Rebels Control Greece Murder Trial in Chicago
Judge Lynch adjourned court at 4 30 p m as Shepherd murder trial neared defense closing. Status of defense counsel Wim Scott Stewart dominated the day with a lengthy plea arguing for acquittal and challenging Reichmanns alleged will- drawing tactics amid the Shepherd family dispute and plans for a jury verdict.
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Associated Trees
Chicago
Lynch
Shepherd
William Darling Shepherd
Wim. Scott Stewart
Stewart
Falmans
Farman
Dutch plane crash near Franco Belgian border kills four
Paris June 23 The pilot of a Dutch airplane named Klunder and three passengers died when the craft crashed near the Franco Belgian border. The victims include a Dutchman a German and a Swede.
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Associated Press
Paris
Klunder
Stormy Omaha Convention Fails Re-Election Bid for Irwin
The Disabled American Veterans at Omaha voted 259 to 176 to defeat a constitutional amendment that would allow a second term for national commander Frank J. Irwin of New York City. Irwin’s backers vow to push the issue on the floor as elections begin.
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Omaha
Nebr
Frank J. Irwin
New York City
Irwin
Jimmy O'Neil
New York
Neb
United States Veterans Bureau
Disabled Veterans’ Organization
Indian Bureau to cut 294 field staff on July 1
Washington June 25 two hundred ninety four employees in the field service of the Indian bureau will lose their jobs July 1 under a sweeping retrenchment program. The cuts will save 227905 annually and affect clerks stenographers matrons Indian police and other officials. Des Moines June 26 appanoose county mines to consolidate under a holding company financed by Chicago bankers by August 1 involving twenty nine mines with an annual output of one million tons.
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Associated Irons
Washington
Indian Bureau
Des Moines
Appanoose County
Chicago
Jake Ritter
Appanoose
LaFollette Estate Valued At 48000 In Probate Petition
Wisconsin senator Robert M. LaFollette's will is offered for probate naming his widow as sole beneficiary and executrix. Debts amount to about 29000, personal property 20000, and real estate including the homestead 48000, in the county court filing.
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Associated Tress
Madison
Wis
Robert M. LaFollette
Gaskill Must Serve His Murder Sentence
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Jack Gaskill must serve his life term for the slaying of Tom Griffin a Rock Island special officer killed in Des Moines area yards over a year ago. The ruling follows an appeal related to a bank robber confession said to exonerate Gaskill in Louisiana.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court Today
Jack Gaskill
Tom Griffin
Rock Island
Louisiana
Gaskill
Open Negotiations on Italian Debts in Washington
A three hour conference in Washington between an Italian delegation and four American debt commission members opened talks on funding Italy's war debt. Ambassador De Martino said Italy acknowledged the debt and seeks a settlement allowing payments over years, stressing Italy's ability to pay as the basis.
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Washington
American Debt Commission
de Martino
Italy
Davenport Fisherman Killed by Burlington Train
Judd Black, 55, a fisherman from Davenport, was fatally struck by a Burlington passenger train last night. He suffered a fractured skull and a severed left foot after stepping in front of the train while reportedly under the influence.
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The
Associated Treea
Davenport
Judd Black
Burlington
Demand China Declare War on the British
Peking dispatches report 20 000 protesters in the streets with banners calling Declare war on England while two waves of disturbances flare and security tightens around foreign houses. The American Association of China urges U S cooperation with other powers to pressure Beijing for accountability in losses and damage. Shanghai defense forces stay on alert as a general strike defies closure and continues to affect British and Japanese mills and harbor shipping.
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London
Jaume
Acenev
Peking
England
Shanghai
The
American Serpectation of China
United States
China
Cummins to Deliver Defense Day Address
United States Senator A B Cummins will deliver the Defense Day address in Des Moines on July 4 according to plans announced today.
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Cummins
Associated Press
Des Moines
United State
A. B. Cummins
Tennessee lawmaker once aimed to redefine pi with a flat
Washington notes recount a Tennessee legislator once proposed a bill to make pi stand for a flat, a quixotic bid amid discussions of language and diplomacy. The piece plays with linguistic quirks and notes on cross language misunderstandings in Washington’s diplomatic circles.
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Fisher
Tennessee
American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Protective Alliance Formed
William H. Anderson announces a new group named the American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Protective Alliance. Anderson, recently released from Sing Sing, says the organization aims to resist what it calls bogus tolerance and will publish views from a Washington weekly that has praised the Ku Klux Klan.
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Associated Prensa
New York
A. P. PP
William H. Anderson
Sing Sing
Anti-Saloon League
League
American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Protective Alliance
Anderson
Alliance
Washington
Stolen Automobile Recovered After Exciting Chase
A car belonging to Dr. J. T. Jones of Manchester was stolen from his office area and recovered by Dubuque police within thirty minutes after the theft. Motorcycle officer Clarence Sullivan gave chase, firing several shots before the vehicle stopped. Olga Bowman and Albert Smith of Gary Indiana were arrested as occupants.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
J. T. Jones
Manchester
Clarence Sullivan
Coolidge Settles Into Summer Vacation Routine
President Coolidge begins a Marblehead area summer at White Court in Swampscott Massachusetts staying with limited visitors. He plans daily study time and routine business at Lynn offices with personal matters directed to him, avoiding golf and heavy recreation while enjoying short strolls and motor trips. He intends to read biographies and history and watch news reels and late films in the evening.
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Swampscott
Maass
Coolidge
White Court
Lynn
White House
Marblehead
Washington
Catholics Closing Annual Conference on Industry Today
The closing session of a Catholic conference on industrial problems in Chicago discussed women in industry and labor dispute arbitration. Rev John M Cooper of Catholic University warned that restrictive immigration laws push industry to hire more women and minority workers, and urged a family living wage for women breadwinners based on census data.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Catholic Conference On Industrial Problems
John M. Cooper
Washington, D. C
Catholic University of America
Cooper
Manulac
Chicago Council Votes For Secession From Illinois
Chicago city council unanimously approves secession from Illinois in a resolution. It asks corporation counsel Francis X. Busch to outline legal steps and invites adjoining counties to join the movement if they lose legislative representation due to population. Alderman Toman cites legislature reappointment failure as the trigger.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Illinois
Francis X. Busch
Toman
MacMillan Prepares Arctic Voyage Northward Tomorrow
Commander Donald B MacMillan of the American Arctic expedition plans to sail northward tomorrow after settling a wireless equipment dispute with the navy department. Bowdoin and Peary are fueling as long wave gear transfers complete for Battle Harbor Labrador. Secretary Wilbur warned crews that disembarkation would follow if the long wave equipment was not carried, while planes will travel in pairs with radio links to base ships.
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Associated Press
Sydney
N. S
Navy Department
Donald B. Macmillan
Tomor
Bowdoin
Peary
Navy
United States
Putnam
Wiscasset
Maine
Wilbur
Battle Harbor
Labrador
MacMillan
Grant Permits for Several Bus Lines Across Iowa
Des Moines June 25 Applications filed by Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway with the state railway commission seek permits for two new bus routes Fort Dodge to Mason City and Fort Dodge to Spirit Lake. Other approved routes include Jefferson to Emmetsburg via several towns and Iowa City to Tipton with multiple towns listed. Vernon Oxley and Vernon Oxley Iowa City are named. Iowa Motor Transit seeks Osceola to Lamont. If all lines run travel across the state from Minnesota to Missouri by bus.
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Des Moines
The
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
State Railway Commission
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Spirit Lake
R. E B. Hilton
Jefferson
Emmetsburg
Chardan
Lohrville
Havelock
Lake City
Rockwell City
Pomeroy
Pocahontas
Mallard
Iowa City
Tipton
West Branch
Springdale
Rochester
Vernon Oxley
Iowa Motor Transit Company
Osceola
Lamont
Minnesota
Missouri Line
Cedar Rapids Light Co Purchases Collins Electric System
The Iowa Railway and Light Company of Cedar Rapids has bought the Collins electric lighting system in Collins IA, formerly owned and operated by C J Lockinbill of Nevada. The sale closed on June 25 and transfers ownership to the Cedar Rapids company.
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Nevada, In
Iowa Railway and Light Company of
Cedar Rapids
Collins, Ia
C.J. Lockinbill
Nevada
Salonika
Greece
Independent
Michalkopoulous
Pangelos
Fragmentary note on wartime family labor and mothers
A garbled OCR fragment references mothers in cities, wartime households with no men, and notions of earners. It hints at a context where one fifth of the earnings come from sole wage earners, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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Turing
Newark Boys Suffer Leprosy in County Hospital
Two Newark schoolboys Hale and Frank George ages 11 and 13 are treated for leprosy at Sono county isolation hospital. Doctors report the disease not advanced and say exposure risk to schoolmates is slight with precautions in place.
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Ity
Associated Press
Newark N. J
Newark
Hale
Frank George
Sono
George Holmes
Cedar Rapids bootlegger sentenced to three years
Calvin Kelchner of Cedar Rapids was arrested two weeks ago on bootlegging charges and sentenced yesterday to three months at hard labor in the Rock quarries and a fine of 800 dollars after pleading guilty on a county attorney's information.
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I’ress
Iowa City
Calvin Kelchner
Cedar Rapids
Sheffield to Return to Mexico Despite Agency Claims
The State Department contradicted Mexico's publicity office predictions saying Ambassador Sheffield will return to Mexico City within a week or two. It is unclear whether he will carry the note on American claims. Transmission method of the communication will be decided after Sheffield returns from New York, where he had a minor operation.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Sheffield
Mexico City
New York
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Albert Smith
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