Flivver Plane Sighting After Ocean Crash Near Melbourne
Harry Brooks piloted the Ford flier that plunged into the sea on Saturday. The wreckage was found south of Melbourne, Brooks believed dead, as rescue boats prepared to recover the wreck amid rough Atlantic conditions. The prior flight attempts from Detroit to Miami and Titusville to Art Myers are noted but details remain unclear.
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Melbourne
Fla
Harry Brooks
Ford Flier
Here
Brooks
Fia
U.P
Detroit
Miami
North Carolina
Titusville
Pla
Art Myers
Henry Fora
Ford
Fort Myers
Henry Ford
Ford Establishment
Mexico City
Evangeline Lindbergh
Train Derailment Leaves Two Firemen Hurt Near Chester
The Congressional Limited, en route from Pinehurst Florida to New York, derailed at Marcuse Hook tower near Chester Pennsylvania. Fireman C L O Boyle and engineer E F Tileroy both of Washington DC were seriously injured and rushed to Chester Hospital with slim chances of recovery. The locomotive overturned but four Pullman cars and a diner stayed upright as the train traveled about 65 miles per hour after striking a split rail.
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Chester
Congressional Limited
Pinehurst
Fla
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marcuse Hook Tower
Chester Hospital
C. L. O’boyle
E. F. Tileroy
Washington, D. C
Health blamed for death of Violet Creighton in Cleveland
In Cleveland on Sunday Miss Violet Creighton aged 43 died by suicide at her home. The inquest ruled health conditions contributed to the incident.
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Cleveland
Violet Creighton
Senate Probes Pennsylvania Coal Mines. Hoover Questioned
Senators on the interstate commerce sub committee visited mines in Western Pennsylvania and questioned Secretary Hoover about his role in the 1924 Jacksonville wage agreement. They heard miners and operators on all sides and urged action to improve camp living conditions and curb union-operator warfare, while offering no concrete remedy.
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Pittsburgh
Senate Interstate Commerce
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Jacksonville
J. A. D. Morrow
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg
Wheeler
Montana
Morrow
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Washington
United Mine Workers of América
United Workers of America
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pricedale
Youghiogheny Valley
Banning
Warden
United States
Pinchot's Wife Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of Pennsylvania's former governor announces candidacy for the Republican nomination in the fifteenth district. She pledges farm relief and prohibition and says she will represent all the people rather than a few financial interests in New York, in a letter to Republican leader Frank E Wood of Sayre County Pa.
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Washington
UPR
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
New York
Frank E. Wood
Sayre County
Relief May Extend for Ohio Child Relief Work
Relief for destitute children in Ohio mining districts is likely to continue into May. Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson, relief fund custodian, said eighty stations provide meals, 5182 children were fed last Sunday, and cash donations reach $3000. More than 1600 pairs of shoes were shipped to the Hocking district to complement 3000 pairs of second hand shoes already issued.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank D. Henderson
Henderson
Hocking
Salem high school board vault dynamited. $441 stolen
The steel vault in the Salem high school board office was blown Sunday and $441 taken. Ten certified checks of $1,000 each, deposited by contractors bidding on a new grade school, were left undisturbed.
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Salem
U.R
The
Board of Education
Salem High School
Cooper Answers Donahey on Ohio Tax Deficit Claims
Cincinnati politics heat up as UR Myers Y. Cooper rebuts Governor Donahey over the 13 600 000 deficit charge. Cooper cites inherited cash balance and vetoed revenue measures including the gasoline tax, arguing expenditures and balance rest with the governor and urging tax relief for Ohioans.
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Columbus
UR — Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Vic Donahey
Canton
Donahey
Cooper
General Assembly
Ohio
Gasoline Prices Rise in Toledo Across Major Firms
Four oil refiners Sun Oil Fort Industry Sinclair Paragon and Sinclair announce a two cent increase in Toledo gasoline, lifting price from 15 to 17 cents per gallon. Officials call the rise a normal fluctuation and say the move affects all stations equally.
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Toledo
U.R
Sun Oil Company
Fort Industry Oil Company
Sinclair, Paragon Refining Company
Sinclair Refining Company
Inspecting Athens County School Music Departments
Miss Edith M. Keller state supervisor of music traveled from Columbus to Athens to spend the week inspecting the music departments of the Athens county schools.
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Edith M. Keller
Athens
Columbus
Athens County
Veteran Duvall Dies in Zanesville at 100
Washington L. Duvall aged 100 longtime Civil War veteran dies at his home in Zanesville from shock after a fall. The death notice lists Duvall as a veteran and notes the Feb. 97 dateline of the report.
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Zanesville
U.P
Washington
L. Duvall
Duvall
Dry leaders renew fight over enforcement planks
Washington February 27 Dry leaders gather for a conference to push strict enforcement of the Volstead act and state dry laws. More than 500 prohibitionists expected with many congressmen invited to seek explicit enforcement statements in party platforms.
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Washington
U.R
Borah
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
F. Scott McBride
al Saloon League
Protestants Seek Elimination of Romanist Practices
In New York 105 Protestant Episcopal laity leaders urge reforms to stop mass adoration of the sacrament prayers to the Virgin Mary auricular confession and other Roman Catholic practices. Eighty five men and 20 women across the country sign a petition to the bishops and deputies ahead of the Washington convention. W W Skiddy treasurer says he favors dispensing with such forms.
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New York
House of Bishops
House of
Washington, D. C
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of Rome
W. W. Skiddy
The
United Press Today
Coolidge Transfers Oil Lease Jurisdiction to Navy
President Coolidge signed a bill transferring jurisdiction over oil and gas leases from the interior department to the secretary of the navy for lands within naval petroleum reserves.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Naval Petroleum
Magnet box fuels new fuelless motor claim
Inventor Lester J. Hendershot describes a self contained magnet box that allegedly converts earth’s magnetic forces into heat power and light with no moving parts. He says a corporation exists to develop the invention and tests claim to have lit electric bulbs at Selfridge Field while pursuing aviation applications.
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Mt, Clemens
Mich
UPR
Lester J. Hendershot
Norton Price
Mt. Clemens
Hendershot
Selfridge Field
Farmers Turn to Fertilizer Amid Relief Doubt
Omaha Feb 27 article reports farmers facing slim chances of farm relief choosing to fertilize now. Notes include tribute to Harry Brooks, praised as a fine boy and great pilot by Will Rogers.
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Messenger
Omaha, Neb
Harry Brooks
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Passes Cuba En Route to Panama
The Navy dirigible Los Angeles reported off Jamaica heading to France Field Panama Canal zone on a nonstop flight from Lakehurst. The craft, built in Germany, aims to reach the canal by tonight, potentially the first nonstop air trip to the zone.
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Navy
Cuba
Panama
Washington
Navy Dirigible
Los Angeles
Navy Department
South Negril
Jamaica
West Indies
France Field
Panama Canal Zone
Lakehurst
WN. J
U.2
N. J
Naval Headquarters
Canal Zone
Atlantic
Germany
Rosendahl
Canal
Wright Reopens Feud Over First Airplane
Orville Wright renews dispute with the Smithsonian over recognition of the first airplane. He says he sent the Kitty Hawk 1903 aircraft to the Science Museum in London due to hostile attitudes by Smithsonian officials.
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Washington
U.R
Orville Wright
Smithsonian Institute
U. S. Air Services Magazine
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Science Museum
London
Smithsonian
Tragic Collision Claims Klemme in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on February 27, 26 year old Klemme was killed when his car was struck by a Biz Four train. Authorities reported the collision occurred at a crossing as the car was advancing.
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Cincinnati
U.P~ Ae L
Klemme
Five of Seven Bandits Arrested in Mail Car Robbery
Chicago police say five of seven bandits who dynamited a Grand Trunk mail car at Evergreen Park on Saturday have been arrested. About $17 000 of $138 000 recovered. leaders Donovan and Cleaver confessed. Additional arrests linked to Ravenswood bank heist and other plots noted. Police expect remaining suspects and stolen funds to be recovered within 24 hours.
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Chicago
U.R
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
William Donovan
Charles
Limpy"” Cleaver
Ravenswood National Bank
William E. O'Connor
Donovan
Priest to Lead Blessed Sacrament Parish in Newark
Rev. Father J. W. Byrne will leave Athens to head the Blessed Sacrament church in Newark succeeding the late Father Waterson. Bishop James Hartley of Columbus commends his zeal and appoints him pastor of the parish. Also, Father William Francis Connelly will move from Gallipolis to Athens as his successor. a farewell party for Father Byrne is planned at Knights of Columbus tonight.
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Blessed Sacrament Church
Newark
J. W. Byrne
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Father Byrne
James Hartley
Columbus
Father Waterson
William Francis Connelly
Athens
Gallipolis
Connelly
Pather
William Dowd
Knights of Columbus
Father Byrns
Cleveland Mystery Deepens Over McClure Family Case
Mrs. Dorothy May McClure is questioned after identification links her to a dead girl once thought to be her sister. Police hold Leslie Buckingham and Ada Rood as the probe considers insurance or deceit motives amid a Chicago husband and a city hospital birth.
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Cleveland
Dorothy May McClure
Calvary Cemetery
City Hospital
Florence Falcone
Dorothy
May McClure
Leslie Buckingham
Patrick McNeely
Bernard Wolf
St. Ann’s Hospital
Mine Engineer Beaten on His Way Home
Asa Shores, engineer at the Provident coal mine, was beaten by seven or eight men while walking home in St Clairsville. He named two assailants to officials and warrants for their arrest were expected to be issued.
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Clairsville
U.P
Asa Shores
Provident
Shores
Ollie Enamiteh
Senator Gooding claims Communist influence in Pennsylvania mining
The survey cites Senator Gooding discussing Communist strength in the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania. He says workers must face wage limits and that John L. Lewis aided the government. the administration denies fears of communism and asserts nonunion workers are paid comparably.
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Gooding
Pittsburgh
Horace F
Pristorgis 4al Coal Corporation
Goodin
Baker
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Slayer Confession Describes Murder of Miss Margaret
New York report details a confessed murder by fire. Police pursuit continues as investigators search for the suspect who mailed a confession letter and cash, with no arrest yet.
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Eluga
New. York
Margaret
Woman Found Safe After Reported Disappearance
A woman reported missing was located safe hours later. Police say there were no foul play concerns and she appears unharmed.
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Joseph
Wasney
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NEA
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Wright
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Wasnen
United Premiela
Indiana
Penn
Ibeator Gooding
Republica
Lewis
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