State Dry Raiders Nab 28 in Butler County Raids
State dry agents and deputies raided Hamilton Middletown Oxford and New Miami uncovering liquor law violations and slot machines. Twenty eight suspects were arrested and jailed awaiting Common Pleas Court proceedings. gambling equipment was seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Luther Epperson
Middletown
Oxford
New Miami
C. D. Boyd
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Morris Y. Shuler
Seven Mile
William Stewart
Monroe
N. G. Bedford
W. D. Ward
C. B. Moore
F. A. Monroney
Secret Service Department
Epperson
Wesley Walron
Tom Davidson
Ernest Legg
J. R. Ring
Raymer
Maple Avenue
William McCoy
South Third Street
Tragedy and Deaths Shadow Newport Covington Family Column
Florence Forenance dies by gas and poison after separations and drinking. Notes urge care for children as police report a desperate act by a young mother. Also a Covington printer dies by hanging. Alpha Clunch’s wife sinks into illness after a quarrel and poisoning. Several related personal tragedies unfold in this late edition.
Whale jaws loom large in Antarctic hunt aboard Larsen
New York April 28 Whale jaws nearly a hundred times the length of human jaws were brought to port by the whaler Larsen. The vessel towed Commander Byrd through Antarctic ice for nine days and the crew claim vast catches and high prestige in the whaling trade as the hunt continues yearly.
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New York World News Service
New York
C. A. Larsen
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Moby Dick
Larsen
Byrd
Jorgenson
Is He Interested In His Home
A springtime piece highlights the man devoted to yard and garden work as a source of fitness pride and house value. It notes many homes with yards and gardens appear in The Commercial Tribune Classified Columns.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hot Air To Be Absent In House This Summer
Washington April 28. The House will be free of hot air this summer due to a new ventilation system, engineer Charles R Torbert says he can provide 50 degree air on the hottest days. The Senate still lacks its own upgraded system.
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House
Senate
Washington
Charles R. Torbert
Boy Page That Hen Here’s Egg Still Fresh After Years in Earth
In Fayette City Pennsylvania an egg buried twelve years ago under a headstone at Mt Auburn Cemetery was unearthed by Frank Lowers and N E Murphy while replacing the Kendall grave marker. The yolk and albumin remained fresh as if laid recently prompting poultrymen and chemists to study why.
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New York World News Service
Fayette City
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Frank Lowers
N. E. Murphy
Pierce Kendall
Kendall
Party hostess, hut in breast, may recover
Evansville Ind April 28 Mrs Josephine Greene Conrad 26 wealthy divorcee and social figure confessed to police she shot her friend Miss Margaret Maley 25 heir to 800000 Maley fortune then wounded herself in an apparent suicide attempt Dr Thomas F Reitz said Conrad had a fighting chance for life Maley wounded in left thigh recovering with aunt Mrs Susie Beeler Van Orman among party guests at the Maley home
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Josephine Greene Conrad
Boon
Margaret Maley
Maley
Thomas F. Reitz
Grant Birthday Observed at Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant
About 1200 attendees, including locals who knew Ulysses S. Grant, gathered at his birthplace in Point Pleasant for the 107th anniversary observance by Grant's Birthday Camp No. 100. James G. Stewart of Cincinnati spoke on Grant's Clermont County years, West Point, and military service, noting loans Grant took to pursue duty. Glendale Boy Scout troops led the crowd. a bronze tablet and a Grant Ohio State Park tablet were unveiled near the birthplace.
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U. S. Grant
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Grant
Clermont County
West Point
Oregon
New York
Missouri
Glendale
Ohio State Park
Grant Birthday Commemoration At Grant's Tomb
New York marked the 107th anniversary of General Grant's birth with ceremonies by the Department Auxiliaries and Sons of Veterans of the Civil War and other veterans groups at Grant's Tomb a wreath was laid on the general's sarcophagus.
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New York World News Service
New York
Gen. U. S. Grant
New York Department Auxiliaries and Sons of Veterans of the
Grant
Gen. Grant
Surviving Crew of Schooner Rié Cut In Torture Ordeal
Surviving crew members describe a brutal voyage after their four mast schooner James E Coburn foundered off Bermuda on April 17. Captain J Perreira, a Cape Verde native, led ten men through nine days adrift with scarce water and rations. One crew member, Sargent the cook, died on day eight. They endured a nor'easter before sighting land and recount the rationing and strain that saved them.
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Dudley Nichols
New York World News Service
New York
Sidney MaeLaughlin
Boston
Ambrose Channel
J. Perreira
James E. Coburn
Bermuda
Sargent the Cook
Perreira
Portugee
Matthew S. Gray
Cape Verde Islands
Baltimore
Martinique
Cape Henry
Perriera
Investigation delayed by frightened boy and incineration clue
Westchester police seek a third torch victim amid a Greenburgh torso incineration case. A distinctive false tooth attached to gold bridgework aids identification. a kerosene odor and a Morrisania Dairy milk bottle mark the scene near Ardsley road.
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New York World News Service
White Plains
N. Y
Westchester County
Ardsley Road
Greenburgh
Morrisania Dairy Company
Yonkers
Mt. Vernon
Bronx
Mystery Veils Violent Death in Hamilton Neighborhood
Samuel Borset, 30, of 623 South Front Street, Hamilton, was beaten to death in a side yard at 1436 Freeman Avenue. He died at General Hospital from a fractured skull after a violent struggle. bloodstains and a mysterious envelope tied him to the Freeman address. An iron molders union card identified him. authorities suspect bootleg involvement or homicide. coroner pursuing murder theory with autopsy planned.
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Samuel Borset
South Front Street
Hamilton
Freeman Avenue
Sorrel
Brinkman
General Hospital
Bosset
Mt. Vernon
Samuel Dosset
South Drought Street
Harry Scott
West High Street
International Iron Molders’ Union of America
Lima
American Foundry Company
Cincinnati
Swing
Miss Morrow Visits Ohio Before June Wedding
Miss Anne Spencer Morrow daughter of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow arrives in Cleveland to visit her grandmother Mrs Charles Long Cutter on a journey from Mexico City to Englewood Ohio. She will prepare for her June wedding to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
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Miss Morrow
Ohio
Cleveland, O
Anne Spencer Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles Long Cutter
Mrs. Morrow
Anne
Elizabeth
Mexico City
Morrow
Englewood, N
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chest Victory Depends Upon Three Factors
Community Chest leaders urge large employee pledges extensive soliciting and restoration of last year pledge levels. Vice chairman James A. Wilson notes funding difficulties while high winds disrupt aerial circus plans at Lunken Airport as Embry-Riddle joins in support.
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Community Chest
William H. Albers
WRKC
James A. Wilson
Community Chest Campaign
Lunken
John Paul Riddle
Embry-Riddle Company
W.H. Albers
Chicago Gunmen Kill Cafe Boss in Dawn Shootings
On Chicago's South Side two dawn forays by gangsters left Enrico Arduini, owner of a Twenty-sixth Street saloon, dead from a head wound. Police say Benny Butler was wounded by officers while fleeing. cabaret entertainer Mignon Stevens was found fleeing a car marked with bullet damage.
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Chicago
South Side
Enrico Arduini
Twenty-sixth Street Grill
Arduini
Frank de Grazia
Benny Butler
Bridewel
Mignon Stevens
Butler
Alcohol From Petroleum May Replace Grain in Beverages
Prof James F Norris described a new isopropyl alcohol derived from oil wastes at the American Chemical Society meeting in Columbus. The substance is non intoxicating and could reduce bootlegging by replacing grain or ethyl alcohol in beverages as research continues.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Columbus
American Chemical Society
James F. Norris
Chemical Research Laboratories
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Norris
Dr. Norris
Lake Erie Storm Fatalities Reach Four In Ohio
A Lake Erie squall kills one boy, 14 year old John O’Brien, near Lakewood and damages Parma village roofs and garages. Brothers George O’Brien and two others are rescued as Parma endures a 72 mph gust and tornado threat. Minor injuries reported from Newark and Toledo as poles and trees fall.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Parma Village
Ohio
John O'Brien
Lakewood
George O'Brien
John
Charles Boyle
Artie Walter
Mary Owens
Utica
Newark
Akron
Toledo
Film Colony Trio Killed in Plane Crash in Los Angeles
Three men connected with mov ing pictures died in an early morning plane crash at Rogers Airport Los Angeles. Victims were William H. Oviatt Jr Ray M Scott and Mack A Flucker all in their twenties. The plane crashed in an open field near workers and flames enveloped the craft.
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Los Angeles
Rogers Airport
Oviatt
William H., JR
Scott
Ray M
Flucker
Mack A
William H. Oviatt, Sr
Falmouth
Mass
Doctor Removes Second Pin From Child’s Windpipe
In Toledo Ohio on April 28 a two year old girl Rose Deredian nearly strangled after swallowing two safety pins. One pin was removed from her throat and the second from her windpipe by a physician. The child recovered rapidly.
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Toledo
Sam Deredian
Rose
Florida lawyer abducted by gang vows to leave city
St Petersburg Florida April 28 James F Bickers a prominent attorney was abducted from in front of his home by five men who blindfolded bound and beat him with a knotted whip after forcing him into a car and driving about a hundred miles before binding him to a log and warning him to leave the state He plans to quit law and depart by Tuesday night leaving the city behind.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
James F. Bickers
Bickers
Florida
U S Woman Employee Retires After 42 Years of Service
Ada Byron Morrison one of the first women in the federal classified service resigns as clerk and biological assistant to the chief of the biological survey Department of Agriculture. She retires on a pension of 80 dollars monthly after forty two and a half years of service. She walked three miles to work in early years and never used congressional influence for promotion. Her final salary was 3400 dollars.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Ada Byron Morrison
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Poison Plot Terrorizes French Noble Family
Paris reports a dramatic tale of a titled French family living in fear of an unknown poisoner. The Count de Larentys and Duchess de Luynes are linked to possible Rasputin revenge through Pedan and Carbonel, with suspicions of scopolamine poisoning and hypnotic influence cited by police.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Count de Larentys
Prince Yousoupoff
Rasputin
Russia
Countess de Larentys
Demidoff
Yousoupoff
Illia Pedan
Duchess de Luynes
Caracassonne
Carbonel
Pedan
N. S. World News Service
World Prese Pub. Co
Grade Crossing Tragedies Across Three States
Tragedies in Ohio Indiana and New York claim many lives as autos buses and trains collide. A family of five and another of nine are among the dead with additional injuries and ongoing hospital updates.
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Ohio
Indiana
New York
Tragic Collision Ends Lives Of Two At Springfield Crossing
An 18 year old girl and a 10 year old boy were killed when the auto driven by William Shelpman of Washington D D H was struck by a Big Four train at Springfield Main street crossing. Shelpman was badly injured and likely to die. The injured driver was taken to City Hospital.
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Springfield
William Shelpman
Washington D. H
Main Street
Shelpman
Kate Shelpman
Ackrett Gear Company
City Hospital
Nine Vianchis Killed as Erie Express Slams Auto
At a grade crossing near New Hampton, four miles from Middletown New York, the westbound New York Chicago express struck an automobile driven by Antonio Vianchi. His wife and eight children were aboard. Seven died instantly and two later in hospital. Included are Lucy 16 Marian 14 Minnie 10 Helen 10 months.
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Ohio
Indiana
New York
Cincinnati
Springfield
Genoa
Elkhart
Ind
Marysville
Middletown
N. Y
Erie
New Hampton
Antonio
Vianchi
Lucy
Marian
Minnie
Helen
Vianchis
Secret of happiness in service sermon by Rev Bernard Rice
The sermon repeats the theme that happiness comes from love and service. Rev Bernard Lea Rice of Weastewood First Presbyterian urges that joy comes through active devotion to God, others, and world improvement, not mere entertainment or self indulgence.
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Bernard Lea Rice
Weastewood First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Rice
Vine Street
Apostles of Christ
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Alpha Clunch
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