Borah to Launch Coast to Coast 1928 Campaign Tour
Senator William E. Borah set to begin a coast to coast tour as a leading 1928 Republican prospect. World court and prohibition dominate early stops with anti court sentiment shaping primaries, while anti saloon league figures back Borah as a potential candidate. His swing from Atlantic to Pacific will test statewide opinions on the Hague court and Volstead Act.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
William E. Borah
Borah
Senate
Illinois
Frank Smith
Indiana
Iowa
North Dakota
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ohio
California
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Colorado
West
Atlantic
Pacific
Floyd Coffey Resting Easier After River Accident
Floyd Coffey aged 18 suffered a fractured vertebra diving into the Hocking river at Southbridge. He is resting much easier at his parents’ Carbon Hill home after an ambulance transport. Vera and Vernice Taylor of Athens aided Coffey and Vernice helped save his life by pulling him from the river.
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Floyd Coffey
Hocking
Southbridge
Carbon Hill
Vera
Vernice Taylor
Athens
Coffey
Mrs. Jonathan Davis Dies After Weeklong Illness
Mrs. Jonathan Davis wife of former Kansas governor died in Fort Scott hospital after a week of illness.
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Fort Scott
Kans
Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Subway Strike Threat Between IRT Chief and Switchmen Leader
Strike chiefs Frank Hedley of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co and E P Lavin head of the switchmen and motormen union clash as a strike looms. Hedley says he will run trains with substitute workers after rejecting wage demands, risking major disruption to New York City's transit and potential violence.
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Frank Hedley
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
New York
E. P. Lavin
Brotherhood of Switchmen
Bizarre murder case widens search for identity
Boston police pursue multiple clues in a grotesque murder. A young woman's body, cut into six pieces, was found in two cardboard boxes and a burlap bag by Cavalry cemetery in Mattapan. Investigators identify a box as from Natick Box Co for Collins and Fairbanks hatters and seek the purchaser. A man spotted alone in a closed car near the cemetery at midnight is a lead.
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Boston
Cavalry
Mattapan
William Regan
Natick Box Company
Collins and Fairbanks, Co
Joseph T. Ward
Forest Hills
Martha Kankowski 5 Dies After Traffic Collision
In Cleveland on July 14 a five year old girl named Martha Kankowski died from injuries after a motorist struck her. She is cited as the seventy ninth traffic fatality of the year in the city report.
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Cleveland
U.R
Martha Kankowski
Eleven Die as Twilight Inn Fire Rips Summer Inn
A night fire at the Twilight Inn near Haines Falls in the Catskills killed eleven guests and left about twenty missing. Troopers recovered five bodies, with two more seen in the burning ruins as dawn approached. Fire started in the kitchens around midnight, many guests and staff escaped in night attire to nearby towns for treatment.
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Summer Inn
Catskill
U.P
Twilight Inn
Haines Falls
Catskill Mountains
Kingston
Tannersville
Red Cross
Ohio Corn Crop Expected Good Despite 5 Percent Drop
Ohio farmers will harvest a notably good 1926 corn crop even though acreage is 5 percent below 1925. Cold weather limited pest damage and helped yields, with estimated acreage at 3,522,000 compared with 8,707,000 last year. Wheat is up about a bushel per acre and statewide production may rise 50 percent. harvests are late and threshing just starting in Southern Ohio.
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Ohio
Columbus
C. J. West
West
Nelsonville Lineman Killed at Sub-Station
Nelsonville lineman Mace was electrocuted about 8 pm Tuesday at a power sub-station near the Southern Ohio Coal mine in Coonville Hocking county. He and Orville Midkiff investigated a power outage when two blown fuses and a damaged insulator led to a switch being thrown. Mace received 18 000 volts, as Midkiff freed him and was briefly knocked unconscious. Funeral set for Thursday at 3 pm at Walnut Street residence with burial at Greenlawn.
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Southern Ohio Electric Company
Southern Ohio Coal Company
Coonville
Hocking County
Mace
Orville Midkiff
Nelsonville
Midkiff
Company Electricians
Walnut Street
George Mace
Marshfield
Greenlawn
Nelsonville Lineman Cited in Fatal Wire Grasp Incident
Clarence Mace, 30, a lineman from Walnut Street Nelsonville, was burned when attempting to free a companion from the grip of a charged wire. The accident occurred July 14 as rescue efforts followed a severed power line incident.
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C. H. Bartlett
Nelsonville
Clarence Mace
Walnut Street
Kentucky Folk Have Too Much Sun and Rain
Louisville seeks rain after three weeks with no measurable precipitation while Winchester endures continuous rain for over a week. Farmers report crop damage in both cities, reflecting contrasting weather woes within a 100 mile span.
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Kentucky
Louisville
U.2
Winchester
Tenth Day of Car Strike Marked by Violent Attacks
In Indianapolis on July 14 witnesses reported violence marking the tenth day of the street railway strike. Explosives on the tracks damaged four cars, injuring several passengers, one seriously, and causing street and window damage across nearby homes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Two Americans Die of Cholera on Ship Erinpura
In Rangoon on July 14 two American passengers aboard the British India steam navigation steamer Erinpura died or were stricken by cholera. The chief officer reported that an American first class passenger died in Singapore and an American woman passenger who joined at Penang was placed in a Singapore hospital.
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Rangoon
British India
U.P
British India Steam Navigation Company
Erinpura
Singapore
Penang
Illustrated lecture on Yellowstone at Ewing Hall
Dean Irma Voigt will present an illustrated lecture on Yellow stone National Park at 7 30 tomorrow evening in Ewing Hall auditorium. Voigt has previously visited the park several years ago.
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Yellowstone National Park
Dean Irma Voigt
Ewing Hall
Dean Voigt
Park
Soviet Ex-Finance Minister Barred From U.S. Visit
Washington reports former Soviet finance minister M. Sokolnikof, who planned to visit New York as a representative of the Russian state bank, will be prevented from entering the United States by the State Department on July 14.
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Washington
Ur— M. Sokolnikof
Soviet Union
New York
Russian State Bank
State Department
Dry Figures Heard From League Leader Before Senate Committee
Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington general secretary of the Anti-Saloon League testified before the senate primary investigating committee to provide figures on the sums spent by the drys for propaganda.
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Ernest H. Cherrington
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Marines Search Woods for Missing After Lake Denmark Explosion
A force of 200 marines hunted the Lake Denmark depot area for seven officers and men unaccounted after the blast. Twenty one deaths are confirmed with fifteen identified and six unidentified. six bodies may be buried in a single Arlington grave if not identified.
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Dover
N. J
U.P
Lake Denmark
Harter
BE. A. Simpson
O. E. Siler
Ida M. Wadhamasa
John Wadhams
Arsenal
Arlington National Cemetery
American Red Cross
Youthful Slayer Taken After Planning Further Murder
Chicago police captured James Christus alias James Granite in Cicero after his confession that he killed a Sunday school teacher Miss Marie Blang age 23 and three others to obtain money to hire a lawyer. He said he planned to murder Solomon Schwartz owner’s son to avenge a discharged thumb injury.
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Chicago
O.R
James Christus
James Granite
Thomas McWane
Cicero
Christus
Marie Blang
Frederick Hein
Ludwig Rose
8Ol Schwartz
Schwartz
Miss Blang
Hein
Rose
Conviction Unchanged On Near New York Explosive Site
Washington July 14 U P The Lake Denmark New Jersey navy arsenal explosion did not alter navy leaders belief a high explosives storage plant must be within fifty miles of New York City Admiral E W Eberle chief of operations said today It was discussed at the Navy department that ordnance experts had called such an explosion impossible before last Saturday Even after initial reports they clung to their theory
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Washington
U.P
Lake Denmark
N. J
Navy Arsenal
Navy
New York
E. W. Eberte
Navy Department
What did you see yesterday in the city
Readers share quick notes from yesterday including a tasseling corn garden in the city a sign on a car with a grim line a garden snake crossing Morris avenue toward Sunnyside school and a fight involving two boys and a junior town officer unable to stop the blow to a boy’s nose.
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Messenger
Morris Avenue
Sunnyside
Rain Over Inch Fails Temperature Drops After Storm
Predictions of rain from yesterday verified as 1.18 inches fell in late afternoon and evening. Records show .53 inch at five o clock and .68 inch after, bringing cooler weather with Amesville at 69 degrees at 10 o clock and yesterday's high at 71.
U. S. Mail Theft Investigation Continues in Cleveland
Federal probe into a large mail theft in Cleveland on July 14 remains secret as officers surveil several postal workers. Loot included valuable papers from a downtown financial house.
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Cleveland
U.R
United States
Boost Premiums for State Fair Rise to 125721
Columbus July 14 Ohio state fair premiums total 125 721 announced by State Director of Agriculture Charles V Truax. Fair dates August 20 to September 14. Premiums show an increase of 7250 from last year with more than half of awards allocated to the livestock department.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles V. Truax
Truax
Livestock Department
Cummins predicts no 1928 Coolidge candidacy and GOP shakeup
Des Moines report quotes Sen. Albert B. Cummins returning from Washington. He predicts President Coolidge will likely not run in 1928 and warns the Republican Senate majority could fade after the election due to administration farm relief policy. He praises the administration on most issues but faults agricultural policy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.P
Coolidge
Albert B. Cummins
Washington
Senate
Cooldige
Cummins
Smith W. Brookhart
Marital Troubles Tied to Slayings in Urbana
In Urbana a man, Pearl Patrick, 42, killed his wife Edna Patrick 37 and his stepson Cecil Zook 16 with a bed slat and then shot himself. Acquaintances say the Patricks had been estranged for weeks.
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Urbana
U.P
Edna Patrick
Cecil Zook
Pearl Patrick
Patricks
Patrick
Ohio coal operators form state association to reopen mines
Spurred by the meet’s success, Ohio coal operators plan a state association to resume operations and set broad policies. Lee Hall of the United Mine Workers says the move isn’t aimed at ousting unions or lowering union scales. About 40,000 miners could be rehired if plans materialize as nonunion fields resume work under wage pact terms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jion
Lee Hall
United Mine Workers
Hall
Oars
Fall
Kentucky
West
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of
Robbins
Horace Robbins
Cipvi
Land
Trict No
United Mines of America
Striking Carmen Are Fired and New Employes Hired Case Carried Into Court
Interborough Rapid Transit, after discharging striking workers, seeks to hire a new crew to run trains. The company filed a $239,000 suit in supreme court accusing malicious conspiracy to injure business. Sixty-two strikers led by Edward P. Lavin named as defendants. injunction sought to stop further strikes and interference.
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Carmen
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Supreme Court
Edward P. Lavin
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