New Cincinnati Southern Railroad Lease Ratification Sought
Coast rescue efforts continue for seven missing aviators after a race from Oakland to Honolulu ended in uncertainty. Ships and crews search 250 miles west of San Francisco. Miss Mildred Doran and others aboard the Dallas Spirit and Golden Eagle remain unconfirmed.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Honolulu
Miss Doran
Golden Eagle
Oakland
Hazelwood
Twelfth Naval District
Navy
Dallas Spirit
Miss.Doran
Shipping Board
West Sequana
Luke Field
Islands
Pacific Coast
James Aoliph, Jr
Mildred Doran
Flint
Mich
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Ban on Disastrous Prize Ocean Flights Urged by Wolfley
St Joseph Missouri August 20 Carl Wolfley vice president of the National Aeronautic Association telegraphed William MacCracken assistant secretary of commerce protesting against staging further oceanic prize flights He said the recent Pacific Do le air race was disastrous and he is convinced current equipment would not justify more attempts to span the Atlantic or Pacific oceans
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ST. Joseph
Carl Wolfley
National Aeronautic Association
William MacCracken
Department of Commerce
Plane Crash Kills Lieut Stumpf Near St Louis
Two Army airmen from the Thirty fifth Division Air Corps suffer a fatal crash near Lambert Field while visiting Lake Hill Park. Lieut George J Stumpf, 32, is killed, while Lieut C C Hutchinson, 26, is seriously injured. Col Charles A Lindbergh involvement noted.
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ST. Louis
Lieut. C. C. Hutchinson
Here
George J. Stumpf
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lieut. Hutchinson
Thirty-fifth Division
Air Corps
Lambert-St. Louis
Lieut
Stumpf
Lake Hill Park
Lieut. Stumpf
Col. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Air Mail
National Guard Air Squadron
Hutchinson
Army Flying School
Brooksfield
Desperate legal bids fail to save Sacco and Vanzetti
In Boston on August 20 1927 last minute efforts to halt the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti failed as Judge Morton refused habeas corpus and relief and Justice Holmes denied a stay. Governor Fuller considered a further respite.
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
James M. Morton, Jr
United States District Court
Alvan T. Fuller
Rye Beach
N. H
Justice Morton
Elias Field
West Port
Bristol County
Fall River
Charlestown State Prison
Mass
Luigia Vanzetti
America
Miss Vanzetti
Foch Warns Bolshevism Threatens Western World
General Marshal Foch voices a stark warning that Bolshevism will endure for years, describing Russia as a marshy land and urging united action by France and England to curb the menace. He recalls urging allied support in 1918 and notes later regret over not acting sooner.
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Marshal Foch, O. M
Allied Forces
France
England
Bankers' Guard System Cuts Illinois Bank Banditry 60 Percent
Chicago reports Illinois Bankers Association arming 10 000 citizens with rewards to deter bandits. The plan spanned six states and cut robberies, with 35 000 guards now patrolling banks across five states. Machine guns, rapid mobilization, and sheriff-led patrols drive results. Continued on second page.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Bankers’ Associations
Ray E. Garrison
R. C. Saunders
Des Moines
Rail trustees accept renewal offer ending on 2026
The rail trustees accepted a renewal offer valid through December 31, 2026. A self-appointed foe of the Reds has taken a federal guard job at the Federal Building in Chicago. An aggressive, elderly man barred loiterers and demanded order, declaring he is "100 per cent American" and against radicals in the building.
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RAIL
REDS
Two Men Are Beaten and Burned to Death in Cottage Fire
Baltimore police investigate a brutal bootleg feud attack in which John C. Harrahy and Chester Pugh, fathers of several children, were forced from a car and beaten with pistol butts before being doused with kerosene and burned inside a deserted cottage. Both men died from their injuries hours later. Investigators seek Edwin "Spike" Kenny in connection with the case.
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Baltimore
John C. Harrahy
Chester Pugh
Harrahy
Pugh
Edwin “Spike” Kenny
Richard Reese Whittemore
Maryland Penitentiary
Wing Clipping Luck in Sight for Rome Hop Off
At Curtiss Field New York, the Fokker monoplane named Old Glory is prepared for a probable take-off at 5 p.m. tomorrow Eastern Standard Time. Roosevelt Field’s runway dried after rain delayed the start and the Weather Bureau warned of unsettled conditions.
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Old Glory
Rome
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Roosevelt Field
Weather Bureau
Conscience Stricken Wife Admits Slaying Rival
Sadie Mendil 28 confessed to fatally injuring Bertie Lindsey in Knoxville five years ago. Police say a Black man was electrocuted for the crime. Mendil, dressed in men's clothes, claimed she acted after seeing her husband with Lindsey’s wife. She arrived in Norton with her husband to visit their 2 year old son.
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Norton
Bertie Lindsey
Knoxville
Tenn
Sadie Mendil
Warren
The
Knox
Mendil
John Roddy
Devonia
Lindsey
Cincinnati Southern lease approved for 99 years to Southern Railway
Trustees approve extension of the Cincinnati Southern Railway lease to the Southern Railway System from 1928 to 2026 with total consideration around 159.7 million dollars. The plan includes immediate rental increases to 1.25 million and shares of net profits, plus an estimated 13.5 million for double tracking between Williamstown and Danville and a possible new Jellico coal district line to Danville. Vote and ICC approval, plus a city referendum, remain before final consummation.
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Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Southern Railway
Cincinnati
Williamstown
Danville
Southern System
Pioneer
O.k
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seasongood
Cincinnati Southern
Cincinnati, New Orleans, Texas & Pacific Railway Company
Cincinnati Southern Railway
City of
Interstate Commerce
Commis«sion
Death Toll in Hamilton County Rises With Eunice Myers Dies
The automobile death toll in Hamilton County climbs to seventy seven after Miss Eunice Myers age 22 of North Bend dies at St. Marys Hospital. She was injured Thursday when the car she rode in with Ralph Hahn 22 of Price Hill was struck by a Big Four freight train a mile west of Harrigan. Both suffered serious injuries including fractures and possible internal damage.
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Hamilton County
Miss Myers
Hahn
Watchman Killed by Train at Hyde Park Crossing
David Curliss age 56 of Delta and Linwood avenues died instantly when struck by Cincinnati Street Railway Train No 200 at the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing on Erie avenue while on duty as a watchman. Witnesses tell Coroner Swing Curliss walked into the path of the speeding train about forty miles per hour. The train was crewed by engineer Leo Kluter fireman Claude Mann and conductor Howard Fisher. Curliss's skull was fractured and his body injured.
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Hyde Park Crossing
David Curliss
Delta
Linwood Avenues
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie Avenue
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Swing
Corliss
Cincinnati and Richman
Leo Kluter
Claude Mann
Howard Fisher
Miner Inspector Leads Search Into Tennessee Cave for Missing Geologist
O P Pile, state mine inspector, led a party into Nick-a-Jack cave near Sheel Mound Tennessee in a renewed effort to locate geologist Lawrence S Ashley who entered the cave Monday. The group with gas masks and lamps planned to stay until Sunday morning unless Ashley is found and may push past the earlier探 explored section aided by twelve search teams. Police say dynamite found in the cave today raises possibilities of an explosive attempt to blast a passage or a rock slide or afterdamp risk. Miners from nearby towns offered aid and Gov Peay ordered additional miners to assist if needed.
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Sheel Mound
Tenn
O. P
Nicka-Jack Cave
Lawrence S. Ashley
Pile
Ashley
Austin Peay
Pittsburgh
Jasper
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New York World News Service
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Lloyd Bertaud
James D. Hill
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Marie Zimmerman
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