May Cancel Convention to Relieve Authorities
In Vienna on August 17 a clash between police and anti Semitic rioters left fifty to sixty injured as protests rise over the World Zionist Congress. Police, numbering about six thousand, struggled to control crowds while anti Semitic elements urged resistance and planned further actions. The congress faces a record attendance and growing American representation, with forty two delegates this time.
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Vienna
World Zionist Organization
Congress
Hakenkreuzler
Jenna
Kentucky judge's home damaged by blast
Explosion at Ellett Hall the home of Judge W H Flannery in Catlettsburg tore the front porch and shattered windows while eight people slept inside uninjured. Police consider it lawless anger over prohibition enforcement as bloodhounds failed to find a trail.
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Ashland
Ellett Hall
W. H. Flannery
Catlettsburg
Judge Flannery
Mary Eliott Flannery
Davis Howerton
Davis Overton, Jr
Amada Eliott
Flannery
J L Wiley Ends Life After Nomination Loss
Joseph L. Wiley, 60, of Frankfort, Ky, shot himself in the head today after brooding over his bid for jailer in the recent primary. His death ends his nomination bid and life in the city.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Joseph L. Wiley
Lost and found help in The Commercial Tribune ads
Daily readers report many items recovered thanks to the papers lost and found notices. If you misplaced something or found an object, use the Classified Ads to reach the right helpers by calling Canal 6300.
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Commercial Tribune
The
Golden Rule Guides Judge in Case of Youth Thief
In Chicago a 19 year old messenger, Edward Jarecki, faced theft charges after taking 319 dollars meant for a bank withdrawal. His employer, J. J. Martzik, asked leniency, pled for the youth, and the judge postponed judgment to November while releasing him on low bonds and promising a job with higher pay to keep him from temptation.
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Chicago
Edward Jarecki
J. J. Martzik
Martzik
Jail Writ Challenge Highlights Flawed Taxi Affidavit
Franklin Smith, a Betts Street chauffeur, faced six months in county jail and a $100 fine on a questionable driving while intoxicated charge. An affidavit by Joseph Erman of Town Taxi Company was found defective, prompting James Myers to seek a habeas corpus release before Judge Caldwell. The case reveals procedural lapses and questions about the clerk and prosecutor roles in affidavit handling.
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Caldwell
Common Pleas
James 8. Myers
Franklin Smith
Betts Street
Smith
Myers
Woeste
Municipal Court
Joseph Erman
Erman
Clifford Chacksfield
Clacksfield
Joseph O’gonnell
O'Connell
Supreme Court
Mr. Myers
Chilean Indicted on Forgery and Larceny Charges
Hun bert a A de Urbina of Chile, husband of Mrs. Constance Schack Gracie de Urbina, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of forgery and grand larceny. He is believed to be in Santiago and extradition may be sought. The forgery count concerns a $2100 check drawn on a New York bank. no money was obtained. The larceny count involves the disappearance of a diamond ring and household effects from his wife’s home.
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Washington
Hunberta A. de Urbina
Chile
Constance Schack Gracie de Urbina
de Urbina
Santiago
Gracie
Archibald Gracie
New York
Return of Amnesia Victim After Seven Years Sparks Family Turmoil
Harry Kleinschmidt, a mechanic missing seven years after a scaffold fall, returns to learn his wife remarried believing him dead. He recalls fragments of his wanderings across the West and Midwest, seeks treatment in Cincinnati, and asks for privacy after public scrutiny.
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Kansas City
Harry Kleinschmidt
Kleinschmidt
Los Angeles
General Hospital
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Atlantic
West
George
Company 44
Sycamore
Seventh Streets
Massillon
Cincinnati
Teacher Ousted by Klan to Fight Back in Court
Grady Herndon, assistant principal at De Soto High School, was dismissed for anti Klux Klan remarks made in his Nocatee church pamphlet. He plans to appeal to the De Soto County School Board on August 24 and, if needed, take the case to court.
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New York World News Service
Arcadia
de Soto High School
Baptist Church of
Herndon
Ku Klux Klan
de Soto County
Mathews Divorce Ends Five Year Legal Battle
Alton Illinois August 17 Harry B Mathews Jr vice president and general manager of Mississippi Lime and Material company was granted a decree of divorce from Marie McKenna Mathews in circuit court after a five year fight Mathews accused his wife of ruining him financially and refusing to live in Alton while she claimed infidelity and plotting with her stepmother to deprive her of a share of her father s 3 000 000 estate Litigation over the estate continues in New York and West Virginia The marriage began in Chicago in 1910 and no alimony was awarded.
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Alton
Ill
Harry B. Mathews, Jr
Mississippi Lime and Material Company
Marie McKenna Mathews
Edward W. McKenna
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Mathews
Hick Town
Retta J. McKenna
New York
West Virginia
Chicago
Mussolini Defends Fascism and European Vitality
The Italian Premier says liberty exists only in philosophers imagination and expresses content with Fascism and its results. He praises Julius Caesar as his ideal and asserts Europe retains vitality despite alarmists. He dismisses North Africa danger to whites and opposes prohibitions while supporting youth alcohol safeguards.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Daily Express
Rome
Mussolini
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Europe
Italy
North
Africa
Vienna
Baby Rescued From Voodoo Cult Near Havana
Paula Cejas a white baby living on the Averhoff sugar plantation near Havana was found bound and gagged in a cane field. Rural guards stopped the rite and captured two men while seizing ritual items. This marked the third kidnapping attempt by voodoo worshipers in a month.
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New York World News Service
Havana
Paula Cejas
Averhoff
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
Evidence of ancient human culture in Mongolia found
New York Aug 17 extensive evidence of a human culture in Mongolia 12 000 or more years ago has been unearthed by the third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History according to a cable from Roy Chapman Andrews. Findings include forty dinosaur eggs ten million years old dinosaur skeletons and skulls two pre Mongol human skeletons remains of ancient animals and a large collection of stone weapons and utensils.
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New York
Mongolia
American Museum of Natural History
Roy Chapman Andrews
Asia Magazine
Indianapolis murders tied to bandit gang hunt
Reported motive for the Ben Hance and wife killings in Eaton Indiana centers on vengeance for revealing the hiding place of Gerald Chapman. Indiana detectives say private agencies provided tips on the Anderson gang led by George Dutch Anderson, who has numerous aliases and a long criminal record, as authorities pursued leads across the state.
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Indianapolis
Gerald Chapman
Ben Hance
Eaton
Ind
Hance
Webster
Indiana
Anderson ‘Gang
Anderson
Muncie
George Brown
St. Louis
State Penitentiary
Joliet
Ill
Rochester
N Y
Shrine of St Christina bones shown in Cleveland convent
The gilded shrine containing the bones of St Christina was opened by Bishop Joseph Schrembs at the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland. Relics visible through a glass front, some bones jarred in transit will be reset. The relics will remain for public viewing before final transfer to a permanent Cleveland resting place.
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Cleveland
Christina
Pius XI
Joseph Schrembs
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Euclid Avenue
Rome
Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Schrembs
St. Christina
Coolidge Seeks Belgium Debt Settlement Terms
President Coolidge with Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot hear progress on Belgium’s 480 million debt refund talks. The administration plans a final agreement after Belgian mission negotiations resume in Washington.
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Plymouth
Belgium
Coolidge
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
American Debt Commission
Washington
American Commission
Coolidge Dining in Public Room During Vermont Visit
President Coolidge for the first time since the White House shared a public dining room with other guests. After a Belgian debt conference at his father's home in Plymouth he, along with Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot, drove to Tyson seven miles away for lunch. Over a score of inn guests were present.
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Ludlow
White House
Plymouth
President Coolidge
Mellon
Senator Smoot
Utah
Tyson
Coolidge Signals Debt Talks Near Agreement
President Coolidge in Plymouth said the American and Belgian Debt Commissions may reach an agreement when they resume sessions tomorrow. Treasury officials and Senetor Smoot noted the talks were still levered with concessions needed. Mellon and Smoot will return and meet the Belgians at 3 PM.
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Coolidge
Associated Press
Washington
Plymouth
American Congress
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
American Commission
Treasury
Messrs
Arctic Flight Maps Uncharted Ellesmere Interior By Byrd
A MacMillan expedition flight over northwest Ellesmere Island deposits supplies at Sawyer Bay and reports vast snow covered peaks and deep valleys never seen by man. Commander Byrd describes landing at Sawyer Bay amid fog and glaciers before continuing toward Cannon Fjord and returning to Etah.
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Washington
MacMillan
Ellesmere Island
Navy
Sawyer Bay
Flagler Fjord
Etah
Greenland
Byrd
Navy Department
Schur
Sorenson
Bennett
Utah
Cannon Fjord
Grinnell Land
Sound
Smith Sound
Vacation Theft Cancels Couple's Planned Trip to Chicago
Adolph Rosenberg and wife planned a months long vacation and packed 1800 dollars for a trip to Chicago. A thief broke in while they spoke with neighbors on the front porch, stole the purse and grip containing clothes, leaving a diamond brooch, and the couple canceled the journey. Police found footprints on a trash can by the window and recovered the empty purse.
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Adolph Rosenberg
Dana Avenue
Rosenberg
Ohio Custom Garment Company
East Eighth Street
Pauline Rosenberg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Tax cut plan aims for passage before March payments
Washington talks center on a broad tax reduction with lower surtax and normal rates. Leaders Mellon Smoot Tilson pledge action before March 15, retroactive to this year, with House Ways and Means to draft terms and Senate approval hoped by year end.
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Mellon
Smoot
Tilson
Plymouth
Coolidge
Administration
Utah
Finance Committee
Connecticut
Treasury
Mr. Tilson
Green
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Senate
Messrs
Treasury Eyes Tax Cuts But Keeps Options Open
Washington officials say no tax cut plan yet for Congress but studies suggest reducing the surtax from 20 or 40 percent, with a possible 1 to 2 percent overall cut. Debates focus on nuisance taxes like auto levies and raising personal exemptions while aiming to minimize business disruption.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Congress
Angry Black Swan Kills Two Flamingoes at Washington Zoo
A coal black swan attacked flamingoes at the Washington Zoo, mortally wounding two birds and prompting keepers to kill them. A third flamingo was rescued, and the swan was banished to an enclosure with pelicans to curb its temper.
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Black Swan
New York World News Service
Washington
Washington Zoo
Therm
Pelicans
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