Bay State Train Robbers Escape With $65,000 Loot
Two masked bandits halted a Boston and Maine branch train at Salisbury, seized a $65,000 cash consignment for Amesbury bank, and leaped to a waiting car, escaping after burning out of the baggage end with a wounded police pursuit. Police and citizens scoured the area but no trace found.
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Boston and Maine
Salisbury
Amesbury
Ipot
Federal Reserve Bank
Powow River
Newburyport
Amensbury
William A Jordan
Harry , Babcock
Jordan
Hatcock
Ney
Rabbitt Dord
Powow
Biddle
Smart Automobil
Poller
Frank Sargent
Babcock
Damn Only Meant as Spur to Action Lions Say
Waterbury July 29 AP Ex Governor Templeton is not an opponent of the civic club, Lions club officials say. They defend his remark that civic clubs talk and meet but are not worth a damn, saying the statement was misinterpreted when quoted out of context. They insist the comment was aimed at stirring action, not criticizing.
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Waterbury
Templeton
Civic Club
Lions Club
Clvic
Liiely
Stratford area braces for court term and political bids
Bridgeport area reports focus on court term preparations, with jurymen named for eligibility and local candidates like Finn Wallace seeking state honors. Also noted are organizational reorganizations, warnings to police, and an ongoing reshuffle of local appointments amid a busy news cycle.
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Bridgeport
Aimee McPherson Faces Jurors in Los Angeles
AP reports evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson must appear before a county grand jury next week. Subpoenas were issued for her appearance while Carmel-by-the-Sea witnesses identify her from photographs as resembling the woman who visited there ten days after her disappearance. An officer headed to Carmel to serve papers on several witnesses.
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Los Angles
Aimee Semple McPherson Dvaggelist
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Mrs Hall Held In Jail In Double Murder Case
In Sumerville New Jersey Mrs Mesward Wheeler Hall a wealthy New Brunswick resident is jailed facing murder charges for the death of her husband the rector of St Johns Episcopal Church and Eleanor Mills a choir singer. State police and Jersey City officers served a four year span warrant with Middlesex County excluded from the probe as Governor Moore pledges a finish under his personal direction.
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New Brunswick
Bergen
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Eleanor R. Mills
Jersey City
Tholan
Middlesex County
Moore
Poincare's Bill Wins 19 to 13 Vote in Paris
Premier Poincare's bill to place France on a sound financial footing won approval in the Finance Committee by a 19 to 18 vote with one abstention. The panel will seek favorable parliamentary action and debate starts Saturday. Despite opposition, minor amendments were adopted as circles expect a comfortable majority.
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Paris
Poincare
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Two Hundred Die As Hurricane Pounds Caribbean Coast
The hurricane last night plowed the east coast of Florida then moved slowly westward toward Alabama. Officials estimated at least 215 lives lost with millions in property damage across Nassau Miami Palm Beach Stuart and the Indian River area. Dozens of ships sank off Sanoa Island Santa Domingo with dozens more perishing and many boats destroyed. Two more deaths were reported in Georgia and Florida.
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Santa Domingo
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Richard W Child urges third term for the president
Richard Washburn Child publicly argues that President Calvin Coolidge should seek a third term in 1928. He notes public credit for economy and fears a political misreading of future policy, while acknowledging the pressure on Coolidge and potential Republican contenders.
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Paul Smiths
Coolidge
Fdsel Ford
White House
Richard Washburn Child
Washington
Jefferson
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White Pine Camp
Muraike
Jury Indicts 90 In Massive Rum Ring Probe
About 90 Buffalo and Niagara Falls men were indicted by the federal grand jury in Jamestown on charges of violating prohibition laws. The alleged operation, tied to bootlegging, extended to Detroit and the Atlantic seaboard, and was a major source of bootleg liquor. Police seized 2,000 gallons of a 4,400 gallon poison liquor shipment and sought two alleged leaders, while chemists confirmed the poison was wood alcohol. Federal Attorney Templeton called the case the greatest strike against bootleggers to date.
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Buffalo
Niggara Palla
Peder AL Grand Jury
Jamestown
New York
Ontario
Davey” Burden
Leutenants
Nathan Bapowich
David Goldbegs
Richard H. Templeton
Hill Groomed For Burnhants Seat Amid Senate Aspirants
The article notes GOP figures eye Senate seats in multiple districts as party leaders groom potential candidates. George S. Hill is tied to the Twenty‑first district, Alfred W. Bugdick seeks the Twenty‑second, and John Caliwell may return to the Twenty‑third, with Thomas Finn and Joseph Cubelli among notable Ninth district contenders.
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George S. Hill
Republican Party
John T. King
State Central Committee
Twenty-first
William, E. Burnham
Board of Apportionment
Alfred W. Bugdick
Hag
Wiliam. A. Redden
John ¥. Caliwell
Arthur F. Connor
Thomas Finn
John A. Cornell
Teader
Edward T. Kelly
John H. Trumbull
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King
The
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Finn
Ninth di
Minister 18 Indicted in Norris Murder Case
Rev J Frank Norris pastor of First Baptist Fort Worth was indicted by the Tarrant County grand jury for the murder of lumberman D B Chipps in the church office on July 17 Mayor H C Meacham testified before the panel after two weeks of investigation Nearly twenty witnesses including many church members appeared The fourteen year old mystery witness who vanished was not called by district attorney
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Fort Worth
Texas
J. Frank Norris
First Baptist Dittren
Tarrant County
D. BE. Chipps
H. C Meacham
Chipps
Dr. Norris’ Church
Mother Wins Fight to Break Will
New York July 28 AP An order approving settlement of the contest to the will of W E Stokes hotel owner was signed by Surrogate Foley. Mrs Helen Finand Stokes filed for her two children not named in the will. W D Stokes Jr the principal beneficiary will transfer one third of the estate and related properties to his half brother and sister. The amount is estimated between 2 000 and 2 500 000 dollars.
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New York
W. E
Unoi
Philadelphia Policeman Drifted From Gangsters Found DaZed
Warry Schwirtz a Philadelphia policeman was found dazed in Vermont and taken to BURLANGTON from Ft Albans. Authorities say he was recovering from a powerful drug and memory was blank. The officer had been threatened after a raid on the Hottentot club at 1457 Third Street. Papers in his pocket include his October 22 1925 appointment signed by General Smedley Butler. He mentioned a route from Third Street to Sixth and Oxfox to Montgomery avenues.
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Burlangton
Vermont
Warry Schwirtz
Philadelphia
Ft. Albans
Schwartz
Dave
St Albans
Girl Stops Bus as Driver Collapses in Medford
Miss Alice Cardinal a stenographer grabbed the emergency brake when Boston elevated railroad bus driver Samuel Earl collapsed from acute indigestion. She halted the bus a few inches from a pole, saving passengers from injury. Earl received hospital treatment.
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Mas
Boston Elevated
Alice Cardinal
Samuel Earl
Connecticut Girl Thrust in Paris Cell by Sleuths
Lola Gates, a Connecticut tourist from a prominent family, was falsely jailed in Paris for alleged shoplifting at a department store near the opera. She spent two nights in custody before police and American officials intervened, revealing her innocence and prompting apologies.
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Connecticut
Paris
Lola Louise Gates
Saybrook
Gates
Capitol Reopen Shows Modern Exec Offices After 1979 Build
Hartford report says the state capitol offices are being refurbished for the first time since 1979 with an estimated cost of 7500 to 11000. Lt Governor Brainard presides at an extradition hearing in Frumbull’s absence as Wyoming conference continues. The governor’s private office features dull gold leaf ceilings and a harmony of brown-tinted walls and natural oak woodwork.
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Hartford
Capitol
Brainard
Frumbull
Wyoming
Twenty Governors Visit Wyoming Oil Fields
Twenty governors and families arrived by a twelve car special train from Cheyenne after a three day conference. They toured the Salt Creek oil fields and the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, viewing the Wyoming school land graft in section 36, which has yielded over 250 million dollars in royalties for the state in the last decade. The group planned a visit to Buffalo Bill’s former home at Cody and a three day tour of Yellowstone Park.
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Salt Creek
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
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Yellowsatane Park
Helen Wills Eye Shade Warns Of Vision Risk
Boston July 29 1AP Dr Joseph H ONeill president of the Massachusetts Society of Optometrists warns that eye shade visors popularized by Helen Wills on the courts pose danger to sight Photo phobia retina damage may result from excessive use Normal eye stimulus is reduced and vision may suffer says ONeill
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Boston
Joseph H. O'Nell
Masachusetts Society of Optometrists
Helen Wills
Br. O'Neil
Witness Tells of Money Paid to Voters League in Senate Row
Chicago July 29 AP witness testified to efforts to buy votes in the Jimnole senatorial primary. Thomas W. Cunningham of Philadelphia refused to disclose the source of a $50,000 contribution to William S. Ware’s campaign. East St. Louis newspaperman Timothy P. McCarthy said Charles Scendry of the Foreign Voters League offered $6,000 to back Frank L. Smith over Senator William B. McKinley, with $2,800 shown as a pledge on a day of public assertion. The Senate committee’s Democrat chair Reed warned Cunningham of contempt for failing to reveal funds. Cunningham is clerk of Philadelphia’s general sessions court.
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Jimnole
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Funda Committee
Timothy P. McCarthy
East St. Louis
Charles Scendry
Foreign Voters’ League
Frank L. Smith
William B. McKinley
McCarthy
Smith
Pepe
Scendry
Illinois Commerce Compission
Subway Workers Call Off Strike in New York
Leaders of the subway motormen and switchmen announced they ended the strike and would return to work with wages kept, but without restoring seniority. About 146 men will resume tomorrow after talks with Interborough officials.
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New York
Subway
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Weges
Edward P. Lavin
George Keegan
Frank Uedley
Interborough
Keegan
Hartford Girl Beaten and Attacked Before Fatal Crash
Eleanor Mulligan a 22 year old Hartford stenographer told doctors and detectives of a wild party that led to a brutal assault, a joy ride crash that killed Thomas McCory and injured Harold Light. McCory lay dead in the morgue and Light fought for life as hospital staff treated Mulligan for a severe jaw injury and other wounds.
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Tatrfield County Water Company
Sear Company
Connecticut
Paris
Marifold
Tella
Hartford
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic City Hospital
Eleanor Mulligan
Farmington Avenue
Sgartford
Conn
Thomas E. McCory
West 150Th Street
New York
Cologne
Mulligan
Harold Light
Elm Street
Yonkers
N. C
McCrory
Mexico City Catholic unrest and church orders
Mexico City reports detail alarming steps as Attorney General Ortega orders disarmament of Catholics amid rumored secret meetings. Explosions in a cathedral caused panic and injury. Archbishop Mora y Del Rio announces last services and priest withdrawals. Catholics plan prayers despite enforcement, amid tense nationwide religious regulations and diplomatic scrutiny.
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APY
Ortega
Mexico
Moraro del Rio
Reyes
Cez Wil
WHL
Mora Y del Rio
Pri
Universal Grafica
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All Catholica
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