Midair crash blamed on pilot Keefer in Ohio murder case
Coroner jury held Lieut. Howard W. Keefer responsible for a fatal midair collision with a Maddux liner after witnesses said the army pilot appeared to be stunting. The jury ruled Keefer criminally negligent and violating aviation rules. The case arose near Zanesville as Thelma Bonifant faced a murder trial following a drinking party.
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San Diego
Cal
Howard W. Keefer
Army Air Pilot
Keefer
Army Flyer
Army
Zanesville
Thelma Bonifant
Walbrown
L. J. Weber
Miss Bonifant
F. B. Riddle
Former Long Time Champion Will Try Again
Bentonville Arkansas April 24 Elinor Smith broke the endurance flight record for women and Lowiise Phetridge of Oakland California said she would attempt in June to surpass the endurance record of the plane Question Mark.
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Elinor Smith
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Miss Smith
Louise E. McPherridge
Bentonville, Ark
Lowiise Phetridge
Oakland
Cal
Earhart Congratulates Sister Aviatrix Smith
Amelia Earhart the famed aviator congratulates Elinor Smith in Pittsburg noting her achievement as a pioneering woman flyer. Earhart praises Smith's record as an important milestone for women in aviation and aviation history in the city event.
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Amelia Earhart
Aviatrix
Pittsburg
Atlantic Ocean
Elinor Smith
Noted aviatrix visits Cincinnati continues on page
Miss Earhart and party arrive in Cincinnati aboard the Gold Shell Fokker to attend a dinner and meetings with engineers and the Cincinnati Engineers' Club. She discusses her Atlantic and English Channel feats and plans to fly on to Dayton to borrow a plane for NYC to resume editorial work.
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Atlantic Ocean
Cincinnati
Linton
Harbart
Cosmopolitan
Gold Shell
Mammoth Fokker
Shell Oil Corporation
St. Louis
Cincinnati Club
Cincinnati Engineers’ Club
Miss Earhart
English Channel
Azores
Dayton
Want Ad Bits From Today's Commercial Tribune
An eleven room house with over two acres in College Hill seeks an offer. Dining room suite Victrola and furniture priced reasonably. Sixty one acres unimproved land three miles from Covington on Taylor Mill road offered on easy terms. Five room bungalow modern throughout priced reasonably. Room and board in Price Hill for a young man preferred. Watch the Sunday listing of used cars. For quick results telephone your act to The Commercial Tribune Canal 6300.
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College Hill
Covington
Taylor Mill Road
Community Chest Luncheon Boosts Campaign to Second Million
Large gifts reported at the Community Chest luncheon in Linton raised daily receipts to 206769 and total pledged to 1207862.88. Top solicitors begin the first quarter of the campaign’s second million, led by a $17500 donation from the Thomas J. Emery Memorial state and contributions from the Fifth Third Union Trust Com.
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Community Chest
the Linton
Thomas J. Emery
Fifth Third Union Trust
Heflin Catholic Attack Sparks Borah Senate Speech
Senator Borah breaks silence on religious tolerance in a Senate speech reacting to Senator Heflin’s anti Catholic remarks. He accuses Heflin of framing a Catholic conflict and undermining religious freedom citing Jefferson and the Constitution.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Borah
Senate
Heflin
Massachusetts
The
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Rather Awkward Eh Wife Learns She Married Woman
A London court nears a verdict in the Col Barker case. The defendant pleaded guilty to filing a false marriage registration to Alfreda Emma Howard but pleaded not guilty to perjury from an affidavit claiming to be a retired British Army colonel. Sentence is postponed until tomorrow. The supposed wife testified they lived together three years without discovering the colonel was a man.
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London
Milk of human kindness on ice souring in cold outlook
A terse note urges warming generosity through the Community Chest, suggesting that withholding help freezes goodwill and soured outcomes follow. The item frames charity as a proactive act rather than passive sentiment within the public welfare view.
Malignant Malaria Fatalities Hit African Tour Group
A Duchess of Atholl cruise group faced five malaria cases after overland trips to Victoria Falls and Kruger National Park. Four tourists died Henry Norweb, 68, Roslyn Heights. Dr Edward Hardenbrook, 52, Rochester NY. Luther Facey, 71, Kingston Jamaica. Alice M Ernecke, 46, Hollywood California. Two others recovered William Mills, 43, Toronto. George A Chandler, 55, Hartford.
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South America
Africa
Duchess of Atholl
London
Victoria Falls
Krueger National Park
Henry Nor- Web
Roslyn Heights
No 2
Edward Hardenbrook
Rochester
N. Y
Luther Facey
Kingston
Jamaica
Alice. M. Ernecke
Hollywood
Cal
Mise Wilhelmina H. Comstock
Ottawa
William John Mills
Toronto
Gearge A. Chandler
Hartford
Onn
Community Chest Promotes Preparation and Prevention
A brief note emphasizes that preparation and prevention reduce later repair needs, aligning with Community Chest’s mission to support proactive safety and welfare initiatives.
Unrequited Love Drives Man to Shoot Woman and Self
Horace Peters and Miss Mabel Vanosol were wounded when Peters, 20, shot at Miss Vanosol in Willson's general store in Osgood and then shot himself. Peters confessed he acted from love. both were taken to Whitlock Clinic in Milan, neither expected to survive.
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the Commercial Tribune
Osgood
Ind
Horace Peters
Mabel Vanosol
Willson
Whitlock
Milan
Peters
Albert Pelsor
Miss Vanosol
Irene Oepar
Bell Cleared in Curbed Slaying Case at Park Avenue Party
Samuel E Bell oil promoter was exonerated by a unanimous grand jury in the death of Arthur Morgan Smith a Cleveland business man. Police say Smith suffered a fractured skull after Bell allegedly struck him during an intrusion at a Lexington Kentucky party. Bell says he pushed Smith only and did not strike him. Bell remains in custody for further interrogation as authorities pursue details of the incident.
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Vego
Samuel E. Bell Auditors Oil
Nike E
Arthur Morgan ‘Smith
Cleveland
Park Avenue
Smith
Bell
Robert Eee
Lexington
Ark Avenue
Robert Schuette
Standard Oil
Harry S. Harkness
Mrs. Brown
Erica
Brown
Bellevue Hospital
Joseph Raso
Sycamore Street
Thomasina Raso
Raso
Charles Stagnaro
Long impeached as Louisiana governor faces trial
Gov Huey P Long sat on a divan with a hula dancer on his lap and held a glass during a late night raid on gambling spots near New Orleans. The Louisiana House approves five impeachment counts for gross misconduct in public places. A D Danziger hosted the party at his French Quarter studio, noting the dancer paid him little heed and drinks were served.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana National Guard
New Orleans
Louisiana House of Representatives
Senate
Hulahula
Long
A. D. Danziger
New Orleans Association of Commerce
French Quarter
Tax exemption expires May 1 for county property returns
Hamilton County taxpayers face loss of the 300 exemption if personal property returns are not filed by next Wednesday May 1. County Auditor William F. Hess warns that unfiled voluntary returns will be listed after May 1 and the exemption cannot be obtained. A Hooven area quarantine may affect eligibility and could require a legal opinion on exemptions for those prevented from filing.
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Hamilton County
William F. Hess
Hess
Hooven
Bombings and Killings Spark Cleveland Police Clean-Up
In Cleveland April 24, two police homes were bombed and two gangsters slain. Police report nonfatal blasts as part of a wider crime crackdown led by Safety Director Edwin D. Barry. Suspect Morris Bronstein was arrested. the slain gangsters were found garrotted near the city edge.
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Cleveland
Edwin D. Barry
Mas“Ty
Kad Morris Fuerstman
Isadorethiller
Detroit
Samuel
Abramson
Morris Bronstein
Morris Asseline
Bronstein
Bruce Moorise
William A. McMasters
Sergt
Patrick J. Holland
McMasters
Giddins Road
Bank President Confesses to 60000 Dollar Fraud in Youngstown
Philip F. Carosella President of the Union Savings Bank confessed to participating in defalcations possibly exceeding 60000 dollars Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas said Carosella was jailed with Eugene F Rudy Secretary Treasurer of the bank The bank patronized by the Italian colony closed April 13 with about 590000 dollars in deposits and a 50000 dollar capital.
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Youngstown
Philip F. Carosella
Union Savings Bank
Ray L. Thomas
Carosella
Eugene F. Rudy
Puty State Bank
C. Willer
Union Savings
Bishop Cannon Upholds Right to Travel Wet
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South arrived in New York aboard the Olympic and declined to respond to a congressman's wireless question about sailing on a wet ship. He said comfort and speed matter, and traveling on a wet ship does not prove support for prohibition. He noted he had been largely out of touch with prohibition matters since his winter Mediterranean cruise.
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New York
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Foa
Calgaric
Mediterranean
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Twenty Horses Perish in Blaze Near Cincinnati
A large fire lit the western horizon of Cincinnati late last night at J. B. Wise’s Shady Lane home two miles from North Bend Ohio. Two barns burned, Miami Township’s largest, with twenty horses killed and hogs fodder lost. Neighbors battled flames with water buckets as the blaze approached homes. Delhi telephone operators later reported communication wires burned.
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Cincinnati
J. B. Wise
Shady Lane
North Bend
Miami Township
Delhi
Tornadoes Kill Ten and Ravage Towns Across Plains
A deadly tornado struck Slocum, Texas, killing ten and injuring many as the schoolhouse collapsed and 150 children scattered. Other twisters near Center and Ulysses caused additional destruction with homes, farms, and crops wiped out and communications damaged.
Sunday blue law fanatic threatens judge life
Municipal Judge W. W. Sprague reported a letter signed Black Hand threatening his life and home unless he imposed stricter Sunday moving picture theater closures. He noted church workers were pushing theaters to close and refused bodyguard or home protection. postal authorities alerted.
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Portsmouth
W. W. Sprague
Moving Picture House
Sprague
Youth Decapitated by Freight Train in Local Incident
Edward Mitchell aged 17 of Hillside Avenue was decapitated after stumbling onto a Four freight train on the C L A line west of Sedamsville while walking home from a Riverside bazaar with brothers Nelson Mitchell Edward Teeters and Russell Teeters. Train engineer William Collier and conductor Ernest Russell did not see the accident.
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Edward Mitchell
Hillside Avenue
Sedamsville
My Four
Indiana Poolis
Cincinnati
Riverside
Nelson Mitchell
Edward
Rusell Teeters
Lower River Road
William Collier
North Bend
Ernest Russell
Indianapolis
Ordinance for Sale of Sewer Bonds Marks Step Toward Terminal
City Council introduces an ordinance to sell 250000 in sewer bonds to finance McLean avenue sewer, enabling Terminal Company earth filling of 6000000 cubic yards in Millcreek bottoms. Bond approval came at elections, with completion hoped by July 1.
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Col. Sherrill
City Council
McLean Avenue
Millcreek
Walter Sullivan
Council
Breach in Mississippi Levee Swamps Twenty Residents
A new levee breach near South Quincy Gardens marooned twenty people as water widened from sixty six to one hundred feet by noon. A rescue boat from Keokuk saved them while National Guardsmen secured the area and Red Cross tents housed nearby homeless families.
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Mississippi
Quincy
Ill
Quincy Gardens
Keokuk
Blizzard Sweeps Rockies Slowing Transcontinental Wires
A raging spring snow and rainstorm swept the Rocky Mountain region with Wyoming bears the brunt as snow ranges from heavy to ten inches. The storm disrupted transcontinental wire communication across the area.
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Col
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Crippled Newsies Race Through Cincinnati Streets to Campus
A one legged newsboy named John Doherty won a three mile race ending at the University of Cincinnati beating Frank Baliman. Doherty earned $10 and gained the title champion crippled street walker and champion one legged roller skater.
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University of Cincinnati
Fifth
Walnut
University
John Doherty
Frank Baliman
John
Frank
Fourth
Walnut Streets
Te Walker
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