La Follette Endorsed by Radicals Despite Protests
Independent candidate for president, Senator Robert M La Follette, is set to receive backing from radical groups at the upcoming third party convention in St Paul. Mahoney, editor of a St Paul labor paper, says the gathering will endorse La Follette while some farmers and communists participate cautiously. Leaders aim to form a permanent third party, uniting progressives across states.
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St. Paul, Minn
Communist Party
Roberto la Bollotte
Cape Munist
T Her
Paul H. Mallon
United
TAY
St. Paul
Minn
Jane 11
Robert M. la Follette
Wiliam Mahoner
United Press Today
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Mahoney
Washington
United Press
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhoods
la Pollatte
Wisconsin
Pnly
William Z. Foster
J. L. Beebe
The
People's Church
Omaha
Neb
Burton RK. Wheeler
Montana
Huddieston
Alabama
Government Offers Half Interest in Idle Vessels
Washington June 16 The Shipping Board advances a plan to save 375 idle ships from rust and decay by installing diesel internal combustion engines on 60 vessels and urging private industry to take over and equip the remainder on a 40 to 50 basis under congressional funding.
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Washington
TD. C
Shipping Board
Caneress
Window display prize for Bluebird Pearls wins by J B Lake
J B Lake a window decorator for Booth Joseph Co won second prize of 54 in a nationwide contest by Henshel Jewelry Co of New York. His entry features a good fairy holding a string of pearls amid a blue velvet background and a chorus of bluebirds symbolizing happiness.
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J.B. Lake
Booth-Joseph Jewelers
Secord
Bluebird Pearis
Mr. Lake
Henshel Jewelry Company
New York
Chauffeur Testifies on Loeb and Leopold Driving Death Car
Carl Viving, the chauffeur, testifies he saw Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr driving the vehicle used in the Franks kidnapping murder. His grand jury statement positions him as a pivotal witness at the impending trial of the Chicago millionaires' sons.
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Richard Loeb
Carl Viving
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Sons of Chicago Milionaires
McAdoo Near Victory With 440 Delegates Across Contested Field
The article analyzes Franklin D. Roosevelt McAdoo's delegate strength of about 440 and the shifting dynamics at the Democratic convention. It discusses potential nominees like Smith Davis Glass and Ritchie, McAdoo's risk of overplaying his hand, party loyalties versus individual loyalties, and the powerful effect of a public comeback on delegates.
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John W. Davis
New York
Senator Underwood
Alabama
Algo
McAdoo
Smith
Senator Glass
Gov. Ritchie
Altho
Ralston
Deo
Twe
Coolidge
Butler
Cleveland
MeAdoo
S. Fo Herald-tribunl
Police seize parts of multi million mail car loot
Three women and seven men were held as suspects in a $4,000,000 railway mail robbery at Rondout Illinois. Police expect to recover the loot from a cache near the robbery site. Morgan Collins says the loss includes currency and negotiable securities. The heat wave also continued with temperatures reaching 81 and 59 at night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Aebt
Rondout
Here
Geckinjy
Morgan Collins
Pollen
Big Eastern
Welletree
Milwaukea & St. Paul
Wayne
James Murray
Ercury
Fairbank Hosts B Y P C Rally and Officers Named
Cedar Falls June 16 special rally of Baptist Young Peoples unions of Cedar Valley district decided at last night’s meeting. New term officers include Cedar Falls president Ethel Mentzer, first vice Hazel Owens, second Agnes Thompson, third Gladys Aiken, fourth Leland Carey, secretary and treasurer.
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Edar Falls
Specialiy Palliant
Baptist Young Peoples Unions
Cedar Valley
Ethel Mentzer
Cedar Falls
Hazel Owens
Dunkerton
Agnes Thompson
Mason City
Gladys Aiken
Waterloo
Margaret van Dorn
Waverly
Leland
Carey
Ben Hur Plans Friday Gala Before Supreme Convention
State managers delegates and visiting Ben Hur lodge members en route to the supreme convention opening June 23 at Crawfordsville Indiana will stop over Friday night and be entertained by Melchoir court No in Ben Hur auditorium. There will be a program of dancing and refreshments for members only.
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Ben Hur Lodge
Supreme Convention of the Order
Crawfordsville
Ind
Melchoir Court
Ben Hur Auditorium
Ohio Oil cuts Wooster oil price by fifteen cents
Findlay Ohio June 16 The Ohio Oil company announced a price drop of 15 cents per barrel on Wooster oil The quotation stands at 2 dollars per barrel reflecting a market shift and company policy rather to hedge the change in supply.
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Findlay
Ohio O11
Wooster
Murphy star returns for vacation with sister in Coffeyville
James A. Murphy, who closed his first season with John B. Rogers Producing Co last week, visits for a few weeks with sister Mrs Ralph Martin. He produced Kathleen and All Aboard with notable success through winter and spring. Coffeyville Kan was his last engagement. he plans to continue with the company next season.
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Tames A. Murphyy
Janes A. Murphy
John B. Rogers
Ralph Martin
Kathleen
Coffeyville
Kan
Mortuary notices for Emma M. Smith and others
Emma M. Smith 61 died at home after eight weeks illness. Survived by husband Oliver G. Smith, son Evere Waterloo, daughter Olive May Smith deceased in childhood, sister Allinda Victor, several siblings, and half-siblings. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kistner Chapel, burial in Janesville. George P. Crawford 71 died of age complications. Employed at Kilmefelter livery, survived by five brothers and two sisters. Services at Kistner Chapel 2 p.m. Burial in Vinton tomorrow. Funeral services for unidentified individual were well attended by patriotic groups. pallbearers listed. Byron Walker, former Black Hawk County teacher, died May 18 in Redlands. survived by five daughters and two sons. Edward Furry, 49, obituary with funeral 10 a.m. tomorrow at O’Keefe & Towne, burial in Bimywond. sister Mrs. G. W. Russie in Waterino.
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Lime Street
Mound City
Oliver G. Smith
Waterloo
Plainfield
Allinda Victor
Grand Chain
James
Baker
Ill
Albert
P_ Baker
Cedar Falls
Mary Perry
Oregon
Olive May Smith
Kistner
Bello F Hurlburt
Janesville
Kilmefelter
James F. Klinefelter
Jefferson Street
Kistster Chapel
I. C. Rankin
Vinton
Byron Walker
Black Hawk County
Redlands
Mal
F. Ch! Walker
Edward Furry
O'Keefe & Towne
Bimywond
Furry
Indapendence
Hel
G. W. Russie
Waterino
British Legation in Mexico Besieged and Expelled
Mexico City reports the British Legation isolated by police and secret service, with food and telephones cut. Minster Bermudiz seeks Cummins’s 48 hour exit amid Mexico’s stand, criticizing the expulsion as a breach of diplomatic courtesy. London presses concern as the Obregon government remains firm.
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United Press
Mexico City
Bermudiz
Chile
Foreign Office
M. GC. C. Cummins
Ite
Obregon
Saenz
Cummins
Norman King
Cumming
Ed King
Mexico
Secret Poets
London
London Times
H.C. C. Cumming
Minnesota picks choice in crowded primary field
In St Paul Minnesota the statewide primary features a crowded field across parties. Senator Magnus Johnson seeks renomination in the Farmer-Labor race with two opponents while Oscar Hallam and Ole Sageng Dal ton vie for Republicans. Congressional incumbent Thomas D Schall pledges strength. Gubernatorial race includes six Republicans and seven Farmer-Laborites. Gov Preus not seeking renomination. Democrats present an unopposed slate for senator and state offices.
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St. Paul
Mino
Minnesota
Magnus Johnson
Oscar Hallam
Supreme Court
Ole Sageng Dalton
Thomas D. Schall
Excelsior
Farmer-Laborites
J. A. O. Preus
Hjalmier Dantes
Orr
Satay Eel Perch
Reed Gives World Tour Talk at Rotary Club
Herbert M. Reed spoke at Havel Russell-Lamson Rotary on his world cruise. He praised Major General Leonard Wood for stabilizing Philippine finances and described ancient transport in eastern lands. Reed’s Manila visit, travel route via Gibraltar to New York, and note on Egypt under local rule with potential British intervention were shared.
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Herbert M. Reed
Rotary Club
Havel Russell-Lamson
Tle
Philippine Islands
Leonard Wood
Reed
Manila
Madeira
Gibraltar
Algiers
Naples
Alexandria
Tsong
Kong
Japan
Honolulu
San Francisco
New York
Gasoline Prices in South Dakota Drop a Cent
Sioux Falls dealers excepted cut in the state price of gasoline today. J F H Cumberow of Sioux Falls, president of the South Dakota Independent Oil Dealers association, announced the one cent reduction to apply in every city in the state except Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Jfh. Cumberow
Dakota Independent Oil Dealers’ Association
Italian Woman Held After Husband Shot In Bed
Chicago June 16 Mrs Frances Scarano 29 mother of three children was arrested after her husband Ray was found dead in bed with three bullet wounds in his head. She admitted a quarrel but claimed he killed himself. police remained skeptical.
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Chicago
Frances Scarano
Ray
Foreign trade of 1924 shows immense growth
New York June reports that the United States posts rising exports and falling imports through May 1924. Manufacturing goods lead export gains while foodstuffs fall. overall exports likely exceed imports by about 700 million dollars, with prewar ratios showing large growth in the value of manufactured exports and a substantial surplus.
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New York
United States
National City Bank of New York
Europe
Aaia
Oceania
Northland
South America
Greece Envoy Secretary Fined $25 for Speeding
The secretary to the Greek charge d affaires in Washington, D C, was arrested and fined $25 for speeding and reckless driving, according to reports learned today.
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Grhek
Key Harbor City
Giamantopowlor
Greece
Washington
Marital Woes Amicably Ends In Court Action
Rhoda Schulz filed for divorce from Albert Schulz seeking custody of a 17 year old daughter, a share of the 109 Argyle Street real estate, and an injunction to stop disposal of the house and furnishings. They wed June 28, 1904 in Burlington. An adopted son age 10 is listed.
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Rhoda Schulz
Albert Schulz
Argyle Street
Barrington, Til
Rely on Radio to Warn Woman of Threatening Death
Cedar Rapids news reports radio will be used today to reach Mr and Mrs John Tuttle of this city. They are traveling when Mrs Tuttle was bitten by a rabid squirrel at Coffeyville Kansas last week. The animal was killed and the head sent for pathology. Telegraph messages failed. a broadcast aims to reach the Tuttles and urge Pasteur treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
John Tuttle
Tuttle
Tuttles
Coffeyville
Kan
Tutte
Kuied
Kansas State Pathologist
Millicent's Count Is Broke In Paris Scene
Berlin reports Count Ludwig Salim von Hoogenstraeten once rich by marriage to Millicent Rogers now is broke. Mile. Lyia de Putti, Hungarian actress, says the couple’s finances fail to support a US move. He had money upon arrival in Basel, but spent it, and stayed in Europe for tennis Olympic eliminations.
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Berlin
Ludwig Salim von
Salni
Mile. de Putti
New York
Europe
Maine Voters Pick Candidates for AU State Offices Today
Maine voters went to the polls in Portland to nominate Republican and Democratic candidates for governor, senators, state officers, and the legislature. Senator Bert M. Fernald faced renomination opposition from Frank B. Guernsey and Louis A. Jack. Fulton J. Redman was unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination. Frank G. Farrington and Ralph O. Brewster sought the Republican governorship, with Brewster backed by the Ku Klux Klan which also supports a constitutional amendment to bar state funds from sectarian high schools. Farrington, president of the state senate, opposes the change.
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Portland
Maine
Bert M. Fernald
Frankb. Guernsey
Louis A. Jack
Fulton J. Redman
Frank G. Farrington
Ralph O. Brewster
Ku Klux Klan
Brewster
Farrington
State Senate
Launch Waves Tip Boat Drowns Man. Wife Rescued in Iowa
Sioux City Iowa, June 16. The first drowning of the season occurred when Peter Bygaard, 35, was killed when waves from a passing launch capsized their boat on the Ble Sioux River. His wife was saved by Charles Downs, an expert swimmer, but Bygaard sank before help could reach him and his body was recovered two hours later.
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Sioux City
Peter Bygaard
Sioux River
Bygaard
Charles Downs
Downs
Patent Suit Against J. J. Case Co Opens in Des Moines
Des Moines June 16. A patent suit against the J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co opens in federal court alleging infringement of Garden City Meeder patents. Band cutters and feeders patented in 1965 by Arthur C. Goweling are cited as the basis for the action.
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Des Moines
Smit
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Company
Garden City Meeder Company
Palla
Arthur CG. Houweling
Garden City Phreshing Machine Company
Lynch Elected Head of Typographical Union
James M. Lynch of Syracuse New York has been elected president of the International Typographical Union succeeding Charles P. Howard of Detroit. Lynch won by about 2029 votes out of roughly 56000 cast in an unofficial count released today in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
N. Y
International Typographical Union
Charles PF. Howard
Detroit
Lynch
Robbers Take Diamonds From Temple Jewelry Salesman
Three automobile bandits robbed A. E. Zueman, a Temple Jewelry salesman from Chicago, on the Waukegan road between Lake Forest and Highland Park. They seized diamonds and jewelry valued at 350 000 dollars and fled. Police launched an investigation into the heist reported today.
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Waukegan, I
A. E. Zueman
Temple Jewelry Company
Chicago
Waukegan Road
Lake Forest
Highland Park
Hawarden State Board Approves Oak Grove Park Purchase
The state board of conservation authorized Oak Grove near Hawarden for a state park. The 70 acre site lies on the lower Big Sioux river, Des Moines. A boy in Newton drinks acid, dies. parents puzzled by act as bus service expands in Newton outskirts due to rush hours with the Bushes operating two hours daily.
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Hawarden
State Board of Conservation
Oak Grove
Here
Lown
Big Sioux
Des Moines
Robert Coffman
A. Coffman
Newton
Italian Government Moves in Matteoutti Mystery
Rome reports the Fascist regime took energetic steps to deny involvement in the disappearance of Socialist Deputy Matteoutti who is believed kidnapped and killed. Premier Mussolini’s lieutenants faced resignations amid rumors of changes as Socialists planned a large strike thwarted by jailings and calls for calm. A manifesto praised Mussolini for action while noting the body has not been found.
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Rome
Matteoutti
MugeoNni
Mussolini
W. W. Made Attempt to Blow Up Turret Blast Morgue
San Pedro Cal June 16 Navy guards thwarted a pre dawn effort to dynamite the funeral parlors housing 48 bodies from the USS Mississippi explosion. A man was spotted climbing a fence with a large package near the rear of the mortuary and pursued by sailors, who lost him in the streets. Rumors of a protest at the parlors had circulated after a tar and feathering event for alleged IWW members.
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San Pedro
Cal
Navy
U.S. S
Mississippi
Navy Guard
Greer Goes to Trial for Shooting Dines Last New Year
Horace Greer faces trial in Los Angeles for shooting Denver financier Courtland S. Dines at Dines bachelor apartments during New Year celebrations. Film stars Mabel Normand and Edna Purviance were present. Normand and Dines vicinity witnesses expected to testify. Greer served as Normand’s chauffeur at the time. Dines arrived from Denver with his father critically ill.
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Horace Greer
Dines
Los Angeles
Cak
Courtland S. Dines
Denver
Millfionaire
Mabel Normandy
Edna Purviance
Greer
Miss Normand
Asa Keyes
Gov't Asks Court to Dismiss Suit To Halt Bonus
Washington June 16. The government asked the District of Columbia supreme court to dismiss the suit of Joseph Wheeler a New York attorney seeking to have the soldiers bonus law declared unconstitutional. The reply named Secretaries Meitlon Weeks Wilbur and Director Hines as defendants and argued Wheeters alleged no facts to prevent administration of the bonus law.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Joseph Wheeless
New York
Meitlon
Weeks
the Navy
Wilbur
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Wholesale Prices Downward Swing in May 1A
Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a continued downward trend in wholesale prices through May. The weighted index for 144 commodities fell to 147, driven by declines in farm products and metals. the food group was flat. Overall, prices were about 6 percent below May of last year.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Chureau
Woman's Suicide Attempt Ends in Death in Sioux City
Mrs. Minnie Olson, 35, died after slashing her throat several days earlier in a suicide attempt. Physicians said she severed her windpipe and cut the larynx with a razor, leaving her unable to speak. She had been despondent over her husband's death in a railroad accident.
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Sioux City
Minnie Olson
Town Cadets Help to Capture Burglar at Astor Hotel
In New York on June 16 two United States Military Academy cadets, John Rifte of Burlington, Ta, and Ralph Norton of Kansas, restrained an 11-year-old burglar named Edward Roberts in their hotel room at the Astor. The youth, armed with a blackjack, swung at the cadets but was overpowered and handed to police.
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New York
Weet Point
Astor Hotel
John Rifte
Burlington
Ralph Norton
Kansas
Edward Roberts
Hamilton Named to State Parole Board
Des Moines June 16 Gov Ken Gall announced Ernest C Hamilton of Winterset to join the state board of parole to succeed A R Murphy who resigned Hamilton is described as an ex convict
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Des Moines
Ken Gall
Ernest C. Hamilton
Winterset
A. R. Murphy
Grove
Hamilton
Cervica
Means on Trial in New York Court on Bootlegging Charge
New York June 16 Gaston B Means famous detective and former justice agent went on trial today on a bootlegging charge after efforts to remove Hiram C Todd as special prosecutor failed. Means attorney Thames M Felder moved to remove Todd saying he was prejudiced and unfair. Todd testified against Means before the senate committee investigation. Judge Wolverton overruled the motion. Elmer W Jarnecke Means secretary also on trial. They are charged with conspiracy to withdraw whisky illegally from government warehouses.
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New York
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Hiram C. Todd
Thames M. Felder
Means
Todd
Wolverton
Meana
Senate
Elmer W. Jarnecke
Poison Booze Orgies in Philadelphia Kill Two
Poison liquor orgies in Philadelphia caused two deaths and hundreds of arrests over the weekend. Police reported 22 rushed to hospitals and about 400 taken into custody for intoxication. The two unidentified men collapsed in the Tenderloin and died in the street as seven of the 23 ill remained in serious condition, including four women.
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Philadelphia
Woods to Urge U S Reconsider Jap Exclusion Act
Seattle report states Cyrus Woods retiring ambassador to Japan arrived from Yokohama and will urge Washington to reconsider the exclusion act. He notes Japan does not want to force emigrants on the United States and believes a restriction treaty could be possible though the exclusion provision wounds national pride.
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Seattle
Wash
Cyrus Woods
Capays
Yokohama
Washington
Hughes
Woods
Victoria
B. C
McKinley
United States
Japan
Leopold and Loeb Abnormal Opinion of Medical Experts
Chicago reports the first of multiple experts test Leopold and Loeb at the county jail. The preliminary opinion deems them abnormal and unfit for hanging, forming the defense groundwork. Dr Kari Bowman, Boston psychiatrist and ductless grand expert, is expected as the first defense witness to present test findings.
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Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Kari Bowman
Boston
Collins Man Shot by Pursuing Officers in Wild Chase
Dr. W. H. Ashley a Collins veterinarian, wounded in a pistol fight with sheriffs' posses from Polk and Story counties after a high speed chase that ran through Maxwell Elwell Huxley to Slater near Des Moines. He reportedly drank in Maxwell earlier and displayed a revolver to Sunday crowds.
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Dea Moines
W. H. Ashley
Polk
Story
Slater
Offeers
Ashley
Maxwell
Elwell
Huxley
Des Moines
Story County
Towa Bankers Open Mason City Meeting
Several hundred delegates arrived for the thirty eighth annual Iowa Bankers association convention in Mason City Iowa which will run through Wednesday Walter W Head Omaha president of the American Bankers association will deliver the principal address tomorrow Other speakers include Judge Kenesaw M Landis C H McNider H S Van Alstine Mai A P Simmonds H E Byram E H Lauer and Fred I Kent from New York.
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Nason City
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Walter W. Head
Omaha
American Bankers’ Association
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago
C. H. MecNider
First National Bank
Mason City
H. S. van Alstine
Gilmore City
Mai
A. P. Sim
I C Railroad Puts on Women's Smoker
Chicago June 16 Equal rights for women moved forward as the Tilmore Central railway added a lounge and smoking car for women to its St. Louis Chicago daylight special. Women may smoke there without intrusion from men, and the car will become a regular part of the train.
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Chicago
Tilmore Central Railway
St. Louis
Lutheran Missionaries to Africa Get Synod Approval
DeKalb Illinois June 16 approval for the foreign missions budget totaling 212000 was asked by the Lutheran Augustana synod today Four missionaries to Africa will be commissioned tonight and all will depart for Tanganyika East Africa this fall
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DeKalb
Foreign Missions
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Africa
Tanganyika
East Africa
Pretty Schootteacher Helps Trap Bootlegger
Miss Norma Lucas a 22 year old teacher testified in Sioux Falls today about buying liquor from Mrs. Mattie G Hardingdon as part of a bootlegging case. The testimony places a young teacher at the center of the investigation with June jurisdiction noted.
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S. D
Norma Lucas
Mattie G. Hardingdon
Scase
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