Convicts terrorize Oregon City family in dramatic car escape
Leslie Newman recounts the high tension drive from a farm four miles from Oregon City to Portland as three convicts escaped from the Oregon penitentiary after killing two guards. The group forced Newman and Leo Wilde to drive, with police watching from the bridge as shots were threatened and nerves remained strained throughout the perilous journey.
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C.L. Newman
Oregon City
Ore
Oregon Penitentiary
Leslie
C. L. Newman
Portland
Newman
Leo Wilde
Monitor
Oregon
World News Service
Isabelle Newman
New York World News Service
Murrau
Willis
Kelley
Wilde
Murray
Willamette
Canby
Singer Hill
Main Street
Hemmingway
Mattax
Long
Don’t Park Here Sign Sells Desk Fast in Cincinnati Classified Ad
A Cincinnati businessman placed a classified ad for a fine mahogany desk and chair stored at his home. The ad attracted four replies and the desk sold the same day. The Commercial Tribune urges readers to use Classified Ads to sell office equipment.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
McCarl Loses Fight Over a 1 50 Lunch Cut Water Bills
In Washington on August 20 the Controller General lost a Court of Claims battle over a 1.50 government lunch for a employee. He ordered three overseas embassies to drink local water or show a health certificate and halted government purchases of special water. The Agriculture agent H. S. Ward who spent a day in Alexandria got a refund but no precedent set.
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Associated Press
Washington
McCarl
Court of Claims
Santiago
Chile
Havana
Turkey
Ward
Department of Agriculture
Alexandria
Auto crash fatally wounds Hamilton man then injures others
John A. Thomas 43 of 1835 Keys Crescent died at General Hospital after being struck by a Union Reduction Co truck on Madison Road near Weld Avenue. Driver Russell Hess collapsed at the hospital claiming he did not see Thomas before impact. Thomas had pelvis fractures and internal injuries. An earlier noon collision on Vine Street injured Joseph Klohe 76, with sprained back and rib fractures. Lawrence Tucker 17 suffered a cut wrist after a car crash at Melish and Lincoln avenues.
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General Hospital
John A. Thomas
Keys Crescent
Hamilton County
Thomas
Madison’ Road
Wold Avenue
Union Reduction Company
Anderson's Ferry
Jacob Brandt
Burch Avenue
Hosital
Russell Hess
Yler Park
Hess
Vine Street
Joseph Klohe
Desideriud Jasinsky
Lawrence Tucker
Megra
Kerper Avenue
Melish
Lincoln Avenues
William Messerschmitt
Desmond Avenue
Applause Value Discussed by Senator McKellar
Senator McKellar of Tennessee questioned testimony on postage rates and privately issued applause cards. Henry Field Seed Co testimony described 5000 radio applause cards weekly and a drop after new rates, while officials noted both one cent and two cent applause letters persist.
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Chicago
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Joint
Congressional Committee On
L. L. Hunter
Henry Field Seed Company
Shenandoah
Hunter
Mr. McKellar
Mr. Hunter
Disse Found Guilty in Virginia Murder Case
Rudolph Disse was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by electric chair for the July 29 killing of Henry Grady Carter. A police sergeant and Mrs. Vivian Peers were also killed, with jealousy cited as the motive by police.
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Richmond
Rudolph Disse
Henry Grady Carter
Vivian Peers
Disse
Porterfield Named Ohio Michigan Prohibition Chief
E L Porterfield of Delaware Ohio is named chief administrator for the new Ohio Michigan enforcement district by General Andrews. He will take the post September 1 with a 100 man force to curb rum smuggling across Lake Erie and the Detroit River. John R Davis and William Walker expected as assistants.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
E. L. Porterfield
Delaware
Ohio
Ohio-Michigan
Lincoln C. Andrews
Porterfield
Columbus
Michigan
Arizona
Coast Guards
Customs Service
Lake Erie
St. Clair
Detroit
John R. Davis
Prohibition
William Walker
Hillsboro
Davis
Michigan- Ohio
Walker
Thomas E. Stone
Indiana
Willis
Delaware County
Harding
Post Office Department
Prohibition Service
Hio
Toledo
Haynes
St. Louis
Stone
Cleveland
H. A. Dykeman
Elyria
J. Edward Russell
Sidney
Russell
Andrews Awaiting Appointments Amid Dry Force Shakeup
Washington today reported that no final changes were announced in the dry force, with Assistant Secretary Andrews occupied by talks with the Canadian delegation on border cooperation. Secretary Kellogg outlined treaty provisions to curb smuggling and discussed prospective identical border officer regulations, ship clearances, extradition, and possible treaties with Mexico.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Andrews
Kellogg
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Mexico
Pilgrims Honor Pope Pius X on Tomb Anniversary
A steady stream of worshippers visited St. Peter's today marking the eleventh anniversary of Pope Pius X's death. Hundreds laid wreaths and knelt in prayer before the marble tomb in the busy pilgrimage.
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Rome
Pope Pius X
St. Peter’s
Browning 560-Caliber AA Gun Showcased At New Test
A new Browning 560-caliber anti aircraft gun, tested for air defense, claims superiority over existing artillery. It fires 550 rounds per minute at Ft Tilden, eliminating time fuses and enabling rapid targeting. The tripod-mounted weapon weighs 68 pounds plus 22 pounds of water cooling and requires three crew. It uses tracer armor piercing and service shells.
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Associated Press
New York
Army
Ft. Tiden
50 Billions in Foreign Investments By 1950 Cited as Reason for Control
Williamstown conference quotes Alvin S Johnson urging economic internationalism and government leverage over foreign loans. He argues criteria to grant market access, notes the goal of expanding foreign investments from ten to fifty billions by 1950, and stresses interdependence and new trade treaties.
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New York World News Service
Williamstown
Mass
America
Alvin S. Johnson
The
Republic
Institute of Politics Today
United States
Johnson
Arth Nee
Department of State
Department
Dr. Young
Naval unit with MacMillan told to return home
Secretary Wilbur radioed Commander Byrd directing withdrawal from Cape Thomas Hubbard on Alex Heiberg Island. He urged secondary explorations as the expedition returns south, citing weather, ice, and landing limitations. MacMillan and Byrd discuss abandoning Polar Sea pursuit due to hazards and using lighter‑than‑air craft.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Byrd
Donald B. MacMillan
National Geographic Society
Navy Department
Polar
Wilbur
MacMillan
Polar Sea
Arctic
Axel
Heiberg Island
United States Navy
Arthur A. Collins
Cedar Rapids
Pasadena in Path of Forest Fire Feeds 1400 Volunteers
Leadville Colorado dispatch reports a forest fire endangering Pasadena with 1400 volunteers battling flames. Two firemen killed and fourteen injured in a head on collision between Panoramic Specials near Buena Vista. Coroner and doctors rushed to the wreck.
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Pasadena
Leadville
Col
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Granite Canyon
Buena Vista
Here
Brain Waves Probed as Reality by Italian Scientist
Paris dispatch reports Italian neurology professor Ferdinando Cazzamali claims human brains emit measurable electromagnetic waves. In a Faraday cage with hypnotized subjects, four wireless sets detected dis tinct noises when subjects were excited, matching radio like signals and even musical tones, though subjects remained unaware of the tests.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Ferdinando Cazzamali
University of Milan
Osty
Cazzamali
Seven Hurt When Bus Flips On Marietta Road
A Red Star bus en route from Marietta to Parkersburg overturned after striking a rut near Belpre. Seven aboard were injured, with Mrs. A J Turner and H Marinoff among the more seriously hurt. Injured were taken to hospitals in Marietta and Parkersburg.
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Associated Press
Marietta, O
Red Star
Marietta
Parkersburg
Marietta-Belpre
Belpre
A. J. Turner
H. Marinoff
Chicago
Cc. R. Jackson
C. R. Jackson
Uncle Tom’s Cabin musical to feature new Charleston finale
London reports a stage edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin with Uncle Tom performing the Charleston to Them Cotton Pickin' Blues. The show reportedly drops Eliza and the hounds scene, adds a Jim Crow comic character, and ends with Tom's triumphant wedding cake moment at Lucky Rivers's marriage, replacing a slave's death.
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London
Uncle Tom
Simon Legree
Tom
Eliza
Jim Crow
Lucky Rivers
Coroner to file first degree murder charge against Goebel
Miami Florida August 20 a coroner jury finds Mrs H B Hunt alias May Deville died of poison after being forced or induced by John Goebel wealthy real estate dealer to swallow poison in the county jail anteroom on July 18 Goebel is held for the grand jury and has confessed administering the poison others testify to bribery and threats with defense likely to claim voluntary poisoning by the victim aided by Goebel in imprisonment efforts
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New York World News Service
Miami
Fla
Blanton
John Goebel
H. B. Hunt
Goebel
Mrs. Hunt
Hunt
May Deville
Frank Goebel
W. S. Henley
Goebels
Robert Smith
Smith
John Keenan
Short
Taylor
United States To Join League Says Col House
Col E M House who helped draft the League of Nations covenant visited the league at Geneva and said the United States would become an associate member and later a full adherent to the World Court. He declined to comment on impressions and will visit again next week.
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Geneva
Col
E. M. House
Woogrow Wilson
League
Eric Drummond
House
United States
World Court
Evian-les-Baines
Senator Walsh
Montana
Senator Pittman
Nevada
Gov. Winant
New Hampshire
Stephen Wise
New York
Louis Marshall
Henry N. MacCracken
Vassar College
Sidney Mezes
The
College of the City of New York
Richard Cabot
Harvard
William Frederick. Slocum
N. Y
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
Two Surveying Parties In Danger Area Sought
Fourteen hundred men battled a brush fire in the Big Tujunga Canyon region nine miles north of Pasadena California. The blaze, up to six miles wide, threatened the La Crescenta Valley and Lower Arroyo Seco water sheds while two surveying parties were sought after seen nearby before the fire began.
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Pasadena
Cal
Big Tujunga Canyon
Here
Dark Canyon
Verdugo Hills
Big Tujunga
la Crescenta Valley
Arroyo Seco
Grandfather Mountain Fire Devastates Forests in North Carolina
Blowing Rock North Carolina August 20 Grandfather Mountain burned as winds fed flames. Dry undergrowth from a rainless season hindered firefighting and rain showed no sign. Estimated over 1800 timber destroyed and scenic areas damaged on government property. Smaller fires burned in Linville Blowing Rock forests drawing tourists to the region.
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Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
Blowing Rock
N. C
Linville
Land Hotel Fire Destroys San Angelo Structure
A three story Land Hotel in San Angelo Texas burned to the ground this afternoon causing about 150000 dollars in damage to the hotel and nearby property. No lives are believed lost. Fire started in a linen room or near the kitchen area.
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San Angelo
Tex
Associated Press
Diplomat Le Bosse Smuggles Haiti Rum into New York
Honorary Haitian Consul Eugene Le Bosse arrived in New York from Port au Prince with 26 luggage pieces. A customs agent demanded trunk keys. Le Bosse claimed diplomatic exemption but admitted liquor was inside. Authorities found 240 bottles of champagne vermouth whisky and Haitian rum. He was fined 1200 dollars with immunity offered for names of friends. he refused, saying only he is guilty if a crime occurred.
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New York
Eugene le, Bosse
Republic of Haiti
Manchester
N. H
Nickerie
Port Au Prince
le Bosse
Edward Barnes
Custom House
Shreveport Cotton Man Dies in New York Office
Egbert Rand 65, a wealthy cotton factor from Shreveport La, collapsed and died of heart disease in the Broadway offices of J K McFarland & Co, insurance brokers. He entered the office, found the broker absent, then slumped at the private desk. a telephone operator found him. Rand was a vestryman at St Mark's Church in Shreveport.
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New York
Egbert Rand
Shreveport
Broadway
J. K. McFarland & Co
Mr. McFarland
Rand
Mr. Rand
St. Mark’s Church
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Co. E. Phelan
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