Maniacal school bombing leaves town in horror
The mid May attack on a rural school in a 300 person village killed 56 pupils and five adults, with 44 others injured. Andrew Kehoe, the farmer and school board treasurer, died in the blast after wiring the building with dynamite and a timer. Mrs Kehoe was among the dead, his actions marred by a tax dispute over the school. Police described multiple explosions at Kehoe’s home, the school, and his car, with two bystanders killed and one dying later in hospital.
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Bath
Mid
Andrew Kehoe
Kehoe
Fler
Emory E. Huyck
Glenn O. Smith
Nelson McFarren
McFarren
Smith
Maurice the Dancer Dies in Lausanne at 37
Maurice a famed dancer from New York whose career spanned Europe and the Americas died in Lausanne Switzerland from tuberculosis. His wife and partner Eleanore Ambrose stood by him as others from his past joined in the life of the celebrated performer.
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New York
Maurice
Lausanne
Switzerland
Eleanore Ambrose
Maution Vwscat
Louis MouVet
West Side
Chatham College
Rochester
England
Paris
Montmartre
Vienna
Monte Carlo
Madelaide
Mattrome
Miss Walton
Brooklyn
Leonora Hughes
Carlos Ortiz Basuldo
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Barbara Bennett
Richard Bennett
Joan
London
Sawyer
Florence Walton
New York Flight Row Settled. Bertaud Withdraws Injunction
Lloyd Bertaud will not join the Bellanca Columbia flight to Paris and a successor has been chosen after a conference with sponsor Charles A. Levine. Differences delaying the New York Paris flight were resolved and Bertaud agreed to be with Clarence Berlin when the craft departs. Weather delays and armed preparations marked aviation activity as Byrd and Lindbergh prepped for their respective tests and launches.
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New York
Lloyd Bertaud
Paris
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Lesine
Associated Press
New York-Paris
Lloyd W. Bertaud
Charles A. Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Bertaud
Here
New Foundland
Richard E. Byrd
America
Charles Lindbergh
Byrd
mid-Atlantic
Lindbergh
George C. Neville
Bert Acosta
Floods drive residents from vast Atchafalaya basin
Western Atchafalaya basin residents flee as floods from Bayou des Glaises and crevasses near Melville converge into a lake 250 miles long. More than 5 000 people in inundated areas seek shelter along the Opelousas Eunice and Southern Pacific lines as Beggs Bunkie highway floods cut access.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya Basin
Weather Bureau
John M. Parker
Baton Rouge
Parker
Bayou Des Glaises
Atchafalaya
Melville
Bayou Des Giraises
St. Landry Parish
Beggs
Garland
Dubuisson
Whiteville
Bunkie
Southern Pacific
Opelousas
Commission Named for Dade Memorial Park
Governor Martin announced the creation of the Dade memorial park commission under a new act. It includes Judge J. C. B. Koonce of Tavres, Fred C. Cubberly of Gainesa, and Mrs. A. M. Roland Bushnell. J. I. Peek of Starke is named official court reporter for the 26th judicial circuit.
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Tallahassee
Dade Memorial Park Commission
Martin
J. C. B. Koonce
Tavares
Fred C. Cubberly
Gumprecht Urges Cooperation in Citrus Industry
Manatee County citrus leaders heard urging cooperation to stabilize the industry as officers for the county sub exchange were elected. Community voices emphasized shared efforts to support growers, handlers, and distributors.
Citrus Sub-Exchange reelects officials and cites unity
At the Manatee County Citrus Sub-Exchange annual meeting, officials directors and manager were re elected. New local officers include E H Burch of Sarasota president and J Varn along with H G Gumprecht as directors and managers. Gumprecht urged centralized shipment control and a national citrus advertising push while noting irrigation and frost protection as key lessons. He projected a normal orange crop and about half a grapefruit crop next season with increased district shipments overall.
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Manatee County
Grove
Exchange
Florida
Edith Bishop Freed in Oklahoma City Slaying Trial
Mrs Edith Bishop was found not guilty by a district court jury in Oklahoma City on charges of killing her husband Luther Bishop a state detective in their home last December.
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Oklahoma City
Edith Bishop
Luther Bishop
Storm-Ravaged Midwest Sees Flooding and Fatalities
Peoria Illinois and Indianapolis Indiana bore the storm’s brunt with heavy rain and hail flooding streets and basements. Officials fear 15 dead in East Peoria and Pekin while Indianapolis reports 100 injuries as an 80 mph wind destroys buildings. Rail service disrupted. three Big Four trains derailed at Lafontaine. Damage pegged at 3 million dollars.
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Chicago
Peoria
Ills
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Farm Creek
East Peoria
Pekin
Gospel Mission
la Fontaine
General Assembly Opens in El Dorado Presbyterians
The sixty seventh General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States opened in El Dorado Arkansas with an opening sermon by retiring moderator Dr J W Skinner of Kingaville Texas. Delegates from east of the Mississippi arrived amidMississippi valley floods causing railway detours and late arrivals as the assembly planned to elect a new moderator clerk and assistants with reports from executive committees.
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Eldorado
Ark
Sixty Seventh General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
United States
J. W. Skinner
Kingaville
Tex
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Paul Kelly Murder Trial Near Verdict
In Los Angeles on May 19, closing acts began in the Paul Kelly murder trial over the death of Ray Raymond after a beating in a quarrel about Mackavye. Kelly, the last witness, described the fight while the jury prepared to decide tomorrow night. The trial featured testimony from James Kirkwood Lila Lee Owen Davis John J Gain and others attesting to Kellys good character.
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Los Angeles
Paul Kelly
Ray Raymond
Dorothy Mackavye
Kelly
Raymond
James Kirkwood
Lila Lee
Owen Davis
New York
John J. Gain
Mind plays role in disease at AMA session
Washington May 19 The American Medical Association discussed mind effects on illness with speakers noting personality changes from disease beliefs and emotional disorders predicting goiter before symptoms. Other experts urged posture study for womens illness treatment while concerns raised about unsterilized pool water spreading bacteria.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Nellis B. Foster
New York
Charles Hugh Neilson
St. Louis
Normal F. Miller
Iowa City
Iowa
Dismissal Demanded for Cumberland Presbyterian Education Board
Five synods and Presbyteries urge the 7th general assembly to retire six board members over alleged defiance of a commission findings related to Bethel College. The memorial names C. M. McNulty J. H. Williams J. L. Baker R. C. Denney Woodtin Hudson and J. P. McDaniel. Williams has resigned leaving a vacancy.
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Lakeland
Fla
Board of Education
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Bethel College
McKenzie
Tenn
Synod of Arkansas
Educational Committee
Pineville
Education Committee
General Assembly
C. M. McNaulty
J. H. Williams
J. L. Baker
R. C. Denney
Woodtin Hudson
J. P. McDaniel
Williams
Illinois moves to legalize race track betting
In Chicago on May 10 AP reports the first bid to legalize track betting since the '80s was sent to the Senate. Governor Len Small faces the measure as plans emerge for a new $2 million track near Chicago. Chicago currently hosts three tracks with additional venues nearby.
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Chicaco
Mlinois
Len Sma
Senate
H. PD
Curly” Brown
Calfornia Top Taist
Sportsman
Norh
Chicago
Aurora
Peoria
Fairmont
St. Louis
War Over In Nicaragua Says Stimson Upon Arrival
Panama May 19 AP The war in Nicaragua is over declares Henry L Stimson on arriving from Corinto as he negotiates peace for President Coolidge The Liberals and Conservatives have handed over 6200 rifles 272 machine guns and five million rounds of ammunition He notes no American forces fired a shot and that Maracadat liberal commander in chief has the army behind him A small Liberal group around Dr Juan B Sacasa does not reflect army sentiment He says two American marines were killed by bandits and Americans are forming a constabulary to oversee elections.
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Panama
Nicaragua
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Corinto
Coolidge
Amercans
Juan B. Sacasa
Puerto Cabezas
Stimson
Maracada
Maneuvers End as Blue Forces Defeat Blacks Near New York
The joint army and navy maneuvers concluded at 10 45 eastern standard time with a sweeping blue victory defeating black forces attempting to invade New York and southern New England.
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New Port
R. L
New York
New England
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