British protest over Soviet money to UK during general strike
London June 11 The British government sent a sharp note to Moscow protesting Soviet funds aimed at stirring political change in Britain. It cites proof the money to the Trade Union Congress came from the Soviet government and calls it interference and a breach of the Anglo Russian trade pact. A second note on funds to the British miners federation is being prepared.
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London
Mason
Great Britain
Trades Union Congress
Moscow
British
Trade Union Congress
Central Council of Trades Unions
A. J. Cook
Russia
Lord Birkenhered
Yale Professor Barred From Montana Summer School
Hal Saunders White a Yale English instructor is barred from Montana University’s summer session after his poem Soft Little Women appeared in The New Masses. President C H Clapp said resignation would be sought if White does not quit. Postal authorities in Washington said The New Masses was unmailable due to the poem and other matters.
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Associated Preas
Missoula
Mont
the New Masses
Hal Saundera White
Yale
Montana University
C. H. Clapp
White
Arizona homesteaders hang Dr Work in effigy
Report from Phoenix says homesteaders in Paradise and Deer Valleys, part of the Verde river project, hanged Dr Hubert Work in effigy over water rights and project delays. A sign blessed Senator Cameron while another called Work to account. Cameron introduced a bill to clear irrigation district rights of way, not yet acted on.
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Pe Ta Accemiated Press
Phoenix, Ariz
Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Paradise and
Deer Valleys
Verde River Irigation and Power District
Work
Paradise-Verde
Senator Cameron
Ralph Cameron
Arizona
Senate
Cameron
Elwood Mead
Scott’s Bluff
Neb
North Platte Valley
League of Nations adjourns as Brazil and Spain clash over seats
June session in Geneva ends with Brazil tendering resignation from the council and Spain balking at a renewed non permanent seat. Leaders seek to sway both nations with promises of continuous re election as temporary members while delaying France’s plea to speed up the treaty’s operation and aid plans.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Brazil
Spain
League
Austen Chamberlain
Council
Germany
Mello- Franco
France
Milwaukee Engine Derailed at Station
Traffic on the Milwaukee railway stalled for about two hours yesterday evening after an engine left the rails in front of the passenger station. The forward section took a siding while the east bound passenger train waited behind the freight over an hour.
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Milwaukee Railway
Mrs Hugh Arthur Dies After Five Year Illness
Mrs Eliza Jane Arthur wife of Hugh Arthur aged nearly eighty died at 317 North Second Avenue at 8 42 pm She lived in Washington since childhood and had been in poor health five years Funeral services will be held at 3 pm Sunday at the First United Presbyterian Church with Rev J Reade McCrory and Rev John D Kern officiating Burial will be at Grove The family will hold a public viewing at the home Saturday afternoon and evening and at the church from 2 to 3 pm Sunday She is survived by her husband and eight children including John Arthur Laura Graham Walter Arthur Lulu Arthur Thomas G Arthur Nellie Crone and Mrs Thomas W Brown with Frank and Mrs Cecil Cherwinker deceased There are nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild She also leaves sisters and brothers including Mrs Carolyn Trimble Lou Meek and Mrs Wilbur Gardner The Meek family originated with eleven children She had been active in the home department of the First United Presbyterian Sunday school and devoted to her family
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Eliza Jane Arthur
Hugh Arthur
Washington
North Second Avenue
First United Presbyterian Church
J. Reade McCrory
John D. Kern
Grove
Arthurs
Joseph
Eliza (Scott) Meek
Carlton
Ohio
John A. Arthur
Laura Graham
Walter M. Arthur
Green Bay
Wis
Lulu Arthur
Thomas G
Nellie Crone
Harry Ferguson
Paving Work Starts on Johnson County Route
Construction on the 1926 Johnson County paving program began Thursday afternoon on Primary No. 7 west of Iowa City. The 14.6 mile highway will be surfaced west of the county line and is scheduled for completion early in November.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Johnson County
Parsons College Honors Local Pastor and Maytag Recipient
At Parsons College graduation the local Presbyterian pastor received an honorary Doctor of Divinity. Frederije Louis Maytag of Newton earned a Doctor of Laws. Barhydt Memorial chapel hosted the exercises with Nate Kendall, former governor, delivering the day’s oration. Mr. and Mrs. E J Whistler of Omaha returned home by auto. Mrs. Whistler had stayed with Miss Ida Cavender for three weeks.
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Parsons College
Frederije Louis Maytag
Newton
Barhydt Memorial Chapel
Nate Kendall
Town
E. J. Whistler
Omaha
Contested wind saves field goal in midwest college game
An unusual football play in a Middle West college game saw a kicked ball sail over the crossbar between the posts but be blown back into play by the wind before hitting the ground. Officials split on whether the goal should count.
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Middle West
Sardonic London Bus Driver Inspires Odd Exchange
A London cabman obstructed a bus, prompting the driver to politely praise the passerby. The rider asked where the preacher would speak next Sunday, expressing interest in hearing them at their best.
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London
Boston ‘Transcript
Proportional Enlargement Splits Scale of Worlds
The New York Herald-Tribune notes that if a tennis ball and an atom were enlarged at the same rate, the tennis ball would reach the size of the earth long before the atom grew to the size of a baseball.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Water carnival planned at Y pool with lessons
Physical Director Elwood Detrick announces a water carnival at the Y M C A pool on Saturday evening June 19 featuring swimming stroke demonstrations and teaching methods. Admission is 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children, proceeds to buy pool equipment. Free swimming classes have taught eighty local children this week.
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Elwood Detrick
Y" Pool
Corn Shrinkage in Cribs Affects Supply Opinions
Fort Dodge Iowa June 11 A 20 to 25 percent shrinkage in corn from last fall to spring, per G W Gadd manager of the National Agricultural Credit Corporation of Fort Dodge, suggests government figures overstate on hand supplies. He cites a Pocahontas case where storage dropped from 6000 to 4700 bushels, with cold wet weather to blame. The firm backs corn loans to aid marketing and doubts official estimates reflect real supplies.
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Fort Dodge
W. Gadd
National Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Fort Codre
Gadd
Gaddis
Bankers of
Iowa
Middlewest
Des Moines
Belt elected grand master of Iowa Freemasons
Harry M. Belt of Des Moines was chosen grand master of the Grand Lodge of A F and A M succeeding Thomas W. Mellington of Fort Madison. Other officers elected include John W. Gannaway Grinnell senior grand warden L A Larson Marshalltown junior grand warden Ray Nyemas Movenport grand treasurer and C Hunt Cedar Rapids grand treasurer.
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Des Moines
Harry M. Belt
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Thomas W. Mellington
Fort Madison
John W. Gannaway
Grinnell
L. A. Larson
Marshalltown
Ray Nyemas
Movenport
C. Hunt
Cedar Rapids
Restrictions on citizenship for instrumentalists in medieval times
The fragment notes H. E. B. Krehbiel’s claim that instrumentalists faced denial of citizenship rights as late as the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It states they were denied religious sacraments their children could not inherit or learn trades and parental property escheated to the crown after death.
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H. EB. Krehbiel
Rainfall Totals .78 Inch After Afternoon Shower
A thunder shower with brisk rain and wind yesterday afternoon finished the job started by the forenoon rain. The day’s total rainfall was .78 of an inch, most of it in the afternoon shower, leaving vegetation in better condition after the continued drought.
Church and drama leaders form joint association in New York
In New York on June 11 representatives of church and stage pledged to purify the legitimate theater without sterilizing it. Prominent figures including Mayor Walker and William C. Redfield discussed cooperation to clean Broadway by legal means while forming a church and drama association aimed at advancing morality.
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New York
Church and Drama Association
Walker
Banton Fin
Broadway
William C. Redfield
Wm. J. Donohue
Catholic Actor's Guild
Will Hi. Hays
S. Parkes Cadman
George Reid Andrews
Committee On
The
American Council of Churches
Association
Channing Pollack
Pwood
Otto H. Kahn
Edward Bok
Kriesge
Mr. Redfield
Earle RK. Milliken
Maine
Felix Warburg
Manny Straus
Porter to Speak at Palo Alto County Fair in Sept
Emmetsburg Iowa June 11 Claude J Porter democratic candidate for US senator will speak at the Palo Alto county fair the week of September 19 Dr Bo R McTigne president of the fair says Brookhart will also appear on a separate day at the event
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Emmetsburg
Claude J. Porter
United States
Palo Alto County
Bo R. McTigne
Brookhart
Brookhart Leads With 209,158 Votes in Iowa Primary
Des Moines June 12 Smith W Brookhart the insurgent republican senator nominee defeated veteran Senator Cummins in the primary with 209,158 votes to 137,455. Other candidates Howard J Clark Des Moines received 64,066 and L E K Eichelberg Waterloo 5,500. Dan Reardon Council Bluffs 6,082. Reardon ran as a beer and light wine candidate.
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Associated Prena
Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
A Cummins
Cummins
Associated Press
Howard J. Clark
L. EK. Eichelberg
Waterloo
Dan Reardon
Council Bluffs
Reardon
Mother of Hugh H. McCleery Dies in Clarion at 80
Mrs. S A McCleery mother of Hugh H McCleery and sister of Mrs T J Mcklhinney died yesterday at her daughter's home in Clarion Town. She was eighty last March and death followed age related infirmities. Her husband and son Richard left for Clarion today. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial at Waterloo. She had visited here and was known locally.
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S. A. McCleery
Hugh H. MccCleery
T. J. Mcklhinney
A. KE. Weber
Clarion
Mr. McCleery
Richard
Catholic Schools to House Pilgrims for Eucharistic Congress
Chicago Catholic schools to convert classrooms into temporary dormitories for thousands of pilgrims in June 2024. Rosary College will host over 200 pilgrims, Loyola and DePaul host Jesuit and Vincentian order members, St Frances Parochial houses 36 Claretian priests, and two convents will accommodate visiting nuns. District officials expect around 6,000 sisters to sing on women's day June 22.
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Rosary College
Loyola University
St. Frances
DePaul University
St. Rita’s College
Bible School Begins Monday at Baptist Church
The Vacation School at the Baptist Church starts Monday at 9:00 A M for a three week session ending Friday July 2. The daily program includes worship instruction and expressional periods with assembly and 11 00 A M dismissal. Swimming fills 11:00 to 12:00 with juniors and intermediates and boys and girls on alternating days. Two departments, primary for grades 1 3 and Junior for grades 4 8, will run under teachers Miss Carol Forgey Miss Sara Grimes Mrs Ruth Lemley Miss Doris Fields and Mr and Mrs John Dr Kern.
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Baptist Church
Carol Forgey
Sara Grimes
Ruth Lemley
Doris Fields
John Dr. Kern
Wedding Bells Bring Laughs At California School
A California school story recalls a pupil declaring she cannot attend tomorrow because her auntie is marrying and she must throw roses by their legs. The moment left teachers and students amused in a quaint classroom vignette.
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California
Coffin Shops Draw Chinese and Japanese Buyers
In many parts of China and Japan coffin shops line principal streets where locals buy their own coffins. The shops display an attractive jumble of coffins for early demise preparations.
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China
Japan
Time's Value and The Call to Seize the Moment
Not to be wasted, time is to be seized and enjoyed with alertness and purpose. The quote urges action now, banishing idleness laziness and procrastination in favor of immediate effort and fulfillment.
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Chesterfield
Senate debates McNary plan deferring cotton and corn fee
The Senate clashed over the McNary farm relief bill as Borah moved to strike the two year deferral of an equalization fee on cotton and corn. Democratic leaders expect opposition to the plan, while Robinson prepares a substitute creating a $200 million federal fund to aid farmers with loans and export bounties in emergencies.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Robinson
Arkansas
Wheeler
Montana
Indiana
House
George
Georgia
Gooding
United States
Farmers Export Corporation
Band Concert at Junction Sacred and Popular Bands Play
A concert by 40 musicians from Columbus Junction and Washington concert bands led by Glenn W. Ayers will perform at Tourist Park Columbus Junction Iowa on Sunday June 18 at 230 PM Admission 15 cents to cover expenses.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa
Washington
Glenn W. Ayers
Chinese Cemeteries Shaped by Careful Site Planning
Chinese cemeteries cover larger areas than cities and are often park like with monuments, flowers, trees, lakes and bridged streams. Private cemeteries are small walled plots chosen for elevation and downhill views.
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China
Saint Boniface English Birth Apostle of Germany
Saint Boniface was an English missionary born Winfrid in Kirton Devonshire. He began his work in 716 and was murdered in Friesland.
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St. Boniface
Germany
Winfrid
Kirton
Devonshire
Friesland
Keeper of the king s conscience phrase used for privy council
In England the term keeper of the king s conscience is applied to members of the privy council, notably the prime minister, highlighting a role of moral guidance within government. This descriptor underscores the constitutional duties tied to the premier s counsel to the crown.
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England
Privy Council
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