Death watch as Transylvania aids sinking Herrenwyk
The Transylvania stood by the German freighter Herrenwyk for 15 hours amid mountainous seas after its boiler explosion sank the ship off the Irish coast. Two liferafts failed, one smashed against the liner, as the crew waited in vain for rescue while Estonia saved thirteen men. Captain Erskine remained on watch from Thursday afternoon into Friday morning before continuing to New York.
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New York
Transylvania
Glasgow
Herrenwyk
Copenhagen
Estonia
Robert Erskine
Erskine
Murder tied to voodoo ritual ends in death
Wilbert G. Hess 18 confesses to killing Nelson D. Rehmeyer 59 by binding him to a chair and dousing with kerosene then lighting. Hess recounts two others John Curry 14 and John Blymire of York a pow wow doctor aiding the plot. All three held in York County Jail as investigation continues.
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New York World News Service
Wilbert G. Hess
Nelson D. Rehmeyer
Hess
Rehmeyer
Milton Hess
Wilbert
John Curry
John Blymire
York
Curry
York County
Amos W. Herrman
Blymire
Lorig
Fehmeyer
Suspect Golfer in Girl's Death
Rochester officers link Joseph Goat Miller a famed amateur golfer to the slaying of Inez Smead after he confessed wounding Mrs. Gussie Miller. Miller was questioned after a suicide attempt and a .22 rifle was found in his car. Smead, a 24 year old maid in an exclusive suburb, was shot twice as she jumped from a coupe.
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Rochester
N. Y
Joseph
Goat” Miller
Inez Smead
Buffalo
Williamsville
Miller
Gussie Miller
Miss Smead
Albanian feud erupts in Prague court as Bebe slain
In Prague, Albanian Alcibiade Bebe, who killed Zena Bey in 1927, is shot dead by Zia Vicuterna during a dramatic witness stand recital. Dr Jetsura and Giornale Italia correspondent Delvechhio wounded. Gani Bey and two others arrested as Albanian royal ties shield some. Police question Gani Bey. result undisclosed.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Alcibiade Bebe
Zena Bey
Albania
Zia Vicuterna
Gani Bey
Ois
Bebe
Zogu
White shirt studs gifted from Ryan estate to Allan A Ryan
New York reports Thomas Fortune Ryan's will valued at about 200 million dollars. The sole bequest to his estranged son Allan A Ryan is a pair of white pearl shirt studs. Other bequests include 50,000 to Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament and a $3,000 annual income for Thomas F. Ryan scholarships at the University of Virginia. Residue divided among three sons, the widow, and grandchildren. Oak Ridge estate left in trust with sale possible later.
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Ryan
New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Allan A. Ryan
Clendennin J
John B
Traction and Tobacco
Ailan
Stutz Corner
Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament
New York City
Thomas F. Ryan
University of Virginia
Virginia Company
Oak Ridge
Jailed Official Up for Parole
Thomas W. Miller former Alien Property Custodian is recommended for parole by the Federal Parole Board after a March 1927 Atlanta Penitentiary sentence of eighteen months for conspiracy to defraud the United States. The panel's recommendation awaits approval by Attorney General Sargent. Miller and associates faced charges over a $7,000,000 claim tied to seized World War I metal shares.
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Washington
Thomas W. Miller
New York
Federal Parole Board
Sargent
Miller
Atlanta
United States
Wag
American Metal Company
Harry M. Daugherty
John T. King
Connecticut
Jess W. Smith
Daugherty
Tariff Revision Session Sought by House and Senate Leaders
Washington reports a tariff revision session is planned by the House Ways and Means Committee chair Hawley for next Monday to gauge Republican sentiment. Hawley sees broad support for readjusting tariffs and favors a general revision bill over an emergency act. Senate Finance Chairman Smoot backs early revision but opposes a short session, aligning with Hoover supporters and Senator Borah.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hawley
Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
Congress
Hoover
Coolidge
Senator Borah
Idaho
Mr. Hoover
Postmaster Dies After Ozarks Victory Excitement
J W Rice age 55 postmaster of Dumas collapsed and died of heart disease after watching son Genn Rice play his last game for the College of the Ozarks in Clarksville. The team defeated Orate Teachers College 13 to 0 in a lively contest.
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Clarksville
Ark
J. W. Rice
Dumas
College of the Ozarks
Genn Rice
Orate Teachers’ College
Parole urged for Josiah Kirby
Washington reports parole officials recommended parole for Josiah Kirby former President of the defunct Cleveland Discount Company now in Atlanta Penitentiary serving concurrent sentences from charges tied to the company’s collapse The parole requires approval by Attorney General Sargent who is expected to act within a week Kirby once served as mayor of Wyoming Ohio and was convicted in Federal Court in Cleveland for mail fraud receiving seven and a half years and later pleaded guilty to a jury tampering indictment with concurrent terms.
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Washington
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Atlanta
Federal Parole Board
Sargent
Kirby
Wyoming
Cleveland
Killits
Toledo
Britain replies to U S proposal on naval talks
Premier Baldwin sent a friendly reply to Representative Britten’s plan for an Anglo American parliamentary conference on naval affairs. The message was directed to Sir Esme Howard in Washington as the first contact with the State Department.
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London
Baldwin
Britten
Esme Howard
Washington
State Department
Knitter Shot in Labor Trouble at Kenosha Plant
Herbert Reiser a 21 year old knitter at the Allen A Company was shot by an automobile gunman as he reached home after work amid ongoing labor trouble at the plant. He was critically wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Kenosha
Wis
Herbert Reiser
Allen A Company
Tough Willie Appears In Court In Rothstein Killing Case
The affidavit against George McManus was extended to next Wednesday and nine people are now held as material witnesses. District Attorney Joab Banton said Rothstein may have named his killer before dying, while those who spoke with him deny any specific shooter. Tough Willie McCabe Sam and Meyer Boston brothers were among the witnesses released on bail.
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New York
George McManus
Rnold Rothstein
Joab Banton
McManus
Willie’ McCabe
Rothstein
Sam and Meyer
Boston
Banton
Auto Crash Toll Rises in County To Fourteen Seven
Automobile accidents killed four people yesterday, lifting the year's county total to 1474. Victims were Charles Seitz 55 Alfred Kennedy 20 Lionel Wilbur Ringo 38 and Eugene Falquet Jr 6. Seitz died at Bethesda Hospital after his car struck a road drag towed by a truck. Seitz wife Lulu was to be operated on today. The drag truck belonged to Kort Gardener Trucking Co of Sedamsville driven by Ray J Dickson. The drag had a warning light and was brought from Brookville Ind for road work. Seitz collided while eastbound, his car flipped and he was pinned. Kennedy died at Bethesda from injuries when his car hit and broke off a wooden...
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Charles Seitz
Lower River Road
Alfred Kennedy
Fairfield Avenue
Bellevue
Lionel Wilbur Ringo
Motder
Carthage Avenue
Norwood
Eugene Falquet, Jr
Dewey Avenue
Seitz
Bethesda Hospital
Kennedy
Indignation in Italy Over Light Paris Sentence on Envoy Killer
Rome reports mounting national anger at the Paris court sentence of two years for Sergi di Modugno the Italian Communist who shot and killed Italy's Vice Consul Count Carlo Nardini in 1927. Demonstrations erupt in Rome Naples and beyond as pro Italy protests clash with police and French officials amid press ferments and diplomatic tensions.
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Italy
Paris
Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Sergi di Modugno
Carlo Nardini
University of Rome
Chigi Palace
Pantheon
Augusto Turati
The
Naples
France
Col
Rasponi
Gaston Doumergue
di Mod
de Beaumarchais
Artand
WSAI Time Shortage Cited in Federal Letter
Ira E. Robinson of the Federal Radio Commission writes Col. Sherrill City Manager expressing doubt any new time extension will be allowed for WSAI. He regrets Cincinnati radio woes and notes Ohio received best possible facility under the current drastic reallocation plan, of which he is in the minority and favored gradual rebuilding.
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WSAI
Col. Sherrill
Ira E. Robinson
Federal Radio Commission
Robinson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pleasure on the Scale: Birkhoff’s pretty metrics eyed by art theory
Harvard’s Dr. George D. Birkhoff outlines a numerical system to rate aesthetic pleasure in art, using complexity and relational balance. He demonstrates with tiling patterns and notes limits tied to individual tastes while suggesting applications to poetry and music.
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American Mathematical Society
University of Cincinnati
George D. Birkhoff
Harvard University
Birkhoff
Archibald Henderson
University of North Carolina
Thieves rob air mail truck near Lambert Field
Two armed men halted an air mail truck west of St. Louis late today and seized five sacks of outgoing mail including several registered packages. Driver Harry C. Graham and his wife were ordered from the vehicle and told to flee across a field. The robbers fled in a car with license numbers starting with 475, while officials review contents of the registered mail.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Harry C. Graham
Post Office
Rob
Graham
Pola Negri Pursues Caesar and Cleopatra Rights
Pola Negri meets with George Bernard Shaw in Paris to persuade him to sell film rights to Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw denies selling rights while Negri claims he consented, leaving the outcome unclear after a two hour luncheon discussion.
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London
Pola Negri
George Bernard Shaw
Pola
Shaw
Caesar
Cleopatra
Paris
Whitehall Court
Miss Negri
Ohio executes two Black men in separate electric chair deaths
In Columbus Ohio, John Rucker of Cincinnati and Stanley Hoppe of Toledo were executed in the electric chair for murder. Rucker killed Patrolman John Franken in Cincinnati. Hoppe murdered his wife’s cousin during a kidnapping and assault. Both men offered prayers as the sentences carried out. governors denied clemency applications.
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Columbus
John Rucker
Cincinnati
Stanley
Charles) Hoppe
Toledo
Ohio Penitentiary
Rucker
John Franken
Hoppe Sielagowski
Hoppe
State Supreme Court
State Aenregee
Donahey
Leo Hoppe
Prince of Wales May Rule in Father’s Oteal
London reports suggest a regency may be set up with the Prince of Wales upon the king’s illness. Medical bulletins note lung infection stability but rising concern as the monarch’s vital forces wane and progress remains uncertain over the next days.
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Prince OF Wales
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
Humphrey Rolleston
New York World News Service
Newark World News Service
British Medical Journal
British Medical Associate
Paenee
Aron Y
World News Service
World Press
Six Men Reported Missing in Spice Creek Mine Blast
Six men were missing after a mine explosion at the Princess Pocahontas Coal Company on Spice Creek near Roderfield McDowell County. Railroad officials reported the blast occurred about 9 p m with six men in the workings and a Bureau of Mines rescue squad was being sent from Coalwood to assist.
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Aee
Bluefield
W. Va
Princess Pocahontas Coal Company
Spice Creek
Roderfield
McDowell County
Coalwood
United States Bureau of Mines
Southern Hotels Founder L J Dinkler Ends Life in Atlanta
L J Dinkler, founder and owner of a chain of Southern Hotels, committed suicide in the Piedmont Hotel engine room in Atlanta. Police reported the death as self inflicted by a gunshot wound to the heart.
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L. J. Dinkler
Southern Hotels
Atlanta
Southern
Piedmont Hotel
Bud Heart
One of Two Doctors Caring for King George V
A doctor who, with a colleague, tended King George V through his grave illness is pictured in this royal medical scene. The physicians provide care amid the king’s prolonged health struggle as the nation watches for updates.
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King George V
Mau Mentioned for U. S. Bench in Ohio
Indications that Haroth E. May, United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, will be appointed as Federal Judge surfaced after a Washington meeting with Senator Fess. May rose from Montgomery County Prosecutor to U S District Attorney and is famed for breaking liquor rings and prosecuting many Cincinnati police and village agents.
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Haroth E. May
United States
Ohio
Mau
Fess
Washington
Smith Hickenlooper
Maurice Donahue
United States Senate
Montgomery County
Benson W. Hough
Dayton
Bar of Justice
Cincinnati
May
Hick
Nine Hurt as Colorado Express Rails Leave Near Alvo
Nine passengers suffered minor to severe shocks when the Colorado express of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific derailed near Alvo Nebraska. The locomotive and one coach left the track and tumbled down the embankment before a relief train carried injured to hospital. Alvo lies about thirty miles east of Lincoln.
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Alvo
Neb
Colorado Express
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Lincoln
Cow driver killed near St Paris in Ohio crash
Urbana Ohio November 30 The death of 67 year old farmer Jacob Grube was reported after his body with a crushed chest was found in a road two miles west of St Paris. An injured cow was discovered nearby and authorities believe he was killed by a motor vehicle while driving cows home from pasture.
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Urbana
Jacob Grube
St. Paris Yesteday
Gruve
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John L. Balderston
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