Melville B Stone Receives Honorary LL D at Knox College
In a Knox College ceremony Melville B Stone founder of the Chicago Daily News and long serving AP general manager was awarded the honorary degree of LL D for his contributions to modern newspapering. The tribute notes his leadership in the fourth estate and lifelong work to publish daily news.
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Melville B. Stone
Chicago Daily News
Associated Press
Knox College
Siwash
Europe debt relief seen via payments in goods idea
Belgians and other European debtors may gain easier terms as American officials propose lenient repayment and even payment in goods. The suggestion ties to tariffs and the need for channels to ease payments, with Washington signaling willingness to ease rates and installments while pressing for prompt beginnings to pay.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Belginer
America
Waas
Belgium
Enrene
Langley Faces Drunkenness Charge After Jail Release
Congressman John W. Langley of Kentucky was released after a 16 hour jail stay and a $10 fine for contempt of court. He appeared before Police Judge J. P. Maris on a drunkenness charge and was fined and sentenced for contempt.
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Associated Press
Peakville
John W. Langley
Republican
Kentucky
Inter Today
J. P. Maris
Maris
Courier delivers before 6:30. replacement by phone
Notice to subscribers that the Courier will be delivered by 6 30 each day. If a carrier error or other cause delays the paper past that time, customers may call 5000 with their copy and a replacement will be sent. Calls must reach the offer before 6 00 p.m.
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Alls
Deputies Wounded by Autoists Near Dewitt Davenport
Clinton June 10 deputies George Howland and Ferdinand Alexander, county motorcycle officers, were shot by occupants of a car halted on the highway between Dewitt and Davenport. Howland is described as critically wounded but improving. Alexander rested after a difficult night. Suspects fled westward at high speed as a search continues.
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Clinton, Sr
George Howland
Ferdinand Alexander
Dewitt
Davenport
Canton
Howland
Alexander
Opposes Short Time Muscle Shoals Lease
Washington diploma notes the president's Muscle Shoals commission opposes a short time lease of power facilities at Muscle Shoals. It states the War Department may sell power before Congress acts if the department has that authority.
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Washington, D. C
Muscle Shoals
War Department
Congress
Jury for Shepherd Case Nearly Filled
Chicago June 10 seventh special venire of 100 men reported in Judge Thomas J. Lynch court where attorneys in the trial of William D. Shepherd charged with the murder of his foster son William W. McClintock by typhoid inoculation prepare to make unusual efforts to complete the jury. Eighteen jurors have been sworn and two more tentatively accepted. Peoria Ill June 16 Sam Leon Omaha was elected president of B N a i B r I t h district No 6 yesterday to succeed Charles D crechovsky of Duluth. Robert Lappen Des Moines was chosen second president.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Lynch
William D. Shepherd
William Wnw. McClintock
Hwads Bnat Biv
Peoria
Sam Leon
Omaha
B’nai B’rith
Charles D. Crechovsky
Duluth
Robert Lappen
Des Moines
Nis
Bryan
Christ
God
Lhest Congregational Church
Washington
Colby
Darrow
Associated Press
New York
Clarence Darrow
Bainbridge Colby
John ‘. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Tennessee Biw
United States Supreme Court
Dudley Field Malone
Darraw
Samuel Rosensohn
The
Civil Liberties Union
Malone
Gall- Yeo
Hughes
Mitlonre
John R. Neal
University of Tennessee
Tennessee
Charles Vuns
Dorrow
Leopold Aint Loeb
Pers
Mith
Nebraska Textbook Teaches Wine Making in School
Elmer Thomas, federal prohibition director for Nebraska, seeks to bar a Blaine county physiology textbook after discovering pages with formulas for beer and wine. He argues the content violates the Volstead Act and plans to request action by the state superintendent.
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Federal Prohibition
Nebraska
Blaine County
United States
iBy
Jessda
Neb
Elmer Thomas
Prohibition
Schnats
Thomas
Premier Painleve flies to inspect Moor battlefield
Madrid opens a conference to discuss joint action by France and Spain against rebel Moroccan tribesmen. Painleve travels by air toward the front to confer with military leaders and gather material to shape France's Morocco policy.
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Moor
Associated Press
Madrid
Meane
Spain
United Press
Toulouse
France
Painleve
Moroces
Morocco
Painlove
Count de Chambrin
Col
Freydenberg
Cal
Colombat
Paris
Jong Enogueh
Painiere
Jacquemot
M. Laurent Eyane
Aviation Service
Coolidge Pastor Sees Scopes Trial as Great Good
Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, Washington pastor and Coolidge adviser, says Scopes trial will yield great good nationally. He asserts evolution and religious truth are compatible and rebuts Bryan’s portrayal, while highlighting unity of science and faith.
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International News Wire
Los Angeles
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
Jason Noble Pierce
First Congregational Church
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Pierce
William Jennings Bryan
Scopes
Bryan
Fierce
Frank. Dyer
Ec National Church
Shakespeare
Mary
Jesus
Pasteur
Lincoln
Woodrow
Wilson
Bradford
Brewster
Washington
Hold Two Suspects at Marshalltown in Highway Shooting
Clinton officers are asked to travel to Marshalltown to view two suspects held in the county jail. The men claim to be brothers L. A. and Mamett Thompson of Humansville Missouri and say they were walking from Chicago Red Oak when arrested trying to halt a car. They resemble two Clinton county gunmen.
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Marshalltown
Clinton
Clinton County
L. A
Vigilante Armament Plans Loom in Polk County
Des Moines reports a countywide push to form vigilance committees armed to thwart bandits and bank robbers. At a Polk County Bankers Association meeting Sheriff Park A Findley offered deputizations for reputable business and professional men with arms supplied by the bankers and community groups.
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Des Moines
Polk County, Bankers Association
East Gets Promise of Fair and Cooler
Washington forecast cooler weather tonight and Thursday east of the Mississippi after a prolonged heat wave. Temperatures in the middle and northern sections east of the river are set to fall to the lowest for the month, with generally fair conditions expected tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi River
United States Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Belgian Balloon Wins Gordon Race
A Belgian pilot Veenstra of the balloon Prince Leopold won the Gordon Bernidt cup balloon race started from Brussels. Toonstra landed Tuesday night at Cape Tourba, Spain. DIES AT CEDAR FALLS. Mrs Dorothy Lutz, who came from Chicago ten years ago to the Western Old People's home, died at 2 20 a m today. Services will be at 40 a m in the chapel at the home. Fin d three sons and a daughter.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Veenstra
Prince Leopold
Toonstra
Cape Tourba
Spain
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Lutz
Chicago
Plan Shenandoore Midwest Flight Sometime in July
Five Maybach engines on the Los Angeles airship may require remodeling for practical flights. Unofficial reports say the Shenandoah will travel to the Midwest in July, likely via St Louis and Kansas City, showing the aging airship program shifting paths.
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Shenandore Midwest
United Press
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Middle West
Air Reviathan
Nelvana Sas
Los Angeles ix
Teansferredi Oy
Shenandoah
Micheapelis
Iceland Endures Heat Wave Across Cities
Iceland faces a scorching heat wave with temperatures rising far above normal. In Reykjavik the thermometer hit 72 degrees in the shade while typical June highs hover near 30, affecting daily life and prompting weather warnings.
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Rosnjavik
Iceland
MacMillan Planes Flying to Boston
United Press reports three MacMillan navvy planes took off from Philadelphia navy yard en route to Boston to join Donald MacMillan on a polar expedition. They will reach Etah Greenland to base the search for the Amundsen party as part of the Arctic exploration effort.
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United Press
Philadelphia
MacMillan Navvy
Navy Yard
Boston
Donald MacMilan
Polar
Amundsen
Etah
Greenland
Fran
Oslo
Hobby
Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar
Fram
Arctic
Ingertre
Associated Press
Arctic Circle
Spitzbergen
Amundsen-Ellisworth Polar Fliers
Dorothy Perkins Admits Killing Unwanted Suitor
Dorothy Perkins, 17, testified in general sessions court that she did not mean to kill her unwelcome suitor Thomas Templeton. Joseph Harssel, a friend of Templeton, said she fell across Templeton after the shooting and repeated that she did not mean to do it and asked if she had killed him.
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Dorothy Perkins
New York
Dorothy Erkins
Thomas Templeton
General Sessions Court
Joseph Harssel
Templeton
Dorothy
Kansas Cedes Wheat Honors and Raises Corn
Kansas, once again losing its top wheat status, is forecast to yield 95 million bushels of corn this year, up 15 percent from 1924. Government estimates compare 84.9 million bushels of Kansas wheat with North Dakota’s 95.1 million bushels of wheat, while Kansas corn acreage climbs after two bumper years.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Union
North Dakota
Retail food costs rise in most U S cities in May
The Department of Labor reports continued increases in food prices nationwide with gains from 2 to 10 percent since March. Lake City shows the largest rise, New York Denver and Los Angeles follow, while overall costs remain elevated across major urban areas.
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Chiermatan
Washington, DC
United States
Department of Tabor
An Lake Cy
New York
Denver
Los Angeles
Sals
Lake City
Bas Angels
CEM Pasesh
Chinese and foreign tensions flare in Shanghai riots
Reports from Shanghai and Canton describe ongoing clashes between Cantonese and Yunnanese troops, widespread student protests against foreign offices, and injuries from shelling at Canton. Foreign nationals are advised to avoid danger zones as authorities restore order amid a broad strike.
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Canton
Shanghai
Pekin
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Aanetican
Lily United Press
Washington
D. C
International Settlement Police Coreé W
Shang- Nai
Severa
Chiss
Amerian
Jacobs
Kwan
Lythe Associated
Insal
Wampoa
Yuananese
Kuomintang Party
Douglas Jenkins
Sainst Inpingy
Amer Wu
Lby
United Press
Antrine
SPO Coc
China
Mt Byitieh Onal Dapaneda
Thines
Eulumin Seyou
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George Gilbert Murray
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