Grocer Fights Robbery Duel and Saves $100
Norman Curran 23 manager of a Dana avenue store, shot while two bandits tried to rob him and his clerk. Curran drew his revolver and fired, saving the money but wounded in the chest. Clerk Henry Schulhoff, 17, aided Curran as the suspects fled. Curran remained clutching his pistol and faced a critical hospital prognosis.
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Norman Curran
Merrimac Street
Dana Avenue
Curran
General Hospital
Henry Schulhoff
Burdette Avenue
Schulhoff
Patrol No. 6
St. Xavier High School
Henry
Burglary Insurance Policies Canceled by New York Firm
New York Indemnity Company announces cancellation of burglary policies in the metro area from January 17 due to heavy losses from thefts. Policies underwritten at the main office only with strict restrictions. Separate item notes two Chicago groups forming a Crime Commission aiming to revise laws and fund a 500000 dollar annual anti crime effort.
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New York
Chicago
National Surety Company
Robinson
Edward E. Gore
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago Crime Commission
Chicago Association For Criminal Justice
Auto tag bandits strike in Cleveland
Charles RAR Jamison of Euclid Village reported two men beat him last night and stole his 1926 car license tags in Cleveland. He informed police today detailing the assault and theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Charles Rar. Jamison
Euclid Village
Wheeler Replies to Edwards Over Jackson Duel Claim
Washington Jan 14 The Anti-Saloon League counsel Wayne Wheeler responded to Senator Edwards remark that Andrew Jackson would duel him If alive Wheeler said Jackson would defend the constitution by shooting violators Instead of dueling Edwards misreads Democratic leaders on prohibition and federal enforcement quoting Jackson on treason and law enforcement in defense of constitutional authority
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Jackson
Wheeler
Edwards
Washington
Dem
N. J
Andrew Jackson
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
South Carolina
United States
Vote on Italian Debt Settlement In House Looms for Today
The House debated the Italian war debt settlement with no vote in sight as adjournment nears. Speakers split, with Hull opposing the terms as unfair to American taxpayers and Madden defending them as the best possible deal Italy could meet.
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St Ebbs
Washington
Hull
Dem
Tenn
Italy
America
Rathbone
Rep
Ill
Mussolini
Madden
Abernethy
Dem. N. C
Boylan
Dem. N. Y
Griffin
N. Y
Blanton
Tex
Tincher
Kan
Swank
Okla
House to Press Aircraft Investigation at Hearings on Defense Bills
Congress moves to study aviation's defense role as the Military Committee hearings begin on a Hill bill to create a national defense department with equal status for land sea and air. Secretary Davis may testify while Colonel Mitchell's views are sought if feasible.
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House
Davis
Associated Press
Washington
National Defense Organization
Congress
House Naval Committee
House Military Committee
Representative Hill
Rep
Department of National Defense
War Department
Military
President
Air Board
War, Navy and Commerce Departments
William Mitchell
Youth, 17, Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair
Emmanuel Ross, seventeen, was found guilty of first degree murder by a Cleveland jury. He is slated to die in the electric chair.
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Cleveland
Emmanuel Ross
Police Round Up Five With Guns and Cash in Gambler Sweep
Cincinnati police led by Lieutenant Seebohm and Detective Sergeant Fricke arrested five men on Walnut Street near Sixth in what police called the opening move in a crackdown on gamblers and loiterers. The group included Harry Jones and John Brady, with weapons and a cash bag claimed to hold $5,000 for a rural Kentucky game.
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Cincinnati
Sherrill
Seebohm
Fricke
Walnut Street
Fifth
Fourth
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Harry Jones
Ross Avenue
Joseph Ryan
Armory Avenue
John Brady
Lock Street
Louis de Courcy
Beech Avenue
M. J. Reid
Linton Hotel
Edward McGuire
Vinestreet
Kentucky
Décourcy
Jones
Ryan
Brady
Reid
Cincinnati Police Department
Seebohm and Fricke
Seebohmé
Three Die and One Missing in Mich Fire at Wool Rim Plants
Three persons were burned to death and John Tate is missing after a $500000 blaze that destroyed two American Wool Rim Company plants in Onaway Michigan. The fire from 9 am to afternoon amid blizzard and cold hampered firefighters. 3 injured badly. Company employs about 800. E J Lobdell Sr is away, Jr expects rebuilding likely.
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Onaway
Mich
Associated Press
American Wool Rim Company
L. D. Smith
Fred van Phoff
Eugene Precour
John Tate
E. J. Lobdell
E. J. Lobdell, Jr
Schwab admits speech written for him but used own words
Charles M. Schwab, 64, told the American Road Builders Association dinner in Chicago that someone in New York writes his speeches. He said he used his own delivery, joked with the audience, and nearly stuck to the prepared text before veering into his own remarks on world topics.
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Schwab
Chicago
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Pittsburgh
New York Opera Power Struggle Over Otto Kahn
The Metropolitan Opera owners led by R. Fulton Cutting publicly challenge Otto H. Kahn after he bought a site for a new house and offered to sell it to the Met. The older generation hints he may build his own rival venue, while Kahn seeks a modern, inclusive house with fewer boxes and varied patronage.
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Metropolitan Opera House
New York World News Service
New York
R. Fulton Cutting
Otto H. Kahn
Opera House
Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company
Metropolitan Opera. Company
Kahn
Mr. Kahn
New Opera House
Academy of Music
Fourteenth Street
Opera Cominque
Paris
Opera Comique
Miners Entombed After West Virginia Blast
A coal shaft blast in West Virginia entombs 38 miners while dense smoke forces rescuers to withdraw. The incident triggers emergency response as crews search for survivors and assess conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Smith quits politics to seek business future in Albany
Governor AF Smith announced he will leave politics after his term ends to pursue business work without a boss. He said he had labored under a boss his entire life and now wants independence in a new field. The Democratic State Committee prepares to choose a chairman for the coming year.
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Albany
N.Y
Democratic State Committee
AF Smith
Rope Becomes Death Duel Ends in Brancatto Suicide
New York reported a man in his late sixties, Eugene Brancatto, killed himself after his wife died when a rope she used to hang laundry on a fire escape slipped and she fell. He had kept remnants of the line, then bound the rope to a rafter and died.
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New York World News Service
New York
Eugene Brancatto
Brancatto
Coll
Wilburton
Okla
Degnan-McConnell Company
McKinney
Utten
Wilburton Lions Club
United States
Bible bill could push Buchanan toward governor race
Ross H. Buchanan representative from Carroll County says he will run for governor if the Legislature does not act on the Bible bill over Governor Donahey's veto at the special session. House caucus votes favored delaying action while tax relief moves ahead. Taft presided as acting speaker amid party maneuvering.
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Columbus
Ross H. Buchanan
Carroll County
Donahey
Buchanan
House
Pers Way
J. H. T. Gordon
Logan County
Harry D. Silver
Preble County
Robert H. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Gordon
Senate
Fire at Chateau Frontenac Causes Major Damage
A fire in the old wing of the Chateau Frontenac Hotel in Quebec caused unofficial damage of about 2 million dollars. Five firemen were injured and hospitalized, a traveling salesman Boyd suffered asphyxiation, and the blaze burned for nearly five hours. The damage mainly affected the wing facing the St Lawrence River with the drawing room and towers. the newer tower area suffered less.
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Associated Press
Quebec
Chauteau Frontenac
Boyd
St. Lawrence River
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Reynolds
Madison House
Rohan
Mulvihill
Howard
AL Smith
Oklahoma
Fairmont
W. VA
Jamieson Coal and Coke Company
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Riggleman
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