Bobby Jones Captures 1927 Amateur Golf Title in Blowout
Bobby Jones defeated Charles Evans of Chicago 8 and 7 to win the national amateur golf championship. Jones led early, stretched his advantage to seven up, then finished decisively, with a late miscue by Evans costing a tied halved hole on the 29th green. Jones appeared cordial yet grave, signaling the event’s serious tone.
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Minneapolis
Aus
Bobby Jones
Charles Evans
Chicago
Atlanta
Rock
Bobby
Jones
Hvans
Redfern Flight Ends With No Rio Reach
Reports from Rio de Janeiro Para and Pernambuco say Paul Redfern and the Port of Brunswick are missing after a Thursday takeoff toward Brunswick Georgia. Officials note 618 gallons Raseline insufficient beyond 61 hours 48 minutes leaving no hope of reaching Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Paul Redfern
Brunswick
Here
Redfern
Georgia
Amazon
Para
Pernambuco
Macapa
Gurupa
United States
Rio de Janiero
Campo Dos Alfonsos
Redfern Flight Committee
Brunswick-to-Brazil
Myer
Paul Warner
Warner
Bela Gaza Iles to Be Buried in Jonesport Me
Bela Gaza Iles a prominent Lancaster medical figure will be buried in Jonesport Maine. He died after a lingering illness and had recently led Lancaster hospital staff before moving from St. Is hospital New Brunswick to this country at age 18 from Hungary.
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Bela Gaza
Lancaster
Jonesport
Ncaster
Bela Gaza Iles
Dr. Iles
St. Is Hospital
New Brunswick
Hungary
Iriking Miner Shot in Leg in Moonshine
Iriking Miner Eral Long aged 28 was shot in the leg yesterday near Moonshine amid a confrontation with a crowd of union sympathizers. No arrests or charges had been made today as Don Caldwell and county critics investigate the incident.
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Inbridge
Eral Long
Ing Mer
Union men fail to report at White Brick Co plant
In Lexington on August 27 Munton men did not report to work at the White Brick Co plant. A union day demonstration was planned but Harley McNabb and deputies were present to prevent disorder, keeping the scene quiet for the day.
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IEW
Lexington
Pauline Garon and Lowell Herman to separate
Los Angeles reports Pauline Garon film actress has decided to separate from Lowell Herman after more than a year of separation rumors. The news appeared in a journal noting her stage performances. In New York, he is said to no longer be responsible for his acts.
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S Angeles
Lowell
Pauline Garon
Nfe.p
Sher
New York
Debs Memorial Fund Buys WSOM Station in North Carolina
The Debs Memorial Fund purchases WSOM in Woodhaven North Carolina and seeks 250000 to support the station. They request call letters changed to WDEBS aiming to rally the American public and capture the public imagination, per secretary G August Gerber.
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New York
Debs
Fake Canton $5 Bills Cropped to $20 Spur Secret Service Probe
Sheriff Ed Gibson reports spurious five dollar notes circulated as twenty. Secret Service operative William Harper says action hinges on solid information. Canton Bank & Trust Co. passed a fake bill. Canton police chief John Wise and Detective Capt. Ed Swope assist.
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Canton
United States Secret Service
Ed Gibson
William
Harper
Cleveland
Secret Service Department
Federal Department
Canton Bank & Trust Co
Police Department
John #4
Wise
Ed Swope
Church Adopts Pastors Policy on Minister Standards
Columbus August 27. United Brethren church conference orders quarterly meetings not to recommend candidates who have not passed required tests. Committee on candidates to the ministry says they were often embarrassed by refusals of candidates already recommended at quarterly conferences.
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United Brethren Conference
Columbus
United Brethren Church
Mine Situation in Ohio Calms After Turbulent Days
Aug 27 Columbus Ohio. Repeated minor disturbances passed and Ohio coal fields were becalmed under vigilance of the Ohio National Guard led by Gov Donahey. No peace in sight as non union efforts grow in eastern Ohio while operators in other regions pledge to follow to protect markets.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gov. Donahey
Ohio National Guard
Bomb Found By Boys On Roxbury Trolley Car
Two Roxbury youths located what appeared to be a bomb on a trolley car in Boston. The improvised device used a two and a half pound baking powder can about a foot long and filled with heavy black powder. The car passed near the Bacco-Vanzetti funeral procession route.
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Boston
Roxbury
Filling Station Bandits Prey At Cleveland Street
A bandit with a revolver held a station attendant at bay at the Mid-Continent Co. filling station on Cleveland av and 6th st SW. One bandit escaped with $31 in change and an undetermined amount. Attendant Fisher was unharmed and told to stay in the anteroom for a couple of minutes while the other robber fled. Fisher gave police a description of the suspect.
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Mid-Continental Co
Cleveland Av
Aalberg
Cy Wehes
Fisher
Even License Tags Are No Insurance for Dogs at Pound
A county dog pound put to death 26 dogs Friday morning in a large killing day. Two fine hounding dogs on the left and a collie with a brass tag on his collar died after facing the firing squad. The Chesapeake Bay hound and collie were described as household pets.
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Dog Pound
New charges eyed after Kinsey Schoepfer ouster hearing
Monroe Michigan August 27 new charges in the southern Michigan crime investigation loom after the ouster hearing of Sheriff Joseph Kinsey and Justice Fred Schoepfer set for September 5 before Probate Judge Carl Francke. Prosecution by William Albraith will present evidence with a Gov Green decision on ousters.
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Monroe
Mich
Michigan
Joseph Kinsey
Fred Schoepfer
Carl Francke
Kinsey
Fred Green
William Haas
Joth Boys Plan /A 60 Reunion in Columbus
Wartime soldiers of the 837th Division AEF plan reunions in Columbus. Maj. John Edwards, secretary of the Alvision, says only time remains before veterans gather to recall how the division won the war. A unit review will open the event with talks by Maj. Gen. Nolan Gov Donahey Senator Fess and Judge Mathias. Mayor Thomas to welcome the 1917 veterans.
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Columbus
837Th
United Press
Canton Daily News
John Edwards
Alvision
Maj. Edwards
Statehouse
D. BE. Nolan
Vic Donahey
Simeon D. Fess
E. 8. Mathias
James J. Thomas
Boston police mobilized for Sacco-Vanzetti funeral
Boston police chief Crowley orders the entire force to guard the march route for the Sacco-Vanzetti funeral procession. Police may clash with mourners if the cortege attempts to pass the state house. A permit for a 30 piece band was refused by the defense committee to keep a direct route to Forest Hills cemetery via the state house and Boston common.
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Boston
Michael A. Crowley
State House
Defense Committee
Forest Hille
Boston Common
Match Purns Prove Fatal
Three year old Richard Roberts died in a house fire at Mt. Vernon Alexandria. His five year old brother Robert escaped unharmed after his mother suffered burns while trying to rescue Richard. Firemen recovered the charred body. The boys were playing with matches.
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Alexandria
Richard Roberts
Mt. Vernon
Robert
Richard
Imatches
Third Accident May Cost Life
New York report details Mrs. Ethel Palmer a 37 year old Brooklyn editor’s wife in danger after her third accident with a radio set in under a year she inhaled battery acid causing internal hemorrhages while dusting her husband’s radio and singing. Earlier incidents include a severe arm burn from a high tension wire and a ruined trunk full of clothes after a radio battery split in mid Atlantic.
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New York
Ethel Palmer
Brooklyn
Mid Atlantic
Four in Family Poison Victims
In Urbana on August 27 officials investigated a poisoning case involving four members of the Yorko family who drank coffee from a sample left on their porch. They were stricken but are recovering. other samples found in the neighborhood caused no illness. Police suspect the porch sample was poisoned but no motive is established.
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Urbana
John Yorko
Yorbo
Violet Hawkins Cook
Eva Reed
Minnesota Governor Travels With Mrs Christianson and Judge Hallam
Madison Wisconsin August 427 the Minnesota governor and Mrs Theodore Christianson along with Judge and Mrs Oscar Hallam Bt Paul were in Madison last night and continued by motor to Buffalo New York today continuing their journey.
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Minnesota
Madison
Wis
Theodore Christianson
Oscar Hallam
Paul
Buffalo
Walker Enjoys German Beer and Baden Baden Races
Berlin Aug 27 Mayor James J Walker said German beer exceeded his expectations before leaving for Baden Baden to attend the Baden Baden horse races. He noted his Red Cross decoration from President Windenburg as his fondest remembrance of Germany and likened it to a tribute to New York.
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Berlin
James J. Walker
Baden Baden
Red Cross
Windenburg
Germany
New York
Dry agent jailed through error in Cleveland incident
In Cleveland on August 27 a dry agent, Frank Lerch, reported his car stolen then learned it had been used by his wife. A police officer stopped Lerch, drew his revolver, and escorted him to central station after Lerch refused to go. They later shook hands after explanations at headquarters.
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Cleveland
Central Station
Frank Lerch
J. Baughenbaugh
Lerch
Ciry
Roby Texas Slayings Spur Manhunt for Slayers
Posse activity surged across the Roby area after the slayings of Sheriff Robert Smith and Deputy Sheriff Jacek Owens. George Conaster, a farm hand employed by Bill Smith, and an accomplice named Il! Smith were sought following the discovery of the two officers shot in their automobile on a highway near Smith’s residence.
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Roby
Texas
Smith
eGorge Conaster
Robert Smith
Jacek Owens
Conaster
Bill Smith
Owens
Two serious hit and run accidents shock Irving area
Two motorists fled after injuring people Saturday night in Irving. A 5 year old, Irving Rinehart, suffered possible skull fracture. 1003 Greenfield at SW resident Mrs Margaretta Shirley broken collarbone and other injuries. Multiple other crashes reported with several injuries and DUI arrests.
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Irving Rinehart
Margaretta Shirley
Greenfield
Quakers Vie Over Court Criticism Rights
At the Indiana meeting in Richmond, the largest Quaker body adopted a resolution asserting constitutional rights of citizens to criticize court decisions without contempt charges. The move is linked to a recent Indiana Supreme Court fine and sentence against FE.8. Shumaker, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Indiana.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana Meeting of Friends
Indiana Supreme Court
Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League of Indiana
Wife pleads as bank manager husband goes missing
Cincinnati report says Emil Beineke Jr the Provident Savings Bank manager has been missing since Aug 18. His wife Mrs Emil Beineke Jr and bank officials release no word. She worries for their four children as audits proceed at the main office.
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Cincinnati
Emil Beineke, Jr
North Side
Provident Savings Bank & Trust Co
Civil Engineer Slain After Payroll Heist Near New York
Judson H. Pratt civil engineer and assistant construction superintendent for T. Rhodes Inc was found shot to death after leaving the offices with a $5 000 payroll bound for a project Police found Pratt in his car in a desolate area of the Brenn. The payroll was missing, suggesting a robbery with deadly outcome.
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New York
Judson H. Pratt
T. Rhodes, Inc
Pratt
Officials to Discourage Stunting by Aviators
Washington reports from Rio de Janeiro and the Brunswick flight committee outline new rules to curb stunt flying amid risks to life. Navy and army air officials, along with civilian aviation spokesmen, stress caution as the Pride of Detroit nears completion of a passenger ocean circumnavigation attempt.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Brunswick Flight Committee
Paul Redfern
Army
Navy
Department of Commerce
Detroit
Globe
Seaplane Pilot Backs Theory Redfern Off Course
Seaplane pilot Robert Moore, returning from the Bahamas, believes Paul Redfern might have been forced down near Great Abaco or pushed eastward off course toward the open sea. Bahamas official John Salter reportedly concurs. A tropical storm near Hopetown, Great Abaco, was cited as the cause of high winds in the area.
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Redfern
Miami
Fla
Paul Redfern
Georgia
South America
Great Abaco Island
Bahamas
Robert Moore
John R. Salter
Moore
Sal
Ter
Hopetown
Great Abaco
Abaco
San Salvador
Pride of Detroit Over Atlantic On World Flight
Pride of Detroit continues its 22 117 mile world flight from Harbor Grace to Croydon. Pilot William Brook and navigator Edward Schlee take off at 6 44 am EST amid cheering crowds. The monoplane flew at about 1906 feet as they head toward Ireland with an expected 18 to 20 hour leg.
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N. F
Charles A. Lindberg
Detroit
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Greenwich
California
William 8. Brook
Edward F. Schlee
Croyden
London
England
Croydon
Nure
Persia
India
Japan
American
Linten Wells
Edsward Evans
Brock
Behlee
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