Flood Waters Maroon Boy Scouts on Fremont Island
Nebraska flood report spans multiple towns with thousands of acres flooded and livestock drowned. Twenty three boy scouts on Fremont island face limited food as bridges wash out. Nearby Columbus endures the worst flood in years with eightyt Y M C A boys marooned at Camp Sheldon and rail service disrupted. Brule braces for historic flood as Platte water nears town, while Fullerton and St Edwards endure mud filled streets and evacuated farmers.
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Fremont, Neb
Fremont Island
Columbus
Neb
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Camp Sheldon
Loup
Platte
Birlington Road
Fullerton
St. Edwards
T Ie Platte
Monroe
Union Pacific
Norfolk
Spalding
Genoa
Albion
Bristow
Lynch
Ponca Creek
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Lexington
Tha F Platte
Colorado
Rail Unions Back Farmer Fight in Congress
Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, announced that railroad unions will support farmers nationwide to push for legislation in the new Congress and government action to stabilize farm product prices. The statement came from Leveland, Ohio.
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Leveland, O
Imelt
Congress
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Paper delivery notice seeks early arrival and contact
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30. If an error by the carrier or other cause causes late delivery call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Please contact our office before 6 20 p m.
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Towner Prods Porto Rican Statehood in First Message
San Juan June 19 Horace M Towner the new governor urged eventual statehood for Porto Rico in his first legislative address He said he favored gradually increasing self government until statehood and advocated extending federal aid measures such as vocational education highway extension Smith Lever maternity and other acts to the island.
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Associated Press
San Juan
Porto Rico
Horace M. Towner
Congress
Union
Mrs Carrick identified as killer in Tesmer murder case
Chicago police identified Frances Carrick, alias Fred G. Thompson, as the woman believed to have shot and killed Tesmer in a June 5 holdup. Mrs Tesmer later said she may have mistaken the suspect, who reportedly led two lives as man and woman. An involved case with Carrick and two others arrested nearby.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frances Carrick
Fred G. Thompson
R. G. Tes ™Er
Frank Carrick
Hved
Mrs. Carrick
Thompson
Aller
Rising Heat Wave Kills 7 in Chicago
Chicago reports seven deaths in a 36 hour heat wave with high temperatures around 90 plus and dozens of prostrations. Officials warned little relief was in sight as storms raged in Minnesota and Wisconsin and other Midwest states faced extreme heat across Des Moines and Dubuque regions.
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United Press
Middlewest
Mercury
D. A. Kitch
Charles Carlson
William R. Ryan
Jennie Jenkins
Kin~dall Warner
Donald R. Hill
Stanford Waddy
Associated Press
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Wisconsin
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Blinn
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Des Moines
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Preus Nominated to Fill Nelsons Seat In Senate Race
St Paul Minn June 19 Gov J A Preus was conceded to have won the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat created by Knute Nelsons death Oscar Hallam former state supreme court justice was his chief opponent Magnus Johnson likely captured the former labor party nomination over Dr L A Fritsche State Senator James A Carley faced little Democratic opposition for the nomination
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J. AO. Preus
United States Senate
Knute Nelson
Oscar Hallam
State Supreme Court
Magnus Johnson
Labor Party
L. A. Fritsche
James A. Carley
Meiklejohn Resigns as Amherst President Next June
Amherst Mass June 19 President Alexander Meiklejohn of Amherst College has resigned and will leave office when the resignation takes effect next June. The announcement was made this afternoon by G A Plimpton member of the board of trustees.
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Amherst College
G. A. Plimpton
Board of Trustees
Foreign Doctor to Permit Medicinal Liquor on Foreign Ships
Treasury moves allow a ship's doctor on foreign vessels in American waters to certify medicinal liquor for crews. The policy, while not changing regulations, expands elasticity and could enable foreign ships to bring in rations permitted as medicines. Officials say such a sea power fleet could curb rum smugglers and may prompt a $20.6 million prohibition-enforcement appropriation.
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Washington, D. C
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Mellon
Public Health Services
Law Land
Supreme Court
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Atlantic
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Coast Guard
Congress
Prohibition
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Senate
Haynes
Kriebel Guilty of Stock Sale Frauds Faces Prison Term
Chicago June 19 Kriebel president of Kriebel & Co. stock brokers and Henry Pommerey New York agent were found guilty by a federal court jury of using the mails to defraud on four counts including three mail fraud counts and a conspiracy count. Each of the first three counts carries up to five years or five thousand dollars fine while the fourth count carries up to two years or two thousand dollars fine. Motion for a new trial set for July 9 before United States District Judge James H. Witkerson.
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Chicago
Fred I. Kriebel
Kriebel & Co
Henry Pommerey
New York
United States
James H. Witkerson
Three Posses After Bank Robbing Gang
Four bandits robbed Barnsdall National Bank near Barnsdall Oklahoma and escaped with 5990. They moved casually, claimed to be several blocks away when the alarm rang. Posses from Bartlesville Pawhuska and Barnsdall pursue heading east.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Barnsdall National Bank
Barnsdall
Here
Pawhuska
Girl Won’t Testify Against Father for Killing Mother
Chicago June 19 Love for her father vanquished the urge of Cecthia Fuchs 13 to testify against his murder charge Cecilia the mother and eyewitness to the crime was to have been the key witness Assistant State’s Attorney OConnell said I can’t do it My father is the only person in the world who loves me Trenaty Fuchs the father then changed his mind about pleading guilty claiming his cell mate Casper Partont was hanged after a quick trial
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Cecthia Fuchs
Uelling
Cecilia
Prosequitote
Auarney O'Connell
Trenaty Fuchs
Casper Partont
Explorers Travel by Fast Mississippi Motorboat in Reenactment
Dubuque, June 19. Impersonators Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet travel south along the Mississippi in a 1923-model motorboat after 24 hours in Dubuque. The reenactment, aided by film crews and local groups, includes visits to New Mellory Trappist monastery and Julien Dubuque’s grave below the city.
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Jacques Marquette
Louis Jellet
Hruca Mahan
State Historical Society
C. W. Bond
Greater Hurlington Association
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Guttenberg
Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Columbus
Catholic Daughters of America
New Mellory
Julien Dubuque
Louisiana Purchase Territory
Witness for Standard on Stand in Big Suit
Ralph H W Handy, manager of Arrow Oil and former Union Oil manager, testified in the 3.09 billion dollar Universal Oil Company vs Standard Oil Company of Indiana suit. Standard claims Union used Dubbs cracking process for years, with Universal alleging patent infringement. Testimony before Federal Master Holmes Irvine will continue for weeks.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ralph H W. Handy
Arrow Oil Company
Union Oil Company
Universal Oi Company
Standard Oi Company
Indiana
Standard
Universal
Holmes Iail
Husband’s 10 Bullets Fail to Kill Woman in Honolulu
A jealous husband shot his wife 19 times and then killed himself after firing at her in Honolulu. Mrs. Carlos Howard survived the attack and is recovering, while the husband, an Army field clerk, died at the scene. Domestic trouble led to the tragedy.
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Carlos Howard
Howard
Four War Chiefs Plan Move of China's Capital
Shanghai reports a coalition led by Li Yunh Huan with Chang Tso Lin Sun Yat Sen and Li Yung Hsiang to relocate the capital from Peking to Hangchow Chekiang. Conflicts follow talks at Tientsin as Manchurian forces mobilize and Chinli troops move toward Machwang and Lwanchow.
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Li Yunh Huan
Peking
Tienisin
Chang Tso Lin
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Manchuria
Sun Yat Sen
South
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Hangchow
Chekiang
Chinat Party
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Chane Tso Lin
Machwang
Lwanchow
Leviathan sails on five day trial voyage from Boston
Shipping board head Lasker will host nearly 690 guests on the Leviathan for a five to six day trial cruise to the Caribbean and back. The voyage, criticized as a junket, is part of reconditioning contracts to prepare the former Vaterland for transatlantic service. Captain Herbert Hartley commands the ship, testing machinery and crew training ahead of future passenger service. The trip includes a speed test off Cuba and returns to New York.
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United States
Leviathan
France
United Press
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Mass
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Gibbs
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Cuba
Fort Dodge Boosters Trade Tour Arrives Tonight in Waterloo
Fort Dodge boosters including 126 manufacturers jobbers and other business men arrive at 6 30 p m via Illinois Central for a two day trade tour. The municipal band will lead a street parade and a concert is planned with a reception at Hotel Russell Lamson. R O Green heads Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce events with H B Grey of Illinois Central arranging rail details. The delegation will depart tomorrow morning on Chicago Great Western lines.
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Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Great Western
Girl juror to study law after Williams case
Dex Moluch June 19 Fista Snender 21 known as Baby Juror in the Jon Williams murder trial plans to become a lawyer. She will enroll in Drake University Law School next semester after the jurors sought a verdict against Williams for Barbara Thorndaty's killing. Her parents encourage her to pursue law.
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Fista Snender
Jon Willaims
Mwyer
Williams
Wallows
Barbara Thorndaty
Celina Hiwger
Snender
Drake University Law School
Leeper Sentenced to Life for Father‑in‑Law Murder
Robert Leeper was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his father in law Roy Wertz after a sensational trial. Judge Ralph A. Thea ordered imprisonment at Fork Madison without bail while his appeal proceeds. Evidence presented included papers claimed found near the jury room suggesting outsider contact during deliberations. Leeper’s mother showed little emotion as he left for the county jail. other co defendants including Mrs. Wertz Leeper and Mrs. Mima Wertz were present and calm.
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United Pres
Iowa City
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
Fork Madison Porleaytmy
Ralpha
Thea Defansa
State Supreme Court
Leeper
John Gbopek
Junttor
Yestlerday
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Slamns Communications
Martin
W. S. Leeper
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Mima Wertz
Lieeper
Ball
Bucketshop Brokers Sentenced for Bucketing Crimes
New York June 19 Judge Nott sentenced Howard M Fuller and BE PF McGee of the bankrupt bucketshop arm B M Fuller & Co to general sessions in state prison for one year three months to four years. He said leniency due to alleged poverty and guilty pleas for bucketing. Quotations on marks: German marks about 710,000 to the pound sterling, about 155,000 to the dollar.
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New York
Howard M. Fuller
PF. McGee
B. M. Fuller & Co
Judge Nott
General Sessions
London
National Wheat Conference Seeks Remedy for Growers
Chicago hosts a nonpolitical gathering of over 500 delegates from business, farming, and labor to address a wheat price crisis. Gov Praus of Minnesota says failure to relieve farmers will hurt all industries as 170,000,000 bushels remain in surplus and exports face global competition.
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Associated Press
Chicago
America
J. A. O. Praus
Minnesota
Wilbur Mf. Fribley
Milnois
Congress
Preus
United
Praus
National Wheat Conference
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