Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial day services will be held at Arlington National Cemetery with the president and other officials in attendance. The U S Marine Band will provide music as wreaths are placed and Americans remember those who died in war on land and at sea. The ceremonies will be broadcast by radio and the observance is echoed across cities and villages. Remembering is an individual process. The note urges continuing memory beyond a ceremony.
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Arlington
America
Arlington National Cemetery
National Capital
United States
Gustavus Adolphus of
Sweden
Louise
United States Marine Band
Potomac
Torold
Washington
Gene—vals
Europe
Brea
Coolidge
Washington, D. C
Sesqui-centennial Exposition Opens in Philadelphia
The Sesqui-centennial International Exposition begins in Philadelphia marking 150 years since the Declaration of Independence. Mayor Kendrick, Kellogg, and Hoover keynote a six month display of progress in America and the world with plans for peace and goodwill, eyeing 20 million visitors.
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Philadelphia
America
Aou
Fea
Kendrick
Men’s
Selary
Kellogg
Commerce Hoover
Ed Aitho
Frank B Kellogg
Herbert C. Hoover
Kellogs
Exposition Association
United States
Kelloge
Seaplane Hops Off for Port Au Prince
In Guantanamo Cuba on May 31 Cap. Bernardo Duggan and two companions departed in their seaplane at 6 06 a m from New York to Buenos Aires, aiming for Port au Prince but forced to return yesterday due to unfavorable weather amid a cluttered report with ad fragments and stray brand names.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Bernardo Duggan
New York
Buenos Aires
Port Au’ Prince
Fiers
Paper Delivery by 3:30 PM and Reprint Phone Instructions
The courier will deliver to your home before 3 30. If you miss the paper due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 PM.
Runaway Sends Girl From Bridle Path to Bridal Veil
Chicago May 31 AP The man who rescued Miss Gerty Van Zandt Indian princess of Rose Marie when her horse bolted on a Lincoln park bridle path last autumn today married the titian haired beauty to Albert W Sobler a Vertigink man The romance began when the horse frightened by a car became un controllable Sobler riding behind sped up and used the frightened actress from the runaway steed in true cowboy fashion They introduced themselves and the engagement followed.
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Chicago
Gerty van Zandt
Rose Marie
Lincoln Park
Miss van Zandt
Albert W. Sobler
Sobler
Postal Receipts Jump 20 Percent in May 1926 Waterloo
Waterloo post office revenue rose sharply, with May 1926 receipts totaling 35,140.84 dollars, up 270 percent from May 1925. Money orders paid reached 78,266.607 dollars, and the trade balance favored Waterloo by 28,752.05 dollars.
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Waterloo
Ray C. Begert
Waterloo Poste F
Poppy Sale Raises $900 for Needy Veterans Relief
The American Legion auxiliary completed its annual poppy sale, raising $900, over $200 more than last year. About 790 will stay for relief work for needy veterans’ families in Waterloo and Black Hawk county, with the rest sent to state and National headquarters to aid hospitalization and legislation for ex-soldiers.
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Treganzea
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Lowden to Tour Europe After Des Moines Meet
Former Governor Lowden presides at the Holstein-Friesian association national convention in Des Moines. The convention opens tomorrow and runs through Wednesday before Lowden leaves for New York to sail for Europe for several months of study on marketing in Holland, Denmark and Sweden.
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Frank O. ‘Lawden
Illinois
Midwest Agriculture
Holstein- Friesian Association of American
Des Moines
Europe
Denmark
Holland
Sweden
America
Lowden
Holstein-Friesian Association
Me Lowden
New York
Pilgudgebskis Declines Presidency After Assembly Vote
Warsaw May 31 Mary Pilsudski elected president by the national assembly declined the office. Marshal Pilsudski believed his majority was insufficient to carry out his program. Total votes 546 with 61 void. He polled 222 to 193 for his opponent.
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Warsaw
INS
Maryshal Pilaudski
National Assembly
Westional Assembly
Sever
Marshal Pilsudski
Pageant star Mary Vaughan honors father as mournful pageant continues
Audience of 4000 at Iowa State Teachers College saw Miss Mary Mildred Vaughan perform in The Spirit of 604 Years while her father Matthew Vaughan lay dying in Waterloo. He wished many relatives attend, and she pressed on with dignity despite grief. Funeral plans shown after his death. burial in Elmwood. Vaughan, born 1868, had studied at business college and Iowa college. survived by family.
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Mary Mildred Vaughan
Iowa State Teachers College
Waterloo
Matthew, Vaughan
Mary
Matthew
Vaughan
Jand
Lubbock
Tex
C. A. Stox
South ‘Street
Emily Vaughan
Park Avenue West
Whena
Henderson County
Babe
James
Business
Town State Teachers College
J. R
Severty
Honored Dead List Of Civil War Spanish War And World War Vets
A compact roster honors veterans from the Civil War Spanish American and World War II eras. Names include Witham Vorce Edward Marble Leith E Zennis Duke Dorman Shattuck Averill Townsend Dunn B 14th Wisconsin Porcupette Ath Ja John Buchtel H 8th Illinois and others across successive conflicts.
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Witham Vorce
Edward Marble
E . Zennis Duke
Dorman Aghast
Say. Averill
F. P. Townsend
James Dunn
Poldahercys Co
J. H. Porcuptte
John Buchtel
Ind
Eighme H
City Observes Memorial Day with Parade and Remembrance
On Memorial Day the city paused daily life to honor fallen and living veterans. A parade formed from Memorial Hall at 2 pm led by police, with the American Legion band and various veteran groups, ending at Waterloo Theatre for a 2:30 pm address by A. A. Kugler. Cemeteries held ceremonies earlier with local clergy speaking and wreaths laid as citizens picnicked afterwards.
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Gettysburg
San Joan Nil
Belleau Wood
Perade
Hving
Memorial Hall
Waterloo Theatre
AL Kugler
Otage
National Guard
Sons of Veterans
Robert Anderson Post
Staind Army of the Republic
Ure
West T
Lincoln Cirete
Daughters of Veterans
Helen Gonlit AM
Denis Sllent
Fairview
A. A. Lawrie
Elmwood
Calvary
No Ha Lentz
Waterloo
Yau
Minty
Philadelphia Mecca of Shrine Caravans in Session
Philadelphia today hosts 1585 shrine caravans from temples across the United States Canada Mexico Panama Zone and Hawaii for the fifty second Imperial Council session of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The four day carnival of splendor opens with parades from Shrine headquarters and induction exercises for about 1 000 new members.
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Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
Hawaiian Islands
Tisre Hall
Amerlam
28 Cars Roar Over Speedway Course
A 60 mile automibile race on a rain slick three nation course began with 28 drivers. Shafer led early at 104.91 mph, but Dave Lewis overtook to win second in last year’s race as Shafer dropped to second. Lacklift placed third in his first major race amid a 150000 spectator downpour.
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Frd
Alvay
Shafer
Laa
Phi Shafer
Na Val
de Paolo
Mark
Lewis
Dave Lewis
Avacetian
Oil Station Hold Up Ends in Attendant Slaying
Oil station robbery attempt ends with attendant firing on two Omaha men. Milo Lande, 19, shot and killed. Clyde Parks, 22, captured hours later after gunfire left six bullet holes amid the holdup attempt in WaNSAS GUY Missouri.
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Wansas Guy
Milo Lande
Omaha
Ww. Schiese
Alling
Lanie
Clyde Parks
Parks
Student Killed by Live Wire Contact at Wisconsin College
Milwaukee May 9 24 TAPY Lea Ryan Maranatha University student and member of the Coots and, was killed last night when a radio aerial he was erecting at a college near Pewaskee Lake made contact with a high tension wire. Ryan was 23 years old.
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Wis
Tapy
Lea Ryan
Maranatha University
Coot Sand
Pewsakee Lake
Ryan
Short Interviews With Home Folks Chase for a shoplifter ends with recovery
In a reminiscence by P M Wilson, a chase on the Cedar Falls road recounts a man suspected of stealing a 35 bill from a counter in Lambs Latrop grocery. A man entered by the rear door as Frank Lathrop watched till the bill vanished. He led a pursuit, and the suspect eventually surrendered the money after threat of arrest.
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Wilson
Lamb& Lathrop
A. G. Smith
Irvine House
Iai
Frank Lathrop
Lathrop
Cedar Fatts
Argentine Engineer Plans Polar Flight
Argentine engineer Antonio Pauli announced plans to fly to the South Pole in cooperation with the Argentine ministry of marine. The project aims to demonstrate long range aviation capability and strengthen national scientific presence in polar exploration.
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Muenos
Aires
Antonio Pauli
South Pole
Ministry of Marine
English novelist and short story writer dies in Guernsey
Gers Channel Islands May 34 INS Percival Gibbon died today. He was a leading English novelist and war writer born November 4, 1879 in Trelech Montgomeryshire. He served in the merchant marine and Royal Marines during the world wars and was acclaimed for his war fiction. He traveled to the United States several times and gained wide recognition as a war writer.
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Gers
Channel Islands
Percival Gibbon
Hon
Elove Tan Avnd
Trelech
Ae Mnarthenshire
Leeannaml
United States
Peace and disarmament theme dominates memorial day address
President Coolidge urges peace through disarmament and arbitration in a memorial day address. He warns a warlike people invite conflict while calling for international harmony and joint limits on armaments. Arlington ceremony honors Civil War dead as part of national tribute.
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