Firestorms in Washington tied to veteran arsonist
Seven fires struck the national capital from midnight to dawn, blamed on a former World War veteran and patient at Walter Reed. John J. Fischer, 29, admitted starting three fires but denied responsibility for all. Firefighters from Washington and surrounding cities tackled major blazes, with one targeting a five and ten store and a lumber yard transition to dawn containment.
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Washington
National
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
John J. Fischer
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Fischer
Fallsburg
N. Y
TimothyDaly
Daly
Polent
Popatins
Shelby
Pennsylvania Av
Capitol
Treasury
Tenth St
Feed and Coal Company
14Th
Belmont Streets
Belmont
General Stark commends sheriff over headlight law drive
The General praises Sheriff Ed Gibson and Chief Deputy George Daily for a cooperative approach to headlight and taillight violations on county roads. After a crackdown that arrested over a dozen motorists, deputies will now simply warn violators and offer repairs when asked, prioritizing safety over punishment.
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Eneral Stark
Ed Gibson
George A. Daily
Stark
Gibson
Coolidge Leaves Havana After Pan American Visit
President Coolidge sails for the United States escorted by six destroyers after a two day Pan American conference trip in Havana. Thousands cheer as he leaves the city and delegates begin closing business sessions at the University of Havana with a non political agenda.
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Havana
Coolidge
United States
Key West
Cuba
Texas
National Theater
Machado
University of Havana
Gerardo Machado Y Morales
Baby clothes spark agita in Canton Daily News office
Canton Chamber president A Mccuskey received a package of baby garments sent to Molly Stark of Canton Daily News by Minerva. The mix up links to Molly Stark Creamery and Salvation Army reports praising jail outreach. An absent minded man is oddly referenced in the ending note.
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E A. M'Cuskey
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Canton Daily News
McCuskey
Canton
Mr. McCuskey
Mr. McCurkey
Molly Stark Creamery Co
Molly Stark
Minerva
James Thompson
Salvation Army
Ohio Penitentiary
Mansfield Reormatory
Thompson
Will Rogers notes cautious Havana speech in exile column
Will Rogers writes from Havana criticizing the president for a cautious speech on Cuba and other nations. He compares the president unfavorably to Lindbergh as an ambassador, praising punctuality and urging timely action.
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Will Rogers
Havana
Cuba
Lindbergh
Father Admits Killing Baby in Kentucky Case
Winchester Kentucky January 17 Jailer J J Hammond says Robert H Pitts 35 has admitted he killed his daughter Mary Madeline three but refuses to exonerate his co defendent Mrs Marie Frazier jointly charged with Pitts in the murder The crime occurred two weeks ago near Greenup Kentucky Pitts and Mrs Frazier were secreted to Winchester jail to avert mob violence Mrs Frazier had claimed Pitts killed her 20 months old son earlier yesterday and accused Pitts of the act
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Winchester
J. J. Hammond
Robert H. Pitts
Mary Madeline
Marie Frazier
Pitts
Greenup
Frazier
Prohibition Seen as Leading Issue in 1928 Campaign
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas spoke at the North Baptist Church in Philadelphia. He said prohibition would be the paramount issue in the coming presidential campaign and predicted Governor A Smith would head the Democratic ticket. Capper also forecast the Republican nomination fight would be between Frank Lowden and Herbert Hoover.
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Philadelphia
Arthur Capper
Kansas
North Baptist Church
Capper
A. Smith
Frank O. Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Veteran’s case up Tuesday in mandamus action
World War II veteran Sergt Edgar M Halyburton seeks release from Stark county workhouse. The suit asks the court of appeals for a writ against workhouse superintendent John Boyer to honor an insolvency commission order under the old act. Boyer had ignored the order citing a prior judge’s ruling.
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Edgar M. Halyburton
Stark Co
Court of Appeals
John Boyer
Workhouse
Two Auto Accidents Add To Ohio Toll
In Columbus Charles A. Cashdollar a 69 year old night watchman was killed when his car struck him as he returned to work. Russell Matthews surrendered to police after a nervous collapse blaming a slippery street. Marshall Sherman Beathard of London died from injuries suffered January 8. Glen Adrian of London died from injuries in a Sunday crash.
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Columbus
Charles A. Cashdollar
Marshall Sherman Beathard
London
Cashdollar
Russell Matthews
Matthews
Beathard
Glen Adrian
International Red Cross meeting opens on civilian protection
Forty experts from 15 nations attend the opening of a five day Red Cross committee meeting on protection of civilian populations against poison gas warfare.
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Brussus
Red Cross Committee
Wer
Seven Die as Furnace Collapses at Feldingen Foundry
In the Saar district German plant Feldingen Steel Foundry a furnace collapse and explosion killed seven workers and injured fifteen. Rescue teams searched the site as authorities investigated the tragedy.
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Berlin
Feldingen Steel
Saar
Sleuths Seek Lost Student at Smith College
Three New York detectives arrived in Northampton Massachusetts to aid in the search for Frances St John Smith an eighteen year old first year student missing since Friday from Smith College. Clues and motives remain unclear with theories of self harm or kidnapping discounted. Fellow student Joy Kimball from Newton is named in a possible motive context though no conclusive reason for her disappearance is found.
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Northampton
Mass
New York
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Miss Smith
Connecticut
John Smith
William Allan Neilson
Suspect Held in Murder Case In Chicago
Marian Kirk, a slim Tow a girl and friend of Betty Chambers, is held for Bettys murder after police tie her to the crime scene. Evidence includes fingerprints on adhesive tape and objects in the room, with a blow to head and an electric cord found near the victim. Betty Chambers was last seen alive before her death.
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Chicago
Betty” Chambers
Marian Kirk
Betty
Miss Kirk
Bank Robber Morton to Appeal Habeas Corpus
Big Jim Morton, a Cleveland and Detroit bank robber, will appear before the Columbus appeals court at 10 a m January 31 seeking release on a writ of habeas corpus. Attorney General C C Crabbe filed the petition after Morton was paroled to Detroit in 1926 and later secretly returned to the penitentiary when Detroit authorities failed to convict him.
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Columbus
Big Jim" Morton
Cleveland
Detroit
State
Atty
C. C. Crabbe
Morton
Crabbe
Chicago bishop cites few intoxicated in years of service
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago told an anti saloon league audience in South Bend Indiana that in his three and a half years there he had seen only five intoxicated persons.
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Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Edwin Holt Hughes
Car Upsets Leave Man Dead in Dallas
F Roy Rigrish a 35 year old Indianapolis salesman was crushed to death when his car overturned in Dallas on January 17. The accident occurred as the vehicle rolled over resulting in fatal injuries. He was reportedly alone at the time.
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Dallas
Tex
F. Roy Rigrish
Indianapolis
Kaiser Bill Dog Given Reprieve in Mt Sterling Court
In Mt Sterling Kentucky the police dog Kaiser Bill condemned to death for killing 86 ewes received a reprieve. A circuit court briefed the dog’s owner Minnie Gay to return tomorrow for date setting on appeal.
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MT. Sterling
Kaiser Bill
Circuit Court
Minnie Gay
Marines Kill Rebel Leader in Nicaragua Conflict
In Nicaragua on January 17 a Gen Augustino Sandino rebel leader Gen Mendes was killed by U S Marines amid a Geronimo Range clash near San Albino. The Marines seized the rebels equipment as Maj Gen Lejeune inspected the force and praised their care and conditions.
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Gen. Mendes
Lejeune
Managua
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
United States
Mendes
Geronimo Range
San Albino
United States Marine Forces
United States Marine Corps
Tam
United Press
Arrests in Columbus Solve Regional Robbery Ring
Three men Harry Ray 22 and his son 19 both of Columbus John Sims 21 and John Radock 21 of Coshocton were arrested in a rooming house in Columbus. Detectives say the group is tied to burglaries and holdups across Ohio and neighboring states including Kentucky Pennsylvania and several cities. Loot from Columbus was found in their rooms along with license plates from three states.
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Columbus
Ohio
Up & Score
Insull Fosters Opera Program Across Midwest
Samuel Insull, Chicago utilities magnate, plans to finance a foundation to bring grand opera to towns within 500 miles of Chicago. The Chicago Grand Opera Co sponsor aims to reach small middlewestern communities with suitable stages, hoping to foster wide public musical appreciation comparable to Europe.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Chicago Grand Opera Co
Insul
Protest Petition Seeks Lower Fares for Canton Route
About 300 residents of Mt Marie Reedurban petition Northern Ohio Power and Light Co to cut Canton Reedurban Mt Marie fares from 10 to 6 cents and Canton Jackson Lane to 8.5 cents. Petition cites 100 percent turnout and calls for ticket books to reduce per ride cost. Company official notes five cent student tickets exist, but not for adults, and no planned reductions for Reedurban Mt Marie and Canton Massillon routes.
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Mt. Marie
Reedurban
Northern Ohio Power & Light Co
Canton
Jackson Lane
Canton-Massillon
R. E. Dawson
Reed
Jackson
Henry D. Bercaw
Southern Division
N.O. P
State Utilities Commission
Commission
Massillon
Rush Run Mine Opens Tuesday After Riots
Steubenville tale reports Rush Run mine of the Y and O Coal Co reopen today after Friday riots. Sheriff W T Allison says deputies will guard workers. Wolf Run and Dunglen mines push to start Feb 1 with 60 men cleaning interiors and 11 uniformed deputies on patrol.
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Steubenville
Rush Run
Y. & O. Coal Co
Clyde Roberts
W. T. Allison
Wolf Run
Dunglen
Allison
Woman Takes Life With Gun In New York
Dr Shep herd Povlin a young interne witnessed his wife steal a revolver from a bureau drawer and shoot herself in the bathroom. He fled, wrote a note to explain, and police later ruled the death a suicide after finding a note by the wife.
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New York
Shepherd Povlin
Savool
Man Confesses in North Jackson Killing as 11 Indictments Nolled
Youngstown Jan 17 Eleven indictments for manslaughter in the North Jackson killing were nolled by Prosecutor Ray L Thomas and assigned to Curtis Jones who was also indicted. Jones confessed he fired the shot that killed Tony Pope a farmhand during a band of armed men incident.
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Youngstown
North Jackson
Tony Pope
Ray L. Thomas
Nolles
Curtis Jones
Jones
Popo
Owosso Man Captured in Flint Slay of Dorothy Schneider
A resident of Owosso, Dolph Hotelling, was arrested at his home and taken to the Genesee County jail after confessing to abducting and killing 6 year old Dorothy Schneider of Flint. mobs formed outside the jail as guards kept order.
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Flint
Mich
Adolph Hotelling
Owosso
Dorothy Schneider
State Reformatory
Ionia
Hotelling
Genessee Co
Genesseco
Hickman
Los Angeles
Dorothy
Church of Christ
Harold Lottridge
Sheriff's Search For Estle Slayer In Ohio Thwarted
In Washington Courthouse Ohio sheriff and deputies conducted a manhunt for the killer of Ed Estle a 50 year old man found shot at his home Sunday. A bullet in the temple and a hat pulled down over his head puzzled investigators as wife offered no motive. The search focuses on discovering the slayer and restoring calm to the town.
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Washington Courthouse
Sherif Ramsay
Ed Estle
Estle
Eastle
Auto crashes through ice on Lake Mendota
Two people are believed drowned after a car plunged through the ice of Lake Mendota in Madison Wisconsin on January 17 Fishermen watching the lake saw the automobile disappear beneath the surface
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Madison
Wis
Lake Mendota
German Duke Dies At Meininger Court
Duke Bernhard von Sachsen Meiningen dies at 76 in Meiningen Germany. Brother in law of the former Kaiser. his death noted as a significant royal connection in German circles.
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Meiningen
Germany
Bernhard von Sachsen
Slaying Focus Shifts From Hickman Case to Michigan Crime
In Oswosso Michigan relatives say Adolph Hotelling, the confessed killer of Dorothy Schneider, followed the Hickman Parker murder until shifting fascination to the Michigan crime. Hotelling, wandering in unknown detention, faces public hatred after being moved from Flint to Lansing and possibly to Ionia Reformatory. His wife Ruby Hotelling recalls his violent denunciations and stated he wished to shoot the culpable man.
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Owosso
Mich
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
Adolph Hotelling
Dorothy Schneider
Michigan
Hotelling
Flint
Lansing
Ionia Reformatory
Ruby Hotelling
Hickman Claims Apparition Visited Before Marion Parker Murder
William Edward Hickman recounted to deputy district attorney Forrest Murray that a white light appeared in his jail cell and vowed he would not be punished for the Marion Parker kidnapping and killing. Murray viewed the tale as a tactic to feign insanity to avoid the gallows.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Hickman
Forrest Murray
California
Murray
Cold Wave Misses Canton Again
The weatherman’s forecast of a cold wave for Canton has not materialized as mild temperatures continue. Earlier predictions for Tuesday and Wednesday were fair and Monday failed to reach the expected low, suggesting the cold spell may not arrive this week.
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Canton
Ten Hurt As Two Freight Trains Collide In Hardy
Ten people were injured in a head on collision of two freight trains near Hardy Arkansas. Wreckage covered the area for several yards and included crew members and passengers in box cars with several seriously hurt.
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Hardy, Ark
King Ben Alive Report Claims He Is Not Dead
Ashland Kentucky reports in the Carter County Herald that Dr. James Stallard visited Olive Hill and said that King Ben Purnell is likely alive and newly in Australia. An old shoemaker in the House of David colony may have been substituted for him when a death story appeared.
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Ashland
King Ben
Carter County Herald
Olive Hil
James Stallard
House of David
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ben” Purnell
Stallard
Kansas City
Herald
Ben
Australia
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