Payroll executor slain in Bronx car with $5000 cash
Judson H. Pratt civil engineer and assistant superintendent for T. H. Rhodes Co. is found slain in his Manhattan to Bronx drive on Mosholu Parkway. A brown paper envelope containing $5000 payroll is missing. fingerprints and blueprints noted, police hunt a second vehicle involved.
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New York World News Service
New York
Judson H. Pratt
T. H. Rhodes Company, Inc
Manhattan
Fifty-second Street
First Avenue
Costa
Pratt
Mosholu Parkway
Jerome Avenue
Bronx
Separation confirms gossip of domestic lute out of tune
Los Angeles on August 27 Lowell Sherman of film and stage and his wife Pauline Garon have separated. A legal notice published confirms rumors of the break with Sherman declaring he will no longer be responsible for his wife's debts. They wed in New York on February 15, 1926. Sherman is in New York, while Garon films in a juvenile role in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Lowell
Sherman
Pauline Garon
Hollywood
New York
Indiana Governor Angled Bribe Links in Grand Jury Case
Marion County Grand Jury probes alleged offers of money and immunity to Gov. Warren McCray and others to influence the appointment of a Marion County Prosecutor three years ago. William Evans, McCray’s son-in-law, summoned for examination next Monday amid the expanded inquiry.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
Ed Jackson
Warren T. McCray
James E. McDonald
Marion County
William P. Evans
McCray
Indiana
Evans
Gov. Jackson
George W. Coffin
Republican
Noel Evans
Atlanta
Robbers Take $1600 from Auto Hauling Co in New York
Two armed men bound proprietor Alexander Lurie and Miss Elanor Lurie at the Automobile Hauling Company on Columbus Circle and stole envelopes containing $1600 before fleeing in a car.
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New York
Automobile Hauling Company
Columbus Circle
Alexander Lurie
Elanor Lurie
Sheriff and Deputy Slain by Pair Near Roby Texas
Abilene Texas August 27 Sheriff Bob Smith of Fisher County and deputy Jake Owens were shot and killed near Roby by two men they had arrested for stealing a bale of cotton. Lloyd Karensky and Bill Smith fled in a car and were pursued as suspects.
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Abilene
Tex
Bob Smith
Fisher County
Jake Owens
Roby
Lloyd Karensky
Bill Smith
Oklahoma
Karensky
Owens
Poorhouse Inmates Fight Over Quilt Ends In Death
Inmate clash at Tazewell County poorhouse in Bluefield West Virginia over a bed quilt turns deadly. The quarrel between two elderly residents at the facility resulted in one death with authorities investigating the incident.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Tazewell (Va.) County Poorhouse
Chase for car costs him life
Louis Siegel, 55, of 3940 Spring Grove Ave, tried to catch a passing street car and thrust his head through a plate glass car door. He died hours later at General Hospital. Martin Beck, 2844 Montana Ave, swerved to avoid Siegel and broke his right wrist. he was also hospitalized. Siegel’s skull and left arm were fractured. the death marked Hamilton County’s 79th automobile fatality that year.
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Louis Siegel
Spring Grove Avenue
General Hospital
Martin Beck
Montana Avenue
Seventh District
Beck
Siegel
Hamilton County
Two freight trains collide injuring four near Newton Falls
Four men were injured in a collision between two B and O freight trains near Newton Falls Ohio at 4 a m. Injured include William Price detective Youngstown William Holiham fireman Gerard C F Shriver engineer and Don McDonald engineer Newcastle Pa None of the injuries were serious Officials say one draw bar broke and after repairs the second train caused the crash The second engine derailed and plunged over a embankment with sixteen cars derailed.
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Youngstown
Newton Falls
William Price
William Holiham
Gerard
C. F. Shriver
Don McDonald
Newcastle
Shriver
Holiham
Wired on license proves undoing for Lexington pair
Two Lexington men Mason Strange and Albert Bolin registered at Glendale Jail after police found their car had wired license plates. Officer Elmer Crowell learned they had stolen the car from Lexington and attached new tags wired on before heading toward Cincinnati. They confessed to additional thefts and will be sent back to Lexington.
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Glendale
Mason Strange
West High Street
Albert Bolin
Irish Street
Lexington
Springdale Pike
Elmer Crowell
Crowell
Lexington Public Square
Cincinnati
Ten Are Trapped By Forest Fire Near Eugene
Ten people from two families were hemmed in by a forest fire at Nelson Creek mouth thirty five miles west of Eugene Oregon. Fire on both sides of access roads blocked escape. The Roy Spry family was saved while other families remained trapped as firefighters, aided by high humidity, worked to contain the blaze burning across three thousand acres.
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Eugene
Ore
Nelson Creek
Here
M. N. Keck
Wilcutt
Roy Spry
Auto crash on Spring Grove claims two lives
A youth Francis Samp son 19 and a unidentified girl died when an automobile struck a loading platform at Spring Grove and Harrison, overturned twice, pinning victims beneath wreckage. Bessie Wherley 27 skull fracture dying, Clifford Sampson 25 and Mace Minton 25 injured. Francis Samp son drove the sedan and steered to miss an entering truck.
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Spring Grove
Harrison Avenues
Francis Sampson
Mound Street
Bessie Wherley
Linn Street
Clifford Sampson
Mace Minton
General Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital
Spring Grove Avenue
Harrison
Gas station attendant badly burned as driver flees
James Davis, 28, a gas station attendant at Seventy-second street and the Carthage pike, was severely burned when a customer lit a match to inspect a gasoline line and drove off. Davis, taken to General Hospital in critical condition, was aided by Glenn McCartney and Richard Reynolds as the fleeing driver, a man in a large sedan with Youngstown Ohio plates, could not be located.
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James Davis
Seventy-second Street
Carthage Pike
Youngstown, C
Seventy-third Street
Davis
Glenn McCartney
Bogen Avenue
Richard Reynolds
Miller Avenue
Norwood
McCartney
Reynolds
General Hospital
Brunswick Pilot Vanishes Over Atlantic First Day Flight
Paul R. Redfern, Brunswick musician turned aviator, vanished after taking off from Brunswick for Rio de Janeiro on a 4,600 mile sea route. No sighting after more than two days as seaplane search plans and radio efforts mobilize along Caribbean approaches.
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Mid-Atlantic
Redfern
Brunswick
Paul R. Redfern
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Dole
Paul Redfern
Fate of besieged Americans in Mexico still in doubt
Uncertainty persisted at the State Department over the 18 Americans besieged at Amparo Mines in Mexico after their mining properties were seized by radicals. Telegrams said no Mexican troops had reached the scene, while Mexican officials claimed protection was in place. The embassy in Mexico City will judge official attitudes as reports from Amparo remain conflicting.
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Mexico
Washington
State Department
Amparo
Satterwhite
Guadalajara
Department
Jalisco
Mexico City
Calles
Phantom Stabber Strikes City Victim In Busy Store
In Bridgeport Connecticut a so called phantom stabber claimed his twenty third victim, Isabelle Pelskur, 14, a messenger girl in a downtown department store. The attack happened at closing time on the stairway, the assailant unseen as detectives and patrolmen hunted the crowded area.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Isabelle Pelskur
Tragic Manitoba Farm Fire Claims J Capes Family
Mrs. J Capes and three children aged 1 to 5 died when their Sperling Manitoba farm home burned today. Twelve year old Annie Capes rescued three other children but could not wake the rest as the building was destroyed.
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Winnipeg
J. Capes
Sperling
Manitoba
Annie Capes
ROW OVER GAME MAY COST LIFE IN KY poolroom shooting
Riley Carrier a 31 year old Maketewah Country Club caretaker was shot in DeCoursey Kentucky after a dispute over payment for a pool game. J B Bolkins said Carrier and Harry Malloy of Cincinnati played two men unknown to them. Carrier was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Covington.
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Riley Carrier
Maketewah Country Club
DeCoursey
B. Bolkins
Carrier
Harry Malloy
Cutter Street
Cincinnati
Malloy
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Covington
Alfred Wilton
DeCoursey Avenue
Latonia
Paddock Road
Dry Chiefs Hold Pep Meeting in Cincinnati Prohibition Sweep
In Cincinnati officials from federal prohibition circles meet, headed by Dr. J. M. Doran and William Mays, to tighten loopholes and intensify action against bootleggers. The conference aims to increase enforcement, signaling a broader crackdown on liquor law violations.
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Cincinnati
J. M. Doran
National Federal Prohibition
Washington
William Mays
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mays
The
Gibson
Dr. Doran
Death toll in Newfoundland gale climbs to 33
Reports from St John’s Newfoundland detail a devastating storm that killed 33 and caused heavy property loss likely exceeding 150000 dollars. coastlines remain cut off as telegraph lines lay destroyed and fleets suffer heavy losses including five schooners sunk and several others damaged with crews rescued or missing.
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Newfoundland
ST. Johns
N. F
Bonaviasta
Bay de Verde
Argyle
Philomena
Grand Banks
War Hero Kin of Daugherty Dead by Own Action
Charles Wade 32 of 321 West Seventh street, WWI veteran and First Division courier, died Friday night. Coroner Swing ruled death by own action despite doctors noting possible cerebral hemorrhage. poison burns on Wade’s mouth were seen by police but disputed by doctors. Wife Grace Wade and maid Alma Jackson described war injuries and a bottle of poison found. funeral planned in Washington Court House, Ohio, where Wade’s mother Ida Draper Wade also resides. Wade’s cousin is former U S Attorney General Harry M Daugherty.
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Charles Wade
West Seventh Street
Swing
Wade
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
United
France
Kitsmiller
Ball
Ida Draper Wade
Washington Court House
Daugherty
First round-the-world air race under way from Harbor Grace
The Pride of Detroit monoplane with Edward F. Schlee and William S. Brock launched from Harbor Grace Newfoundland at 5 14 am EST aiming to beat the 28 day 14 hour world record set by Evans and Wells. Weather forecasts warn of gale forces and showery conditions along the Atlantic route to Ireland and France.
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New York
Stinson
Edward S. Evans
Linton Wells
Newfoundland
Weather Bureau
Irish
France
Schlee
Brock
Curtiss Field
Sir John Darling
Noton
Ontario
London
Royal Windsor
Oday
Windsor
England
Harbor Grace
Croydon
Pride of Detroit Eagerly Awaited at Croydon Airdrome
William S. Brock and Edward F Schlee fly the Pride of Detroit into Croydon Airdrome as UK lights prepare for a possible early arrival. Weather is favorable and authorities await the airmen through the night.
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Detroit
London Airdrome
Croydon
England
William S. Brock
Edward F Schlee
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D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Commercial Tribune
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Georgia
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Caribbean Sea
Paul J. Warner
Mrs. Redfern
Glynn Isle
West Indian Island
Edward Nizamier
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Miami
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William Brock
Flyers
Associated Press
Schlee- Brock
Britain
Valentia Radio
California
Greenwich
British Isles
Phantom Stabber
Country Club
Morgan's Harbor
Dunphy
Vienna
John Chaulk
Fox Roost
Loretta
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Picco
Danby’s Harbor
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Luglan
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