Snow and gales slow polar ships retreat
Washington Aug 27 AP Weather Bureau reports harsher conditions than on the voyage northward as the MacMillan Arctic expedition retreats. Peary anchored near Parker Snow Point faced rocky coast, 26 fathoms depth, and full-power operations all night. Bowdoin stuck in ice at Saunders Island near Booth Sound. nine Kane party deserters evacuated earlier. Dread Melville Bay lies ahead with unknown conditions.
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MacMillan Arctic
National Geographical Society
Zenith Radio Corporaton
Chicago
Conical Rock
Parker Snow Point
Carrer
Uttle
Ak+panhni
Saunders Island
Booth Sound
Dread Melville Bay
Believe Narcotic Ring Head Nabbed in Massachusetts
Holyord Mass August 27 Fred A Chapman restaurant manager arrested by federal inspectors on narcotic violations. He is believed to head a western Massachusetts distribution ring and was reportedly arrested in Hartford two years ago on a similar charge. Officers say he attempted to dispose of drugs when taken into custody.
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Holyord
Mass
Fred A. Chapman
Massachusetts
Hartford
Conn
Painter of Indians to Speak at Exchange Club Luncheon
Edwin Willard Deming, celebrated painter of the American Indian with a Fairfield Beach studio, will discuss "The American Indian" at the Exchange Club meeting. Theodore Roosevelt called him "the greatest living authority" on the subject. The roll call asks why the American Indian is anthropomorphised by movies and dime novels. Civitan members are invited for what is expected to be a record crowd and a top luncheon talk.
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Exchange Club
Edwin Willard Deming
Deming
Theodore Roosevelt
Fairfield Beach
Civitan Club
La-Mar
Biness
Telltale
Tha Tevetts
LA 4Ar Laboratories
Perr -Payne Sigg
Hindie
Sterpy
Trouble With Wives at Majestic opens yesterday
The Paramount feature The Trouble With Wives opened at the Majestic theatre yesterday. Florence Vidor Tom Moore Esther Ralston and Ford Sterling star in this direct screen work by Lada Cowan and Howard Higgin directed by Malcolm St Clair.
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Paramount
Eether
al Hennessy
Ford Sterling
Lucy Beaumont
Miss Vider
Edward Kennedy
Etta Lee
William Courtright
Lilian Rich
Cecil B. de Milles
Poll
Vaudeville Theatre
Roneur Frazer
Pauline Garon
Kathleen Citford
Arthur Ruaxkin
Boston
Beacon H'll
Dolly Arthur
Miss Arthur
Eugene Emmett
America
Hollang
Oden
Great Lantell
Ada Luca’ and Co
Hal Roach
Pathe
Palace Theatre
Bridgeport
Sugience
Apollon
Berri
Brady and
Mahoney
Wilfred du Bois
Simple Service Marks Rites For Dead Ambassador
In Chicago a brief Presbyterian funeral for Edgar Bancroft honors the late ambassador to Japan. Dignitaries include Vice President Dawes and Japanese Ambassador Matsudaira. Bancroft’s body lies in state at Fourth Presbyterian. burial is in Galesburg, Illinois tomorrow. The Emperor of Japan sent thanks for U.S. courtesies and pledged memory of Bancroft’s work to foster U.S.-Japan friendship.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Edgar Bancroft
Tokyo
Japan
Charles G. Dawes
Tsuneo Matsudaira
United States
J. Butler Wright
Coolidge
Justce Taft
Kellogg
Matsudaira
Dawes
Fourth Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Galesburg
Ills
Washington
Bancroft
Peror
Ansonia Man Faces Three Court Charges and Meet on Charities
Ansonia resident Joseph Muskavech pleaded guilty to breach of peace intoxication and assault after being found in Emelia Gosovich's home. He was fined $5 on each charge totaling $15 plus costs. A special Alderman meeting was set to consider resignations of Frederick McCarthy as charities chief and Thomas Hine from the board of assessors with Hine temporarily overseeing charities.
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Ansonia
Joseph Muskavech
Emelia Gosovich
White Place
Muskavoch
Board of Aidermen
John C. Mead
Frederick M. McCarthy
Charities
Thomas J. Hine
Board of Assessors
Hine
Charities Department
Board of Aldermen
McCarthy
Schumacher
Mead
Girl Fleece By Gypsy Women in Springfield
Miss Jennia Kane of Holyoke told Springfield police she gave 1045 dollars to two gypsy women posing as fortune tellers to remove a curse on her life. She now reveals the incident, which happened weeks ago, and the gypsies' whereabouts are unknown.
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Springfield
Mass
Jennia Kane
Holyoke
Jess
Sloane brings top dirt track drivers to Danbury Fair
Fair officials say races open to qualified drivers with dirt-track experience. Notable entrants include Tay Lampkin in a Pueneot, Ray Claypool in a Delage, Bob Green in a Bugatti, Irving Hoffman in a Comet, and Red Rehr in a Dusenberg, with DePalma and Wall among the few racing kings.
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World's Amusement Enterprise
Chicago
Danbury
Sloane
Ottawa
Toronto
Canada
Springfield
Mass
Ohio
Minnesota
Hlinets
Western States
DePalma, Wall
Danbury Fair
Tay Lampkin
Ralph DaPakma
Ray Claypool
Delage
Bob Green
Irving “Putty” Hoffman
Red” Rehr
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Lillian Rich
Robert Frazer
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