Aviation headlines and deadly incidents from Chicago and Des Moines
A wire dispatch reports Oscar Bettes, 36, shot Evelyn Reilly, 21, then killed himself in Chicago. Another Chicago case notes Alice Cersy, 22, a sanitarium patient, fatally stabbed herself with scissors. In Des Moines, C. B. Knause received a year in prison for non support. The batch includes New York Central’s 2 percent quarterly dividend and MARC Klaw’s illness after a stroke, plus prohibition commissioner recruitment details and aviation links via Clarence Chamberlin’s sister's reception in Council Bluffs.
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Killa Girl
Self
Chicago
Oscar Bettes
Evelyn Reilly
Savoy Hotel Chef Seeks Lindbergh Pardon for Wines
Francois Latry of the Savoy Hotel apologizes to Colonel Lindbergh after learning he is a teetotaler. Latry, in a wireless to Lindbergh, expresses deep grief and says he used wines at a Grand Savoy banquet. He takes responsibility for not knowing Lindbergh abstains and pleads for pardon.
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London
Granda-Savoy
Strikers Protest for Sacco and Vanzetti
Protesters voice support for Sacco and Vanzetti in a tense demonstration. A local committee organizes the action with noted urgency and collective calls for justice, though details remain fragmentary and uncertain.
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Sacco
Vanzetti
House of David Charged With Hiding Witness
In St Joseph Michigan on January 14 a court charged the King Benjamin Purnell led House of David with openly obstructing justices in transporting and hiding Cora Lych Bunday of Gary Indiana who was to testify in the suit to dissolve the colony. Assistant Attorney General George E Nichols presented the charge before Judge Louis H Fead. Bunday told of alleged experiences with King Ben and his inner circle while her mother and sisters, also connected to the cult, reportedly traveled from Gary to testify. An attempt to track the group’s movements surfaced as witnesses described plans to move south or to Los Angeles.
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Joseph
Mich
Jina
N. Si
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Cora Lych Bunday
S 20
Gary
Ind
George E. Nichols
Louis H. Fead
Parnell
Nichols
Bunday
King” Ben
Nichole
Earl O. Haynes
Gary Shoe Atere
Gir
South
Los Angeles
President Coolidge Nears Black Hills Vacation Stop
President and Mrs. Coolidge travel toward the Black Hills in South Dakota as the presidential special nears Pierre with a welcome from Governor Bulow. The trip marks a historic westward expansion of the summer White House plan and a longer stay than any prior president outside Ohio.
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Huron
I. N
Coolidge
Ohio
Bulow
Pierre
Rapid City
Woman Attacks Son-in-Law in Family Feud Incident
John Parkhurst suffered a deep scalp wound and skull fracture from an attack by his mother-in-law Mrs. N. CO. McChesney who said she aimed to save her husband’s life amid a longstanding family feud. The assault occurred when the father stopped his car at the Parkhurst home late yesterday. Parkhurst is expected to recover.
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Lamoni
Jie
John Parkhurst
Parkhurst
West Uth
Tarkhurst
Legion Considers Armory Plan at Regular Session
At the American Legion regular meeting last night the group planned a near future session with city merchants to discuss an armory site for a National Guard unit. The Legion will consider leasing its Presbyterian church hall for armory use after the old building is moved to a new site.
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American Legion
Sone Tin
Merchents
Ity
National Guard
Atlantic
Legion
Presbyterian Church
Pri Surnishec
Mussolini to Welcome Fliers in Rome on Return
Rome June 15 Premier Mussolini to Ostia tomorrow to greet Commander de Pinedo on his four continent flight. A great reception is planned at the Quirinal palace on the flyer’s arrival, with Mussolini to pay tribute from the balcony as ministers and diplomats look on.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ostia
de Pinedo
de Pineda
Higi Palace
Unclear Fragmentary Note About Transatlantic Voyage
Fragmented OCR text references Plymouth, a liner, Georges and a possible crossing of the Atlantic. Details are unreadable, with no clear event, date, or identifiable organizations to anchor a full summary.
Mother to Attend Funeral of Baby in Gas Tragedy
Mrs. Ina Ewing 21 plans to attend the funeral of her one year old baby after an attempted gas asphyxiation to kill herself and two older children Ruth four and Lita three. The husband returned home to find the house gas filled and the mother had left a note saying she was going to mother. Her mother had died when she was young.
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Nes Moines
Ina Ewing
Ruth
Lita
De Autremont Twins Waive Extradition
Ray and Ray De Autremont, indicted in Jacksonville Oregon for murder in a Southern Pacific train dynamiting, waived extradition and planned to leave Columbus Ohio tonight for Jacksonville in custody of Sheriff Ralph G Jennings. They were arrested in Steubenville after a $4 year award and four trainmen killed in the attack.
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Columbus
I. N
Ray
Ray de’ Autremont
Jacksonville
Ore
Southern Pacific
Ralph G. Jennings
de Autremonts
Steubenville
Lindbergh Urges Aviation as National Defense Step
In New York Lindbergh told 1,500 at a luncheon that aviation should be developed for defense, warning New York’s airports are inadequate and a strong air force is essential alongside army and navy. He cited cost and vulnerability of ships against air power and praised commercial aviation growth. Minnesota’s Lindbergh home folks then greeted him at Park Avenue, including Little Falls officials and former schoolmates.
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New York
I. N
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Linbergh
Lindbergh
Army
Navy
Lindy
le Bourget
Croydon
I-N
Minnesota
Washington
Little Falls
Minn
A. L. Grime
the Flyer
Kenneth Martin
Bomb blast shakes eight families in Chicago
Chicago residents were awakened by a black powder bomb exploding in the vestibule of a three story building. Eight families were severely shaken as the blast tore a hole in the front of the property while the janitor and his wife, Russell and his family, slept nearby.
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Chicago
J. N.S
L Atte Roght
Jenitor
Russell
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Alice Cersy
Canitarium
C. B.knause
Meyer
Des Moines
Town Funeral Directors’ Association
New York Central
New York Central Railroad
New
Guglielmi Marconi
Besaizeal
Santa Maria Degli Angela
Caroline
Luald
Masons
Chamberlin
Council Bluffs, la
Mra
Mas Moffitt
Henlyon
Clarence
Germany
Towa Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Spangrigt
Senate
Jages
Roy
Kay D’autremont
Oregon
Hugh
Savoy Hotel
King
Ben
Oe-Coolidge
Broadway
Guy White
U.S
Plymouth
Georges
DE Autremont Twins
Ocean Flier
Air Force
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