Trio who broke Oregon prison are captured
James Willos Ellsworth Willis and Tom Murray escaped from Oregon State Penitentiary on August 12 and were tracked to a ravine where they were found by police. Murray, captured in Centralia Washington after a ruse with Philip Carson of Portland, pleaded surrender at a hotel room after Carson lured him there.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
James Willos
Ellsworth His
Tom Murray
State Penitentiary
Centralia
Wash
Oregon
Salem
Philip Carson
Murray
Vancouver
Cenalia
White Salmon
James Willis
Ellsworth Kelley
Carson
Ten Years Later A suspect caught in cemetery sting
New York World News Service reports Giuseppi Cipollo, linked to the 6 year old Maynard Massachusetts gang killing of Giuseppi Rizzo, was identified at an army of mourners graveyard stakeout and arrested for extradition to Massachusetts. A doctored photo aided the manhunt. Cipollo confessed involvement though claiming not to fire the fatal bullet.
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New York World News Service
New York
Giuseppi Rizzo
Maynard
Mass
Giuseppi Cipollo
Cipollo
Rosie
Ari
Giordano
Gatano Caterasso
Brooklyn
Caterasso
Holy Cross Cemetery
Rizzo
Massachusetts
Ma Stribling Injured As Auto Overturns Near Tucson
Mrs. W. L. Ma Stribling mother of Georgia boxer Young Stribling was badly cut when their car overturned near Tucson. Red Fitzsimmons suffered cuts and bruises. Young Stribling pressed on to El Paso for Monday night bout. his father and rest of the party stayed with Mrs. Stribling.
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Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
W. L
Young Stribling
el Paso
Stribling
Kidnaper Sought in Brookhaven Turtle Mystery
Cedric the Brookhaven turtles missing after breakfast pickup. Mrs. Edward Raynor posts a plea for return to her Brookhaven home stating the pet loves pancakes from a 200 year old recipe and fears for his wellbeing. She would even share the ancestral pancake recipe to secure his safe return.
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New York
Cedric
Edward Raynor
Brookhaven
L. I
Mrs. Raynor
Bartow
Justice of the Peace Accused of Whisky Raiding Scheme
Federal investigators say a Cleveland Justice of the Peace used his dry raid reputation to secretly profit from whisky sales. Rail workers testified he directed liquor shipments, seized by raiders in yards, then sold at top prices from his headquarters. One rival reportedly beat him to some seizures.
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Cleveland
Crippled ships limp into port after collision off Rhode Island
Two steamers damaged in a collision two miles off Point Judith Rhode Island limp back toward New York Harbor. The oil tanker Harvester from Providence bound for Port Arthur Texas was rammed in the rear by the British steamer Rosalind from New York to Halifax. Initial distress calls said Harvester took water but later reports said damage was above the water line and she continued to New York under her own steam. Rosalind also proceeded to New York under her own power with her bow damaged.
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Associated Press
New York
Point Judith
R. I
Harvester
Providence
Port Arthur
Tex
Rosalind
Halifax
Golf shot by Japanese envoy nearly wounds attache
In Washington on August 22 the Japanese Ambassador Tsuneo Mat Sudaira hit a ball off the Chevy Chase Country Club tee that skimmed just over the right eye of Colonel Noburu Morita military attache to the Japanese embassy. Morita, hors de combat, was carried to the clubhouse and despite a bandage, recovered and returned. The episode struck Sudaira as a comic aside to his chief's golfing.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Japan
Tsuneo Mat Sudaira
Chevy Chase Country Club
Noburu Morita
Morita
Victim Grabs Judge as Pistols Fire In Court Attack
In a dramatic court room scene a victim seized the judge’s arm as a pistol fired. The editor fired two more shots while the jurist pressed on with proceedings and Lassetter lay mortally wounded as testimony continued.
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Jurist
Lassetter
Jury
Magee Murder Charge Shocks East Las Vegas Hotel Fracas
Albuquerque editor Carl C. Magee faces a preliminary hearing on a murder charge connected to last night’s hotel shooting that killed John B. Lasseter while former Judge David J. Leahy was wounded. Magee posted a 10 000 bail with East Las Vegas residents surety, Loyalties split amid libel cases.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
John B. Lassetter
Magee
David J. Leahy
Upper Las Vegas
Optic
D. J. Leahy
Leahy
Etter
Lassetter
Carl Magee
Huyck
W. K. Patterson
Haynes to Study Flow of Liquor
Washington report on the prohibition unit outlines Roy A. Haynes role under Lincoln C. Andrews. Haynes will travel to study the streams of intoxicating liquors and report wet conditions to Washington while drawing 7500 dollars a year.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Prohibition Unit
Lincoln C. Andrews
Secretary of the Treasury
Roy A. Haynes
Haynes
Geological Survey
Andrews
Walton A. Green
Congress
Native Riot in Belgian Congo Reports Massacre near Sakania
A dispatch from Elizabethville Belgian Congo says religious fanatics near Sakania killed fifty natives while attempting convert. Native police were driven off with casualties. Troops have been sent from Elizabethville to quell the rising.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Elizabethville
Belgian Congo
Sakania
Arctic Plane Seen As Helpless As Icily Drifted Nineteen
Maynard Owen Williams aboard the Bowdoin describes the Arctic from an airplane. He argues dogs and kayaks survive harsh conditions while air travel cannot, noting a frail kayak and a fragile tupik plus a rock igloo offering shelter. He compares the air voyage to the 1,300 mile drift of Polaris survivors to Labrador coast. The piece cites Cape Alexander to Cape Hatherton as a historic Arctic refuge line.
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Associated Press
Maynard Owen Williams
Arctic
Ats
National Geographic Society
Bowdoin
MacMillan
Pandora Harbor
Greenland
Eskimos
Charles Francis Hall
Iss
Labrador
Cape Alexander
Cape Hatherton
Kane, Hayes, Hall and Peary
Courage and Ingenuity in Arctic Flight Under Harsh Conditions
A reporter recalls summer flights across Ellesmere Island with the US Navy enduring ice hazards and scarce landing sites. Eskimo survival skills, crude yet effective, contrast with modern reliance on machinery as planes face dangerous bergs near Etah. The narrative ends mid-sentence as the journey continues.
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Ellesmere Island
United States Navy
Smith Sound
MacMillan
Judd
Chaco Canyon
Polar
Httle
Etah
Plan to Endow Williams Institute of Politics at $2 Million
Williams College President Dr. Harry A Garfield says a plan to raise 1 to 2 million dollars from American sources could endow the Institute of Politics on a permanent basis. He expects proposals in mid October after talks in New York. The institute, founded 1921, has been aided by Baruch, the General Education Board, and the Carnegie Corporation. Garfield praises last session and foresees broader public dialogue and possible radio broadcasts.
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New York World News Service
Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Politics
Harry A. Garfield
Williams College
Garfield
New York City
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
General Education Board
Carnegie Corporation
Baruch
United States
Youthful auto thieves attempt jailbreak foiled in Illinois court
Two youths, Adam Strack and George Miller, planned to gain freedom from Greenville County Jail by sending a telegram to Cincinnati police. Strack pleaded guilty to stealing Harry Harris's car on July 30 and faced a reformatory sentence. Sheriff Brown intercepted the scheme, and the letter to Edward Hergot Jr. never reached its recipient.
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Greenville County
Ill
F. L. Hoffman
Arthur Fix
Hoffman
Adam Strack
Baltimore Avenue
Harry Harris
Rockdale Avenue
Strack
George Miller
Harris
Fix
Greenfield
Brown
Cincinnati
Miller
Zog, Jr
Carll Street
Buck
Adam
Texas Kid
Texas
Greenville
Iil
Western Union
Flop
Adam. F. Strack
New York Banker Linked to Phillips Blackmail Plot
Prominent New York banker implicated in a Monmouth County conspiracy to defame Max Phillips a wealthy New Jersey collar manufacturer. Three women Hattie Hager Anita Berg and Beatrice Johnston were arrested with bail set at 10000 each. Berg charged with concealed weapons. Phillips feared for his life and planned private security measures including a detective sleeping in his room. The investigation centers on a yacht trip for a staged party and potential further arrests of other New York figures.
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Freehold
N. J
Baton Town
Max Phillips
Phillips
New York
Hattie Hager
Anita Berg
Countess de YY
Bouky
Eaton Town
Manhattan
Jacob Rue
Monmouth County Police
Et Tela
Shett
Miss Johnston
Quinn
Monmouth County
John Ston
Countess
Miss Hager
Jersey City
Berg
Five Shots Fire Near Phillips Home in New Jersey
In Eatontown New Jersey on August 22 investigators questioned prisoners tied to a plot to defame Max Phillips a wealthy New York collar maker. Five shots were fired from a speeding car at Phillips's country home while the inquiry continued. No one was hit. Detective J B Rue said conspirators backed by unlimited funds had spent about $30000 supporting three women and fifteen private detectives in seaside hotels.
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Phillips
Associated Press
Eatontown
N. J
Max Phillips
New York
Phillips-Jones Company
van Heusen
J. B. Rue
Berg
Missing Florida woman may have amnesia
Miami police theorize Elizabeth Bowden who vanished August 14 from a Miami hotel may suffer amnesia. Relatives in Boston and Winthrop were notified. Bowden, a woman of means with recent investment losses, is described as studious and has not been found.
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Miami
Fla
Elizabeth B. Bowden
Boston
Winthrop
Mass
Miss Bowden
Princess Pat Ramsay Sails to Bermuda in Quebec Route
Lady Patricia Ramsay former Princess Pat sails from Southampton to Quebec on her way to Bermuda to join her husband Captain Alexander Ramsay who is stationed there.
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Princess Pat Sans
Associated Press
Southampton
England
Patricia Ramsay
Princess Pat
Quebec
Bermuda
Alexander Ramsay
Mother gives two sons to replace eldest in Morocco
Paris reports a Fez correspondent recalls a Roman mother story as a Zaer sheik is killed in the recent advance. She meets the homecoming body with the younger sons and to the officer who enlists tribesmen says I give thee two to replace him.
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Paris
Temps
Fez
Zaer Tripe
Abd-el-Krim
Elevator Fight Ends With Heroic Rescue At City Hall
Robert Mathieson an elevator operator and a 61 year old man fought a quarter hour in a locked City Hall cab with a knife. The operator, injured but saving himself, subdued the assailant and later collapsed. Police and fire squads freed Mathieson and sent both men to hospital.
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City Hall
Robert Jenkins
Lutz
Giovannini
Flaugher
Robert Mathieon
Mathieson
Desce
General Hospital
Negro
Gun duel leaves officers wounded in bank raid
In Los Angeles a bank robbery at Hellman Branch Bank ended with one robber dead and a police officer believed dying after a gun battle. A second officer and a passerby were wounded, another robber escaped, and $15,000 was recovered. A gang member named John Smith of Milwaukee was captured, and the dead robber is believed to be White alias Schultz of Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Hellman
John Smith
Milwaukee
White
Schultz
Chicago
Policeman Killed in Gun Duel With East Side Robbers
New York police officer Patrolman David A. Sheehan was killed in a gun battle with three robbers at a betting establishment on the East Side. Six workers were forced into a rear cage as one bandit guarded them. Sheehan drew his weapon but fell before firing.
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New York
Associated Press
David A. Sheehan
East Side
Sheehan
Robbers Strike Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach
Two masked men roped in at the Princess Anne Country Club in Norfolk Virginia Beach between 4 and 5 am forcing the safe and taking about 1000 dollars. They first appeared in the Chalfonte Hotel after 3 am but were driven off. They tried to shoot hotel manager William Noel who barricaded himself in a room.
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Norfolk
Princess Anne Country Club
Virginia Beach
Chalfonte
William Noel
Gas prices dip as rival dealers battle across Midwest
In a regional price war, independent stations cut to 15 17 cents a gallon in Decatur Illinois while Wichita sighted 13.8 13.9 cents plus tax. Larger firms quoted 17 8 18 8 20 8 cents. Kansas City and Woonsocket also saw sharp discounts as neutrals pause.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Decatur
Ill
Wichita
Kan
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Woonsocket
S. C
Lakeside
Texaco
Kansas City
Syrians Wound French General Near Damascus
Reports from Beirut and Havas Agency say General Soule and his aid Captain Degoutelle were wounded while inspecting French outposts on the Damascus to Ezra railroad. A French air plane carrying supplies to Suediah fell in flames over the citadel, its pilots burned to death, as Suediah remains besieged by Druse tribes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Beirut
Syria
Damascus
Suediah
Jebel Druse
Havas
Soule
Ezra
Degoutelle
Man and suspect in liquor case face long struggle
The two men fought to keep Mathieson from the cab for an hour and ten minutes. A liquor possession charge against Mathieson was joined with a charge of cutting to kill. Both men are expected to recover.
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Mathieson
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