Cummins Campaign Denies Franking Charges Amid Sparring
Iowa primary politics flare as Cummins campaign and Brookhart forces trade franking abuse accusations. Clarke asserts Brookhart operatives used improper enclosures with Franking from Borah Reed and Borah, while Lund claims Cummins crowd spends lavishly and floods districts with paid workers. The dispute reaches Washington with calls for investigation.
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James A. Reed
Missouri
Senate
Mejor Lund
Cummins
Brookhart
Ohio State Officials Probe Dorm Booze Case
Ohio State University officials investigate liquor found in a co eds private dormitory room. Three or more girls may be involved. The co ed returned home while two others are summoned to appear before acting dean of women Miss Jessica Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Jessica Foster
Rock Island Time Card Announces Sunday Schedule Change
Agent H W Russell states two trains change times next Sunday No 49 Firefly arriving Washington at 3 58 from east and No 30 eastbound from Kansas City due 5 50 and leaving 6 05 with Knoxville branch motor car service praised for reliability and efficiency.
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H. W. Russell
Rock Island
Washington
Knoxville
Kansas City
Carroll Sentenced for Perjury in Bath Party Case
Earl Carroll Broadway producer receives one year and a day in a federal prison and fines of 1,900 on two perjury counts tied to grand jury probe of a theater party where a nude chorus girl served drinks from a bathtub. He was found guilty on two counts and acquitted on the liquor count. The two jail terms run concurrently.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
Carroll
Wathiay
Goddard
Egyptian Situation Described as Grave in Britain
In London officials call the Egyptian situation distinctly grave after Zagoul Pash's sweeping election victory, noting the aggravation of tensions from the British viewpoint.
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London
Zagoul Pash
Post Office Probes Brookhart Campaign Letter In Envelopes
The post office investigates the use of franked Brookhart literature in envelopes with a Reed speech opposing Brookhart’s unseating. The mail intrusion targeted Iowa voters. Reed Brookhart and the campaign manager deny responsibility and offer help to identify the saboteur.
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Paign Investigation Committee
Post Office Department
Brookhart
Reed
Pennsylvania
Daniel W. Steck
Iowa
Free Swim Classes at Local YMCA for Non Members
The YMCA pool offers free swimming classes next week exclusively for non members. All participants must bring enrolment cards at the first session, and cards are available at the YMCA for those who have not yet received them.
Oklahoma Storm Leaves Six Dead In Pawhuska Area
A northern Oklahoma storm killed six people, five of them drowned in a Rock Creek flood near Hominy. The Blackett family rode in a seven‑person car as a four foot wall of water swept away a bridge approach. One member died from a lightning strike.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Blackett
Hominy
Rock Creek
Osage
Pawnee
Tulea
Cleveland
Conductor Helps Capture Milwaukee Bank Robbers
Chicago June 3 Ray Lumby a conductor on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee line aided in arresting two men who robbed a Milwaukee bank of 1500 dollars in small bills yesterday The conductor received lauds for his actions and the suspects were taken into custody.
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Associated Presse
Chicago
Ray Lumby
North Shore
Milwaukee
Wis
Senate committees urge indefinite postponement of day law actions
Washington June 1 Senate prohibition committees recommend delaying all proposals to modify the theory laws and to hold a national prohibition referendum. The move awaits judiciary committee approval but is expected to pass.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Prohibition Committees
Judiciary
Prohibition Committee
Davenport Radio Lincoln-Douglas Style Senate Debate Set
Iowa's GOP senatorial campaign peaks with a radio duel on station WOU Friday night. Smith W Brookhart speaks at 8 30 and Senator Albert B Cummins delivers his first national address via Washington wires at 9 30. Howard W Clark also plans a Noon Saturday broadcast from Woer.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Iowa
WOU
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
DD. C
Albert B. Cummins
Howard W. Clark
Washington high school graduation set for eight o clock
Supt J W Peet announces the commencement will begin at eight o clock tonight in the Methodist church. A class of 81 will receive diplomas with Dr Naboth Osborne of Burlington delivering the address and Mr Peet awarding diplomas. Admission is 25 cents at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. J. WW. Peet
Washington Schools
Methodist Church
Naboth Osborne
Burlington
Peet
Dr. Osborne
Congregational Church
Warehouses Burn in Havana as Fire Rages
Fire at Regia across the bay destroys the American Agricultural and Chemical Company warehouse. Over 100 chemical and gasoline explosions vent ashes toward Havana University. Loss estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. Two men injured.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Regia
Bay
American Agricultural and Chemical Company
Havana University
Election Supplies Sent to Precincts for Primary
County Auditor A. L. Griffith prepares the primary election materials for all precincts. Some supplies already reach election boards, with more to follow this week. Extra ballots issued due to special road elections and a larger vote in the previous election.
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A. L. Griffith
Hope for Annual Washington County Flower Show
The Washington county flower show will be held Saturday June Sth from 1 to 5 PM in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh W. Batley on East Washington Street. The event aims to become an annual affair with amateur growers invited and out of town judges ensuring privacy by numbering entries.
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Philadelphia
Great
Municipal Stadium
Palace of Agriculture
Palace of Liberal Arts
Washington County
Marsh W. Batley
Washington Street
Nellie
Tripp
George Morrison
Garden Club
Woman rescued from hotel fire in Hazleton
Mrs Jeanette Miller, paralyzed and unaware of danger, was carried from her burning residence in Hazleton by neighbor Gus Nordstrom shortly before the room collapsed. The house was totally destroyed and Nordstrom gave explanations after the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frege
Hazleton
Jeannette Miller
Gus Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Watermelon Crop Expected To Break Records In U S
Government report says the watermelon crop this season will exceed any prior in the United States with peak movement expected in the next weeks. Farm value seen well over 12 million dollars as growers anticipate a record season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Government Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Infant Robert Hay Patterson Dies at Birth
Funeral services were held for infant Robert Hay Patterson at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. He died shortly after birth at the county hospital Tuesday evening. Rev. J Reade McCrory conducted the service and burial followed at Woodlawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hay Patterson
Robert Patterson
County Hospital
J. Reade McCrory
Woodlawn Cemetery
Threatening Letter Targets Prosecutors in Durkin Case
In Chicago on June 3 a letter threatening death to prosecutors of Martin Durkin disrupted the jury venire for the federal agent murder trial. The note referenced the recent machine gun killing of Assistant State's Attorney William McSwiegin and warned of similar fates for Louis Blumenthal and Michael A Romano. Only one juror was tentatively accepted in two days, while eleven of fifty three admitted no scruples about the death penalty.
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Chicago
Martin Durkin
Veniremen
Willian McSwiegin
Louis Blumenthal
Michael A. Romano
Durkin
Court adjourns to June 15 for injunction case hearing
District court adjourned yesterday evening to June 15 when Judge Charles A. Dewey will hold a brief session. The Ferguson vs Koch injunction case is expected to be heard then. The W H Cress estate matter with objections to the executor’s reports was submitted after a day and a half of testimony. executor William Griffin testified extensively.
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District Court
Charles A. Dewey
Ferguson Vs. Koch
W. H. Cress Estate
William Griffin
Bandit Leader Whittemore Prepares For Death Or Life Sentence
Baltimore reports that Richard Reese Whittemore, jailed for murder during an escape from Maryland Penitentiary, faces a sentence next week by Judge Eugene O Dunne. A Supreme Bench ruling denied a new trial, with possible appeal to the Court of Appeals upon Poe’s return.
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Baltimore
Richard Reese Whittemore
Eugene O’dunne
Maryland
Whittemore
Supreme Bench of
Court of Appeals
Edgar Allen Poe
O'Dunne
Mr. Poe
Bartlett admits bombing linked to political feud
Asa Bartlett, a former Klan leader from Blue Lake Township Michigan, was sentenced to life for making and mailing the bomb that killed Augusta Krubach a tavern owner, her daughter Janet and her fiance William Franke. Bartlett said political antagonism to Krubach fueled the act.
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Asa Bartlett
Blue Lake Township
Mich
Augusta Krubaech
Krubaech
Janet
William Franke
Krubach
County road boosters tour Kalona amid gravel debate
A Washington road boosters tour rolled into Kalona at noon with about twenty cars rather than the expected fifty, aiming a one hour lunch and a sequence of short visits through a county circuit. The group plans a Monday road election and stops at Wayland Noble Crawfordsville Ainsworth Haskins Riverside Richmond Kalona Wellman Keota West Chester Dublin Valley Ruble and Brighton before returning by six this evening.
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Party of Washington Road Boosters
Kalona
Wellman
Wayland
Noble
Crawfordaeville
Ainsworth
Haskins
Riverside
Richmond
Keota
West Chester
Dublin
Valley
Ruble
Brighton
Norge May Be Sent in Flight Across the United States
The Norge airship, Italian built for the Amundsen Blisworth Nobile polar flight, awaits the Italian Aero Club decision in Rome on reassembly at Camp Lewis Washington for U S flights. Col Umberto Nobile returns to lead crew and discuss propositions from American receivers.
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Norge
United States
Associated Press
Nome
Alaska
Aero-club
Rome
Camp Lewis
Washington
Umberto Nobile
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Teller
Here
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
New York
Nobile
Italian Aero Club
Lloyd George Denies Laborite Joint Bid
London June 8 Former Prime Minister Lloyd George the parliamentary liberal leader whose rifts with Oxford and Asquith split the Liberal party has written a public denial of reports that he sought to join the Labourites.
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Ite
Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Lord Oxford
Asquith
Liberal Party
Laborites
Americans Defeat British Golf Team in Walker Cup Victory
In St Andrews on June 3 the United States retained the Walker Cup for two more years. After leading three matches to one in yesterday's foursomes, the American stars won the singles today to clinch the match.
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Pio
ST. Andrews
Scotland
United States
Two Pound Infant Gains Weight in Cedar Falls
A two pound daughter born May 29 to Mrs. W. E. Mulholland of Sac City is steadily gaining weight and strength at the Cedar Falls home of relatives, according to physicians.
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Aseeciated
Cedar Falls
W. E. Mulholland
Sac City
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L. E. Eslick
Rockwell City
Frank J. Lund
Colonel Brookhart
Dan F. Steck
George W. Clarke
Borah
Brookhart Committee
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