Giant hobo army moves as Chicago ends crackdown
Chicago reports the roaming hobo college graduates head west after a winter schooling run. Police stage a weekend drive that nets nearly 100 offenders including drunks and trespassers amid robberies and a busy city crackdown.
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Canton Daily News
Chicago
Hobo College
E. L. Schaub
Northwestern University
Jacob &. Coxey
Coxey’s
Army” Fame
Ben L. Reitman
Dr. Reitman
Martin
Widow at 16 A schoolgirl, a wife and a widow
A New York teenager known as Mrs Louis Carvello became a widow at sixteen after her husband, also sixteen, shot himself when it seemed their marriage would be annulled.
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Louis Carvello
New York
Rising Waters Flood Oil City
Oil City Pa March 22 rising waters flood the city with an industrial plant shut down and bridges threatened by ice floes. More than 3,000 workers idle. post office city hall Y M A schoolhouse flooded as Sil Creek backs up. Rail service limited. Erie and New York Central suspended.
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Oil City
Sil Creek
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Erie
New York Central
Franklin
Big Rock
Oli City
Gloria Swanson Stricken by Influenza in New York
Screen star Gloria Swanson is ill in her New York apartment after contracting influenza. The report notes she is slightly better and under medical care.
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New York
Mar
Gloria - Ees
25 Reported Dead in Quake at Adalia Turkey
London dispatch reports twenty five killed in a quake at Adalia Turkey. Daily News Dispatch from Constantinople said today. The item notes casualties and quake damage with no further details.
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London
Mar
Enathquake
Adalia
Turkey
Daily News Dispatch
Constantinople
Egan, 70, sentenced after liquor manufacturing plea
W C Egan, 70, pleaded guilty before Judge Kirchbaum to manufacturing liquor. He was sentenced to one to five years in the penitentiary and fined $500 plus costs. Deputies found a still at his Canton Massillon road home. He had been jailed after defying bondsmen and a private detective seeking arraignment.
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W.cc. Egan
Kirchbaum
Canton-Massillon
Egan
Safecrackers Enter Union Gas Office in Middletown
Professional safecrackers raided the Union Gas and Electric Co offices in Middletown and stole Saturday receipts totaling about 2000 to 3000 dollars. The burglary was found when the office opened this morning by staff.
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Middletown
Union Gas & Electric Co
Russian White Agents Plan Paris Conference Leadership Swap
Russian White agents operate across border states arranging attendance at a Paris conference in April. The plan aims to install Grand Duke Nicholas as head of the anti Bolshevist movement, sidelining Grand Duke Cyril.
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Stockholm
Paris
Nicholas
Cyril
Nine ships launched at once in Norfolk yard spectacle
In Norfolk Virginia today nine ships slid down the ways at five minute intervals as the keels of three more ships were laid. About sixty thousand people witnessed the unprecedented peace time launch event marking a major shipyard achievement.
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Norfolk
Two Die In Toledo Edison Repair Truck Overturn
Toledo and Cleveland report multiple traffic tragedies. In Toledo two crewmen Campbell and Krause died when their repair truck overturned into a ditch, Moore and Mariugh injured as the truck slid off White House road. In Cleveland two killed and a dozen injured in several crashes including Paul Klein and his wife.
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Toledo
Mar
John Campbell
Leonard Krause
Ian Moore
Vernon Mariugh
Defiance
Toledo-Edison Company
White House
Campbell
Krause
Moore
Cleveland
Paul Klein
Bay Village
Vermillion
Laurel Hastings
Captured Yegg Identified in Millville Post Office Raid
One of three post office burglars captured by Sheriff Harry Flynn in front of the Millville post office was identified by Providence detectives as George Tracey. Tracey is described as a leading and desperate bandit in post office robberies.
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Blackstone
Maass
Harry Flynn
Millville
Providence
R. 1
George Tracey
Inez Osborne Arrested on Assault to Murder Charge
Chicago report states Miss Inez Osborne a telephone company instructor was arraigned in bonds of 2500 for assault to murder after Beatrice Caine wife of an American Can Co official claimed Osborne entered her home and struck her with a golf club and a revolver until she agreed to divorce.
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Chicago
Inez Osborne
Pretty Telephone Company
Beatrice Caine
American Can Co
Miss Osborne
Illinois City Quake Shakes Town and Fans Uneasy
A minor earthquake jolted the area around Illinois City and Harrisburg for about 18 seconds this morning. Dishes rattled and overcast skies worsened the gloom, but no serious damage was reported as heavy rain persisted overnight.
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Harrisburg
Ilinois
Lengel Police Chief Hearing Delayed as City Builds Case
City lawyers plot a five day campaign as the Lengel inquiry resumes Tuesday morning. Holliday returns to stand with Amerman finishing cross examination after a two day recess. The case hinges on testimony about nonpartisan actions surrounding the ex chief and police leadership.
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S. A. Lengel
Price Janson
James Amerman
Sam W. Stolliday
Ball
James A. Rice
Amerman
Holliday
Police Department
Store Bandits Murder Guard at Franklin Dept Store
Authorities in Franklin, D. Mar 22, placed Cincinnati detectives on a robbery and homicide case after night policeman J. A. Benge, 56, was shot and killed during a store raid on the E. B. Thirkield and Sons company department store. A bandit was believed wounded. radio alerts to hospitals and doctors were issued as crews pursued the robbers. Loot value not yet known.
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Franklin, D
Mar
Cincinnati
J. A. Benge
E. B. Thirkield and Sons Company
Old Time Fiddlers Contest and Dance in Canton
Canton hosts an old fashioned fiddlers contest open to ages 45 and up with three gold prizes and a loved cup for top winners. An old time dance band and a local orchestra will provide music, with 50 cent admission and proceeds to charity. Submissions require a coupon and photographs.
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Canton
Canton Daily News
Ohio
Chestra
Daily News
City Auditorium
Four Star Knife Slaying in Chicago Liquor Party
E R Ratcliffe, a Chicago negro employed at United Alloy Steel, died from four stab wounds after a liquor party at 2018 Blecker Pl NE. Inez Porter Jones, 25, is jailed on murder charges. Lottie Scanlon faces cutting with intent. Witnesses include James Embree and C C Hurd who claims involvement in two related stabbings.
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John Mills
Walnut
Gang
Diebold Safe and Lock Company
Dominick Festagerlla
Liberty
Mills
Festagerlla
10Th St
Taxi Slim
C. Wamser
Cleveland Av
Arnold Cheney
E. R. “Rat” Ratcliffe
Chicago
United Alloy Steel Corporation
Inez Porter Jones
Blecker Pl
Lottie Scanlon
Houselav SE
C. C. Hurd
Brecker Rd
Ifurd
Ratcliffe
TC. McQuate
James Embree
TI. C. Hurd
Hurd
McQuate
Urd
Hlouser Stail
Canton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Beckers
Silk Stockings Led to Capture Of Sheik Bandit
In Russia's first American model gang, leader Arcady Kulakoff is sentenced to death and his flapper lieutenant Katy Scheftzova to six years for the $75,000 post office robbery in Leningrad. Katy’s silk stockings bought from smugglers led to arrest. two others get three-year terms.
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Senningrad
Russia
Araddy Kulakoff
Flapper
Leutenant
Katy Scheftzova
Arcady
Katy
Vera Lebedivia
Leningrad
Senate Orders Day Hearings On Dry Laws Proposals
Washington March 22 The senate judiciary committee ordered public hearings on proposals to modify the dry laws. The committee approved the sub committee recommendations and the inquiry will begin promptly.
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Washington
Mar
Senate Judiciary Committee
Coolidge Back in White House After Father’s Funeral
President Coolidge resumed work at the White House desk after attending his father Col. John C. Coolidge’s funeral. The day’s schedule was sparse with only one engagement noted, a meeting with Elmer Dover, former assistant secretary of the treasury.
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Washington
Mar
Coolidge
Col
John C. Coolidge
Mr. Coslidge
Elmer Dover
the Treasury
Sandusky Man Says Woman Urged Shooting in Blizzard
Pearl Dollins confessed to shooting Roy Lee, 18, at a party near farm owner William Sager's home after his wife Dorling admitted misconduct with him. Dorling later killed herself at Lee's funeral.
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Sandusky
Mich
Pearl Dollins
Roy Lee
Bay
Dorling
Lee
Hlizabeth
Twelve Die in Chicago Traffic on First Day of Spring
Chicago reports twelve deaths and about eighteen injuries from eleven crashes as spring weather brings heavy traffic. The day marks an uptick in 1926 road toll, with total deaths reaching 169 for the year, surpassing last year’s pace.
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Chicago
Mar
State probes at standstill in Ohio government fight
Separate investigations by Gov Donahey and by Atty Gen Crabbe with State Auditor Tracy on irregularities in the state agricultural department were at a standstill. Donahey traveled to Toledo for a speech, Crabbe was in Washington, D C.
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Columbus
Mar
Donahey
Crabbe
Tracy
State Agricultural Department
Toledo
Washington, D. C
Girl Bandit Robs Cleveland Residence
Cleveland police sought a young good looking girl bandit for a $12 robbery at the home of Matthew Ketzen. Neighbors reported seeing her and two boys fleeing after attempting to break into a neighboring house by a window.
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Cleveland
Mar
Matthew Ketzen
Gretzen
City Marshal Penny Dies By Own Action
Richwood Ohio March 22 City Marshal Frank O Penny committed death by his own action by hanging according to the coroner. Penny had recently lost a damage suit brought by William Tanner who was said to have sustained a wound from the marshal while being escorted to a jail. No other motive was given.
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Richwood, O
Frank O. Penny
Penny
William Tanner
Tanner
Motor Blaze Damages Car Near 6th Street
An overheated motor caused a small blaze in a car owned by John Taylor near 6th Street and Walnutay SE at 2 22 pm Sunday. The fire department extinguished the fire.
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John Taylor
6Th St
Walnutay SE
Gooding Haul Bill Before Senate Soon
The Gooding long and short haul bill, sponsored by Senator Gooding of Idaho, faces a Senate vote Wednesday. It would strictly interpret the act to regulate commerce and curb lower rates for longer hauls, potentially reshaping nationwide transportation and local industry by altering inland and coastwise traffic costs.
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Canton Daily News
Washington, Mar
United States
Senate
Senator Gooding
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Daily Record
Panama Canal
Chambers of Commerce
Cleveland Yeggs Net 1500 in Store Safe Loot
Police renewed efforts to catch burglars after a safe breaking at the Marshall Droge company store on West Bouth Street and Lorain Avenue yielded about 1500 dollars in weekend receipts. The yeggs pried the safe, removing the strong box contents.
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Cleveland
Mar
Activ
Bas of Yeggs
Cleve
Marshall Droge Company
Westboth St
Lorainavy
Geegs
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Lengel
Commission
PeRcy Hudson
Percy K. Hudson
Henry Hudson
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Negress
Sandusky Man
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