Missing radio man tied to McPherson disappearance case
Los Angeles deputies plan to present witnesses to link Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus Temple radio operator, with Aimee Semple McPherson after her disappearance and reappearance. Grand jury delays due to sensational new evidence. C. A. Pape identifies McPherson in Agua Prieta Mexico before her public escape claim.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Joe Ryan
McPherson
Salinas
Venice
Asa Keyes
C. A. Pape
Tuscan
Ariz
Club Internationale
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Pape
Mrs. McPherson
Man Tries To Buy Three Two-Cent Envelopes
A reader reports at the post office yesterday a man offered six cents for three two-cent government envelopes and complained of ex tortion when the clerk asked seven cents. He claimed buying envelopes in forty eight states at two cents. Clerk explained a three cent single, five cent for two, seven cents for three. July sales apparently not effective.
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C. B
Nelsonville
Chauncey Justice of Peace Brought Into Local Court
Chauncey justice Chauncey Glass was arrested in Chauncey by Officers Dalton and Leiber for intoxication and possession of liquor. He pleaded guilty and was fined 8250 plus costs and 825 for intoxication, with jail in Athens county when unable to pay. State officials were notified and his license likely to be revoked.
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William Glass
Chauncey
Pearl W. Helwig
Glass
Harry Dalton
H. A. Leiber
Athens County
Helwig
Rain May Fall For Forty Days Quote Forecast
Washington reports a tongue in cheek forecast claiming rain for thirty nine days or more following St Swithin's Day. Weather officials dismiss the rhyme as superstition while noting scattered showers yesterday across various locations.
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Washington
O.R
Weather Bureau
St. Swithin's
Huron Grand Jury to Resume Graft Probe Next Week
The Huron county grand jury will resume its graft investigation into the Northeastern Ohio institution site, with landowners testifying about the New London land rejection. Attorney General Crabbe warned of federal action if the jury stalls. Auditor Tracy cited price changes from 520,000 to 530,000 and named Welfare Director Harper, Youngblood, Hogsett, and others as involved.
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Norwalk
U.P
Huron County Grand Jury
Ohio
New London
C. C. Crabbe
Grand Jury
Crabbe
Edgar G. Martin
Joseph T. Tracy
Tracy
John E. Harper
Hunger in England Amid Parliament's Relief Debate
More than two million women and children, wives of striking miners, face dire poverty in Britain as relief debates unfold. Reports of hunger mount with babies born weekly in mining areas and homes lacking bread soap and coal. A campaign for aid from America prompts pushback from Tories and relief opponents.
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London
Marion Phillips
Women's Committee For the Relief of the Miners
Britain
America
Church of England
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Two More Yegg Band Members Nabbed Near Ironton
Ironton reports two additional alleged gang members seized after a gun battle with officers last week. Clifford Lewis, 28, and George Tipton, 27, were arrested overnight, adding to earlier arrests of Gerald Griffin, 24, and Charles Stevens, 23, all wanted on robbery and motorist-hold up charges. The clash resulted from a police trap.
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Ironton
U.P
Here
Clifford Lewis
George Tipton
Twoather
Gerald Griffin
Ohio State University
Charles Stevens
Albert
Learn to Swim What Can Art Do For You
A short promotional note extols art's benefits offering a free booklet. It promises new vistas beauty and connection with the great, claiming art improves citizenship and introduces untold pleasure. Readers may request the booklet by sending two cents for postage.
Weather Officials Say Year is Erratic Not Unusual
Washington July 16 Weather bureau chiefs call this year erratic but not exceptional noting cooler spring east of the Rockies and hotter Pacific coast. They cite March and April 4 to 6 degrees below normal east of the Rockies. June cool in the east and normal in the Great Plains. Browne predicts a cool summer, possibly a "year without a summer."
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Tory
U. S
Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Great Northwest
Mark Twain
Rockies
Midwest
Herbert Jan- Vrin Browne
Browne
Ohio adopts new national warning signs on state roads
Columbus July 16. To conform with country wide signals the highway signs in Ohio are being repainted or replaced. Thousands of new signs are created and distributed marking railroad crossings curves hazards school zones and other caution areas. State Director Schlesinger says replacements start on heavily traveled roads first.
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Ohio
Nation
Columbus
Schlesinger
Derthick Women Arrested for Disturbing Peace and Local Option Violations
In Glouster on July 16 Martha Hammond and Amelia Johnson were arrested by Marshal Williams and Deputy Blower for disturbing the peace and fined five dollars plus costs each. Johnson also faced a local option violation for cash found at her home, pled guilty, and was fined one hundred dollars plus costs before Mayor E. A. Park.
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Glouster
Derthick
Martha Hammond
Amelia Johnson
Marshal Williams
Blower
8. A. Park
Belgium's King Takes Dictatorial Financial Powers
King Albert of Belgium receives dictatorial financial powers to combat the franc crisis. Although nominally vested in the king, the cabinet will enact decrees, requiring his signature to curb speculation, curb luxuries, and reduce imports.
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Brussells
U.R
Albert
Death of Cambridge City salesman under murder suspicion
W B Campbell a 45 year old Cambridge City Indiana salesman was found dead at the bottom of a hill near Cincinnati with his wrecked car. Authorities suspect robbers may be responsible though evidence points to an auto accident.
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Cincinnati
W. B. Campbell
Cambridge City
Ind
Here
Campbell
Canton editor Mellett killed in ambush murder probe widens
Federal and state investigations are expected to begin this week into the Canton Daily News editor Don R. Mellett slaying. Reward money totals $11,000 from Scripps-Howard papers and local supporters. Mellett had enflamed Canton politics with his anti bootlegger campaign and had warned of threats.
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Canton
Don R. Meilett
Canton Daily News
Mellett
Scripps-Howard
Ohio
Warmer air brings showers later this week
Temperature climbs to summer normal with yesterday's high at 81 and morning low of 56. At ten o'clock today the thermometer reads 77 with higher readings expected this afternoon. Rain is predicted for Saturday.
Byrd Plans Antarctic Flight With Flag to South Pole
Commander Byrd has decided to lead an airplane expedition to the Antarctic to plant the American flag near the South Pole. The voyage aims for scientific study with meteorologists, geologists, and pilots, spending winter in the region and using tractors to move aircraft. Byrd discusses coordinating with Amundsen and anticipates a yearlong planning phase with government support.
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Byrd
South Pole
Mander Byrd
North Pole
Antarctic
Arctic
Polar
Amundsen
Scott
South Polar
New York
Spitzbergen
John Curley, Last Monitor Survivor, Dies at 86
John Curley, long believed to be the last survivor among the men who built the Monitor, died at his daughter’s home in Troy New York aged 86.
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Troy
N. Y
O.R
John Curley
Monitor
Referendum Day Seeks To Modify Prohibition Law
Representative Meyer Jacobstein a Democrat from New York endorses modification of the Volstead Act in a congressional record annual report. He warns against restoring saloons but supports changes to ease enforcement amid New Yorks looming state referendum.
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Washington
U.R
Meyer Jacobstein
New York
Congressional Record
Jacobstein
Tammany Hall
Wadsworth
Physician Walsh Expected to Surrender in Miss Greene Murder
Boston police anticipate the surrender of Dr Thomas E Walsh on a first degree murder charge connected to Edith Louise Greene's death and dismemberment. His wife Marion Walsh is held with him. body parts were found near a Mattapan cemetery.
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Boston
U.P
Thomas E. Walsh
Introuer
Edith Louise Greene
South End
Marion A. Walsh
Miss Greene
Mattapan
Michael H. Crowley
Walsh
Coast Guard Fires On Atwater Kent Yacht
A report from Washington states patrol boats fired on the private yacht of radio inventor A Atwater Kent near its voyage from Philadelphia to Bar Harbor Me. His wife and son were aboard. no injuries were reported.
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Washington
U.P
Coast Guard
A. Atwater-Kent
Philadelphia
Bar Harbor
Kent
Young Soldier Escapes Death In Damascus Trial
Bennet J. Doty alias Gilbert Clare a 25 year old from Memphis Tennessee was sentenced to eight years forced labor by a Damascus court martial for being absent without leave from his post with the Foreign Legion during fighting with rebel tribesmen in Syria. Doty is the son of Lemuel H. Doty of Memphis.
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Beirut
Syria
U.R
Bennet J. Doty
Gilbert Clare
Memphis
Tenn
Damascus
Foreign Legion
Doty
Canton publisher Don R. Mellett shot outside home
Don R. Mellett 36 publisher of Canton Daily News, part of Jamies M. Cox papers, was gunned down outside his home early today. Fourteen shots fired, two hitting him in the head. assassin fled in a waiting car. Mellett had led municipal reform efforts and figured in the ousting of Police Chief Lengel.
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Canton
A.r—Don. R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Jamies M. Cox
Mellett
A. Lengel
Ohio Briefs Drownings and Accidents Across The State
In Martins Ferry a 9 year old boy, Emilt Kaperrita, drowned in the Ohio River after stepping into a hole from a sand dredge. an 11 year old companion nearly died while trying to save him. In Cleveland a high school student, Alfred Mournt, was shot accidentally by a companion with a loaded gun. In Columbus, Jacob Stoker, 48, a Spain American and World War veteran, died of heart disease while driving at night.
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Martins Ferry
Emilt Kaperita
Ohio River
Cleveland
Alfred Mournt
Columbus
Jacob Stoker
Stoker
Woman Defies Bandit and Dies After Attack
Kansas City on July 1 Mrs James Chriss ies wife of a Kansas City ant man stood up to a bandit and died after defending herself with a heavy beaded handbag. The assailant fired twice as she shielded her husband and she died en route to hospital.
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Kansas City
James Chrissies
Keestos
Christos
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NEA
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Glamorgan
Wales
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Washington, D. C
Herbert Little
United Press
Plains
Subcommittee On Interstate Highways
Federal Secretary of Agriculture
S. A. Park
Belgium
Publisher
D. R. Mellett
Kenneth G. Crawford
Donahey
Bernstein
Harry Turner
Harry Bouklins
Canton News
James M. Cox
Dayton
United States District Attorney's Office
David Lawrence
the Messenger
IS Scientific
Tura
Girl
Atwater-Kent
Don R. Mellett
Negro Robber
House of Commons
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