Memorial Day Address and World News Highlights
President Coolidge at Arlington honors fallen soldiers and stresses law observance as essential to freedom. Centuries of sacrifice frame a call for adequate defense and cautious arms policy. Also reports safe arrival of Italian aviator Pinedo in the Azores after mid Atlantic landing, and a remote diplomatic exchange between Russia and Britain amid tensions. Charlie Lindbergh in Europe reflects homesickness and public reception in England. Reports of unrest in New York and ethnic clashes in the city.
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Coolidge
Arlington
de Pineo
Azores
Horta
Ff Fayal
Su‘erga
Lo Pinedo
Atlantic
Godlidge St To UF Law Observance National Need
President Coolidge declares law observance essential to safeguard American institutions and world influence in a Memorial Day Arlington address. He salutes war dead, warns that without law the nation cannot be free, and emphasizes self government, independence, and republican unity. He asserts military forces defend liberty and urges reverence for both the dead and living. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Four Flags Drape Propeller on Spot Where Bomber Fell
In Augusta Georgia a mass of wilted flowers draped with four American flags is placed on a broken propeller marking the crash site where four army aviators died. The four pilots were Lieut Dan F Voorhees Onarga Illinois pilot Sgt Clifford Glenn Akron Ohio Sgt James Reid Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Corp Melvin Andrews Raleigh North Carolina. The bomber veered and crashed after takeoff from maneuvers near San Antonio en route to Langley Field.
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Augusta
San Antonio
Langley — Field
Dan F. Voorhees
Onarga
Til
Set
Cliford Glenn
Akron
James Reid
Pittsburgh
Melvin Andrews
Raleigh
N.C
Two Cool Burglars Choose Livermore Gems
Detectives in Nassau county sought two courteous burglars who raided the mansion of Jesse Livermore at Great Neck Long Island. They ransacked the house seizing 92 760 dollars in cash and jewels then discarded 20 000 dollars worth of sapphires and kept two rings valued at 15 000 dollars.
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New York
Nassau County
Jesse Ty. Livermore
Wall Street
Great Neck
I. I
Iowa Girl Dies from Auto Burns
Miss Helen Scott age 14 of Sharpshore Ta died in a St Joseph hospital from burns after a gasoline tank exploded in a motor car she was riding in. The accident occurred Saturday night and the injuries were sustained in the blast.
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St. Joseph
Helen Scott
Sharpshore
Lindbergh Ends Europe Tour Aims Paris Farewell
Captain Lindbergh announced the European tour is over and plans to fly to Paris to say farewell before returning to the United States. He says he wants to go home badly and would prefer to fly back in the Spirit of St. Louis, though no sailing date is set. He meets King George and the Prince of Wales, and will be guest at Lord Lonsdale’s derby event.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
San Diego
Cal
St. Louis
Altho
Paris
United States
Lindbergh
King George
Prince of Wales
Lord Lonsdale
Atlantic
Windbergh
Memorial Day Flower Tributes at Denver Dog Graveyard
Denver residents gather at a Platte River valley dog cemetery opened in 1919 to honor canine companions. Three hundred white stone markers record faithful pets as wreaths and field violets mark graves, including a stone bearing Senator Vest’s tribute to dogs as man’s "one absolutely unselfish friend."
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Denver
Colo
Platte
Shady
Vest
Teddy
Baptist Union Takes Over Des Moines University
Des Moines University was tentatively taken over by the Baptist Bible Union of North America in Chicago. The fund drive aims to raise 50,900 immediately to cover urgent needs and return 15,000 advanced as an emergency fund. The union will assume all obligations, take title to buildings and equipment, and control the endowment of 180,000, with a board of trustees awaiting approval.
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Chicago
Des Moines University
Baptist Board of Education
Henry Kk. Y Peterson
Council Bluffs
Baptist Bible Union
Drake University
Frank W.padelford
Des Moines
Baptist Bible Union of North America
Esterday
Chicaso
A. M. Piper
Board of Education of the Church
Cubs Shortstop Completes Unassisted Triple Play
In Pittsburgh on May 30 Jimmy Cooney of the Chicago Nationals turned an unassisted triple play in the fourth inning. With Waner on second and Barnhart on first Cooney fielded Waner’s line drive, touched second to retire Waner, then tagged Barnhart. The play occurred during the Cubs vs. Pirates morning game amid a cigar ad context.
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Vittsburgh
Jimmy Cooney
Chicago Nationals
Cubs
Tittsburch
JT. Waner
Barnhart
Cooney
P. Waner
Courier Delivery by 5 30 Figure and Phone Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 oclock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 50 a m.
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Phil C. Hanna former U S consular official recalls boyhood memories at the Irving house corner Bridge and Commercial streets to local children waiting for a streetcar He recalls a white wooden building on stilts where the Irving hotel now stands and the pond filled with minnows and pollywogs He says his dream of presidency grew from his mother’s advice that character matters more than birthplace General Hanna has just returned from Texas and will stay at the hotel for the summer visiting sisters and pioneer friends
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Phil C. Hanna
United State Consular Service
Irving House
Irving Hotel
Courier
Hanna
Texas
Sherman
Gainesville
Cloudburst Kills 20 in Kentucky Reported
Ashland Kentucky May 30 reports say a double cloudburst last night killed twenty people in Prestonsburg and nearby towns. Other weather deaths include five in southwestern Virginia and eastern Tennessee with three drowned at Gate City Virginia and two at Elizabethton Tennessee.
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Ashland
Prestonsburg
Nere
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Tennessee
Gate City
Elizabethtown
Norway to handle Britain's interests in Soviet Russia
London May 30 Pi Norway will assume Great Britain's diplomatic interests in Soviet Russia after the break between London and Moscow governments. The arrangement was confirmed in Downing Street.
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Russia
Engand
Germany
Norway
Great Britain
Moscw
England
Moscow
London
Soviet Russia
Downing Street
Two Pilots Bleed in Indiana Speedway Crash
Speedway Indiana May 30. Frank Kohlert relief driver for Fred Locklider crashed into Cliff Bergere’s Miller special at the south turn on lap 58. Kohlert badly hurt and initial hospital bulletin indicated death, later clarified as breathing. Bergere unhurt. Lockhart Leads. Seventy five miles out, several cars retired including Norman Batten in a Miller fire and Duray with a split gas tank. Memorial Day race stage with $100000 in prizes and large crowd.
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Speedway
Indianapolis
Frank Kohlert
Fred Locklider
Cliff Bergere
Kohlert
Bergere
Lockhart
Norman Batten
Miller
Babe Stapp
Duesenberg
Universal
Leon Duray
Bennett Will
Cooper Special
Dave Lewis
Jack Petticard
Boyle Valve
Harry Hartz
Erskine Miller
Jules Ellingboe
Cooper
Batten
Ind
Kip
America
Fifteen Balloonists Compete for Bennett Cup Team
Fifteen pilots compete in Akron to win the P W Litch field trophy and determine the American Racing team members for the International Gordon Bennett car race next September.
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Akron
Fire destroys Miley Brothers garage in Chariton
A Chariton garage owned by the Miley Brothers burned early today. Forty automobiles were destroyed and several others damaged. The loss is estimated at about $100,000.
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Chariton
Chariton, Ja
Miley Brothers
Garagge
Man falls after marriage proposal rejected in Filomena Marioa flat
New York police report says Mario Spirito proposed to Filomena Marioa in her fourth story apartment on May 30 and was rejected. She says she ordered him out and he jumped or fell from the window, leaving him with broken heart and ankles.
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New York
Cpi
Mario Spirito
Tle
Filomena Marioa
Man Shoots Self in Cherokee Illinois Event Likely Suicide
Cherokee Iowa May 30 Herbert Stratton of Washta died by self inflicted gunshot Sunday. Authorities cite personal troubles as cause.
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Self
Cherokee, In
Herbert Stratton
Washta
U of Chicago Gin Party Ends in Death and Jails
A University of Chicago gin party in a freshman’s room ends with John Harper 21 dead Daniel Baldwin 20 in hospital and eight others jailed as potential government witnesses. Investigators say a pint and a half of drug cocktail was consumed.
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Chicago
UMA
University of Chicago
John Harper
Daniel Baldwin
Parper
Cone
Baldwin
Lauar
Harper
Waterloo Honors Soldier Dead With Memorial Day Observances
Waterloo and surrounding counties laid tributes to fallen soldiers across 800 graves in Black Hawk cemeteries. Flags fly at half mast as 10 a.m. ceremonies included Gettysburg address recitals, taps, and three war veteran eulogies. A parade followed at Memorial Hall with a river tribute and an aerial crepe paper release, then a Memorial Day address by FE. A. Grimwood.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Grand Army of the Republic
United Spanish War Veterans
American Legion
Flandersfield
Memorial Hall
John A. Logan
Robert Anderson Post
Woman's Relef Corps
Logan
Lincoln
Fairview
W. P. McCormick
Calvary
Theodosius Plassmeyer
Elmwood
George Woodall
O. M. Yagsy
John Cable
FE. A. Grimwood
Waterloo Theatre
Memorial Day address by President Coolidge at Arlington
President Coolidge visits Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to honor fallen soldiers with an 1 pm program broadcast nationwide. Tributes from veterans and the Tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathedral mark the day as short, solemn ceremonies unfold along Pennsylvania Avenue and across the Potomac. King Albert of Belgium sends a gratitude message as G A R veterans march. Continued on page two column two.
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Arlington
Albert
Belgium
Coolidge
Washington, D. C
National Cemetery
Potomac
National Cathedral
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
America
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Charles Lindbergh
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Lieut. Voorhees
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Ome
U. S
Au Revoir
Fore Sailing
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Will
George
Los Angeles
Owens Valley
Ted
Baptist Union
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Pipero
Chicaro
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Henry George
Dolita
Martin
Havana
Fe Cigars
Kentucky
Britain
Lp)i
Frank Lockhart
Dutch Bauman
Bob McDonough
Pete Kries
Tommy Milton
U. of Chicago
Pershing
France
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