Poisoned Picnic Kills Two Girls at Indiana Reunion
A maniac poisoned sandwiches with strychnine at a Memorial Park family reunion in Lebanon killing Virginia Simmons 14 and Alice Jean Simmons 19. A father, Lester Carr 18, and Horace Jackson 50 plus another man and youth fell critically ill. Police probe targets a broader plot and a separate poisoning site near Shelbyville.
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Lebanon
Ind
Memorial Park
Thomas Martin
Shelbyville
Martin
State Chemists’ Office
Virginia Simmons
Alice Jean
John Simmons
Lester Carr
Horace Jackson
Virginia
Carl
Jackson
Carr
Nine Die in Iowa Mishaps in Weekend Accidents
UPI reports nine deaths across Iowa from a series of accidents on Sunday. In Des Moines a Telfer family car crash killed four, including a 48 year old wife and two children, while investment broker Lewis Wheelock faced manslaughter and intoxicated driving charges. Nine others injured.
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United Press
Iowa
Des Moines
W. J. Telfer
Prairie City
Telfer
Lewis F. Wheelock
Mervyn
Erma
Wheelock
U.P
Wheelock & Company
Fairfield
Election plans for Methodist Sunday school officers
The Methodist Sunday school will elect officers at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening June 24 in the church chapel. The official year runs July 1 to June 30. Reports from officers will be heard. The board includes officers teachers conference committee and class presidents. July session will continue with a vacation from regular worship. Dr A W Henke and family will spend most of the month at the Methodist camp on Clear Lake and he will teach during one week in the Epworth League Institute.
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Methodist Church
A. W. Henke
Clear Lake
Henke
Epworth League Institute
Will R McLean Dies in North Dakota
Mrs J W Scott reports the death of her brother William R McLean at his Grand Forks home after a long battle with diabetes and gangrene. Funeral in Grand Forks. his widow daughter and half brother were among the survivors. McLean born in Louisa county 72 years ago traced his line to Scottish Covenanters and worked as a well driller in Washington and later in Texas Colorado and North Dakota. He was active in the Second Presbyterian church in Washington and helped organize the chautauqua movement.
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J. W. Scott
William R. McClean
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Willa Wyman
Palm Beach
Florida
Cook Nicholson
Winona
Minn
Mr. McClean
Louisa County
Washington
Texas
Colorado
Katherine Scenefelt
McClean
Second United Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Robert
Tom
Samuel McClean
Cleveland
Ohio
Miners Clash With Deputies. One Killed in Wildwood Pa
In Wildwood Pa, a three week miners strike turns deadly as strikers marching with an American flag clash with special deputy sheriffs. One miner is killed and eight wounded. deputies fire in the air and then into the crowd after stones fly. A bomb also damages Vesta Coal Co property.
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Pittsburgh
Wildwood
Allegheny Valley
Vesta Coal Company
Richeyville
Vesta
Silver Braun
Braun
Change in Amana constitution shifts to stock cooperative system
Amana Iowa June 22 the Amana colonies adopted a constitutional revision ending 94 years of a communistic government and moving toward a stock cooperative model. Members will receive one share per year of residency, with stock valuing property. Details await final work, but religious tradition remains.
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Amana
Iowa
Amana Society
W. F. Moershel
United States
Program of Band Concert Tuesday in Central Park
Central Park hosts a Tuesday concert featuring Chicago Tribune Paris Chambera selections and favorites like The Hall of Fame. Ned Brown performs a saxophone solo, Kermit Payne leads Descriptive Overture The Fall of Jericho, and a trumpet call signals the army in the biblical outline. Encore numbers include Out of a Hundred and Tiger Rag.
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Central Park
Chicago Tribune
Paris
Hall of Fame
Bets
VT Safranek
Iol Dence
Ned Brown
C. H. Taylor
Kermit Payne
Jericho
Mailloch
Theo Tobani
Geo. Flint
Prince Bertil Might Visit U.S. on Swedish Cruiser
Stockholm reports Prince Bertil third son of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf may visit America next year aboard the Swedish armored cruiser Fylgia if plans materialize.
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May
U.S
Stockholm
Prince Bertil
Gustaf Adolf
America
Fylgia
Continent's Oldest Town Claims Hopi Village Status
ORAIBI Ariz This Hopi Indian village claims to be the oldest occupied population center in North America. It stands on the ruins of a prehistoric village.
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Oraibi
Ariz
North America
Thief steals constable's bicycle outside police station
Preston Ontario reports a bold theft as Constable John Reeves finds his bicycle missing from the station parking area. Reeves continues patrol on foot through town, prompting a police alert and safety vigilance.
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Preston, Ont
John Reeves
Reeves
Flooding Strains Iowa Streams After Weekend Rain
Iowa streams surged to their highest levels in 15 months after a heavy weekend rainfall. Harlan faced near downtown flooding while Oakland Avoca and Sac City reported five to six inches in 36 hours. Des Moines, Atlantic and other cities logged multiple inches as showers and upcoming storms were forecast.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harlan
Nishnabotna
Oakland
Avoca
Sac City
Des Moaines
Fabhervile
Charles City
Atlantic
Creston
Albia
Charles OD. Reed
Ask Federal Force to Quell Riots at Huatusco Mexico
In Huatusco Veracruz Mexico riots broke out at a priest's funeral after clashes between police and Catholics. Reports cite a dead including three policemen and two civilians with other counts up to 25 killed. A state envoy faced life threats while investigating.
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Huatusco
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Ruth Nichols Starts Flight for Atlantic Solo
Miss Ruth Nichols began the first leg of her solo transatlantic venture from Floyd Bennett Airport on a Lockheed Vega. She aims to reach St John New Brunswick in the historic attempt, flying the same aircraft used for prior women’s speed, altitude, and distance records.
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Floyd Bennett Airport
L. I
Ruth Nichols
Atlantic
St. John
N. B
Miss Nichols
Fire sinks dockside blaze devastates St John shoreline
A four hour waterfront fire at St John New Brunswick damages the west side including grain sheds, dock facilities, and homes. Officials report no confirmed deaths though rumors persist. The U S Emperor ferry steamer was sunk at berth to halt spread and several buildings including immigration and baggage offices were destroyed.
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ST. John
N. B
West Side
U. S
Two Japanese Pilots Die in Tokio Area Plane Crash
Two pilots and a passenger were killed near Fukuoka in a Japan aviation company liner crash near Tokio. The crash marks the first fatality since Japan began air passenger service.
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Tokio
Fukuoka
Japan Aviation Company
Japan
Hoover Overrun by Overtime Speech and Radio Clash
Beverly Hills dispatch notes President Hoover’s 15 minute overtime speech ran long and cut into Amos and Andy’s radio time, harming support and ranking behind the Wickersham Commission in perceived missteps. The public reaction grew heated as cartoonists faced hostility in Reno.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Mr. Hoover
Amos and
Andy
Wickersham
P. S
Old West
Reno
Washington Endeavor wins attendance prize at Pella convention
The Washington Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society earned a prize of books for leading attendance at the Iowa Christian Endeavor union state convention in Pella. Nine representatives joined Friday, with Mary Briley later making ten, and local church participation included Washington Christian Church members Ray Nicholson and others. The event spans four divisions nationwide and features speakers like Judge Hubert Utterback and Ida B. Wise Smith. Miss Lillian L. Robinson will speak in Washington Sunday evening inviting all societies to attend.
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Washington Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Pella
Presbyterian Endeavor
Willa Briley
Sherman Watson
Junior Cuddy
Stanley Baird
Flora Dodds
Mary Rickey
Thelma Long
Dorothy Polis
Grace Schilling
Mary Briley
Ella Gordon
T. S. Rickey
Christian Church
Washington Christian Church
Ray Nicholson
Alice Spenser
Leona Parcell
Eva Diller
Lois Spenser
Claire Keating
Keneth Petratz
Dale Crandall
Webster City
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Francis
Clark
Christian Endeavor, Sno
Hubert Utterback
Ida B. Wise Smith
Harvey Sutton
Harold Singer
Midwest
International Christian Endeavor Union
A. Raymond Grant
Lional Club
Leonard A. Winter
Central College
Lillian L. Robinson
Askaloosa
Iowa
Meetig
Robinson
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Societies
Ambulance Converted to Courtroom in Somerville Trial
Timothy O Conn er, 52, a paralysis patient, faced a drunkenness charge when an ambulance was brought into a Somerville courtroom. Judge M. A. Sturtevant sentenced him to 30 days in jail as he lay on a stretcher during the proceeding.
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Somerville
Mass
Timothy O'Conner
M. &. Sturtevant
Aerial Honeymoon Ends in Plane Crash
Myron F. Hutchinson eastern sales manager of the Stin son Airplane Co. of Detroit and his bride died yesterday when their plane while flying from Boston to Roosevelt field crashed after apparently going out of control, hitting a tree top and nose-diving.
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Myron F. Hutchinson
Stinson Airplane Co
Detroit
Boston
Roosevelt Field
Hoover debt moratorium fuels postwar market boom in Berlin
Financial centers praised Hoover's one year debt moratorium plan as world markets rally. Berlin stock exchange surged today with the wildest boom in years driven by Hoover's proposals amid renewed investor optimism.
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United Press
Berlin
Hoover
Hoover plan steadies wheat as trade bears fade
Chicago traders reacted to President Hoover's one year war debt moratorium plan, offsetting adverse news. Wheat futures opened with gains of 1 to 2 1/4 cents and then held nearly steady through trading.
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Chicago
Hoover
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Britain Welcomes Hoover Debt Moratorium Proposal
Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced in the house of commons that the British government cordially welcomes President Hoover's debt moratorium plan. He said details would be worked out without delay. The government's prompt acceptance drew immediate endorsement from other parties.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Hoover
Early discussion on Hoover moratorium proposal in chamber
Paris reports that Alfred Margaine a radical socialist deputy demanded government intercession for the situation created by the United States debt proposal prompting early talks in the chamber of deputies on President Hoover's moratorium plan.
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Paris
Hoover
Chamber of Deputies
Alfred Margaine
United States
Italy Accepts Hoover Debt Plan With German Provision
Rome reports Italy accepted Hoover’s debt proposal today with the condition that Germany be involved in the arrangement. The official announcement notes continued discussions with allied powers on wartime financial obligations and postwar reparations.
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Rome
Italy
Hoover
Germany
Union service at Sunset Park on June 28
The city Ministerial association sponsors a patriotic union church service at Sunset Park next Sunday afternoon at 4 30. Dr. A W Henke will speak on Americas Greatest Need and Rev D C Fulton will direct music with the United Presbyterian boys quartet and other musicians.
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Union Church
Sunset Park
A. W. Henke
Methodist Church
America
D. C. Fulton
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Boys Quartet
William Stewart
Everett Simpson
Harvey Coulter
Dave Fulton
A. A. Vinz
The
Baptist Church
City Ministerial Association
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