La Follette Threatens Independent Presidential Bid
Senator La Follette announces a possible independent bid for president if major parties fail to purge themselves of corrupt influence. He denounces communists behind the St Paul farmer labor progressive convention and urges the ballot over force to reclaim American government. May 28 reports from Washington and St Paul outline his suspicions of party interference and potential third party candidacy.
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Associated Press
Washington
la Follette
Kern
Wisconsin
Farmer- Labor
St. Paul
LaFollette
Workers’ Party
America
Communist Internationale
Moscow
Labor Party of
Minnesota
Tiellewes
Maltlot
LaPollette
Wm. Mahoney
Senator la Follette
ST Paul, Minn
Iowa crops in critical condition says weekly report
Iowa’s crops are in the most critical condition in years due to a cool dry week. Temperatures ran ten degrees below normal with about half normal rainfall and deficient sunshine, slowing corn and oats growth and risking replanting as frost and low germination hit early plantings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harrison
Shelby
Inwood
North Central
Calls for Democrats to Pass Farmers Surplus Export Bill
Carl Vrooman former assistant secretary of agriculture urges Democrats with progressive Republicans to enact a farmers surplus export bill. He says six million farmers and wives are in political rebellion against the current administration and supports McNary Haugen or Norris Sinclair farm relief measures.
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Rhes Associated Press
Washiton
Democratic Party
Carl Vrooman
Assetant
National Popular Government League
Vrooman
McNary- Haugen
Former Texas sheriff accused of murder
John T. Honea a sixty year old former sheriff was released on a $16000 bond after shooting John W. Estes a fifty five year old Fort Worth and Los Angeles attorney in a Fort Worth hotel lobby following a loud quarrel Witnesses said Honea refused to comment and faces a murder charge
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Fort Worth
Texas
John T. Honea
Liberty
John W. Estes
Los Angeles
Honea
Estes
New York Brokers Indicted in Federal Fraud Probe
A federal grand jury indicted Silkworth former president of the Consolidated Exchange Louis Gilbert a board member and seven other brokers on charges of using the mails to defraud. Also named were Dewitt C Raynor Blaine J Nicholas Earl H Truesdell Pete Owen and John H Edward A McQuade and Francis Quilan associated with Raynor Nicholas Truesdell and McQuade firms.
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New York
Nnm
Silkworth
Consolidated Exchange
Louis Gilbough
Board of Governors
Srand
Dewitt C. Raynor
Blaine J. Nicholas
Earl H. Truesdell
Raynor
Nicholas
John H
Edward A. McQuade
Francis Quilan
Curb
McQuade Brothers
House to Probe Enforcement of Dry Laws
Washington May 28 A new congressional investigation directed at prohibition enforcement was decided by the house alcoholic beverage traffic committee. A sub committee will probe all phases of the liquor law situation including rum running and abuse of the permit system. Senator Couzens says the probe will cover every unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau and will resume after the political conventions.
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Washington
House
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Prohibition
Bureau
Iowards to Urge Tinley for Surgeon
Burlington May 2 5 low sales to the supreme convention Keighton of Columbus to be in New York City in August will present the name of General Matt Tinley of Council Bluffs for the office of supreme physician to succeed the late Dr Buckley of St Paul. Action recommending this appointment was taken at the 23rd annual convention of the state council that closed a two days session here yesterday.
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Burlington
Keighton
Columbus
New York City
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Buckley
St. Paul
State Council
Grand Jury Calls Senator Kendrick on Oil Lease Fraud
Senator Kendrick Wyoming a Democratic member of the senate oil committee was summoned to appear before the special oil grand jury probing fraud linked to the naval oil lease. The inquiry follows Interior Department disclosures that Albert B. Fall secretly leased Teapot Dome to Harry F. Sinclair in April 1922.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kendrick Wyoming
Senate Oil Committee
Special Oil Grand Jury
Senate
Interior Department
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Woman Accused in Trunk Murder Collapses in Court
Mrs. Margaret Willis on trial for the trunk murder of Dr. Benjamin Baldwin collapsed in Los Angeles court and was rushed to a hospital in serious condition as the trial adjourned.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cali
Margaret Willis
Benjamin Baldwin
Toy
Over 50 Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcano in Last 24 Hours
MONOLULU May 27 One violent eruption and fifty minor eruptions marked Kilauea's activity in the 24 hours ending at midnight last night. volcanologist WH Emerson on duty at Kilneau explored the crater mouth finding it enlarged nearly double in area by avalanches. Mold near the crater measured a foot and a half. No earthquake reported at 9 AM yesterday.
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Kilauea
Emerson
Kilneau
Bishop Keeney Assigned to Omaha Area
Springfield Mass May 28 The Methodist Episcopal general conference assigned Bishop Frederick T Keeney of Fod Chow China to the Omaha area including Iowa and Nebraska to succeed Bishop Komer C Stuntz retired Keeney will take up residence in Omaha next week A majority report against conference power to place a unit on the episcopacy was tabled by 445 to 254 and a minority report by 450 to 205
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Associated Preat
Springfield Mass
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Frederick T. Keeney
Fod Chow
China
Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Komer C. Stuntz
Tethap Keeney
Buffalo
Ishop Kenney
Meth Episcopal General Conference
Mexican Rebel Leader Captured at Vera Cruz
A Mexico City telegram reported Villa Hermosa captured by federal forces near Vera Cruz on May 27. The message said 900 rebel troops were annihilated and that the southeastern Mexico campaign is considered finished by the federal government.
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Agsnetiniedrena
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mexico City
Villa Hermosa
National Holiness Organization Convenes in Oskaloosa
The National and Town Holiness associations meet in Oskaloosa from May 30 to June 8 with Rev G J Kunz of Syracuse N Y present as president of the national body. The convention features the John Fletcher college commencement on June 3 formerly known as the Christian Holiness University.
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Oskaloosa
G. J. Kunz
Syracuse
N. Y
Mr. Kunz
John Fletch College
Christian Holinessniversity
Fosdick Case Dominates Presbyterian Assembly
At the 136th General Assembly in Grand Rapids the Fosdick case remains unresolved. The dispute pits fundamentalists against modernists over Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick’s alleged heretical pulpit stance at First Church New York. Philadelphia Presbytery, led by Moderator Clarence E. Macartney, pushes the charge.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
136Th
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Fosdick
Fiecht
New York
Chinese Governors Block Aviator Flight Route
Shanghai May 28 hostility between Chi Shieh Yuan Klangsu governor and Lu Young Hsiang Chekin province delays Captain Pelletier Daisys Paris Taklo flight. Chi warned French authorities Daisy cannot land at Nanking as planned. Daisy's plane was wrecked in landing here and a loaned craft from General Ho Feng Ling was to be used.
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Shanghai
Pelletier Daisy
Chi Shieh-Yuan
Klangsu
Lu Young- Hsiang
Chekin
Chi
Daisy
Nanking
Dolly
Ho Feng-Ling
Chihli
Peking
Dolay
Legal Problems in Bishop Brown Trial
Cleveland Ohio May 28 Further church law issues fill the bishops court in the trial of Right Rev William M Brown retired bishop of Arkansas Jurisdiction questions remain unresolved while motions to dismiss the charge and for particulars are noted Attorney Joseph W Sharts argues possible appellate injunctions and claims of court prejudice amid potential further appeals to stop proceedings.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Court of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Wm. M. Brown
Arkansas
Brown
Joseph W. Sharts
Dayton
Organizer of Klan to Testify in Senate Case
Washington May 28 All objection was withdrawn to E C Clarke first chief organizer of the Ku Klux Klan appearing before a senate committee as a witness in the contest of George F B Peddy Republican for the seat of Senator Mayfield Democrat Texas Mayfield’s lawyers urged the committee not to consider technical grounds Clarke’s federal Texas conviction previously argued as making him incompetent as a candidate
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Washington
E. ¥. Clarke
Senate
Mayfield
Texas
Clark
Conference draws to close as business wraps up
SPRINGFIELD Mass May 28 The Methodist Episcopal quadriennial conference is nearing adjournment with most business completed Adjournment planned for tomorrow A judiciary committee report on the life tenure of bishops is to be presented and is expected to face little opposition
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal
Judiciary Committee
Tornado Toll Rises Across South To Forty Five
The Associated Press reports storms across Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama have killed 45 people with about 100 injured and property losses exceeding 1 million dollars. Red Cross relief aids stricken areas as Joseph Jett and four children die in a tornado near Stringtown Oklahoma.
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Atlanta
Oklahboma
Arkansas
South
Mississippi
Alabama
Oklahoma
Lane
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
American Red Cross
Stringtown
Okla
Joseph Jett
Jett
Here
Hogs Break Loose in Davenport Citywide Stampede
Davenport residents awoke to hundreds of hogs roaming lawns and gardens after breaking from pens at Kohre packing company. Police and packing house workers corralled the animals using a dozen motor trucks in a citywide roundup.
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Davenport
Packing House
Chicago
Kohre Packing Company
Rum fleets damage the Atlantic cables
New York May 28 Officials of two trans Atlantic cable companies protested to the treasury department in Washington over rum fleets anchored off the Jersey and Long Island coasts damaging submarine cables. A third company is considering similar action.
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New York
Rum
Jersey
Long Island
Treasury Department
Washington
Samoans Demand Civil Government in American Samoa
Residents of American Samoa push Congress to establish a civil government to replace naval control. A petition with about 3,000 signatures was sent to President Coolidge requesting early congressional action.
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Pago Pago
Tutla
American Samoa
Congress
United States Navy Department
Coolidre
Texas delegates named for Coolidge at state convention
Dallas May 28. The Republican state convention named 23 delegates and 23 alternates to vote for Calvin Coolidge at the Cleveland convention and endorsed Ra T. Crearer as national committee man.
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Dallas
Texas
Calvin Goolidee
Cleveland
Crearer
National Committee
Japan protests U S immigration bill as Tokyo seeks prince sanction
In Tokyo a formal protest to the United States over the Johnson immigration bill was forwarded after extraordinary cabinet action. Foreign Minister Matsui obtained Prince Regent approval to send the note, accusing the measure of discriminatory exclusion of Japanese. Washington officials said no comment while study continues, noting the issue is treated as domestic but sensitive to allies.
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United States
Foreign Office
Tokio
Mateus
Japan
Imperial Palace
Hawthara
Washington
Hades
House
American House of Representatives
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Hanthara
Sistol
Hughes
Milwaukee
Wis
America
Ho Man
Corwin
Shank
Northern Baptist Convention
Seattle
Wash
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