Graf Zeppelin Starts Home From 900 Miles Out
Graf Zeppelin nears New York and heads toward Seville on the way to Friedrichshafen. Eckener reports clear weather, 11 mph tail wind, 22 passengers aboard, and 91,000 pieces of mail. Transatlantic service planned for September 1931 aboard the Friedrichshafen and Lakehurst ships.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.P
New York
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Seville
Spain
Hugo Eckener
Pernambuco
Brazil
Lakehorse
Continents
Europe
South America
North America
United States
Eckener
Baltimore
Washington
Zeppelin
North Atlantic
Azores
Graf
Navy
Long Island
Paul MacEachron Dies Suddenly At Oberlin
Dr A W Clow received word from the Grinnell Register of the death of Paul MacEachron in Oberlin Ohio The late MacEachron served Grinnell as Y secretary for years later became dean of men at Grinnell college and head of athletics at Oberlin A brother Scott MacEachron formerly in Grinnell bank now in Oregon father A MacEachron lives Goldfield no details of illness available additional relatives Ed Willits and his two daughters of Muscatine were visiting.
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A. W. Clow
Grinnell Register
Paul MacEachron
Oberlin
Ohio
Grinnell
MacEachron
Washington
Mackeachron
China
America
Grinnell College
Scott MacKachron
Oregon
A. MacEachron
Goldfield
U P Assembly Backs Strict Enforcement of Eighteenth Amendment
DES MOINES June 3 The United Presbyterian General Assembly pledges firm support for strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. Dr Mott McBride head of the Anti Saloon League presented the committee report urging prohibition. Delegates also voice opposition to commerce salism of the Sabbath and cigarettes to children while backing Bible use in public schools and limits on armaments. The convention aims to finish business today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Seventy-Second General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Mott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Reform
T. S. Willis Wins Journal Plant Contract
The contract for the new Evening Journal plant was awarded to T. S. Willis of Janesville Wisconsin. Eight bidders competed led by Loomis Brothers and F. C. Strohbehn. Construction to begin after old Scofield building is demolished with occupancy expected by October.
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Evening Journal
T. S. Willis
Janesville
Wisconsin
Willis
Journal
W. C. Jones
Chicago
John Soller
Ottumwa
Huneinger, Wagner Company
Iowa City
Loomis Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Wis
J. J. Minick
Washington
Smith & Gibson
Jacksonville
F. C. Strohbehn Company
Davenport
McKeone & Kupka
Post Office
Scofield
Hamburger Inn
Advertising Service Organization
County Agent Outlines Reload Station Plan for Wahington
Harold Montgomery spoke to the Rotary Club about establishing a Farm Board reload station in Wahington. He argued the project would aid farmers and stockmen by expanding marketing areas and widening competitive buying. Montgomery cited a favorable inspector report and hopes Washington becomes a reload point.
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Harold Montgomery
Rotary
Wahington
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Montgomery
Washington
Memorial Day at Grover Custer and Cloid Willits Homes
Memorial Day observances were held at the Grover Custer and Cloid Willits residences with family gatherings and local veterans participating in the ceremony. Community members shared memories and laid wreaths at the sites.
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Grover Custer
Cloid Willits
Bishop Cannon Defies Senate Lobby Probe
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South refused to answer questions from the Senate lobby committee about his anti Smith activities in 1928. He claimed persecution and warned of contempt, while evidence showed he used 303 dollars of church funds to plan a 1928 Asheville conference opposing Alfred E. Smith.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Senate Lobby Committee
Thomas J. Walsh
Dem. Mont
Cannon
Methodist Board of Prohibition and Social Service
Asheville, N. C
Alfred FE. Smith
New York
H and A Bakery Announces Big Opening Night
H and A Bakery unveils a modern plant in the former Studebaker Garage with new equipment and a $35,000 setup. Owners anticipate seven thousand visitors over Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 15, viewing Harvest Cream and Sapphire breads in an educational event.
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E. T. Hansen
H. & A. Baking Company
Hansen
Studebaker
Counties Divide on Highway Bond Vote
Des Moines June 3. Voters in Emmet county approved and Buena Vista county disapproved the county road bond issues in yesterday’s primary election, according to early returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Emmet
Buena Vista
Chicago Roundup Fills Jails After Weekend Gang War
Police moved swiftly in a roundup of hoodlums and gunmen after six people were killed in a weekend flare up. Today Chicago jails were crowded with suspects as authorities sought to quell the violence.
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Chicago
U.P
Northern Baptists Adjourn Convention in Hearty Accord
The Northern Baptist convention of America adjourned with a peaceful accord between fundamentalists and modernists. Dr William B Riley criticized church evils but did not attack liberals, while Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick preached a spiritual message without direct doctrinal clashes. Delegates returned hopeful for a new armistice between camps.
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Cleveland
Northern Baptist Convention of America
William B. Riley
Minneapolis
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riley
Primary returns show strong turnout across county
Voters lined up for last night’s primary results as county and state tallies poured in. By ten o'clock the precincts reported most races, with Nira and Seventy-six among the last to file. Overall turnout edged past 1928 figures, governor and senator tallies higher than two years ago.
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Journal
United Press
Nira
Brighton City
Washington Township
Funeral for Mrs. Will Black at Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Will Black were held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church under Pastor Dr F W Eastwood. Music featured a vocal solo by John Hughes and pallbearers Will Fleming H P Wilson Merle Kallaus Everette Palmer Orville Dayton and Andy Batner. Burial followed in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Will Black
Presbyterian Church
F., W. Eastwood
John Hughes
Will Fleming
H. P. Wilson
Merle Kallaus
Everette Palmer
Orville Dayton
Andy Batner
Woodlawn Cemetery
Communists Fire on American Boat Near Hosueh China
A British vessel and an American boat were fired upon near Hosueh China last Wednesday. Three crew members on the British ship were wounded. Reports to the state department from Frank P. Lockhart, American consul general at Hankow, identify the attackers as Chinese communists.
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Washington
Hosueh
China
State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
Dickinson and Turner Lead in Iowa Primary Returns
Des Moines reports show Rep L J Dickinson extending his lead over Gov Hammill for the Republican senatorial nomination as tallying continues. Turner leads Smith for the GOP governor nomination with large margins while Greenwalt, Saunders, Hazlett and Hindley fight for secretary of state.
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Des Moines
L. J. Dickinson
John Hammill
Iowa
U.S
Dickinson
Hammill
Lund
Payne
Turner
Smith
Lange
Dan W. Turner
Ed M. Smith
G. G. Greenwalt
Greenwalt
United Veterans Bureau
Capt
W. E. G. Saunders
State Board of Conservation
Saunders
John M. Hazlett
Charles Hindley
Washington County
Dan Turner
W. F. Kopp
Louis J. Kehoe
Wellman
Escaped Criminals Plague Michigan Towns In Mass Breakout
Eleven inmates escaped from the state hospital for the criminal insane in Sonia Michigan. Residents armed doors and kept watch as authorities, troopers and citizens hunted the fugitives believed to be near Ionia. Only two of the original thirteen were recaptured as the manhunt continued.
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Sonia, Mich
State Hospital
Ionia
Broken Bow Nebraska Storm Wrecks Homes And Crops
A cyclone struck central Nebraska centered near Merna, damaging the Catholic church and school, demolishing more than a dozen homes and leveling crops. The twister and subsequent hail caused extensive farm losses, with many residents left homeless as communications remained down and property checks hindered.
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Broken Bow
Nebraska
Merma Farm
Here
Twister
Tir
Merna
Turner Gets GOP Nod and Seeks Iowa Governor Nomination
Dan W. Turner of Corning announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Iowa governor after a 20 year political pause. Born in Adams County 52 years ago, he previously served in the Iowa State Senate, chaired state Republican conventions, and closed Iowa’s 1928 campaign radio address. He promotes a state income tax as a key tax reform.
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Corning
Dan W. Turner
Iowa
Turner
Adams County
Here
State Senate
State Assembly
Senate
Dickinson Enters Iowa Gubernatorial Battle as Longtime Congressman
L J Dickinson a six term congressman from Algona Iowa announces entry into the Iowa senate race marking a political career of over 29 years. Born October 29 1874 he studied at Cornell and Iowa State University earning law and science degrees and served as Kossuth county attorney before joining Congress in 1915. He backed the Hawley Smoot tariff and framed the race as a referendum on President Hoover with himself as the administration ally.
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Algona
L. J. Dickison
Iowa
Dickinson
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Lucas County
Cornell College
The
State University
Kossuth County
Republican State Central Committee
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Mrs Green Leads In Recorder Primary Vote
Complete county returns show Mrs Minnie Green leading four recorder candidates with 1199 votes but short of 35 percent to nominate. Sheriff Fred Sweet topped five for sheriff with 1289 votes, far above the 35 percent needed, while Ferguson leads for supervisor by nine votes in a tight count and L A Jones defeats W S Kyle for coroner.
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Fred Sweet
R. C. Ferguson
L. A. Jones
W.S. Kyle
R. B E. Brown
William Ruebsam
Minnie Green
R. H. McCarty
T. E. Jackson
Sweet
Sheriff Sweet
Sheriff
Edwards
Schroeder
Wallace
Dayton
Green
Rice
Hay
Dodds
Ferguson
J. D. Hamil
Hamil
C. B. Flynn
R. E. Brown
Brown
W. S. Kyle
Jones
Kyle
Ethel Grecian
Marion S. George
Edna C. Purvis
George F. Morrison
R. E. Dougherty
Hugh H. McCleery
Harriett Phillips
Rain Comes Today To Relief of Weary Forest Fire Fighters
Rain fell in Manitoba and Thunder Bay districts easing the strain on exhausted crews battling forest fires near Port Arthur suburbs. Fire leaders warned that relief may be brief as sustained rain is needed to curb possible new outbreaks and keep flames in check.
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Winnipeg
Man
U.P
Port Arthur
Thunder Bay
Two Michigan Bank Robbers Shot Near Mandelona
Two of the bandits who yesterday held up the State bank at Mandelona were shot today when robbers and a posse met in a wooded area five and a half miles northwest of town. A Vigilante was wounded in the confrontation.
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Mandelona
Mich
U.P
State Bank
Erwin Hasty Spends Weekend Travel to Wells
Erwin Hasty motored to Wells for a weekend visit, spent time with locals, and returned home refreshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Hasty
Wellsman
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Lakehorst Station
Paul Maceachron Called
Ed Willits
Muscatine
U. P. Assembly
Ws Ray
Masonic Temple
Journal Plan
Bishop Cannon
H. and A. Bakery
Northern Baptists
Hearty Accord
Mrs. Black
Gilbert N. Haugen
Charles Benson
Kopp
Ropinson
William Galloway
F.C. Gilchrist
S. C. Goldthwaite
Frederick Larrabee
J. J. Dickinson
Gilchrist
Larrabee
Goldthwaite
Michigan
Mrs. Green
Carty
Jackson
Michigan Bandits
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