Two Surprises Shake Today in Sport
In yesterday’s sports scene MacFarlane of Tuckahoe defeated Bobby Jones in a national open playoff after 72 holes and extra plays, crowning the most thrilling match in Open history. Tunney stopped Tommy Gibbons in the 12th round as age and endurance favored Tunney in their scheduled 1 round bout.
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Wime MacFarlane
Tuckahoe
Bobby Jones
Gene Tunney
Tommy Gibbons
Macfarlane-Jones
MacFarlane
Bobby
Republicans Now Worry Over 1928 Senate Elections
Washington report on the Republican National Committee preparing for next year's senatorial races. It notes potential losses if seven Republican senators vote with Democrats, the impact of expulsions of four insurgents for La Follette’s third party ties, and fears over maintaining a Senate majority amid party conflicts.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Boel E
Republican National Committee
Senate
Farmer‘Labor
Shinstead
Minnesota
Coolidge
Charlesb. Warren
White House
Republican
la Follette
Fong
Finance Committee
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The notice states home delivery before 5 30 and requests customers call 7100 if the paper is late, with a replacement copy sent. Calls must reach the office before 4 50 p.m.
Waterloo Women Seek Los Angeles Pass Over City
Waterloo Iowa acts to persuade the navy dirigible Los Angeles to alter its St. Paul to Lakehurst flight to pass over Waterloo. The request is echoed by the Waterloo Business and Professional Women's Club and Waterloo mayor A Egny as the 34 hour run schedules via Pittsburgh Akron Cleveland Detroit Ann Arbor Chicago Milwaukee Fond du Lac Oshkosh.
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United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Waterloo
U. S. Navy
Waterloo Business and Professional
Wilbur
Waterloo Women's Organization
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
D. C
Iowa
Business and Professional Women's Club
Fanny Hemenway
Navy Department
Shig Navy
Pittsburgh
Akron
Cleveland
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Chicago
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Dirigible
St. Louis
la Trosse
Des Moinés
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Scottfield
Springfield
Indianapolis
Dayton
Columbus
Zanesville
Wheeling
la Crosse
Des Moines
Six Iowans Named as Coolidge Bodyguard On Minnesota Visit
Oleg Nelson, Slater, Jr., selects six Iowa veterans with Norse ancestry to serve as an honorary bodyguard during President Coolidge's Minnesota Norse American centennial visit. The chosen are A. L. Olson of Northwood Andrew Nelson of Cambridge C. P. Christianson of Roland Ode Peterson of Evansville Ole Nelson of Slater and Nels Barsness of Buffalo Center.
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Des Moines
Oleg Nelson
Slater
President Coolidge
Minnesota
Fair Grounds
Loways
A. L. Olson
Northwood
Andrew Nelson
Cambridge
C. P. Christianson
Roland
Ode Peterson
Evansville
Ole Nelson
Nels Barsness
Buffalo Center
Miners Donate to Bury Slain Recluse
Centerville Iowa residents contributed to a burial fund for Warl Axel Deer a recluse miner slain by an ax fiend near Cincinnati. His burial was held late yesterday with little known about the victim or the killer and no confidants or close associates identified.
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Centerville
Warl Axel Deer
Cincinnati
Johnson
Arrests Rise in Plot to Kill King Alfonso in Spain
Madrid reports that more than 200 people have been arrested for a plot to assassinate King Alfonso by placing a tomb on the track used by a train bound for Barcelona. Earlier reports counted 14 arrests. officials say the conspiracy is more widespread than first believed.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Barcelona
Air Mail Pilot Falls 4500 Feet in Lake Washington Test
Eddie Hubbard, veteran air mail pilot, plunged over 4500 feet into Lake Washington while test flying a new naval plane. He escaped with only minor injuries as the aircraft was badly damaged in the crash near Seattle on June 6.
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Eddie Hubbard
Air Mail Service
Seattle
Lake Washington
Hubbard
Wash
Island Beach Opening At Cedar Falls Attracts Crowds
Island bathing beach draws more patrons than any prior season on opening days. Cedar Falls reports admission is 10 cents to cover maintenance costs, with the public generally willing to pay the small fee.
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Island Beach
Cedar Falls
Island Bathing Beach
Ofielais
Nitrate Plant Uprising In Corona Chile
Following a week of agitation in the nitrate fields workers seized the Corona plants in Chile. Troops and field artillery were sent, two policemen were killed and a clerk wounded in the raid, and buildings were looted. Martial law was declared at Antofagasta and Iquique as riots spread.
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United Press
Santiago
Chile
Nitrate Somepany
Corona
Cornna
Nlofogasta
Tatapaca
Woman Bootlegger Is Assessed a $200 Fine
Sioux City Iowa June 6 Mrs Charles Waterman Hawarden Iowa was trying today to raise 260 to pay a fine assessed against her by maintaining a liquor nuisance One principal witness against her was the Hawarden Methodist church pastor The court gave Mrs Waterman 30 days to raise the money and warned she could go to jail if she failed
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Sioux City
Charles Waterman
Hawarden
Hawarden Methodist Episcopal Church
Wsterman
McCumber Named to Boundary Commission
President Coolidge appoints former Senator Porter McCumber to the international joint commission handling Canadian boundary questions with a $7,500 annual salary. In St Louis payroll robberies, bandits net over $6,000 as Marvin Louden loses 3480 and Charles Webber 1999 to a plate glass company payroll theft.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Porter McCumber
North Dakota
International Joint Commission
St. Louis
Marvin Louden
Charles O. Webber
Parmaster
Weather Outlook For Week In District And Rivers
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows thunder showers and a break in the heat wave in the northern area Monday. In the south portion temperatures will moderate around Tuesday with occasional showers likely thereafter.
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Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi
Lower Missouri
North Portion
South Portion
Heatwave Strains City as Temps Hit Sixty
In Washington the heat scorches pavement while a New York officer escapes a run down by a melting road surface. Europe bound passengers face a chilly trip and a 60 degree ocean forecast. Army privates on French leave endure blisters after a ten mile walk. New York stores shut, Met Life grants 9000 employees a day off. A chorus of bathers parade at Columbus Circle and one mermaid is arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Ances
Washington
New York
Rick
Europe
Mitchell Pield
Cleveland
New York Merchants Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Columbus Circle
Senator McLeland Falls Through Barn
Marshalltown Iowa June 6 Senator W E McLeland is recovering from injuries after falling through a hole in the barn haymow at his home. His arm was cut open by a scantling but a surgeon said no serious results are expected.
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Marshalltown
W. E. McLeland
Marshall Counly
McLeland
Iowa Storm Losses Estimated 750000
Iowa suffered more than 750000 in damage from recent tornadoes and wind storms, concentrated in the northern half of the state. Local insurance men report hundreds of claims filed and more arriving, with scores of adjusters busy assessing individual policyholder losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Churches in Canada Unite Next Week for Union
The Presbyterian general assembly adopted the final report of the church union committee clearing the way for the union of Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches in Canada. The United Church of Canada will be established next Wednesday.
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Canada
Toronto
Communist Party Aims At Violent Overthrow Of U S Government
Atlantic City June 5 The Communist Party of America led by the Russian Soviet is accused of seeking a violent overthrow of the U S government. Boston lawyer Melville M Johnson testified before the New Jersey Bar Association that undisputed evidence shows efforts to establish an autocracy in America with hefty foreign funding and propaganda from Moscow during early 1925.
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C International
Atlantic City
N. J
Communist Party of America
United States
Melvily M. Johnson
Boston
Bawyer
New Jersey Bar Association
Johnson
Kommunists
America
Moscow
President Coolidge Heads West on Special Train
President Coolidge ordered travel plans to Minnesota proceed despite heat. He travels with Mrs Coolidge, Kellogg aides, and Sen Lenroot in a special section of a regular train to deliver an address at the Norse American centennial.
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Cooliga
Washington
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Besdes
Coolidge
Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Norway
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Hyedelags
America
Stavanger
United States
Canada
Iceland
President Coolidge
Uent
United Frese
D. C
Minnesota
Kellogg
Lennant
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
White House
Washington, D. C
Hoapital
Chicago
Wisconsin News: Wisconsin Opts Out of Defense Day
Gov Blaine announces Wisconsin national guard will not take part in July 4 defense day exercises. He cites global disarmament pressures and opposition to government propaganda promoting military mobilization. President Coolidge informed.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin National Guard
John F. Blaine
Coolidge
White House
Wisconsin
Badger
Creston Pilot Survives Crash of Local Airplane
Creston Ta June 6 An airplane owned by Raymond G Laird of Tabor postmaster was badly damaged when its engine stalled and it dived into a cornfield from about 100 feet Guy A Shockley the Creston pilot escaped injury and a passenger Warne Travis of Tabor suffered two minor cuts due to the crash
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Creston
Raymond G. Laird
Tabor
Corfield
Guy A. Shockley
Warne Travis
Mind of Loeb in Jeopardy After Mental Collapse
Loeb, co‑conspirator with Nathan Leopold in the Bobbie Franks murder, has suffered a mental breakdown. Doctors warn he could deteriorate fatally within 48 hours. If he survives, a sanity trial may be held, with Dr. Jereman Adler cited as state criminologist.
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Jonds
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Joliet
Abby Franks
Clarence Darrow
Loeb
Associated Trees
Bobbie Franks
Yenr
Nate
Buddy
Patches
Jereman Adler
Woman Past 60 Earns Highest Degree at Teachers College
Elizabeth Talécott of Webster City is awarded the bachelor of arts in education from Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls. A grandmother and long-time village school teacher, she plans summer study at a state university next year and will become Randall High School principal in September. She has four children and several grandchildren.
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Cedar Falls
Elizabeth Talécott
Webster City
Iowa State Teachers College
One State University
Jabot
Teachers College
Blairsburg
Randall
Onawa Boy Wins National Oratory Prize in Los Angeles
Sioux City report says June-Wight Bakke of Onawa won the first prize of 2000 dollars at a national oratory contest in Los Angeles conducted by the Better American Federation of California. Bakke, a Northwestern University student in Chicago, has a record of prior honors and was considered a potential tour European prospect.
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Sioux City
Wight Bakke
Onawa
North- Western University
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
Better American Federation of Californ
Sco
Bakke
Europe
Cedar Falls Council Seeks Rear Entrance Delivery Ordinance
Cedar Falls council announces an ordinance to require delivery of merchandise for local stores at rear entrances to reduce traffic jams. The measure aims to unload frocks in alleys, with the proposal to be introduced at Monday’s session.
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Cedar Falls Council
Cedar Falls
Sperial
Amundsen Party Search Plans Hit by New York Committees
Oslo reports Capts Allundsen and Donald B. MacMillan to co lead reconnoitering western Greenland for traces of Amundsen’s polar group. Dr Jan Charcotte to survey eastern Greenland while the Ingertre steamer patrols Spitabergen. Two American journalists and a motion picture photographer accompany.
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Oslo
Norway
Allundsen
New York
Donald B. MacMillan
Greenland
Amundsen
Airy
Arete
Jan Charcotte
Ingertre
Spitabergen
Day Brings New Deaths in East Heat Wave
The hot spell continues to claim lives across the east and midwest with 45 additional deaths. Chicago and New York report rising heat and prostrations. Forecasters predict a break next week as cooler air moves in from the northwest and southeasterly regions.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Mississippi
Associated’ Press
Associated Press
Chicago
East
Middle West
General Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Wooler
Iowa
Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Marshalltown
New York
Wits Tec
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