Kevin O Higgins Shot in Dublin Cabinet Leader Killed
Kevin O Higgings, Irish Free State minister of justice and foreign affairs, was shot dead in his home or shortly after. the assassination shocks Dublin as police hunt suspects. O Higgins, nicknamed the Irish Mussolini for his harsh suppression measures, led a turbulent career from Sinn Fein days to key government roles. The article notes his strong will, lengthy political battles, and the impact of his death on the cabinet and the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tish Musolini
Kevin O'Higging
Musolini
Free State
Ireland
Tom Healy
de Valera
Dr O'Higgins
Rathers
Dublin
O'Higgins
Alde
Kevin O'Higgins
Mays
Timothy
Maurice Healy
Cork
Belfast
Eamon de Valera
William T. Cosgrave
Linn Fenners
Queens County
Aas
O Higgins
T F. O'Higgins
Stradbally
Leit
St Patrick's College
Callow
National University of Ireland
Bridget Cole
Ohigsins
Sinn Fein
Charles ‘Barington
Frank Brooke
Privy Counci
Alan Bell
Neilson
Adamson
Healy
Michael Collins
Bandon
County Cort
Arthur Griffith
Dail Eireann
William ‘T. Cosgrave
Henry Wilson
Ulster
Dia
London
Joseph O'Sullivan
Dunn
Irish Republican Army
Wandsworth
Athlone
Iregulars
W J Twadell
Kevin
Thomas O'Algrins
Tim Healy
Thomas MacCurtin
Miss Barrington
P. C
Bell
Town of Erston Seeks Funds For Commission Aid
A 1927 town notice from Pxeten requests appropriation of money for the use of a commission and aid board as appointed. Dated July 8, 1927, the filing names Maty K.P. pavis and B. Candem as relevant officials or electors in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erston
Pxeten
Commission and Aid Board of
Aprealy
Death of Kevin O Higgins Shocks Ireland
Dublin July 10 By Associated Press President Congrave issued a statement announcing Kevin O Higgins was shot down on the way to mass. The vice president of the executive council was killed by an assassin. The Irish people vow not to falter and will continue his work to safeguard the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Ireland
Associated Press
Congrave
Kevin O'Higging
Mass
Executive Council
Kevin O'Higgins
Michiel Collins
Arthur Griffith
Failure Looms In Naval Parley Over Cruisers
The talks on naval limits near collapse as Britain pushes for more cruisers and higher tonnage. American and Japanese delegates clash with British demands, warning of possible conference suspension if leaders are recalled.
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Great Britain
America
United States
Britain
Washington
Hugh B Gibson
W.c. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Bridgeman
London
Reserve Officers to Start Today
A roster lists reserve officer recruits reporting from Sound Beach Greenwich Norwalk Stamford and Glenbrook with names including Sherwood McCormack Hoolbeck Osborn Douglas Nepmann Lightfoot and others. The Waterbury contingent adds majors Joiner Gray Rice captains Galulla Meyer and more with numerous lieutenants and a major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Talbot Curtis
Harry Barlow Flood
Wayne Hammond Austin
Sound Beach
Greenwich
Norwalk
Stamford
Glenbrook
Philip Henery Sherwood
Roy Hamilton McCormack
Elmer Hoolbeck
Edward Osborn Douglas
Theodore Henry Nepmann
Keran
Allen Farrand Kitchel
Bound Beach
Wv. W Mitchell
Angst Moore
Willam Harnshom Hyndman
Shelton
Derby
Ansonia
Charles Joseph Clay
John Ballantine Lightfoot
Montague Terry
Everette Dunbar Marvin
Waterbury
Luther Gray, Jr
Roy Emmet Rice
Michal James Galulla
Theodore Valentine Meyer
Newton Wellington Alexander
Joseph Anthony DiPietro
Easton Residents Gather to Fight WICC Radio Station
Easton residents at a town meeting announce plans to oppose the WICC radio station. local officials vow to hire counsel and spend any amount to stop the erection. community members discuss land sales to a Jewish syndicate for a settlement house and call for zoning to curb commercial intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candee
Sport Hill
Peet
Selectman
R. P. Davis
Charles B. Marsh
Republican Town Committee
Selectmen
Howard L. Shaff
Samuel P. Senior
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
WICG
Easton
Jennings
WICC
Three Bodies Found by Police in Brooklyn House
A dismembered crime scene at Mrs. Sarah Brownell and Mrs. Alfred Bennett’s Brooklyn rooming house yields bodies and clues. Ludwig Lee, a 38 year old boarder, is held on homicide charges as investigators pursue robbery as the motive. A second dismembered male body was found in a Willett Street tenement cellar, with torso and head bundles located among trash.
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Miss Brownell
Lee
New York
Associated Press
Ludwig Lee
Sarah EB
Brownell
Ilalandlady
Alfred Bennett
Brooklyn
Willett Street
Elephant Train Crash Claims Circus Trapper In Aurora
The Hagenback-Wallace circus train wreck killed a trainer as elephants panicked breaking windows and the front of the train collapsed. In a strange turn, the troupe had performed in Aurora yesterday and was bound for memorial services in Hammond Indiana for 58 troopers killed in a June 1918 disaster. Today 400 performers paid respects at Woodlawn Cemetery near a monument to deceased circus workers built by the Showmen’s League of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagenback-Wallace
Aurora
Chicago
Hammond
Ind
Woodlawn
A League of America
Tea Dance Held At Green Hill Country Club
A tea dance was held yesterday at Green Hill Country Club, largely attended. The event was organized by the July entertainment committee led by Mrs. 06 and showcased club social activity in the Hill Country area.
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Hill Country Club
Mrz
Tilson warns extra session on flood relief could be hasty
Washington dispatch reports Rep. Tilson expressing concern that a special congressional session on flood relief may yield hasty half baked legislation. He says he supports action if engineers and experts are ready, ready to meet, but fears lack of study could harm flood sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tilson
Rep
Lowrey
Louisiana
Foot Isider
Congress
Guardsman dies of wound at Rhode Island camp
John P. Coombs a 29 year old Guardsman with the 118th Engineers died from a bayonet wound at Quonset Point. Private Joseph Volpe of Company OC is jailed on manslaughter charges. Coombs to be buried Tuesday as an investigation continues and family disputes the military account of hazing and accident.
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Providence
Associated Press
Rhodesland National Guard
Quonset Point
John P. Coombs
118Th Engineers
Coombs
Joseph Volpe
Company OC
Company
Coomb
Wallingford Boy Dies in Family Play Gun Incident
July 10. Teddy Sypek two years old died after a blank pistol and a father’s .98 calibre revolver used in a play duel. Teddy was shot in the forehead and died hours later at Meriden hospital. Brother Joseph five and the gun ownership by John Sypek are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Associated Preas
Teddy Sypek
Joseph
Teddy
Meriden Hospital
John Sypek
Sapiro Says Ford Suit May Be Settled Today
Chicago July 10 Aaron Sapiro returning from Western Canada said a settlement of his million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford and the Dearborn Independent would be virtually concluded tomorrow The statement comes as talks proceed with no court action announced
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Chicago
Associated Press
Aaron Sapiro
Canada
Henry Ford
The
Dearborn Independent
Curling Iron Sparks Fire in Apartment Fire
An electric curling iron left on started a small blaze at 100 Levington Avenue in an apartment occupied by Mary Bantos. A bed ignited from the heat. Firefighters under Chief George F. Beardslee responded to Box 333 Lexington and Harrel avenues and extinguished the fire with about 20 dollars in damage.
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Levington Avenue
Mary Bantos
George F. Beardslee
Lexington
Harrel Avenues
Cook dies from burns in alcohol lamp accident
Hyannis Mass July 10 Mrs Sarah Williams a cook died at Cape Cod hospital from burns suffered when attempting to sear a chicken over an alcohol lamp this morning Her clothing ignited from the lamp flame and she was badly burned in the incident continuing to burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannis
Mass
Sarah Williama
Cape Cod Hospital
Vanderbilt Junior Seeks Divorce Amid Newspaper Downturn
The Vanderbilt family fractures as Vanderbilt Jr. seeks a divorce after a failed newspaper venture backed by his parents end ed when they cut off his funding following a stint in the family media business. He later worked as an editorial writer for a New York newspaper amid ongoing family tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
New York
New Witnesses To Face Sacco Board In Boston
Boston July 10 The advisory committees named by Governor Fuller to study the Sacco Vanzetti case invite William G Thompson counsel for the defense to appear with any new witnesses and evidence. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are under death sentence for a murder seven years old. Thompson may bring Elias Field and others for testimony while Mrs Rose Sacco will also appear before the committee.
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Boston
Associated Press
Alvan T. Fuller
Sacco-Vanzetti
William G. Thompson
Nicola Sacca
Hartolomeo Vanzetti
Thompson
Elias Field
Thomas McAnarney
Quincy
Albert Hamilton
New York
Ranney
Norfolk County
Rose Sacco
Dedham
Charlestown
Local Produce and Livestock Prices Listing
A saturated old time price sheet lists fruits vegetables poultry dairy and livestock rates. Items include Baldwins apples 275-300 bu new apples 900-350 bu oranges 475-7.50 box grape fruit 4.00-0.00 box lemons 500-800 box and many more by crate basket and pound with varied ranges across categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwins
Burned man treated for burns after gasoline incident
Joseph Sebastia twenty seven of 139 Philadelphia street was treated at Emergency hospital yesterday by Dr Cheater E Haberlin for second degree burns to the right forearm. He was listed as in stable condition.
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Joseph Sebastia
Philadelphia Street
Cheater E. Haberlin
Harriet Kolonski
East Main Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital
Charles Flanagan
Colermatt Street
William Chamberlin
Myrtle Avenue
Chamberlin
Madison and
Taft ‘Avenues
Whites Supreme Says Pastor In Plea For Negroes
In a night address at Advent Christian church Rev Chester W Parmley urged equal rights for Black Americans while asserting white race supremacy. He claimed Anglo Saxon stock and Nordic supremacy and warned of Yankee stock decline in New England amid immigration trends citing 1923 and 1918 population shifts.
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Vent Christian Church
Chester W. Parmley
America
Parmley
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Byrd May Appear at Bethany Field
Waterbury report from Bethany field notes postponed air meet due to low visibility while three Waterbury pilots circled the field dropping bombs to entertain 6,000 spectators. Barrows and Mather made short flights and later lost in mist. postponed meet rescheduled in two to three weeks with Byrd, Acosta, Balchen expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Associated Press
Bethany Field
Bethany
Gus Graff
Ben Kelsey
Jack Barrows
Hartford
Ant Oswald Mather
National Guard Air Service
Ennis Mallette
Over
Bovar
Ftr
Bert Acosta
Neville
Balchen
Byrd
Gregory Kelly Dies in New York Stage Star’s Death
Gregory Kelly thirty two a noted juvenile actor on the American stage died last night in a New York hospital following a Feb illness in Pittsburgh that ended the tour of The Butter and Egg Man. His widow Ruth Gordon stars in Saturday's Children, with notable parts in Seventeen, Clarence, and The First Wear.
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New York
Associated Press
Gregory Kelly
Pittsburgh
America
Ruth Gordon
Kelly
Booth Tarkington
Clarence
Coolidge’s Memorial Day Silence At Summer White House
President and Mrs Coolidge marked the third anniversary of their son Calvin’s death with quiet church attendance at Hermosa and a return to the Summer White House. Tourists and photographers gathered as the boy preacher Reif Liam led a service and greeted the First Couple at the church door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Associated Press
White House
Mra. Coolidge
Calvin
Hermosa
Reif Lium
God Speaks
Legion
Mia
Coolidge
State Name Lodge
Black Hills
Hermosca
Fight on Bridge Ended by Motorcycle Cop
A bridge altercation near Pleasure Beach ended with two arrests after John Vetucei insulted Mrs. Burns. Burns and Vetuci fought. Joseph Vetucci allegedly used a knife, wounding Burns on the cheek. Burns and Vetuci held on bonds of 326 and 100 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Galvin
Pleasure Beach
John Vetucei
Williard Street
Joseph Burns
Harral Avenue
Burns
Vetruci
Joseph Vetucci
Four Bathers Injured in CRA Crash at Pallette and Whittier
Four bathers returning from the beach were injured, one seriously, when their car collided with another at Palifléte avenue and Whittier street. May Mitchinson, 30, 204 Atlantic street, was thrown through the windshield and hospitalized with severe injuries. The crash left eight total injuries reported to police as the weekend began.
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Palifleté Avenue
Whittier Street
May Mitchinson
Atlantic Streets
Father Robertson
Wiliam H. Keefe
Poplar Street
Helen
Trene
Joseph Robertson
Sather Robertson
St Vincent's Hospital
Three Children Bitten by Dogs During Heat Wave
During the humid dog days three youths were treated for dog bites at the emergency hospital. Jennie Verdicchio eleven of 248 Wheeler Avenue suffered severe injuries after a store attack. Roland Smith twelve of 72 Frank Street was bitten in the left arm and Eugene Gelb fourteen of 294 Orchard Street was bitten in the right leg. Ted tro were treated by Dr Alexander Sollosy. Root beer is a wholesome beverage when made from Willamina Root Beer Extract cost less than one cent per glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Wingfield
Main Street
Welfare Building
Chester E Haterlin
Emergency Hospital
Lemuel McMurdo
Mote 16
Sre Gregory Coal Company
George T. Schofield
South Avenue
McMurdo
Ox ‘Hil
Jennie Verdicchio
Wheeler Avenue
Roland Smith
Prank Street
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Maty K
Pavis
B. Candem
Belectax
Cosgrave
Elephant
R. Guardsman
Sapiro
FORD
Miss Littleton
Rachel Littleton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Martin Littleton
Vanderpilt
Grace
Henry Gassaway Davis
St. Thomas’ Church
Great Society
Sacco Board
Fuller Advisers
Commissioner of Agriculture
State of
Flyer
Coolidges
Calvin, Jr
Lodge
Steiger Poole Company
Main and Fairfield
the Nursery
Steiger-Poole Company
Middle Street
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