French Defenders Halt Rif Front, Tail Amid Border Losses
Heavy losses are reported on both sides in French Morocco where De Chambruin's forces push Rif tribesmen back toward the Spanish zone. The Rif advance has been checked, Bibane heights reached, and French reinforcements with heavy artillery arrive from Algeria. Reports say Rif tribes threaten uprisings between Fez and Tazza and claim a captured French air field and prisoners.
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Associated Press
Morocco
Count de Chambruin
de Chambruin
Bibane
Algeria
Abd- El-Krim
Fez
Tazza
Madrid
Rif
Spain
Abd-El-Krim
Paris
Owning Race Horses Opens New Era for Englishwomen
English women have surged as race horse owners with nearly 300 owning flat or straight runners and many more in steeplechasing. Notable entries include Mrs J B Brunel Cohen who bought Hideaway after a win, and prior trailblazers like Lady James Douglas in 1918 and Lady Nelson in 1915. Women owners posted big prize money totals last year, led by Mrs C Sofer Whitburn with 22 placements and nearly 60000 dollars in earnings, though no woman won a classic race yet.
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Newmarket
England
British Isles
J. B. Brunel Cohen
Kempton
James Douglas
Dainsborough
Lady Douglas
Eleanor
Torrington
R. Jeffrey
J. Rudd
Lady Sykes
Lord Derby
Jockey Club
Submarine painter creates underwater seascapes in Brazil
Zack Pritchard an American painter of submarine life has lived in a Paqueta Island home near Rio de Janeiro for two months painting for exhibitions in Paris and Brussels. He sketches underwater at depths around 25 feet in a diving suit using oiled calf skin canvases while watchers signal air hose danger. His impressionistic works feature fish resembling birds, coral forests and canyon like formations, with Brazil's climate aiding the drying of his water toned paintings.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Zack Pritchard
Paris
Brussels
Paqueta Island
Rio
Mr. Pritchard
Pritchard
Wayland Mayor's Fine Upheld by Jury in Shellhouse Case
A jury in Mount Pleasant Iowa upheld a $50 fine from Wayland mayor's court against EB B Shellhouse an alleged Ku Klux Klan organizer for holding a public meeting without permission. The courtroom filled with onlookers as the verdict was announced and Shellhouse vowed to appeal to the state supreme court.
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Associated Press
Mounr Pleasant
EB. B. Shellhouse
Shellhouse
Wayland
Iowa
Court House
Supreme Court
Rainy season boosts Costa Rica shopping boom
An unusually heavy rainy season in Costa Rica is followed by a surge in buying as a break in the rain signals the heaviest shopping period of the season. The trend highlights elevated consumer activity amid wet conditions.
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Costa Rica
Death of General Nelson A Miles at Circus
General Nelson A Miles, famed American soldier aged 86, collapsed and died in Washington while attending a circus performance with Mrs. Coolidge present. He had shown no prior signs of illness and remained active in public affairs. The incident occurred in the third row where the old Indian lighter fainted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nelson A. Miles
General Miles
Coolidge
Veterans gather for Omaha convention of Disabled American Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans of the World War plan a June convention in Omaha, drawing 8000 to 10000 delegates. Leaders include Pershing Hines Harbord Dunn Crain Verrick McMullen and Governor McMullen. Madame Schumann Heink will perform and the Trench Rats will run stunts with horse racing and a civic carnival scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Reed-Johnson
John Pershing
Frank T. Hines
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
James G. Harbord
John Dunn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boston
Myron T. Verrick
France
James C. Crain
American Legion
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Schumann Heink
Former Buddies Testify In Lopez Frazier Identity Case
In Minneapolis on May 15 former buddies of Arthur Frazier an Indian world war veteran testified in a U S district court case. They aim to prove Frazier is alive and the claimant in the suit to obtain disability compensation claiming he is Arthur Frazier. The government argues Frazier is dead and that the man named Arthur Lopez is the true claimant. Lopez Frazer fainted on the stand and was hospitalized but released the same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilyhe
Minneapolis
Arthur Frazier
Lopez-Frazier
Frazier
United States District Court
Arthur Lopez
Lopez- Frazier
State musical contests bring towns together at Ames
Finals of the Iowa Musical Activities association contests occur at Ames with events for boys and girls glee clubs mixed choruses orchestras and bands. About a thousand students compete with silver cups donated by the chamber of commerce. Participating schools include LeMars Inwood Grundy Center Ackley Independence Ames Schleswig Glidden Washington Williamsburg Mt. Vernon Charles City Burt Adel Orient Sheldon Hull Jefferson Danbury Paton Hampton Clarinda Marshalltown and more.
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Associated Press
Ames
Iowa Masical Activities Association
Tolbert McRae
Iowa State College
Chamber of Commerce
LeMars
Inwood
Grundy Center
Ackley
Independence
Schleswig
Glidden
Washington
Williamsburg
Mt. Vernon
Charles City
Burt
Adel
Orient
Sheldon
Hull
Jefferson
Danbury
Paton
Hampton
Clarinda
Creston
Stuart
Imnwood
Ackeley
Waukon
Ida Grove
Holstein
Marshalltown
Valley Junction
Hawarden
Paullina
Audubon
Cresco
Genescoe
Mapleton
Crawfords Ville
Burt, Perry
Stuart, Paton and
Sigourney
Abd el Krim's Revolt Worries U S State Department
Washington reports say Abd el Krim’s expansion from Morocco against France and Spain alarms the State Department. He has stirred Moroccan natives, linking potential conflicts with Italy and Egypt, risking US debts and regional instability without direct American stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abd-el-Krim
U.S. Department of State
Prohibition Officials Expand War on Rum Runners
New plan to guard Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, and Canadian border as rum running shifts. In California, schooners near San Pedro report cheap whiskey and heavy activity. New York rum row shrinks while Jackson Mississippi readies Mississippi River blockade with 100 dry speed boats. Philadelphia police face suspensions over beer deliveries and a major shakeup looms. Belgian steamer Mercier seizure signals watch on foreign ships. Canadian border agents increase to curb land running as Coast Guard tactics draw criticism from anti prohibition groups.
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Associated Press
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
California
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Prohibition
Coast Guard
Jackson
Miss
E. C. Yellowley
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Mercier
Goward
Rum Row
W. H. Stayon
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Four scholarship awards at Grinnell College
Grinnell Iowa May 15 Four scholarships awarded to Grinnell college senior men. Neil Crone of Marshalltown Iowa the 1925 Iowa Rhodes scholar will go to Oxford university England for three years Eugene Breitenbach of Washington winner of the Charles Elliott Perkins scholarship goes to Harvard university law school Eugene Howard of Des Moines winner of a Franco American scholarship goes to Bordeaux university France and Charles Meyer of Denison winner of a Harvard university scholarship will go to Cambridge Massachusetts Crane studies medicine Breitenbach aims to be a lawyer Howard studies political science and Meyer pursues history.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Grinnell College
Neil Crone
Marshalltown
Oxford University
Eng
Eugene Breitenbach
Washington
Charles Elliott Perkins
Harvard University Law School
Eugene Howard
Des Moines
Bordeaux University
France
Charles Meyer
Denison
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Hoover to Speak at Penn College Commencement
OsKaloosa May 14 Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce and member of the Coolidge cabinet will deliver the Penn College commencement address on Friday June 12 at 10 oclock. The senior invitation was accepted by wire. Exercises will be in the Chautauqua modern steel auditorium with capacity about three thousand five hundred in the Penn College grounds.
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Oskaloosa
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Penn College
Fragmentary remark on belief versus practice
A brief, incomplete note hints at a dichotomy between belief and practice. The text presents a skeptical view of how theory aligns with real behavior, without additional context or names.
Military Honors for Deceased G A R Commander
OTTUMWA May 15 Full military honors will be accorded D B Cowles commander of the Iowa department G A R who died here last night Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock with veterans of three wars taking part He was active in G A R work for years having been post commander at Chariton and here He became commander upon the death of W H Neasham of Sigourney
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
D. B. Cowles
Iowa
Chariton
W. H. Neasham
Sigourney
Abby Rockefeller Wedding Omits Obey From Ceremony
Abby Rockefeller and David Meriwether Milton wed with the word obey omitted from the service, signaling Abby’s desire for real freedom. The couple will sail for a four month European honeymoon aboard the liner Paris after a reception for 1,200 guests.
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Associated Press
New York
Abby Rockefeller
David Meriwether Milton
Paris
Europe
Abby
John D. Rockefeller
Governor Smith
Sweden to reuse American road ideas for national highway plan
Sweden will apply American road building technique and machinery to upgrade its highway system. A new laboratory for testing paving materials opens in June, led by Ragnar R Schlyter after a study tour in the United States. Sweden directs most auto tax revenue to road reconstruction and surface materials research. The American drainage and surface methods influence Sweden, with the United States deemed most advanced in road making.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ragnar R. Schlyter
United States
Tunking on gifts and advice in Washington Star
Jud Tunking jokes that a present worth two hits earns gratitude while costly advice triggers suspicion. He notes people value tangible gifts differently from unsolicited guidance.
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Jud Tunking
Washington Star
Iowa Gas Marshals Target Border Gas Tax Evasion
Iowa officials plan to post marshals near gasoline depots to capture Iowa motorists who cross into Illinois to buy fuel for use back home. The move, defended as enforcing the state tax on all gasoline, draws concern from Rock Island station operators and raises questions of interstate cooperation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State
Iowa
Towa
Rock Island
Illinois
Gibbson
Tlinois
Mississippi
Cheating Inventive Talent Quote from Walpole
A reflective quotation by Horace Walpole on the temptation to harvest another's knowledge and present it as one’s own, critiquing cunning exploitation of eminent minds. The remark warns against silent appropriation of ideas in scientific work.
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Horace Walpole
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Henry Peel
Gen
Nelson Miles
Circus
Charles I. Stewart
NEA Service
Washington Administration
Abd
Nfeaser
French
State Department
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Italy
Egypt
Arabia
North
America
Gulf, Mississippi River
Hoover
Penn
G.A.R
Jorden
Granddalghiter
Young Attor
Ney
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
R. E. Johnson
Davenport
Johnson
Ben J. Gibson
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