28 Aug 1926
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1926
Page
1
Law as Aid Says U.S. Can't Assess Securities and Prices While Aiding Investor Protection. It Argues Blue Sky Statutes Offer Logical Recourse Against De ceiving Public and State Powers May Act.
President Coolidge suggests state governments should study Prof. Ripley’s article and consider legislation to improve protection for stockholders. He notes limited federal jurisdiction over corporations and cites coal and interstate commerce as examples of where authority ends or begins.
Miss Lila Clark Franklin, 22, Ardmore Oklahoma, a Cumberland Law School graduate, was found dead in a Gil Hotel room in Childress Texas. Police cite unclear cause with possible accident or self-inflicted gunshot. she had been en route to California with Norman Spann and Carl Farmer. The two men said they planned to help her pursue law school in Southern California.
Chicago August 27. Vice President Charles G Dawes marked his fifty first birthday with no furs flowers or congratulatory callers as he stated he would not give interviews on birthdays or otherwise. He emphasized he desires privacy and declined any public acknowledgments.
A dispute over Capt Rene Fonck leading a New York to Paris flight threatens the project with backers and Argo organization. Rumors claim a France free crew may fly in 1927 for a 3600 mile hop and a 25000 dollar prize. Byrd and Hinton have been named as preferred leaders if the venture proceeds.
Dr J R McAtee and an elderly female patient were saved from a fatal leap from a Bell Block five story window when the dentist grabbed the woman as she attempted to jump. Neighbors aided, and the pair were brought to a couch. the woman refused to share her name.
Hazel Riggs suffered severe burns while saving her two year old son Louis from flames at their 1013 Straight Street home. The child, who had been playing with neighbors, died at the hospital as doctors warned of little hope. Louis's father Robert Riggs, a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad fireman, was at work during the tragedy.
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed in Federal Court against Beach Properties Inc of Miami. Three petitioners claim more than 400000 dollars, led by Kirby & Hand Company of New York with a 400000 dollar breach of contract claim.
United States Senator Robert Stanfield, defeated for renomination in the May Oregon primaries by Frederick Steiner of Pendleton, announced today he would not back Steiner in the fall election.
Eluding posses in Oklahoma and Arkansas two outlaws kidnapped a police chief and wounded three officers, one fatally, as they fled with the officers’ car. A farmer and a later pursued deputy were among those injured, and a stolen bag of money linked to Covington Ice Co. was found in the outlaws’ abandoned vehicle.
The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp mine at Clymer Pa yielded forty one bodies of forty four killed in a late yesterday explosion. Ten were rescued and nineteen bodies were brought to the surface today with twenty two already identified. Coroner plans a jury as federal and state investigations proceed. The mine was not rock dusted but had gunite and a modern ventilation system.
Rochester scene reports that district attorneys met to push stricter measures against gun crime, plea waivers, expedited trials, and broader juror conviction rules, with calls for instant sentencing and tightened insanity defenses.
In Atlantic Highlands New Jersey on August 27 holdup men tied thirty Central Railroad of New Jersey crew members to bunks with wire and looted $1,060 in cash and jewelry from Sandy Hook steamer workers who had cashed pay yesterday. Six to eight robbers were involved, with only one questioned.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Fulton of Powhatan was seriously wounded when he tried to halt a car believed to have robbed the F. W. Wise store at Glencoe of 900 dollars and merchandise. He confronted the three men as they headed toward Powhatan. two fired as the car was stopped. Fulton received a bullet wound and was taken to a hospital as posses hunted the gunmen.
Five unmasked bandits raided the Miller-Osborn jewelry store in Lawton Oklahoma and escaped with diamonds and jewelry valued at about $30000, according to store operators.
Gov Gen Leonard Wood accused the Provincial Governor and other Filipinos of provoking danger amid a threatened clash between Filipinos and Moros. The remark followed Carmi A Thompson's arrival to assess conditions for a report to President Coolidge.
In Constantinople Aug 27 four men shot for conspiring to kill Mustapha Kemal Pasha were hanged at Angora just before midnight to avoid Friday shock. Dravid Bey Nazim Bey Hilmi Bey and Nail Bey died bravely, some joking at execution as ropes failed once.
In Geneva Albin E Johnson reports Nicaragua charges Mexico aided a revolution with Mexican sailors aboard warships. The league weighs legal steps though U S interests and the Monroe Doctrine loom large. Some see moves as an attempt to shift from the Monroe Doctrine to league mechanisms.
In Portsmouth Ohio on August 27 John Larcher a 29 year old garage man from Fullerton Kentucky died two hours after his wife shot him six times at their home. Deputies found Mrs Larcher unconscious after her attempt to surrender failed.
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