Graf Zeppelin Nears Havana After 8000 Mile Atlantic Crossing
The Graf Zeppelin completes about 8000 miles of its tri continental voyage and calls at Recife for refueling before a planned Havana departure. Dr. Hugo Eckener aims to reach Germany by June 9 with a brief Havana stop and then on to New York and Lakehurst. The airship spent an hour at Campo Dos Alfonsos in Rio de Janeiro without disembarking, as provisions and crew health are reported excellent.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Havana
Graf
Rio Janeiro
Equator
Hugo Eckener
Germany
Banamas
New York
Lakehurst
Rio
Campo Dos Alfonsos
Victoria
Bahia
Lewis and Companions Named in Miners Suit
Coal mine officials and district officers of the United Mine Workers headed by John L. Lewis were named defendants in damage suits totaling 69000 dollars filed in district court by twenty three miners who say they were discharged for affiliations with Alexander Howat, leader of an insurgent mine union group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kas
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Alexander Howat
Impatient motorist uncouples train to beat crossing wait
Ludwig Lanther of West New York uncoupled two freight cars on the Bergen turnpike crossing in West Newark to gain time. The 124 car train then moved, backed up, and blocked traffic for an hour. Lanther was jailed for 500 dollars for interfering with freight trains. He questioned why trains may block highways beyond five minutes.
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West Newark
N. J
Ludwig Lanther
West New York
Bergen Turnpike
Lanther
Jersey
Lytell Pleads Guilty To Income Tax Charge
Los Angeles, May 26 Bert Lytell the actor pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to pay adequate income tax for 1925. Judge William James postponed sentence to next October pending expected contract earnings of 3500 a week for stage and screen work.
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Los Angeles
Bert Lytell
William James
Bank Burglars Loot May Reach 150000 Dollars
In St Louis on May 26 bank officials said the Grand National bank vault burglary likely surpassed 150000 dollars in cash and securities. About 20000 dollars in cash were taken plus 94000 dollars in negotiable bonds belonging to one customer and other funds from twenty nine deposit boxes. Police suspect entry via a duplicate key to the front door and will question employees with keys. Ed Mays, the bank president, stated insurance covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Grand National Bank
Ed Mays
Bank
Cane Insurance
Kreuger Quite Tied to Matches Yet Borrows Them
Henry Ford and Ivar Kreuger are compared as icons of industry. Kreuger, famed as the world’s leading match maker, controls vast forests for supply and has loaned over 350 million dollars to European nations, but in a rare interview notes he borrows all his matches from whatever source is nearby.
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New York
Henry Ford
Ivar Kreuger
Kreuger
International Match Trust
Arkansas Breaks Up Hound Dog Fraud Ring
The break up of a dog fraud ring led to an eighteen month sentence for BE R Moody of Hindman Ky the ring leader. Six others pleaded guilty before Judge John E Martineau in federal court as Mack Lyons of Phoenix Ariz also drew an eighteen month term for using the mails to defraud in the scheme that sold worthless dogs at high prices to huntsmen and dog fanciers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeville
Ark
Missouri
BE. R. Moody
Hindman
Moody
John E. Martineau
Mack Lyons
Phoenix
Ariz
Jewel Gang Chief Nabbed by Police
New York police arrested four men and a woman in connection with a February jewel theft spree that stole about 300000 in gems from the Blackstone Hotel Miami Beach and the Hotel Ambassador Palm Beach. Detectives recovered all jewels. James W. Watson labeled gang kingpin, arrested after returning from Chicago. Other suspects include William J. O’Conner, Jack Rosen, and George Cole. The woman, identified as Hilda Carter, 35, reportedly swallowed a piece of paper during the raid. The break followed initial reports by James Bonwitt of Pittsburgh and Louis W. Herman of New York who reported the two separate thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blackstone
Miami Beach
Fla
Palm Beach
Hilda Carter
James W. Watson
Watson
Chicago
William J. O'Conner
Buffalo
Jack Rosen
George Cole
James Bonwitt
Pittsburgh
Bonwitt
Louis W. Herman
Ambassador
Amere Gas Sale Nears Completion This Week
H A Wallace president of United Fuel Gas said negotiations for the Amere Gas Utilities Beckley properties with Columbia Gas and Electric and Amere Gas Utilities would close this week likely Wednesday or Thursday. He denied reports United Fuel would buy Amere. Amere has been supplying Beckley gas since early year and sought new franchises at Hinton and Princeton but withdrew.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. A. Wallace
United Fuel Gas Company
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
New York
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Beckley
Amere Company
Wallace
United Fuel
Columbia Gas and Electric
Hinton
Princeton
Amere
C. F. Stephene
St. Louis
General Auditor
Cal
Cowgirl killed by pal in rodeo act at park
Mrs May Stanley 35 of Chicago, a rodeo cow girl performing at Almonesson Park Woodbury New Jersey was accidentally shot in front of several hundred children during a show today. She was critically wounded and died later.
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Woodbury
N. J
May Stanley
Chicago
Almonesson Park
Here
Flood centers in Red River Parish shift as waters rise
The Red River flood concentrates in Red River Parish 25 to 30 miles southeast of Shreveport with Armistead and East Point marooned. Refugees number in the hundreds as Red Cross camps form and mail is delivered by push cars. No fatalities reported as the flood progresses toward Natitoches Rapides and Avoyelles parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Louisiana
Red River
Red River Parish
Natitoches
Rapides
Avoyelles Parishes
Mississippi River
Natchitoches Parish
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Armistead
East Point
Louisiana and Arkansas
Red Cross
Campaign cost details emerge in Pennsylvania Senate inquiry
The Nye committee reports Grundy spent 291000 of his own money in the Pennsylvania Republican primary, with Bohlen’s ticket at 200000. Treasurer Bell cites Grundy total costs at 332076 and a 338602 campaign chest. Davis claims minimal personal spending and seeks a clean election.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds
Senator Grundy
Pennsylvania
Davis
Francis H. Bohlen
Thomas Phillips
Robert L. Montgomery
National Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment
Bohlen
Grundy
Thomas Bell
Senate
Francie Shunk Brown
Gifford Pinchot
Samuel Vauclain
Davis-Brown
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Nye
Dill
Wagner
New York
Proposed Church Merger Defeated at Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Charlottesville reports a roll call showing 37 presbyteries in favor of union with the United Presbyterians, 29 against, 25 for postponing action, and one not voting. Dr. Egbert W. Smith of Nashville criticized the assembly’s work and its finances, while Dr. Ernest Thompson defended the committee. Turn to Page Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
United Presbyterian Church
School of the Ozarke
Hoolister
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
United Presbyterians
Egbert W. Smith
Nashville
Tenn
Committee On the Assembly
Assembly
Smith
Ernest Thompson
Charleston
W. Va
Thompson
Travels Alone To Prison Lets Self Enter Fort Madison
Ed Bonner attempted to enter Fort Madison without a guard or proper commitment papers. He was initially refused entry at the prison for lacking signed documents, then stayed in a hotel until the papers arrived by mail. He is now inside to begin an eight year manslaughter sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Ed Bonner
Sioux City
Bonner
Nationalist China faces crisis as Chiang commands in Honan
Shanghai reports Chiang Kai Shek personally leads government forces in Honan amid a northern alliance revolt. Finance Minister Soong warns victory is vital to curb communistic, bandit depredations and economic collapse. Russians allegedly steer red armies to disrupt the regime. Northern rebels claim a two day battle near Lanfeng leaves twenty thousand prisoners and a nationalist retreat.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Honan
Soong
Chiang
Oid
Yangtse
Russian Third Internationale
Kiangsi
Fukien
Kwangtung
Yankytse
Lanfeng
Henan
Speedboat Capsizes on Potomac Drowning Two Men
Leonardtown Md May 26 Two men are known to have drowned and another was missing after a speedboat capsized in the Potomac River Saturday. Francis Klimkie wisz of Washington survived 24 hours in the water aided by two life preserver cushions. The bodies of Richard Klimkiewisz 17 and Owen D Whitcomb were recovered. Capt Arthur Fenwick is still missing. Klimkiewisz, unable to swim, clung to cushions despite waves and landed 25 miles from the scene. Richard was an excellent swimmer and wore a life preserver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardtown
Potomac River
Francis Klimkiewisz
Washington
Richard
Klimkiewisz
Owen D. Whitcomb
Arthur Fenwick
St. George's Island
Maryland
Son of Steamship President Shoots Self in Baltimore
Baltimore May 26 Hollyday Lotheron Compton 32 son of Key Compton longtime Chesapeake Steamship president shot and killed himself today. A verdict of death by own action was returned. He had been despondent since a fall from a horse last year, relatives said.
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Baltimore
Hollyday Lotheron Compton
Key Compton
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Compton
Fierce Hindu Muslim clashes rock Rangoon and Dacca
Rioting between Hindus and Muslims erupts in Rangoon and Dacca as labour and colonial authorities confront a rising crisis. In Rangoon 26 killed and about 700 injured as mounted police patrol the streets. in Dacca six dead and many wounded amid mass arrests. Police fire on rioters in Bombay as violence spreads in the Muslim quarters. Sirens of emergency echo as officials seek stronger protection from the viceroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Rangoon
Bacca
India
Burma
Dacca
Bengal
Calcutta
District Board
Lord Irwin
Senate delays London treaty action to a special session
Senate leaders decide to defer the London naval treaty until a special session Hoover will call after regular-session adjournment. Hoover aims for mid June adjournment. committees seek Stimson MacDonald correspondence as naval leaders press for favorable ratios and warship counts.
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Stimson
MacDonald
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Watson
Indiana
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Hich
Foreign Relations
Johnson
California
Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Charles F. Hughes
William C. Cole
L. M. Nulton
George C. Day
William H. Stanley
Alfred W. Johnson
Hughes
Melton
Japan
Naval Committee
Cole
Van Sweringen Named M P Board Head
Oris P. Van Sweringen was elected chairman of the Missouri Pacific board at a Cleveland meeting after Interstate Commerce Commission permission to serve directors. L. V. Idwin was re elected president and a 114 percent quarterly dividend on preferred stock was declared payable July 1 to holders of record June 13. This marks the first directors meeting since the Van Sweringen brothers gained control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleevland
Oris P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Washington
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
L. V. Idwin
Missouri Pacific
van Sweringen Brothere
Committee Agrees On Three Enforcement Bills
Washington May 26 The house judiciary committee approved a modified law enforcement program to speed prohibition enforcement and ease federal court congestion by defining misdemeanors under the Jones law and allowing their summary prosecution before U S commissioners. The committee backed three bills after four months of study, but did not grant broad discretionary powers to district attorneys and commissioners. Graham was asked to push the measures alongside plans to appoint seventeen additional federal district judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
House Judiciary Committee
George W. Wickersham
Commission
Mitchell
Congress
Hoover
Graham
House
Plot Slayer Begins Term Of Life In Arkansas Pen
Dr. Andrew J. Bass a retired dentist from Columbia Missouri pleaded guilty to the killing of William R. Pearman in an unfolding insurance fraud scheme. He began a life sentence at the Little Rock penitentiary with prosecutors and defense agreeing to the plea. Pearman’s body with three bullet wounds was found near Gravette Arkansas two months earlier. Pearman had secured $200000 in insurance through four policies taken out in Kansas City. Bass had attempted self harm in jail and may be moved to a state nervous hospital after sentencing.
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Andrew J. Bass
Little Rock
Bentonville
Ark
Columbia
William R. Pearman
Bass
Pearman
Kansas City
William Folta
Martinsburg
French War Hero Greets Pilgrims In Paris
Henri Gourard the one armed Dardanelles hero stood at the Arc de Triomphe as American Gold Star mothers began a pilgrimage to battlefield cemeteries. General Gourard welcomed the women and praised their mission while Ambassador Walter Edge and other dignitaries spoke. Mrs. Margaret Forsythe of Akron joined wreaths. two mothers, Mary Reynolds of Damascus Colorado and Florence Williams of Portsmouth Ohio, are gravely ill.
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Paris
Henri Gourard
Dardanelles
France
Gourard
Margaret Forsythe
Akron
Walter E. Edge
Father Barker
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Dean Frederick W. Beekman
Mr. Edge
John J. Pershing
Mary Reynolds
Damascus
Florence Williams
Portsmouth
Supreme Court Finds Bootleg Purchaser Not Prosecuted
The Supreme Court ruled that the buyer of bootleg goods is not liable to prosecution for that offense. A special senate session to act on the London treaty was decided. Senatorial candidates in Pennsylvania faced the campaign committee. The senate received the conference report on the tariff bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Senate
Pennsylvania
Polish frontier guard killed in Neuhoffen skirmish
In Mariewerder Germany on May 26 a Polish frontier guard died after a skirmish with Prussian border police at Neuhoffen. Polish guards allegedly tried to enter Prussian offices. police account says shots were exchanged. Foreign Minister Julius Curtis seeks a detailed report and international-law coordinated investigation with Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
Stena
Oland
Polish Border Clash Report Raises Tensions at Opalenie
Warsaw reports say German border guards fired on Polish guards near Opalenie by the Vistula. One Polish officer was wounded and both prisoners were carried into Germany. Polish accounts claim blood on the Polish side, asserting German attackers. Authorities protest to Berlin and demand the return of the two prisoners.
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Warsaw
Poland
Opalenie
Vistula
Germany
Attgeckers
Berlin
Board to call bids for training school construction
Charleston West Virginia May 26 bids for the first unit of the training school for mental defectives at Bradley near St Marys were called by the state board of control. bids open July 15. the two story building measures 76 feet six inches by 104 feet three inches. the board also invited bids June 10 for a steam tunnel and equipment to connect the new library at West Virginia University with the current heating system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Training School For
Bradley
St. Marys
State Board of Control
West Virginia University
5 Year Old Boy Drowns Saving Friend in River
New Castle Pennsylvania May 26 a 5 year old boy Joseph Warren gave his life trying to save a companion who fell into the Mahoning river David Brookman aged 7 escaped by clinging to a log and was slightly hurt Brookman toppled in while throwing stones at tin cans and lost his balance
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New Castle
Mahoning River
Joseph Warren
David Brookman
Brookman
Supreme Court Rules Buyer of Bootleg Liquor Not Guilty
The Supreme Court held that buyers of bootleg liquor cannot be prosecuted as violators of prohibition laws if the question of illegal transportation or possession is not involved. The decision also found manufacturers using liquor to be entitled to operate until permits are canceled and that buyers cannot be made criminally liable without specific legislation.
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Supreme Court
Washington
James E. Farrar
Boston
Federal District Court For
Massachusetts
Sutherland
Congress
Alfred E. Norris
New York
Philadelphia
Federal District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Norris
Galena Chemical Company
D. P. Paul and Company, Incorporated
Liquor Runners Shoot It Out At Carnival
Lepanto Arkansas May 26 Hugh Lutteral about 40 held without bond to grand jury on murder charges in the slayings of Clyde Keller 33 and Walter Mobbs near a carnival after a midnight shootout four alleged Tyronsea river lowland liquor gangsters involved Lutteral survived the duel bullets in Mobbs and Keller matched his gun Laudermilk 35 attended killed by a stray shot or by others at the scene
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Mobba
Keller
Lutteral
George Laudermilk
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Lewis
Lytell
Arkansas
JEWEL
International Ring
Amere Gas Purchase
Pal
Presbyterian General Assembly
Kai Shek
M. P. Board
General Gourard
Ambassador Edge
POLI
Lad
Lady Bird
Laura Ingalls
Muskogee
Okla
Ingalls
Charles
Speed) Holman
St. Paul
Miss Ingalls
Hatbox Municipal
National Aeronautic Association
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