North Dakota Senator Edwin Ladd Dies in Baltimore
Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota died in Baltimore at 10:29 AM after a full life as chemist professor college president and U S senator He was born December 13 1859 in Maine and educated at the University of Maine He led food administration work during WWI and opposed Harding and sugar interests His career included editing the North Dakota Farmer and leading agricultural chemistry efforts with strong ties to La Follette forces.
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Supreme Court
Robert M. Labollette
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Nebraska
Shipstead
Minnesota
North Dakota Farmer
Idaho Rain Takes Toll of Two Lives
An electrical storm with hail and cloudbursts caused two drownings in Clarks ton Montana and damage to crops and farm buildings across Gallatin county Montana and Asotin county Washington. Two children Dwain and Leota Morrow died in flood waters of Asotin creek. Fifteen automobiles were trapped by swollen rivers but motorists escaped.
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Lewiston
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Gallatin County
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Asotin County
Washington
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Leota Morrow
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Asotin Creek
Secretary Work Outlines New Reclamation Program
Secretary Work announced a new federal reclamation program urging cooperation between the federal government and states, farmer advances for farm improvements, and district management by local residents. He warned against using aid as a money source and called for land price agreements with private owners before colonization.
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General Rainfall In Iowa Last Night
Rain fell across Iowa last night with enough to benefit crops and little risk of damage. Des Moines reported 1.81 inches, Fort Dodge 1.79 and Carroll 1.54 inches, while other towns logged values from .16 to .84 inches. The total across the state reached 6.96 inches, well above the 4.96 normal for June, with storms expected again tonight and tomorrow.
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Des Moines
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Fort Dodge
Carrol
Charles City
Man Missing Two Months Home Again
Muskome AP report says Helijah Blankenship, missing for over two weeks, is found in Kansas City Kansas and returns home. He cannot recall how he reached Kansas City, telling a tale of lost memory.
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Two Robbers Shoot Policeman After Bank Holdup at North Shore
Chicago report states two robbers fatally shot Policeman Patrick McGovern after seizing receipts from the Phantheon theatre during a holdup at the North Shore Trust and Savings Bank and escaping. The officer died in a hospital.
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Chicago
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Phantheon Theatre
North Shore Trust and Savings Bank
Hayes Crayton Guests in Muscatine Yesterday
Mr and Mrs Hayes Crayton were guests of friends in Muscatine yesterday, enjoying hospitality during a social visit.
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Mrs. Hayes Crayton
Muscatine
President Coolidge to Speak Tonight From Swampscott
President Coolidge prepares for a broadcast tonight from Swampscott mass covering tax reduction plans and further economy. The address will be aired on WCAP WEAF WJAR WEE WOO WSALF and Woc as he wraps up the current session with the cabinet and departs for the summer home.
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Explorer Grettir Algarsson sails for farthest north attempt
Grettir Algarsson of Victoria, BR. C., an explorer seeking the north pole by a small dirigible sailed from Liverpool on June 22. He announced the voyage as an effort to reach farthest north.
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Planes to Supersede Railways and Ships, Expert Predicts
Washington expert Captain James V. Martin argues commercial aviation will replace rail and sea travel within decades. He foresees planes cutting costs on long hauls, while rails degrade and ships struggle to compete. He notes battleships and submarines suffer limited use and predicts air power will shape future warfare with rapid, decisive landings.
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Girl Murderer Is Sentenced to Serve Term in Penitentiary
Dorothy Perkins was sentenced to five to fifteen years in Aub urn prison for the killing of World War veteran Thomas Templeton of Jersey City. Judge McIntyre said the crime was heinous though the girl appeared composed and expressed sympathy. he noted public letters urged punishment.
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Auburn Prison
Dorothy Perkins
Thomas Templeton
Jersey City
McIntyre
Disabled Veterans Entertained Today by Schumann Heink
In Omaha on June 22 the fifth national convention of the Disabled American Veterans opened with prayers and a silent tribute at Arlington Rome London Paris and Brussels. Mme Schumann Heink sang from a Gold Star mother while messages of encouragement were read from President Coolidge Vice President Dawes General Pershing and Marshal Foch. Dignitaries did not attend in person and sent telegraphic goodwill. Today’s business was the committee on credentials.
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Brussels
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Marshal Foch
Committee On Credentials
Funeral Honors For Senator LaFollette At Madison
Marion LaFollette was laid to rest in Forest Hills cemetery after simple services in the state capitol rotunda. Wisconsin paid a quiet tribute to the leader whose work aimed to make government serve human value, as Dr. E A Haydon urged dedication to democracy.
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French Lieutenant Ends Stand by Blowing Up Blockhouse
Second Lieutenant Tapeyra with Senegalese troops, sole survivor of an 8 day defense, blew up his blockhouse near the Franco Moroccan front on June 14 rather than be captured by Abd-El-Krim's Rif tribes. He had begged for help as the two cannons were silenced and no rescue party arrived.
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Prisoner Bernard Grant Dies After Refusing Transfusion
Chicago June 22 Bernard Grant, condemned in the 1922 holdup murder of Policeman Ralph Sanders, refused a blood transfusion and doctors could not save him. He died 30 minutes after declining surgery despite clemency petitions and a retrial windfall for co-defendant Walter Krauser.
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Supreme Court
Court Actions Seek Claims on Bank Funds in Des Moines
In Des Moines on June 22 actions began in district court to establish claims and public funds totaling about 800000 tied to the closing of Commercial Savings Bank and Mechanics Bank. The state filed for 254055 from the Commercial, with bonding companies named as co defendants likely to challenge public funds priority in liquidation.
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Des Moines
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Canton unrest widens as foreigners flee and strikes spread
Reports from Canton Shameen describe a siege mood as two gunboats guard the foreign settlement and native workers walk out amid a growing anti foreign movement. Hong Kong observers note a sympathetic strike while a Paris dispatch mentions Chinese youths pressuring the Chinese legation.
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Shanghai
Mrs Fiske Favors End to Steel Trap Cruelty
Actress Minnie Maddern Fiske urged Omaha women to shun fur items tainted by steel traps. She did not oppose fur wearing itself but called for abolition of cruel trapping methods, likening it to ending the feather trade after learning its cruelty. She warned the steel trap could become extinct like the dodo if action is taken.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Seven Iowans Die In Auto Accidents
Seven people died and three escaped serious injury in Iowa auto crashes over the weekend. Near Lamont a car racing with another veered off an embankment killing Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hurley and Mrs. Florence Galloway. two others injured. Northwood near Chariton three residents died when their car struck a ditch and ripped into a ravine. Dr. Davis Q. Storie C. W. Stuart and Kenneth Burkholder perished. a fourth person injured. Gerald Ross 9, was struck by a car in Hawarden traffic.
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C. W. Stuart
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Gerald Ross
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