Coolidge Arrives in Black Hills for Summer White House
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge reach the Black Hills near Rapid City to begin a two month sojourn. Crowds greet them with 21 gun salute as a pine lodge becomes the summer White House and officials from Pierre and Rapid City bid welcome amid riders, Indians, cowboys, and a festive pageant.
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Rapid City
S. D
White House
President Coolidge
Northwest
Washington
Black Hills
South Dakota
Hugh Jaynes
Pierre
Roosevelt
Pierre Commercial Club
State Capitol
Lindbergh Plans New York Departure For Washington
Col Charles A. Lindbergh announced he would leave New York at midnight by train or fly to Washington early Friday. The change shifts the New York reception schedule and replaces Friday breakfast with a 6 p.m. tea at Hotel Bret Byr. The Orteig Prize of 25000 dollars will be presented at the tea rather than the breakfast.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Breyport
Raymond Orteig
New’ S York
Paris
Colonel Lindbergh
Kill Bill For Referendum On Prohibition Law
Illinois senate kills Weber O Grady bill for a state referendum on repealing the state prohibition law after a three hour debate. The vote is 41 to 33 in the senate and 80 to 63 in the house with a Chicago downstate split, one Peoria senator supporting the referendum. Tensions flare as charges fly between Dry and Wet factions but no fight occurs.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
House
Chicago
John Dailey
Peoria
Third Indictment Returned Against Birger
The third murder indictment against Charles Birger, Illinois gang leader, was returned by a Williamson county grand jury in Marion. Birger and nine associates are charged with the January 17 murders of state highway patrolman Lory L. Price and his wife Ethel.
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Marion
Charles Birger
Willamson County
Birger
Lory L. Price
Ethel
New York Central Declares Higher Dividends for Stockholders
New York Central Railroad will pay $7,665,160 in dividends on August 1, up $963,115 from the last quarter as directors raise the annual rate from 7 to 8 percent. The quarterly dividend of $2 per share is payable to stockholders of record July 1.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Board of Directors
League Of Nations Faces War Fears Over Soviet Europe T
At the League of Nations council, fear of war grows amid Soviet and southern European tensions. Polands stance against aggression with Russia is emphasized as diplomats weigh preventive steps and the dangers of a united front against Moscow.
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League of ‘Nations
Europe
Glenevag Lune
Poland
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
League of Nations Council
Moscow
Russia
Phantom Bandit Back And In Old Tricks
Phantom Oklahoma bandit Mathew Kimes returned to his Osage hills refuge after a foray that yielded a stolen car and two passengers. A posse traced him to Hoiminy, Osage County before losing the trail. A two year old boy, found unharmed, was taken when the car was stolen and later recovered asleep in a vacant lot nearby.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mathew Kimes
Oklahoma
Osage Hills
Kimes
Hominy
Osage County
Dilton
Byrd delayed for Atlantic flight amid bad Atlantic weather
Commander Richard Byrd is expected in New York today to fly to France but heavy atmospheric conditions over the north Atlantic push the take off into next week. Weather officials say storms and poor clearing prospects prevent any Trans Atlantic flight by Friday and possibly Saturday. Byrd left New York to accept an honorary degree in Virginia, stating take off depends on improved weather.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
France
North Atlantic
James Scarr
Weather Bursa
Associated Press
Byrd
Wnreau
Byrd Camp
Virginia
Weather Update for Arizona This Week
Thursday and Friday generally fair with warmer conditions in the northeast. Highs around 85 while Winslow expects a low of 35.
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Arizona
Winslow
New York Day for Lindbergh in Metropolis
Charles A. Lindbergh toured New York City drawing crowds in busy districts. He attended a luncheon at Hotel Astor, visited the New York Times presses, cruised on Rodman Wanamaker’s yacht Nirvana, and planned a Polo Grounds appearance for fight fans before theater performances.
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New York
York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Middle West
Park Avenue
Hotel Astor
Merchants’ Association of
New York City
Chamber of Commerce of
New York State
New York Times
Rodman ‘Wanamaker
Nirvana
New York’ Harbor
Aviator
Manhattan
East
Harlem
Lindbergh
Polo Grounds
Ace Hodkins
Sammy Baker
Rio Rita
Roosevelt Dam Bond Issue Sold For 2.5 Million
The Roosevelt irrigation district sold its first bond issue totaling 2.5 million dollars. Dealers B F Van Ingen and Company and Fred Emmert and Company voiced the sale as highly satisfactory. The district lies north of the Buckeye project and covers about 27,220 acres along the Agua Fria river toward the White Tank mountains. Soil and horticultural experts note areas suitable for citrus, early grapes, dates, and winter vegetables.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Roosevelt Irrigation
B. F. van Ingen and Company
New York
Chicago
Fred Emmert and Company
St. Louis
S. Carl Miller
Gila Water Company
Bones
Gillespie
Agua Fria
White Tank Mountains
Hassayampa
H. C. Heard
Carl Wolmes
Voikov Killer Sentenced to Life in Polish Court
Boris Kowceda, nineteen, who assassinated Soviet Minister of War Volkoff in Warshaw on June 7, was sentenced to life penal servitude with loss of civil rights. The court recommended commutation to fifteen years. Kowceda admitted the killing but claimed innocence, saying he acted to avenge Bolshevik actions in Russia.
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Warsaw
Poland
Boris Kowceda
Peter Voikift
Warshaw
The
Republic
Koweeda
Russia
Volkoff
Another Court Action Threatens Oil Case
Samuel M. Shortridge Jr. of San Francisco warned that a new federal court action in the Julian stock over issue maze could be filed tomorrow unless State Corporation Commissioner Friedlander delivers the Wagg records and assets by 9 20 a m Thursday. He said the appeal court in San Francisco would be asked to set aside Judge McCormick's injunction.
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Los Angeles
Julian Stock
Samuel M. Shortridge, Jr
San Francisco
Friedlander
Shortridge
United States Court of Appeals
McCormick
Moon Eclipse Skies Clouded Flagstaff Observatory
Dr. Al Slipher of Lowell Observatory says the total lunar eclipse occurred around dawn but clouds prevented any photographic record. Despite clear signs, visibility failed as dawn approached near 2 o'clock over Flagstaff Arizona.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
AL Slipher
Lowell Observatory
le. Shinher
Borgaro Bound To U S Court On Evidence Given
In Tucson on June 15 federal agents and border patrol testified at the preliminary hearing for Estaban Borgaro Jr. and Martin Valenzuela charged with conspiracy to ship arms into Mexico. Borgaro posted 2500 bond. Valenzuela could not make 759 bond and was remanded.
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Tucson
Ariz
United States Border Patrol
Estaban Borgaro, Jr
Martin Valenzuela
Mexico
United States
Edwin F. Jones
Borgaro
Valenzuela
Spence
Williams
Millville
Bergaro
Chamberlin and Levine Guest of Frankfort in Grand Dinner
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, famed American trans Atlantic flyers, were hosted in Frankfort with a grand town hall dinner. They arrived by air from Karlsruhe and were greeted by cheering crowds on the route to the hotel. The pair plan a brief stop in Hanover and Bremen before deciding on future Moscow talks with Ambassador Schurman in Berlin.
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Frankfort
Germany
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Karlsruhe
Bremen
Hanover
Weisbaden
Mannheim
Hamburg
Levine
Moscow
Schurman
Berlin
State Tax Meeting Set for Flagstaff in July
Phoenix June 15 The first state tax conference in two years will be held in Flagstaff July 25 26 and 27 as announced by the state tax commission. Past funding gaps from 1925 and 1926 caused no conferences, but annual meetings resumed since statehood. Notices were sent to county clerks boards of supervisors and county assessors urging attendance.
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Phoenix
Flagstaff
State Tax Commission
Rumor of Nungesser and Coli Found Fails to Confirm
Reports from River Bend and nearby districts claim French aviators Nungesser and Coli were found alive near the Saguenay region, but officials and lumber firms confirm no verification. Authorities urge caution as search efforts mobilize across the area after sightings of mysterious lights near Begin township and Chioutimi.
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Guebec
Tiver Bend
Nungesser
Colin
Saguenay River
Quebec
Canadian Railway
Coli
Shipshaw River
Saguenay
Lake St. John
Madame Viais
Quebec City
Employaa
River Bend
Numngesser
Price Brothers Company
Begin
Standard Oil Withholds May Gasoline Tax in Arizona
Standard Oil Company notified Secretary of State James Kerby that it is withholding the May gasoline taxes collected from sales in Arizona. The company filed a report of gallons sold and tax collected but did not remit the tax, pending a Supreme Court case on the tax.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Standard Oil Company Today
James Mr. Kerby
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
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Andrew Cutherbertson
Bunker Hill
Anti-Saloon League
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Ray de Autremont
Circle
Roy
Stegbenzville
Ohio
Hunt
Gustav Stresemann
M. Tchitcherin
Third International
Phantom Bandit
New York Day
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Roosevelt Dam
Milton Servoss
Clarence A. Chamberlin
Denison
Servoss
Chamberlin
Voikoff
Lad
U.S
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French Fliers
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Standard Oil
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