26 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1928
Page
1
A report from New York cites a subway crash as a failure linked to Toman. Investigators disclose the incident details and potential contributing factors.
A crowded Times Square express derailed after a switch failure and repair. Transit officials blamed an improperly operated switch, while tower man H King and maintenance worker W Baldwin faced inquiries about negligence as the death toll rose and rescue operations continued.
Chicago reports ongoing mystery over the Rockford to Stockholm flyers Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer who vanished after departing Cochrane Ontario bound for Mt Evans Greenland. A plane sighted over two Greenland villages as amateur radio messages claiming the flyers’ downing were deemed a hoax and a $500 reward was offered for information by the American Radio Relay League.
Otto Goetz, German son of a bake shop worker, wins the Ohio River marathon in 1 12 42 over four miles eighty yards starting at the Yacht Club and finishing beyond the Central Bridge. Francis T Hodges places second for Broad Ripple Athletic Club Indianapolis. Walter Thayer of the local Y M C A takes fifth. Helen Phillips wins girls marathon in 31 25 over a mile and a half.
Nine inmates including two murderers escaped from the Newport Kentucky jail by sawing bars and sliding a rope to freedom. The group remains at large as Newport police search for the dangerous fugitives. Names include Danny Callahan a life prisoner for murder and Elijah Thomas an escapee awaiting reformatory return after a double escape and prior murder or firearms offenses.
In Indianapolis at Riverside Amusement Park a three car roller coaster failed to stop and jumped the track three feet from the ground. Nellie White, 17, died at City Hospital from internal injuries. Jerry Jones, manager, reported brakes released as the train sped by.
Gov. A. G. Sorlie of North Dakota is critically ill from heart disease, with physicians reporting late today that recovery is doubtful. The chief executive has been under medical care as his condition worsened.
W. G. Darst, 30, secretary of the International Life Insurance Co., was arrested in St Louis on a warrant charging he signed a 3000 share stock certificate alleged to be part of a 500000 loan security. The overissued certificates, tied to Reddy C. Toombs of Chicago, are part of a broader alleged asset depletion claim. Darst posted 10000 bond and offered no statement.
A perplexing tragedy unfolds as Said Ali, famed elephant trainer, is found slain near his quarters at the London Zoo. Fellow Mahout Sandy Wee is injured, and the white elephant Pa Wa has recently died in Calcutta. The case entwines superstition and a famed animal lineage with a possible motive tied to elephant handling and the zoo.
Commander Richard E Byrd leads 32 of 70 crew aboard the three master City of New York from Hoboken to Dundedin en route to Antarctica. Mrs Byrd, Dickie, and supporters witness crowds as the ship departs with Scouts cheering, heading toward the Ross Sea.
Jacquelin Logan, an actress known for films with a maid and a large clothing bundle, arrived in Los Angeles without her new husband Larry Winston. She wed him in the Mexican resort of Aguas Calientes earlier this week without a final decree from her former husband. The District Attorney may pursue bigamy if she and Winston resume cohabitation.
A citizen, police officer Joseph Dorsee, and gunman Ignatius Corrado were wounded during a gun battle with three robbers near Grand Central Terminal after a shoe store robbery on Forty first Street and Third Avenue. Corrado was wounded in the chest and later captured. Dorsee, badly hurt, was reported dying as a blood transfusion was ordered. a bystander, Miss Katie McCabe, aged 80, was shot in the face. The three robbers fled. two clerks trapped in a washroom escaped through a window and alerted police.
National campaign activity rises as Gov. Smith and Hoover accelerate as two presidential aspirants. Crowds in New Jersey for a Democratic rally surge past 100000 with trains and road travel, while Washington reports the surge in political discourse and campaign promises across the nation.
Mother Concepcion Acebeda de la Linta, head of a Mexican convent, proclaims innocence and defends the church amid questions about Obregon's death and plots against Calles. She denies laborer involvement, insists she would welcome martyrdom, and asserts no participation in bomb-making or meetings planning attacks.
Anxiety rose as a ten passenger British Columbia Airways plane vanished after leaving Victoria at 10 30 am destined for Seattle The craft carried four passengers two pilots and two others The search by naval seaplanes and coast guard boats failed to locate the missing aircraft and it did not pass over Port Townsend The passengers named include Thomas E Lake Far Eastern manager of Union Oil Co of California Dr D B Holden of Victoria and Mr and Mrs A M Scott of England The pilot was Harold Walker with L Carson as assistant
The market rose sharply with prices up 2 to 14 dollars a share and total volume topping 1.9 million. brokers’ loans fell by 23 million aiding heavy trading. Leading issues including National Cash Register, Park & Tilford, Detroit Edison, Woolworth and more hit new highs as rails remained in demand. The Associated Press average climbed to 209.69, a record, with broad public participation and foreign money cited as market supports.
Herbert Hoover rests at his Washington home after travel from the Pacific Coast. He greets old friends and allies while finishing tasks from his Commerce Department service. He links with running mate Charles Curtis and others to review party positions.
Mrs. Eugene Gifford a 50 year old Eureka area farmer's wife is under indictments for poisoning five relatives and neighbors who died at her home near Catawissa over six years. Authorities report she admitted taking poison herself and gave it to others with medicines. The case centers on deaths of Edward Brinley Elmer Schamel and four others with no motive disclosed. She was jailed at Union awaiting further proceedings.
A notoriety tale from New York recounts Mrs. Olsen known as Alaida Zaza, a $82 vaudeville dancer, losing a pet eight foot python in her apartment at 773 Eighth Avenue. Five cops and a kitchen audience corralled the creature after alarms from Mrs. Munro on the same floor, who fled with her son after spotting the snake behind the stove.
United States officials filed abatement actions in St Paul and Minneapolis against twenty six residences as part of a broad use of the Vale stead act padlock provisions. The move targets liquor violations and marks the first concerted effort to close private homes to curb illicit vending under Prohibition.
Aug 25 Norwalk Connecticut a girl on her eleventh birthday received a letter from her father Gray Judd Gray who was executed after the Ruth Snyder case. The letter was to be opened by her alone and to be given on each birthday until she is twenty one. Samuel L Miller New York attorney for Gray delivered the letter. Comments on contents were not available from Miller Mrs Gray or the aunt Frank T Brundage.
Atlanta report says the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention asked a nationwide search for C. Carnes, treasurer, who disappeared after leaving Atlanta August 15 for Raleigh North Carolina. Officials fear he may have been in an accident.
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