Scandal and seismic shocks top today’s headlines
The Parma Agricultural Bank scandal expands as twelve top figures are arrested and warrants issued for dozens more amid the bank’s collapse with deposits reaching five million. Mussolini vows to crush graft while Elsewhere a major quake devastates Rhodes Crete and surrounding regions. Amundsen Byrd and Ellsworth push polar exploration costs and Iowa livestock value soars with hogs and cattle sales. Aimee Semple McPherson returns to a crowd of 7000 as she plots a world revival with her usual dramatic flair.
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Benito Mussolini
Fias
Agricultural Bank of Parma
IL Duce
Tiga
Tariff Reform Campaign And Farm Politics In 1920s
Washington report examines how tariff reduction may shape the 1920s campaign. It outlines Coolidge’s farm relief stance versus the Haugen bill, notes farmer leaders fear of an anti tariff shift with Democrats, and traces the role of a 22 member volunteer committee.
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Mark Sulelvan
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Teading Farm
Northwest
Wallaces
Farmer
Farm Movement
Congress
East
West
Summins
Cummins
Norbeck
North Dakota
Gooding
Idaho
Senate
Washington
Des Moines
Inchidert
Committee of 22
London Wedding of Mrs Uhoinisigigan Converse to Wisccowitt Fortress
Mrs Uhoinisigigan Converse of Converse New York daughter of Harry Hays Morgan American consul general in Buenos Aires and sister of Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt married yesterday in London to Wisccowitt Fortress shipbuilder. She previously divorced James W Converse of New York in April 1925.
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Uhoinisigigan Converse
New York
Harry Hays Morgan
Buenos Aires
Oyin
Reginald Vanderbilt
London
Wiscowitt Fortress
James VV. Converse
Riot Labw Against 16 Held for Disturbing Kluxers
In Hudson Wisconsin on June 28 AP reports the riot law was invoked against 14 defendants in St Croix county for the disruption of a Klansmen meeting four miles north of Hudson. Peter Rice pastor of Hudson Catholic Church and William Burton a Wisconsin National Guard officer were among those arrested and released. The disturbance occurred as the Klansmen spoke to about 1000 attendees and a protest by Rev. Rize led to heated exchange before violence broke out.
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Hudson, Wis
Otto Arnquist
St. Croix County
A.B. Kirk
Peter Rice
Hudson Catholic Church
William Burton
Hudson
Wisconsin National Guard
Kirk
Rize
Rice
Risa
Jail Rum Runner for Killing Pedestrian
Davenport report says 65 year old James H. Homan of Rock Island was killed while crossing a Rock Island street by a car that fled the scene. Police identify a recently convicted bootlegger as the suspected vehicle driver and say evidence links the machine to the fatal crash.
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Davenport
James H. Homan
Rock Island
Boman
Czecho-Slovak Diplomat predictions on League reorganization
Greenville, June 28. Charles Pergler former Czecho-Slovak minister to Japan forecast an eventual reorganization of the League of Nations. He addressed Purman Institute and criticized the Locarno treaties, saying Germany may seek frontier revisions and that modifications should come by broad agreement, not linkages.
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Rhodes
Aégean
Heyrt
Greece
Pallestine
Crete
Ievastating
Germany
Mexico
Shen
Greenville
S.C
INS
League of Nations
Charles Pergler
Japsan
Purman Institute
Pargter
Pergler
Secret Probe Fund Used to Fight Rum Law Violations
Washington reports detail Gov. Pinchot's private detective unit funded by private sources to investigate Pennsylvania prohibition enforcement. Major William B. Wright Jr. testified the group operated without state power, spent about 110000, and relied on state police for arrests. Wage and salary figures for several officers were disclosed amid questioning by Senator Reed. Wright, a former morale officer, said he joined in 1923 to aid enforcement of state and federal prohibitory laws.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Wocot
William B. Wright,Jr
Senate
Wright
Nance i
Reed
Missouri
George W
Woodruff
Connecticut
Harvard
Yale
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Buffalo
Pinenot
Otder
Ww. Jc. T. UL
Glish
Job
English
I Miller
Louis
Graham
Wrank
Laird
A. Hurshman
Wilheim
Knauey
Hurshman
Weaver
Mae Murray Weds Artist David Divani as Valentino Stands Best Man
Hollywood scandal star Mae Murray, dubbed the Mer y Widow, wed artist actor David Divani in a ceremony attended by Rudolph Valentino as best man and Poll Negri as maid of honor. In Waterloo a Liberty Bell tribute ran across Lincoln Park with the open Independence sesquicentennial echo as Mayor Glene A Tibbits rang the bell at 11:11 while local crowds paused. The day blended global cinema gossip with a patriotic city observance featuring the American Legion band and a Patriot’s Pledge of Faith read by Rev. Williamson.
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Hollywood
Cal
Mae Murray
Screenland
Mery
David Divani
Georgian Republic
Rudolph Valentino
Poll Negri
Lincoln Park
Glene
A. Tibbills
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Thomas Jefferson
America
Pregton
Park Square
American Legion
Glenn A. Wibbins
Gerald Holton
Becker-Chapman Post
Horton
Tibbitts
Scotts
Boy Scouts
First Presbyterian Church
Congressional Committee For
Eight Injured When Miami Negro School Is Dynamited
Eight workmen were injured, one perhaps fatally, when the new Washington school for Negroes in Miami collapsed after 10 am. Police, school authorities and state inspectors launched three probes as rescuers removed victims from the three story wreck. Officials cited threats against locating the Negro school near white facilities as a factor in the disaster. The building, three stories high, was under construction at a cost of 4,600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Washington
Molice
Courier Delivery Notice With Late Paper Policy
The notice states the courier should be at your home before melock and asks readers to phone the office if the paper is not received by that time. It instructs to request a copy of the paper and to call before 3:30 p.m. for assistance.
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Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Melock
Reich
Nurse Kills Older Man and Self in Sudden Romance Twist
Chicago authorities probed the motive after Nora Renwick a nurse aged around 40 killed Norman Hewitt a Lake Forest family member and then took her own life. The bodies were found together in Hewitt's residence with a revolver in Renwick’s grasp. Hewitt a 40 year old bachelor was kin to Scott Durand a millionaire sportsman. Clippings in Renwick's effects hinted at a possible doomed romance.
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Chicago
INS
Nora Renwick
Norman Hewitt
Membe
Lake Forest
Hewitt
Renwick
Scott Durand
Mediation Board Nominees Favorably Reported
Washington June 28 The nominees to the new railroad board of mediation were favorably reported to the Senate for confirmation by the Interstate Commerce Committee. Samuel B. Winslow Massachusetts five year term Edwin Morrow Kentucky four year term Carl Williams Oklahoma three year term G Wallace W Hanger Washington two year term Hywell Griffith Oregon one year term.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Samuel BE. Winslow
Massachusetts
Edwin Morrow
Kentucky
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
G. Wallace W. Hanger
Washington
Hywell Griffith
Oregon
Jail Nevada Man for Shooting His Son
Authorities hold H. Elliott 4 years old in county jail after charging him with shooting his son Everett 27 following a quarrel. Two bullets struck Everett in the right arm as he defended himself. Mrs Elliott was injured when she tried to wrest the gun from her husband.
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Nevada
Jay
H. Elliott
Haif
Everett
Grain rate hike from Iowa denied by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to allow higher grain rates from Omaha and Council Bluffs and Des Moines to Arkansas destinations. The proposed increases were found unjustified and the schedules were suspended and cancelled. Premier Mackenzie King resigns in Canada.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Omaha
Neh
Council Blvffs
Des Moines
Tlinois Central
Arkansas
Drifting Motorboat Party Burns Clothes to Attract Rescuers
Four Cleveland residents were rescued from a foundering motor boat after drifting 16 hours on Lake Erie near Huron Ohio. They set shirts and skirts alight with gasoline to catch the William G Mather’s attention as the engine stalled and the craft leaked. The group includes Mr and Mrs Gettelmeyer Miss Halen Jaeger and Richard Krosen with Mrs Gettelmeyer formerly Dalliat Wilson Ziegfeld Follies member.
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Huron
Ohio
Cleveland
William G. Mather
Brite
Mather
Mark Gettelmeyer
Halen Jaeger
Richard Krosen
Zettelmeyer
Iss Dalliat Wilson
Ziegfeld Follies
Kinsey Reaches Wimbledon Tennis Semifinals
Howard Kinsey, a ceriporgist Slat, advances to the Wimbledon men’s singles semifinal by defeating P. D. D. Spence of South Africa in four sets. Other matches feature Jacques Brugnon and Mrs. Godfree with mixed results, while Elizabeth Ryan exits singles after a defeat.
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Wimbeldon
Eng
Howard Kinsey
M.S. Heheel
C. G. Meliyniham
Shepherd Baron
Elizabeth Ryan
Witty McKane Godfree
England
Godfree
Vincent Richards
Howard
Bobb
R. Meyer
Marion Zinderstein
Jessup
George C. Rowle-Rees
Great Britan
W. R. Jackson
Zenla
Earthquake Rips Rhodes and Crete Causing Heavy Damage
Widespread tremor across the Mediterranean devastates Rhodes and nearby islands, killing at least one and injuring many. Arkhangelo, Rhodes towns, and Crete suffer severe destruction with thousands of homes collapsed and historic sites damaged. Italian, Greek, Egyptian areas report widespread effects as seismographs record large shifts.
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Rome
Arkhangelo
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Abia Minor
Italy
North Africa
Rhedes
Tere
Hhodes
Lindo
Ane
Ithe
Andlakkian
Arknangelo
Scare
Banto
Leos
Stampalia
Symi
Castel Rasso
Bengal
Cyrénaica
Tripolian
Calabria
Aputzi
Bellly
Scilly
Faenza
London
Aegean Sea
Arthangels
Arnima
Apolakkia
Monolitho
Cyclades
Santorim
Archeological Museum
Candia
Crewe
Athens
Egypt
Alexandria
Port Said
Cairo
Ismailia
Rothers
Palestine
Jeruselem
Foegia
Malta
Peloponnesis
Neninsita
Eekend
Crete
Ministry of Eduction
Sard
Sir Arthur Evans
Knossus
Short Interviews With Home Folks
The ostrich will again find favor as adornment for fashionable women. Richard Hall of Waterloo Saddlery notes ostrich plume use may reappear in hats and fans. Ostrich farms, once wealthy, nearly collapsed before discovering ostrich hide yields leather for new ladies accessories.
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Richard Hall
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Ax Slayer Kills Four in Tampa Slaying
In Tampa Florida an unknown ax slayer battered four persons to death early today. Bee Rowell a 43 year old carpenter his mother Mrs Rowell his nephew Ira Rowell and his niece Lenay Rowell were found dead in their homes by a neighbor. Lenay Rowell died soon after at a hospital. The assailant’s motive remains unclear.
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Tampa
Fla
Bee Rowell
Baby Burn Death After Milk Parlor Fire
A three month old son of George Weber of Hopkinton Iowa died when a fire in the separator house swept the building as the parents milked. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade to remove the child’s body from the ruins. The blaze is believed started by a saline engine.
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Hopkinton
George Weber
Here
Amundsen to Retire From Polar Exploration on Arrival
Seattle dispatch reports Roald Amundsen plans retirement from polar exploration after arriving in Seattle. He says the Norge dirigible may be used for future polar work with the crew ready to continue in New York, Nome, and Italy ventures.
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Seattle
Wash
Roald Amundsen
Italy
Teassem
Fis Flight
Norwegian Aero Club
May Fe‘pole
Norge
Ure
Expadi
Polar Teail
Amunadsen
Decige
Sion
Tion
New York
Nome
United States
Veligen
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Spedving
State University of Iowa
Lord Bryce
Amundsen
North Pole
Richard
Byrd
Lincoln Ellsworth
Iowa
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
RUM Law
Gov. Pinchot
Corps of Private Detectives
Fern L. Weaver
Lafayette Street
Lake Okoboji
Minnesota
Waterloo
Mae
Valentino
Land of Free
Big Negro School
Vremier King
Ollewal Ont
Farm Loan
Bill
Simeon. Fess
President Coolidge
McNary
Jdan
Asia, Minor
Arthur Evans
Siymeon Fess
Harery
Hes Moines
Standard Raking Company
Marshalltown
Fred B. Oehler
Gertrude F. Oehler
San Felice Cigar
Polar
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