Renewed War at Damascus Described Amid bombardment
Report from London notes renewed French bombardment of Midan district in Damascus after Druse rebels attacked posts on May 6. French forces surrounded 80,000 residents, opened heavy fire for 15 hours, causing panic and casualties among rebels and civilians, with no confirmed reports of Christian targeting.
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Ify
London
Damascus
Daily Express
Bob-Moussalla
Midan
Damaerus
Four Birmingham Businesses Destroyed by Fire
Four Birmingham business houses in Birmingham were burned to the ground in a fire of unknown origin detected at 2 AM. The losses total about 40000 dollars with partial salvaging of merchandise and insurance covering part of the damage. The flames consumed the L. W. Lazenby hardware store, George Farrell hardware and implement company, Knights of Pythias building housing Laughlin restaurant, and Farmers Store.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Birmingham
L. W. Lazenby Hardware
George Farrell’ Hardware and Implement Company
Knights of Pythias
Laughlin
Farmers «Store
Masonic Inspection and Attorney Visit Reported
Will Inspect Chapter A G Eyles of Cedar Rapids expected today from Muscatine for inspection of Cyrus chapter Royal Arc Masons this evening. Attorney Lloyd L Duke of Ottumwa was in Washington on business today.
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A. G. Eyles
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Cyrus Chapter
Royal Arc Masons
Lloyd L. Duke of
Ottumwa
Washington
History prizes awarded today at junior high
Walter Wells of the eighth grade and Mary Pauls of the seventh trade won five dollar gold prizes for best average in American history. Mrs. H C Hull presented the awards for the local D A R chapter. The program included talks on Paul Revere and citizenship linked study, with a sixth grade chorus and high school girls performing patriotic songs.
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Walter Wells
Mary Pauls
H. ¢. Hull
Mra. FE
Jasper County approves 800000 road bonds and program
The vote in Jasper County Iowa shows 4 243 to 3 420 in favor of an 800 000 bond issue to improve the primary road system. Newton and Colfax precincts bolstered the tally while 16 of 19 rural precincts opposed the plan.
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Jasper County
Associated Preeay
Newton
Rock Creek Township
Colfax
Oregon candidates battle in final primary appeals
Voters in Oregon face a Friday primary with eight candidates vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination led by incumbent Robert N. Stanfield. The slate also includes Rode D. Barrett, with liquor issues injected by L. R. Sandblast, Bert Haney, and Elton Watkins in the Democratic race for the seat.
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Associated Press
Portland
Oregon
United States
Rober N. Stanfield
Rode D. Barrett
Warrentown
L. R. Sandblast
Bert FE. Haney
Shipping Board
Elton Watkins
Mutiny at Cleveland jail as inmates seize bullpen
In Cleveland on May 20 the county jail erupted into a siege with fifty prisoners barricaded in the bullpen defying deputies and guards. The mutiny followed a grand jury visit probing sheriff Kohler over profiteering and under feeding claims. Prisoners demanded food amid reports of bread coffee and soup with a 45 cent daily allowance. A. T. Brown’s son Guy Brown traveled from Keots due to his father’s illness.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Grand Jury
Fred Kohler
Death asked by State at Gibson trial in Creston
The State opened in the George H. Gibson trial in Creston urging the death penalty. County attorney D W Hanper led for the prosecution and CC Gibson represented the defense. Evidence expected includes a grudge against Sheriff N F Collings and threats to kill him. The defense contends it was physically impossible for the sheriff to be killed. Jurors, four women and eight men, were seated after a late start. The court ordered the jury kept in custody at a Creston hotel during recess.
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Associated Press
Creston
George H. Gideon
D. W. Hanper
CC. T. Gibson
Big George
George A. Johnson
E. L. Carrot
N. F. Collings
Union County
Gibson
Collings
Thayer
Labor Board Bill Signed Today by President Coolidge
President Coolidge signed the Watson-Parker railway labor act abolishing the railroad labor board and creating a self governing system for railway disputes. He argued the industry bears greater responsibility for amicable relations and public protection may be added by future congress if needed.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Watson-Parker Railway Labor Act
Railroad Labor Board
Coolidge
Congress
Pepper Candidate Leads in GOP Gubernatorial Race
Philadelphia May 20 John S. Fisher of the Meilon Pepper forces took a slender lead over Edward E. Beidleman for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. With 283 districts missing, Fisher held a 5 946 vote edge as returns showed Fisher 609 862 to Beidleman 60 916.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John SS. Fisher
Edward E. Biedleman
William 8. Ware
Fisher
Beidleman
Recital by Miss Jeanette Rothschild at Presbyterian Church
Miss Jeanette Rothschild of Town City, formerly Washington, will give a vocal recital at the Presbyterian church Friday at eight. She is assisted by Miss Helen Cole. The program includes arias by Rossini and Grieg, selections by Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and others.
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Jeannette Rothschild
Town City
Washington
American Captain Betts Captured by Bandits in Yunnan
Captain Thomas J. Betts of the American army attached to the legation in Peking is reported captured by bandits in Yunnan Province. He disappeared May 17 near Lailonpo, about sixty miles south of Tunechuan, while traveling inland to study language alongside fellow officers. Betts is a Maryland native. his mother from Virginia and his wife await news in Peking.
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Associated Press
Peking
Thomas J. Betts
Yunnan
China
Legation
Maryland
Yunnan Fu
Betts’ Plig
Legishim
Yunnan-Fu
Lailonpo
Tunechuan
Captain Betts
Randolph
Virginia
Golf Club Seeks Tee Seats Through Club Tournament
Washington golf and country club announces a new event to start tomorrow and finish within a week. Twenty to thirty matches will pair members by ability and a penny per stroke will fund seats near each tee box. If funds exceed expectations, park seating may be added.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Treasury
Polished Pebbles operetta by eighth grade at Junior High
Eighth grade students present the two act operetta Polished Pebbles by Otis M. Carrington next Tuesday evening in the Junior High auditorium. Admission limited to pupils’ parents and friends due to space. 66 pupils perform in acting and dance scenes reflecting country life with misty and comedic moments.
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Otis M. Carrington
Harold Ahrens
Violet Ayers
William Atkinson
Cloyce Babcock
Howard Benn
Donald Beaz
George Benson
Wayne Brown
Leonard Brunning
Leona Bates
Charlotte Campbell
Howard Coakley
Harvey Coulter
Dorothy Clark
Ruth Cunningham
Barbara Cuddy
Deloss Crossett
Margaret Davidson
Mary Dougall
Berne Enelin
Abbie Hans
Raymond Edwads
Josephine Hull
Granville*trumble
Kenneth Hout
Mary Louise Hopping
Virgil Harris
Dwight Paten
Harry Haney
Frances Jugenheimer
Sam Kellogg
Ruth Knox
Lucille Knox
Hazel Ki
British miners reject government settlement proposal
The National conference of miners delegates in London rejected the government's settlement proposals for the miners strike. They noted broad agreement with the premier's plan but opposed review by a coal advisory committee and objected to a board with an independent chairman to abolish or enforce minimum wages.
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Mey
Associated Free London
National Conference of Miners
Crrckiets
Explosion Kills 40 in German Powder Mill Disaster
An explosion at a powder mill near Hassloch Bavaria today caused about forty deaths with many injured. If confirmed the blast ranks among the most disastrous since World War I. Mrs Ro Dayton traveled to Crawfordsville this morning for business.
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Dayton
Crawfordsville
University senior Grace Bryant believed to drown self
Grace Bryant 21, Oak Park, a University of Illinois senior, is believed to have killed herself by drowning in Crystal Lake near Urbana. Her body was found in a lagoon. She left notes to Dean Thomas Arkle Clark and Dean Maria Leonard expressing despondency and ill health, with no stated motive. Her engagement to Max Stanley of Iowa City had been announced recently at the Alpha Phi sorority house.
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Urbana
Ill
Grace Bryant
Oak Park
University of Illinois
Crystal Lake
Thomas Arkle Clark
Maria Leonard
Max Stanley
Iowa City
Alpha Phi Sorority
Kiwanis Club London Trip Attracts Early Reservations
Twenty travelers have booked the Kiwanis Club London excursion led by Mabel Gibson a Charles City high school teacher from Washington. Reservations span fourteen states with participants from Tennessee Ohio Texas Oklahoma Minnesota New York Missouri California Colorado Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Nebraska and Iowa. The $225 round trip voyage sails July 23 from Montreal aboard the 88 Dorie of the White Star Line.
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Shuenandoah
Kiwane Club
London
Washington
Mabel Gibson
Charles City
Tennessee
Ohio
Texas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
New York
Missouri
California
Colorado
Illinois
Kansas
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Iowa
Kiwanis Club
Shenandoah
Lincoln’s Tomb
Niveara Falla
Montreal
Dorie
White Star Line
Nevada prepares second and third lethal gas executions
Nevada authorities advance plans for the state’s second and third executions by lethal gas as John Randolph and Stanko Jukich seek commutation. The pardon board, led by Governor Serubaugh, weighs petitions amid cautions after fumes from the first gas execution sickened witnesses.
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Reenelspad Teom
Rison
Carson City
Nev
Nevada
John TH. Randolph
Stanko Jukich
State Pardon Board
James G. Serugham
Supreme Court
Willot
Gee Jon
Randolph
Jukich
Jennie Madek
Ruth
Sam Jukich
Borah to Speak in Waterloo for Brockhart Campaign
Iowa towns will hear Senator William E. Borah support Smith W. Brockhart for the Republican Senate nomination. Borah's Farm Relief bill status frees him to tour the state. Mrs Ed Sullivan travels to Trenton Missouri for a high school graduation.
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Waterloo
William E. Borah
Iowa
Smith W. Brockhart
Borah
Washington
H. L. Errichson
Central Labor Union
Ed Sullivan
Trenton
Missouri
Death of Charles Nelson Dodder at 75 in Washington Iowa
Charles Nelson Dodder aged 75 died at 3 a m at home 945 South Second avenue from a heart ailment after attacks in November and February. Funeral Saturday at 2 30 p m at Jones and McElhinney parlors with Dr W W Bowers of the Methodist church officiating. Burial in Woodlawn. He was a renowned painter in Washington and southeastern Iowa, born March 4 1851 in Port Jervis New York and married Emeline Wood in 1874. Surviving are his widow, five children, eleven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and several siblings.
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Charles Nelson Dodder
South Second Avenue
Jones & MrElhinney
W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Dodder
Washington
Iowa
Farmington
Lee County
Mr. Dodder
Port Jervis
New York
Abraham
Elizabeth
Lindley) Dodder
Washington County
Emeline Wood
W. M. Tansey
Pawnee
Jay
Harrison Dodder
W. L. Dickinson
Fairfield
Nellie Dodder
Lena
Ola Williams
J. A. Sexton
Granite City
John McCormick
Ottumwa
George Dodder
Portland
Oregon
Jennie Buttington
Los Angeles
France owes $6.85 billion under 62 year debt settlement
Secretary Mellon described France's debt agreement as fair to both American taxpayers and the French people. The plan calls for total payments of 6.847 billion dollars over 62 years on the original 5.4 billion loan, with initial payments of 20 million rising to 125 million annually in later years, aiding currency stabilization.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mellon
House
France
England
Floyd Blair
Deb Commission
Congress
Roosevelt Seen At Rock Island Station On Train No 29
Reports say Col. Theodore Roosevelt passed through Washington on train No 29 and may have viewed the station area at Rock Island without being recognized. The sighting suggests a quiet transit with no public acknowledgment.
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Rock Island
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
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