 15 am unless resolved. The union sought court action to void the contract or strike provisions including dues deductions.
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Washington Surprised by Judge Kennedy Ruling in Sinclair Case
Washington reacts to Judge Kennedy's Sinclair ruling and Judge McCormick's Doheny decision in the oil lease cases. The two jurists diverge on fraud findings and presidential power over oil land transfers, leaving civil and criminal actions to follow through.
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Fire Starts in Fire Works Store Guts Two-Story Building
A blaze in Muscatine Iowa gutted a two story building after a fragment from a salesman demonstration toppled torpedoes and rockets. Firemen fought the flames for over an hour with gas masks due to the dense smoke and fumes. One firefighter was slightly injured by a live wire as explosions occurred.
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Mrs. Coolidge Narrowly Missed by Motorcycles in Swampscott
Mrs. Coolidge narrowly escaped being struck by four state police motorcycles while walking near White Court in Swampscott Massachusetts. Her Secret Service guard James Haley shouted a warning as the lead bike sped between them and the presidential party was whisked to Cambridge. She resumed her walk home, noting the road is a public thoroughfare with an officer stationed nearby.
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Daughters of victim witness Kentucky execution
In Eddyville Kentucky two daughters of the murdered A K Witten watched Harry Armand a Black man die in the electric chair today The daughters Leah Witten Cash Ethelyon Witten and Ruby Thomas attended as did reporters This marked the first time women witnessed a Kentucky execution
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Baptists to Name National Officers
Delegates at the Northern Baptist convention in Seattle move to elect officers after resolving key disputes. Edwin P. Rhoades Jr., Toledo, was named president by the nominating committee. retiring president Carl Milliken was tapped for president of the foreign missions society, with a slate of nominees including W. C. Coleman and Rev. L. Hudson for vice presidencies and other officers in the lineup.
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Maine
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Three Burned in Davenport Filling Station Explosion
Peter Fries proprietor and three Hayes boys were severely burned when a gasoline tank exploded at Fries's filling station in the northern Davenport. All injured taken to hospitals. the three Hayes brothers face the most serious injuries. Cause unknown. fireworks had been fired nearby minutes earlier. Damage estimated at $10,000.
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Sunday Asked to Help Prosecute Scopes Case
The Courier Journal reports Walter White of Dayton Tennessee invited evangelist Billy Sunday to assist in prosecuting high school instructor John T Scopes under the Tennessee anti evolution law. The information, from Sunday secretary Paul Matthews, was received at Carrollton Kentucky. Sunday is at his Hood River Oregon summer home where the invitation was sent.
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Engineer dies in Davenport elevator shaft fall
John J. Puhlendorf, 48, an engineer at Bell Jones Produce in Davenport Iowa, was killed Thursday night when he fell down an elevator shaft. His neck was broken, and the impact crushed the cage roof and broke the electric light circuit. His body was burned by the electrical current. A coroner’s inquest will be held today.
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NEA Defeats Resolution on Child Labor Amendment
In Indianapolis on July 3 the National Education Association defeated a resolution naming the proposed federal child labor amendment and pledging continued support for its passage at its final session.
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Thunderstorms forecast in weekly weather outlook
Washington July 3 forecast calls for a brief period of showers and thunderstorms in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys at the start and end of the week with temperatures near normal.
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West Virginia Coach Accepts Minnesota Offer
Morgantown July 3 Dr Clarence W Spears football coach at West Virginia University for the last four years has accepted an offer to coach the University of Minnesota football team H A Stansbury WV athletic director announced today.
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West Virginia
Series of Shocks Rattle Santa Barbara Area
Multiple quake tremors struck California today from Santa Barbara to Ventura. The strongest shakes at 8:29 and 10:46 caused minor wall cracks and some chimney damage, but St. Anthony's college and hospital remains standing. City Hall in Santa Barbara shows cracks while Billings mansion reportedly partially demolished. Ventura reports a tremor with no damage.
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Los Angeles
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Eight-Year-Old Injured by Firecracker Blast
Jewel Humble the eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Humble sustained a cut over one eye on North Marion Avenue when struck by a tin can hurled by a firecracker explosion. Several boys were celebrating the premature Fourth when the incident occurred. The injury, though painful, was not serious.
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Sands Visit Omaha to See Daughter at Home
Mr and Mrs S B Sands traveled to Omaha to visit at the home of their daughter where they planned a brief stay with family.
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Omaha
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