Spaniard kills two El Paso lawyers in office shooting
Jove Marin, 67, a Spanish mine owner, killed Frank Lyons and Herbert Oppenheimer in a downtown El Paso office. He said the men owed him 250000 and had harassed him. Marin awaited police, was jailed, and could face murder charges next week with a possible self defense claim.
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Rytatved Press
el Paso
Tex
Jove Marin
Texas
Marin
Frank Lyons
Herbert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Lyons
Mexico
Maria
Boy 12 Ends Life While Exploring Rope Tricks
Chicago report describes 12 year old Johnny Dickinson son of lawyer Jacob M Dickerson who planned a big day and then was found hanged in a clothes closet after experimenting with a hangman’s noose. He was praised for intelligence and curiosity. family says he was excited by trans oceanic flight discussions.
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Chicago
Johnny Dickinson
Jacob M. Dickerson
Taft
Johnny
Dickinson
Mayor Curtis Aims to Ban Noise Citywide
Mayor C. Curtis orders police chief to curb early morning and late night noise from autos and trucks. Garbage collection at 3 a.m. will stop. He warns arrests for horn blowing engine revving and other unnecessary disturbances to protect residents’ rest.
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Curtis
C. Curtis
Paul Hexamer
Speeding Suspect Nabbed After Long Chase
H. B. Stewart Jr. of Akron was arrested Friday after speeding to 75 mph on Lake Coble road. Deputies Al Ball and Phil Heibach pursued him for miles, he tried to flee, and was brought to Canton. Justice Donald Smyth fined him 50 dollars plus costs.
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H. B. Stewart, Jr
Akron
al Ball
Phil Heibach
Lake Cable Road
Stewart
Canton
Donald Smyth
Children Hurt As Cars Crash In SW Canton
Eileen Allen six and Bobby Allen four, children of Mr and Mrs Daniel D Allen, suffered head lacerations when their mother's car collided with Artie McMaster's vehicle at the Harrison and Lith SW intersection. The accident occurred as McMaster's car exited a filling station and the children were taken to Aultman Hospital for treatment.
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Eileen Allen
Bobby Allen
Daniel D. Allen
Bedford
Artie McMaster
Prospect Av
Harrison Av
Lith St
McMaster
Aultman Hospital
Freight train carries unidentified white man to Willard yard
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train arrived in Willard Ohio with the body of a white man believed to be Walter Bell of Knoxville Tennessee on a car. Authorities partially identify him from his wallet contents and suspect a head injury from an overhead bridge.
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Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Walter Bell
Knoxville
Tenn
Multiple Fatal and Criminal Incidents Across Ohio
Ohio reports include a car rollover on National Road killing Fart Holycross and injuring Harry Baumgardner, a payroll theft by impostors totaling $1,100, a deadly airplane crash near Leavitteburg, and a death row inmate at the Ohio Penitentiary under guard after threats. A switchboard accident at Southern Ohio Electric killed Leslie Morrow, while Ferdinand Preuss unleashed a gun rampage in a crowded neighborhood, causing multiple deaths and injuries before taking his own life.
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Columbus
Doctor Sentenced for Narcotic Act Violation
June 1. Dr. Herbert H. Morgan of Portsmouth was sentenced to two and one half years in the federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to two counts in a Harrison narcotic act case. His sister Dr. Elizabeth Overhulser and her husband Dr. Lloyd Overhulser won continuances on the same charge.
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Pen Payton
Herbert H. Morgan
Portsmouth
Woman Admits Fire at Gallipolis Home
Mrs. Josephine Singleton, 50, signed an affidavit confessing she set fire to her two story home in Gallipolis Ohio yesterday. Police said she removed household goods and lit oily paper throughout the building. Insurance on the house and goods totaled 2300 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Josephine Singleton
Singleton
Slayer Hurls Self to Death in West Side Shootout
Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege led the search for Ferdinand Preuss who killed Sergt John Lee Conley with a pump gun before dying by suicide in his West Side basement. The Northwestern train crew found Preuss’s body at Kilbourney station and identified him by a Wisconsin fishing license. he was not armed and the revolver he claimed to carry was missing.
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Preuss
Rose Preuss
United Press
Rose
Ferdinand
Ferdy” Preuss
John Chorazak
Frank Vodicka
Gus Karos
Joseph J. Murphy
Conley
Hagberg
Ferdinand Preuss
Northwestern
John Stege
Sergt
John Lee Conley
Detective Bureau
West Madison
Chicago
Kilbourney
Wisconsin
West Side
Governor warns against bets at Brainbridge track
Gov warns county officers to stop gambling at Brainbridge race track citing Attorney General opinion. He urges local enforcement of state gambling laws and promises the full backing of the state as investigations proceed. Previously he had declined to comment on betting.
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Bainbridge
Joseph E. Johnson
Middlefield
Geauga Law Enforcement League
Cooper
Weat Jefferson
Atty
Virginia anti Smith Democrats urge Roanoke meet
Bishop James Cannon Jr urges Virginia anti Smith Democrats to nominate state officers who opposed Alfred E Smith in 1928. He says backing regular Democrats risks alienating Southern voters and prolongs the Smith Raskob leadership, potentially losing the South for good. He calls for a June 15 meeting in Roanoke to approve anti Smith candidates.
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Washington
Virginia
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cannon
J. C. Moss
L. F. Powell
National Democratic Party
Roanoke
John G. Pollard
G. Walter Mapp
Rosewell Page
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Wilson
Democratic Party
Smith-Raskob
Prosecutor Mum On Race Warning In Ohio Track Row
Geauga County prosecutor Richard Bostwick declined to comment on Governor Cooper's letter saying he will wait and see. Racing at Bainbridge track resumed a week ago using a contribution betting system where shares in horses are sold to bettors who then share in the winnings if the horse wins.
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Ohio
Visitors Barred From Molly Stark Sanatorium
The Molly Stark Sanatorium will not admit visitors until the building is ready for opening. Sightseers have entered the site, hindering workers and damaging fresh finishes. A formal public inspection will occur once the buildings are ready, but until then a strict no visiting rule is enforced.
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Molly Stark
Building Commission
Yale Dean Paints Optimistic Picture of 1929 College Man
Yale University Dean Clarence W Mendell speaks in New Haven about the modern college man. He says today’s students are alert, well rounded and capable, with varied interests, stronger scholarship focus, and a gradual decline in hard drinking since Prohibition. He notes curriculum agitation and increased student responsibility, while denying a rise in overall drinking despite more hard liquor use.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Clarence W . Mendel
Yale University
Old Connecticut Hall
Nathan Hale
Dean Mendel
Mendell
Dean Mendell
Portes Gil Intervenes to End Railway Strike in Mexico
President Portes Gil acts as mediator to ease railway labor unrest by promising jobs for 200 striking workers who halted at the Supreme Court, awaiting a vacancy-based solution after the court ruled the 1926 strike illegal. The National University strike for autonomy continues as congress plans a special session.
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United Press
Mexico City
Emile Portes Gil
Mexican Supreme Court
Portes Gil
Supreme Court
National University
Iron Workers Strike Halts City Construction
In Chicago on June 1, more than 4200 workers suspend work affecting 900000 dollars of new projects after the Bridge and Structural Workers Union ordered a walkout. The dispute centers on daily wages, with union demands at 13 to 14 dollars and current scales at 12.50, while employers push to 12.
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Chicago
Bridge and Structural Workers’ Union
Slater Opens New Cal Crim Agency in Cleveland
Ora M. Slater long known for Canton murder case work leaves Cincinnati and becomes head of a new Cal Crim Agency in Cleveland. The agency opens Saturday and will operate independently from the former Cincinnati outfit now based in Cleveland.
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Ora M. Slater
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Slater
Cal Crim
Heat wave ends as north breeze cools Canton
A two day Canton heat wave ends Friday night with a cooling north wind. Temperatures fall 26 degrees from 2 pm Friday to 6 am Saturday. Readings rise to 68 at midnight then drop to 58 around 3 am and reach 52 by 6 am, remaining until 8 am as the sun returned.
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Canton
Legion Band to Attend Northeastern Rally in Warren
The American Legion band of Canton with 45 members will meet at the Legion house at 4 and travel by bus to Warren for a major rally in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Carl McNutt will address the gathering as national commander of the American Legion.
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American Legion Band of
Canton
Warren
Legion
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Four Year Old Virginia Leahy Dies After Illness
Virginia Leahy four daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leahy of 1437 Gibbs Ave NE died after a week of critical illness at Little Flower Hospital. She had measles five weeks before hospitalization and an earlier mastoid operation. She belonged to St. Peter's Catholic Church. Survived by parents, brother William, sister Margaret, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidt of Canton. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Virginia Leahy
Joseph Leahy
Gibbs Av
Little Flower Hospital
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Barther
William
Margaret
William Schmidt
Canton
Bender's reapportionment plan seeks ballot spot
Senator George Bender of Cleveland accuses chambers of commerce and tax groups of opposing his reapportionment amendment while stating petitions are circulating nationwide with about 7 000 raised and 1 700 Cleveland Chamber of Commerce signatures already pledged to back the November ballot question.
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J. W. Fisher
Chambers of Commerce
Bender &Clared
Sen. Bender
Uniform Rule Tax League
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
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Cuyahoga Co
Athens
Southern Ohio Electric Co
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Morrow
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Smith
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Gil
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