Butler Says Coolidge Will Not Pick Trage Mate
Cleveland report says President Coolidge may send a greeting message to the Republican convention. Butler, head of Coolidge headquarters, and other allies deny any dictation to delegates or that a running mate will be chosen by the White House. They argue delegates acted independently four years ago and should do so again.
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George B. Holmes
International
Cleveland
Juno
Coolidge
Republican Nations
Tta
White House
Pennsylvania
William M. Butter
Butler
Forces of Smith and McAdoo Won’t Talk Compromise
Democratic rift over a preconvention compromise deepens as McAdoo and Smith factions clash for control. McAdoo may dominate convention organization while Walsh of Montana is favored for chair or VP role as divisions persist. News service notes the bloc split, with plans unlikely until after trials of strength.
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Smith
McAdoo
Ralston
McAlloo
Walsh
Thomas 3. Walsh
Montana
Democratic Party
N.Y. Herald-Tribune News Service
Baltimore Boy 14 Wins U S Marbles Championship
George Knox, 14, of Baltimore, captured the U S marbles title at Atlantic City New Jersey defeating Thomas Wirz of Springfield Massachusetts in seven finals games. A large crowd watched the two youths play under the boards and rails along the boardwalk.
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United Press
Atlantic City
Dune
George Knox
Baltimore
Thomas Wirz
Springfield
Mass
Ringslin
Confession Details Leopold Loeb Kidnapping and Murder
Chicago June 6 The confessions of Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb reveal months of planning to kidnap for ransom and kill Robert Franks on May 23. They describe selecting Franks, subduing him, pouring acid on his face, disposing of the body, and coordinating a ransom scheme, with both indicted on 26 counts and facing possible death sentences.
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Associated Pras
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Mmionafres
Kkidnap
Robert J. Crowe
Robert
Liamech
Burt
Leopold
Franks
Loeb
Loeb Lane
Nilneis Central
Richard
Michigan City
Roth
Leonard
Jie
Crowe
Funeral of Bishop Stuntz Held Today
Funeral services for Bishop Wishon omer C. Stuntz head of the Nettaska Iowa Methodist Episcopal area will be held today at the First Methodist church in Omaha. Burial will follow at Omaha. his casket will lie in state for four hours for viewing by friends and former assistants.
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Omaha
Neb
Wishon Omer C. Stuntz
Nettaska-Iowa
S. B. Hurin
Hecla
W. E. Beachler
First’ Brethren Church
O'Keefe
Towne
Itoward
Wettering
Harins
Waterloo
IOWA SERVICE STAR LEGION MEETS IN BOONE
The sixth annual convention of the Iowa Service Star Legion adopts resolutions backing U S participation in the International Court of Justice ballot access for women and an educational fund for families of former servicemen. New officers elected include President Mrs Nanina Stockman Sigourney and other posts across several towns.
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International Newa Wire
Boone
International Court of Justice
Servics Star Legion
Max Mayer
Esthervile du
Nannia Stockman
Sigourney
Mra
Louise Decker
Hikader
Anna Volz
Des Motins
James Lumpie
Dowidl
Laura Schroeder
Emmetsburg
Leo Shea
Philip. Wort
Marswalltown
Mary Perkins Jones
Des Moines
Fold
Star
Bessie Grooms
CG. H. Stellens
Oskaloosa
Edward Short
Cedar Falla
George Weston
Agnes Mercer
Atlantic
Mary Perkins
Churdan
Anna Bakar
Lewis
Four Men In Auto Murder On McKinley Bridge St. Louis
Two men Joseph Wallace and Charles Virgin were shot to death early on the Illinois end of the McKinley bridge. Wallace, the Wallace station toll collector, died instantly. Virgin died later in hospital. A switching crew reported four men in an automobile arguing over tolls and leaving after loud talk. Wallace's revolver remained holstered and no valuables were disturbed.
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St. Louis
Joseph Wallace
McKinley Bridge
Mississippi River
Charles Virgin
Hinois Traction Com
Miny
Wallace
Illinois
Virgin
Edmonton Hotels Granted Beer Licenses
In Edmonton Alberta the liquor control board signed first licenses for hotels to sell beer. The licenses were issued yesterday by the board chairman and the holders will begin selling beer today if breweries can deliver on time.
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Edmonton
Alta
Liquor’ Control Board
Bandits Shoot Cop and Steal 26000 Dollars
Four bandits robbed the Main Street bank in Kansas City taking 26000 dollars from the tellers F J Ludde and cashier C A Maake. A guard named Myer, a motor officer, was shot during the heist as the robbers fled from the First National bank.
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Kansas City
Op F. J. Ludde
Charles ¢. Maake
Main Street
First National Bank
C.A
Myer
Wis
Drer
Banked automobile pursuit turns deadly on street
Bookeers' vehicle observed ban dits' car approaching from behind mistaken as speeders. He pulled to the curb as the two cars passed, and one of the bandits fired, killing him.
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Bookeers
Area Around Crater Reopened for Sightseers at Kilauea
Honolulu reports Kilauea remains active with steam plumes as volcanic activity eases. The crater area, once closed for over a week as a precaution, reopened yesterday but requires visitors to be accompanied by on duty national park rangers.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Well Known Artist Lucille Joullin Dies in San Francisco
San Francisco mourns the death of Lucilla J. Benjamin known as Lucille Joullin a famed painter and southwest Indian affairs expert who signed her work thus. Her passing occurred last night in the city.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lucilla J. Benjamin
Lucille Joullin
Southwest
Mortuary Notices From Waterloo Area Obituaries
Deaths include Fred J. Hurlbert of Waterloo aged 75, services at Peterson Bros chapel, burial at Traer. Ada Hasking is his wife with children Rosie Batley Eva Guernsey Ethel Althouga Floyd and siblings listed. Also notices of Mrs Eva Bryce and Mrs S B Hurin with services planned at local churches and funeral homes.
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Fred J. Hurlbert
Fred John Hurlbert
Third Aveaus West
Peterson Brox
A. J. Eychaner
Traer
Mr. Blurlbert
Morrison
Sil
Ada Hasking
Waltham
Dysart
Waterloo
Hurlbert
Presbyterian Church
Moderna Woodmen
Rosie Batley
Northfield
Mion
Eva Guernsey
Ethel
State Briefs Davenport and Muscatine and Oskaloosa Items
Davenport reports a man named William Plane 28 allegedly attacked a 10 year old girl and was shielded from a mob by police. Muscatine notes the district court denied lobbying fee payments to Harry Woeagar and John Seeérley for drainage district 13 work. Oskaloosa records Professor F C Stanley of Penn College nominated for state senator.
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Davenport
William Plane
Muscatine
Harry Woeagar
Wapello
John Seeérley
Burlington
Oskaloosa
F. C. Stanley
Penn College
Waterloo Manager Cletus Dixon Suspended Indefinitely
Cletus Dixon, manager of the Waterloo baseball team, is suspended indefinitely by league president M. H. Sexton after a fan struck the umpire Foster yesterday. A. Willford, clip president, is working with Sexton to overturn the suspension.
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Cletus Dixon
Waterloo
M. H. Sexton
League
Foster
A. ©. Willford
Clip
Sexton
Dixon
British anatomist says human face is growing longer
London June 6 Sir Arthur Keith famed British anatomist says the human face is growing longer due to changes in the skulls of all races. He cites downward movement of the jaw and teeth, a contracted palate, and teeth sinking backward linked to modern industrial conditions and lack of light in big cities.
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London
Arthur Keith
Keith
Sir Arthur
Des Moines Police Hunt Bandits After Grocery Robbery
Police search for two gunmen who robbed the Self Service grocery in Des Moines last night firing four shots and escaping in a stolen car. Proprietor Bruno Gangale was forced to surrender the proceeds of the day amounting to 75 dollars as George Vierling and four companions tried to halt the robbers.
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Es Moines
Bruno Gangale
George Vierling
Missing Chicago Boy Found in Iowa City
Tomamile McGrath a 14 year old boy from Chicago was found in Iowa City after a week away from home and turned over to juvenile officers who planned to send him home. His two 18 year old companions abandoned him in Iowa City while the family situation in Chicago involved the mother’s prolonged probation.
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Town City
Tomamile McGrath
Chicago
Iowa City
Ruth Powell
Social Service Welfare League
New Indictments in Vets Probe Reported
Reported indictments in a second federal probe into the administration of the United States veterans bureau under Col. Charles R Forbes were returned yesterday and kept under seal. Assistant Attorney General John W Crim led both investigations and did not disclose counts or the number of individuals named in the true bills.
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Chicago
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
John W . Crim
Five Republicans dissent from oil quiz report
Washington D.C. June 6 five Republican members of the on committee tedly submitted a minority report dissenting from some views in the majority report drawn yesterday by the committee prosecutor Senator Walsh.
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Washington, D.C
Republcan
On Committee
Senate & Minority
Walsh
Dynamite Blast in Wessington Springs Office Wounds Three
Ernest Wood, longtime mayor, loses a hand when hot ash from his cigar ignites dynamite caps in his office. Two workers are maimed in the blast. The incident occurred in Wessington Springs in June.
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Wessington Springs
Ernest Wood
Homeowners Return From Vacation Looted in Sioux City
Dr. and Mrs A A Ashby found their home ransacked upon returning from a lengthy vacation in Sioux City Gu James. Personal property valued at more than 1000 dollars was missing, while a diamond valued at 1006 pounds was left untouched by the thieves.
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Sioux City
Gu. James
A. A. Ashby
Canada and U S Sign Rum and Drug Treaty
Washington June s signs a treaty between the United States and Canada to curb rum and drug smuggling along the northern border with Canadian cooperation. A separate note reports a Burlington freight train derailment near Vermont after a bridge failure, resulting in fatalities.
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Canada
U.S
Washington, D. C
United States
Galesburg
B. Mantel
Galesboro
W. F. Zimmerman
Quincy
Burlington
Vermont
Psychologist outlines stages of mind growth for children
Mrs Effie McGollum Jones, psychologist, spoke at Waterloo Woman's club on stages of mind growth. She stressed inner philosophy, early infancy training, and helping the child reach a creative stage with the desire and training to produce constructive work.
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Effie McGollum Jones
Waterloo Woman's Club
Mrs. Jones
Muselee
House Passes Hoch Resolution Ned to Rate Revisions
Washington June 6 The Hoch resolution seeking a general downward revision of railroad freight rates especially for farm products was passed by the house. It would recognize the low mood in agriculture as a basic industry and direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to revise rates on agricultural commodities including live stock.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Interstate, Commerce Commission
Myestock
Adlay New Grain Emerges as Wheat Substitute
Adlay, a tropical grain once proposed as a wheat substitute in the Philippines in 1917, has been introduced in Ceylon where trials show 69 bushels per acre and a ton of hay per acre. It makes palatable bread and cattle relish the hay. The Philippine Bureau of Agriculture promotes it as a staple to replace both rice and wheat.
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Manila
Tropics
Philippines
Ceylon
Philippine Bureau of Agriculture
Arizona seeks national park status for petrified forest
Phoenix June 6 reports that northern Arizona collectors are depleting the petrified forest. Business interests call for congressional action to convert the area into a national park to protect the site and curb looting. Damaged pieces and large quantities have been taken for jewelry making.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
British Children Healthier Than Ever Says MP
London reports British children are healthier and better nourished than before. Sir Kingalay Wood, M P, notes 1923 pupils are superior in physique health and cleanliness and 45 percent more school leavers showed teeth in 1922 than in 1913. He adds 90 percent of British children are born healthy and capable of normal life.
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London
Kingalay Wood
M. P
Faculty of Insurance
Fie
Budget Director Names New Secretary in Des Moines
June 6 in Des Moines Fred Muay tag director of the state budget announced the appointment of E Martin as secretary and assistant. The appointment was approved by the State executive council. Martin is a certified public accountant.
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Des Moines
Fred Muaytag
Martin
Embroidery Hobby Among British Lords Revealed
June London report shows peers like Viscount Ennismore Lord Gainford and Hon John Fortescue taking up petit point embroidery as a charity exhibit reveals a secret hobby among the Lords. Lady Patricia Ramsay championed the event with notable male exhibitors including Ennismore and Fortescue amid reform talk.
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London
House of Lords
Patricia Ramsay
Pat
Viscount Ennismore
Lord Gainford
Carmichaal
John Fortescue
Petit Point
Bryanstone Square
Lore Ennismore
Ernest Thesiger
Shaw
St. Joan
John Fortescre
Windsor
Hungary
Dabor
Wife Seeks Bevington Declared Insane in Divorce Case
Sioux City Iowa June 6 Bevington Woodbury county insanity commission to examine Sioux City attorney Bevington after his wife Marie files insanity charge in response to his divorce suit seeking eighty thousand dollars alimony. Divorce proceedings paused during the examination.
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Sioux City. In
T. FP. Bevington
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Insanity Commission
Marie BE. Bevington
Bevington
Sphinx of Gizeh Develops Crack Below Ears
Cairo reports the Sphinx of Gizeh, 6000 years old, developing a crack below its ears. Egyptian Antiquities officials warn over possible deepening damage and order immediate repair measures. Archeologists note the statue was carved from rock long before Christ.
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Gizeh
Cairo
Egyptian Antiquities Services
Minispec of Public Works
Christ
Hollywood Traffic Officer Hangs On To Fortune Tale
Herbert R Reynolds a Hollywood traffic officer faces questions over a mislaid fortune left by his father-in-law Magnus Brown of Philadelphia. Reynolds admits uncertainty about ownership while continuing duty at a busy city corner after undergoing eight blood transfusions to aid his sister-in-law.
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Hollywood
Cal
Herbert R. Reynolds
Reynnolds
Hor
Charles Knudson
Reynolds
Mangus Brown
Philadelphia
Brown
American Woman World’s Supermother Says Madame Jonneaco
The French poetess and art critic Mme Marie Jonneaco says the American woman is the super mother of the world. She notes American women are closer to their children than any others. The visit was on a mission for the Queen of Roumania to spark American interest in Romanian art.
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San Francisco
Mme
Marie Jonneaco
Queen of Roumania
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